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Old 03-01-2011, 08:29   #5
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The first phase of the economic attack, the report said, was the escalation of oil prices by speculators from 2007 to mid-2008 that coincided with the housing finance crisis.

In the second phase, the stock market collapsed by what the report called a “bear raid” from unidentified sources on Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers and other Wall Street firms.

And this by Matt Taibbi in a April 5, 2010 Rolling Stone article......Hat Tip to Nmap

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics...0100405?page=1

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"Financial Terrorism" - is that what they're calling 'greed' now.

Richard
Good point Sir and I believe in this case the answer is likely Yes. And that is what Matt Taibbi and others elude to....or at least that is what I have read into it..
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