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Underground parties were mentioned earlier. Could Natalee and few of her classmates attended one of these parties their last night? I wonder if the surveillance videos at the Holiday Inn were checked to see if a small group of MBHS students came in between 1:30 am and sunrise. It's been said that this Joran hung out with the MBHS kids all week, maybe he and his friends talked a few of the kids into going to this Croes' place. Could be that an answer may be found in Alabama.
Thanks for posting this information. I think that there's a lot more to this whole kidnapping/missing/murder story than what we've seen. The biggest question for parents are, "Where are your children?"
Could the young woman have boarded a boat for a reckless care free cruise to another island?
Could she have been kidnapped and sold into a sex-slave industry (not uncommon for the rest of the world, not a joke)?
Why is this story so significant in light of other criminal actions here in America?
What is the strategic importance of the Caribbean?
http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/namerica/caribb/aw.htm
Why has China shown interest in the Caribbean?
Where are the other government run brothels in the Caribbean? (yes, they do exist, it's time to expose this)
What is the US Naval/Coast Guard presence like in our backyard?
What is the statistic of piracy in modern human history? Did you know that piracy is not only at its highest level in human history, but also its most violent levels?
If we're expressing this much interest in a Caribbean island such as Aruba, then how much more interest will our security be for other island nations like Jamaica or Haiti?
Perhaps this recent criminal behavior is routine for this part of the world, but since there's expressed interest in this particular case for an American citizen, we now have the opportunity to focus on our backyard and:
1) reduce pirate attacks on private boaters and yachts (it's not as bad as let's say, the South China Sea or off of Somalia, but it's bad enough to take interest);
2) close down shipping channels for drugs and illegal aliens;
3) keep the Cuban Communists from leaving a worse post-Castro regime than if the Communist Chinese were to become a bigger influence in the region;
4) expose sex slavery (which especially victimizes women and children more than men) and purge such criminal industries from societies;
5) refocuses the US Navy/Marine Corps and US Coast Guard in a post Iraq mission and after the situation with OBL and Saddam are concluded;
6) improves security and service for ALL traveling tourists (not just Americans).
Who suffers the most from all this exposure?
1) Criminals...drug dealers, sexual predators, illegal alien smugglers, pirates, etc.;
2) Communists (will be stymied by not owning or slipping through sea channels unnoticed);
3) Terrorists (will lose another base of operations and avenue into America or cash flow from criminal empires (drugs));
4) Leftist Americans trying to undo the traditional way of American life and ethical decency;
5) Substance abusers, sex addicts who will have their criminal recreational entertainment supply cut off.
I welcome any news with enthusiasm as the exposure of evil hastens mankind's eventual purification.
