-Caveat Lector- PREDICTED *CAUSA BELLI* APPEARS =============================== (CNNS, 04/01/99) -- On March 25, 1999, this news service posted to Internet the following prediction: Phase 2 of the Kosovo *causa belli* may be a staged event of Serb troops supposedly crossing over into Macedonia. Such a staged event would "excuse" NATO troops, now massed in Macedonia, for invading Kosovo. [1] *Causa belli* means "pretext for war." The CNNS prediction of March 25, 1999, was repeated by this news service in a subsequent press release, dated March 29, 1999: Significantly, the NYTimes article which is shocked -- shocked! -- by the danger of dishonest news outlets also discloses that the Serbs fear NATO troops in Macedonia will soon provoke border incidents as pretext for a planned invasion by NATO ground troops. [2] NYTimes quotes a Serb news anchor, as follows: "Our sources report," the anchor said in the same evening news broadcast, "that in addition to 2,400 NATO soldiers stationed in Macedonia, 1,800 U.S. soldiers have just arrived. NATO plans to use these forces to provoke border incidents and stage an alleged Yugoslav attack on Macedonia, which would be used as a pretext for sending NATO ground forces into Yugoslavia." [3] Today, April 1, 1999 (of all days, "April Fools Day"), reports are extensive on the unfortunate capture of three U.S. soldiers serving under the auspices of an offensive NATO force. Please pause a moment, in the flurry of news from the troubled Yugoslav region, to make note of how predictably the scenario has unfolded. On March 29, 1999, this news service published a report by Sherman H. Skolnick of the Citizens' Committee to Clean Up the Courts, a highly-regarded public interest research group, warning that U.S. soldiers operating under NATO command may not be protected by the Geneva Convention: Of more immediate concern is the fact that the Geneva Convention, ratified during the 1920s, does not apparently cover military personnel operating under the auspices of the *ex post facto* NATO. Since NATO did not exist during the 1920s, pilots shot down over Yugoslavia may not be sheltered by the Geneva Convention. In such a case, they could be subject to torture and execution by the Serbs. [4] Today, April 1, 1999 ("April Fools Day"), reports have appeared via mainstream USA news outlets loudly decrying the Serbs lest they violate supposedly operant Geneva Convention protections. The fact that the predicted scenario is unfolding on April Fools Day has a double significance: (1) it muddies the issue: this report by CNNS is not to be taken in any way, shape or form as any sort of April Fools joke. The previous CNNS reports which have predicted the unfolding scenario are all archived and can be proven to have appeared days before current events. (2) it is symbolic, in a major way, that the predicted NATO *causa belli*, prelude to insertion of NATO ground troops into Yugoslavia, enters the public consciousness on this day, April 1, 1999. It is awkward for an American news service, which strongly wishes for our young soldiers to be safe, to report on these circumstances. Nonetheless, it must be pointed out that we are being lied to by our government and their lies are aided and abetted by the mainstream U.S. mass media. Does the cause of Truth supersede national boundaries? Let's hope so. ---------------------------<< Notes >>--------------------------- [1] "Kosovo Drugs Target 'Christian Infidels.'" CNNS, 03/25/99. Archived at http://www.shout.net/~bigred/cnns.html [2] "Guess Next Pretext," CNNS, 3/29/99. Archived at http://www.shout.net/~bigred/cnns.html [3] "Serbia Uses TV to Attack NATO Policy," by New York Times. Published at San Jose Mercury News web site, 3/28/99. Qtd. in "Guess Next Pretext." CNNS, 3/29/99. Archived at http://www.shout.net/~bigred/cnns.html [4] "White House Sends 'Melissa Virus?'" CNNS, 3/29/99. Archived at http://www.shout.net/~bigred/cnns.html -- CNNS (Conspiracy Nation News Service) is an INDEPENDENT news outlet, not owned by anyone. (But of course, we would say that, wouldn't we?) BEWARE THE CFR! BEWARE THE CIA! BEWARE THE KNIGHTS! http://www.shout.net/~bigred/cn.html http://www.shout.net/~bigred/cnns.html DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. 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