But Symonds. who has been banned from Formula One for five years, claims driver Nelson Piquet Jr. first hatched the plan to deliberately crash to help teammate Fernando Alonso win the race.

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The proven and repeated failures of the IMF are perceived in these countries not as the result of technical mishaps but as a wicked plan to deliberately wreak havoc on their part of the world.

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Exactly when this might be achieved, though, and how many troops might be required to make it work, is deliberately omitted from the plan.

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