Monday, August 31, 2015

#2438: CAI Haig's Bin Laden Simulator – Serco Clinton ACARS Murders – Marine Corps Zones of Death

Briefing from United States Marine Field McConnell 
Plum City Online - (AbelDanger.net
August 31, 2015

1. In 2000, the CAI Private Equity Group of investors led by the late General Alexander Haig launched a virtual private network to simulate "Al-Qaeda" attacks on America attributed the Bin Laden Group (BLG) and test for sabotage vulnerabilities at home and abroad.

(Haig 0:21)
 

2. Haig allegedly outsourced the BLG simulators to a murder-for-hire team where Serco – the world's largest air traffic controller and operator of the National Visa Center – synchronized the ACARS automated time clock systems on Nightwatch E4B aircraft and Hillary Clinton’s women in hedge funds associates bet on times of victim deaths.

3. Serco and Haig apparently double-crossed the Bin Laden Group in simulated attacks synchronized through the ACARS clocks by jamming the Navy/Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI), standing down first responders and creating Zones of Wrongful Death on the USS Cole in October 2000 and in New York and Washington, D.C. on 9/11.

United States Marine Field McConnell is offering his expert-witness services to the Bin Laden Group to develop simulations which explain the synchronized flying events of 9/11 and the Baker's Dozen crashes (see below) and ties Usama bin Laden's words "I am thankful to …. Pakistan who refused to believe in lie of the demon" with McConnell's e-book "Shaking Hands With the Devil's Clocks". (See http://www.abeldanger.net/2010/01/field-mcconnell-bio.html )

"From Field McConnell …. The Baker's Dozen in chronological order. Also YouTubes done by others for MH370 and GW9525. If you speak to the filmmakers remind them the logic of ACARS "shaking hands" and why MH370 was therefore never lost.

Adam Air 574  -   1 Jan 07
Kenya Airways 507  -  5 May 07
Speedbird 38  -  17 Jan 08
Colgan 3407  -  12 Feb 09
Air France 447  -  1 Jun 09
Turkish 1951  -  25 Feb 09
Air Afrikiyah 771  -  12 May 2010
Sukhoi Superjet 9  -  May 2012
MH370 (1)  -  8 March 2014
MH17  -  17 Jul 2014
QZ 8501  -  28 Dec 14
Asia Air 235 -  4 Feb 15
GW9525 (2)  -  24 Mar 15

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next MSN1114 22Sep15 (*) per ADTW 1560
G: ADTW 1506 +Jeb + GHWB + Sabow"

At White's we used to say it's all a matter of timing, Hillary 


"Private jet reportedly belonging to bin Laden family slams into UK car auction, killing 4 
Published July 31, 2015 FoxNews.com 
A private jet reportedly belonging to Usama bin Laden’s family crashed in southern England Friday, killing four people.

The UK Telegraph reported that the plane, which was flying from Milan to Blackbushe airfield in Hampshire – approximately 40 miles southwest of London -- overshot the runway and clipped a fence before nosediving into a car auction and bursting into flames.

Acting Chief Inspector Olga Venner of Hampshire Police told The Associated Press "sadly, there were no survivors." No-one on the ground was injured in the crash, which also destroyed around 20 cars. It was unclear if there were any members of the bin Laden family on board the aircraft.

The jet, an Embraer Phenom 300, was owned by Salem Aviation, a company which is part of the bin Laden conglomerate, The Telegraph reported. More on this... Witness Barry Wright told the BBC that the plane "went up in a ball of flames in about 60 seconds."

"It sounded like a missile coming in - very loud, followed by several explosions," he said.

Andrew Thomas, who was paying for a car at the time, told Sky News it was an "aggressive fire" and there was "explosion after explosion".

"I could see one of the wings sticking up and it was in flames and four, five cars around it were all in flames,” he said.

The Associated Press contributed to this report."

"But now, according to the government, we can forget about the Falcon 20 story anyway. In preparation for the trial of Zacarias Moussaoui (a French-born Moroccan accused of conspiring with Al Qaeda, the terrorist organization behind the 9/11 attacks according to the official story), the government partially unveiled a new story about the small white jet. Prosecutors in the Moussaoui case informed U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema that they planned to play in the trial, in addition to the cockpit voice recording (CVR) from Flight 93, the CVR from a NetJet that was tracking the airliner. 78

The Associated Press contacted NetJets, and reported the following: "An official for NetJets . . . confirmed that the plane tracking Flight 93 belonged to the company. The official, who asked not to be identified by name, said the company was asked not to comment on the Sept. 11 flight but would not say who made the request." 79

What is NetJets? It is an executive-jet fleet that is partly owned by Warren Buffett, an American billionaire who is a 9/11 story himself. On the morning of the attacks, Buffett (who is known as the Oracle of Omaha) was hosting a charity golf event in Omaha, Nebraska, specifically at Offutt Air Force Base, the same base to which President Bush would fly later that day during his 9/11 wanderings. One of Buffett's guests at the charity event was Anne Tatlock, chairman and CEO of Fiduciary Trust Co. International, whose offices were spread among the 92nd to 97th floors of the World Trade Center's south tower. Tatlock arrived at Offutt in time to see United Flight 175 hit the south tower on TV: "I watched the second plane crash into my office." (87 of Fiduciary's 650 employees died in the attack.) 80"

"RAF accused on jet set landings at air base (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,176-2281818,00.html) :ouch: Chainkicker 23rd Jul 2006, 09:35 Suprised no-ones done a story on this before now. Its been going on for several years now. :D

What would concern me more is the fact that so called "Fractional Ownership" biz jets are not subject to NASP regulations like a regular hire biz jet. Easiest thing in the world for Osama's buddies to join Net Jets and then get access to GIVs etc without being security screened/checked in any way.

Darn sight easier than trying to hijack a 737 nowadays if they want to crash it on summat!! :mad:

"Did you know that Netjets Middle East is owned by the Bin Laden group? I have always found that fact bizzare! :confused:"

"September 2001 Interview with Osama bin Laden. Categorically Denies his Involvement in 9/11
Full text of Pakistani paper's Sept 2001 "exclusive" interview By Global Research Global Research, September 09, 2014 
Daily Ummat in Urdu (Translation into English by BBC Worldwide Monitoring September 29, 2001 
28 September 2001 
Global Research Editor's Note

We bring to the attention of our readers the following text of Osama bin Laden’s interview with Ummat, a Pakistani daily, published in Karachi on September 28, 2001. It was translated into English by the BBC World Monitoring Service and made public on September 29, 2001. The authenticity of this interview remains to be confirmed. It is available in recognized electronic news archives including the BBC. Its authenticity has not been questioned.

The interview tends to demystify the Osama bin Laden persona.

Osama bin Laden categorically denies his involvement in the 9/11 attacks. Bin Laden's statements in this interview are markedly different from those made in the alleged Osama video tapes.

In this interview, Osama bin Laden exhibits an understanding of US foreign policy. He expresses his views regarding the loss of life on 9/11. He focusses on CIA support to the narcotics trade.

He also makes statements as to who, in his opinion, might be the likely perpetrator of the September 11 attacks.

This is an important text which has not been brought to the attention of Western public opinion. We have highlighted key sections of this interview.

It is our hope that the text of this interview, published on 28 September 2001 barely a week before the onset of the war on Afghanistan, will contribute to a better understanding of the history of Al Qaeda, the role of Osama bin Laden and the tragic events of September 11, 2001.

This interview is published for informational purposes only. GR does not in any way endorse the statements in this interview.

Michel Chossudovsky, September 9, 2014 Full text of September 2001 Pakistani paper's "exclusive" interview with Usamah Bin-Ladin

Ummat (in Urdu) translated from Urdu Karachi, 28 September 2001, pp. 1 and 7. Ummat's introduction Kabul: Prominent Arab mojahed holy warrior Usamah Bin-Ladin has said that he or his al-Qa’idah group has nothing to do with the 11 September suicidal attacks in Washington and New York. He said the US government should find the attackers within the country. In an exclusive interview with daily "Ummat", he said these attacks could be the act of those who are part of the American system and are rebelling against it and working for some other system. Or, Usamah said, this could be the act of those who want to make the current century a century of conflict between Islam and Christianity.

Or, the American Jews, who are opposed to President Bush ever since the Florida elections, might be the masterminds of this act. There is also a great possibility of the involvement of US intelligence agencies, which need billions of dollars worth of funds every year. He said there is a government within the government in the United States.

The secret agencies, he said, should be asked as to who are behind the attacks. Usamah said support for attack on Afghanistan was a matter of need for some Muslim countries and compulsion for others. However, he said, he was thankful to the courageous people of Pakistan who erected a bulwark before the wrong forces. He added that the Islamic world was attaching great expectations with Pakistan and, in time of need, “we will protect this bulwark by sacrificing of lives".

Following is the interview in full detail:

Ummat: You have been accused of involvement in the attacks in New York and Washington. What do you want to say about this? If you are not involved, who might be?

Usamah [Osama bin Laden]: In the name of Allah, the most beneficent, the most merciful. Praise be to Allah, Who is the creator of the whole universe and Who made the earth as an abode for peace, for the whole mankind. Allah is the Sustainer, who sent Prophet Muhammad for our guidance. I am thankful to the Ummat Group of Publications, which gave me the opportunity to convey my viewpoint to the people, particularly the valiant and Momin true Muslim people of Pakistan who refused to believe in lie of the demon.

I have already said that I am not involved in the 11 September attacks in the United States. As a Muslim, I try my best to avoid telling a lie. I had no knowledge of these attacks, nor do I consider the killing of innocent women, children, and other humans as an appreciable act. Islam strictly forbids causing harm to innocent women, children, and other people.

Such a practice is forbidden ever in the course of a battle. It is the United States, which is perpetrating every maltreatment on women, children, and common people of other faiths, particularly the followers of Islam. All that is going on in Palestine for the last 11 months is sufficient to call the wrath of God upon the United States and Israel.

There is also a warning for those Muslim countries, which witnessed all these as a silent spectator. What had earlier been done to the innocent people of Iraq, Chechnya, and Bosnia?

Only one conclusion could be derived from the indifference of the United States and the West to these acts of terror and the patronage of the tyrants by these powers that America is an anti-Islamic power and it is patronizing the anti-Islamic forces. Its friendship with the Muslim countries is just a show, rather deceit. By enticing or intimidating these countries, the United States is forcing them to play a role of its choice. Put a glance all around and you will see that the slaves of the United States are either rulers or enemies of Muslims.

The US has no friends, nor does it want to keep any because the prerequisite of friendship is to come to the level of the friend or consider him at par with you. America does not want to see anyone equal to it. It expects slavery from others. Therefore, other countries are either its slaves or subordinates.

However, our case is different. We have pledged slavery to God Almighty alone and after this pledge there is no possibility to become the slave of someone else. If we do that, it will be disregardful to both our Sustainer and his fellow beings. Most of the world nations upholding their freedom are the religious ones, which are the enemies of United States, or the latter itself considers them as its enemies. Or the countries, which do not agree to become its slaves, such as China, Iran, Libya, Cuba, Syria, and the former Russia as received .

Whoever committed the act of 11 September are not the friends of the American people. I have already said that we are against the American system, not against its people, whereas in these attacks, the common American people have been killed.

According to my information, the death toll is much higher than what the US government has stated. But the Bush administration does not want the panic to spread. The United States should try to trace the perpetrators of these attacks within itself; the people who are a part of the US system, but are dissenting against it. Or those who are working for some other system; persons who want to make the present century as a century of conflict between Islam and Christianity so that their own civilization, nation, country, or ideology could survive. They can be any one, from Russia to Israel and from India to Serbia. In the US itself, there are dozens of well-organized and well-equipped groups, which are capable of causing a large-scale destruction. Then you cannot forget the American Jews, who are annoyed with President Bush ever since the elections in Florida and want to avenge him. Then there are intelligence agencies in the US, which require billions of dollars worth of funds from the Congress and the government every year. This funding issue was not a big problem till the existence of the former Soviet Union but after that the budget of these agencies has been in danger. They needed an enemy. So, they first started propaganda against Usamah and Taleban and then this incident happened. You see, the Bush administration approved a budget of 40bn dollars. Where will this huge amount go? It will be provided to the same agencies, which need huge funds and want to exert their importance.

Now they will spend the money for their expansion and for increasing their importance. I will give you an example. Drug smugglers from all over the world are in contact with the US secret agencies. These agencies do not want to eradicate narcotics cultivation and trafficking because their importance will be diminished. The people in the US Drug Enforcement Department are encouraging drug trade so that they could show performance and get millions of dollars worth of budget. General Noriega was made a drug baron by the CIA and, in need, he was made a scapegoat. In the same way, whether it is President Bush or any other US president, they cannot bring Israel to justice for its human rights abuses or to hold it accountable for such crimes. What is this? Is it not that there exists a government within the government in the United Sates? That secret government must be asked as to who made the attacks.

Ummat: A number of world countries have joined the call of the United States for launching an attack on Afghanistan. These also include a number of Muslim countries. Will Al-Qa’idah declare a jihad against these countries as well?

Usamah: I must say that my duty is just to awaken the Muslims; to tell them as to what is good for them and what is not. What does Islam says and what the enemies of Islam want?

Al-Qa’idah was set up to wage a jihad against infidelity, particularly to encounter the onslaught of the infidel countries against the Islamic states. Jihad is the sixth undeclared element of Islam. The first five being the basic holy words of Islam, prayers, fast, pilgrimage to Mecca, and giving alms Every anti-Islamic person is afraid of it. Al-Qa’idah wants to keep this element alive and active and make it part of the daily life of the Muslims. It wants to give it the status of worship. We are not against any Islamic country nor we consider a war against an Islamic country as jihad.

We are in favour of armed jihad only against those infidel countries, which are killing innocent Muslim men, women, and children just because they are Muslims. Supporting the US act is the need of some Muslim countries and the compulsion of others. However, they should think as to what will remain of their religious and moral position if they support the attack of the Christians and the Jews on a Muslim country like Afghanistan. The orders of Islamic shari'ah jurisprudence for such individuals, organizations, and countries are clear and all the scholars of the Muslim brotherhood are unanimous on them. We will do the same, which is being ordered by the Amir ol-Momenin the commander of the faithful Mola Omar and the Islamic scholars. The hearts of the people of Muslim countries are beating with the call of jihad. We are grateful to them.

Ummat: The losses caused in the attacks in New York and Washington have proved that giving an economic blow to the US is not too difficult. US experts admit that a few more such attacks can bring down the American economy. Why is al-Qa’idah not targeting their economic pillars?

Usamah: I have already said that we are not hostile to the United States. We are against the system, which makes other nations slaves of the United States, or forces them to mortgage their political and economic freedom. This system is totally in control of the American Jews, whose first priority is Israel, not the United States. It is simply that the American people are themselves the slaves of the Jews and are forced to live according to the principles and laws laid by them. So, the punishment should reach Israel. In fact, it is Israel, which is giving a blood bath to innocent Muslims and the US is not uttering a single word.

Ummat: Why is harm not caused to the enemies of Islam through other means, apart from the armed struggle? For instance, inciting the Muslims to boycott Western products, banks, shipping lines, and TV channels.

Usamah: The first thing is that Western products could only be boycotted when the Muslim fraternity is fully awakened and organized. Secondly, the Muslim companies should become self-sufficient in producing goods equal to the products of Western companies. Economic boycott of the West is not possible unless economic self-sufficiency is attained and substitute products are brought out. You see that wealth is scattered all across the Muslim world but not a single TV channel has been acquired which can preach Islamic injunctions according to modern requirements and attain an international influence. Muslim traders and philanthropists should make it a point that if the weapon of public opinion is to be used, it is to be kept in the hand. Today's world is of public opinion and the fates of nations are determined through its pressure. Once the tools for building public opinion are obtained, everything that you asked for can be done.

Ummat: The entire propaganda about your struggle has so far been made by the Western media. But no information is being received from your sources about the network of Al-Qa’idah and its jihadi successes. Would you comment?

Usamah: In fact, the Western media is left with nothing else. It has no other theme to survive for a long time. Then we have many other things to do. The struggle for jihad and the successes are for the sake of Allah and not to annoy His bondsmen. Our silence is our real propaganda. Rejections, explanations, or corrigendum only waste your time and through them, the enemy wants you to engage in things which are not of use to you. These things are pulling you away from your cause.

The Western media is unleashing such a baseless propaganda, which make us surprise but it reflects on what is in their hearts and gradually they themselves become captive of this propaganda. They become afraid of it and begin to cause harm to themselves. Terror is the most dreaded weapon in modern age and the Western media is mercilessly using it against its own people. It can add fear and helplessness in the psyche of the people of Europe and the United States. It means that what the enemies of the United States cannot do, its media is doing that. You can understand as to what will be the performance of the nation in a war, which suffers from fear and helplessness.

Ummat: What will the impact of the freeze of al-Qa'idah accounts by the US?

Usamah: God opens up ways for those who work for Him. Freezing of accounts will not make any difference for Al-Qa’idah or other jihad groups. With the grace of Allah, al-Qa'idah has more than three such alternative financial systems, which are all separate and totally independent from each other. This system is operating under the patronage of those who love jihad. What to say of the United States, even the combined world cannot budge these people from their path.

These people are not in hundreds but in thousands and millions. Al-Qa’idah comprises of such modern educated youths who are aware of the cracks inside the Western financial system as they are aware of the lines in their hands. These are the very flaws of the Western fiscal system, which are becoming a noose for it and this system could not recuperate in spite of the passage of so many days. Ummat: Are there other safe areas other than Afghanistan, where you can continue jihad?

Usamah: There are areas in all parts of the world where strong jihadi forces are present, from Indonesia to Algeria, from Kabul to Chechnya, from Bosnia to Sudan, and from Burma to Kashmir. Then it is not the problem of my person. I am helpless fellowman of God, constantly in the fear of my accountability before God. It is not the question of Usamah but of Islam and, in Islam too, of jihad. Thanks to God, those waging a jihad can walk today with their heads raised. Jihad was still present when there was no Usamah and it will remain as such even when Usamah is no longer there. Allah opens up ways and creates loves in the hearts of people for those who walk on the path of Allah with their lives, property, and children. Believe it, through jihad, a man gets everything he desires. And the biggest desire of a Muslim is the after life. Martyrdom is the shortest way of attaining an eternal life. Ummat: What do you say about the Pakistan government policy on Afghanistan attack?

Usamah: We are thankful to the Momin and valiant people of Pakistan who erected a blockade in front of the wrong forces and stood in the first file of battle. Pakistan is a great hope for the Islamic brotherhood. Its people are awakened, organized, and rich in the spirit of faith. They backed Afghanistan in its war against the Soviet Union and extended every help to the mojahedin and the Afghan people. Then these are the same Pakistanis who are standing shoulder by shoulder with the Taleban. If such people emerge in just two countries, the domination of the West will diminish in a matter of days. Our hearts beat with Pakistan and, God forbid, if a difficult time comes we will protect it with our blood. Pakistan is sacred for us like a place of worship. We are the people of jihad and fighting for the defence of Pakistan is the best of all jihads to us. It does not matter for us as to who rules Pakistan. The important thing is that the spirit of jihad is alive and stronger in the hearts of the Pakistani people.

Copyright Ummat in Urdu, BBC translation in English, 2001 
Read about Osama Bin Laden in Michel Chossudovsky's international best-seller 
According to Chossudovsky, the "war on terrorism" is a complete fabrication based on the illusion that one man, Osama bin Laden, outwitted the $40 billion-a-year American intelligence apparatus. The "war on terrorism" is a war of conquest. Globalisation is the final march to the "New World Order", dominated by Wall Street and the U.S. military-industrial complex."

 

"In aviation, ACARS (/ˈeɪkɑrz/; an acronym for Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System) is a digital datalink system for transmission of short messages between aircraft and ground stations via airband radio or satellite. The protocol was designed by ARINC and deployed in 1978,[1] using the Telex format. More ACARS radio stations were added subsequently by SITA.

Prior to the introduction of datalink in aviation, all communication between the aircraft and ground personnel was performed by the flight crew using voice communication, using either VHF or HF voice radios. In many cases, the voice-relayed information involved dedicated radio operators and digital messages sent to an airline teletype system or successor systems.

Particularly, the airlines paid the flight and cabin crews according to whether the aircraft was Out of the gate, Off the ground, On the ground, or In the gate. The flight crews reported these times by voice to geographically dispersed radio operators. Anecdotally, the airlines believed the flight crews "fudged" these reported times to the crews benefit, so believed they would save not only the cost of the radio operators, but also would realize a labor savings for the flight and cabin crews through more accurate time reporting.

In an effort to reduce crew workload and improve data integrity, the engineering department at ARINC introduced the ACARS system in July 1978, as essentially an automated time clock system. Teledyne Controls produced the avionics and the launch customer was Piedmont Airlines. The original expansion of the abbreviation was "Arinc Communications Addressing and Reporting System".[2] 

Later, it was changed to "Aircraft Communications, Addressing and Reporting System". The original avionics standard was ARINC 597, which defined an ACARS Management Unit (MU) consisting of discrete inputs for the doors, parking brake and weight on wheels sensors to automatically determine the OOOI times and generate and send as telex messages. It also contained a Medium Shift Keying (MSK) modem used to transmit the OOOI reports over the existing VHF voice radios. The first day of operations saw about 4,000 transactions, but ACARS did not experience widespread use by the major airlines until the 1980s. The original ACARS development team was headed by Crawford Lane and included Betty Peck-a programmer, Ralph Emory-an engineer, and Dwayne Rolfson-Mgr A/G Operations. The terrestrial site, a pair of Honeywell Level 6 minicomputers and their software was developed by a subcontractor - Eno Compton of ECOM, Inc.

Early ACARS systems were extended over the years to support aircraft with digital data bus interfaces, flight management systems, and printers."

 


"MCOIN III is a shore-based command and control information system [built by Macdonald Dettwiler and Associates of Richmond, B.C.] that replaced the outmoded MCOIN II at the Maritime Forces Atlantic headquarters (MARLANT) in Halifax, and upgraded the automated operational capacity to the Canadian Maritime Forces Pacific command (MARPAC) and the Chief of Maritime Staff in Ottawa. The system processes military messages and a variety of sensor data, enabling the production of a Recognised Maritime Picture (RMP) for Canada. The system also facilitates the dissemination of information to other military and non-military agencies and organisations. MCOIN III is an open-architecture client-server system using OTS (Off The Shelf) components including web-based technologies for the user interface. Among the OTS components are GCCS-M (see separate entry) software developed for the USN; IRIS, a military messaging COTS product (see separate entry); Oracle RDBMS product suites; MS Internet Explorer; and MS Office.The system is designed to interface with: the Canadian Automated Data Defence Network (ADDN); the DND Joint Command Control and Information System (J2CIS); the Canadian Land Forces Command and Information System (LFCIS); the Canadian Air Force Command Control Information System (AFCCIS); Allied Command and Information Systems, particularly those of the US and NATO; and other government departments.The contract consisted of three software releases Release 1 built the messaging infrastructure components of the MCOIN III programme. It provided the base functionality necessary if MCOIN II failed [allegedly tested by revoking Entrust PKI certificates for the USS Cole on 12 October 2000]. GCCS was a component of the Messaging infrastructure Release 2 contained the functional areas of air and sea operations and some extensions to the messaging functionality to provide auto-extraction, auto-generation, Status In operational use from March 2001 allegedly in preparation for the Canadian sponsored man-in-the-middle attack on America on 9/11]."

"For immediate release: November 3, 2008 MDA to expand support to Canada’s Navy MCOIN system Richmond, B.C. - MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (TSX: MDA), a provider of essential information solutions, announced today it has been awarded a contract to continue providing in-service support and enhancements to the Maritime Command Operational Information Network (MCOIN). The Canadian Navy relies on this system to provide operational shore-based command and control capabilities. The three-year contract, from the Department of National Defence, is worth $4.09 million (CAD). This contract also includes two 1-year options with a total potential contract value in excess of $6.8 million (CAD). The system acquires, processes, fuses and disseminates information 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and provides the ability to communicate with other defence and security organizations [and, one day, launch a man-in-the-middle attack on an American aircraft carrier, blame a patsy and trigger WWIII]. In this role, it provides the broad situational awareness of the maritime and littoral domain to defence and security decision makers."

Yours sincerely,


Field McConnell, United States Naval Academy, 1971; Forensic Economist; 30 year airline and 22 year military pilot; 23,000 hours of safety; Tel: 715 307 8222

David Hawkins Tel: 604 542-0891 Forensic Economist; former leader of oil-well blow-out teams; now sponsors Grand Juries in CSI Crime and Safety Investigation

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