[CTRL] Tony Blair - A Representative of the British or the Americans?
-Caveat Lector- http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,778733,00.html The cost of Bush's war Tony Blair must choose whether to represent his own people - or a US Republican clique Seumas Milne Thursday August 22, 2002 The Guardian Don't say they didn't warn us. Even as debate is raging on both sides of the Atlantic over the threat of war against Iraq, US leaders have already declared their hand. George Bush's defence secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, this week announced that the US could not afford to wait for additional evidence about Saddam Hussein's weapons programme before taking action. That followed national security adviser Condoleezza Rice's insistence that we certainly do not have the luxury of doing nothing about the powerful moral case for regime change. And earlier this month Bush himself boasted he would use all the tools at his disposal to topple this threat to civilisation, who was thumbing his nose at the world. All three were in conclave in Texas yesterday, as US military preparations mount in the Gulf, bombing raids by British and US warplanes on southern Iraq intensify - there were three in the past week, out of 28 so far this year - and war fever pushed oil prices over $30 a barrel. With the failure to capture Osama bin Laden or Mullah Omar, the overthrow of Saddam has become the war on terror. And the US administration shows every sign of pressing ahead in splendid isolation. Internationally, only Israel appears to be committed to an attack, even if Tony Blair's loyalty is taken for granted in the White House. But in the US itself, what is striking is the narrowness of support for war on Iraq at the heart of the political establishment. When Republican hard men such as Henry Kissinger, Brent Scowcroft and the victor of the 1991 Gulf war, Stormin' Norman Schwarzkopf, come out against Bush Jr's return match, the president might be thought to be in some difficulty. Presumably the assumption is that, with polls recording strong support among the US public, dissent will be duly stilled when the call comes. No such comfort is available in Britain, where opposition to a new assault on Iraq has reached critical levels. Put on one side the legions of bishops, retired generals, mandarins, Tory grandees, ex-ministers and trade unionists lining up to denounce the prospect of war. Even someone like the former Foreign Office minister Lord Chalfont, battle-hardened cold war warrior and a hawk in every conflict for well on half a century, has balked at this one. With the Tory hierarchy refusing to speak out, it has become increasingly hard to find any mainstream figure prepared to put the case for the American adventure. What supporters there are have floundered for lack of a coherent and consistent argument. It hasn't helped that the usual guidance from Washington has been so flakey and would-be cheerleaders have been left begging Bush and Blair to make a proper case for their war. First the pretext was Iraq's non-existent links with al-Qaida and September 11. Then it was the anthrax attacks in the US, which turned out to be a domestic problem. Then it was the long-running dispute over Iraq's drastically depleted chemical and biological weapons capacity and its resistance to the return of UN weapons inspectors. But now that Saddam has begun to signal a climbdown on inspectors (apparently going a good deal further in private messages passed to the US administration via Jordan's King Abdullah), they seem to be something of a side issue after all. As John Bolton, the US undersecretary for arms control, blurted out, the regime change policy will not be altered, whether inspectors go in or not. And according to General Wesley Clark, Nato's commander during the Kosovo war, the Bush administration's hawks concede in private that Iraq is no threat to the US. Meanwhile, it is increasingly widely acknowledged that the only circumstances in which Saddam is now likely to pose a threat to his neighbours is, ironically, if he faces a full-scale American invasion. The implication of all this could not be clearer. The US is committed to overthrowing the Iraqi regime, not because of terrorism or weapons of mass destruction or brutal internal repression, but because it is an obstacle to the imposition of a new pax Americana on the world's main oil-producing region. The last-ditch argument by the war party is that a US attack, expected to produce further large-scale destruction and civilian casualties, would at least give the Iraqi people what they want. No doubt many Iraqis passionately hope for an end to the rule of Saddam Hussein. But testing Iraqi opinion on the prospect of a new war, or anything else for that matter, is impossible in current circumstances. What we do know is that the Iraqi opposition itself has become increasingly polarised over the expected US assault. Both main influential Islamist parties are opposed to a US attack, as are the communists - the largest political force in Iraq before
[CTRL] Detailed Israeli plan for etnic cleansing: The Logistics Of Transfer
-Caveat Lector- -Original Message- From: Gale Courey Toensing [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 3:56 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [AL-AWDA-News] DETAILED ISRAELI PLAN FOR ETHNIC CLEANSING: ``THE LOGISTICS OF TRANSFER Go to www.gamla.org.il/english for the entire ``plan : ``The Logistics of Transfer. Gamla is an Israeli organization founded by former military officers and settlers. The entire nine-part plan to completely remove Palestinians -- known and despised everywhere else in the world as ``ethnic cleansing -- from what's left of their historic homeland (half of 22 percent of historic Palestine when you count up all the settlements and roads etc) is published on their website. This is the kind of discussion that takes place in ``the only democracy in the Middle East. The only thing not mentioned here is cattle cars. Why does the world stand by silently and allow the Israelis to plan the destruction of an entire nation and its people? ``Eretz Yisrael is God's bedroom where He interacts with the Jews, His chosen people, and where others do not belong. They have no business being involved in the relationship between God and the Jewish people. The Logistics of Transfer July 3, 2002 E. Israel's Actions in Yesha and the relocation itself Though the importance of all these information campaigns can't be overstated, Israel must accompany them by actions carried out in Yesha, to demonstrate the seriousness of her intentions. It is absolutely clear that the first step is the destruction of Arafat's regime and the annexation of Judea, Samaria and Gaza. The Arabs must be led to understand that these lands are an inseparable part of the Jewish state forever. Professor Paul Eidelberg, president of the Yamin Yisrael party, has the very worthwhile idea of selling plots of land in Yesha at low prices to Jews residing anywhere in the world and wanting to move to Israel. Also deserving of consideration is his other suggestion of relocating various governmental institutions to Yesha. The continued development of Jewish life in Yesha must became a priority in Israel's policy. A similarly important task is the development of Yesha's infrastructure including the construction of highways, an airport and a sea-port. Meanwhile, any attempts on the part of the Arabs to carry out sabotage or terrorist activity must be immediately suppressed in the most brutal way. It is possible, for example, to implement a suggestion by Harvard Professor Alan Derschowitz, an American liberal lawyer. With slight modification, it works as follows: Israel issues a warning that, in a response to any terrorist attack, she will immediately completely level an Arab village or settlement, randomly chosen by a computer from a published list. The essence of the idea is to make the Arabs completely responsible for their own fate, and to make it clear that terrorism will not be merely tolerated, but will be harshly punished. Along with the world community, the Arabs will know precisely what will result if they attack Jews. The use of a computer to select the place of the Israeli response will put the Arabs and the Jews on a level footing. The Jews do not know where the terrorists will strike, and the Arabs will not know which one of their villages or settlements will be erased in retaliation. The word erased very precisely reflects the force of Israel's response. The Arabs residing there will be evicted without compensation, all houses and buildings completely demolished, and the settlement itself, with the help of bulldozers and any other necessary equipment, will be leveled into a large field. After the appearance of several such fields the Arabs will lose any desire to commit terrorist attacks and the number of Arabs wanting to leave Eretz Yisrael will certainly increase. Israel will need to develop something like a timetable for the transfer to take place, establishing certain time windows within which various stages of the transfer should be completed. This information should, of course, be shared with the rest of the world, since Israel's goal is to involve other countries in furthering this process. It is most favorable for the entire transfer process to be as quick as possible, hopefully not to exceed a 5 to 8 year time period. The faster it is completed the better the outcome for all involved. Both the Jews and Arabs can start recovering their lives and establishing real neighborly relations no longer marred by constant conflict. Israel must make clear to the world community that, if a decision cannot be made within 3 to 5 years to establish a state for the Palestinian Arabs in some viable location, she will be forced to start the forced expulsion of Arabs into Jordan and the Sinai. If all the other elements of the transfer strategy are concurrently implemented throughout this time period, it is valid to assume that the number of Arabs remaining to be resettled will be far less than one million.
[CTRL] Israel: Unpardonable wall of silence
-Caveat Lector- Our lives begin to end, the day we become silent about things that matter. - Martin Luther King http://english.pravda.ru/main/2002/04/05/27359.html 11:00 2002-04-05 ISRAEL: UNPARDONABLE WALL OF SILENCE The unpardonable wall of silence behind which the international community hides is an injustice to human rights and an affront to the notion that the condition of basic human dignity is a birthright. As Pope John Paul II embodies the feelings of outrage felt around the globe in reaction to the implacable wave of violence unleashed by the hatred of Ariel Sharons regime, reports from the occupied territories tell of unspeakable acts of barbarism and cruelty perpetrated by the Israeli Armed Forces. Referring to the siege of the Basilica of the Nativity in Bethlehem, Pope John Paul II declared that The Basilica is a place of refuge for everyone...We reject the unjust conditions and humiliations imposed on the Palestinian people and also the revenge attacks and reprisals which serve no purpose except to feed the feeling of hatred and frustration. The Vatican took the opportunity to reiterate its official line on the issue, translated in five points: the unequivocal condemnation of terrorism, condemnation of the injustice, humiliation and reprisals imposed on the people of Palestine; respect for UN Resolutions; proportional use of means of defence (by Israel) and the respect for protection of people in holy places. Meanwhile, reports start to stream in to international press circles about the horror inflicted on civilians and foreign journalists by the Israeli armed forces. The photographs speak for themselves savage beating of unarmed pacifists, male and female alike, the shooting of civilians as they enter and leave hospitals, the refusal to allow aid into the besieged areas, bodies lying around unburied and summary detentions and executions. The director of the organisation Seeds of Peace, the American paramedic Adam Shapiro, declared in an interview to the Portuguese daily Diario de Noticias, that the situation in Ramallah is catastrophic. There are people wounded. There are Israeli marksmen all around the hospital and it is very difficult for us to move about. The Israelis are arresting medical staff from the Red Crescent and are stopping ambulances from circulating. He declared that while their governments do nothing, there are personnel from the USA and EU countries putting their lives at risk trying to help the Palestinian civilians who are being murdered before their eyes. Civilians cannot reach the hospital because the Israeli troops are not allowing them through, despite their wounds. They have taken to the churches, where they are being treated by nuns. Worse,in a flagrant act of wanton violence, a war crime to add to the growing list perpetrated by Ariel Sharon and his armed forces: Yesterday a 56-year-old woman who had come for treatment (to the hospital) tried to go home, which is near the hospital. When she left, an Israeli sniper shot her in the face. She died, instantly. Journalists are also being prohibited from circulating freely, against the norms of international press rules, which require the authorities to do everything within their power to assist in their free circulation. This is printed on the International Press Card. Atta Isawat, a Palestinian photographer working with two journalists from AFP, arrested along with him, was subjected to acts of torture before the eyes of his co-workers, in broad daylight. The Israeli soldiers told him You are walking strangely, we will have to shoot you. He suggested that he should take off his clothes to prove that he was not carrying explosives. This he did, but was forced to lie in the street, under torrential rain, for over an hour, with his face in the mud and his hands behind his back, before an Israeli soldier smashed his face into the mud with his boot, shouting This is a war zone. When a society loses sight of the path which is right and reason, its death-knell begins to toll. Israel has isolated itself from world public opinion. Now, if it does not change course rapidly, it is ponly a question of time. The palestinians have won their cause, paid in the blood of their men, women and children. Timothy BANCROFT-HINCHEY PRAVDA.Ru A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as
[CTRL] Iraq: Don't Go There
-Caveat Lector- http://commondreams.org/views02/0825-03.htm Published on Sunday, August 25, 2002 by Christian Century magazine Iraq: Don't Go There by George Hunsinger Wars are not won on the defensive, asserts Vice President Dick Cheney. We must take the battle to the enemy and, where necessary, preempt grave threats to our country before they materialize. For the Bush administration, this policy appears to include a preemptive strike against Iraq, which is viewed as another installment in its war against terrorism. A war of preemption, advocates maintain, will bring about a highly desired regime change in Iraq, install a democratic government there and free the Iraqi people. By just war standards, however, a preemptive attack against Iraq must be condemned. According to just war theory, three criteria determine whether going to war is justifiable: the cause must be just, the chances of success must be reasonable and the authority to wage war must be competent. None of these conditions can be met by the preemptive strike planned against Iraq. It is not likely that the main criteria for justifiable conduct in war--providing immunity for noncombatants and using means proportional to the ends--can be met either. Let's look at each of these principles in light of the proposed attack against Iraq. Just cause? Having a sufficient cause is the most important condition justifying war. Historically this has involved (a) self-defense (b) against an act of aggression and (c) used as a last resort. Initiating an act of war violates this requirement, since the only sufficient reason for warfare is self-defense against physical aggression. The right to preempt an anticipated attack can be extrapolated from the self-defense principle if preemptive strikes meet a high standard of justification: the attack being prevented must be imminent, not merely conjectured or vaguely feared in the long run. Everything depends, therefore, on whether Iraq plans to launch an attack against the U.S. in the near future. Two questions are relevant: Does Hussein actually possess weapons of mass destruction? And if so, do they pose a clear and imminent danger to the U.S. or its allies? The answer to both these questions seems to be no. No evidence has been produced that Iraq is manufacturing weapons of mass destruction. According to experts, both the capacity to manufacture them and the capability of delivering them are lacking. This assessment has been confirmed by sources as diverse as Former Defense Secretary William S. Cohen, current Secretary of State Colin Powell and former UN arms inspector Scott Ritter. As a result of the gulf war, Iraq had virtually all of its major weapons programs destroyed--including its nuclear weapons capability, as reported by the International Atomic Energy Agency. Even if Hussein does retain some minimal capability in weapons of mass destruction, mere possession, by just war criteria, is not enough. Iraq has obvious incentives not to implicate itself in using such a capability against the U.S.--unless Iraq itself should be attacked first in an unprovoked war of preemption. In that case, Saddam Hussein would have nothing to lose by unleashing, in desperation, anything he may have. Reasonable chance of success? The just war theory requires stringently weighing in advance the consequences of a military campaign, even though this requirement by itself is not decisive. Any one who has read Tolstoy's War and Peace or who remembers the Vietnam War should know that when success is made to sound too easy, skepticism is the order of the day. Precious human lives and scarce economic resources are at stake. Would liberating Iraq really be a cakewalk, as Ken Adelman, former U.S. arms control director, has claimed? Or is Immanuel Wallerstein of Yale University correct when he warns that Iraq could become another Vietnam: Just as in Vietnam, the war will drag on and will cost many U.S. lives. And the political effects will be so negative for the U.S. that eventually Bush (or his successor) will pull out. A renewed and amplified Vietnam syndrome will be the result at home. According to some estimates, as many as 250,000 U.S. troops will be needed. While other estimates are lower, one Pentagon study has projected an acceptable death rate of 20,000-30,000 U.S. soldiers. (The number of acceptable Iraqi deaths has apparently not been calculated.) The Iraqi army, estimated at 500,000 troops, will be defending their homeland against a foreign invader who has been bombing them for years. Dissident military analyst Carlton Meyer says: Ideally, the campaign can be won by sending in 50,000 troops charging in from the air and sea. . . . However, they could get bogged down if the Iraqis fight in the cities and mine the roads. In every military operation there are a hundred things that can go wrong; if you can anticipate half of them, you're a genius. Arab leaders have warned that a U.S. war against Iraq could
[CTRL] Discrimination in Israeli Law
-Caveat Lector- Discrimination in Israeli Law Wednesday, June 12 2002 @ 06:42 PM GMT The Declaration of Independence in 1948 defined Israel as both a Jewish and democratic state, committed to the ingathering of the exiles, and to guaranteeing equality to all its citizens. Yet insofar as Israel defines itself as Jewish, it overrides and compromises the extent to which it can be democratic. Article 26 All Persons are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to the equal protection of the law. In this respect the law shall prohibit any discrimination and guarantee to all persons equal and effective protection against discrimination on any grounds such as race, colour, sex, language, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) Discrimination in Israeli Law Despite Israel's ratification of the ICCPR and its guarantee to protect all of its citizens against discrimination, Palestinian Arab citizens in Israel are discriminated against in a variety of forms and denied equal individual rights because of their national belonging. Though this discrimination is politically motivated, the Israeli legal system is part of this political context. As well as offering limited provisions for equality or political participation to members of the Palestinian Arab minority, the law in Israel subjects them to three types of discrimination: direct discimination against non-Jews within the law itself, indirect discrimination through neutral laws and criteria which apply principally to Palestinians, and institutional discrimination through a legal framework that facilitates a systematic pattern of privileges(1). The Jewish and Democratic State The Declaration of Independence in 1948 defined Israel as both a Jewish and democratic state, committed to the ingathering of the exiles, and to guaranteeing equality to all its citizens. Yet insofar as Israel defines itself as Jewish, it overrides and compromises the extent to which it can be democratic. Israel as a Jewish state has been legally defined as resting on three minimum conditions: where Jews form the majority, where Jews are entitled to special treatment and preferential laws, and where a reciprocal relationship exists between Israel and the Jewish people in the diaspora. Yet in all these conditions, the Palestinian Arab minority is both excluded and hence discriminated against: by privileging Jews, the state treats others as second-class citizens. Constitutional Equality Israel does not have a formal constitution, but has drawn up a series of Basic Laws that form a constitution in evolution. Prior to 1992, none of these Basic Laws guaranteed any basic rights. However, in 1992 the Basic Law: Human Dignity and Freedom was passed (2) which subsequently authorised courts to overturn Knesset laws that were contrary to the right to dignity, life, freedom, privacy, property and the right to leave and enter the country. Specifically, however, it did not include the right to equality. Further, section 1A of the law states that it aims to anchor the values of the State of Israel as a Jewish and democratic state. Given the lack of an explicit law that constitutionally protects equality for all citizens, this emphasis on the Jewishness of the State again compromised the equal rights protection for the Palestinian Arab minority. Political Participation Palestinian Arabs rights to run for elections to the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, are also limited by their acceptance of the notion of the Jewish state. These limits are expressed in the Law of Political Parties (1992) and, in particular, the amendment of section 7A(1) of the Basic Law: The Knesset which prevents candidates from participating in the elections if their platform suggests the denial of the existence of the State of Israel as the state of the Jewish people. Under this section a party platform that challenges the Jewish character of the state, that for example calls for full and complete equality between Jews and Arabs in a state for all its citizens, can be disqualified, as lists have been in the past.(4) The law demands that Palestinian Arab citizens may not challenge the state's Zionist identity. Direct Discrimination There are two main examples of laws that discriminate against Palestinian Arabs by directly distinguishing between Jews and non- Jews: Citizenship Rights the Law of Return: National identity is the main factor in deciding the acquisition of citizenship in Israel. The Law of Return grants every Jew the right to immigrate to Israel. The Nationality Law automatically grants citizenship to all Jews who have done so, and also to their spouses, children,s grandchildren, and all their spouses. This privilege is for Jews only. Palestinian Arabs can only get citizenship by birth, residence (after meeting a cumulative list of conditions) or naturalisation. Special Status
Re: [CTRL] NYTimes.com Article: U.S. Weighs Flight Restrictions Near Sept. 11 Crash Sites
-Caveat Lector- --- RevCOAL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Considering that none of the aircraft involved in last September's event were foreign, private, or charter aircraft, these proposed restrictions for this coming 9/11 are odd, to say the least... These are the planes least likely to be under the thumb of Uncle Sam. It's about CONTROL. Those 3000 people who died Sept. 11 were just expendable pawns to the ones who set this whole thing up. __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance.yahoo.com A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF=http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html;Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/;ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Mohamed Atta's Girlfriend is Missing
-Caveat Lector- http://www.madcowprod.com/ Key Witness "Disappears" In Venice, FL. Mohamed Atta's Girlfriend is Missing August 29â A MadCowMorningNews world exclusive. At least four months before the FBI says he first arrived in this country, terrorist ringleader Mohamed Atta was living with (and physically abusing) an American girlfriend at an apartment they shared across from the Venice Airport. According to numerous eyewitnesses, including their next door neighbor and the apartment manager, Atta lived with a girl named Amanda Keller during March and early April of 2000, four months before the FBI says he first entered the U.S. The two shared an apartment located directly across the street from the Venice Airport at the Sandpiper Apartments, a drab two-story stucco building which was the American home of dozens of foreign pilot trainees from Huffman Aviation and the Florida Flight Training Academy, the two Dutch-owned flight schools that trained three of the four terrorist pilots. During her year-long sojourn in Venice Amanda Keller was a willowy 20-year old bleached-blond cocktail waitress (at a restaurant at the airport, the 44th Aero Squadron), and also, according to observers, an out-call 'lingerie model' for an escort service called Fantasies Lace in nearby Sarasota, where she may have first met Atta, who is known to have frequented Cheetah's, a nearby strip club. Another 'disappeared' witness While Amanda Kellerâs present whereabouts are a mystery, what is clear is that the FBI has been inordinately eager to suppress the story of her and Attaâs dalliance⦠so eager that agents from the Bureau have engaged in a regular and systematic pattern of intimidation of eyewitnesses to the affair. "The question they asked was always the same," says Stephanie Frederickson, who lived next door to the couple: "You arenât saying anything to anybody, are you?" For six months after the Sept 11 attack, Frederickson says she received weekly visits from agents from the FBIâs Sarasota office. "At first, right after the attack, they told me I must have been mistaken in my identification. Or they would insinuate that I was lying. Finally they stopped trying to get me to change my story, and just stopped by once a week to make sure I hadnât been talking to anyone. Who was I going to tell?" She shrugs. "Most everyone around here already knew." "All the news that's ripped from print." Curiously, Frederickson says that a New York Times reporter to whom she told the story also accused her of making it up, and urged her to stop talking about it. What makes this especially strange is that the N.Y. Times reporter need only have read early wire service reports in the days after the attack to learn that the story about Attaâs American girlfriend had already been confirmed by numerous witnesses, even including Amanda Keller herself as well as her mother and the apartment managers where the duo co-habitated. "Charles Grapentine, the manager of Sandpiper Apartments on Airport Avenue in Venice, said he remembers seeing Atta at the complex for about three weeks in April," read a Sept 15 AP story. " He said Atta was living in the apartment of Amanda Keller." "In a telephone interview late Friday, Keller said she met Atta through a friend and let him stay in the apartment with her and her then-boyfriend, Garrett Metts, because she felt sorry for him. She said authorities told her not to say anything at all about Atta," the story continued. "I can't really discuss anything," she said. "I'm afraid I'll get in trouble." "Real Americans won't be silenced." Now the duo's next-door neighbor, a 50-year old housewife named Stephanie Frederickson, has stepped forward to testify about the affair, as well as the FBI harassment that hasâso farâ been successful in preventing the story from surfacing. "Amanda moved in next door first, saying she had come from Orange Park (near Jacksonville," Frederickson says. "Then one day in the middle of March (of 2000) she brought home Atta. âIâd like you to meet my friend Mohamed Atta,â she said to me. âHeâs from France.â" "Later when I saw her alone I asked her if she realized that Mohamed Atta wasnât really a French name, and he was definitely not French. She looked at me like I was nuts. I didnât know if she really believed he was French or not, but it was clear to me that he wasn't." The relationship was troubled. While Atta's cheesy taste for infidel flesh is well-known, he apparently balked at sharing it with others. Blows Against the Empire? "There were a couple of time he beat her up that I know about," Frederickson says, "mostly over the slutty way she dressed to go to meet her escort service clients. Her hair was always done up in a half dozen funky colors and she always dressedâ¦well, like a hooker." Frederickson said that Fantasies Lace would send a car and driver to get Keller. "And I would hear the driver and Atta arguing out
[CTRL] Fwd: [CIA-DRUGS] Key 9/11 Witness 'Disappears' in Venice FL
-Caveat Lector- A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF=http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html;Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/;ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om ---BeginMessage--- -Caveat Lector- MOHAMED ATTA'S AMERICAN GIRLFRIEND IS MISSING a MadCowMorningNews world exclusive At least four months before the FBI says he first arrived in this country, terrorist ringleader Mohamed Atta was living with (and physically abusing) an American girlfriend at an apartment they shared across from the Venice Airport. According to numerous eyewitnesses, including their next door neighbor and the apartment manager, Atta lived with a girl named Amanda Keller during March and early April of 2000, four months before the FBI says he first entered the U.S. The two shared an apartment located directly across the street from the Venice Airport at the Sandpiper Apartments, a drab two-story stucco building which was the American home of dozens of foreign pilot trainees from Huffman Aviation and the Florida Flight Training Academy, the two Dutch-owned flight schools that trained three of the four terrorist pilots. During her year-long sojourn in Venice Amanda Keller was a willowy 20- year old bleached-blond cocktail waitress (at a restaurant at the airport, the 44th Aero Squadron), and also, according to observers, an out-call 'lingerie model' for an escort service called Fantasies Lace in nearby Sarasota, where she may have first met Atta, who is known to have frequented Cheetah's, a nearby strip club. Another 'disappeared' witness While Amanda Keller's present whereabouts are a mystery, what is clear is that the FBI has been inordinately eager to suppress the story of her and Atta's dalliance so eager that agents from the Bureau have engaged in a regular and systematic pattern of intimidation of eyewitnesses to the affair. The question they asked was always the same, says Stephanie Frederickson, who lived next door to the couple: You aren't saying anything to anybody, are you? The MadCowMorningNews When Matt Katie Aren't Enough. see a segment from Mohamed Atta the Venice Flying Circus @ www.theconspiracychannel.com Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- FONT COLOR=#994 DVDs Free +sp Join Now /FONTA HREF=http://us.click.yahoo.com/pt6YBB/NXiEAA/MVfIAA/xYTolB/TM;BClick Here!/B/A -~- Please let us stay on topic and be civil. To unsubscribe please go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cia-drugs -Home Page- www.cia-drugs.org OM Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF=http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html;Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/;ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To
[CTRL] Headlines 8/30/2002
-Caveat Lector- Todays Headlines: National: [U.S. Dept of State] - USA/ ITALY - U.S. and Italy Designate 25 New Financiers of Terror (Al Quaeda) http://usinfo.state.gov/cgi- bin/washfile/display.pl?p=/products/washfile/latestf=02082903.cltt=/products/wash file/newsitem.shtml [DETROIT FREE PRESS] - DETROIT - Prosecutors seeking new terror suspects indictments http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/news/3957241.htm [UPI] - ATLANTA - Additional smallpox vaccine ready soon http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20020828-045826-9191r [AP] NORTH CAROLINA - Prison Guard Fired for Flag Patches http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-no-flag- uniform0828aug28.story?coll=sns%2Dap%2Dnation%2Dheadlines [USA TODAY] - USA - Air marshals' resignations flood TSA, managers say Chief says fewer than 80 have quit http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20020829/4402400s.htm [KMBC] - KANSAS - Threat Prompts Officials To Test Town's Water Supply http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storyu=/ibsys/20020829/lo_kmbc/1305331 [WJXT] - FLORIDA - Suspicious Powder Closes St. Johns Sheriff's Office http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storyu=/ibsys/20020829/lo_wjxt/1305146 [Daily Press] - VIRGINIA - 2 Ghost Fleet ships listing after exercise http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storyu=/trib/20020829/lo_dp/event_shows _fleet_s_danger__governor_warns [USA TODAY] - USA - Feds target homegrown terror operatives http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storyu=/usatoday/20020829/ts_usatoday/4 402376 ! [WDIV] DETROIT - Mercury Scare At Fire Headquarters Investigated http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storyu=/ibsys/20020829/lo_wdiv/1305371 [KCBS] CALIFORNIA - San Jose Police Hazmat Teams Investigate Underground Explosion http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storyu=/kpix/20020818/lo_kpix/4160 [KOAT] NEW MEXICO - House Fire Turns Into Hazmat Situation http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storyu=/ibsys/20020822/lo_koat/1297049 [POST-GAZETTE] - PENNSYLVANIA - All ends well in pretend Mon River terror attack http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storyu=/kr/20020822/lo_krpittsburgh/all_en ds_well_in_pretend_mon_river_terror_attack [REUTERS] WASHINGTON - Cyber-Attack Fears Stir Security Officers http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storyu=/nm/20020829/wr_nm/tech_cyberat tack_dc_3 [KANSAS CITY STAR] - KANSAS CITY - Drill tests county's readiness to respond to terrorist attack http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storyu=/kr/20020829/lo_krkansascity/drill_t ests_county_s_readiness_to_respond_to_terrorist_attack International: [AP] SWEDEN - Tunisian Man Charged With Planning to Hijack a Plane After Gun Detected at Swedish Airport http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGA32F8IH5D.html [AP] AFGHANISTAN - Afghan military arrests 95 after receiving reports of links to al- Qaida, Taliban http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storyu=/ap/20020829/ap_wo_en_po/afgha n_arrests_1 [TIMES ONLINE] - IRAQ - Secret files on Baghdad's weapons plans http://amch.questionmarket.com/adsc/5665857504099/d106747/6/invitenc_c.html [INTERFAX] - RUSSIA - Number of anonymous terrorist phone calls growing in Moscow http://www.interfax.ru/show_one_news.html?lang=ENgroup_id=28id_news=55902 02tz=0tz_format=MSKre! q=bomb [DAWN.COM] - PAKISTAN - 13 Harakat men held with weapons and CDs http://www.dawn.com/2002/08/29/top12.htm [REUTERS] MONTENEGRO - Shoelace strangler subdued on Montenegro flight http://webcenter.newssearch.netscape.com/aolns_display.adp?key=2002082913430 00267301_aolns.src [AP] Switzerland - Athens Olympic organizers: terrorist threat is solved http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storyu=/ap/20020829/ap_wo_en_po/sports _olympics_athens_turin_2 [AP] ATHENS - Terror Suspect Talks of Greek Murder http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp! l=storyu=/ap/20020829/ap_on_re_eu/greece_terrorism_7 [AP] GERMANY - Fifth suspect from Frankfurt terror cell released on lack of evidence http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storyu=/ap/20020829/ap_wo_en_po/germ any_terror_trial_3 [AP] TURKEY - Turkey rescues 50 illegal migrants bound for Italy; detains 219 others [ Afghans/ Iraqis] http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storyu=/ap/20020826/ap_wo_en_ge/turkey _illegal_migrants_1 -- Outgoing mail is certified virus free Scanned by Norton AntiVirus Political correctness is the last refuge of the incompetent. A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat
[CTRL] Fw: [cp] Poll Shows Free Speech Support Down
-Caveat Lector- - Original Message - From: philip andrews [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thursday, August 29, 2002 Last updated at 5:03:23 PM PT By AMBER MCDOWELL ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Support for the First Amendment has eroded significantly since Sept. 11 and nearly half of Americans now think the constitutional amendment on free speech goes too far in the rights it guarantees, says a poll released Thursday. The sentiment that the First Amendment goes too far was already on the rise before the terrorist attacks a year ago, doubling to four in 10 between 2000 and 2001. The poll found that 49 percent think the First Amendment goes too far, a total about 10 points higher than in 2001. Many Americans view these fundamental freedoms as possible obstacles in the war on terrorism, said Ken Paulson, executive director of the First Amendment Center, based in Arlington, Va., which commissioned the survey. Almost half also said the media has been too aggressive in asking the government questions about the war on terrorism. The center, which also has offices in Nashville, asked the University of Connecticut's Center for Survey Research and Analysis to measure views about the First Amendment. The poll of 1,000 adults was taken between June 12 and July 5, and has an error margin of plus or minus 3 percentage points. The researchers said they designed this year's survey, in part, to test the public's willingness to tolerate restrictions on the First Amendment liberties during what they perceive to be wartime. They found that 48 percent of respondents agreed the government should have the freedom to monitor religious groups in the interest of national security - even if that means infringing upon the religious freedom of the group's members. Forty-two percent said the government should have more authority to monitor Muslims. The survey also found a significant dip in the number of people who believe newspapers should freely criticize the U.S. military about its strategy and performance. Fifty-seven percent were supportive this year, compared to 69 percent in 2001. Seven in 10 respondents agreed newspapers should publish freely, a slight drop from 2001. Those less likely to support newspaper rights included people without a college education, Republicans, and evangelicals, the survey found. Republican respondents also were more likely than Democrats or Independents to see the news media as too aggressive in seeking war information from government officials. Among other poll findings: - About four in 10 favored restrictions on the academic freedom of professors to criticize government military policy during war. Twenty-two percent strongly supported such restrictions. - While 75 percent considered the right to speak freely as essential, almost half, 46 percent, supported amending the Constitution to prohibit flag burning. - Sixty-three percent rated the job the American educational system does in teaching students about First Amendment freedoms as either fair or poor. Five percent rated the educational system's job in this area as excellent. --- On the Net: Freedom Forum: www.freedomforum.org Constitutional Patriots Opposing Prohibition America's drug war is so stupid that if you pay close attention to just how stupid it is -- it'll drive you to use drugs. -- Jim Hightower Constitutional Patriots Opposing Prohibition-Join us!-Link Below Http://www.cpop.org Greenpanthershttp://www.greenpanthers.org The only no compromise pot organization ( Direct Action!) A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF=http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html;Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/;ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] U.S. and Italy Designate 25 New Financiers of Terror
-Caveat Lector- Washington File 29 August 2002 U.S. and Italy Designate 25 New Financiers of Terror (Will notify UN of financiers' connection to al-Qaida) (3340) The United States and Italy are blocking the assets of 25 individuals and groups that support terrorism and are informing the United Nations Sanctions Committee of the connection between these entities and the al-Qaida terrorist network, the U.S. Department of the Treasury has announced. This action furthers international efforts to shut down identified terrorist financing networks using targeted freezing actions under domestic and international law, Treasury Under Secretary Jimmy Gurulé said in an August 29 Treasury Department news release. The 25 new designations include 11 individuals related to the Salafist Group for Call and Combat (GSPC), an Algerian-based terrorist organization that operates in North Africa and Italy. The other 14 entities are owned or controlled by either Ahmed Idris Nasreddin or Youssef Nada, both of whom have been previously designated as supporters of terrorism by the United States and the UN Security Council. The U.S.-Italy action to block the assets of these individuals and groups is notable for being the direct result of cooperation and collaboration among four nations -- the United States, Italy, the Bahamas and Luxembourg -- Gurulé said. All four of those nations provided financial information, investigative assistance, or key documents or support which allowed us to make the case necessary for today's designation, he said. Today's action demonstrates the commitment of the international coalition to the fight against terrorist financing. Since September 11, the United States and other countries combined have frozen more than $112 million in terrorist-related assets, and 234 individuals and entities are currently designated as financiers of terror, Gurulé said. Following is the text of his statement, followed by a Treasury Department release listing the 25 individuals and entities affected by the new blocking order: (begin text) U.S. Department of the Treasury From the Office of Public Affairs August 29, 2002 Statement by U.S Treasury Secretary for Enforcement Jimmy Gurulé in Support of Today's New Terrorist Financing Designations In a significant action in our ongoing campaign against terrorism, today, our two nations -- the United States and Italy -- are blocking the property of 25 individuals and entities based on their support for terrorism. This action furthers international efforts to shut down identified terrorist financing networks using targeted freezing actions under domestic and international law. In accordance with relevant United Nations procedures, we are submitting these names to the United Nations for listing by the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee because of the connections between these entities and individuals and al-Qaida. Of the 25 new designations, the 11 individuals are related to the Salafist Group for Call and Combat (GSPC), a separatist faction of the Gruppo Islamico Armato (GIA). The GSPC, an Algerian-based terrorist organization that continues to operate in North Africa as well as Italy, is a lethal terrorist group and its members support and finance terrorism around the globe. The United States designated both the GSPC and the GIA on September 24, 2001, and the United Nations placed them both on the list of terrorist entities linked to al- Qaida on October 8, 2002. Fourteen of the 25 entities designated today are owned or controlled by either Ahmed Idris Nasreddin or Youssef Nada. Both of these individuals have been previously designated as supporters of terrorism and the al-Qaida network by the United States and the international community under U.N. Security Council Resolutions 1267, 1333 and 1390. Today's action is another step toward shutting down the terrorist-financing network orchestrated by Nada and Nasreddin. This designation of additional corporate holdings will further choke the flow of funds that facilitate the financing of terrorism. The simultaneous blocking of the assets of these individuals and entities by Italy and the United States demonstrates the international commitment to choke off the sources of financing for terrorist acts. This particular designation is also unique, in that it is the direct result of the collaborative and cooperative efforts of not just two, but four nations -- the United States, Italy, the Bahamas, and Luxembourg -- working together toward a common goal. All four of those nations provided financial information, investigative assistance, or key documents or support -- which allowed us to make the case necessary for today's designation. Today's action demonstrates the commitment of the international coalition to the fight against terrorist financing. We are confident that our efforts are having real-world effects. Al-Qaida and other terrorist organizations are suffering financially as a result of our actions. We also believe
Re: [CTRL] Doctor arrested in Florida is a 'terrorist,' too
-Caveat Lector- - Original Message - From: William Shannon [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 10:10 PM Subject: [CTRL] Doctor arrested in Florida is a 'terrorist,' too -Caveat Lector- A HREF=http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/editorial/outlook/1552559;http: //www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/editorial/outlook/1552559/A Aug. 28, 2002, 6:52PM Doctor arrested in Florida is a 'terrorist,' too By ARSALAN TARIQ IFTIKHAR ACCORDING to the FBI, a Florida doctor arrested after police found more than 15 homemade explosive devices in his home allegedly drafted a detailed plan to blow up an Islamic educational center. The search of Robert J. Goldstein's residence also turned up a list of about 50 Islamic worship centers in the Tampa-St. Petersburg area and other locations in Florida. Attached to the criminal complaint against Goldstein was a three-page mission template for an attack on an unidentified Islam education center, which included a map of the center showing where bombs would be placed. Referring to Webster's Dictionary, terrorism is defined as the unlawful use or threatened use of force or violence by a person or an organized group against people or property with the intention of intimidating or coercing societies or governments, often for ideological or political reasons. According to the damning evidence against the Florida podiatrist, there should be absolutely no hesitation in classifying Goldstein as a terrorist. I agree. If his intent was to harm Muslims, he IS a terrorist and should be charged as one. J2 Yet, in news coverage from The Associated Press to CNN, there was not one mention of the word terrorist. However, if we change one facet of this scenario, we would have a completely different ballgame. Instead of Goldstein, let's say his name was Dr. Muhammad. Assume the same bomb materials were found in the same Florida home. Instead of blueprints of Islamic centers and mosques, his house was littered with floor plans of more than 50 synagogues and Jewish day schools. In addition to the blueprints and the arsenal, there were scattered pages of his manifesto that claimed to eliminate all traces of Judaism from America. Surely, one would be hard pressed to find one person alive who would not consider the hypothetical man above a terrorist. So why the double standard? There was not one mention of Goldstein's religion or political affiliation in any of the media outlets. It would follow a simple logical progression that his fiery hatred of Muslims was either fueled by a dogmatic or political doctrine. Was Goldstein a Jewish extremist who wanted to rid this country of all rags? Was he a member of a militia group aimed at targeting those affiliated with the terrorists of last September? We don't know, because no one made his political or religious affiliation an issue. On the contrary, the media wasted no time in classifying as a possible terrorist Hesham Mohamed Hadayet, the man responsible for the shooting at the El Al counter at Los Angeles International Airport in July. Is it even POSSIBLE for an Arab/Muslim reporter to NOT LIE. Even when he has a good case? Hadayet was NOT charged as a terrorist or even called one. As a matter of fact, it was downplayed by the authorities. It was the backlash by Jews and Israelis which made it an issue at all. J2 Hadayet, a disgruntled limousine driver from Egypt, was automatically categorized as a possible terrorist because he was an Egyptian Muslim. In a rare flash of brilliance, the FBI cautioned the media against the classifcation. All evidence points to the fact that he was just a discontented limo driver who unjustly took his frustration out on innocent civilians. There were no AK-47s found in his home, no treatise on his hatred of a religious or ethnic group. Yet, Hadayet was vilified as a possible terrorist, while the extent of Goldstein's vilification was that he was a podiatrist from Tampa. Not all terrorists are Muslims, and not all Muslims are terrorists. I know it's hard to believe, but mass violence in the advancement of a personal, religious or political agenda is not something exclusive to the Islamic paradigm. Before Osama bin Laden became the most infamous terrorist known to America, Timothy McVeigh used his perverted political agenda to slaughter 168 innocents, including many children, who were playing at the day-care center in the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building on that fateful day in 1995. Last year, Irv Rubin, chairman of the Jewish Defense League, plotted to blow up a Los Angeles mosque and the office of a U.S. congressman. If these dastardly men are not guilty of terrorism, then no one can be honestly deemed a terrorist. The incarceration of Goldstein shows quite vividly that terrorism knows no color or religion. If we want to be consistent with the Justice Department's current trend in the war on terrorism, we
[CTRL] Two sides to every coin
-Caveat Lector- From http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1892941066/ref% 3Dnosim/addallbooksearch/102-8393646-4044924 Dollars for Terror: The Us and Islam by Richard Labeviere From Publishers Weekly In a provocative expos , Swiss TV journalist Lab vi re argues that the real threat to the West from radical Islamic fundamentalism comes not from Iran or Iraq but rather from America's solid allies--Saudi Arabia and neighboring oil monarchies. Based on his four-year investigation, Lab vi re charges that Saudi Arabia is the principal financial backer of extremist Islamist movements around the world. The linchpin in this operation, he states, is Saudi billionaire Osama bin Ladin, trained by the CIA, who recruited, armed and trained in turn Arab volunteers to fight the Soviet army in the Afghanistan war, thereby strengthening the totalitarian Muslim Taliban regime. Bin Ladin, who, according to the author, maintains close ties with the Saudi and Pakistani secret services, now bankrolls terrorist training camps in Afghanistan and abets Islamist extremist movements in Egypt, Yemen, Somalia, South Africa, Algeria and elsewhere. Veterans of the Afghan holy war have been implicated in the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center in New York City and the attempted murder of Egyptian president Mubarak in 1996. In Lab vi re's riveting, often shocking, analysis, the U.S. is an accessory in the rise of Islam, because it manipulates and aids radical Muslim groups in its shortsighted pursuit of its economic interests, especially the energy resources of the Middle East and the oil- and mineral-rich former Soviet republics of Central Asia. Lab vi re shows how radical Islamic fundamentalism spreads its influence on two levels: above board, through investment firms, banks and shell companies, and clandestinely, through a network of drug dealing, weapons smuggling and money laundering. This important book sounds a wake-up call to U.S. policy makers. (May) Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information, Inc. ~~~ AER + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Forwarded as information only; I don't believe everything I read or send (but that doesn't stop me from considering it; obviously SOMEBODY thinks it's important) + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without charge or profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this type of information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut. --- Ernest Hemingway A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF=http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html;Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/;ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Beware the leader who bangs the drums of war ...
-Caveat Lector- From Shakespeare Beware the leader who bangs the drums of war in order to whip the citizenry into a patriotic fervor, for patriotism is indeed a double-edged sword. It both emboldens the blood, just as it narrows the mind. And when the drums of war have reached a fever pitch and the blood boils with hate and the mind has closed, the leader will have no need in seizing the rights of the citizenry. Rather, the citizenry, infused with fear and blinded with patriotism, will offer up all of their rights unto the leader, and gladly so. How do I know? For this is what I have done. And I am Caesar. Om K - Aloha, He'Ping, Om, Shalom, Salaam. Em Hotep, Peace Be, All My Relations. Omnia Bona Bonis, Adieu, Adios, Aloha. Amen. Roads End A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF=http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html;Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/;ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Advocates of peace
-Caveat Lector- From http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/comment/0,10551,783231,00.html Comment Now every Jew must decide The Israeli right is calling for the chief rabbi's resignation. Advocates of peace must defend him Jonathan Freedland Friday August 30, 2002 The Guardian The chief rabbi has made waves before, but never like this. His comments to this newspaper - noting that the conflict with the Palestinians was forcing Israel into positions incompatible with Judaism's deepest ideals and corrupting of Israeli culture - have reverberated far beyond Britain's Jewish community. They have provoked outrage in Israel and fierce debate across the diaspora. One Jerusalem rabbi, Sholom Gold, told the BBC that Jonathan Sacks's statements were so far beyond the pale, he was now irrelevant in the world Jewish community. Yesterday's edition of the hardline Jerusalem Post ran an editorial with the simple headline: Resign, Rabbi Sacks. It will be of little comfort to him, but the scale of this row is testament to the chief rabbi's standing in the Jewish world. There are not many diaspora clerics whose pronouncements would lead the morning news bulletin on Israel radio - as the Guardian interview did on Tuesday - even fewer from a community as small as Britain's. But Professor Sacks's standing as a first-class scholar and, crucially, his reputation as a passionate advocate for Israel, ensured that his words carried an extra punch - making them all the more shocking to those who now condemn him. Those critics' complaints are worth tackling head on, for two reasons. First, they are grossly unfair to him and usually involve a stubborn refusal to look at what the chief rabbi actually said. The Jerusalem Post, for instance, claims that Prof Sacks has forgotten that the state of Israel is at war. Of course, he has done no such thing. In my conversation with him, the chief rabbi stressed repeatedly that Israel was forced into its current stance by a war it would rather not fight. That was clear in the comments we published, but also in his description of Israel as a country that has been on the frontline against war and terror incessantly for 54 years. Every time Israel had reached out to make peace, he said, the Palestinian response had been violence. He cited Israel's June 1967 offer to return all the territories it had just gained in war. The reply was the famous three Nos of the Arab League in September 1967: no peace, no negotiation, no recognition. If only the Palestinians would reverse that habit and end the violence, said Prof Sacks, it could all be so different. If I was advising the Palestinians right now, I would ask, 'what is it that will get you to your destination quicker than anything?' And my answer would be, peaceful protest. Adopt the tactics of Gandhi. I would say: 'Guys, I know Israelis, I love them deeply and if you want to make an impact, peaceful protest will get you there in a week instead of a lifetime.' So Jonathan Sacks does not need to be tutored in the pro-Israel line. He knows Israel has to defend itself and he knows from whom. And nor does he have to be lectured by his critics on the view that Israel is fighting hard to remain compassionate, humane and committed to human rights. That's what he said, adding his belief that the ethical tradition of the Israeli army, which is one of the most reflective of all armies, would survive. This, then, is the first reason to defend the chief rabbi: his critics are attributing views to him that he does not hold, seeking to cast him as an enemy of the Jewish state when he is the very opposite. As a statement from his office insisted yesterday, it's clear to anyone who reads the actual Guardian interview... that the chief rabbi expressed passionate support for Israel. But the second reason to back Prof Sacks goes far deeper than the matter of his own reputation. He stands for the simple principle that one can be a friend of Israel and offer a heartfelt warning for its future, all at the same time. He wants Jews and Israelis to see the risk they run if this conflict goes on much longer - the risk not to human life, but to Jewish values. And this is what Rabbi Gold and his ultra-right friends cannot bear to hear. On this they are in complete denial, refusing even to acknowledge that a challenge to Israel's moral integrity exists. Witness the Jerusalem Post: Rather than 'corrupting' us, this war of self-defence has brought out some of our finer qualities, such as patriotism, national pride and a willingness to make personal sacrifices on behalf of the common good. The chief rabbi had the courage to see through such self-delusion, and to state the uncomfortable truth about the occupation. I can't believe that Jews, having been through all we've been through, actually want to rule over another people, he said. He went on to quote the great Jewish sage, Maimonides: 'Israel did not long for the Messiah so it could
[CTRL] Headline - Short cut across top of world as ice melts
-Caveat Lector- Greetings, Euphorian wants you to know about a story on www.smh.com.au Personal Message: Short cut across top of world as ice melts By Mike Toner in Atlanta August 31 2002 URL: http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/08/30/1030508124982.html A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF=http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html;Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/;ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Gama'a
-Caveat Lector- From http://globalization.about.com/blterr6.htm Gama'a al-Islamiyya (the Islamic Group, IG) a.k.a. al-Gama'at, Islamic Gama'at, Egyptian al- Gama'at al-Islamiyya, GI Description: Egypt's largest militant group, active since the late 1970s; appears to be loosely organized. Has an external wing with a worldwide presence. Signed Usama Bin Ladin's fatwa in February 1998 calling for attacks against US civilians but publicly has denied that it supports Bin Ladin. Shaykh Umar Abd al-Rahman is al- Gama'at's preeminent spiritual leader, and the group publicly has threatened to retaliate against US interests for his incarceration. Primary goal is to overthrow the Egyptian Government and replace it with an Islamic state. Activities: Armed attacks against Egyptian security and other government officials, Coptic Christians, and Egyptian opponents of Islamic extremism. Al-Gama'at has launched attacks on tourists in Egypt since 1992, most notably the attack in November 1997 at Luxor that killed 58 foreign tourists. Also claimed responsibility for the attempt in June 1995 to assassinate Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Strength: Unknown, but probably several thousand hardcore members and another several thousand sympathizers. Location/Area of Operation: Operates mainly in the Al Minya, Asyu't, Qina, and Soha Governorates of southern Egypt. Also appears to have support in Cairo, Alexandria, and other urban locations, particularly among unemployed graduates and students. Has a worldwide presence, including in the United Kingdom, Afghanistan, and Austria. External Aid: Unknown. The Egyptian Government believes that Iranian, Sudanese, and Afghan militant groups support the IG. This background information on foreign terrorist organizations was issued by the US State Department, Office of Counterterrorism. ~~~ AER + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Forwarded as information only; I don't believe everything I read or send (but that doesn't stop me from considering it; obviously SOMEBODY thinks it's important) + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without charge or profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this type of information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut. --- Ernest Hemingway A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF=http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html;Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/;ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Eu wanted you to see this!
-Caveat Lector- Eu Phorian thought you may be interested in this website. You can join our Direct mailing list by sending a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/08.31D.krug.trust.htm ApplyRefer v2.3 A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF=http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html;Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/;ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Everyone's pResident
-Caveat Lector- From World Socialist Web Site www.wsws.org WSWS : News Analysis : North America Letter from a Portland protester 29 August 2002 Back to screen version| Send this link by email | Email the author On August 22, about 500 demonstrators outside a downtown Portland, Oregon hotel were assaulted by riot police, who attacked the protesters with batons, tear gas, rubber bullets, bean-bag rounds and pepper balls The demonstrators had gathered to protest Bushs environmental and economic policies and the administrations war threat against Iraq. The WSWS received the following letter from a protester whose family was pepper-sprayed during the demonstration. This is an open letter describing our experience and an urgent call to action. First and foremost, I want to thank from the bottom of my heart the kind human beings who helped my children, my wife and me after we were pepper sprayed by the Portland Police. We were aided immediately by fellow demonstrators, the Black Cross and passersby caught in the crossfire. These people shielded us with their bodies and soothed us with their treatments and words, and argued with police, putting themselves in danger, to secure our safe passage through the cordon. Their actions stand in beautiful contrast to the savage inhumanity of the police. We brought our children to a peaceful protest, we stayed in the back and we were walking on the sidewalk. The march stopped at the intersection of 2nd and Alder, we could not see why from our position on the SW corner of the intersection. Police quickly moved up behind us and a moment or two later sprayed pepper spray into the crowd from the NE corner of the intersection. The crowd ran toward us to escape the spray. We asked the officer closest to us how we should exit the intersection. He pointed and said to exit to the NE, into the spraying police opposite him. As the crowd pressed toward us I yelled to him to let us through (south on 2nd) because we had three small children. He looked at me, and drew out his can from his hip and sprayed directly at me. I was at an angle to him and the spray hit my right eye and our three-year-old, who I was holding in my right arm. In the same motion he turned the can on my wife, who was holding our 10-month-old baby and doused both of their heads entirely from a distance of less than three feet. My six-year-old daughter was holding my left hand and was not hit directly. We ended up on the sidewalk a few feet down Alder with fellow protesters holding my screaming children and pouring water on our eyes. Someone yelled that the police had said that we could pass through the cordon on Alder with the children. I picked up the baby and other protesters brought my wife and other children to the police line. We attempted to pass through, but they leaned in shoulders to block us. I yelled at them to let us pass for about two minutes and finally some officer up the line nodded me and the baby through. They were not going to let my wife and other children out, but after a few minutes of pleading from the crowd and another signal from up the line they let them out. As we passed, the officers were laughing and said something to the effect of thats why you shouldnt bring kids to protests. I immediately called 911 as we moved up to the corner of 3rd and Alder. I explained that a baby had been directly pepper sprayed and that I needed an ambulance. They informed me that they would not send one and that all protesters were to report to a first aid tent on the other side of the police lines. Fellow protesters aided us until Black Cross arrived. Business people brought water from the nearby offices and someone bought some juice for the children. Two KBOO staffers drove up in their Volvo and took us to Emmanuel ER. One of the protesters who had helped us from the beginning accompanied us to the hospital and waited with us until the kids were admitted (special thanks!). The children were examined for respiratory problems and chemical burns. Luckily all were only suffering normal pepper spray reactions that have no treatment but to wait. The pediatrician kept us a little longer so that she could call poison control to check for other recommended procedures, as she had never in her career seen an infant pepper spray victim. On the way to the ER my three-year-old said that those guys back there were trying to get us and said we should call the police. That is the story. We need the help of every person who was at the corner of 2nd and Alder and witnessed, photographed, or made video of any of this. Even if you are unable to testify later we need facts written down (location of police, names of officers, timelines, everything). We will keep it anon if you request Please help us expose this extreme, undemocratic, and brutal attack on peaceful citizens. Email info to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you again to all the wonderful people who helped us. All power
[CTRL] Caspian Basin
-Caveat Lector- From World Socialist Web Site www.wsws.org WSWS : News Analysis : Europe : Russia the CIS Caspian Basin oil pipeline company founded By Paul Stuart 30 August 2002 Back to screen version| Send this link by email | Email the author On August 1, after eight years of bitter political intrigue, the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline Company (BTC Co.) was founded during a document signing ceremony in London. Witnessed by representatives of the pipelines host countries Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey, the new corporation marks a major step in the opening of a new export route for Caspian Basin oil resources to the United States, Israel and Western European markets. The objectives of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline, according to US officials, is to reduce dependence on OPEC oil producers in the Middle East, create a secure supply of oil to Israel, and begin to end dependence on Russian and Iranian oil transportation networks from the Caspian region. The preparation for the huge pipeline has already seen an escalation of US military activity in the former Soviet Republics bordering Russia, integrating them further into US military plans. The construction phase will see a dramatic further growth in US military operations. At an initial cost of $2.5 billion, estimated to double before completion and funded from free public money and private finance, BTC Co. will construct, operate and own the 1,750 kilometre pipeline from Baku in Azerbaijan, through the Georgian capital Tbilisi then onto the Turkish Mediterranean oil terminal at Ceyhan. The pipeline will be ready to pump oil in 2005 from a phase one development of the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli oil field. Its capacity will be one million barrels per day. A 900-km gas pipeline running between Baku-Tbilisi- Erzarum, terminating in Turkeys Anatolia region, will form the axis of the US sponsored Eurasian Energy Corridor. Since the Eurasian Energy Corridor project was officially launched in 1994, the US and Turkish governments have sponsored various events announcing the imminence of a deal. As a result such declarations were increasingly greeted with cynicism. This time, however, pipe-lay contracts have been awarded. Consolidated Contractors International of Greece will construct Azerbaijans section. Frances Spie Capag will lead a joint venture with US Petrofac to lay the Georgian sector. BOTAS, the Turkish State pipeline company, will continue as the lump sum turnkey contractor for the Turkish sector of the pipeline. Bechtel (US) will be the main contractor for engineering, procurement and construction. The British Petroleum (BP) umbrella consortium, Azerbaijan International Oil Consortium (AIOC) first signed contracts to explore Azerbaijans Caspian oil and gas fields eight years ago. The BTC Co. project has caused fracturing within the Consortium. AIOC major shareholders, ExxonMobil and ChevronTexaco continue to object to the pipeline project on commercial grounds, but the project is ready to move into construction phase. BP is the leading shareholder in the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline Company. September marks the tenth anniversary of BPs outline agreement with Azerbaijan for exploration of the Azeri- Chirag-Gunashli oil field. Since then investment in BP projects in the countrys oil sector total $16 billion and is said to be the most complex infrastructure development in the world. Since November 1999, BP has shifted from a public position of scepticism to leading the formation of BTC Co. BP has not explained the abrupt change of policy, but oil industry analysts have accused BP of entering a political alliance with the Bush and Blair governments. A BP spokesman replied that Azerbaijan at present has limited oil reserves, but it is a key component of its [BPs] growth strategy and that the pipeline was a strategic route out of the South Caspian and had to be built. BPs policy change was in all likelihood prompted by a combination of the discovery in May 1999 of the Azeri Shah-Deniz oil field and the US administrations financial guarantees. Negotiators for BTC Co. and US politicians were unable to convince executives of ExxonMobil and ChevronTexaco, major shareholders in the AIOC, to become shareholders in the new corporation. At a conference on the BTC pipeline attended by US government officials, Chevron vice Chairman Richard Matzke declared, pipeline projects required an incremental approach grounded in commercial realities, not perceived geopolitical imperatives. He added, Oil cannot be pulled through a pipeline, but can only be pushed. ChevronTexaco and ExxonMobil are not objecting to political interference in commercial decisions. Through AIOC they have completed a new Russian pipeline from the Tengiz oil field in northwest Kazakhstan to the Russian Black Sea port of Novorossiysk. Differences between oil executives over oil pipeline routes from the Caspian fields are not only commercial,
[CTRL] Abraham Dubya Bush
-Caveat Lector- ~~for educational purposes only~~ [Title 17 U.S.C. section 107] Abraham Dubya Bush by Thomas J. DiLorenzo As has been their tradition for decades now, neocons who are in favor of waging total war against somebody (this time it's Iraq) have been invoking the sainted Lincoln (Father Abraham, as the war enthusiasts at the Claremont Institute call him) as their role model. After all, there must be some kind of ideological cover for mass murder (as all wars are), and that is the role of the Lincoln Myth. As Joseph Stromberg recently noted (Bring on the Honors List!, LRC, Aug. 28), George Will has written in the Washington Post that President Bush should look to Lincoln's war tactics as a model for American ways of waging war. In recent months historian Jay Winik has written in the Wall Street Journal that, in the spirit of Lincoln, security should come before liberty. To hell with civil liberties. Tony Blankley repeated this same anti-civil liberties theme in the Washington Times; and David Broder and Ronald Radosh, among many others, have explicitly invoked Lincoln in advocating that we send a quarter of a million men to invade Iraq (for starters). A recent article posted on the Neo-conservative website FreeRepublic described President Bush's developing foreign policy as Lincolnesque but on a world-wide scale. What, exactly, should President Bush do in order to mimic Lincoln's war policies, as the neocons are urging him to do? Well, the first thing he should do (as Lincoln did) is to unilaterally suspend the writ of Habeas Corpus and order the military to begin arresting and imprisoning all dissenters, especially the press. He should issue an order to one of his top generals similar to the one Lincoln issued to General John Dix on May 18, 1864: You will take possession by military force, of the printing establishments of the New York World and Journal of Commerce . . . and prohibit any further publication thereof. . . you are therefore commanded forthwith to arrest and imprison . . . the editors, proprietors and publishers of aforesaid newspapers. Imagine the cheering at the Claremont Institute if President Bush were to put the New York Times and Washington Post out of business and throw their editors and owners into military prisons without issuing any warrants, making any charges, or even telling their families where they were. Father Abraham lives! Just to make sure all other members of the press get the message, President Bush should also follow the practice of President Lincoln, the founder of his party, and have federal troops physically demolish the printing presses of opposition newspapers (see Dean Sprague, Freedom Under Lincoln, and James G. Randall, Constitutional Problems Under Lincoln). In order to assure congressional support for his war, President Bush should also order federal troops to interfere with elections in predominantly Democratic districts, as Lincoln did. In Maryland, for example, Lincoln ordered the arrest and imprisonment of several dozen state legislators, Congressman Henry May, and the mayor of Baltimore. He won New York State in the 1864 presidential election, writes Pulitzer Prize-winning Lincoln biographer David Donald, with the help of federal bayonets. President Bush might also consider re-instituting the draft, and instructing the draft board to conscript primarily young registered Democrats. Senator Tom Daschle of South Dakota is the current leader of the opposition, and he has been dutifully performing his proper role by criticizing the Bush administration every chance he gets, even on the topic of starting a war in the Middle East. If President Bush really wants to be considered to be Lincolnesque he would have 60 or 70 heavily armed Marines break down the door to Senator Daschle's home in the middle of the night, throw him into military prison without charging him with any crime, and eventually deporting him. That's exactly what happened to the most outspoken member of the Democratic Party in Lincoln's day, Ohio Congressman Clement L. Vallandigham. Congressman Vallandigham had protested vehemently on the floor of the House of Representatives against Lincoln's suspension of Habeas Corpus and his trashing of much of the rest of the Constitution. He was also a vociferous opponent of Lincoln's high-tariff policy and his adoption of an income tax. He favored seeking a peaceful resolution to the conflict; Lincoln did not, so Vallandigham was deported. There were a great many prominent Northerners like Vallandigham who preferred peace and compromise over what became the bloodiest war in all of American history. Lincoln's political strategy, carried out by the propaganda arm of the Republican Party known as the Union League, was to spread the lie that all of these men were traitors and Confederate sympathizers. They were denigrated as Copperheads, a form of snake in the grass. To make this point Vallandigham was ceremoniously escorted across the lines
[CTRL] two ra/mc conference transcripts now on web, clergy abuse, custody case
-Caveat Lector- also has Texas spends more on prisons than education, florida election fraud this may be heavy for survivors The transcript by Jean Riseman at The Fifth Annual Ritual Abuse, Secretive Organizations and Mind Control Conference, 2002 is now on the web at http://members.aol.com/smartnews/jr02.htm The title of her presentation is "Simplifying Complex Programming." This may be very heavy for survivors. The transcript by billie rain at The Fifth Annual Ritual Abuse, Secretive Organizations and Mind Control Conference, 2002 is now on the web. The title of her presentation is: "The Healing Journey as a Site of Resistance." This may be heavy for survivors. http://members.aol.com/smartnews/br02.htm Charges Reinstated Against Priest - Theo Emery - Boston (AP) The Hartford Courant reported that a Roman Catholic priest from Bridgeport accused of sexually abusing teenage boys is living a secretive but comfortable life on a Caribbean island. The Rev. Laurence Brett disappeared in the early 1990s, and was discovered recently on St. Maarten by reporters from the newspaper. Bridgeport Bishop William Lori issued a statement saying he was satisfied Brett had been located. Brett, 65, has been accused of abusing two dozen altar boys and others in Connecticut, New Mexico, California and Maryland; accusations against him date back to the 1960s. Since he vanished, church officials have said they wanted Brett found and brought to justice. From AOL 8/30/02 Abusive Priest Found In Caribbean Hideaway - Trail Of Accusations Goes Back 30 Years For Clergyman Who Worked Under Auspices Of Bridgeport Diocese 8/29/02 By Eric Rich, and Elizabeth Hamilton Courant Staff Writers "The Rev. Laurence F.X. Brett vanished abruptly almost a decade ago, leaving clothes still hanging in his closet and a trail of accusers stretching across four states and back 30 years." http://www.ctnow.com/news/local/hc-brett.artaug29.story?coll=3Dhc%2Dheadl= ines%2Dhome=20ctnow_com CONNECTICUT runaway priest from L. Moss-Sharman http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9121-2002Aug28.html Judge Blamed For Sending Sex Abuser Home in Md. By Phuong Ly Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, August 29, 2002; Page B01 A Montgomery County judge has angered law enforcement officials by allowing a sex offender to live with the stepdaughter he abused, despite a prosecutor's objection. His return allegedly resulted in further sexual contact that came to light after the girl, now 15, gave birth in November. TEXAS SPENDS MORE ON PRISONS THAN EDUCATION http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/front/1551282 Bar for the course: A new study shows state has increased spending faster on prisons than education By MICHAEL HEDGES Copyright 2002 Houston Chronicle Washington Bureau WASHINGTON -- Percentage increases in spending for Texas prisons has far outstripped state spending hikes for higher education since the mid-1980s, according to a report... http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/08.29A.fl.face.2K.htm Florida Faces 2000 Election Fraud, Will Settle With NAACP By Catherine Wilson Associated Press | Boston Globe Tuesday, 27 August, 2002 MIAMI (AP) The NAACP's lawsuit over Florida's disputed 2000 presidential election appears headed for a close as the state and two counties the only remaining defendants have agreed to a settlement, attorneys said Tuesday. Joe Klock, an attorney for the state, told U.S. District Judge Alan Gold that all parties promised to file final papers by Friday for approval. Attorneys would not discuss terms of the settlement. The class-action lawsuit filed by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and other civil rights groups argued voters were disenfranchised during the on Nov. 7, 2000 election; it included allegations that blacks were kept from voting in some counties. A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:]
Re: [CTRL] Fw: [cp] Poll Shows Free Speech Support Down
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[CTRL] Fwd: [CIA-DRUGS] I Call It Treason
-Caveat Lector- A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF=http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html;Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/;ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om ---BeginMessage--- -Caveat Lector- Wow. http://www.gold-eagle.com/gold_digest_02/mcintosh082902.html I Call It Treason Doug McIntosh You have to hand it to Mr. Magoo. I'll give him an A for chutzpah, that's for sure. The man is nothing but a common criminal of the white collar type. I openly and publicly call the FED chief a traitor, a coward and a common white collar criminal. The system is beyond accountability and I have a bad feeling this will end in blood. "Strike for Liberty and Honor" was the battle cry of our Revolutionary War, the Irish and also Bonnie Prince Charlie's cry at Culloden. Our criminal leaders have to go to jail on treason charges and there is no beating around the bush, pun intended. Alan Greenspan did conspire, manipulate and commit "high crimes and felonies" by forcing state pension funds to bail out the stock market on July 24th, 2002. Quite honestly, for this alone Mr. Greenspan should be tried and executed for treason. In fact, what's left of America is headed towards a racial, economic and cultural civil war. The system is collapsing a little more every day. As for Mr. Magoo, he used his position to jawbone the pension funds to reverse the nearly 20% freefall in both Citibank and JP Morgan stock. Each one point of the DOW represents around one billion United States fiat dollars. The 1000 point swing since late July represents a staggering ONE TRILLION dollars of investment, or mal investment. Even the mainstream press admitted that the "little guy" sat this one out and the money came from pension funds, insurance companies and the like. In other words, the FED had the system bail out the system. Talk about economic incest. What the FED did is to loot the retirement plans of public employees. The government has already looted the private retirement plan called Social Security. The looting is done. The money is gone. What cynical, arrogant whores these people are. Common criminals posing as upholders of the law. The FED is a private banking corporation that sets the economic policy for the people of the United States. I call that treason and worthy of death or exile for the oligarchic elite that has been destroying America since 1860. I think the United States was a Republic until 1860; then began a transition period until 1912 and 1913 with the FED and the Income Tax. We are now in the final phase. I guess you could call me a revolutionary seeking to restore the Republic. The bankers and the elite has already overthrown the true government. Here at gold-eagle.com we are all not so much revolutionaries as restorers. How can you overthrow the government when the current government has already overthrown it? And frankly, I think we are all getting pissed off about these usurpers posing as patriots. Our leaders are arrogant oligarchs bleeding the common people dry for their own purposes. And it will soon stop, one way or another. As for the current economic situation, it is almost beyond comprehension. The disconnect between economic reality and the true economic reality is getting narrower every passing day. We were told there was no recession and then there was but it ended quickly. Now we are told we are in recovery, except the recession never ended. There is no double dip; there is only the death spiral. A wave of corporate bankruptcies has been happening since 2000. A wave of personal bankruptcies has been happening since 2000. June durable goods orders were down nearly 4% from May. I find it fascinating that the same court economists who ignored nearly two years of manufacturing declines, were so pleased with a few months of "reported increases."
[CTRL] Fwd: [CIA-Drugs_TheDarkSide] HoffmanWire: Hitchens Debates Hoffman
-Caveat Lector- A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF=http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html;Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/;ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om ---BeginMessage--- -Caveat Lector- THE HOFFMAN WIREDedicated to Freedom of the Press, Investigative Reporting and Revisionist HistoryMichael A. Hoffman II, Editorhttp://www.hoffman-info.com/news.html***August 30, 2002Readers of the Hoffman Wire and visitors to our website will recall thatChristopher Hitchens targets Michael A. Hoffman II in the current issueof Vanity Fair magazine.Hoffman answered Hitchens in an online corrective, "Punks of ZOG 2002."Now Hitchens' secretary has e-mailed us, asking us to post Hitchens'rejoinder to Hoffman online, and we have complied. You can read "Hoffmanis a Deranged Bigot and Nazi Sympathizer" by Christopher Hitchens at:http://www.hoffman-info.com/hitchens.htmlHoffman's reply: "Cheap Shot Fascist-Baiting Advances Ignorance, notUnderstanding," will also be found at the preceding URL.It looks as though we have the makings of an online debate.Hitchens has suggested that he might be willing to debate Hoffman inperson if Hitchens is paid to do so. Hoffman will debate without a fee,but to save on travel costs, has stipulated that the debate take placein a Northwestern city like Portland or Eugene, Oregon; Missoula,Montana etc.---^Moshe Lieberman and Michael A. Hoffman II have written a stunning newbook, "The Israeli Holocaust Against the Palestinians." Order your copytoday:http://www.hoffman-info.com/cgi-bin/store/commerce.cgi?item=125-^-Hoffman is a former reporter for the New York bureau of the Associated PressThe HOFFMAN WIRE is a public service of Independent History and Research, Box 849, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho 83816 USA24 Hour Revisionist News Bureau: http://www.hoffman-info.com/news.htmlSubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Disclaimer: The Hoffman Wire is a controversial and politically incorrect e-mail letter intended only for those who have requested it. We have a strict anti-spamming policy. The views expressed in the Hoffman Wire are the sole responsibility of the author(s) and do not reflect the views of advertisers or the transmitter.Freedom of the Press: A hallowed right.Responsible Dissent: A contribution to understanding and dialogue.==^ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research
[CTRL] Fwd: Proof of Chomsky's CIA Past
-Caveat Lector- A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF=http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html;Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/;ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om ---BeginMessage--- -Caveat Lector- From the WBAI People message board: The text you posted does not say Chomsky worked for the CIA - Anonymous It is well known that during the 1950s, the CIA funnelled finances for its classified research projects through the military. It is also well known, as reported in Barsky¹s biography of Noam Chomsky, that the budding MIT linguist worked on a ³machine translation² project at MIT funded ostensibly by the Pentagon, but as will be shown, in fact by the CIA and NSA. ³Ironically,² the project was the very sort of intelligence activity Chomsky has criticized publicly: -- From the Barsky bio: http://www.alexconstantine.50megs.com/ ³Chomsky was made an assistant professor [at MIT] and assigned, ironically, to a MACHINE TRANSLATION PROJECT of the type he had often criticized. The project was directed by Victor Yngve and was being conducted at the MIT Research Laboratory of Electronics, which was subsidized by the U.S. military.² - But this project was actually funded NOT by the military, but by the CIA and NSA. From a prior post, ³Manovich on Chomsky's CIA Ties,² which observes that Chomsky, who worked on the program, took some of the ideas he helped develop for the CIA and NSA to his work on ³mechanical translation,² a full-fledged intelligence program directed against the Soviet Union: ³... The idea of computer vision became possible and the economic means to realize this idea became available only with the shift from industrial to post-industrial society after World War II. The attention turned from the automation of the body to the automation of the mind, from physical to mental labor. This new concern with the automation of mental functions such as vision, hearing, reasoning, problem solving is exemplified by the very names of the two new fields that emerged during the 1950s and 1960s -- artificial intelligence and cognitive psychology. The latter gradually replacing behaviorism, the dominant psychology of the Fordism era. The emergence of the field of computer vision is a part of this cognitive revolution, a revolution which was financed by the military escalation of the Cold War. This connection is solidified in the very term artificial intelligence which may refer simultaneously to two meanings of intelligence: reason, the ability to learn or understand, and information concerning an enemy or a possible enemy or an area. Artificial intelligence: artificial reason to analyze collected information, collected intelligence. In the 1950s, faced with the enormous task of gathering and analyzing written, photographic, and radar information about the enemy, the CIA and the NSA (National Security Agency) began to fund the first artificial intelligence projects. One of the earliest projects was a Program for Mechanical Translation, initiated in the early 1950s in the attempt to automate the monitoring of Soviet communications and media. The work on mechanical translation was probably the major cause of many subsequent developments in modern linguistics, its move towards formalization; it can be discerned in Noam Chomsky's early theory which, by postulating the existence of language universals in the domain of grammar, implied that translation between arbitrary human languages could be automated.² -- Alex Constantine A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups
[CTRL] Fwd: Gulf War II and the Coming Oil Crisis
-Caveat Lector- A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF=http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html;Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/;ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om ---BeginMessage--- -Caveat Lector- Dear Daily Reckoning Reader, Saddam Hussein is going down. George W. Bush has already announced his intention. For many the question is not if, ... but when. Even the most sensible voice in the cabinet, Secretary of State Colin Powell, has made it clear that Iraq is the next U.S. target. Why? As a Daily Reckoning reader put it this week on the discussion board: Iraq: It's so obvious. With 112 billion barrels of oil, at least according to Oil and Gas Journal, Iraq has the second largest oil reserves in the world. And although you may not be aware of it... 90% of Iraq's oil exports -- 24.2 million barrels a month -- already go to the United States. Only the invasion strategy appears to remain in question. Now, here's a fact that should be fairly obvious to all readers... Arab Wars = Oil Profits It's simple. Conflict in the Middle East invariably leads to higher oil prices. Consider recent history: * The Yom Kippur War, 1972 -- fought between Israel and its Arab neighbors, it quadrupled the price of oil, from $3 to $12 a barrel. * The Iranian Revolution, 1978 -- effectively removed one of the world's kingpin oil producers and pushed oil prices from $12 a barrel to $24 a barrel. * The Iran/Iraq War, 1980 -- jump-started oil prices again, sending them from under $22 a barrel to over $35! * Iraq invades Kuwait, 1990 -- propelled oil markets into the stratosphere. The price of crude climbed from $20 a barrel to over $35 a barrel. In each case, investors who caught the move early made fortunes. So the question seems to me to be: What are you going to do about it? I'm writing you today to suggest that if you want to position yourself to take advantage of the coming oil profits, I can recommend no better advice than that of John Myers. You may recall the man, the myth, the legend... his portfolio is already so strong in the year 2002 that The Hulbert Financial Digest has recently profiled Myers as one of the leading resource investors in the newsletter industry. And in August, Forbes.com published a lengthy interview with Myers asking: Your portfolio has gained 32% the first half of the year. How did you do it? The answer is quite clear. Myers is the insider's insider. He grew up in the resource business. As a 14-year-old living on a farm outside of Calgary, the Forbes interview begins, John Myers says he turned $20,000 into $150,000 over five years by buying Canadian and South African gold. At his father's recommendation, he bought the bullion at $35 and didn't sell until it reached $650. No surprise, then, Forbes continues, that Myers -- still living in Calgary and now editor of John Myers' Outstanding Investments -- is a poster boy for investing in natural resources. By knowing the industry inside and out, Myers has consistently turned profits from crisis situations... the electricity crisis in California two years ago... the natural gas shortage that plagued the East Coast last winter... and as he told the Forbes crew: Gold has been especially strong [for us this year]. We took profits to the tune of 668% on Metallica Resources and 162% on Intrepid Minerals. We've also done well with some of our intermediate oil companies like KeyWest Energy, up 41% for us, and Canadian gas pick Niko Resources, which gained 102%. Right now -- as we speak - Myers is adroitly positioning his readers for quick profits from Gulf War II and the coming oil crisis. Don't hesitate to join them; click here to read your free copy of Myers' special report: Vengeance, Blood and the Coming Oil Crisis http://www.agora-inc.com/reports/OST/RealityCheck Cheers and good luck, Addison Wiggin,
[CTRL] [LIFE-GAZETTE] Re: Abraham Dubya Bush (fwd)
-Caveat Lector- -- Forwarded message -- Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 18:44:24 -0700 (PDT) From: Franklin Wayne Poley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: M.A. Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [LIFE-GAZETTE] Re: Abraham Dubya Bush On Fri, 30 Aug 2002, M.A. Johnson wrote: Abraham Dubya Bush by Thomas J. DiLorenzo As has been their tradition for decades now, neocons who are in favor of waging total war against somebody (this time it's Iraq) have been invoking the sainted Lincoln (Father Abraham, as the war enthusiasts at the Claremont Institute call him) as their role model. After all, there must be some kind of ideological cover for mass murder Yes, of course, Johnson...Bush Junior is a mass murderer. He is a typical American. And an example of Methodist Whoredom. That is why he lauds the Grovelling Grahams (religious liars and whores) as the Whitehouse Preachers. FWP Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- 4 DVDs Free +sp Join Now http://us.click.yahoo.com/pt6YBB/NXiEAA/MVfIAA/wpWolB/TM -~- * What would a Model City plus surroundings for Good Doers of the Axis of Good be like, vs. a contrasting city for Evil Doers in the Axis of Evil? * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ liament. The 1996 Recall and Initiative Act enables CITIZENS to recall even the Premier. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF=http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html;Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/;ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Fwd: Gulf War II and the Coming Oil Crisis
-Caveat Lector- A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF=http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html;Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/;ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om ---BeginMessage--- -Caveat Lector- Dear Daily Reckoning Reader, Saddam Hussein is going down. George W. Bush has already announced his intention. For many the question is not if, ... but when. Even the most sensible voice in the cabinet, Secretary of State Colin Powell, has made it clear that Iraq is the next U.S. target. Why? As a Daily Reckoning reader put it this week on the discussion board: Iraq: It's so obvious. With 112 billion barrels of oil, at least according to Oil and Gas Journal, Iraq has the second largest oil reserves in the world. And although you may not be aware of it... 90% of Iraq's oil exports -- 24.2 million barrels a month -- already go to the United States. Only the invasion strategy appears to remain in question. Now, here's a fact that should be fairly obvious to all readers... Arab Wars = Oil Profits It's simple. Conflict in the Middle East invariably leads to higher oil prices. Consider recent history: * The Yom Kippur War, 1972 -- fought between Israel and its Arab neighbors, it quadrupled the price of oil, from $3 to $12 a barrel. * The Iranian Revolution, 1978 -- effectively removed one of the world's kingpin oil producers and pushed oil prices from $12 a barrel to $24 a barrel. * The Iran/Iraq War, 1980 -- jump-started oil prices again, sending them from under $22 a barrel to over $35! * Iraq invades Kuwait, 1990 -- propelled oil markets into the stratosphere. The price of crude climbed from $20 a barrel to over $35 a barrel. In each case, investors who caught the move early made fortunes. So the question seems to me to be: What are you going to do about it? I'm writing you today to suggest that if you want to position yourself to take advantage of the coming oil profits, I can recommend no better advice than that of John Myers. You may recall the man, the myth, the legend... his portfolio is already so strong in the year 2002 that The Hulbert Financial Digest has recently profiled Myers as one of the leading resource investors in the newsletter industry. And in August, Forbes.com published a lengthy interview with Myers asking: Your portfolio has gained 32% the first half of the year. How did you do it? The answer is quite clear. Myers is the insider's insider. He grew up in the resource business. As a 14-year-old living on a farm outside of Calgary, the Forbes interview begins, John Myers says he turned $20,000 into $150,000 over five years by buying Canadian and South African gold. At his father's recommendation, he bought the bullion at $35 and didn't sell until it reached $650. No surprise, then, Forbes continues, that Myers -- still living in Calgary and now editor of John Myers' Outstanding Investments -- is a poster boy for investing in natural resources. By knowing the industry inside and out, Myers has consistently turned profits from crisis situations... the electricity crisis in California two years ago... the natural gas shortage that plagued the East Coast last winter... and as he told the Forbes crew: Gold has been especially strong [for us this year]. We took profits to the tune of 668% on Metallica Resources and 162% on Intrepid Minerals. We've also done well with some of our intermediate oil companies like KeyWest Energy, up 41% for us, and Canadian gas pick Niko Resources, which gained 102%. Right now -- as we speak - Myers is adroitly positioning his readers for quick profits from Gulf War II and the coming oil crisis. Don't hesitate to join them; click here to read your free copy of Myers' special report: Vengeance, Blood and the Coming Oil Crisis http://www.agora-inc.com/reports/OST/RealityCheck Cheers and good luck, Addison Wiggin,
