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A comment on Pirate Bay Founder Arrest Followed By $59m Swedish Aid Package For Cambodia. Parent comment

Re:Pirate Bay Founder Arrest Followed By $59m Swedish Aid Pa... by reinhardt on Wednesday September 05, 2012 @04:06PM (#4481200)
Nobody is claiming that Svartholm alone was worth $60M to Sweden. Still, is it equally "obvious" to you that not even a tiny fraction of the lump amount was allocated to "strengthen the relationships between the immigration departments" of the two countries? If you want to believe it then please do...
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Re:Pirate Bay Founder Arrest Followed By $59m Swedish Aid Pa... by Peer on Wednesday September 05, 2012 @04:17PM (#4481249)
I thought that was exactly what the article tried to imply.

From the article: "But today, in another one of those unusual political coincidences, Cambodian officials announced the “strengthening of bilateral ties” with Sweden – along with a $59 million aid package sweetener."

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Re:Pirate Bay Founder Arrest Followed By $59m Swedish Aid Pa... by reinhardt on Wednesday September 05, 2012 @04:44PM (#4481375)
The implication is that the package helped (in part or in whole, that's not implied) sweeten the deal. How does the fact that it was decided half a year go make it obvious that the implication is wrong? Wasn't Svartholm wanted back then?
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