This is a Must to be reposted! US Stalling On Human Trafficking!

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=9561

TRIBUNE UPDATE

U.S. stalls on human trafficking
Pentagon has yet to ban contractors from using forced labor

By Cam Simpson
Washington Bureau
Published December 27, 2005


WASHINGTON -- Three years ago, President Bush declared that he had "zero tolerance" for trafficking in humans by the government's overseas contractors, and two years ago Congress mandated a similar policy.

But notwithstanding the president's statement and the congressional edict, the Defense Department has yet to adopt a policy to bar human trafficking.

A proposal prohibiting defense contractor involvement in human trafficking for forced prostitution and labor was drafted by the Pentagon last summer, but five defense lobbying groups oppose key provisions and a final policy still appears to be months away, according to those involved and Defense Department records.

The lobbying groups opposing the plan say they're in favor of the idea in principle, but said they believe that implementing key portions of it overseas is unrealistic. They represent thousands of firms, including some of the industry's biggest names, such as DynCorp International and Halliburton subsidiary KBR, both of which have been linked to trafficking-related concerns.

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1. "five defense lobbying groups oppose key provisions"

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2. What do US contractors have to do w/prostitution? See, "Saint Jack"

Saint Jack

1979 - USA - Psychological Drama
Reviewed by Vincent Canby
http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/movie.html?v_id=42611

Type: Features
Rating: R (Violence/Nudity/Not For Children/Adult Language)
Running Time: 112 minutes
Starring: Joss Ackland, Rodney Bewes, Denholm Elliott, Ben Gazzara, James Villiers
Directed by: Peter Bogdanovich


PLOT DESCRIPTION
After a couple of major studio flops, Peter Bogdanovich returned to his 1960s filmmaking roots with this Roger Corman-produced low budget film. Easygoing expatriate Jack Flowers (Ben Gazzara) makes his living in early-1970s Singapore legally and illegally looking after the needs of American and British businessmen, such as the mild-mannered William Leigh (Denholm Elliott). With his gift for putting clients and girls at ease, Jack opens a successful brothel, but pressure from local mobsters soon puts him out of business. Ever the survivor, he starts working for the shady, Cuban-cigar-smoking (CIA agent) Eddie Schuman (Bogdanovich) as a pimp for GIs on breaks from Vietnam. But Jack's conscience starts to dog him when Schuman hires him to take compromising pictures of a visiting Senator (George Lazenby).

Adapted by Bogdanovich, Howard O. Sackler, and Paul Theroux from Theroux's novel, Saint Jack offers a pimp with a heart of gold, who is less an ugly colonial American abroad than an outsider trying to make the best of a bad situation. Shooting on location in Singapore, cinematographer Robby Müller lends an appropriately gritty look to the matter-of-fact narrative. With restrained and forceful performances by Gazzara and Elliott, Saint Jack was something of a succès d'estime for the embattled Bogdanovich, winning the Italian Journalist Award for Best Film at the 1979 Venice Film Festival. While not a box-office success, it remains an affecting and unsung character study of a man's desire to forge a reasonably honorable life in a dishonorable profession.

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3. Three years ago, President Bush declared that he had "zero tolerance"

but rummy is slow??

Three years ago, President Bush declared that he had "zero tolerance" for trafficking in humans by the government's overseas contractors,

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

4. and don't you remember that weird speech he gave in front of the UN

about how the sex slave trade had to be abolished? Remember with this sociopath, always remember that most he says in public is just the opposite of his policies.

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5. Thanks Omm

For making us aware of the inaction on this issue.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

6. Your welcome MountainLaurel. It's just another case of where

this sociopathic administration preaches one thing and practices another, and as in many instances, in great violation of human rights.