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Abdul_Maria
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posted 17 October 2006 12:10 PM      Profile for Abdul_Maria     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
98,000+ acres the Bu$h family has bought.

that's about 1/3 of Paraguay's drinking water supply.

http://ar.news.yahoo.com/061012/7/v2ez.html

i wouldn't yet call it a news black-out, but there is very little coverage of this in western MSM.

that article is in Spanish; i use this translator
http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/tr

the land just happens to be a few miles from a US military base in the tri-border area.

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the Bu$h family is a cancer.

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it seems like "might makes right" is becoming the prevalent approach to world government.


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Ward
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posted 17 October 2006 02:02 PM      Profile for Ward     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
another translation...
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