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		<title>By: Namara</title>
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		<dc:creator>Namara</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:43:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Elias - Please find more information along the Woyane and Al Amoudi disciurse and what it means to the struggle to liberate Ethipoia from this criminals!

Recent developments of the campaign by Reporter News Paper (the Woyane disinformation paper)  against Al Amoudi businesses and for lack of a better word partners (&quot;Chiferoch&quot;) is an interesing development of the Ethiopian looting, corruption and how far they have come. It is now evident that there are two components to the Ethiopian Economy : 1) Effort - or the Tigrean looted Ethiopian treasury 2) the Sheik Al Amoudi&#039;s businesses - as partner in crime in the pillaging of Ethiopia.

Amare Aregawi who writes the talking points of Woyane is vigorously campaigning against the &quot;Chifroch&quot; (Abnet and Company) in the effort to replace them with Tigre thugs - this will automatically bring the entire Ethiopian economy for looting and money laundering directly under Meles and his Tgre thugs. The drama is unfolding by the day - 

Hope both Woyane and the pervert Sheik turn on each other - reveal 18 years of crime against Ethiopia!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Elias &#8211; Please find more information along the Woyane and Al Amoudi disciurse and what it means to the struggle to liberate Ethipoia from this criminals!</p>
<p>Recent developments of the campaign by Reporter News Paper (the Woyane disinformation paper)  against Al Amoudi businesses and for lack of a better word partners ("Chiferoch") is an interesing development of the Ethiopian looting, corruption and how far they have come. It is now evident that there are two components to the Ethiopian Economy : 1) Effort &#8211; or the Tigrean looted Ethiopian treasury 2) the Sheik Al Amoudi's businesses &#8211; as partner in crime in the pillaging of Ethiopia.</p>
<p>Amare Aregawi who writes the talking points of Woyane is vigorously campaigning against the "Chifroch" (Abnet and Company) in the effort to replace them with Tigre thugs &#8211; this will automatically bring the entire Ethiopian economy for looting and money laundering directly under Meles and his Tgre thugs. The drama is unfolding by the day &#8211; </p>
<p>Hope both Woyane and the pervert Sheik turn on each other &#8211; reveal 18 years of crime against Ethiopia!!!</p>
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		<title>By: koster</title>
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		<dc:creator>koster</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 17:41:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Excerpts from John Perkins book entitled &quot;The Secret History of the American Empire, Economic Hit Men, Jackals and the Truth About Global Corruption: 

&quot; One day in 1995, a high level Stone &amp; Webster Engineering Company (SWEC) executive called to reaquest a meeting with me. Over lunch, he discussed a project to construct a chemicals processing complex in Indonesia. It would be, he assured me, one of the largest projects in the company`s one-hundred year history, worth about $1 billion. I am determined to land this one, he said and then, lowering his voice, admitted , &quot;but I can`t do it until I figure a way to pay one of Suharto`s family members $150 million.
&quot;A bribe,&quot; I responded.
He nodded, &quot;You`ve spent a lot of time in Indonesia. Fill me on how to make this happen.&quot;
I told him that I knew four ways to pay the man a &quot;legal bribe.&quot; SWEC could arrange to lease bulldozers, cranes, trucks and other heavy equipment from companies owned by him and his friends(in the case of Ethiopia woyane and al-Amoudi companies) and pay excessive fees; they could subcontract (I susspect the road from Dure Bete to Bahar Dar is done by woyane company with such arrangement from the Chinese) portions of the project to similarly owned companies at inflated prices; they could use that same model to contract for food, housing, cars, fuel and other such items; and they could offer to arrange for the sons and daughters of the Indonesian`s (Ethiopian``s) cronies to attend prestigious U.S. coleges, cover all their expenses, and pay them consultant or intern salaries while they were in the United States. Although I acknowledge that arranging for such a large sum would probably require all four approaches and would take several years, I assured him that I had seen all of these schemes used very successfully and was unaware of any legal actions ever taken against a U.s. Company or its executives as a result. For further information read the book pp 54-55. My contact e-mail address. aytalnewzendro@mailforfree.de</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Excerpts from John Perkins book entitled "The Secret History of the American Empire, Economic Hit Men, Jackals and the Truth About Global Corruption: </p>
<p>" One day in 1995, a high level Stone &amp; Webster Engineering Company (SWEC) executive called to reaquest a meeting with me. Over lunch, he discussed a project to construct a chemicals processing complex in Indonesia. It would be, he assured me, one of the largest projects in the company`s one-hundred year history, worth about $1 billion. I am determined to land this one, he said and then, lowering his voice, admitted , "but I can`t do it until I figure a way to pay one of Suharto`s family members $150 million.<br />
"A bribe," I responded.<br />
He nodded, "You`ve spent a lot of time in Indonesia. Fill me on how to make this happen."<br />
I told him that I knew four ways to pay the man a "legal bribe." SWEC could arrange to lease bulldozers, cranes, trucks and other heavy equipment from companies owned by him and his friends(in the case of Ethiopia woyane and al-Amoudi companies) and pay excessive fees; they could subcontract (I susspect the road from Dure Bete to Bahar Dar is done by woyane company with such arrangement from the Chinese) portions of the project to similarly owned companies at inflated prices; they could use that same model to contract for food, housing, cars, fuel and other such items; and they could offer to arrange for the sons and daughters of the Indonesian`s (Ethiopian"s) cronies to attend prestigious U.S. coleges, cover all their expenses, and pay them consultant or intern salaries while they were in the United States. Although I acknowledge that arranging for such a large sum would probably require all four approaches and would take several years, I assured him that I had seen all of these schemes used very successfully and was unaware of any legal actions ever taken against a U.s. Company or its executives as a result. For further information read the book pp 54-55. My contact e-mail address. <a href="mailto:aytalnewzendro@mailforfree.de">aytalnewzendro@mailforfree.de</a></p>
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		<title>By: Berhanu</title>
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		<dc:creator>Berhanu</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:59:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dear Hassan

I hope you will find some true Ethiopians who can provide you these data from within but to contribute some let i share you one construction bid result which involves corruption.
It was the referal hospital in Mekalle the bid analysis was awarded to Sarcon construction based on the results but what happened is it was given to Medroc with the higher price than Satcon what i want to indicate here is that even Satcon is the  son of EPRDF there is always a closed door negotiation to facillitate some Birrs or Dollars or favors.

The second issue which i raise is the case of election 1995 in Gambella region in which all the three executive committees the president,vice and secretary were changed with the order of Dawit Yohanes within an overnight which was released to media in Ethiopian Radio and TV  by nominating what EPRDF want them to be which end up after using them they also end up in prison,namely Okello Oman,Chole Pech and Efrem Bedassa who replaced the one nominated by the council members.

One can find a lot more in terms of contracts given especially to Tigrians affilated to Asgedom Kahsay,Bitew Belay,Moges Abrha,Yohanes(Gambella),Melaku Fanta since these cadres were overseeing the regions Bershangul-Gumuz,SNNP,Somali, Gambella and Afar.

Even it is true that atleast three regional governments were ordered to buy Toyotas from the late Jemil who was importing cars with the help of the prominent central commitees of TPLF.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear Hassan</p>
<p>I hope you will find some true Ethiopians who can provide you these data from within but to contribute some let i share you one construction bid result which involves corruption.<br />
It was the referal hospital in Mekalle the bid analysis was awarded to Sarcon construction based on the results but what happened is it was given to Medroc with the higher price than Satcon what i want to indicate here is that even Satcon is the  son of EPRDF there is always a closed door negotiation to facillitate some Birrs or Dollars or favors.</p>
<p>The second issue which i raise is the case of election 1995 in Gambella region in which all the three executive committees the president,vice and secretary were changed with the order of Dawit Yohanes within an overnight which was released to media in Ethiopian Radio and TV  by nominating what EPRDF want them to be which end up after using them they also end up in prison,namely Okello Oman,Chole Pech and Efrem Bedassa who replaced the one nominated by the council members.</p>
<p>One can find a lot more in terms of contracts given especially to Tigrians affilated to Asgedom Kahsay,Bitew Belay,Moges Abrha,Yohanes(Gambella),Melaku Fanta since these cadres were overseeing the regions Bershangul-Gumuz,SNNP,Somali, Gambella and Afar.</p>
<p>Even it is true that atleast three regional governments were ordered to buy Toyotas from the late Jemil who was importing cars with the help of the prominent central commitees of TPLF.</p>
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