Amerika Syarikat MENGAKUI Menghantar BANTUAN MAUT' kepada pemberontak SYRIA . . .

Pejuang pemberontak menembak ke arah pasukan pro-rejim semasa pertempuran di kawasan Sheikh Najar bandar Syria yang bergolak Aleppo (A rebel fighter fires towards pro-regime forces during clashes in Sheikh Najar area of the restive Syrian city of Aleppo (AFP Photo/Zein al-Rifai)

SrikandiTV - Washington membekalkan beberapa pemberontak Syria dgn kedua-dua "maut dan bukan maut" bantuan, menurut Penasihat Keselamatan Negara Susan Rice, yang mengesahkan syak wasangka yang telah lama bahawa pentadbiran Obama itu melengkapkan pasukan anti-Assad.

Amerika Syarikat adalah "penyumbang terbesar bantuan kemanusiaan, menyediakan lebih $1.7 billion" sebagai bantuan, Rice kepada CNN.

"Itulah sebabnya Amerika Syarikat telah menghamburkan kata-kata sokongan untuk pembangkang disemak yang sederhana, memberikan sokongan maut dan nonlethal di mana kita boleh untuk menyokong kedua-dua pembangkang awam dan pembangkang tentera," katanya.

Sebelum ini, pegawai-pegawai Amerika mendakwa bahawa Amerika Syarikat menghantar hanya bantuan tidak membawa maut kepada pemberontak Syria, berkata mereka bimbang bahawa jika tangan Amerika Syarikat, terutama yang canggih seperti peluru berpandu anti-pesawat mudah alih, telah dihantar ke Syria, mereka mungkin berakhir di dalam tangan pengganas.

Laporan media, bagaimanapun, mencadangkan bahawa CIA secara rahsia terlibat dalam melatih kumpulan pemberontak dan membantu Arab Saudi dan Qatar pada menyeludup senjata kepada pemberontak berjuang untuk menjatuhkan Presiden Syria Bashar Assad.

Rice menekankan keinginan Washington untuk memainkan peranan yang lebih pro-aktif dalam konflik Syria dengan mendapatkan kelulusan Kongres untuk bantuan yang lebih kepada pemberontak dalam perang yang telah diadakan selama tiga tahun dan mendakwa menaik 160,000 nyawa.

Bantuan beratus-ratus juta dolar yang diberikan oleh Amerika Syarikat sejak permu-laan perang saudara pada tahun 2011 telah pergi ke arah semua bantuan kemanu-siaan, dia berkeras.

Walaupun butir-butir tentang khusus bantuan dan latihan yang disediakan untuk pihak pembangkang biasanya dielakkan oleh pegawai-pegawai Amerika Syarikat di temu bual, Presiden Barack Obama mengumumkan rancangan Syria beliau dalam ucapan dasar luar di akademi tentera West Point pada akhir Mei.

Pemberontak "menawarkan alternatif terbaik kepada pengganas dan diktator kejam," kata Presiden. Kini ia terpulang kepada Kongres untuk menyokong idea dan bantuan lampu-hijau lebih, seperti yang termaktub di dalam Akta Kuasa Perang.

Pada pertengahan Mei, Obama bertemu dengan pemimpin pembangkang yang berpang-kalan di Turki Syria Koalisi Nasional, Ahmad Jarba dan tentunya bantuan Amerika Syarikat kepada pembangkang Syria sebanyak $ 27 juta.

US admits sending ‘lethal aid’ to Syrian rebels

Washington is supplying some Syrian rebels with both “lethal and non-lethal” aid, according to National Security Adviser Susan Rice, who confirmed the longstanding suspicion that the Obama administration is arming anti-Assad forces.

The US is “the single largest contributor of humanitarian assistance, providing over $1.7 billion” in assistance, Rice told CNN.

“That’s why the United States has ramped up its support for the moderate vetted opposition, providing lethal and nonlethal support where we can to support both the civilian opposition and the military opposition,” she said.

Previously, American officials claimed that the US sent only non-lethal aid to Syrian rebels, saying they were concerned that if US arms, especially sophisticated ones like portable anti-aircraft missiles, were sent to Syria, they might end up in the hands of terrorists. Media reports, however, suggested that the CIA was secretly involved in training rebel groups and assisting Saudi Arabia and Qatar in smuggling arms to the rebels fighting to topple Syrian President Bashar Assad.

Rice emphasized Washington’s desire to play a more pro-active role in the Syrian conflict by getting Congress approval for more assistance to the rebels in the war that has been ongoing for three years and claimed upward of 160,000 lives.

The aid of hundreds of millions of dollars given by the US since the start of the civil war in 2011 has all gone toward humanitarian assistance, she insisted.

Although details about the specifics of aid and training provided to opposition forces are usually avoided by US officials in interviews, President Barack Obama announced his Syria plans in a foreign policy speech at West Point military academy in late May.

Rebels “offer the best alternative to terrorists and brutal dictators,” the president said. Now it’s up to Congress to support the idea of and green-light more aid, as is stipulated in the War Powers Act.

In mid-May, Obama met with the leader of the Turkey-based opposition Syrian National Coalition, Ahmad Jarba, and boosted US aid to the Syrian opposition by $27 million.

Amerika Syarikat Penasihat Keselamatan Negara Susan Rice (US National Security Adviser Susan Rice (AFP Photo/David Buimovitch)

Dalam temu bual itu, Rice mempertahankan dasar luar presiden, yang sesetengah peng-kritik di Amerika Syarikat percaya adalah pasif dan ketakutan. Beliau menegaskan bahawa Washington mengekalkan hubungan kukuh dgn negara-negara rakan kongsi dan kedudukan global yang kukuh.

"Saya rasa hakikat perkara ini ialah kita hidup dalam masa yang kompleks, terdapat banyak cabaran yang berbeza bahawa Amerika Syarikat dan DUNIA menghadapi. Tetapi kepimpinan kita tidak dapat ditandingi. Peranan kami adalah amat diperlukan, "katanya.

Pengesahan bantuan maut Amerika untuk pembangkang Syria datang pada tumit daripada penghantaran ‘delivery’ jet pejuang F-16 ke Iraq, sebuah negara musnah oleh mengamuk kekerasan sektarian, yang mengambil berpuluh-puluh kehidupan seharian.

Syria telah mengalami banyak dalam perang saudara selama 3 tahun, tetapi keraja-annya tetap stabil dan ketenteraan semakin tanah dalam memerangi pelbagai kuasa pembangkang, ramai daripada mereka Islam asing.

In the interview, Rice defended the president’s foreign policy, which some critics in the US believe to be passive and overcautious. She insisted that Washington retains strong ties with partner nations and a strong global position.

“I think the fact of the matter is we're living in complex times, there are many different challenges that the United States and the world faces. But our leadership is unmatched. Our role is indispensable,” she said.

The confirmation of America’s lethal aid to the Syrian opposition comes on the heels of the delivery of F-16 fighter jets to Iraq, a country torn apart by raging sectarian violence, which takes dozens of lives daily.

Syria has suffered greatly in the three-year civil war, but its government remains stable and its military is gaining ground in the fight against various opposition forces, many of them foreign Islamists.

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Berpuluh-puluh BANDAR-bandar Sepanyol BERARAK dalam BANTAHAN terhadap MONARKI . . .

SrikandiTV - Beribu-ribu orang Sepanyol dibanjiri Madrid pusat bandar Puerta del Sol pada hari Sabtu, tdk henti-henti dalam usaha mereka referendum untuk menghapus-kan apa yang mereka lihat sebagai raja di luar sentuh dan ketinggalan ZAMAN. 50 bandar-bandar telah meletus sebagai protes.

Sentimen orang ramai di negara bergelut dengan kemelesetan besar dan berhadapan dengan beberapa tahun kerajaan buruk membuat keputusan mencapai titik tip baru apabila pada hari Isnin, 2 Jun, apabila Raja Juan Carlos mengumumkan pelepasan beliau memihak kepada anaknya, 46 tahun  Putera Mahkota Felipe.

50 bandar-bandar terbesar di Sepanyol kini telah menyertai dalam korus rasa tidak puas hati negara.

Penunjuk perasaan mengibarkan merah, ungu dan emas bendera Republik Sepanyol Kedua dan sepanduk yang berbunyi "Tiada lagi raja-raja! Referendum! Demokrasi Real tanpa raja-raja" dan "Referendum untuk proses perlembagaan."

Dozens of Spanish cities march in protest 

against monarchy . . .

Thousands of Spaniards flooded Madrid’s downtown Puerta del Sol on Saturday, relentless in their pursuit of a referendum to do away with what they see as an out-of-touch and outdated monarchy. Fifty cities have erupted in protest.

Public sentiment in a country struggling with a huge recession and plagued by several years of bad government decision-making reached a new tipping point when on Monday, June 2, when King Juan Carlos announced his abdication in favor of his son, 46-year-old Crown Prince Felipe.

Fifty of Spain’s largest cities have now joined in the chorus of national discontent.

Protesters waved the red, purple and gold flags of the Second Spanish Republic and banners reading "No more kings! Referendum! Real democracy without kings" and "Referendum for a constitutional process."

 

Senario yang sama boleh dilihat Isnin selepas pelepasan yang membawa kepada pen-curahan spontan 20,000 orang ke jalan-jalan Madrid dalam protes yang diselaras-kan oleh gerakan anti-penjimatan 15-M. "Sepanyol, esok, akan menjadi Republik," penun-juk perasaan melaungkan. Pada hari Sabtu, penunjuk perasaan berulang tuntutan mereka.

The same scene could be seen Monday after the abdication led to a spontaneous outpouring of 20,000 people onto Madrid’s streets in a protest coordinated by the 15-M anti-austerity movement. “Spain, tomorrow, will be Republican,” protesters chanted. On Saturday, the protesters repeated their demands.

Orang ramai ingin mengubah perjalanan sejarah politik Sepanyol menjelang 19 Jun, apabila pertabalan Felipe adalah kerana berlaku. Para penunjuk perasaan melihat berarak di jalan raya dalam demonstrasi orang kuasa sebagai pilihan mereka, kerana kedua-dua sayap kanan parti Popular pemerintah dan pembangkang centrist Socialist - yang akan menyelia peralihan di Parlimen - adalah amat sangat memihak kepada mengekalkan pemerintahan beraja.

Di Barcelona, ​​ibu kota Catalonia - yang menuntut kemerdekaan lengkap dari Madrid - ribu juga membanjiri jalan-jalan untuk mengisytiharkan republik.

Aktivis, menjerit "Dear Felipe, tiada siapa yang telah memilih kamu," bersumpah untuk meneruskan kemerdekaan.

Raja Sepanyol, berketurunan langsung dari orang Bourbons rejim purba yang meme-rintah Perancis sebelum dan selepas revolusi tahun 1789, telah mempunyai sejarah berkotak-kotak. Datuk Juan Carlos, Raja Alfonso XIII, lari dari negara itu dalam menghadapi satu pemberontakan pada tahun 1931 dan negara ini menjadi sebuah republik.

Reputasi keluarga diraja berada di kemuncaknya pada tahun 1975 apabila, atas kematian diktator fasis General Francisco Franco, Juan Carlos telah dijemput kembali untuk menjadi raja.

Beliau pada awalnya menikmati populariti yang meluas untuk memainkan peranan yang aktif dalam membina demokrasi moden, tetapi apabila Sepanyol adalah di ambang kemelesetan ekonomi yang mendalam pada tahun 2011, beberapa siri skandal rasuah membuat menjejaskan besar dalam reputasi keluarga diraja itu.

Raja anak-dalam-undang-undang ini dan syarikat-syarikat beliau menjadi tumpuan siasatan penipuan yang melibatkan berjuta-juta dalam bentuk wang awam.

Selepas itu, apa-apa monarki tersebut yang keluar dari tempat atau berbeza dengan pengangguran mengejutkan dan kesengsaraan orang Sepanyol yang dilihat sebagai kemarahan yang besar.

Walaupun Juan Carlos tidak muncul untuk mengambil banyak iktibar daripada pergolakan ekonomi dan politik menyapu Sepanyol pada beberapa tahun kebelakangan ini - bukan menggambarkan pertabalan Felipe sebagai satu bentuk pembaharuan dan peluang untuk membina semula perkara baharu - ia kini sehingga putera untuk menyu-sun reputasi kemas pemerintahan beraja, yang dia diwarisi.

The crowds wish to change the course of Spain’s political history ahead of June 19, when Felipe’s coronation is due to take place. The protesters see taking to the streets in a demonstration of people power as their only option, as both the ruling right-wing Popular party and the centrist Socialist opposition – which will oversee the transition in Parliament – are overwhelmingly in favor of keeping the monarchy.

In Barcelona, the capital of Catalonia – which is seeking complete independence from Madrid – thousands also flooded the streets to proclaim a republic.

Activists, shouting “Dear Felipe, nobody has chosen you," swore to pursue independence.

Spain’s monarchy, descended directly from the ancient regime Bourbons who ruled France before and after the 1789 revolution, has had a checkered history. Juan Carlos’s grandfather, King Alfonso XIII, fled the country in the face of a popular revolt in 1931 and the country became a republic.

The reputation of the royal family was at its peak in 1975 when, on the death of fascist dictator General Francisco Franco, Juan Carlos was invited back to become king. He initially enjoyed widespread popularity for playing an active part in building a modern democracy, but when Spain was in the throes of a deep economic recession in 2011, a series of corruption scandals made a huge dent in the royal family’s reputation. The King's son-in-law and his companies became the focus of a fraud investigation involving millions in public money.

Afterward, anything the monarchy did that was out of place or in contrast to the staggering unemployment and misery of the Spaniards was perceived as a great outrage.

Although Juan Carlos did not appear to take much heed of the economic and political unrest sweeping Spain in the last few years – instead describing Felipe’s crowning as a sort of renewal and a chance to rebuild things anew – it is now up to the prince to sort out the monarchy’s messy reputation, which he inherited.

Penunjuk perasaan mengambil bahagian dalam tunjuk perasaan untuk menuntut satu referendum pada monarki berikutan pelepasan Raja Juan Carlos, di dataran Puerta del Sol di Madrid pada 7 Jun 2014 (Protesters take part in a demonstration to demand a referendum on the monarchy following the abdication of King Juan Carlos, at the Puerta del Sol square in Madrid on June 7, 2014 (AFP Photo/Pedro Armestre)

Orang memegang sepanduk dan bendera Republik Ke-2 Sepanyol semasa demonstrasi untuk menuntut referendum mengenai monarki berikutan pelepasan Raja Juan Carlos, di Madrid pada 7 Jun 2014 (People hold placards and flags of the Spanish Second Republic during a demonstration to demand a referendum on the monarchy following the abdication of King Juan Carlos, in Madrid on June 7, 2014 (AFP Photo/Gerard Julien)

Penunjuk perasaan A mengambil bahagian dalam tunjuk perasaan untuk menuntut satu referendum pada monarki berikutan pelepasan Raja Juan Carlos, di Madrid pada 7 Jun 2014 (A protester takes part in a demonstration to demand a referendum on the monarchy following the abdication of King Juan Carlos, in Madrid on June 7, 2014 (AFP Photo/Pedro Armestre)

Orang memegang bendera Republik Ke-2 Sepanyol dan bendera komunis semasa demonstrasi untuk menuntut referendum mengenai monarki berikutan pelepasan Raja Juan Carlos, di Madrid pada 7 Jun 2014 (People hold flags of the Spanish Second Republic and communist flags during a demonstration to demand a referendum on the monarchy following the abdication of King Juan Carlos, in Madrid on June 7, 2014 (AFP Photo/Gerard Julien)

Penunjuk perasaan memegang bendera Republik Ke-2 Sepanyol berjalan lalu orang berpakaian seperti watak kartun semasa demonstrasi untuk menuntut referendum mengenai monarki berikutan pelepasan Raja Juan Carlos, di Madrid pada 7 Jun 2014 (Protesters holding flags of the Spanish Second Republic walk past people dressed up as cartoon characters during a demonstration to demand a referendum on the monarchy following the abdication of King Juan Carlos, in Madrid on June 7, 2014 (AFP Photo/Tom Gandolfini)

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Slavyansk di bawah SERANGAN, tanpa air & elektrik SEBAGAIMANA tentera Kiev menyambung semula SERANGAN . . .

Penduduk Slavyansk semasa serangan meriam berat bandar mereka pada 8 Jun 2014 (Residents of Slavyansk during a heavy artillery shelling of their city on June 8, 2014 (RIA Novosti/Andrey Stenin)

SrikandiTV - Kematian dan kemusnahan dilaporkan di timur Ukraine sebagai meriam Kiev telah kembali serangan bandar derhaka Slavyansk. Penduduk tempatan memberi-tahu RT mereka telah tanpa air dan tenaga berjalan selama beberapa hari, dan harapan yang semakin pudar.

"Petala memecahkan hanya berhampiran dataran pusat. Mereka memukul rumah kediaman, sebuah kilang perabot, sebuah kafe dan pos komunikasi, "wakil tidak dina-makan majlis bandar tempatan memberitahu Itar-Tass. "Ada mangsa di kalangan orang awam dan beberapa orang menerima luka serpihan."

"Pada masa ini terdapat banyak orang di pusat kerana Pentakosta Massa dalam gereja berdekatan baru sahaja berakhir," tambah sumber itu.

Empat orang terbunuh dalam hasil daripada serangan itu, seorang gadis kecil di kalan-gan mereka. Tujuh orang telah dibawa ke hospital dengan kecederaan, wartawan RT itu Andrey Krasnoschyokov laporan dari tempat kejadian.

Slavyansk under fire, without water and power as Kiev troops resume shelling . . .

Death and destruction is reported in eastern Ukraine as Kiev’s artillery has resumed shelling the rebellious city of Slavyansk. Locals tell RT they have been without running water and power for days, and that hope is fading.

“The shells broke just near the central square. They hit residential houses, a furniture factory, a cafe and communications post,” an unnamed representative of the local city council told Itar-Tass. “There are victims among the civilians and some people received shrapnel wounds.”

“At this time there were many people in the center because of the Pentecost Mass in the nearby church has just ended,” the source added.

Four people were killed in the result of the shelling, a small girl among them. Seven people were taken to hospital with injuries, RT's correspondent Andrey Krasnoschyokov reports from the scene.

Penduduk Slavyansk berteduh di ruangan bawah tanah rumah mereka semasa serangan artileri berat kota mereka pada 8 Jun 2014 (Residents of Slavyansk take shelter in the basement of their house during a heavy artillery shelling of their city on June 8, 2014 (RIA Novosti/Andrey Stenin)

Meriam Kiev juga telah melanda paip gas di bandar, tetapi tidak ada ancaman letupan, majlis bandar memberitahu RIA Novosti. Shell lagi melanda sebuah stesen minyak di luar Slavyansk, dan letupan dan api diikuti.

Baca lanjut mengenai krewRusia Zvezda TV diculik berhampiran Slavyansk ‘Read more on the Russian Zvezda TV crew abducted near Slavyansk’

Mengesahkan: wartawan Itali terbunuh dalam Timur Ukraine ‘Confirmed: Italian journalist killed in Eastern Ukraine’

Bandar ini bertahan tanpa air paip, elektrik dan komunikasi

Penduduk Slavyansk mengatakan semangat mereka mendapat yang lebih rendah, seba-gai bandar raya benar2 dikelilingi oleh angkatan tentera Kiev & terdapat menembak berterusan dan serangan manakala pemindahan dihalang.

"Slavyansk telah diserang oleh serangan besar-besaran semalaman," seorang penduduk tempatan memberitahu RT, sambil menambah bahawa serangan yang tidak pernah berhenti.

Sebagai seorang lelaki yang bercakap kepada RT pada waktu pagi, dia melihat ruangan besar asap yang datang dari pinggir bandar. Bunyi bedilan kedengaran jelas melalui telefon.

Bandar ini sedang bersedia untuk hidup tanpa air minuman dan elektrik.

"Penduduk hidup hari ke-3 tanpa air, ada juga yang ke-5 . . . Separuh [penduduk bandar] tidak mempunyai bekalan elektrik," kata lelaki itu.

Kedai kehabisan bekalan air minum juga, Twitter imej menunjukkan bahawa penduduk telah mula menyungkit air yang tinggal daripada air pancut.

Menurut saksi RT ini, mereka garis air dan elektrik yang telah rosak adalah terletak di "zon perang," di mana kebanyakan pertempuran itu berlaku, itulah sebabnya ia adalah hampir mustahil untuk membaiki mereka.

"Terdapat satu gambaran bahawa [Kiev kuasa] adalah menarik di sekitar talian voltan tinggi untuk mengganggu mereka dan meninggalkan bandar tanpa air dan elektrik," katanya.

Kiev’s artillery also has hit a gas pipe in the city, but there was no explosion threat, the city council told RIA Novosti. Another shell struck a petrol station outside Slavyansk, and a blast and fire followed.

The city survives without tap water, electricity and communications

Slavyansk residents say their spirits are getting lower, as the city is completely sur-rounded by Kiev’s armed forces and there is constant shooting and shelling while evacuation is hindered.

“Slavyansk has been attacked by massive shelling overnight,” a local resident told RT, adding that the shelling never stops.

As the man was speaking to RT in the morning, he saw massive columns of smoke coming from the city outskirts. The sounds of shelling were heard distinctly over the phone.

The city is preparing to survive without drinking water and electricity.

“Residents are living a third day without water, some people even the fifth . . . Half [of the city population] doesn’t have electricity,” the man said.

As shops ran out of drinking water supplies too, Twitter images showed that residents had started scooping the remaining water out of fountains.

According to RT’s witness, those water and electricity lines that have been broken are located in the “war zones,” where most of the fighting takes place, that’s why it is almost impossible to repair them.

“There is an impression that [Kiev forces] are striking in the vicinity of high-voltage lines to disrupt them and leave the city without water and electricity,” he added.

'Slavyansk adalah sejumlahnya mimpi ngeri'

Penduduk Slavyansk meninggalkan bandar yang di kepung dengan peluru cangkerang yang bersiul atas kepala mereka, pemandu tempatan Vladimir, yang menarik angin keluar sekurang-kurangnya 10 penduduk sehari, memberitahu RT.

"Ini adalah mimpi ngeri jumlah apa yang berlaku di Slavyansk. Mereka [tentera Kiev] sahaja membiarkan wanita dan kanak-kanak meninggalkan bandar - mereka terpaksa berjalan melalui tempat pemeriksaan, "kata Vladimir. "Lelaki tidak dibenarkan keluar atau masuk bandar."

Vladimir yang secara literal memandu walaupun tidak berkesudahan tembakan, kata penduduk Slavyansk kebanyakannya mencari perlindungan di Crimea atau di kawasan-kawasan berhampiran.

Sementara itu, Pengawal Kebangsaan Ukraine telah mula tembakan meriam di pinggir Slavyansk, menurut video yang dikeluarkan di YouTube. Rakaman ini menunjukkan sejumlah besar asap yang datang dari bukit di pinggir bandar.

Pihak berkuasa Kiev telah baru-baru ini mempergiatkan apa yang Kiev panggilan "anti-pengganas" operasi dengan serangan meriam besar-besaran di Slavyansk. Rancangan itu adalah untuk menjalankan "pembersihan" Donetsk dan Lugansk kawasan menje-lang perasmian presiden diadakan pada 7 Jun.

‘Slavyansk is a total nightmare’

Slavyansk residents are leaving the besieged city with shells whistling above their heads, local driver Vladimir, who evacuates at least 10 residents a day, told RT.

“This is a total nightmare what is happening in Slavyansk. They [Kiev troops] only let women and children leave the city – they are forced to walk through the checkpoints,” Vladimir says. “Men are not allowed to leave or enter the city.”

Vladimir, who literally drives though never-ending gunfire, says Slavyansk residents are mostly seeking refuge in Crimea or in nearby regions.

Meanwhile, Ukraine’s National Guard has begun artillery fire in the outskirts of Slavyansk, according to a video released on YouTube. The footage shows a huge amount of smoke coming from the hill on the outskirts.

Kiev authorities have recently intensified what Kiev calls an “anti-terrorist” operation with a massive artillery attack on Slavyansk. The plan was to conduct a “clean-up” of Donetsk and Lugansk regions ahead of the presidential inauguration held on June 7.

Penduduk Slavyansk semasa serangan meriam berat bandar mereka pada 7 Jun 2014 (Residents of Slavyansk during a heavy artillery shelling of their city on June 7, 2014 (RIA Novosti/Andrey Stenin)

Penduduk Slavyansk semasa serangan meriam berat bandar mereka pada 7 Jun 2014 (Residents of Slavyansk during a heavy artillery shelling of their city on June 7, 2014 (RIA Novosti/Andrey Stenin)

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