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From: "Chris Cappuccio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2000 10:23 PM
Subject: GeeK: Journal of the Uninvited
> http://www.wholeearthmag.com/ArticleBin/350.html
>
> This is a detailed account of events in Seattle at the November
> 30th WTO protest. Parts of it are more of a general editorial on
> globalization. Some of the facts presented are astounding
>
> "Already, the world's top 200 companies have twice the assets of 80
> percent of the world's people."
>
> "The police were anonymous. No facial expressions, no face. You
> could not see their eyes. They were masked Hollywood caricatures
> burdened with sixty to seventy pounds of weaponry. These were not
> the men and women of the Sixth Precinct. They were the Gang Squads
> and the SWAT teams of the Tactical Operations Divisions, closer in
> their training to soldiers from the School of the Americas than to
> local cops on the beat. Behind and around them were special forces
> from the FBI, the Secret Service, even the CIA.
>
> The police were almost motionless. They were equipped with US
> military-standard M40A1 double-canister gas masks; uncalibrated,
> semi-automatic, high-velocity Autocockers loaded with solid plastic
> shot; Monadnock disposable plastic cuffs; Nomex slash-resistant
> gloves; Commando boots; Centurion tactical leg guards; combat
> harnesses; DK5-H pivot-and-lock riot face shields; black Monadnock
> P24 polycarbonate riot batons with Trumbull stop side handles; No.
> 2 continuous discharge CS (ortho-chlorobenzylidene-malononitrile)
> chemical grenades; M651 CN (chloroacetophenone) pyrotechnic
> grenades; T16 Flameless OC Expulsion Grenades; DTCA rubber bullet
> grenades ("Stingers"); M-203 (40 mm) grenade launchers, First
> Defense MK-46 oleoresin capsicum (OC) aerosol tanks with hose and
> wands; .60-caliber rubber ball impact munitions; lightweight
> tactical Kevlar composite ballistic helmets; combat butt packs;
> .30-cal. 30-round magazine pouches; and Kevlar body armor. None of
> the police had visible badges or forms of identification.
>
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