[CTRL] How the Pentagon Forgot About Running Iraq (Jacob Weisberg)
-Caveat Lector- The assumption that events will conform to a preconceived model is a failing to which neoconservatives are notably vulnerable. Part of this may be Marxist residue that never quite washed off. The intellectual descendants of Trotskyists, the neocons find the idea of revolution from above, in which intellectuals and ideas play the crucial role, instinctively appealing. Many neocons also tend to buy into overly deterministic, Hegelian theories of history (see Fukuyama, Frank). In this sense, the assumption that Iraq was destined to become a liberal democracy with just a nudge from the United States is an error akin to Jeanne J. Kirkpatrick's Hannah Arendt-inspired view that Communist totalitarian societies could never reform from within. There was nothing wrong with that theory either, except that it happened to be completely wrong. Another reason the neocons go for grand theories may be that their primary experience tends to come from the classroom, rather than the real world. Colin Powell, who took fire in Vietnam, has a visceral sense of what happens when a military engagement turns sour that those who served out the war at the University of Chicago may lack. What's more, few neoconservatives have cultivated a deep appreciation or understanding of other culturesunless you count the Athens of Pericles or Machiavelli's Florence. http://slate.msn.com/id/2090852/ Slate the big ideaOccupational HazardsHow the Pentagon forgot about running Iraq.By Jacob WeisbergPosted Thursday, Nov. 6, 2003, at 9:44 AM PT The shooting down on Sunday of a Chinook helicopter, which claimed more American lives than any episode since the fall of Saddam Hussein, confirms what the Bush administration has spent weeks attempting to deny: The occupation of Iraq is going badly. It is not at all surprising that we've run into trouble over there. The difficulties we have faced, from looting to the lack of viable institutions, were largely to be expected from a devastated post-totalitarian society in a part of the world overwhelmingly hostile to the United States and its interests. What is surprisingamazing, in factis how unprepared we were for these problems. Much of the discussion in the postwar period was focused on the question of where those weapons of mass destruction went. An even more important question is how the Bush administration failed to prepare for what it knew was coming. How did the world's greatest military power plan the invasion of a country without also planning its occupation? David Rieff's Nov. 2 article in the New York Times Magazine offers pieces of an answer. The neoconservative Iraq hawks inside the PentagonPaul Wolfowitz, Richard Perle, and Douglas Feiththought our troops would be welcomed as liberators and that the Iraqi National Congress could run the country for us (a view Gideon Rose demolished in Slate back in April). Wolfowitz, in particular, was known for his view that fixing Iraq would provoke a reverse-domino effect of democratization throughout the Middle East. Those who bought into this wishful thinking didn't want to hear about the potential problems. The hawks' big mistake was not in thinking that optimistic scenario might be borne out. Their mistakeespecially stunning because the Pentagon is essentially a planning agencywas not preparing for alternate scenarios that were, at the very least, equally likely. The neoconservative architects of the invasion seem not to have, at any point, seriously engaged the question, "What if things do not go the way we hope they will?" What if the Iraqis are glad to be rid of Saddam but not glad to have the Marines as neighbors? What if Ahmad Chalabi turns out not to be the next Vaclav Havel? The Pentagon spends hundreds of millions of dollars staging elaborate war games to help anticipate unexpected turns in battle. Somehow, it neglected to game out the postwar peace. The assumption that events will conform to a preconceived model is a failing to which neoconservatives are notably vulnerable. Part of this may be Marxist residue that never quite washed off. The intellectual descendants of Trotskyists, the neocons find the idea of revolution from above, in which intellectuals and ideas play the crucial role, instinctively appealing. Many neocons also tend to buy into overly deterministic, Hegelian theories of history (see Fukuyama, Frank). In this sense, the assumption that Iraq was destined to become a liberal democracy with just a nudge from the United States is an error akin to Jeanne J. Kirkpatrick's Hannah Arendt-inspired view that Communist totalitarian societies could never reform from within. There was nothing wrong with that theory either, except that it happened to be completely wrong. Another reason the neocons go for grand theories may be that their primary experience tends to come from the classroom, rather than the real
[CTRL] Pentagon Debunks Reports on Osama-Saddam Ties
-Caveat Lector- No matter how many lies neocons and neocon media outlets are caught telling, they continue to tell lie after lie, even when they know they are going to be caught yet again. Neoconservatism appears to be less an ideology than a severe personality disorder which radically disconnects neocons from reality. Neocons basically will say anything, tell any lie, and adopt any ideology which supports whatever ideathat has taken fanatical root in their heads at any given moment. They are unresponsive to stimuli and data from the real world. Perhaps neoconservatism is linked to autism in some way? Is it a genetic thing? Connected with the disorder is a total absence of shame for whatever outrages one has committed in the past. The more the neocons are exposed as liars, the more stridently self-righteous they become. It is incomprehensible to any sane person that Douglas Feith would recirculate lies at this stage in the game which he had to KNOW would be shot down by his own Defense Department. What makes a guy like this tick? http://www.mediainfo.com/editorandpublisher/headlines/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=2030480 Editor Publisher NOVEMBER 18, 2003Pentagon Debunks Reports on Osama-Saddam Ties Some Outlets Run With 'Weekly Standard' Story By Seth Porges NEW YORK -- Several newspapers and other media outlets had egg on their face Monday after reporting or endorsing a Weekly Standard story revealing new evidence of an "operational relationship" between Saddam Hussein and Osama Bin Laden. Several outlets, including the New York Post, The Washington Times and FOX News, ran with the story. There was just one problem: On Saturday, the Pentagon issued a press release stating that "news reports that the Defense Department recently confirmed new information with respect to contacts between al-Qaida and Iraq ... are inaccurate."Despite this, the New York Post on Monday titled its editorial on the subject: "Bush Was Right."In the current Nov. 24 issue of the conservative journal The Weekly Standard, Stephen F. Hayes writes that Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein "had an operational relationship from the early 1990s to 2003 that involved training in explosives and weapons of mass destruction, logistical support for terrorist attacks, al Qaeda training camps and safe haven in Iraq, and Iraqi financial support for al Qaeda." The magazine's revelations allegedly came from a "top secret U.S. government memorandum obtained by The Weekly Standard." The Pentagon press release, however, states that the classified sections of the document contained "raw reports" and "was not an analysis of the substantive issue of the relationship between Iraq and al Qaida and it drew no conclusions."The Nov. 17 New York Post editorial made no mention of the Pentagon refuting the charge as "inaccurate."Also on Monday, The Washington Times carried an editorial on the issue, using The Weekly Standard article as evidence. At the end of the editorial, the Times mentions the Pentagon release, but urges "readers to examine the Weekly Standard article and decide for themselves."On Nov. 16, The Washington Post's Walter Pincus reported that the CIA has found "no evidence that Hussein sought to arm terrorists."The New York Post editorial opens: "As blood flowed freely again this weekend in the War on Terror, this time in Turkey as well as Iraq, a new report in The Weekly Standard suggests that events there may not be unrelated. "In fact, the report by Stephen Hayes -- based on a top-secret government memo -- documents an even more profound linkage: between none other than Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden. "According to Hayes, the memo, provides enormous evidence that the Bush team was right all along about Saddam's terrorist ties -- despite charges to the contrary by the president's foes, particularly Democrats ..." Source: Editor Publisher Online Seth Porges ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is a reporter for EP. www.ctrl.org 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://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=""ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL
[CTRL] A Web of Spin, Lies and Self-Delusion
Title: GN Online: Youssef M. Ibrahim: Get the American GIs out of Iraq -Caveat Lector- Not since the Vietnam disaster, which cost well over 50,000 American and more than a million Vietnamese lives, has a debacle of the scale unfolding in Iraq been visited upon the American people. This is a war constructed on ideological premises uncomfortably resembling those that led us to Vietnam: a web of spin, lies and self-delusion. Bush has not, to this day, given the world a credible reason for putting the lives of over 150,000 Americans in harm's way - no weapons of mass destruction found, no democracy is mushrooming, no light looms at the end this dark tunnel. Worse yet, the great Iraqi silent majority, according to the latest CIA confidential report leaked to the "Philadelphia Inquirer" a few days ago, is tilting against the US and the puppet Iraqi government we have put in Baghdad, as people become poorer, less safe and harassed by frightened and confused American troops in their homes and villages. http://www.gulf-news.com/Articles/print.asp?ArticleID=103200 Youssef M. Ibrahim: Get the American GIs out of Iraq |Special to Gulf News|18/11/2003 Looking at the American debacle in Iraq through Arab eyes, the solution is starkly evident: put American forces under the command of General Kofi Anan, otherwise known as Secretary-General of the United Nations, immediately. Get the French, Germans and the European Union - along with China, India and the rest of the world community - to send their soldiers under blue caps as peace-keeping forces, as they all readily agree they would if commanded by the United Nations.And, above all, get the American GIs out. Sooner or later an exceedingly stubborn and lonely George W. Bush Administration will have to reach that conclusion. Problem is, as long as it drags its feet, this administration is doing untold damage to the reputation and values of the US, once the most admired in this part of the world.It is creating a deep hatred in the Arab, and more important, the much bigger 1.2 billion Muslim world around the globe that will haunt us for years to come, feeding the ranks of the very same terrorists we are hoping to eradicate. Instead of winning the war on terror, President Bush is fanning its flames. As long as we remain an occupation force in Iraq, the worst case scenario is an expansion of the ongoing collapse of American prestige, respect, credibility and power . At the end of this tunnel lies a defeat which history will judge to have been entirely an American domestic political design. It is unconscionable of the Bush crowd of hawkish neo-conservatives, Evangelical Christians and pro-Likud supporters of Israel to drive matters to that extent, solely for the questionable purpose of gaining electoral votes. Indeed it is self-defeating. Bush may loose his job along with the US clout in the Iraqi quagmire. Web of spinNot since the Vietnam disaster, which cost well over 50,000 American and more than a million Vietnamese lives, has a debacle of the scale unfolding in Iraq been visited upon the American people. This is a war constructed on ideological premises uncomfortably resembling those that led us to Vietnam: a web of spin, lies and self-delusion. Bush has not, to this day, given the world a credible reason for putting the lives of over 150,000 Americans in harm's way - no weapons of mass destruction found, no democracy is mushrooming, no light looms at the end this dark tunnel. Worse yet, the great Iraqi silent majority, according to the latest CIA confidential report leaked to the "Philadelphia Inquirer" a few days ago, is tilting against the US and the puppet Iraqi government we have put in Baghdad, as people become poorer, less safe and harassed by frightened and confused American troops in their homes and villages. Instead of facing up to this, the Bush crowd is now plotting to get out and leave the puppet government in charge with all what that entails of danger including a return to a Saddam Hussain-style autocracy, or a civil war.Is it a surprise then that no one wants to come and help? The Turks, having pocketed $8 billion to send 10,000 troops, now say they aren't coming. The Red Cross has folded its tent in Iraq. The United Nations is refusing to co-operate and the Japanese and Koreans have just said they are re-thinking their promise to send forces. Even our friends, the Brits, have quietly cut their forces from 45,000 during the invasion to less than 15,000 now. Meanwhile in Iraq, American forces which a few
[CTRL] MSN Newsbot to Challenge Google News
Title: Microsoft Tests Answer to Google News -Caveat Lector- Consider the data mining/surveillance possibilities for a global central intelligence with access to all the net clicks on the world (including all searches): The most innovative Newsbot feature is personalization. MSN users who sign in to Microsoft Passport received personalized news based on previously demonstrated interests. It can show news from sources that person clicked on in the past, or suggest stories based on previously shown interests, the company said. "We pay attention to the usage of the service for many reasons http://www.internetnews.com/IAR/print.php/3110201 \n'); } if ( plugin ) { document.write(''); document.write(' '); document.write(' ');document.write(' '); document.write(' '); } else if (!(navigator.appName && navigator.appName.indexOf("Netscape")>=0 && navigator.appVersion.indexOf("2.")>=0)) {document.write(''); } //--> > Microsoft Tests Answer to Google News By Pamela ParkerNovember 18, 2003 Software giant Microsoft is testing its answer to Google's popular news aggregator and search site. "MSN Newsbot", on MSN UK, France, Spain and Italy, signals at least one of Microsoft's intentions as it seeks to build out its own search technology. Newsbot aggregates headlines from over 4,000 sources on the Internet, apparently provided by partner Moreover Technologies. Headlines are clustered by topic and displayed based on algorithms Microsoft established, the company said in a FAQ about the beta service. Those algorithms consider the number of sources covering the story, when the story was published, and how many people have looked at a particular story. Overture text ads are served on the main Newsbot page, as well as on news search results. It's not clear what criteria are used to target the ads. On Monday, both Overture listings featured merchants selling chimney flue liners. The top story on the page concerned a gangplank collapse that killed 15 people trying to board a British liner in France. Microsoft renewed its deal with Overture earlier this year. Overture paid listings will continue to appear on MSN in the U.S. and the U.K. through June, 2005. The Newsbot service is a glimpse at what Microsoft's been up to in the hot search arena, amidst much speculation about the company's intentions. The Redmond, Wash.-based software company has made significant investments in the search arena, tripling staffing levels as it works to catch up with Google and Yahoo! Microsoft has been very quiet about strategy specifics, especially in regard to paid search. The most innovative Newsbot feature is personalization. MSN users who sign in to Microsoft Passport received personalized news based on previously demonstrated interests. It can show news from sources that person clicked on in the past, or suggest stories based on previously shown interests, the company said. "We pay attention to the usage of the service for many reasons. We want to make MSN Newsbot (beta) more useful for our users," MSN says on its site. "By tracking the most popular stories, we can build a 'most popular' list for each section of news -- speeding discovery of what stories the world is reading. By telling users that 'People who read this story also read...' we can reduce the time it takes to find other interesting stories." Personalization features aside, the Newsbot service is close to a perfect echo of Google's News service, also still in beta after appearing in September, 2002. MSN choice of Moreover Technologies as a news provider is interesting. The latter company worked with Yahoo! on its news search. Contact internetnews.com staff Jupitermedia is publisher of the internet.com and EarthWeb.com networks. Copyright 2003 Jupitermedia Corporation All Rights Reserved.Legal Notices, Licensing, Reprints, Permissions, Privacy Policy. Click here! www.ctrl.org DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is 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.
[CTRL] Muhammad Found Guilty of All Charges
-Caveat Lector- It is still not clear if they are going to call Muhammad's friend who loaned him the murder weapon as a witness. - Jim http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A51368-2003Nov17?language=printer washingtonpost.com Muhammad Found Guilty of All Charges Jurors to Weigh Life or Death During Trial's Penalty Phase By Tamara JonesWashington Post Staff WriterMonday, November 17, 2003; 5:34 PM VIRGINIA BEACH, Nov. 17 -- John Allen Muhammad was convicted Monday of murder, terrorism and other charges that could send him to death row for his role in the Washington area sniper shootings last year. The 42-year-old Muhammad stood with hands clasped before him, biting his lower lip as the foreman repeated the word "guilty" four times. The seven-woman, five-man panel returned the verdict after approximately 6 1/2 hours of deliberation, finding Muhammad guilty of two counts of capital murder, conspiracy and illegal use of a firearm. The penalty phase of the trial began after jurors returned from lunch. Assistant Prince William Commonwealth's Attorney Richard A. Conway told jurors they had ample evidence to execute Muhammad. "Even if you didn't hear another soul testify, you certainly already heard enough" to deliver the death penalty, Conway said in the prosecution's opening statement. Conway promised to present evidence about a shooting in Washington state that predated the sniper siege, and told jurors they would hear about Muhammad's alleged access to two handguns and a rifle not tied to the Washington-area rampage. Conway referred to Muhammad's "callous attitude toward human life" and notes purportedly found in his stolen laptop computer and his car outlining plans for future attacks. "We reserve the death penalty for the worst of the worse," Conway told the jurors. "Folks, he still sits right in front of you without a shred of remorse." Defense attorney Jonathan Shapiro acknowledged that jurors would "put John Muhammad in a box of one kind or another. One is made of concrete; one is made of plywood." He urged jurors to see another side of Muhammad, a person he described as "a friendly guy, a solid, hard-working man who loved his children. John Muhammad was a human being." Shapiro recounted how Muhammad grew up in New Orleans in a family so poor they couldn't afford pain medication for his mother, who died of breast cancer when Muhammad, born John Williams, was three years old. In high school, Muhammad joined the ROTC and proudly wore his uniform to school "virtually every day. He loved that uniform," Shapiro said. Muhammad joined the National Guard and later, the Army. But after failures in his life mounted and Muhammad lost his marriage, his children and his business, the convicted sniper eventually found himself living in a homeless shelter in Tacoma, Wash. Shapiro promised jurors they would meet others from that shelter who found inspiration in Muhammad and credited him with a "spiritual wakening." "Is he irretrievable, worthless, not worth our time?" Shapiro asked. "Or is there some reason to spare him?" "It is not necessary," he concluded, "to extinguish one more life." After both sides concluded their brief opening statements, the prosecution began calling witnesses to buttress the argument that Muhammad deserves to die. First on the stand was Isa Nichols, a former accountant for Muhammad's car-repair business and friend of his ex-wife, Mildred. Nichols's 21-year-old niece, Keenya Cook, was fatally shot in the face Feb. 16, 2002, when she opened the door to her aunt's home in Tacoma. Prosecutors said they would link that slaying to Muhammad, who they allege was seeking revenge because Nichols had sided with his ex-wife in their divorce and bitter custody dispute. Nichols also testified about accompanying Mildred Muhammad to a court hearing when her children were returned to her 17 months after Muhammad abducted them and fled to Antigua. Nichols said Mildred Muhammad was so frightened of her ex-husband that she sought refuge in a sheriff's lounge after seeing him in the courthouse hall that morning. After losing parental rights, Nichols said, an "angry" Muhammad appeared in the hallway where Mildred Muhammad was making a phone call. "Mildred dropped the telephone and ran down the corridor" as Muhammad started "coming toward her," Nichols said. Attorneys bustled Mildred Muhammad and her friend into a cab, she added. Nichols said Mildred Muhammad feared her former husband. "Mildred felt he was going to destroy her," she testified. Prosecutors suggested earlier in the trial that the sniper shootings were a smoke-screen by Muhammad and that his intended target ultimately was Mildred, who was living in the D.C. area with the children. The accountant later recounted the evening months later when she came home to find her niece, Keenya Cook, lying on
[CTRL] Investigators say pilot error to blame for crash that killed Sen. Wellstone
-Caveat Lector- Yeah, Sure. That doesn't explain why the plane wastwo milesoff the landing pattern. - JR http://www.tribnet.com/24hour/politics/v-printer/story/1058256p-7426288c.html The News Tribune - Tacoma, WA Tuesday, November 18, 2003 Back to Regular Story Page Investigators say pilot error to blame for crash that killed Sen. Wellstone By LESLIE MILLER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Pilot error caused the plane crash that killed Sen. Paul Wellstone, D-Minn., and seven others, investigators said Tuesday. Investigators told the National Transportation Safety Board that the twin-propeller King Air A100 stalled when it slowed down too quickly while approaching Eveleth-Virginia Municipal Airport in northern Minnesota on Oct. 25, 2002. The plane lost altitude, veered sharply, sheared off treetops and crashed 2 1/2 miles short of the runway. "The flight crew did not monitor and maintain minimum speed," NTSB Aircraft Performance Group Chairman Charlie Pereira told the board, which will vote on whether to accept the finding. Wellstone; his wife, Sheila; their 33-year-old daughter, Marcia Wellstone Markuson; three campaign workers and the pilot and co-pilot died. They were traveling to a funeral. The crash occurred less than two weeks before Election Day. Following Wellstone's death, former Vice President Walter Mondale accepted the Democratic candidacy. After a brief campaign, Republican Norm Coleman won the seat Wellstone had held for nearly 12 years. On the day of the crash it was cloudy and cold. Crash investigators looked at the possibility icing on the wings contributed to the accident, but discounted that and focused instead on pilot Richard Conry, 55, and co-pilot Michael Guess, 30. John Clark, the NTSB's director of aviation safety, said Conry and Guess were flying too high and too fast as they began their approach. They slowed down too much as they tried to make up for the mistake, he said. The plane went from 190 mph to 87 mph in the final 90 seconds of the flight. It's unclear why the pilots didn't realize the plane was moving too slowly. "One of them should have been monitoring the instruments," said Bill Bramble, a human performance investigator for the NTSB. Interviews conducted after the crash revealed shortcomings in the proficiency of both pilots, investigators said. (Published 11:01AM, November 18th, 2003) General Info: Privacy Policy | User Agreement | Contact Us The Interactive Media Division of The News Tribune © 2002 Tacoma News, Inc.1950 South State Street, Tacoma, Washington 98405 253-597-8742Fax Machines: Newsroom, 253-597-8274 Advertising, 253-597-8764Send comments to the Webmaster at [EMAIL PROTECTED].- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Tacoma News, Inc. is a subsidiary of The McClatchy Company www.ctrl.org DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substanceânot soap-boxingâplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'âwith its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsâis 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://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=""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] Friend Illegally Bought Rifle for Muhammad
-Caveat Lector- At last a name, but not from the local papers. This raises all kinds of questions. Will Dancy be prosecuted?However, this does not explain the Bushmaster. It was a Remington Dancy bought for Mohammad, so he says. What happened to the Remington?Should Dancy be considered an accessory to murder (Keenya Cook's)? Stay tuned.- Jim http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A56352-2003Nov18?language=printer washingtonpost.com Friend Illegally Bought Rifle for Muhammad By Tamara JonesWashington Post Staff WriterTuesday, November 18, 2003; 2:16 PM VIRGINIA BEACH, Nov. 18--A sailor who shared his vast gun collection with John Allen Muhammad and illegally purchased a rifle for the buddy now convicted of capital murder testified Tuesday in the penalty phase of the Washington-area sniper's trial. Earl Lee Dancy Jr., an active-duty Navy gunner's mate, told jurors now holding Muhammad's life in their hands about his friend's keen interest in guns, his admiration for Adolf Hitler and his pride in the marksmanship of the teenager who posed as his son. "He's a sniper," Dancy recalled Muhammad saying of Lee Boyd Malvo as the two adults examined a target Muhammad's accused accomplice riddled with bullet holes at a shooting range in Tacoma, Wash., where Muhammad was then living. Malvo is standing trial for capital murder in nearby Chesapeake, Va., in the shooting spree that left 10 people dead and three wounded in the Washington area 13 months ago. Muhammad was found guilty of capital murder and related charges Monday and now faces either life in prison or death by lethal injection. Dancy said he knew it was against the law when he purchased a Remington 700-308 rifle for Muhammad at a Tacoma sporting goods store, and acknowledged that he lied to police and the FBI when they later questioned him about the weapon, which Dancy had meanwhile reported stolen at Muhammad's behest. Muhammad and Malvo stayed at Dancy's apartment for periods of time, Dancy said, and the two houseguests had free access to the gun collection Dancy kept in his bedroom closet. Muhammad also showed interest in a book about silencers that later disappeared from Dancy's house. The houseguests also had videos about snipers, which they frequently watched, he said. Dancy's testimony followed that of a Tacoma man who found the Remington on a bipod along a trail one night with a scope on it, pointing toward a nearby apartment. Muhammad's request that Dancy report his Remington stolen came around the same time the stranger found the gun with a single bullet in the chamber and turned it over to police. Dancy admitted under cross-examination that he had told multiple lies to authorities investigating the sniper case, but said he "didn't know" if he had been offered a plea bargain to avoid charges and possible prison time in exchange for his testimony. Dancy also testified fleetingly about Muhammad's bitter relationship with his former wife, Mildred, mother of his three young children. Muhammad told him "she caused him to lose everything, and he was going to fix her," Dancy said. Prosecutors have suggested that Muhammad orchestrated the sniper spree to create a smokescreen, and that Mildred, then living in the Washington area, was ultimately his intended target. The motive, they allege, was revenge over his loss of parental rights to the children. But jurors now left to decide whether to impose the death penalty against Muhammad have been hearing testimony during this penalty phase not about the 16 shootings that led to their guilty verdict, but about a killing far away and long before the D.C.-area rampage. A young mother who opened her front door to a shotgun blast on Feb. 16, 2002, in Tacoma became the latest bloodied face of death for jurors who have been immersed for over a month in images of violence and voices of anguish. The 21-year-old was found dead in the front foyer of her aunt Isa Nichols's home, where she lived with her infant daughter. Nichols had kept the books for Muhammad's car-repair business at one point, and had become a friend of Mildred Muhammad. She had sided with Mildred during the Muhammad's bitter divorce, after Muhammad spirited away the couple's children. She was in court with Mildred again 18 months later, when authorities found and returned the children to their mother. Nichols testified Monday that she watched Mildred Muhammad screaming and running down the courtroom hallway to flee an angry Muhammad after that hearing. Testimony about the slaying of Keenya Cook underscored the horror of random violence, of death unexplained, that the greater Washington metropolitan area would come to know intimately eight months later, when Muhammad prowled the streets in a decrepit Chevrolet Caprice modified into a sniper's lair. Keenya Cook, in her stocking feet, was poaching chicken on the
[CTRL] U.S. destroys suspected guerrillas' homes
-Caveat Lector- If they can remove the non-combatants, couldn't they just capture the guerrillas? - JR http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/news/special_packages/iraq/7279154.htm?template=contentModules/printstory.jsp Posted on Mon, Nov. 17, 2003 U.S. destroys suspected guerrillas' homesBy JEFF WILKINSONKnight Ridder Newspapers TIKRIT, Iraq - In a tactic reminiscent of Israeli crackdowns in the West Bank and Gaza, the U.S. military has begun destroying the homes of suspected guerrilla fighters in Iraq's Sunni Triangle, evacuating women and children, then leveling their houses with heavy weaponry. At least 15 homes have been destroyed in Tikrit as part of what has been dubbed Operation Ivy Cyclone II, including four leveled on Sunday by tanks and Apache helicopters that allegedly belonged to suspects in the Nov. 7 downing of a Black Hawk helicopter that killed six Americans. Family members at one of the houses, in the village of al Haweda, said they were given five minutes to evacuate before soldiers opened fire. The destruction of the homes is part of a sharp crackdown on insurgents in the so-called Sunni Triangle where guerrillas have downed at least two U.S. helicopters, one a Chinook in Fallujah on Nov. 2, killing 16 U.S. soldiers, and the other the Nov. 7 downing of the Black Hawk. On Saturday, two more helicopters crashed, after one of them may have been fired upon, killing 17. U.S. forces struck dozens of targets on Monday, killing six guerrillas and arresting 21 others, the military said. The operation is expected to continue through Wednesday, said Col. James Hickey, commander of the 1st Brigade of the 4th Infantry Division. Hickey said the four homes were destroyed on Sunday because enemy fighters lived and met there. Leveling the homes will force the fighters to find other meeting places, he said. "Those four people used those houses as sanctuary, and we're not allowing them to have sanctuary," Hickey said. "We're going to turn the heat up and complicate their battlefield," driving them into the desert, he said. "There they will be exposed and we will have them." It was unclear whether the decision to destroy the houses was part of an overall strategy approved in Washington. White House spokesman Scott McClellan declined to comment specifically, referring questions about the razings to the Defense Department, but he praised the military's efforts to get tough with Iraqi insurgents. ``There are terrorists who are seeking to spread fear and chaos in Iraq, and we are on the offensive and taking the fight to the enemy,'' McClellan said. ``Our coalition forces are doing an outstanding job working with Iraqis to bring these terrorists to justice.'' Officials at the Department of Defense referred questions to Central Command in Tampa, which oversees all military operations in Iraq. Spokesmen there declined to comment. On Monday, angry residents of al Haweda, where three of the destroyed homes were, said the tactic will spawn more guerrilla fighters and perhaps spark an Iraqi uprising similar to the Palestinian intifada in the West Bank and Gaza. "This is something Sharon would do," said 41-year-old farmer Jamel Shahab, referring to the Israeli prime minister, Ariel Sharon. "What's happening in Iraq is just like Palestine." Shahab stood amidst the rubble of the former home of 55-year-old farmer Omar Khalil, who was arrested shortly before the home was destroyed. The military said Khalil's son, who escaped, is one of the suspects in the downing of the Black Hawk. Khalil's wife, Kafey, sat wailing near her wrecked house. "I have no son. I have no husband. I have no home. I will be a beggar." Kafey Khalil said military officials first visited the house two days ago, demanding that her husband turn in her son. He refused. Then at about 10 p.m. Sunday, the military returned, she said. "They started shouting at us, `Get
Re: [CTRL] U.S. destroys suspected guerrillas' homes
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 11/18/2003 3:46:41 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Posted on Mon, Nov. 17, 2003 U.S. destroys suspected guerrillas' homesBy JEFF WILKINSONKnight Ridder Newspapers TIKRIT, Iraq - In a tactic reminiscent of Israeli crackdowns in the West Bank and Gaza, the U.S. military has begun destroying the homes of suspected guerrilla fighters in Iraq's Sunni Triangle, evacuating women and children, then leveling their houses with heavy weaponry. Anybody care to join me in a chorus of "Proud to be an American"? Prudy www.ctrl.org DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is 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://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=""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 inline: spacer.gifinline: spacer.gif
[CTRL] JFK, 9/11 and Conspiracy Theories (Maureen Farrell)
Title: JFK, 9/11 and Conspiracy Theories - Maureen Farrell at BuzzFlash.com -Caveat Lector- http://www.buzzflash.com/farrell/03/11/far03002.html November 18, 2003 MAUREEN FARRELL ARCHIVES JFK, 9/11 and Conspiracy Theories by Maureen Farrell "There have been many things swept under the carpet. And I think it's a shame in a government that you trust - I think it's a shame, the things that they chose to tell you and the things they choose not to tell you." -- Sept. 11 widow Julia Sweeney, whose husband Brian worked in the World Trade Center "One of my greatest shames, as a journalist is that I still don't know who killed Jack Kennedy." -- Hunter S. Thompson Last January, Mike Ward compared the post-9/11 conspiracy frenzy to what occurred in the aftermath of JFKs murder. "Angry speculation -- focused mainly on government dirty dealings, ulterior motives, and potential complicity in the attacks -- has risen to a clamor that easily rivals what followed the Kennedy assassination," he wrote. [Alternet.org] Inconsistencies in the official story always take their toll, particularly when there's a whiff of a cover-up. And certainly, news that the White House will edit sensitive documents before handing them over to the independent commission investigating Sept. 11 makes matters murkier. "The White House gets to cherry-pick how much access the nation's commission looking into 9/11 gets to crucial documents. I'm ready to vote for subpoenas right now," former Senator Max Cleland told CNN, evoking Warren Commission suspicion deja vu. While it's not surprising, as a New York Times/CBS poll revealed, that 77 percent of Americans reject the Warren Commission's findings, it seems that several government officials did, too. Richard Nixon, for example, said that the Warren Commission was "the greatest hoax that has ever been perpetuated," [BBC] while Bill Clinton reportedly asked Webster Hubble to find answers to two questions: "One, who killed JFK? And, two, are there UFOs?" Of course, without history's hindsight, nobody knows if 9/11 questions will capture the public's imagination the way those surrounding John F. Kennedy's assassination have. And while some, like Tucker Carlson, continue to disparagingly refer to "grassy knoll conspiracy theories," a quick glance at this week's TV listings shows exactly how enduring (and widely believed) such theories are. Though ABC plans to commemorate the 40th anniversary of JFKs assassination by "irrefutably" confirming that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone, other offerings include FOXs JFK: Case Not Closed, The Discovery Channel's Unsolved History: JFK Conspiracy, Court TVs JFK Assassination: Investigation Reopened and Cinemaxs airing of Oliver Stones JFK. Starting Nov. 18, The History Channel is featuring Nigel Turners The Men Who Killed Kennedy series, offering nine hours of individual conspiracy segments over the course of three nights. And on Sun. Nov. 23, theyll air JFK and the Grassy Knoll, with Kennedy assassination authors Gerald Posner, Mark Lane and David Lifton debating new evidence, which, the listing explains, "concludes that there may have been another gunman on the grassy knoll." Although there are at least 36 different JFK conspiracy theories, part of the lasting allure of the Kennedy saga lies in the fact that new information keeps bubbling to the surface. It seems that while some fibs (like Condi Rice's assertion that nobody imagined planes being used as weapons) are uncovered early on, others take longer to unravel. It took nearly 40 years and a team of British forensic scientists, for example, to conclude, with 96.3% accuracy, there was most likely a second gunman on the grassy knoll ("Study Backs Theory of 'Grassy Knoll,'" the Washington Post, March 25, 2001). Postcards from the Bushy Knoll While ex-British minister Michael Meacher has openly wondered if 9/11 wasnt conveniently allowed to happen to pave the way for US global domination [The Guardian], its doubtful that a majority of Americans entertain such claims. During a May, 2003 Hardball appearance, for example, political humorist Bill Maher reflected what seems to be prevailing attitude towards JFK and Sept. 11 theories. Uttering a confounded "wow" after Chris Matthews admitted, "I believe in the single bullet theory," Maher nevertheless balked when an audience member suggested that Bush might have purposely
[CTRL] Get Ready To Invade Iran!
-Caveat Lector- AP Exclusive: Top Iraqi Scientist Flees By DAFNA LINZER, Associated Press Writer The Iraqi scientist who headed Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s long-range missile program has fled to neighboring Iran, a country identified as a state sponsor of terrorism with a successful missile program and nuclear ambitions, U.S. officers involved in the weapons hunt told The Associated Press. Dr. Modher Sadeq-Saba al-Tamimi's departure comes as top weapons makers from Saddam's deposed regime find themselves eight months out of work but with skills that could be lucrative to militaries or terrorist organizations in neighboring countries. U.S. officials have said some are already in Syria and Jordan. Experts long feared the collapse of Saddam's rule could lead to the kind of scientific brain-drain the United States tried to prevent as the former Soviet Union collapsed. But the Bush administration had no plan for Iraqi scientists and instead officials suggested they could be tried for war crimes. There are a couple hundred Iraqis who are really good scientists, particularly in the missile area, said Jonathan Tucker, a former U.N. inspector now with the Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute in California. In the chemical and biological areas, their work wasn't state of the art but it was good enough to be of interest to other countries. Only now is the State Department exploring the possibility of a government-funded program to block a scientific exodus and prevent Iraqis from doing future research in weapons of mass destruction. Initial cost estimates for the program run about $16 million, according to a Nov. 3 draft proposal obtained by AP. Two members of the Pentagon (news - web sites)'s Defense Intelligence Agency involved in questioning scientists in custody told AP the Iraqis continue to deny the existence of illicit weapons programs in Iraq (news - web sites). Dozens of Iraqi scientists have been questioned and less than 30 remain in custody. All of them, including senior members of Saddam's regime, have been subjected to lie- detector tests, which have come up clean on weapons questioning, the DIA officers said. But U.S. scientists and weapons experts, who all spoke on condition of anonymity, said they're having trouble finding some Iraqi experts in Iraq and have no way of tracking ones they've met. They could leave Baghdad tomorrow and we'd never know, said one senior official involved in the hunt. Very few are obligated to tell us where they're going or what they're up to. U.N. inspectors spoke with Dr. Modher in Baghdad a week before the U.S.-led war began on March 20. Two U.S. weapons investigators say they believe he crossed the Iraq-Iran border on foot at least two months after U.S. forces took Baghdad. His activities in Iran are unclear and may explain why his disappearance hasn't been publicly disclosed. The CIA (news - web sites) declined to discuss its efforts with Iraqi scientists or identify individuals. Thought to be in his mid-50's, the Czech-educated scientist specialized in missile engines. He met numerous times with U.N. inspectors during the 1990s and earlier this year when he argued that the Al-Samoud missile system under his command wasn't in violation of a U.N. range limit. The inspectors determined otherwise when tests showed it could fly more than 93 miles. They quickly began destroying the Iraqi stock, much to his frustration. Dr. Modher was declared by Iraq to have been one of the principal figures in their missile programs, said Ewen Buchanan, spokesman for the U.N. inspectors. In the late 1980s, Modher headed up the Iraqi military's Project 1728, part of an effort to produce engines for longer-range missiles. He was the protege and favored colleague of Iraqi Lt. Gen. Hussein Kamel, Saddam's right-hand man and son-in-law who briefly defected to Jordan in 1995. There, Kamel told U.N. inspectors during interrogations about his work and Dr. Modher's efforts to build a missile powerful enough to strike most major European cities. According to the interrogation transcripts, Kamel said Modher and a nuclear physicist named Mahdi Obeidi both took work and documents from their offices. U.N. inspectors investigated the claim but found nothing. In July of this year, Obeidi gave the CIA a stack of papers and a piece of equipment that had been buried in his backyard for 12 years. In return, he has become the only Iraqi scientist allowed to move to the United States since the beginning of the U.S. occupation. Other than Obeidi, who is living along the East Coast with his family, another scientist known to have left the country is Jaffar al- Jaffer who founded Iraq's nuclear program in the 1980s. He's in the United Arab Emirates, where U.S. troops are stationed, and has been questioned by U.S. and British intelligence officials. But Jaffar, like a handful of
[CTRL] Bush Administration plan to reduce global warming could
-Caveat Lector- - Forwarded message from Mark Graffis [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 09:26:01 -0600 (CST) From: Mark Graffis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Mark Graffis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Bush Administration plan to reduce global warming could Bush Administration plan to reduce global warming could devastate sea life Public release date: 17-Nov-2003 Contact: Todd McLeish [EMAIL PROTECTED] 401-874-7892 University of Rhode Island Bush Administration plan to reduce global warming could devastate sea life http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2003-11/uori-bap111703.php URI marine biologist says CO2 injection in deep sea would alter ocean chemistry, affect numerous creatures KINGSTON, R.I. -- November 17, 2003 -- A Bush Administration proposal to mitigate the effects of global warming by capturing carbon dioxide emissions from power plants and injecting it into the deep sea could have disastrous effects on sea life, according to a University of Rhode Island researcher. Brad Seibel, assistant professor of marine biology at URI, said that while the Administration's plan is still in the experimental stage, enough is already known about the biology of marine organisms to say with certainty that the plan will harm the marine environment in significant ways. Increased CO2 in the oceans would result in decreases in the pH levels (the measure of acidity) of seawater, resulting in dramatic physiological effects on many species, Seibel said. Shallow-living organisms like shelled mollusks and corals are already being affected by the growing levels of CO2 in the atmosphere. As atmospheric CO2 diffuses into the upper layers of the water, it inhibits the ability of shellfish to form shells and causes coral reefs to dissolve. Deep-sea creatures are even more sensitive to environmental changes, he said. In some species, their metabolism would become suppressed and lead to retarded growth and reproduction, while others would be unable to transport oxygen in their blood. CO2 injection would be detrimental to a great many organisms, said the URI biologist. It would kill everything that can't swim fast enough to get out of the way, because in concentrated form it's highly toxic, even to humans. But the Department of Energy seems willing to sacrifice the animals of the deep sea if it will stop global warming. That's not entirely unreasonable considering that if we keep stalling on taking serious measures to reduce global warming, we won't be able to do anything about it. But I'd still like to see that we're doing everything else possible to reduce emissions before we begin polluting the deep-sea. The government's carbon sequestration plan is designed to collect carbon dioxide emissions that would otherwise be released into the atmosphere and store them in underground geologic formations or deep in the ocean. Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham announced in September the creation of seven regional partnerships to establish the framework needed to develop the necessary technologies and put them into action. In addition, the Bush Administration convened a Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum last June where energy ministers from 13 countries discussed the potential for CO2 injections around the globe. In the new book Climate Change and Biodiversity, published in August, Seibel and co-author Victoria Fabry wrote: From the perspective of marine organisms, deep-ocean sequestration means concentrating an otherwise dilute toxin to well above lethal levels, and placing it in an environment where the organisms are less tolerant of environmental fluctuation in general and CO2 in particular.Localized devastation of biological communities at the injection sites is certain. As seawater becomes acidified, growth rates of calcareous phytoplankton (those with calcium carbonate shells) will be reduced as a result of the effects of CO2 on the process of calcification. Metabolism in some animal species may also be depressed by increased acidity. Furthermore, some fish, squids, and shrimps will have a diminished capacity for oxygen uptake at the gill and transportation through their bloodstream, leading to asphyxiation. Seibel said that there is typically a natural exchange of CO2 between the sea and the atmosphere, but increases of atmospheric CO2 are already affecting the equilibrium. Intentional injections of CO2 will further disrupt the ecosystem. The carbon dioxide-carbonate system is arguably the most important chemical equilibria in the ocean, Seibel and Fabry wrote. It influences nearly every aspect of marine science, including ecology and, ultimately, the biodiversity of the oceans. Brad Seibel, assistant professor of marine biology in the University of Rhode Island's Department of Biological Sciences, joined the URI faculty in the summer of 2003 after having worked as a marine ecologist at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute in Monterey, Calif. for several years. He received undergraduate and
[CTRL] Voiding the Palestinians
-Caveat Lector- On October 29, 2003, a leading Israeli daily, Haaretz, reported a rape- murder that occurred more than fifty years ago at Nirim, an Israeli military outpost in the Negev. The victim was a Palestinian girl, in her early or mid-teens, or younger; the perpetrators of this crime were members of the Israeli Defense Force. Six days later, The Guardian also reported this crime, but US papers did not think this was news that is fit for print. In the United States, the media prefers to shield Israel from adverse notice. What is the significance of a single rape-murder in the long and tortuous history of the dispossession of one people by another? See: http://www.dissidentvoice.org/Articles9/Alam_Voiding-Palestinians.htm * www.ctrl.org DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substanceânot soap-boxingâplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'âwith its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsâis 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://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=http://www.mail-archive.com/[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] Utilities, Oil Companies Stand to Benefit from GOP Energy Bill
-Caveat Lector- http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/1116-01.htm Published on Sunday, November 16, 2003 by Knight-Ridder Newspapers Utilities, Oil Companies Stand to Benefit from GOP Energy Bill by Seth Borenstein and Sumana Chatterjee WASHINGTON - Electric utilities, especially southeastern ones, and oil companies that make a gasoline additive that taints drinking water are some of the biggest winners in the new energy bill that Republican leadership released Saturday. Oil and gas companies are thought to be huge recipients of massive tax breaks, worth about $22 billion, but that part of the energy deal was not made public late Saturday afternoon. The bill is so comprehensive that there are parts of the bill for every member of Congress to be uncomfortable with and for every member of Congress to support strongly, said energy industry lobbyist Scott Segal. Consumers may not notice a direct benefit from the energy deal except an eventual stabilization of skyrocketing natural gas prices in at least five years when an Alaska-to-Chicago natural gas pipeline is built, said Severin Borenstein, a business professor who is director of the University of California Energy Institute. For consumers I think this will have a pretty minimal effect on the energy picture, Borenstein said Saturday. The bill provides $18 billion in loan guarantees to private companies to build a natural gas pipeline from Alaska, where there is an abundance of natural gas but no way currently to get it to the lower 48 states. The first major energy legislation in about a decade was spurred on by August's massive Northeast blackout. Utility industry officials and Republican leaders who crafted this bill said this would help fix some of the causes for the blackout, which started in northeastern Ohio and spread quickly north and east. The bill, a Republican-crafted combination of House and Senate energy legislation, gives authority to a new Electric Reliability Organization that will oversee the technical aspects of running and interconnecting America's electrical grid. It becomes a traffic cop who can write tickets to enforce technical standards that have been only voluntary, said Jim Owen, spokesman for the Edison Electric Institute, a utility lobby. At the same time, marketing and business aspects will get only voluntary oversight and less regulation than the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) had planned. The bill delays until the year 2007 a FERC plan, called standard market design, that could have shared the power supply and loads more evenly between regions. The FERC plan would have benefited western and northeastern utilities and forced southeastern utilities to share more, the University of California's Borenstein said. FERC's plan could have fixed many of the causes of the blackout, said Paul Joskow, director of the MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research. The legislative language banning FERC's plan until 2007 is most unfortunate, he said. Bill-drafters bowed to powerful southern lawmakers who worried that their constituents and local power companies would bear costs of power sharing with other regions. Established utilities get to charge newer power plants costs associated with hooking them up to existing grids, a provision that southern utilities wanted. States and FERC will get a long-sought ability to force landowners to sell property so that new powerlines could be built. The makers of MTBE, an additive designed to make gasoline burn cleaner but that has ended up tainting public water supplies around the country, would benefit from a nearly unprecedented ban on product liability lawsuits. More than $100 million in lawsuits have been settled on the tainted water issue with many more pending. Almost all of the additives are made in Texas and Louisiana, where three powerful House members who crafted the bill live. The legislation would protect those companies from product liability lawsuits filed after Sept. 5, which includes a massive one from the state of New Hampshire and more than 20 other suits filed Sept. 30. It also eventually would ban MTBE from gasoline, but allow the president to lift that ban. And the MTBE-makers would get $2 billion to phase out of the business. It's a raw deal for the public, said Katie McGinty, Pennsylvania's environment secretary. Segal, who represents MTBE makers, said this was a way to hasten the transition of MTBE manufacturing to other products. There are handouts of $2 billion to build so-called clean coal power plants, that scientists and environmentalists say don't work that well. The nuclear industry gets the renewal of a multi-billion dollar federally subsidized catastrophic insurance plan. There are also tax credits to build three to six new plants. California, Alaska and states along the Gulf of Mexico would get $1 billion over ten years to fight erosion from oil and gas drilling. The legislation would make it easier for oil and gas
[CTRL] Carol Rutz's Lecture at Indiana University in November 2003
-Caveat Lector- scroll for news article This may be very heavy for survivors. Carol Rutz's Lecture at Indiana University in November 2003 "I am a survivor of mind control experiments performed under the CIA's MKULTRA program. MKULTRA was established in 1953 to counter soviet and Chinese advances in brainwashing and interrogation techniques and consisted of 149 subprojects contracted out to at least 80 institutions including hospitals and Universities. In 1977 Director of Intelligence Stansfield Turner said the program was initiated because the Agency was confronted with "learning the state of the art of behavioral modification at a time when the U.S. Government was concerned about inexplicable behavior of persons behind the 'iron curtain' and American prisoners of war who had been subjected to so called brainwashing." Now for some of my background. I have DID, Dissociative Identity Disorder that used to be known as multiple personality disorder." http://my.dmci.net/~casey/Indiana%20University%20Lecture%202003.html www.ctrl.org DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substanceânot soap-boxingâplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'âwith its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsâis 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://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=""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.'s 'Iron Hammer' code name 1st used by Nazis
-Caveat Lector- http://www.libertyforum.org/showthreaded.php?Board=news_newsNumber=1040315 U.S.'s 'Iron Hammer' code name 1st used by Nazis [ Post 1040315 ] Category: News Opinion Topic: News Current Events Synopsis: You knew it in your gut, didn't you? Source: Reuters Published: November 18, 2003 Author: NA For Education and Discussion Only. Not for Commercial Use. The U.S. military's code name for a crackdown on resistance in Iraq was also used by the Nazis for an aborted operation to damage the Soviet power grid during World War Two. "Operation Iron Hammer" this week launched the 1st Armored Division's 3rd Brigade into the roughest parts of Baghdad to ferret out the attackers who have killed scores of U.S. troops since Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was ousted in April. A Pentagon official said the name was chosen because of the "Old Ironsides" nickname of the 1st Armored Division. He was unaware of any connection to any Nazi operation. "Eisenhammer," the German for "iron hammer," was a Luftwaffe code name for a plan to destroy Soviet generating plants in the Moscow and Gorky areas in 1943, according to Universal Lexikon on the www.infobitte.de Web site. A researcher at Britain's Imperial War Museum confirmed the existence of Eisenhammer. The Nazi's long-range bombing operation was repeatedly postponed and was finally scrapped after an allied air assault destroyed many of the German planes on the ground in 1945, shortly before the defeat of Germany. After it declared war on terrorism, U.S. officials changed the code name for its impending attack on Afghanistan to Operation Enduring Freedom. The original name, Operation Infinite Justice, was jettisoned amid fears that the Muslim world, already leery of U.S. intentions, would object on the basis of Koranic teachings that only God can provide infinite justice. www.ctrl.org DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substanceânot soap-boxingâplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'âwith its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsâis 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://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=""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] Istanbul Bombing - What We're Expected To Believe
-Caveat Lector- http://www.rense.com/general44/expect.htm Istanbul Bombing - What We Are Expected To Believe Commentary By Margita Lukkarinen Helsinki, Finland 11-18-3 Dear Jeff, Since Israel went to 'help' Turkey in solving the Istanbul bombing, the story seem to be turning upside down and all vital data seem to be 'forgotten'. I am enclosing an article from Israel: 1. We are expected to believe that ONLY 3 people did it. 2. Haaretz forgot that a brother of a cousin is a cousin too. 3. We are expected to believe that even thought the two bombers could walk away. they preferred to die in the vans , probably because they were too tired to fight the Zionists :-) 4. We are expected to forget that ALL initial reports indicated that the vans were parked. 5. We are expected to forget that all initial reports clearly said that the drivers were observed by local people walking away from the van. 6. We are not allowed to ask who put the bodies inside the vans before exploding them. 7. As usual, we are told that there is a link to Afghanistan even though this country has been already evaporated. 8. As usual 'they' 'found' a 'link' to Syria to justify attacking Syria soon. 9. We are expected to believe that the 'suicide' bombers whom we were told repeatedly produced VERY sophisticated bombs, decided to use their own vans so that the rest of their family could be implicated and arrested. 10. We are expected to believe that the Turkish government, which until now insisted that there is clearly another government behind this bombing, changed its opinion this morning after getting 'help' from Israel, and decided that only one family is involved. 11. We are expected to believe that the Turkish police were lying when they told us initially that they have a security video showing clearly the bombers walking away from their vans. 12. Again, we are expected to believe that bin-Laden is alive, and he is behind all the evil of this world. Someone said that the biggest achievement of the Devil was that he made us believe that he does not exist. It was clear that most western media is now controlled by the Devil, but, I am very surprised to read that now most 'Arab' AND Israeli 'news' are also under his control. Yours, Margita Lukkarinen Helsinki Finland === http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/362079.htmlhttp://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/362079.html Last Update: 18/11/2003 20:24 Turkey: Man who dispatched Istanbul bombers fled to Syria By mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Jonathan Lis, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Yossi Melman and Zvi Barel, Haaretz Correspondents, Haaretz Service and News Agencies Turkish investigators are reportedly close to uncovering the full story behind the terror bombings of two Istanbul synagogues on Saturday morning in which 25 people were killed and over 300 wounded. Their probe has thus far revealed that the World Islamic Jihad was behind the attack. The bombings were apparently carried out in cooperation with Al-Qaida and other terror organizations. It became clear on Tuesday that the terror cell that carried out the attack was primarily made up of members of one family. The two suicide bombers were cousins and the brother of one of the bombers headed the planning and execution of the attack. The brother fled to Syria immediately following the Saturday morning attack. Turkish government figures on Tuesday accused Syrians not connected with the ruling regime of assisting the Istanbul terrorists in carrying out their double attack. The investigation has also revealed that all four individuals involved in the planning and execution of the suicide bombings came from the city of Bingul in southeast Turkey. All four were considered extremist Al-Qaida activists. They trained in Afghanistan and Iran and fought in Chechnya and in the Balkans. They were also previously active in Muslim organizations made illegal by Turkish authorities. Turkish intelligence authorities and police said Monday that they had identified at least one of the suicide bombers from the attacks. The suspected bomber is Azad Ekinci, from southeast Turkey, whose older brother has been called in by Istanbul police to provide a DNA sample. The license plate on the vehicle that blew up outside the Beit Yisrael synagogue in Shishli was registered to the older brother. Meanwhile, six Jewish victims of the attacks, including a young girl, were laid to rest Tuesday. The six were named as eight-year-old Anita Rubinstein and her grandmother Anna, 85; Avraham Idinvarul, 40; Yoel Cohen Ulcher, the 20-year-old security guard at one of the two synagogues; Berta Usdawan, 34, who was killed along with her Muslim husband, Ahmed; and Yona Romano, 50, who died of a heart attack as a result of the bombing. Their coffins were draped with Turkey's red-and-white flag emblazoned with a crescent and star, an honor