[CTRL] Fwd: Iraq Parallels Vietnam, Not Korea
-Caveat Lector- Begin forwarded message: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: June 8, 2007 7:54:13 PM PDT To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Fwd: Iraq Parallels Vietnam, Not Korea The United States did not need a permanent military presence in the Persian Gulf during the Cold War when the biggest threat to that oil existed -- the antisemitic, Arab-friendly Soviet Union. The United States still didn't need such a presence when it waged war for oil against Saddam Hussein in the 1991 Gulf War. After Saddam invaded Kuwait, the U.S. military brought in land and air forces from the United States for Desert Shield and Desert Storm. Revealing its imperial intentions, the United States only established a permanent military presence on land in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia in 1991 after the Soviet and Iraqi threats had melted away. With those two major threats eliminated, the United States could easily claim to be defending Persian Gulf oil . Economists, however, know that oil will flow from the Gulf even without U.S. military forces protecting it. Oil is a valuable commodity to the Gulf countries, including Iran, only when it is sold, making the profit motive the best guarantor that oil will continue to flow freely. Non-Muslim military forces occupying Muslim lands is the central factor that motivates radical Islamists, and indeed most Muslims, to oppose the occupiers. This factor was the source of zealous resistance to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the Russian invasion of Chechnya. See what's free at AOL.com. From: Jim S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: June 8, 2007 6:23:45 PM PDT Subject: Iraq Parallels Vietnam, Not Korea http://www.consortiumnews.com/2007/060607a.html *Iraq Parallels Vietnam, Not Korea* By Ivan Eland June 7, 2007 [Editor's Note: A new Bush administration talking point for the Iraq War is to tell the American people that the bloody conflict will morph into a Korean-style armistice, not a Vietnam-style catastrophe. In this guest essay, the Independent Institute's Ivan Eland says the reassuring Korean parallel is the latest Iraq War deception.]: The Bush administration has decided its new model for a long-term solution in Iraq is Korea. It's an attempt to stifle the inevitable comparisons of the Iraq quagmire to Vietnam and a way to justify the eventual reduction of U.S. forces in Iraq (to take the heat off of Republican candidates in the 2008 elections), while retaining a substantial U.S. military presence by establishing three or four long-term major military bases. The plan would ultimately be a disaster for the United States. Merely suggesting the long-term establishment of U.S. military bases in a historically significant Muslim country will confirm to the Islamist radicals, mainstream Muslims, as well as Bush critics that the U.S. desire for a continued land-based military presence in the oil-rich Persian Gulf was the administration’s real objective in invading Iraq. As one of those critics, I had long assumed that oil was one of the major underlying reasons for the invasion of Iraq. The administration knew that the Saudi Arabian government wanted the United States to withdraw from land bases in the desert kingdom, and the administration likely believed in the need for replacement bases to keep its finger on the jugular of Gulf oil. Open talk by the administration of retaining a long-term military presence in Iraq, à la Korea, merely provides hard evidence for this thesis. For more than a half century after the Korean War, the United States has maintained tens of thousands of U.S. forces in South Korea. Of course, the need for a U.S. land presence in the Persian Gulf to defend oil is highly questionable. The United States did not have a permanent military land presence in the Gulf during the Cold War when the biggest threat to that oil existed: the Soviet Union. The United States didn't even have such a presence when it waged war for oil against Saddam in the 1991 Gulf War. After Saddam invaded Kuwait, the U.S. military brought in land and air forces from the United States for Desert Shield and Desert Storm. Revealing its imperial intentions, the United States only established a permanent military presence on land in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia in 1991 after the Soviet and Iraqi threats melted away. Certainly, with these two major threats eliminated, the United States could easily defend Persian Gulf oil offshore, as it did successfully during the 1991 conflict. Many economists, however, believe that oil will flow from the Persian Gulf, even without U.S. military forces protecting it. Oil is a valuable commodity to the Gulf countries, including radically Islamist Iran, only when it is sold, making the profit motive the best guarantor that oil will continue to flow freely. Furthermore, non-Muslim
[CTRL] Fwd: Iraq Is Vietnam - And You'd Better Believe It!
-Caveat Lector- Begin forwarded message: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: March 26, 2007 10:22:39 AM PDT To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Fwd: Iraq Is Vietnam - And You'd Better Believe It! Vietnamization was not a military strategy. It was a public- relations campaign. The White House hoped that Vietnamization would keep the house of cards upright [until the next election], providing what C.I.A. veteran Frank Snepp famously called a decent interval that could mask the American defeat by declaring that the fate of South Vietnam now was the responsibility of the South Vietnamese. If they didn't want freedom badly enough to win, well, we had done our best. To make this deceitful drama work, however, the pullout had to be gradual. The plan (Vietnamization) had to be easily explained to the American people. And the U.S. training force left behind had to be large enough and exposed enough to provide visual signs of our commitment on the 6 o'clock news. Pictures of Americans shaking hands with happy peasants would support the lie that Vietnamization was succeeding. AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. From: Jim S [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: March 25, 2007 10:00:44 PM PDT Subject: Iraq Is Vietnam - And You'd Better Believe It! *Iraq Is Vietnam - And You'd Better Believe It* By John Graham t r u t h o u t | Guest Contributor Tuesday 19 December 2006 I was a civilian advisor/trainer in Vietnam, arriving just as U.S. troops were going home. I wasn't there to fight, but I hadn't been in country a week before I learned that the word noncombatant didn't mean much where I was posted, fifty miles south of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) that then divided South Vietnam from North. I got the message when a sniper's bullet whistled past my ear on the main highway twenty miles south of HuŽ. Joe Jackson, the burly major who was driving, yelled at me to hold on and duck as he gunned the jeep out of range, zigzagging to spoil the sniper's aim. Snipers or not, in 1971 it was the U.S. government's policy not to issue weapons to civilian advisors in Vietnam, even to those of us in distant and dangerous outposts. The reason was not principle, but PR -- and here begin the lessons for Iraq. Sometime in 1969, the White House, under siege from the public and faced with unrelenting facts on the ground, quietly made the decision that America couldn't win its war in Vietnam. Nixon and Kissinger didn't put it that way, of course. America was a superpower, and it was inconceivable that it could lose a war to a third-rate nation whose soldiers lived on rice and hid in holes in the ground. So, the White House conceived an elaborate strategy that would mask the fact of an American defeat. The U.S. would slowly withdraw its combat troops over a period of several years, while the mission of those who remained would change from fighting the North Vietnamese and Vietcong to training the South Vietnamese to carry on the fight on their own. At the same time, we would give the South Vietnamese a series of performance ultimatums which, if unmet, would trigger a total withdrawal and let us blame the South Vietnamese for the debacle that would follow. This strategy was called Vietnamization. Implementing it cost at least 10,000 additional American and countless more Vietnamese lives, plus billions of dollars. It was a rigged game from the start. All but the wildest zealots in Washington knew that the South Vietnamese would not and could not meet our ultimatums: an end to corrupt, revolving-door governments; an officer corps based on merit, not cronyism; and the creation of a national state that enjoyed popular allegiance strong and broad enough to control the political and cultural rivalries that had ripped the country's fabric for a thousand years. During the eighteen months I was in Vietnam, I met almost no Americans in the field who regarded Vietnamization as a serious military strategy with any chance of success. More years of American training could not possibly make a difference in the outcome of the war, because what was lacking in the South Vietnamese Army was not just combat skills but belief in a cause worth fighting for. But none of that was the point. Vietnamization was not a military strategy. It was a public-relations campaign. The White House hoped that Vietnamization would keep the house of cards upright for at least a couple of years, providing what C.I.A. veteran Frank Snepp famously called a decent interval that could mask the American defeat by declaring that the fate of South Vietnam now was the responsibility of the South Vietnamese. If they didn't want freedom badly enough to win, well, we had done our best. To make this deceitful drama work, however, the pullout had to be
[CTRL] Fwd: Iraq: US-Trained Death Squads Kill More Civilians Than Insurgents
-Caveat Lector- 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/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/ 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 ---BeginMessage--- -Caveat Lector- US envoy urges crackdown on Iraq militias By Nick Olivari Mar 25, 2006 http://today.reuters.com/misc/PrinterFriendlyPopup.aspx?type=topNewsstoryID=uri:2006-03-25T173405Z_01_L17519334_RTRUKOC_0_US-IRAQ.xml BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The U.S. ambassador urged Iraq's divided leaders to rein in militias on Saturday as political blocs failed again to break a deadlock on forming a unity government that they hope can avert civil war. Zalmay Khalilzad, who is pressing hard for a government more than three months after elections, issued a tough warning about the militias, many of which have ties to powerful Shi'ite leaders and are entrenched in Iraqi security forces and police. "More Iraqis are dying from the militia violence than from the terrorists," he told reporters during a visit to a Baghdad youth center newly renovated with U.S. funds. "The militias need to be under control." Iraq's Shi'ite, Kurdish and Sunni leaders held another round of talks aimed at resolving differences holding up formation of post-war Iraq's first full-term government. Politicians told a news conference they were optimistic about forming a government. Sunni politician Tareq al-Hashemi said talks focused on ways of building a solid political foundation for the new government. The destruction of a Shi'ite shrine a month ago sparked a wave of reprisals that raised the prospect of pro-government Shi'ite militias pushing Iraq into civil war, nearly three years after insurgents from the once-dominant Sunni Arab minority began a campaign against the U.S.-backed authorities. The crisis has increased pressure to form a cabinet that can avert an all-out sectarian conflict. Police found 10 more bodies, apparent victims of sectarian violence, in different parts of Baghdad on Saturday. Many of them showed signs of torture, including some that were garrotted. Gunmen killed a traffic policeman in central Baghdad then placed a bomb inside his booth which killed four civilians in a minibus and wounded four others, police said. In Mahmudiya, south of Baghdad, mortar bombs hit houses, killing four people and wounding 13, police said. Khalilzad said the government would face the daunting task of easing a Sunni Arab insurgency while dealing with militias, which have flourished since Saddam Hussein's fall in 2003. Shi'ite militias have melded into Iraqi security forces and police and they are unlikely to want to give up their weapons at a time of raging sectarian violence. Khalilzad renewed accusations on Friday that Iran is training, supplying and funding Shi'ite violence in Iraq. IRANIAN HELP Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Friday the United States -- probably Khalilzad -- will talk to Iran about Washington's accusations of Iranian destabilization of Iraq, in the first public acceptance of an Iranian offer to meet. In Tehran, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said he supported talks with the United States about Iraq but was suspicious of U.S. motives. Washington is eager for Iraqi leaders to stabilize Iraq so that U.S. troops can go home. But a withdrawal is contingent upon the performance of Iraqi troops, who have watched Sunni insurgents kill thousands of their comrades. Several U.S. senators visiting Iraq on Saturday said U.S. patience was running thin over Iraq, with some suggesting a continued military presence would only fuel the insurgency. Senator John McCain, the head of the delegation, said he was guardedly optimistic that a new government would be formed "in weeks". But he suggested the conflict would drag on. "We all acknowledge, particularly after visiting here, that this is a very long, tough enterprise and challenge that we are facing and I think the best way to treat it is to tell the American people exactly that," he told reporters. Some Sunni Arabs have
[CTRL] Fwd: Iraq Zeroes in on Vietnam Analogy
-Caveat Lector- 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 ---BeginMessage--- -Caveat Lector- The strange sovereignty ceremony in Iraq and George W. Bush's staged reaction at the NATO summit got the headlines. But the underlying reality is that the U.S. military is again stuck propping up a sovereign puppet regime that couldn't survive on its own, much the same as four decades ago in Vietnam. For the full story on the troubling reality in Iraq -- and Bush's pathetic attempt to restage at the NATO summit his clueless reaction to the Sept. 11 attacks (now featured in Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11) -- go to Consortiumnews.com at http://www.consortiumnews.com Consortiumnews.com is requesting donations from our loyal readers so we can resume full-time operations through the rest of 2004. You can make a secure tax-deductible donation at the Web site or by sending a check to the Consortium for Independent Journalism; Suite 102-231; 2200 Wilson Blvd.; Arlington, VA 22201. Thank you. ___ Powered by List Builder To unsubscribe follow the link: http://lb.bcentral.com/ex/sp?c=13595s=9B56F1426799361Fm=249 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=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 ---End Message---
[CTRL] Fwd: Iraq, Bush's Bottomless Money Pit
-Caveat Lector- 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 ---BeginMessage--- -Caveat Lector- Bush Asks Congress for Additional War Funding $25B [More, So Far] Needed for Contingencies in Iraq and Afghanistan, President Says "The cost so far! of the Iraqi war and occupation is larger than the combined costs of the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Mexican-American War, the Spanish-American War, and the Persian Gulf War. "At nearly one-quarter of a trillion dollars, the expense is approaching the total cost of World War I -- a figure likely to be exceeded before next year ... " By Jonathan Weisman and William Branigin Washington Post May 5, 2004 Driven by unanticipated combat, higher-than-expected troop levels and rising political pressure, the White House reversed course today and asked Congress for an additional $25 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan for the fiscal year that begins in October. "While we do not know the precise costs for operations next year, recent developments on the ground and increased demands on our troops indicate the need to plan for contingencies," President Bush said in a statement on the request this afternoon. "We must make sure there is no disruption in funding and resources for our troops." He said he was asking Congress to "establish a $25 billion contingency reserve fund for the coming fiscal year to meet all commitments to our troops and to make sure we succeed in these critical fronts in the war on terror." He said his administration later would seek a full supplemental request for fiscal 2005 "when we can better estimate precise costs." Bush made the request after a meeting this morning in which he and Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld discussed recommendations from U.S. military commanders in Iraq and Afghanistan about their needs. Bush included no war funding in his fiscal 2005 budget, and he had hoped to avoid such a request until after the November election, fearing a divisive, campaign-year debate over the war's conduct and future, Republican congressional aides said. Congress has already approved two wartime emergency spending laws totaling $166 billion, of which $149 billion went to Iraq. But in recent weeks, military officials publicly stated that U.S. forces were already running into financial problems, and would likely run out of money even before Sept. 30, the end of the current fiscal year. Accounting tricks would likely patch those holes, they said, but it was unclear how the military would be able to wait until January or February, when the administration planned to detail its next war request. Democrats -- and some Republicans-- have put increasing pressure on Bush to detail the cost of operations and to request additional funding as soon as possible. The Democrats used their weekly radio address Saturday to air a critique by 1st Lt. Paul Rieckhoff, an Army reservist who spent 10 months in Iraq. "There were not enough vehicles, not enough ammunition, not enough medical supplies, not enough water," he said. "There was not enough body armor, leaving my men to dodge bullets with Vietnam-era flak vests. We had to write home and ask for batteries to be included in our care packages. Our soldiers deserve better." White House budget director Joshua B. Bolten and Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz made an unscheduled trip to Capitol Hill this afternoon to lay out the request in a meeting with House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.), Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.), House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) and House and Senate appropriations committee Republicans. "It was a bit of a surprise for us," said one House Republican leadership aide. Republican aides conceded today that the $25 billion Bush will seek is likely to be only the first installment. In February, Bolten said the president would seek as much as $50 billion next year. But that was when the
[CTRL] Fwd: Iraq: Quicksand Blood
-Caveat Lector- 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 ---BeginMessage--- -Caveat Lector- Thrashing about for a strategy on Iraq, the Bush administration is looking back two decades to the bloody counterinsurgency wars in Central America. Some of those strategies are already being employed while others -- like reliance on local security forces to carry out the dirty work -- may be hard to duplicate in a Middle Eastern country. For the full story about this troubling historical antecedent to the Iraqi quicksand, go to Consortiumnews.com at http://www.consortiumnews.com ___ Powered by List Builder To unsubscribe follow the link: http://lb.bcentral.com/ex/sp?c=13595s=D59776C5AD2018D3m=223 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=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 ---End Message---
[CTRL] Fwd: IRAQ WAR STARTED ON SATANIC HOLY DAY
-Caveat Lector- March 19th is Saint Joesph's Day and the day which Edgar Cayce says Jesus was born. FWIW Peace Om K A HREF=""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=""Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http://archive.jab.org/[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 ---BeginMessage--- -Caveat Lector- This mailing list is for members of http://www.1Ebooks.com You either joined this list, or this email address was submitted to this list. If you wish to be removed from this list, you can find UNSUBSCRIBE INFO at the end of this email.. The Iraq War started on the 3rd week of the 3rd month in the 3rd year of the 3rd millennium The hidden number of the date of the attack is a HOLY DAY IN SATANISIM George Bush has admitted he, his father and even grandfather all belonged to SKULL AND BONES, a secret SATANIC society that operates out of Yale You can read an article exposing the SATANIC BLACK MAGICK RITUALS connected to George Bush and the White House at http://www.sollog.com and http://www.asksollog.com The mainstream media has even reported how the Bush family has belonged to the SECRET SATANIC SKULL AND BONES cult for THREE GENERATIONS THE USA IS BEING LED BY A SATANIST who picked a major HOLY DAY in Satanism to start THE WAR ON IRAQ Again, you can read this expose at http://www.sollog.com or http://www.asksollog.com Sollog is an occult expert and author of over 30 books on mysticism. His expose on the BUSH FAMILY SATANIC CULT MEMBERSHIP will make you understand how EVIL THE BUSH FAMILY is! Sollog's books are at http://www.1ebooks.com/sollog From http://www.1ebooks.com Check out these web sites http://www.1ebooks.com http://www.1emovies.com http://www.1emusic.com http://www.247news.net http://www.247sex.net http://www.247joke.com http://www.theeunderground.com http://www.sollog.com http://www.asksollog.com http://www.theeend.com http://www.nikkee.net http://www.deathgallery.com If you want to be removed form this list You can UNSUBSCRIBE at http://www.1ebooks.com/maillist.shtml Just enter the email address we sent this letter to at that web page 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://archive.jab.org/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=http://archive.jab.org/[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 ---End Message---
[CTRL] Fwd: Iraq Body Count Project
-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://archive.jab.org/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=http://archive.jab.org/[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- A HREF=""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=""Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http://archive.jab.org/[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 ---BeginMessage--- -Caveat Lector- Here's a rather subversive website that lists all deaths in the Iraqi conflict. Truth is good. http://www.iraqbodycount.net/ The IRAQ BODY COUNT Project This is a Human Security project to establish an independent and comprehensive public database of civilian deaths in Iraq resulting directly from military actions by the USA and its allies in 2003. Results and totals are continually updated and made immediately available on this page and on various IBC counters which may be freely displayed on any website, where they will be automatically updated without further intervention. Casualty figures are derived from a comprehensive survey of online media reports. Where these sources report differing figures, the range (a minimum and a maximum) are given. All results are independently reviewed and error-checked by at least three members of the Iraq Body Count project team before publication. The project takes as its starting point and builds upon the earlier work of Professor Marc Herold who has produced the most comprehensive tabulation of civilian deaths in the war on Afghanistan from October 2001 to the present, and the methodology has been designed in close consultation with him. Professor Herold commented: I strongly support this initiative. The counting of civilian dead looms ever more importantly for at least two reasons: military sources and their corporate mainstream media backers seek to portray the advent of precision guided weaponry as inflicting at most, minor, incidental civilian casualties when, in truth, such is is not the case; and the major source of opposition to these modern wars remains an informed, articulate general public which retains a commitment to the international humanitarian covenants of war at a time when most organized bodies and so-called experts have walked away from them http://www.iraqbodycount.net/ = Love is the law... Love under will __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.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,
[CTRL] [Fwd: Iraq Faces Massive US Missile Barrage]
-Caveat Lector- If I'm not mistaken, this plan also breaks all international laws regarding the targeting of civilian infrastructures. Of course, that shouldn't matter to this administration since they have refused to participate in the International Criminal Court for this very reason. This is truly horrifying. Let's just hope we can get this war stopped before this apocalyptic nightmare is visited upon the innocents... God help us. A Shock and Awe battle plan. Monstrous. Little boys playing with toys too big for them. Destruction beyond imagining. Goodsister .. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/01/24/eveningnews/main537928.shtml WASHINGTON, Jan. 24, 2003 Iraq Faces Massive U.S. Missile Barrage CBS) If the Pentagon sticks to its current war plan, one day in March the Air Force and Navy will launch between 300 and 400 cruise missiles at targets in Iraq. As CBS News Correspondent David Martin reports, this is more than number that were launched during the entire 40 days of the first Gulf War. On the second day, the plan calls for launching another 300 to 400 cruise missiles. There will not be a safe place in Baghdad, said one Pentagon official who has been briefed on the plan. The sheer size of this has never been seen before, never been contemplated before, the official said. The battle plan is based on a concept developed at the National Defense University. It's called Shock and Awe and it focuses on the psychological destruction of the enemy's will to fight rather than the physical destruction of his military forces. We want them to quit. We want them not to fight, says Harlan Ullman, one of the authors of the Shock and Awe concept which relies on large numbers of precision guided weapons. So that you have this simultaneous effect, rather like the nuclear weapons at Hiroshima, not taking days or weeks but in minutes, says Ullman. In the first Gulf War, 10 percent of the weapons were precision guided. In this war 80 percent will be precision guided. The Air Force has stockpiled 6,000 of these guidance kits in the Persian Gulf to convert ordinary dumb bombs into satellite-guided bombs, a weapon that didn't exist in the first war. You're sitting in Baghdad and all of a sudden you're the general and 30 of your division headquarters have been wiped out. You also take the city down. By that I mean you get rid of their power, water. In 2,3,4,5 days they are physically, emotionally and psychologically exhausted, Ullman tells Martin. Last time, an armored armada swept into Kuwait and destroyed Saddam's elite republican guard divisions in the largest tank battle since the World War II. This time, the target is not the Iraqi army but the Iraqi leadership, and the battle plan is designed to bypass Iraqi divisions whenever possible. If Shock and Awe works, there won't be a ground war. Not everybody in the Bush Administration thinks Shock and Awe will work. One senior official called it a bunch of bull, but confirmed it is the concept on which the war plan is based. Last year, in Operation Anaconda in Afghanistan, the U.S. was badly surprised by the willingness of al Qaeda to fight to the death. If the Iraqis fight, the U.S. would have to throw in reinforcements and win the old fashioned way by crushing the republican guards, and that would mean more casualties on both sides. 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
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---BeginMessage--- from indymedia CIA PLANS UPRISING IN IRAQ (english) by pravda 9:51am Sun Mar 3 '02 (Modified on 10:10am Sun Mar 3 '02) Secret US plans to instigate an uprising in Iraq against the Ba¹ath regime of president Saddam Hussein have been revealed by sources close to the White House and CIA. These reports have not been officially confirmed nor denied, but they are so numerous that everything points towards the veracity of such a plan, especially at this moment in time, with George Bush referring to Baghdad as one of the points in the ³axis of evil² and numerous senators denouncing the plans for a military invasion. While analysts claim that such an exercise would be extremely complicated, especially in the short term, the instigation of a popular uprising with tacit and covert support from abroad would be a much easier proposition. The indications that this is fact and not fantasy are already clear. A four-man CIA team, led by the agency¹s chief officer in Istanbul, contacted local politicians in Iraqi Kurdistan three weeks ago and approached them as to their needs in the event of an uprising. The Americans spoke about three secret destinations for US military aircraft to land, although the ³secrecy² surrounding these airports is classified as a joke in Washington, due to the fact that the US forces know these bases inside out. The Iraqi newspaper Al-Hayat claims that a seven-man CIA team is currently in northern Iraq. Sources in Washington claim that a secret plan to set in motion an overthrow of the regime, based upon the same lines as the campaign in Afghanistan, has the support of numerous Congress members. Under this plan, US military aircraft would bomb Iraqi communications centres (an act which US and British aircraft already carry out on an almost daily basis), along with Republican Guard centres and clusters of Iraqi military vehicles. The Shi¹ite forces in the south and the Kurds in the north would then, heavily armed and supplied by the USA, launch massive attacks on Iraqi army positions. Such an attempt was made to overthrow the regime in Baghdad after the Gulf War, but Saddam Hussein had managed to salvage a sufficient number of his troops to save his regime intact. Before this plan, a massive media campaign against Saddam Hussein is planned for domestic consumption. The New York Times claims that the Bush administration is planning to set up a radio transmitter either in Iraqi Kurdistan, near the Iranian border, or inside Iran itself, with the cooperation of the Iranians, who despite being on the ³axis of evil² list, have a common objective with Washington: the overthrow of Saddam Hussein. The Iraqi National Congress (the country¹s main opposition force) has had an office in Teheran for a year, an office which is financed by Washington. The US administration spends 400,000 USD per year on TV transmissions supporting the Iraqi opposition. Regarding the diplomatic offensive, the forthcoming visit of Vice-president Richard (Dick) Cheney to the region will be used to engage support from Iraq¹s neighbours in the overthrow of Saddam Hussein. If true, and everything indicates that they are, these plans are a blatant example of Washington¹s continuous policy of interference in the internal affairs of a sovereign state. One questions what the reaction would be if a foreign power gave covert support to an uprising by those who claim the state of Aztlan in the southern USA. Timothy BANCROFT-HINCHEY PRAVDA.Ru ---End Message---
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Iraq - one of the richest counries on earth when it comes to natural resources - interesting item here. Nice item here on same. All that oil; Sadaam offered us cheap oil and we said no out of principle? Who is kidding who? Saba http://members.nbci.com/bsma/iraq2.html
[CTRL] Fwd: Iraq says sanctions killed over 10,000 last month
In a message dated 12/17/00 8:00:44 AM Central Standard Time, AOL News writes: Subj:Iraq says sanctions killed over 10,000 last month Date: 12/17/00 8:00:44 AM Central Standard Time From: AOL News BCC: Ahab42 Iraq says sanctions killed over 10,000 last month BAGHDAD, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Iraq said on Sunday more than 10,000 people, most of them children, died last month from illnesses spreading as a result of U.N. sanctions For the full text of this story, A HREF="aol://4344:30.L100TVx0.369746.661528830"click here/A. To edit your profile, go to keyword A HREF="aol://1722:NewsProfiles" NewsProfiles/A. For all of today's news, go to keyword A HREF="aol://1722:News"News/A. Iraq says sanctions killed over 10,000 last month BAGHDAD, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Iraq said on Sunday more than 10,000 people, most of them children, died last month from illnesses spreading as a result of U.N. sanctions For the full text of this story, A HREF="aol://4344:30.L100TVx0.369746.661528830"click here/A. To edit your profile, go to keyword A HREF="aol://1722:NewsProfiles"NewsProfiles/A. For all of today's news, go to keyword A HREF="aol://1722:News"News/A.
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-Caveat Lector- Carl Amedio wrote: Subj:Iraq says sanctions killed over 10,000 last month Date: 12/17/00 8:00:44 AM Central Standard Time From: AOL News BCC: Ahab42 Iraq says sanctions killed over 10,000 last month BAGHDAD, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Iraq said on Sunday more than 10,000 people, most of them children, died last month from illnesses spreading as a result of U.N. sanctions Wouldn't it be a fine gesture for the new US president to lift sanctions against Iraq, the son of the man who imposed the very same sanctions? What the hell would the Lefties say? No? -- ´´ Mark McHugh 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
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-Caveat Lector- Mark McHugh wrote: Carl Amedio wrote: Subj:Iraq says sanctions killed over 10,000 last month Date: 12/17/00 8:00:44 AM Central Standard Time From: AOL News BCC: Ahab42 Iraq says sanctions killed over 10,000 last month BAGHDAD, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Iraq said on Sunday more than 10,000 people, most of them children, died last month from illnesses spreading as a result of U.N. sanctions Wouldn't it be a fine gesture for the new US president to lift sanctions against Iraq, the son of the man who imposed the very same sanctions? Bush has said that the sanctions will still in place, not to punish Iraqi children but to protect the surrounding region. Kelly 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: Iraq/Syria/Turkey - Water
Stratfor.com's Global Intelligence Update - 12 July 2000 __ It's not news; it's intelligence. Philippine Victory over Rebels: Temporary Peace http://www.stratfor.com/asia/commentary/0007112101.htm Turkey Hints at Increased Water Flow to Iraq and Syria http://www.stratfor.com/MEAF/commentary/0007120008.htm _ Mafiya Murder and The Russian Power Struggle Summary The director of Russia's "factory of factories" is shot outside his apartment by two hooded gunmen. The local press claims the attackers to be members of the region's most powerful mafiya. As Sverdlovsk Regional Governor Eduard Rossel steps in to lead the investigation, the Interior Ministry announces that it will take control. President Vladimir Putin is now presented with an opportunity to achieve his ultimate goal of Russian economic and political power. Putin needs to quash corruption as well as reassert his control over the regional governors. Analysis The director of the Uralmashzavod machine works, Gen. Oleg Belonenko was shot outside of his company apartment July 10 by two hooded gunmen according to ITAR-Tass and Agence France Presse reports. Local press claimed the attackers to be members of the Uralmash Mafiya group, which has previously attempted to gain control of Uralmashzavod and extract profits from the company. Sverdlovsk Regional Governor Eduard Rossel initially announced that he would lead the investigation, but the Russian Interior Ministry later announced it would take control. President Vladimir Putin plans to exploit Rossel's connections to the Uralmash mafiya, using his corruption as justification for tightening control over the regional governors. Belonenko's murder occurred in the Sverdlovsk region of Russia, in the city of Yekaterinburg, which is widely regarded by organized crime experts as the mafiya capital of Russia. Belonenko, a rising star in the Russian economy, had increased productivity at Uralmashzavod by 58 percent and sales by 90 percent. He succeeded in negotiating a full order schedule since his installment in December 1999. Belonenko was also named one of Russia's top business managers and was scheduled to meet with Putin July 13 at a Russian arms exhibition. Under Belonenko's supervision, Uralmashzavod continued to play a critical role within the Russian economy, producing 90 percent of the mining equipment, 50 percent of the nuclear power equipment and 70 percent of the drilling equipment used in Russia. The factory's operations, which also include the production of strategic alloy and military hardware, are the cornerstone of Russian economic production and vital to Russian heavy industry. Would you like to see full text? http://www.stratfor.com/SERVICES/giu2000/071200.ASP ___ Belonenko had succeeded in rooting out mafiya influence already established under his predecessor Viktor Korovin. As recently as July 5, Belonenko won a court order to force the Uralmash mafiya to change its name, which he claimed negatively impacted the company. Being the largest mafiya group in the region, Uralmash are almost institutional figures, having run for parliamentary seats and started an anti-drug campaign within Yekaterinburg. Under Korovin, the Uralmash mafiya set up one hundred front companies to sell products produced at the plant. Thus, while Belonenko increased production, the profits were taken by the mafiya, who controlled the distribution channels. Immediately following the killing, Sverdlovsk Regional Governor Eduard Rossel announced to local media that he would personally handle the investigation. Rossel, who has previously denied the existence of the Uralmash mafiya, has entered into construction and investment deals with Uralmash mafiya front companies. He and his former chief of the regional internal affairs Valeriy Krayev have attended birthday parties of Uralmash mafiya members. In addition, the group supported Rossel in his gubernatorial campaign in December 1999. Upon hearing of Rossel's statement, Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Rushailo immediately placed the investigation under control of his office and dispatched Interior Ministry investigators to Yekaterinburg. Putin's personal representative to Yekaterinburg canceled a regional trip and was recalled to Moscow on July 11. ___ For more on Russia, see: http://www.stratfor.com/CIS/countries/Russia/default.htm __ Vladimir Putin is now presented with a perfect test case to show his resolve, after taking a strong stance against corruption and organized crime in his State of the Union address to the Federal Assembly July 8. In order to achieve his ultimate goal of Russian economic and political power, Putin
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__ Stratfor's FREE Kosovo Crisis Center - http://www.stratfor.com/kosovo/crisis/ The most comprehensive coverage of the Kosovo Crisis anywhere on the Internet __ STRATFOR's Global Intelligence Update May 11, 1999 Iraq Accuses Iran of Colluding with the U.S. Summary: Iraq's Baath party newspaper, Ath-Thawra, has lashed out at Iran, accusing the Islamic republic of colluding with the U.S. in an attempt to "stab Iraq in the back." There have been some recent signs of rapprochement between the U.S. and Iran, and the two countries may have shared a tacit agreement at the beginning of the Kosovo crisis. However, with U.S. credibility and influence taking a battering in Kosovo, Iran's continued pressure on Iraq may now be driven by Tehran's desire to forge a regional Iraqi containment process without U.S. involvement. Analysis: The official Iraqi Baath party newspaper, Ath-Thawra, reacted on May 10 to an accusation from Iranian Foreign Minister Kamel Kharazi that Iraq lacked the political will for a rapprochement with Iran, saying that Iraq "rejects opportunist behavior... and flagrant political hypocrisy." Iraq does not "attack the Great Satan (the U.S.) in public while reaching out to this Satan and normalizing relations with it under the table. Iraq acts in the same manner in public as it does in secret, and when it declares its readiness for dialogue and to normalize relations with a certain country, it does not then betray that country and stab it in the back." The newspaper accused the U.S. and its allies -- presumably Britain, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia -- of being behind the Iranian foreign minister's comments, which included a warning that Baghdad's behavior was "not predictable." The paper added that, "it seems that some of them (the allies) who recently traveled to Iran repeated such things in front of Mr. Kharazi for him to use in his statement." The British Foreign Minister Robin Cook did indeed hold talks with Kharazi early in the Kosovo crisis on April 2. As well, the Saudi Defense Minister Prince Sultan bin Abd al Aziz al Saud traveled to Tehran last week, for a meeting lauded by the Tehran as a watershed in Iranian-Saudi relations. While Washington in all probability enlisted Iranian support in containing Iraq prior to launching the Kosovo campaign, the future of U.S. policy toward both Iraq and Iran is very much in question in the waning days of the Kosovo crisis. The U.S.-led NATO military campaign against Yugoslavia has failed to achieve its goals, and collateral damage has mounted as NATO has searched for an effective target set. Washington has been able to keep the NATO coalition together, though barely, and Moscow has adroitly exploited the cracks forming in NATO, playing the Greeks, Germans, and Italians off against their NATO allies. The Kosovo crisis has been anything but a showcase of U.S. military and diplomatic prowess, and its aftermath may lead to still further U.S. foreign policy deterioration. Coming out of Kosovo, the U.S. may either become more belligerent -- seeking a clear victory to cover for the ambiguous Kosovo outcome -- or, with the election campaign approaching, the U.S. could sink into political infighting and introspection. The last thing that the Iranians want is an unpredictable and distracted U.S. involved in the Gulf, and so may be reconsidering collusion with the U.S. in dealing with Iraq. The Iranians themselves are internally divided when it comes to the presence of the U.S. in the region. Some Iranians would welcome a U.S. retreat, even at the cost of being more vulnerable to Russian pressure. Others recognize that the U.S. has played a significant, if oscillating, role in containing the Iraqis. The current Iranian regime has been trying to moderate U.S. policies by opening itself up slowly to European investment, thereby creating a situation in which American businesses demand that the U.S. government will allow them to compete for lucrative Iranian contracts. So far, the U.S. has only eased restrictions on some exports, whereas the Europeans seemed to have opened their markets up almost completely. There has also been some evidence to suggest that Iran and the U.S. have quietly, at least to a limited extent, coordinated policies in the region. Still, considering the legacy of U.S. policy toward Iran, and the deterioration of U.S. political and military leadership in the wake of the Kosovo crisis, this rapprochement effort may be fading. In its place, Tehran may be pursuing its own goal of emerging as a leading player in a regional Arab-Persian politico-military alliance. By keeping pressure on Iraq, Iran can still be in a position to exploit U.S. gratitude, should Washington actually turn the situation around in Kosovo. It also serves its own longstanding security interests by keeping iraq weakened and off balance. And finally it can exercise
[CTRL] Fwd: Iraq: Changing the attack rules
Activist Mailing List - http://users.westnet.gr/~cgian/ Iraq: Changing the attack rules INDEPENDENT (London) January 13, 1999 American planes free to attack Iraqi radar sites By Andrew Marshall in Washington The United States has widened the rules of engagement for aircraft flying over Iraq, allowing them to fire on Iraqi air defence sites before they are targeted by them. The decision represents another escalation in the conflict, with signs growing that a fresh outbreak of violence is likely. Iraq continues to criticise its neighbours for the backing it says they have given to Washington and London, while American officials hint broadly that they believe the regime is on its last legs. The US Defense Department said yesterday that planes would be allowed to fire at radar sites even if they were not locking on to allied aircraft. To demonstrate the new tactics, a US aircraft fired a missile at an Iraqi radar site in the no-fly zone over northern Iraq yesterday, the fifth such episode in the past few weeks. The Pentagon said that, unlike previous such attacks, this was on an early-warning radar site, part of Iraq's integrated air defences. In the other cases, the US and Britain have said that their aircraft were targeted by surface-to-air missiles, and fired back. "The radar was seen as posing a threat to coalition forces in the area," said a Pentagon spokesman. Previously, early-warning radars were not attacked, though American and British pilots were allowed to fire at them if they felt they posed a threat. The war of words between Iraq and its neighbours spread yesterday as the Iraqi parliament accused Kuwait of backing insurgents against the regime. "The Iraqi National Assembly stressed that the governments of Kuwait and Saudi Arabia are influential partners to the United States and Britain through presenting facilities for aggression on Iraq," said the official Iraqi News Agency. In particular, Kuwait was accused of "financing and supporting acts of killing and terrorism against the Iraqi people and its institutions through receiving agents and betrayers and publishing leaflets that incite conspiracies on Iraq." The US Defense Secretary, William Cohen, said that Saddam "is lashing out verbally, rhetorically, against the Saudis, against the Egyptians, against the Kuwaitis". He said this "would seem to indicate that he is certainly more agitated and frantic". =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Tuesday January 12, 8:30 PM Chemical and biological plants not targeted in Iraq raids: Jane's LONDON, Jan 12 (AFP) - The US-British air strikes on Iraq were not targeted at biological and chemical weapons for fear of releasing toxic substances into the air, according to Jane's Defence Weekly Tuesday. The military analysts' magazine reported that the US Department of Defense was developing munitions intended to incinerate such targets, but field tests were still several months away. The magazine also said London and Washington had proposed a strike list of 250 targets for Operation Desert Fox, but this was reduced so the strikes would not continue far into the holy Moslem month of Ramadan. In the end, said Jane's, US and British aircraft attacked 93 targets, destroying 14 and severely damaging another 26. Jane's also said that the withdrawal of UN weapons inspectors just before the attacks gave sufficient warning to the elite Republican Guards and military and security personnel to evacuate barracks and disperse valuable equipment. This contrasted with US-British claims of heavy damage to Iraq's military machine. Conflicting also with official British claim of taking part in 20 percent of all the strikes, Jane's said that of the 650 strike and support aircraft sorties flown, 622 were made by the Americans and just 28 by British Tornados. Regarding claims that hospitals and schools were hit and strike figures were inflated, Jane's declared: "Neither side offers solid proof. All that appears certain is that Operation Desert Fox shows a more concerted effort to make air strikes as surgically accurate as possible." The Iraqi response, said Jane's, was limited to short range surface-to-air missiles and heavy anti-aircraft artillery fire. No medium range missiles or fighters were launched. The magazine said that on December 28 and 30, Iraq fired Soviet-made SA-6 "Gainful" mobile surface-to-air missiles on American and British aircraft patrolling no-fly zones. It added that Baghdad appeared to have decided to conserve most of its surface-to-air missiles for after Desert Fox, knowing that each wave of strike aircraft would be protected by jammers, decoys and anti-radar missiles. Jane's predicted that in the future, rather than operating from bases close to Iraq, "the USA is clearly moving towards having the ability to
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_ Need to Know Something Fast? Try STRATFOR's Find Facts Service Visit http://www.stratfor.com/findfacts/index.asp Or e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Global Intelligence Update Red Alert January 6, 1999 More on Operation Desert Fox and the Apparent Coup Attempt Summary: * A detailed review of the evidence lends more weight to the possibility that Operation Desert Fox was integrally related to a failed coup attempt in Iraq. Analysis: Normally we don't revisit Global Intelligence Updates we have issued until the story evolves to some degree. However, we received several comments from our readers about our January 5 GIU on a possible coup attempt in Iraq that caused us to reexamine the events and our analysis. This review has only strengthened our belief that an abortive coup attempt took place in Iraq in conjunction with the U.S. and British air strikes of Operation Desert Fox. Furthermore, the additional information we collected leads us to speculate that Operation Desert Fox was not merely coincidental with the coup attempt, but rather was integral to and even driven by the attempt. The conventional time line for Operation Desert Fox begins around December 10, when UN inspectors were embroiled in their last round of standoffs with Iraq over access to disputed sites in Iraq, including Ba'ath party headquarters in Baghdad. The next point on the conventional time line occurred on December 16 when, only hours after chief UN weapons inspector Richard Butler issued a report stating that Iraq was continuing to be uncooperative, the UN withdrew its inspectors from Iraq and U.S. cruise missiles began striking Iraq. Three other incidents prior to the launch of Desert Fox caught our attention, however. The first two events occurred on December 14. A Saudi soldier was shot and killed by an unidentified assailant in a vehicle near an Iraqi border post near the Saudi town of Arar. Speculation at the time was that smugglers may have been responsible, which is an altogether possible explanation. Also on December 14, U.S. forces in the Persian Gulf region were put on Defense Condition Charlie, ostensibly due to a heightened threat of terrorist actions from militants linked to Osama Bin Laden. That, too, may have been the case, but we're not convinced there wasn't more at work. The most significant incident occurred just before the air strikes on December 16, when Saddam Hussein announced a dramatic restructuring and redeployment of the Iraqi armed forces. This may have been merely coincidental and somewhat bad timing, but it certainly wasn't initiated by forewarning of the U.S. cruise missile attack. Our speculation, based on subsequent events, is that Saddam's Presidential Decree Number 98, rearranging the Iraqi armed forces, was prompted by Saddam uncovering a U.S. sponsored coup plot. Moreover, it is possible that the discovery of the coup plot and Saddam's moves against it were the actual trigger for heightened U.S. preparation, including DefCon Charlie, and the launch of Operation Desert Fox. Examine this hypothesis: The U.S. had for some time been actively pursuing factions within Iraq willing to carry out a coup against Saddam Hussein. This could not be the Shiites in the south or the Kurds in the north, because neither would be accepted by Iraq's Sunni Arab neighbors as the new rulers of Baghdad. Besides, they were geographically too far from Baghdad to pull the coup off. For a variety of reasons, the coup had to come from Sunni Moslem military commanders. And to this quest, the U.S. finally recruited officers from within Iraq's 3rd Corps, stationed to the south and southeast of Baghdad. As events later demonstrated, the U.S. also apparently recruited at least some of the Shiite opposition in southern Iraq to take part in sabotage operations and to tie town units of the Republican Guard in counterinsurgency operations. The coup was to take place some time in mid December, perhaps even during Ramadan. The U.S. would guarantee the operation air cover in the no fly zones and strike key command and control and Republican Guard facilities with cruise missiles. But in the last stages of preparation, before the U.S. had pulled all of its necessary forces into place and fomented the proper crisis with Baghdad, the plot was uncovered. As Saddam moved quickly to round up the conspirators and break up the threat to his regime by redeploying and reorganizing the armed forces, the U.S. was forced to move up the time table in hopes that, even crippled, the coup could go forward. Operation Desert Fox was launched on December 16, directly coinciding with what was clearly a coup attempt from within the Iraqi Army's 3rd Corps. While yesterday's GIU discussed this coincidence, it now appears to have been more than mere coincidence. Throughout December 16-19 there were reports of scattered incidents of
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_ Need to Know Something Fast? Try STRATFOR's Find Facts Service Visit http://www.stratfor.com/findfacts/index.asp Or e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Global Intelligence Update Red Alert January 5, 1999 Answers emerge about Iraqi defiance of "no-fly" zones Summary: * Iraqi defiance of no-fly zones may be more than just saber- rattling and brinkmanship. Evidence has surfaced that U.S. air cover was to have shielded an Iraqi army coup attempt. Analysis: Saddam Hussein chaired a meeting of Iraq's leadership on January 4, devoted to reviewing the status of the Iraqi army in the aftermath of Operation Desert Fox, the U.S. and British air strikes on Iraq in December. After the meeting, Saddam vowed to continue to resist allied patrols of "no-fly" zones in northern and southern Iraq. This is a reassertion of similar commitments made by Iraq last week to shoot down any enemy plane entering its airspace, which culminated in at least two incidents in which allied planes were fired upon by Iraqi missile batteries in the no-fly zones. Many have speculated that this is simply another tactic by the Baghdad regime to engage the U.S. in a protracted campaign of confrontation aimed at forcing a reduction or elimination of economic sanctions against Iraq. However, it appears now that Iraqi defiance of the no-fly zones was in response to the protection those zones provided to forces hostile to, and preparing to confront, the Iraqi regime. The London-based "Al-Hayat" newspaper reported on January 1 that allied air cover was a driving force behind a failed coup by some commanders of the Iraqi 3rd Army Corps in southern Iraq during Desert Fox. The newspaper stated that senior commanders of the 3rd Iraqi Army Corps stationed around the southern Iraqi city of Basra were "preparing military action against the regime during the U.S. missile strikes," while U.S. forces tied down the Republican Guards, Special Security Services, and Saddam's personal guard in the area. In addition, the rebellious forces reportedly had the support of a neighboring Arab state. A Ba'ath party official, who declined to give his identity, said that the units were prompted into action by the fact that they were "deployed under U.S.-British air cover and air support, as well as under ground and logistical support from an Arab state neighboring Iraq." If "neighboring" Iraq means bordering Iraq, that would suggest that either Jordan, Syria, Kuwait, or Saudi Arabia were involved in the coup plot as well. Kuwait, which hosts U.S. forces and is only 50 kilometers from Basra, would appear to be the most likely party. Despite U.S. air cover and ground support from the "neighboring Arab state," the attempted coup by 3rd Corps officers evidently failed. The same Ba'ath official told Al-Hayat that a move by "a group within the army with the aim of breaching security" was "encircled and its elements were eliminated". Nine "infiltrators" were arrested for their roles as intermediaries between the intelligence services of the neighboring Arab state and the Iraqi coup plotters. Also two, presumably brigade-level, commanders of the 3rd corps, Brigadier General Ali Ma'ruf al- Sa'idi and Lieutenant Colonel Sabah Dhiyab al-Khalidi, were arrested and executed by special order of the Ba'ath party regional commander, Al Hasan al-Majid, who had been appointed just prior to the U.S. led strikes. While the 3rd Corp's coup attempt apparently failed (perhaps uncovered even before Desert Fox, judging by the Ba'ath party and military shuffling that occurred) it still provided a good reason for Iraq to challenge the no-fly zones. If one coup plot could form under U.S. air cover, others could follow. The imposition of the no-fly zones in 1991 and 1992 to protect Iraq's Kurdish and Shiite Moslem populations left Saddam with only the Republican Guard and the other Iraqi security services to counter any adventurous regular army commander. Previously, he could call upon his air force to halt the advance of Iraqi tanks rolling on Baghdad. After U.S. missiles wiped out the command infrastructure of the Republican Guard and other special security forces, Saddam's control was reduced to nearly zero. With no check in place, the 3rd Corps attempted to exploit the situation. Further impetus may have been provided by the fact that, while U.S. warplanes were bombarding other Iraqi military targets, other aircraft were reportedly tasked with dropping thousands of propaganda leaflets over Iraqi troop positions around Basra (the same units belonging to the 3rd Corps), warning them against any retaliatory moves against Kuwait. The leaflets instructed Iraqi soldiers to "stay where you are, stay put, do not threaten anyone and you won't be hurt." More than a simple warning, these leaflets may have been an explicit signal or at least a reassuring nudge to 3rd Corps commanders that the
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Note to subscribers: This is the last issue of the Global Intelligence Update for 1998. We will resume our mailings with the Annual Forecast on January 4, 1999. Happy Holidays and Happy New Year to all. Global Intelligence Update Red Alert December 22, 1998 Signs Finally Emerge of Coup Threat to Saddam Hussein On December 20, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein declared that Iraq had emerged "victorious" after Operation Desert Fox, the 70-hour aerial bombardment of Iraq by the United States and the United Kingdom. In a speech broadcast on Qatar's Al-Jazira satellite television, Saddam praised Arab people for their "support of Iraq in the face of aggression" but attacked "the weak, the two-faced, the grudge bearers and the traitors." Saddam has survived the latest round of U.S. led military attacks, aimed ostensibly at his weapons of mass destruction. However, those attacks apparently had a secondary goal -- supporting a coup attempt launched from within Iraq. Judging from Saddam's statement and other evidence from within Iraq, the second goal may be bearing fruit. Fears of a coup have prompted a large number of purges in Iraq since the end of the 1991 Gulf War. The commanders of military units have been liquidated many times, with units reorganized for fear that they may rise up against him. Prior to Desert Fox, the Iraqi military experienced another purge -- one strikingly different for its extent and the accompanying directives. The Iraqi armed forces are composed of five regular army corps, five "regular" Republican Guard divisions, and one "special" Republican Guard division. Before Operation Desert Fox, the regular army corps were deployed along Iraq's borders. This has not changed. In northern Iraq, the 1st and 5th corps are stationed around the cities of Krkuk and Mosul in order to protect against Turkish incursions and to guard the oilfields of this area from the depredations of Kurdish militias. The 3rd and 4th corps were deployed in southern Iraq along the Kuwaiti and Iranian borders, respectively, to guard these oil rich areas from Shiite opposition groups in south-central Iraq. The 2nd corps is stationed directly to the east of Baghdad to protect the eastern flank from Iranian incursions directed against Iraq or against Iranian opposition groups based inside Iraq. Shadowing these army corps were divisions of Iraq's elite "regular" Republican Guard divisions. Since they are the best- paid and best-equipped divisions, the Republican Guard divisions reinforced the regular army corps in case of attack. But they also served to monitor any corps commander that evidenced even the slightest inclination to march on Baghdad. This is why the Republican Guard divisions were always physically stationed between the regular army units and Baghdad. In this way, the regular Republican Guard keeps an eye on any over-zealous commander. One or two of these regular Republican Guard divisions were always kept around the Shiite areas of Najaf and Karbala, for fear of an Iranian-backed Shiite uprising. The "special" Republican Guard division was stationed in Baghdad proper and operated as a fail-safe mechanism by providing a final line of defense against a coup led by a commander of a regular Republican Guard division. It also was the key unit that ran the concealment operation for Iraq's weapon's of mass destruction (WMD) operations. Because of the role of the special Republican Guard, it was the most likely one to have been directly targeted by U.S./British strikes. Immediately in advance of the commencement of Desert Fox, Saddam Hussein issued a number of directives altering this structure. The commanders of the regular army corps were placed under regional commanders who were recruited from among Saddam's closest aides. And units of the regular Republican Guard were all redeployed to Baghdad and to southern Iraq. The first directive dealt with the command of regular army and naval forces. It stated that "until further notice, four regional commands shall be established." The first command, the Northern Command, is responsible for the northern half of Iraq and includes the 1st and 5th corps. The Northern Command was given to Staff General Izzat Ibrahim, the second in command in Iraq, and the person that was allegedly the target of an assassination attempt last month. The second, the Southern Command, was placed under, a new commander, Staff General Ali- Hasan al-Majid. The Southern Command controls the area closest to the Iranian and Kuwait borders and has direct control of the Iraqi 3rd and 4th corps and the small Iraqi navy. The third is the Central Euphrates command. This command included the Shiite districts of south central Iraq and came under the command of Muhammad Hamzah al-Zubayadi, an individual who is not a military figure but a member of the Baath party. The are no units
