[meteorite-list] NWA meteorites - money for terrorism?

From: magellon <magellon_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:31:19 2004
Message-ID: <401C6495.F9E1B222_at_earthlink.net>

Pelissons,
Although many have reacted negatively to your report,
I feel just the opposite. You should expand
your definition of NWA meteorites to include all
meteorites found in North West Africa instead of
"undocumented stones "bought" in Morocco".
You never know when those sneaky
kidnapper/smuggler/nomads are going to start
documenting finds just to increase their terrorist's profits.

Thank you for bringing this to the meteorite
community's attention. Are you going to set the
proper example and to quit your business so there
can be no hint of any terrorist support on your part?
This is what you have suggested, is it not?
I know this is difficult but you don't want to appear hypocritical,
do you?

If I can help, I will gladly dispose of any or all your desert
inventory.
Be assured that I will NOT sell to any terrorist.

Keep up the good work, and be careful of the desert sun.
ken newton

P.S. I may even start confiscating suspect stones in Tucson.
         Thanks for the idea....


SaharaTeam_at_aol.com wrote:

> NWA meteorites - money for terrorism?
> http://www.saharamet.com/meteorite/data/Sahara/Nwa.html
>
>
> 1 - NWA meteorites are undocumented stones "bought" in Morocco.
> 2 - There is no potential prospecting field in Morocco to supply this
> market.
> 3 - More than 95% of the NWA meteorites come from Algeria, Libya and
> up to Egypt.
> 4 - The border between Morocco and Algeria has officially been closed
> since 1994. Islamic army groups cross the border.
> NWA meteorites = contraband meteorites
>
> Some serious facts:
> - 2 of the 11 international terrorist organizations which have been
> target of the Bush government since September 11th live in Algeria:
> - GIA (Armed Islamic Group)
> - GSPC (Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat)
> - 30 Europeen hostages have been rescued from Islamic groups by a
> military attack between the Acfer and the Tanezrouf meteorite
> strewnfields in 2003.
> - Well organized smuggling rings act through the militarized no man's
> land between the two countries.
> - NWA meteorite contraband is still financed by private investors who
> prefer to stay "anonymous".
> - The track of the millions of dollars involved in this traffic is
> lost on the Algerian border.
>
>
> More info :
> http://www.saharamet.com/
>
> Richard & Roland Pelisson
Received on Sat 31 Jan 2004 09:29:41 PM PST