Piracy profits linked to terrorism


	Piracy profits linked to terrorism

tabsey

3-30-2008 3:14 AM

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pirating, is, a, terror, crime

tabsey says:

Therefore if you have any pirated stuff, you can be arrested as a terror suspect. Just the thing to open a few more doors ( and the companies are paying for this service too)

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