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Date Sent: 2014-08-13
Freedom's Phoenix PM Edition for Tuesday, August 12, 2014 |
Obama's Pentagon Covered Up War Crimes in Afghanistan, Says Amnesty International
Russia says begins military exercises in Pacific islands also claimed by Japan -- GOP Blocks Voter Fraud Challenge -- The DEA Paid An Amtrak Secretary $854,460 for Free Passenger Lists
-- A Bridge Party and a Trip through TSA-When Stock Diversification
Gets out of Hand -- Israel Fries Palestinians With US Laser Death Ray
Flying Jet -- Ron Paul Charles Goyette #21 Hey Obama, Leave Ukraine Alone! -- 08-12-14 -- Nick Lambert (MaidSafe.Net) - LISTEN LIVE on LRN.FM, M-F, 9-Noon (EDT) -- James Brady: Collateral Damage -- 69 Years Ago: The Atrocity At Nagasaki; Even Gen. Curtis LeMay Said It Was Unnecessary
-- US Leaders Aid and Abet Israeli War Crimes, Genocide & Crimes
against Humanity -- Iraq crisis: West's 'mandate' limited by national
borders -- As Obama Broadens Iraq Goals, Escalation Seems Inevitable -- The De-industrialization of America -- The making of Israel, Hamas, and Osama bin Laden -- Nouri al-Maliki forced from post as Iraq's political turmoil deepens -- Google And Asian Telecoms Are Building A $300 Million Undersea Cable Connecting The US To Japan -- Investigating Gaza War Crimes
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News Link • Torture
Obama's Pentagon Covered Up War Crimes in Afghanistan, Says Amnesty International
08-12-2014
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thedailybeast.com
The human-rights group reports the U.S. military systematically ignored evidence of torture and unlawful killings in Afghanistan as recently as last year.
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Iraq: Party of Three
08-11-2014
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Next News Network
Iraq is in a brutal state of civil war with Sunni extremists partnered together with former Saddam Hussein supporters on a mission to overtake the country in jihad or ?holy war.? The Islamic State challenges Iraqi government who is allied partially w
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Police cite threats, won't name cop who shot teen
08-12-2014
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Associated Press
The police chief in a St. Louis suburb where a police officer fatally shot an unarmed black teenager said he's holding off on publicly identifying the officer because of death threats.
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Ukraine says may block Russian aid convoy
08-12-2014
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Reuters
A Russian convoy of trucks carrying tonnes of humanitarian aid left on Tuesday for eastern Ukraine, where government forces are closing in on pro-Russian rebels, but Kiev said it would not allow the vehicles to cross onto its territory.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Israel
Israeli, Stanley Fischer of the Federal Reserve:
Bank Bail-In Coming
08-12-2014
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zerohedge.com
Fischer headed Israel's central bank from 2005 through 2013 and is now number two at the Federal Reserve in the U.S. after Janet Yellen.
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News Link • Military Industrial Complex
The Ebola Breakout Coincided With UN Vaccine Campaigns
08-12-2014
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rense.com
The simultaneous eruptions of this filovirus virus in widely separated zones strongly suggests that the virulent Zaire ebola strain (ZEBOV) was deliberately introduced to test an antidote in secret trials on unsuspecting humans.
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News Link • Iraq
Ron Paul Charles Goyette #21 Hey Obama, Leave Ukraine Alone!
08-12-2014
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Ron Paul, Charles Goyette
Will a trade war over Ukraine erupt into a hot war? The face-off between the Russia and the U.S. along with its European followers continues to grow.
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News Link • Healthcare Industry
CDC Director: Ebola Outbreak Possible
08-08-2014
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Next News Network
The fear of Ebola is spreading worldwide today as the Director of the World Health Organization declares the virus a public health emergency. Margaret Chan says that several more countries will eventually see the Ebola virus. The main question now, i
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News Link • Communications
Jesse Ventura breaks silence on defamation lawsuit
08-07-2014
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Next News Network
Two years ago, former Minnesota governor and pro-wrestler Jesse Ventura filed a defamation lawsuit against a highly decorated Navy Seal. Chris Kyle?s book, ?American Sniper? tells a story of Kyle punching Ventura in the face and knocking him to the g
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Russia says begins military exercises in Pacific islands also claimed by Japan
08-12-2014
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Reuters
Russia began military exercises in the Kurile Islands in the Pacific Ocean, a Defence Ministry spokesman said on Tuesday, a move likely to anger Japan, which also lays claim to them.
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News Link • Voting: Vote Fraud
GOP Blocks Voter Fraud Challenge
08-07-2014
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Next News Network
There might have been voter fraud in Mississippi?s Republican Primary Election, but we?ll never know for sure. At least not for now. Chris McDaniel is told that his challenge will not be heard by the Republican Party and if he wishes to keep fighting
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News Link • Drug War
The DEA Paid An Amtrak Secretary $854,460 for Free Passenger Lists
08-12-2014
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the wire
The Drug Enforcement Agency reportedly paid an Amtrak secretary more than $850,000 to snoop on passengers, even though they could have had the information for free.
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News Link • Israel
Israel Unleashes Death Ray on Gaza
08-12-2014
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veteranstoday.com
Reports, including photographic evidence reveal that Israel is using an energy weapon to attack targets in Gaza. The destructive beam, thought to be a high energy laser, is emitted from a plane identified as a Boeing KC707
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News Link • Japan - Earthquake Tsunami Radiation
69 Years Ago: The Atrocity At Nagasaki?Even Gen. Curtis LeMay Said It Was Unnecessary
08-12-2014
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davidstockmanscontracorner.com
The rights and wrongs of Hiroshima are debatable," Telford Taylor, the chief prosecutor at Nuremberg, once said, "but I have never heard a plausible justification of Nagasaki" ? which he labeled a war crime.
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News Link • Israel
US Leaders Aid and Abet Israeli War Crimes, Genocide & Crimes against Humanity
08-12-2014
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jurist.org
JURIST Contributing Editor Marjorie Cohn of the Thomas Jefferson School of Law discusses the ongoing conflict in Gaza ...
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News Link • Iraq
Iraq crisis: West's 'mandate' limited by national borders ? and don't dare mention o
08-12-2014
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independent.co.uk
In the Middle East, the first shots of every war define the narrative we all dutifully follow. So too, this greatest crisis since the last greatest crisis in Iraq.
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News Link • Foreign Policy
As Obama Broadens Iraq Goals, Escalation Seems Inevitable
08-12-2014
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antiwar.com
Congressional Hawks Push to Dramatically Increase Air War
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News Link • Employment & Jobs
The De-industrialization of America
08-12-2014
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paulcraigroberts.org
On January 6, 2004, Paul Craig Roberts and US Senator Charles Schumer published a jointly written article on the op-ed page of the New York Times titled "Second Thoughts on Free Trade." The article pointed out that the US had entered a new economic e
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News Link • Iraq
Nouri al-Maliki forced from post as Iraq's political turmoil deepens
08-12-2014
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theguardian.com
Coalition of Shia parties nominate Haider al-Abadi to replace defiant Maliki as prime minister in bid to end Baghdad deadlock
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News Link • Internet
Google And Asian Telecoms Are Building A $300 Million Undersea Cable Connecting The US To Japan
08-12-2014
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Business Insider
Search engine Google Inc and five Asian telecom and communications companies have agreed to invest about $300 million to develop and operate a trans-Pacific cable network connecting the United States to Japan.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Stockman: The Train Wreck Is Coming, All Hell Will Break Loose
08-10-2014
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zerohedge.com
The answer to that question is it's not very far down the road, and I can promise you that is when all hell is going to break loose."
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News Link • Economy - International
Scathing Anti-West Editorial in German Handelsblatt...
08-10-2014
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http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com
Yesterday, a reader told me about a must-read article in the German financial newspaper Handelsblatt.
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News Link • Conspiracies
James Brady: Collateral Damage
08-10-2014
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Lew Rockwell blog
Many, including author Roger Stone in his LRC podcast interview with Lew Rockwell today, believe that James Brady was the unfortunate collateral damage of the Bush-engineered assassination attempt on the life of Ronald Reagan.
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
But For Video: The Best Spot For Jail Beatings
08-10-2014
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Simple Justice
Medical privacy is the law. That's why there are no video cameras in the clinic at Rikers Island. Makes perfect sense, except when guards order the staff out of a treatment room in the clinic and beat a prisoner. That makes perfect sense too,
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News Link • Activism
Tel Aviv anti-war rally held despite police order
08-10-2014
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http://www.jpost.com, By LAHAV HARKOV
Earlier Saturday, police banned the demonstration due to fears for public safety in light of renewed rocket fire in south.
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News Link • Drug War
In Sweden, Big Muscles Constituted Reasonable Suspicion To Investigate Steroid Use
08-10-2014
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Jonathan Turley
Police arrested a man after they approached him, suspecting that his physique constituted reasonable suspicion of steroid use. During a field interview their suspicion grew after the man allegedly was reluctant to answer questions.
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News Link • Gun Rights
GUN Linux: On the range with TrackingPoint's new AR-15s
08-10-2014
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ars technica
Last trip out, the highlight was hitting targets at 1,000 yards; this time, we'd be aiming at targets a bit closer in? but aiming through a tiny wearable screen while looking backward, over the shoulder.
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News Link • Surveillance
Judge Bates Is Just Protecting Us From Ourselves
08-10-2014
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Simple Justice
Nobody gets too hot and bothered by the FISA Court anymore, as absurd and outrageous an idea as it was when it was first created, or first disclosed, Once something flagrantly wrong has been around for a while, it just becomes another piece of the l
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News Link • Property Rights
City Evicts Elderly Man from Tent in the Woods Ruthlessly Demolishing in Front of Him
08-10-2014
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The Daily Sheeple
Last month, the camp, which housed 80-120 people over the last ten years or so, was closed by local authorities. Housing structures in the camp were demolished.
Police State USA reported that Sam was one of the unfortunate souls who lost his home
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Oakland officer reinstated with back pay after throwing grenade at unconscious man, bystanders
08-10-2014
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An officer who violently attacked a group of civilians ? including an incapacitated man bleeding from a head injury and the people who tried to help him ? has been reinstated to the department with back pay for the nearly 3 years of missed work.
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News Link • Police Accountability Report
Calls for blood after police kill black teen in Missouri
08-10-2014
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http://www.prisonplanet.com
Hundreds of residents of a predominantly black suburb in Missouri took to the streets after a fatal shooting by the police of an 18-year-old black man on Saturday. Angry protesters were chanting 'kill the police!' at the scene.
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News Link • Economy - International
Everything Is Coming Apart In Europe
08-10-2014
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http://www.businessinsider.com, By John O'Donn
Investors will gauge the strength of the euro zone's fragile economy this week as escalating conflicts in Ukraine and Iraq darken the mood globally.
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News Link • Economy - International
Retail Investors About To Get Fleeced Again
08-10-2014
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http://www.zerohedge.com, by Pater Tenebrarum
As a small addendum to our previous post on the market situation, here is a chart recently posted by the "Short Side of Long". It shows the cash allocation reported by AAII, which surveys retail investors.
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News Link • Iraq
U.S. "Humanitarian" Bombing of Iraq: A Redundant Presidential Ritual
08-10-2014
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https://firstlook.org, By Glenn Greenwald
U.S. "Humanitarian" Bombing of Iraq: A Redundant Presidential Ritual
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News Link • Africa: On the Map
The Collapse of America's Great African Experiment
08-10-2014
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Nick Turse and Tom Engelhardt
On return from his recent reporting trip to Africa, Nick Turse told me the following tale, which catches something of the nature of our battered world.
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News Link • Books
Goliath: The Book That May Delegitimize Israel's Apartheid State
08-10-2014
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http://original.antiwar.com, by Justin Raimondo
A call to conscience ? and the discovery of a heretofore unknown libertarian thinker
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
"Absolute Immunity": The Deadliest Weapon in the Prosecutor's Arsenal
08-10-2014
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http://www.freedominourtime.blogspot.com,
"Prosecutors are rewarded for winning at all costs, they have no incentive to seek the truth rather than a conviction, and they are entirely unaccountable when they pervert justice in pursuit of victory," observes Idaho resident John T. Bujak.
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
Ron Paul: US 'hiding truth' on downed Malaysian plane
08-10-2014
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http://thehill.com, By Jesse Byrnes
Former Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) accused the U.S. government of "hiding" the truth behind the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, which crashed in eastern Ukraine last month.
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News Link • Political Theory
Glenn Greenwald addresses the Young Americans for Liberty 2014 convention
08-10-2014
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by estaban3
Glenn Greenwald addresses the Young Americans for Liberty 2014 convention
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News Link • World News
What if There's a Real War in Ukraine?
08-10-2014
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http://www.lewrockwell.com, By Eric Margolis
Russia and the West are at war ? over fruits, veggies, pork, and bank loans.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
This Is The Longest Streak Of High-Yield Outflows On Record (And Why It May Get Worse)
08-10-2014
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zerohedge.com
When we first brought the market's attention to high-yield credit's flashing red warning, it was shrugged off as unimportant by most -
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News Link • Currencies
De-Dollarization Accelerates - China/Russia Complete Currency Swap Agreement
08-10-2014
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http://www.zerohedge.com, Tyler Durden
The last 3 months have seen Russia's "de-dollarization" plans accelerate.
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News Link • Obama Administration
President Obama Warns Iraq Situation "Is A Long-Term Project... Won't Be Solved In Weeks'
08-10-2014
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zerohedge.com
Just before he headed off to Martha's Vineyard for another vacation, President Obama explained the situation in Iraq (standing in front of the impressive Presidential helicopter) careful to use the phrase 'men, women, and children' numerous times.
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News Link • Police State
Strictest Curfew In The US Takes Effect In Baltimore
08-10-2014
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Business Insider
As dusk crept over Collington Square Park, in east Baltimore, the children's chatter of questions began.
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News Link • Israel - Palestine
Iron Dome Fake - A Massive Hoax - Missiles Blowing Up in the Air
08-10-2014
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https://www.youtube.com
They are in fact not intercepting anything, but instead are exploding in thin air, making people feel they are intercepting alleged Hamas rockets, when in reality they're essentially billions of dollars worth of American taxpayer money fireworks self
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News Link • Police State
Police Union Commissar: If You Resist, You Should Expect to Die
08-10-2014
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by William N. Grigg (Lew Rockwell blog)
"No one's telling us what we are able to do, and what we should do, when we're faced with a situation where the person being placed under arrest says, `I'm not going. I'm not being placed under arrest.'"
"What is it we should do?" continued Lynch,
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Rand Paul Appears Likely to Declare White House Bid
08-10-2014
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economicpolicyjournal.com
After Rand Paul's three-day mad dash across Iowa last week, zigzagging around the presidential testing grounds for 800 miles, he appears the most likely to declare a White House bid.
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News Link • Military Industrial Complex
Washington Opened The Gates Of Hell In Iraq: Now Come The Furies
08-10-2014
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economicpolicyjournal.com
What these fools did was to open the gates of hell. The end result of Washington's 20-year campaign to liberate Iraq, beginning with the first gulf war and followed by the devastating trade sanctions of the 1990s and the brutal desecrations of Bush I
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