Was on my way to the ball game.
"US says human trafficking spreading" by Matthew Lee, Associated Press / June 28, 2011
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration nearly doubled the number of countries that may face US sanctions for not doing enough to combat human trafficking yesterday, calling on those and other nations to take tough steps to eradicate the lucrative illicit practice.
I bet I know one country that will not.
In its annual Trafficking in Persons report, the State Department analyzed conditions in 184 nations, including the United States, and ranked them in terms of their effectiveness in fighting what many have termed modern-day slavery. The State Department estimates that as many as 27 million men, women, and children are living in such bondage around the world....
This as we are turned into slaves by our very own government and its policies.
Countries on the blacklist include perennials such as Cuba, Iran, Burma, North Korea, and Sudan, along with frequent US foes Eritrea, Libya, and Zimbabwe. Others are allies in the Middle East such as Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, and Papua New Guinea was cited as a repeat offender. Only one country, the Dominican Republic, was taken off the list.
New to the blacklist are Algeria, the Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Lebanon, Libya, Madagascar, Micronesia, Turkmenistan, Venezuela, and Yemen.
The report also cited six nations — Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burma, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen — for using child soldiers and not taking steps to end the practice.
Related: Soccer Match Monday: Somalia's Kid Soldiers
Is it okay when they are ours?
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Sorry, readers, but I'm not interested in State Department hatchet list promoted by a mouthpiece media when same country is responsible for mass-murder and torture based on lies.
Related:
"Women from the former Soviet Union and China are still being trafficked across the border with Egypt into Israel for forced prostitution by organized criminal groups"
Did they make the list again and we were just not told by the AmeriKan media?
Also see: Massachusetts Senate OKs measure to curb human trafficking
Around AmeriKa: One-Day Wonder From Ohio
Hawaii: Home of Human Trafficking
I guess that's enough hypocrisy for one post.
