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|  sollune | Apr 14, 4:06pm | | probably not, although that link is hardly proof of anything except the presence of depleted uranium, which is a by-product of nuclear energy facilities. that's worrisome in itself, of course, but using such toxic waste for weapons is a whole other matter. but in any case, regardless of if anyone shares in the crime, it remains a crime. |
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Sponsor |  AlternaDad | Apr 14, 4:46pm | We may not be in the top ten list of nice countries, but we fucking dominate the depleted uranium inventories chart.
It feels good to be #1 again. |
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Sponsor | | ntltrmllgnc | Apr 15, 7:14am | | Depleted uranium as waste is safer than DU dust in your lungs. |
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Sponsor | | Ogmin | Apr 24, 3:19pm | MEXICO CITY -- Guatemalan and U.S. labor groups filed a complaint Wednesday with the U.S. Department of Labor alleging that Guatemala had failed to uphold its own labor laws as required under the Central American Free Trade Agreement.
The complaint alleges that, despite provisions in the pact requiring workers' rights to be protected, Guatemalan trade unionists have been threatened, fired and even assassinated -- including a union official who was shot dead in front of his young children last year. The groups called on the Bush administration to initiate dispute settlement proceedings, which could result in fines of as much as $15 million annually against the Guatemalan government.
The action is the first of its kind under CAFTA, a trade deal whose members are the United States, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. But the complaint underscores a long-standing criticism of U.S. trade policy by American unions, which contend that labor protections in trade agreements are largely meaningless because they aren't enforced.
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