[CTRL] Brill Article
-Caveat Lector- Thank God It's Not A Real Terrorist Attack! by Brian Downing Quig After turning on my TV to see the burning tower after the first plane hit the WORLD TRADE CENTER, my attention was arrested like all others. When the second plane hit the second tower I said to myself WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE? When the 3rd hijacked plane hit the PENTAGON, the first witnesses reported the "plane circled the PENTAGON in a sharply banked 270 degree turn that was distinctly different than any commercial plane and more like a military plane" and bypassed a straight-in shot at the offices of the JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF only to hit an insignificant spot in the back of the PENTAGON. I said to myself then, IT IS NOT A REAL TERRORIST ATTACK!! THANK GOD!! One hour after the second plane hit, a CIA analyst on ABC announced that it was Osama bin Laden who was behind the attacks! When on the first day I saw it announced that terrorists left a flight manual for a BOEING 747 written in Arabic in their rental car parked at LOGAN AIRPORT I said THIS LOOKS LIKE PLANTED EVIDENCE REMINISCENT OF THE FAKED PHOTO OF LEE HARVEY OSWALD WITH THE RIFLE USED TO KILL THE PRESIDENT IN ONE HAD AND THE COMMUNIST NEWSPAPERS IN THE OTHER THAT WAS USED TO CONVICT OSWALD IN THE MINDS OF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC. When the passport of the alleged lead terror pilot, Mohammed Atta, was found in 2 feet of rubble 2 blocks from the WTC I said WHO DO THEY EXPECT TO BELIEVE THAT!! I can now give 25 compelling reasons to indict Daddy Bush, Cheney, the PENTAGON and the CARLYLE GROUP for the real terror behind 9-11. Daddy Bush and Cheney were in the SITUATION ROOM at the WHITE HOUSE during the terror attacks (during the 84 minutes between the second WTC hit and the PENTAGON hit while a stand-down order was issued to the AIR FORCE to supersede established intercept procedures for planes that stray off course). Junior Bush was reading stories to grade school children during the attacks. He knew one plane had crashed into the WTC when the reading started. When his top aid, Andrew Card, whispered in his ear about the second plane hitting the WTC, this was caught on videotape and is widely available on the Internet. Junior Bush only looks up and nods, then goes back to reading stories to the kids for 25 more minutes!! It clearly looks more like Card is informing Bush of an expected event. There was, for example, no time for Card to add AND THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER HIJACKED PLANES IN THE AIR. With Junior Bush at the grade school is the Director of the WHITE HOUSE SITUATION ROOM where all military crises are managed. At the end of the 25 minutes of reading, Bush goes immediately to the library of the school where a press conference was set. He says I CALLED MY VICE-PRESIDENT AND MY FBI DIRECTOR AND THE GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK. This was a lie!! There was not enough time for that. It takes $5 million to make the minimum investment in the CARLYLE GROUP, a defense contractor investment group whose stock has gone up 37% since 9-11. The friends of Bush and Cheney are the other investors in the CARLYLE GROUP along with the bin Ladens and John Major. The CARLYLE GROUP was having their international investors conference in Washington D.C. at the RITZ CARLTON at the exact time of the 9-11 attacks. The CARLYLE GROUP had a big interest in BIOPORT, a company that was the sole source of ANTHRAX VACCINE for the PENTAGON. BIOPORT gave Admiral Crowe, the former Chairman of the JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF, a 27% interest in the company for his pull with the PENTAGON. Do I have to connect all the dots regarding the ANTHRAX ATTACK that was traced to U.S. military sources? It was widely reported by THE NEW YORK TIMES on Feb. 17, 2002, MSNBC on Oct. 7, 2001, and others that Pakistani ISI Chief, General Mohammed, wire- transferred $100,000 to alleged lead terror pilot Mohammed Atta the week before the terror attacks. At the exact moment of the terror attacks Mohammed was having breakfast with the chairmen of the HOUSE (Rep. Porter Goss, R-Fla) and SENATE (Sen. Bob Graham, D-Fla) INTELLIGENCE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEES, along with my senator Jon Kyl. I will have words with Kyl at the next opportunity. The $100,000 was sufficient to remove Mohammed from office, but not enough for the light to go on in the brains of top U.S. intelligence officials!! Niaz Naik, a former Pakistani Foreign Secretary, and others were told by senior American officials in mid-July that military action against Afghanistan would go ahead by
[CTRL] FW: USA to export huge quantities of weaponry to Israel
-Caveat Lector- http://english.pravda.ru/main/2002/09/10/36234.html USA TO EXPORT HUGE QUANTITIES OF WEAPONRY TO ISRAEL The Israeli daily Maariv claims that Tel Aviv has authorised Washington to store enormous quantities of weaponry in bases in Israel. The newspaper claims that Israeli Defence Minister Benyamin Ben Eliezer has given the go-ahead for the first consignments to be delivered in the coming days and states that a US official, who remained anonymous, has confirmed the news, saying that the consignments are part of a strategic cooperation agreement with Israel. Under this agreement, Israel places its bases at the disposal of the USA and shares logistic and intelligence information. Tens of officers and soldiers from the US Armed Forces are currently at Israeli bases to receive the consignments of weapons, which according to one official, quoted by the newspaper, are enormous, since Israel is the only country we can trust. Timothy BANCROFT-HINCHEY PRAVDA.Ru 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] George Bush I: The Man Who Helped Make September 11 a Reality
-Caveat Lector- ~~for educational purposes only~~ [Title 17 U.S.C. section 107] George Bush I: The Man Who Helped Make September 11 a Reality by William L. Anderson As Americans embarrassingly stumble into a mawkish remembrance of those awful attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon a year ago, I would like to take time to honor (if that is an appropriate word) the man who more than anyone else made those attacks a reality: George H.W. Bush. While conservatives blame Bill Clinton and Democrats still are looking to find if the present George W. Bush Administration was culpable (it was), I would like to turn to the real source, the man whose legacy we seem to have forgotten. If anything, conservatives claim that the only problem of Bush I was the failure to take out Saddam Hussein in the Gulf War. Actually, I would like to question whether or not there should have been a war in the first place and point out that the Gulf War, for all of the supposed glory it brought the U.S. Armed Forces, was a huge disaster that continues to this day to have awful repercussions upon much of the world. To understand the magnitude of Bush I's folly, we need to return to 1990, when Iraq invaded Kuwait in early August. The previous fall, the communist regimes of Eastern Europe had fallen and the once-formidable U.S.S.R. was beginning to break up, as the Cold War had ended. For people who had lived their entire lives under the shadow of all that the struggle between East and West had been, this was a wonderful and heady moment. With the end of the threat of nuclear war between the U.S.S.R. and the USA having ended, for a brief moment, it seemed that prospects for a larger peace could not have been greater that is until that fateful day when Iraq invaded Kuwait. In another era, this invasion would have gone unnoticed, as the actions of one desert regime against another would not have had any effect upon the world scene. However, because of the fact that a huge portion of the world's crude oil comes from the Persian Gulf region, that was enough to make politicians panic, as people began to assess the possibilities of Saddam Hussein having control over that oil. The U.S. Government dealings with Hussein himself provide an informative study of how not to engage in foreign policy. During the 1980s, when Iraq was at war against Iran, which had held a large number of Americans as hostage in the last year of Jimmy Carter's administration, Hussein was seen as a U.S. ally. Like the Muslims who hold to the belief that the enemy of my enemy is my friend, the U.S. Government courted Hussein as a moderate who could stand as a bulwark in the region against the fanaticism of the Iranian Islamic regime. After all, Iraq was a secular country, despite its overwhelming Muslim population, and there was a thriving Christian community there. Even when an Iraqi warplane attacked a U.S. ship in the Persian Gulf in 1987, killing dozens of U.S. sailors, the U.S. Government, then under Ronald Reagan, accepted Iraq's apology for its mistake in much the same way the U.S. Government told the public that the deadly 1967 Israeli attack on the U.S.S. Liberty also was a mistake. Even when Hussein's armed forces used poison gas against Iranian soldiers, Iraq was still regarded as a moderate regime in State Department language. In July 1990, however, it all changed. After the U.S. ambassador to Iraq, April Glaspie, indicated to Hussein that the Bush Administration would not object to an invasion of Kuwait, the Iraqis took the U.S. at its word and sent its armies over the border, meeting almost no resistance. (At the time, there was a legitimate dispute at the Iraq-Kuwait border involving the Kuwaiti practice of drilling sideways under the border to extract oil from pools in Iraq. No one seems to have remembered that this was Hussein's main gripe, although Iraqis never have regarded Kuwait, which once was part of Iraq, as a legitimate state in the first place.) After Iraq invaded Kuwait, Bush demanded that the Iraqis leave at once. Saddam, once our ally, all of a sudden was a demon, a threat to world peace and someone who was obsessed with obtaining and building weapons of mass destruction. The Saudi Arabian Royal Family also privately expressed fear that Saddam (who probably was more popular in Saudi Arabia than the corrupt rulers of the royal family) would turn his military might towards them. The Saudis, as well as the Israelis and others who saw this as a golden opportunity for a U.S. military response, began to raise the specter of Iraq controlling the world's largest single oil source. Journalists began to write about the possible reappearance of the dreaded gas lines, forgetting that the chaos at the gas pumps in the USA during the 1970s was the direct result of government price controls on domestic crude oil and gasoline. The prospect of the U.S. Armed Forces being able to set up permanent bases also appealed to a number of Democrats
[CTRL] Overkill
-Caveat Lector- While I feel very sorry for the Americans and the other people who lost their loved ones on this day I am sick to death of the Overkill of September the eleventh in the media. for days now we have had documentaries leading up to it and now today we are being bombarded with it. A year ago today a woman in the dept of transport said "this is an excellent day to burybad news" She was sacked because a british reporter found out. and published it. How much bad news will the governments bury today while we are being fed this continual media sludge? I hope this does not go on every year for the sake of the bereaved who are trying to forget their pain and who deserve to carry on with a new life. Also people like me who know more than they are telling us will just write Sept 11th off the calendar. The Mermaid xx 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: [Spy News] Former US diplomat says Arafat obtained freedom of US hostages
-Caveat Lector- A HREF=mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED];[EMAIL PROTECTED]/A 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 ---BeginMessage--- -Caveat Lector- http://www.arabnews.com/Article.asp?ID=18425 SAUDI ARABIA'S FIRST ENGLISH DAILY 08 September 2002 / 1 Rajab 1423 Former US diplomat says Arafat obtained freedom of US hostages By Paul Michaud, Special to Arab News PARIS, 8 September A former high-level US diplomat living in Paris, John Gunther Dean, has contacted French daily Le Monde to reveal that back in 1979 when he was stationed in Beirut, PLO leader Yasser Arafat personally obtained the liberation of thirteen US hostages who had been held by Iran since 1978. President Arafats personal role in the liberation of the hostages had according to Dean never before been made public. Dean had at the time obtained the authorization of then US Secretary of State Cyrus Vance to enter into contact with the PLO in Beirut and says he met with local Palestinian representatives at least forty times. Entering into contact notably with Abu Jihad, a close adviser of Arafat who would be later assassinated by the Mossad in Tunis, he requested the PLOs assistance in liberating some of the US hostages captured on Nov. 4, 1978. According to his testimony, as recounted in yesterdays issue of Le Monde, they took it upon themselves to go to Teheran (to fetch the US captives), and came back with thirteen (US) hostages on Thanksgiving Day 1979. In spite of their act, and Arafats personal intervention, notes Dean with sadness today, nobody ever thought of thanking him for what he did. Nor ever making public the PLO leaders role in liberating the US hostages. The remaining hostages ostensibly with Palestinian support too were liberated a year later, shortly before the arrival in power of Ronald Reagan on Jan. 20, 1981. His predecessor, Jimmy Carter, always blamed his defeat on his seeming inability to liberate all of the US hostages who had been captured by supporters of Ayatollah Khomeini more than two years before. Gunther, who is retired from the Foreign Service and has chosen to spend his retirement years in Paris, says today that he finds shameful the way in which Arafat has been treated by the United States, and this because, in his estimation, Arafat has always tried to work with the West. Asked why he decided to make public these, and other revelations, only today, almost a quarter-century after they took place, John Gunther Dean says simply that he is one of the many Americans who have become worried about a US foreign policy which has become unilateral and isolationist. He says too that he is also firmly opposed to any American attack on Iraq. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- FONT COLOR=#994 DVDs Free +sp Join Now /FONTA HREF=http://us.click.yahoo.com/pt6YBB/NXiEAA/MVfIAA/TySplB/TM;BClick Here!/B/A -~- -__ ___ _ ___ __ ___ _ _ _ __ /-_|-0-\-V-/-\|-|-__|-|-|-/-_| \_-\--_/\-/|-\\-|-_||-V-V-\_-\ |__/_|--//-|_|\_|___|\_A_/|__/ === SPY NEWS is OSINT newsletter and discussion list associated to Mario's Cyberspace Station - The Global Intelligence News Portal http://mprofaca.cro.net/mainmenu.html === *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. Spy News is making it available without profit to SPY NEWS eGroup members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and
[CTRL] F*** Microsoft !
-Caveat Lector- I installed a critical update for Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and now Pegass Mail 4.02 can no longer detect or open attachments. I don't really know what to do but this really getting tiring. I'm abouut ready to just get rid of my computer. Steve 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
Re: [CTRL] F*** Microsoft !
-Caveat Lector- I forgot to add, it is not possible to uninstall Internet Explorer 6 in Windows 2000, the only option is repair. No option to uninstall at all! On 11 Sep 2002 at 3:25, i, s, ctrl wrote: I installed a critical update for Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and now Pegass Mail 4.02 can no longer detect or open attachments. I don't really know what to do but this really getting tiring. I'm abouut ready to just get rid of my computer. Steve 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] Web-empowered angry young men women
-Caveat Lector- What can just one person with e-mail do? Here's what: Jody Williams won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997 for her contribution to the international ban on land mines. She achieved that ban not only without much government help, but in the face of opposition from all the world's major powers. When she was asked, How did you do that, how did you organize one thousand different human rights and arms control groups on six continents? she had a very brief answer: E-mail. http://www.msnbc.com/news/805565.asp?0cl=c2 Web-empowered angry young men Globalizations link to Sept. 11 Sept. 11 Since last Sept. 11, New York Times foreign affairs columnist Thomas Friedman has traveled the globe writing about attitudes toward the U.S. and world reactions to the war on terror. In his new book, Longitudes and Attitudes: Exploring the World After September 11th, he compiles his experiences and explains the many challenges facing freedom and democracy. Read an excerpt, below. Longitudes and Attitudes by Thomas Friedman Other books by Thomas Friedman PROLOGUE: THE SUPER-STORY I am a big believer in the idea of the super-story, the notion that we all carry around with us a big lens, a big framework, through which we look at the world, order events, and decide what is important and what is not. The events of 9/11 did not happen in a vacuum. They happened in the context of a new international system a system that cannot explain everything but can explain and connect more things in more places on more days than anything else. That new international system is called globalization. It came together in the late 1980s and replaced the previous international system, the cold war system, which had reigned since the end of World War II. This new system is the lens, the super-story, through which I viewed the events of 9/11. I define globalization as the inexorable integration of markets, nation-states, and communication systems to a degree never witnessed before in a way that is enabling corporations, nation-states, and individuals to reach around the world farther, faster, deeper, and cheaper than ever before, and in a way that is enabling the world to reach into corporations, nation-states, and individuals farther, faster, deeper, and cheaper than ever before. There are several important features of this globalization system, different from those of the cold war system, which are quite relevant for understanding the events of 9/11. I examined them in detail in my previous book, The Lexus and the Olive Tree, and want to simply high-light them here. The cold war system was characterized by one overarching feature and that was division. That world was a divided-up, chopped-up place, and whether you were a country or a company, your threats and opportunities in the cold war system tended to grow out of who you were divided from. Appropriately, this cold war system was symbolized by a single word wall, the Berlin Wall. One of my favorite descriptions of that world was provided by Jack Nicholson in the movie A Few Good Men. Nicholson plays a colonel in the Marine Corps who is the commander of the U.S. base in Cuba, at Guantánamo Bay. In the climactic scene of the movie, Nicholson is pressed by Tom Cruise to explain how a certain weak solider under Nicholsons command, Santiago, was beaten to death by his own fellow marines. You want answers? shouts Nicholson. You want answers? I want the truth, answers Cruise. You cant handle the truth, says Nicholson. Son, we live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns. Whos gonna do it? You? . . . I have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom. You weep for Santiago, and you curse the Marines. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know that Santiagos death, while tragic, probably saved lives. And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves lives. You dont want the truth because deep down, in places you dont talk about at parties, you want me on that wall. You need me on that wall. The globalization system is different. It also has one overarching feature and that is integration. The world has become an increasingly interwoven place, and today, whether you are a company or a country, your threats and opportunities increasingly derive from who you are connected to. This globalization system is also characterized by a single word web, the World Wide Web. So in the broadest sense we have gone from an international system built around division and walls to a system increasingly built around integration and webs. In the cold war we reached for the hotline, which was a symbol that we were all divided but at least two people were in charge the leaders of the United States and the Soviet Union. In the globalization system we reach for the Internet, which is a symbol that we are all connected and nobody is quite
Re: [CTRL] F*** Microsoft !
-Caveat Lector- http://www.linux.org/ http://www.freebsd.org/ (yes, I relize the irony of recommending *nix while using a Windoze box, but it's Win98, and I need to have at least one Win box for practical reasons). - jt - Original Message - From: Steve Wingate [EMAIL PROTECTED] I forgot to add, it is not possible to uninstall Internet Explorer 6 in Windows 2000, the only option is repair. No option to uninstall at all! On 11 Sep 2002 at 3:25, i, s, ctrl wrote: I installed a critical update for Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and now Pegass Mail 4.02 can no longer detect or open attachments. I don't really know what to do but this really getting tiring. I'm abouut ready to just get rid of my computer. 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] Fw: [RobotsRebellion2] Things We Lost in the Fire
-Caveat Lector- - Original Message - From: deerdanser To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 1:15 PM Subject: [RobotsRebellion2] Things We Lost in the Fire While the Ruins of the World Trade Center Smoldered, the Bush Administration Launched an Assault on the Constitution Things We Lost in the Fireby Alisa SolomonSeptember 11 - 17, 2002 "Liberty is the most precious gift we offer our citizens." Could Tom Ridge have said anything scarier or more telling as he accepted the post of homeland security czar? Trying to strike the bell of liberty, he sounds its death knell, depicting government not as the agent of the people's will, but as an imperious power with the authority to give us our democratic freedoms. Which means, of course, that it can also take them away. That's exactly what Ashcroft, Bush, Cheney co. have been up to all year as, in the attorney general's words, the government has marshaled the might of "every available statute" to root out "the terrorists among us." Wrapping themselves in the flag, they have shredded the Constitution. They have sneered at, ignored, or defied the courts and legislatures that are designed to provide checks and balances on uninhibited executive power. They have eroded the precious Bill of Rights protections of free speech, assembly, and association and its assurances of privacy, due process, equal protection, legal counsel, and a fair trialpractically everything but the right to bear arms. Thanks to these maneuvers in the name of combating terrorism, the government can now freeze the release of public records, monitor political and religious gatherings, and jail Americans indefinitely without trial and without legal representation. As Bush and Cheney ready the country for war against Iraq, they have established a climate that stifles dissentand put laws in place enabling them to clamp down on those who ask too many questions. First, They Came for the Immigrants . . . If you're a citizenand if you haven't tried to organize any major protests latelyyou might easily have missed the rupture. It's the liberties of noncitizens that have been most severely curtailed in the past year. In immigrant communities, the tear feels seismic. Midwood, Brooklyn, home to some 150,000 Pakistanis, saw two planeloads of its young men sent home in August after long detentions by the Immigration and Naturalization Service. The annual Pakistani festival days later drew less than half the usual crowd of 80,000, according to Asghar Choudhri, president of the Pakistani-American Federation of New York. "People are too afraid to come out," he explains. "It's like a third-world country here. They come get you, throw you in jail, and you can't say anything." Because he is a U.S. citizen, Choudhri says his neighbors, terrified of lingering too long in public, often ask him to pick up groceries or run other errands for them. Local businesses have been closing in droves. Polls have shown that at least 40 percent of Americans are willing to give up some civil liberties for the sake of security, but as constitutional lawyer David Cole has pointed out, so far it's not our own freedom we've been sacrificing. If history is any guide, that could quickly change. From the invoking of the 1798 Enemy Alien Act during the 1941 internment of Japanese American citizens to McCarthy's use of the tools of 1919 Palmer Raids in the witch-hunts of the 1950s, the Feds have repeatedly sharpened their teeth on immigrants before closing their repressive jaws on all dissidents and undesirables. Indeed, many of the post-9-11 provisions swept into place by Ashcroftsuch as those for the tracking and eventual punishment of would-be perpetrators of "domestic terrorism"focus primarily on citizens. Balanced against security concerns at a time of war, the old dictum holds, civil liberties spring back to full force when danger has passed. In an endless "war on terrorism" that soon might include attacks on Iraq, those springs could get mighty rusty. Power Grab: Kicking Over Checks and Balances In the fearful weeks immediately after September 11, Congress and the American people gave the Bush administration the benefit of the doubt, supporting a rash of new measures to get to the bottom of the heinous attacks and to protect us from "sleeper" cells hatching plots on our shores, as well as from enemies preparing strikes from afar. On September 14, Congress quickly passed the Authorization for Use of U.S. Military Force resolution, granting the president carte blanche to wage war against anybody he deemed responsible for the hijackings. And in October, with hardly enough time even to read the 342-page document, much less debate it, lawmakers rushed through sweeping anti-terrorism legislation whose very name and jingoistic acronymthe Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism
Re: [CTRL] F*** Microsoft !
-Caveat Lector- What do you think of Pegasus? I have it at work and hate it. - Original Message - From: Steve Wingate [EMAIL PROTECTED] I forgot to add, it is not possible to uninstall Internet Explorer 6 in Windows 2000, the only option is repair. No option to uninstall at all! On 11 Sep 2002 at 3:25, i, s, ctrl wrote: I installed a critical update for Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and now Pegass Mail 4.02 can no longer detect or open attachments. I don't really know what to do but this really getting tiring. I'm abouut ready to just get rid of my computer. 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 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] Gatenbrink Door
-Caveat Lector- FYI: Sollog predicts that the Pope dies on the 20th.Great Pyramid Gantenbrink-ShaftDoor To Be Opened In SeptFrom Giorgio Tsoukalos[EMAIL PROTECTED]8-17-2Sign the Gantenbrink Petition!Please forward to as many people as possible!The Gantenbrink-Shaft Door inside the Great Pyramid will apparently FINALLYbeopened September 16-17th covered by FOX Television and National Geographic.This event will take place almost ten years, TEN!!! years AFTER itsrediscoveryin 1993 by A.A.S. R.A. Member Rudolf Gantenbrink.As if this weren't already a scandal that it has taken so long to furtherexplore this door, "authorities" now report that Rudolf Gantenbrink will NOTbeallowed to be a part of the opening of the shaft's door!Even more so, how come it has taken TEN years until the opening? Is thisreallya reasonable waiting period? Hardly. Immediately questions arise: could itbethat the door has already been explored in clandestine maneuvers, preventingthe public from finding out the truth?The indisputable fact is this: Over the past years, for months and monthstheGreat Pyramid was off-limits and closed to the general public. WHY???According to official statements the Great Pyramid was closed down forrestauration purposes. Restauration purposes? The Pyramid has stood for atleast 5 millennia - there never was and never will be a need for...restauration involving the nightly removal of countless buckets filled withdebris... read onThe A.A.S. R.A. and legendarytimes.com have many sources in Egypt and formonths we were told that in the middle of the night a 'human conveyor belt'extended out of the Pyramid consisting of dozens and dozens of workerspassingon baskets upon baskets filled with rubble...!Does 'restoration' equal destruction and/or removal of historical debris?infact, so many buckets debris were removed that one of our associates startedtoseriously question whether or not the entire inside of the Pyramid was beinghollowed out!Dr. Hawass, we kindly invite you to answer one simple question: Have youalready secretly opened the door and PLANTED a mummy inside so that theworldcan look up at you in awe? If you did, see, that was a mistake becauseanyoneslightly familiar with the subject irrefutably KNOWS that, contrary topopularbelief, the Pyramid was NEVER intended as a tomb! But by planting yourmummy,you'll simply feed into the fantasies of the general public who are starvedfora little adventure and romance. If you did, you've not only hammered thefinalnail into Egyptology's coffin lid, but committed a crime against humanity.How come this so-called 'LIVE' televised Special takes place TEN yearsafterthe rediscovery by Gantenbrink? We've managed to receive LIVE pictures fromthefirst landing on the Moon for crying out loud!With this latest stunt, conventional Egyptology is well on its path tocompletely loose its credibility because we have obviously been lead on awildgoose chase riddled with disinformation and deceit.Our colleague and fellow A.A.S. R.A. lecturer Robert Bauval has this tosay:"I have discovered that TV6 is the official production company (Londonbased)that is making "Secret Chambers Revealed" for National Geographic, to betransmitted live from Egypt on the 16-17 September to Fox in the USA, who inturn will broadcast live in the USA. [...] it was unclear how they canexplainthe 9 years delay, and may pin the blame on Gantenbrink and the typicalbogeyman scapegoat that he allegedly leaked the news of the discovery to meinApril 1993, and I blew the whistle with the British media. We all know thetruth about this, [...] that Hawass simply used this as an excuse to elbowGantenbrink out of this project, and hold on to it for 9 years till he waspromoted to Chairman of the Antiquities and be in full control of theopeningof the door and reap the full attention for himself. This is anarchaeologicalscandal that the world needs to be reminded of, and condemn.According to Mr. Reisz of TV6, whom I talked with this afternoon, it seemsthatHawass wanted to exclude Gantenbrink completely, but that Mr. Reisz feelthatthey should at least credit Gantenbrink with the original exploration andthefinding of the door in 1993. I asked Reisz if he could confirm that thiswouldbe done in the broadcast of 16-17 September, and he assured me that 'heplannedto tell the background story of Gantenbrink' and felt confident thatFox/Natgeowill agree with him that this should be included. I also asked Reisz if thenewteam knew already whay was going to be found, and he said that in allhonestyhe doesn't know, and that it will all be left as a surprise for the 'live'show. He seemed to think, however, that the team had been 'working at theshafts' for while now, and that they may have done a few dress rehearsals tomake sure they can get their robot up there to the 'door' during the liveshownext month. More than that he was not willing to say."Therefore, the A.A.S. R.A. and
Re: [CTRL] re islamic celebration
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 9/8/02 4:24:42 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hello Prudy, I take on board all that you say. However there is no other religion at the moment determined to inflict on the people of my country their laws. and barbaric laws at that. Don't be too sure. For many years no law, policy or publication in the United States was allowed to put forth anything that was contra to Roman Catholic Doctrine. That meant no birth control. You wouldn't remember the horrors of the huge families that no one could afford. The rhythm of those days did not work, and awful family fights came about because families were too large for the paycheck to cover and/or the sex life of married people had become a nightmare. As a Protestant I certainly resented having my family planning endeavors monitored by the Vatican. The influence is still there. That's why George Bush cut the money for family planning overseas. The excuse is that abortion offends his right wingers, but the truth is that he's hoping for approval for allowing neither abortion nor birth control. It's the Romanian method of family planning, and it's what filled the orphanages there with all those unwanted, emotionally stunted babies. Prudy 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) The Imaginary Evils of Deflation
-Caveat Lector- --- Forwarded message follows --- http://www.mises.org/fullstory.asp?control=1040 The Imaginary Evils of Deflation by Christopher Mayer [Posted September 11, 2002] Deflation is popularly defined as a general fall in prices; it is the opposite of what most people generally think of as inflation. It is most commonly associated with the Depression and with the recent economic woes in Japan. Perhaps as a result of this common association, or perhaps as a result of a more general weakness in the clarity of economic thought, deflation is often seen as something that brings calamitous consequences and as something that must be prevented. One of the more surprising recent business best-sellers is a book titled Conquer the Crash, by Robert Prechter. It is surprising because the public does not often take to being told that disaster is around the corner.Optimism is the far sweeter fruit, more often indulged upon whether the facts justify it or not. Be that as it may, Prechters book calls for a deflationary depression and paints a rather dire picture of financial distress. Deflation worries are gathering more and more attention. The Wall Street Journal recently ran a piece titled Deflation Fears Make a Comeback, in which it noted the fall in prices of selected goods but warned that if deflation spreads into other segments of the economy, it could turn into a major problem. Assuming a connection, the article mentioned financial hardships during the Great Depression and in Japan. Not only is deflation seen as something that is harmful, but it is also viewed as something that must be prevented.Naturally, the Fed is envisioned as the institution that should do the job.A recent Fed paper titled Preventing Deflation: Lessons from Japans Experience in the 1990s takes it for granted that the Fed ought to take measures to avoid deflation. There is something about monetary phenomena that make them a particularly misunderstood aspect of economic life. Deflation is no exception. There seems to be little understanding as to what it is, what causes it, and whether or not it is something that should be prevented. Professor Joseph Salerno has done us all a favor with a well-written paper titled An Austrian Taxonomy of Deflation that makes it much easier to answer these questions and cut through the muddle of media hype and distortion. The effects of deflation, like the quality of drinking water, cannot be considered without regard to its source.According to Salernos taxonomy, there are four basic causes of deflation. The first is growth deflation, which stems from increases in efficiency and productivity. Assuming the supply and demand for dollars is unchanged, an increase in the quantity of goods produced will result in falling prices.In other words, the same amount of dollars can now purchase more goods.The common example of this deflation is to look at the falling prices for technological goods.The computing power a consumer can purchase for a dollar today is much greater than what could be purchased even a few years ago. Growth deflation should be the prevailing trend in a healthy progressing economy. It is only because of years of rampant money supply growth, endemic under a fiat currency system, that inflation has become the accepted norm.As Salerno notes, throughout the nineteenth century and up until the First World War, a mild deflationary trend prevailed in the industrialized nations as rapid growth in the supplies of goods outpaced the gradual growth in money supply that occurred under the classical gold standard. Growth deflation, then, is by no means harmful.It is the natural product of voluntary exchanges and the ever-increasing productivity that has become the hallmark of market economics even among it detractors. The second type of deflation under Salernos taxonomy is cash- building deflation, which occurs when the demand for money increases. All other things being equal, an increase in the demand for cash will raise the price (i.e., the purchasing power) of the currency.Increased purchasing power implies a fall in prices. Hence, this deflation, too, is a result of that action taken by free individuals to meet certain needs--the need for the additional security gained by holding more cash, for example.If one remembers that the ultimate basis for economic action is to satisfy human wants and needs, it is hard to imagine why cash-building deflation (called hoarding by its critics) is thought to be malign. From the perspective of the consumer doing the cash-holding, it is obviously not a bad thing.Clearly, a want or need is being satisfied. Then there is bank credit deflation, which comes from the contraction of the money supply.Salerno writes that the most familiar is a decline in the supply of money that results from a collapse or contraction of fractional-reserve banks that are called upon by their depositors en masse to redeem their notes and demand deposits in cash
[CTRL] Interesting Article
-Caveat Lector- There's an intriguing article by George Soros in The New Republic (2 Sep 2002 issue). Prudy 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] its an epistle!!! LOL
-Caveat Lector- Im sorry if i am offending anyone but this has to be the biggest PR STUNT that america and England have pulled off so far. I was'nt going to turn on the tv today i was just going to listen to the radio but you know what human instincts are like. At 8.47 american time and at 1.47 english time I did turn the box on and to my horror (and it is a horror story) There are good solid hardworking americans standing inNew York holding up the photos of people killed in the WTC disaster caused by their own country and they cant see it!!! Even now with the help of the internet and rogue journalists they still cant see it!!! AND BRITAIN we had a service in a cathedral and we dropped rose petals numbering the people that were killed in WTC. God Stanley Kubrick would have been proud...this whole scenario is SICK. I listened to the radio today and there were muslims on there telling us about their religion and they are outraged at this onslaught against their religion.. and what happened at WTC ...I cant remember everything they said but they seemed genuine.and i was enlightened by what i heard..some of these people...no the majority of these people are good I am upstairs now and i can still hear these americans reading out all the names of the dead..How long would it take them to read out all of the names of the indians they slaughtered when conquering the New world? And How many names would it take to read out of the women and children and husbands killed in AFGHSANISTAN AND VIETNAM AND IRAQ AND ALL THE OTHER COUNTRIES THEY HAVE INVADED OVER THE YEARS.ANDLETS NOT FORGET THE PEOPLE THE BRITISH AND SPANISH HAVE KILLED IN THEIR ATTEMPT TO SHOW SUPREMECY OVER THE MUSLIM WORLD AND THE TECHNOLOGIES THEY HAVE TRIED TO SUPRESS FROM THE OLMECS THE TOLTECS THE MIXTECS AND THE WAY THEY STILL COVER UP THE TRUE LEGACY OF OUR ARCHAELOGICAL ANCESTORS. I am an archaeologist and i depair at the amount of things that have been covered up by the smithonian institute and the British museum and the scientists who have been bought off by western money. FOR GODS SAKE lets get these bastards and make peace before its too bloody late and tell them we are not having anymore of their propaganda we have a right to be free in our thinking and out daily lives. War is not an option Oil is not an option grieving for the dead is NOT an option and joining the PR stunt is NOT an option.What we need is the TRUTH about out origins. AND our origins are not GOD. There have been enough prayers said today to WHO? GOD where was he on september 11th? If prayers had an effect on this planet then surely he would be here and telling the people that this was all a hoax by the global elite. NO SORRY GOD DOESNT EXIST. GOD IS IN OUR HEARTS AND MINDS AND THE THINGS WE DO TO OTHER PEOPLE...IN SHORT IT IS CALLED YOUR CONSCIENCE. One thing i do believe is this " Do unto others as you would have done to yourselves.. Look at your neighbour ..Muslim...Jewcatholicchristian say to yourselves he is a nice person or he is not a nice person...look at your Kids the next generation...if you want this PR stunt to pervaidtheir lives then so be it but you have to see the positive side of life...How would you like to be living in palestine as an occupied country afraid to go out after the curfew.Im not saying the islraelis are bad I am saying put yourself in their position. Understand how they feel we in the west have everything they have nothing look at the root cause of all the problems in this world and why terrorists exist..im not excusing them... they are wrong that includes the Whitehouse and the global elite.. Free energy was invented years ago but that doesnt make money does it? Religion was invented to keep the masses at bay. BELIEVE IN YOURSELF AND AND YOUR HERITAGE. that has been denied to you from your birth. Look to Forbidden archaeology you can go to google .com for this and surprise surprise they have kept you in darkness it is better to believe in a god you cannot see than the truth you can see. forget today it didnt exist praying gets you nowherePR stunts get you nowhere they can make you feel good for a short time then they will forget your pain and what are you left with ...more pain.living does fight for freedom for your kids and your neighbour!!! let make this world a better placenot a bitter place to live in PLEASE. The Mermaid xxx 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
[CTRL] Buzz Aldrin punches moon conspiracy theorist
-Caveat Lector- http://www.salon.com/people/wire/2002/09/10/aldrin/ Buzz Aldrin punches moon conspiracy theorist Sept. 10, 2002 | BEVERLY HILLS, Cal. (AP) -- Detectives are investigating a complaint that retired astronaut Edwin ``Buzz'' Aldrin punched a man in the face after being asked to swear on a Bible that he'd been to the moon. Officers were called to the Luxe Hotel on Rodeo Drive Monday and took a report from Bart Sibrel, 37, who said the former Apollo 11 astronaut had attacked him. Aldrin, 72, had left the hotel when police arrived around 4:30 p.m. and was not interviewed, said Beverly Hills Police Lt. Joe Lombardi. Sibrel, of Nashville, Tenn., said he doesn't believe Aldrin or anyone else has ever walked on the moon. He said he was trying to confront Aldrin about his 1969 lunar mission when he was punched. Video of the punch aired Tuesday on ABC's Good Morning America. An early morning telephone call left at the office of Aldrin's publicist was not immediately returned. 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] Prudy and Propaganda
-Caveat Lector- Prudy, you are such an innocent one. After all of the posts from you and others regarding the nature of conspiracy and propaganda, you are unable to see propaganda right under your fingers as you type, Do a little research on the conspiracy related to Population Control and as it is called in this country, Voluntary Population Control. Or is propaganda all right when it serves the purposes of the one who uses it? -Caveat Lector- In a message dated 9/8/02 4:24:42 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hello Prudy, I take on board all that you say. However there is no other religion at the moment determined to inflict on the people of my country their laws. and barbaric laws at that. Don't be too sure. For many years no law, policy or publication in the United States was allowed to put forth anything that was contra to Roman Catholic Doctrine. That meant no birth control. You wouldn't remember the horrors of the huge families that no one could afford. The rhythm of those days did not work, and awful family fights came about because families were too large for the paycheck to cover and/or the sex life of married people had become a nightmare. As a Protestant I certainly resented having my family planning endeavors monitored by the Vatican. The influence is still there. That's why George Bush cut the money for family planning overseas. The excuse is that abortion offends his right wingers, but the truth is that he's hoping for approval for allowing neither abortion nor birth control. It's the Romanian method of family planning, and it's what filled the orphanages there with all those unwanted, emotionally stunted babies. Prudy 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 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] Surveillance Society
-Caveat Lector- http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/09/09/BU.DTL Surveillance Society Don't look now, but you may find you're being watched Benny Evangelista, Chronicle Staff Writer Monday, September 9, 2002 These days, if you feel like somebody's watching you, you might be right. One year after the Sept. 11 attacks, security experts and privacy advocates say there has been a surge in the number of video cameras installed around the country. The electronic eyes keep an unwavering gaze on everything from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Washington Monument. And biometric facial recognition technology is being tested with video surveillance systems in a handful of places such as the Fresno airport and the resort area of Virginia Beach, Va. Our business is booming, said Ron Cadle, an executive with Pelco, the Fresno-area firm that is the biggest supplier of video security equipment. Since the terrorist attacks, people are not only using video surveillance to protect their property and inventory, Cadle said. For example, a lot of people are now using video to make sure someone who walks into a de- partment store isn't a known terrorist or felon. Privacy rights advocates say that the increase in video surveillance has not turned the United States into a Big Brother state yet, but they fear Sept. 11 has opened the door to creating a surveillance society. It definitely could become widespread, said Jay Stanley of the American Civil Liberties Union. Everybody's using the threat of terrorism to justify a lot of things that don't have a lot to do with terrorism. Video surveillance cameras began appearing in banks and other commercial buildings in the 1960s, but began to proliferate in the last decade as digital technology produced cameras with higher resolution at cheaper prices. Even before Sept. 11, the security industry conservatively estimated that there were more than 2 million surveillance cameras in the United States, and video equipment purchases made up the biggest slice of a $40 billion-a-year industry. Although there are no current estimates, a group of anti-surveillance activists who have mapped the location of cameras in Manhattan since 1998 say they've seen a 40 percent increase in new cameras in New York's financial district since last September. The terrorist attacks have led to a rapidly expanding use of closed- circuit video cameras and related technology, according to a March 2002 report by the research bureau of the California State Library. And studies show that a majority of people support the expanded use of video surveillance of public areas and of facial recognition technology to pick out suspected terrorists, said Marcus Nieto, the report's co-author. Nieto has been monitoring video surveillance since 1997, the year public opposition forced the Oakland City Council to withdraw its plans to set up a video surveillance system. Before 9/11, cameras were something people didn't give much thought about, he said. Post 9/11, people are more accepting of cameras. There used to be vocal opposition. It's now passive. Potential terrorist targets such as bridges and airports are beefing up video security. Oakland International Airport, for example, has already begun replacing 60 older surveillance cameras with higher-resolution digital color cameras, new color monitors and digital video recorders. Earlier this year, Washington officials activated a state-of-the art command center that can monitor 12 cameras throughout the Capitol Mall area and has the capability to tap a network of other video surveillance cameras throughout the city. The ACLU and EPIC, the Electronic Privacy Information Center, argue that the system can be used to infringe on citizens' rights and are pushing for regulations and public oversight of its use. It's open-ended surveillance, said EPIC President Marc Rotenberg. It's the digital electronic equivalent of allowing police to go through your home without a warrant. Stanley, public education coordinator of the ACLU's newly-created Technology and Liberty program, said numerous studies have documented the misuse of surveillance video. The studies found that minorities were more likely to be targets of video surveillance and that one in 10 women were targeted by the predominantly male security monitors for voyeuristic reasons, he said. Technology now being developed will make video surveillance equipment even more powerful. High-definition television, or HDTV, equipment makes it possible for surveillance cameras to capture an image of a person 3,000 feet away with as much detail as one taken by an older analog camera at 30 feet, said John Burwell, an executive with SGI. The Mountain View firm known for high-tech computer graphics developed an HDTV surveillance system with the Naval Research Laboratory that gives equally high resolution. If you watch 'America's Most Wanted,' you get clips of (surveillance) video that
[CTRL] Dorothy (Norma) Cox: Illuminism in the Ozarks
-Caveat Lector- Complete book, minus illustrations, at: http://www.jrbooksonline.com/HTML-docs/Cox_Illuminism.htm 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] Firefighter's Son-please forward!
-Caveat Lector- I signed and forwarded before. Please do the same. Thanks. Gavin. This is from a 14 year old boy who lost his father on Sept. 11th. He's got a really great idea. Before you delete this and forget about it, just remember this kid who doesn't have a father. All you're asked to do is type, point and click...think about what his father was asked to do. /=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=//=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=//=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/ Message From Connor Geraghty /=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=//=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=//=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/ I lost my Dad on September 11th; he was Chief Edward Geraghty, Battalion 9, New York City Fire Department. He lost his life with many other heroes that day, victims of the terrorists. Firefighters from all over have come to the aid and rescue of the tragedy in New York and Washington, D.C. Many firefighters have lost their lives to save someone else's; the truth of the matter is, they do this every single day. They truly are heroes. I know many people feel helpless, especially those who live far from NYC and D.C. We all want to do something to show our appreciation, our support. I think we can... In honor of the bravery, courage and determination of American firefighters, there should be a day in our nation to celebrate and appreciate their handwork and never - ending passion for saving lives. I think we should honor all those other heroes who still live today. I'm starting a petition for a National Firefighters Day. Will you help make every September 11th National Firefighters Day? Please join me! Thank you. Connor Geraghty, age 14, Rockville Center, New York (I Love u,DAD!!) PS When this list reaches 25 names, please send it back to me at: Connor Geraghty mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Instructions: to add your name, click forward, add your name at the bottom of the list. Send it to all you know. OR...COPY AND PASTE INTO A NEW EMAILADD YOUR NAME. 1. Connor Geraghty, Rockville Centre, NY (I Love u DAD!!) 2. Carla Smith, Dallas, TX 3. BC Billy Goldfeder-Loveland-Symmes Fire Department, Ohio 4. F/F Lewis Unger, Roslyn Highlands FD, Roslyn Hts., NY 5. Andrea Madison, Bellmore, NY 6. Jo-Anne Unger, Levittown, NY 11756 7. Karen Holmgaard, Rockville Centre, NY 8. NoraFrankMonteforte,RockvilleCentre,NY 9. Ellie Ivory Ocala, Florida 34476 1. Laurie Comen, Centerport, NY 11. Clare Cassara, North Bellmore, NY 1171 12. Roseann Epp, Malverne, NY 11565 13. Christine Bavaro, Lynbrook NY 11563 14. Ellen Lessman, Plainview NY 1183 15. Debby Maerhofer, Mineola, NY 1151 16. Debra L. Abercrombie, Montrose, AL 17. Kristine Meichtry, Allentown, PA 18. Andrea Duncliffe, Lynbrook, NY 11563 19. Elizabeth Safdieh, Merrick NY 11566 2. Kristin King, Rockville Centre, NY 1157 21. Maggie Curran, Rockville Centre, NY 1157 22.
[CTRL] Fwd: Konformist: The Memory Hole's 9/11 Anniversary Special
-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:[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 ---BeginMessage--- -Caveat Lector- Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- FONT COLOR=#99Sell a Home with Ease! /FONTA HREF=http://us.click.yahoo.com/SrPZMC/kTmEAA/MVfIAA/zgSolB/TM;BClick Here!/B/A -~- The Memory Hole http://www.thememoryhole.org/ Russ Kick, publisher and editor 11 September 2002 Please forward this email to all interested parties The Memory Hole has added three new pages on 9/11 and reposted four earlier pages on the topic, all in one neat bundle for your reading pleasure. The new pages are as follows: *** Government Refuses to Release Communications From 9/11 Planes The FBI, CIA, and FAA completely reject The Memory Hole's FOIA requests *** FAA Releases Some Daily Reports for 9/11 Time Frame, Refuses to Release Others Daily reports from New England are OK; reports from Eastern region are not *** Associated Press Story Change: The Flight 93 Tape Crucial sentence disappears from later versions of article The reposted pages are as follows: *** CIA Director Warned Congress About 9/11 Attacks Listen to the audio clip from National Public Radio's coverage on 9/11: just recently the Director of the CIA warned that there could be an attack--an imminent attack--on the United States of this nature *** German Intelligence Says US Knew in Advance About 9/11 See a scan of the original article from the German newspaper FAZ *** update: On 9/11, the CIA Was Running Simulation of a Plane Crashing into a Building The Associated Press picks up story first reported by The Memory Hole *** 9/11 Survivor Describes Multiple Explosions I was convinced that there were bombs planted all over the place and someone was sitting at a control panel pushing detonator buttons. All are available in the box on the left-hand side of the front page: http://www.thememoryhole.org/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ 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 ---End Message---
[CTRL] Fwd: Konformist: Stolen data reveal undercover cops
-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:[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 ---BeginMessage--- -Caveat Lector- Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- FONT COLOR=#99Sell a Home with Ease! /FONTA HREF=http://us.click.yahoo.com/SrPZMC/kTmEAA/MVfIAA/zgSolB/TM;BClick Here!/B/A -~- Surveillance firm's client list is stolen and posted on Internet; undercover police officers, Secret Service names revealed By Bob Sullivan MSNBC Aug. 20 - Computer intruders have allegedly broken into the online files of a Florida company that provides surveillance technology to the U.S. military, federal agencies and local police forces, and posted confidential information, including the names and e-mail addresses of undercover police officers on a public Web site, MSNBC.com has learned. INFORMATION ABOUT UNDERCOVER narcotics officers, U.S. Secret Service employees, Department of Defense special agents and hundreds of other local and federal law enforcement workers was revealed when the data from Audio Intelligence Devices Inc.'s files were posted on the Internet. The Florida-based private company sells highly specialized video surveillance equipment and teaches spy courses to federal agencies and local police forces in the United States, and to some foreign governments. Lon D. Guarino, Vice President, Sales Marketing for Audio Intelligence Devices did not answer questions about the incident, but in an e-mail to MSNBC.com defended the company's security practices. Contrary to any recent reports, Audio Intelligence Devices is confident in its current security practices and treats its customer information with complete confidentiality, Guarino wrote. We are actively investigating the origin of the information in question at this time. MSNBC.com contacted each law enforcement official whose e-mail address was taken from the AID files and listed on an Internet page - 349 in all. Of those who replied, none said they knew their information had been made public until they were contacted by MSNBC.com. AID only sells to law enforcement workers, according to the company's Web site. The list viewed by MSNBC.com was a Who's Who of domestic and international law enforcement agencies, including the U.S. Army, Navy and Air Force, Sandia National Laboratories, Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations in Uzbekistan, and the Montreal Police Department. Until recently, the site offered a Web form that allowed agents to request equipment catalogs or information on spy classes. It appears that a computer criminal managed to access the data entered on the form by AID's customers. The form on AID's site is currently disabled. A message on the site says: The online catalog request is temporarily unavailable. UNDERCOVER DRUG COPS LISTED The stolen data lists hundreds of names, addresses, job titles, phone numbers and e-mail addresses of investigators, and in some cases, details on the kind of equipment they were seeking to buy. The data appeared on a Web site, Cryptome.org, earlier this month. Site operator John Young says Cryptome.org is devoted to publicizing various government efforts to monitor U.S. citizens. He said an anonymous contributor sent him the data. Young is a well-known First Amendment advocate and a popular critic of government surveillance efforts. Young speculated that the data may have been stolen and leaked by a competitor or former employer, citing the often cutthroat nature of the spying business. But it's not clear how the computer thieves got their hands on AID's data. Young says that the anonymous contributor who tipped him off about the file
[CTRL] Fwd: Konformist: 9/11 FLASHBACKS PT 1
-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:[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 ---BeginMessage--- -Caveat Lector- Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- FONT COLOR=#99Sell a Home with Ease! /FONTA HREF=http://us.click.yahoo.com/SrPZMC/kTmEAA/MVfIAA/zgSolB/TM;BClick Here!/B/A -~- Please send as far and wide as possible. Thanks, Robert Sterling Editor, The Konformist http://www.konformist.com Tuesday, September 10, 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Things Slid Redux (The Steamshovel e-wire normally known as Things Are Gonna Slide) September 11, 2002 9/11 FLASHBACKS Steamshovel asked some of its correspondents to give a one-or-two paragraph flash on when they felt the impact of the 9/11 disasters. Here are the replies: JIM CREGAN, STEAMSHOVEL PRESS - The impact I felt was certainly conditioned by those around me as I live overseas, in Italy. Initially everyone was in shock and disbelief. Terror had reached a new level that no one had imagined. Suddenly the theories about terrorists using biological, chemical or nuclear weapons did not ring hollow anymore. But after the initial shock, local opinion seemed to divide into three groups: the first realizing how real this problem still is and offering sympathy to me. Quite often this was followed with suggestions on how to solve the problem, such as kill all of the Arabs or all of the Jews Arabs in the world; the second and most popular opinion was that people were happy it happened to us and not to them; and the third group opinion, also quite prevalent was that the Americans had it coming to them. This is mainly due to our arrogant, unilateral foreign policy and our blind support of Israel. Maybe there are other ways of fighting terrorism and making peace besides forcing our will on others and always pretending to be in the right. DON ECKER, UFO MAGAZINE - I was in bed and sound asleep when the telephone began ringing. I rolled over and grabbed it giving a sleepy hello. It was my friend Dwight and he was screaming into the phone Christ Don, we've been attacked! Huh?! was my brain numbed reply. Dwight, what the hell are you talking about? Turn on the TV he yelled. I stumbled out to the living room and turned on the set and there was a live picture of the WTC burning. I saw the picture of the second plane slam into the second tower and to this day do not recall if it was live or a replay. My stomach sank when I realized this was deliberate. Then they said the Pentagon was hit. I was waiting for news from somewhere in LA that we were next. What atrocity awaited Angelino's? I'm still watching and waiting. ROB STERLING, KONFORMIST.COM - On 9-11, I was living in downtown L.A. I received a ranting phone call early in the morning, warning me I had to evacuate, because they have attacked New York, and now a plane was heading towards L.A. I first wondered if this was a bad joke by a friend. So I turned on the TV and saw what was going on. (It turned out the person calling had misunderstood the news report: one of the planes that hit the WTC was originally headed for L.A.) Needless to say, I was immediately skeptical of the whole thing, and wondered if the attack was a scam created by the Bush Mob to gain power and desperately needed legitimacy for its Pennsylvania Avenue squatting. Nothing I have seen in the past year has led me to be any less skeptical. Side note: at the time, I was working on an article for the second Disinfo Book collection at the time (Everything You Know Is Wrong), and the article, Viva Kadaffi! was about the creation of Third World bogeyman enemies to cover for Team USA's reprehensible foreign policy. I focused much
Re: [CTRL] (Fwd) The Imaginary Evils of Deflation
-Caveat Lector- The Imaginary Evils of Deflation by Christopher Mayer [Posted September 11, 2002] Mayer's article is superficial analysis. The reason pending US deflation is a bad thing is because it is asset deflation caused by deflating profits. Of course deflation caused by increased productivity can be a good thing but that is NOT what the US faces. The emerging US deflation is caused by asset inflation fed by irresponsible credit expansion by the Fed. This wild credit expansion results in overfunding of productive capacity which leads to profitless business activity caused by unsustainable business competition. Too much capacity leads to price deflation and declining profits. Profitless business activity stems from the overcapacity caused by wild credit expansion which causes a race to the bottom of product prices which ultimately causes increasing unemployment causing more price cutting etc. etc. The bottom line - deflation caused by steady profit margins enhanced by increased productivity is GOOD. Deflation caused by overcapacity and profitless business activity is BAD. flw 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] You can read this now, or you can log off and shut down and get quiet, and just remember
-Caveat Lector- http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2002/09/11/notes091102.DTL Not Another 9/11 Column You can read this now, or you can log off and shut down and get quiet, and just remember By Mark Morford, SF Gate Columnist You do not need to read this column. You do not need to be reminded of September 11 in any such manner. You have permission to right this moment click this link or perhaps this one or this one and spend your valuable time elsewhere on the Web, sucking up the finer ambrosial entertainments and informational succor, safe in the knowledge you will be sufficiently pummeled by heavy emotional 9/11 terrorist-infused pain throughout the day, unless you live under a rock in a cave in a deep trench on a tiny forgotten moon orbiting Uranus, and even then. Perhaps you should just go offline entirely, just shut it all down, go sit on the stoop or walk outside the office and stroll down to the park and sip a coffee or a fine scotch or perhaps imported laudanum, and remember. In your own way, on your own terms, remember where you were, what you were doing, what you were feeling when you observed the world change forever, when you witnessed history writ large and in dark gothic script, raw and obscene and indelible. Perhaps this is the best way. Remember it personally, intimately, sans smarmy musical accompaniment or prepackaged images or Tom Brokaw's melodramatic intonations, entirely free of someone with an overly pious glare extolling how Jesus hates terrorists too now let us pray but not for those other icky religions we don't understand because they are wrong and ugly and they dress funny. All overshadowed by our fearless quivering chickenhawk leaders, squinting and scowling and trying to muster some sort of support for their corporatized warmongering, droning about how we shall smite those evil evildoers even if it means creating new bomb-able evildoers where none really existed before, boom boom oil oil let us secretly examine your email and tap your phone and scan your shoes, don't you feel safer now. You have permission to keep the TV off all day. It is absolutely true that we as a nation need to commemorate, collectively, to unite and mark the day and bow our collective heads, draw strength from our concentrated mourning. But if you are like roughly 272 million other people in this country, it is very possible you do not need to see the images right now, or perhaps ever again: the falling bodies, the doomed towers erupting smoke like tragic volcanoes, the huge planes vanishing into walls of steel and glass like ghosts sailing through paper. Only this time with slow-motion effects and dirge-like TV soundtrack and the superimposed image of Old Glory waving in the background, manipulating your sadness synapse like a hammer on a nail. There, see? Even describing it casts a pallor, evokes all sorts of media-tainted responses, draws you down a prescribed visceral trail, when the best thing might be just to acknowledge the collective grief and then turn the volume way, way down and get quiet. This is your challenge, this is your assignment, and it is not at all easy. You must sift, you must reject, you must resist getting sucked into the sensationalistic media vortex of this day, all the articles and programs and talk shows and religious finger-pointing and awful commemorative plates, as you pick and choose your 9/11 memories very carefully. An image here, a voice there, the phone call you made to your loved ones just after. Find the few remaining untainted fragments of the tragedy and its aftermath and feel them deeply, get quiet and solemn in yourself and just think, contemplate, turn them over in your hands, examine closely, breath and feel. Because for many of us, it has become nearly impossible to avoid cynical or jaded feelings about 9/11, to avoid seeing how this epic human tragedy has been cast and recast and diminished and leveraged and regurgitated as some sort of zealous rabid uber-patriotic call to arms, a pseudo-psychological touchstone, an excuse to launch more war, a justification for a million smarmy melodramatic Hallmark sentiments and a million United We Stand bumper stickers and far too many new viewers for JAG. You have permission to completely disavow yourself of aggro-American hyperbole or false patriotic sentiment or the Bush/Cheney spin machine. You have permission to be a complete traitor by ignoring Dan Rather entirely and refusing to stick a flag on your Japanese SUV and by not believing the simplistic reductionism of Good Righteous Us vs. Evil Hateful Them because in many cases We are Them and They are Us and the lines that separate Us and Them are more like thin ideological equivocations, which don't. And finally, you have permission to feel patriotic in your own way, define your grief and your sense of allegiance independent of the imposed governmental guidelines, to connect with
Re: [CTRL] You can read this now, or you can log off and shut down and get quiet, and just remember
-Caveat Lector- thanks for that. --- Joshua Tinnin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Caveat Lector- http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2002/09/11/notes091102.DTL Not Another 9/11 Column You can read this now, or you can log off and shut down and get quiet, and just remember By Mark Morford, SF Gate Columnist You do not need to read this column. You do not need to be reminded of September 11 in any such manner. You have permission to right this moment click this link or perhaps this one or this one and spend your valuable time elsewhere on the Web, sucking up the finer ambrosial entertainments and informational succor, safe in the knowledge you will be sufficiently pummeled by heavy emotional 9/11 terrorist-infused pain throughout the day, unless you live under a rock in a cave in a deep trench on a tiny forgotten moon orbiting Uranus, and even then. Perhaps you should just go offline entirely, just shut it all down, go sit on the stoop or walk outside the office and stroll down to the park and sip a coffee or a fine scotch or perhaps imported laudanum, and remember. In your own way, on your own terms, remember where you were, what you were doing, what you were feeling when you observed the world change forever, when you witnessed history writ large and in dark gothic script, raw and obscene and indelible. Perhaps this is the best way. Remember it personally, intimately, sans smarmy musical accompaniment or prepackaged images or Tom Brokaw's melodramatic intonations, entirely free of someone with an overly pious glare extolling how Jesus hates terrorists too now let us pray but not for those other icky religions we don't understand because they are wrong and ugly and they dress funny. All overshadowed by our fearless quivering chickenhawk leaders, squinting and scowling and trying to muster some sort of support for their corporatized warmongering, droning about how we shall smite those evil evildoers even if it means creating new bomb-able evildoers where none really existed before, boom boom oil oil let us secretly examine your email and tap your phone and scan your shoes, don't you feel safer now. You have permission to keep the TV off all day. It is absolutely true that we as a nation need to commemorate, collectively, to unite and mark the day and bow our collective heads, draw strength from our concentrated mourning. But if you are like roughly 272 million other people in this country, it is very possible you do not need to see the images right now, or perhaps ever again: the falling bodies, the doomed towers erupting smoke like tragic volcanoes, the huge planes vanishing into walls of steel and glass like ghosts sailing through paper. Only this time with slow-motion effects and dirge-like TV soundtrack and the superimposed image of Old Glory waving in the background, manipulating your sadness synapse like a hammer on a nail. There, see? Even describing it casts a pallor, evokes all sorts of media-tainted responses, draws you down a prescribed visceral trail, when the best thing might be just to acknowledge the collective grief and then turn the volume way, way down and get quiet. This is your challenge, this is your assignment, and it is not at all easy. You must sift, you must reject, you must resist getting sucked into the sensationalistic media vortex of this day, all the articles and programs and talk shows and religious finger-pointing and awful commemorative plates, as you pick and choose your 9/11 memories very carefully. An image here, a voice there, the phone call you made to your loved ones just after. Find the few remaining untainted fragments of the tragedy and its aftermath and feel them deeply, get quiet and solemn in yourself and just think, contemplate, turn them over in your hands, examine closely, breath and feel. Because for many of us, it has become nearly impossible to avoid cynical or jaded feelings about 9/11, to avoid seeing how this epic human tragedy has been cast and recast and diminished and leveraged and regurgitated as some sort of zealous rabid uber-patriotic call to arms, a pseudo-psychological touchstone, an excuse to launch more war, a justification for a million smarmy melodramatic Hallmark sentiments and a million United We Stand bumper stickers and far too many new viewers for JAG. You have permission to completely disavow yourself of aggro-American hyperbole or false patriotic sentiment or the Bush/Cheney spin machine. You have permission to be a complete traitor by ignoring Dan Rather entirely and refusing to stick a flag on your Japanese SUV and by not believing the simplistic reductionism of Good Righteous Us vs. Evil Hateful Them because in many cases We are Them and They are Us and the lines that separate Us and Them are more like thin ideological equivocations, which don't. And finally, you have
[CTRL] The Real Reason for The Attack Upon America
-Caveat Lector- Brethren Friends Alike, As we commemorate the lives and mourn the loss of life of those who died a year ago in the attacks upon America, let us not forget the real reason why America was terrorized. We must not let the deaths of those Americans be in vain. Only truth sets us free and can protect us from similar events in the future. I hope you will pass the following http://missiontoisrael.org/ishmael,edom,israel.html to those in your address book. Americans need to know the truth about the identity of those involved in what happened a year ago. My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee Hosea 4:6. Ted R. Weiland 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: Loony John Foster Berlet's Papal Bull
-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:[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 ---BeginMessage--- -Caveat Lector- http://disc.server.com/Indices/165346.html FROM THE PORTLAND FREE PRESS The Truth Matters by Ace R. Hayes (July/August 1997 issue) Berlet's Papal Bull Is Back Pope (John Foster, A.K.A. Chip) Berlet has issued more papal bull. His new encyclical is titled, Challenging Populist Conspiracism. As usual, Berlet takes my name in vain; so it seems only fair that I should take his phony psyop apart yet again. Since this craven piece of government-issue spy and lie is once again on the Internet with government propaganda, it seems that I owe people a reminder of Berlet's rotten roots. (To be absolutely fair - Berlet's name does not appear on this article. It came from the Political Research Associates' (PRA) Public Eye Website, 7 June 1997, and there is no byline for authorship. But, since it is his outfit and his turgid style, I am giving him the discredit. If, in fact, someone else wrote this twaddle, then I suggest PRA stop putting unsigned crapola on the Internet; however, since I would be too embarrassed to put my name to such trash, I probably should express some sympathy for the author choosing anonymity.) Berlet has been in and out of bed with the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), FBI, CIA and John Birch Society (JBS) so many times over the years it is a joke. Nonetheless, this amoral factoid still pontificates as though he had any more credibility than his JBS buddy, John Rees. Having blown this clown's cover starting with the July/August 1995 PFP in my article, Berlet for Beginners, I don't feel any obligation to replow the same ground. Anyone who wants the documentation can send three bucks for each back issue. Berlet spends 99 percent of his time attacking the people who have actually exposed U.S. Government crimes and cover-ups, and one percent of his time exposing same. This is 100 percent U.S. Government damage control. Attacking some of the best investigators of Imperial state crimes is a state lap dog's job. He babbles incessantly about the need for and value of progressive power structure research, but he never does any. Instead he whines constantly about pseudo-radical allegations of conspiracism. He attacks the Christic Institute and defends Bush, Rockefeller and the Imperial oligarchy. He reduces history to broad forces and large structures of human collectives. This is the Big Mac version of analysis. This nut-case standard beats President Bush's Christmas Eve Pardons of the other Iran-Contra criminals. It is a preemptive pardon for all government crimes, criminals and cover-ups. It cancels the Nuremberg laws. It is important to see anti-elite conspiracism and scapegoating as not merely destructive of a progressive analysis but as specific techniques used by fascist political movements, to provide a radical-sounding left cover for a rightist attack on the status quo. Berlet is really saying that he loves the plutocrats and considers any expose of their crimes to be a fascist conspiracy. Elite conspiracy put the American people through the Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, Gulf War and dozens of secret wars over the past half century. Elite conspiracy runs drugs around the world, etc., etc., and yet Berlet denounces elite scapegoating. How can anyone possibly scapegoat murdering mobsters? The elite kills more people with one phony war than all the street hoods who ever lived. The constitutional CEO of Pax Americana should be prosecuted for crimes against peace, and would be, were there any rule of law. However, the Nuremberg Laws only apply to losers and might makes right is still the law of the jungle we laughingly
[CTRL] The Spy Who Came In From the Mold
-Caveat Lector- Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 12:55:52 -0700 (PDT) To: Alex Constantine [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Fwd: Timothy Leary and the CIA Joanna Harcourt-Smith is the woman whom I worked for while I was getting a master's at St. John's in Santa Fe. To date, for my writing she probably owes me upward of ten grand, which I will never see. However, I learned a lot through her about European aristocracy (including her own family connections), her past with Tim, Tim's Vacaville days, etc. IMHO, she is an aristocrat MK sent to Switzerland to bring Tim back. She does not recall this; however, she has brought more than one male luminary down. My editor told me to ditch her, that I would never be paid, so I did. She used me for 2+ years. E. Note: forwarded message attached. __ Yahoo! - We Remember 9-11: A tribute to the more than 3,000 lives lost http://dir.remember.yahoo.com/tribute From: Austin Kelley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Monday, September 9, 2002 3:50 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Timothy Leary and the CIA Timothy Leary and the CIA or The Spy Who Came In From the (Ergot) Mold By W.H. Bowart The Associated Press reported that '60's LSD proselyte, Timothy Leary died in his sleep, May 31, 1996. It reported that Carol Rosin, his friend for 25 years was by his side along with family and friends. Rosin told the AP: He had been alert for the last few days -- he'd been traveling with one foot in this world and one foot in the other world. Until yesterday, he was moving around in an electric wheelchair, but he was getting weaker. After his passing, Leary's homepage on the World Wide Web said simply: Timothy has passed. It also said his last words were three why not's and one yeah. Leary himself, had reported that he was taking morphine to ease the pain for months. It is well know that Leary had always been into drugs -- any drugs, all drugs, both prescription and recreational. An Intensive Care Nurse read the internet reports of his death. It said his last words were why not, why not, why not in several different tones , and his final word was yeah.' I've seen a lot of people die with cancer, the ICU nurse said. (For obvious reasons she does not want to be identified.) It's very painful to die that way. From all report's Leary's death must have been a mophine assisted death. The final script probably went like this: ' Timothy do you want a shot of morphine to ease your pain?' And he answered, 'Why not?' A little while later whoever was administering the morphine checked on him, asking him, 'Would you like a little more morphine?' And he answered, 'Why not?' After an interval, the morphine admistrator asked, 'How about some more morphine?' And Leary answered, 'Why not?' After that they asked, I'll bet you're feeling no pain now?' And, just before the morphine paralyzed his cardio-pulminary system, he replied, Yeah. So Timothy Leary finally fulfilled the prophecy in the Moody Blues tune,Legend of a Mind. At least he fulfilled the first phrase: Timothy Leary's dead Oh, no no no, no no no nooo, he's on the outside looking in... More on that later. A couple of millionaire movie producers who put up thousands of dollars for Timothy Leary's escape are sad and disappointed. An army of middle aged acid-heads and flower children who contributed thousands more to the Timothy Leary Defense Fund, and other funds which were supposed to help Tim beat a rap or get out of jail are in deep mourning. But somewhere, in Heaven, in Hell, in the great cosmic void, or confronting a fearsome isn'tness Timothy Leary is probably grinning at them. The glib Boston Irishman conned them all. They paid for what the government did without their funds -- arrange Leary's escape in 1970 from Vacaville prison, and his tour of Algeria, Switzerland, and Afghanistan. At least, that's a logical conclusion you could draw from an interview he gave in 1977. After he returned to the United States in 1973 it is said that he was assigned to solitary confinement next to a hole mate who quoted the bible in a booming voice. This Born Again Christian was none other than Charles Manson. Leary left his Turn on , tune in, drop out campaign behind in prison, he became a self- styled prophet of Life Extension and Space Exploration, Cyronics and finally Cyberspace. All these, he said in turn with great enthusiasm, were where it was at! He had been arrested by G. Gordon Liddy in 1965 at the Deitrich estate in Millbrook, N.Y. He was photographed with a big smile going into the Duchess County jail. Almost twenty years later he was debating Liddy on the college lecture circuit (receiving a minimum of $2,500 per appearance) still wearing that same smile. That smile was his trademark. It was a smile which masked his vacuity and desperation. It was the smile of a pretender. The smile of a failed husband and father. Half a song and half a gag, was how writer Alan Harrington's wife, Luba, once
[CTRL] Illegal immigrants tied to eight major wildfires
-Caveat Lector- Illegal immigrants tied to eight major wildfires 9/10/2002 TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - Illegal immigrants crossing into the United States in southern Arizona are suspected of causing eight major wildfires this year that have cost taxpayers $5.1 million to fight. In an already busy fire season, the fires charred 68,413 acres - about 108 square miles - according to an Arizona Daily Star analysis. Only fires bigger than 100 acres were included in the analysis, and officials said immigrants caused many smaller blazes that were quickly controlled. Fire officials haven't identified suspects in the eight fires but said physical evidence strongly points to immigrants at the border crossings, the paper said. Food containers, juice cans and water bottles from Mexico were found at many of the fires' starting points, nearly all of which were along popular smuggling routes rarely used by legal visitors. In some cases, the blazes were traced to campfires that officials believe border crossers used for cooking or warmth and got out of control. This email was cleaned by emailStripper, available for free from http://www.papercut.biz/emailStripper.htm http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20020910/4010406.asp 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] Nelson Mandela: The United States of America is a Threat to World Peace
-Caveat Lector- -- Forwarded message -- Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 13:00:13 -0400 From: t r u t h o u t [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: t r u t h o u t [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: William Rivers Pitt | Think the Days of the Draft are Gone? Think Again 09/12/02 t r u t h o u t | 09.12 William Rivers Pitt | Think the Days of the Draft are Gone? Think Again http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.12A.wrp.draft.htm Rumsfeld: Multiple wars 'Do-Able' http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.12B.multi.wars.htm John Conyers | Florida Redux http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.12C.conyers.redux.htm Nelson Mandela: The United States of America is a Threat to World Peace http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.12D.mandela.threat.htm Paul Krugman | The Long Haul http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.12E.krug.lng.hul.htm Thousands Join Families Of 9/11 Victims In New York For Anti-War Vigil http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.12F.victims.vigil.htm t r u t h o u t - Newsletter Sign-up (Free) : https://www.truthout.org/membership/membership.htm _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ t r u t h o u t | 09.11 Bernard Weiner | An American Jew's Open Letter to Hanan Ashwari: Is Mideast Peace Still Possible? http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.11A.bw.ashwari.htm Loss of Civil Rights Worries Families of 9-11 Victims http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.11B.family.911.htm Putin Sides With NATO No Pre-Emptive Attack http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.11C.putin.iraq.htm Acting Alone, US Steps Air Attacks Against Iraq http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.11D.air.attacks.htm Annan: U.N. Must Have Say on Iraq http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.11E.annan.iraq.htm Many Expected at WTC Remains Site http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.11F.remains.911.htm t r u t h o u t - Newsletter Sign-up (Free) : https://www.truthout.org/membership/membership.htm _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ t r u t h o u t | 09.10 Jennifer Van Bergen | Rage, Rage, Against the Dying Light -- Civil Liberties Since September 11th http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.10A.jvb.rage.htm White House: Bush Misstated Report on Iraq http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.10B.msnbc.iraq.htm French Leader Offers Formula to Tackle Iraq http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.10C.chirac.plan.htm Former Arms Inspector Scott Ritter Doubts Iraq Capability http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.10D.ritter.iraq.htm Noam Chomsky | By Attacking Iraq, the US Will Invite a New Wave of Terrorist Attacks http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.10E.chomsky.iraq.htm Bill to Overhaul System of Voting Is Seen in Danger http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.10F.vote.danger.htm t r u t h o u t - Newsletter Sign-up (Free) : https://www.truthout.org/membership/membership.htm _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ t r u t h o u t | 09.09 William Rivers Pitt | A Bright September Morning http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.09A.wrp.911.02.htm Blair and Bush Face Revolt Over Attack On Iraq http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.09B.bush.blair.iraq.htm A Shocking Overview of Changes to Legal Rights http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.09C.ap.rights.htm Opposition Is Growing to Blair's Stand on Iraq http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.09D.opp.2.blair.htm Poll Finds Unease on Terror Fight and Concerns About War on Iraq http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.09E.poll.iraq.htm t r u t h o u t - Newsletter Sign-up (Free) : https://www.truthout.org/membership/membership.htm _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ t r u t h o u t | 09.08 Bush Rejected by NATO, Turns to China and Russia http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.08A.nato.iraq.htm Jimmy Carter | The Troubling New Face of America http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.08C.carter.nu.face.htm Daschle Responds to Hastert on Iraq http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.08B.dasch.iraq.htm Paul Krugman | The Bully's Pulpit http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.08D.krug.bully.htm How Bush Spent His Summer Vacation -- Undermining Environmental Protections http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.08E.nrdc.sum.vac.htm t r u t h o u t - Newsletter Sign-up (Free) : https://www.truthout.org/membership/membership.htm _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ t r u t h o u t | 09.07 Clinton: Get Bin Laden Before Pursuing Saddam http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.07A.clinton.iraq.htm There's Safety in Numbers: Tips for Managing the Coming Crash http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.07B.tips.crash.htm Feinstein: More Questions Than Answers on Iraq http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.07C.feinstein.iraq.htm Senate Leaders Say Debate on Iraq Won't Be Rushed http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.07D.sena.no.rush.htm Bush Sustains Second Defeat of Judicial Nominee http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.07E.bush.owen.htm Leahy Statement on the Rejection of Bush Nominee Priscilla Owen http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.07F.leahy.owen.htm t
[CTRL] Incoming: A New Wave of Terrorist Attacks
-Caveat Lector- http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.10E.chomsky.iraq.htm By Attacking Iraq, the US Will Invite a New Wave of Terrorist Attacks Noam Chomsky The Guardian September 9. 2002 September 11 shocked many Americans into an awareness that they had better pay much closer attention to what the US government does in the world and how it is perceived. Many issues have been opened for discussion that were not on the agenda before. That's all to the good. It is also the merest sanity, if we hope to reduce the likelihood of future atrocities. It may be comforting to pretend that our enemies hate our freedoms, as President Bush stated, but it is hardly wise to ignore the real world, which conveys different lessons. The president is not the first to ask: Why do they hate us? In a staff discussion 44 years ago, President Eisenhower described the campaign of hatred against us [in the Arab world], not by the governments but by the people. His National Security Council outlined the basic reasons: the US supports corrupt and oppressive governments and is opposing political or economic progress because of its interest in controlling the oil resources of the region. Post-September 11 surveys in the Arab world reveal that the same reasons hold today, compounded with resentment over specific policies. Strikingly, that is even true of privileged, western-oriented sectors in the region. To cite just one recent example: in the August 1 issue of Far Eastern Economic Review, the internationally recognised regional specialist Ahmed Rashid writes that in Pakistan there is growing anger that US support is allowing [Musharraf's] military regime to delay the promise of democracy. Today we do ourselves few favours by choosing to believe that they hate us and hate our freedoms. On the contrary, these are attitudes of people who like Americans and admire much about the US, including its freedoms. What they hate is official policies that deny them the freedoms to which they too aspire. For such reasons, the post-September 11 rantings of Osama bin Laden - for example, about US support for corrupt and brutal regimes, or about the US invasion of Saudi Arabia - have a certain resonance, even among those who despise and fear him. From resentment, anger and frustration, terrorist bands hope to draw support and recruits. We should also be aware that much of the world regards Washington as a terrorist regime. In recent years, the US has taken or backed actions in Colombia, Nicaragua, Panama, Sudan and Turkey, to name a few, that meet official US definitions of terrorism - that is, when Americans apply the term to enemies. In the most sober establishment journal, Foreign Affairs, Samuel Huntington wrote in 1999: While the US regularly denounces various countries as 'rogue states,' in the eyes of many countries it is becoming the rogue superpower ... the single greatest external threat to their societies. Such perceptions are not changed by the fact that, on September 11, for the first time, a western country was subjected on home soil to a horrendous terrorist attack of a kind all too familiar to victims of western power. The attack goes far beyond what's sometimes called the retail terror of the IRA, FLN or Red Brigades. The September 11 terrorism elicited harsh condemnation throughout the world and an outpouring of sympathy for the innocent victims. But with qualifications. An international Gallup poll in late September found little support for a military attack by the US in Afghanistan. In Latin America, the region with the most experience of US intervention, support ranged from 2% in Mexico to 16% in Panama. The current campaign of hatred in the Arab world is, of course, also fuelled by US policies toward Israel-Palestine and Iraq. The US has provided the crucial support for Israel's harsh military occupation, now in its 35th year. One way for the US to lessen Israeli-Palestinian tensions would be to stop refusing to join the long-standing international consensus that calls for recognition of the right of all states in the region to live in peace and security, including a Palestinian state in the currently occupied territories (perhaps with minor and mutual border adjustments). In Iraq, a decade of harsh sanctions under US pressure has strengthened Saddam Hussein while leading to the death of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis - perhaps more people than have been slain by all so-called weapons of mass destruction throughout history, military analysts John and Karl Mueller wrote in Foreign Affairs in 1999.
Re: [CTRL] The Real Reason for The Attack Upon America
-Caveat Lector- Yes. It is important to understand that Americans backing the corrupt Saudi's, and defiling the holy lands of mecca and medina that got the ire of fundamentalists in islam on 9/11/02 7:28 AM, Bill Kalivas at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Caveat Lector- Brethren Friends Alike, As we commemorate the lives and mourn the loss of life of those who died a year ago in the attacks upon America, let us not forget the real reason why America was terrorized. We must not let the deaths of those Americans be in vain. Only truth sets us free and can protect us from similar events in the future. I hope you will pass the following http://missiontoisrael.org/ishmael,edom,israel.html to those in your address book. Americans need to know the truth about the identity of those involved in what happened a year ago. My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee Hosea 4:6. Ted R. Weiland 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 Free your mind and your ass will follow. St George NEURONAUTIC INSTITUTE on-line: http://home.earthlink.net/~thew 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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[CTRL] Jehovah lawsuit, Sirhan brainwashed, Ex-Inspector Doubts Iraq Capability
-Caveat Lector- may be heavy for survivors from L Moss Sharman Church made her cover up sexual abuse, woman says By Jane Gadd 9/10/02 "A former Jehovah's Witness who says her church forced her to cover up years of sexual abuse by her father told Ontario Superior Court yesterday that church elders use the fear of Armageddon to silence her and other abuse victims. Victoria Boer, 31, testifying at the trial of her $700,000 lawsuit against the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of Canada..." http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/PEstory/TGAM/20020910/UJEHOOQ/national/national/nationalTorontoHeadline_temp/3/3/4/ Was Robert Kennedy's Assassin Brainwashed by Gordon Thomas "California' Supreme Court is considering ordering a new trial into one of the most sensational crimes in America â the assassination of Senator Robert Kennedy, brother of the murdered President, John F Kennedy. The Court has been given explosive new testimony that Robert Kennedy's assassin, Palestinian-born Sirhan Sirhan, was "programmed through hypnosis and brainwashed to carry out the crime"...Sirhan's attorney, Lawrence TeeterIn the case of the programming of Sirhan those involved, either directly or indirectly, are the Los Angeles police department, the FBI and the CIA together with the Pentagon. "There were good reasons for them to have wanted Robert Kennedy eliminated. He wanted to end the Vietnam war. He wanted to get to the bottom of his brother's assassination. He wanted to break the power of the Teamsters Union. He wanted to end the wild adventurism of the CIA", said Teeter. That "adventurism" included the notorious MK-ULTRA programme â designed by the CIA to see if it was feasible to use drugs and hypnosis to create a "programmed assassin". Among the doctors secretly involved in the work was Dr Louis West, chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California in Los Angeles and director of its Neuropsychiatric Institute. West's work for the CIA included using hypnosis to try and programme minds. But his case files were shredded in the wake of Robert Kennedy's murder on June 5, 1968. Kennedy was in Los Angeles to gather votes for his nomination as the Democratic Candidate for President when he was killed. http://globe-intel.net/ under latest http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.10D.ritter.iraq.htm Ex-Inspector Doubts Iraq Capability By Sameer N. Yacoub Associated Press September 8. 2002 Iraq is incapable of producing weapons of mass destruction and should prove it by allowing in U.N. weapons inspectors, an American who was once on the inspections teams said Sunday. With his comments during a visit to Baghdad, Scott Ritter - who has been a sharp critic of U.S. policy on Iraq - joined a long list of officials from European and Arab nations who have urged Iraq to accept inspectors to defuse a crisis with the United States. Iraqi cooperation on inspections would leave the United States "standing alone in regards to war threats on Iraq and this is the best way to prevent the war," said Ritter. 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] Change the name to Protect the ...
-Caveat Lector- From http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=206088contrassID= 1subContrassID=0sbSubContrassID=0 Thursday, September 12, 2002 Tishrei 6, 5763 Israel Time: 00:13 (GMT+3) Back Home Last update - 02:43 09/09/2002 Military shipment bound for Iran returns to Israel By Avi Shmoul, Ha'aretz Correspondent The ship Pelican, which was suspected of heading for Iran with a cargo of caterpillar tracks for armored personnel carriers, returned to Israel Sunday after changing its name. The cargo, packed in two sealed containers, was discovered two weeks ago by the German tax authorities on a ship called Zim Antwerp, which arrived at Hamburg port the following day. Last Friday, immediately after docking at Limassol in Cyprus, the name Zim Antwerp was erased from the ship's prow and changed to Pelican. Shipping sources said changing the ship's name is not unusual and may take place after a naval collision, changing insurance companies or, as it appears in this case, simply to avert the evil eye. The ship is owned by the Ofer Brothers. Some of the ships hundreds of containers will be unloaded in Ashdod on Monday. The ship will sail to Haifa on Tuesday and on Wednesday other containers, including the two with the tracks, are due to be unloaded. Only then will the Defense Ministry and police be able to examine the cargo. The law requires me to return the cargo to its original owners and that's what I intend to do, Reuven Zuk, director of the Alaluf company via which the cargo was sent, told Ha'aretz. I cannot say with complete certainty that it's the same cargo, since the containers have been changed. However, it is clear the police can get a court order to make me open the containers.The law also permits the customs authorities to confiscate any cargo arriving in Israel. Ha'aretz found that the cargo, manufactured in the Tagel plant in Haifa, was loaded on a ship named Zim Hamburg at Haifa on August 1 last. The ship's route included Britain, Belgium, Holland, and Hamburg port in Germany on August 15. According to the cargo documents, the containers carried machine parts. The cargo received the approval of the Defense Ministry's security aid unit in advance, after the exporter Avihai Weinstein asked to export it to Thailand. ~~~ AER + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Forwarded as information only; I don't believe everything I read or send (but that doesn't stop me from considering it; obviously SOMEBODY thinks it's important) + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without charge or profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this type of information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut. --- Ernest Hemingway 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] A washingtonpost.com article from: alamaine@uffdaonline.net
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[CTRL] A washingtonpost.com article from: alamaine@uffdaonline.net
-Caveat Lector- You have been sent this message from [EMAIL PROTECTED] as a courtesy of the Washington Post - http://www.washingtonpost.com To view the entire article, go to http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51857-2002Sep7.html Russia Denies U.S. Access on Bioweapons By Joby Warrick Russian officials have rebuffed a new U.S. attempt to pry loose key secrets from their former biological weapons program, including a genetically altered strain of anthrax bacteria that Pentagon scientists are eager to study and that Russia had earlier promised to deliver, according to Sen. Richard G. Lugar (R-Ind.). Government and security officials also balked at allowing a U.S. congressional delegation to visit one of Russia's four military-run biological research labs, which have remained closed to Americans despite a decade of cooperation between the two countries on securing stockpiles of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons. The rejections came during a visit to Russia in late August by a delegation headed by Lugar, who is backing legislation to expand U.S.-Russian efforts to halt the spread of weapons of mass destruction. Despite progress in many areas -- including the destruction of hundreds of warheads, bombers and submarines -- the incidents underscore lingering bureaucratic opposition to the cooperation on terrorism pledged by President Vladimir Putin and President Bush at a summit last November in Texas, Lugar said. It shows that Putin is far ahead of much of Russia's bureaucracy on these matters, Lugar said Friday in a briefing to reporters. But Lugar also warned against allowing the setbacks to undermine a 10-year-old U.S. commitment to help Russia destroy or secure its vast stockpiles of unconventional weapons -- a stockpile that Lugar describes as the United States' greatest security threat. Opposition in Congress to providing more assistance to Russia has delayed the opening of a U.S.-funded Russian facility built to incinerate nearly 2 million Soviet-era chemical weapons, potentially enough to destroy the world's population 20 times over, Lugar said. Lugar said that at other stops on his trip, Russians worked closely with Americans to turn former weapons factories into research centers to cure diseases and reduce terrorism threats. Lugar acknowledged he was unsuccessful during his visit in resolving a five-year dispute with Russia over a genetically modified strain of anthrax bacteria. The strain, developed by scientists at the Russian State Research Center for Applied Microbiology in the city of Obolensk, has been reported in scientific journals to resist many anthrax vaccines. Eager to learn whether U.S. vaccines would work against the strain, the Defense Department in 1997 signed a contract with Russian researchers to acquire a sample. But Russia has refused to release the microbes, citing laws restricting the export of dangerous pathogens. Lugar pressed the issue Monday with senior Russian officials at Obolensk, and again three days later at a meeting in Moscow, but was given no firm commitment on the release of the strain. Russia's refusal to honor the contract has been cited by some in Congress who oppose granting a permanent waiver that would free up millions of dollars in U.S. spending for nonproliferation projects in Russia. Last month, Bush signed a temporary waiver that restored funding only through Sept. 30. Another sore point for the White House has been Russia's refusal to allow U.S. inspection of four biological research labs controlled by its Defense Ministry. While the U.S. government has provided millions of dollars to enhance security and retrain scientists at Russia's civilian-run bioweapons factories, the veil of secrecy surrounding military labs has fueled suspicions that Russia is continuing research on offensive weapons. Russia has said all research on offensive biological weapons has stopped. One of the closed labs, the Center of Military-Technical Problems of Biological Defense at Yekaterinburg (formerly Sverdlovsk), was the site of an accidental anthrax release in 1979 that killed at least 68 people. On Wednesday, Lugar's delegation traveled to another closed center, the Scientific Research Institute at Kirov, after receiving signals that a visit might finally be permitted. But despite an enthusiastic airport reception by Kirov's political leaders and news media, Lugar was refused entry to the military facility. Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov had no explanation for the refusal during a meeting the following day. Lugar said he warned Kirov officials they were jeopardizing their future by holding on to Soviet-era secrecy. They were interested in getting [Western] pharmaceutical companies to invest in these facilities, Lugar said. But as I told them, it's a non-starter if investors can't even get inside the place. A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A
[CTRL] Don't Swim in Green Pool Water
-Caveat Lector- From http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/2249599.stm Tuesday, 10 September, 2002, 17:39 GMT 18:39 UK Israel warns of war over water Israel once controlled the River Hasbani An alleged Lebanese scheme to divert water from a river feeding Israel's largest reservoir could provoke a war, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has warned. Israeli army radio quoted the prime minister as saying on Tuesday that the issue constituted a casus belli, or grounds for war. He was addressing senior military and civilian officials after a cabinet meeting. Lebanon opened a pumping-station on the River Hasbani in the spring of 2001 to irrigate a drought- stricken village but denies that it plans to dam the river. The river supplies between 20 and 25% of the water flowing into the Sea of Galilee, an official at Israel's Ministry of Agriculture was quoted as saying by the French news agency AFP. It rises in Lebanon and flows for about 50 kilometres (30 miles) through its territory before joining the River Jordan and emptying into the Sea of Galilee. Warning Army radio said Mr Sharon had notified the United States that Israel could mount military operations should Lebanon begin pumping water out of the Hasbani or its tributary, the River Wazzani. The Israeli Transportation Minister, Ephraim Sneh, said Mr Sharon had called for a good and enlightened way to settle the issue but was ready to act. The project has drawn criticism from Israel If Lebanon put into effect its project to siphon water from the river, it would be serious enough a reason for Israel to act, Mr Sneh told the radio station. A spokesman for the United Nations peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon has denied Beirut is siphoning water from the Hasbani, saying it is only piping water to a village suffering a shortage. At a ceremony to mark the start of the new water supply to the village of Wazzani last March, a Lebanese Government official said it was a first step. This is the first step towards liberating our water, a symbol of sovereignty and simple rights, said Qablan Qablan at the opening of the pumping station. Israel controlled the Hasbani during its occupation of southern Lebanon in 1978-2000. See also: 28 Mar 01 | Middle East Lebanon hails 'liberation of water' 02 Jun 00 | Middle East Water conflict in Middle East 16 Mar 99 | Middle East Analysis: The politics of water Internet links: Israel Government Gateway Lebanese Presidency The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites Top Middle East stories now: Palestinian cabinet resigns Annan warns US over Iraq Iraqi TV says US attacked itself Bin Laden 'voice' lists hijackers Israel warns of war over water Canada protests stop Netanyahu speech 'Bin Laden' speech excerpts Iran readies for Iraqi war refugees Links to more Middle East stories are at the foot of the page. E-mail this story to a friend ~~~ AER + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Forwarded as information only; I don't believe everything I read or send (but that doesn't stop me from considering it; obviously SOMEBODY thinks it's important) + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without charge or profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this type of information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut. --- Ernest Hemingway 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
[CTRL] Fwd: LP RELEASE: Noelle Bush's drug problem
-Caveat Lector- --- Start of forwarded message --- From: Libertarian Party Announcements [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Fwd: LP RELEASE: Noelle Bush's drug problem Date: 9/10/02 6:39:24 PM -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- === NEWS FROM THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY 2600 Virginia Avenue, NW, Suite 100 Washington DC 20037 World Wide Web: http://www.LP.org === For release: September 11, 2002 === For additional information: George Getz, Press Secretary Phone: (202) 333-0008 Ext. 222 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] === Florida Gov. Jeb Bush has moral obligation to pardon every drug offender, Libertarians say WASHINGTON, DC -- Florida Gov. Jeb Bush has a moral obligation to pardon every nonviolent drug offender, Libertarians say, after insisting on Tuesday that his daughter's latest drug episode should be treated as a family matter rather than as a criminal matter. Why is Noelle Bush sitting in a rehab center while other drug-law violators are rotting in prison? asked Ron Crickenberger, Libertarian Party political director. The answer is obvious: Because her father happens to be a hypocritical governor who believes in one standard of justice for his family and another standard for yours. Police were called to the Center for Drug Free Living on Monday after employees reported finding a white, rocklike substance believed to be crack cocaine in Noelle Bush's shoe. The 25-year-old daughter of the Republican governor wasn't immediately arrested, police say, because clinic supervisors refused to cooperate with police and wanted the matter handled in house. Gov. Bush, whose daughter has had previous drug violations, told the Associated Press: This is a private issue as it relates to my daughter and myself and my wife. The road to recovery is a rocky one for a lot of people that have this kind of problem. But the question Libertarians are asking is: Why shouldn't every American get the Noelle Bush treatment? Gov. Bush is exactly right that drug abuse should be treated as a private, medical problem rather than as a criminal problem, Crickenberger said. Unfortunately, Bush is an ardent drug warrior who believes in throwing ordinary individuals in jail for committing the same 'crime' as his daughter which makes him a despicable Drug War hypocrite as well. Why does Bush believe that other young men and women should be locked inside steel cages for years for doing exactly what his daughter has done? Why should other Americans have their lives ruined and their careers destroyed by a drug conviction while he hands his daughter a get-out- of-jail-free card? And why must other families be torn apart when a loved one is dragged off to prison while he visits his daughter in a cozy rehab center? The fact is that individuals with drug problems harm only themselves, and perhaps their families. But a politician with a hypocrisy problem has the power to tear everyone's family apart. But there's a way that the governor can redeem himself, Libertarians say: Gov. Bush should grant every nonviolent drug offender in the Florida state prison system a full and immediate pardon, Crickenberger said. Then let them join his daughter on the road to recovery. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBPX6bSdCSe1KnQG7RAQFMswP7BacxxYATTpCwCxhFQQUVW+QgrYtPZAtA y1aXk01CD3qiRDq0gWdz1m9uKjDSzQKHFJVhucDO3Iyc201/4SGEsZ2ApdRBjZT+ hbwTcvXWdNsrbSPfjpbobZwkQRpK7TtyNde9ID84C4zS16v59C/1RKQAfE7PfsFB Hrw9gxuV+3k= =eFKF -END PGP SIGNATURE- --- The Libertarian Partyhttp://www.lp.org/ 2600 Virginia Ave. NW, Suite 100voice: 202-333-0008 Washington DC 20037 fax: 202-333-0072 --- For subscription changes, please use the WWW form at: http://www.lp.org/action/email.html End of forwarded message From ~~~ AER + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Forwarded as information only; I don't believe everything I read or send (but that doesn't stop me from considering it; obviously SOMEBODY thinks it's important) + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without charge or profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this type of information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut. --- Ernest Hemingway A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER
[CTRL] Fwd: What Is the International Community?
-Caveat Lector- --- Start of forwarded message --- From: The FP Alert [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Fwd: What Is the International Community? Date: 9/10/02 4:58:32 PM The FP Alert / http://www.foreignpolicy.com - September 10, 2002 This edition of the FP Alert is sponsored by EDB. See below for details. __ Inside FOREIGN POLICY?S September | October Issue: WHAT IS THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY? A Special Collection of Articles by Kofi Annan, Arjun Appadurai, Walden Bello, Noam Chomsky, Andrew Gowers, J. Bryan Hehir, Jeane Kirkpatrick, Sadako Ogata, and Ruth Wedgwood A year after September 11 and six months after tagging Iraq, Iran, and North Korea as an ?axis of evil,? President Bush has reiterated the U.S. commitment to taking action, and even preemptive measures, in the name of the ?international community.? But invoking that term is easier than defining it. In an exclusive package of essays, authors such as Kofi Annan, Noam Chomsky, and Ruth Wedgwood ask whether the international community truly exists. If so, who is part of it? How does it work? And perhaps most important, how should it work? http://www.foreignpolicy.com/issue_septoct_2002/ic.html _ Advertisement EDB Located in the center of Asia where 2.8 billion people are in reach within a flight radius of only 7 hours --- a region with tremendous opportunities for markets, technologies, capital, talent, and business growth ---Singapore is an ideal launchpad for your business. Visit http://www.sedb.com or e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for more information. ___ DIPLOMACY BY ANY OTHER NAME As Western governments struggle to persuade reluctant Muslim allies that the war against terrorism is not a war against Islam, the battle for hearts and minds has risen once again to the top of policymakers? agendas. But if the United States really wants to win hearts and minds in the Muslim world, it needs to forget the airdrops of anti-Osama leaflets and windup radios tuned to the BBC. Instead, try using a little Britney Spears, Amnesty International, and some truth, empathy, and understanding. By Mark Leonard http://www.foreignpolicy.com/issue_septoct_2002/leonard.html ASIA?S ?CRONY CAPITALISTS? GET EVEN After years of lectures from U.S. officials about Asia?s need for better corporate governance, Asians might be forgiven a little pleasure in the United States? current corporate pain. But Asian policymakers are responding to the crises of confidence on Wall Street less with anger than angst. And the result might be more than just diminished moral authority for America. As Asian central bankers forgo a weak dollar in favor of a strengthened euro, U.S. financial markets may be forced to share the stage with an ever more assertive China and a newly self-confident Europe. By Tom Holland http://www.foreignpolicy.com/issue_septoct_2002/holland.html __ Advertisement WORLDVIEWS 2002 One year after the terrorist attacks of 9/11, European publics look at the world in a similar way to ordinary Americans, while harboring deep reservations about the conduct of certain aspects of U.S. foreign policy. That is one of many conclusions of Worldviews 2002, a groundbreaking study of public attitudes in the United States and Europe by the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations and the German Marshall Fund of the United States. For full details on the survey?s results, please visit www.worldviews.org. ___ Also in the September | October issue of FP: Why is the legitimacy of the World Trade Organization at an all-time low? http://www.foreignpolicy.com/issue_septoct_2002/gns.html Book review: The Gospel of Jihad http://www.foreignpolicy.com/issue_septoct_2002/IOW.html Microcredit programs go bust http://www.foreignpolicy.com/issue_septoct_2002/gns.html The .org domain goes up for bids http://www.foreignpolicy.com/issue_septoct_2002/neteffect.html - From the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace http://www.ceip.org IRAQ: A NEW APPROACH http://www.ceip.org/iraq Read a new Carnegie Endowment report that identifies a new middle ground for Iraq. In the lead chapter, Carnegie president Jessica T. Mathews outlines coercive inspections in which a multinational military force would enable international inspections teams to operate effectively in Iraq. Download the entire report or request a copy. ___ Advertisement The SIXTH ANNUAL RUSSIAN INVESTMENT SYMPOSIUM New Opportunities for Investment November 14, 15 16, 2002 - Boston The symposium is now considered the
[CTRL] Check out this Village Voice article
-Caveat Lector- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Village Voice - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0237/solomon.php Things We Lost in the Fire by Alisa Solomon While the Ruins of the World Trade Center Smoldered, the Bush Administration Launched an Assault on the Constitution 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] Interesting article on War, Politics, Literature
-Caveat Lector- Hello CTRL: Your friend Euphorian considered the following article interesting and wanted to send it to you. The Selling Of A War: The War With Iraq (Date: 2002-09-10 16:20:03) Topic: Articles Essays URL: http://www.interventionmag.com/cms/modules.php?op=modloadname=Newsfile=articlesid=175 You can read interesting articles on War, Politics, Literature http://www.interventionmag.com/cms/ 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] Sir Colin Comments
-Caveat Lector- I found this on BuzzFlash.com, the UnDrudge Report - BuzzFlash Editorial - BuzzFlash Message to America's Veterans: Part V. You can see this interesting BuzzFlash page at: http://www.buzzflash.com/editorial/2002/09/10_Military.html 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] SNET: Don't Ask The UN,,,,,,,, (fwd)
-Caveat Lector- I pledge Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands, one Nation under God,indivisible,with liberty and justice for all. visit my web site at http://www.voicenet.com/~wbacon My ICQ# is 79071904 for a precise list of the powers of the Federal Government linkto: http://www.voicenet.com/~wbacon/Enumerated.html -- Forwarded message -- Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 16:40:31 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: SNET: Don't Ask The UN - SNETNEWS Mailing List Don't ask the U.N. By Henry Lamb Saturday, September 7, 2002  The United States should not ask the U.N. Security Council for permission to remove Saddam â or anything else.  If there is sufficient evidence that Saddam has, or will have in the foreseeable future, weapons of mass destruction, then the United States should do whatever is necessary to protect its citizens.  Neither the United Nations, nor any other member of the Security Council, is the target of Saddam's venom. The United States and Israel are his targets. Israel delayed Saddam's nuclear program with a pre-emptive strike in 1981. It may be time to do it again.  Two issues must be resolved: sufficient evidence, and the U.N.  The president should immediately ask Congress to adopt a joint resolution authorizing him to prevent Iraq from acquiring weapons of mass destruction, when the appropriate congressional committees â in closed session â concur that the evidence is sufficient.  If action against Iraq is initiated, the U.N. Security Council should learn about it when everyone else does.  Those who say we should get U.N. approval first already believe that the U.N. is a superior authority to our government, or they believe that we should appease our European allies who do.  If we ask the Security Council for permission to defend our national security, then we are admitting that the U.N. is a superior authority. Even if our motive is to appease our allies, the result is the same. The United States of America must never allow any government, anywhere, to dictate our actions â especially in matters of national security.  President Bush continues to be the target of scathing criticism for withdrawing from the Kyoto Protocol, and from the International Criminal Court, and for not attending the fiasco in Johannesburg, South Africa.  Those are among his most noble actions as president.  Nelson Mandela drew thunderous ovations when he told the Johannesburg crowd that no nation has the right to take the law into their own hands. He is wrong. Dead wrong. Every nation has the right, and the responsibility to protect its citizens without asking permission from anyone.  Richard Holbrook, former weapons inspector who was kicked out of Iraq, says we should first ask the U.N. Security Council for its approval to remove Saddam ⦠and if they say no, do it anyway. The gesture is supposed to put us in a better light with our European allies. Hogwash.  If action needs to be taken in Iraq to protect American citizens, then the action must be taken. Our real allies will support our decision â others will not. The U.N. can do whatever it wants to do.  The United States should not withdraw from the international community, but it should certainly not acquiesce to the drumbeat of criticism from anti-capitalist one-worlders.  The United States should continue to ignore those U.N. demands that erode our sovereignty and deplete our treasury, only to further empower and enrich the anti-American, global-governance machine.  The United States should step out of the U.N. quagmire, which produces little more than global conferences in exotic places â at taxpayers' expense â as a reward for obedient delegates who agree to grandiose verbiage in documents designed to become international law.  The United States should help any nation that wants to climb out of poverty â not by pouring money into the U.N.'s sustainable (read: managed) development schemes, but by helping those nations discover the principles of freedom â private property, free markets, representative democracy, individual achievement and responsibility.  In recent years, the United Nations has shed its disguise as a forum for sovereign nations to discuss and debate their differences. It has now declared its intention to become the world government its creators envisioned more than a half-century ago.  Those who believe the United States should ask the U.N. for permission to do anything, are affirming the world government the U.N. aspires to be.  Our president is not one of these people.  His most outspoken opponents, the media and, certainly, the European Union and the developing world are all eager to see the U.N. assume the role of dictator of the global village. For the president to resist the continuing barrage of
Re: [CTRL] Firefighter's Son-please forward!
-Caveat Lector- It's a good cause. But the problem with signing these Internet petitions is that it leaves an electronic trail of who knows whom. When they start using the camps in the War On The American People, I don't want them to have that trail. Tenorlove __ Yahoo! - We Remember 9-11: A tribute to the more than 3,000 lives lost http://dir.remember.yahoo.com/tribute 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] Attacking America's Heritage
-Caveat Lector- The land grabbers are at it again. You better wake up America, your government is destroying your property rights, both Democrats and Republicans. Attacking America's Heritage The newest threat to property rights, the foundation of American liberty, is posed by H.R. 2388, 'The National Heritage Areas Policy Act.' Sponsored by Rep. Joel Hefley [R-CO] H.R. 2388 is due for a vote any day now in the House of Representatives. H.R. 2388 creates a process whereby National Heritage Areas are created. It dangles federal tax dollars under the noses of the states, essentially begging them to designate land as a Heritage Area. Once land is designated, it is subject to the whims and dictates of the National Park Service, setting the stage for a myriad of property rights abuses and land grabs. It is the key to the radical environmental plan to return as much of the United States landmass to wilderness as possible and to deny the use of as much land as possible to the development of new homes, apartments, businesses, and other uses. The reality of Heritage Areas is a history of ravishing property rights. Heritage Areas are not simply honorary designations. They are vehicles for 'sustainable development.' Once a locality receives a 'Heritage Area' designation, its zoning laws become subject to the control of the federal government and that control, more often than not, shuns property rights in favor of radical environmentalism. Federal control over local zoning practices occurs in one of two ways. It can occur directly in a binding contract between state and federal agencies. Or it can occur indirectly with the federal government dispersing funds to environmental agencies or preservation groups who then draw up zoning plans that meet their narrow vision of the world. This second vehicle is the most sinister as it gives the impression that local control is preserved when, in reality, the federal government is just peddling its influence through another party. Already a bad bill, H.R. 2388 has a propensity to become even worse as it travels through the legislative process. Amendments and revisions can and will be made on the House floor prior to voting and, if history is any indicator, those amendments may be something to fear. Land Acquisition Liberal Rep. Nick Rahall [D-WV] is one of the biggest proponents of H.R. 2388. It should be noted that Rep. Rahall presides over the poverty-stricken Coal Heritage Area in West Virginia. A shining example of how Heritage Areas squelch economic development. When H.R. 2388 was being considered for a vote in the House Resources Committee, Rahall proposed an amendment to allow land acquisition authority. Fortunately, his amendment was rejected. However, H.R. 2388 will go through a similar process before the full House of Representatives and there is little doubt that Rahall and his land-grabbing cohorts will lobby to include land acquisition in H.R. 2388. The Heritage Areas Act is by no means new to the scene. It existed in the form of H.R. 5044 back in 1994 when it passed the House, but later died in the Senate. Back then, Reps. Hefley and Rahall both sponsored an 'Early Action' section in the Heritage Areas Act. What exactly are 'Early Actions?' Let them tell you in their own words: Section 106 [4]: EARLY ACTIONS: After designation of an American Heritage Area, but prior to approval of the management plan for that area, the Secretary may provide technical assistance for EARLY ACTIONS that are important to the theme of the area and that protect resources that would be in imminent danger of irreversible damage without such actions. So basically, Hefley and Rahall wanted the National Park Service to provide cash and direction to local governments to do their tyrannical dirty work. 'Early Actions' provide the bureaucrats in charge with the power to halt development in areas that are merely proposed for Heritage Area designation. Want to build a house on YOUR property? Not so fast! This area could eventually become a Heritage Area, and we think your house would endanger valuable resources. Never mind that it's your property. Never mind that the Heritage Area doesn't even officially exist. No house for you. Economic Development Supporters of the Heritage Areas Act are desperately trying to impress upon an increasingly gullible public that Heritage Areas are conducive to economic development. That this can be said with a straight face is nothing short of incredible. The enactment of zoning restrictions is hardly a recipe for economic health. In fact, stifling development usually spells misery for local economies and, in these uncertain times, the last thing communities need are federally mandated barriers to economic growth. The hypocrisy of H.R. 2388's supporters knows some bounds. Even they couldn't bring themselves to pen the words 'economic development' in the actual text of the
[CTRL] LIBERATING AMERICA FROM ISRAEL
-Caveat Lector- http://www.libertyforum.org/showflat.php?Cat=Board=news_politicsNumber=219733page=0view=sb=o LIBERATING AMERICA FROM ISRAEL By Paul Findley Nine-eleven would not have occurred if the U.S. government had refused to help Israel humiliate and destroy Palestinian society. Few express this conclusion publicly, but many believe it is the truth. I believe the catastrophe could have been prevented if any U.S. president during the past 35 years had had the courage and wisdom to suspend all U.S. aid until Israel withdrew from the Arab land seized in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. The U.S. lobby for Israel is powerful and intimidating, but any determined president-even President Bush this very day-could prevail and win overwhelming public support for the suspension of aid by laying these facts before the American people: Israel's present government, like its predecessors, is determined to annex the West Bank-biblical Judea and Sumaria-so Israel will become Greater Israel. Ultra-Orthodox Jews, who maintain a powerful role in Israeli politics, believe the Jewish Messiah will not come until Greater Israel is a reality. Although a minority in Israel, they are committed, aggressive, and inflluential. Because of deep religious conviction, they are determined to prevent Palestinians from gaining statehood on any part of the West Bank. In its violent assaults on Palestinians, Israel uses the pretext of eradicating terrorism, but its forces are actually engaged advancing the territorial expansion just cited. Under the guise of anti-terrorism, Israeli forces treat Palestinians worse than cattle. With due process nowhere to be found, hundreds are detained for long periods and most are tortured. Some are assassinated. Homes, orchards, and business places are destroyed. Entire cities are kept under intermittent curfew, some confinements lasting for weeks. Injured or ill Palestinians needing emergency medical care are routinely held at checkpoints for an hour or more. Many children are undernourished. The West Bank and Gaza have become giant concentration camps. None of this could have occurred without U.S. support. Perhaps Israeli officials believe life will become so unbearable that most Palestinians will eventually leave their ancestral homes. Once beloved worldwide, the U.S. government finds itself reviled in most countries because it provides unconditional support of Israeli violations of the United Nations Charter, international law, and the precepts of all major religious faiths. How did the American people get into this fix? Nine-eleven had its principal origin 35 years ago when Israel's U.S. lobby began its unbroken success in stifling debate about the proper U.S. role in the Arab-Israeli conflict and effectively concealed from public awareness the fact that the U.S. government gives massive uncritical support to Israel. Thanks to the suffocating influence of Israel's U.S. lobby, open discussion of the Arab-Israeli conflict has been non-existent in our government all these years. I have firsthand knowledge, because I was a member of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee in June 1967 when Israeli military forces took control of the Golan Heights, a part of Syria, as well as the Palestinian West Bank and Gaza. I continued as a member for 16 years and to this day maintain a close watch on Congress. For 35 years, not a word has been expressed in that committee or in either chamber of Congress that deserves to be called debate on Middle East policy. No restrictive or limiting amendments on aid to Israel have been offered for 20 years, and none of the few offered in previous years received more than a handful of votes. On Capitol Hill, criticism of Israel, even in private conversation, is all but forbidden, treated as downright unpatriotic, if not anti-Semitic. The continued absence of free speech was assured when those few who spoke out-Senators Adlai Stevenson and Charles Percy, and Reps. Paul "Pete" McCloskey, Cynthia McKinney, Earl Hilliard, and myself-were defeated at the polls by candidates heavily financed by pro-Israel forces. As a result, legislation dealing with the Middle East has been heavily biased in favor of Israel and against Palestinians and other Arabs year after year. Home constituencies, misled by news coverage equally lop-sided in Israel's favor, remain largely unaware that Congress behaves as if it were a subcommittee of the Israeli parliament. However, the bias is widely noted beyond America, where most news media candidly cover Israel's conquest and generally excoriate America's complicity and complacency. When President Bush welcomed Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, sometimes called the Butcher of Beirut, as "my dear friend" and "a man of peace" after Israeli forces, using U.S.-donated arms, completed their devastation of the West Bank last spring, worldwide anger against American
[CTRL] Homage to The Truth Fighters of 911
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Homage to The Truth Fighters of 911
By J. Conti
Contributing Author
Bankindex.com
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Sept. 11, 2002
Authorâs note:
All my respects and sympathies go out to the families and friends of those lost on Sept. 11, 2001. The world shares your loss and shares in your pain.
Homage to The Truth Fighters of 911
"The individual is handicapped by coming face to face with a conspiracy so monstrous he cannot believe it exists." J. Edgar Hoover
Too many people have died in our history due to greed. Too many people have suffered needlessly to satisfy the limitless hunger for control by the dynastic banking elite. There! Somebody had to say so. But then again, it has always been about control for them. The need for control is the natural result of living life in fear.
The dynastic banking elite is afraid that humans will prevent them from accomplishing their goal of total world domination enforced by a world police state, subservient to them. America, the prototype nation for this global paradigm has been duped flawlessly from the beginning! And although the real history of the dynastic banking elite goes much further in time than what you might imagine, I will say that one of their most successful operations was the taking over of this country's Federal Reserve back in 1913. Presently, the Federal Reserve Board is comprised of a cartel of mostly foreign banks. The private owners of these banks collect close to 300 billion dollars from Americans in interest fees from money created out of nothing. And to top things off, the principal amount grows exponentially every year. They also dictate what we do through ingenious and seemingly unrelated fronts-all acting in unison-this being the âbig secret.â And ironically, most
lower level financiers and bankers are totally unaware of the âreal gameâ thatâs being played, on EVERYONE!
World-Class Author and Intellectual Henry Makow, Ph.D. said the dynastic banking elite is frightened that, like the homeless man's dog, we might say, "I can do this myself." He is correct! Henry further states that to protect this immense monopoly of FREE money, some precautions are necessary: "The bankers' first precaution is to buy all the politicians. The second is to buy the major media outlets in order to promote the illusion politicians make decisions and represent our interests. The third precaution is to take control of the education system, ensuring that people stop thinking at an early age. Then the bankers use the government and media to convince us that religion, nationalism and nuclear family are unfashionable, and WE want what THEY want. We "want" world government ("globalization"). The bankers need to eliminate nation states, freedom and democracy in order to streamline their business and consolidate their power."
This is how world wars, boom-bust cycles and 911 come into the picture. All of the catastrophic events in the recent history of humanity have one common element. They helped to consolidate more wealth and assets in the hands of the banking elite, and thus gave them more power over us. More importantly, these events have brought us closer to their âdream vision,â a planet under their total control. The dreamâs title, GLOBALIZATION, but not under a fair and just âworld government,â that's just part of the planned illusion. If we allow it, they will continue to control world events to suit their nefarious agenda from behind this gruesome facade, just as they are doing now in the United States through all their fronts.
Part of the reason they have been so successful thus far in accomplishing their goals, is because they think and see matters from an absolute perspective. Let me explain. By creating separation and manufactured diversions through fronts only they can fund and by controlling both extremes of the relative field of human experience they always manage to succeed. Always! The other reason for their success has been due to our inaction and gullibility. But that has changed!
They have kept us busy by making us go from right to left and from left to right, while in fact, they have been controlling both ends. This can be said to be true in just about every important aspect of our society, from the hoax of âcancer researchâ to the âpharmaceutical curesâ for depression-caused by the fluoride in our water and the aluminum in our diet. They are virtually behind it all! They are causing the cancer while pretending to find the cure. Although this explanation is an oversimplified way of stating the obvious, it is extremely accurate. It applies to virtually everyone in just about everyway. Jews against Muslims, Blacks against Whites, Men against Women.and so on, when in fact we are all one people, all basically good.
It should be noted that they use the simplest of formulas to get us to relinquish our rights and to give them more power-one drop at a time! The
[CTRL] Nine Eleven - Remembering Freedom
-Caveat Lector- Nine Eleven - Remembering Freedom April Shenandoah Every week my best friend Michael Heyden takes me to breakfast. Rather than going to our regular eatery, this particular Tuesday, we chose to go to a place closer to our own area in Burbank, California. After being seated, Michael phoned his Mother, just to check in. Soon into the conversation his face took on a look of despair. Whatever the news, I knew it wasn't good. When he turned off his cell phone he relayed to me that planes had hit the Twin Towers in New York. I can't remember if the Pentagon entered into the conversation at that time or not. All I know is that I felt sick and I immediately lost my appetite. When I told Michael that I didn't feel like eating, he said that he didn't either. Before leaving, we told the waiter to turn on the radio or TV and that he would soon understand why we were not ordering. I was sick then and I'm sick now! Heartsick! Because of the catastrophic attack that took precious lives and because since that devastating day of 9/11, I have watched my country disintegrate at a pace faster than the last 30 years all rolled into one. Our borders are open wider than ever before. American citizens are being treated as criminals during airport searches, while 'terrorist-look-a-likes are skating through. The Koran and Islam culture is being taught in schools while having a Bible in the classroom is considered unconstitutional because of 'separation of church and state' [which is NOT in the Constitution.] Our homes can be searched and property seized, without a warrant, under any assumption of 'probable cause.' Farmers are losing their right to make a living in the name of 'environmentalism.' The educational system and the mainstream media are controlled by liberal socialism [views that oppose God's Biblical moral laws] - they stifle 'truth' and practice 'selective speech.' Pornography [once undergro und] is now accepted. How many politicians ever address the above mentioned issues? Rarely a mention on these subjects, it's the same old rhetoric - social security, prescription drugs for seniors, the economy, racial profiling - all to purposely keep voters stirred up and distracted. Saving the country is not on the list! Keeping America sovereign is not an issue! United We Stand, Let Freedom Ring, and God Bless America are great slogans, however, 'actions speak louder than words.' Forked-government-tongues speak freedom and pledge 'One Nation Under God' while laying plans to enslave, entrap and strip our basic rights and freedoms. The post/9/11 Patriot Act and Homeland Security are deceiving safety-pacifiers blatantly escalating the socialist agenda. On the positive side - people ran back into their churches seeking solace to relieve their fears. Renewed patriotism caused flag manufacturers to work overtime as Old Glory lined our streets and decorated our cars. A new respect was demonstrated for law enforcement and firefighters - I personally wanted to hug them. It looked like the America I remembered from childhood - at least for awhile. However, it wasn't long before someone had to attack God, by wanting 'One Nation Under God' removed from the Pledge of Allegiance. Those ignorant people who have removed God from the public arena do not have a clue that they have caused the removal of His protective hand from over America. God's people are also to blame, as we bought the 'diversity lie' of not 'offending' anyone. It's okay to offend the Creator of the Universe, the One who hung the moon and stars, and the One who breathed life into each and everyone one of us - but we must never offend those who shun that very God. Until we humble ourselves and turn from our wicked ways and pray - this nation will not be healed. Sara Frank from Phoenix Color, has observed that people are becoming more withdrawn and that a year later folks in general are not as friendly as they once were. After thinking about what she said - I realized I was one of those people. I was losing my joy because I was watching freedom slip away. Freedom was an American treasure that I embraced, tightly. The loss of freedom and the loss of this great land that our forefathers built and that our veterans/soldiers fought/fight for is like the death of a loved one. I thank Almighty God that I know Jesus as Savior and Lord - or I might not want to stick around to see what is coming next. FREEDOM = He whom the Son sets free is free indeed. April Shenandoah is a long-time writer and activst. Vistit her website at http://www.politicsandreligion.tv/ April may be reached for comment at [EMAIL PROTECTED] -end article- - -iNFoWaRZ It is the duty of the patriot to protect his country from its government. - Thomas Paine Constitutional Patriots, rightfully insisting on a return to genuine constitutional government, have been ruthlessly demonized in the mainstream media as anarchists. But
[CTRL] Never Forget
-Caveat Lector- http://www.americaheldhostile.com/ed091102.shtml Never Forget by RB Ham September 11, 2002 One year ago, I awoke from a fitful night's sleep only to encounter the horror of the terror attacks as broadcast on CNN. Even then, at that precise moment, the thought went through my head, "Bush, you son of a bitch." It all made sense then - the stolen election, the reckless right wing agenda and the carefully placed CIA leaks about the threat of terrorism. The motto that has arisen to public consciousness for the anniversary of the eleventh of September is "Never Forget." Although the powers that be would like to keep us contemplating their official version of events - to do so is to be intellectually dishonest and/or willfully blind. I also say "Never Forget." Never forget that fateful day, Black Tuesday, when the true evil of the Bush Family Evil Empire made itself manifest. Never forget that the greatest Air Force the world had ever seen and who routinely intercepted other wayward planes on other days (Payne Stewart anyone?) mysteriously stayed absent for over an hour on that day. Never forget that as the WTC burned and people flung themselves to their death, General Richard Myers was in "private consultation", Dick Cheney was running the show from the bunker in the White House and Junior was busy making sure his photo-op with children was his priority. Never forget who ultimately benefited from this modern day Reichstag fire, this neo-Pearl harbour, this updated "Operation Northwoods". Never forget the disaster that was to be the Bush 43 presidency, illegitimately selected by his Daddy's friends on the extreme Court, imperiously pushing his Corporate master's right wing agenda, boldly instituting a secret energy plan after consultation with corporate criminals, seemingly oblivious to the damage he was surely causing his own party's chances for the mid term elections, arrogantly thumbing his nose at Jim Jeffords...never worried for a second, as if they KNEW something would bail them out.. Never forget how quickly the corporate media labeled this criminal attack as an "Act Of War", dutifully following Karl Rove's press releases, and how quickly the name of Osama bin Laden was thrown out. Very similar to the aftermath of the Oklahoma City bombing - only Tim McVeigh screwed up and got caught. Never forget that the truth behind the OKC bombing was covered up and then squashed by the intervention of John Ashcroft - who obviously wanted to make sure that links to the "Turner Diaries" crowd would never see the light of day. Never forget John Ashcroft's trial by press conference that followed 9-11. The planted evidence, the un-Islamic behavior of the so called "suicide hijackers" visiting brothels and strip clubs, the unreal supposition that letters and passports could survive the inferno of an explosion and fire yet the black boxes did not. Never forget the anthrax killings and who was targeted - Democratic leaders and a media group who dared to expose the lifestyles of the daughters of a "Christian" president. Never forget the speed in which the poorly named Patriot Act was pushed through the U.S. Congress - a nasty piece of work that is effectively a legislative prelude to martial law. I will never forget the realization that I finally knew exactly how the Nazis came to power in a democratic Germany - how the big lie can work with such ruthless efficiency. As we remember the horror of that tragic day last September, and ponder the implications for all of us in this new world order that has been foisted on us by the corporate/military/industrial elite, consider the future if good people continue to remain silent. Yes. Never forget, and never give up demanding the truth. 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
[CTRL] Unanswered questions: The mystery of Flight 93
-Caveat Lector- http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=323958 Unanswered questions: The mystery of Flight 93 We all know the inspiring story of Flight 93, of the heroic passengers who forced the hijacked plane to the ground, sacrificing themselves to save the lives of others. The only trouble is: it may simply not be true. John Carlin reports from Shanksville, Pennsylvania 13 August 2002 The fate of United Airlines Flight 93, the last of the four hijacked planes to go down in the United States on 11 September, holds no mystery for Lee Purbaugh. He saw what happened with his own eyes. He was the only person present in the field where, at 10.06am, the aircraft hit the ground. "There was an incredibly loud rumbling sound and there it was, right there, right above my head â maybe 50ft up," says Purbaugh, who works at a scrapyard overlooking the crash site. "It was only a split second but it looked like it was moving in slow motion, like it took forever. I saw it rock from side to side then, suddenly, it dipped and dived, nose first, with a huge explosion, into the ground. I knew immediately that no one could possibly have survived." Apart from, here and there, a finger, a toe or a tooth, all that remained of the 44 souls aboard, churned into the soil or hanging from the branches of nearby trees, were small pieces of tissue and bone. The plane was also pulverised, reduced to tiny fragments of metal. Wally Miller, the local coroner in what used to be a forgotten corner of rural Pennsylvania, was the man charged by law with collecting the human remains and establishing the causes of death. "I issued the death certificates," says Miller, who is also the local undertaker. "I put down 'murdered' for the 40 passengers and crew; 'suicide' for the four terrorists." But Miller, who worked closely with the FBI during the 13 days that they investigated the crash site, admits that, in the end, he cannot prove what happened; he can only infer it. Neither he nor anybody else knows what exactly caused Flight 93 to go down and, as Miller puts it, "bring the world's troubles crashing down on our doorstep". Or, if there are people who do know, they are not telling. The shortage of available facts did not prevent the creation of an instant legend â a legend that the US government and the US media were pleased to propagate, and that the American public have been eager, for the most part, to accept as fact. The legend goes like this: the passengers on the hijacked United flight, alerted on their mobile phones to the news of the other three hijacked planes, decide that if they are not going to save themselves at least they will do the patriotic thing and spare the lives of those who are the terrorists' intended targets; so they charge down the aisle, storm the cockpit, where a terrorist is at the controls, and, in the ensuing struggle, force the plane down. President George Bush, Attorney General John Ashcroft, the head of the FBI Robert Mueller, and numerous other senior government officials who have saluted the "heroes" of Flight 93, have consistently, and repeatedly, advanced this version of events. So have the big national newspapers and all the big national television stations. The New York Times, normally a model of legalistic precision, published this extraordinarily woolly sentence on 22 September upon learning, from unnamed "official" sources, that the plane's cockpit voice-recorder had registered "a desperate and wild struggle" aboard. "And while it [the recorder] did not provide a clear or complete picture," The New York Times read, "it seemed certain that there was a chaotic confrontation that apparently led to the crash of the jet." Vanity Fair magazine, going on little more information than was available to The New York Times, went ahead and published a highly detailed story on Flight 93, which, the magazine said, "may be remembered as one of the greatest tales of heroism ever told". Vanity Fair did recognise, though, that any suggestions as to what actually happened to force the plane down had to be, by necessity, "pure conjecture". Two months later, Newsweek got hold of what it was told was a partial transcript of the voice-recorder and, upon that basis, narrated the story of "the Heroes of Flight 93" in even more vivid, drum-rolling, Hollywoodesque detail than Vanity Fair had done. The passengers were "citizen soldiers... who rose up, like their forefathers, to defy tyranny", intoned Newsweek. "In daring and dying, the passengers and crew of Flight 93 found victory for us all." The transcript that Newsweek obtained did indicate that fighting had taken place aboard, curses had been uttered, prayers raised up both to the Muslim and the Christian god. But for all the drama of the story, Newsweek did not draw attention to the fact that, in truth, they were guessing as to how or why the plane had crashed; that they did not know whether the passengers had even made it into the
[CTRL] Rep. Ron Paul: Questions That Won't Be Asked About Iraq
-Caveat Lector- http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul52.html Questions That Won't Be Asked About Iraq by Rep. Ron Paul, MD In the House of Representatives, September 10, 2002 Soon we hope to have hearings on the pending war with Iraq. I am concerned there are some questions that wonât be asked â and maybe will not even be allowed to be asked. Here are some questions I would like answered by those who are urging us to start this war. 1. Is it not true that the reason we did not bomb the Soviet Union at the height of the Cold War was because we knew they could retaliate? 2. Is it not also true that we are willing to bomb Iraq now because we know it cannot retaliate â which just confirms that there is no real threat? 3. Is it not true that those who argue that even with inspections we cannot be sure that Hussein might be hiding weapons, at the same time imply that we can be more sure that weapons exist in the absence of inspections? 4. Is it not true that the UNâs International Atomic Energy Agency was able to complete its yearly verification mission to Iraq just this year with Iraqi cooperation? 5. Is it not true that the intelligence community has been unable to develop a case tying Iraq to global terrorism at all, much less the attacks on the United States last year? Does anyone remember that 15 of the 19 hijackers came from Saudi Arabia and that none came from Iraq? 6. Was former CIA counter-terrorism chief Vincent Cannistraro wrong when he recently said there is no confirmed evidence of Iraqâs links to terrorism? 7. Is it not true that the CIA has concluded there is no evidence that a Prague meeting between 9/11 hijacker Atta and Iraqi intelligence took place? 8. Is it not true that northern Iraq, where the administration claimed al-Qaeda were hiding out, is in the control of our "allies," the Kurds? 9. Is it not true that the vast majority of al-Qaeda leaders who escaped appear to have safely made their way to Pakistan, another of our so-called allies? 10. Has anyone noticed that Afghanistan is rapidly sinking into total chaos, with bombings and assassinations becoming daily occurrences; and that according to a recent UN report the al-Qaeda "is, by all accounts, alive and well and poised to strike again, how, when, and where it chooses"? 11. Why are we taking precious military and intelligence resources away from tracking down those who did attack the United States â and who may again attack the United States â and using them to invade countries that have not attacked the United States? 12. Would an attack on Iraq not just confirm the Arab world's worst suspicions about the US â and isn't this what bin Laden wanted? 13. How can Hussein be compared to Hitler when he has no navy or air force, and now has an army 1/5 the size of twelve years ago, which even then proved totally inept at defending the country? 14. Is it not true that the constitutional power to declare war is exclusively that of the Congress? Should presidents, contrary to the Constitution, allow Congress to concur only when pressured by public opinion? Are presidents permitted to rely on the UN for permission to go to war? 15. Are you aware of a Pentagon report studying charges that thousands of Kurds in one village were gassed by the Iraqis, which found no conclusive evidence that Iraq was responsible, that Iran occupied the very city involved, and that evidence indicated the type of gas used was more likely controlled by Iran not Iraq? 16. Is it not true that anywhere between 100,000 and 300,000 US soldiers have suffered from Persian Gulf War syndrome from the first Gulf War, and that thousands may have died? 17. Are we prepared for possibly thousands of American casualties in a war against a country that does not have the capacity to attack the United States? 18. Are we willing to bear the economic burden of a $100 billion war against Iraq, with oil prices expected to skyrocket and further rattle an already shaky American economy? How about an estimated 30 years occupation of Iraq that some have deemed necessary to "build democracy" there? 19. Iraqâs alleged violations of UN resolutions are given as reason to initiate an attack, yet is it not true that hundreds of UN Resolutions have been ignored by various countries without penalty? 20. Did former President Bush not cite the UN Resolution of 1990 as the reason he could not march into Baghdad, while supporters of a new attack assert that it is the very reason we can march into Baghdad? 21. Is it not true that, contrary to current claims, the no-fly zones were set up by Britain and the United States without specific approval from the United Nations? 22. If we claim membership in the international community and conform to its rules only when it pleases us, does this not serve to undermine our position, directing animosity toward us by both friend and foe? 23. How can our declared goal of bringing democracy to Iraq be believable when we
[CTRL] Skolnick: The Overthrow Of The American Republic - Part 16
-Caveat Lector- http://www.rense.com/general29/sk16.htm The Overthrow Of The American Republic - Part 16 Coup And Counter-Coup? By Sherman H. Skolnick [EMAIL PROTECTED] skolnicksreport.com 9-10-2 If the American monopoly press told the truth, which they cannot do, what might the headlines be? Such as: SOME TOP MILITARY OPPOSE WHITE HOUSE FOREIGN PRESS CONFIRM BUSH SKULL BONES SEX STORY U.S. ARISTOCRACY TO STAGE MORE TERRORIST EVENTS? 9-11 PRIOR KNOWLEDGE CONFIRMED In exclusive stories since 1995, we have told of a group of highly patriotic Admirals and Generals, in military jargon called flag officers, who opposed Commander-in-Chief Clinton. Under the Uniform Military Code, they felt authorized to arrest their Commander-in-Chief. If Clinton arrested them for mutiny, they would, if not assassinated, defend themselves with their documented charges of treason by him. For example, that Clinton reportedly gave U.S. industrial, financial, and military secrets to the head of the Red Chinese Secret Police, Wang Jun, who met Clinton from time to time in the White House. The U.S. Constitution, Article 3, Section 3, provides: "Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort." (Emphasis added.) As we have shown in our website series, "Red Chinese Secret Police in the United States", they are sworn enemies of the U.S. and have committed unpublicized murder and mayhem on U.S. soil and dominate the markets in Chicago while laundering the illicit proceeds of harvesting human organs from political dissidents for U.S. shipment and dope shipments through Chicago. Of the original group of 24 such flag officers, ten have been assassinated, including some in a sabotaged military aircraft, near Alexander City, Alabama, April 17, 1995 (two days before the Clinton White House prior knowledge multiple bombings of a Federal Office building in Oklahoma City). And likewise murdered have been the Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Jeremy Boorda, highest naval officer in uniform, and Gen. David McCloud, head of the Alaska Military District. Also snuffed out was former Director of Central Intelligence, William Colby, assisting this group in their planned arrest of Commander-in-Chief Clinton. The group, subsequently enlarged, vows to arrest Commander-in-Chief George W. Bush. If Bush has them arrested for mutiny, they intend, if not assassinated, to defend themselves with their several documented charges of his treason. Included are: [1] Bush's acts of treachery against the American people, in secret deals he made with the Red Chinese, giving them U.S. financial, industrial, and military secrets. [2] George W. Bush and Daddy Bush profitting from secret business deals with the bin Laden Family, in the U.S. and overseas, with them not on the outs with Osama, he and his CIA-trained out-of-uniform army being at war against the United States and being a sworn enemy of the United States; within the meaning of the U.S. Constitution, Article 3, Section 3. [3] Bush Family, including George W., Jeb, Neil, and Daddy Bush, profitting from treasonous secret business deals with some in the Saudi Royal Family, who are sworn enemies of the United States and financing secretly Osama bin Laden; within the meaning of the U.S. Constitution, Article 3, Section 3. [4] Acts by Commander-in-Chief George W. Bush, as supervised by his father, with prior knowledge of 9-11 incidents. [5] Acts by Commander-in-Chief George W. Bush, as supervised by Daddy Bush, ordering and authorizing a military stand-down on the morning of September 11, 2001, aiding and abetting the murder of some three thousands persons, most of them U.S. citizens, within the United States of America. [ 6] George W. Bush, as Commander-in-Chief, as supervised by Daddy Bush formerly head of the secret political police the CIA, authorizing and ordering the American CIA, in combination with other Americans and others, to allow, permit, and condone, and procure to be done, and acquiesce in the same, of the escape from being captured and brought to the U.S. for criminal trial, of Osama bin Laden, both prior to Black Tuesday and thereafter. Including but not limited to the time in the summer of 2001, when Osama was in the custody and control of an American CIA hospital in the Persian Gulf, and also in December, 2001, when the American CIA in combination with the CIA-created and subsidized Pakistan Secret Political Police permitted Osama to escape to refuge in a zone between Afghanistan and Pakistan and for a while into a moslem province of Red China. The escape of Osama bin Laden was thus permitted and condoned, for among other purposes, as in documented charges by the top U.S. Military flag officers, to preclude the testimony of Osama in an American tribunal of he and his family's secret private business relations profitting the Bush Family. Some top U.S. military flag
[CTRL] Skolnick: The Overthrow Of The American Republic - Part 17
-Caveat Lector- http://www.rense.com/general29/skolov17.htm The Overthrow Of The American Republic - Part 17 FBI SOUGHT CLAMP ON BUSH STORIES By Sherman H. Skolnick [EMAIL PROTECTED] skolnicksreport.com 9-11-2 White House and network reporters as well as U.S.-based foreign journalists are using national security leaks to pursue proposed stories about George W. Bush's reputed relationship with a male sex-mate since his college days up to now. So contends the Federal Bureau of Investigation, in a Justice Department request to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act secret court that met in sound-proof facilities in the Justice Department Building, Washington, D.C. The Bush reputed male sex-mate details have enabled Red China, perceived by some as a sworn enemy of the U.S., and others reportedly to blackmail or otherwise unlawfully compromise the current occupant and resident of the White House, causing the disclosure of U.S. industrial, financial, and military secrets. Various reporters, including those of British Broadcasting Company, BBC, and Canadian Broadcasting Company, CBC, have, on their own, verified and corroborated the exclusive stories by this reporter as to the Bush relationship causing a breach itself by Bush of national security. The FBI/Justice requests to the secret court acting as a type of U.S. District Court under FISA, included: [1] that the FBI/Justice Department be empowered and authorized to use all means necessary to surveil the reporters, foreign and domestic, working on the story; [2] that the FBI/Justice Department be authorized and empowered as to the War Powers, or similar provisions, to forcibly or otherwise stop the publishing and electronic transmission of any stories or pictures relating to George W. Bush in a Skull Bones Society satanic ritual coffin engaging in homosexual acts with his reputed male sex-mate. The controller of satellites, the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office, NRO, to be ordered to block and obstruct all satellite transmissions of related news and pictures and graphics. [3] That the FBI/Justice Department be authorized and empowered to block by forcible and other means any print or electronic news dissemination mentioning of the photo editor, Robert Stevens, of American Media, Inc., Boca Raton, Florida; of Stevens having been murdered by anthrax-by-mail, on or about September, 2001, through the aid, complicity, and connivance of U.S. Government civil/military covert operatives. And any mentioning or dissemination by news and other outlets, that the FBI by closing down the American Media, Inc. headquarters up to date, was thus blocking retrieval of reported pictures and supporting authentication as to George W. Bush in a coffin engaging as a proposed new member of the Skull Bones Society, in a satanic ritual, in homosexual acts with his reputed male sex-mate who has numerous times visited Bush since that time; such rituals having been conducted at a building called "The Tomb", at Yale University. [4] That the FBI/Justice Department be authorized and empowered to block phone, wire and wireless data, and other transmissions including microwave, between U.S.-based foreign journalists and their out-of-U.S. offices. And to block and obstruct, by means not disclosed to persons involved, of phone calls, data transmissions, and such, from such out-of-U.S. offices into the U.S. And to block phone calls, data transmission, and such, from outside the U.S. to U.S. phones and instruments used by reputed sources of data as to the Bush male sex-mate stories and pictures and authentications, and their national security implications. [5] That the FBI/Justice Department, without such authorizations to be disclosed, to be authorized and empowered to shut down websites and other computer-linked and computer-generated means, used to disseminate such stories and exchanges of data, pictures, and graphics. The secret court, as a form of U.S. District Court, under FISA, granted such requests by the FBI/Justice Department. The orders of the secret court went into effect on September 9 and 10, 2002. Thereafter, however, their Court orders were in part affirmed and in part reversed and/or vacated, by the secret Appeals Court provided for under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The secret Appeals Court meets in sound-proof facilities in Baltimore, Maryland and their appeals decision was not publicly disclosed. Who says there is no secret political police, no Gestapo, in the United States? More coming Stay tuned. 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
[CTRL] Historian David Irving On 9/11
-Caveat Lector- http://www.fpp.co.uk/docs/Irving/RadDi/2002/100902.html September 10, 2002 (Tuesday), Key West (Florida) Arrived back at Key West at 10:33 p.m. last night. I have driven 4,765 miles in the three weeks. --- TOMORROW IS September 11. I have thought a lot about the events of that day since switching on the television in Iowa on that morning last year, and seeing the horrific, fascinating events unfold: the Pentagon crash-bombed, huge skyscraper towers collapsing like concertinas, the second one with an almost beautiful symmetry as the air compressed by each descending floor puffed plumes of debris, dust, and wreckage out to every side. Even as I listened to the television that day, and took down staccato notes of each bulletin released to us by an as yet uncensored media, I became conscious of a mounting skepticism about the events. That skepticism has only increased as the weeks and months passed. Being the webmaster of a site which ranks among the top 50,000 of the world, I have had the advantage of being the focal point of the unbelievers, infidels in their own way, who have deluged me with their own viewpoints, or links to articles and investigative news stories in little-known local newspapers (the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is one shining example). And thereby hangs the point of what I am now writing. Let nobody impugn the courage of the officers and men who, as the word now has it, ran into the Twin Towers when everybody else was rushing out: the firemen, and the officers of the New York police department. A Hundsfott who suggests that that is the purpose of the words that follow! AS GREAT as were the professionalism and sacrifice of those officers, so great is the cowardice of the American journalists of both print and broadcast media in failing to follow up the leads which have glared at them from all around. I have always been a great admirer of American journalism. Newspaper articles in The Los Angeles Times or the newspapers of the Knight Ridder Group, for example, far outclass any of the writing that I can find in their European counterparts. One of the pleasures of getting off the plane in Miami, apart from being hit in the face by the hot wet flannel that Florida calls a climate, is picking up for 35 cents a copy of The Miami Herald: and occasionally even the Herald has not failed us -- as when it reported, many months ago, on Oct. 31, that six men driving three sedans had been picked up by police in the mid-West and found to be carrying maps of Florida nuclear power plants and other installations, and Israeli passports; but that they were released soon after, when Immigration and Naturalization Service headquarters confirmed that the papers were genuine; and that the F.B.I was furious at hearing this, and demanded their rearrest, only to hear they had probably escaped into Canada. And that the next day John Ashcroft, the attorney general, said that the whole story was untrue⦠The story has not just disappeared from the newspapers, like those Israelis caught cheering and videotaping the collapsing buildings from the top of a truck in New Jersey (they were imprisoned for a while, then quietly deported, and the truck's owners meanwhile did a bunk for, presumably, Israel, having been working all along for The Mossad). It never happened. Or rather, it has unhappened. ALL of these strange events are the stuff of which a Franz Kafka or George Orwell novel might be made, but they belong in a loftier realm than the items which have continued to puzzle me all year long. Of which, more below. What has disturbed me is the readiness of the journalists to gobble up every strand of propaganda spaghetti that their fear-crazed government has fed to them. Are they frightened of being accused of a lack of patriotism? See how that word has now been abused and exploited by the government, like all the other derogatory p-words from pedophilia and pornography to now, well, president. (I predicted to friends at Cincinnati over a week ago that President George W Bush would soon declare Sept.11 a national day, and call it "Patriot Day," and events have not proved me wrong.) The fundamental and perhaps fateful step that Washington has taken has been to hide from public view, and even deny, the punitive nature of the attack (with the obvious corollary that it was a one-off spectacular: and there will be no more). The character-building British public school education, with all the beatings that went with it in the 1950s, taught me at least that an essential part of being an adult was to take punishment like a man, without yelping. Tomorrow, Sept. 11, 2002, is going to be one day-long Washington and media yelp, all over again -- an act of national denial. The self-evident truth is that the Muslims carried out this fearsomely intrepid attack on the Twin Towers -- eight men bringing down all seven buildings of the World Trade Center -- and on the Pentagon because of the blind United
[CTRL] Rappoport: War Against Iraq?
-Caveat Lector- http://www.stratiawire.com/ WAR AGAINST IRAQ? SEPTEMBER 11. A year after the WTC and Pentagon attacks, the White House is making all sorts of strange noises about a war on Iraq. What is going on? I have a few preliminary thoughts, which I hope to update as developments proceed. Does Bush really intend to invade Iraq with ground troops and move into Baghdad? Does he intend to take out Saddam by that strategy? Does he then intend to oversee the long, long process of installing a government there that looks something like a democracy? One thing is for sure. Donât believe for a second that the White House plans to wipe out Saddam and then go away and leave the future of Iraq to ânatural evolution.â That is not going to happen. Because Iraq is a major supplier of oil. So even if planes bombed Iraq and killed Saddam in the process, a dominating presence on the ground would have to be instituted, to keep the oil protected and flowing. Such a ground force would have to deal with the entire Iraqi population. There is another problem. There are at least several fake Saddams walking around, doubles inserted into the scene to protect Saddam against assassination. Will US troops really be able to track the real one? It is possible that the actual Saddam, a long-time asset of the US military/intelligence establishment, has been persuaded that the moment for an end-game has arrived. One of his doubles will be killed, and heâthe real Saddam--will be secreted in a remote location to enjoy the rest of his life. Donât discount this as âtoo weird.â Credible evidence exists to suggest that there were several Oswalds in play in the lead-up to the JFK assassination, and there are also reports of more than one McVeigh in OKC. In fact, at the moment, in the absence of any other surrogate nation that could run Iraq after a sustained US attack there and a subsequent US departure, I would have to say that this fake-double scenario is the most likely tactic. In which case, the true Saddam, with approval from a high-level coterie of planners outside Iraq (not including Bush), would prepare a future Iraqi government friendly to Western oil needs, and then exit to some island paradise⦠If Bush defers to Congress in his effort to take a war to Iraq, and if Congress turns thumbs down, Bush can always back off and privately breathe a sigh of relief, like a man who finds a trap-door through which to escape after painting himself into a corner. This is a strange one. Weâll see. Stay alert. 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: Pathologizing Dissent- Norman Solomon
-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:[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 ---BeginMessage--- -Caveat Lector- A - I N F O S N E W S S E R V I C E http://www.ainfos.ca/ Pathologizing Dissent June 17, 2002-In April, when mainstream media reported Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney's call for an investigation of the events of September 11, I was surprised, yet not at all shocked to hear pejorative comments from the likes of Ari Fleischer, alleging that McKinney must be competing in a contest for The Grassy Knoll Society. However, I was and continue to be viscerally astounded with the inordinate terror of conspiracy theory within mainstream, and yes, even progressive, media. A lifetime of psychological training immediately kicked in, and rather than feeling defensive of McKinney's assertions, with which I happen to thoroughly agree, I felt compelled to reflect upon what I have come to believe is conspiracy phobia among some of the greatest minds in media. I find no other way to account for a perception of anything even remotely resembling conspiracy paradigms as a kind of intellectual leprosy. What is so tragic about this dread and loathing is not the irrationality of it all, but the enmity and polarization it is creating within what could and should be a consistent, collaborative, congenial left-liberal alliance in a time of unprecedented corruption, criminality and constitutional degradation in American government. For example, shortly after September 11, the websites of Mike Ruppert's From The Wilderness, Global Research and The Emperor's New Clothes began publishing a plethora of inconsistencies in the official U.S. government explanation of the attacks. Shortly thereafter, Chip Berlet of (Public Research Associates) criticized Ruppert's conspiracism, stating that Ruppert's allegations fall short of journalistic standards of evidence and proof. He goes on to say that Ruppert makes sweeping claims that cannot be verified and serve to distract from serious progressive opposition to the status quo and sometimes even discredit it. In March, referring specifically to Mike Ruppert, David Corn of The Nation, in his article When 9/11 Conspiracy Theories Go Bad, wrote: I won't argue that the U.S. government does not engage in brutal, murderous skullduggery from time to time. But the notion that the U.S. government either detected the attacks but allowed them to occur, or, worse, conspired to kill thousands of Americans to launch a war-for-oil in Afghanistan is absurd. Oh really? Then how is it that Gore Vidal, Seymour Hersch and Michael Moore are now asking the same questions that were asked by the aforementioned websites shortly after September 11? More dramatically, on May 12, 2002, MSNBC released a story: What Did FBI Know About 9-11 Attacks? indicating that the FBI has now embarrassingly admitted that some of its agents had received information last summer regarding a possible World Trade Center attack in the fall. Anyone who has read stories published by From The Wilderness, Global Research or Emperor's New Clothes can only be in awe of the impeccable documentation of evidence presented. A particular case in point is Mike Ruppert's extraordinary video documentary, The Truth And Lies About 9-11, recorded at a three-hour presentation at Portland State University in November 2001. In the presentation, Ruppert explicitly states that he is presenting his case as an attorney would to a jury or as law enforcement would present evidence to a district attorney. After viewing the video several times, I could only chuckle at Berlet's assertion that Mike Ruppert makes sweeping claims that cannot be verified, or that Ruppert's allegations serve to distract from
[CTRL] Evil? Ain't Seen None, Heard None, Ah Say, None, Son!
-Caveat Lector- From World Socialist Web Site www.wsws.org WSWS : News Analysis : North America One year after the terror attacks: still no official investigation into September 11 By Patrick Martin 12 September 2002 Back to screen version| Send this link by email | Email the author One year after the September 11 terrorist attacks that killed more than 3,000 people, there has not been a single public congressional hearing, no official report has been prepared, and many of the most basic facts remain shrouded in secrecy. Despite its public show of sympathy for the victims and their families, the Bush administration is denying them what is their most basic right: a thorough investigation into the causes of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and the circumstances in which they took place. It is now twelve months since the worst terrorist attack in historyone that was carried out without any interference from the US national security apparatus, the largest in the world. Yet not a single person has been held accountable. As a New York Times article published on the anniversary noted, this failure to investigate is unprecedented for a disaster of such scope. A public probe into the sinking of the Titanic, the newspaper noted, began the morning after the survivors arrived in New York City. The Warren Commission felt compelled to report its findings on the Kennedy assassination by the first anniversary of the presidents murder. Similar investigations were conducted into the US military failure at Pearl Harbor in 1941, the explosion that destroyed the Challenger space shuttle, and other disasters. Referring to official investigations by the US Congress and other agencies into the Titanic tragedy, the Times wrote: No inquiry remotely similar in scope, energy or transparency has examined the attacks of last Sept. 11 One year later, the public knows less about the circumstances of 2,801 deaths at the foot of Manhattan in broad daylight than people in 1912 knew within weeks about the Titanic, which sank in the middle of the ocean in the dead of night. Airline crashes are routinely investigated with great thoroughness, and the results released to the public. When an explosion destroyed TWA Flight 800 after takeoff from New York in 1996, bits and pieces of the aircraft were painstakingly assembled in a huge hangar on Long Island, and pored over by forensic scientists and Boeing engineers until the cause of the explosionthe ignition of vapors in the center fuel tank, rather than a terrorist bombwas determined. There has been no such probe into the destruction of four hijacked airplanes, the twin towers of the World Trade Center and a large section of the Pentagon. One year after September 11, the US government has not even released the passenger lists maintained by the airlines, the information from the two data recorders recovered from the doomed planes, or the transcripts of communications between the pilots and air traffic controllers on the ground. No evidence has been presented to confirm that 19 Arab men actually boarded the planes, to show that they were, in fact, the hijackers, or to identify them by their real names and nationalities. A policy of stonewalling The Bush administration has barred virtually any release of information about September 11. For nearly six months, it successfully blocked congressional hearings and rebuffed calls for a special commission of inquiry. Then it worked out a deal with the Democratic and Republican congressional leaders to consign the investigation to hearings held jointly by the House and Senate intelligence committees. These hearings have been held behind closed doors, with the promised public hearings repeatedly postponed. This official stonewalling is the most staggering fact about September 11, one largely ignored by the American media. Last May and June the cover-up by the Bush administration received a severe jolt. A series of media reports emerged documenting the fact that US intelligence agencies received advance warnings of the terrorist attacks. Among the revelations: * In July 2001 an FBI agent in Arizona sent a memo to headquarters noting the presence of Islamic fundamentalist students at a local flight training school, and urging a nationwide check for similar activity. It went unanswered. * In August 2001 FBI agents in Minneapolis asked for permission to investigate Zaccarias Moussaoui, an Islamic fundamentalist they believed might be planning to hijack a 747 jet on a suicide mission. FBI headquarters refused. * In August 2001 Bush was briefed by the CIA about the danger of hijackings organized by Al Qaeda, but no increased security was ordered for airlines or airports. Nor was there any mobilization of air defense units. * On September 9, Bush had on his desk, awaiting his signature, a draft National Security Decision Directive for war against Afghanistan, drawn up and approved by
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-Caveat Lector- The world cannot afford to ignore threats to the global order, whether they come from terrorism or states. On the first anniversary of the attacks, we should remind ourselves that turning a blind eye to the breakdown of order in any part of the world, however distant, is not an option. We have no intention of ignoring or appeasing historys latest gang of fanatics. We have made a sacred promise to ourselves and to the world. We will not relent until justice is done and our nation is secure. Who does this apply to? From http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-412112,00.html World News September 12, 2002 UN steeled to 'win war that started here' By Roland Watson in Washington and Philip Webster in London PRESIDENT Bush will tell an uneasy United Nations today that its persistent failure to confront Saddam Hussein has put America on collision course with Iraq. Mr Bush will bluntly tell the UN in New York that its authority will be in tatters unless it forces Saddam to comply with previous resolutions and disarm. Only a direct challenge to the Iraqi dictator to grant immediate and unfettered access to weapons inspectors, backed by the threat of force, could rescue the UNs reputation, he will say. Mr Bushs address to the UN General Assembly marks another pivotal point in his presidency, and follows his sustained efforts yesterday to channel the pain and defiance of a highly emotional September 11 anniversary into global support for confronting Iraq. Early today, in a televised address to the nation, Mr Bush gave a warning that Saddam was in his sights. Our generation has heard historys call and we will answer it, he said. We will not allow any terrorist or tyrant to threaten civilisation with weapons of mass murder. Speaking from Ellis Island just off Manhattan, with the Statue of Liberty behind him, Mr Bush said: We have no intention of ignoring or appeasing historys latest gang of fanatics. We have made a sacred promise to ourselves and to the world. We will not relent until justice is done and our nation is secure. His day of mourning began with a ceremony before the side of the Pentagon destroyed 12 months ago by a hijacked aircraft. We fight to protect the innocent so that the lawless and the merciless will not inherit the Earth, he vowed. In his speech to the UN today, Mr Bush will stop short of endorsing a specific course of action, such as another UN resolution demanding that Saddam disarm, according to officials. They said the President would instead challenge the international community to come up with a solution. That may turn out to be a UN Security Council resolution, but Mr Bush wants other governments to engage, they said. He will be at pains to broaden his case against Saddam, listing his human rights abuses and citing the repression of minorities in Iraq. Yesterday Tony Blair said he would publish Britains dossier of evidence against Saddam the week after next, and that Parliament would be recalled on Tuesday week to debate Iraq. There will be no Commons vote on deploying British troops. There will also be a debate in the Lords, and the Cabinet will have its first extensive discussion on Iraq. Washingtons willingness to work with the UN marks a significant change of tone from the warnings of Administration hawks in past weeks that the return of weapons inspectors would provide scant reassurance. Underlying Mr Bushs speech will be the warning that the United States is prepared to act alone if the rest of the world continues to dither. Even before Mr Bush spoke, two of the most respected voices in the world crystallised global doubts about US aims. Nelson Mandela, the former South African President, said the attitude of America was a threat to world peace. Mr Mandela accused Mr Bush of being prepared to violate the sovereignty of another state even if he failed to win the backing of the Security Council. He said: That is the message they are sending to the world. That must be condemned in the strongest terms. Kofi Annan, the UN Secretary General, also said that the continuing response to September 11 needed to be taken by the world together. Mr Bush advanced the opposite case. We will use our position of unparalleled strength and influence to build an atmosphere of international order and openness in which progress and liberty can flourish in many nations, he said. September 11 had brought new clarity to Americas role in the world. He urged sceptics to summon up the wisdom and courage to seize the moment and create a balance of world power that favours human freedom. At the Pentagon, Mr Bush said that theres a great deal left to do in the war on terrorism, and that the greatest task and the greatest dangers would fall to the military. Looking grim and drawn, he said the US would pursue fanatics and dictators who targeted Americas friends and threatened world peace. Jack Straw, the Foreign
