IOC investigation of age cheating by Chinese gymmasts

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My post #283 only addressed War on Iraq, the second Gulf War.

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<p>I am baffled. I don’t understand how post #281 talking about the 1990 Gulf War was trangressed to post #283 talking about the 2003 Iraq war.</p>

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We actually need a government to effectively deal with our own military enterprises. China is mild in comparison.

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<p>Wow! Did the US supply weapons to Sudanese government to kill people in Darfur now?</p>

<p>[BBC</a> NEWS | Africa | China ‘is fuelling war in Darfur’](<a href=“http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7503428.stm]BBC”>BBC NEWS | Africa | China 'is fuelling war in Darfur')</p>

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The BBC has found the first evidence that China is currently helping Sudan’s government militarily in Darfur. </p>

<p>The Panorama TV programme tracked down Chinese army lorries in the Sudanese province that came from a batch exported from China to Sudan in 2005. </p>

<p>The BBC was also told that China was training fighter pilots who fly Chinese A5 Fantan fighter jets in Darfur. </p>

<p>China’s government has declined to comment on the BBC’s findings, which contravene a UN arms embargo on Darfur. </p>

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<p>[Oil</a> for China, Guns for Darfur](<a href=“Bloomberg - Are you a robot?”>Bloomberg - Are you a robot?)

China’s thirst for oil is causing bloodshed. So says New York-based nongovernmental organization Human Rights First, which on Mar. 13 released a report linking China’s rising imports of Sudanese oil with sales of Chinese small weapons to Khartoum, used to further the deadly conflict in the western region of Darfur. The report is part of a broader campaign called Made in China: Stop Arms Sales to Sudan, timed to coincide with the runup to the Beijing Olympics in August. “China’s huge appetite for oil from Sudan filled Khartoum’s coffers, enabling Sudan to buy Chinese arms,” says Betsy Apple, a Human Rights First program director and author of the report. “It’s a toxic oil-for-arms relationship.” Apple says the group is calling for China to halt arms sales to Sudan immediately.

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