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News & Current Events Apr 13, 2026 at 6:10 PM

Cement firm Lafarge found guilty of financing terrorism in Syria

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Cement firm Lafarge found guilty of financing terrorism in Syria
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Cement firm Lafarge found guilty of financing terrorism in Syria
A Paris court found Lafarge guilty of paying jihadist groups to keep a factory running in the midst of the war in Syria.
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AK_Panda Apr 13, 2026 +32
IMO those sentences were too short for corporate businessmen who knowingly and purposefully funded the Islamic state for profit.
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cyberianscribe Apr 13, 2026 +8
I guess blowing up buildings helps with keeping the construction industry in business.
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baghdadcafe Apr 13, 2026 +8
I bet you the company has a lovely Corporate Social Responsibility statement though and probably a very nice "green" one as well seeing that they're involved in cement production - one of the most polluting industries in the world.
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Redi_Mixxer Apr 13, 2026 +5
Likely the reason the American division now goes by the name Amrize.
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macross1984 Apr 13, 2026 +3
Organizations care only in improving profitability and if that means shaking hand with devil under the table, they will.
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Frosty_Astronomer909 Apr 13, 2026 +4
You should have seen last night’s episode of 60 minutes about foreign trucking company from Serbia, very eye opening , but we let in in to do business in the USA.
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