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That "thisisafrica" article has been posted to HN at least twice recently, see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8876429 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id
by ptaipale 12y ago
That "thisisafrica" article has been posted to HN at least twice recently, see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8876429 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8876429
- and as the previous comment chain says, it looks very bogus.
- fit2rule 12y ago"Looking bogus" is not the same as being bogus. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clearstream_affair http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clearstream_affair I would personally be quite content to see more evidence presented in the public sphere and world court. When/if it happens, let us pick up the thread ..
- ptaipale 12y agoThe previous chain https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8876429 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8876429 explains in quite a lot of detail how it walks like bogus and talks like bogus. It makes extraordinary claims which cannot be backed up, and which are conflicting with realistic assessment of what is possible (for instance, that France would be ripping off an amount of money that equals to its annual state budget, without that money showing up anywhere.)
- fit2rule 12y agoNothing in that thread is anything but opinion. As for the money not showing up anywhere, its quite clear that the French secret services are involved in covering up the transactions - this is one of their key tasks, after all.