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20 Masked Attackers Storm Soros Institute (Soros on war path)
Moscow Times ^
| Monday, Nov. 17, 2003.
| Denis Maternovsky
Posted on 11/16/2003 10:53:51 PM PST by RussianConservative
About 20 masked men carrying clubs swooped down on the disputed headquarters of George Soros' Open Society Institute on Friday night in an attack that injured 10, including the building's owner.
The raid was a failed attempt to retake the building and organized by the Open Society Institute's lawyers in New York, a source close to the institute said Sunday.
Institute employees were kicked out of their headquarters Nov. 6 when a group of about 50 gunmen acting on orders from building owner Kantemir Karamzin seized the building in a rent dispute.
A security camera recording aired on NTV television Saturday showed a group of men in black scaling the fence around the building on 8 Ozerkovskaya Naberezhnaya the night before and running toward the security office.
The Soros source said lawyers at Open Society's main headquarters in New York had orchestrated the attack behind the backs of both Soros and the Open Society Institute Russia in an effort to force Karamzin to cede the building "the hard way."
"Open Society's employees were asked to come to the offices on Friday night. We were told that court marshals would show up and force Karamzin to vacate the building and that we could make a list of missing personal belongings on the spot," the source said.
"We waited until half past 10 like complete fools and no one came. And then, when the attack started, we were called by lawyers and told to get out of there."
Yekaterina Geniyeva, the president of Open Society Institute Russia, said Sunday that she had spoken with Soros the day before and his feelings about the latest raid were "extremely negative."
"I do not know who sanctioned this attack," she said by telephone. "It came as a complete shock to me. The only thing I can tell you is that it wasn't us and it wasn't George Soros."
Open Society Institute Russia's lawyer, Pavel Kuzmin, said the chances that the rent dispute could be resolved "in a civilized manner" have now been lost. "It looks like mafia infighting now. This is no different from what Karamzin's people did to us," he said.
"It is impossible to say what will happen next. Karamzin has already hinted that he will retaliate."
Karamzin told NTV that he was sure that the Soros foundation was behind Friday night's attack.
Karamzin said he and five of his employees suffered minor injuries, while four others were briefly hospitalized with injuries including a broken nose and a concussion.
The long-running dispute stems from a 1999 agreement under which Open Society gets to rent the building for $10,500 per month for 10 years. Open Society says it has spent $2.5 million renovating the building.
Karamzin says the building is worth $100,000 per month and Open Society owes several million dollars in back rent and unpaid utility bills.
A Moscow court upheld the 1999 agreement earlier this year.
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To: Miss Marple
I believe that the jailed one is/was one of Soros's comrades in Russia.
You need a department at the CIA just to keep tabs on Soros's connections in the countries where he wants his chosen ones to be leaders.
In America it will be interesting to see if Dean is the chosen one of Soros. My gut feeling at this time says yes. As you have pointed out before, there is too much money being raised by so called street rats. They never donate a lot of money.
The Dean campaign so far, reminds me of the Carter and Clinton pre selection days, where two unknown and not very popular and effective governors magically became the Rat candidate and the president. I expect the funds of Soros helped in those situations where these unknowns became president and immediately tried to ruin our military and our economy after they were sworn in.
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posted on
11/17/2003 7:14:44 AM PST
by
Grampa Dave
("If you can read this, thank a teacher!....Since it is in English, thank a Veteran!")
To: Grampa Dave; marron; RussianConservative; HAL9000; Mo1; seamole
I don't know how to read this other than Soros himself is Russian mob connected. Why else be "masked?"
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posted on
11/17/2003 10:06:58 AM PST
by
Shermy
To: Shermy
IMO .. Soro's is deep into the Russian mob connection
Soro is a nut case who thinks he can change and rule things his way
If one really thinks about it .. it's pretty scary
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posted on
11/17/2003 10:22:05 AM PST
by
Mo1
To: Poohbah
Soros info...
Seems like he's getting a little violent.
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posted on
11/17/2003 10:24:18 AM PST
by
hchutch
("I don't see what the big deal is, I really don't." - Major Vic Deakins, USAF (ret.))
To: hchutch
What's the Magyar equivalent of "leave the gun, take the cannoli?"
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posted on
11/17/2003 10:47:46 AM PST
by
Poohbah
("Would you mind not shooting at the thermonuclear weapons?" -- Major Vic Deakins, USAF)
To: Shermy
Usually when there is one mob, there is another mob.
Soros has sided with the other mob, which explains why they wore masks.
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posted on
11/17/2003 12:09:14 PM PST
by
Grampa Dave
("If you can read this, thank a teacher!....Since it is in English, thank a Veteran!")
To: Mo1; Shermy
Mo1 posted: "Soro is a nut case who thinks he can change and rule things his way
If one really thinks about it .. it's pretty scary.
Not really however. Most nutcases are capable of only hurting themselves, their family and maybe some poor friend. If they are super rich/drugged out nut cases like Soros, then they are scary. Soros has the power to impact countries with his evil schemes.
Soros = The Real Evil Daddy Warbucks!
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posted on
11/17/2003 12:13:29 PM PST
by
Grampa Dave
("If you can read this, thank a teacher!....Since it is in English, thank a Veteran!")
To: Grampa Dave
If they are super rich/drugged out nut cases like Soros, then they are scary. Soros has the power to impact countries with his evil schemes. Exactly!
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posted on
11/17/2003 12:55:35 PM PST
by
Mo1
To: RussianConservative
Reminds me of Shadowrun... Let The Corp. Wars begin... See ya in the streets chummers! :)
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posted on
11/17/2003 1:08:49 PM PST
by
PureSolace
(I love freedom.)
To: piasa
Yes and Wilson has connections to Moveon.org just as Soros does. Soros is donating his $10-$15 million to Moveon.org to defeat Bush.
I think Wilson volunteers his time and perhaps money to Moevon.org.
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posted on
11/17/2003 1:23:50 PM PST
by
Triple
(All forms of socialism deny individuals the right to the fruits of their labor)
To: RussianConservative
His creditors???
To: Grampa Dave
Don't forget this info
Norwegian Labour Party Forges Ties With US Democrats
A group of European social democrats, led by former British Foreign Minister Robin Cook, met last week with several top Democratic politicians and party officials. They included US senators Hilary Clinton and Joseph Biden.
They also had meetings with Ron Klain of presidential candidate Wesley Clark's campaign, and Stan Greenberg, former US President Bill Clinton's campaign strategist in 1992
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posted on
11/17/2003 1:30:35 PM PST
by
Mo1
To: Mo1; Shermy
Thanks to Shermy, we were alerted to this merger.
Don't forget the meeting between Bubba and thugs from France, Germany and ? before the war in Iraq was started.
To: RussianConservative
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posted on
11/17/2003 1:42:16 PM PST
by
tang-soo
To: Pro-Bush
Pledging At Least $15.5 Million In Soft Money To Defeat Bush, Soros
Is Single Largest Political Contributor In American History
After getting this from the RNC, then I wanted to know more about
Soros...
George Soros was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1930. He emigrated to
England in 1947 and graduated from the London School of Economics in
1952. In 1956, he moved to the United States. His real family name is
Schwartz instead of Soros. Soros is Jewish.
George Soros, a non-Jewish Jew, is quiet. He does not want to visit
Israel. Recently, Michael T. Kaufman published a great pioneer
biography of George Soros, Soros, the Life and Times of a Messianic
Billionaire (Alfred A. Knops publishers, New York, 2002). He
explained that "Soros had developed a contempt for tribal
sectarianism of all kinds and found much of the zeal of pro-Israel
Zionists to be unappealingly chauvinistic.
(
http://www.jewishpost.com/jp0807/jpn0807e.htm )
Soros, who amassed a fortune currently worth $6.9 billion by
speculating in financial markets, has since turned his sights to
philanthropy. His Open Society Institute and network of foundations
around the world spend about $500 million yearly, much of it
dedicated to encouraging democracy and economic growth in developing
countries.
Soros, 71, earned both admiration and scorn through his hedge fund,
the Quantum Fund, which earned 31 percent a year over its 32 years.
He achieved the stunning gains mostly through speculating in foreign
currencies - a risky game that can wreak economic havoc. In 1992, he
earned $1 billion in a single day by betting - correctly - that the
British pound would fall in value.
His critics say he profited unfairly because his predictions that
currencies were overvalued led others to sell them, allowing him to
reap big gains as well.
Remember the 1997 Asian economic crisis?
Some world leaders thought Soros' bets against the Thai baht caused
it, though he does not agree.
(
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/business/personal_finance/3026933.h tm )
His investments are not going too well now...according to And then it
all went to hell. Soros lost $2 billion in Russia's default in 1998.
The following year he made a big bet that Internet stocks would fall.
The basic idea was right, but he was about a year too early, and he
quickly lost $700 million. Then he rushed to buy up a bunch of tech
stocks, which sank. His embarrassing losses mounted to almost $3
billion when the NASDAQ ultimately did crash in the spring of 2000.
That's when Soros announced that he was withdrawing from an active
role at Quantum, which he would transform from a high-risk
speculative fund into a conservative institution -- a move like Babe
Ruth pledging that he would only try to hit singles from now on.
Salon :
http://dir.salon.com/people/bc/2001/03/27/soros/index.html According to this site, Soros is for legalization of Drugs:
http://www.nationalfamilies.org/guide/gsoros.html George Soros, who has donated more than $1 billion to promote
democracy in Russia , Soros has urged President Bush to let Valdmir
Putin, know he is taking Russia in the wrong direction.
Soros is distubed by "persecution" of oil baron Mikhail
Khodorkovsky. Khodorkovsky, Russia's richest man, resigned last week
as chief executive of OAO Yukos , the country's largest oil producer,
after just over a week in pre-trial detention. He was refused bail at
a closed hearing Tuesday and may now stay in jail at least another
two months, according to deputy prosecutor general Vladimir
Kolesnikov.
It would seem Soros donations to Russia were to promote oil ventures
within Russia ...for profit?
Anyway...we are getting to the bottom of who Soros Or Scwartz is.....
To: RussianConservative
bump
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posted on
11/18/2003 5:39:52 AM PST
by
PGalt
To: MEG33
Google filters out certain responses. Try searching on "Homosexual medical research". You will get tons of stuff telling you homosexuality is inborn, not a behavior. The only way (this week) to find the real studies is to type in say "twin studies" and "homosexual".
This article might interest you.
http://www.christiancourier.com/penpoints/googleGagOrder.htm
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posted on
11/18/2003 10:31:52 AM PST
by
TaxRelief
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