AIDS apfn
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AIDS as a weapon of war
Thu Jun 28 10:59:13 2001
While I do believe that AIDS is a weapon being used by the Federal Fraud Machine (FFM) and its allies, I disagree that it is a contagious disease caused by a little retrovirus, many types which exist in the normal human system. There are hundreds of well known doctors, microbiologists, professors, laymen who have proved that AIDS is not caused by HIV but by drugs end/or other immuno suppresive factors. AIDS is really a psyop weapon that actually gets "the AIDS victim" to kill him or herself. Rather than go into a lengthy and detailed explanation, I suggest you visit www.duesberg.com or aidsmyth.com or virusmyth.com. The AIDS dissidents like Dr. Duesberg, Professor of Microbiology at UC, Kerry Mullis, Noble Prize winner for the PCP test, Walter Gilbert of Harvard, Dr. Charlie Thomas formally at John Hopkins and Harvard, and many others get almost no publicity for their views. Dr. Duesberg has paid for his views by losing a $3 million research contract plus almost all of his other non professor revenues. As he told me "If I would come out and say that maybe HIV is partially responsible for AIDS, I could be paid like an NBA star, like Gallo (who stole the HIV virus from Montagnier) is currently. Now I'll just have to get by on my tenured professor salary." Most of the biological research at Fort Detrick has been bogus and led nowhere. Yet, a lot of people and companies continue to get rich with such research.
The Federal Fraud Machine loves the idea that people think that HIV was a deadly virus concocted at Fort Detrick, since that reinforces the mainstream idea that AIDS is a sexually transmitted disease. The HIV antibody test will show positive if you have a weakened immune system, regardless of whether you have the relatively harmless HIV virus in your system. Since no one has ever isolated this retrovirus, but have confirmed its existence through antibodies, the AIDs test checks for a protein that normally shows up in your blood when you have the flu. Just thonk of all those poor Africans that have been fed the deadly chemotherapy AIDS cocktails that destroy the immune system. Thank heaven for people like Mbeki of South Africa who are not buying the attempted genocide of Africa by the FFM and its allies
Aids -William Cooper
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"The most toxic drug that has ever been licensed
for long term consumption in the free world.
... AZT is a prescription drug and according to
the manufacturer itself it causes symptoms that are
indistinguishable from AIDS.
So I would say it is not arrogant for me
to say that AZT is AIDS by prescription."
~ Dr Peter Duesberg
Drs. Garth & Nancy Nicholson -Gulf War Syndrome
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The Mycoplasma incognitus found by Drs. Garth and Nancy Nicolson has a piece of the HIV envelope, but HIV is not found inside the envelope. Instead, a mix of different bacteria from other illnesses is present. This is not something that could happen in the natural course of evolution and is proof, Dr. Nicolson believes, of biological warfare. It is something that must have been man-made!
House Bill 15090 Actual Document scribs
Proof House Bill 15090 Aids was manmade
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Absolute proof AIDS was made by the US Special Virus Cancer Program, distributed by the World Health Org., funded by the US Congress. Documentation, laws legalizing (sic) biological & chemical warfare testing on US Citizens and more. May God Forgive US!
AIDS Report: The Man Made Plague
From the Official U.S. Govt. Documents House of Rep.
Proof: Department of Defense Appropriations for 1970
H.B. 15090
"The transcript that follows is taken from the June 9, 1969 Senate testimony of Dr. Donald MacArthur, a high-level Defense Department biological research administrator. For those who hold the theory that AIDS is the result of a U.S. biological weapons program--discussed in chapter 40 of 60 Greatest Conspiracies of All Time--this testimony is a smoking gun, or smoking petri dish as the case may be. We present it without further comment. Judge for yourself." Funding was approved in 1970 - $10 million to the DOD.
“APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1970"
HEARINGS
before a SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Reid Weingarten (Ron Brown's attorney)
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BRIAN ROSS
(VO) In fact, Hill now blames Brown for all the legal troubles that
she says eventually cost her her business and led her into a clinical
depression. But Brown's friends and family are outraged that Hill is
going public and making what they consider to be unfair and
uncorroborated allegations, such as the charges about illegal drugs.
REID WEINGARTEN, RON BROWN'S ATTORNEY
Preposterous. I mean, I guess anything's possible. There may be a
tyrannosaurus rex outside when we leave this building. It sounds
preposterous to me.
BRIAN ROSS
(VO) Reid Weingarten was Ron Brown's lawyer.
REID WEINGARTEN
I never had the slightest indication that Ron ever used drugs. I
have no idea why she's saying what she's saying.
BRIAN ROSS
(on camera) Is it not true, though, that she did have a close
relationship with Ron Brown for many years?
REID WEINGARTEN
I think that's true.
Ron Brown and his and Bill Clinton's China Connection
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Yet, Ron Brown's story also has a bad ending. On Feb. 6, 1996, Ron Brown met with Wang Jun, chairman of the Chinese army-owned arms company Poly Technologies. That same day, Wang also attended a White House coffee with Charlie Trie who also donated several thousand dollars to the DNC. President Clinton was host for the coffee. Trie is his old "friend" in the Clinton-Gore White House spin machine language -- with friend meaning a source of cash.
Nolanda Hill testified that Beijing arms dealer Wang and Brown discussed lowering satellite export controls. She warned Brown to stay away from Wang, who travelled the globe on an official Chinese diplomatic passport. That same day, Feb. 6, 1996, President Clinton approved the launch of four more U.S. satellites on Chinese army rockets. Later in 1996, Clinton also approved the full export of Loral's Globalstar system, including a complete encrypted satellite telemetry control center to be constructed outside Beijing.
The Riegle Report
Is this the real reason Ron Brown was murdered?
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TRUTH Behind the Gulf War Sydnrome
Gulf War Syndrome, Biological Warfare Conducted on US Military Members, and Corporate Bio-Genocide Levied on the Planetary Population
A Lecture By Captain Joyce Riley in Houston, Texas on Jan 15, 1996
Transcript by Leading Edge Research Group
P.O. Box 7530, Yelm, Washington 98597
World Wide Web http://www.cco.net/~trufax E-Mail trufax@cco.net
With Editorial Commentary by Val Valerian
Introduction
(Applause) Thank you so very much. I am Joyce Riley, and I am here because I love my God and I love my country, and I love my fellow man. We are going to hear a story tonight that unfortunately is the saddest story, not only of the 20th century, but of America's history. You are going to hear about the destruction of the United States military. I am sorry to have to bring you this story. I wish it wasn't true. I wish that I could protect you from what you are going to hear tonight, because it has taken me a year to investigate this story. During that time, I went through the worst depression you can imagine. I finally came to the conclusion one day that - yes, our country had provided the biologicals to Saddam Hussein that were used on our troops. Our troops are sick and they are dying.
My story started in 1991, when............
Time to deeply investigate Ron Brown's death
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But in case you missed the piecemeal accounts m the papers. Here is an
extremely condensed summery of 11 of Brown's woes. As I'll show below,
many of them were shortly going to become Bill Clinton's woes:
1. How did North Viet Nam recently get the U.S. to drop its trade embargo
against them so suddenly? Easy. As a leading Vietnamese businessman and
official revealed to the press, the Communist government paid Brown
$700,000 to do it. the money went into a Singapore bank account, the
embargo fell, and Clinton squashed a feeble FBI attempt to investigate. He
and Brown also neutralized a federal grand jury probe later.
2. Brown sold plane seats on other trade trips besides the one to
Bosnia/Croatia. Companies making big contributions to the Democratic Party
or the Clinton Victory Fund could buy access and tax break or regulatory
favors.
3. The 1-23-95 U.S. News & World Report broke the news that Brown had
bought a $300,000 townhouse for his girlfriend, Lillian Madsen, a
prominent political player and whorehouse madam from Haiti.
4. Brown used to receive $12,500 a month as the P.R. agent for Baby Doc
Duvalier, the much-loathed dictator of Haiti. Brown received this money
for nearly five years, while he was a member of the Democratic National
Committee. Brown also managed Baby Doc's $50 million investment find, most
or all of which is now in Viet Nam firms.
5. Brown was a key board member of Chemfix, a Louisiana "waste management"
corporation that landed a $210 million contract with New York City in
1990, with Brown's help. That was despite the fact that Chemfix had two
other contracts with other municipalities canceled because of its
inability to perform. Brown got company stock at 24% of market value,
making him millions. New York mayor David Dinkins got to host me
Democratic Convention. A typical Ron Brown win/win deal.
6. Brown founded Capital/Pebsco, which - fresh out of the box got a
contract with Washington D.C. mayor Marion Barry to handle the city's
pension funds. Not a bad start for a new company with no investing
experience.
7. In a deal that has left CIA people livid, Brown okayed the sale of a
new U.S. gas turbine engine to China China will use the engines m its
cruise missiles McDonald Douglas developed the turbine as a military
engine. But Brown arbitrarily reclassified it as "civilian". That let
China build a fleet of missiles, using U.S. engines and technology, which
they can poise, of course, at the US.
8. Brown irked Congress and most of Europe by acting as point man for
Clinton to bring Iranian influence and weapons into the Bosnian War. That
broke the U.S.- endorsed arms embargo. The money for the arms most likely
came from Commerce and Agriculture, slush fund money channeled to U.S.
manufacturers; from there to U.S. -friendly nations and firms overseas;
and from there to Iran. The arms included helicopter gun ships, big
artillery, stinger missiles, land mines, anti-aircraft guns, anti-tank
weapons, grenade launchers, and other quality weapons. Most of the arms
will stay on the European scene for decades to come, keeping the area
destabilized. As one leading munitions dealer put it:
"Iran/Contra was slingshots and cap guns compared to the quantities and
size of arms given the Croatian Serbs That is why the Croatian Muslims
enthusiastically hosted Brown's planeload of executives. They felt grati-
tude for the free arms, as well as a desire to do deals.
9. Brown was the partner of a Democratic fund-raiser named Nolanda Hill.
Hill paid Brown $500,000 for his 50% interest in First International,
Inc., a company that never made any profits. Most glaringly, Brown never
invested a cent m First International.
First International owned Corridor Broadcasting, which had defaulted on
massive government loans of $40 million, The loans were passed on to the
FDIC, which was unsuccessful in collecting anything from Hill. Yet at the
same time, First Intentional was making large contributions to the
Democratic Party, and paying hundreds of thousands of dollars to Brown,
through shell corporations.
These payments to Brown - three checks for $45,000 each - were the core of
Representative Clinger's evidence that forced Janet Reno to hire Daniel
Pearson as special investigator of Brown's crimes. They were cashier's
checks, all cut the same day m 1993, with sequential numbers. Yet
supposedly, the money came from three contributors, acting independently.
Brown never disclosed or paid any taxes on these amounts.
10. By personally delivering a warning letter signed by Clinton, Brown was
able to force a bargain deal with the Saudis for $6 billion in American
military aircraft and hardware. To get the planes the Saudis also had to
accept a fat $4 billion phone contract with AT&T: otherwise, they would
get no aircraft.
Also part of the deal: AT&T had a multi-million dollar side agreement with
Brown's First International, which was hired as a "consultant" (see
above). And the Demo- cratic National Committee and the Clinton campaign
fund were beneficiaries. This is how big business is done in Clinton's
America.
11. The last nail in Brown's coffin was pounded in four days before his
crash. FBI and IRS agents subpoenaed as many as 20 witnesses for a serious
probe of Brown in Washington. It seems that an Oklahoma gas company
called Dynamic Energy Resources gave Brown's son Michael $500,000 in
stock, a $160,000 cash payment, and exclusive country club memberships.
Former Dynamic president Stewart Price told a Tulsa grand jury that the
money was to be routed to Ron Brown, who was expected to "fix" a big
lawsuit for Dynamic.
There is little chance you heard about this death-knell, grand jury case.
Radio station KTOK in Oklahoma reported it on March 28, 1996; the
Washington Times made it a front-page story on March 29. But then a lock
was put on the story. The AP and New York Times wire services blocked any
future release of the information. Welcome to the new world order.
Tommy Boggs
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Lanny Davis, one of Boggs's former law partners, has served as the president's "counsel for spin control," and 17 other partners have held important posts in the administration (among them Commerce Secretary Ron Brown, Boggs's former partner and protege, who died in a 1996 plane crash). But here's another key to Boggs's power: over the past 15 years, he has raised money for more congressmen than any other lobbyist.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Pepsi wikipedia
EXCERPT:
Niche marketing
1940s advertisement specifically targeting African AmericansWalter Mack was named the new President of Pepsi-Cola and guided the company through the 1940s. Mack, who supported progressive causes, noticed that the company's strategy of using advertising for a general audience either ignored African Americans or used ethnic stereotypes in portraying blacks. He realized African Americans were an untapped niche market and that Pepsi stood to gain market share by targeting its advertising directly towards them.[8] To this end, he hired Hennan Smith, an advertising executive "from the Negro newspaper field"[9] to lead an all-black sales team, which had to be cut due to the onset of World War II. In 1947, Mack resumed his efforts, hiring Edward F. Boyd to lead a twelve-man team. They came up with advertising portraying black Americans in a positive light, such as one with a smiling mother holding a six pack of Pepsi while her son (a young Ron Brown, who grew up to be Secretary of Commerce)[10] reaches up for one. Another ad campaign, titled "Leaders in Their Fields", profiled twenty prominent African Americans such as Nobel Peace Prize winner Ralph Bunche and photographer Gordon Parks.
Boyd also led a sales team composed entirely of blacks around the country to promote Pepsi. Racial segregation and Jim Crow laws were still in place throughout much of the U.S.; Boyd's team faced a great deal of discrimination as a result,[9] from insults by Pepsi co-workers to threats by the Ku Klux Klan.[10] On the other hand, they were able to use racism as a selling point, attacking Coke's reluctance to hire blacks and support by the chairman of Coke for segregationist Governor of Georgia Herman Talmadge.[8] As a result, Pepsi's market share as compared to Coke's shot up dramatically. After the sales team visited Chicago, Pepsi's share in the city overtook that of Coke for the first time.[8]
This focus on the market for black people caused some consternation within the company and among its affiliates. They did not want to seem focused on black customers for fear white customers would be pushed away.[8] In a meeting at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, Mack tried to assuage the 500 bottlers in attendance by pandering to them, saying, "We don't want it to become known as a nigger drink."[11] After Mack left the company in 1950, support for the black sales team faded and it was cut.
Did Ron Brown's head have a gunshot wound in it or not
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What's more, the media and Pentagon claim of "the storm of the decade" was sharply disputed by the widely readAviation Week magazine, which reported light to moderate rain and a constant fourteen mph headwind at the time of the crash. In fact, five planes, one of them a small Piper, had landed at Dubrovnik airport just prior to Brown's. None encountered any problems.
The Air Force investigation later concluded, "the weather was not a substantially contributing factor in this mishap." (6) The prime factors were, instead, ruled to be pilot error and faulty navigation aids. Unfortunately, the airport's maintenance chief was unavailable to assist the Air Force in determining if the navigation aids at the airport were functioning properly at the time of the crash. He committed suicide a few days later -- a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest.
Why Brown's aircraft drifted a mile off course while on approach to the airport remains a compelling mystery. The jet slammed into Sveti Ivan (St. John's Hill), a 2,400-foot peak outside of Dubrovnik. Lt. Col. Steve Cogswell is a doctor and deputy medical examiner with the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP) at Dover Air Force Base. Cogswell investigated this air disaster that he and other investigators at the AFIP describe as a "relatively low-impact crash" that left the rear of the plane intact.
In an interview with Christopher Ruddy of thePittsburgh Tribune-Review, Cogswell claimed that Air Force Sgts. Shelley Kelly and Cheryl Turnage, flight attendants who were seated in jumpseats in the rear of the aircraft, were "potential survivors" of the accident. "Depending on who you talked to, Kelly was found near her seat, on the floor of the plane or outside the plane," he said. (7) Some reports state that she had only cuts and bruises, and was able to help herself into the rescue helicopter. Kelly was dead on arrival at a near-by hospital. Her autopsy at Dover Air Force Base revealed she died of a broken neck.
Pesi and Coke on same side, eh
12th August 2006
Pesti-Cola Scandal: Pesticide Claims Shake Up Coke and Pepsi
After allegations of high levels of toxic chemicals in their subcontinental sodas, the companies face bans amid a media uproar. Welcome to the India installment of the fabled cola wars. Global soft-drink heavies Coca-Cola and PepsiCo are actually on the same side. In short, this is shaping up to be a public-relations calamity of the first order.
Ron Brown's plane had thermite on it
EXCERPT:
PK: Well, let me say that the cadavers from the Ron Brown aircraft arrived at Dover AFB, Delaware, and they had traces of the chemical "thermite" on them. This is a chemical in bombs that are used to blow safes and bunker doors.
NR: How do you know this?
PK: That information was passed to me through Joe Jordan of the National Vietnam POW Strike Force, out of Houston, Texas. Joe Joran is a former National Security Agency (NSA) agent. In addition to that, Shelley Kelly , the flight attendant on the aircraft, walked onto the rescue helicopter with minor cuts and bruises. However, upon arrival at the hospital, it was found that she had bled to death on the way. They found a 3 inch incision over the femoral artery. I accept this information as solid, due to its source. Those listeners who know of Mr.Jordan and his organization understand that he has very reliable sources within the government. Perhaps we could conference Mr. Jordan in.
Ishan Barbouti
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Search Results on Dr. Ihsan Barbouti - Iraqi Arms Dealer
self | 4/18/02
Posted on Friday, April 19, 2002 11:04:33 PM by Ranger
Search Results on Dr. Ihsan Barbouti - Iraqi Arms Dealer
Dr. Ihsan Barbouti may be relevant to the following subjects:
•WMD in Iraq and Libya. Dr. Barbouti was an active arms merchant for Iraq and Libya in the 1980s assisting both with WMD.
•A link between Iraq and the OKC & WTC Bombing. Dr. Barbouti, possibly on behalf of Iraqi intelligence, seems to be connected with Iraqi intelligence agent Youssef who in turn met Terry Nichols in the Philippines for the purpose of training him on explosives. Youssef is directly connected to airline bombing attempts in the Philippines. There is also a connection between Youssef and the first WTC bombing.
I wanted to research Dr. Ihsan Barbouti further. Here are my preliminary results.
The following was excerpted from a post made today by kcvl.
Insight on the News - National
Issue: 05/06/02 [?]
EXCERPT:
Niche marketing
1940s advertisement specifically targeting African AmericansWalter Mack was named the new President of Pepsi-Cola and guided the company through the 1940s. Mack, who supported progressive causes, noticed that the company's strategy of using advertising for a general audience either ignored African Americans or used ethnic stereotypes in portraying blacks. He realized African Americans were an untapped niche market and that Pepsi stood to gain market share by targeting its advertising directly towards them.[8] To this end, he hired Hennan Smith, an advertising executive "from the Negro newspaper field"[9] to lead an all-black sales team, which had to be cut due to the onset of World War II. In 1947, Mack resumed his efforts, hiring Edward F. Boyd to lead a twelve-man team. They came up with advertising portraying black Americans in a positive light, such as one with a smiling mother holding a six pack of Pepsi while her son (a young Ron Brown, who grew up to be Secretary of Commerce)[10] reaches up for one. Another ad campaign, titled "Leaders in Their Fields", profiled twenty prominent African Americans such as Nobel Peace Prize winner Ralph Bunche and photographer Gordon Parks.
Boyd also led a sales team composed entirely of blacks around the country to promote Pepsi. Racial segregation and Jim Crow laws were still in place throughout much of the U.S.; Boyd's team faced a great deal of discrimination as a result,[9] from insults by Pepsi co-workers to threats by the Ku Klux Klan.[10] On the other hand, they were able to use racism as a selling point, attacking Coke's reluctance to hire blacks and support by the chairman of Coke for segregationist Governor of Georgia Herman Talmadge.[8] As a result, Pepsi's market share as compared to Coke's shot up dramatically. After the sales team visited Chicago, Pepsi's share in the city overtook that of Coke for the first time.[8]
This focus on the market for black people caused some consternation within the company and among its affiliates. They did not want to seem focused on black customers for fear white customers would be pushed away.[8] In a meeting at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, Mack tried to assuage the 500 bottlers in attendance by pandering to them, saying, "We don't want it to become known as a nigger drink."[11] After Mack left the company in 1950, support for the black sales team faded and it was cut.
Did Ron Brown's head have a gunshot wound in it or not
EXCERPT:
What's more, the media and Pentagon claim of "the storm of the decade" was sharply disputed by the widely readAviation Week magazine, which reported light to moderate rain and a constant fourteen mph headwind at the time of the crash. In fact, five planes, one of them a small Piper, had landed at Dubrovnik airport just prior to Brown's. None encountered any problems.
The Air Force investigation later concluded, "the weather was not a substantially contributing factor in this mishap." (6) The prime factors were, instead, ruled to be pilot error and faulty navigation aids. Unfortunately, the airport's maintenance chief was unavailable to assist the Air Force in determining if the navigation aids at the airport were functioning properly at the time of the crash. He committed suicide a few days later -- a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest.
Why Brown's aircraft drifted a mile off course while on approach to the airport remains a compelling mystery. The jet slammed into Sveti Ivan (St. John's Hill), a 2,400-foot peak outside of Dubrovnik. Lt. Col. Steve Cogswell is a doctor and deputy medical examiner with the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP) at Dover Air Force Base. Cogswell investigated this air disaster that he and other investigators at the AFIP describe as a "relatively low-impact crash" that left the rear of the plane intact.
In an interview with Christopher Ruddy of thePittsburgh Tribune-Review, Cogswell claimed that Air Force Sgts. Shelley Kelly and Cheryl Turnage, flight attendants who were seated in jumpseats in the rear of the aircraft, were "potential survivors" of the accident. "Depending on who you talked to, Kelly was found near her seat, on the floor of the plane or outside the plane," he said. (7) Some reports state that she had only cuts and bruises, and was able to help herself into the rescue helicopter. Kelly was dead on arrival at a near-by hospital. Her autopsy at Dover Air Force Base revealed she died of a broken neck.
Pesi and Coke on same side, eh
12th August 2006
Pesti-Cola Scandal: Pesticide Claims Shake Up Coke and Pepsi
After allegations of high levels of toxic chemicals in their subcontinental sodas, the companies face bans amid a media uproar. Welcome to the India installment of the fabled cola wars. Global soft-drink heavies Coca-Cola and PepsiCo are actually on the same side. In short, this is shaping up to be a public-relations calamity of the first order.
Ron Brown's plane had thermite on it
EXCERPT:
PK: Well, let me say that the cadavers from the Ron Brown aircraft arrived at Dover AFB, Delaware, and they had traces of the chemical "thermite" on them. This is a chemical in bombs that are used to blow safes and bunker doors.
NR: How do you know this?
PK: That information was passed to me through Joe Jordan of the National Vietnam POW Strike Force, out of Houston, Texas. Joe Joran is a former National Security Agency (NSA) agent. In addition to that, Shelley Kelly , the flight attendant on the aircraft, walked onto the rescue helicopter with minor cuts and bruises. However, upon arrival at the hospital, it was found that she had bled to death on the way. They found a 3 inch incision over the femoral artery. I accept this information as solid, due to its source. Those listeners who know of Mr.Jordan and his organization understand that he has very reliable sources within the government. Perhaps we could conference Mr. Jordan in.
Ishan Barbouti
EXCERPT:
Search Results on Dr. Ihsan Barbouti - Iraqi Arms Dealer
self | 4/18/02
Posted on Friday, April 19, 2002 11:04:33 PM by Ranger
Search Results on Dr. Ihsan Barbouti - Iraqi Arms Dealer
Dr. Ihsan Barbouti may be relevant to the following subjects:
•WMD in Iraq and Libya. Dr. Barbouti was an active arms merchant for Iraq and Libya in the 1980s assisting both with WMD.
•A link between Iraq and the OKC & WTC Bombing. Dr. Barbouti, possibly on behalf of Iraqi intelligence, seems to be connected with Iraqi intelligence agent Youssef who in turn met Terry Nichols in the Philippines for the purpose of training him on explosives. Youssef is directly connected to airline bombing attempts in the Philippines. There is also a connection between Youssef and the first WTC bombing.
I wanted to research Dr. Ihsan Barbouti further. Here are my preliminary results.
The following was excerpted from a post made today by kcvl.
Insight on the News - National
Issue: 05/06/02 [?]
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Maddoff Columbian Drug connection
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Corina, the eldest, married a Columbian named Andres Piedrahita, who became a partner of Fairfield Greenwich. Corina and her husband apparently relocated to London some years ago and subsequently spent considerable time in Spain as well while raising funds from European and Latin American investors. Rumor has it that Andres Piedrahita "may have done something fatally stupid by placing 2x-3x-laundered Columbian Drug Cartel money into the FFG-Madoff sinkhole".
Walter Noels Brazilian connection (Haegler)
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We've told you about Walter Noel's Brazilian niece, Bianca Haegler, the local sales rep who is apparently not licensed to sell investment products in Brazil. (Actively marketing offshore funds is also illegal in Brazil.) Fairfield Greenwich Group has removed her name from its web site after getting questions about her from the Wall Street Journal.
Noel family in Vanity Fair
The Brazilian connection in the Madoff scandal
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A Fairfield partner, Andres Piedrahita, who is married to Mr. Noel’s daughter Corina, is responsible for the firm’s activities in Latin America and Europe. He is said to have brought scores of wealthy investors from both places into the Fairfield Sentry fund.
Philip J. Toub, another Fairfield partner who is also Mr. Noel’s son in law, oversaw the firm’s activities in Brazil and the Middle East. Mr. Toub’s family connections to the giant Saronic Shipping Company in Lausanne, Switzerland, also helped him lure wealthy Swiss investors.
Fairfield, like Mr. Madoff’s firm, seemed to be a close-knit family business. Matthew C. Brown, who is also a partner at the firm, married Mr. Noel’s daughter Marisa in 2002.
EXCERPT:
Corina, the eldest, married a Columbian named Andres Piedrahita, who became a partner of Fairfield Greenwich. Corina and her husband apparently relocated to London some years ago and subsequently spent considerable time in Spain as well while raising funds from European and Latin American investors. Rumor has it that Andres Piedrahita "may have done something fatally stupid by placing 2x-3x-laundered Columbian Drug Cartel money into the FFG-Madoff sinkhole".
Walter Noels Brazilian connection (Haegler)
EXCERPT:
We've told you about Walter Noel's Brazilian niece, Bianca Haegler, the local sales rep who is apparently not licensed to sell investment products in Brazil. (Actively marketing offshore funds is also illegal in Brazil.) Fairfield Greenwich Group has removed her name from its web site after getting questions about her from the Wall Street Journal.
Noel family in Vanity Fair
The Brazilian connection in the Madoff scandal
EXCERPT:
A Fairfield partner, Andres Piedrahita, who is married to Mr. Noel’s daughter Corina, is responsible for the firm’s activities in Latin America and Europe. He is said to have brought scores of wealthy investors from both places into the Fairfield Sentry fund.
Philip J. Toub, another Fairfield partner who is also Mr. Noel’s son in law, oversaw the firm’s activities in Brazil and the Middle East. Mr. Toub’s family connections to the giant Saronic Shipping Company in Lausanne, Switzerland, also helped him lure wealthy Swiss investors.
Fairfield, like Mr. Madoff’s firm, seemed to be a close-knit family business. Matthew C. Brown, who is also a partner at the firm, married Mr. Noel’s daughter Marisa in 2002.
US Scientists isolate antibodies effective against 91 of HIV strains
FULL ARTICLE
U.S. Scientists Isolate Antibodies Effective Against 91% of HIV Strains
Published 1, July 9, 2010 Science , Society , Torts 8 Comments
We have an extraordinary breakthrough in the fights against AIDS. U.S. scientists have reported that they have isolated three powerful antibodies for HIV — one of which neutralizes 91% of HIV strains.
This could be the basis for an eventual vaccine for AIDS. The antibodies were discovered in the cells of a 60-year-old African-American gay man, known only as “Donor 45.”
This is wonderful news and the scientists are going to start “blending” antibodies to see if they can knock out all strains.
What is interesting legally in these breakthrough moments is the the source for the antibodies is rarely given significant value for his unique antibodies. This has been an issue that has repeatedly been raised and courts have generally favored hospitals and researchers in blocking demands for compensation. This issue was raised in Moore v. Regents of the University of California, 51 Cal. 3d 120, 271 Cal. Rptr. 146, 793 P.2d 479 (1991). In that case, Moore was treated for hairy cell leukemia at UCLA Medical Center. His doctor, Dr. David W. Golde and others soon realized that Moore’s cells were promising for genetic research. Moore was never told that his cells were being used for research and was never told that blood and tissue samples were being taken specifically for such research. Indeed, he alleged that follow up visits were scheduled primarily to harvest such material.
Golde patented a cell line using Moore’s cells and he and his colleagues made a great deal of money. Moore argued conversion and lost. The court ruled that he had no expectation that such blood and tissue would be returned — even though he would have likely demanded compensation if he knew that he was being harvested for valuable genetic material. The most that the courts were willing to give Moore was a ruling that the hospital violated the duty of disclosure and the requirement of consent. However, damages for such torts are far less than what he would have received under a conversion claim.
Source: Wall Street Journal
Sandoz
Sandoz, Momenta get FDA approval to make generic version of blood thinner Lovenox
July 24, 2010|By Andrew Zajac, Tribune Washington Bureau
Reporting from Washington —
In a closely watched decision, the Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved an application by German drug maker Sandoz and Momenta Pharmaceuticals Inc. of Cambridge, Mass., to make the first generic version of the widely used blood thinner Lovenox.
The approval positions Momenta and Sandoz to offer a cheaper but still lucrative alternative to Lovenox, which had sales of $4.5 billion in 2009, making it the 15th-bestselling drug in the world.
Defendants; Dr. David W. Golde, Regents of the University of CA, Shirley G. Quan, Genetics Institute, Inc. and Sandoz Pharma Co.
II. Facts
. . . The plaintiff is John Moore (Moore), who underwent treatment for hairy-cell leukemia at the Medical Center of the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA Medical Center). The five defendants are: (1) Dr. David W. Golde (Golde), a physician who attended Moore at UCLA Medical Center; (2) the Regents of the University of California (Regents), who own and operate the university; (3) Shirley G. Quan, a researcher employed by the Regents; (4) Genetics Institute, Inc. (Genetics Institute); and (5) Sandoz Pharmaceuticals Corporation and related entities (collectively Sandoz).
Moore v. Regents of the University of California
EXCERPT:
Moore v. Regents of the University of California (51 Cal. 3d 120; 271 Cal. Rptr. 146; 793 P.2d 479) was a Supreme Court of California case settled on July 9, 1990. John Moore underwent treatment for hairy cell leukemia at the Medical Center of the University of California at Los Angeles under the supervision of Dr. David W. Golde. Moore's cancer was later developed into a cell line that was commercialized, and the court ruled that Moore had no right to profits from the commercialization of anything developed from his discarded body parts.
HeLa and HIV
HeLa-LAV, an epithelial cell line stably infected with HIV-1
References and further reading may be available for this article. To view references and further reading you must purchase this article.
Jörg Berg, a, Barbara Doeb, Kathelyn S. Steimerb and Matthias Wabla
aDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
bChiron Corporation, Emeryville, California, U.S.A.
Accepted 8 May 1991. Available online 12 November 2002.
Abstract
An HeLa-LAV cell line was established by infecting and subcloning previously described CD4-expressing HeLa cells with HIV-1. Cells of this line stably synthesize all major HIV proteins, release infectious particles of HIV-1, but do not die even after long term culture. More than 90% of the cells express the envelope protein gp120 on the surface. The cells can be easily and efficiently labeled with 51chromium, and exhibit a low spontaneous release. Because they are susceptible to killing by allogeneic cytotoxic T cells (CTL) when targeted to gp120, they ought to be a useful source of target cells in any kind of HIV-specific killing assays. The cells may also help studies on HIV replication in non-lymphatic/non-monocytic cells. The HeLa-LAV cell line will be freely available from the AIDS Research and Reference Reagent Program.
Keywords: HeLa-LAV cell; HeLaT4+ cell; HIV-1 infection; 51Chromium release assay
Correspondence to: Jörg Berg, Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143-0414, U.S.A.
FULL ARTICLE
U.S. Scientists Isolate Antibodies Effective Against 91% of HIV Strains
Published 1, July 9, 2010 Science , Society , Torts 8 Comments
We have an extraordinary breakthrough in the fights against AIDS. U.S. scientists have reported that they have isolated three powerful antibodies for HIV — one of which neutralizes 91% of HIV strains.
This could be the basis for an eventual vaccine for AIDS. The antibodies were discovered in the cells of a 60-year-old African-American gay man, known only as “Donor 45.”
This is wonderful news and the scientists are going to start “blending” antibodies to see if they can knock out all strains.
What is interesting legally in these breakthrough moments is the the source for the antibodies is rarely given significant value for his unique antibodies. This has been an issue that has repeatedly been raised and courts have generally favored hospitals and researchers in blocking demands for compensation. This issue was raised in Moore v. Regents of the University of California, 51 Cal. 3d 120, 271 Cal. Rptr. 146, 793 P.2d 479 (1991). In that case, Moore was treated for hairy cell leukemia at UCLA Medical Center. His doctor, Dr. David W. Golde and others soon realized that Moore’s cells were promising for genetic research. Moore was never told that his cells were being used for research and was never told that blood and tissue samples were being taken specifically for such research. Indeed, he alleged that follow up visits were scheduled primarily to harvest such material.
Golde patented a cell line using Moore’s cells and he and his colleagues made a great deal of money. Moore argued conversion and lost. The court ruled that he had no expectation that such blood and tissue would be returned — even though he would have likely demanded compensation if he knew that he was being harvested for valuable genetic material. The most that the courts were willing to give Moore was a ruling that the hospital violated the duty of disclosure and the requirement of consent. However, damages for such torts are far less than what he would have received under a conversion claim.
Source: Wall Street Journal
Sandoz
Sandoz, Momenta get FDA approval to make generic version of blood thinner Lovenox
July 24, 2010|By Andrew Zajac, Tribune Washington Bureau
Reporting from Washington —
In a closely watched decision, the Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved an application by German drug maker Sandoz and Momenta Pharmaceuticals Inc. of Cambridge, Mass., to make the first generic version of the widely used blood thinner Lovenox.
The approval positions Momenta and Sandoz to offer a cheaper but still lucrative alternative to Lovenox, which had sales of $4.5 billion in 2009, making it the 15th-bestselling drug in the world.
Defendants; Dr. David W. Golde, Regents of the University of CA, Shirley G. Quan, Genetics Institute, Inc. and Sandoz Pharma Co.
II. Facts
. . . The plaintiff is John Moore (Moore), who underwent treatment for hairy-cell leukemia at the Medical Center of the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA Medical Center). The five defendants are: (1) Dr. David W. Golde (Golde), a physician who attended Moore at UCLA Medical Center; (2) the Regents of the University of California (Regents), who own and operate the university; (3) Shirley G. Quan, a researcher employed by the Regents; (4) Genetics Institute, Inc. (Genetics Institute); and (5) Sandoz Pharmaceuticals Corporation and related entities (collectively Sandoz).
Moore v. Regents of the University of California
EXCERPT:
Moore v. Regents of the University of California (51 Cal. 3d 120; 271 Cal. Rptr. 146; 793 P.2d 479) was a Supreme Court of California case settled on July 9, 1990. John Moore underwent treatment for hairy cell leukemia at the Medical Center of the University of California at Los Angeles under the supervision of Dr. David W. Golde. Moore's cancer was later developed into a cell line that was commercialized, and the court ruled that Moore had no right to profits from the commercialization of anything developed from his discarded body parts.
HeLa and HIV
HeLa-LAV, an epithelial cell line stably infected with HIV-1
References and further reading may be available for this article. To view references and further reading you must purchase this article.
Jörg Berg, a, Barbara Doeb, Kathelyn S. Steimerb and Matthias Wabla
aDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
bChiron Corporation, Emeryville, California, U.S.A.
Accepted 8 May 1991. Available online 12 November 2002.
Abstract
An HeLa-LAV cell line was established by infecting and subcloning previously described CD4-expressing HeLa cells with HIV-1. Cells of this line stably synthesize all major HIV proteins, release infectious particles of HIV-1, but do not die even after long term culture. More than 90% of the cells express the envelope protein gp120 on the surface. The cells can be easily and efficiently labeled with 51chromium, and exhibit a low spontaneous release. Because they are susceptible to killing by allogeneic cytotoxic T cells (CTL) when targeted to gp120, they ought to be a useful source of target cells in any kind of HIV-specific killing assays. The cells may also help studies on HIV replication in non-lymphatic/non-monocytic cells. The HeLa-LAV cell line will be freely available from the AIDS Research and Reference Reagent Program.
Keywords: HeLa-LAV cell; HeLaT4+ cell; HIV-1 infection; 51Chromium release assay
Correspondence to: Jörg Berg, Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143-0414, U.S.A.
Bugs and bombs
U.S. Wages Germ Warfare in Korea
Statement of Prisoner of War,
Colonel Frank H. Schwable
-------------------------------
Hsinhua photo
Colonel Frank H. Schwable, 04429, former Chief of Staff of the
United States First Marine Aircraft Wing, broadcasting in North
Korea in February, 1953, the full details of the
strategic plan and bacteriological warfare operations of American
aircraft in Korea
The [North Korean] Hsinhua Agency has made public the
following full text of the signed deposition made by Colonel Frank H.
Schwable, Chief of staff of the U.S. First Marine Aircraft Wing, disclosing
the strategic plan and aims of the American Command in waging germ
warfare in Korea.
I am Colonel Frank H. Schwable, 04429, and was
Chief of Staff of the First Marine Aircraft Wing until
shot down and captured on July 8, 1952.
My service with the Marine Corps began in 1929
and I was designated an aviator in 1931, seeing duty in
many parts of the world. Just before I came to Korea,
I completed a tour of duty in the Division of Aviation
at Marine Corps Headquarters.
DIRECTIVE OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF
I arrived in Korea on April 10, 1952, to take over
my duties as Chief of Staff of the First Marine Air-
craft Wing. All my instructions and decisions were
subject to confirmation by the Assistant Commanding
General, Lamson-Scribner. Just before I assumed full
responsibility for the duties of Chief of Staff, General
Lamson-Scribner called me into his office to talk over
various problems of the Wing. During this conversa-
tion he said: "Has Binney given you all the background
on the special missions run by VMF-513?" I asked
him if he meant "suprop" (our code name for bac-
teriological bombs) and he confirmed this. I told him
I had been given all the background by Colonel
Binney.
Colonel Arthur A. Binney, the officer I relieved as
Chief of Staff, had given me, as his duties required
that he should, an outline of the general plan of bac-
teriological warfare in Korea and the details of the
part played up to that time by the First Marine Air-
craft Wing.
The general plan for bacteriological warfare in
Korea was directed by the United States Joint Chiefs
of Staff in October, 1951. In that month the Joint
Chiefs of Staff sent a directive by hand to the Com-
manding General, Far East Command (at that time
General Ridgway), directing the initiation of bac-
teriological warfare in Korea on an initially small,
experimental stage but in expanding proportions.
This directive was passed to the Commanding Gen-
eral, Far East Air Force, General Weyland, in Tokyo.
General Weyland then called into personal conference
General Everest, Commanding General of the Fifth
Air Force in Korea, and also the Commander of the
Nineteenth Bomb Wing at Okinawa, which unit
operates directly under FEAF.
The plan that I shall now outline was gone over, the
broad aspects of the problem were agreed upon and
the following information was brought back to Korea
by General Everest, personally and verbally, since for
security purposes it was decided not to have anything
in writing on this matter in Korea and subject to pos-
sible capture.
OBJECTIVES
The basic objective was at that time to test, under
field conditions, the various elements of bacteriological
warfare, and to possibly expand the field tests, at a
later date, into an element of the regular combat
operations, depending on the results obtained and the
situation in Korea.
The effectiveness of the different diseases available
was to be tested, especially for their spreading or
epidemic qualities under various circumstances, and
to test whether each disease caused a serious disrup-
tion to enemy operations arid civilian routine or just
minor inconveniences, or was contained completely,
causing no difficulties.
Various types of armament or containers were to
be tried out under field conditions and various types
of aircraft were to be used to test their suitability as
bacteriological bomb vehicles.
Terrain types to be tested included high areas,
seacoast areas, open spaces, areas enclosed by moun-
tains, isolated areas, areas relatively adjacent to one
another, large and small towns and cities, congested
it's and those relatively spread out. These tests were
to be extended over an unstated period of time but
sufficient to cover all extremes of temperature found
in Korea.
All possible methods of delivery were to be tested
as well as tactics developed to include initially night
attack and then expanding into day attack by special-
ized Squadrons Various types of bombing were to be
tried out, and various combinations of bombing, from
single planes up to and including formations of planes,
were to be tried out, with bacteriological bombs used
in conjunction with conventional bombs. Enemy reac-
tions were particularly to be tested or - observed by
any means available to ascertain what his counter-
measures would be, what propaganda steps he would
take, and to what extent his military operations would
be affected by this type of warfare.
Security measures were to be thoroughly tested-
both friendly and enemy. On the friendly ride, all pos-
sible steps were to be taken to confine knowledge of
the use of this weapon and to control information on
the subject. On the enemy side, every possible means
was to be used to deceive the enemy and prevent his
actual proof that the weapon was being used.
Finally, if the situation warranted, while continuing
the experimental phase of bacteriological warfare
according to the Joint Chiefs of Staff directive, it might
be expanded to become a part of the military or tac-
tical effort in Korea.
INITIAL STAGE
The B-29s from Okinawa began using bacteriolog-
ical bombs in November, 1951, covering targets
all over North Korea in what might be called
random bombing. One night the target might be in
Northeast Korea and the next night in Northwest
Korea. Their bacteriological bomb operations were
conducted in combination with normal night armed
reconnaissance as a measure of economy and security.
Early in January 1952, General Schilt, then Com-
manding General of the First Marine Aircraft Wing,
was called to Fifth Air Force Headquarters in Seoul,
where General Everest told him of the directive issued
by the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and ordered him to have
VMF-513-Marine Night Fighter Squadron 513
of Marine Aircraft Group 33 of the First Marine Air-
craft Wing-participate in the bacteriological war-
fare program. VMF-513 was based on K8, the Air
Force base at Kunsan of the Third Bomb Wing, whose
B-26s had already begun bacteriological operations.
VMF-513 was to be serviced by the Third Bomb Wing.
While all marine aircraft (combat types) shore based
in Korea operate directly under the Fifth Air Force,
with the First Marine Aircraft Wing being kept in-
formed of their activities, when a new or continuing
program is being initiated, the Fifth Air Force normally
has initially informed the Wing as a matter of cour-
tesy.
Towards the end of January 1952, Marine night
fighters of Squadron 513, operating as single
planes on night armed reconnaissance, and carrying
bacteriological bombs, shared targets with the B-26s
covering the lower half of North Korea with the
greatest emphasis on the western portion. Squadron
513 coordinated with the Third Bomb Wing on all
these missions, using F7F aircraft (Tiger Cats) because
of their twin engine safety.
K8 (Kunsan) offered the advantage of take-off
directly over the water, in the event of engine failure,
and both the safety and security of over-water flights
to enemy territory.
For security reasons, no information on the types
of bacteria being used was given to the First Marine
Aircraft Wing.
In March 1952, General Schilt was again called to
Fifth Air Force Headquarters and verbally directed by
General Everest to prepare Marine Photographic
Squadron I (VMJ-1 Squadron) of Marine Aircraft
Group 33, to enter the program. VMJ-1 based on K3,
Marine Aircraft Group 33's base at Pohang, Korea,
was to use F2H-2P photographic reconnaissance
aircraft (Banshees).
The missions would be intermittent and combined
with normal photographic missions and would be
scheduled by the Fifth Air Force in separate, top-secret
orders.
The Banshees were brought into the program because
of their specialized operations, equipment, facilities
and isolated area of operations at K3. They could
penetrate further into North Korea as far as enemy
counteraction is concerned and worked in two-plane
sections involving a minimum of crews and disturb-
ance of normal missions. They could also try out
bombing from high altitudes in horizontal flight in
conjunction with photographic runs.
During March 1952, the Banshees of Marine Photo-
graphic Squadron 1 commenced bacteriological opera-
tions, continuing and expanding the bacteriological
bombing of North Korean towns, always combining
these operations with normal photographic missions.
Only a minimum of bomb supplies were kept on hand
to reduce storage problems, and the Fifth Air Force
sent a team of two officers and several men to Y\3
(Pohang) to instruct the marine specialists in handling
the bombs.
The Navy's part in the program was with the F9Fs
(Panthers), ADs (Skyraiders) and standard F2Hs
(Banshees), which as distinct from the photographi--
configuration, used carriers off the east coast of Korea.
The Air Force had also expanded its own operations
to include squadrons of different type aircraft, with
different methods and tactics of employing bacterio-
logical warfare.
This was the situation up to my arrival in Korea.
Subsequent thereto, the following main events took
place.
--cont'd--
U.S. Wages Germ Warfare in Korea
Statement of Prisoner of War,
Colonel Frank H. Schwable
-------------------------------
Hsinhua photo
Colonel Frank H. Schwable, 04429, former Chief of Staff of the
United States First Marine Aircraft Wing, broadcasting in North
Korea in February, 1953, the full details of the
strategic plan and bacteriological warfare operations of American
aircraft in Korea
The [North Korean] Hsinhua Agency has made public the
following full text of the signed deposition made by Colonel Frank H.
Schwable, Chief of staff of the U.S. First Marine Aircraft Wing, disclosing
the strategic plan and aims of the American Command in waging germ
warfare in Korea.
I am Colonel Frank H. Schwable, 04429, and was
Chief of Staff of the First Marine Aircraft Wing until
shot down and captured on July 8, 1952.
My service with the Marine Corps began in 1929
and I was designated an aviator in 1931, seeing duty in
many parts of the world. Just before I came to Korea,
I completed a tour of duty in the Division of Aviation
at Marine Corps Headquarters.
DIRECTIVE OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF
I arrived in Korea on April 10, 1952, to take over
my duties as Chief of Staff of the First Marine Air-
craft Wing. All my instructions and decisions were
subject to confirmation by the Assistant Commanding
General, Lamson-Scribner. Just before I assumed full
responsibility for the duties of Chief of Staff, General
Lamson-Scribner called me into his office to talk over
various problems of the Wing. During this conversa-
tion he said: "Has Binney given you all the background
on the special missions run by VMF-513?" I asked
him if he meant "suprop" (our code name for bac-
teriological bombs) and he confirmed this. I told him
I had been given all the background by Colonel
Binney.
Colonel Arthur A. Binney, the officer I relieved as
Chief of Staff, had given me, as his duties required
that he should, an outline of the general plan of bac-
teriological warfare in Korea and the details of the
part played up to that time by the First Marine Air-
craft Wing.
The general plan for bacteriological warfare in
Korea was directed by the United States Joint Chiefs
of Staff in October, 1951. In that month the Joint
Chiefs of Staff sent a directive by hand to the Com-
manding General, Far East Command (at that time
General Ridgway), directing the initiation of bac-
teriological warfare in Korea on an initially small,
experimental stage but in expanding proportions.
This directive was passed to the Commanding Gen-
eral, Far East Air Force, General Weyland, in Tokyo.
General Weyland then called into personal conference
General Everest, Commanding General of the Fifth
Air Force in Korea, and also the Commander of the
Nineteenth Bomb Wing at Okinawa, which unit
operates directly under FEAF.
The plan that I shall now outline was gone over, the
broad aspects of the problem were agreed upon and
the following information was brought back to Korea
by General Everest, personally and verbally, since for
security purposes it was decided not to have anything
in writing on this matter in Korea and subject to pos-
sible capture.
OBJECTIVES
The basic objective was at that time to test, under
field conditions, the various elements of bacteriological
warfare, and to possibly expand the field tests, at a
later date, into an element of the regular combat
operations, depending on the results obtained and the
situation in Korea.
The effectiveness of the different diseases available
was to be tested, especially for their spreading or
epidemic qualities under various circumstances, and
to test whether each disease caused a serious disrup-
tion to enemy operations arid civilian routine or just
minor inconveniences, or was contained completely,
causing no difficulties.
Various types of armament or containers were to
be tried out under field conditions and various types
of aircraft were to be used to test their suitability as
bacteriological bomb vehicles.
Terrain types to be tested included high areas,
seacoast areas, open spaces, areas enclosed by moun-
tains, isolated areas, areas relatively adjacent to one
another, large and small towns and cities, congested
it's and those relatively spread out. These tests were
to be extended over an unstated period of time but
sufficient to cover all extremes of temperature found
in Korea.
All possible methods of delivery were to be tested
as well as tactics developed to include initially night
attack and then expanding into day attack by special-
ized Squadrons Various types of bombing were to be
tried out, and various combinations of bombing, from
single planes up to and including formations of planes,
were to be tried out, with bacteriological bombs used
in conjunction with conventional bombs. Enemy reac-
tions were particularly to be tested or - observed by
any means available to ascertain what his counter-
measures would be, what propaganda steps he would
take, and to what extent his military operations would
be affected by this type of warfare.
Security measures were to be thoroughly tested-
both friendly and enemy. On the friendly ride, all pos-
sible steps were to be taken to confine knowledge of
the use of this weapon and to control information on
the subject. On the enemy side, every possible means
was to be used to deceive the enemy and prevent his
actual proof that the weapon was being used.
Finally, if the situation warranted, while continuing
the experimental phase of bacteriological warfare
according to the Joint Chiefs of Staff directive, it might
be expanded to become a part of the military or tac-
tical effort in Korea.
INITIAL STAGE
The B-29s from Okinawa began using bacteriolog-
ical bombs in November, 1951, covering targets
all over North Korea in what might be called
random bombing. One night the target might be in
Northeast Korea and the next night in Northwest
Korea. Their bacteriological bomb operations were
conducted in combination with normal night armed
reconnaissance as a measure of economy and security.
Early in January 1952, General Schilt, then Com-
manding General of the First Marine Aircraft Wing,
was called to Fifth Air Force Headquarters in Seoul,
where General Everest told him of the directive issued
by the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and ordered him to have
VMF-513-Marine Night Fighter Squadron 513
of Marine Aircraft Group 33 of the First Marine Air-
craft Wing-participate in the bacteriological war-
fare program. VMF-513 was based on K8, the Air
Force base at Kunsan of the Third Bomb Wing, whose
B-26s had already begun bacteriological operations.
VMF-513 was to be serviced by the Third Bomb Wing.
While all marine aircraft (combat types) shore based
in Korea operate directly under the Fifth Air Force,
with the First Marine Aircraft Wing being kept in-
formed of their activities, when a new or continuing
program is being initiated, the Fifth Air Force normally
has initially informed the Wing as a matter of cour-
tesy.
Towards the end of January 1952, Marine night
fighters of Squadron 513, operating as single
planes on night armed reconnaissance, and carrying
bacteriological bombs, shared targets with the B-26s
covering the lower half of North Korea with the
greatest emphasis on the western portion. Squadron
513 coordinated with the Third Bomb Wing on all
these missions, using F7F aircraft (Tiger Cats) because
of their twin engine safety.
K8 (Kunsan) offered the advantage of take-off
directly over the water, in the event of engine failure,
and both the safety and security of over-water flights
to enemy territory.
For security reasons, no information on the types
of bacteria being used was given to the First Marine
Aircraft Wing.
In March 1952, General Schilt was again called to
Fifth Air Force Headquarters and verbally directed by
General Everest to prepare Marine Photographic
Squadron I (VMJ-1 Squadron) of Marine Aircraft
Group 33, to enter the program. VMJ-1 based on K3,
Marine Aircraft Group 33's base at Pohang, Korea,
was to use F2H-2P photographic reconnaissance
aircraft (Banshees).
The missions would be intermittent and combined
with normal photographic missions and would be
scheduled by the Fifth Air Force in separate, top-secret
orders.
The Banshees were brought into the program because
of their specialized operations, equipment, facilities
and isolated area of operations at K3. They could
penetrate further into North Korea as far as enemy
counteraction is concerned and worked in two-plane
sections involving a minimum of crews and disturb-
ance of normal missions. They could also try out
bombing from high altitudes in horizontal flight in
conjunction with photographic runs.
During March 1952, the Banshees of Marine Photo-
graphic Squadron 1 commenced bacteriological opera-
tions, continuing and expanding the bacteriological
bombing of North Korean towns, always combining
these operations with normal photographic missions.
Only a minimum of bomb supplies were kept on hand
to reduce storage problems, and the Fifth Air Force
sent a team of two officers and several men to Y\3
(Pohang) to instruct the marine specialists in handling
the bombs.
The Navy's part in the program was with the F9Fs
(Panthers), ADs (Skyraiders) and standard F2Hs
(Banshees), which as distinct from the photographi--
configuration, used carriers off the east coast of Korea.
The Air Force had also expanded its own operations
to include squadrons of different type aircraft, with
different methods and tactics of employing bacterio-
logical warfare.
This was the situation up to my arrival in Korea.
Subsequent thereto, the following main events took
place.
--cont'd--
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Stephen Friedman
EXCERPT:
On May 7, 2009 Friedman resigned as Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in response to criticism of his December 2008 purchase of $3 million of stock in Goldman Sachs.[2] Friedman, who remains a member of Goldman Sachs' board, came into violation of Federal Reserve policy when Goldman was converted to a bank holding company in September 2008, thereby placing it under the regulatory authority of the New York Fed. Friedman requested a waiver from this violation when the conversion occurred, which was granted roughly two and a half months later.[3] In his resignation letter, Friedman stated that the Fed did not need the "distraction" caused by his "public service motivated continuation on the Reserve Bank Board...being characterized as improper."
[edit] Personal life
Friedman's brother is Richard Friedman, a law professor at the University of Michigan and a leading expert in the Confrontation Clause of the United States Constitution.[citation needed]
Friedman's son is screenwriter David Benioff, who is married to actress Amanda Peet.[citation needed]
JOHN CUSACK & AMANDA PEET 2012 INTERVIEW
Robert Rubin
EXCERPT:
Robert Rubin
Special Limited Partner
Mr. Rubin served as our nation’s 70th Secretary of the Treasury from 1995-1999. As Secretary, Mr. Rubin played a leading role in many of the nation’s most important policy debates. He was involved in balancing the federal budget; opening trade policy to further globalization; acting to stem financial crises in Mexico, Asia and Russia; helping to resolve the impasse over the public debt limit; safeguarding the nation’s currency against counterfeiting; and guiding sensible reforms at the Internal Revenue Service.
Steven Friedman
EXCERPT:
Stephen Friedman
Special Limited Partner
Stephen Friedman is retired Chairman of Goldman, Sachs and currently serves as Chairman for Stone Point Capital, LLC (which manages private equity funds investing in financial services businesses). He is Chairman of the President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board and Chairman of the Intelligence Oversight Board. From December 2002 to December 2004, he served as Assistant to President George W. Bush for Economic Policy and Director of the National Economic Council.
Insight Partners
EXCERPT:
Peter Sobiloff
Managing Director
Peter Sobiloff joined Insight in 1998 following the sale of Think Systems to i2 Technologies. Immediately prior to joining Insight, he was Vice President of Business Development at i2 Technologies (1997-1998). Mr. Sobiloff was previously President of Think Systems, a supply chain management software company backed by Insight. Prior to this, he was President of Datalogix, a vendor of enterprise application software for process manufacturers, and previously held senior executive roles at Ross Systems, a vendor of financial application software. Mr. Sobiloff guided Datalogix and Ross through their initial public offerings and the sale of Datalogix to Oracle Corporation. He graduated from Baruch University with a degree in Business Administration.
Jeff Horing
EXCERPT:
Prior to founding Insight, Jeff Horing was a key member of the technology investing team at E.M. Warburg, Pincus & Co. Earlier in his career he worked at Goldman, Sachs & Co. in the Capital Markets group.
Mr. Horing holds an MBA from the M.I.T. Sloan School of Management. He has dual undergraduate degrees from the University of Pennsylvania’s Moore School of Engineering and Wharton School, where he graduated with high honors and was Phi Beta Kappa.
Attricom and Hologix
EXCERPT:
CSC (Computer Science Corporation)/Aluminum.com, NY
Business /QA Analyst (March 2000- March 2001)
Involved in the Functional, Load and Performance Testing of Aluminium.com using LoadRunner 6.0, a business-to-business on-line Exchange for the Aluminum industry, a place where the buyers and sellers can conduct businesses with each other. Automated scripts using Winrunner 6.0 for front end regression testing. Its a three tier application, the front end consists of the user interface involving the browser, the second tier consists of an Application Server called the Attricom from the Hologix Inc. and the third tier consists of Oracle as the database.
Responsibilities:
Worked with the Architects, Developers, Users and Testers to get the User Requirements and Specifications.
Developed Scripts to test Load and Performance Tests of the Application using LoadRunner.
Wrote user defined functions and compiled modules for script enhancement
Involved in monitoring the client server performance and fine-tuning the system during the test execution
Used WinRunner to test the Front End of the Application.
Environment: Java, HTML, DHTML, SSL, JavaScript 1.2, JDK 1.1.6, Sybase, NT, UNIX,
LoadRunner, WinRunner, Test Director, PVCS
Congo
EXCERPT:
Gadget makers forced to look at links to Congo war
July 24, 2010 By PETER SVENSSON , AP Technology Writer (AP) -- Does that smart phone in your pocket contribute to rape and murder in the depths of Africa? Soon, you'll know: A new U.S. law requires companies to certify whether their products contain minerals from rebel-controlled mines in Congo and surrounding countries.
Hologix
Online Ordering
Hologix software helps industries use E-commerce for attribute-based products
By Clinton Wilder
Related links:
New Model For E-Commerce
Web Buying Stays Hot
And from our sister publications:
EETimes Infrastructure for business transactions, procurement being put in place
PlanetIT E-Commerce Technology Center
Hologix Inc., a provider of electronic-commerce software, this week will roll out Attricom, an online order-management application designed to boost online sales for companies in industries such as steel, chemicals, and textiles that don't use standard Stock-Keeping Unit numbers or Universal Product Codes.
The company's goal is to provide online catalog functionality for companies that make "attribute-based" products, in which customers order items based on properties such as the composition of steel. "We believe that the bulk of business-to-business commerce is attribute-based," says Hologix CEO Paul Rajski. "And more and more companies want to do it on the Internet."
Rajski says business-to-business online markets, such as MetalSite, E-Steel, PaperExchange and Chemdex, have raised E-commerce awareness in Hologix's target industries.
Attricom, a Java application that runs on Windows NT or Sun Solaris servers, works with Oracle or IBM DB2 databases and can be used with any browser that supports Java. The application is made up of four modules. Product Composition is used to specify attributes, such as dimensions, materials composition, and delivery dates. Order Management captures orders, processes them, and reports on their status. Customer Direct is the interface customers use to enter orders over the Internet or an extranet. Integration Framework lets Attricom send and receive Extensible Markup Language data from existing enterprise applications.
Algoma Steel Inc. in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, has installed the Product Composition module and plans to roll out Order Management next year. The steelmaker's goal is to automate a labor-intensive process involving paper manuals, 25-year-old manufacturing applications, and knowledge in the heads of the company's specification analysts.
"We'll be able to engineer the product once and after that just pull the attribute information from a knowledge database, so the person ordering just needs to specify quantity and dimensions," says Charlie Whitfield, Algoma's manager of IS and manufacturing technology. "As long as it's something we've built before, it will flow right into the system. We expect much more rapid response in filling orders and a lot fewer errors."
Dama Model
EXCERPT:
List of Contributors
Greg Biltz, Hologix
Ritchie Fishburne, Burlington Industries
Steve Freudenthal, Milliken & Company
Jessica Glicken, Galisteo Consulting Group, Inc
John H. Linebarger, Sandia National Laboratories
Brian Lopez, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Jim Lovejoy, [TC]²
Dan O’Neill, Hologix
Jim Stutts, Fieldcrest Cannon
Issued by Sandia National Laboratories, operated for the United States Department of Energy by Sandia Corporation.
Hologix Insight Partners
EXCERPT:
SECTOR: Application Software
STATUS: Inactive
WEBSITE: www.hologix.com
LOCATION: Americas
VERTICAL: Supply-Chain
Hologix, Inc., based in Phoenix, AZ, provides Attricom,
a business-to-business e-commerce order management
solution for companies with complex attribute-based
product lines such as metals, textiles and paper/forest
products. Hologix’s off-the-shelf software solutions
increase collaboration between buyer and seller and
enables e-commerce by streamlining the order
management, procurement and product matching process.
N/A
» See All Insight Investments
Hologix Jim Musso
EXCERPT:
Jim Musso Hologix Inc.
System Administrator 4250 E. Camelback Suite K220
jam at hologix.com Phoenix, Az. 85018
jamusso at home.com 602-718-3171 cell 602-684-7217
Developers of AttriCom(TM)
"Where Attributes Come to Order"(TM)
EXCERPT:
On May 7, 2009 Friedman resigned as Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in response to criticism of his December 2008 purchase of $3 million of stock in Goldman Sachs.[2] Friedman, who remains a member of Goldman Sachs' board, came into violation of Federal Reserve policy when Goldman was converted to a bank holding company in September 2008, thereby placing it under the regulatory authority of the New York Fed. Friedman requested a waiver from this violation when the conversion occurred, which was granted roughly two and a half months later.[3] In his resignation letter, Friedman stated that the Fed did not need the "distraction" caused by his "public service motivated continuation on the Reserve Bank Board...being characterized as improper."
[edit] Personal life
Friedman's brother is Richard Friedman, a law professor at the University of Michigan and a leading expert in the Confrontation Clause of the United States Constitution.[citation needed]
Friedman's son is screenwriter David Benioff, who is married to actress Amanda Peet.[citation needed]
JOHN CUSACK & AMANDA PEET 2012 INTERVIEW
Robert Rubin
EXCERPT:
Robert Rubin
Special Limited Partner
Mr. Rubin served as our nation’s 70th Secretary of the Treasury from 1995-1999. As Secretary, Mr. Rubin played a leading role in many of the nation’s most important policy debates. He was involved in balancing the federal budget; opening trade policy to further globalization; acting to stem financial crises in Mexico, Asia and Russia; helping to resolve the impasse over the public debt limit; safeguarding the nation’s currency against counterfeiting; and guiding sensible reforms at the Internal Revenue Service.
Steven Friedman
EXCERPT:
Stephen Friedman
Special Limited Partner
Stephen Friedman is retired Chairman of Goldman, Sachs and currently serves as Chairman for Stone Point Capital, LLC (which manages private equity funds investing in financial services businesses). He is Chairman of the President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board and Chairman of the Intelligence Oversight Board. From December 2002 to December 2004, he served as Assistant to President George W. Bush for Economic Policy and Director of the National Economic Council.
Insight Partners
EXCERPT:
Peter Sobiloff
Managing Director
Peter Sobiloff joined Insight in 1998 following the sale of Think Systems to i2 Technologies. Immediately prior to joining Insight, he was Vice President of Business Development at i2 Technologies (1997-1998). Mr. Sobiloff was previously President of Think Systems, a supply chain management software company backed by Insight. Prior to this, he was President of Datalogix, a vendor of enterprise application software for process manufacturers, and previously held senior executive roles at Ross Systems, a vendor of financial application software. Mr. Sobiloff guided Datalogix and Ross through their initial public offerings and the sale of Datalogix to Oracle Corporation. He graduated from Baruch University with a degree in Business Administration.
Jeff Horing
EXCERPT:
Prior to founding Insight, Jeff Horing was a key member of the technology investing team at E.M. Warburg, Pincus & Co. Earlier in his career he worked at Goldman, Sachs & Co. in the Capital Markets group.
Mr. Horing holds an MBA from the M.I.T. Sloan School of Management. He has dual undergraduate degrees from the University of Pennsylvania’s Moore School of Engineering and Wharton School, where he graduated with high honors and was Phi Beta Kappa.
Attricom and Hologix
EXCERPT:
CSC (Computer Science Corporation)/Aluminum.com, NY
Business /QA Analyst (March 2000- March 2001)
Involved in the Functional, Load and Performance Testing of Aluminium.com using LoadRunner 6.0, a business-to-business on-line Exchange for the Aluminum industry, a place where the buyers and sellers can conduct businesses with each other. Automated scripts using Winrunner 6.0 for front end regression testing. Its a three tier application, the front end consists of the user interface involving the browser, the second tier consists of an Application Server called the Attricom from the Hologix Inc. and the third tier consists of Oracle as the database.
Responsibilities:
Worked with the Architects, Developers, Users and Testers to get the User Requirements and Specifications.
Developed Scripts to test Load and Performance Tests of the Application using LoadRunner.
Wrote user defined functions and compiled modules for script enhancement
Involved in monitoring the client server performance and fine-tuning the system during the test execution
Used WinRunner to test the Front End of the Application.
Environment: Java, HTML, DHTML, SSL, JavaScript 1.2, JDK 1.1.6, Sybase, NT, UNIX,
LoadRunner, WinRunner, Test Director, PVCS
Congo
EXCERPT:
Gadget makers forced to look at links to Congo war
July 24, 2010 By PETER SVENSSON , AP Technology Writer (AP) -- Does that smart phone in your pocket contribute to rape and murder in the depths of Africa? Soon, you'll know: A new U.S. law requires companies to certify whether their products contain minerals from rebel-controlled mines in Congo and surrounding countries.
Hologix
Online Ordering
Hologix software helps industries use E-commerce for attribute-based products
By Clinton Wilder
Related links:
New Model For E-Commerce
Web Buying Stays Hot
And from our sister publications:
EETimes Infrastructure for business transactions, procurement being put in place
PlanetIT E-Commerce Technology Center
Hologix Inc., a provider of electronic-commerce software, this week will roll out Attricom, an online order-management application designed to boost online sales for companies in industries such as steel, chemicals, and textiles that don't use standard Stock-Keeping Unit numbers or Universal Product Codes.
The company's goal is to provide online catalog functionality for companies that make "attribute-based" products, in which customers order items based on properties such as the composition of steel. "We believe that the bulk of business-to-business commerce is attribute-based," says Hologix CEO Paul Rajski. "And more and more companies want to do it on the Internet."
Rajski says business-to-business online markets, such as MetalSite, E-Steel, PaperExchange and Chemdex, have raised E-commerce awareness in Hologix's target industries.
Attricom, a Java application that runs on Windows NT or Sun Solaris servers, works with Oracle or IBM DB2 databases and can be used with any browser that supports Java. The application is made up of four modules. Product Composition is used to specify attributes, such as dimensions, materials composition, and delivery dates. Order Management captures orders, processes them, and reports on their status. Customer Direct is the interface customers use to enter orders over the Internet or an extranet. Integration Framework lets Attricom send and receive Extensible Markup Language data from existing enterprise applications.
Algoma Steel Inc. in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, has installed the Product Composition module and plans to roll out Order Management next year. The steelmaker's goal is to automate a labor-intensive process involving paper manuals, 25-year-old manufacturing applications, and knowledge in the heads of the company's specification analysts.
"We'll be able to engineer the product once and after that just pull the attribute information from a knowledge database, so the person ordering just needs to specify quantity and dimensions," says Charlie Whitfield, Algoma's manager of IS and manufacturing technology. "As long as it's something we've built before, it will flow right into the system. We expect much more rapid response in filling orders and a lot fewer errors."
Dama Model
EXCERPT:
List of Contributors
Greg Biltz, Hologix
Ritchie Fishburne, Burlington Industries
Steve Freudenthal, Milliken & Company
Jessica Glicken, Galisteo Consulting Group, Inc
John H. Linebarger, Sandia National Laboratories
Brian Lopez, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Jim Lovejoy, [TC]²
Dan O’Neill, Hologix
Jim Stutts, Fieldcrest Cannon
Issued by Sandia National Laboratories, operated for the United States Department of Energy by Sandia Corporation.
Hologix Insight Partners
EXCERPT:
SECTOR: Application Software
STATUS: Inactive
WEBSITE: www.hologix.com
LOCATION: Americas
VERTICAL: Supply-Chain
Hologix, Inc., based in Phoenix, AZ, provides Attricom,
a business-to-business e-commerce order management
solution for companies with complex attribute-based
product lines such as metals, textiles and paper/forest
products. Hologix’s off-the-shelf software solutions
increase collaboration between buyer and seller and
enables e-commerce by streamlining the order
management, procurement and product matching process.
N/A
» See All Insight Investments
Hologix Jim Musso
EXCERPT:
Jim Musso Hologix Inc.
System Administrator 4250 E. Camelback Suite K220
jam at hologix.com Phoenix, Az. 85018
jamusso at home.com 602-718-3171 cell 602-684-7217
Developers of AttriCom(TM)
"Where Attributes Come to Order"(TM)
Jardine Matheson Holdings wikipedia
EXCERPT:
Jardine Matheson Holdings Limited (Chinese: 怡和控股有限公司; pinyin: yí hé kòng gǔ yǒu xiàn gōng sī, SGX: J36, LSE: JAR) often called Jardines or Jardine's (Chinese: 怡和; pinyin: yí hé), is a multinational corporation that is incorporated in Bermuda and based in Hong Kong. While listed on the London Stock Exchange and the Singapore Exchange, the vast majority of Jardines shares are traded in Singapore.[1][2]
Currently Jardines consists of the following companies: Jardine Pacific, Jardine Motors Group, Jardine Strategic, Dairy Farm, Hongkong Land, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, Jardine Cycle & Carriage and Astra International.[3][4] [5] It also owns 30.3% of Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group.
Jardine Motors Co. UK
EXCERPT:
Welcome to Jardine Motors Group
Jardine Motors Group UK operates a large portfolio of specialist franchises of the world's most prestigious marques. It is one of the country’s Top 10 retail dealership groups and operates under many of the UK’s best known and most reputable names including Lancaster, Scotthall, Appleyard, Minories, Abridge and Clover Leaf Cars.
Jardine Motors Group is a subsidiary of the Jardine Matheson Group, which in 2008 celebrated its 175th Anniversary. Jardine Matheson has a wide variety of interests worldwide and these include large scale investments in motor vehicle retail and support services.
Jardine Matheson
Group Performances
The Group uses ‘underlying business performance’ in its internal financial
reporting to distinguish between the underlying profits and non-trading items,
as more fully described in note 1 to the 2009 Financial Statements. Management
considers this to be a key measure and has provided this analysis as additional
information in order to provide greater understanding of the Group’s underlying
business performance.
Excluding net debt of financial services companies.
Full financial statements are available from www.jardines.com
2009 Results
US$m
Underlying profit attributable to shareholders* 1,010
Profit attributable to shareholders 1,604
Total equity 23,197
Shareholders’ funds 9,912
US$
Underlying earnings per share* 2.84
Earnings per share 4.51
Analysis of Underlying Profit* in 2009
US$m
Total equity 23,197
Net debt# 2,200
By Business US$m %
Jardine Pacific 119 11
Jardine Motors 51 5
Jardine Lloyd Thompson 36 3
Hongkong Land 315 30
Dairy Farm 230 22
Mandarin Oriental 5 1
Jardine Cycle & Carriage 32 3
Astra 263 25
1,051 100
Corporate and other interests (41)
Underlying profit* 1,010
By Geographical Area US$m %
Greater China 520 49
Southeast Asia 503 48
United Kingdom 29 3
Rest of the world (1) –
1,051 100
Corporate and other interests (41)
Underlying profit* 1,010
Total Equity and Net Debt# at 31st December 2009
Jardine Matheson Group Outline 2010
*
#
Founded as a trading company in China in 1832, Jardine Matheson is today a diversified business group focused principally on Asia. Its businesses
comprise a combination of cash generating activities and long-term property assets.
The Group’s interests include Jardine Pacific, Jardine Motors, Jardine Lloyd Thompson, Hongkong Land, Dairy Farm, Mandarin Oriental, Jardine Cycle &
Carriage and Astra International. These companies are leaders in the fields of engineering and construction, transport services, insurance broking, property
investment and development, retailing, restaurants, luxury hotels, motor vehicles and related activities, financial services, heavy equipment, mining
and agribusiness. The Group also has a minority investment in Rothschilds Continuation, the merchant banking house.
Jardine Matheson achieved a record underlying profit in 2009 of US$1,010 million, an increase of 23%.
The revenue of the Group in 2009, including 100% of associates and joint ventures, was US$36.0 billion, similar to the prior year.
Incorporated in Bermuda, Jardine Matheson Holdings Limited has its primary share listing in London, with secondary listings in Bermuda and Singapore. Jardine
Matheson Limited operates from Hong Kong and provides management services to Group companies.
www.jardines.com
For full details of the Group, please visit Jardine Matheson Group Jardine Strategic
Jardine Matheson A listed property group with some 5 million sq. ft of prime
commercial property in central Hong Kong and further high quality commercial and residential developments in Asia. (50%) The largest Indonesian motor group,
manufacturing, assembling and distributing motor vehicles and components in partnership with industry leaders such as Toyota and Honda.
A holding company with a select portfolio representing many of the Group’s non-listed Asian businesses, principally in engineering and construction,
transport services, restaurants and IT services. (100%) A group engaged in the sales and service of motor vehicles in Hong Kong, Macau and the United Kingdom, and with a growing presence in mainland China. (100%) A leading listed insurance and
reinsurance broker, risk management adviser and employee benefits consultant, combining specialist skills in the London insurance market with an international network. (32%) A listed company holding most of the Group’s major listed interests,
including 54% of Jardine Matheson.
(81%)(Figures in brackets show effective ownership by Jardine Matheson as at 12th March 2010.) Astra’s financial services businesses consist of consumer finance
(principally automobile and motorcycle), insurance and a 45% interest in Bank Permata.
Astra’s other interests include oil palm plantations, heavy equipment and mining,
information technology and infrastructure. A Singapore-listed company with
an interest of just over 50% in Astra, a major listed Indonesian conglomerate, and other motor interests in Southeast Asia.
(69%)A listed pan-Asian retail group operating over 5,000 outlets, including supermarkets, hypermarkets, health and beauty stores, convenience stores, home
furnishings stores and restaurants.
(78%)A listed international hotel investment and management group with a portfolio of 41 deluxe and first class hotels and resorts worldwide, including 16 under development.
(74%)An unlisted holding company within the Rothschild group with various
financial services interests, including the investment bank N M Rothschild
& Sons. (21%)
(Figures in brackets show effective ownership by Jardine Strategic as at 12th March 2010.)
Group Contacts
Jardine Matheson Ltd
A.J.L. Nightingale
48th Floor, Jardine House
G.P.O. Box 70, Hong Kong
Telephone (852) 2843 8288
Facsimile (852) 2845 9005
Email jml@jardines.com
Website www.jardines.com
Matheson & Co., Ltd
Lord Leach of Fairford
3 Lombard Street, London EC3V 9AQ
United Kingdom
Telephone (44 20) 7816 8100
Facsimile (44 20) 7623 5024
Email enquiries@matheson.co.uk
Website www.matheson.co.uk
Jardine Pacific Ltd
Adam Keswick
25th Floor, Devon House
Taikoo Place
979 King’s Road
Quarry Bay, Hong Kong
Telephone (852) 2579 2888
Facsimile (852) 2856 9674
Email jpl@jardines.com
Jardine Motors Group Ltd
Adam Keswick
25th Floor, Devon House
Taikoo Place
979 King’s Road
Quarry Bay, Hong Kong
Telephone (852) 2579 2888
Facsimile (852) 2856 9674
Email jmg@jardines.com
Jardine Lloyd Thompson
Group plc
Dominic Burke
6 Crutched Friars, London EC3N 2PH
United Kingdom
Telephone (44 20) 7528 4444
Facsimile (44 20) 7528 4185
Email info@jltgroup.com
Website www.jltgroup.com
Jardine Matheson Holdings Limited
Registered Office:
4th Floor, Jardine House, 33-35 Reid Street, P.O. Box HM 1068, Hamilton
HM EX Bermuda
Hongkong Land Ltd
Y.K. Pang
8th Floor, One Exchange Square
Central, Hong Kong
Telephone (852) 2842 8428
Facsimile (852) 2845 9226
Email gpobox@hkland.com
Website www.hkland.com
Dairy Farm Management
Services Ltd
Michael Kok
7th Floor, Devon House
Taikoo Place, 979 King’s Road
Quarry Bay, Hong Kong
Telephone (852) 2299 1888
Facsimile (852) 2299 4888
Email groupcomm@dairy-farm.com.hk
Website www.dairyfarmgroup.com
Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group
International Ltd
Edouard Ettedgui
7th Floor, 281 Gloucester Road
Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
Telephone (852) 2895 9288
Facsimile (852) 2837 3500
Email asia-enquiry@mohg.com
Website www.mandarinoriental.com
Jardine Cycle & Carriage Ltd
Ben Keswick
239 Alexandra Road
Singapore 159930
Telephone (65) 6473 3122
Facsimile (65) 6475 7088
Email corporate.affairs@
jcclgroup.com
Website www.jcclgroup.com
PT Astra International Tbk
Prijono Sugiarto
Jl. Gaya Motor Raya No. 8
Sunter II, Jakarta 14330, Indonesia
Telephone (62 21) 652 2555
Facsimile (62 21) 651 2058
Email purel@ai.astra.co.id
Website www.astra.co.id
EXCERPT:
Jardine Matheson Holdings Limited (Chinese: 怡和控股有限公司; pinyin: yí hé kòng gǔ yǒu xiàn gōng sī, SGX: J36, LSE: JAR) often called Jardines or Jardine's (Chinese: 怡和; pinyin: yí hé), is a multinational corporation that is incorporated in Bermuda and based in Hong Kong. While listed on the London Stock Exchange and the Singapore Exchange, the vast majority of Jardines shares are traded in Singapore.[1][2]
Currently Jardines consists of the following companies: Jardine Pacific, Jardine Motors Group, Jardine Strategic, Dairy Farm, Hongkong Land, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, Jardine Cycle & Carriage and Astra International.[3][4] [5] It also owns 30.3% of Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group.
Jardine Motors Co. UK
EXCERPT:
Welcome to Jardine Motors Group
Jardine Motors Group UK operates a large portfolio of specialist franchises of the world's most prestigious marques. It is one of the country’s Top 10 retail dealership groups and operates under many of the UK’s best known and most reputable names including Lancaster, Scotthall, Appleyard, Minories, Abridge and Clover Leaf Cars.
Jardine Motors Group is a subsidiary of the Jardine Matheson Group, which in 2008 celebrated its 175th Anniversary. Jardine Matheson has a wide variety of interests worldwide and these include large scale investments in motor vehicle retail and support services.
Jardine Matheson
Group Performances
The Group uses ‘underlying business performance’ in its internal financial
reporting to distinguish between the underlying profits and non-trading items,
as more fully described in note 1 to the 2009 Financial Statements. Management
considers this to be a key measure and has provided this analysis as additional
information in order to provide greater understanding of the Group’s underlying
business performance.
Excluding net debt of financial services companies.
Full financial statements are available from www.jardines.com
2009 Results
US$m
Underlying profit attributable to shareholders* 1,010
Profit attributable to shareholders 1,604
Total equity 23,197
Shareholders’ funds 9,912
US$
Underlying earnings per share* 2.84
Earnings per share 4.51
Analysis of Underlying Profit* in 2009
US$m
Total equity 23,197
Net debt# 2,200
By Business US$m %
Jardine Pacific 119 11
Jardine Motors 51 5
Jardine Lloyd Thompson 36 3
Hongkong Land 315 30
Dairy Farm 230 22
Mandarin Oriental 5 1
Jardine Cycle & Carriage 32 3
Astra 263 25
1,051 100
Corporate and other interests (41)
Underlying profit* 1,010
By Geographical Area US$m %
Greater China 520 49
Southeast Asia 503 48
United Kingdom 29 3
Rest of the world (1) –
1,051 100
Corporate and other interests (41)
Underlying profit* 1,010
Total Equity and Net Debt# at 31st December 2009
Jardine Matheson Group Outline 2010
*
#
Founded as a trading company in China in 1832, Jardine Matheson is today a diversified business group focused principally on Asia. Its businesses
comprise a combination of cash generating activities and long-term property assets.
The Group’s interests include Jardine Pacific, Jardine Motors, Jardine Lloyd Thompson, Hongkong Land, Dairy Farm, Mandarin Oriental, Jardine Cycle &
Carriage and Astra International. These companies are leaders in the fields of engineering and construction, transport services, insurance broking, property
investment and development, retailing, restaurants, luxury hotels, motor vehicles and related activities, financial services, heavy equipment, mining
and agribusiness. The Group also has a minority investment in Rothschilds Continuation, the merchant banking house.
Jardine Matheson achieved a record underlying profit in 2009 of US$1,010 million, an increase of 23%.
The revenue of the Group in 2009, including 100% of associates and joint ventures, was US$36.0 billion, similar to the prior year.
Incorporated in Bermuda, Jardine Matheson Holdings Limited has its primary share listing in London, with secondary listings in Bermuda and Singapore. Jardine
Matheson Limited operates from Hong Kong and provides management services to Group companies.
www.jardines.com
For full details of the Group, please visit Jardine Matheson Group Jardine Strategic
Jardine Matheson A listed property group with some 5 million sq. ft of prime
commercial property in central Hong Kong and further high quality commercial and residential developments in Asia. (50%) The largest Indonesian motor group,
manufacturing, assembling and distributing motor vehicles and components in partnership with industry leaders such as Toyota and Honda.
A holding company with a select portfolio representing many of the Group’s non-listed Asian businesses, principally in engineering and construction,
transport services, restaurants and IT services. (100%) A group engaged in the sales and service of motor vehicles in Hong Kong, Macau and the United Kingdom, and with a growing presence in mainland China. (100%) A leading listed insurance and
reinsurance broker, risk management adviser and employee benefits consultant, combining specialist skills in the London insurance market with an international network. (32%) A listed company holding most of the Group’s major listed interests,
including 54% of Jardine Matheson.
(81%)(Figures in brackets show effective ownership by Jardine Matheson as at 12th March 2010.) Astra’s financial services businesses consist of consumer finance
(principally automobile and motorcycle), insurance and a 45% interest in Bank Permata.
Astra’s other interests include oil palm plantations, heavy equipment and mining,
information technology and infrastructure. A Singapore-listed company with
an interest of just over 50% in Astra, a major listed Indonesian conglomerate, and other motor interests in Southeast Asia.
(69%)A listed pan-Asian retail group operating over 5,000 outlets, including supermarkets, hypermarkets, health and beauty stores, convenience stores, home
furnishings stores and restaurants.
(78%)A listed international hotel investment and management group with a portfolio of 41 deluxe and first class hotels and resorts worldwide, including 16 under development.
(74%)An unlisted holding company within the Rothschild group with various
financial services interests, including the investment bank N M Rothschild
& Sons. (21%)
(Figures in brackets show effective ownership by Jardine Strategic as at 12th March 2010.)
Group Contacts
Jardine Matheson Ltd
A.J.L. Nightingale
48th Floor, Jardine House
G.P.O. Box 70, Hong Kong
Telephone (852) 2843 8288
Facsimile (852) 2845 9005
Email jml@jardines.com
Website www.jardines.com
Matheson & Co., Ltd
Lord Leach of Fairford
3 Lombard Street, London EC3V 9AQ
United Kingdom
Telephone (44 20) 7816 8100
Facsimile (44 20) 7623 5024
Email enquiries@matheson.co.uk
Website www.matheson.co.uk
Jardine Pacific Ltd
Adam Keswick
25th Floor, Devon House
Taikoo Place
979 King’s Road
Quarry Bay, Hong Kong
Telephone (852) 2579 2888
Facsimile (852) 2856 9674
Email jpl@jardines.com
Jardine Motors Group Ltd
Adam Keswick
25th Floor, Devon House
Taikoo Place
979 King’s Road
Quarry Bay, Hong Kong
Telephone (852) 2579 2888
Facsimile (852) 2856 9674
Email jmg@jardines.com
Jardine Lloyd Thompson
Group plc
Dominic Burke
6 Crutched Friars, London EC3N 2PH
United Kingdom
Telephone (44 20) 7528 4444
Facsimile (44 20) 7528 4185
Email info@jltgroup.com
Website www.jltgroup.com
Jardine Matheson Holdings Limited
Registered Office:
4th Floor, Jardine House, 33-35 Reid Street, P.O. Box HM 1068, Hamilton
HM EX Bermuda
Hongkong Land Ltd
Y.K. Pang
8th Floor, One Exchange Square
Central, Hong Kong
Telephone (852) 2842 8428
Facsimile (852) 2845 9226
Email gpobox@hkland.com
Website www.hkland.com
Dairy Farm Management
Services Ltd
Michael Kok
7th Floor, Devon House
Taikoo Place, 979 King’s Road
Quarry Bay, Hong Kong
Telephone (852) 2299 1888
Facsimile (852) 2299 4888
Email groupcomm@dairy-farm.com.hk
Website www.dairyfarmgroup.com
Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group
International Ltd
Edouard Ettedgui
7th Floor, 281 Gloucester Road
Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
Telephone (852) 2895 9288
Facsimile (852) 2837 3500
Email asia-enquiry@mohg.com
Website www.mandarinoriental.com
Jardine Cycle & Carriage Ltd
Ben Keswick
239 Alexandra Road
Singapore 159930
Telephone (65) 6473 3122
Facsimile (65) 6475 7088
Email corporate.affairs@
jcclgroup.com
Website www.jcclgroup.com
PT Astra International Tbk
Prijono Sugiarto
Jl. Gaya Motor Raya No. 8
Sunter II, Jakarta 14330, Indonesia
Telephone (62 21) 652 2555
Facsimile (62 21) 651 2058
Email purel@ai.astra.co.id
Website www.astra.co.id
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