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BART), March at 4:30 pm down Market Street to rally at Brazilian
Consulate General, 300 Montgomery, till 6 pm<br><br>
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URGENT ACTION REQUESTED: DEMAND A STOP TO THE SLAUGHTER OF HAITIAN
CIVILIANS<br>
<a href="http://www.margueritelaurent.com/campaigns/campaignone/presswork/Protectcitesoleil.html" eudora="autourl">
http://www.margueritelaurent.com/campaigns/campaignone/presswork/Protectcitesoleil.html<br>
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</a>DENOUNCE THE SLAUGHTER OF HAITIAN CIVILIANS, EVEN OF PREGNANT WOMEN
AND 4 and 5-year old toddlers, BY UN TROOPS IN HAITI:<br>
<a href="http://www.margueritelaurent.com/campaigns/campaignone/presswork/protect.html" eudora="autourl">
http://www.margueritelaurent.com/campaigns/campaignone/presswork/protect.html<br>
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Action Requested: <br>
- Join in the multi-city international Protest against UN Massacre in
Haiti on July 21, 2001 - Condemn UN Massacre of Haitian Civilians in Cite
Soleil<br><br>
- More "police massacres": At least 6 persons killed during a
"police" operation in the populist neighborhood of Solino -
(HLLN note: The US-imposed death regime and their Duvalierists/elites
gleefully celebrates these killings in the poor sectors in retaliation
for 10-years of being out of power. We want more, more more killings like
July 6, 2005 by the UN and Jordanians says Roger Noreiga, Ambassador
Foley, Apaid, Boulos and the bloody Coup D'etat/dictatorship
sectors!!!)<br><br>
- UN commander Augusto Heleno Ribeiro says he is
"satisfied" with the<br>
military operation of July 6 in Cité Soleil, AHP, July 13, 2005 (we have
the means, the will and the power that is needed to send them
packing", he declared." - An pregnant woman lost her fetus to
Ribeiro's bullets, there were at least 27 wounded, mostly women and
children and more than 23 killed, mostly unarmed civilians - See human
rights report at:<br>
<a href="http://www.margueritelaurent.com/campaigns/campaignone/human_rights_reports/unmassacre.html%A0" eudora="autourl">
http://www.margueritelaurent.com/campaigns/campaignone/human_rights_reports/unmassacre.html
</a> )<br><br>
- Haiti: The Gaza Strip of the Caribbean by Shirley Pate <br><br>
- Threats against AUMOHD lawyers, defenders of the poor and oppressed in
Haiti continue<br><br>
- LIBERTY FOR HAITIAN PRIEST JUSTICE DENIED OTHER POLITICAL
PRISONERS <br>
By Judith Scherr<br><br>
- Noted Brazilians demand the Immediate Withdrawal of All Brazilian
Troops From Haiti : Manifesto Delivered to Brazilian President Luiz
Inacio Lula Da Silva, Novermber, 2004<br><br>
- Report on the July 23 Meeting with the Brazilian Consulate in Miami, By
Carolyn, Haiti Solidarity Committee<br><br>
- Join the July 21, 2005 - EMERGENCY INTERNATIONAL PROTEST!<br>
Stop U.N. "Peacekeeper" Massacres in Haiti! Hands off Father
Jean-Juste!<br>
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Stand in solidarity with the most hated people in the Western Hemisphere,
tell Haitians, YOU ARE NOT ALONE, Dessaline is Rising Worldwide! Join the
FREE HAITI MOVEMENT:
<a href="http://www.margueritelaurent.com/solidarityday/haitisolidarityday.html" eudora="autourl">
http://www.margueritelaurent.com/solidarityday/haitisolidarityday.html<br>
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Coordinated Multi-City International Protests on Thursday, July 21,
2005<br><br>
Condemn UN Massacre of Haitian Civilians in Cite Soleil<br><br>
Emergency protests are set for Thursday, July 21s -- in Brazil and 13
North American cities to condemn the massacre of at least 23 Haitian
civilians on July 6th in the popular neighborhood of Cite Soleil, by UN
troops under Brazilian command. The protests call for UN troops and
Haitian authorities to stop the killings; for all UN soldiers from 20
nations to leave Haiti now; and for the restoration of Haiti’s
sovereignty and constitutional rule.<br><br>
Coordinated protests will take place July 21st in Washington, D.C. and
Ottawa (at the Brazilian embassies); in Miami, Montreal, New York,
Toronto and San Francisco (at Brazilian consulates general); as well as
in Minneapolis, San Jose (California), Halifax (Nova Scotia), Vancouver,
Winnipeg (Manitoba), and Boston. [See below for times and
locations.]<br><br>
In Brazil, the CUT labor federation is sending a high-level delegation to
the capital of Brasilia, for an audience with President Lula da Silva on
July 21st, to discuss their concern about the actions and presence of UN
troops in Haiti, acting under Brazilian command. They will also rally in
front of the Planalto Palace, seat of Brazil’s federal government, and
present a petition to Lula, signed by a long list of prominent
Brazilians, demanding immediate withdrawal of all Brazilian troops from
Haiti and respect for Haiti’s sovereignty.<br><br>
The CUT's rally and meeting with President Lula is timed to coincide with
the coordinated demonstrations in North America, and will kick off a
series of meetings and rallies in major Brazilian cities. These actions
are being organized by a coalition that includes the CUT, the Movimento
Negro Unificado [Unified Black Movement] and Campanha Haiti [Brazil Out
of Haiti Campaign].<br><br>
The Brazilian unionists made it clear they were taking up the demands of
the Haitian community and solidarity movement in North America, based on
the findings of the Labor/Human Rights Delegation to Haiti and eyewitness
reports of the July 6th massacre. The CUT is the largest labor federation
in Brazil.<br><br>
Meanwhile, in Paris, the Haitian community will mount a demonstration
July 30th at Place de la Republique, demanding an end to the US/UN
occupation of Haiti and condemning the July 6th UN massacre of civilians
in Cite Soleil.<br><br>
The international campaign -- with protests in five countries -- kicked
off on July 13th, when Father Gerard Jean-Juste, pastor of St. Claire
Church in Port-au-Prince, flew to Miami to lead a demonstration at the
Brazilian consulate general in Miami. Jean-Juste and Haitian community
leaders met with Brazilian diplomats for nearly three hours to protest
the UN massacre in Cite Soleil.<br><br>
The campaign picked up steam the following day, on July 14th, when
despite heavy repression and continued killings by UN forces, more than
5,000 people demonstrated in Cite Soleil to condemn the UN massacre in
their neighborhood on July 6th. They chanted for the return of President
Aristide, and demanded prison for the leaders and backers of the coup
regime.<br><br>
Also on July 14th, Father Jean-Juste was ‘denounced’ on a right-wing
Haitian radio program in Florida, saying he was returning to Haiti on
American Airlines, with the implicit threat that something bad might and
should happen to him.<br><br>
The next day Jean-Juste was searched and questioned for 20 minutes by US
authorities at the Miami airport. On arrival in Port-au-Prince he was
detained by Haitian National Police for two hours and ordered to report
to a judge to face possible criminal charges.<br><br>
The citizens of Cite Soleil, Father Jean-Juste and the internationally
coordinated demonstrations on July 21st are shining a spotlight on the
crimes committed by the US/UN occupation on July 6th in Cite Soleil.
Clearly the coup regime feels threatened by these revelations, and are
retaliating against our courageous brother. Defending Fr. Jean-Juste is
an integral part of our campaign.<br><br>
Organizers emphasized that UN troops, who have been in Haiti since June
2004, are there as a proxy force doing the bidding of the US government
-- replacements for the US, French and Canadian troops who assisted in
the February 29, 2004 coup d’etat that overthrew the constitutional
government of President Aristide.<br><br>
Demonstrations in 13 cities on July 21 condemning UN massacre in Cite
Soleil<br><br>
Boston Details TBA<br><br>
Halifax, Nova Scotia Picket 5 pm at the US Consulate, 1969 Upper Water
Street<br><br>
Miami Picket Brazilian Consulate, 80 SW 8th Street, Miami, at 11
a.m.<br><br>
Minneapolis Leaflet the light rail system in early pm….Meet 4:30 pm at
LRT Station near Hennepin Govt Center, 3rd Av & 5th St….Walk at 5 pm
to Federal Bldg, then march to the Star-Tribune (small park across the
street) at 5th & Portland, to protest Haiti newspaper
coverage.<br><br>
Montreal—Assemble 3 pm, Dorchester Sq, Peel & Rene Levesque (Metro
Peel)….March departing 4 pm to Brazilian Consulate, 2000 Mansfield
(cor.DeMaisonneuve)….Rally till 6 pm.<br><br>
New York Picket 4-7 pm, Brazilian Consulate, 1185 Ave. of the Americas
(6th Av), nr 47th St<br><br>
Ottawa/Gatineau Picket Brazilian embassy in the Canadian capital, Noon
to 1 pm<br><br>
San Francisco Assemble 4 pm Powell & Market (Powell St BART), March
at 4:30 pm down Market Street to rally at Brazilian Consulate General,
300 Montgomery, till 6 pm<br><br>
San Jose, California Picket French consulate, 2 North 2nd St,
11:30-12:30 and 4-6 pm<br><br>
Toronto Picket the Brazilian Consulate General, 77 Bloor Street West,
beginning 1 pm<br><br>
Vancouver Details TBA<br><br>
Washington, D.C. Protest 12-5pm at Brazil embassy, 3009 Whitehaven St.
NW (at Mass Av)<br><br>
Winnipeg, Manitoba Protest 1 pm at SNC-Lavalin, one of the biggest
Canadian corporate profiteers from the occupation of Haiti, 1600 Van Ness
(at St. James St near Polo Park mall)<br><br>
For more information, contact:<br><br>
Dave Welsh, Labor/Human Rights Delegation to Haiti<br><br>
sub@sonic.net 510-847-8657<br><br>
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AT LEAST 6 PERSONS KILLED DURING A POLICE OPERATION IN THE POPULIST
NEIGHBORHOOD OF SOLINO<br><br>
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Port-au-Prince, July 18, 2005 10:35 AM (AHP)- At least 6 persons were
killed last week-end in the populist district of Solino, during a police
operation.<br><br>
According to the police, the individuals who were shot are bandits.
However, among the victims was a young child whose body was torn in
pieces.<br><br>
Members of the population accused policemen of shooting unarmed civilians
who were peacefully attending their businesses.<br><br>
At least 25 persons were killed on July 6th during a joint operation by
the National Police and the MINUSTAH in the shantytown Cité Soleil. This
operation also caused the death of Dread Wilmé, who was accused of
responsibility in most violent acts registered in Port-au-Prince’s
metropolitan area, according to officials of local and international
organizations that investigated the place.<br><br>
Following this operation, organizations of unidentified sectors put in
many spots in the city, notably in Bourdon where the UN headquarters is,
banderols to welcome the work done. "Mr. Valdès, Thank you for the
good job done, continue!”, is what we can read on these
banderols.<br><br>
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Agence Haïtienne de Presse - AHP News<br>
<a href="http://www.ahphaiti.org/" eudora="autourl">
http://www.ahphaiti.org<br>
</a>July 13, 2005<br><br>
AHP News<br>
English translation (Unofficial)<br><br>
<br>
UN commander Augusto Heleno Ribeiro says he is satisfied with the<br>
military operation of July 6 in Cité Soleil<br><br>
<br>
Port-au-Prince, July 13, 2005 (AHP)- MINUSTAH military commander<br>
General Augusto Heleno Ribeiro declared Tuesday that he is satisfied<br>
with the military operation that resulted in the death of activist<br>
Dread Wilmé.<br><br>
Augusto Heleno aid that the operation of July 6 was carried out to<br>
prove to the bandits, he said, that the forces of orders have the<br>
capacity to re-establish peace in the country.<br><br>
"We wanted to show the bandits that we have the means, the
will and<br>
the power that is needed to send them packing", he
declared.<br><br>
However, General Heleno said he recognizes that one can not conduct<br>
operations simply for the purpose of killing, injuring or arresting<br>
people.<br><br>
According to the commander, the government must set up social<br>
programs to relieve the misery of the population, notably residents<br>
of the populist districts.<br><br>
Numerous human rights organizations have denounced the
indiscriminate<br>
nature of this operation which left, they said, many innocent
victims.<br><br>
The Committee of Lawyers for the Respect of Individual Liberties<br>
(CARLI) called upon MINUSTAH and the Haitian police to provide a<br>
detailed explanation of this operation.<br><br>
The Labor and Human Rights Delegation, a U.S. human rights group,<br>
suggested that the death toll from the operation was 50 people, and<br>
that women and children were among the dead.<br><br>
The Brazilian general recently said that he will never order a<br>
massacre in the populist districts lest he one day be called before<br>
an international criminal tribunal.<br>
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HAITI: THE GAZA STRIP OF THE CARIBBEAN<br><br>
By Shirley Pate<br><br>
6 20 JULY 2005<br><br>
‘Two helicopters flew overhead. At 4:30 AM, UN forces launched the
offensive, shooting into houses, shacks, a church, and a school
with machine guns,<br>
tank fire, and tear gas. Eyewitnesses reported that when people
fled to escape the tear gas, UN troops gunned them down from the
back.’<br><br>
---Excerpt from a report by a San Francisco-based labor/human
rights delegation that was in Haiti on Wednesday, July 6, 2005,
when UN forces committed a
massacre against the residents of the neighborhood of Cite
Soleil.<br>
<br><br>
Back in April, I wrote an article* warning the head of the UN
‘peacekeeping’ effort in Haiti, Brazilian General Augusto Heleno Ribeiro,
that if he continued<br>
to implement the UN Security Council’s unwritten mandate to insure a
Haitian elite victory in the upcoming elections by killing as many
Aristide supporters as possible, there would not be enough soap and water
to wash the blood off his hands. <br><br>
It looks like General Heleno may have figured this out for himself
as last month, he declared his intention to resign his post.
<br><br>
Yet, it appears he was still in command in the wee hours of the morning
of July 6, when between 300-400 UN troops attacked Cite Soleil, one of
the poorest<br>
neighborhoods in Port-au-Prince, and slaughtered close to 50 residents
and wounded many more. It was a bloodletting worthy of the Israeli
Defense Forces<br>
(IDF) and, on that day, Haiti moved a step closer to becoming the Gaza
Strip of the Caribbean. <br><br>
It was a bloodletting that, if there is any justice left in the world,
will land General Heleno before an international tribunal.
<br><br>
On February 29, 2004, the lives of most Haitians turned decidedly
worse when a US-inspired coup d’etat deprived them of their
democratically elected President, <br>
Jean-Bertrand Aristide. The coup was masterminded and
supervised by a colonial cabal consisting of the US, France, and
Canada, supported by military forces<br>
that slipped into Haiti days before. <br><br>
>From that moment on, Haiti was under occupation. <br><br>
Shortly thereafter, the cabal formed a multi-lateral force that
reigned for three months. Knowing that the political
stakes were too high to remain the sole supplier of the military muscle
in Haiti, the cabal cleverly engineered a UN ‘peacekeeping’
operation that has, by all standards, mutated into an occupying
IDF-like assault force. It is proving extremely difficult for Haiti
solidarity activists, who are working to stop this carnage, to
convince the public that a UN peacekeeping effort could be capable of
such heinous crimes. <br><br>
Most think of UN peacekeeping missions as non-belligerent, neutral
operations that are deployed to separate warring factions in order to
reach a peaceful<br>
settlement to conflict. And this is the genius of the cabal’s
decision to bring the UN to Haiti. It is vital for the public
to understand that, in Haiti, the UN is the primary warring faction,
a proxy for the cabal and nothing about their mission is
neutral.<br><br>
The permanent members of the UN Security Council dictate the nature
and scope of UN peacekeeping operations. As the more
dominant of the permanent<br>
members, the US and France are masters at designing peacekeeping
operations to serve their own foreign policy interests. As a
result, peacekeeping missions<br>
are more insidious and deadly than most people aware.<br><br>
In 1961, the first Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of
Congo, Patrice Lumumba, was betrayed by UN peacekeepers when they failed
to maintain<br>
neutrality in the conflict between the central government and
Lumumba’s Western-supported opponents. Lumumba was
subsequently kidnapped and<br>
murdered, leaving the Congolese, for the next 32 years, in the
vicious grip of Sese Seko Mobutu, the U.S.’ main man in Africa.
<br><br>
In Bosnia, thousands of Muslims sought safe haven with Dutch-lead
UN peacekeepers. The peacekeepers yielded to Bosnian Serbs who
kidnapped the Muslims and killed them. The purposeful impotency of
the UN peacekeeping mandate in Rwanda resulted in an indescribable
genocide that has soiled forever<br>
the legacy of UN peacekeeping. <br><br>
Yet, amid the presumed ‘failures’ of each of these UN peacekeeping
efforts, one can be assured that the interests of the permanent
members of the UN Security<br>
Council were well-served regardless. Throughout their
occupation of Haiti, UN forces have maintained that the primary
objective is to bring peace to Haiti so that elections can be held
in the fall. The problem is that a lot of lousy things are
done in the name of ‘peace.’ Not unlike the lousy things that are
done in the name of ‘democracy.’<br>
<br>
The same tactics used by the IDF to kill, maim, and wreck the lives
of Palestinians were employed by UN forces against Haitians in Cite
Soleil on July 6:<br>
<br><br>
* aerial attacks with gunfire aimed into densely
populated residentia areas,<br>
* use of massive numbers of troops,<br>
* destruction of homes by firebombs and grenades,<br>
* indiscriminant tank fire into alley ways and
homes and<br>
* not so indiscriminant assassination of
residents as they were shot in the back trying to flee the
horror.<br><br>
<br>
When the UN forces first arrived in Haiti, their activities
consisted largely of securing the perimeter of poor neighborhoods
for the Haitian National Police while conducted raids that, more
often than not, ended in summary executions of residents.
But, it was not long before UN forces began joint operations with
the HNP and then graduated to doing raids on their own.
<br><br>
This is all to say that the UN’s deadly assaults on poor and
largely Aristide-supporting neighborhoods are not new. Yet,
the UN raid on July 6, was in another category altogether.
The arrogance, massive nature and sheer audacity of the operation
signaled that, for UN forces, killing Haitians had become sport.
<br><br>
Khan Younis is one of the most god-forsaken refugee camps in the Gaza
Strip.<br><br>
In the late afternoon when the children are out to play, the Israeli
soldiers taunt them, through a loud speaker, with disgusting sexual
innuendo about their<br>
mothers. The children, incensed, climb the highest hill, perch themselves
atop like sitting ducks at the carnival, and engage in their own
mini intifada of rocks. The Israelis, having lured the
children to the designated target area, play a game of maiming them
by calling out the body part they are aiming at before they shoot, sort
of like calling out your shot in billiards.<br><br>
Sometimes, a head shot is called for and the kids are executed on the
spot.<br>
<br>
Much of the cabal’s genius lies in the make-up of the UN forces in
Haiti - largely Latin American.* It serves to tie
Latin America and the Caribbean together in a tight knot. Brown
brother helping Black brother. <br><br>
Yet, the unifying theme belies a cruel reality.
<br><br>
Brazil’s populist-seeming president, its overwhelmingly multiracial
society and desperate ambition to win a permanent seat on the UN
Security Council made<br>
it the perfect choice to lead the UN ‘peacekeeping’ effort in
Haiti. Yet, this is a country that has over 30 different
descriptions used by Brazilians to differentiate themselves from
one another based on skin color. <br><br>
This is a country, where an Afro-Brazilian, after attaining a
certain level of success, might start referring to himself as
white. Racism in Latin America is<br>
pervasive and is directed at both Indians and African descendants of
slaves. It is based on the concept of ‘the crabs at the
bottom of the barrel.’ Being close to the bottom of the barrel, the
crab wrestles viciously to stay on top of the crab just below lest
he slip and fall to the bottom himself. <br><br>
This social structure was created and perpetuated by colonial
powers in Latin America because they knew they had everything to lose if
black, brown, and red<br>
ever got together. Like most conflicts of imperial intent,
manipulating racial tensions is key to ensuring that people of color stay
engaged in the dirty business of fighting one another. Belief in
the inherent inferiority of those whose land you occupy is an
essential element of occupation. Haiti is Gaza and Gaza is
Haiti because occupation always yields the same things: relentless
provocations of the population, murder on a massive scale,
oppression, persecution, incarceration, disenfranchisement,
joblessness, homelessness, starvation and resistance.
<br><br>
It is a wicked, purposeful merry-go-round of peace through provocation -
profess peace, provoke the occupied until they resist, label the
resistance a criminal car stealing, kidnapping , gang mongering, raping,
murdering ‘threat to peace’ and then it is an open season for the
occupier.<br><br>
This method has worked quite well for the IDF.<br><br>
Just like the meaningless UN resolutions demanding an end to the
slaughter in Palestine, it is doubtful that we will see any
sanctions against the cabal or <br>
General Heleno for their crimes against humanity. No doubt, the UN
will proceed to issue its cheerful press releases re-emphasizing
its commitment to peace and democracy in preparation for the fall
elections and the incursions into the popular neighborhoods for a
night of sport will continue. <br><br>
But this will not go on forever. <br><br>
When and how will it stop? <br><br>
The UN would do well to check out the Haitian history books for
answers to these questions. There, they might learn that they are
occupying the land of the sons and daughters of Dessalines.
<br><br>
If the UN is unable to grasp the significance of this, they should
seek clarification from the French. <br><br>
*
<a href="http://www.sfbayview.com/041305/unsecuritycouncil041305.shtml" eudora="autourl">
http://www.sfbayview.com/041305/unsecuritycouncil041305.shtml</a> <br>
<a href="http://www.sfbayview.com/041305/unsecuritycouncil041305.shtml%A0" eudora="autourl">
http://www.sfbayview.com/041305/unsecuritycouncil041305.shtml </a>
<br><br>
<br>
* Where do the Jordanian forces fit into all of
this? With chilling regularity, in assault after assault, the
Jordanians are the primary shooters for the UN forces in Haiti and
have committed some of the most heinous crimes. It could be that
they are used as the trigger men time and time again because they
are the best marksmen. <br><br>
<br>
Yet, the cabal leaves very little to fate. They know that one
day they may end up in a tight spot and need to make a sacrifice --
the Jordanians may be their scapegoat-designates. <br><br>
<br>
THE THREATS INCREASE<br><br>
The following has been translated by Tom Luce, President of Hurah, Inc.
(Human Rights Accompaniment in Haiti) from an e-mail written by<br>
Evel Fanfan, Pres. of AUMOHD a Haitian human rights advocacy
group.<br><br>
<br>
Monday July 11<br><br>
Dear Tom,<br><br>
I must thank you for the moral support you have given me in this very
difficult work.<br><br>
Yesterday morning on the road to the South to see my parents who along
with everyone else have been wiped out by the hurricane, an<br>
unknown caller insisting his name was Ferdinand telephoned me on my cell
phone accusing me of being a Aristide partisan paid by Aristide<br>
to defend those whom he calls bandits. <br><br>
He treated me like a "chimère" lawyer who is defending the
cause of the devil.<br><br>
He told me he has a mission against me.<br><br>
I then tried to explain to him my work is a work without bias toward any
side. I told him I defend everyone and the people I defend I
do<br>
not even know. <br><br>
With these words he told me that he knows me perfectly well, my comings
and my goings. I tried in vain to convince him and he ended
the<br>
call.<br><br>
I am not really afraid because I know that they're trying to intimidate
me into withdrawing from helping the poor thrown into prison
unjustly.<br><br>
Therefore for me this is becoming really complicated but I do not want to
stop my work.<br><br>
Evel Fanfan<br><br>
-- <br>
Tom Luce, President<br>
HURAH, Inc.<br>
Human Rights Accompaniment In Haiti<br>
30 Park St.<br>
Barre, Vt. 05641<br>
Tel. 802-476-7056, 522-3525<br>
<a href="http://www.hurah.webhop.org/" eudora="autourl">
http://www.hurah.webhop.org<br><br>
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