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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 06:32 PM Original message |
Exclusive: Gangs Spreading In The Military |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
1. the marines have found a few good men? be all you can be in the army of one gang? nt |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
2. also see this DU thread: |
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USMC_Liberal (41 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 10:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
22. Sounds like Bullshit to me |
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SKKY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 10:19 PM Response to Reply #22 |
58. How about on an Aircraft Carrier? Think you might see gangs there? |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 10:22 PM Response to Reply #22 |
59. Yeah, it made me wonder if they meant recruits showing up |
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Zech Marquis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 03:43 AM Response to Reply #59 |
75. not during boot camp |
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stanwyck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 02:12 PM Response to Reply #22 |
65. I've got my own USMC liberal sitting right here |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
3. Gang activity clues are appearing in Iraq and Afghanistan, too. Gang graffiti is sprayed on blast wa |
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Stuckinthebush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
4. Zero tolerance |
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PoconoPragmatist (449 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 09:35 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. Not Just In The Military!! |
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pokercat999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 05:40 AM Response to Reply #16 |
31. and how long would it be before the Democratic Party |
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PoconoPragmatist (449 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 07:37 AM Response to Reply #31 |
37. I Meant Street Gangs |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 02:36 PM Response to Reply #37 |
81. you deserve neither liberty nor safety |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 09:03 AM Response to Reply #16 |
39. Your proposal is blatantly unconstitutional |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 02:35 PM Response to Reply #39 |
80. you are right. unconsitutional |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 03:06 PM Response to Reply #16 |
68. Not entirely correct... |
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leftist. (740 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 02:32 PM Original message |
Meh. |
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knight_of_the_star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 08:32 PM Response to Reply #16 |
84. That is extreme |
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mallard (460 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 04:37 AM Response to Reply #4 |
29. Recruitment woes? |
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LuckyLib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
5. Guess we're using those gangs "over there" so we don't have to deal with them "over here." |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 08:54 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. These are people we don't want to let vote, but we're putting them in the military + arming them--?? |
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badgervan (745 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 09:25 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. So True |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 11:15 PM Response to Reply #5 |
25. Wasn't this going to be Laura's |
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tanyev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 07:24 AM Response to Reply #25 |
35. Oh, I think she made a few public appearances which solved the gang problem, |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 05:12 PM Response to Reply #25 |
50. yup---a few photo ops and problem solved. prob gave them a few library books to boot? |
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BearSquirrel2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
6. Yet another sign ... |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 05:35 AM Response to Reply #6 |
30. If you think the draft is a good idea you should join up today |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 02:07 PM Response to Reply #30 |
64. i'm all for a draft- and/or mandatory government/social service after high school |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 03:07 AM Response to Reply #64 |
74. Nobody is too old or disabled to be enslaved |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 02:32 PM Response to Reply #74 |
79. it's a great idea- for those coming out of high school. |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 03:05 PM Response to Reply #79 |
82. Are you still in high school? |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 08:11 PM Response to Reply #82 |
83. i registered for the draft when my time came. |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 01:50 AM Response to Reply #83 |
86. Registering is nothing. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 06:25 PM Response to Reply #86 |
88. i did what was required of me. |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
7. Here in Houston, |
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donkeyotay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 09:33 AM Response to Reply #7 |
40. Pretty soon America will be like Baghdad |
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Hobbs (69 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
8. Isn't that special |
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Help me help Earth (217 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
9. This story come out every few years. |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 09:50 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. We ARE having problems with it in Houston... |
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Help me help Earth (217 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 12:58 PM Response to Reply #17 |
43. OCS grads? |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 01:42 PM Response to Reply #43 |
62. Yes! OCS... |
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Help me help Earth (217 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 09:19 PM Response to Reply #62 |
70. I'm still very skeptical about this story. |
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sanskritwarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 04:15 PM Response to Reply #17 |
48. Good christ........ |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 01:51 PM Response to Reply #48 |
63. I am ex military... |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 02:42 PM Response to Reply #63 |
66. But it *is* part of pop culture now. |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 08:12 PM Response to Reply #66 |
69. Denial.... |
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gulliver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 01:52 PM Response to Reply #9 |
45. I never heard it before. |
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Help me help Earth (217 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 08:35 PM Response to Reply #45 |
55. After Oklahoma City, white supremacists were the popular gang |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 09:07 PM Response to Reply #45 |
56. DING DING DING! Gulliver, you're our grand prize winner! |
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RogueBandit (168 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
11. Hells Angels in Viet Nam |
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The Wizard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 10:30 PM Response to Reply #11 |
23. Hells Angels |
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pokercat999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 05:47 AM Response to Reply #23 |
32. The Vietnamese were fighting on their soil against a |
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The Wizard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 06:46 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Never under estimate |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 04:23 PM Response to Reply #11 |
49. Sonny Barger and the other HA reactionary troglodytes "volunteered"... |
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pepperbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
12. check this video out..... |
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thereismore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
13. Don't blame it on a fighting war - it's the recruiting I think. Lower standards. nt |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 02:44 PM Response to Reply #13 |
67. They've had a harder time recruiting because of the war. Thus the lower standards. n/t |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
15. Right now they're probably what the military needs. Conscienceless thugs |
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olddad56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 10:15 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. Conscienceless thugs who like to kill. Sounds like the Bushies. |
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MikeNearMcChord (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
18. And let us not forget, Hate groups in the military also |
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PurpleChez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
19. Methinks I sense some hypocrisy here, or at least a double standard... |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
21. Looking for a few bad men |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
24. Well, that's to be expected with an economic draft... |
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superkia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 11:26 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Probably just setting up the ones who |
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NobleCynic (991 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 11:44 PM Response to Original message |
27. This strikes me as another one of those stories that has a kernel of truth |
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Captain Angry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 02:56 AM Response to Original message |
28. There were stories a couple of years ago about white supremecist groups signing up. |
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Help me help Earth (217 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 01:15 PM Response to Reply #28 |
44. Same BS then. |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 06:23 AM Response to Original message |
33. What do you expect when you open enlistment to felons? |
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gulliver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 02:22 PM Response to Reply #33 |
46. From the article... |
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Massachusetts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 07:26 AM Response to Original message |
36. The Draft is long overdue. |
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PurpleChez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 09:01 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Maybe so, maybe so... |
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donkeyotay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 09:37 AM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Yes, they could get some quality recruits there. nt |
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PurpleChez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 12:52 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. I love when they say things like |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 08:29 PM Response to Reply #41 |
52. Look no farther than Project 100,000 |
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Massachusetts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 09:08 AM Response to Reply #52 |
60. Agreed! Wasn't this a "LBJ war on poverty subprogram? |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 10:19 PM Response to Reply #60 |
72. They drafted all the 4-Ds |
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badgervan (745 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 09:38 PM Response to Reply #36 |
57. Never Happen |
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camero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
47. So are white supremesists. |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
51. More on this story today: Are Gang Members Using Military Training? |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 08:31 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. More Propaganda from those engaged in the "war on drugs" |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
53. So besides the violent initiation (hazing?), gang signs & grafitti, what are the actual crimes? |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 10:23 PM Response to Reply #53 |
73. Fraggings, disobedience & outright murder to name a few |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
61. The fucking military |
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John Kerry VonErich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 07:59 AM Response to Reply #61 |
76. If you think that... |
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bobthedrummer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
71. "Is your testimony going to apply to GANGS, as you say, attempting to take over local government?" |
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MiserableFailure (363 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
77. WHAT DID THEY THINK WAS GOING TO HAPPEN? |
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leftist. (740 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
78. LOL They couldn't come up with a better name? |
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BrightKnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 01:48 AM Response to Original message |
85. Let them patrol Iraq w/ crack and a can of spray paint. |
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SKKY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 05:10 AM Response to Original message |
87. I don't know why this is new news.... |
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Mugweed (939 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
89. What war? |
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