Greetings one and all, Here s a tacit admission of further plans to invade foreign territory, Bill... ----- Original Message ----- From: Peter Bein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: 'STOP NATO: �NO PASARAN!' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 2:55 AM Subject: RE: [STOPNATO] How humanitarian can you get? STOP NATO: NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.COM I hope this will make some soldiers think twice about "serving their Fatherland and democracy." Peter > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: June 27, 2000 4:52 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [STOPNATO] How humanitarian can you get? > > > STOP NATO: �NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.COM > > [If they can't capture any Yugoslavs, Iraqis or Colombians, these > sadistic brutes will torture their own sons and daughters....For their > own good, of course.] > > Canoe.com (Canada) > > Tuesday, June 27, 2000 > Military wants to torture its own soldiers > Program prepares for worst > By STEPHANIE RUBEC, OTTAWA BUREAU > OTTAWA -- The air force wants to physically and psychologically > torture soldiers to give them a taste of what's in store if > they're ever > captured in enemy territory. > Maj. Ken Glass, commander of the search, evasion, resistance > and escape > program, said his unit needs to be toughened up with tactics being > employed by the U.S. and British military to train their air crews to > resist interrogation. > "What we want to do is give them an opportunity to practise their > skills," he explained, adding Gen. Maurice Baril, the chief of defence > staff, is now studying the request. > Glass's proposal would have instructors stop short of any > contact except > for an initial body search and would focus on other psychological and > physical interrogation techniques like extended push-ups and > withholding > food. > "We're not suggesting to go through the full experience of > what happens > when you're captive," he explained. "But if you don't train for the > marathon, you can never run the marathon." > The SERE program, which emerged from the Gulf War but was only > implemented last summer in Winnipeg, is a mandatory theory course for > all air crews slated for deployment. > The follow-up course drops soldiers into Manitoba's deep woods with > instructions to reach a rescue point 10 km away within 36 hours - > without being caught. > SERE was set up too late for Edmonton air crews from 408 Tactical > Helicopter Squadron to take before deploying to Kosovo last year. > But most expect to take it before they go overseas again. > "In principle I would say anything that lets you see various > interogation techniques and makes you aware of them is a good thing," > said Kosovo veteran Capt. Erick O'Connor. > Glass, who says he learned valuable lessons from his survival training > in Britain, said the British military focuses on psychological > interrogations while the U.S. military's program is concerned with > resisting physical torture. > Glass is suggesting Canada take the middle road by physically and > intellectually challenging soldiers to let them practise their code of > conduct when captured and ensure they won't divulge information. > So far about 150 air force members have participated in SERE. > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Start Your Own FREE Email List at http://www.listbot.com/links/joinlb > ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Start Your Own FREE Email List at http://www.listbot.com/links/joinlb
