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Texas-owned private jet owned impounded in Congo
AP/HoustonChronicle ^
| 2/20/11
Posted on 02/20/2011 9:17:37 PM PST by Kartographer
A private jet owned by a North Texas company has been impounded for the past 2 1/2 weeks and its passengers and crew detained by the Congolese government in central Africa, where officials say it was used to smuggle gold from rebel territories in the nation's eastern provinces.
The plane was leased by Southlake Aviation, based in suburban Dallas-Fort Worth, to a subsidiary of CAMAC International, The Dallas Morning News reported in its Sunday editions.
CAMAC company is owned by Kase Lawal, a Nigerian-born Houston oil tycoon an appointee of President Barack Obama to the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiation.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections; US: Texas
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VERRRY INTERESTING
To: Kartographer
Air America(not the radio show, the spooky guys) or ShadeTree Aerospace?
/johnny
To: Kartographer
CAMAC company is owned by Kase Lawal, a Nigerian-born Houston oil tycoon an appointee of President Barack Obama to the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiation.
Maybe the Congo is holding the plane until they get the $10-million that Barrister Jones promised to them...
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posted on
02/20/2011 9:24:15 PM PST
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: Kartographer
How much does your life suck when you get detained by the Congolese.?
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posted on
02/20/2011 9:24:36 PM PST
by
mmercier
To: Kartographer
CAMAC company is owned by Kase Lawal, a Nigerian-born Houston oil tycoon an appointee of President Barack Obama to the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiation. I'm sure there's nothing to see here, thus moving along. (/Sarcasm)
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posted on
02/20/2011 9:25:07 PM PST
by
The Cajun
To: JRandomFreeper
I knew a guy that flew for Air America in the early 50s.
Good money but if you’re caught no one knows you, you’re on your own!
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posted on
02/20/2011 9:29:59 PM PST
by
dalereed
To: Army Air Corps
“....and Negotiation.”
After 2.5 weeks of still be detained, I’m guessing his skills were lacking in that department.
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posted on
02/20/2011 9:33:37 PM PST
by
21twelve
( You can go from boom to bust, from dreams to a bowl of dust ... another lost generation.)
To: 21twelve
Another keen pick made by Obummer, eh? ;-)
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posted on
02/20/2011 9:43:54 PM PST
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: Kartographer
............................Kase Lawal, a Nigerian-born Houston oil tycoon an appointee of President Barack Obama........................
Ah, no problem here; just a bit of red tape!
Now, Kase, you’re black, ok! You have Obama credentials, yes?. So what’s the problem: Black guy flying in some extra bing.)
Let’s just bring in some “snow” for Mr. President Long weekend from the Wookie, doncha know!
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posted on
02/20/2011 9:45:18 PM PST
by
Noob1999
(Loose Lips Sink Ships)
To: Kartographer
Tribe’s headman got new airplane?
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posted on
02/20/2011 9:45:33 PM PST
by
RobinOfKingston
(An election is not a (national) suicide pact.)
To: Kartographer
CAMAC company is owned by Kase Lawal, a Nigerian-born Houston oil tycoon an appointee of President Barack Obama to the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiation.
Sounds like the Congo nailed themselves a Free Trade Communist.
Wonder if the Free Trade Communists will defend a fellow Free Trade Communist....or continue to deny they share the same Free Trade Communism nonsense like this Kase Lawal...and Obama
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posted on
02/20/2011 10:40:54 PM PST
by
UCFRoadWarrior
(Newt Gingrich and Chris Matthews: Seperated at Birth??)
To: UCFRoadWarrior
As opposed to the traditional anti free trade communists?
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posted on
02/20/2011 10:49:34 PM PST
by
piasa
To: Kartographer
Was Pat Robertson on board?
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posted on
02/20/2011 10:55:00 PM PST
by
stormer
To: RobinOfKingston
Tribes headman got new airplane? In all likelihood, nobody's got a new airplane.
The locals there tend to break and/or strip anything they can find. The jet fuel was probably siphoned and sold within hours. No qualified mechanics, no tools, no parts, no fuel to fly out.
My guess is the aircraft is a total loss.
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posted on
02/20/2011 11:52:09 PM PST
by
Zakeet
(Always trust in the five G's: God, Gold, Guns, Grub, and the Government screwing up)
To: JRandomFreeper
Air America(not the radio show, the spooky guys) or ShadeTree Aerospace?Evergreen Airlines...
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posted on
02/21/2011 12:23:13 AM PST
by
Looking4Truth
(No good deed goes unpunished.)
To: Kartographer
VERRRY INTERESTING
I vas goink to post dat komment ...The minute I read that review that was my immeduate thought... Wonder where else that plane stopped off at ...Certainly not Iran.. But Tunisia ? Egypt ? Libya ? Bahrain ?
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posted on
02/21/2011 3:44:08 AM PST
by
mosesdapoet
("To punish a province Let it be ruled by a professor " Frederick The Great paraphrased)
To: Zakeet
Yep, stone age savages. Kicked back under a section of wing in a cramped leather aircraft seat in it’s full upright position, swatting at flies buzzing around his empty head. Other than the modern aircraft parts it’s 20,000 B.C.
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posted on
02/21/2011 3:59:42 AM PST
by
762X51
To: Kartographer
Send lawyers, guns and money, the **** has hit the fan.
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posted on
02/21/2011 8:44:47 AM PST
by
A. Patriot
(CZ 52's ROCK)
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posted on
09/15/2012 10:19:16 PM PDT
by
piasa
(Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
To: piasa
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