Conman posing as Taliban scams U.S. in sham negotiations | 34 comments (34 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

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They can't print those. Well, they could, but...

Appearances notwithstanding, not all European spies are total idiots. Some of them would notice if you started taking that sort of €-denominated paper money out of the €-zone banking system. Plus, the American empire is based on dollar hegemony. Wouldn't want to teach the locals to expect their bribes in €. That might do Bad Things to The American Way^TM.

- Jake

Friends come and go. Enemies accumulate.

by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Wed Nov 24th, 2010 at 05:28:13 AM EST
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I've no idea of the figures, but would the numbers really be significant compared with the number used in the drug trade?

by gk (gk (gk quattro due due sette @gmail.com)) on Wed Nov 24th, 2010 at 06:33:17 AM EST
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No, probably not. But in the drug trade, the money comes from a lot of small sources and are laundered to a few central end-points. This would go the other way around. Probably doesn't make any difference, though. But it still doesn't make any sense for the Americans to condition the locals to expect bribes in €.

- Jake

Friends come and go. Enemies accumulate.

by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Wed Nov 24th, 2010 at 06:55:47 AM EST
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Conman posing as Taliban scams U.S. in sham negotiations | 34 comments (34 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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