Sierra Magazine Story Reveals U.S. Mining Company's Support of Terrorists

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Press Release

WASHINGTON, April 15 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Sierra Club announced today that an expose will appear in the May/June issue of Sierra, the official magazine of the Sierra Club, revealing how a Denver-based mining company secretly paid off Al-Qaeda- linked terrorists under the auspices of "international security."


The story also shows how the Bush administration's Homeland Security and Justice Departments turned a blind eye when first informed that Denver-based Echo Bay Mining Co. paid millions of dollars to the international terrorist group Abu Sayaff and other terror groups in the Philippines in exchange for protection of its gold-mining operations

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"Attorney General (John) Ashcroft should return to the 9-11 Commission to explain his failure to pursue this dangerous financial relationship with Al-Qaeda and other known terrorist groups. It makes you wonder if multinational polluters are exempt from the Patriot Act just because they are Bush campaign contributors."

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=669&ncid=669&e=1&u=/usnw/20040416/pl_usnw/sierra_magazine_story_reveals_u_s__mining_company_s_support_of_terrorists_linked_to_al_qaeda177_xml

[TiredTexan]

1. Link not working

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2. Fixed....n/t

[bloom]

3. that's pretty wild

Al-Qaeda- linked terrorists acting like the mob & the Bush* administration ignoring it.....

It will be interesting to see how much press it gets.

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4. From the article:

"However, shortly before the Sierra magazine investigation was reported on tonight's edition of ABC's World News Tonight, the Justice Department (news - web sites) reversed course and announced that it would open an investigation into Echo Bay's operations."

"Did it actually show up on World News Tonight? I didn't watch ABC today. I hope this story has legs because it will surely make bushco look like he supports terrorists...right? :-)

[fearnobush]

5. Wow...

Holy LIHOP.

[LeftCoast]

6. Don't forget to rate it!

Not a single person had rated that article until I did! Just a little reminder!

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7. Sierra Club Link (With Documentation)

The Cost of Doing Business

"If you harbored a terrorist, if you fed a terrorist, if you hid a terrorist, you're just as guilty as a terrorist."
— President George W. Bush, February 2002



http://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/200405/terrorism/

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8. Countdown doing this story now....n/t