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June 1, 2006

Anonymous The Jacksonville Daily Progress Thu Jun 01, 2006, 08:04 AM CDT

Massive Theft Secret

Brazen Russian opportunities are secretly conspiring with unaccountable United Nations Bureaucrats, to steal eight islands that are presently part of Alaska; we speak of Sovereign American Territory, thousands of square miles. Billions of barrels of American oil, millions of tons of our fish and other seafood and more millions of tons of valuable American minerals and ores. These islands are Wrangell, Herald, Bennett, Jeanette, Henrietta, Copper, Sea Lion Rock and Sea Otter Rock. They can be saved by you and me, we the people of the U.S.A. if we wake up to our responsibilities, then act.

Some weakling will say, “Why all the excitement”? Check the map, y’all, don’t you see? While the Iraq war is drawing all of our attention, unnecessary downright thievery is taking place behind our back.

Dear friends, many of us can recall mowing the lawn with a small push mower, riding bicycle or walking several miles to school, hand milking cows and doing chores twice daily the year around. Now we have riding lawn mowers, school buses to the door, delicious canned vegetables and homogenized milk in a bottle; only a few people labor in a garden. Wouldn’t you agree we may be taking too much for granted?

Only a few of us have seen Alaska; but in our easy way of life, miraculous auto and air travel thinking someone else will safeguard our continuous heaven on earth, I say, “Beware.”

Too easily, faceless bureaucrats have gone too far. They are in the midst of giving our American territories to the Russians. Remember, some people literally hate America and everything we stand for; our nation’s massive generosity, our defense of the weak and terrorized, our willingness to pay any price in the name of world freedom, etc. Because of selfishness, human greed and jealousy, they want to get even with us for our way of life and prosperity.

Actual theft of sovereign American Territory must be stopped now! Added to the eight islands would be the 200-mile ocean exclusive economic zones and all around them, amounting to hundreds of thousands of square miles.

People think only of the area they are presently exposed to. Let these few lines be a wake up call to real patriots. Let’s not knuckle under to political theft by these at the U.N. or to wealthy thugs who now run Russia.

Contact immediately: Carl Olson, Chairman, State Department Watch, P.O. Box 97343, Washington D.C. 2009-7343. Get more facts; help save our possessions for the sake of our kids!

Corbin Priefert,

Jacksonville

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