Marines may patrol key waterway

[Lori Price CLG]

Marines may patrol key waterway

April 5, 2004

The United States is considering deploying Marines and special operations forces on high speed vessels along the Straits of Malacca to flush out terrorists (?!?) in one of the world's busiest waterways.

The potential deployment of US forces along the narrow straits straddling Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia would be part of Washington's new counterterrorism initiative to help Southeast Asia, said Admiral Thomas Fargo, the top US military commander in the Asia-Pacific region.

The Regional Maritime Security Initiative is being devised by the United States military to combat transnational threats like proliferation, terrorism, trafficking in humans and drugs, and piracy.

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[Eye and Monkey]

1. Like the Subic Bay rebuild, yet another opportunity for Halliburton?

2001 Press Releases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 21, 2001

HALLIBURTON KBR TO EVALUATE SUBIC BAY CAPABILITIES

ARLINGTON, Virginia - Halliburton KBR has signed an Agreement with the Philippines' Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) for exploration and evaluation of a potential opportunity to redevelop the former U.S. Navy Ship Repair Facility at Subic Bay. Halliburton KBR is the engineering and construction segment of Halliburton (NYSE: HAL).

Following the signing of the Agreement at the Willard Hotel in Washington DC, in the presence of Her Excellency Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, President of the Republic of the Philippines, Halliburton KBR and SBMA will cooperate in an attempt to commercialize the former Navy facility.

http://www.halliburton.com/news/archive/2001/kbrnws_112101.jsp


March 28, 2003
$100 million to convert the Subic Bay U.S. Navy base in the Philippines into a modern commercial port facility, in the same month;
http://www.agitprop.org.au/nowar/20030328_berrigan_axis_of_influence.htm

[Lori Price CLG]

2. Halliburton is terrorism: they blow things up in order to 'rebuild' them.

I believe the Bush terror team 'allowed' (and then some) the 9-11 terrorist attacks to occur so they could blow through the $ 200bn Clinton surplus and allow record deficits for the benefit of Halliburton and Exxon-Mobil.

-Lori

[Eye and Monkey]

3. Malaysia already said "No, thank you" (link)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x464068