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	Comments on: Unbelievably, John Dalli told the press yesterday that the &#8216;Bahamas project&#8217; is not worth $100 million, but &#8220;billions&#8221;	</title>
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	<description>Daphne Caruana Galizia is a journalist working in Malta.</description>
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		By: Meritocracy Rules		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Meritocracy Rules]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jul 2013 19:33:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Just one question – Where is the FIAU in all this?

There possibly is a massive money-laundering operation happening under its nose making a mockery of all the guidelines that it issues and the reports that it imposes. 

Time to forget about the bureaucracy and actually get proactive and investigate as the damage that all this is causing to Malta’s reputation is severe.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just one question – Where is the FIAU in all this?</p>
<p>There possibly is a massive money-laundering operation happening under its nose making a mockery of all the guidelines that it issues and the reports that it imposes. </p>
<p>Time to forget about the bureaucracy and actually get proactive and investigate as the damage that all this is causing to Malta’s reputation is severe.</p>
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		By: P Shaw		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[P Shaw]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jul 2013 18:39:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[One should explore the link, if any, between the two biggest sovereign oil funds in Africa - (i) the Libyan Investment Authority, previously managed by Seif Ghaddafi and which assets are still being untangled due to the previous secrecy, disappearance of funds and lack of transparency, and (ii) the Nigerian sovereign oil fund which is totally opaque and labelled by the international institutions as one of the most corrupt and opaque sovereign wealth funds, where the beneficiaries are definitely not the population of Nigeria (still poor despite being one of the biggest oil producers in Africa). The Nigerian sovereign oil fund represents anything that should not be done in managing national natural resources.

Moreover, one also needs to explore whether there is any involvement in the upcomin Trans-Saharan pipeline from Nigeria to North Africa.

One also needs to note that whenever fraudsters / mercenaries in the past want to grab natural resources in Africa (for example the oil grab in Libya post Ghaddafi) they always disguise themselves under some sort of humanitarian assistance, which seems to be easily done in Africa.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One should explore the link, if any, between the two biggest sovereign oil funds in Africa &#8211; (i) the Libyan Investment Authority, previously managed by Seif Ghaddafi and which assets are still being untangled due to the previous secrecy, disappearance of funds and lack of transparency, and (ii) the Nigerian sovereign oil fund which is totally opaque and labelled by the international institutions as one of the most corrupt and opaque sovereign wealth funds, where the beneficiaries are definitely not the population of Nigeria (still poor despite being one of the biggest oil producers in Africa). The Nigerian sovereign oil fund represents anything that should not be done in managing national natural resources.</p>
<p>Moreover, one also needs to explore whether there is any involvement in the upcomin Trans-Saharan pipeline from Nigeria to North Africa.</p>
<p>One also needs to note that whenever fraudsters / mercenaries in the past want to grab natural resources in Africa (for example the oil grab in Libya post Ghaddafi) they always disguise themselves under some sort of humanitarian assistance, which seems to be easily done in Africa.</p>
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		By: MM		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[MM]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jul 2013 16:55:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I am still waiting for a statement from Simon Busuttil on behalf of the Nationalist Party, failing which one can only assume that they condone Dalli&#039;s actions ... or are simply unable to condemn them for whatever reason.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am still waiting for a statement from Simon Busuttil on behalf of the Nationalist Party, failing which one can only assume that they condone Dalli&#8217;s actions &#8230; or are simply unable to condemn them for whatever reason.</p>
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		By: Artemis		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Artemis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jul 2013 16:06:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A Freudian slip? He&#039;s made loads of those over the years. Actually, I typed &quot;Fraudian&quot; at first. Maybe I was right the first time.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A Freudian slip? He&#8217;s made loads of those over the years. Actually, I typed &#8220;Fraudian&#8221; at first. Maybe I was right the first time.</p>
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		By: Montalbano		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Montalbano]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jul 2013 12:46:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[U nghid jien, ghaliex dan l-investiment ta&#039; biljuni ma gabux lejn pajjizu u jhalli ftit gid hawn?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>U nghid jien, ghaliex dan l-investiment ta&#8217; biljuni ma gabux lejn pajjizu u jhalli ftit gid hawn?</p>
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		By: ciccio		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ciccio]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jul 2013 12:44:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&quot;Does Malta understand the full magnitude of this horrendous story? An EU Commissioner, in dealings with a internationally blacklisted fraudster who moves about using private jets, aliases and false passports.&quot;

No, Malta does not understand this.  By that I mean 36,000  voters &quot;who cannot be wrong&quot; and another 130,000 with them.  The other 130,000 probably do understand.

But the rest of the world understands this.  And that&#039;s billions of persons.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Does Malta understand the full magnitude of this horrendous story? An EU Commissioner, in dealings with a internationally blacklisted fraudster who moves about using private jets, aliases and false passports.&#8221;</p>
<p>No, Malta does not understand this.  By that I mean 36,000  voters &#8220;who cannot be wrong&#8221; and another 130,000 with them.  The other 130,000 probably do understand.</p>
<p>But the rest of the world understands this.  And that&#8217;s billions of persons.</p>
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		By: nathan		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[nathan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jul 2013 11:40:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Dalli probably believes that if he increases the amount it will be more credible, but it is exactly the opposite.

And if you add to the equation Evangelical Christian groups based in America and &quot;humanitarian&quot; projects, it all sounds more like a scam.

I wonder how much money the Bill Gates Foundation moves as a comparison, because talking about &quot;billions of dollars&quot; sounds extremely naive to say the least. 

And I still do not understand why the police are not at the door of that lady&#039;s apartment asking for proper documentation. Nor do I understand why no newspaper even mentions these developments.

Something very strange is going on.

The US Embassy must be interested.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dalli probably believes that if he increases the amount it will be more credible, but it is exactly the opposite.</p>
<p>And if you add to the equation Evangelical Christian groups based in America and &#8220;humanitarian&#8221; projects, it all sounds more like a scam.</p>
<p>I wonder how much money the Bill Gates Foundation moves as a comparison, because talking about &#8220;billions of dollars&#8221; sounds extremely naive to say the least. </p>
<p>And I still do not understand why the police are not at the door of that lady&#8217;s apartment asking for proper documentation. Nor do I understand why no newspaper even mentions these developments.</p>
<p>Something very strange is going on.</p>
<p>The US Embassy must be interested.</p>
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		By: rjc		</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jul 2013 11:16:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[And what if Dalli had been given a &#039;waiver&#039; by Joseph Muscat back in July 2012?

Wouldn&#039;t everything be above board?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And what if Dalli had been given a &#8216;waiver&#8217; by Joseph Muscat back in July 2012?</p>
<p>Wouldn&#8217;t everything be above board?</p>
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		By: Jozef		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jozef]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jul 2013 11:10:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[You nailed it, does Malta indeed understand the magnitude of this story? 

Let&#039;s put it this way, does the PN intend to remain passive and let the rot take over? 

Time to clear the air Simon, Labour&#039;s mutated into an amorphous venial growth, the PN&#039;s the only thing left. 

It is that simple really.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You nailed it, does Malta indeed understand the magnitude of this story? </p>
<p>Let&#8217;s put it this way, does the PN intend to remain passive and let the rot take over? </p>
<p>Time to clear the air Simon, Labour&#8217;s mutated into an amorphous venial growth, the PN&#8217;s the only thing left. </p>
<p>It is that simple really.</p>
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		By: Michael A.		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael A.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jul 2013 11:06:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/07/unbelievably-john-dalli-told-the-press-yesterday-that-the-bahamas-project-is-not-worth-100-million-but-billions/#comment-1125852&quot;&gt;where are we?&lt;/a&gt;.

No, from Prime Minister Joseph Muscat,  or from John Dalli, by the looks of it, as the latter is now speaking for the former in regard to this whole affair.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/07/unbelievably-john-dalli-told-the-press-yesterday-that-the-bahamas-project-is-not-worth-100-million-but-billions/#comment-1125852">where are we?</a>.</p>
<p>No, from Prime Minister Joseph Muscat,  or from John Dalli, by the looks of it, as the latter is now speaking for the former in regard to this whole affair.</p>
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