Specifically, we wish to note the activities of Talisman Energy Inc. (Talisman) and China National Petroleum Company (CNPC), the two principal sources of the regime's revenue.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Attachment to 00-C 09

In the event of a divestment campaign against Sinopec of the type so debilitating to the stock price of Canada's Talisman Energy Inc. (which, together with CNPC, has substantial operations in Sudan), stockholders could find themselves taking losses due to a known political risk not referenced in the prospectus.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

The bipartisan U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, in a 20 December 1999 press release, announced the establishment of a Capital Markets Task Force, in large part out of concern that certain international oil companies, such as Talisman Energy Inc. of Canada, may use funds attracted in the U.S. markets to help finance their corporate activities in terrorist- and slavery-sponsoring Sudan.

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