.............................................................. >From the New Paradigms Project [Not Necessarily Endorsed]: From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Heads Up! Phantom Terrorism Date: Tuesday, August 01, 2000 2:22 PM Heads Up! Phantom Terrorism and Government Brutality The Battlefield of Our Time Readers have asked why WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS has stated that some of the present leaders of our own country are the world's only serious terrorist threat, whether it is unpatriotic to say so even if it is true, and finally, what can be done about it. This is the first in a series on Terrorism, real and imagined. Have you stopped to consider why your government spends so much of their time and your money to convince you that "terrorists" are a threat? Not a day passes that we do not read about this or that group suspected of planning some act against someone. If you fly you must answer questions like, "did you pack your own bag? has it been out of your sight? has anyone asked you to carry anything?" To the counter-terrorists, every bag has a potential bomb, and you might be the next victim or terrorist. I often wonder what happens to the honest guy who say, "No, my wife packed it." But what are the facts and the odds of being a victim, and more important than statistics, what is terrorism and what causes it? The official figures of the bureaucrats involved in "counter terrorism" seem to belie their words. Their own data shows that a number of acts of so-called terrorism are insignificant worldwide and are so scattered they are hardly preventable. Furthermore, the government numbers are so drastically skewed and distorted that it is doubtful if so-called terrorist acts have ever been a serious threat to Americans. It appears that our government's unwanted and unnecessary presence in foreign countries is the cause of most acts, and the problem would not occur had the victims not been in places where they were unwanted. Ambassador Michael Sheehan of the Office of the Coordinator for Counter-terrorism told a national TV audience in June that incidents of terrorism have declined to 2,500 in the last 10 years, which is only 250 per year worldwide. A decade ago, an insignificant 5,000 incidents were considered "terrorism" by the State Department, or 500 per year-- also an insignificant number in the supposedly lawless 1980's. This means that at worst, your chance of being killed in so-called acts of terrorism have never been worse than your chance of being hit by lightning in your own bathtub while listening to Schubert's Unfinished Symphony. If we applied the same logic to bathing as we do to terrorism, we would have a lightning arrestor installed on every bathtub in the world, and you w! ! ! ould have to fill out a safety questionnaire before you could get in the tub. Furthermore, most of the worst and bloodiest acts of "terrorism" occur in foreign war zones where few Americans have reason to be. Most of the worst cases affected only Military and Americans in foreign service. In testimony before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) Washington, DC, June 8, 2000, Ambassador L. Paul Bremer, III, Chairman of the National Commission on Terrorism, told the Senate how terrible a threat worldwide terrorism is, but an examination of the elaborate data he presented indicates otherwise. Mr. Bremer's ringing warning of the danger of massive poisoning of Americans seems to be muted by the Japanese subway gassing incident that killed only 12 people in a very well-oiled plot. Readers are invited to examine the list on ( http//www.state.gov/global/terrorism ). With few exceptions, the incidents described were not terrorism, in any true definition, but were predictable acts of war resulting from a U.S. presence on other people's turf. Among the bloodiest cases cited by the counter-terrorism bureaucrats are the Marine Corp's barracks bombing in Saudi Arabia and a similar bombing incident in Lebanon a decade ago. We agree these were tragic and preventable incidents that needlessly took the lives of several hundred Americans who should not have been there. But they were military acts, for our forces were there on war missions, on active military duty, occupying an unpopular position in another country where much of the population resented them as foreign invaders. The fact that the Saudi government allowed the barracks to be there(The Saudis were not given much choice in the matter)does not mean it was welcome by the citizens of the country, any more than the presence of the IRS building in your city means you like the income tax. Were not all of the persons who lost their lives in Saudi Arabia and Lebanon receiving paid elevated combat pay and knew they were at risk. All were volunteer professional soldiers. They knew the risks, and so did their commanders. The author is sympathetic to any American killed in the line of duty, but the Marine barracks is a combat zone by definition, and the bombing would not have happened if we were not on someone else's turf. If we are to call the deaths of our military of occupying forces "terrorism", why not classify our entire 50,000 odd losses in Vietnam as "acts of terrorism"; after all, it, too, was classified as a "police action" and not a war. And why is an ambassador of "Counter-terrorism" in the State Department needed to look after the American military? Isn't that the job of the commanders? Mr. Bremer's agency provided exhaustive background information on dozens of supposed and real "Foreign Terrorist Organizations". The reading is incredibly dull for absence of current terrorist acts. Some of Ambassador Bremer's terrorist groups have no reported activity for 20 or more years, and some none at all! The report says much about a few familiar incidents, such as the 1995 Japanese subway gassing that killed 12 people. But it is for the most part a recital of ancient history and a harangue against supposed future terrorists including, Osama Bin Ladin, against whom the organization presents little factual evidence. The statistics presented by so called experts on terrorism in America overwhelmingly proove it is, and always has been, a barely discernible phantom. Isolated acts are magnified into enormity. Who is responsible for the promotion of this expensive near-myth? What are the promoter's unspoken motives, and where is this national terrorism fever leading? Ask the Congress! Common sense tells us there must be a logical explanation for the seemingly foolish acts of prominent men, including those who control the highest levels of our government. Indeed, there is a cause and effect of phantom terrorism and we will examine these factors in Heads Up! While the National Commission on Terrorism is busy campaigning against this non-threat, our Congress is considering new legislation that would allow a newly created federal "Office" to bribe or intimidate state and local governments into invoking the Anti-terrorist agenda of a new, President appointed, "Director of Terrorism Preparedness". We are expected to accept the notion that this new mini-monster, H. R. 4210, is to protect us, by "provide(ing) for improved Federal efforts to prepare for and respond to terrorist attacks, and for other purposes. Further, it dictates that the Director of the Office of Terrorism Preparedness shall be appointed by the President and shall be under him, thus given more power to the Executive Branch. Among the newly contrived powers of the "Office" are: "monitor terrorism," and "make grants to a State or local governmental entity to offset the costs of participation by the entity in any training or exercise program that has been certified by the Director." We Hold These Truths urges you not to hesitate to oppose HR4210. Members of Congress need to know you are aware of this legislation, and the simple argument that "we do not need it" is an excellent way to let them that you are watching. Don't be a phantom observer! For the text of the bill, browse to (http://thomas.loc.gov) and type HR4210. For background references by We Hold These Truths, see: THE PATRIOT ( http://www.whtt.org/000706hu.htm ) and WHY GAS COST $2.00 PER GALLON ( http://www.whtt.org/000327hu.htm ) Subsequent issues, Phantom Terrorism Parts II -IV, will discuss incidents of so called terrorism at home, outright acts of brutality by our own government against innocent civilian abroad, the responsible parties, and what you can do to save innocent lives, perhaps even your own. "Heads Up!" Copyright 2000, WHTT, may be reproduced in full with permission. We Hold These Truths 4839 E. 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