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	Comments on: A gong for a Saudi billionaire, and now, a secret mission to Azerbaijan	</title>
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		By: Ta'Sapienza		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ta'Sapienza]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2014 15:37:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/12/a-gong-for-a-saudi-billionaire-and-now-a-secret-mission-to-azerbaijan/#comment-2868697&quot;&gt;H.P. Baxxter&lt;/a&gt;.

Our own Cicero.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/12/a-gong-for-a-saudi-billionaire-and-now-a-secret-mission-to-azerbaijan/#comment-2868697">H.P. Baxxter</a>.</p>
<p>Our own Cicero.</p>
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		By: H.P. Baxxter		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[H.P. Baxxter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2014 10:31:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/12/a-gong-for-a-saudi-billionaire-and-now-a-secret-mission-to-azerbaijan/#comment-2868697&quot;&gt;H.P. Baxxter&lt;/a&gt;.

Can we get Giovanni Bonello out of retirement?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/12/a-gong-for-a-saudi-billionaire-and-now-a-secret-mission-to-azerbaijan/#comment-2868697">H.P. Baxxter</a>.</p>
<p>Can we get Giovanni Bonello out of retirement?</p>
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		By: Tabatha White		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tabatha White]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2014 09:02:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/12/a-gong-for-a-saudi-billionaire-and-now-a-secret-mission-to-azerbaijan/#comment-2868697&quot;&gt;H.P. Baxxter&lt;/a&gt;.

I&#039;d take on the &quot;price&quot; Baxxter, if you&#039;ll get me the lawyer.

At this point all that&#039;s missing from their end is the bullet anyway.

They&#039;ve done everything else they could.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/12/a-gong-for-a-saudi-billionaire-and-now-a-secret-mission-to-azerbaijan/#comment-2868697">H.P. Baxxter</a>.</p>
<p>I&#8217;d take on the &#8220;price&#8221; Baxxter, if you&#8217;ll get me the lawyer.</p>
<p>At this point all that&#8217;s missing from their end is the bullet anyway.</p>
<p>They&#8217;ve done everything else they could.</p>
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		By: Tabatha White		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tabatha White]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2014 08:59:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/12/a-gong-for-a-saudi-billionaire-and-now-a-secret-mission-to-azerbaijan/#comment-2870554&quot;&gt;Xjim Purtani&lt;/a&gt;.

It must be a perception we&#039;re not allowed to have then?

The EU also has a transparency obligation there for a reason.

The fact that that obligation exists and the fact that it is not taking place for reasons that have nothing to do with Malta&#039;s security but to enable the deceit of the scam enablers, is not a detail that you reconcile.

You seem to forget what took place in Malta a year ago and you also seem to forget that there has been zero transparency on on the passport scam conditions and Legal Notices.

Convenient, but others have memories and consciences.

It&#039;s been one long scam to date.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/12/a-gong-for-a-saudi-billionaire-and-now-a-secret-mission-to-azerbaijan/#comment-2870554">Xjim Purtani</a>.</p>
<p>It must be a perception we&#8217;re not allowed to have then?</p>
<p>The EU also has a transparency obligation there for a reason.</p>
<p>The fact that that obligation exists and the fact that it is not taking place for reasons that have nothing to do with Malta&#8217;s security but to enable the deceit of the scam enablers, is not a detail that you reconcile.</p>
<p>You seem to forget what took place in Malta a year ago and you also seem to forget that there has been zero transparency on on the passport scam conditions and Legal Notices.</p>
<p>Convenient, but others have memories and consciences.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s been one long scam to date.</p>
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		By: Tabatha White		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tabatha White]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2014 07:51:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/12/a-gong-for-a-saudi-billionaire-and-now-a-secret-mission-to-azerbaijan/#comment-2868548&quot;&gt;ciccio&lt;/a&gt;.

@La Redoute

And we all know that neither are transparent in their dealings.

How did Manwel set up the invisible commissions here?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/12/a-gong-for-a-saudi-billionaire-and-now-a-secret-mission-to-azerbaijan/#comment-2868548">ciccio</a>.</p>
<p>@La Redoute</p>
<p>And we all know that neither are transparent in their dealings.</p>
<p>How did Manwel set up the invisible commissions here?</p>
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		By: Hufflepuff		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hufflepuff]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2014 07:32:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#039;Mafia state&#039;: President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev is said to run a &#039;Mafia state&#039; in which journalists who go against the regime will be jailed or blackmailed.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8216;Mafia state&#8217;: President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev is said to run a &#8216;Mafia state&#8217; in which journalists who go against the regime will be jailed or blackmailed.</p>
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		By: Xjim Purtani		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Xjim Purtani]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2014 07:27:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This threat to democracy is so far all in your heads. We are an EU member, and for sure there are monitoring mechanisms. When the EU says that democracy in Malta is  threatened, then that would be the case. 

Withholding information does not constitute a violation of democracy. It can be for business or national reasons. There are cases during the previous administration where we were not being told all. The press is free in Malta, with ample pluralistic broadcasting sources. The electorate will then decide whether this &#039;withholding&#039; was worth it or not, or whether still to consider &#039;divulging all&#039; as sacrosanct.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This threat to democracy is so far all in your heads. We are an EU member, and for sure there are monitoring mechanisms. When the EU says that democracy in Malta is  threatened, then that would be the case. </p>
<p>Withholding information does not constitute a violation of democracy. It can be for business or national reasons. There are cases during the previous administration where we were not being told all. The press is free in Malta, with ample pluralistic broadcasting sources. The electorate will then decide whether this &#8216;withholding&#8217; was worth it or not, or whether still to consider &#8216;divulging all&#8217; as sacrosanct.</p>
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		By: La Redoute		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[La Redoute]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2014 06:40:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/12/a-gong-for-a-saudi-billionaire-and-now-a-secret-mission-to-azerbaijan/#comment-2867132&quot;&gt;Arnold Layne&lt;/a&gt;.

He&#039;s not collecting undersirables. They are collecting him.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/12/a-gong-for-a-saudi-billionaire-and-now-a-secret-mission-to-azerbaijan/#comment-2867132">Arnold Layne</a>.</p>
<p>He&#8217;s not collecting undersirables. They are collecting him.</p>
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		By: La Redoute		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[La Redoute]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2014 06:38:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/12/a-gong-for-a-saudi-billionaire-and-now-a-secret-mission-to-azerbaijan/#comment-2868548&quot;&gt;ciccio&lt;/a&gt;.

Socar Trading is Azerbaijani. It&#039;s shareholding is opaque but it&#039;s owned by the governing family and their bazuzli.

Socar Trading is screwing its own business partners by dealing dirwctly with Malta&#039;s government,]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/12/a-gong-for-a-saudi-billionaire-and-now-a-secret-mission-to-azerbaijan/#comment-2868548">ciccio</a>.</p>
<p>Socar Trading is Azerbaijani. It&#8217;s shareholding is opaque but it&#8217;s owned by the governing family and their bazuzli.</p>
<p>Socar Trading is screwing its own business partners by dealing dirwctly with Malta&#8217;s government,</p>
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		By: curious		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[curious]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2014 04:56:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/12/a-gong-for-a-saudi-billionaire-and-now-a-secret-mission-to-azerbaijan/#comment-2868548&quot;&gt;ciccio&lt;/a&gt;.

This visit to Azerbaijan follows too closely on this week&#039;s agreement with China. It follows that this agreement is not a final one and doesn&#039;t put Muscat&#039;s mind at peace.
rest.

I see Azerbaijan as an emergency meeting. It does not augur well when one negotiates  as the &#039;underdog&#039; and Malta sure is one right now.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/12/a-gong-for-a-saudi-billionaire-and-now-a-secret-mission-to-azerbaijan/#comment-2868548">ciccio</a>.</p>
<p>This visit to Azerbaijan follows too closely on this week&#8217;s agreement with China. It follows that this agreement is not a final one and doesn&#8217;t put Muscat&#8217;s mind at peace.<br />
rest.</p>
<p>I see Azerbaijan as an emergency meeting. It does not augur well when one negotiates  as the &#8216;underdog&#8217; and Malta sure is one right now.</p>
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