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Why: "Thomas Burnett [whose wife had initiated the idea of monetary compensation for 9/11 victims,] had led the charge on the cockpit on flight 93. ---[These folks may have saved the President and the White House] --- He and his fellow passengers managed to divert the plane from its target - the White House. The cockpit flight recorder captured his now-famous last words before they stormed the hijackers: "We're going in!" Shortly after, the plane crashed, killing all 44 people on board. Burnett was 38 years old." . . . . "The suit named, among others, seven international banks [maybe we should discuss why?], eight Islamic foundations, charities and their subsidiaries, alleged individual terrorist financiers, and the government of Sudan [I did not know some of the hijackers were Sudanese. . . I thought. The plaintiffs initially described themselves collectively as the 9/11 Families United to Bankrupt Terrorism; they later became the 9/11 Families and Survivors United for Justice Against Terrorism. The compensation claim filed was for $1tn. It was the largest terrorism-related civil action in history."

Under intense pressure, South Sudan's beleaguered government has relented and will allow more United Nations peacekeepers into the country. In the two and a half years since civil war erupted, South Sudan has been the scene of atrocities including civilian massacres, the forcing of children into militias, the burning of emergency food supplies.

The UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan has been accused of a "complete and utter failure" to protect civilians in one of the most dangerous and volatile parts of the war-ravaged country.

"Ethiopia, Yemen, the Sahel, Nigeria, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Sudan, Haiti, Colombia, and Myanmar."

Countries are allowed to sell weapons to Sudan, but only if they receive confirmation that these weapons won't end up in Darfur. Chinese bullets were found in Darfur, which may not be China's fault, but the fact that they were trying to suppress the information is suspicious.

I think that is weird; however, it reminds me of our country. We distribute weapons to so many places around the word and i highly doubt that we know where all the weapons end up. And because China's economy is driven by exports I would like to assume the best and say that China may have given weapons to someone that second hand distributed them to allow this to happen. I don't know. It just seems possible that way.

I'm guessing that the bullet wound up in Darfur because China wasn't careful enough about where they sold them to. This isn't a problem that only China has- I think that very many countries, probably including ours, need to be more careful about where they sell weapons to. It indicates a big problem if countries are willing to sell weapons into the wrong hands to get money.

"TEHRAN - Three Sunni-led countries joined Saudi Arabia on Monday in severing or downgrading diplomatic ties with Iran, worsening a geopolitical conflict with sectarian dimensions in one of the world's most volatile regions. "