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electronic vote-rigging having been carried out in 2004. addressing lawmakers who had a lot more than just a Spoonamore testified that the "vote tabulation system _ political stake in the Iraq occupation. Along with their {which Connell designed] allowed the introduction of an _ colleagues in the House and the Senate, the politicians additional single computer between computer A and who got a status report from the General and the US computer B". He said: "This centralized collection of all | Ambassador to Iraq had millions of dollars of their own incoming statewide tabulations would make it easy fora | money invested in companies doing business with the single operator, or a preprogrammed ‘force balancing Department of Defense. The investment portfolios computer’, to change the results in any way desired by _ include holdings in companies paid billions of dollars the team controlling the computer C." each month to support America's military. These Arnebeck presents evidence that Karl Rove threatened companies provide almost everything the military uses, Connell, cautioning him that if he didn't "take the fall" for from aircraft and weapons to medical supplies and soft election fraud in Ohio he would face prosecution for — drinks. supposed lobby law violations. Connell was an experienced pilot. His plane had been 15. World Bank Carbon Trade Fiasco recently serviced. He had been in the The World Bank is brokering carbon nation's capital on still-unknown emission trading arrangements that business before his single-engine Whil h destroy indigenous farmlands around plane crashed on December 22, 2008, lle the the world. The Clean Development just three miles short of the runway in World Bank Mechanism (CDM) investment has Akron, Ohio. The cause of the crash Q Q become a means’ by which remains unknown. claims that this industrialised countries avoid reducing system "supports their own emissions through the implementation of “emissions 13. Katrina's Hidden Race War A shocking report in The Nation sustainable reduction" projects in developing groups patrolled the streets ot New development... n vany governments have established Orleans after hurricane Katrina, and benefits caps, or limits, on greenhouse gas shooting at least 11 African-American emissions that can be produced in men. the poorer their countries. Industries can " communities...", the program has become little more than a corporate profit-boosting enterprise. respond to these government- imposed limits by responsibly reducing their emissions, or they can bypass this process entirely by purchasing “carbon credits" from other industries in other parts of the world, who, through CDM investment brokered by the World Bank, trade emission reduction “credits” in order to "offset" excessive emissions. While the While most of New Orleans was deluged, word spread that Algiers Point was dry. The National Guard designated the Algiers Point ferry landing an official evacuation site. Facing an influx of refugees, a group of heavily armed white residents sought to seal the area and rid the neighbourhood of "those who didn't belong". As the government collapsed, the city fractured along racial lines. World Bank claims that this Algiers Point is largely white, system “supports sustainable while the rest of Algiers is predominantly black. development...and benefits the poorer communities of While the media portrayed African-Americans as the developing world", the program has become little looters and thugs, it is now clear that the most serious —_ more than a corporate profit-boosting enterprise. crimes were committed by gun-toting white males. Local police have never conducted investigations. So far, the 16. US Repression of Haiti Continues crimes have gone unpunished. The US government plans to expropriate and demolish the Lawns 2f bee deed af ra: nen te the chante Af addressing lawmakers who had a lot more than just a political stake in the Iraq occupation. Along with their colleagues in the House and the Senate, the politicians who got a status report from the General and the US Ambassador to Iraq had millions of dollars of their own money invested in companies doing business with the Department of Defense. The investment portfolios include holdings in companies paid billions of dollars each month to support America's military. These companies provide almost everything the military uses, from aircraft and weapons to medical supplies and soft drinks. While the World Bank system "supports sustainable development... and benefits the poorer the program has become little more enterprise. 16. US Repression of Haiti Continues The US government plans to expropriate and demolish the homes of hundreds of Haitians in the shantytown of Cité Soleil to expand the occupying UN force's military base. The US government contractor DynCorp, a quasi- official arm of the Pentagon and the CIA, is responsible for the base expansion and has been awarded USS$5 million in contracts. The base will house soldiers of the UN Mission to Stabilize Haiti (MINUSTAH). Cité Soleil is the most bullet-ridden battleground of the foreign military occupation, which began after US Special Forces 14. Congress Invested in Defence Contracts The nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics has calculated that more than 151 members of Congress have up to USS195 million invested in major defence contractors that are earning profits from the US military occupations in Iraq and Afghanistan. When General David Petraeus, the top US military officer in Iraq, briefed Congress in April 2008, he was NEXUS ° 17 claims that this communities...", than a corporate profit-boosting DECEMBER 2009 - JANUARY 2010 www.nexusmagazine.com