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DSK's Victim was a Single Mother From Guinea Granted Asylum. What Drove Her Here?

Sat, 05/21/2011 - 14:04
Submitted by Betty Dodson

My buddy Greg Palast explains why the housekeeper from Guinea who Dominique Strauss-Kahn sexually assaulted sought asylum in the US:

"Director-General DSK's cruelty, arrogance and impunity toward African and other nations as generalissimo of the IMF is right in line with the story told by the poor, African hotel housekeeper in New York City.

Let's consider how the housekeeper from Guinea ended up here in New York. In 2002, this single mother was granted asylum. What drove her here?

It began with the IMF rape of Guinea.

In 2002, the International Monetary Fund cut off capital inflows to this West African nation. Without the blessing of the International Monetary Fund, Guinea, which has up to half the world's raw material for aluminum, plus oil, uranium, diamonds and gold, could not borrow a dime to develop these resources.

The IMF's cut-off was, in effect, a foreclosure, and the nation choked and starved while sitting on its astonishing mineral wealth. As in the sub-prime mortgage foreclosures we see today, the IMF moved quickly to seize Guinea's property.

But the IMF did not seize this nation's riches for itself. Rather, it forced Guinea to sell off its resources to foreign corporations at prices much like the sale of furniture on the lawn of a foreclosed house.

The French, Americans, Canadians, Swiss (and lately, the Chinese) came in with spoons out and napkins tucked in under their chins, swallowing the nation's bauxite, gold and more. In the meantime, the IMF ordered the end of trade barriers and thereby ruined local small holders.

As a result of the IMF attack, Guineans who could, fled for freedom and food."

Seems to me that this woman was raped twice by the same man.

Liberating women one orgasm at a time

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hmmmm

Sat, 05/21/2011 - 15:33
Ravi

We can all see all this happing right in front of our eyes yet somehow we allow it to go on. Something tells me we don't really have any choice in the matter, despite all our "freedoms", "democracy" and "rights".
I don't think people like DSK ever "fall from grace" they are brought down by the powers that be... and I am asking why. doesn't mean he isn't a %%$#%$ but i wonder why he had to fall.

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