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Thailand: Phuket 'Scene of FBI, North Korean Arms Dealings' (& supernotes)
Phuket Wan ^
| 08/24/09
| Alan Morison
Posted on 08/24/2009 6:16:52 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Phuket 'Scene of FBI, North Korean Arms Dealings'
By Alan Morison
Monday, August 24, 2009
SOME remarkable meetings take place on Phuket, and we are not talking Asean summits, even though it was good for the island to have US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton drop by in July.
This particular meeting, reported for the first time today, is a different kind of gathering, more reminiscent of the one involving a Vietnamese lawyer who now stands accused of plotting to overthrow his country's leaders after meeting other alleged ''conspirators'' on Phuket.
Let's call it the Uncle Sam Sham Scam.
This gathering on the holiday island involved arms dealers and North Korean fake $100 notes, known as supernotes because of their high quality.
In a detailed account in the British newspaper, the Independent, author David Samuels describes an attempt by the FBI to track and arrest those involved.
(Excerpt) Read more at phuketwan.com ...
TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: armssales; fbi; nkorea; phuket; supernote; thailand; vietnam
To: TigerLikesRooster
For more info, check this link:
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posted on
08/24/2009 6:18:44 AM PDT
by
TigerLikesRooster
(LUV DIC -- L,U,V-shaped recession, Depression, Inflation, Collapse)
To: TigerLikesRooster
I just like the name of the town.
Phuket.
By the way, I hope to visit a town in China soon.
Xcrewyiu.
:)
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posted on
08/24/2009 6:21:51 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
("If they taxed condoms and toilet paper, they'd have us coming and going." - Lazamataz, 2002)
To: Lazamataz
Andrew Zimmern visited Phuket and was VERY CAREFUL in how he pronounced it.
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posted on
08/24/2009 6:27:09 AM PDT
by
PJ-Comix
("They spent a trillion dollars on a guess?" ---Astute DUmmie observation)
To: PJ-Comix
Andrew Zimmern visited Phuket and was VERY CAREFUL in how he pronounced it. In Africa, one must be careful how one pronounces the town name Hitdabich, the German town of Eitmeishortz, and the Norwegian town of Flipuuov.
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posted on
08/24/2009 6:31:29 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
("If they taxed condoms and toilet paper, they'd have us coming and going." - Lazamataz, 2002)
To: TigerLikesRooster
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posted on
08/24/2009 6:31:55 AM PDT
by
paulycy
(Screw the RACErs.)
To: paulycy
Make sure to be careful how you pronounce these towns when you visit them:
- Schiezahore, Austria.
- Rottinkrotch, Germany
- Phlaminpanzi, Cambodia
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posted on
08/24/2009 6:36:40 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
("If they taxed condoms and toilet paper, they'd have us coming and going." - Lazamataz, 2002)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Isn’t this one of the major sex tourist locations/attractions in Thailand?
Not like Pattaya or Patpong, but still pretty much so?
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posted on
08/24/2009 8:05:40 AM PDT
by
bill1952
(Choice is an illusion created between those with power - and those without)
To: TigerLikesRooster; AmericanInTokyo; Steel Wolf; nuconvert; MizSterious; nw_arizona_granny; ...
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posted on
08/25/2009 12:37:45 AM PDT
by
TigerLikesRooster
(LUV DIC -- L,U,V-shaped recession, Depression, Inflation, Collapse)
To: Lazamataz
Be careful how you pronounce this Austrian town's name.
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posted on
08/25/2009 11:00:41 AM PDT
by
BJClinton
(One Big Ass Mistake America)
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