"“We have lent a huge amount of money to the U.S. Of course we are concerned about the safety of our assets. To be honest, I am definitely a little worried.” "


Chinese premier Wen Jiabao 12th March 2009


""We have a financial system that is run by private shareholders, managed by private institutions, and we'd like to do our best to preserve that system."


Timothy Geithner US Secretary of the Treasury, previously President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.1/3/2009

Monday, March 06, 2006

Afghanistan. Turning point reached .... again.

Marine General James L. Jones is supreme allied commander in Europe and commander of U.S. European Command (SACEUR). He is reported by the American Forces Information Service saying ...

"I think this is a turning moment for what's left of the insurgency and also for the criminal element, the narcotics traffickers and all the others, who are working on their own in their own way to destabilize the growth of the (Afghan President Hamid) Karzai government," to "CNN Late Edition" host Wolf Blitzer.

Which is almost as funny as correspondentBuzz Hefti, vice president, Van Scoyoc Associates writes a letter to the Hill Julty 2005 .. " count me in as one of the first to register at jljones2008.com."

Useful Knight Ridder report here, detailing growth of Taliban rsistance and growth of opium trade.

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