24-11-2011, 11:58 PM
Christer Forslund Wrote:Probably not. I expect that money has gone to the companies which sell the technology in Syria to both the government and the protesters. It's a win-win for US corporations. And that's what it is all about. Play and pay both sides. If the pesky Occupiers have their way there will be less hand outs and less space at the trough for corporations.Quote:In an April AFP report, Michael Posner, the assistant US Secretary of State for Human Rights and Labor, stated that the "US government has budgeted $50 million in the last two years to develop new technologies to help activists protect themselves from arrest and prosecution by authoritarian governments." The report went on to explain that the US "organized training sessions for 5,000 activists in different parts of the world ..."
Did the Occupy Movement in the US recieve anything of this help ... ?
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"He would, wouldn't he?" Mandy Rice-Davies. When asked in court whether she knew that Lord Astor had denied having sex with her.
“I think it would be a good idea” Ghandi, when asked about Western Civilisation.