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THIS JUST IN---BACKSTORY then-president Bill Clinton strongly favored US govt action WRT the German government, and speculates that there could be a relationship between Bertelsmann publisher's cash flowing in (A) for Bill's $30 mill book deal, and, (B) Bertelsmann's ability to buy up a third or so of the American trade book publishing industry without anti-trust problems arising.

Speaking of buying up US assets......anybody hear of Uranium One? (smirk)

Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2008/04/bill_clintons_30_million_germa.html#ixzz53Juj7drA

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EXCLUSIVE: Clinton Foundation Got $100M From ‘Blood Minerals’ Firm
The Libertarian Republic / FR Posted by yoe

A little known Swedish-Canadian oil and mining conglomerate human rights groups have repeatedly charged produces “blood minerals” is among the Clinton Foundation’s biggest donors, thanks to a ($100 million pledge) in 2007, a Daily Caller News Foundation investigation has found.

“Blood minerals” are related to “blood diamonds,” which are allegedly mined in war zones or sold as commodities to help finance political insurgencies or despotic warlords.

When the Vancouver, Canada-based Lundin Group gave its $100 million commitment to the “Clinton Giustra Sustainable Growth Initiative,” the company had long been cutting deals with warlords, Marxist rebels, military strongmen and dictatorships in the war-torn African countries of Congo, Sudan and Ethiopia.

Lundin promoted its reputation as a fierce, hard-driving company. Adolf Lundin, who founded the company, (audaciously traveled) to the French home of Congo dictator Mobutu Sese Seko in 1996 to secure mining rights for his company. A few years later, Lundin admitted he had offered a “donation” to Mobutu’s “elections campaign,” but later said he never gave the funds.

(Excerpt) Read more at thelibertarianrepublic.com ...

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