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... abuse of power. The invasion principally served the goals of arrogant American politicians and their Panamanian allies, at the expense of unconscionable bloodshed. 13 1 78 Part IV: 1 981 -Present ... which future control of the Panama Canal might be in the hands of an independent, sovereign Panama—supported by Japan Shultz and Weinberger, meanwhile, masquerading as official...

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... to quantify them. It was not just about the destruction of indigenous cultures, human lives, and hundreds of thousands of species of animals, reptiles, fish, insects, and plants, some of which ... than the mountains of Java, the seas off the coast of the Philippines, the steppes of Asia, the savannas of Africa, the forests of North America, the icecaps of the Arctic,...

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... and philosopher extraordinaire. A special word of gratitude to Jeevan Sivasubramanian, Berrett- Koehler's managing editor, and to Ken Lupoff, Rick Wilson, Maria xiv Confessions of an Economic ... and Sinister Period in Economic History 76 15 The Saudi Arabian Money-laundering Affair 81 16 Pimping, and Financing Osama bin Laden 93 PART III: 1975-T 981 17 Panama Canal Ne...

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... could have guessed. An Economic Hit Man Is Born 11 dozens of languages and dialects, and ethnic groups who nursed centuries-old animosities. Conflicts were frequent and brutal, and Sukarno clamped ... elected Iranian prime minister (and TIME magazine's Man of the Year in 1951), Mohammad Mossadegh, nationalized all Iranian petroleum assets. An outraged England sought the he...

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... war and the mass pro- duction of weapons, from the damming of rivers and the destruction of indigenous environments and cultures. I began to look at who benefits when hundreds of thousands of ... their answers to my questions and about the validity of their data. For instance, I could never just walk into an office with my translator and meet with someone; we first had to se...

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... restau- rants, all of them — are exempt from Panamanian laws and taxes. There are seven 18- hole golf courses, U.S. post offices scattered con- veniently around, U.S. courts of law and schools. ... fame, from manager of planning and financial analysis at Ford Motor Company in 1949 to Ford's president in I960, the first company 78 Part II: 1971-1975 realized for anyone associ...

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... Department official put it, "the epicenter" of terrorist financing Starting in the late 1 980 s — after the dual shocks of the Iranian revolution and the Soviet war in Afghanistan — Saudi ... the old caravan trail through the desert mountains, from Kirman to Bandar Abbas, and I roamed the ruins of Persepolis, the legendary palace of ancient kings and one of the wonde...

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... source of many products purchased in the United States — coffee, bananas, textiles, emeralds, flowers, oil, and cocaine — and a market for our goods and services. One of the most important services ... Kuwait; the Iranian Ministry of Energy; the Arabian- American Oil Company of Saudi Arabia; Institute de Recursos Hidraulicos y Electrification; Perusahaan Umum Listrik Negara; and...

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... John Island and tacked into Sir Francis Drake Chan- nel, which separates the American from the British Virgin Islands. The channel was named, of course, after the English scourge of the Spanish ... Berkeley area of San Francisco's East Bay and had graduated from UC Berkeley. She was a freethinker whose views on life contrasted with those of my puritanical parents and of An...

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... Saudis," 97- 98 trash removal by goats, 85 , 182 U.S. relations, 83 -84 , 87 -88 , 90 Saudi Arabian Money-laundering Affair/Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA), 88 , 92, 96, 182 - 185 , 211, 214 "Saudi ... 127-1 28 policy on empire building, 176 pro-Israeli stance, punishment for, 82 -83 relations with Saudi Arabia, 83 -84 , 87 -88 , 90 services sold to Colombia...

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