#ninjas

Ethiopia studies Mongolia’s artisanal mining | The UB Post
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Representatives led by the Minister of Mining of Ethiopia, Tewodros Gebregzabher, are paying a seven-day visit to Mongolia to become acquainted with the nation’s artisanal mining industry and policies.
On Tuesday, the Ethiopian delegation was received by the Ministry of Mining of Mongolia and introduced to the conventional and artisanal mining sector’s current conditions, as well as its legal environment and achievements.
During their visit, the delegation will meet representatives from governmental and non-governmental mining organizations to exchange experience on legalizing and formalizing micro-mining, defining its economic contributions, as well as on land reclamation, and the working conditions of micro-miners.
The Ethiopian team is also studying health and social insurance accessibility for micro-miners in Mongolia. They will meet micro-miners in Bayankhongor Province’s Bayan-Ovoo soum and visit the Monpolymet Group, which is engaged in gold mining land reclamation in Zaamar soum, Tuv Province. The delegation will also become acquainted with the progress of a sustainable micro-mining project which is being implemented in Mongolia with the aid from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation.

Mongol News spoke with the Chairman of the Policy Coordination Department of the Ministry of Mining, B.Batkhuu, regarding Mongolia and Ethiopia’s micro-mining conditions.

Major representatives of the Mongolian micro-mining sectors are small gold mining companies and individuals. A law on micro-mining was also approved to support them, but gold delivery to Mongol Bank is not increasing. Can you explain why?
It is directly related to poor government policy. Gold reserves at Mongol Bank have drastically decreased, because of the 68 percent tax that was being imposed. At the beginning of 2000, gold delivered to Mongol Bank reached 20 tons, and it dropped to two tons as a result of this tax.
Some companies were also illegally exporting gold to foreign countries. It was a good decision to cancel the tax in order to keep gold in the country. Now gold reserves are gradually increasing.

En commentaire Satoshi Murao, cette mention de la mise en place de mesures anti-#ninjas dont je n’ai pas trace pour le moment.

Mongolia is spearheading countermeasures on the artisanal/small-scale gold mining (ASGM) and the experiences should be shared with the world like this news.

Une fois n’est vraiment pas coutume, je balance un #cinéma_barré.

Dans la même veine que Iron Sky, c’est-à-dire un film récent, avec une armée secrète totalement improbable : Norwegian Ninja.

C’est une version revisité de l’espion #Arne-Trehold, mais où celui-ci n’est en fait pas du tout un traître, mais le maître d’une armée de #ninjas ultra secrète, engagé par le roi Olav lui-même pour protéger la souveraineté de la #Norvège aussi bien contre les soviétiques que contre les USA.

Ya quelques passages un peu mous, mais c’est pas mal de bonnes idées complètement débiles quand même. Rien que pour les lunettes et moustaches 70’s.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7c/Norwegian_Ninja.jpg

Ça m’étonne que le New York Times n’en ait pas encore fait sa Une : non seulement l’#Iran développe la bombe atomique, mais en plus, l’Iran forme des #ninjas ! Des ninjas, des vrais, avec une ceinture noire !

SUBJECT : IRAN : NINJA BLACK BELT MASTER DETAILS USE OF MARTIAL ARTS CLUBS FOR REPRESSION
►http://wikileaks.ch/cable/2009/09/09BAKU687.html

¶1. (C) xxxxxxxxxxxx a licensed martial arts coach and trainer xxxxxxxxxxxx, told Baku Iran watcher that private martial arts clubs and their managers are under intense pressure to cooperate with Iranian intelligence and Revolutionary Guard organizations, both in training members and in working as “enforcers” in repression of protests and politically motivated killings. xxxxxxxxxxxx who provided originals of his Iranian coaching license and technical certificate as xxxxxxxxxxxx. He claimed that his xxxxxxxxxxxx with difficulty maintained its independence from control by organizations affiliated with the Revolutionary Guard and/or intelligence service. xxxxxxxxxxxx

¶2. (C) xxxxxxxxxxxx observed that Iranian internal security forces are highly suspicious of these clubs as potential vehicles for organization and “combat” training of future protesters and regime opponents. Nonetheless, he asserted that their main motivation is seeking to control these clubs is less driven by such fears as by a desire to deploy their trained membership at will for “special tasks.” According to xxxxxxxxxxxx these tasks range from providing martial arts training to Revolutionary Guard members and Basij, assistance in protest repression, intimidation, and crowd control, to political killings. He observed that use of these clubs and their members provides the security forces with “plausible deniability” for dirty undertakings, as well as trained fighters and potential trainers.

Noter la notion de « plausible deniability », pur jargon américain. Mais pas idiot : « attaqué par des ninjas iraniens », personne ne va jamais vous croire.

Je suggère donc aux services de renseignements étatsuniens de se documenter sur les armes de destructions massive pour ninjas :
►http://samourais.free.fr/S_Ninjas2.html

#cablegate