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DAILY BRUIN ONLINE - Wednesday, February 20, 2002
Students protest Bush speaking at commencement
GRADUATION: Credentials and politics of first lady criticized;
critics want invitation recalled
By Robert Salonga
The Associated Press
First lady Laura Bush (middle) talks with Japanese Emperor Akihito
(right)
Daily Bruin Staff
Despite being 3,000 miles away, Laura Bush fueled debate between administrators and
students who objected to the possibility of having the first lady speak at this year's
commencement ceremony.
Students in the Graduate School of Education Information Studies met with Dean Aimee
Dorr on Friday to demand that she rescind the invitation to Bush.
Critics cited Bush's shallow credentials and complained they were not allowed to
participate in the selection of their commencement speaker.
We're disappointed that the selection for a student event had no student input, said
Estela Zarate, a doctoral student in education.
The dean is usually the one who formally invites commencement speakers. In this case,
Chancellor Albert Carnesale sent the invitation because it is general practice for the
chancellor to do so when the university contacts
the heads of state.
Carnesale, who sent off the invitation in early February under the recommendation of
the school, said Tuesday that it is extremely unlikely he would rescind the
invitation.
She seems to me to be an entirely appropriate speaker, Carnesale said of Bush, a
former teacher, librarian and current education advocate.
Having had a career in education and information studies, she's been dedicated to
those areas, as has been demonstrated by her actions, he added.
Dorr said she selected five candidates to speak of which Bush is ranked first
based on discussions with the school's faculty executive committee, which is comprised
of department leaders and two student representative
s. The committee serves an advisory function to the dean.
The other four candidates were not disclosed.
I'm really sorry there is this much agitation, Dorr said Friday, promising to
increase student involvement in future selections.
Many students warned Dorr of the political implications of inviting Bush to speak at
the commencement.
She was selected for her political celebrity, said Tara Watford, a doctoral student
in education.
The commencement speaker should speak to us based on achievements in the field, she
said. (Bush) has no merit.
Watford then read a quote in which Bush allegedly admitted to becoming a librarian to
expand her dating circle.
Bush's advocacy for early literacy and her efforts to combine education and
librarianship make her a suitable candidate to speak at commencement, Dorr said. She
also said having Bush speak would help the department become
more well known.
It's a way to have students and the school more visible, Dorr said.
Students don't necessarily have to agree with the political views of the commencement
speaker, Dorr said.
Campus has to be a place where people of different views can speak, she said. The
ceremony involves a lot of people and has to work for a lot of people.
Whenever the university invites a speaker in a political position, some students are
bound to disagree, Carnesale said.
That is not a reason to exclude somebody from speaking, he said.
But, some say, a commencement is not the right forum for Bush to speak, since she will
get the last word.
Having Bush speak at the department's commencement would also incur extra costs.
According to John Bollard, director of student services for GSEIS, preliminary
figures he received from the Secret Service indicated an additional $55,000 would need
to be spent on top of normal commencement expenses. Th
e extra cost would pay for increased security and a press room.
Though Bush has been invited to speak, it is not definite she will accept.
We all see it as a long shot, Dorr said.
After the meeting, Zarate said she hopes students in the department will protest the
invitation and the appearance should Bush accept.
We will not stand by and allow her presence to go uncontested, Zarate said.
With reports from Linh Tat, Daily Bruin Senior Staff.
Author: Robert Salonga
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German Mad Cow Scare Leads to Halt in Burger Sales
Tue Feb 19,10:24 AM ET
By Ned Stafford
FRANKFURT, Germany (Reuters Health) - The latest mad cow disease
scare here got a boost over the weekend after reports that the
McDonald's fast food restaurant chain in Germany had pulled beef from
circulation.
Matthias Baumgarten, spokesman for McDonald's Germany, told Reuters
Health that the company pulled the beef after learning that the
shipment had not been properly tested for bovine spongiform
encephalopathy (BSE (news - web sites)), commonly known as mad cow
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-Caveat Lector- From http://www.praguepost.com/20213news5.html }}}Begin Austria's Sudeten Germans prepare fight Survivors of postwar expulsion demand money, apology By Kate Swoger STAFF WRITER Peter Wassertheurer knows the odds don't favor him. Only 160,000 Sudeten Germans remain in Austria -- a fraction of the 2.5 million Germans expelled from postwar Czechoslovakia. The Czech government categorically refuses to make apologies for the Germans' removal from their land without compensation. Despite this, Wassertheurer, a 38-year-old Viennese historian and spokesman for the Austrian Sudetendeutsche Landsmannschaft (SDL), is convinced his group will get the apology and compensation from the Czech government they have demanded. We are few, but we are strong, he said. The mass expulsion of Germans was ordered in 1945 under the Benes Decrees, named for Czechoslovak President Edvard Benes, who issued them before the installation of a provisional national government later that year. As Czechoslovak officials seized their land and property, most Sudetens crossed into Germany, but thousands died in concentration camps during the deportation. The 57-year-old decrees have never been repealed or annulled by the Czech government -- which infuriates many Austrians and Germans. On Feb. 8, the U.N. Commission for Human Rights called on the Czech government to repeal the decrees. THE BENES DECREES What: Postwar legislative decrees issued by Czechoslovak President Edvard Benes until the Provisional National Assembly took power in late 1945 Controversy: Some 2.5 million Germans were stripped of their Czech citizenship and expelled. Their property was seized without compensation. Now: Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schussel has called on Prague to declare once and forever that the Benes Decrees are no longer effective, that they represent a dead wrong. The Czech government has refused. In recent weeks, the issue has prompted political debates and demands from Austria. Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schussel, pressed by the Freedom Party (FPO), his populist coalition partner, recently called on Prague to sign a joint declaration stating once and forever that the Benes Decrees are no long er effective, that they represent a dead wrong. The FPO, once headed by nationalist JOrg Haider, wants Czech entry into the European Union to be made conditional on the repeal of the laws. All 15 current EU states must approve new members. Prague has responded with the equivalent of a shrug. Although he antagonized Germans and Austrians in January by labeling Sudeten Germans Hitler's fifth column -- a reference to collaborators -- Prime Minister Milos Zeman has refused to discuss repealing the decrees. It isn't necessary or even possible, he said Feb. 4. He added that the dispute was settled in a 1997 bilateral agreement with Germany, when the two sides agreed to set aside lingering war-era grievances. Czech resistance to repealing the Benes Decrees is misunderstood, according to government spokesman Libor Roucek. You have to see it in the psychological, political and legal context of the Second World War, said Roucek, who lived in Austria for several years after emigrating in 1977. Czechoslovakia wasn't the only nation to retaliate against its local German population, many of whom had welcomed Hitler's occupation, he pointed out. Hungary and Poland did, too. The expulsions were part of an effort to create a new order in Europe, approved by the Allied nations at the Potsdam conference in 1945. Besides, any unresolved issues were handled years ago, in 1965 and 1974 agreements with Austria, he added. Roucek blamed populist politicians in that country for reviving the issue to score political points. Why [bring it up] 57 years after the Second World War? he asked. The SDL's Wassertheurer turned the question around: Why can't we talk about all of this now? We are few, but we are strong. -- Peter Wassertheurer, spokesman for Sudeten Germans Wassertheurer said the property and homes seized from the 2.5 million expellees are worth trillions of crowns. The group has begun organizing its complaints into a class action suit. Wassertheurer's step-grandfather was driven out of postwar Slovenia under laws similar to the Benes decrees. He said the expulsion of the Sudeten Germans represents an outstanding breach of human rights that must be right ed before the aging survivors die. Austrian SDL Chairman Ger-hard Zeihsel struck an angrier note at a recent press conference in Vienna; he called the expulsions ethnic cleansing and genocide. The SDL has also called on Austria to veto the Czech Republic's entry into the European Union if Prague continues to stonewall on the question. But Brussels has refused to make the Benes Decrees part of its negotiations f or Czech entry, expected by 2004. Austrian political scientist Anton Pelinka thinks Czechs don't want to reopen old wounds. It was easy
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MI5 fears flood of Afghan heroin
MI5 fears flood of heroin
Nick Hopkins and Richard Norton Taylor
Thursday February 21, 2002
The Guardian
Police and intelligence agencies have been warned that Britain is
facing a potentially huge increase in heroin trafficking because of
massive and unchecked replanting of the opium crop in Afghanistan,
the Guardian has learned.
The expectation is that the 2002 crop will be equivalent to the
bumper one of three years ago, which yielded 4,600 tonnes of raw
opium.
Deep concern within law enforcement circles, particularly MI5, MI6
and customs, has been reinforced by the latest assessment of the UN
office for drug control and crime prevention, based in Vienna.
Its field workers have just finished a study in Afghanistan and early analysis of
their work has revealed that substantial regrowing has taken place in several
provinces. A full report will be published next Wednesday.
The UN spokesman Kemal Kurspahic warned yesterday that unless there was urgent action
to stop the crop being harvested at the end of March, then the best ever opportunity
to suffocate the illegal trade would be lost.
Afghanistan is the source of 75% of the world's heroin and 90% of Britain's supply.
A ban on poppy growing in Afghanistan introduced by the Taliban in July 2000, coupled
with severe droughts last year, reduced the country's opium yield by 91% in 2001, but
this had negligible effect on the market in Europ
e because traders had significant stockpiles along their traditional supply routes.
The UN estimates that these stockpiles will be exhausted by the end of this year.
Mr Kurspahic, who works for the UN office, said the organisation was in a race against
time to stop the fresh harvest restoring the traffickers' supply.
If we don't stop the flow of drugs then everything else will have
been in vain, he said. If there was no new production in
Afghanistan this year then shortages in Europe would be felt by the
end of the year. We don't have much time _ we have a window of
opportunity. Sustaining the ban would present the most promising ever
development in drug control.
Even though Afghanistan's interim government, led by Hamid Karzai,
introduced an extensive ban on poppy growing last month, the dearth
of law enforcement outside the capital, Kabul, has rendered it
meaningless.
Post-war Afghanistan does not have a functioning law enforcement
capacity, Mr Kurspahic said. We have to set up a law enforcement
and drug control mechanism as soon as we can. We cannot do much in
the aid sector until we have security.
One Whitehall official said yesterday that enormous pressure was be
ing put on Mr Karzai's government by the UN and western governments,
but that the situation was immensely complicated in the current
political situation because of fears that the issue could
destabilise the fragile administration.
It is a political nightmare which could undermine the whole peace
process, a western intelligence source said.
Though poppies are grown throughout the country - including areas
controlled by the Northern Alliance - they are cultivated mainly in
the Pashtun-dominated south and east Afghanistan. Isolate the
Pashtuns and you may dissuade them from backing the administration,
the source said.
One possible solution is for European governments to buy the poppy
crop, but this would be highly controversial as well as costly. There
is also recognition that providing aid and substitute crops to poor
farmers would not necessarily solve the problem because any attempt
to control the trade would be resisted by local warlords.
Assessments of the replanting were difficult while the US bombing
campaign was at its height, but recent analyses by the British
security services and customs have sent shockwaves through the law
enforcement community.
The replanting in Afghanistan is of sufficient order that it could
produce a second bumper crop, similar to the 1998-99 harvest, an
intelligence source confirmed.
Special report
Drugs in Britain
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CD-rom of key Nato secrets feared sold
John Hooper in Berlin
Thursday February 21, 2002
The Guardian
The United States military's European Command last night appealed for
the return of a CD-rom said to be packed with a wealth of secret
military information on the Balkans.
In a report to be published today, the German magazine Stern said the
disk had turned up in a laptop computer auctioned on the internet.
The details on the disk were apparently compiled for Nato's bombing
of Kosovo. US European Command, based in Stuttgart, said: If someone
says that they have classified information, they should safeguard
that information and turn it in to the appropriate authorities. It
would not say whether a CD was missing or an investigation was
planned.
Stern said the disk carried a Nato secret classification. It suggested that American
forces were
preparing for the conflict almost a year before the first bomb was dropped. Stern said
the CD conta
ined plans, aerial phot
ographs and the geographical coordinates of 53 potential military targets in Serbia,
Montenegro and
Bosnia-Herzegovina.
There were indications on the disk that the data had been compiled between April and
September 1998
, and that they had been put on the CD in February 1999, the month before Nato began
bombing.
The targeting of sites in Bosnia, a Nato-friendly country, suggests a belief that
Slobodan Milosevi
c might have tried to seize installations there.
The laptop containing the disk was reportedly bought for just DM118
(£38) in an internet auction by someone in Herten, near Düsseldorf.
Stern said the seller, from Schweinfurt in Bavaria, said he had
bought the computer in an army surplus sale.
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Fury as author calls WTC collapse just beautiful
Annette Witheridge In New York
AMERICA thinks the Prozac Nation author Elizabeth Wurtzel needs to
get back on the happy pills.
In a bitter attack on her fellow New Yorkers, she moans that people
overreacted to the 11 September terrorist attacks and that it
annoyed her.
Yet Wurtzels real complaint appears to be that no-one asked her to
write about her experiences that day.
Wurtzel, 34, who has made a career scribbling about her addictions,
let her mouth run away with her when she confided to a Canadian
journalist this week she could not be bothered to get out of bed when
her mother rang to say a plane had hit the World Trade Centre.
Despite living near the twin towers and watching them collapse from her window, she
sneered: I had not the slightest emotional reaction. I thought, this is a really
strange art project.
Even when the windows of her flat blew in and plane wreckage hit her roof, Wurtzel
remained unmoved. The towers collapsing, she mused, was a most amazing sight in terms
of sheer elegance. It fell like water. It just slid
like a turtleneck going over someones head. It was just beautiful.
She sniffed: I cried for all the animals left there in the neighbourhood. I think I
have some kind of emotional block.
Wurtzel, who does not say whether she was taking drugs on 11 September, says her first
reaction when her mother called her was: What a pain in the ass.
In the following days she remained untouched by the tragedy. I just felt like
everyone was overreacting. People were going on about it. That part really annoyed me.
Wurtzel, whose me, me, me attitude to life has put up countless literary backs in
the past, then launched into what appears to be her real complaint: You know what was
really funny? After the fact, like all these diffe
rent writers were writing these things about what it was like, and nobody bothered to
call me...
Perhaps, as happened to most New Yorkers that day, her phone lines crashed. But
Wurtzel says she only wanted to write about her own experiences anyway because I
dont want to tell other peoples stories.
Wurtzel, who was in Canada plugging her third book, More, Now, Again: A Memoir of
Addiction, which details her drug habit as she wrote her second book, Bitch, seemed to
think the conversation was off the record.
Admitting she would never spout such sentiments in the US, she whispered: You cant
tell people this. Im talking to you because you are Canadian.
Not surprisingly, her comments ended up splashed all over the Toronto Globe and Mail.
New Yorks press has followed suit. Under the headline, Liz, get back on the Prozac,
the New York Post gossip columnist Jared Paul Stern describes her as a loopy literary
pin-up.
When the Welsh singer Charlotte Church complained she had had it with grief-stricken
New Yorkers and could not understand why people were making such a fuss over the
firemen, Americans went berserk. She was eventually dis
missed as a childish foreigner.
But New Yorkers are not expected to forgive one of their own. Not
only will Wurtzel be barred from the Manhattan party scene, many will
likely stay away from the soon-to-be released film Prozac Nation,
based on her book.
As the television commentator Michael McMahon sniped yesterday: She
says she thinks she should join a support group for people who were
there on 11 September. Well, I dont think any support group would
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Re: [CTRL] In the Absence of Democracy
-Caveat Lector- BFThe Freemasons founded this nation as a Republic, not a democracy, fearing the mob as well as the king. The mob and the king persecuted witches, Templars, and other heretics and were thus deemed tyrannical. However, over time a degree of democracy was built in to our system. Through this we got a degree of socialism in order to balance out corporate statism. Workers and farmers voted in a degree of democratic socialism to balance already existing corporate socialism. This has been gradually co-opted by CFR and banker elites. (Read the works of G. William Domhoff for a good critique of this.)Now we have coporate socialism and Marxian socialism cooperating without input from democratic socialism. I will not label this state of affairs either good or bad, because ultimately governments proceed from God and He knows what form of government suits whose national character. Bates Bill Richer wrote: -Caveat Lector- http://www.truthout.com/02.21C.Absence.Democracy.htm WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! In the Absence of Democracy by Jennifer Van Bergen t r u t h o u t | February 20, 2002 One week before the bombing of the American Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, I was on a safari truck travelling through those very two countries. On the truck was a collection of books people had left for others to trade for: you take a book; you leave a book. I left my Kenya travel book and took Jerry Mander's In the Absence of the Sacred: The Failure of Technology and the Survival of the Indian Nations. It was a well-worn copy, bent and water-damaged. On the inside of the cover were the names, addresses, and phone numbers of the previous owners. They both listed their addresses as Whitehorse, Y.T. -- the abbreviation for the Yukon Territories, part of northern Canada which is still largely untouched and inhabited by native peoples. This old book pretty much changed my world-view and explained much of what I had already perceived going on globally. Subsequent to that trip, I wrote a paper on Economic Development and Human Rights in Kenya, in which I argued that Westerners had no right to have ever gone to Africa to impose our corporate philosophies on millennia-old nomadic and agricultural tribal communities. I argued that our incursions had destroyed ancient, environmentally sustainable ways of life and replaced them with profit and exploitation as the chimeric basis for happiness. I wrote about the hostility I could sense in East Africa towards Western visitors. The anger was palpable and made one feel unsafe. This I felt only a week before those embassies were bombed by Muslim terrorists. I could see the results of Western incursion in East Africa with my own eyes. Where Westerners had improved areas, all was in decay, both environmentally and morally. High crime, pollution, poor sanitation, poverty, corruption. Where Westerners had not reached, there was yet great, undestroyed natural beauty and a strong sense of community. There was yet a light in the eyes of the people who lived agriculturally self-sustaining lives. But the eyes of the 12-year-old boy who sniffed glue on the street of the decaying city of Kisumu were vacant, except for flashes of occasional rage at his mother's absence and my inability to take him with me. The paper I wrote was for a class I took in law school (taught by a former Ethiopian Ambassador to the U.S.), and I got an A on it, but I never found anyone interested in publishing it. Indeed, one progressive economics publication found it uniformly lacking in proper research approaches. The fact that I used what they termed popular culture (meaning, I suppose, Mander's book, but I also drew on many other sources, including law review articles and my own observations) to support my arguments seems to have been a personal affront to the learned reviewers. But perhaps what was more offensive to these economists and sociologists was Mander's ground-level assertion that corporate culture and environmentally-sustainable culture cannot co-exist. Mander, in fact, asserts that corporate culture kills environmentally-sustainable cultures. This is a pretty powerful statement. One which I am sure many people would like to continue to deny. But, I wonder what those scholarly reviewers think now about that thesis, in the light of September 11th and Enron. I suspect that business intellectuals, who are as dissociated as can be from the effects of their progress on this planet, will continue to find excuses for turning a profit at the expense of the very foundations of life on earth: our environment and our bonds of humanity. To reinforce a point I've tried to make in earlier articles, democracy is not a game. It is the only basis for sustainable life on earth. But democracy does NOT mean free market removal of restraints for corporations. Why? Because corporations
[CTRL] Global Warming or Global Baloney? (fwd)
-Caveat Lector- 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, 20 Feb 2002 23:54:02 EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Global Warming or Global Baloney? It's B A L O N E Y by the NWO boys!!! LOVE your site. Mrs. Betty Zeitler Minneapolis 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] Them
-Caveat Lector- New at my library (and perhaps yours): http://www.salon.com/books/review/2002/01/10/ronson/ Them: Adventures With Extremists by Jon Ronson A writer takes a full-tilt trip into the world of Muslim fanatics, skinheads, survivalists and paranoid critics of the shadowy Bilderberg Group. - - - - - - - - - - - - By Damien Cave Jan. 10, 2002 | Them: Adventures With Extremists, Jon Ronson's wry, detached look at the world's radical conspiracy peddlers, suffers from a case of bad timing. Before Sept. 11, it would have been fine to joke about Omar Bakri Mohammed, one of England's most prominent Muslim fundamentalists and possibly the most dangerous man in Britain, according to one London newspaper. No one would have criticized Ronson for focusing more on the sheik's gaffes than on his ability to foment terrorism. Most of us would have simply laughed when Ronson recounted how the supposedly fierce warrior couldn't be coaxed into dehooking a fish that he pulled from a country stream. But now, when federal prosecutors are about to put the so-called 20th hijacker on trial and when a British man has been accused of trying to blow up a plane with sneakers full of plastic explosives, Ronson's light, uncritical approach feels misguided. The hip reporter visits wacky subculture scheme may have worked for decades -- Tom Wolfe's Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test and Hunter S. Thompson's drug-addled Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas have become American classics -- but these days, it's hard not to wonder whether Muslim fundamentalism and the Klu Klux Klan deserve to be painted with Ronson's gonzo-like brush. And yet, it would be a mistake to discard Ronson's book because its style seems too casual for our times. Ronson first published Them in England before the terrorist attacks so he can hardly be blamed for plying the popular pre-Sept. 11 trade of ironic reportage. And despite the book's apolitical, documentary approach -- or perhaps because of it -- Them raises important questions about the nature of public paranoia. Who is more dangerous, the book suggests, the so-called extremists like Mohammed, who is afraid of fish, or the government agents who killed Vikki Weaver and her 14-year-old son in 1992 after a standoff at Ruby Ridge, their Idaho cabin? When anthrax letters are spooking the nation and the government reserves the right to detain thousands without explanation, who should the public fear? Ronson aims to obliterate the us vs. them dichotomy that inspired the book's title. His extended first-person account is framed as a quest; he travels the planet seeking information about the Bilderberg Group, a tiny band of powerful men who allegedly run the world, according to Mohammed and just about every other extremist that the author encounters. But Ronson never rushes the process of discovery. He lingers with people along the fringe. He listens, watches, records and ultimately juxtaposes their outlandish rhetoric with their simple humanity. When he visits the Appalachian compound of Jeff Berry, Imperial Wizard of the Klu Klux Klan, for example, he writes about not just the neon sign that reads White Pride Worldwide, but also the bodyguard named Dakota who searched me for weapons and made us all coffee. He notes that despite the hate he would seem to embody, Dakota looked like a teenaged skateboarder who watches MTV and endorses multi-culturalism. Visits to other extremists yield deeper forms of paradox. Ronson, a documentary filmmaker who wrote the book after producing a companion series on The Secret Rulers of the World, focuses on his subjects' softer side. He seems to appreciate the sincerity of people like David Icke, a former pro soccer player who gave up a sportscasting career when he began to think that Queen Elizabeth, George Bush and other world leaders are actually blood-sucking 12-foot lizards bent on destroying the earth. He's willing to believe Vikki and Randy Weaver's daughter, Rachel, who survived the Ruby Ridge attack, when she argues that her family was simply a band of loners who wanted to be left to themselves, not a racist militia that aimed to topple the government. At the very least, Ronson suggests, the Ickes and Weavers of the world are no worse than their adversaries. The gung-ho government agents who called the tiny Weaver shack a fortress end up looking just as radical under Ronson's gaze as the family they attacked. The Anti-Defamation League, a nonprofit dedicated to fighting anti-Semitism, earns lows marks as well. The book's interviews with Gail Gans, the ADL's chief researcher, make the organization seem overzealous, if not deluded. Ronson, who identifies himself as a Jew, never directly condemns the ADL, but with pointed rhetorical questions he casts doubt on the group's claim that one out of eight Americans has hard-core Anti-Semitic feelings. He also questions the ADL's focus on code words. Having spent time with several people who the organization labels as
Re: [CTRL] ISRAELI SHIPS, PLANES, HELICOPTERS ATTACK ARAFAT'S GAZA OFFICE
-Caveat Lector- Yeah, it's a good thing the Palestinians don't have real weapons or this might be an actual war. 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] Clinton helped Enron finance projects abroad
-Caveat Lector- http://washingtontimes.com/business/20020221-74571848.htm Clinton helped Enron finance projects abroad By Patrice Hill THE WASHINGTON TIMES The Clinton administration provided more than $1 billion in subsidized loans to Enron Corp. projects overseas at a time when Enron was contributing nearly $2 million to Democratic causes. Clinton officials refused to finance only one out of 20 projects proposed by the energy company between 1993 and 2000 to build power plants, natural-gas pipelines and other big-ticket energy facilities around the world, according to the Export-Import Bank and the Overseas Private Investment Corp., the agencies that provided the subsidies. In addition, the administration, which lauded Chairman Kenneth L. Lay as an exemplary corporate citizen, granted about $200 million worth of insurance against political risks for nine Enron projects in such politically volatile areas as Argentina, Venezuela and the Gaza Strip, according to documents the agencies provided to the Senate Finance Committee. These projects obviously were a tremendous benefit to Enron's operations, said Sen. Charles E. Grassley, Iowa Republican and ranking minority member of the committee. He noted that the Reagan and Bush administrations approved no loans for Enron between 1985 and 1992 and provided insurance for only one Enron power project in Guatemala in 1992. The Clinton administration provided three loans between 1994 and 1998 to the now-defunct Dabhol power project in India. Mr. Clinton's commerce secretary, Ron Brown, trumpeted the approval of the Dabhol loans on a trade mission to India in 1995, with Mr. Lay by his side. The trip was one of 11 Clinton trade missions provided at taxpayer expense for corporate executives from Enron and other companies. The U.S. Trade and Development Agency, which sponsored the trips, also provided $1 million in funding to study Enron energy projects in Russia, Eastern Europe and former Soviet states. As congressional committees dig for evidence to tie Enron and Mr. Lay to the Bush administration, evidence of Mr. Lay's links to the Clinton administration are ample and well-documented. Mr. Lay at times was Mr. Clinton's golf partner and slept in the Lincoln Bedroom. Other top Enron officials attended the White House's infamous coffee klatches with Mr. Clinton, according to published reports. Mr. Lay offered a seat on Enron's board of directors to Robert E. Rubin, Mr. Clinton's Treasury secretary, in 1999 just before he left government, the Associated Press reported yesterday. Mr. Rubin tried to get Treasury to intervene on behalf of Enron last fall when the company credit rating was threatened. In May 1996, Mr. Clinton lauded Mr. Lay as a good corporate citizen at a White House event because of Enron's enlightened personnel policies, including profit-sharing of Enron stock and generous health and pension benefits. Enron employees now are suing because those benefits are as worthless as the bankrupt company's stock. During the Clinton years, Enron contributed more than $1 million to the Democratic Party, including $600,000 to the Democatic National Committee, according to Federal Election Commission records. Mr. Clinton and Vice President Al Gore received contributions of $11,000 and $13,750, respectively, for their presidential campaigns. One $100,000 contribution to the DNC was provided before India gave final approval to Enron's Dabhol project in June 1996. The largest and most expensive capital project ever undertaken in India, Dabhol was of dubious economic value and never went on line. The World Bank, on reviewing the project, said it was not economically viable and inordinately benefited Enron, which was a 65 percent owner. Enron still owes $203 million on an Export-Import Bank loan for the project, which the bank says is covered by guarantees provided by five Indian banks. Congressional aides said it is not clear what the taxpayers' liability will be for that and other loans now that Enron is bankrupt. The Export-Import Bank said its loans were extended to overseas subsidiaries of Enron and not the bankrupt corporation. The overseas investment agency said its exposure is limited to paying any missed premiums on Enron's political risk insurance. Top Clinton officials lobbied personally to obtain Indian state guarantees for the Dabhol project after it encountered early problems in 1995. Thomas F. Mack McLarty, the White House chief of staff, made it a top administration priority to keep the project from failing. The Bush administration has continued efforts to salvage the project. Clinton Energy Secretary Hazel O'Leary led a succession of missions to India, and Mr. Clinton's ambassador to India, Frank Wisner, was charged with keeping the project afloat. After Mr. Wisner left government in 1997, he took a seat on the board of directors of a company then controlled
[CTRL] Fw: Program
-Caveat Lector- this from a friend - it seems that the mighty US of A is being tyrannised by lil ol me to such an extent that I'm the only person on nightsearch that gets sabotaged :) during broadcast !!! THE ULTIMATE CREDIBILITY www.scottishxfiles.co.uk 5pm EST every wednesday - but it does get rebroadcast throughout the week we were talking about amazing UFO happenings on a continual basis since december over the scottish capital - also the scottish capital was the ancient jerusalem see - track 1 at www.fantasyedinburgh.com and george farquhar was exposing the satanic abuse network in the UK - and we also had a look at the onset of martial law in the UK with the 911 implications andrew hennessey Andrew, Tried to listen to your program last night; no luck. Came through scrambled with rebuffering every few seconds. Voice was overlaid with ringing and sounded like your voice was a bell. Other programs come in clear so it is obvious something is wrong and probably being deliberately blocked. Would have like to have heard what you were saying about the UFO you saw yesterday afternoon. Was late getting connected last week but that program was not coming in here either. Crik 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] Clinton helped Enron finance projects abroad
-Caveat Lector- Nice bit of misdirection - but it's a spit in the bucket compared to GOP involvement with Enron. -- -- -- -- -- Planet spins - so do I neo-sufi wisdom NEURONAUTIC INSTITUTE on-line: http://home.earthlink.net/~thew From: John Wallace [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Conspiracy Theory Research List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 07:50:46 -0800 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [CTRL] Clinton helped Enron finance projects abroad -Caveat Lector- http://washingtontimes.com/business/20020221-74571848.htm Clinton helped Enron finance projects abroad By Patrice Hill THE WASHINGTON TIMES The Clinton administration provided more than $1 billion in subsidized loans to Enron Corp. projects overseas at a time when Enron was contributing nearly $2 million to Democratic causes. Clinton officials refused to finance only one out of 20 projects proposed by the energy company between 1993 and 2000 to build power plants, natural-gas pipelines and other big-ticket energy facilities around the world, according to the Export-Import Bank and the Overseas Private Investment Corp., the agencies that provided the subsidies. In addition, the administration, which lauded Chairman Kenneth L. Lay as an exemplary corporate citizen, granted about $200 million worth of insurance against political risks for nine Enron projects in such politically volatile areas as Argentina, Venezuela and the Gaza Strip, according to documents the agencies provided to the Senate Finance Committee. These projects obviously were a tremendous benefit to Enron's operations, said Sen. Charles E. Grassley, Iowa Republican and ranking minority member of the committee. He noted that the Reagan and Bush administrations approved no loans for Enron between 1985 and 1992 and provided insurance for only one Enron power project in Guatemala in 1992. The Clinton administration provided three loans between 1994 and 1998 to the now-defunct Dabhol power project in India. Mr. Clinton's commerce secretary, Ron Brown, trumpeted the approval of the Dabhol loans on a trade mission to India in 1995, with Mr. Lay by his side. The trip was one of 11 Clinton trade missions provided at taxpayer expense for corporate executives from Enron and other companies. The U.S. Trade and Development Agency, which sponsored the trips, also provided $1 million in funding to study Enron energy projects in Russia, Eastern Europe and former Soviet states. As congressional committees dig for evidence to tie Enron and Mr. Lay to the Bush administration, evidence of Mr. Lay's links to the Clinton administration are ample and well-documented. Mr. Lay at times was Mr. Clinton's golf partner and slept in the Lincoln Bedroom. Other top Enron officials attended the White House's infamous coffee klatches with Mr. Clinton, according to published reports. Mr. Lay offered a seat on Enron's board of directors to Robert E. Rubin, Mr. Clinton's Treasury secretary, in 1999 just before he left government, the Associated Press reported yesterday. Mr. Rubin tried to get Treasury to intervene on behalf of Enron last fall when the company credit rating was threatened. In May 1996, Mr. Clinton lauded Mr. Lay as a good corporate citizen at a White House event because of Enron's enlightened personnel policies, including profit-sharing of Enron stock and generous health and pension benefits. Enron employees now are suing because those benefits are as worthless as the bankrupt company's stock. During the Clinton years, Enron contributed more than $1 million to the Democratic Party, including $600,000 to the Democatic National Committee, according to Federal Election Commission records. Mr. Clinton and Vice President Al Gore received contributions of $11,000 and $13,750, respectively, for their presidential campaigns. One $100,000 contribution to the DNC was provided before India gave final approval to Enron's Dabhol project in June 1996. The largest and most expensive capital project ever undertaken in India, Dabhol was of dubious economic value and never went on line. The World Bank, on reviewing the project, said it was not economically viable and inordinately benefited Enron, which was a 65 percent owner. Enron still owes $203 million on an Export-Import Bank loan for the project, which the bank says is covered by guarantees provided by five Indian banks. Congressional aides said it is not clear what the taxpayers' liability will be for that and other loans now that Enron is bankrupt. The Export-Import Bank said its loans were extended to overseas subsidiaries of Enron and not the bankrupt corporation. The overseas investment agency said its exposure is limited to paying any missed premiums on Enron's political risk insurance. Top Clinton officials lobbied
Re: [CTRL] [ctrl] Did Six Million Really Die?
-Caveat Lector- Well Neuropsychotic - it states no credence given to holocaust denial.and no nazis need apply. Are these two the same thing? Did you look up the word credence? Are you saying this man is a Nazi because he disputes facts which are subject to dispute by many individuals. So these statements are not true - this is your opportunity to take a few of them and prove they are not. What was that over used term Sharon (Ariel Scheinman Sharon) used yesterday - the proof is in the pudding... Someone once said what the hell does that mean. My objection is simply this - the USA is becoming a Memorial Ground for the Holocaust but hey, not one monument to the soldiers and military who died in WWII nor to the 55 million some who died and then the Christians who died in Russia. but now we have our own Holocaust, the Twin Towres - thousands burned alive or blown to bits or bothnow we get a Memorial there, to the dead and honored, but Larry Silverstein gets the 7 billion dollars in insurance money? No doubt the World Trade Center will be named The Silverstein Buildings..note how the landmarks and their names change? So now New York City has this Bloomberg as their Mayor - watch this man, he has the decorum of a Jimmy Hoffa or a Rat Faced Lansky and why not - he ran with the pack no doubt with that ADL connection. Is Kris still moderator of this list; further Neuropsychotic, noted a lot of footnotes - check each one out and tell me, where is false information being passed about. Should he be banned like Davis Irving, and this is one line that makes me sick - for being a Holocaust Denier. So Cyber Tiger - remember to include everybody, its Gypsies, Jews, and Homosexuals..to which you must now add the mentally challenged and disabled...did we leave anybody out? Why no memorial for our men who died in WWII.so statute of Unknown Soldier, one size fits all? Did any of these bastards every thank the Americans for anything - the billions of dollars we now send to Israel to slaughter and murder the Palestinians? This God Machine - Gold, Oil, and Drugsmy old MI6 friend wanted to change the title of my manuscript to The God Machine but I rather liked Premeditated Murder by Prophecy - the Valleyof Hamon Gog sub title, from the Garbage thre blooms the rose - jewish mafia talk - cartage business, you know the ones who dumped remains of firefighters in dumpsters and the firemen got mad? OSaba 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] Expert: Anthrax suspect ID'd
-Caveat Lector- http://www.nj.com/mercer/times/index.ssf?/mercer/times/02-19-IZAR1IUB.html Expert: Anthrax suspect ID'd 02/19/02 By JOSEPH DEE Staff Writer PRINCETON BOROUGH -- An advocate for the control of biological weapons who has been gathering information about last autumn's anthrax attacks said yesterday the Federal Bureau of Investigation has a strong hunch about who mailed the deadly letters. But the FBI might be dragging its feet in pressing charges because the suspect is a former government scientist familiar with secret activities that the government would not like to see disclosed, said Barbara Hatch Rosenberg, director of the Federation of American Scientists' Chemical and Biological Weapons Program. Rosenberg, who spoke to about 65 students, faculty members and others at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, said the FBI has known of the suspect since October and, according to her government insider sources, has interrogated him more than once. The investigation into five anthrax-laced letters and several other hoax letters -- all mailed last fall, including several processed by Trenton Main Post Office in Hamilton -- was the focus of Rosenberg's talk. She also gave her thoughts about what the government should do to control biological weapons. There are a number of insiders -- government insiders -- who know people in the anthrax field who have a common suspect, Rosenberg said. The FBI has questioned that person more than once, . . . so it looks as though the FBI is taking that person very seriously. She said it is quite possible the suspect is a scientist who formerly worked at the U.S. government's military laboratory at Fort Detrick, Md. Rosenberg said she has been gathering information from press reports, congressional hearings, Bush administration news conferences and government insiders she would not name. During a brief question-and-answer session after her talk, one man wondered whether biological agents truly pose significant dangers to the public, given the limited number of deaths and illnesses caused by five anthrax-laced letters. Without mentioning other biological agents that are far more deadly and contagious than anthrax, Rosenberg said the potential for a biological attack is catastrophic. Another man wondered if the FBI and other investigators might be focusing too narrowly on one scientist, saying, New Jersey is the epicenter of the international pharmaceutical industry, and many people in those labs presumably have the skills to handle and refine anthrax. I think your argument would have been a good one earlier on, but I think that the results of the analyses (of the letters and the anthrax in them) show that access to classified information was essential, Rosenberg said. And that rules out most of the people in the pharmaceutical industry. . . . It's possible, but they would have had to have access to the information, Rosenberg said. Picking up the conversational thread, another man said, People know a lot, and it's a question of what they choose to focus their knowledge on. Things are invented in parallel, he said. -- -- -- She said the evidence points to a person who has experience handling anthrax; who has been vaccinated and has received annual booster shots; and who had access to classified government information about how to chemically treat the bacterial spores to keep them from clumping together, which allows them to remain airborne. We can draw a likely portrait of the perpetrator as a former Fort Detrick scientist who is now working for a contractor in the Washington, D.C., area, Rosenberg said. He had reason for travel to Florida, New Jersey and the United Kingdom. . . . There is also the likelihood the perpetrator made the anthrax himself. He grew it, probably on a solid medium and weaponized it at a private location where he had accumulated the equipment and the material. We know that the FBI is looking at this person, and it's likely that he participated in the past in secret activities that the government would not like to see disclosed, Rosenberg said. And this raises the question of whether the FBI may be dragging its feet somewhat and may not be so anxious to bring to public light the person who did this. I know that there are insiders, working for the government, who know this person and who are worried that it could happen that some kind of quiet deal is made that he just disappears from view, Rosenberg said. This, I think, would be a really serious outcome that would send a message to other potential terrorists, that (they) would think they could get away with it. So I hope that doesn't happen, and that is my motivation to continue to follow this and to try to encourage press coverage and pressure on the FBI to follow up and publicly prosecute the perpetrator. -- -- -- She expressed disappointment that the U.S. government last July decided against signing an international
[CTRL] Babs vs Brenda . . . round1?
-Caveat Lector- http://www.rumormillnews.net/cgi-bin/config.pl?read=17701 - A FORMAL WARNING TO BRENDA NEGRI AKA RANGER RICK Posted By: BarbaraHartwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thursday, 21 February 2002, 10:19 a.m. Barbara Hartwell Legal Defense and Research Fund PO Box 832 Woodstock NY 12498 WEBSITES http://www.ulster.net/~babs7/ http://www.geocities.com/rb_ham/babs.html Friends of Liberty and the Constitution: Brenda Negri aka Ranger Rick is continuing her libel and disinformation campaign apace, despite being exposed as a provocateur and despite the warnings issued to her to stop her lies and attacks on myself and others. Here is a formal letter of warning I sent to Negri, dated February 18, 2002. To Brenda Negri: This is my formal warning to you and it is the first and last you will get. Cease and desist now from your lies, your slander, libel, character assassination and your harassment of me, my family and those others associated with me and/or under my protection. I can guarantee that you have no idea what the consequences will be for bearing false witness against me or for your malicious and unwarranted attacks. The consequences will be of a legal as well as a spiritual nature, so I advise you to take heed before it is too late. You have already been warned by another individual whose name you have maligned and whom you have told lies about and I would advise you that he is not someone you really want to interfere with, anymore than you would really want to interfere with me; that is, if you had the wherewithal to understand who you are really dealing with, which apparently you don't. Just cease and desist now, while there is yet time. You have been warned. I have done my duty, in good conscience, by issuing this directive. Take it seriously or take the consequences. Barbara Hartwell -- --- Now today, February 21, Negri posts the following on her website: -- - SPEAKING OF WHO IS...THE REAL RANGER RICK - Like, hep cats, its time we drop the jive again for new readers who the heppest Daddy-O of Feds really is. The sweaty backed G-Man who probably wishes we'd drop off the face of the earth for turning his name into a household word, but who's one hep hero in our book, besides being one good looking tall drink of water, able to melt down Babe-O-Meters in a single glance.. Ace G-Man, Richard B. Wade, the former head of the White Collar Unit of the LA Feebs, the low key and cerebral kinda guy we've planted in a Porsche Boxster called Ol' Yeller, really exists (unlike some other people). Speaking of which, why don't we just ALL jump in that swingin' hep cat's car and go on another... MOLE HUNT!: - Targets acquired: Rixon, RedDog1, GoonForGod, Scribe, gigi, tuatha, Calamity Jayne (aka: Sharon Kinsella), Patriotlad, lawgiver1, Stormy, TONZAL, Q, X, Barbara Hartwell and StewWebb (no comment necessary), Patriot820DC, loki, Ghost, ahall, iaintnoangel, sangraal, Zphoenix, Phoenix, BxDanny, Rosalinda, listen, Fiat_Lux, WhoGains, Y, ajeetbabu, Rogue Butterfly, ZAPPER. -- --- So, Negri has decided to disregard the warnings she has received and is clearly hell-bent on continuing her malicious lies, her assaults on professional reputations and her character assassination of myself and other legitimate researchers, whistleblowers and survivors of covert operations. Negri has gone too far...way too far. Below, please read some of Negri's recent posts on the CIA-Drugs message board and see for yourself just a fraction of what prompted me to issue a formal warning to cease and desist from her libelous and outrageous accusations. This is an exchange of messages ( excerpts) posted by Negri and others. From: Ranger Rick Date: Fri Feb 15, 2002 1:41 pm Subject: Re: [CIA-DRUGS] Ten pers, Six pers, 2002 Addition of Manual of Covert Operations A ten per is insider slang for some mind control drone and/or investigative flunky who gets paid by their handlers ten bucks per hour to stake you out in the K Mart parking lot in a 1989 drab colored, cold plated Honda Civic with dark glasses and a wig, or play disinfo agent on the Internet in vain attempts to discredit and destroy the those like I who are here on a more serious mission, and do the work for no pay, no glory, and lots of flack. Please also refer in your manual to Agents Board, Rumor Mill News; psyop of and subsequent meltdown of;; Kooker, Rayelan and David as agents of the CIA; Internet Sites: RM News as Cult-Based Operation of PSYOPS and Disinformation; Hartwell, Barbara; Mental Breakdowns; as Mind Control disinfo agent and honey
[CTRL] Pentagon Readies Efforts to Sway Sentiment Abroad
-Caveat Lector- http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storycid=68u=/nyt/20020219/ts_nyt/pentagon_readies_efforts_to_s way_sentiment_abroad Pentagon Readies Efforts to Sway Sentiment Abroad Tue Feb 19, 9:00 AM ET By JAMES DAO and ERIC SCHMITT The New York Times WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 The Pentagon is developing plans to provide news items, possibly even false ones, to foreign media organizations as part of a new effort to influence public sentiment and policy makers in both friendly and unfriendly countries, military officials said. The plans, which have not received final approval from the Bush administration, have stirred opposition among some Pentagon officials who say they might undermine the credibility of information that is openly distributed by the Defense Department's public affairs officers. The military has long engaged in information warfare against hostile nations for instance, by dropping leaflets and broadcasting messages into Afghanistan when it was still under Taliban rule. But it recently created the Office of Strategic Influence, which is proposing to broaden that mission into allied nations in the Middle East, Asia and even Western Europe. The office would assume a role traditionally led by civilian agencies, mainly the State Department. The small but well-financed Pentagon office, which was established shortly after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, was a response to concerns in the administration that the United States was losing public support overseas for its war on terrorism, particularly in Islamic countries. As part of the effort to counter the pronouncements of the Taliban, Osama bin Laden and their supporters, the State Department has already hired a former advertising executive to run its public diplomacy office, and the White House has created a public information war room to coordinate the administration's daily message domestically and abroad. Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld, while broadly supportive of the new office, has not approved its specific proposals and has asked the Pentagon's top lawyer, William J. Haynes, to review them, senior Pentagon officials said. Little information is available about the Office of Strategic Influence, and even many senior Pentagon officials and Congressional military aides say they know almost nothing about its purpose and plans. Its multimillion dollar budget, drawn from a $10 billion emergency supplement to the Pentagon budget authorized by Congress in October, has not been disclosed. Headed by Brig. Gen. Simon P. Worden of the Air Force, the new office has begun circulating classified proposals calling for aggressive campaigns that use not only the foreign media and the Internet, but also covert operations. The new office rolls up all the instruments within D.O.D. to influence foreign audiences, its assistant for operations, Thomas A. Timmes, a former Army colonel and psychological operations officer, said at a recent conference, referring to the Department of Defense. D.O.D. has not traditionally done these things. One of the office's proposals calls for planting news items with foreign media organizations through outside concerns that might not have obvious ties to the Pentagon, officials familiar with the proposal said. General Worden envisions a broad mission ranging from black campaigns that use disinformation and other covert activities to white public affairs that rely on truthful news releases, Pentagon officials said. It goes from the blackest of black programs to the whitest of white, a senior Pentagon official said. Another proposal involves sending journalists, civic leaders and foreign leaders e-mail messages that promote American views or attack unfriendly governments, officials said. Asked if such e-mail would be identified as coming from the American military, a senior Pentagon official said that the return address will probably be a dot-com, not a dot- mil, a reference to the military's Internet designation. To help the new office, the Pentagon has hired the Rendon Group, a Washington-based international consulting firm run by John W. Rendon Jr., a former campaign aide to President Jimmy Carter. The firm, which is being paid about $100,000 a month, has done extensive work for the Central Intelligence Agency, the Kuwaiti royal family and the Iraqi National Congress, the opposition group seeking to oust President Saddam Hussein. Officials at the Rendon Group say terms of their contract forbid them to talk about their Pentagon work. But the firm is well known for running propaganda campaigns in Arab countries, including one denouncing atrocities by Iraq during its 1990 invasion of Kuwait. The firm has been hired as the Bush administration appears to have united around the goal of ousting Mr. Hussein. Saddam Hussein has a charm offensive going on, and we haven't done anything to counteract it, a senior military official said. Proponents say the new Pentagon office will bring much-needed coordination
Re: [CTRL] Fw: Program
-Caveat Lector- Andrew this is a beautiful site and love the music I cannot pick up your show here for I do not have a Grundig or whatever type it takes. Did note here though, yesterday skies read to eastern sky to north, and I knew something would happen and we did get hit by 65 mph winds, etc. Almost like NE Norther Lights so they were messing around. No serious damage but thunder and lightning and my house seemed to be charged for tiny little lightning bolt hit a tree on which I have these large round frosted bulbsI could hear it crack as I was sitting near same. So somebody censors you, you should be flattered Point - maybe there was some interference here - for once in the mid 80 period, had this one radio which was special, with weather band, etc., and I oould pick up these woodpecker signalsand I think my office everytime they would test these generators suddenly weather would go haywire - horrible storms, solid sheets of ice and the worksroads closed, and it was always February then when this occurred. Guys from Cleveland Ohio in on setting this most expensive thing into operation. So there are generators and transmitters somehow used, and this was when ARCO (oil co). was involved in this program, but it set a lot of interference about and then at the same time from Kentucky, these stupid lasor beam light shows.that bunch moved out but once I looked up over this show and saw clouds moving - from north to south, and east to west and west to east, and north to south all above this area which had grown black with stormsalways happened around 4 30 pm... Think this could have caused your program to have problems over here? Anyway beautiful site, Andrew. OSaba 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] EX-NAZIS PART OF THE GAMEPLAN
-Caveat Lector- The part about the ENTIRE HAPSBURG ROYAL FAMILY being relocated to Oklahoma came from the TEN HOUR GERALDO RIVERA interview with GUNTHER RUSSBACHER. The part about HITLER EVA attending a party at LBJ'S RANCH came from several retired Air Force officers. Who were present at the party. And one who was in the Art Museum when Adolf Hitler bought the oil painting. They have asked me not to reveal their names. So I wont. The FRENCH ROYAL FAMILY has asked me not to reveal their names either. However I think it is ok to tell you this. That the first member of the French Royal Family came over to North America on the Mayflower in 1619. His name was William Brewster. As for as the CANARIS situation. I suggest you read the book THE CANARIS CONSPIRACY . I dont remember the authors name at this moment. I will dig through my notes and see if I can find it. The papers regarding the CAPITULATION ( NOT SURRENDER ) of NAZI GERMANY are in the HARRY TRUMAN Letters Notes section at the LBJ MEMORIAL LIBRARY in AUstin Texas. The Library is directly across the street from the Longhorn football stadium. I might also suggest some other books if you dont mind. THE THOUSAND YEAR CONSPIRACY by Paul Winkler MARTIN BORRMANN: NAZI IN EXILE by Paul Manning RAIDERS of the LOST GOLD: The MARCOS LEGACY by ERick A. San Juan HITLERS BANKERS by Adam LEBOR CANARIS: HITLERS MASTER SPY by Gerhardt Schroeder The OCCULT ROOTS of NAZIISM by Nicholas Goodrich Clark Ancestors of American Presidents by Gary Boyd Roberts As I've said. I wasnt present at the River Walk or LBJ'S party. So always follow the rules set forth by William Cooper. By all means PRESUME ME to be A LIAR. Unless of course it checks out with your own research. -Original Message- From: inri [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 12:49 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [CTRL] EX-NAZIS PART OF THE GAMEPLAN -Caveat Lector- If you think I'm making this story up. I invite you to do your own research and PROVE ME WRONG. i don't have any gripes with any of the rest of this, however, i'm going to ask for more info on where you dug this nugget out from: Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun attended the HEMISFAIR WORLDS FAIR in San Antonio Texas in 1967. And then HITLER EVA were guests of honor at the LBJ ranch that very same week. Both Hitler Eva Braun that week in 1967 took a stroll down the famous San Antonio river walk. Hitler bought an oil painting in an Art museum on the river walk using his VISA CARD. inri np: http://chat.carleton.ca/~jparent2/ sure, we'll have fascism, but it will come disguised as americanism - huey long there ought to be limits to freedom - george w. bush if this were a dictatorship, it'd be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as i'm the dictator. - george w. bush freedom is about the willingness of every single human being to cede to lawful authority a great deal of discretion about what you do and how you do it. - rudolph giulliani A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance-not soap-boxing-please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'-with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds-is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://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
Re: [CTRL] [ctrl] Did Six Million Really Die?
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 2/21/02 9:23:16 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Is Kris still moderator of this list; further Neuropsychotic, noted a lot of footnotes - check each one out and tell me, where is false information being passed about. You bet your bippy and Saba/Collen, its been done before and there are plenty of other places on the net that debate this subject. Anybody who wants to may leave, I really dunna care. This list will not get mired into this morass of emotion and psy-babble. Many people were murdered by the nazis during and before WWII. The nazis are part and parcel of the cult of necromancers. This octopus also has arms within the jewish population. Again for emphasis - 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. Om K - Aloha, He'Ping, Om, Shalom, Salaam. Em Hotep, Peace Be, All My Relations. Omnia Bona Bonis, Adieu, Adios, Aloha. Amen. Roads End 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] Crypto Fascists Want National ID Cards
BF>The crypto-fascists have been planning this since at least the time of H.G. Wells, when he spelled out the plan for a New World Order. Most of our institutions are "infiltrated" we'll say. The Rotary Club is now an extension for globalism, with Hapsbourg descendents in high places of control. The Freemasons, once a patriotic institution of the higest caliber, have fallen to these forces. The old Freemasons have been neutralized, the new ones are going along. The CIA, corporations, and other organizations are neither good nor evil in themselves. They are simply instruments, and now go along with the profit motive regardless, but beyond that they go along with the agenda. Gun control, bio-metric cards, abortion on demand, and loss of sovereignty are national emergencies that should be covered just as 9-11 was covered. Gun control allows the government, political extremists, and the criminals to have a monopoly of force. Whichever of these triumphs, the good people loose. Once again, the seven basic principles of Noah remain our only hope. Bates William Shannon wrote: http://www.conspiracyplanet.com/channel.cfm?channelid=109contentid=466page=2 Crypto Fascists Want National ID Cards by SHANE HAM Editor's Note: Progressive Policy Institute, a "Democrat" think tank, reveals its true colors as a crypto-fascist shill for the biometrics industry. Specious reasoning is what they get paid for. ) The Sept. 11 hijackings illuminated many holes in our domestic defense. Four of the five hijackers who crashed into the Pentagon, for example, had fraudulent ID cards obtained in Virginia. But the flaws in our identification system were evident long before that. Fake ID cards are so common as to be almost a rite of passage for American teenagers. The industries that rely on the wildly unreliable identification system we have today have watched identity theft grow into a major industry. Worst of all, the ease with which criminals can obtain false identification documents in some states renders the entire system suspect, as possession of a valid driver's license is taken as unquestionable proof of identity for the distribution of other important identity documents -- passports, social security cards, employee ID cards, and many more. The Sept. 11 tragedy made vivid the risks inherent in our flawed identification system, but those risks have always been there and we pay for them every day -- in higher credit card interest rates to cover for identity fraud, in victimization by criminals who avoid arrest, in suffering and death caused by underage drinkers who get behind the wheel. Though we have long known that our identification system is broken, we now have a key opportunity to obtain consensus on fixing it. If done properly, a new identification system can not only reduce the threat of terrorism as well as more common crimes, but also lead to significant economic benefits. Placing 21st-century technology on our driver's licenses and ID cards will jump-start the New Economy, making offline and online transactions more convenient and more secure than ever before. To accomplish this, there is no need for the federal government to build a new infrastructure for issuing "national ID cards." Modernizing the current system, in which the primary form of identification is issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles in each state, will be sufficient, provided that Congress requires an appropriate amount of standardization both in the cards themselves and in the processes for issuing them. To do that, action is needed in Congress and in state legislatures. PPI recommends that Congress: require states to issue "smart ID cards" containing a standardized hologram and digitally encoded biometric data specific to each holder; set standards for initial identity verification; accelerate the linking of state DMV databases; provide grants and loans for additional state smart card applications; upgrade the system for foreign visitors to incorporate a similar "smart visa" program; and create strict controls to protect privacy and prevent abuses. States should: issue digital signatures with smart ID cards; develop and promote other government applications to take advantage of smart ID card capabilities; facilitate access to the chip on the card so that card holders could allow private organizations to place applications (e.g., digital cash) on the unused parts of the chip; and reduce or eliminate fees for first-time upgrades from old cards to smart cards. Shane Ham is the senior technology policy analyst at the Progressive Policy Institute, and Robert D. Atkinson is vice president and director of PPI's Technology New Economy Project. Modernizing the State Identification System An Action Agenda By Shane Ham and Robert D. Atkinson For the rest of the story, click here Phony Progressives Want Totalitarian America
Re: [CTRL] Pentagon Readies Efforts to Sway Sentiment Abroad
-Caveat Lector- Somebody got in deep water on this one Jei - for yesterday Donald Rumsfeld did a little side step and said no they would NEVER lie to the pressnever, never, never. The press can lie on their own, very well - same wurlitzer. They are the children who will not lie of Isaiah. But then they did send out this handsome Colonel Nicols to explain they were defensive and I believed that guy - a good soldier. Wore his flight jacket, and not one of those stupid camoflage chameleon suits looked like something out of WWII class. A REAL soldier. So then Rumsfeld also said after all it was their duty to defend our shores, and protect our people.no more of that protecting our national interests - he took that straight out of the Constitution. Think somebody from above, high above, shot a few lightning bolts at these idiots and they were forced to read the Constitution of the United States of America, which they are sworn to defend and protect, for this document is our country. Ever thing of that - this piece of paper, this treasured document IS our country. Without this document we have no country and each state would answer unto itself. But even Jefferson Davis stated the Constitution of the United States if it were to be destroyed, he would not want to fight the Civil War. So - what is that line again to provide for the common defenseand where were they on 911? Well no doubt, providing the common defense for our national interests. Stop giving Israel billions or at least arm up the Palestinians and lets put them on Saturday Night Wrestling or something, you know, so the American public can witness Israli kids and Palestinians kids being slaughtered with yankee doodle money for sport? Without the New Yorks Times and our news media - could anyone find Israel on the map surrounded by those 5 big arab countries? So Rumsfeld - begins to know the law. And this Colonel they could not have picked a more handsome devil to support the cause for the national interests.he had charisma. OSaba 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] [ctrl] Did Six Million Really Die?
-Caveat Lector- Well, to tell the truth Kris - only read the first part of his six part publication. If I want to read War and Peace I will go to the library. Never had the patience or feel the need to read that huge monstrous book either. If I get time will read this guy's remaining five chapters. So Kris, I understand - you do not want to start WWIII on your list. OSaba aka Colleen 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] 'Big Brother' in America
-Caveat Lector- BFScore for Safire! See, sometimes neo-conservatives do make good points. I also appreciate Safire's positions on trade and human rights, along with exposing corruption. So he's arrogant? We all have our faults. Here is something from a very different political perspective. Read very carefully. VERY carefully. See if it does not confirm the conspiracy paradigms of many who may not agree with his politics. I do not necessarily endorse anything read. For one thing, I do not believe the answer lies in changes on superficial levels such as monetary or political systems. Bates http://www.geocities.com/wageslavex/unstatcap.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] 911 Conspiracy Theory
-Caveat Lector- -- Forwarded message -- Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 23:19:29 -0700 From: Chris Shaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [INGRAM] Culture X as Culture of Life Hi guys: Here is something that we have been working on in some groups I am associated with: Some of us locally and elsewhere are trying to come to grips with 9-11 and its implications, both globally and locally. We are creating a website that will discuss these issues in context to globalization, the anti-terrorist legislation, and the various wars of GW Bush and company (see backtodemocracy.ca). The website will attempt to be an 'emergent' site in which viewer feedback is incorporated into the design and action of the site. I pose the following questions for consideration: 1. What is the evidence that the events of 9-11 were due to Al Qaeda or to internal US forces (e.g., the thesis of Barrie Zwicker, Vision TV)? Cite evidence/references for either view point and be prepared to defend. 2. If the events occurred as stated by the US, what are the implications? 3. If the events occurred with the assistance/compliance of US forces/agencies, what are the implications? 4. For either, what does this bode for the future of (a) civil liberties in Canada/the US; (b) ongoing warfare; (c) globalization? 5. What can we do about it (a) locally; (b) globally? Send respones to me ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) or to the BTD webmaster at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace, Chris Shaw _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In August, 2001, the popular Ingram show was cancelled, suddenly and without explanation. It was the only televised challenge to the social-political establishment of BC. Why did this happen? What can be done to remedy this assault against our by-Constitution democratic society? 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
[CTRL] Fwd: More evidence on Pearl kidnapping
Also arrested and accused of sending the e-mails were Sheikh Mohammed Adeel, a constable with the police department's special branch, and Saqib, the cousin. Both are thought to have links to an extremist group called Jaish-e-Mohammed. No doubt if Danny Pearl is dead, he is dead because this police affilliation involved in kidnapping - Danny Pearl would have trusted the police, right - the Blue Berets, are these the special police force pictured with this one mastermind? The blue sheet or blanket - the blue berets and all Danny Pear had with him was a pen or pencil? So it looks like for sure police in on this kidnapping; and were those police chains which bound Danny Pearl's hands? These Blue Berets it is said uniforms sometimes stolen and used by underworld. And what is this underworld of criminals; well if one calls murder and sabotage and kidnapping crimes, this is it? Would contract killers be underworld figures? And two now right out of Great Britain timed sleepers read to go for the days grow longer and hibernation period is over. Trust these Pakistanis over there? Or this Afghanistan bunch - we send civilized troops over there and it is like fighting in Jurassic Park - civilized people have no chance with barbarians from the stone age. This story is appalling; have read Danny Pearls stuff, and to me it sounded more like he worked for the UN, for most of his stuff seemed to involve humanitarian needs. OSaba More More evidence on Pearl kidnappingPakistani suspect says reporter believed to be 'anti-Islam' MSNBC NEWS SERVICES KARACHI, Pakistan, Feb. 21 A 21-year-old Islamic militant charged in the kidnapping of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl told a judge Thursday that the journalist was seized because he was anti-Islam and a Jew, his lawyer said. IN A CLOSED-DOOR deposition, Fahad Naseem, 21, admitted sending e-mails announcing Pearl's kidnapping on orders of British-born suspect Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, according to defense attorney Khawaja Naveed Ahmed. Naseem was among three people arrested for sending the e-mails announcing Pearl's Jan. 23 abduction, which included photos of him in captivity. Naseem was brought to court with his head covered by a hood and surrounded by three dozen heavily armed policemen. Several vehicles mounted with machine guns parked outside the court building, and armed police patrolled the rooftops of this congested neighborhood in this southern port city, Pakistan's largest. Naseem gave his statement to the judge in a closed-door session which even excluded his lawyer. The lawyer told reporters what his client had said based on the official transcript, which was not made available to reporters. Naseem was ordered jailed pending trial. Officials cleared out the entire floor where the 1½-hour deposition hearing took place. According to the lawyer, Naseem told the judge that on Jan. 21 two days before Pearl disappeared he was taken to a house he had never visited before by his cousin Salman Saqib, a co-defendant in the case. At the house, Naseem said Saeed gave him money to purchase a camera and that he was later given a scanner to send e-mails, Naveed said. According to the lawyer, Naseem said Saeed told him there were plans to kidnap someone who is anti-Islam and a Jew. Naseem claimed that he had never met Pearl personally, Naveed said. Saeed appeared in court last week and admitted to his role in the kidnapping. He also told the judge he believed Pearl was dead. INVESTIGATING REID Pearl, the Journal's South Asian bureau chief, was abducted on his way to a meeting in Karachi with Islamic extremists. He hoped they would provide information about e-mails exchanged by Pakistani militants and Richard C. Reid, the so-called shoe bomber arrested on a Paris-to-Miami flight in December with explosives in his sneakers. Four days later, an e-mail sent to Pakistani and international media showed photos of Pearl in captivity including one with a gun pointed to his head and demanded that the United States repatriate Pakistanis captured in Afghanistan who are being held at a U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. A second e-mail sent Jan. 30 said the 38-year-old reporter would be killed in 24 hours. That was the last known message from his captors, and the question of whether Pearl is alive remains unanswered. Investigators traced the e-mails to Naseem, who they said had the messages stored on his laptop computer. Extras to help you understand this complex story: In-depth features Multimedia Interactive library Also arrested and accused of sending the e-mails were Sheikh Mohammed Adeel, a constable with the police department's special branch, and Saqib, the cousin. Both are thought to have links to an extremist group called Jaish-e-Mohammed. Twelve days ago, Naseem and the other two suspected e-mailers were
Re: [CTRL] VICKIE WEAVERS FINGERS BECAME KEY CHAINS FOR THE FBI
-Caveat Lector- Randy Weaver ( you remember the Idaho incident ) stated about 3 months ago on the Alex Jones shortwave show that the FBI cut off Vickie Weavers fingers with a bolt cutter. And made KEY CHAINS out of them. Nice guys. I just love our glorious and patriotic FBI people. -Original Message- From: Party of Citizens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 1:11 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Conspiracy-Theory] Did 66 Million Really Die? That's 66 million up to 1957 according to Solzhenitsyn. This was THE HOLOCAUST of our semites at the hands of nasty antisemites like Trotsky (Bronstein) and Kaganovitch. Many were made into lamp shades. My Aunt Sophie however was made into an alligator purse. We must erect Holocaust Memorials all over the world to the Holocaust of 66 Million. Never forget!!! POC (Prosemitic Operations Centre) -- Forwarded message -- Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 11:05:20 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: [Conspiracy-Theory] Did Six Million Really Die 1/9 Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Get your FREE credit report with a FREE CreditCheck Monitoring Service trial http://us.click.yahoo.com/ACHqaB/bQ8CAA/ySSFAA/KlSolB/TM -~- *** Share with us your ideas. *** The things here are a collection from various places or persons and I am not responsible for the contents. The content is not meant to offend anyone. Anyone can post here. Please get your friends to join our list. The more people we have, the better the list will be. Community email addresses: ?? -- Post message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] :-) -- Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] :-( -- Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ;-) -- List owner: [EMAIL PROTECTED] See our links page for other conspiracy sites. 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
[CTRL] Demonstrations
-Caveat Lector- @ http://www.netureikarta.org/dmnsrtn12feb02.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] Arab Nations Are Lost In A Pit Of Desperation
-Caveat Lector- http://www.rense.com/general20/pit.htm Arab Nations Are Lost In A Pit Of Desperation By Robert Fisk The Independent - London 2-18=2 A few days ago, Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia called upon the conscience of the American people to help the Palestinians. The Emir of Qatar went one step further in self-abasement. The Arabs, he said - and he apologised for using the word - had to beg the United States to use its influence on the Israelis. Truly, when such words are uttered, it is the very pit of Arab desperation. Beg? Conscience? Washington may still turn down Ariel Sharon's request to break all relations with Yasser Arafat, but President Bush has long ago forgotten his vision of a Palestinian state - produced when he needed Arab acquiescence in the bombardment of Afghanistan but swiftly buried once it had served its purpose - and Arafat's role now is to remember his job: to protect Israel from his own people. From his office in Ramallah, surrounded by Israeli tanks, Arafat fantasises about his derring-do during Israel's 1982 siege of West Beirut, but it is difficult to underestimate the degree of shame with which many Palestinians now regard him. Last Christmas, Arafat insisted that he would march to Bethlehem to attend church services. But when the Israelis refused him permission, he merely appeared on Palestinian television and preposterously claimed that Israel's refusal was a crime and an act of terrorism. Why, the Arabic daily Al Quds al-Arabi asked, was there no explanation for this bizarre and incomprehensible performance by Arafat? Why did he not march out of Ramallah with the Christian clerics who had come to give their support until physically stopped by Israeli troops in front of the television cameras? The more he talks about Israel's terrorism, the less we examine his own record of corruption, cronyism and brutality. In the meantime, Israel's own mythmaking goes on apace. In New York, Shimon Peres announces the presence of Iranian Revolutionary Guards in Lebanon and the arrival of 8,000 long-range missiles for Hizbollah; now there hasn't been an Iranian militiaman in Lebanon for 15 years, and the new missiles don't exist - but this nonsense is reported in the US media without the slightest attempt to check the facts. The latest whopper came from Sharon. He regretted, he said, that he had not liquidated Arafat during the 1982 siege of Beirut, but there had been an agreement not to do so. This is rubbish; during the siege, Israeli jets five times bombed the buildings in which Sharon, then Israel's defence minister, believed Arafat to be hiding, on two occasions destroying whole apartment blocks - along, of course, with all the civilians living in them - only minutes after Arafat had left. Again, Sharon's untrue version of history was reported in the American press as fact. Indeed, all the participants in the Middle East conflict are now engaged in a game of self-deception, a massive and fraudulent attempt to avoid any examination of the critical issues that lie behind the tragedy. The Saudis want to appeal to America's conscience, not because they are upset at Arafat's predicament but because 15 of the 11 September hijackers were themselves Saudis. Sharon's attempt to join in the war against terror - the manufacturing of non-existent Iranian enemies in Lebanon, for example, along with some very real enemies in the West Bank and Gaza - is a blatant attempt to ensure American support for his crushing of the Palestinian intifada and for the continuation of Israel's colonisation of Palestinian land. Similarly, Mr Bush's messianic claim that he is fighting evil - evil now apparently being a fully-fledged nation-state - and that America's al-Qa'ida enemies hate America because they are against democracy is poppycock. Most of America's Muslim enemies don't know what democracy is - they have certainly never enjoyed it - and their deeds, which are indeed wicked, have motives. Mr Bush knows, and certainly his secretary of state, Colin Powell, does, that there is an intimate link between the crimes against humanity of 11 September and the Middle East. After all, the killers were all Arabs, they wrote and spoke Arabic, they came from Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Lebanon. This much we are allowed to reflect upon. But the moment anyone takes the next logical step and looks at the Arab world itself, we step on forbidden territory. For any analysis of the current Middle East will encounter injustice and violence and death, often the result - directly or indirectly - of the policies of the United States and its regional allies (Arab as well as Israeli). At this point, all discussion must cease. Because if America's own involvement in the region - its unconditional support for Israel, its acquiescence in the Jewish colonisation of Arab land, the sanctions against Iraq that have killed so many tens of thousands of children - and
[CTRL] Justice for Sale
-Caveat Lector- Ashcroft Queried Over MS Contributions - The Register http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/24086.html Lindows.com Opens 'Windows' Case - InternetNews http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article/0,,3_975171,00.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] Social Security and our Congress
-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! Social Security and our Congress Perhaps we were asking the wrong questions in this past election year. Our Senators/Congressmen do not pay into Social Security, and, therefore they do not collect from it. Social Security benefits were not suitable for them. They felt they should have a special plan. Many years ago they voted in their benefit plan. In more recent years, no congress person has felt the need to change it. After all, it is a great plan. For all practical purposes, their plan works like this: When they retire no matter how long they have been in office, they continue to draw their same pay until they die, except it may be increased from time to time by the cost-of-living adjustments. For example, former Senator Bill Bradley (New Jersey) and his wife may be expected to draw $7,900,000.00 over an average life span, with Mrs. Bradley drawing $275,000.00 during the last year of her life. Their cost for this excellent plan is $0, nada, zilch. This little perk they voted in for themselves is free to them. You and I pick up the tab for this plan. Our tax dollars at work! From Social Security, which you and I pay into every payday for our own retirement, with an equal amount paid in by our employer, we can expect to receive an average of $1,000 per month. We would have to collect our benefits for 680 years and 1 month to equal the Bradley's benefits. Imagine for a moment that you could structure a retirement plan so desirable, a retirement plan that worked so well, that Railroad Employees, Postal Workers, and others who were not in the plan would clamor to be included. This is how good Social Security could be, if only one small change was made. That change would be to jerk the Golden Fleece Retirement Plan out from under the Senators Congressmen. Put them into the Social Security plan with the rest of us. Watch how fast they fix it!!! If enough people receive this message maybe a seed will be planted, and maybe good changes will evolve. Don't forget, our girl, Hillary Rodham Clinton, now comes under this Congressional Retirement Plan. Talking about the Clinton's, it's common knowledge that, in order for her to establish NY State residency, they purchased a $ million + house in upscale Chappaqua, NY. Makes sense. Now, they are entitled to Secret Service protection for life. Still makes sense. Here is where it becomes interesting. A residency had to be built in order to house the Secret Service agents. The Clinton's now charge the Secret Service rent for the use of said residence and that rent is just about equal to their mortgage payment, meaning that we, the tax payers, are paying the Clinton's mortgage, and it's all perfectly legal. *COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and educational purposes only.[Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ] Want to be on our lists? Write at [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a menu of our lists! Write to same address to be off lists! 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] France puts Scientology sect on trial
-Caveat Lector- from - http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4360202,00.html France puts Scientology sect on trial Court case questions church's recruitment methods Jon Henley in Paris Guardian Thursday February 21, 2002 France's bitter 10-year legal battle with the Church of Scientology will reach a critical stage today when a Paris court will for the first time hear charges against the organisation itself rather than individual members. The case, which could well decide the movement's future in France, is the first since the adoption there last year of tough anti-cult legislation that allows the dissolution of suspected sects found guilty of common offences. Prosecutors will charge the Church's inner temple, the Spiritual Association of the Church of Scientology in the Paris region, and its president, Marc Walter, with abuse of civil liberties, misleading publicity and attempted fraud. It's a hugely important case, the first time the Church has been accused as a legal entity in its own right, said Olivier Morice, a lawyer for the National Union for the Defence of Families and Individuals, which is demanding that the organisation be outlawed. The case stems from the complaints of three men, including two former Scientologists, who were sent brochures, booklets and invitations from the Church two or three times a week for several years despite having repeatedly demanded to be removed from its mailing lists. A year-long inquiry headed by Judge Renaud van Ruymbeke found that the three men's names featured in half a dozen different Scientology databases maintained in France and Britain but also at the organisation's European HQ in Denmark and the International Association of Scientologists in Los Angeles. That is a clear-cut case of breach of civil liberties and data protection legislation, a spokesman at the public prosecutor's office said yesterday. The judge also argues that the organisation was set up specifically to commit these offences. The Church, which has dismissed the case as a minor affair about the complaint of a couple of individuals, will also be accused of attempted fraud based on the false allegations and untrue promises in its tracts. Unlike the US, France refuses to recognise Scientology as a religion, arguing that it is a purely commercial operation out to make as much money as it can at the expense of often vulnerable victims. In a trial in Marseille three years ago, five Scientology officials were found guilty of selling bogus purification treatments costing between £1,200 and £15,000 but consisting mainly of sessions in the sauna, jogging and vitamin pills. Other leading French Scientologists have in the past been sentenced to jail terms - often suspended - for fraud and other financial offences, but this is the first time the Church itself and its recruitment methods have gone on trial. Founded in 1954 by the late L Ron Hubbard, an American science fiction writer, the Church of Scientology claims more than 8m members worldwide, including the Hollywood stars Tom Cruise and John Travolta. In France, where the organisation says it has some 50,000 members, Scientology was first described as a sect in a 1996 parliamentary report, and still features on a list of 173 groups under permanent government surveillance. The movement was again strongly criticised this week in the government's annual report on quasi-religious activity. It accused the Scientologists of trying to cash in on catastrophe, handing out thousands of pamphlets offering help and advice after last September's explosion at a chemical factory in Toulouse that killed 30 people, injured 2,500, and left 1,400 families homeless. Last year France became the first country to pass specific legislation against sects, creating a new offence, the fraudulent abuse of a state of ignorance or weakness, which carries a prison sentence of up to three years and a maximum fine of £250,000. The Church of Scientology has described it as an attempt to impose state atheism. 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
[CTRL] Balkanising Afghanland
-Caveat Lector- From http://www.middleeastwire.com/iran/stories/20020221_1_meno.shtml }}}Begin Iran Iran/U.S.: Tensions High As Nations Compete For Influence In Afghanistan Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) By Charles Recknagel Posted Thursday February 21, 2002 - 03:18:58 AM EST Prague - Washington is casting a worried eye on Iran's activities in western Afghanistan, where U.S. officials say Tehran is trying to expand its influence at the expense of the interim administration. U.S. President George W. Bush's special envoy for Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, has repeatedly charged in recent weeks that elements within Iran are helping to arm and finance groups within Afghanistan in a bid to establish pockets of influence and discourage cooperation with the government in Kabul. Speaking to the BBC in mid-February, and repeating many of the same remarks later to the U.S. Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), Khalilzad said hard-line elements around Iran's spiritual leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the country's Revolutionary Guard Corps are funneling weapons, funds, and Iranian-trained Afghan Shiite combatants into western Iran and elsewhere. He said the purpose is to create what he termed centers of Iranian influe nce in Herat some 80 kilometers from the Iranian border and in surrounding provinces. Khalilzad said that, specifically, Iran has dispatched a group of Afghan Shiites trained in Lebanon and called Sipah-e-Mohammad, or Mohammad's Soldiers, to Afghanistan, along with members of the Al Qods division of the Re volutionary Guard Corps. At the same time, the U.S. envoy who would not specify the source of his information said some elements of the Revolutionary Guard Corps had helped members of Al-Qaeda escape from Afghanistan to Iran. He said some members of the Revolutionary Guard Corps had long- standing links to the Al-Qaeda terrorist network and were helping the fleeing fighters to travel on from Iran to other destinations abroad. Other U.S. officials, including Defen se Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, first charged Iran with aiding fleeing Al- Qaeda members in January. The Iranian reaction to the U.S. charges has been sharp but sometimes contradictory. In February, Iran's Minister of Intelligence and Security Ali Yunesi said no members of Al-Qaeda had entered Iran and none would dare to do so. And Iran's Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi challenged the United States to pr ovide any evidence that fugitive fighters were passing into the country. But more recently, Iranian state news agency IRNA quoted anonymous officials as saying Tehran had arrested 150 people suspected of having links to Al-Qaeda and the Taliban at its border with Pakistan. Within days after th at report, however, Kharrazi said the 150 arrested foreigners were not members of Al-Qaeda. The Foreign Ministry also termed information that Washington had provided in response to Tehran's challenge as old, wrong, and i mprecise. Analysts say that U.S.-Iranian tensions over Afghanistan are high for several reasons. One is the states' continuing rivalry on the world stage as Washington accuses Tehran of supporting terrorist groups in the Middle East and seeking nuclear weapons. That rivalry has now been exacerbated on the regional le vel by the presence of U.S. troops in Afghanistan, as well as support troops in Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, as part of Washington's war on terror. Iran sees the deployments as a threatening buildup of American military pow er in what Tehran has historically considered its own backyard. William Samii, a regional specialist at RFE/RL, says still another important reason for the heightened U.S.-Iranian tensions is Washington's conviction that much of Tehran's Afghan policy is in the hands of hard-line elem ents eager for confrontation with Washington. Samii says U.S. envoy Khalilzad recently expressed that view when he said Iran is pursuing what he termed parallel constructive and negative policies in Afghanistan. Late last year and again in January, Khalilzad and State Department officials praised Iran's reformist-dominated Foreign Ministry for pursuing what they called a constructive role in helping move the rival parties in Afg hanistan to join the UN-brokered interim administration during the Bonn negotiations that were held in early December, Samii says. But at an early January press conference in Kabul that I attended, Khalilzad said that some of Iran's activities in Afghanistan were worrisome, Samii adds. Khalilzad and other American officials later said that Iran's Ministry of Intelligence and Security and its Revolutionary Guard Corp are working to undermine the interim administration by strengthening Herat Governor Ismail Khan by providing him with funds, arms, and additional figh ters. The analyst says that to counter this perceived buildup, U.S. forces are competing directly on the ground with Iran for influence over some factional or regional militias.
[CTRL] Fwd: Israeli Police Break Up Russian-Jewish Sex Ring : Eight Girls Freed Afte...
---BeginMessage--- Israeli Police Break Up Russian-Jewish Sex Ring Eight Girls Freed After Being Forced To Work As Prostitutes 2/21/02 2:58:55 PM Jerusalem Post Jerusalem, Occupied Palestine -- http://www.jpost.com/Editions/2001/12/20/News/News.40293.html Police rescue women forced to work as prostitutes By Allison Kaplan Sommer TEL AVIV (December 20) - Tel Aviv police detectives posing as potential clients yesterday rescued eight young women from Moldova and Ukraine from the apartment where they were being held captive and forced to work as prostitutes. Police began surveillance on the Rehov Hashmonaim apartment two days ago, after a telephone tip that several young women had been held against their will in the massage parlor. Yesterday morning, the detectives observed a man taking a key ring out of his pocket and opening the gate of the building where the business was housed. When the first clients arrived at the massage parlor, the detectives entered as well, posing as prospective customers. They discovered the eight young women, all of whom were in the country illegally. Seven of them had been smuggled in across the Egyptian border, and one had an expired tourist visa and had arrived at Ben-Gurion Airport. Deportation orders were immediately issued against the women, and the owner of the brothel and his employee were arrested. Libertarian Socialist News Post Office Box 12244 Silver Spring, MD 20908 http://www.overthrow.com (check out our messageboards -- discuss this story on-line!) (Formerly http://www.libertariansocialist.com) ---End Message---
Re: [CTRL] Fwd: Israeli Police Break Up Russian-Jewish Sex Ring : Eight Girls Freed Afte...
-Caveat Lector- I somehow doubt the Jerusalem post refers to the area as occupied Palestine Free your mind and your ass will follow. St George NEURONAUTIC INSTITUTE on-line: http://home.earthlink.net/~thew From: William Shannon [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Conspiracy Theory Research List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 17:23:25 EST To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [CTRL] Fwd: Israeli Police Break Up Russian-Jewish Sex Ring : Eight Girls Freed Afte... Israeli Police Break Up Russian-Jewish Sex Ring Eight Girls Freed After Being Forced To Work As Prostitutes 2/21/02 2:58:55 PM Jerusalem Post Jerusalem, Occupied Palestine -- 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] Home Run 2:Tornado 012, your Target is British Caledonian Flight 1503
http://geocities.com/roboplanes/tornado.html Home Run 2 "Tornado 012, your Target is British Caledonian Flight 1503" Copyright Joe Vialls, February 2002 The main point of this report is to take you up for a flight in a high performance fighter jet, tasked with intercepting a “rogue” aircraft apparently off track and threatening a major city. We really need to do this now, because disinformation about the September 11 attack on the World Trade Center is rapidly spiraling out of control. Months ago rumors started circulating that the United States Air Force failed to intercept the doomed commercial airliners, which was largely correct information. Unfortunately, from there on it was all downhill and a pack of lies. The first Chinese whisper to echo around the Internet claimed that air force pilots had been ordered not to fly. There is not a scrap of evidence to corroborate this deliberate slur on members of the American military, all of whom are related to men, women, and children just like those who perished on September 11 in the World Trade Center and The Pentagon. Fighter pilots are warm-blooded human beings just like you, and they would have protected America if they could. For reasons you will shortly learn about first-hand, it proved an impossible task. Weeks later, the second Chinese whisper claimed that the entire USAF structure had been ordered to “stand down”, deliberately inferring that the middle levels of the military command structure were involved in this spreading conspiracy. Once again not a scrap of evidence, but who cares about that? For those wishing to turn the American public against its own military defense forces, trivia such as evidence and the truth have no meaning. The third and most recent Chinese whisper, is a claim by Carol Valentine that rather than being hijacked by the civilian DARPA controlled “Home Run”, the attack aircraft were actually remotely controlled from NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command) on the direct orders of USAF General Richard B. Myers. According to Ms Valentine, General Myers ordered his subordinates to track and locate four suitable American airliners full of American passengers, and they allegedly complied. Next, General Myer’s subordinates apparently incriminated themselves still further by obeying his next unlawful command, to radio-lock onto the four aircraft and direct them to their respective targets. No weeping at NORAD in Cheyenne Mountain apparently, or concern that Mom or Grandma might be on one of the jets. Oh no, apparently Myer’s robotic junior officers cheerfully jumped to it with a will, and sent hundreds of American passengers crashing into thousands more Americans on the ground in New York and Washington. Then for good measure, Myer’s subordinates, by this time giggling insanely one presumes, grounded every serviceable combat jet in North America. Like heck they did… As with most outrageous flights of fancy, this one fails to explain how the entire USAF chain of command was corrupted, and Myer’s outraged staff forced to remain silent in the face of massive American death and destruction. Proving a little knowledge can be a very dangerous thing, Ms Valentine trashes a claim by the Washington Post, which says that military jets were scrambled but could not get to the Washington area in time: “That's a dumb lie, even for the Washington Post. Andrews Air Force Base, home of Air Force One, is just 10 miles from Washington D.C. How long would it take for Andrews jets, capable of flying at 1,200 mph plus, to get over Washington D.C./Pentagon airspace?” Hmm. We will see exactly how long in just a minute. So strap on your “G” suit and don your flight coveralls, because we are about to get airborne on an air defense mission. Not in an American aircraft, because that would be distasteful in the wake of the September 11 attack. For our simulation today we will borrow a British Tornado interceptor, and try to defend London against a rogue airliner off-track from Manchester in northern England. The term “we” is not used in the Royal sense, but only to denote that the rear seat on this flight is reserved strictly for you. Just me and you in a fighter made for two. This is peacetime, when most home-based western combat aircraft normally carry only “drill” (dummy) missiles on their wing pylons, and have no live cannon shells in the ammo trays. Damn, we just bumped into our first irritating time delay! Though unarmed interceptors can quickly be used to check out the status of off-course aircraft like Payne Stewart’s Lear Jet, they are effectively useless against hostile targets. We keep them unarmed for a very good reason. On a scale of one to ten, listing the types of accidents all air forces try to avoid, jettisoning live Sidewinder missiles down the chimney of City Hall probably rates as number one or two. Each western country keeps
[CTRL] Home Run 2 (Part 2 of 2)
http://geocities.com/roboplanes/tornado.html Despite the air conditioning we have both started sweating into our oxygen masks and flight coveralls. This is a complete nightmare. From the very beginning of flight training school, we have been told time and time again that civilian airliners are sacrosanct. Combat aircraft and civilian airliners do not mix. Not ever. Get too close to an invisible airway in the sky and it’s an automatic Court of Inquiry. Fly so close to an airliner that the crew can read your ident numbers, and that means the end of your career. I repeat, time and time again, the end of your career. The same rules apply in all other western nations. Our breath rasps noisily through our oxygen masks as our brains try to come to grips with the magnitude of the situation. We are subsonic again now with our swing-wings fully forward, conserving fuel as we circle slowly and look down on Greater London far below. Apart from a single pall of black smoke rising up from the banking complex in the City, everything else looks so normal. Then mild paranoia slowly starts to take over. How can we be sure it is the real Sandman we have been talking to? Is this a cunning enemy plot to make us shoot down an airliner full of our own citizens? How can we verify these are correct orders? If only we had the American system where they carry cards with codes on them, which have to be matched from the ground before you can open fire. No, that’s wrong, only the armed nuclear bombers carried those, and that was years ago. No matter what we think our brains are still numb. How could this happen, and why me, why me? “012, this is Sandman” “012” “Target is tracking in from the east, currently over Southend-on-Sea heading west at an altitude of 16,000 feet, and descending. Tell your rear to get a lock with his radar. This is not a drill, I repeat this is not a drill. Engage and destroy the target” “012 arming weapons” Reactions are automatic. Throttles through the gates, afterburners alight as the wings start swinging back to the supersonic position. Roll inverted and pull through, heading east to get behind the target. The Tornado slips through the sound barrier as a numbed finger reaches out and selects the first pair of Sidewinder heat seeking missiles on the weapons panel. The Sidewinders come alive and start their low murmuring in the headphones. Reassuring in a real life combat situation, but disconcerting now. A sickening swoop and then throttles back, air brakes out, wings fully forward to the subsonic position. Speed matched with the airliner as we level out alongside. Passengers waving at us idiotically from the windows. Throttles back through the gate and we accelerate diagonally across its nose, waggling our wings, the international aviation daylight code for “follow me or else”. No response. So we buzz the giant airliner again, this time only just missing its nose. He must have seen us, but still no response. We fall back behind the target. At five miles range, the murmuring in the headphones is starting to get louder as the Sidewinders catch their first faint whiff of a hot target. We stalk the target, getting closer all the time, and the murmur in our headphones turns to a clamor. The Sidewinders have locked onto the target and want to be let off the leash. Safety off, gently touch the unsheathed trigger with a gloved hand. No, dammit, no! The target is less than two miles ahead, resplendent in its shiny white, blue and yellow colors. A giant lumbering beast of a plane incapable of taking evasive action, stuffed full of unsuspecting British citizens. While the Sidewinders continue to clamor in the background, a mixture of sorrow and pity takes over. Sorrow for the passengers and crew we have been instructed to kill without warning, and pity for ourselves at the prospect of spending the rest of our lives in prison for carrying out the order. The thought process has only taken about two seconds, but it is enough to distract us from the target ahead. Now both aircraft are flying over the densely populated East End of London. Poorer people than in the West End to be sure, and perhaps not as important as the politicians in the House of Commons, but who are we to choose who must die? In those little houses and apartments below us are men and women who survived thousands of tons of bombs during World War Two, and lost many thousands of relatives. They just got on with their lives and hardly ever complained, but they don’t need any more of it now. The bottom line is that if the target crashes anywhere in London, its three hundred ton mass travelling at 200 knots will kill thousands of people regardless of whether we fire or not. We know it, and are utterly powerless to prevent it. Feeling is starting to come back to the finger that such a short time ago selected the deadly Sidewinders. As if by itself, the same finger
[CTRL] Daniel Pearl Confirmed Dead
-Caveat Lector- from - http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storycid=514u=/ap/20020221/ap_on_re_as/m issing_reporter_191 Officials: WSJ Reporter Is Dead Thu Feb 21, 5:13 PM ET By RICHARD PYLE, Associated Press Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Daniel Pearl, the Wall Street Journal reporter who was taken hostage a month ago by Islamic extremists in Pakistan, is dead, the State Deparmtent said Thursday. Our embassy in Pakistan has confirmed today that they have received evidence that Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl is dead. We have informed Mr. Pearl's family and expressed our sincere condolences. State Department spokesman Richard Boucher provided no details on the evidence. Two U.S. officials said, however, the FBI had obtained a videotape purportedly showing Pearl being killed, and is evaluating the tape's authenticity. The officials said spoke on condition of anonymity. The State Department condemned the killing. The murder of Mr. Pearl is an outrage and we condemn it. Both the United States and Pakistan are committed to identifying all the perpetrators of this crime and bringing them to justice, Boucher said. We will continue to work closely with Pakistani authorities, who had made every effort to locate and free Mr. Pearl. The Wall Street Journal earlier confirmed the newspaper now believed Pearl is dead. We now believe, based on reports from the U.S. State Department and police officials of the Pakistani province of Sind, that Danny Pearl was killed by his captors. We are heartbroken at his death, Peter Kann, publisher of the Journal, said in a statement. Danny was an outstanding colleague, a great reporter, and a dear friend of many at the Journal, Kann said. Pearl was abducted in the port city of Karachi on Jan. 23 after arranging to interview the leader of a radical Muslim faction with purported ties to the al-Qaida terrorist network and terror suspect Richard C. Reid, arrested in December on a Paris-Miami flight he allegedly boarded with explosives in his shoes. His murder is an act of barbarism that makes a mockery of everything Danny's kidnappers claimed to believe in, Kann said. They claimed to be Pakistani nationalists, but their actions must surely bring shame to all true Pakistani patriots. The Journal statement, signed by Kann and Managing Editor Paul Steiger, said, We will, in coming months, find ways, public and private, to celebrate the great work and good works Danny did. But today is a day to grieve. This loss is, of course, most painful for Danny's family, in this country and elsewhere. We ask our colleagues in the press to respect their privacy, and to permit them to grieve undisturbed. Pearl reported from the United States, Europe and Asia in a 12-year career with the financial daily. Based in Bombay, India, for the past year as the Journal's bureau chief for South Asia, the 38-year-old Pearl was on assignment in Pakistan as part of its coverage of the war on terrorism in neighboring Afghanistan. The Princeton, N.J., native had worked for newspapers in western Massachusetts and briefly in San Francisco before joining the Journal in Atlanta in 1990. He later reported from Washington, London and Paris - where he wrote about the Middle East - before moving to Asia. The Wall Street Journal is a public institution, but the Pearls are private citizens, the Journal statement said. We hope also that our colleagues, too, will be permitted some time and space to begin the very difficult process of making peace with this profound loss. Pakistani officials said there were indications that Pearl had been lured into a trap by false information. In an intensive sweep, Pakistani police seized several suspects, including Ahmad Omar Saeed Sheikh, an Islamic militant who admitted in a court hearing that he had engineered Pearl's abduction to protest Pakistan's alliance with the United States' post-Sept. 11 war on terrorism. Our country shouldn't be catering to America's needs, Sheikh said. According to Pakistani authorities, Sheikh, a British-born key figure in an airplane hijacking and hostage incident in 1999, first told them Pearl was alive but later claimed the reporter had been killed in an escape attempt around Jan. 31. 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
[CTRL] Tell it to the marines... we've invaded the wrong country
-Caveat Lector- http://www.sierratimes.com/cgi-bin/warroom/topic.cgi?forum=11topic=85 WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! Snicker...tee-hee...giggle...rolling on the floor, laughing my fanny off! It isn't often I have the chance to report a funny war story. It looks like the Brits are being dumbed down in their schools as well -- at least when it comes to fourth grade geography. Someone should have shown them the Prudential Insurance logo since they obviously can't read a map. Talk about a bunch of Wrong Way Corrigans...SMIRK! --Henrietta http://www.guardian.co.uk/gibraltar/story/0,11525,652616,00.html Tell it to the marines... we've invaded the wrong country Giles Tremlett in Madrid Tuesday February 19, 2002 The Guardian An attempt to show off their prowess at dawn assaults went badly wrong for a unit of heavily armed British Royal Marines at the weekend when they accidentally invaded the wrong country. The platoon of some 30 marines stormed from a landing craft on to the San Felipe beach in the Spanish town of La Linea, carrying 60mm mortars and SA80 assault rifles, and took up defensive positions on the sand. Instead of being fired on with blank rounds by fellow British soldiers pretending to be the enemy, the marines found themselves being stared at by startled local fishermen. The enemy, when they appeared, turned out to be two blue-uniformed officers from La Linea's municipal police force, who informed the detachment of marines that they were not, as they had thought, in Gibraltar. They were told that they must have made a mistake. This sort of thing does not happen very often here, a police spokesman in La Linea said yesterday. The marines beat a hasty retreat and went off to find the real Gibraltar. This, locals observed, was easily recognisable because it had a 1,398ft high rock sticking out of it. Embarrassed Ministry of Defence officials in London admitted yesterday that the invading force, which had come from the helicopter carrier HMS Ocean, had got lost in bad weather on Sunday morning and ended up attacking a different country. It was clearly an embarrassing and unfortunate incident, an MoD spokesman said. They made their apologies and left. A La Linea police spokesman said: We reported the incident to the relevant authorities at the interior ministry. The local Europa Sur newspaper reported yesterday that Spain was considering making a formal diplomatic complaint to the British embassy in Madrid. An embassy spokesman said yesterday that no such complaint had been received but admitted that senior diplomats on both sides had discussed the incident. The British invasion of Spain came just as the two countries were in the middle of a delicate process of trying to sort out their 300-year-old wrangle over the Rock. Historically it has been the Spaniards who have tried to invade Gibraltar. La Linea itself gets its name from the firing line for Spanish cannon. The reversal of roles has done little to ease tensions on either side of la verja, as Gibraltarians call the frontier with Spain. HMS Ocean had reportedly stopped off in Gibraltar on its way to the Persian Gulf. The MoD spokesman explained the marines would have guided themselves from the warship to the beach with an ordinary compass. But he did not think disciplinary action likely: I am sure some lessons have been learned. *COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and educational purposes only.[Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ] Want to be on our lists? Write at [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a menu of our lists! Write to same address to be off lists! 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
Re: [CTRL] Fw: Program
-Caveat Lector- So somebody censors you, you should be flattered I am flattered - maybe they think osama is in my spare bedroom ? Point - maybe there was some interference here - for once in the mid 80 period, had this one radio which was special, with weather band, etc., and I oould pick up these woodpecker signals hi saba - the 'radio' is actually a net broadcast or netcast which maybe just needs real audio its with www.nightsearch.net andrew 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] AF News 20 Feb 02
-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! 0269. SECAF strives to build 'optimum' force by Tech. Sgt. Scott Elliott Air Force Print News BALTIMORE -- Seeking to attract and retain the optimum mix of Americans to keep the Air Force aloft as the historically finest and dominant military force in the world is the goal set by Secretary of the Air Force Dr. James G. Roche. Roche's comments came during a keynote speech Feb. 16 at a breakfast with deans from historically black colleges and universities here. The breakfast was part of the annual Black Engineer of the Year Award event. The optimum mix for the Air Force is one which reflects the same society which we serve, at the officer and civilian level as well as at the enlisted level, he said. Currently, Air Force demographics show that blacks comprise about 7 percent of the officer corps and 18 percent of the enlisted force. Blacks make up about 11 percent of Air Force civilian employees. Overall, about 16 percent of Air Force manpower is represented by blacks -- which Roche said is higher than the national average of about 11 percent of blacks employed in the workforce. But that is not good enough, Roche said. There is talent out there that we need. That optimum mix of talent includes more technically minded, scientific and engineering officers and civilians, he said. Each year we welcome about 40,000 new Americans into the Air Force, he said. More than 18 percent of these are African-American. Every single one of them joins a team that thrives on diversity, and remains proud of our heritage and the legacy we associate with minority contributions to this nation's security -- especially the heritage of the Tuskegee Airmen. I want more African-Americans in our cockpits, leading our squadrons, groups and wings, or leading our labor and design team, Roche said. The optimum mix also includes full representation of minorities and women in senior ranks. We're doing pretty good on women (who comprise about 20 percent of officers), but not so good on African-American males, Roche said. We've got to build a deeper bench. Despite the fact that some of our most influential and decorated leaders have been minorities, historically Roche said, we have not been as successful at promoting and creating opportunities for minorities in senior management and leadership positions. To promote and develop the optimum mix, Roche turned to the educators themselves. Our educators know the necessity to encourage and prepare young people while they are still in school, he said. By the time our youth reach college age, they need to have already completed quality math and science courses. In fact, I believe they need to have a good foundation by the time they reach high school. To that end, Roche said, Department of Defense officials established Junior ROTC. This is a high school citizenship program, funded and directed by DOD, that aims to provide educational experiences for inner-city and at-risk youths, he said. The Air Force currently runs more than 600 JROTC programs throughout the country, with more than 92,000 students enrolled. It is more a citizenship program than a recruiting tool, he said. At its basis is opportunity. It provides motivation, strong counseling, discipline and mentorship. The Air Force goal is to increase our number of programs up to our authorized limit of 945, he said. The future of the Air Force will depend on cutting-edge technology and a diverse team of people combining to fulfill our missions, Roche said. Talent and brain power come in many packages. My view is a first-hand view, he said. A clear perspective that having the best in us, as diverse as we are, means strength and vitality. American strength comes from the diversity of our people, united by the common vision we share: Freedom, Roche said. 0266. Air Force receives upgraded rainmaker by Pam Cook 412th Test Wing EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AFPN) -- The Global Reach Combined Test Force here is one step closer to having a national test asset that will allow for the testing of aircraft in ice and rain. The airborne icing tanker, a modified KC-135R Statotanker aircraft, recently returned from BAS Systems in Mojave, Calif., after receiving modifications to its navigation system that will bring it in line with operational KC-135 aircraft. The PACER Compass, Radar and Global Positioning System upgrade modernizes a portion of the KC-135 mission avionics and increases the navigation and flight management capabilities of the aircraft. The $12 million AIT program, which began in February 1999, will reinstitute an environmental test capability to simulate airborne rain and ice conditions under controlled conditions. This simulated rain and ice testing will save the Department of Defense time and money, while ensuring a safer test environment by eliminating the need to deploy our test aircraft to other
[CTRL] PENTAGON PURSUES STRATEGIC INFLUENCE
-Caveat Lector- -- Forwarded message -- Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 16:55:49 -0500 From: Aftergood, Steven [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Secrecy News -- 02/20/02 SECRECY NEWS from the FAS Project on Government Secrecy Volume 2002, Issue No. 13 February 20, 2002 ** PENTAGON PURSUES STRATEGIC INFLUENCE ** FIFTY YEARS OF THE INVENTION SECRECY ACT ** FOIA USAGE SETS NEW RECORD PENTAGON PURSUES STRATEGIC INFLUENCE The Pentagon triggered a flurry of controversy with the disclosure that it had established an Office of Strategic Influence last October to exploit foreign media outlets, the Internet, and other avenues to shape public perception abroad in a way advantageous to the United States. While tactical deception and psychological operations are conventional military tools, the new Office aroused concern because of its proposed use of the news media to actively disseminate false information and the associated potential for corrupting public discourse. Ironically, the Pentagon proposal to conduct clandestine propaganda activities instantly became the subject of international news and commentary. Government officials stressed that the proposal had not been finally approved. The existence of the Pentagon's Office of Strategic Influence was first reported in Intelligence Online (14-27 February), published in Paris, and in the New York Times on February 19. See Pentagon Readies Efforts to Sway Sentiment Abroad: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/19/international/19PENT.html The new initiative builds on a substantial foundation of Pentagon interest in psychological operations [PSYOP], which are defined as: ...products and/or actions that induce or reinforce the attitudes, opinions, and emotions of selected foreign target governments, organizations, groups, and individuals to create a behavior that supports U.S. national policy objectives and the theater combatant commander's intentions at the strategic, operational, and tactical levels. The prompt and effective use of PSYOP in military operations can avert crises, end wars, and save lives, according to the Pentagon's Defense Science Board (DSB). A relatively small investment over time can reap huge rewards for the United States and its allies, both diplomatically and militarily. See the May 2000 DSB report on The Creation and Dissemination of All Forms of Information in Support of Psychological Operations (PSYOP) in Time of Military Conflict: http://www.cryptome.org/dsb-psyop.htm The Pentagon program also has a precursor in President Clinton's 1999 International Public Information program, prescribed by Presidential Decision Directive 68. See: http://www.fas.org/irp/offdocs/pdd/pdd-68.htm The new Office of Strategic Influence is headed by Air Force Brig. General Simon P. Worden, a personable and in many respects admirable figure who has a record of pursuing ambitious but ultimately unsuccessful projects. Worden is an excellent choice to head a foreign disinformation office because of his experience with disinformation in the US, quipped one of Worden's former bureaucratic foes. He cited Worden's advocacy role in several programs that had failed to realize their declared potential: the Russian TOPAZ space nuclear reactor fiasco; the DC-X, which led to the U.S. spending billions on an impossible single-stage-to-orbit concept; and ballistic missile defense. FIFTY YEARS OF THE INVENTION SECRECY ACT Under the Invention Secrecy Act of 1951, the government is authorized to impose a secrecy order on a patent application whenever it finds that disclosure of the patent would be detrimental to the national security. In an extraordinary and possibly unconstitutional limitation on First Amendment freedom, the inventor is prohibited by law from disclosing his invention. At the end of last year (FY01), there were 4,736 such secrecy orders in effect, according to statistics compiled by the Patent and Trademark Office that were released under the Freedom of Information Act this week. Most of these were renewals of secrecy orders that originated in past years, but there were 83 new orders during 2001. Of these, more than half (44) were imposed on private inventors or businesses who were not government contractors. Because the government has no property interest in such inventions, these so-called John Doe secrecy orders raise the most substantial concerns about constitutionality. The new invention secrecy statistics are tabulated here: http://www.fas.org/sgp/othergov/invention/stats.html In one 1980 lawsuit, an inventor sued the government for damages resulting from the imposition of a secrecy order on his invention. The inventor argued that because of the secrecy order: he was unable to obtain needed loans for the development of his invention; he lost prospective users because he could not demonstrate the invention; and he lost substantial attorneys' fees attempting to have the
[CTRL] Restore the Militia for Homeland Security
-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! http://www.sierratimes.com/cgi-bin/warroom/topic.cgi?forum=1topic=78 Restore the Militia for Homeland Security The Congress shall have power ⦠To provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections and repel invasions; To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining the militia, and for governing such part of them as may be employed in the service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the appointment of the officers, and the authority of training the militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress⦠The Constitution of the United States, Article I, Section 8 The United States should restore the militia to its original, constitutional role of homeland security to provide the large numbers of trained, armed, and disciplined military units that are needed to deal with terrorist attacks on America. -- Colonel John R. Brinkerhoff, US Army Retired So begins an excellent in-depth article by a man qualified as few others to make such a statement. --Henrietta *COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and educational purposes only.[Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ] Want to be on our lists? Write at [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a menu of our lists! Write to same address to be off lists! 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] Israeli Reserve Generals Back Unilateral Withdrawl
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=131193contrassID=2subContrassID=1sbSubContrassID=0 Friday, February 22, 2002 Adar 10, 5762 Reserve generals back unilateral withdrawal By Lily Galili After four months of intense discussion, the Council for Peace and Security, a group of 1,000 top-level reserve generals, colonels, and Shin Bet and Mossad officials, are to mount a public campaign for a unilateral Israeli withdrawal from all of Gaza and much of the West Bank. Taking care to avoid the term "separation" - council member Shlomo Avineri, a former foreign ministry director general, said it smacks of apartheid - the organization is calling for evacuating Gaza, dismantling 50 settlements, the immediate establishment of a Palestinian state, and immediate peace talks with Palestinians, whether there is a cease-fire or not. The debate inside the organization involved some 300 of its members, and about 80 percent of the full membership has signed on to the campaign. It will include public appearances, bumper stickers, and a pamphlet titled "Saying shalom to the Palestinians." During the debates, many members raised objections to a unilateral withdrawal from the territories. The arguments ranged from how it would forestall talks with the Palestinians, because a withdrawal would be seen as similar to the "escape" from Lebanon, to the opinion that the council should not deal with withdrawal, which implies leaving settlements. But as the debate continued, a consensus evolved to encompass 80 percent of the membership that believes the immediate establishment and recognition of a Palestinian state would force the Palestinian leadership to change its behavior. Council sources said Palestinians shown the plan are firmly opposed to it because they fear the new lines to be drawn - mostly along the Green Line - would become permanent, if only de facto, borders. "I went into the discussions without a firm opinion," said reserve major general Danny Rothschild, president of the council. "But I was convinced by the contacts I have through back channels with Palestinians in recent months. I've learned from them that the street has taken over the entire moderate camp, and the moderate positions they take behind closed doors change the minute there's fear that they will be exposed to the threatening street. I also took into account the demographic issue, and without any chance right now for negotiations, it requires withdrawal in order to preserve the Jewish character of the state." But more than anything else, Rothschild said the deciding factor for him was the sprouting movement of soldiers refusing to serve in the territories, even before the officers letter issued late last month that has already grown to more than 200 signatories. "Four months ago it was clear to me that the movement would grow if we continue calling up reserves to accompany settlers to music lessons and to protect real estate that has nothing to do with ideology." According to Rothschild, the council members "said to ourselves that precisely because we aren't politicians, but people who look at the situation through a security perspective of how to use power, it was clear that those two jeeps and a tank that accompany a settler who refuses to use a bypass road, would do much more good if they were on the seam," meaning on both sides of the Green Line, the pre-1967 armistice lines. "Shifting a company of soldiers from protecting a settlement to protecting the seam is the proper use of force," says Rothschild. Unlike some of the other unilateral withdrawal plans, like "Life Fence," for example, the council's plan involves evacuating some 40-50 settlements, where some 15 percent of the settlers live. The council has detailed maps, but it won't make them public yet to avoid being perceived as an alterative to the army. The council plan will be dubbed "Saying shalom to the Palestinians," using the double meaning of both farewell and peace for the word shalom, and includes a full withdrawal from Gaza, except for a narrow zone along the international border with Egypt; new military deployment along a new line east and south of the Green Line in the northern West Bank, and east and north of it in the south Mt. Hebron area. The Green Line would become the new line in the Bethlehem and Ramallah areas. According to the plan, Israelis would remain - at this stage - in the Jordan Valley, the Gush Etzion bloc, the Ariel finger, and in Kiryat Arba and in the Jewish neighborhood in downtown Hebron. The plan does not touch on the issue of Jerusalem, except for noting that by moving troops out of other places, more will be available for protecting Jerusalem. "This is not a 100 percent solution," Rothschild admits, "but the plan solves the anomaly of there being the most number of troops in the places with the least number of settlers to protect." One of the most vehement of the council member opposed to the plan is reserve major general
[CTRL] Just like we did to Japan...
...clearly Bush is trying to provoke another Pearl Harbor-type event. Bill. http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,653608,00.html Washington blocks $5bn supplies to Iraq Reuters in New York Thursday February 21, 2002 The Guardian The UN's humanitarian programme in Iraq has been hampered by a record $5.3bn (£3.7bn) worth of blocked supplies, mainly by the US, it was revealed yesterday. The contracts include some $4.6bn worth of humanitarian supplies and $703m for oil industry equipment, the UN office of the Iraq programme said in its weekly report. Many of the contracts are approved individually by a security council sanctions committee, any one of whose 15 members can block them. The US has put "on hold" nearly all of the blocked contracts while Britain shares objections on some $500,000 worth of contracts under the UN oil-for-food programme, committee members say. The programme allows Iraq to sell oil in order to buy essential supplies. But the oil revenues have to be deposited in a UN account out of which the goods Iraq orders are paid and reparations to Gulf war victims are made. Iraq sold nearly $11bn worth of oil last year under the programme. Baghdad routinely puts out higher figures for the blocked contracts, and this week reported $8bn worth of supplies, which it blamed equally on the US and Britain. UN officials say the figures are inaccurate. They claim that Iraq was including in its numbers every contract submitted, which UN officials had not approved or were still pending. These included contracts not yet processed by UN officials, those where information was missing and those drawn up improperly by a supplier and not yet resubmitted before reaching the security council's sanctions committee.
[CTRL] Fingerprints give U.S. a new sense of security
-Caveat Lector- (Note: What a bunch of BS propaganda. Getting Americans used to the idea of fingerprinting, National IDs, and other forms of biometric identification. Resist this insanity, learn to say NO!) Fingerprints give U.S. a new sense of security Peter T. Kilborn The New York Times Thursday, February 21, 2002 BEAUMONT, Texas Little blue disks with lids, about the size of 50-cent pieces, are glued on the counter close to each of the three cash registers at Sam's Package Store. When an unfamiliar customer writes a check, Peggi Parigi, owner of the store with her husband, asks for a driver's license, a place of work and a phone number. Then she points to a disk. I need a right thumbprint, she told Ann Harris, 46, who was paying $21.65 for a bottle of Royal Crown whiskey. For what? Harris, a department manager at Wal-Mart, said she thought. I'm not a criminal. It was Harris's first encounter with thumbprinting. It probably will not be her last. In this busy oil town in southeastern Texas, and for that matter in most of Texas and in much of California, the Middle West and Florida, what was once acceptable only for criminals is becoming routine for consumers who use checks at places other than their own banks. And even more widespread use of fingerprinting is on the horizon. In December, a McDonald's in Fresno, California, installed a terminal that collects thumbprints and credit card numbers from customers who want to pay for their meals simply by touching a scanner. Sometime this year, the 45,000 employees at HEB supermarkets in Texas will punch in and out of work, not with timecards, but by pressing fingers on electronic terminals. Several states, including Texas, California and Georgia, now require thumbprints on driver's licenses. The growing reliance on fingerprinting has stirred little public opposition in a nation increasingly troubled by terrorism and identity theft. Businesses and government agencies defend the practice as a reasonable response to the widespread traffic in false identifications. Civil rights advocates, however, worry that fingerprinting is being used to intimidate people who patronize businesses that serve lower-income people. And some wonder if databases full of fingerprints can be protected from abuse. Wayne Crews, director of technology studies at the conservative Cato Institute in Washington, said the technology can protect privacy, making it harder for a thief to use a stolen charge card encoded with an individual's thumbprint. But Crews said that big, compulsory databases, like those for driver's licenses and other identifications, which store people's finger or facial images, can be abused by officials, identity thieves or others who find a way into them. You create a honey pot for hackers, he said. Like it or not, though, the change is coming, said William Rogers, publisher of the Biometrics Digest, a newsletter in St. Louis devoted to covering the technology of human recognition. Government, health care, finance, school systems - those are all areas that are looking at this, Rogers said. Concern for terrorism has only hastened the trend. Since Sept. 11, there has been a tremendous focus on this, he said. -end article- -InfoWarz You can have my fingerprints when you pry them from my cold dead fingers. 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] U.S.:Kidnapped Reporter Pearl Dead
-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! U.S.:Kidnapped Reporter Pearl Dead By RICHARD PYLE .c The Associated Press NEW YORK (Feb. 21) - Daniel Pearl, the Wall Street Journal reporter taken hostage a month ago by Islamic extremists in Pakistan, is dead, the State Department said Thursday. The U.S. Embassy in Pakistan received evidence Thursday that Pearl is dead, the State Department said. ''We have informed Mr. Pearl's family and expressed our sincere condolences.'' State Department spokesman Richard Boucher provided no details on the evidence. Two U.S. officials said, however, the FBI had obtained a videotape purportedly showing Pearl either dead or being killed, and is evaluating the tape's authenticity. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity. The Journal said it believed Pearl was dead. ''We now believe, based on reports from the U.S. State Department and police officials of the Pakistani province of Sind, that Danny Pearl was killed by his captors. We are heartbroken at his death,'' the newspaper said in a statement. Syed Kamal Shah, police chief of the province that includes Karachi, told The Associated Press by telephone that a videotape sent to the U.S. consulate in Karachi indicated that Pearl was dead. Pearl was abducted in the port city of Karachi on Jan. 23 after arranging to interview the leader of a radical Muslim faction with purported ties to the al-Qaida terrorist network and terror suspect Richard C. Reid, arrested in December on a Paris-Miami flight he allegedly boarded with explosives in his shoes. The Journal statement, signed by Publisher Peter Kann and Managing Editor Paul Steiger, called Pearl ''an outstanding colleague, a great reporter, and a dear friend of many at the Journal.'' ''His murder is an act of barbarism that makes a mockery of everything Danny's kidnappers claimed to believe in,'' it said. ''They claimed to be Pakistani nationalists, but their actions must surely bring shame to all true Pakistani patriots.'' In a statement issued from their home in California, Pearl's parents and two sisters said: ''We're shocked and saddened about the confirmation that our worst fears have been realized. Up until a few hours ago, we were confident that Danny would return safely, for we believe that no human being could be capable of harming such a gentle soul.'' The Journal said, ''We will, in coming months, find ways, public and private, to celebrate the great work and good works Danny did. But today is a day to grieve. ''This loss is, of course, most painful for Danny's family, in this country and elsewhere. We ask our colleagues in the press to respect their privacy, and to permit them to grieve undisturbed.'' The State Department condemned the killing. ''Both the United States and Pakistan are committed to identifying all the perpetrators of this crime and bringing them to justice,'' Boucher said. ''We will continue to work closely with Pakistani authorities, who had made every effort to locate and free Mr. Pearl.'' Pearl reported from the United States, Europe and Asia in a 12-year career with the financial daily. Based in Bombay, India, for the past year as the Journal's bureau chief for South Asia, the 38-year-old Pearl was on assignment in Pakistan as part of its coverage of the war on terrorism in neighboring Afghanistan. The Princeton, N.J., native had worked for newspapers in western Massachusetts and briefly in San Francisco before joining the Journal in Atlanta in 1990. He later reported from Washington, London and Paris - where he wrote about the Middle East - before moving to Asia. ''The Wall Street Journal is a public institution, but the Pearls are private citizens,'' the Journal statement said. ''We hope also that our colleagues, too, will be permitted some time and space to begin the very difficult process of making peace with this profound loss.'' Pakistani officials said there were indications that Pearl had been lured into a trap by false information. In an intensive sweep, Pakistani police seized several suspects, including Ahmad Omar Saeed Sheikh, an Islamic militant who admitted in a court hearing that he had engineered Pearl's abduction to protest Pakistan's alliance with the United States' post-Sept. 11 war on terrorism. ''Our country shouldn't be catering to America's needs,'' Sheikh said. According to Pakistani authorities, Sheikh, a British-born key figure in an airplane hijacking and hostage incident in 1999, first told them Pearl was alive but later claimed the reporter had been killed in an escape attempt around Jan. 31. *COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and educational purposes only.[Ref.
[CTRL] Sharon, IDF, Zinni, Arafat, Karine-A Ship
http://www.rumormillnews.net/cgi-bin/config.pl?read=17640 Sharon, IDF, Zinni, Arafat, Karine-A Ship Posted By: TONZAL Date: Monday, 18 February 2002, 11:11 p.m. Sharon, IDF, Zinni, Arafat, Karine-A Ship It is well known that the greatest threat to world security has always been the Middle-East, and the present Prime Minister of Israel Ariel Sharon and the leadership of the Israel Defense Force (IDF) is committed to fulfilling war plans against the Palestinian Authority and with whatever governments in the region and believed that what it is seeking to do is a just cause. Sharon is a pawn of a more sophisticated war game ambition, typified by the London cabal and strategic chaos players like Zbigniew Brzezinski, Samuel Huntington, Henry Kissinger and others who openly support the clash of civilizations blueprint. Sharon's actions and the Sept. 11 event continues to threaten to erupt quickly a world war with devastating consequences for the entire planet, because Sharon has seized the opportunity to become the world's deceitful and leading suicide bomber. His very actions are aiming to provoke a religious warfare confrontation in the Middle-East that will surely cause the total annihilation of the state of Israel. Therefore, Sharon is taking steps to hasten the destruction of Israel for selfish gains by the cabal in London. (Information later surfaced in Nov. 2001 that on Sept. 10 President Bush Jr. was planning to give a speech on Sept. 11 to set into motion the implementation of a Palestinian state. His speech was deterred by the attack, but twenty-one days after he commented that the creation of a Palestinian state had always been part of the United States' vision for the Middle-East.) Take for example, this recent incident: Just as Secretary of State Colin Powell's emissary General Anthony Zinni second visit back to the Middle-East, there was a so-called seizure of a ship loaded with weapons supposedly destined to the Palestinian Authority. These mysterious intrigue always seem to surface when serious efforts are being made to revive the peace talks. (Prime Minister Edward Barak was warned by the IDF during his peace talks with Arafat and President Clinton that if his effort results in a peace deal with Arafat, he is a dead man. And Barak said it himself in public, "They will kill me!" Rabin was killed over Oslo by the IDF, and every prime minister after him has been trying to undo the Oslo accords. If fact, Leah, Rabin's wife commented that her husband's assassination was an Israeli sponsored coup d'etat, because he had signed the Oslo accords. There have been several demonstrations in Israel from that point onward with comments like "STOP OSLO NOW!" And that Israel should not surrender to American pressure, meaning the Patriotic bloc Faction Two ambitions to bring about peace in the region.) The IDF illogical behavior is from intrigues orchestrated by Faction One, and this has caused Sharon to find all sorts of targets to carry out threats on in the Arab world, against Lebanon and even the government of Iran. The seizure of the ship, the Karine-A, was supposedly carrying tons of weapons, including a new type of long range rocket that the Palestinians never before had access to. Regarding the incident, the Israelis knew in advance, every step of the way about the shipment and therefore, there was never any potential of those weapons to arrive in the hands of the Palestinians. There is reason to believe that secretly corrupted low or mid-level officials within the Palestinian Authority who supports the (IDF intrigues of the) Palestinian movement cooperated with IDF moles to attempt the purchase of such weapons. This raises the possibility that the IDF is seeking to assist these rotten officials in overthrowing Arafat. There is no indication to suggest that Arafat or any high-level officials were involved in the shipment of these weapons from Iran, who has never been a supporter of the Palestinian Authority. In fact, the Iranians have been enemies with Arafat and his leadership for a long time. Arafat pointed out in a series of interviews that these weapons can be purchased inside Israel, from the Israeli Mafia. Without doubt, there is every reason to believe that this sting operation was aimed at destroying the Middle-East peace process. After Chairman Arafat had cracked down on the IDF terrorist network intrigues operating inside the Palestinian Authority and there was a period of three weeks of virtually no violence directed against targets inside Israel or occupied territories, Gen. Zinni was due to arrive when the Karine-A incident canceled his peace mission. Since the seizure of the ship, the Israeli government has used the incident as a pretext to carry out brutal attacks against the Palestinian Authority, triggering predictable response out of organizations like HAMAS. This Sharon-IDF creation terrorist gang has always been a weapon used to sabotage and destroy the peace process. A gang
[CTRL] 18 February 2002 Federalist Edition #02-08
-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! THE FEDERALIST(r) BRIEF The Conservative e-Journal of Record * Veritas Vos Liberabit * 18 February 2002 Federalist Edition #02-08 Monday Brief *To support The Federalist, Link to -- http://www.Federalist.com/support.asp *To sponsor The Federalist, Link to -- http://www.Federalist.com/sponsor.asp *To retrieve today's Brief as HTML printer-friendly text or PDF Link to -- http://www.Federalist.com/current2002.asp *To change your e-mail address or format, see instructions in footer. __O__ PUBLISHER'S NOTE Help advance the timeless message of liberty by installing a link to The Federalist in your e-mail. Copy and paste the message below to your e-mail signature page. Veritas Vos Liberabit The Federalist Conservative e-Journal of Record It's Right! It's Free by e-mail! http://www.federalist.com/subscribe/ CONTENTS: The Foundation Insight Good News ICTUS Imprimis Family Culture Liberty The Gipper Opinion in Brief Editorial Exegesis Government Re: The Left Political Futures For the Record Reader Comments The Last Word __O__ THE FOUNDATION Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected. --George Washington __O__ INSIGHT Ultimately nations, like individuals, cannot depend upon each other, but must depend upon themselves. Each one must work out its own salvation. We have every desire to help While we desire always to cooperate and to help, we are equally determined to be independent and free. Right and truth and justice and humanitarian efforts will have the moral support of this country all over the world. But we do not wish to become involved in the political controversies of others. --Calvin Coolidge __O__ GOOD NEWS He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart. You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day, nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague that destroys at midday. (Psalm 91:4-6) ++ Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil. After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. The tempter came to him and said, 'If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.' Jesus answered, 'It is written: Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.' Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. 'If you are the Son of God,' he said, 'throw yourself down. For it is written: He will command his angels concerning you, and they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike you foot against a stone.' Jesus answered him, 'It is also written: Do not put the Lord your God to the test.' Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor. 'All this I will give you,' he said, 'if you will bow down and worship me.' Jesus said to him, 'Away from me, Satan! For it is written: Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.' Then the devil left him, and angels came and attended him. (Matthew: 4:1-11) __O__ ICTUS IMPRIMIS The Founders believed that there was a God who brings down the mighty and lifts up the poor. They relied upon this belief As you might expect, this belief shaped their understanding of morality and character, as well. They did not make the distinction between private and public conduct that we do. ...If this seems hard to understand, the problem lies with us, not our Founders. Our culture has forgotten what the Founders knew...: The American experiment is a moral, not just a political, exercise. And as such, it assumes certain things to be true about human nature and ... about the authority of the God of the Bible. But these beliefs run contrary to our culture's worldviews. And that's why the ordered liberty envisioned by the Founders has degenerated into a demand for personal autonomy that asks nothing of its citizens, not even their virtue. ...[P]rivate virtue, rooted in biblical faith, is essential for the American experiment to work as the Founders intended. And, it's vital that Christians understand this often-ignored 'wing' on which our way of life depends. The wing that teaches us that, without virtue, there can be no greatness. --Charles Colson __O__ FAMILY Medical experts, lawyers and government health officials know there is no practical distinction that one can make between the Latin word 'fetus' and the English word 'baby.' They are one and the same. Abortion providers and their mouthpieces in the feminist movement use the word fetus to confuse us and protect their profits. We use it to hide from the truth and protect our consciences. --Jane
[CTRL] Phillipine Abu Sayyaf bandits tied to OKC
-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! Phillipine Abu Sayyaf bandits tied to OKC; Feds were warned, but ignored the warning. Al-Qaida was also linked. --Henrietta http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2002/feb/15/top_stories/20020215top1.html Friday, February 15, 2002 Abuâs long-standing ties to global terrorism bared By Dorian Zumel Sicat Abu Sayyaf bandits were involved in international terrorist operations that targeted American facilities long before the Sept. 11 attacks that sparked US President George W. Bushâs global campaign against the al-Qaida and its allies. Philippine defense and police intelligence sources told THE MANILA TIMES that Abu Sayyaf leaders had met with terrorist masterminds of several atrocities just before US targets were hit. Although Philippine authorities advised American authorities of the alliance between the Abu Sayyaf, Osama bin Ladenâs al-Qaida, and American neo-nazis, the US appeared to ignore the warnings; until Sept. 11. Strange bedfellows But according to the sources, who have requested anonymity, investigations have been reopened, and in silence, about the relationship between neo-nazis, right-wing Christian groups, the Nation of Islam (Black MuslimsâNOI), the Abu Sayyaf, and al-Qaida. This, the sources pointed out, was what prompted the Philippine government to accept US military aid in the form of Balikatan in Basilan. The Abu Sayyaf and other Muslim insurgent groups are no longer just internal Philippine problems, the sources stressed. They have become part of a global terror network that includes âvery strange bedfellows.â Angeles pals Before slain Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) co-founder Edwin Angeles surrendered in 1994 to military authorities at the Armed Forces Southern Command (Southcom) in Zamboanga City, he met with Ramzi Youssef, convicted mastermind of the first World Trade Center bombing in 1993. That meeting, which also had four other Filipinos and foreign Muslim extremists, was uniqueâin that the group was meeting for the last time with Oklahoma City bombing accomplice Terry Nichols. Nichols had married Filipino women but he was a strange ally, being a member of the American ultra-right movement. But even before that, in 1993, when the Abu Sayyaf was in its infancy, the same group met with Nichols and another Americanâbelieved to have been executed Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeighâat a Dole labeling plant near General Santos City. Spilling the beans According to the defense intelligence source, while under tactical interrogation, Angeles told National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and Philippine National Police (PNP) officials that the subjects at the 1994 meeting were actual terror targets. He mentioned the Federal Building in Oklahoma City, bombed April 19, 1995, and another, more damaging attack on the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York. It became clear that an international terror cell had been established in the Philippines. Philippine cops arrested an accomplice of Youssef in 1995, while trying to track down members of an assassination plot on visiting Pope John Paul II. Youssef was later arrested in Pakistan, an operation that owed a lot to Philippine intelligence inputs. Reluctance âIt took Sept. 11 to unleash a âno-stones-unturnedâ campaign against global terrorism,â confirmed a top-ranking police officer who regularly liaisons with American anti-terrorist officers. US officials, he added, have privately admitted they knew for sometime that the Philippines was a primary service and training area for jihad (holy war) terrorists and other terror groups, including American and European neo-nazis. âThe US knew all along that McVeigh, Nichols, and other rightists have had a tactical alliance with the Abu Sayyaf,â a confidential source in Boulder, Colorado also told the Times. âBut to go after the Abu Sayyaf in the Philippines would be a violation of your countryâs sovereignty. The joint military training exercises (Balikatan) present a legitimate excuse for clandestine US operations against the Abu Sayyaf.â Concerns However, the US-based source said the Abu Sayyaf is only part of the problem. âItâs only the wagging tail. The head remains hidden in Ermita, Davao City, General Santos City, and in Americaâs heartland. Going after the Abu Sayyaf is like cutting off a lizardâs tail. It will only grow a new one,â the source stressed. While Philippine officials blame Americans for inaction, US authorities told THE TIMES they are bothered by the failure of the local intelligence community to conduct preemptive operations against the nests of global terrorism here. Volumes of documents, many of which are court documents, establish enough evidence that the Philippines is a major service area for global terrorists, not all of whom are Muslim. Had both the US and the Philippines acted in preemptive operations to
[CTRL] The Point of No Return-Bill Koenig
-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! NewsWatch: The Point of No Return-Bill Koenig February 16, 2002 A Courageous and Bold President America has passed the point of no return in the war against terrorism. The terrorist radical element is being challenged, but many attitudes, organizations, cells, and individuals yet remain as threats to life as we have known it in many different places around the globe, including the United States. For most people, their routines that were taken for granted prior to the events of 9-11, have changed dramatically, especially in airports, train stations, shipping and mailing, and the security of government buildings, public events, and communities. As has been said by many individuals in many ways and on many levels, post 9-11 life will never be the same. The Administration of President George W. Bush has designated the so-called rogue nations who are developing weapons of mass destruction as the number one target. In return, these nations have unleashed a war of words, including both overt and implied threats, against the United States. Few would argue that the American way of life, the freedoms guaranteed by this country, and indeed the leadership of this nation in the free world are at stake. The United States would have the most to lose. Fortunately, this country has a very courageous President who not only is operating under enormous pressure, but is responding with strength and wisdom and-perhaps most importantly-his Christian-based and prayer-fueled faith . President Bush came into office riding on the education, faith-based initiative, and kinder-gentler themes. He is now a war-time president, leading the battle of an era. In many ways, he has made a remarkable transition, because these themes are diametrically opposite. I could discern the pressure when I stood but 20 feet from him and Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf at their press conference held in the State Room of the White House last Wednesday. Both men are experiencing enormous pressure. Musharraf, feeling the pressure from radical Muslim elements in his country, said that the 9-11 attacks and the momentous events since then have demonstrated the depth and strength of this relationship. We reject terrorism in all its forms and manifestations anywhere in the world. We will continue to fulfill our responsibilities flowing from our commitment. Musharraf was accorded royal treatment. He stayed at the Blair House, reserved for foreign dignitaries, across from the White House. He received a formal military welcome as his limousine pulled up to the West Wing for his 10:30 a.m. meeting with President Bush and staff, which included Secretary of State Colin Powell, while Vice President Dick Cheney and National Security Adviser Condoleeza Rice arrived later. President Bush has recently been bold about the evil axis of Iran, Iraq and North Korea, even adding the Palestinian Authority into that grouping this week. However, his statements have caused strong reactions (and words) from Russia, China, the European Union, and other nations, including those named. I have noticed, after one year in office, that when President Bush makes up his mind on something, he will not be swayed. He determines his course, and he sticks to it. The war against America has to be taken seriously, and he certainly has. The President's first agenda item of business every morning is the CIA's intelligence report. Can you imagine starting every business day with a review of that important, and often foreboding, material? No one understands the risks to this nation more than President Bush and his top level staff. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, the Vice President, and Ms. Rice all know the real story about the Middle East and the enemies of Israel. In the past, the State Department has stood by Palestinian Chairman Yasser Arafat and the Arab nations, single-handedly taking actions to rescue Arafat four times in 12 months. Could next month's dispatch of Vice President Cheney to Israel-and at least eight Arab countries-signal that the White House is taking over from the State Department? I certainly hope so. Administration sources have said that they consider the Vice President to be far tougher on confronting the Palestinians, Iraq, and Iran than Secretary of State Powell or his recent envoy to the Middle East, Gen. Anthony Zinni. In addition, the trip thus far has been shrouded in a veil of silence, even to the point of indicating that the press has been uninvited. The obvious fact that Vice President Cheney has been an emergency president in hiding and has not traveled abroad since the September 11 tragedy, combined with his history of heart troubles and surgery, make this journey to Israel-plus Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, and United Arab Emirates-a trip with the highest of importance and priority labels attached. **
[CTRL] World Government by Design
http://www.thenewamerican.com/tna/2002/02-25-2002/vo18no04_design.htm World Government by Design by Steve Bonta America's subservience to the United Nations and transformation into the world's policeman is not accidental but is part of a grand design to establish world government. As with so many of history's so-called trends, America's transformation into global policeman isn't accidental. Official admissions of this little-known truth aren't commonplace, but they do occur. Take journalist Michael Hirsh's stunning comments in a recent issue of Newsweek, for example. Buried more than four pages into an otherwise typical anti-isolationism screed entitled "Death of a Founding Myth," we find the following: While the isolationists … tempted millions with their siren's appeal to nativism — the internationalists were always hard at work in quiet places making plans for a more perfect global community. In the end the internationalists have always dominated national policy. Even so, they haven't bragged about their globe-building for fear of reawakening the other half of the American psyche, our berserker nativism. And so they have always done it in the most out-of-the-way places and with little ado. In December 1917 the Inquiry, a group of eager reformers who included a young Walter Lippmann, secretly met in New York to draw up Wilson's Fourteen Points. In 1941, FDR concocted the Atlantic Charter in the mists off Newfoundland. The dense woods of New Hampshire gave birth to the Bretton Woods institutions — the IMF and World Bank — in 1944. And a year later the United Nations came to life at the secluded Georgetown estate of Dumbarton Oaks So what emerged took us more or less by surprise. We had built a global order without quite realizing it, bit by bit, era by era, with our usual schizoid approach: alternating engagement and withdrawal Like it or not — and clearly large numbers of Americans still don't — we Americans are now part of an organic whole with the world that George Washington wanted to keep distant. Leaving aside the snide reference to George Washington, and Hirsh's shifty use of the term "we," what of the claim that America has been deliberately, semi-secretly maneuvered into globalism, that her "berserker nativism" (i.e., patriotism) has been neutralized by stealth and subterfuge? Background to Betrayal Hirsh is absolutely correct. America's modern obsession with internationalism, including global militarism, is hardly a grass-roots impulse. It all started, as Hirsh observes, with Woodrow Wilson and the war to make the world safe for democracy. Wilson himself was a left-leaning idealist, in step with the progressives and socialists of his day with their heady designs of making America over in their own image. But, as is ever the case with idealists in the arena of practical politics, Wilson was ultimately the tool of other men, men of cunning and ambition far surpassing his own. One of Wilson's keepers was Edward Mandell House, a longtime political operative from Texas who had learned to work the levers of power behind the scenes. House had been born into wealth and privilege and had no visceral need for fame. The consummate political insider, House manipulated Wilson's internationalist idealism as a personal confidant to the president but declined any official appointments. House was the real impetus behind the Inquiry, a semisecret group of internationalist intellectuals including Harvard-trained journalist and co-founder of The New Republic Walter Lippmann. Many members of the Inquiry, including both House and Lippmann, were also involved in the negotiations at Versailles following World War I. The Inquiry created the Fourteen Points, the famous set of postwar policy recommendations that included as its centerpiece the League of Nations, the predecessor of the United Nations. Despite a blizzard of propaganda on its behalf, the League of Nations was ultimately defeated in the U.S. Senate, an act that set back the plans of House and his associates. But House, ever the patient pragmatist, joined with many others who had thrown their energy into the League of Nations and formed the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), the American counterpart of the London-based Royal Institute of International Affairs. The Council on Foreign Relations aspired to nothing less than creating conditions favorable for the establishment of a world government — although in recent decades, globalist elites have generally avoided using that politically risky phrase. With the outbreak of World War II, internationalists in the CFR and elsewhere had another chance to convince a reluctant American Congress (and public) of the wisdom of a world order. Accordingly, the United Nations was created and this time, the U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly in favor of the UN treaty. From the beginning, the architects of the UN recognized that, as with all governments, only the ability to exercise force could confer
[CTRL] CTRL Conspiracy of PREJUDICE?
-Caveat Lector- Time to boycott AOL? -- Forwarded message -- Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 16:03:07 -0800 (PST) From: Party of Citizens [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Conspiracy-Theory] Messianic Jews - Jewish Terrorists Working for Arab Holocaust On Thu, 21 Feb 2002, Joni Ferris wrote: Just as the Jews set up their slaughter houses for the Christians, You mean that the C H R I S T I A N S set up slaughter houses for the Jews. You got it the other way around! What could we do? Us White Christian Israelites were running out of lamp shades and alligator purses. POC Look at history of the inquistion, the Crusades, where killing was done in the name of a Jesus Christ. Only evil people would kill innocent Jewish people like that. -- How dare Rabbi Joni Markel DENY THE HOLOCAUST of 66 MILLION!! 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] Point-'n'-Shoot Sound Makes Waves
http://wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,50483,00.html Point-'n'-Shoot Sound Makes Waves By John Gartner 2:00 a.m. Feb. 21, 2002 PST Those voices in your head may be real. Researchers have developed technology that can project a beam of sound so narrow that only one person can hear it. "Directed" audio sounds like it's coming from right in front of you even when transmitted from a few hundred meters away. Inventors of the new "ventriloquist" technology say it could provide an added dimension to entertainment. The military, however, is investigating using it to confuse opponents or even inflict pain. The Audio Spotlight is one of two competing audio transmission systems that emit a one-foot square column of sound that can only be heard by people in its direct path. Joseph Pompei, a PhD student at the MIT Media Lab, decided to develop it while working at audio company Bose, which he joined at 16 as its youngest-ever engineer. Pompei, who used to play jazz trumpet in nightclubs in Chicago, became interested in how sound systems reproduce and distribute music. He thought it would be cool to "choreograph sound just like you would dancers on stage." Pompei imagined that instead of loudspeakers blaring the same cacophony of instruments to all parts of the room, it would be more interesting to selectively spotlight the soloist to the left side of the audience, while featuring the percussion up front, and then switching them around. "Sound in real life is occurring all around you. Regular speakers only go so far in reproducing an accurate environment," Pompei said. Pompei developed the first demonstration systems of the technology for installations at Sega's Joyopolis theme park in Tokyo and the Boston Museum of Science, and he's planning to start selling it commercially soon. He said museums like the system because visitors who stand in front of an exhibit can hear the appropriate audio track without being distracted by sound from other displays. The Audio Spotlight transmitters range from several inches in diameter to about 20 inches and generate a column of sound between one to three degrees wider than the transmitter. The technology could also be used to prevent fights over the car's radio tuner, Pompei said. He put several Audio Spotlights in a concept truck from Chrysler, which enabled passengers to hear their own radio stations -- the kids in the back seat enjoyed heavy metal while the parents relaxed to elevator music. "It could make for much happier trips," he said. The Audio Spotlight converts ordinary audio into high-frequency ultrasonic signals that are outside the range of normal hearing. As these sound waves push out from the source, they interact with air pressure to create audible sounds. Pompei said the "non-linear" effect of air pressure modifies sound waves in a consistent fashion. He wrote algorithms that "reverse-engineered" the desired sound waves to determine the appropriate ultrasonic source signals. According to University of Texas professor David Blackstock, high-frequency signals are easier to focus, and control like a flashlight, than sounds that are within the human range of hearing, which disperse in all directions. Blackstock said ultrasonic signals "decay more slowly than lower-frequency waves" so they are easier to send farther. The Audio Spotlight emits sounds in the 60-kilohertz range, which, according to Blackstock, is well above the 20-KHz limit of human hearing. Blackstock said the first experiments to use ultrasonic sounds were conducted underwater in the 1960s, and Japanese researchers made advances in the 1980s but were unable to create a commercial application for the technology. Pompei said Audio Spotlights are currently being installed in Australia for the upcoming Fringe Festival. Pompei started Holosonic Research Labs to sell Audio Spotlights to corporations such as Kraft and Kodak, which are in the process of integrating them into information kiosks and retail displays. An alternative to Pompei's invention, which also may be commercially available soon, is American Technology's Hypersonic Sound System. The HSS system similarly converts audio into ultrasonic sound waves, and Blackstock was impressed by a demonstration. Blackstock said he heard a clear signal at about 100 meters, but then heard nothing by moving two steps out of the audio's path. "It's remarkable, a spectacular effect." American Technology president Terry Conrad said the company is going into its first mass production of chips that convert the audible sounds into ultrasonic waves in February. American Technology recently signed an agreement with the U.S. Army to develop the technology for a decidedly non-commercial use: psychological warfare. According to American Technology CTO Jim Croft, the technology could be used to confuse opponents by making them think there was someone nearby. Small transmitters could be kept out of sight, and ghost sounds could be bounced off "rocks or
[CTRL] The Coming American Holocaust
http://www.prolognet.qc.ca/clyde/camp.htm From: Willie Martin, Subject: The Coming American Holocaust Summary: An interview with Mr. Sea regarding New World Order plans for the U.S. and its citizens In the spring of 1997, Senior Editor, Professor Ian Stewart, met with "Mr. Sea" (real name known but withheld) to discuss what he has learned first-hand about the coming persecution at the hands of the New World Order operatives. With a seven-inch thick portfolio filled with photographs, news articles, correspondence, etc., Mr. Sea revealed disturbing information about New World Order efforts to destroy and enslave America. The following are some of Mr. Sea‘s comments. But first, let's take a look at the man who made the comments. Mr. Sea, a committed Christian, is a former inspector for the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Department of Defense, with 31 years of federal service in the military, nine with the Department of Defense, including two years with the Air Staff. He’s a holder of the Bronze Star, the Purple Heart, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, three awards of the Joint Service Medal, all of the Vietnamese awards, as well as the Joint Meritorious Unit Medal. When he retired a few years ago, he was awarded the Secretary of Defense Civilian Service Medal. He’s been around the world, to 31 countries on four continents, and speaks five languages. Mr. Sea spoke of the coming American Holocaust of the Government’s plans for dealing with the non-New World Orderites. He spoke of the infrastructure that has already been set up to incarcerate and execute Americans, and the locations of the facilities that will be used for these purposes, all with photographs, leaving little to the imagination. "The infrastructure is set up. There are at least 130 concentration camps — quietly modified facilities which have sprung up and continue to spring up across the country, seemingly devoid of activity, yet requiring strange accoutrements such as barbed wire-topped fencing (with the tops turned inward) and helicopter wind socks. Most have good logistical supportability, with major highways and railroad transport facilities adjacent to the sites. "These facilities, many in remote areas across our country, are set up to become concentration/detention camps, complete with gas chambers, for resisters and dissidents. Generally speaking, they’re set up for dissenters who will not go along with the New World Order. The ‘resisters’ are gun owners who refuse to give up their weapons; the ‘dissidents’ are Christians, Patriots and Constitutionalists. These camps are set up. I’ve seen many of them. "On August 6, 1994, I toured the Amtrak Railcar Repair Facility at Beech Grove, Indianapolis, Indiana. There are at least ten maintenance barns at this facility, covering 129 acres, with two separate fences with the tops leaning inward. The windows of several buildings have been bricked up. Hence, you have three levels of security for Amtrak repair barns! There are three helicopter 25-knot aviation wind socks (which aren’t the correct ones to use for chemical spills which require 10-knot wind socks). There are high security NSA-style people turnstiles, and high intensity/security lighting for 24-hour operation. The box car (gas chamber) building fence is marked with special ‘RED/BLUE Zone’ signs [visible in the photo ]. This corresponds to the ‘mission’ of the RED/BLUE Lists which surfaced in June and July of 1996. Under martial law, this will become a death camp. They’re only going to handle category one and two (RED and BLUE) people there. This box car facility will be used for execution. "One of the barns is large enough to put four box cars into. There are powered vents on the top of the barn to vent the gas out of the building after the box cars have been fumigated. All of the buildings have newly installed six-inch gas pipes and furnaces installed in all ‘railroad barns.’ Since the photo [below] was taken in August 1994, FEMA has allocated $6 million to make the walls and roofs of the buildings ‘airtight’ (see article below). Under martial law, this facility could be immediately used as an SS-style ‘termination’ gas chamber. "On January 27, 1995, The Indianapolis News ran an article titled, ‘Amtrak Lays off 212 at Beech Grove: 170 Lose Jobs at Maintenance Center Today.’ Why perform $6 million worth of renovations, and then lay off 212 people? Because the people doing the final executions will not be Americans. Thus, the ‘slots’ of the 212 will be filled with non-Americans. They’ll hire foreigners for this ‘cappo’ task. Cappo (‘chief’ in Italian) was the title of the trustee prisoners who actually killed many Jews for the SS butchers at Dachau, and at other Nazi crematoria across Europe. The news article also said, ‘...hopes the yard may be able to solicit work repairing private train cars, and perhaps subway cars from Washington, DC, or other urban areas.’ The repairing of private trains is a dead giveaway to death cars!
[CTRL] FACTBOX-Details of US anti-drug spending in Colombia
-Caveat Lector- from - http://biz.yahoo.com/rf/020221/n21159120_1.html Thursday February 21, 4:11 pm Eastern Time FACTBOX-Details of US anti-drug spending in Colombia By Elaine Monaghan WASHINGTON, Feb 21 (Reuters) - The United States has spent more than $1 billion in just over a year backing Colombian President Andres Pastrana's fight against drug-trafficking and rebels who profit from and protect the trade. Most of the cash has been in military aid, but the United States has not committed its own forces, except for training, and it has restricted its support to Colombian efforts against what it calls narco-traffickers and narco-terrorists. Washington has avoided crossing into counterinsurgency efforts but is seeking support from Congress to help Colombia's army guard an oil pipeline targeted by rebels. The funding's main focus is on training, equipment, infrastructure development, intelligence support, detection and monitoring information to Colombian armed forces. But it also covers democracy and economy programs and crop-spraying to try to eradicate the source of the drugs. Here are some details on the U.S. tax dollars committed and spent in the name of stemming the flow of cocaine and heroin to U.S. streets from Colombia. PLAN COLOMBIA In mid-2000 the Clinton administration won approval from Congress for an additional $1.02 billion in mostly military aid to Pastrana's Plan Colombia, bringing the total support pledged that year for a two-year package to about $1.3 billion. It was the largest build-up in military aid to a Latin American state since El Salvador's civil war in the 1980s. A U.S. official said Wednesday that nearly 90 percent of that money had been committed or disbursed. The Bush administration also adopted Clinton's Plan Colombia when it took office in January 2001, but expanded the concept into an Andean Regional Initiative meant to address concerns of Colombia's neighbors that stopping drug production there would worsen the problem elsewhere. Plan Colombia's largest component was $390 million to train and equip two Colombian army battalions for anti-drug actions. Their purpose is to protect police from Marxist guerrillas when officers destroy coca and opium poppy plantations. So far the United States has delivered: -- Fourteen modern UH-60 Blackhawks to the Colombian army and two to the police; --Six souped-up Huey 2 helicopters to Colombian police. Three more are being modified in Colombia; -- 33 UH-1N helicopters to anti-drug battalions; Twenty five Huey 2s are still to be delivered to the army, the first six in mid-March, a U.S. official said. Plan Colombia included $81 million to encourage Colombian peasants to voluntarily switch to legal crops and $130 million to improve the interception of drug flows, including upgrading radar systems on four P-3 airborne early warning planes that track traffickers crossing the Caribbean to the United States. Congress put a cap of 500 on the number of U.S. military personnel in Colombia, and 300 for U.S. civilian contractors. But the law allows Bush to waive the cap for 90 days in the event that U.S. soldiers are involved in hostilities. BUSH INITIATIVES IN COLOMBIA Bush sought $731 million for the Andean Counterdrug Initiative in fiscal year 2002 that ends in September. This was part of a larger initiative including other programs not related to drug control that was worth about $882 million called the Andean Regional Initiative. A U.S. official said Congress cut some of the drug funding and an estimated $645 million would actually be disbursed. Bush has also requested $731 million for the Andean Counterdrug Initiative in fiscal year 2003, including $439 million for Colombia, and an additional $98 million in military aid to help train a Colombian brigade to guard the 490-mile (780-km) Cano Limon pipeline whose oil field is operated by U.S. firm Occidental Petroleum Corp. (NYSE:OXY - news) 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
[CTRL] [BCPOLITICS] The Moon Palace (fwd)
-Caveat Lector- -- Forwarded message -- Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 18:59:04 -0800 (PST) From: Party of Citizens [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [BCPOLITICS] The Moon Palace Great Canadian (Toronto) film. -- Forwarded message -- Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 18:54:46 -0800 (PST) From: Party of Citizens [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Conspiracy-Theory] [LIFE-GAZETTE] Re: [Para-Discuss] Sitting Here Laughing (fwd) -- Forwarded message -- Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 18:44:20 -0800 (PST) From: Party of Citizens [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Conspiracy-Theory] [LIFE-GAZETTE] Re: [Para-Discuss] Sitting Here Laughing (fwd) All your righteousness is as filthy rags (a) True (b) False POC * POC Plans: For BC Election 2005, Political Avatars under development; For BC Election 2009, Political Avatars run on trial basis; For Election 2013, Political Avatars with super-human AI online * On Thu, 21 Feb 2002, Party of Citizens wrote: -- Forwarded message -- Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 18:39:44 -0800 (PST) From: Party of Citizens [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [LIFE-GAZETTE] Re: [Para-Discuss] Sitting Here Laughing (fwd) * What would a City of God be like in the real world? * Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Buy Stock for $4. No Minimums. FREE Money 2002. http://us.click.yahoo.com/BgmYkB/VovDAA/ySSFAA/XgSolB/TM -~- According to http://www.gov.bc.ca some 3/4 of British Columbians were Internet users by 2001. In 5 years or so, the new EDD, Electronic Direct Democracy will be fully developed and the CITIZENS' PARLIAMENT will hold the reins of power daily over the Victoria Parliament. The 1996 Recall and Initiative Act enables CITIZENS to recall even the Premier. 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
[CTRL] The Founding Fathers Were Not Christians
-Caveat Lector- from - http://www.ffrf.org/fttoday/march96/morris.html The Founding Fathers Were Not Christians By Steven Morris, Ph.D. The Christian Right is trying to rewrite the history of the United States, as part of their campaign to force their religion on others who ask merely to be left alone. According to this Orwellian revision, the Founding Fathers of this country were pious Christians who wanted the United States to be a Christian nation, with laws that favored Christians and Christianity. Not true! The early presidents and patriots were generally Deists or Unitarians, believing in some form of impersonal Providence but rejecting the divinity of Jesus and the absurdities of the Old and New Testaments. Thomas Paine, pamphleteer whose manifestoes encouraged the faltering spirits of the country and aided materially in winning the War of Independence: I do not believe in the creed professed by the Jewish church, by the Roman church, by the Greek church, by the Turkish church, by the Protestant church, nor by any church that I know of . . . Each of those churches accuse the other of unbelief; and for my own part, I disbelieve them all. [1] George Washington, first president: He seems to have had the characteristic unconcern of the 18th century Deist for the forms and creeds of institutional religion. Although he often referred to Providence as an impersonal force, remote and abstract, he never declared himself to be a Christian according to contemporary reports or in any of his voluminous correspondence. Washington championed the cause of freedom from religious intolerance and compulsion. When John Murray (a Universalist who denied the existence of Hell) was invited to become an army chaplain, the other chaplains petitioned for his dismissal. Instead, Washington gave him the appointment. On his deathbed, Washington uttered no words of a religious nature and did not call for a clergyman to be in attendance. [2] John Adams, second president: Drawn to the study of law but facing pressure from his father to become a clergyman, he wrote that he found among the lawyers a noble air and gallant achievements but among the clergy, the pretended sanctity of some absolute dunces. [3] Late in life, he wrote, As I understand the Christian religion, it was, and is, a revelation. But how has it happened that millions of fables, tales, legends have been blended with both Jewish and Christian revelation that have made them the most bloody religion that ever existed? [4] It was during Adams' presidency that the Senate ratified the Treaty of Peace and Friendship, which states in Article XI that the Government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion. This treaty with Tripoli was written and concluded by Joel Barlow during Washington's administration. [2] Thomas Jefferson, third president and author of the Declaration of Independence: I trust that there is not a young man now living in the United States who will not die an Unitarian. [5] He referred to the Revelation of St. John as the ravings of a maniac [6] and wrote, The Christian priesthood, finding the doctrines of Christ levelled to every understanding and too plain to need explanation, saw, in the mysticisms of Plato, materials with which they might build up an artificial system which might, from its indistinctness, admit everlasting controversy, give employment for their order, and introduce it to profit, power and preeminence. The doctrines which flowed from the lips of Jesus himself are within the comprehension of a child; but thousands of volumes have not yet explained the Platonisms engrafted on them: and for this obvious reason that nonsense can never be explained. [7] James Madison, fourth president and Father of the Constitution: Madison was not religious in any conventional sense. Religious bondage shackles and debilitates the mind and unfits it for every noble enterprise. [8] During almost fifteen centuries has the legal establishment of Christianity been on trial. What have been its fruits? More or less in all places, pride and indolence in the Clergy, ignorance and servility in the laity; in both, superstition, bigotry and persecution. [9] Ethan Allen, whose capture of Fort Ticonderoga while commanding the Green Mountain boys helped inspire Congress and the country to pursue the War of Independence: That Jesus Christ was not God is evident from his own words. In the same book, Allen noted that he was generally denominated a Deist, the reality of which I never disputed, being conscious I am no Christian. [10] When Allen married Fanny Buchanan, he stopped his own wedding ceremony when the Judge asked him if he promised to live with Fanny Buchanan agreeable to the laws of God. Allen refused to answer until the Judge agreed that the God referred to was the God of Nature, and the laws those written in the great book of Nature. [11] Benjamin Franklin, delegate to the Continental Congress and the
[CTRL] more on amirault
-Caveat Lector- Governor explains Amirault decision - Says she needed to 'live with myself' By Douglas Belkin and Frank Phillips, Globe Staff, 2/21/02 Acting Governor Jane Swift yesterday said she decided to deny Gerald Amirault's request for commutation in the notorious 1986 Fells Acres Day Care case because there was no ''overwhelming'' evidence of innocence, but Amirault's family and legal team quickly condemned her decision as politically motivatedBut ultimately, she said, she concluded that the sentence was appropriate and consistent with other cases. Pressed on how she could come up with a far different judgment than the five members of the Parole Board, Swift said her staff conducted ''a more exhaustive review of all of the legal aspects'' than the board did. http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/052/metro/Governor_explains_Amirault_decisio n+.shtml#SwiftAmirault_Background 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] The Founding Fathers Were Not Christians
-Caveat Lector- BFThe Founding Fathers were religiously complex. They certainly were not fundamentalists, most of them, but they were in a Christian cultural context. They were, in a cultural sense, Christians, just as Einstein was very Jewish even though he was not an Orthodox Jewish Fundamentalist. The Christian context of Washington and others was cpmplex, incorporating Hebrew, Hellenistic, secular, and Eastern ideas. Attempts by Fundamentalists to claim them are ridiculous. Attempts by secularists to claim the Founders are also ridiculous. They were their own men. Spiritual reality is more complex than the Fundamentalist and secularist boxes anyway. I believe that one strain of philosophy that led to the Constitution was an emerging understanding among Gentiles of the Noachide creed. This is often confused with Fundamentalist Christianity by many in the Peter Marshall/Tim LaHaye camp. That is not to say that the Fundamentalists are way off. God IS central to an understanding of the rise of our nation. It is just that they over-simplify the matter historically, and actually miss the drama and mystery of the actual history. Actual history is far more interesting than anything in a child's censored textbook. I believe that Washington and others knew and understood secrets of the Kabbalah. Unforunately, the false was mixed with in with the true in their understanding, laying the seeds for many of the problems we have now. This was probably bound to happen, because every new level has challenges commensurate to that level. The point is to transcend the current diffuculties in God's Love, not to seek to avoid them by downward transcendence, a path that never works anyway. By the way, is OSaba really a woman? If so, I have hope because the female of the species seems to be capable of learning from her mistakes better than the male. Is she is a woman, than there is hope that the maternal instinct might prevail in her. Bates 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] The Founding Fathers Were Not Christians
-Caveat Lector- It's funny how the real revisionists, such as Steven Morris, Ph.D., love to use the dubious term, Deist when describing the founding fathers, yet you rarely hear the term used anywhere else. Let's use a more accurate term, Freemasons. The elite were corrupt then, as they are now. However, the fact remains, that from the early 1600s up until the time of the founding fathers and beyond, the majority of Americans were Christians and even the Supreme Court declared that America is a Christian nation. Morris also conveniently leaves out the other founders who were Christians, and that they were the majority. It was the Christians who smelled a rat during the creation of the Constitution. And as we know now, they were right. At 11:00 PM 2/21/02 , you wrote: -Caveat Lector- from - http://www.ffrf.org/fttoday/march96/morris.html The Founding Fathers Were Not Christians By Steven Morris, Ph.D. The Christian Right is trying to rewrite the history of the United States, as part of their campaign to force their religion on others who ask merely to be left alone. According to this Orwellian revision, the Founding Fathers of this country were pious Christians who wanted the United States to be a Christian nation, with laws that favored Christians and Christianity. Not true! The early presidents and patriots were generally Deists or Unitarians, believing in some form of impersonal Providence but rejecting the divinity of Jesus and the absurdities of the Old and New Testaments. Thomas Paine, pamphleteer whose manifestoes encouraged the faltering spirits of the country and aided materially in winning the War of Independence: I do not believe in the creed professed by the Jewish church, by the Roman church, by the Greek church, by the Turkish church, by the Protestant church, nor by any church that I know of . . . Each of those churches accuse the other of unbelief; and for my own part, I disbelieve them all. [1] George Washington, first president: He seems to have had the characteristic unconcern of the 18th century Deist for the forms and creeds of institutional religion. Although he often referred to Providence as an impersonal force, remote and abstract, he never declared himself to be a Christian according to contemporary reports or in any of his voluminous correspondence. Washington championed the cause of freedom from religious intolerance and compulsion. When John Murray (a Universalist who denied the existence of Hell) was invited to become an army chaplain, the other chaplains petitioned for his dismissal. Instead, Washington gave him the appointment. On his deathbed, Washington uttered no words of a religious nature and did not call for a clergyman to be in attendance. [2] John Adams, second president: Drawn to the study of law but facing pressure from his father to become a clergyman, he wrote that he found among the lawyers a noble air and gallant achievements but among the clergy, the pretended sanctity of some absolute dunces. [3] Late in life, he wrote, As I understand the Christian religion, it was, and is, a revelation. But how has it happened that millions of fables, tales, legends have been blended with both Jewish and Christian revelation that have made them the most bloody religion that ever existed? [4] It was during Adams' presidency that the Senate ratified the Treaty of Peace and Friendship, which states in Article XI that the Government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion. This treaty with Tripoli was written and concluded by Joel Barlow during Washington's administration. [2] Thomas Jefferson, third president and author of the Declaration of Independence: I trust that there is not a young man now living in the United States who will not die an Unitarian. [5] He referred to the Revelation of St. John as the ravings of a maniac [6] and wrote, The Christian priesthood, finding the doctrines of Christ levelled to every understanding and too plain to need explanation, saw, in the mysticisms of Plato, materials with which they might build up an artificial system which might, from its indistinctness, admit everlasting controversy, give employment for their order, and introduce it to profit, power and preeminence. The doctrines which flowed from the lips of Jesus himself are within the comprehension of a child; but thousands of volumes have not yet explained the Platonisms engrafted on them: and for this obvious reason that nonsense can never be explained. [7] James Madison, fourth president and Father of the Constitution: Madison was not religious in any conventional sense. Religious bondage shackles and debilitates the mind and unfits it for every noble enterprise. [8] During almost fifteen centuries has the legal establishment of Christianity been on trial. What have been its fruits? More or less in all places, pride and indolence in the Clergy, ignorance and servility in the laity; in both, superstition,
