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Analysts: Al-Qaeda awash in funds despite meltdown
Associated Press
Published: 16.10.08, 17:43
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1. Economic Meltdown
David Powell ,   Everett. Wa. usa   (10.16.08)
All the enemies are praising the economic meltdown primarily the US not only makeing Osama Bin Laden rich. Our "friends" are sneering including Ahmadineajad, the Castro brothers, Hugo Chavez and even our own next president to be , Hussein Obama.
2. Thank Bill Clinton for the mess he created.
Bunnie Meyer ,   Los Angeles, CA USA   (10.16.08)
3. Terrorist cash need not be on the rise
Dr. Ron Kaufman ,   Beverly Hills, CA   (10.17.08)
We could help stabilize the US economy and defund terrorism by taking a page from a response to economic meltdown once practice by Israel. Give everyone 30 days to turn in their US Dolars for US "new" dollars (albeit at a non-Israeli exchange rate of 1:1). For large sums, the bearer must be able to document where the cash came from. Without documentation, the exchange rate drops to 2 old dollars for one new ones...(and no credit for all those counterfeit old ones out there clogging up the system.) Frankly not only does this cut the number of dollars circulating on the blackmarket in half (or more given the counterfeit stuff.) but the US can actual find out how much of what it has issued over the years is actually circulating. Who would want this new dollar? Who wouldn't? Al queda's real terrorist attack was its attack on the US economy. A currency exchange program is a real counterattack!
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