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February 20, 2007
Divest From Terror
One of the questions most frequently asked by readers of Seraphic Secret is, what can I, the ordinary citizen, do to combat Islamic terrorism? Well, here finally, is an organization, Divest Terror, that is spearheading a drive to attack the financial underpinnings of jihad. Believe it or not, you and I, and millions of other Americans are unwittingly supporting jihad by investing in certain publicly-held coroprations. The time has come to divest. I have combed through my porttfolio and I urge all of you to do the same.
There are some 400 public companies that do business with terrorist-sponsoring states. Many of these companies provide critical revenues and advanced equipment and technology to these countries. In addition, each of these European, Asian and U.S.-owned subsidiary companies provides moral and political cover to the governments of these countries, obscuring the fact that they are providing hard currency, weapons, technology and safe harbor to terrorists.
Accordingly, DivestTerror.org does not differentiate among companies operating in terrorist-sponsoring states. Until such time as these countries discontinue their sponsorship of terrorism, it is our view that no company, regardless of the scale of their operations, should be willing to do business with them.
Regrettably, hundreds of multinational and American companies have, to date, refused voluntarily to send this vital security message to the terrorist-sponsoring governments. A dozen of these companies exemplify the various ways in which this behavior is helping prop up such governments and, thereby, enabling their ability to aid and abet terrorism. (N.B. All of the information concerning the activities of this illustrative Dirty Dozen was derived from publicly available sources.)
1. Seimens AG
2. Alcatel SA
3. Statoil ASA
4. BNP Paribas
6. ENI SPA
8. Hyundai
9. Total SA
10. Lundin Petroleum
11. Oil & Natural Gas Corp. Ltd.
12. PetroChina
Click here to Enlist to Divest Terror
Posted by Robert J. Avrech at February 20, 2007 10:08 AM
Comments
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My wife is planning to buy a Hyundai. It sounds like maybe we should rethink this.
Posted by: Kent at February 21, 2007 07:39 AM
Kent:
Wonderful to hear that the Dirty Dozen list has already made a difference. Bless you and yours.
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at February 21, 2007 08:43 AM
Kent:
Not buying the Hyundai is good news for the world... bad news for your local mechanic.
Posted by: Jake at February 21, 2007 11:18 AM