MAJOR STRATEGIC VICTORY OVER AFGHAN CHILDREN

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Another interesting Nauru factoid:

We promised them a LOT of money and services in return for shutting down their offshore banking business as part of the 'war on terrorism' ( much of the worlds money laundering has been done through Nauru, and since the Island depleted the last of it's phosphates, money laundering was literally the only income they have, being an Island more than a thousand miles from anywhere). They did, and we refused to pay off, stating that the various US officials that made the offer weren't authorized to do so. They're suing us in the world court, but since we don't recognize the world courts jurisdiction and they're just a tiny island nation, they're screwed. This is one of the main reasons they've agreed to warehouse detainees of all kinds. They have to import everything and they have no source of income. Austrailia pays them to put refugees in a place the no one has any contact with.