{"id":1395,"date":"2013-09-24T18:00:47","date_gmt":"2013-09-24T12:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mohamediqbalp.wordpress.com\/?p=1381"},"modified":"2013-09-24T18:00:47","modified_gmt":"2013-09-24T12:30:47","slug":"1381","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/venusimportexport.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2013\/09\/24\/1381\/","title":{"rendered":"Mechanics of Narendra Modi\u2019s PR agency : APCO Worldwide \u2013 Orchestrating our\u00a0Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<h1 style=\"background-color:transparent;border-width:0 0 1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:#dddddd;font-size:3em;margin:0;outline:0;padding:6px 0 16px 178.96875px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:36px;font-family:'Adobe Garamond Pro', Garamond, Palatino, 'Palatino Linotype', Times, 'Times New Roman', Georgia, serif;color:#990000;font-style:italic;font-weight:normal;min-height:1em;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\">Mechanics of Narendra 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23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\">In this dynamic and ever-changing world, Apco Worldwide stands tall as the giant of the lobbying\u00a0industry. The firm, in its own words, offers \u201cprofessional and rare expertise\u201d to governments, politicians\u00a0and corporations, and is always ready to help clients to sail through troubled waters in the complex\u00a0world of both international and domestic affairs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\"><a style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;color:#990000;\" href=\"http:\/\/greatgameindia.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/04\/apco-modi-great-game-india.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-294\" style=\"background-color:transparent;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#dddddd #cccccc #cccccc #dddddd;font-size:13px;margin:.5em auto 1.625em;outline:0;padding:3px;vertical-align:baseline;clear:both;display:block;height:auto;left:-4px;max-width:100%;position:relative;-webkit-box-shadow:#cccccc 4px 4px 12px;box-shadow:#cccccc 4px 4px 12px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\" src=\"http:\/\/greatgameindia.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/04\/apco-modi-great-game-india.jpg?w=529&amp;h=510\" alt=\"APCO Modi Great Game India\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\">Margery Kraus founded APCO Associates in 1984 as a subsidiary to Arnold &amp; Porter, one of Washington\u2019s\u00a0largest law firms, and from where APCO\u2019s name is derived. Arnold and Porter is now Israel\u2019s largest and\u00a0longest serving registered foreign agent (not that there aren\u2019t more than a handful of unregistered\u00a0ones).<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\"><strong style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;\">Beating the War Drum<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\">Doing public relations for dictatorships is perhaps the more charitable part of Apco\u2019s activities. Apco has a battalion of pro-war lobbyists under its wing. The firm is also a strong advocate of expanding armaments and the US military role in world affairs. In October 2004, Apco and Kissinger Associates (owned by Henry Kissinger) formed a strategic alliance. Beside Kissinger Associates, Apco also built a broad network or coalition of conservative pro-Zionist lobbyists and consultancy groups including Heritage Foundation, Frontier of Freedom, Jewish Policy Center, etc. In the name of war against terror, Apco helped to coordinate government communications to convince the public of the necessity of war. Its job also included manufacturing public opinion and feedback in supporting the war efforts. Basically it exploited Islam-phobia in Western society to sell aggression as the solution to regain security in the West.<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\"><a style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;color:#990000;\" href=\"http:\/\/greatgameindia.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/04\/apco-tony-blair-great-game-india.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-295\" style=\"background-color:transparent;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#dddddd #cccccc #cccccc #dddddd;font-size:13px;margin:.5em auto 1.625em;outline:0;padding:3px;vertical-align:baseline;clear:both;display:block;height:auto;left:-4px;max-width:100%;position:relative;-webkit-box-shadow:#cccccc 4px 4px 12px;box-shadow:#cccccc 4px 4px 12px;width:auto;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\" src=\"http:\/\/greatgameindia.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/04\/apco-tony-blair-great-game-india.jpg?w=529\" alt=\"APCO Tony Blair Great Game India\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\">In addition to supporting George Bush, Apco also defended British Prime Minister Tony Blair\u2019s unpopular move to enter the Iraq war. Apco had assisted Tony Blair to consolidate the war alliance. Together with the London-based Foreign Policy Institute, Apco prepared and published the pamphlet, \u2018A Global Alliance for Global Values\u2019 in which Blair declared:<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\"><em style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;\">\u201cWe must commit ourselves to a complete renaissance of our strategy to defeat those that threaten us.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-<br \/>\nalign:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;&#8221;>After the invasion of Iraq, Apco swiftly positioned itself to help American companies plunder Iraqi wealth and resources. In May 2003, Apco Worldwide launched a task force headed by Marc Ginsberg, the former US ambassador to Morocco, to help U.S. clients secure contracts for Iraq\u2019s rebuilding.<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\">Apco is described as a lobby firm that \u201c<em style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;\">specialises in helping corporations advance their goals by manipulating legislators, and drafting and advancing model legislation and regulations. Key tools include the creation of business coalitions and fake, corporate-funded \u2018grassroots\u2019 groups tailored to specific issues.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\">Recently there was a report published on the importance of finding a legal basis for an attack on Iran. Interestingly the authors, Jeffrey H. Smith and John B. Bellinger III, lawyers at Arnold &amp; Porter, supplied such a basis.<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\"><a style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;color:#990000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/providing-a-legal-basis-to-attack-iran\/2012\/09\/27\/e30e87a4-043b-11e2-91e7-2962c74e7738_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/providing-a-legal-basis-to-attack-iran\/2012\/09\/27\/e30e87a4-043b-11e2-91e7-2962c74e7738_story.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\"><a style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;color:#990000;\" href=\"http:\/\/greatgameindia.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/04\/israel-iran-great-game-india.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-296\" style=\"background-color:transparent;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#dddddd #cccccc #cccccc #dddddd;font-size:13px;margin:.5em auto 1.625em;outline:0;padding:3px;vertical-align:baseline;clear:both;display:block;height:auto;left:-4px;max-width:100%;position:relative;-webkit-box-shadow:#cccccc 4px 4px 12px;box-shadow:#cccccc 4px 4px 12px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\" src=\"http:\/\/greatgameindia.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/04\/israel-iran-great-game-india.jpg?w=529&amp;h=205\" alt=\"Israel Iran Great Game India\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\">Israel: \u201cWiped off The Map\u201d. The Rumor of the Century, Fabricated by the US Media to Justify An All out War on Iran<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\"><a style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;color:#990000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/israel-wiped-off-the-map-the-rumor-of-the-century-fabricated-by-the-us-media-to-justify-an-all-out-war-on-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/israel-wiped-off-the-map-the-rumor-of-the-century-fabricated-by-the-us-media-to-justify-an-all-out-war-on-iran\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\"><em style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;\">Would it be too much to ask that WAPO reveal that according to the Justice Department\u2019s Foreign Agent Registration Act section, Arnold and Porter has been serving as Israel\u2019s registered foreign agent since June of 1964?\u00a0 Would it be a lot more to mention that since 2010 the firm has been receiving a $10,000 per month retainer for advisory services and \u201cspecial projects?\u201d\u00a0 Could WAPO possibly trouble itself to inform readers that according to FARA filings the firm earned $1.2 million in fees in 2010 alone from the Israeli government?\u00a0 Arnold and Porter is now Israel\u2019s largest and longest serving registered foreign agent (not that there aren\u2019t more than a handful of unregistered ones).<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\"><em style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;\">Arnold &amp; Porter represented several Israeli government officials in US courts by arguing that sovereign immunity mandates provide blanket protection from legal liability for their actions. In 2007 the firm won dismissal of war crimes and crimes against humanity claims brought by Palestinians against former General Security Service head Avraham Dichter. In 2005 the firm won dismissal of similar claims against Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and other senior officials, Israeli military forces and an intelligence agency. In 2006 Arnold &amp; Porter also won dismissal of similar claims focusing on a single Israeli official\u2019s actions that resulted in civilian casualties in 1996. In 2008 Israel\u2019s Treasury paid Arnold &amp; Porter $483,401 to defend such actions. In the year 2010 the firm signed a renewable contract with Israel for a $10,000 per month retainer for legal and advisory services and \u201cspecial projects\u201d with $8,000 in allowed travel expenses. Arnold &amp; Porter reported $1.2 million in fees from the government of Israel for the year 2010.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\"><strong style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;\"><em style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;\">Excerpt : Smith wrote about Arnold &amp; Porter in his book Divert.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\"><strong style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;\">The Wall Street MakeOver &amp; Sicko Attack<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\">Hughes Hubbard and Reed is the same law firm handling the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers.\u00a0 After more than three years, customers have yet to be made whole. There are over 7600 law firms in New York City according to the legal web site, Martindale.com. Why SIPC has selected the same firm for two of the largest Wall Street collapses in history<br \/>\n is noteworthy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\">Hughes Hubbard and Reed hired the same public relations firm to handle both the Lehman and MF Global matters, APCO Worldwide.<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\"><a style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;color:#990000;\" href=\"http:\/\/greatgameindia.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/04\/deadly-spin-great-game-india.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-297\" style=\"background-color:transparent;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#dddddd #cccccc #cccccc #dddddd;font-size:13px;margin:.5em auto 1.625em;outline:0;padding:3px;vertical-align:baseline;clear:both;display:block;height:auto;left:-4px;max-width:100%;position:relative;-webkit-box-shadow:#cccccc 4px 4px 12px;box-shadow:#cccccc 4px 4px 12px;width:auto;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\" src=\"http:\/\/greatgameindia.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/04\/deadly-spin-great-game-india.jpg?w=529\" alt=\"Deadly Spin Great Game India\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\">According to Wendell Potter, an insurance company public relations insider and whistleblower, writing in his book\u00a0<strong style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;\"><em style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;\">Deadly Spin<\/em><\/strong>, \u201cOne of the deceptive practices of which APCO has a long history is setting up and running front groups for its clients. In 1993, Philip Morris hired APCO to organize a front group called the<strong style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;\"><em style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;\">Advancement of Sound Science Coalition<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0in response to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency\u2019s ruling that secondhand tobacco smoke was a carcinogen. Philip Morris also hired APCO to manage what it called a \u2018<em style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;\">massive national effort aimed at altering the American judicial system to be more hostile toward product liability suits<\/em>\u2018 and to build a coalition to advocate for tort reform. According to the Center for Media and Democracy, the tobacco industry paid APCO almost a million dollars in 1995 to implement behind-the-scenes tort reform efforts and specifically to create chapters of \u2018grassroots\u2019 citizens\u2019 groups called Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\">Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now!, interviewed Wendell Potter on November 17, 2010.\u00a0 Potter revealed more about APCO and front groups:<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\"><em style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;\">\u201c\u2026there was a front group that was set up called Health Care America, and the sole purpose for it to be set up was to attack Michael Moore [who was about to release his documentary on health care, Sicko] and to attack the notion of a single-payer system in this country\u2026the media contact for it was a guy named Bill Pierce, who I had known and worked with in the past\u2026He was listed as a media contact, and if you called his number, you would have reached him at his desk at APCO Worldwide\u2026 There was an article that the New York Times wrote as a kind of a review of Sicko, not really a review but just a story about the movie actually premiering in the U.S. in June of 2007. And the New York Times story quoted the Health Care America spokesman as saying that this represented a move toward socialism. And there was not an \u2014apparently not an attempt on the part of the reporter, or any reporter that I saw, to disclose the fact that this was funded largely by the insurance industry.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\">Watch the video here :<em style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;\">\u00a0\u201dPush Michael Moore Off a Cliff\u201d: Health Insurance Whistleblower Wendell Potter Details How the Industry Attacked Michael Moore\u2019s Film Sicko &#8211;<a style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;color:#990000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.democracynow.org\/2010\/11\/17\/push_michael_moore_off_a_cliff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.democracynow.org\/2010\/11\/17\/push_michael_moore_off_a_cliff<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\"><em style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;\">In the same month that Corzine was hired by MF Global, March 2010, there were confirmed news reports that APCO Worldwide had been hired by the Financial Services Roundtable, a Wall Street trade group, to promote the image of Wall Street as trustworthy.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\"><strong style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;\">APCO in its own words<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\"><em style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;\">\u201cAPCO is proud of its work over the past 25 years providing strategic communication services to many governments, including the Government of Malaysia. APCO has also provided services to many of the world\u2019s leading companies and to international institutions such as the World Bank, United Nations, the European Commission and ASEAN, among others.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\"><a style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;color:#990000;\" href=\"http:\/\/greatgameindia.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/04\/bilderberger-group-great-game-india.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-298\" style=\"background-color:transparent;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#dddddd #cccccc #cccccc #dddddd;font-size:13px;margin:.5em auto 1.625em;outline:0;padding:3px;vertical-align:baseline;clear:both;display:block;height:auto;left:-4px;max-width:100%<br \/>\n;position:relative;-webkit-box-shadow:#cccccc 4px 4px 12px;box-shadow:#cccccc 4px 4px 12px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;&#8221; src=&#8221;http:\/\/greatgameindia.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/04\/bilderberger-group-great-game-india.jpg?w=529&amp;h=352&#8243; alt=&#8221;Bilderberger Group Great Game India&#8221; \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\">What they fail to mention however is that those strategies are devised by their International Advisory Council Members such as Aleksander Kwasniewski (former president of Poland), Itamar Rabinovich (Israel\u2019s former Ambassador to the United States and former Chief Negotiator with Syria in the mid 1990\u2032s), Timothy Roemer (former US ambassador to India, who is now on New Delhi and Mumbai\u2019s key staff) and others who are interestingly members of the\u00a0<strong style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;\">Bilderberg Group\u00a0<\/strong>and the<strong style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;\">\u00a0Trilateral Commission<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\"><strong style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;\">The Zionist Connection<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\">The name Apco Worldwide suddenly gained fame (or notoriety) in Malaysia after Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim drew comparison of the firm\u2019s image-building campaign for its Malaysian client to a similar campaign by the Israeli government.<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\">Anwar in his speech in the Dewan Rakyat on March 17 said that Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak\u2019s 1Malaysia concept was actually an imitation of the \u2018<strong style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;\"><em style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;\">One Israel<\/em><\/strong>\u2018 concept of the Zionist regime, who is also a client of Apco.<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\"><a style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;color:#990000;\" href=\"http:\/\/greatgameindia.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/04\/apco-malaysia-great-game-india.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-299\" style=\"background-color:transparent;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#dddddd #cccccc #cccccc #dddddd;font-size:13px;margin:.5em auto 1.625em;outline:0;padding:3px;vertical-align:baseline;clear:both;display:block;height:auto;left:-4px;max-width:100%;position:relative;-webkit-box-shadow:#cccccc 4px 4px 12px;box-shadow:#cccccc 4px 4px 12px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\" src=\"http:\/\/greatgameindia.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/04\/apco-malaysia-great-game-india.jpg?w=529&amp;h=164\" alt=\"APCO Malaysia Great Game India\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\">Among Apco\u2019s speciality is to help its clients to \u201cnavigate the complex and often converging worlds of business, industry and finance, media, public opinion and society, and government and public policy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\">Besides Apco, Kraus also helped found and develop the Close Up Foundation, an educational foundation sponsored in part by the US Congress. But Kraus is also active in other organisations which are less educational in nature, such as chairing the advisory board of Group Menatep, a Russian holding company, and being involved in Teuza Fund, a venture capital fund publicly traded in Israel\u2019s Tel Aviv stock exchange.<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\">Within Apco, 50 individuals sit in its powerful International Advisory Council. They comprise of former politicians, business leaders and diplomats. At least three among them, Itamar Rabinovich, Shimon Stein and Doron Bergerbest-Eilon, are individuals who are directly linked to Israel and its notorious political and military institutions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\"><a style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;color:#990000;\" href=\"http:\/\/greatgameindia.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/04\/apco-malaysia-one-great-game-india.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-300\" style=\"background-color:transparent;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#dddddd #cccccc #cccccc #dddddd;font-size:13px;margin:.5em auto 1.625em;outline:0;padding:3px;vertical-align:baseline;clear:both;display:block;height:auto;left:-4px;max-width:100%;position:relative;-webkit-box-shadow:#cccccc 4px 4px 12px;box-shadow:#cccccc 4px 4px 12px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\" src=\"http:\/\/greatgameindia.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/04\/apco-malaysia-one-great-game-india.jpg?w=529&amp;h=372\" alt=\"APCO Malaysia One Great Game India\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\">Rabinovich was the Israeli ambassador to the US, and acted as the Zionist regime\u2019s chief negotiator with Syria during the era of Yitzhak Rabin. A former president of the Tel Aviv University, Rabinovich is also the chairman of the Israeli-based Dan David Foundation, named after a Romanian-born Jewish philanthropist who was active in the Zionist youth movement of the 1940s.<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\">Shimon Stein served as the Israeli ambassador to Germany, and according to Apco\u2019s website, follows \u201ca long and distinguished career in the Israeli government and Foreign Service\u201d. Later, he served as minister-counselor for political affairs for the Israeli embassy in Washington.<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\">Doron Bergerbest-Eilon is the former head of the protection and security division and a senior security official of the Israeli Security Agency (ISA), a position equivalent to the rank of Major General. In May 2005, Bergerbest-Eilon was awarded with The Director\u2019s Recognition Award, the U<br \/>\nS Secret Service director\u2019s highest commendation. Among his expertise listed are\u00a0<em style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;\">Security and Defence<\/em>, with Singapore as one of his \u201cregions of expertise\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\">Apco\u2019s involvement in various\u00a0<em style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;\">intelligence and security-related projects<\/em>\u00a0is done through its strategic partner and sister company\u00a0<strong style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;\"><em style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;\">Asero Worldwide<\/em><\/strong>. While Apco\u2019s expertise is in the field of communications, Asero specializes in homeland security and risk management consultancy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\">Ken Silverstein, the editor of Harper\u2019s Magazine (June 30, 2007) described Apco lobbyists as the \u201c<strong style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;\"><em style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;\">crucial conduit through which pariah regimes advance their interests in Washington<\/em><\/strong>\u201d. He exposed APCO\u2019s specialised experience in working on behalf of authoritarian regimes such as Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, and Turkmenistan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\">Apco and Asero have many overlapping consultants and management members. For example, Doron Bergerbest-Eilon who sits on Apco\u2019s International Advisory Council was also founder and president of Asero Worldwide.<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\">Mara Hedgecoth, the daughter of Apco CEO and President Margery Kraus also sits in Asero as Vice President. At the same time, Mara Hedgecoth also serves as Vice President and Director in Apco Worldwide.<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\"><strong style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;\">ASERO\u2019s (MOSSAD) Management Team<\/strong>\u00a0:<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\"><strong style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;\"><em style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;\">Asero is almost like a retirement home for ex-Mossad and ex-Shabak secret services officials.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\"><strong style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;\"><em style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;\">David Harel<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<em style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;\">Managing Director and Vice President, Israel. Former head of international relations for the protection and security division of the Israeli Security Agency<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\"><strong style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;\"><em style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;\">Oded Raz\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><em style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;\">&#8211; Vice President, Former Senior ranking security official of the Israeli Security Agency<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\"><strong style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;\"><em style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;\">Gadi Kalai<\/em><\/strong><em style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;\">\u00a0\u2013 Director, Former Regional Security Manager (RSO) of the Israeli Security Agency (ISA)\u2019s North Region<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\">One of Apco\u2019s favorite legislators is\u00a0<strong style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;\"><em style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;\">Senator Joe Lieberman<\/em><\/strong>, who is a staunch supporter of military aid to Israel. Lieberman\u2019s wife, Hadassah was Apco\u2019s leading lobbyist for health care and pharmaceuticals clients.<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\"><strong style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;\">MODI Makeover<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\">Adolf Hitler was a brilliant propagandist. Narendra Modi too believes in the power of image. This is probably why the chief minister hired a US lobbying firm which has serviced clients like former Nigerian dictator Sani Abacha and President-for-life of Kazakhstan Nursultan Abishuly Nazarbayev.<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\"><a style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;color:#990000;\" href=\"http:\/\/greatgameindia.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/04\/apco-aakriti-amhedabad-great-game-india.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-301\" style=\"background-color:transparent;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#dddddd #cccccc #cccccc #dddddd;font-size:13px;margin:.5em auto 1.625em;outline:0;padding:3px;vertical-align:b<br \/>\naseline;clear:both;display:block;height:auto;left:-4px;max-width:100%;position:relative;-webkit-box-shadow:#cccccc 4px 4px 12px;box-shadow:#cccccc 4px 4px 12px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;&#8221; src=&#8221;http:\/\/greatgameindia.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/04\/apco-aakriti-amhedabad-great-game-india.jpg?w=529&amp;h=249&#8243; alt=&#8221;APCO Aakriti Amhedabad Great Game India&#8221; \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\"><em style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;\">This Washington-based firm, Apco Worldwide, was hired by Modi sometime in August 2007, in the run-up to an important Assembly election, to improve his image before the world community. Among its recent clients are Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a former Communist youth leader-turned-Russian billionaire with mafia links.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\"><em style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;\">The firm has a distinction of taking contracts of boosting images of leaders who fell out of favour of their followers.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\"><em style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;\">On the face of it Apco Worldwide\u2019s brief is to build and sell Brand Gujarat to the international community. APCO, through its 32 offices across the globe, has been promoting Gujarat as a great investment destination. APCO has also been managing Modi\u2019s own behaviour and projection, for which the cost has been over $25,000 per month since 2007.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\"><em style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;\"><a style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;color:#990000;\" href=\"http:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/home\/specials\/Modis-image-builders-have-dictators-on-client-list\/articleshow\/2600140.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/home\/specials\/Modis-image-builders-have-dictators-on-client-list\/articleshow\/2600140.cms<\/a>?<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\"><a style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;color:#990000;\" href=\"http:\/\/greatgameindia.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/04\/apco-mossad-modi-great-game-india.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-302\" style=\"background-color:transparent;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#dddddd #cccccc #cccccc #dddddd;font-size:13px;margin:.5em auto 1.625em;outline:0;padding:3px;vertical-align:baseline;clear:both;display:block;height:auto;left:-4px;max-width:100%;position:relative;-webkit-box-shadow:#cccccc 4px 4px 12px;box-shadow:#cccccc 4px 4px 12px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\" src=\"http:\/\/greatgameindia.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/04\/apco-mossad-modi-great-game-india.jpg?w=529&amp;h=351\" alt=\"APCO Mossad Modi Great Game India\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\">\u201c<em style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;\">Although TIME\u2019s cover story is not an endorsement, it contains inaccuracies, half-truths and glaring omission of pertinent details on Mr. Modi\u2019s tenure as Chief Minister. These betray its real objective \u2013 an attempt by APCO Worldwide, Modi\u2019s PR firm in Washington DC \u2013 to combat negative coverage of their client\u2019s documented connivance in gross human rights violations, in order to project him as a Prime Ministerial candidate<\/em>,\u201d said Mr. Shaheen Khateeb, President of IAMC.<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\">\u201c<em style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;\">Mr. Narendra Modi as the potential Prime Minister of India is a diplomatic and moral conundrum for the United States and other countries of common human values,<\/em>\u201d added Mr. Khateeb.<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\"><strong style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;\">APCO Worldwide\u2019s Plan for India<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\">According to APCO Worldwide :<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\"><a style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;color:#990000;\" href=\"http:\/\/greatgameindia.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/04\/apco-offices-great-game-india.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-303\" style=\"background-color:transparent;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#dddddd #cccccc #cccccc #dddddd;font-size:13px;margin:.5em auto 1.625em;outline:0;padding:3px;vertical-align:baseline;clear:both;display:block;height:auto;left:-4px;max-width:100%;position:relative;-webkit-box-shadow:#cccccc 4px 4px 12px;box-shadow:#cccccc 4px 4px 12px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\" src=\"http:\/\/greatgameindia.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/04\/apco-offices-great-game-india.jpg?w=529&amp;h=308\" alt=\"APCO Offices Great Game India\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\">After a series of significant policy changes that started in 1991, India today is a trillion-dollar market with an enviable rate of GDP growth. India\u2019s economy is fuelled by the combination of a large services sector, a strong and diversified manufacturing base and a significant agricultural sector that continues to provide a framework for the growth of the domestic economy. The country\u2019s resilience in weathering the recent global downturn and financial crisis has made governments, policy-makers, economists, corporate houses and fund managers\u00a0<strong style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;\"><em style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;\">believe that India can play a significant role in the recovery of the global economy in the months<br \/>\n and years ahead<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\">Today, India plays an increasingly important role in global geopolitics \u2013 not only as the world\u2019s largest democracy, but also as an economic powerhouse that is coming into its own.<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\">The 6 key industries they\u2019re focusing on are :<\/p>\n<ol style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px 1.5em;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-position:initial;list-style-image:initial;\">\n<li style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\">ENERGY AND RENEWABLES<\/li>\n<li style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\">FOOD, CONSUMER PRODUCTS AND RETAIL<\/li>\n<li style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\">INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES AND ENTERTAINMENT<\/li>\n<li style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\">BANKING, FINANCIAL SERVICES AND INSURANCE<\/li>\n<li style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\">HEALTH CARE<\/li>\n<li style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\">SERVICES TO GOVERNMENTS<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\">APCO Worldwide India Brochure<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\"><a style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;color:#990000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.apcoworldwide.com%2Fcontent%2FPDFs%2FIndia_Brochure.pdf&amp;h=rAQE2OckE&amp;s=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.apcoworldwide.com\/content\/PDFs\/India_Brochure.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\"><strong style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;\">For Your Eyes Only<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\">The best way one can surmise the working methodology of APCO Worldwide is aptly portrayed in the Bond movie\u00a0<em style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;\">Quantum of Solace<\/em>\u2019s character Dominic Greene and his Quantum organization.<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\"><a style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;color:#990000;\" href=\"http:\/\/greatgameindia.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/04\/apco-orchestrating-our-future-great-game-india.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-304\" style=\"background-color:transparent;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#dddddd #cccccc #cccccc #dddddd;font-size:13px;margin:.5em auto 1.625em;outline:0;padding:3px;vertical-align:baseline;clear:both;display:block;height:auto;left:-4px;max-width:100%;position:relative;-webkit-box-shadow:#cccccc 4px 4px 12px;box-shadow:#cccccc 4px 4px 12px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\" src=\"http:\/\/greatgameindia.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/04\/apco-orchestrating-our-future-great-game-india.jpg?w=529&amp;h=381\" alt=\"APCO Orchestrating Our Future Great Game India\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\"><strong style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;\"><em style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;\">Dominic Greene :<\/em><\/strong><em style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;\">\u00a0Well, look at what we did to this country. The Haitians elect a priest\u2026who decides to raise the minimum wage\u2026from 38 cents to $1 a day. It\u2019s not a lot, but it\u2019s enough to upset the corporations\u2026who were here making T-shirts and running shoes. So they called us, and we facilitated a change.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\"><strong style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;\"><em style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;\">General Medrano :<\/em><\/strong><em style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;\">\u00a0The difference is, my country\u2019s not some flyspeck\u2026in the middle of the Caribbean.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\"><strong style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;\"><em style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;\">DG :<\/em><\/strong><em style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;\">\u00a0But we\u2019ve already begun destabilizing the government. We\u2019ll supply the private security. We\u2019ll pay off the right officials, and we have 26 countries\u2026ready to officially recognize\u2026your new Bolivian Government.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\"><em style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;\">You want your country back. My organization can give it to you\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;b<br \/>\nackground-repeat:initial initial;&#8221;><em style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;\">within the week.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\"><em style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;\">You should know something about me and the people I work with. We deal with the left and the right, dictators or liberators. If the current president had been more agreeable, I wouldn\u2019t be talking to you. So if you decide not to sign, you\u2019ll wake up with your balls in your mouth and your willing replacement standing over you\u2026if you doubt that, then shoot me, take that money and have a good night\u2019s sleep.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\"><strong style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;\"><em style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;\">Report by<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\"><strong style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;\"><em style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;\">Shelley Kasli<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\"><strong style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;\"><em style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;\">Independent Geo-Political Researcher<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\"><em style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;\">In my previous articles we already saw how Massoad through it\u2019s dubious activities trained both the Tamilians and Lankans and profited heavily from it\u2019s enormous illegal arms supply to both the sides eventually destablizing the region that not only put the two countries on a collision course but also lead to the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi through it\u2019s Indian stooges.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\"><em style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;\"><a style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;color:#990000;\" href=\"http:\/\/greatgameindia.wordpress.com\/2013\/03\/07\/subramanian-swamy-the-mossad-stooge-the-assassination-of-rajiv-gandhi\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\">Subramanian Swamy \u2013 The Mossad Stooge &amp; The Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi &amp; it\u2019s Global Strategic Impact<\/strong><\/a><a style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;color:#990000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Ftinyurl.com%2Fbq2jns2&amp;h=fAQFMbMyt&amp;s=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n <\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\"><em style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;\">Now an ex-RAW official has filed a case unveiling a riveting story of safe houses for Mossad, fake firms and secret funds, buying shopping complexes and even producing movies.<\/em><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:.9236em;margin:0;outline:0;padding:10px 0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:1em;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\"><a style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:12px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;color:#990000;\" href=\"http:\/\/greatgameindia.wordpress.com\/2013\/04\/16\/raw-mossad-the-secret-link-mossad-safe-houses-in-new-delhi\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:12px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;\">RAW &amp; Mossad : The Secret Link \u2013 Mossad Safe Houses in New\u00a0Delhi<\/em><\/a><\/h1>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\"><a style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;color:#990000;\" href=\"http:\/\/greatgameindia.wordpress.com\/2013\/04\/16\/raw-mossad-the-secret-link-mossad-safe-houses-in-new-delhi\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;\">\u00a0<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\"><strong style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;line-height:1.625;\">REFERENCES :<\/strong><\/div>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\">Providing a legal basis to attack Iran<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\"><a style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;color:#990000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fproviding-a-legal-basis-to-attack-iran%2F2012%2F09%2F27%2Fe30e87a4-043b-11e2-91e7-2962c74e7738_story.html&amp;h=pAQEoph0N&amp;s=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/providing-a-legal-basis-to-attack-iran\/2012\/09\/27\/e30e87a4-043b-11e2-91e7-2962c74e7738_story.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\">HP Adviser APCO Built Crisis Unit Handling Vioxx, Ford<\/p>\n<p 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initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\">Aleksander Kwa\u015bniewski \u2013 Bilderberger \u2013 International Advisory Council Members<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\"><a style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;color:#990000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.apcoworldwide.com%2FContent%2Finternational_advisory_council%2FKeyStaff.aspx%3Fksid%3D9f78bc76-4b0c-4a7a-b32f-01b62d37afa6%26name%3DAKwa%26amp&amp;h=lAQHhLODd&amp;s=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.apcoworldwide.com\/Content\/international_advisory_council\/KeyStaff.aspx?ksid=9f78bc76-4b0c-4a7a-b32f-01b62d37afa6&amp;name=AKwa&amp;amp<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\">How APCO wants to push everyone off a cliff.<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\"><a style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;color:#990000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.globalresearch.ca%2Fhow-corporate-america-is-pushing-us-all-off-a-cliff%2F&amp;h=2AQEtbS4K&amp;s=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/how-corporate-america-is-pushing-us-all-off-a-cliff\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\">Getting to know Apco and its Israeli links<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\"><a style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;color:#990000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/l.php?u=http%3<br \/>\nA%2F%2Fmalaysia-today.net%2Findex.php%3Foption%3Dcom_content%26view%3Darticle%26id%3D30720%3Agetting-to-know-apco-and-its-israeli-links%26catid%3D21%3Aspecial-reports%26Itemid%3D100135&amp;h=HAQGozoYX&amp;s=1&#8243; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; rel=&#8221;nofollow&#8221;>http:\/\/malaysia-today.net\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=30720:getting-to-know-apco-and-its-israeli-links&amp;catid=21:special-reports&amp;Itemid=100135<\/a><\/p>\n<p 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rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/en.harakahdaily.net\/index.php\/articles\/analysis-a-opinion\/4585-how-apco-transformed-a-mass-murderer-into-a-messiah.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\">Modi gets PR firm Apco Worldwide to hardsell Vibrant Gujarat<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\"><a style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;color:#990000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.business-standard.com%2Findia%2Fnews%2Fmodi-gets-apco-to-hardsell-vibrant-gujarat-2011%2F373266%2F&amp;h=5AQEZ5hT9&amp;s=1\" target=\"_blank\" 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style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\"><a style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;color:#990000;\" href=\"http:\/\/hornbillunleashed.wordpress.com\/2010\/04\/01\/6239\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/hornbillunleashed.wordpress.com\/2010\/04\/01\/6239\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\">The growth of Fascism in India and Israel<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\"><a style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;color:#990000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nchro.org\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=6875%3Athe-growth-of-fascism-in-india-and-israel&amp;catid=54%3Afascism&amp;Itemid=33\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.nchro.org\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=6875%3Athe-growth-of-fascism-in-india-and-israel&amp;catid=54%3Afascism&amp;Itemid=33<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:transparent;border:0;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:23px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;\">APCO Worldwide India Brochure<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a style=\"background-color:transparent;font-size:13px;line-height:23px;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;border:0;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;color:#990000;\" 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