The French company Lafarge S.A., an international building materials manufacturer, funneled $6 million to ISIS and associates to protect cement plant operations Syria.
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A French company pleaded guilty Tuesday to paying terror groups, including the Islamic State, $6 million to keep a lucrative cement plant in Syria operating, marking the first time a corporation has been charged with supporting foreign terrorist organizations.
The Justice Department announced the guilty plea against Lafarge S.A., an international building materials manufacturer, after the firm was charged with conspiring to provide aid to the ISIS and the al-Nusrah Front, also known as al-Qaida in Syria, both U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organizations.
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Stand Against Fear
Journalists know that “what leads – bleeds”. People read newspapers and listen to news when there are exciting – not boring – things happening. Twenty-four-hour internet and television broadcasts can throw you into a world of crisis very easily so you need to be careful.
Believe What Others DoOften individuals are disappointed or resentful after a person who they trust lets them down. Anyone can make promises or say things that they don’t mean, and problems occurs if we believe they will follow through. It is especially foolish of us if we know that the person has a pattern of saying things without linking them to congruent actions.
Professional SilosI was raised in a small town in southern Saskatchewan. We had a couple of doctors and a small hospital but seldom had any contact with “specialists” and if required, needed to drive almost an hour to the nearest city for assessment and treatment. The doctors made house calls back then and took care of all our physical and mental illnesses with only the aid of instruments carried in a black bag.
Hard Work and CourageWhen my granddaughter Janaya graduated from high school in Saskatoon the school gave her a one-thousand-dollar scholarship for university. She is intelligent but also has an amazing work ethic and invests a lot of time into her studies. Intelligence plus hard work are a good formula for doing well.
Slow Down: One Step At A TimeA few years ago, I telephoned a mentor and said “I don’t know if I want to live in British Columbia”. She was surprised and asked for more information. I told her that I had found an advertisement for what seemed to be an interesting job opportunity in BC.
