[CTRL] --- Why Clinton learned to love to BOMB --- . . .
-Caveat Lector- from alt.conspiracy - As always, Caveat Lector. Om K - A HREF="aol://5863:126/alt.conspiracy:511505"--- Why Clinton learned to love to BOMB ---/A - Subject: --- Why Clinton learned to love to BOMB --- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (E Right) Date: Wed, Mar 31, 1999 8:07 PM Message-id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Why Clinton learned to love to BOMB Clinton demonized conservatives as blowing up Federal Buildings (ala Timothy McVey), calling them the forces of darkness to propel himself into the 96 presidential winners circle. REF: The Electronic Telegraph (Sunday 10 November 1996 FAIR USE) Bomb that gave Clinton victory could still return to haunt him By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard in Washington RELAXING on Air Force One after the election, Bill Clinton told reporters it was the Oklahoma bombing that proved the turning-point in his political fortunes. It was the moment when the militias, the Christian Right and the Gingrich onslaught against government, all melded together in the public mind as one rampant movement of extremism. "It broke a spell in the country as the people began searching for our common ground again," said Clinton. I was struck by the observation, because I have long believed that the Oklahoma bombing was the spring-board for the remarkable come-back of Clinton. Clinton seized the moment. He blamed Right-wing radio talk shows for sowing distrust of government institutions and for creating a climate of "hate" that fostered recourse to violence. He did not name the Republicans as co-conspirators; he did not have to. The US media made the connection for him. -- END --- In an ironic twist of events, it is HE, Clinton, who is bombing all over the planet to prevent terrorism. HE, as commander in chief, has expanded the (NATO) operations to blowing up federal buildings in Yugoslavia. WOW! This is an ironic turn of events! Not only that, he is creating the hatred of America which creates the terrorists he wants to protect us from: those HE creates! If that were not enough, he has dismantled our military (and are we going to reorder those cruise missiles he expended?), denigrated our Federal institutions, ignored our Constitution, and usurped the government he pretends to protect. WHY? Has it something do with the bridge to the New World Order village? "War is Peace!" -- Orwell _1984_ - Aloha, He'Ping, Om, Shalom, Salaam. Em Hotep, Peace Be, Omnia Bona Bonis, All My Relations. Adieu, Adios, Aloha. Amen. Roads End Kris DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] NO BLOOD FOR HEROIN! HOW GERMANY, A REALLY BIG MOB, AND UNCLE SAM HELPED DESTABILIZE SERBIA
-Caveat Lector- From: Michael Novick [EMAIL PROTECTED] NO BLOOD FOR HEROIN! HOW GERMANY, A REALLY BIG MOB, AND UNCLE SAM HELPED DESTABILIZE SERBIA The Kosovo Liberation Army, in whose defense U.S. planes are bombing Serbia, is a gigantic heroin operation whose profits purchased weapons to kill Albanians and Serbs, and whose product disrupted lives in Western Europe. KLA dealers today fill the jails in Switzerland, Italy, and Germany. The facts are not new and were not researched by TINAF. The facts were printed in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, London's Independent, San Francisco's Chronicle, The Times of London, The Christian Science Monitor, Milan's Corriere della Sera, and even Jane's Intelligence Review. All of the facts from these widely-respected Western sources are listed in the two ftp supplements listed below. You may want to look at the raw data there. TINAF will present a more detailed analysis in our next issue. -- The Internet Anti-Fascist: Saturday, 27 March 99 FTP Supplement #108 (#241): Events in Former Yugoslavia Part 3: Background material to help anti-militarists 22) Anthony M. DeStefano (Wall Street Journal), "Giuliani and Kosovo-Albanian Drug Mafia in NYC ," 9 Sep 85 23) William Drozdiak (Washington Post), "Merchants of death and drugs; Porous borders, Balkan war bring epidemics of heroin smuggling, arms sales ," 14 Nov 93 24) Robert Block and Leonard Doyle (The Independent [London]), "Drug profits fund weapons for Balkans," 10 Dec 93 25) Barry James (The International Herald Tribune), "In Balkans, Arms For Drugs," 6 Jun 94 26) Frank Viviano (The San Francisco Chronicle), "Drugs Paying for Conflict in Europe: Separatists supporting themselves with traffic in narcotics ," 10 Jun 94 27) Defense Foreign Affairs' Strategic Policy (no author), "Albanian Role in Drug Trade," 31 Aug 94 28) Tim Judah (The Times [of London]), "Albanian mafias target drug routes ," 18 Oct 94 29) Yigal Chazan (The Christian Science Monitor), "Albanian Mafias Find New Drug Routes Around Yugoslavia ," 20 Oct 94 30) Marko Milivojevic (Jane's Intelligence Review), "The 'Balkan Medellin'," 1 Feb 95 31) CTK National News Wire (no author), "Two kilogrammes of pure heroin detained by Czech police," 5 Aug 95 32) Vladimir Alexe (Romania Libera), "Albanian Terrorists of KLA Pay [For] Weapon[s] In Heroin," 30 Jul 98 ftp://ftp.nyct.net/pub/users/tallpaul/publish/tinaf/tinaf241.txt - - - - - The Internet Anti-Fascist: Sunday, 28 March 99 FTP Supplement #109 (#242): Events in Former Yugoslavia Part 4: Background material to help anti-militarists 33) Srdja Trifkovic (Chronicles -- A Magazine of American Culture), ""Cultural Revolutions:" [Kosovo and the German Intelligence Apparat]," Dec 98 34) Tom Walker (The Globe and Mail [U.K.]), "Unrepentant KLA Dismisses Accusations: Kosovo rebels unlikely to co-operate with probe by Canadian war-crimes prosecutor," 9 Nov 98 35) Roberto Ruscica (Corriere della Sera [Milan]), "Albanian Mafia, This Is How It Helps The Kosovo Guerrilla Fighters," 15 October 1998 36) C.B. (Corriere della Sera [Milan]), "Crimes Committed In Italy Provided Funds For Kosovo Guerrillas," 19 Jan 99 37) Brian Mitchell (Investor's Daily), "Yugoslavia's Bloody History," 12 Mar 99 38) BBC (no author), "Nine ethnic Albanians on trial in Macedonia ," 8 Feb 99 39) Reuters (no author), "West Has Little Leverage Over Kosovo Guerrillas," 14 Feb 99 40) Turkish Daily News (no author), "Turkey calls for further rights for Kosovars," 25 Feb 99 41) National Conservative Weekly (no author), "Jane's Says Muslim Guerrillas Wage War of Terror Against Serbs: No Go On Kosovo," 5 Mar 99 42) CTK/Prague (no author), "Albanian Drug Lord and confederates arrested," 11 Mar 99 43) Jeffrey Fleishman (Philadelphia Inquirer), "Italy battling a new wave of criminals -- Albanians: Refugees are cutting into the Mafia turf," 15 Mar 99 ftp://ftp.nyct.net/pub/users/tallpaul/publish/tinaf/tinaf242.txt - - - - - The Internet Anti-Fascist: Monday, 29 March 99 FTP Supplement #110 (#243): Events in Former Yugoslavia Part 5: Background material to help anti-militarists Letters From Critics ftp://ftp.nyct.net/pub/users/tallpaul/publish/tinaf/tinaf243.txt -- CORRECTION: The last issue, Vol. 3, Number 24 (#240) was mistakenly dated Tuesday, 23 Mar 99. The correct date was Friday, 26 Mar 99. * * * * * In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this information for non-profit research and educational purposes only.
[CTRL] Historians Note Flaws in President's Speech
-Caveat Lector- from alt.conspiracy - As always, Caveat Lector. Om K - A HREF="aol://5863:126/alt.conspiracy:510612"Historians Note Flaws in President's Speech/A - Subject: Historians Note Flaws in President's Speech From: "Brigitte Stewart" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, Mar 28, 1999 9:22 AM Message-id: 7dlojh$q66$[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subj: Historians Note Flaws in President's Speech Date: 3/28/99 11:28:44 AM Eastern Standard Time From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Activist Mailing List) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Activist Mailing List) Activist Mailing List - http://users.westnet.gr/~cgian/ Historians Note Flaws in President's Speech By ETHAN BRONNER (New York Times) About a dozen historians and Balkan specialists consulted Thursday said that President Clinton's use of history in justifying the decision to bomb Serbia to the American people was imprecise and misleading. The scholars, most of whom said they approved of the decision itself, were unhappy with the speech's allusions to World Wars I and II, the most destructive conflicts of modern history, to explain what is, after all, limited U.S. military involvement in a limited conflict. "I have trouble equating Bosnia or Kosovo with World War I and II," said Bruce Russett, a professor of international relations at Yale University. "He is overstating the stakes. World War II brings to mind the landing at Normandy. He clearly doesn't want to do that." Many specialists were also struck by Clinton's assertion in his Wednesday speech that, earlier in this decade, "many people believed nothing could be done to end the bloodshed in Bosnia." They said the president and his aides were among those people. "I was amazed," remarked Raymond Tanter, professor of political science at the University of Michigan. "President Clinton was of the mind that because of ancient hatreds it was not possible to do much about the situation in Bosnia. He now has moved away from that position. "It is an irony that the president doesn't include himself in the camp of those who were part of the problem." Tanter and others acknowledged, however, that the task of explaining U.S. military involvement in Serbia was unenviably complex. "President Clinton has a very difficult job in persuading the American people that this is a necessary risk to take," said Fritz Stern, professor emeritus of history and former provost of Columbia University. "He has been honest in saying that it is a risk. And he has been defending it in part by historical explanation to a public that is increasingly unhistorical. I don't criticize him for that. But as the past itself has shown, any effort at facile historical analogy may do us more harm than good." The president began his speech by asserting that the United States was acting "to protect thousands of innocent people in Kosovo from a mounting military offensive," to which no expert queried had any objection. Their uneasiness set in when he added that the United States needed "to defuse a powder keg at the heart of Europe that has exploded twice before in this century with catastrophic results." The feeling was compounded when Clinton said of Kosovo, "All the ingredients for a major war are there," and added: "Sarajevo, the capital of neighboring Bosnia, is where World War I began. World War II and the Holocaust engulfed this region." The historians said that there was nothing factually inaccurate in those words but that they found their implications troubling. Clinton seemed to be suggesting, they said, that, when left alone, the Balkans explode. Yet, historically, it has been foreign involvement that has escalated conflicts in this region. "The situations really don't seem analogous to me," remarked John Lewis Gaddis, a historian at Yale, comparing the current conflict in Kosovo and the two World Wars. "In both of the earlier situations, the problems were created by involvement of great powers -- Austria-Hungary and Nazi Germany. This time it is not violence from a great power but from a small power that fears becoming smaller. And by taking this step we have alienated a great power -- Russia. "Part of the problem is that we are talking about a very limited military response," he said. "To draw a link with the origins of two world wars is a great oversimplification of history." Bernd Fischer, a professor of history at Indiana University, Fort Wayne, said he was also troubled that in describing the recent deterioration of the situation in Kosovo, Clinton did not mention the formation early last year of the Kosovo Liberation Army. That is the ethnic Albanian guerrilla group that has carried out attacks against the forces led by Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic. "The president spoke only about peaceful resistance by the Kosovars, but some elements of Kosovo gave up the notion of peaceful resistance, and Slobodan Milosevic's serious acts of repression began in conjunction with the work of the
[CTRL] NATO Violates UN Charter
-Caveat Lector- from alt.conspiracy - As always, Caveat Lector. Om K - A HREF="aol://5863:126/alt.conspiracy:510607"NATO Violates UN Charter/A - Subject: NATO Violates UN Charter From: "Brigitte Stewart" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, Mar 28, 1999 9:08 AM Message-id: 7dlohl$q66$[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subj: NATO Violates UN Charter Date: 3/28/99 9:07:33 AM Eastern Standard Time From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Activist Mailing List) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Activist Mailing List) Activist Mailing List - http://users.westnet.gr/~cgian/ The Hindu - India Friday, March 26, 1999 Is the NATO attack justified? By Thomas Abraham The attack on Serbia clearly violates the United Nations Charter, to which the NATO members are signatories. The Charter prohibits any use of force, except in self-defence, unless it has specially been authorised by the Security Council. THE North Atlantic Treaty Organisation's attack on Serbia is the latest example of the international disorder we are going through. These are times when international laws are flouted with impunity by the United States and its allies. We see the violation in the continuing bombing raids by the U.S. and Britain against Iraq, which are not authorised by the United Nations and have no legal justification. And we see it again in the illegal bombing of Serbia, which violates the U.N. Charter as well as NATO's own founding treaty. It also sets a dangerous precedent for the future. NATO was set up as a defensive alliance to protect its members against a Soviet invasion. But with the Soviet threat long gone, the alliance in order to find a continuing role for itself has now taken the unprecedented step of attacking a sovereign nation which has not threatened it in anyway. The attack on Serbia clearly violates the U.N. Charter to which all NATO members are signatories. The Charter prohibits any use of force, except in self-defence, unless it has been specifically authorised by the U.N. Security Council. NATO's bombing of Serbia is clearly not an act of self-defence, neither has it been authorised by the Security Council. Russia and China, both permanent Security Council members with veto powers, have made it clear that they would not allow the Council to authorise the Western alliance to bomb Serbia. The U.S. and Britain, two countries most eager to use force, have argued that the Council's most recent resolution implicitly gives the alliance the authorisation to use force if the Serbian President, Mr. Slobodan Milosevic, fails to meet the demands set out in the relevant resolution. But a reading of it shows that this is not the case. Resolution 1199, adopted on September 23, 1998, specifically states that if Mr. Milosevic does not take the measures the Council has urged, it would meet once again ``to consider further action and additional measures to maintain or restore peace and stability in the region.'' The resolution does not either explicitly or implicitly allow NATO or anyone else to take the law into its own hands. This is in contrast to the earlier occasions when NATO aircraft flew bombing raids on Serb targets in Bosnia in 1995. Then, NATO was specifically authorised to do so by the U.N., and it acted in support of the U.N. peacekeeperson the ground in Bosnia. Bombing Serbia clearly breaches NATO's founding treaty. NATO was established at the beginning of the Cold War to provide collective self- defence for Western Europe if it came under Soviet attack. If one of its members came under attack, all the rest pledged to join in to repel the aggressor. This was the only circumstance under which the alliance was allowed to use force. The Treaty of Washington, which established NATO in 1949, makes it clear that the alliance would use force only in self-defence and in keeping with the purposes and principles of the U.N. Article 5 of the treaty sets out the circumstances in which NATO would resort to force: an armed attack against one or more members in Europe or North America. If such an attack occurred, the alliance was authorised to use armed force ``to restore and maintain the security of the North Atlantic area.'' Even this use of force was seen as a temporary measure till such time the Security Council stepped in to restore peace. Even after the end of the Cold War, there has been no change in NATO's mandate to allow it to take military action outside its borders except in response to an attack. NATO's post-Cold War strategic doctrine, which was agreed to at a summit of its leaders in Rome in 1991, clearly states that ``the Alliance is purely defensive in purpose: none of its weapons will ever be used except in self-defence, and it does not consider itself to be anyone's adversary.'' The post-Cold War strategic doctrine made it clear that NATO regarded that the only role of its military forces was ``to assure the territorial integrity and political independence of its member-states''. An exception to this clearly defensive stance is the use by
[CTRL] A warrior race . . . Serbs must draw on fierce fighting spirit that Nazis failed to crush . . .?
-Caveat Lector- from alt.conspiracy - As always, Caveat Lector. Om K - A HREF="aol://5863:126/alt.conspiracy:510611"A warrior race/A - Subject: A warrior race From: "Brigitte Stewart" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, Mar 28, 1999 9:19 AM Message-id: 7dloj9$q66$[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subj: Serbs must draw on fierce fighting spirit that Nazis failed to crush Date: 3/28/99 9:50:29 AM Eastern Standard Time From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Activist Mailing List) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Activist Mailing List) Activist Mailing List - http://users.westnet.gr/~cgian/ Times of London - March 26 1999 A warrior race Serbs must draw on fierce fighting spirit that Nazis failed to crush FROM ROGER BOYES IN BERLIN On Serbian television yesterday they were showing black and white films of partisan adventures - heel-clicking Germans contrasted with rugged Yugoslav guerrillas - until the 11am news interrupted the broadcast with a special bulletin about how to guard against nuclear or chemical weapons. The connection was clear, the message obvious: Serbs will have to draw on their historical reserves, on their well-chiselled images of wartime heroism, to resist the Nato onslaught. The fact is that the Serbs are a fighting people and the legitimacy of postwar Yugoslavia was built on the heroic hardiness of the partisan war against the Germans. In part the war stories are mythical. Tito, the communist partisan chief who became Yugoslav leader, inflated the number of war dead to 1.7 million in order to extract higher reparations. The partisan legend is also tainted somewhat by the fierce fighting between Tito's forces and the nationalist Chetniks loyal to King Peter. The Tito partisans formed the new political class after the war and naturally their fighting skills were exaggerated. But the Serbs were nonetheless formidable, holding down several divisions of German soldiers. Almost from the start of Germany's occupation of Serbia, southeastern Europe was a drain on Hitler's army. And the Serbs paid in blood. The German attack on Serbia in April 1941 deployed 600 bomber and combat aircraft. Belgrade was set ablaze. More people were killed than in all the earlier bombings of Warsaw, Coventry and Rotterdam. When two SS men were killed, German soldiers rounded up 36 civilians, hanged half and shot the rest. By July 1941 52 "communists and Jews" were shot as punishment for an attempted assassination of a general. By September 1941 General Wilhelm Keitel declared that "the execution of 50 to 100 communists is appropriate for the taking of one German soldier's life". That was a symptom of German panic. After the relatively smooth occupation of Western Europe, the Germans were not ready for the toughness of the Balkans; the war against the Soviet Union had begun and there was no patience for the Serbian sideshow. But railway lines were blown up and great swaths of the country fell under the control of the Chetniks of Draza Mihajlovic and later, the communist partisans under Tito. The British historian, Norman Davies, comments: "The fierce determination of the Yugoslav partisans to kill the invaders was only exceeded by their proclivity for killing each other." German garrisons came under siege, supply columns were ambushed. No soldier was safe off duty. Their bodies, faces mutilated, were dumped near the gates of barracks. The field correspondence of German soldiers shows that they lived in terror of the Serbs. The wartime feuding between the Chetniks and the Titoists remains one of the fault lines in the Serb political class. Mihajlovic - who had struck stand-off deals with Italian and German commanders - was tried and executed by Tito after the war. A novel by Vuk Draskovic, Deputy Prime Minister of Yugoslavia, entitled The Knife (Noz), best captures the Serbs' fighting spirit. It depicts the mutual wartime slaughter of different Yugoslav groups. His hero muses: "Our people have a device which they can handle better than anyone else in the world, and a word that they can pronounce better than anybody else. This uncomplicated device and single word constitutes our seal, our symbol, our historical legitimacy. . . it is the word noz, the knife, and when we hear it our eyes fill with fire, in those three letters our whole history is squeezed." - Aloha, He'Ping, Om, Shalom, Salaam. Em Hotep, Peace Be, Omnia Bona Bonis, All My Relations. Adieu, Adios, Aloha. Amen. Roads End Kris DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence
[CTRL] A bomber pilot speaks out about Vietnam
-Caveat Lector- from alt.conspiracy - As always, Caveat Lector. Om K - A HREF="aol://5863:126/alt.conspiracy:511314"A bomber pilot speaks out about Vietnam/A - Subject: A bomber pilot speaks out about Vietnam From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (The UnaPoet) Date: Tue, Mar 30, 1999 8:15 PM Message-id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] An Unacceptable Target Told by James Robert "Cotton" Hildreth One particular mission is as vivid in my memory now as the day it happened. I was leading a flight of two A-1s on an armed reconnaissance mission, but shortly after take-off we were diverted to a target on the coast of I Corps (northern quarter of South Vietnam.) On arriving in the target area, we contacted the FAC (forward air controller) who pointed out the target. It was a huge village of three or four hundred houses, probably twelve to fifteen hundred people. It was between the main north-south highway and the ocean, a pretty, clean village. I asked the FAC why the village was a target. The FAC said, "That is a Vietcong village." I said, "How do you know its a Vietcong village?" He said, "Well we saw three Vietcong run in there." Across the road from the village was a rice paddy. He said, "We saw them run out of the rice paddy when we flew over, and they ran into the village." I said, "And you want us to wipe out this whole village to get three Vietcong?" How do you know they were Vietcong? Were they armed?" He said, "They had on black pajamas." All of the farmers working in the fields had on black pajamas. That was their dress. And they carried tools like rakes and hoes. He said, "They were armed." I said, "How do you know they weren't carrying rakes and hoes?" He said, "Don't argue with me. I've got the provincial governor in the back seat, and he says that is a Vietcong village." I said, "Well, I'll go down and look around and see if I can draw any fire." So we went down and flew over real low and slow. There were children in the courtyard, smiling and waving at us. This village had obviously been there for years, and it had never been touched. I pulled back up; and I said, "Okay, what are your instructions?" He said, "The wind is blowing off-shore; so put your napalm down on that first row of houses, and the wind will carry the fire across the entire village." So I said, ""Fine." I pulled around and told my wingman to come in from one side and I would attack from the other. We would start our attack from opposite corners. I was coming in toward the corner hut. I looked up at the other end, and he had moved over the road and dropped his napalm on the road. As I approached my release point, a woman with a tiny baby strapped on her back, holding the hand of a small child three or four years old, came running from the hut. I pulled my aircraft over and dropped the napalm in a ditch beside the highway. The FAC screamed and raised holy hell because he had this governor in the aircraft with him. He said, "You know I'm going to report you for this!" I said, "You don't have to. I'll be on the ground before you are, and I'll report myself." When we landed, my wingman walked over to my aircraft and said, "Sir, I have three small grandchildren, and I could never have faced them again if I had followed those orders." He said he didn't want to fly any more combat missions. Later, I had him transferred to a unit with an airborne command and control mission. I went into Squadron Operations and called the Command Center at Seventh air Force and talked to the director, a brigadier general I had served with several years before. I told him what happened. He said, "Damn, Cotton, don't you know what's going on? That village didn't pay their taxes. That lieutenant colonel, a provincial commander, is teaching them a lesson." On returning from an interdiction mission several days later, we flew over the target area. The village had been totally destroyed. Nothing but a large, black, burned area remained. I'm sure when the FAC got a fast-mover (high-performance jet) on the target and destroyed the village the report read: Target 100 percent destroyed, body-count 1200 KBA (killed by air) confirmed. I'm a grandfather now, and I can't watch my grandchildren at play or carry them in my arms without thinking of that village in Vietnam. From "Salute to Veterans," Mary Lewis Deans, Editor (Flatrock Books, 15 Goose Creek, Rocky Mount, North Carolina 27804), pp. 63-71 Salute to Veterans 1996: Oral histories from veterans and their relatives, gathered by the Nash County Cultural Center's Oral History Project Ralph McGehee, former CIA analyst in Vietnam: http://come.to/CIABASE "Essentially the CIA stopped all accurate info on Vietnam while conducting a propaganda campaign to keep us in this war that was unwinnable. If we are to avoid further "Vietnams" we need a good, reliable, trustworthy intelligence service." "In my experience, the CIA pulled the United States into the Vietnam War and kept it there with
[CTRL] Tax Protest Day
-Caveat Lector- === Reminder: Tax Protest Day === April 15th is coming up soon -- that time of year when Libertarians across the country protest the Income Tax and the IRS and reach out to taxpayers to let them know _it doesn't have to be this way_. Visit the LP's Tax Protest Day page at: http://www.lp.org/lp-tax-day.html You'll find: * Information on how to make your tax day protest a success. * Reports of past tax protest day activities. * How to order "million dollar bill" leaflets or the complete tax day kit. Join an already-planned tax protest -- or set up your own! To find out what's already planned in your area, contact your state or local LP organization (see http://www.lp.org/lp-geo.html for contact information). Note: To receive tax day materials in time for April 15th, please be sure to place your order _this week_. Materials may be ordered using a credit card online or by phone (202-333-0008). END THE INCOME TAX -- VOTE LIBERTARIAN!!! "From the rage of today's downtrodden comes the revenge of tomorrow's revolutionary force." Edward Britton http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/5285/connector1.html Talk to the planet: http://www.onelist.com/subscribe.cgi/Reality_Pump2 DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] Three US Soldiers Missing in Macedonia
http://search.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WAPO/19990331/V77-033199-idx.html -- "From the rage of today's downtrodden comes the revenge of tomorrow's revolutionary force." Edward Britton http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/5285/connector1.html Talk to the planet: http://www.onelist.com/subscribe.cgi/Reality_Pump2 Title: Three Soldiers Missing in Macedonia Three Soldiers Missing in Macedonia By Laura Myers Associated Press Writer Wednesday, March 31, 1999; 9:02 p.m. EST WASHINGTON (AP) -- Three U.S. Army soldiers were missing in Macedonia near the Yugoslav border Wednesday night after possibly being captured by members of the Serb military or police while on a reconnaissance mission, the Pentagon and NATO officials said. An immediate search and rescue mission was launched, involving ground and helicopter teams from several NATO countries and the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps based in the Macedonian capital of Skopje, U.S. officials said. Searchers included 80 to 90 soldiers on U.S. Blackhawk and British helicopters. The Army team had been on a daytime reconnaissance mission in the Kumanovo area of Macedonia near the southern Yugoslavia border when they reported ``they received small arms fire and said they were surrounded,'' according to NATO. ``No more was heard from the patrol,'' a NATO statement said. NATO officials didn't say who had the soldiers surrounded, but a Pentagon spokesman said it was presumed to be Serb Army, paramilitary units or perhaps special police forces. ``We believe they have possibly been abducted,'' said Col. Richard Bridges, a Pentagon spokesman. ``Right now there's a search and rescue effort on.'' The missing team was one of several Army units guarding the Yugoslav-Macedonia border during the ongoing NATO airstrikes against the Serb military in Yugoslavia. Several of the teams had been out on a reconnaissance mission Wednesday afternoon together, but had split up to engage in some rough terrain training, the Pentagon said. The urgent radio cries for help came between 2:30 p.m. and 3 p.m. Macedonia time (7:30 a.m. to 8 a.m. EST), the Pentagon said. When the other reconnaissance teams from the Army's 1st Infantry Division failed to find their colleagues, they radioed their commanders for help, according to the Pentagon. At the White House, National Security Adviser Sandy Berger advised President Clinton of the missing soldiers ``and will keep him informed as the information becomes available,'' said NSC spokesman David Leavy. ``We're still determined to push forward on our sustained air campaign and the operation will continue'' against military targets in Yugoslavia, Leavy said. Leavy declined to provide further details ``that could potentially jeopardize the safety or well being of these guys.'' NATO forces, including ground and helicopter teams, and Macedonian police immediately launched an immediate search for the missing team, U.S. officials said. The Army reconnaissance team was a part of the former U.N. peacekeeping operation in Macedonia called ``Able Sentry,'' which ended in February, Bridges said. The force of about 1,200 troops included about 350 Americans, who remained in the region following the March 24 start of NATO airstrikes in Yugoslavia against Serb military targets. Clinton has counseled from the beginning of the airstrikes against Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic that Americans would be put at risk during NATO operations. Last Saturday, an F-117a stealth fighter went down near Belgrade, the Yugoslav capital, after it was apparently hit with a Serb anti-aircraft missile. It was the first time the radar-evading aircraft had gone down in combat. The American pilot was rescued six hours later. Copyright 1999 The Associated PressBack to the top
[CTRL] Questions mount on accuracy of Kosovo atrocity reports
-Caveat Lector- from: http://asia.yahoo.com/headlines/010499/world/922922160-90331231604.newsworld.h tml A HREF="http://asia.yahoo.com/headlines/010499/world/922922160-90331231604.ne wsworld.html"Questions mount on accuracy of Kosovo atrocity /A - Questions mount on accuracy of Kosovo atrocity reports WASHINGTON, March 31 (AFP) - Questions multiplied Wednesday over the accuracy of official accounts of alleged Serb atrocities in Kosovo as NATO and its member states continued publicly to repeat unconfirmed stories, some later debunked, of horrific war crimes. No one disputes that tens of thousands of ethnic Albanians have fled Kosovo in the past week and have reported with striking consistency that Serb forces are engaged in a widespread ethnic cleansing campaign in the province. But information being relayed to journalists by alliance officials on details of the nature and scope of Belgrade's policy there has been confused, contradictory and sometimes plain wrong. With few western reporters and no diplomats or aid workers on the ground in Kosovo to verify their validity, reports coming from NATO and US officials appear often as little more than regurgitation of unconfirmed information from the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA). Those officials have upped their rhetoric against the Serbs almost daily, comparing Kosovo on Tuesday to Cambodia during the brutal Khmer Rouge regime and on Wednesday terming the situation there "Orwellian." But the United Nations, responding to a word that gained currency this week in Washington to describe the situation in Kosovo, said Wednesday it did not have enough firm evidence to term the events in the province a "genocide." NATO officials seem to be trying to fuel the evidentiary fires and twice this week reported that prominent ethnic Albanians leaders had been killed or wounded and gone into hiding. However on Wednesday, one of the two, moderate Ibrahim Rugova, who had supposedly gone into hiding after Serbs burned down his house, spoke to reporters at his undamaged home in Pristina, dismissing those concerns and calling for an end to the NATO bombing campaign. Shortly thereafter, a US diplomat in Brussels rejected NATO commander Wesley Clark's assertion earlier this week that Fehmi Agani, Rugova's top adviser, had been killed. US State Department spokesman James Rubin admitted that "reports" of Serb atrocities relayed to the department from KLA commander Hashim Thaci and then passed on to the press here were not necessarily "facts." "Mr Thaci has been quite clear with us that he is hearing reports," Rubin told reporters. "He's not saying that these things are facts." Rubin's comments followed his announcement that Thaci had told him earlier in the day that Serb forces were launching artillery at 50,000 to 75,000 Kosovar civilians in the district of Malisevo. "They are being shelled -- these are civilians -- by artillery and tanks, entire villages are empty and they are being burned," Rubin said, repeating Thaci's account but insisting Washington believed the "basic information about the situation in Malisevo is accurate." Thaci, a brash, young guerrilla commander, has not always proven a reliable source. On Tuesday, he told German television that about 100,000 Kosovars had been rounded up in the municipal stadium in Pristina. On Wednesday, an AFP reporter in Pristina found the stadium to be deserted and showing no signs of recent occupation. While Rubin tersely noted that he had not repeated Thaci's stadium report, he said later that Washington was relying on aid agency reports that said "people have been herded into sports stadiums in Pristina for detention." "I think that there should be no doubt in anybody's mind that there are terrible, terrible things going on in Kosovo, with men being executed, women being raped, and hundreds of thousands of people being forcibly removed from their homes," he added. He listed a lengthy series of incidents Washington believed to be credible but nearly all the information was prefaced with the word "reportedly" and it appeared as though independent US confirmation about rapes and executions did not exist. "US government information is that prior to forced expulsions, Serbs have looted the homes and businesses of ethnic Albanians in at least 20 towns and villages," he said when asked what Washington could confirm independently. Previous Story: Yugoslav army orders Kosovars to surrender weapons, or else.. AFP Next Story: US speeds 50 million dollars to prevent Kosovo "tragedy in the making" AFP Front Page | Asia | World | Business | Financial | Technology | Sport | Entertainment Comments or Suggestions? Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong time used throughout (i.e. GMT+8) Copyright ©
[CTRL] Mind Control Victim at University of Virginia / What They Did
-Caveat Lector- from alt.conspiracy - As always, Caveat Lector. Om K - A HREF="aol://5863:126/alt.conspiracy:510593"Mind Control Victim at University of Virginia/A - Subject: Mind Control Victim at University of Virginia From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, Mar 28, 1999 8:41 AM Message-id: 7dlm40$82u$[EMAIL PROTECTED] I have discovered a very interesting site on the web purporting to be from another mind control victim which deals with the moral accountability of government in the light of various mind control abuses which have occurred. Implicit in that author's account is the feeling that guilt lies with a controlling power elite which has made a joke out of the Constitutional Bill of Rights (not worth the paper it is written on under these circumstances, etc.). It has very harsh overtones. I am unable to judge whether or not it is overly pessimistic. But it is certainly eloquently written. The guerillas waging this war hide silently under the cover of their little fiefdoms, as that author describes. Behind the facades of buildings and legitimate fronts. Signals are difficult to trace without expensive engineering expertise. From my point of view, government is minimally guilty of not dealing successfully with the offenders, whomever they may be (hidden enemies of state, terrorist lobby, criminals, etc.). Maximally, conclusions could be more sinister, more along the lines of that author's scenario. It effectively describes the kind of stonewalling which is occurring. The address of this web site is: http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~alb/ugly/ugly.html ---== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==-- http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own = from: http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~alb/ugly/ugly.html A HREF="http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~alb/ugly/ugly.html"What they did./A - Many embeds and links . . .for the whole story . . . Om K - What They Did This page contains some descriptions of my harassment and torture right here in the USA. The original "ugly story" is in poem format, since at the time it was easier for me to express what had happened in that form. More details, in prose, are given in the 3/14/96 update. The letter which announced my hunger strike also has details in prose. By the way, to state the obvious, this page is here because I was tortured and will not be silent about it. I certainly did not choose to have these things done to me. The events did awaken me to the truly perilous state of freedom here in the US. I hope you do not let what has happened color your opinions of my other works, but unfortunately it did all happen and I will not pretend it did not. If you do not believe this kind of thing can happen here, I recommend the book Challenging the Secret Government by Kathryn Olmsted (University of North Carolina Press). See this page for the unvarnished truth about some of the history, politics, and technology involved in this type of harassment. See also my report on the State of the Union, along with some personal notes about this report. My public testimony to the National Bioethics Advisory Committee (NBAC), Human Subjects Subcommittee, Nov. 23, 1997. Excuses and Manipulations in Mind Control Feedback Disparity in Repressive Control Systems Updates This is the original poem I posted when I decided to go public with the story of my torture, called the ugly story of what "they" did. After almost a year of the harassment I had realized that nothing was going to happen if I kept it quiet, and that I might easily ``disappear'' without people knowing about what had happened. An update as of 1/30/96. An update as of 3/14/96. More details, in prose. An update as of 9/3/96. My Trip to the Hospital for a Brain Scan (long). A private citizen can now buy an implantable, satellite-trackable microchip, undetectable by X-rays. The ``technology that did not exist'' is now on the open market. To protest my torture and official non-response I went on a hunger strike starting Nov. 8, 1996. I restricted my food intake to only include water, unsweetened teas, and some vitamin tablets. This is a letter I mailed to various lawmakers, human rights groups, and news organizations. After 17 days, on Nov. 25, 1996, I ended the hunger strike. It served to draw a considerable amount of attention to the types of crimes I have been a victim of. An update as of 5/08/97. A little bit of good news: I have finished my dissertation and graduated with my Ph.D. in computer science. An update as of 11/30/97. U.S. show trials. Some links to related sites: A New Statesman article, ``Somebody's Listening,'' on the NSA's global electronic eavesdropping. It includes some discussion of domestic spying and has many good additional links. The Parascope site now has online, from Jan. 16, 1999, a talk by journalist and author Gary Webb. Among other
[CTRL] Kosovo propaganda? / Hard-liners recruit young Russians to aid the Serb cause +more
-Caveat Lector- from alt.conspiracy - As always, Caveat Lector. Om K - A HREF="aol://5863:126/alt.conspiracy:510563"Kosovo propaganda/A - Subject: Kosovo propaganda From: deepshooter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, Mar 28, 1999 6:27 AM Message-id: 7dle8a$25n$[EMAIL PROTECTED] We are being inundated with cruel propaganda in shamful attempt to justify bombing Yugoslavia. Jamie Shea, NATO spokesman, spent his entire time at the briefing trying to justify the mindless killing of Serbs with missiles hurled into Yugoslavia from hundreds of miles away. In doing so he repeatedly used standard propaganda terms such as "genocide," "ethnic cleansing," "atrocities," "paramilitary gangs," and other highly charged phrases designed to evoke emotional responses. The only facts offered to support such allegations are the pictures of burning houses and the appearance of refugees in neighboring countries. CNN was reduced to reporting such monstrous "atrocities" as seizing license plates from fleeing Albanians to prevent their return. Reports from other sources paint a different image. Neutral observers located in Kosovo report stepped up fighting between the rebels and Yugoslavian troops but no evidence of atrocities. French Defence Minister Alain Richard blamed fresh fighting in Kosovo on ethnic Albanian guerrillas. That statement prompted a visit to Paris by General Wesley Clark to contradict such information. It is becoming obvious that the "humanitarian crisis" in Kosovo has been manufactured by U.S. propagandists. U.S. officials criticize Yugoslavia for driving civilians out of Kosovo. Somebody should point out that the area is the focus of a major military action. Since U.S. leaders have announced that they could send ground troops into Kosovo, they shouldn't be surprised that the Yugoslavians are trying to establish defenses, and that civilians would try get out of the country. That the U.S. has to resort to cruel propaganda is a sign of the weakness of its position on the Kosovo conflict. Under the Clinton administration, the United States has become the leading terrorist bully in the world. ---== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==-- http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own = Subject: Re: Kosovo propaganda From: "octapi" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, Mar 28, 1999 7:23 AM Message-id: 7dlfj7$bo9$[EMAIL PROTECTED] I travel overseas for work. I've learned from several personal experiences over the last 15 years not to trust the national U.S. media. This coupled with the fact that the Clintons are experts at manipulating the media for their own ends, has made me very leery of this whole adventure. Over the last year, most foreign papers have been continually editorializing against America's reckless behavior in the world. Unfortunately, American's are woefully ignorant of the world around them. The average person in this country has very little perspective outside of what the government feeds them through the national media. This allows the government to basically do anything it wants by simply by demonizing someone on the 6 o'clock news. As Newt Gingrich can tell you, the Clintons are experts at manipulating the media to demonize their enemies. While we are sitting here in our comfortable homes, with the stock market at record levels, the Clintons are using our military to kill women and children in the streets of Serbia, just as the Clintons used our military to kill innocent civilians in the Sudan last year. Yes indeed. You are correct. Clinton is a terrorist. His actions are going to result in terrible consequences for America and the world. deepshooter wrote in message 7dle8a$25n$[EMAIL PROTECTED].. = Question: Why are we butting in to everybody else's business? Iraq I can understand, there never was a peace treaty signed so technically the Gulf War never ended. But then we go off bombing such amorphous threats as Osama bin Laden's *terrorist organization* and supposedly genocidal Serbian troops. Yes indeed. You are correct. Clinton is a terrorist. His actions are going to result in terrible consequences for America and the world. The Russians so far have shown remarkable restraint. If our next target is Taiwan, will the Chinese be so lenient? I've already had to die in two wars this century, I really don't want the third time to be the charm... = Subject: Re: Kosovo propaganda From: "octapi" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, Mar 28, 1999 12:54 PM Message-id: 7dm2vv$8ta$[EMAIL PROTECTED] Yes, the Russians have shown restraint. How long will that last? My understanding is that the average Russian is pissed as hell over what we are doing. As the Russian economy continues to disintegrate, Yelstin may figure out that a war in Europe could be just what he needs to take the people's minds off of their economic woes. Tass has reported that Russia has moved 50 tactical nuclear weapons into position.
[CTRL] Major Security Flaw Present in IE5 - Fix
-Caveat Lector- ref - http://www.sysopt.com/ie5flaw.html Major Security Flaw Present In IE5 By default, IE5 gives any web site access to your Windows clipboard data. Article Date: March 27, 1999 By: Scott Wainner (Before you seasoned IE users dismiss this, it is NOT the same as the IE4 DHTML security flaw. Click here to find out why.) Introduction So, you're working on a couple of email messages to some friends, copying text here, pasting text there, using CTRL-C or Edit - Copy. One of the letters you are working on is to your friend Jim - you're writing Jim to tell him that after 30 years of research, you finally discovered how to make cold fusion work! Finally, free energy for the entire world!, you write. Just as soon as you announce your discovery at next week's physics convention, you'll be a billionaire. You're tired of writing though, so you decide to take a break and browse around on the 'net. You just downloaded IE5, and you're surfing around the web, minding your own business, perhaps taking a look at a few sites that you visit on a daily basis, and a few that you've never been to before. Several days later, you're watching NBC news, and see a story about a guy who just discovered how to make cold fusion work! And guess what, they used your formula! How did that guy get it?! Did he break into your home and steal it? No, while you were surfing around the 'net using IE5, one of the sites you visited decided to take advantage of a security flaw in IE5, and log the contents of your Windows clipboard to their server! The Problem Yes, you read correctly. IE5 has a security flaw that allows web servers to log the contents of your Windows clipboard cache to their server, without your knowledge or consent. Actually, the feature of allowing a site to request your clipboard data isn't the flaw. The flaw is that web sites are allowed to do it without any notification or consent needed using IE5's default security level settings. Whenever you copy text, using the edit - copy feature of just about every windows application, or hit CTRL-C to copy text, that text gets placed into the windows clipboard. You can then paste that text to Windows notepad, an email message, or wherever you feel like it. However, thanks to Microsoft IE5's default security setting, any web site using a snippit of Java/Active X code can read any and all of the text you have on your Windows clipboard. In order to give you a real world example of just how this really works, using IE5, go ahead and copy some text from another application (not from this Window, it does not work if you copy text from the IE5 window, unless you reload the page after doing so). Be sure there isn't anything in your clipboard cache that you don't want us to see - because of the way this demonstration works, your clipboard data is logged by our web server as a regular page request (in our server logs) - I can't control that. Then, click on this link to test out the IE5 clipboard flaw. If you are not currently using IE5 to view this page, you needn't bother clicking on the link, because it won't work (but the flaw can be reproduced with IE4). NOTE! -- if you want to try the link more than once, you may need to reload this page each time! If you are using IE5, and you were able to click on that link, whatever was in your clipboard cache should have been displayed in a new window. In a real world situation, however, if I wanted to log the contents of your clipboard to my server, I would disguise the code so well that you would never even know about it, and probably wouldn't even require you to click on a single link. While I would rather expose the flaw and tell you how to prevent the problem from occuring, there are undoubtedly many crooks on the web who already know about this caveat, and are exploiting it like crazy. Other sites which have acknowledged the security flaw: ··Listen to our Audio Interview at Byte.com ··The Register (UK) - IE 5 security hole lets snoopers scoop your clipboard ··Maximum PC - IE5 Has Clipboard Security Hole If you ask Microsoft, they will tell you that it isn't a bug. Rather, they might use the term user configurable security issue. However, when you download IE5, it is configured by default to allow any web server to view the contents of your clipboard without your knowledge or consent. Microsoft added an Active X control feature to IE5 called The Microsoft Dynamic HTML Editing Component, which allows web designers to add WYSIWYG editing capability to their sites. This feature has two versions: DHTML Edit Control for IE5, and DHTML Edit Control Safe for Scripting for IE5. When a web designer uses code that applies to the first version, you will be warned if an HTML page contains script that would try to access your clipboard. However, it's simple to create a code snippit that uses the second version, which by default, you will not be warned about. It should be noted that this flaw can be duplicated
[CTRL] Military strategists admit failure in unwinnable Kosovo air war
-Caveat Lector- from: http://www.capitolhillblue.com/March1999/033199/cruisemissiles033199.htm A HREF="http://www.capitolhillblue.com/March1999/033199/cruisemissiles033199. htm"Military strategists admit Kosovo air war is no /A - Military strategists admit failure in "unwinnable" Kosovo air war By DOUG THOMPSON As military strategists concede the war in Kosovo may be unwinnable, the Pentagon is running low on its supply of cruise missiles. Retired Gen. Colin Powell joined the chorus of those who said the war can't be won in the air, telling a audience at Virginia Tech Tuesday the U.S. and NATO will have to use ground troops if they want to win. And the Pentagon is reluctantly admitting that things haven't gone as expected. "I think right now, it is difficult to say that we have prevented one act of brutality at this stage," Defense Department spokesman Kenneth Bacon told reporters Tuesday. In fact, military planners say that after six days of strikes, the bombing has, at best, inflicted only "minimal damage" on Yugoslavian military sites. And the US is running out of its primary weapon -- cruise missiles. Before the latest NATO strikes over Kosovo and Serbia, the Air Force was down to 150 cruise missiles carrying conventional warheads. At least 30 have been launched since then. The Navy has more than 2,000 but is using them up at a faster rate. No cruise missile production line is in operation. ``The stocks of air-launched cruise missiles are limited, and it's something we're addressing,'' Bacon said Tuesday. The dwindling supply is ``something we do worry about,'' he said. ``We have a supply now but it won't last forever. But we certainly have enough to continue striking important targets.'' Even more worrisome than the missile shortage, however, is the growing realization that after a week of massive bombing raids, NATO and US forces are no closer to achieving their goal of stopping the "ethnic cleansing."The atrocities have increased and military planners are now admitting the war may be based on an "unwinnable" strategy. "The US and NATO entered this conflict without a sound strategy and now they're paying for it," says retired Air Force General Matthew Higgins. "When you fight a war for political reasons, without a sound military plan, you end up with a conflict you can't win." At the Pentagon, military strategists admit privately they were pushed into the Kosovo campaign by a President eager to prove his manhood and divert attention away from the many scandals that have plagued his administration. "This is President Clinton's war," one high ranking officer says, "and we all know how much military experience the President has." The Kosovo conflict has severely strained already fragile relationships between Clinton and the military command structure. Senior Pentagon officials are constantly reminding their junior officers to control their distrust and avoid open derision of the President. "We look like a bunch of goddamned idiots because we let an idiot push us into this thing," one high ranking officer said bitterly Tuesday night. Gen. Higgins agreed. "This is a classic screwup," he said. "There's no other way to put it. The cruise missile situation is just one indication of how bad this whole mess is." The Air Force announced Tuesday that the Office of Management and Budget was permitting it to convert 92 nuclear-tipped cruise missiles into conventional air-launched cruise missiles, or CALCMs. The $51 million program will require congressional approval. The last such nuclear-to-conventional conversions rolled off the line in 1993 and the last time a new air-launched cruise missile was delivered was 1986. The prime contractor was Boeing Co. The Navy, meanwhile, is seeking a $113 million emergency appropriation to convert 324 Tomahawk cruise missiles to the latest model with upgraded guidance and a conventional blast warhead. Raytheon Co. closed its Tucson, Ariz., production line in January after delivering the last of the new Tomahawks to the Navy. ``We continue to manage the inventory very closely and we will meet all of our operational requirements,'' said Navy Lt. Meghan Mariman. In an era in which aversion to casualties tops the list of military priorities, cruise missiles have increasingly become Pentagon planners' preferred weapon. But Pentagon purchasing has lagged behind use of the weapons. The Pentagon was developing a successor to the conventional air-launched cruise missile, but canceled it in December 1994 due to spiraling costs. Air power analysts have been warning Pentagon planners for at least a decade to buy more conventional cruise missiles for use in limited conflicts in which presidents would want to project power without risking losing a pilot, said David Ochmanek, a Rand Corp. analyst. ``The good news is, as analysts, we've been vindicated on our position,'' Ochmanek said. ``The bad news is we didn't convince anybody.'' A single Air Force B-52,
Re: [CTRL] the meaning of the word socialist
-Caveat Lector- I did not ask for you to expound on your "Games Hypothesis". I asked you for your definition of the word "socialism" since you have disagreed with that given the word by others (though you did not specify what their definition was or how it differs from yours). If you can't do so, or do not wish to, please just say so. Howard Davis Ric Carter wrote: -Caveat Lector- - Original Message - From: Howard R. Davis III [EMAIL PROTECTED] So what IS your definition of "socialism"? There does not seem to be a clear definition in the web site mentioned and there is none that I can find in the following two messages. As with all human Games, religious/political/economic/artistic belief- systems, 'socialism' means whatever the speaker WISHES it to mean. All such Games are inaugurated and manipulated by Game Masters, who create and promulgate Game Rules that define the realm and content of Play in that Game. [And Games tend to fragment into competing and mutually- exclusive sub-Games, but that's another point...] For instance: All men are created equal. [Game Rule of Jeffersonian Democracy] All men and women are equal. [Game Rule of Liberal Democracy] All entities are equal. [Buddhist, Radical Environmentalist rule] So, every sub-Game in Political/Economic arenas will establish one or more Rules defining Socialism for the purpose of Play [activity and discourse] within that sub-Game. That no group of Game factions can agree on their definitions is irrelevant; Stalinists, Maoists, Nazis, Libertarians, LaRouchers, Militiamen are all Playing separate Games, with only minimal RealWorld connexion - usually as their Players are merrily slaughtering each other. That's what humans do... I'll expound more on my Games Hypothesis in future posts. Ciao --Ric DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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 DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] Kosovo: 'The war is about the mines'
-Caveat Lector- from alt.conspiracy - As always, Caveat Lector. Wasn't Tesla a Serb? Om K - A HREF="aol://5863:126/alt.conspiracy:511230"Kosovo: 'The war is about the mines'/A - Subject: Kosovo: 'The war is about the mines' From: "Sandra KH" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, Mar 30, 1999 2:19 PM Message-id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kosovo: 'The war is about the mines' By Sara Flounders Wars are at root about economics, and the rapidly expanding war in Kosovo is no different. So why have millions of dollars in high-tech weapons suddenly become available to the so-called Kosovo Liberation Army by way of the U.S. and Germany? A July 11 report by New York Times Balkans bureau chief Chris Hedges describes the KLAs new arsenalthe latest anti-tank rocket-propelled grenades and anti-aircraft weapons. These weapons are shifting the balance of power toward the KLA, which is funded fully by outside sources, mostly from the U.S. and Germany. The KLA is "fed by recruits, money and arms from outside Serbia," Hedges confirms. It has an "inexhaustible supply line," he reports. "Rebel soldiers, in full uniform with the red and black patch of the Kosovo Liberation Army, pull thick wads of German marks from their pockets. There are also signs that the arrival of dozens of former professional soldiers as well as some mercenaries are turning the ragtag band into a viable military force of several thousand fighters." In fact, the KLA is primarily a mercenary army funded by the kind of shadowy sources that have long been associated with U.S. and German intelligence services. It is a contra army. Kosovo is often portrayed in the media as an isolated mountainous region thats poor and without resources. It might seem, from these accounts, to be an area of interest only to those who live there. The New York Times, for example, has carried dozens of such articles by Chris Hedges in the last six months. Only once, on July 8, did Hedges write about the real wealth of Kosovothe Stari Trg mining complex. It was a tip-off that something more was at stake in this war. Hedges visit to the Stari Trg mining complex is an eye opener. He describes the glittering veins of lead, zinc, cadmium, gold and silver in Stari Trg. According to Hedges, "The sprawling state-owned Trepca mining complex, the most valuable piece of real estate in the Balkans, is worth at least $5 billion." According to the mines director, Novak Bjelic, "The war in Kosovo is about the mines, nothing else. This is Serbias Kuwaitthe heart of Kosovo. ... In addition to all this, Kosovo has 17 billion tons of coal reserves." The whole world knows and observed firsthand in the war against Iraq to what horrendous extent the Pentagon was willing to go in order to guarantee control of the oil wealth of Kuwait. But the enormous mineral wealth of Kosovo is never publicly discussed by U.S. United Nations Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, President Bill Clinton or the Pentagon generals. They speak only of "self-determination" of the Albanian population of Kosovo. Of course, they never mention what U.S.-imposed "self-determination" means. It means colonization under the guise of "liberation," like what the U.S. did to Puerto Rico, Cuba and the Philippines a hundred years ago. An Internet search for reports on the mines of Kosovothe Trepca mining complex or Stari Trgturned up only the one article by Hedges and a small piece in the June 22 Wall Street Journal. All other mentions are in metallurgical journals. How could this vital fact be omitted from all discussion of what is at stake in Kosovo? It is comparable to describing Kuwait and the oil-rich Gulf states as barren deserts. The wealth of Kosovo is greater than the rich veins of ore in the mines. Hedges describes the mining complex: "The Stari Trg mine, with its warehouses, is ringed with smelting plants, 17 metal treatment sites, freight yards, railroad lines, a power plant and the countrys largest battery plant." The labor power of millions of workers throughout socialist Yugoslavia built this mining complex into the powerhouse it is today. It was their wealth that was invested in developing the complex. It belongs not just to those who live in Kosovo, but to the workers of all Yugoslavia. The Yugoslav web site www.yugo slavia.com describes Trepca as the "richest lead and zinc mines in Europe." Lignite deposits in the Kosovo mines are, according to experts, sufficient for the next 13 centuries. The capacity of the lead and zinc refineries ranks third in the world. Miners work round the clock, day and night, in six-hour shifts. According to the mine director, "In the last three years we have mined 2,538,124 tons of lead and zinc crude ore and produced 286,502 tons of lead and zinc and 139,789 tons of pure lead, zinc, cadmium, silver and gold." Although the average person watching the news in the evening has never heard of Stari Trg, it has been a prize changing hands for two thousand years. The wealth
[CTRL] Pilot's and plane crashes, forward from Colleen
-Caveat Lector- Forwarded from Colleen for your consideration. Teo1000 In a message dated 3/31/99 12:19:31 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Colleen Jones) Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 12:15:07 -0500 (EST) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Conspiracy Theory Research List) Subject: Re: [CTRL] OEN 3/31/99 Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In-Reply-To: Kris Millegan [EMAIL PROTECTED]'s message of Wed, 31 Mar 1999 09:19:43 EST Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit MIME-Version: 1.0 (WebTV) With regard to certain plain crashes over the years, and in particular the young pilot who just took off, and crashedhis planes into the mountains; even Blue Angels in shows somehow losing control and crashing like lemmings one after another some years back It was reported that inthe 4th Centuy, Sun Tzu who wrote the Art of War, stated the following: "the one who first knows the measures of far and near travel wins...". During the Persian Gulf War there were pilots who had to remain awake around the clock...equipment had to be moved into the Gulf and the air bridge according to material written by Russel Reiter, PhD and Jo Robinson, it was stated: "pilots suffered dangerous cobination of stress, jet lag, long hours, night work, and insufficient sleep..." so a drug called temazpam (Restoril) ws approved for use by the Air Forceit was added that "with benzodizepines, you are basically intoxicatedmore than just being a little sleepy". Pilots were also grounded for 12 hours after taking this drug. Melatonin, was to be investigated; remember, John Glen on his last trip to outer space, was to use this - but experiment cancelled at last moment for unexplained reason. Now, my medical manual, which I often use to be sure any medication taken in this house is safe, stated: "TEMAZEPAM: antianxiety drug (Benzodiazepines)General Description: A mild sedative-hypnotic, temazepam is prescribed for the short term treatment of INSOMNIA. See Benzodiazepeines for information of side effects and possible drug interactions SPECIAL INFORMATION: Do not use this drug unless you can allow yourself seven or eight hours of sleep every night for the durtion of the treatment.if you dont give the medication time to wer off, you may exprience TEMPORARY AMENSIA, perhaps lasting several hours". Now if we go further into the use of thisantianxiety drug Benzodiazepines, brings us to something rather horrifying - and remember this was and may be still being given to our pilots and servicement suffering from the "jet lag"] SIDE EFFECTS: Not serious - clumsiness or unsteadiness, lethargy, dry mouth, nausea, ...tell your doctor if these symptoms persist or become bothersome SERIOUS SIDE EFFECTS: Drowsiness, dizziness, blurred vision, persistent or severe headache, allergic reaction - although rare, confusion, depression, changes in behavior (outburst or anger, difficulty concentrating; hallucination; uncontrolled movement of body or eyes; muscle weakness, chlills, fever or sore throat; rarely, jaundice, low blood pressure, anemia, low platelet counttell your doctorabout these symptoms right away". This is from TIME LIFE Medical Advisor. Now further, I do not know if Timothy McVeigh of some of these guys at the Gulf used this stuffor why they would refuse the Anthrax innoculations, but let us go further on the use of the above - and this will take some space: Benzodiazepines can impair your alertness, judgment and coordination;avoid driving and performing hazrdous acivities until ouexperience how the drug affects you. Benzodiazepines can cause physical and psychological dependence, someimes after only one or two weeeks, bu usually after prolonged usepeopple with history of drug or alcohol abuse are at a greater risk of psychological dependence on benzodia`epines.never combine alcohol with benzodazepines; the combination can cause dangerous central nervous system and respiratory depression; do not abruptly stop taking these drugs; sudden cessation can provoke withdrawal sumptoms incuidng seizures, irritability, insomnia, confusion, mental depression, hypersensitivity to pain, noise or light; feelings of suspicion and distrust; slowly reduce the dosage under your doctors guidance; tolerance may increase with prolonged use; as your body adjusts to ...etc. etc. etc.. Now is some instances where civilians used this drug, on jet trips.they would wake up in strange hotel rooms, and not know how they got there.this was the amensia. Think of all the plane crashes over the years and consider the use of this deadly drug, and why John Glenn was to test Melatonin on the space flight. Gulf War Syndrome: well this stuff all interactsand I will say this, in my day I dated quite a few pilots and we spent more
[CTRL] April First
-Caveat Lector- From wsws.org WSWS : News Analysis : Europe : The Balkan Crisis Why did events in Kosovo take the Clinton Administration by surprise? By Martin McLaughlin 1 April 1999 Clinton administration officials have admitted in recent days that they gravely miscalculated the likely consequences of launching air strikes against Serbia. They claimed to have been "taken by surprise" by the intensified bloodletting and ethnic cleansing in Kosovo, which has resulted in tens of thousands of ethnic Albanians being driven out of their homes and forced into refugee camps in Albania and Macedonia. If one assumes for the sake of argument that these claims are true, it demonstrates the blindness and stupidity which guide the formulation of American foreign policy. Blindness, because there were many forecasts of the disaster that would ensue in Kosovo in the event of NATO bombing, even in the pages of the American press. Stupidity, because even a rudimentary knowledge of the history of the region would suggest that dropping bombs on Serbia is a sure way to incite nationalism and provoke more violence. Even more extraordinary is the conclusion which administration spokesmen seek to draw from this admission. Having conceded that their decision to launch the bombing of Serbia was based at least in part on an enormous miscalculation, the White House and State Department declare that the remedy is even more bombing! But why should the latest argument for heavier bombing be accepted, when it comes from those who failed to foresee the obvious consequences of the first week of air strikes? What is behind the manifest incapacity of American foreign policy makers--not only in the White House and State Department, but in Congress and in the elite circles in Washington where such issues are debated? This is an important question, for we are dealing with ignorance not merely as the affliction of various individuals in government, but with a definite socio-political phenomenon. In the final analysis, the political dementia that seems to prevail in Washington arises from the nature of American imperialism and the contradictions which beset its role in world affairs. There is an enormous gap between the global aspirations of the United States, which seeks to impose its will in every corner of the planet, and its real power to affect events. The United States is, as Clinton and countless media pundits proclaim, "the world's only superpower." But this status does not give America unlimited scope to exercise its domination. Indeed, from the standpoint of its economic and political power, the United States is far weaker today than it was 50 years ago, at the end of World War II, when American industry dominated the world market and its major imperialist rivals--Germany, Japan, Britain and France--were either conquered or bankrupted by the conflict. This relative decline has left the United States with undisputed dominance in only one area--military force. Hence the infatuation of American policy-makers with violence, and their unshakeable conviction that cruise missiles, smart bombs and other high-tech weapons can produce the results desired by Washington, regardless of historical processes and local conditions. The end result is diplomats like Madeleine Albright, who believe that military power makes diplomacy itself irrelevant. Their answer to every problem is "We'll bomb." Another factor is the role played by the mass media in the degradation of political and intellectual life in the United States. Especially since the Vietnam debacle--which was followed by recriminations about the impact of critical media coverage of the war on public opinion--the ruling class has developed the media as a gigantic machine for stultifying public opinion and blocking any genuine democratic discussion about American foreign policy. Of course, crass commercial considerations have contributed to the virtual disappearance of serious news analysis and commentary. The evening news consists largely of a series of 30 to 60 second clips. A feature that runs as long as two minutes is called an "in-depth" report. The transformation of news programs into a variety of entertainment requires that all political subjects, no matter how complex, be reduced to the most simplistic formulae, i.e., American "good guys" vs. foreign "bad guys." Any foreign adversary of American interests is likely to find himself labeled "another Hitler." In the language of the Pentagon, however, there has been "collateral damage" from the carpet bombing of public opinion with stupidity and lies. The social types recruited into the media are, with few exceptions, largely ignorant of the topics and issues they pronounce upon. And those who give some sign of intelligence have been utterly corrupted by the wealth and prestige bestowed upon them by their celebrity status. Thus, there is not to be found in the media a single commentator who seriously questions the assumptions
[CTRL] Third Ring
-Caveat Lector- From wsws.org WSWS : News Analysis : Asia : Korea US, Japan turn up the pressure on Pyongyang regime An explosive situation on the Korean peninsula By Peter Symonds 1 April 1999 A minor naval incident in the Sea of Japan last week has highlighted the potential for north-east Asia, and the Korean peninsula in particular, to be rapidly transformed into another arena, like the Middle East and the Balkans, for military intervention by the major powers. On March 23, Japanese navy warships and planes backed by the country's coastguard chased two fishing vessels bearing false markings in waters off the western coast of Japan. The boats failed to heed orders to stop even when warning shots were fired across their bows and bombs were dropped from the planes. The pursuit, which lasted for hours, was finally called off when the vessels left Japan's air defence identification zone. The following day the Japanese government called on North Korea to seize and hand over the two ships together with their occupants. According to authorities, the two boats had no visible fishing tackle, many electronic antennae and had fled towards North Korean waters. The military claims to have detected several MiG-21 fighters taking off from North Korea during the chase. The Pyongyang regime has denied any involvement in the affair and accused the Japanese government of staging the event as a means of whipping up public support for current legislative changes giving greater powers to the country's military. Whether the North Korean accusation is true or not, Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi certainly transformed a relatively minor incident into a major public issue by giving the go-ahead for the navy to fire on the two vessels and drop bombs--the first occasion since the country's Self-Defence Force was formed in 1954. The scale of the operation was also unprecedented. Four Japanese navy destroyers and six anti-submarine patrol aircraft, as well as nine coastguard patrol boats and two aircraft, were engaged in chasing the two boats. Government critics seized upon the failure of the navy to go further and fire on the ships, in order to call for changes to the rules of engagement that prevent Japanese warships from directly firing on boats unless fired on first. The media also encouraged a hysterical response to the intrusion. Video footage of the naval chase was shown on TV. Commentators suggested the purpose of the mission was spying, drug smuggling, the kidnapping of Japanese citizens or other sinister aims. The right-wing Sankei newspaper even claimed that the two boats were just a diversion, which had allowed dozens of North Korean spies, trained in sabotaging transport and communication, to slip into the country undetected. With the rival American and European powers actively pursuing their interests by military means in the Balkans and the Middle East, powerful sections of the Japanese ruling class are pressing for an end to the constitutional constraints on the country's military forces. Under its postwar constitution, Japan is prevented from employing "the threat or the use of force as the means of settling international disputes" and from maintaining "land, sea or air forces". Its powerful Self Defence Forces has 242,000 personnel, the latest in military hardware and a budget of about $US400 billion, but is not legally permitted to operate outside a narrow perimeter surrounding Japan. The latest events in the Sea of Japan have undoubtedly boosted Obuchi's chances of pushing new laws through the Japanese Diet, which would allow Japan to support US troops during a crisis within the region. Obuchi and his government have received an increase in popularity in the opinion polls following the incident. Four of the major parliamentary parties--the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner, the Liberal Party, and two opposition parties, Democratic Party of Japan and New Komeito--have backed the naval action. The LDP government is playing on other fears in relation to Pyongyang. Last August, a North Korean three-stage ballistic missile was fired across Japanese territory, sparking press speculation both in Japan and the United States that the Stalinist regime was developing the missile capacity to hit not only its near neighbours but also North America. The US State Department subsequently accepted North Korean claims that the rocket had been an attempt to place a satellite in orbit. But the acknowledgement has not prevented the US and Japanese governments from using the incident to step up demands on North Korea for a complete end to its development, production and export of missiles. Last weekend, in a further attempt to create public panic, the Japanese newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun claimed that the North Korean military had already deployed ballistic missiles. Quoting unnamed US military sources, the paper stated that a US spy satellite had confirmed that several Rodong ballistic missiles with
Re: [CTRL] Fwd: Re(2): [CTRL] Fwd: Poor Ant
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 3/31/99 2:42:35 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: i know that your ant and grasshopper story was posted seriously with something that you believed to be true but the context, the situation, the characters, the principle, all of it were wrong. but then that is the nature of propaganda: unlesss you bust it yourself, you will be dancing to its tune and i thought that that was something that you needed to see. Well as I posted to Chris, my piece was not intended as a serious piece meant to convey serious thought on the issue, but was meant as a propaganda piece designed to evoke reactions of an extreme nature. The story was all about absolutes and black and white issues but real life is all about shades of gray. The reactions the piece got from some people amply illustrated the effect of good propaganda (good in the sense of evocative) on otherwise quite rational people. Chris is a rational thoughtful person and he was drawn into the maelstrom rather easily. How easily are we led everyday by the nuances of media? How often are our thoughts subverted without our even realizing it? Mind you I include myself in this as well. Teo1000 DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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 meaning of the word socialist
-Caveat Lector- An example of socialism, is socialied medicine; and this is where we are headed. Doctors and Hospitals would not like this, because it would mean you cannot like in a bed and pay $3,000.00 per night to rest, when it would be cheaper to go to a motel. That, is not only socialism, that is legal robbery DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] Boyz 'n the HUD stalin /trotsky
-Caveat Lector- from the net The latest American Spectator(April 99) has two articles on the Housing and Urban Development department's extended shakedown operation against mortgage lenders and landlords, accomplished through bogus "testers" who attempt to entrap lenders and "prove" discrimination. The attached piece is on Andy Cuomo's personal role in the HUD protection racket. Another intriguing tidbit in the Spectator concerns Trotsky, who (according to the Venona intercepts) was planning to testify before Congress, about the role of Soviet agents abroad! Sounds bizarre, but apparently this has been corroborated. Stalin landed a pick in Trotsky's skull before he could testify, but most intriguing was the role of Soviet agents in the state department in thwarting Trotsky's attempt to get a US visa. http://www.spectator.org/exclusives/99-03-23_special.html DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] Ground '0'
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From IrishTimes
Thursday, April 1, 1999
The fine line between military and civilian targets
The aerial bombardments have united Serbs in their detestation of the NATO
forces, writes Lara Marlowe, in Cacak
Before he let the journalists from Belgrade approach the wasteland of the
factory where he worked for 25 years, Radomir Ljujic, the general manager
of Sloboda ("Freedom") household appliances, wanted to tell us a thing or
two about NATO's war on Yugoslavia.
"Last year we celebrated the 50th anniversary of this factory. On March
30th, we received the biggest congratulations from NATO," Mr Ljujic said
with bitter sarcasm. "The factory is finished."
B-52s fired at least seven AGM 86 cruise missiles from Hungarian airspace
at the factory early on Tuesday morning. In a sloping valley surrounded on
three sides by hills, the industrial zone the size of several city blocks
looked as if an angry God had picked up warehouses, workrooms and assembly
lines, shaken them violently and hurled them to earth in a hail of stone,
wood, corrugated steel, machine parts and cardboard boxes.
The cruise missiles hit their targets with stunning accuracy, and the
craters they left were gaping chasms 40 feet deep and 100 feet across. The
windows broke in the redroofed chalets just a few hundred metres up the
hillside, but they were otherwise untouched. Because the missiles were
fired between 3 a.m. and 5 a.m. the factory was empty and no one was
killed.
Mr Ljujic was aware of the rumours and before we left he gave us orders.
"Don't turn vacuum-cleaners into grenade-launchers, and don't minimise the
damage," he said. "The damage is terrible. We hope that one day someone
will have to pay for this."
So why would NATO target the factory that supplied half of Yugoslavia's
vacuum-cleaners, cookers, hair-dryers and refrigerators? Independently of
one another, three reliable sources confirmed that it also made munitions,
though not in sufficient quantities to justify such an attack, one added.
Can damage to Yugoslavia's economy be compared to the suffering in Kosovo?
The question seems absurd, but in a murky way it sums up the Serbs' claim
to victimhood in this war. The material damage we were shown yesterday in
Cacak and Kragujevac, two cities 100 kilometres south of Belgrade, was
dramatic. But in both cases NATO struck without loss of human life. "I have
to admit, as a military man, that NATO are being honourable, that they are
hitting military targets with precision," a Yugoslav officer said.
"Obviously, if you live next door to a barracks, you are in danger."
In its war with the Kosovo Liberation Army, Serbia has argued that because
the guerrillas live in villages with their families, it is impossible to
distinguish between "terrorists" and civilians. NATO's moral separation
between military and civilian targets appears to have broken down in mass
bombardments in Kosovo, where the interior ministry police have moved into
civilian housing.
The distress of the Sloboda civilian factory workers shows what a fine line
divides the civilian and military, especially in Yugoslavia, where
virtually all the country's industry was dual-use. After all, Serb
journalists said yesterday in Cacak, the Boeing company that made the
cruise missiles that destroyed Sloboda also makes civilian airliners.
Mr Ljujic's factory employed 5,000 people and supported an estimated
20,000. The factory was worth $700 million. "This is a tragedy for Cacack,"
he said. "This factory was known throughout the world. We produced
vacuum-cleaners under licence from the German company Progress and
refrigerators under licence from Ignis in Italy. We received
congratulations from Aviano [NATO air base in northern Italy], too. We used
to produce 300,000 vacuum cleaners every year."
As he spoke, a woman in blue overalls and a pink anorak stood nearby,
weeping. Other workers carried red vacuum-cleaner casings and aluminum
baskets, plastic tubes and hair-dryers from the mountains of rubble,
stacking them in orderly piles. Faded pinups and images of football stars
were still taped to one of the few walls remaining. "Orders can be
delivered by post," a sign noted. "Quality guaranteed by Sloboda, Cacak."
But there was a very strong police presence for a damaged appliance
factory. They stood scowling, feet wide apart and hands behinds their
backs, in front of plastic ribbons, cordoning off the areas we could not
visit, allegedly because they had not yet been secured. And the choking
dust smelled odd, like gunpowder.
"That's enough questions," a plainclothes man shouted when I spoke to
workers on the far side of one of the ribbon markers. They refused to speak
any more. As we walked away at the request of uniformed policemen, another
plainclothes man gave me a hard shove in the back, and for a fraction of a
second I thought I could imagine what it might be like to be a Kosovo
[CTRL] the greenies ---wrong again
-Caveat Lector- http://www.nytimes.com/library/national/science/033099sci-warzones-animals.h tml The green movement has been a useful ally in the preservation of illuminist myths- (I am sympathetic to conservation- but not to environmentalism as a religion) March 30, 1999 Unlikely Tool for Species Preservation: Warfare By WILLIAM K. STEVENS erhaps no exploration in American history has more famously combined intrepidity with scientific enterprise than the two-year expedition of Lewis and Clark from the Mississippi to the Pacific two centuries ago. The ecologist Daniel B. Botkin, in a 1995 book, called it "the greatest wilderness trip ever recorded." But how pristine was that Western wilderness of 1804 to 1806? The answer depends on how one conceives of the nature of nature, and it has basic implications for present-day conservation policy. The Associated Press Fond tradition pictures the plains and mountains of the Lewis and Clark era as a nature untouched by humans and apart from them: a sort of original realm of the wild, undisturbed and eternal. Many experts, however, have long since abandoned that vision. Today they see humans as longtime major players in nature's grand drama, and American Indians among the main ecological actors of the old West -- not only in the days of Lewis and Clark but for thousands of years before that. Now, citing as evidence the marvelously detailed journals of Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, some scientists are proposing that even Indian warfare played a critical ecological role, by regulating and maintaining both the numbers and distribution of bison and other big animals of the West before descendants of Europeans settled it. Basically, according to this "war zone" theory, Indian hunters were so proficient that in an individual tribe's homeland, populations of big game like bison and elk seriously declined and in some cases disappeared. But in several big buffer zones between warring tribes, where hunters were loath to spend much time lest their enemies attack them, big game found more safety and flourished. These no-man's-lands functioned, in effect, as game preserves and may have kept the plains bison and other big animals from being hunted to extinction well before Europeans arrived. Not everyone agrees wholly with the theory. But the spotlight it casts on humans' impact on the pre-Columbian landscape also highlights one of the major conceptual problems facing present-day efforts to restore and conserve "natural" ecosystems: What target should be aimed at? Should the goal be to maintain nature as nearly as possible in the state it was in before the ancestors of the Indians came to America many millenniums ago? Or to its state just before Europeans appeared on the continent? Or to some other state altogether? The war-zone theory is laid out in the February issue of the journal Conservation Biology by Paul S. Martin, a paleoecologist at the University of Arizona, and Christine R. Szuter, editor in chief of the University of Arizona Press. Dr. Martin says the theory could partly explain why bison, elk, deer and bears escaped the fate of other, even bigger North American animal species that became extinct 13,000 years ago. These included, among others, mammoths, mastodons, camels, giant sloths, tapirs and predators that depended on them, like giant short-faced bears, a giant wolf called the dire wolf and the saber-toothed cat. The bison is the largest surviving life form in North America, and Dr. Martin is the chief advocate of the view that the earlier vanished species of megafauna, as they are called, were hunted to extinction in a continentwide "blitzkrieg" lasting several centuries by human hunters who had migrated to North America from Siberia 15,000 years ago or more. "The land had been stripped of most of its native megafauna through human influence" long before Lewis and Clark appeared on the scene, Dr. Martin and Dr. Szuter write. And except for the influence of humans, they say, much larger populations of the surviving bison, elk and deer would have greeted the white explorers. Other scientists contend that the ancient megafauna were extinguished by climatic change or disease, or by a combination of factors. Be that as it may, it is abundantly clear that Indians and their ancestors, called paleo-Indians by scientists, transformed the landscape and ecological relationships of the Western Hemisphere, with both positive and negative effects. Indians rearranged the land with earthworks, farm fields, houses, towns and trails. As top predators, the impact of their hunting on many species rippled through pre-Columbian ecosystems. Indians also set frequent fires for one reason or another, and many pre-Columbian forests were more open and parklike as a result. In the West, the Indians' fires helped create, renew and maintain grassland
Re: [CTRL] Three US Soldiers Missing in Macedonia
-Caveat Lector- Did that article say they had been abducted? Abducted? Poor choice of words for this list!! Maybe "taken captive" would serve us better. Pray for their safety. Remember, they are Nato ad not protected by the Geneva Convention Rules. Now Clinton has been taken by surprise. How can say that when every military expert told him not to do this. He just doesn't understand military strategy. Well, neither do I but I'd rely on experts in a subject where I was totally ignorant and misguided and lives were at stake. I keep hearing "Wake Up Amerca". I AM awake, long hrs. every night and cannot figure out how we are going to fix this mess. Did you guys notice the speech by Al Gore to the computer industry honoring him in Nassau? He makes $600,000 per week ff his internet deal. One person didn't invent it by himself. Wasn't that government funded. Isn't the environment 'his thing" Isn't that where the UN wants to tax us rich Americans and make us pay for being productive. I can't get my taxes together now. I will ve 100 pages to assemble. I'm three days past appointment with accountant because of iminute details required to keep from paying morethan I can bear. On m soapbox, Amelia DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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 World's Greatest Hacking Links
-Caveat Lector- I figured that out but thanks for the info DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] [piml] Art Bell Website Hacked by Yugoslavian Hackers!
At 11:30 PM 3/31/99 -0800, Ed Wolfe wrote: The Beograd Hackers have completely replaced Art Bell's website with one of their own making. Check it out: http://www.artbell.com Probably the best use of Art Bell's site we'll ever see. Bell Rowland can screw around with Robert A.M. Stephens, but they can't beat the Yugoslavian hackers! BEOGRAD HACKERS RULE!! We Have Your Site!! THE YUGOSLAV CITIZENS' MESSAGE TO NATO WORLD CRIMINALS Yugoslavia is informing its listeners and Internet users throughout the world that the aggression against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia has dramatic proportions. Murderers and criminals, organized under the name of NATO, are shooting at civilian targets in our country. The reason for doing so is obviously to inflict material damage on the economy, roads and all other assets. Their desire is to destabilize our country and undermine the unity of our people, army and state leadership, and to try to conquer us. Such an aggression and bestiality have not been seen since the time of concentration camps in World War II. The criminals' missiles are falling on schools full of children, hospitals with people being treated in them, roads are being destroyed so that many places are being left without food. They are bringing down transmission lines, so as to leave the people without electricity, and using chemical weapons in order to cause as great a pain and suffering of the population as possible. They are cutting the major waterworks and targeting factories using chemical raw materials. It is the Serbs, Montenegrins, Albanians, Turks, Muslims, Gorancies, Romanies and all those living in our country that are suffering the consequences of the acts by NATO criminals. Bill Clinton and his collaborator - Javier Solana, are justifying all this with the need to protect democracy. The message of all the citizens of Yugoslavia, the Serbs, Albanians and Montenegrins alike, to them is to stop protecting our democracy. Our state is eight centuries older than the United States. All Yugoslav citizens say to them that they will remain steadfast in support of their army, their state and their president, Slobodan Milosevic. And a message to them from all the citizens of Yugoslavia is that we never lost wars and that our retaliation against those who had attacked us, has always been painful. More Links ··REPLY OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA, MR. SLOBODAN MILOEVIC ··No to NATO Expansion-- NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ANTI-WAR PROTESTS AGAINST U.S. BOMBING OF YUGOSLAVIA ··A letter from a 13 year old girl. ··More News in ENGLISH Demonstrations in Washington, April 4th Please come to Serbian demonstrations in front of the White House on Sunday, April 4, starting at 2 p.m. People will come in an organized fashion by buses from cities from the entire Eastern Coast of the U.S. - from New York (8 buses booked already); Pittsburgh; Cleveland; and many other cities. Pozivam vas da u sto vecem broju dodjemo u Vasington na velike srpske demonstracije ispred Bele Kuce u Nedelju, 4. aprila, sa pocetkom u 14.00h. Doci ce organizovano ljudi autobusima iz gradova sirom istocne Amerike - iz Njujorka (za sada bukirano 8 autobusa); Pitsburga; Klivlenda; i mnogo drugih gradova sa cele istocne obale Amerike. Beograd, 24.marta 1999 Generalstab Vojske Jugoslavije obavestava jugoslovensku i medjunarodnu javnost da je veceras u 20.00 casova NATO pakt izvrsio agresiju na Saveznu Republiku Jugoslaviju. Vojne snage Severnoatlanske alijanse, po diktatu i interesu svetskog policajca, Sjedinjenih Americkih Drzava, a za racun siptarskih separatista i terorista, grubo su narusile teritoriju suverene Jugoslavije i brutalno ugrozile zivote njenih gradjana, saopstila je informativna sluzba Generalstaba VJ. Borbeni efektivi sistema protivvazdusne odbrane koji su pravovremeno otkrili agresorske projektile i efikasno dejstvovali nisu osteceni i ostaju u borbenom rasporedu i spremnosti za dalja dejstva. U prvom naletu svetskih agresora gadjano je preko dvadeset objekata, a dejstva jos traju. Vojska Jugoslavije preduzima sve mere odbrane i zastite. Operativna spremnost i borbena gotovost su na najvisem nivou, a raspolozenje i motivisanost vojnika i oficira je besprimerno visoka. U jedinice Vojske Jugoslavije masovno se javljaju dobrovoljci za odbranu otadzbine. Prve eksplozije do kojih je doslo posle napada NATO pakta oznacile su kraj medjunarodnog prava, suspendovale Povelju Ujedinjenih nacija i otvorile novu stranicu svetske istorije, zakljucuje se u saopstenju.
Re: [CTRL] the meaning of the word socialist
-Caveat Lector- - Original Message - From: Howard R. Davis III [EMAIL PROTECTED] I did not ask for you to expound on your "Games Hypothesis". I asked you for your definition of the word "socialism" since you have disagreed with that given the word by others (though you did not specify what their definition was or how it differs from yours). If you can't do so, or do not wish to, please just say so. Ric Carter wrote: From: Howard R. Davis III [EMAIL PROTECTED] So what IS your definition of "socialism"? There does not seem to be a clear definition in the web site mentioned and there is none that I can find in the following two messages. As with all human Games, religious/political/economic/artistic belief- systems, 'socialism' means whatever the speaker WISHES it to mean. My definition: Socialism is a Game, a belief system held by those who call themselves Socialists. Just as any who wish to style themselves Christians or Republicans or Nudists may do so, so anyone is free to label themselves a Socialist - and is also free to merrily bludgeon, and be bludgeoned by, anyone else who disagrees with their label, their beliefs or their looks. Arguing over the finer points of just what constitutes Socialism holds no interest for me. But I note that power structures self-styled as Socialist have not fared too well in open competition with more flexible, adaptive systems. Now, let's say that Socialism entails some degree of community control or ownership of... whatever. Endless arguments can ensue over just what degree of ownership/control, and just what is being owned/controlled, qualify a system as Socialism, but this seems like a basic principle - not everything in a realm is owned/run by private forces. Experience shows that with too MUCH community ownership/control over too GREAT a range of institutions in a society, the society is stifled, and more flexible societies stomp its butt. Likewise, with too LITTLE community control/ownership over too SMALL a range of institutions, the society becomes a kleptocracy, easy meat for more disciplined competitors. So IMHO the vital question isn't, Is any given social/political/belief system Socialism, but, Can a given society/nation adapt to meet the competitive challenges of a rapidly-evolving world? Those states that called themselves Socialist have generally flunked that test; but those states that're soi-dissant Capitalist have found it incumbent to adopt numerous items from Socialist agendas, for the sake of their survival and growth. Community sponsorship of health/education/other programs have resulted in healthier and more productive populaces. Are public schools, public health systems/standards, public lands, 'Socialist'? Does the label matter, as long as society and its members benefit? DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] Chronology of the KLA's Terrorism: April 1996 - February 1998
-Caveat Lector- ref - http://beograd.rockbridge.net/chronology.html -- Chronology of the KLA's Terrorism: April 1996 - February 1998 -- 1996 April 22: Blagoje Okulic, a Serb refugee from Croatia, was sitting with a friend in a cafe when a masked member of the KLA opened fire on the customers with an automatic weapon. Okulic died in hospital. He was the first victim of the KLA. Armand Daci (20), an ethnic Albanian student in dentistry school, was shot and killed by a sniper. June 16: In an attack against a police patrol near Podujevo, police officer Goran Mitrovic was heavily wounded. June 17: Around 11:55 p.m. a police patrol in the village of Siplje near Kosovska Mitrovica was attacked, resulting in the killing of Predrag Djordjevic (28) from Krusevac, and the wounding of Zoran Vukocic (30) from Nis. The same day a bomb was hurled at the police station in Luzani, and the police officers on duty in the station were fired on by automatic weapons. No one was injured. July 11: One hour after midnight in the center of Podujevo terrorists carried out an armed attack against police officers, resulting in a heavy wounding of police officer Sredoje Radojevic. Aug. 2: Armed attack on three police stations (in Pristina, Podujevo, and the village of Krpimej) around 10 p.m. Aug. 28: Three bombs were hurled in the village of Celopek (border of the towns Pec-Klina-Decani), around 3 a.m. No one was injured. In the village of Donje Ljupce police inspector Ejup Bajgora (44), an ethnic Albanian who worked at the Pristina Precinct, was shot and killed. Aug. 31: In the night hours two bombs were hurled into the courtyard of the Yugoslav Army's barracks in Vucitrn. In the village of Rudnik (Srbica municipality) an armed attack was carried out on the police station. In Podujevo, police officers at the juncture of the road Pristina-Podujevo-Kursumlija were fired on. No one was hit. The police station in Glogovac was fired on with automatic weapons. Oct. 25: Two police officers were killed by automatic weapons near the village of Surkis in the Podujevo municipality -- Milos Nikolic, a police inspector of the Pristina Precinct, and Dragan Rakic from the village of Velika Reka, who was a police officer in the reserves and a manager of a company in Podujevo. Nov. 16: In the village of Rznic, in Decan municipality, around 10:30 p.m. a terrorist attack was carried out on the police station. No one was killed. Dec. 26: Faik Belopolja, an ethnic Albanian from Podujevo who was a forest worker in the Serbia Forest Service, was shot and killed. 1997 Jan. 9: In the center of Podujevo at 5:30 p.m. Malic Saholi (52), an ethnic Albanian who was the manager of the superamarket Vocar and a deputy in the municipal council of Podujevo as a member of the Socialist Party of Serbia, was shot and killed. Jan. 11: In the Vucitrn village of Mijalic, around 7 p.m. more than 26 bullets were fired at the house of Ljubisa Mitrovic. No one was killed. Jan. 13: Shooting Fazil Hasani, an ethnic Albanian forest worker from the village of Brabonic (Srbica municipality) in the neck, KLO terrorists killed him and issued a statement denouncing Mr. Hasani as a traitor. Jan. 16: Using remote-controlled explosives, the KLO attempted to assassinate the Dean of Pristina University, Mr. Papovic, at 8 a.m. as he was driving to the University. Both he and his driver Nikola Lalic were heavily wounded. The explosives were set off when their car was some 50 meters from Dean Papovic's apartment in Pristina. Jan. 17: In the village of Reketnica (Srbica municipality), at 1 a.m., ethnic Albanian Zen Durmisi (52) was shot and killed and his son Nazmi Durmisi was heavily wounded. The Durmisi family was labeled pro-Yugoslav by the terrorist KLA. Feb. 1: KLA terrorists from a moving vehicle fired on police officers. The officers fired back and killed all three terrorists. March 5: At 10:47 a.m., in front of the Pristina University School of Languages, a bomb in a container exploded. Four people were wounded, two ethnic Albanians -- Adrijana Dremka and Lindita Maksuti -- and two ethnic Serbs, Borivoje Popovic and Ivan Maksimovic. A second explosives device weighing 4.2 kilograms, which had been placed at the base of the Vuk Karadzic monument in front of the School of Languages, was found and deactivated by members of the Anti-Ballistics Unit of the Pristina Precinct. March 21: Around 8 p.m., in the center of Podujevo, KLA terrorists fired five shots at police officer Branislav Milovanovic, wounding him heavily. In a statement, the KLA claimed responsibility denouncing officer Milovanovic as a Serbian policeman, well known blood-sucker and anti-Albanian. March 25: Near the village Sicevo, Klin municipality, a group of attackers killed ethnic Albanians Jusuf Haljiljaj and Fehmi Haziraj (who were well known
[CTRL] Albanian Terrorism Book
-Caveat Lector- ref - http://www.beograd.com/nato/albanian_terrorism.html - Milan V. Petkovi} Albanian Terrorists 1998 There is only one step from fanaticism to barbarism. Denis Diderot Index Introduction Islamic Extremism and the European Quest Growing Iranian influence The Albanian Initiative The US Interest for Terrorists in Kosovo and Metohija TURKEY, ALBANIA AND THE REPUBLIC KOSOVA Using religion Turkey, Albania and Kosovo and Metohija Planning the Republic of Kosova The Kosovo Liberation Army What is the Kosovo Liberation Army? Profile of a terrorist Dogs of War are arriving Profession - Terrorist MAPS DRAWINGS ABBREVIATIONS BIBLIOGRAPHY Introduction Southeast Europe, and especially the Balkan Peninsula, have traditionally been the object of numerous geopolitical, geostrategic and publicist analyses, as well as the subject of debates among Balkan, European and global experts in international relations. At the present, along with the Serbian question, the most controversial issue is the Albanian national question. The basic problem concerns security in a broader geopolitical framework, which is understandable. but at least as far as Western analysts are concerned, other issues have priority such as human rights, democracy and other issues that might become dominant in a given phase of crisis solving. The preservation of regional security and the creation of stable political-economic relations in the Balkan Peninsula are the priorities of the international community policy, since it estimates that currently the most important hotbeds on Europe are located in Kosovo and Metohija, in Albania and in western Macedonia. Judged according to investments, resources and geostrategic element, the province of Kosovo and Metohija is worth more than 500 billion dollars. This fact favored the Albanian secessionist leadership in its efforts to assume the guidance of the Albanian people which might play an important role in the global control of the south-eastern part of Europe. The premise Whoever has control of the Balkans and of Kosovo and Metohija, controls the stability and the instability of Europe has been put to good use by the Albanian leaders by trying to destabilize this part of the European continent in order to benefit by creating Greater Albania, i.e. by generating a monopoly of power and might in the Balkans. Their efforts are designed to provide the solution to the Kosovo Question by involving international factors, to the point that internationalization of the problems is sought at any cost, including inciting and taking part in terrorist activities, devised to frighten the Serbian people and force it to emigrate and abandon the land to the secessionists. The political objectives of the secessionists encompassing both conventional and unconventional forms of activities by political parties, unions, media, supported by terrorism, guerrilla, contraband, drugs smuggling and violence of all sorts, are merely a mosaic revealing a rejection of the authority of the Serbian state and of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and a collective resistance to the Serbian people and political parties, regardless of their political programs, party activities and attitude towards the present government. Islamic Extremism and the European Quest Kosovo and Metohija is a region with enormous historical and civilizational importance, especially in view of resisting to the expansion of Islamism in Europe. The war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, concluded by the Dayton Agreement, also represents an attempt to ensure the penetration of Islamism in the Balkans and to link a major number of states and regions to the Moslem population and Islam as the religion of the majority. Part of this process includes the long-term effort of the Albanian leadership to form the Greater Albania, encompassing present day Republic of Albania, Kosovo and Metohija, as well as parts of Macedonia, Montenegro and Greece. Strikes staged by ethnic Albanian miners and university students in Kosovo and Metohija back in 1988 and 1989, have escalated into outbreaks of violence with tragic consequences, forcing the Serbian government to take energetic measures to suppress anti-government and terrorist activities and re-establish normal life condition in this part of the Republic. This is why at the beginning of the nineties, terrorist groups and their leaders adopted a new strategy which was intensified in 1996 and 1997. It was characterized by attacks focused on government institutions, Serbs, Montenegrins and ethnic Albanians which were judged to be helping the reinforcement of legal and legitimate authority of Serbia and Yugoslavia. In just a few months at the end of 1997 and at the beginning of 1998, the activity of the terrorists in Kosovo and Metohija have caused the death of more than 70 citizens and members of Serbian Police and Yugoslav Army. Such an escalation of violence was the result of thorough
[CTRL] Fwd: [EWAR] Unknown earth signals
In a message dated 3/31/99 2:17:02 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: http://www.elfrad.net/Spectrum.htm From: Charlie Plyler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Unknown Hello all, I would like to ask for an opinion from you. The Elfrad Group has been detecting some curious signals traveling through the earth for the past several years, but now something has come to our attention and we need you to take a look and see if you have any idea of what may be the source or cause. All of you are specialists or knowledgeable in many areas and the thought that you may be able to shed some light came to mind. These signals seem to be artificial in origin due to the timing and other aspects, but if they are natural, we are entering a new area. Any information you may be able to give, or comments are invited. Also if you desire any further details concerning the detections please let us know. Here are the URLs for this event: http://www.elfrad.net/Spectrum.htm http://www.elfrad.com/Spectrum.htm Sincerely, Charlie Plyler Elfrad Group *** EWAR-L Electronic Warfare Mailing List To unsubscribe or subscribe: send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following text: unsubscribe EWAR-L or subscribe EWAR-L. To post messages, send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]. Previous posts: http://www.sonic.net/~west/ewar/digest.htm. EWAR Web site: http://www.sonic.net/~west/ewar/ewar.htm. -Wes Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED], list owner
Re: [CTRL] Arabiana: 03-31-99
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 3/31/99 4:19:51 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Israel Radio said that chairman of the Merets movementYossi Sarid and Eitan Cable from the Israeli Labor Party called upon the Supreme Israeli Court of Justice to prevent the ministry from settling extremist settlers in these settlements out of fears over their increased provocation against the Palestinians. On Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presided over a meeting in occupied Jerusalem in which he discussed means of bringing new Jewish settlers from Kosovo and Belgrade to Israel. Perhaps it would be more effective if we just moved Mr. Netanyahu to Belgrade where he could be with Mr. Milosovich. They would probably be able to communicate very well. Prudy DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] Kevorkian News
-Caveat Lector- Just for your information, I have been on this list almost two years! Dr. E. DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] ART BELL HAD BEEN HACKED!
http://www.artbell.com/ -- "From the rage of today's downtrodden comes the revenge of tomorrow's revolutionary force." Edward Britton http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/5285/connector1.html Talk to the planet: http://www.onelist.com/subscribe.cgi/Reality_Pump2 Title: YUGOSLAV MESSAGE TO NATO WORLD CRIMINALS BEOGRAD HACKERS RULE!! We Have Your Site!! THE YUGOSLAV CITIZENS' MESSAGE TO NATO WORLD CRIMINALS Yugoslavia is informing its listeners and Internet users throughout the world that the aggression against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia has dramatic proportions. Murderers and criminals, organized under the name of NATO, are shooting at civilian targets in our country. The reason for doing so is obviously to inflict material damage on the economy, roads and all other assets. Their desire is to destabilize our country and undermine the unity of our people, army and state leadership, and to try to conquer us. Such an aggression and bestiality have not been seen since the time of concentration camps in World War II. The criminals' missiles are falling on schools full of children, hospitals with people being treated in them, roads are being destroyed so that many places are being left without food. They are bringing down transmission lines, so as to leave the people without electricity, and using chemical weapons in order to cause as great a pain and suffering of the population as possible. They are cutting the major waterworks and targeting factories using chemical raw materials. It is the Serbs, Montenegrins, Albanians, Turks, Muslims, Gorancies, Romanies and all those living in our country that are suffering the consequences of the acts by NATO criminals. Bill Clinton and his collaborator - Javier Solana, are justifying all this with the need to protect democracy. The message of all the citizens of Yugoslavia, the Serbs, Albanians and Montenegrins alike, to them is to stop protecting our democracy. Our state is eight centuries older than the United States. All Yugoslav citizens say to them that they will remain steadfast in support of their army, their state and their president, Slobodan Milosevic. And a message to them from all the citizens of Yugoslavia is that we never lost wars and that our retaliation against those who had attacked us, has always been painful. More Links REPLY OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA, MR. SLOBODAN MILOEVIC No to NATO Expansion-- NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ANTI-WAR PROTESTS AGAINST U.S. BOMBING OF YUGOSLAVIA A letter from a 13 year old girl. More News in ENGLISH Demonstrations in Washington, April 4th Please come to Serbian demonstrations in front of the White House on Sunday, April 4, starting at 2 p.m. People will come in an organized fashion by buses from cities from the entire Eastern Coast of the U.S. - from New York (8 buses booked already); Pittsburgh; Cleveland; and many other cities. Pozivam vas da u sto vecem broju dodjemo u Vasington na velike srpske demonstracije ispred Bele Kuce u Nedelju, 4. aprila, sa pocetkom u 14.00h. Doci ce organizovano ljudi autobusima iz gradova sirom istocne Amerike - iz Njujorka (za sada bukirano 8 autobusa); Pitsburga; Klivlenda; i mnogo drugih gradova sa cele istocne obale Amerike. Beograd, 24.marta 1999 Generalstab Vojske Jugoslavije obavestava jugoslovensku i medjunarodnu javnost da je veceras u 20.00 casova NATO pakt izvrsio agresiju na Saveznu Republiku Jugoslaviju. Vojne snage Severnoatlanske alijanse, po diktatu i interesu svetskog policajca, Sjedinjenih Americkih Drzava, a za racun siptarskih separatista i terorista, grubo su narusile teritoriju suverene Jugoslavije i brutalno ugrozile zivote njenih gradjana, saopstila je informativna sluzba Generalstaba VJ. Borbeni efektivi sistema protivvazdusne odbrane koji su pravovremeno otkrili agresorske projektile i efikasno dejstvovali nisu osteceni i ostaju u borbenom rasporedu i spremnosti za dalja dejstva. U prvom naletu svetskih agresora gadjano je preko dvadeset objekata, a dejstva jos traju. Vojska Jugoslavije preduzima sve mere odbrane i zastite. Operativna spremnost i borbena gotovost su na najvisem nivou, a raspolozenje i motivisanost vojnika i oficira je besprimerno visoka. U jedinice Vojske Jugoslavije masovno se javljaju dobrovoljci
Re: [CTRL] Questions mount on accuracy of Kosovo atrocity reports
-Caveat Lector- What Makes Mainstream Media Mainstream (From a talk at Z Media Institute June 1997) By Noam Chomsky http://www.zmag.org/chomsky/articles/z9710-mainstream-media.html Part of the reason why I write about the media is because I am interested in the whole intellectual culture, and the part of it that is easiest to study is the media. It comes out every day. You can do a systematic investigation. You can compare yesterdays version to todays version. There is a lot of evidence about whats played up and what isnt and the way things are structured. My impression is the media arent very different from scholarship or from, say, journals of intellectual opinionthere are some extra constraintsbut its not radically different. They interact, which is why people go up and back quite easily among them. You look at the media, or at any institution you want to understand. You ask questions about its internal institutional structure. You want to know something about their setting in the broader society. How do they relate to other systems of power and authority? If youre lucky, there is an internal record from leading people in the information system which tells you what they are up to (it is sort of a doctrinal system). That doesnt mean the public relations handouts but what they say to each other about what they are up to. There is quite a lot of interesting documentation. Those are three major sources of information about the nature of the media. You want to study them the way, say, a scientist would study some complex molecule or something. You take a look at the structure and then make some hypothesis based on the structure as to what the media product is likely to look like. Then you investigate the media product and see how well it conforms to the hypotheses. Virtually all work in media analysis is this last parttrying to study carefully just what the media product is and whether it conforms to obvious assumptions about the nature and structure of the media. Well, what do you find? First of all, you find that there are different media which do different things, like the entertainment/Hollywood, soap operas, and so on, or even most of the newspapers in the country (the overwhelming majority of them). They are directing the mass audience. There is another sector of the media, the elite media, sometimes called the agenda-setting media because they are the ones with the big resources, they set the framework in which everyone else operates. The New York Times and CBS, that kind of thing. Their audience is mostly privileged people. The people who read the New York Timespeople who are wealthy or part of what is sometimes called the political classthey are actually involved in the political system in an ongoing fashion. They are basically managers of one sort or another. They can be political managers, business managers (like corporate executives or that sort of thing), doctoral managers (like university professors), or other journalists who are involved in organizing the way people think and look at things. The elite media set a framework within which others operate. If you are watching the Associated Press, who grind out a constant flow of news, in the mid-afternoon it breaks and there is something that comes along every day that says "Notice to Editors: Tomorrows New York Times is going to have the following stories on the front page." The point of that is, if youre an editor of a newspaper in Dayton, Ohio and you dont have the resources to figure out what the news is, or you dont want to think about it anyway, this tells you what the news is. These are the stories for the quarter page that you are going to devote to something other than local affairs or diverting your audience. These are the stories that you put there because thats what the New York Times tells us is what youre supposed to care about tomorrow. If you are an editor in Dayton, Ohio, you would sort of have to do that, because you dont have much else in the way of resources. If you get off line, if youre producing stories that the big press doesnt like, youll hear about it pretty soon. In fact, what just happened at San Jose Mercury News is a dramatic example of this. So there are a lot of ways in which power plays can drive you right back into line if you move out. If you try to break the mold, youre not going to last long. That framework works pretty well, and it is understandable that it is just a reflection of obvious power structures. The real mass media are basically trying to divert people. Let them do something else, but dont bother us (us being the people who run the show). Let them get interested in professional sports, for example. Let everybody be crazed about professional sports or sex scandals or the personalities and their problems or something like that. Anything, as long as it isnt serious. Of course, the serious stuff is for the big guys. "We"
[CTRL] BSE (Mad Cow)- France: Zoo animals
-Caveat Lector- Seems zoo animals at risk for BSE due to being fed prion tainted food. Since most pet food sold in the US comes from similiar sources (processed dead animals of all kinds) it seems to me that US pets (and zoo animals) may be at risk. flw BSE - FRANCE: ZOO ANIMALS *** A ProMED-mail post http://www.healthnet.org/programs/promed.html Date: 30 Mar 1999 Source: NYTimes [edited] A number of monkeys and lemurs in French zoos appear to be infected with the agent that causes "mad cow disease," [BSE -- bovine spongiform encephalopathy] according to a provocative study published today in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Although it is not the first time the disease has been found in monkeys and lemurs, the extent of the infection is surprising, researchers said. When 18 apparently healthy lemurs were euthanized and their tissues examined, every animal was infected with what looked like mad cow disease. For many years, zoo animals throughout Europe were fed protein supplements containing the rendered remains of British cattle, some of which carried a mysterious disease agent called an infectious prion. A number of species that ate the tainted animal feed, including cats and hoofed animals, developed sponge-like holes in their brains and died in much the same way that British cattle were dying from mad cow disease. As a result, feed manufacturers stopped adding British beef to their products in 1996. That year, Dr. Noelle Bons, a neurobiologist at Montpellier University in France reported that a rhesus monkey and two lemurs from the local zoo died of a brain disease similar to mad cow disease. But a link to animal feed could not be proved. In the study reported today, Dr. Bons and her colleagues fed a large portion of infected cattle brain to two young lemurs that had never before eaten meat. One animal received one dose, equivalent to a 154-pound person's eating a one-pound hamburger made entirely from cow brain. The second got two similar doses a couple months apart. After five months, one animal showed "a loss in vitality" and was killed by its cage mates, Dr. Bons said. Researchers then euthanized the other lemur, and the tissues of both animals were examined for the presence of infectious prions. Another 20 lemurs from three French zoos were also euthanized as part of a program to cull certain animals. Two showed subtle neurological symptoms but the other 18 appeared normal. All had eaten animal feed containing British beef for many years. Finally, 3 young lemurs that had never eaten beef were also euthanized; they showed no signs of infectious prions, Dr. Bons said. But the 2 animals intentionally infected and the 20 lemurs living in different zoos showed identical patterns of infection. In primates, the infection first takes hold in epithelial tissues of the gut, moves to tonsils, esophagus, lymph nodes and spleen and then spreads up the spinal cord to the brain, Dr. Bons said. This is the first time such a pattern has been shown in animals incubating a prion disease, said Dr. Paul Brown, a senior research scientist at the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke in Bethesda, Maryland, and co-author of the paper. Dr. Bons said she suspected the pattern was typical of most prion diseases, called spongiform encephalopathies, found in many mammalian species. Prion diseases take many years to spread, incubate and produce symptoms, but once symptoms appear the disease usually progresses swiftly and is always fatal. Thus far, 39 people in Britain and one in France have died from nvCJD, which most experts think is contracted from eating infected beef, particularly brain tissue DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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: Zapruder CIA affilated?
- SNETNEWS Mailing List from website (ciajfk.com) To Whom It May Concern: A revised 100 page report with exhibits was sent to three Arbitrators,the U.S. Attorney General to show that Abraham Zapruder belonged to organization that was a CIA affiliate. I have been on many radio shows speaking on the JFK assassination. The U.S. Attorney General had thanked me for the information set out in the first draft. The Arbitrators have to decide what to pay the family for the copyright of Zapruder's film, 30 million dollars is on the table. Robert Bennett, President Clinton is representing the Zapruder family. If your interested in the story, please contact me Sincerely, Bruce C. Adamson [EMAIL PROTECTED] (831) 465-9272 Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com - Send "subscribe snetnews " to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Posted by: "Adam Royale" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[CTRL] Fwd: Re: [CTRL] Kosovo propaganda? / Hard-liners recruit young Russians ...
[Our enemies] don't have the latest weapons, but they have one thing we don't have -- a willingness to use ground troops in campaigns that will produce significant casualties. Once on the ground, men start dying, and then will we be supporting this distant war? Body bags look lousy on the evening news. We don't have the will to continue this beyond the computer-game button pushing stage. The bottom line -- The US corporate army, corrupt, greedy, dishonest, inattentive, and complacent solely because of our HIGH-TECH "superiority" (which on closer inspection involves pretty shoddy workmanship and a high failure rate, due to the characteristics first in line in the description above) is, in any contest with the REAL world of hard work, pain, misery and bloodshed, simply COWARDLY. Arm-chair generals who pay more attention to their stock portfolios and future corporate directorships, "fighting men" who are couch-potatoes with a detached video-game attitude, and a mass of young grunts in the armed services mostly as an alternative to being in jail for assault and battery, or on welfare, who are convinced they'll never face anything more stressful than boot camp in their military vacations, and so far have been right about that. Meanwhile, all over the planet, with "genocide" having everywhere else become S.O.P. since WWII, billions of NON-yuppies are suffering and dying in the REAL world, and even children are now in uniform in armies who torture and butcher innocent civilians hundreds at a time, hardly batting an eye. Good God preserve any Americans in uniform who find themselves out of their element ON THE GROUND -- far from their remote- controller couches in castles in the air, where they've too long been living in a fantasy, in a media-built Versailles ... Even with satellite-controlled targeting, $1 million remote-programmed missiles, and the hottest "stealth" technology, our modern American "robo-warriors" are simply dead meat in any hand-to-hand combat with wave after wave of "low tech" flesh-and-blood peasants who KNOW what pain and sacrifice are and are willing to DIE -- en masse.. If ever the US decides to send GROUND troops into the Balkans --and the Bush et al Octopus in NATO seems to be setting Clinton up for such a choice, which we can see coming already with the "3 Americans prisoners of the Serbs" theme, straight out of "Saving Private Ryan" (now that "Wag the Dog" is so obvious it's even on Serbian TV)-- it's almost FATED that this nation will face the Millennium with the worst humiliation of its macho-manque hubris since our loss of Vietnam, and that'll have CONSEQUENCES in our culture, disabusing at least one more generation of any notion of our "superior" position on the planet -- not to mention the consequences OUTSIDE our culture, where our enemies --"empires" next in line, as our sun sets-- will see no reason NOT to risk everything in warfare, with more bravado, eyes opened by our clay-feet comeuppance..
[CTRL] French Pilots' Fate Bodes Ill for U.S. Soldiers
-Caveat Lector- MAY ALMIGHTY GOD FORGIVE US FOR ELECTING BILL CLINTON! PARIS If the fate of two downed French pilots seized by Bosnian Serbs in 1995 is any precedent, three U.S. soldiers snatched by Yugoslavia's army may face rough treatment at the hands of their captors. http://www.foxnews.com/js_index.sml?content=/world/040199/kosovoside11.sml Bard "From the rage of today's downtrodden comes the revenge of tomorrow's revolutionary force." Edward Britton Visit me at: The Center for Exposing Corruption in the Federal Government http://www.xld.com/public/center/center.htm Federal Government defined: a benefit/subsidy protection racket! DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] A warrior race . . . Serbs must draw on fierce fighting spirit that Nazis failed to crush . . .?
-Caveat Lector- Interestingly, once Yugoslavs (Serbs, Croatians, Slovenians, Dalmatians and Macedonians) come to the United States, they learn to get along with one another. For instance, in Keewatin, Minnesota, a community up on the Iron Range, Serbs and Croatians get along well with one another. My stepfather, Robert Minerich, is of Croatian descent. Both of his sisters married Minnesotans of Serbian ancestry. The Croatians are Roman Catholics, while the Serbs are Orthodox, but the religious and ethnic difference becomes trivial once everyone is away from "the old country." Really, there's not much difference between the two groups: both are "slavs," Croatians tend to have blond or red hair...Serbians are brunettes...the dialects are different but the two groups can understand one another's speech. But there is no question about the fact that Yugoslavs are a tough and resilient people-- physically, emotionally, mentally. They thrive on adversity, something that the Germans learned during World War Two. I can still remember my Croatian stepfather, jumping out of bed at five in the morning, doing calisthenics outside the house in cold weather.. He believed in PAIN. Pain was his teacher. If it hurt, he believed that it was good for you. And his version of Catholicism was a "macho," hard-nosed variety. He prayed the rosary with his knees on the hardwood floorreligion was supposed to hurt, because life hurt. On Wed, 31 Mar 1999, Kris Millegan wrote: -Caveat Lector from alt.conspiracy - As always, Caveat Lector. Om K - A HREF="aol://5863:126/alt.conspiracy:510611"A warrior race/A - Subject: A warrior race From: "Brigitte Stewart" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, Mar 28, 1999 9:19 AM Message-id: 7dloj9$q66$[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subj: Serbs must draw on fierce fighting spirit that Nazis failed to crush Date: 3/28/99 9:50:29 AM Eastern Standard Time From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Activist Mailing List) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Activist Mailing List) Activist Mailing List - http://users.westnet.gr/~cgian/ Times of London - March 26 1999 A warrior race Serbs must draw on fierce fighting spirit that Nazis failed to crush FROM ROGER BOYES IN BERLIN On Serbian television yesterday they were showing black and white films of partisan adventures - heel-clicking Germans contrasted with rugged Yugoslav guerrillas - until the 11am news interrupted the broadcast with a special bulletin about how to guard against nuclear or chemical weapons. The connection was clear, the message obvious: Serbs will have to draw on their historical reserves, on their well-chiselled images of wartime heroism, to resist the Nato onslaught. The fact is that the Serbs are a fighting people and the legitimacy of postwar Yugoslavia was built on the heroic hardiness of the partisan war against the Germans. In part the war stories are mythical. Tito, the communist partisan chief who became Yugoslav leader, inflated the number of war dead to 1.7 million in order to extract higher reparations. The partisan legend is also tainted somewhat by the fierce fighting between Tito's forces and the nationalist Chetniks loyal to King Peter. The Tito partisans formed the new political class after the war and naturally their fighting skills were exaggerated. But the Serbs were nonetheless formidable, holding down several divisions of German soldiers. Almost from the start of Germany's occupation of Serbia, southeastern Europe was a drain on Hitler's army. And the Serbs paid in blood. The German attack on Serbia in April 1941 deployed 600 bomber and combat aircraft. Belgrade was set ablaze. More people were killed than in all the earlier bombings of Warsaw, Coventry and Rotterdam. When two SS men were killed, German soldiers rounded up 36 civilians, hanged half and shot the rest. By July 1941 52 "communists and Jews" were shot as punishment for an attempted assassination of a general. By September 1941 General Wilhelm Keitel declared that "the execution of 50 to 100 communists is appropriate for the taking of one German soldier's life". That was a symptom of German panic. After the relatively smooth occupation of Western Europe, the Germans were not ready for the toughness of the Balkans; the war against the Soviet Union had begun and there was no patience for the Serbian sideshow. But railway lines were blown up and great swaths of the country fell under the control of the Chetniks of Draza Mihajlovic and later, the communist partisans under Tito. The British historian, Norman Davies, comments: "The fierce determination of the Yugoslav partisans to kill the invaders was only exceeded by their proclivity for killing each other." German garrisons came under siege, supply columns were ambushed. No soldier was safe off duty. Their bodies, faces mutilated, were dumped near the gates of barracks. The field correspondence of German soldiers shows that they lived in terror
[CTRL] Serbian Cartoonist: Latest Report
-Caveat Lector- NOTE: Following is the latest report from Serbian cartoonist Sasa Rekazic (aka Aleksandar Zograf), creator of Alas!, Life Under Sanctions, and Psychonaut. He has been witnessing the bombing of Pancevo by NATO and is staying in contact with the international alternative comics community by e-mail. Mack White [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.swankarmy.net/dutch5/comixnow/ From: "Aleksandar Zograf" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sasa Rakezic P.F.163 26000 Pancevo Yugoslavia /Serbia/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello again - The state of emergency in our town was announced by the sound of sirens this morning, and late in the evening while I am writing this ( 11 PM) it is still on... I was riding my bike today all over town, and haven't noticed much people running to the shelter or something... Yesterday early in the morning (about 3 AM) NATO airplans have bombed that very same Utva Airplane Industry plant in Pancevo, but this time, as they reported, with a new type of projectile - the one which goes UNDER the ground when it reach the target... Does it means that they are actually shooting something that is based under the ground there? The euphoria caused by Serbian forces destroying a freshly designed "invisible" NATO aircraft F-117 A is still evident. The aircraft felt in the fields near the small village in a province of Vojvodina, which was probably the most important event that ever happened in that place... Today on the national Tv they showed a couple of Gypsies taking the pieces of that famous plane to a scrap metal... I'm still just drawing sketches for the future comic story which will be based on all that we are going through... I hope that later I will have the time to develope it all and do the drawings in more relaxed atmosphere... Also, I would like to invite the cartoonists worldwide, to send me your short stories (in English, preferably) about how YOU see the hypothetical bombing of the town where you are living. Send photocopies only, on the address above... I guess that if you try to imagine this event happening to you, maybe you can understand how we feel at the moment, and you can share and learn from that experience in a way... What do you think about this idea? Also, I hope that some of the publishers will be interested to publish that sort of the material? Back to reality, I was thinking about all those different types of projectiles running all over this country past week... A woman from a near by village has told a friend of mine that during the first night of the bombings she went to her own backyard and saw the strangest sight: projectile running a dozens of meters above her head, like a flashing cometh, heading it's way to Pancevo... And all that in a quiet village in the plains near the sleepy town where nothing really happened for decades... It was so fantasmagorical. As if they have read my yesterday's letter where I mentioned that it is hard to explain to the children what is going on, the local radio (Radio Pancevo) started to play every now and them an instruction to the parents about how to relate to their children during this bombing crisis... See you in my mind's eye Sasa DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] Death sparks conspiracy theory
-Caveat Lector- from: http://www.post-gazette.com/regionstate/19990314suicide1.asp A HREF="http://www.post-gazette.com/regionstate/19990314suicide1.asp"Death sparks conspiracy theory /A - Death sparks conspiracy theory Sunday, March 14, 1999 By Dennis B. Roddy, Post-Gazette Staff Writer A former Army intelligence officer shot himself to death last month in a restroom outside conservative philanthropist and publisher Richard Mellon Scaife's Downtown offices, and Scaife has assigned a private investigator to determine whether the incident was a bungled assassination attempt. pix Steven R. Kangas Steven R. Kangas died in the late hours of Monday, Feb. 8, on the 39th floor of One Oxford Centre. The shooting of the 37-year-old Las Vegas man attracted little attention at the time, and Pittsburgh police and the Allegheny County coroner's office quickly ruled it a suicide. Since then, though, the Internet has churned with speculation about Kangas. Some Web theorists have drawn parallels to the 1993 death of White House Deputy Counsel Vincent Foster, whose apparent suicide Scaife has openly questioned, calling it "the Rosetta Stone" of the Clinton administration. For the past month, according to Kangas' friends and family, Mississippi private investigator Rex Armistead has traveled the country, trying to learn what interest Kangas might have had in Scaife. Kangas had recently sold his share of a gambling business in Las Vegas, and he ran the "Liberalism Resurgent" page on the World Wide Web. The page published extensive criticism of conservatives, and some of its writings asserted that Scaife was the financier of a right-wing conspiracy to topple President Clinton. According to a city police report, One Oxford Centre building engineer Don Adams was making a routine check of electrical circuit breakers in the men's room down the hall from the Scaife foundation offices when he found Kangas lying face up, his head protruding from beneath a toilet stall. Police said Adams left the restroom to radio for help, and when he returned with a colleague a minute later, they found Kangas seated on the toilet, slumped over after apparently shooting himself in the head. Police and security guards found a 9 mm pistol Kangas had bought two weeks earlier in Las Vegas, along with at least 47 rounds of ammunition in his backpack and one of his pockets. Police also found a nearly empty bottle of Jack Daniels whiskey and three books, including "Mein Kampf" by Adolf Hitler. An autopsy by the Allegheny County coroner's office determined that Kangas died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. A toxicology test set his blood-alcohol level at 0.14 - above the state's threshold of 0.1 for being too intoxicated to drive. Kangas' parents say they have attempted to figure out why their son, whose military career included stints in Central America and Berlin during the latter days of the Cold War, would have gone to Pittsburgh, apparently with no credit cards and only $14.63 in his pocket, to kill himself. Scaife is one of three tenants on the 39th floor, a location he specifically requested when he moved his family foundations and personal offices there several years ago. Also on the floor are Staley Capital Advisers and the law offices of T.W. Henderson. Henderson yesterday said he heard nothing further about the suicide after it was reported and knew nothing about Kangas. Receptionists at Staley Capital referred all inquiries to One Oxford Centre management. "We're as baffled as anybody else," said Robert Esh, Kangas' father, who said his son had changed his name six years ago from Esh to Kangas, his mother's maiden name. pix Richard Mellon Scaife "We have no earthly idea why he would be up there." Esh and Kangas' mother, Jan Lankheet, are divorced. He lives in South Carolina, and she resides in a small town in Michigan. Both said they had no idea their son had bought a gun and learned of it only after his suicide. Then they discovered he had ordered a burglar alarm for his Las Vegas apartment. "Steve was totally nonviolent. He didn't even believe in guns. It looks like he was running scared, and we don't know why," Esh said. Scaife hired Armistead to find out whether Kangas had gone to One Oxford Centre with plans to confront or attack the billionaire because of Scaife's financial backing of conservative groups that have attacked Clinton. One of those organizations, The American Spectator magazine, received more than $1.8 million for the so-called "Arkansas Project," which sought to find evidence linking Clinton to drugs and also looked into the Foster suicide. The magazine also uncovered allegations concerning Paula Corbin Jones. It was Jones' sex-harassment lawsuit against Clinton that eventually led to revelations of the president's sexual liaison with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky. Published reports have said Armistead played a role in the Arkansas Project, and a federal grand
[CTRL] OEN 4/1/99 - Washington Gripped by Fear of Failure
-Caveat Lector- from: http://www.aci.net/kalliste/ A HREF="http://www.aci.net/kalliste/"The Home Page of J. Orlin Grabbe/A - Kosovo/Vietnam Washington Gripped by Fear of Failure How about some tanks? They did the job in Waco. The humanitarian cruise missiles haven't alleviated the famine. DARK foreboding about the Balkans conflict settled on Washington yesterday as worries increased that President Clinton is bogged down in a war he cannot stop and lacks the will to win. Amid reports that Nato was running out of air-launched cruise missiles, the White House struggled to persuade an increasingly sceptical public that it is in control of the situation and that the allies are genuinely united. Joe Lockhart, the White House spokesman, said: "There is unanimous support in Nato for moving forward our systematic air campaign, and that's what we are doing." The alliance pressed on with attacks against Yugoslavia, although there was no sign after a week of bombing that the Serbs were reducing the intensity of ethnic cleansing in Kosovo. Poor weather again hindered planes from hitting Serb military units carrying out atrocities. The imminent cruise missile shortage was a major embarrassment for the allies. While the United States navy has 2,500 cruises with conventional warheads, the air force has only 100 left. It is urgently seeking £30 million from Congress to convert nuclear cruise missiles for conventional tactical use against the Serbs. But Tony Blair insisted in the Commons that there would be no early end to the Nato assaults. He said the alliance would "finish the job" after increasing the range of its targets to include all elements of what he called "the Serb killing machine". The Prime Minister told MPs that air strikes against President Milosevic's forces were being stepped up. He said: "That is what is happening now - today. These attacks being carried out on the actual troops repressing the people in Kosovo will inflict real damage to Milosevic's tanks, artillery and the thugs carrying out this killing and repression in Kosovo." Evidence of the worsening situation in the province emerged when Germany said that it had credible accounts of the Serbs setting up concentration camps in Kosovo. The German defence minister, Rudolf Scharping, said that Serb troops and paramilitaries were rounding up youths and men and murdering or interning them. Nato sources said the Serbs had also begun destroying historical records and archives belonging to the ethnic Albanian population of Kosovo. Jamie Shea, the alliance's chief spokesman, said: "This is a kind of Orwellian scenario of attempting to deprive a people and a culture of the sense of past and the sense of community on which it depends." As thousands of ethnic Albanian refugees continued to flow into neighbouring Albania and Macedonia, United Nations officials issued a warning of the starvation threat to displaced people still in the province. Catherine Bertini, head of the UN World Food Programme, said: "People in Kosovo who are cut off from food cannot live for long. It's impossible for us to reach them at the moment." The American State Department is sending an initial £15 million in aid to the UN High Commission for Refugees. The state of confusion in Washington over the conduct of the war was evident. Some officials said that ethnic cleansing had been expected and others said it was a surprise. Others said that the air war to protect the Kosovars was going according to plan, while the Pentagon admitted that it had failed to stop a single act of terror. Officials from Nato member states played down reports of disputes over which Yugoslav targets to hit and whether Gen Wesley Clark, Nato's supreme commander, had been overruled in his plan to bomb the defence and interior ministries in Belgrade. But disgruntled voices are emerging in Nato and the focus of the American media on scepticism, splits and misgivings is a grave concern to Mr Clinton's poll-driven administration. The former secretary of state, Jeane Kirkpatrick, and former defence secretary Frank Carlucci, members of President Reagan's Cabinet, called for ground forces to halt the Serbs and create havens for ethnic Albanians in Kosovo. Washington insists that it has no plans to use ground troops and there is certainly no sign of mobilisation. John Bolton, a foreign policy scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, accused the American planners of incompetence. He said: "You ask them what they will do if bombing does not achieve their goals and they don't know - they don't know." Nato sources said that 30 Yugoslav aircraft had been destroyed and that serious damage had been done to the air defence network. The Belgrade headquarters of the Special Unit Corps, the Yugoslav equivalent of the British SAS, has also been attacked. But there was still apparent reluctance to use jets at low level to attack Serb tanks and artillery because of the increased risk to the pilots. * A
[CTRL] Kosovo Anonymizer, Links and an IDEA for PEACE . . .?
-Caveat Lector- from: http://info.anonymizer.com/kosovo.shtml A HREF="http://info.anonymizer.com/kosovo.shtml"Anonymizer/A - Here's an idea. Let's TRANSCEND the GOVERNMENT and let us, THE people start a dialoge with Serbs and then through the INTERNET bring about PEACE. . . . Om K - Apr 1, 1999 135,129,700+ Kosovo Privacy Project In response to requests from the human rights community, Anonymizer has set up two special services to handle the needs of Kosovars, Serbs, and others reporting on the current situation in Kosovo. Any Internet posting carries with it grave privacy concerns. In this case, a breach of privacy could be life threatening. We see two immediate needs. 1.Anonymous email 2.Anonymous access to information and discussions We already offer free anonymous email through our Mixmaster Web Interface, but the delay of up to two days may be too long in a crisis like this. To address this we have created a secure anonymous email interface with no delay. Our Kosovo-Email system is available HERE. Anyone in the world can already use our free Anonymizer Surfing. We have now removed the delay on the following Kosovo related web sites and news sources to make access easier for those who need this service. Please send suggestions for additions to this list, or any comments about these services, to [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.egroups.com/list/kosovo-reports http://community.cnn.com/cgi-bin/WebX?14@@.ee721ec http://www.kosovo.com http://listserv.acsu.buffalo.edu/archives/albanews.html http://www.egroups.com/list/kosovo/ http://headlines.yahoo.com/Full_Coverage/World/Kosovo/ http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/special_report/1998/kosovo/ http://www.msnbc.com/news/KOSOVO_Front.asp http://www.abcnews.go.com/world/Kosovo/new_kosovo_index.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-svr/inatl/longterm/balkans/balkans.htm http://www.commondreams.org/kosovo/kosovo.htm http://www.megastories.com/kosovo/index.htm http://www.b92.net/ http://www.radio21.net/english/headlines.htm http://www.zmag.org/ZMag/kosovo.htm http://www.amnesty.org/ailib/intcam/kosovo/index.html http://www.balkanaction.org/links.html http://www.hrw.org/hrw/campaigns/kosovo98/index.htm http://www.alb-net.com/index.htm Home | Services | News | Forums | Resources | Help Copyright ©1999 Anonymizer Inc. - Aloha, He'Ping, Om, Shalom, Salaam. Em Hotep, Peace Be, Omnia Bona Bonis, All My Relations. Adieu, Adios, Aloha. Amen. Roads End Kris DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] Kosovo Anonymizer, Links and an IDEA for PEACE . . .?
-Caveat Lector- -Caveat Lector- from: http://info.anonymizer.com/kosovo.shtml A HREF="http://info.anonymizer.com/kosovo.shtml"Anonymizer/A - Here's an idea. Let's TRANSCEND the GOVERNMENT and let us, THE people start a dialoge with Serbs and then through the INTERNET bring about PEACE. . . DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] FW: [Patriot_Net] !! FOX NEWS THURSDAY -- PASS THIS ON!!!
-Caveat Lector- "If a President of the United States ever lied to the American people, he should resign." Bill Clinton, July 1974 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, April 01, 1999 8:26 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Patriot_Net] !! FOX NEWS THURSDAY -- PASS THIS ON!!! From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] FOX NEWS THURSDAY -- MUST SEE TV The Fox News Channel: The Crier Report airs: LIVE Thursday at 10:00PM Eastern. .. The show is devoted to the CHINA SCANDAL! The call-in number is 888-TELL-FOX. Guests include: Edward Timperlake, author of "The Year of the Rat", former US Ambassador to China James Lilley, John Fund, columnist for the Wall Street Journal, Patrick Eddington, former CIA analyst, and Joe Cirincione, director of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Ideas on how we can improve ONElist? http://www.onelist.com Check out the Suggestion Box feature on our new web site "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is it's natural manure." Thomas Jefferson, 1787 DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] [22] America's Secret Establishment
-Caveat Lector- an excerpt from: America's Secret Establishment An introduction to The Order of Skull Bones by ANTONY C. SUTTON Liberty House Press 2027 Iris Billings, Montana 59102 1986 - Highly recommended. There is more in this book than can be presented here. Many charts and reproductions of original source material. As always, Caveat Lector. In stock at: A-albionic Research, PO Box 20273, Ferndale, MI 48220-0273 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lloyd Miller, Research Director) Om K - Memorandum Number Three: Thesis - The Order Creates The Soviet Union In an earlier book, published in 1974, we presented major evidence of Wall Street assistance for the Bolshevik Revolution. This assistance was mainly cash, guns and ammunition, and diplomatic support in London and Washington, D.C. Wall Street And The Bolshevik Revolution also introduced the concept which Quigley described, i.e., that Morgan and other financial interests financed and influenced all parties from left to right in the political spectrum. This Memorandum continues the story, but now links The Order to the earlier evidence of Wall Street involvement. On the following pages we reproduce a map of the Wall Street area and a list of firms connected with the Bolshevik Revolution and financing of Hitler located in this area. We can now identify the influence, in fact the dominant influence, of The Order in these firms. Revolutionary activity was centered at Equitable Trust Building, 120 Broadway, in the building in the photograph on page 139. This had been E.H. Harriman's address. The American International Corpora- tion was located at 120 Broadway. The Bankers' Club, where Wall Street bankers met for lunch, was at the very top of the building. It was in this plush club that plans were laid by William Boyce Thompson for Wall Street participation in the 1917 Russian Revolution. Guaranty Securities was in 120 Broadway, while Guaranty Trust was next door at 140 Broadway (the building can be seen to the left of 120). I. THE ORDER PUSHES FOR ASSISTANCE TO THE SOVIET ARMY Fortunately we have a copy of the memorandum written by a member of The Order, summarizing intentions for the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution. The memorandum was written by Thomas D. Thacher (The Order '04) a partner in the Wall Street law firm of Simpson, Thacher Bartlett. Thacher's address was 120 Broadway. Today this law firm, now in Bat- tery Plaza, has the largest billing on Wall Street and has former Secretary of State Cyrus Vance (Scroll Key) as a partner. In 1917 Thacher was in Russia with William Boyce Thompson's Red Cross Mission. After consultations in New York, Thacher was then sent to London to confer with Lord Northcliffe about the Bolshevik Revolution and then to Paris for similar talks with the French Government. The Thacher memorandum not only urges recognition of the barely surviving Soviet Government, which in early 1918 controlled only a very small portion of Russia, but also military, assistance for the Soviet Army and intervention to keep the Japanese out of Siberia until the Bolsheviks could take over. New York Headquarters For Revolution: 120 Broadway. [picture of building] FIRMS WITH LINKS TO THE ORDER AT, OR NEAR, 120 BROADWAY IN 1917 120 Broadway Edward H. Harriman (before his death) 59 Broadway W.A. Harriman Company 120 Broadway American International Corporation 23 Wall J.P. Morgan firm 120 Broadway Federal Reserve Bank of New York 120 Broadway Bankers Club (top floor) 120 Broadway Thomas D. Thacher (of Simpson, Thacher Bartlett) 14 Wall William Boyce Thompson 120 Broadway Guggenheim Exploration 15 Broad Stetson, Jennings Russell 120 Broadway C.A.K. Martens-of Weinberg Posner (the first Soviet "ambassador") 110 W.40th St. Soviet Bureau 60 Broadway Amos Pinchot's office 120 Broadway Stone Webster 120 Broadway General Electric 120 Broadway Sinclair Gulf Corp. 120 Broadway Guaranty Securities 140 Broadway Guaranty Trust Company 233 Broadway Anglo-Russian Chamber of Commerce INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS OF THE ORDER AT 120 Broadway: George Webster Adams (The Order '04) Allen Wallace Ames (The Order '18) Philip Lyndon Dodge (The Order '07) Here are the main sections from the Thacher memorandum: "First of all . . . the Allies should discourage Japanese intervention in Siberia. In the second place, the fullest assistance should be given to the Soviet government in its efforts to organize a volunteer revolutionary army. Thirdly, the Allied Governments should give their moral support to the Russian people in their ef- forts to work out their own political systems free from the domina- tion of any foreign power . . . Fourthly, until the time when open conflict shall result between the German
[CTRL] Fwd: Wired with DNA
Study: DNA Conducts Electricity By JEFF BARNARD .c The Associated Press Strands of DNA might someday be used as wires in computer chips and transistors, researchers reported today in the journal Nature. Hans-Werner Fink and Christian Schoenenberger of the University of Basel in Switzerland found that DNA conducts electricity as well as a good semiconductor. A semiconductor carries electricity better than an insulator but not as well as a conductor like copper. If DNA strands could be made with a switch to turn the current flowing through them on and off, they could be used to build extremely tiny electrical devices, the researchers said. Fink said he knows of no metallic wires that can be made as small or as regular as DNA strands. A strand is 2 billionths of a meter thick, or one- forty-four-thousandths of the diameter of a medium-size human hair. DNA strands might even be able to wire themselves together. Molecules at the end of DNA strands will link themselves to certain other molecules, so it might be possible to create a wiring grid by laying down these target molecules as terminals and letting the DNA strands attach themselves, the researchers said. Gary Schuster, a chemistry professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology, said he suspects electrons flow through DNA much differently than in a wire. And whether the research will lead to a practical use of DNA as wiring he called ``a wide-open question.''
[CTRL] Fwd: Ca. Prisons Overpopulated by 2001
Calif. Prison Will Be Full By 2001 By STEVE GEISSINGER .c The Associated Press TRACY, Calif. (AP) -- They sleep nearly head-to-toe, sit elbow-to-elbow to use the toilet and wait in lines even for water. They swelter in summer and freeze in winter. They are prisoners, sullen young men who mill about in the dim light of a converted gym, wandering along narrow aisles between rows of bunk-beds stacked two and three high. ``It's unconstitutional,'' said Rafael Harper, a 38-year-old drug offender built like a heavyweight boxer. ``It's very crowded. You can't hardly move around. In the bathrooms, your buttocks are bumping each other.'' This is the prison at the Deuel Vocational Institute, a ``temporary'' conversion of a dingy, half-century-old gym that has housed prisoners for more than a decade. It is close to bursting, a symbol of a state prison system that is the nation's largest with 160,000 inmates. Robert Presley, Gov. Gray Davis' new cabinet secretary for prisons, knows exactly when the state's rising inmate population will outstrip available space. ``April 2001,'' he said. ``By then, we will have exhausted every cranny and nook.'' Although a slowing crime rate has eased inmate growth, Presley has warned lawmakers that state prisons are approaching ``critical mass.'' ``This is a time to take a critical look at all facets of the correctional system. This is a good time to consider alternatives,'' he said. Presley says he will try to reduce recidivism among the 110,000 supervised parolees by expanding drug treatment programs and boosting educational opportunities for inmates. The inmate population in California increased sixfold in the 1980s and early 1990s thanks to stricter sentencing laws. At the same time, the prison system nearly tripled, from 12 to 33 facilities. California spent more than $5 billion in an unprecedented attempt to build its way out of the overcrowding problem. Voters approved about half the money and the rest was covered by bonds. When voters stopped approving prison bonds in 1990, Republican Gov. Pete Wilson deadlocked with Democratic leaders over expensive new construction. Now the burden falls on Davis, a Democrat who is still forming his policies, and the Democratic-controlled Legislature. The dilemma is whether to build more prisons or possibly be forced in two years to release felons. Advocates of social change see an opportunity at hand. ``Prison should not be the catchall solution to all of the social problems that we have -- to mental illness, to homelessness, to lack of health care, to the lack of education,'' says Angela Davis, a former '60s militant turned prison reformer. Still, Assemblyman Bill Leonard, a Republican, has introduced a $4 billion prison construction bond measure that would go before California voters in March 2000. ``I'm very concerned,'' Leonard said. ``We will have court orders when we reach full capacity that would entail release of violent felons.'' Construction to relieve crowding, even if approved, would take three to four years and must be combined with social reforms to reduce the number of inmates, legislative analysts warn. In the meantime, prison officials are using every cranny they can find for inmates, creating a volatile atmosphere in a system already plagued by violence. In the converted gym near Tracy, 60 miles east of San Francisco, TV cameras and razor-wire haven't prevented fistfights among the inmates, who swell to more than 600 by the evening count. ``When it's crowded like this, the potential for anything to happen is that much worse,'' said Glenn Schmidt, 37, a convicted burglar. Added Rene Gallegos, a slight 24-year-old drug offender wearing prison blues: ``We're human beings. We can't be living like savages. That's what it's coming to.''
[CTRL] Mae Brussel
-Caveat Lector- I would appreciate any information that anyone has on famed conspiracy researcher, Mae Brussel, who, if I'm not mistaken, like Steve Kangas died under mysterious circumstances. Didn't a fire occur at her apartment, destroying all of her research materials? DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] Mae Brussel
-Caveat Lector- Mae Brussell, died in three weeks of a fast-acting cancer in Carmel, California at the age of 66, on October 3, 1988. She had just left her radio show of 17 years after receiving a death threat and having her home broken into. (Radio talk show host Art Bell followed a similar pattern, dropping out of his program after receiving a still unidentified threat. He returned in two weeks, however. Mae Brussell never came back.) At the time, Brussell had taught the only accredited course on conspiracy in the country, was listed in the International Who's Who of Intellectuals and had just received the George Seldes Award from the American Society of Journalists, bringing a whole new level of credibility to parapolitical research. Also at the time, she was investigating followers of Satanic cults in the military. DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] Yugoslavia and the NWO
-Caveat Lector- from: http://www.onebm.com/golem/serb.html A HREF="http://www.onebm.com/golem/serb.html"THE PROBLEM IS MIROSEVIC, IT IS THE NWO/A - The propaganda emanating from Washington blames Mirosevic for being intractable at the negotiating table, yet Mirosevic never refused to sign an autonomy agreement with the Kosovars, so long as it would not lead to independence and he would not agree to have foreign troops on their soil. That was his position and regardless whether one supports Mirosevic politically the Serbs are behind his resolve because that is the will of the Serbian People. Who does Mirosevic listen to? He listens to his inner council of about 15, but his chief adviser is his devoted wife, Mira Markovic. And, he listens to the Serbs. Unemployment is at 25% of the workforce. The economy is bad, the result of IMF impositions which is driving Yugoslavia into bankruptcy. The "Rambouillet" agreement is a model for colonial administration and military occupation pretty much in line with the same colonial administration the Dayton agreement imposed on Bosnia. Mirosevic has amassed 40,000 Serb troops along the borders. Clinton said: "If we and our allies do not have the will to act, there will be more massacres," BUT, because of Clinton's actions, there are going to be massacres. Clinton's rationale is the same used in Vietnam, to bomb them into submission The K.L.A. is a guerrilla army whose own brutality, killing hundreds of Serb security forces in sniper attacks and ambushes precipitated the crackdown which took place in Kosovo and the K.L.A. is funded by millions of dollars in smuggling and drugs from the infamous "Balkan" connection, which comprises 90% of Europe's heroin. The K.L.A. are terrorists who target civilians as well as patriots and Serbian police. What about an exit strategy for NATO? When asked that question by a reporter, Clinton said: "The exit strategy's what it's always been in a military operation. It's when the mission is completed." So, what is the mission? I'll tell you what it is. This is no natural disaster. Unrest was fueled after Tito's death when Albanian demonstrations began and in 1989 Milosevic sent in soldiers, an emergency was declared and Kosovo's prerogatives under the old federation were removed, but unrest is far more complex than just ethnic chauvinism and nationalism. It was from the summer of 1996 onwards that stepped up terrorist activities began in the province and the Kosovo Liberation Army emerged from the shadows. The real issue is macro-economic policy "Macro-economic reforms imposed by Belgrade's external creditors since the late 1980s had been carefully synchronised with NATO's military and intelligence operations." (Covert Action Quarterly, Spring 1996, No. 56 "Globalisation of Poverty", chapter 13 - by Michel Chossudovsky of the Department of Economics, University of Ottawa) "In Kosovo, the economic reforms were conducive to the concurrent impoverishment of both the Albanian and Serbian populations contributing to fueling ethnic tensions. The deliberate manipulation of market forces destroyed economic activity and people's livelihood creating a situation of social despair..." [IBID] "In parallel with the destruction of federal Yugoslavia, similar macro-economic reforms under IMF auspices were imposed on Albania with devastating economic and social consequences. The plight of Albania culminating with the West's military intervention in 1997" [IBID] The official government Washington line and the media tells us that this chaos is entirely in response to an outbreak of ethnic cleansing, massacres, human rights violations, oppression of one people by another - or more succinctly the governments, who are part of NATO and specifically the United States and Britain would have us believe that NATO is there because of a _tyranical_ Mirosevic. In a way, Mirosevic is a puppet also, responsive to the will of the Serbians. Ask them. They can't understand why we cannot understand what is being done to them. Public opinion has been manipulated to believe in the "conventional wisdom" which is very conventional, but it is often a superficial wisdom which only masquarades as convention wisdom. The government, who are controlled by corporations who in turn control the way we think and use the media as their tool would have us believe we are there because of nationalism and ethnic and religious hatred, and moreover especially because of the political _personality_ of Mr. Mirosevic. And as Chossudovsky points out in his analysis, what is hidden to most, what is unknown to most, what is basic, yet undiscovered by most in the "barrage of images and self-serving analysies" are the "real causes," which is the "deep-seated economic crisis which precipitates the civil war." Chosudovsky writes: "The strategic interests of Germany and the US in laying the groundwork for
Re: [CTRL] BSE (Mad Cow)- France: Zoo animals
-Caveat Lector- Also chichen feed plus the Lancet medical journal in England ran an articlethat American chicken feed has two strains of drug resistant bacteria. They maybe angry that we don't want their beef. Thanks for the info on the Pet Feed. I love my pets! May have to feed them people food but can't afford it for outside dogs. They are too large. Doesn't the prion just effect same species? Like cows eating food with cows recycled into it; chickens eating chickens? i don't think they would recycle dogs and cats but might put recycle-fed chickens into it. But then that is in our food, too. I love meat but my goal is to become vegan. I could raise my own but it is too much work and how would you know a new calf, chick, goat kid wasn't infected at birth? Amelia DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] Pine Gap and Yugoslavia
-Caveat Lector- from: 'http://www.octa4.net.au/marlinw/ A HREF="http://www.octa4.net.au/marlinw/"http://www.octa4.net.au/marlinw/ /A also, you may want to go to; it's a gif.file: Pine Gap and Yugoslavia http://www.octa4.net.au/marlinw/yugoslavia.htm A HREF="http://www.octa4.net.au/marlinw/yugoslavia.htm"Pine Gap and Yugoslavia/A - The Facts revealed about the "top secret" U.S. Defence Installation known as Pine Gap, located near Alice Springs in Central Australia. 17247 people have learned the Pine Gap Facts This page received over 600 hits in one day in early February 99 !!! Click on this square icon below to see the statistics FIRST UPLOAD - FEBRUARY 1997 LAST UPDATE - 01 APRIL 1999 Important copyright notice at base of this page HOT NEWS I'M , LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO TAKE OVER THESE PAGES. I NO LONGER WISH TO BE IN CONTROL OF THEM AND AM SEEKING TO REMOVE THEM TO MAKE SPACE FOR A FUTURE PLANNED WEB SITE E-MAIL ME IF YOU ARE INTERESTED Major changes coming up on these pages. Since Pine Gap's inception in the 1960's, it has been subject to much rumour and speculation. There are stories of Alien and UFO involvement, rumours of Cranial Implants, Nuclear and Biological Weaponary and the contravention of human rights, just to name a few. Perhaps the most recent rumour is that of Area 51 of Nevada U.S.A., supposedly being relocated to Pine Gap. These rumours and gossip are annoying for local Alice Springs Residents. Alice Springs is my home. For me, I get annoyed at reading or hearing of things that Pine Gap is allegedly doing. There are so many Web pages that boast of numerous supposed UFO sightings over Alice Springs and over Pine Gap. This is just not true. The purpose of this page is to stop the crap. I do not apologise for any of my sarcastic or acidic comments about other Web Pages. While there is virtually no censorship on the World Wide Web, we must self regulate. So I warn those who write of Pine Gap or UFO's over Alice Springs, that if you have not done your research and are publishing lies and misinformation, I will attack your web page. If what you print is true, I'll give you that credit to your research. To everyone else RESEARCH YOUR FACTS and DON'T PUT LIES ABOUT PINE GAP AND ALICE SPRINGS ON THE WEB. ! WE ARE SICK OF IT !!! This page is not some radical 'spying on Pine Gap' page. What I place on this page is either public knowledge, public information or is de-classified non public information. To take a Tour of all the pages of this Site without having to return to this home page, you will find a button at the bottom of the page. After viewing each page, click on the tour button and you will be taken to the next consecutive page. INDEX OF THESE PAGES NEW Pine Gaps role in Yugoslavia NEW Aerial View of Pine Gap The Facts about Pine Gap U.F.O. Sightings over Alice Springs Pine Gap History (located on another server) RECOMMENDED Pine Gap Land Acquisition Controversy NEW Screts Revealed about Nurrungar Pine Gap Protest Rally 1983 NEW Is Pine Gap Underground? How do I know about Pine Gap Answers To Your Questions Page Places Said to be More Secret than Pine Gap About Security at Pine Gap Pine Gap Photographs Spy Satellite Images U.S. Government Information Answers to your Questions Press Release regarding Staff Increases in 1997 A news story run in THE AGE newspaper about Pine Gap Interview with Pine Gap's neighbour, from Alice Springs News The Pine Gap Black Room Links to Pine Gap related sites Strange People and things that go bump in the night Doing your own credible Research Pine Gap Staff involved with Alice Springs Community My new research project BRIGHT SKIES SOME CRAP WEB PAGES DEBUNKED A Web Page I found that is a Load of Crap Something that was e-mailed to me MY OTHER PAGES My other Web Site "SITE OF DIVERSITY" If you find any dead links or problems with this site, please leave a message in my guestbook or e-mail me. Sign My GuestbookView My Guestbook I appreciate all of your comments. You may leave private message in the guestbook if you wish. I attempt to answer all e-mails or messages if you leave me your e-mail address. If there is anything else you would like to know about Pine Gap, just ask and I will attempt to answer your enquiry. FIND ME ON ICQ ICQ I.D. # 19196255 NICK = FACTFYNDER WHAT'S NEW? LATEST UPDATES TO THIS SITE 01 April 99 - Pine Gaps role in Yugoslavia 25 February 99- Aerial View of Pine Gap 21 February 99 - Nurrungar Facility - Secrets Revealed 30 January 99 - added more answers to Questions Page 18 January 99 - Added page about Pine Gap Staff involvement with the Alice Springs Community 05 January 99 - Is Pine Gap Underground? Page added in relation to that question 05 January - Pine Gap
Re: [CTRL] Mae Brussel
-Caveat Lector- Thank you, Kenn for the response. I've been trying to find information on her on the net...so far, without too much success. I think it's important for us to keep alive the memory of those conspiracy researchers whose pursuit of the truth has cost them their lives. We rightly build monuments to honor our war dead...I would like to see the same respect paid to individuals like Casolero and Brussel (and so many others) who are also heroes I know it's been said that the truth can set you free.obviously, the pursuit of the truth can also lead to one's death. DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == On Thu, 1 Apr 1999, Kenn Thomas wrote: -Caveat Lector- Mae Brussell, died in three weeks of a fast-acting cancer in Carmel, California at the age of 66, on October 3, 1988. She had just left her radio show of 17 years after receiving a death threat and having her home broken into. (Radio talk show host Art Bell followed a similar pattern, dropping out of his program after receiving a still unidentified threat. He returned in two weeks, however. Mae Brussell never came back.) At the time, Brussell had taught the only accredited course on conspiracy in the country, was listed in the International Who's Who of Intellectuals and had just received the George Seldes Award from the American Society of Journalists, bringing a whole new level of credibility to parapolitical research. Also at the time, she was investigating followers of Satanic cults in the military. DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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 DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] Billions of Taxpayers Dollars Wasted
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 99-04-01 05:18:07 EST, you write: //www.cnnfn.com/hotstories/washun/9903/31/gao/ Washington loses $1.8 trillion Congressional audit finds government can't account for how it spent money March 31, 1999: 1:23 p.m. ET WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The federal government can't account for how it spent more than $1.8 trillion in fiscal year 1998, according to a government audit released Wednesday by a Congressional committee. "Once again, billions of taxpayer dollars were lost to waste, fraud and mismanagement," said Rep. Stephen Horn, R-Calif., chairman of the House Government Reform and Oversight subcommittee on government management, information and technology. Of the 24 largest federal agencies, 17 submitted the required report. Five of those received a failing grade and six received "D"s for their handling of taxpayer dollars. Only two agencies got "A"s -- NASA and the National Science Foundation. Seven agencies still have not submitted a report at all. The General Accounting Office prepared the audit for Rep. Horn's committee under requirement of the Government Management Reform Act of 1994. *** http://www.cnnfn.com/hotstories/washun/9903/01/irs/index.htm GAO: IRS can't count beans GAO says Internal Revenue Service can't balance its books March 1, 1999: 4:14 p.m. ET NEW YORK (CNNfn) - The bean-counters at the Internal Revenue Service cannot balance their own books, a government investigator said Monday Gregory Kutz, an associate director with the General Accounting Office, said "said serious internal control and financial management issues continue to plague" the IRS. Kutz made his comments before the House Government Reform Committee's panel on government management and discussed a GAO audit of the IRS's financial statements for fiscal year 1998. The GAO report found that weaknesses in the design and operation of the IRS's financial management systems, accounting procedures, documentation, record-keeping and internal controls. The IRS could not reconcile its fund balance to Treasury records during fiscal year 1998, the report said. The agency's computer system is not secure, Kutz said, "and may allow unauthorized individuals to access, alter or abuse proprietary IRS programs and data, and taxpayer information." The agency paid out more than $17 million in alleged fraudulent refunds in the first nine months of 1998, the GAO report said, and was also unable to keep track of such items as a Chevrolet Blazer and a $300,000 laser printer. The report found that hundreds of millions of dollars receipts, in the form of checks -- and in one case, cash -- were transported from IRS field offices to financial institutions by unarmed couriers who often used unmarked civilian vehicles, including, in one case, a bicycle. "Many of these problems will take years to correct," Kutz said. "They represent serious agencywide financial and other management challenges that will require a substantial commitment of resources, time, effort and expertise to correct." Donna Cunninghame, IRS chief financial officer, testified that she was "deeply disappointed that we failed to meet our obligations." "This is unacceptable to the IRS, to the Congress and to the taxpayers we serve," she said. "The IRS must work every day to earn the trust of the American public," Cunninghame said. "To do that, I pledge to you today that we will
[CTRL] Japan says spy ships were North Korean, formally protests
-Caveat Lector- from: http://www.boston.com/dailynews2/089/world/Japan_says_spy_ships_were_Nort:.sht ml A HREF="http://www.boston.com/dailynews2/089/world/Japan_says_spy_ships_were_ Nort:.shtml"Boston.com / Latest News / World / Japan says s /A - Japan says spy ships were North Korean, formally protests By Chester Dawson, Associated Press, 03/30/99 13:00 TOKYO (AP) - Japan accused North Korea of sending spy ships into its territorial waters last week and submitted a formal letter of protest Tuesday to diplomats of the reclusive communist state. The announcement marked the first public statement from Tokyo confirming speculation the mysterious pair of ships were North Korean, though Japan had previously noted they had fled toward a military port in North Korea. Terming the incursion ''regrettable,'' the government's top spokesman said Japanese diplomats in Beijing and New York have been instructed to lodge a protest with North Korean officials. The two neighboring countries have no diplomatic relations. ''The government has determined that the vessels were North Korean spy ships,'' said the spokesman, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiromu Nonaka. The Japanese Embassy in Beijing sent a protest letter to North Korea's diplomatic mission in China later Tuesday, Kyodo News reported, citing embassy officials. Tokyo has been unhappy with Pyonyang's response to a demand that it turn over the unidentified ships, both of which bore false Japanese names. North Korea says it had nothing to do with the ships and has accused Japan of fabricating the incident to rally parliamentary support for new bills aimed at increasing Japan's regional military role. But Japanese officials say they will continue pressing for the return of the rogue vessels. ''We are seeking a response through different channels, but the reaction from North Korea has been far from sincere, far from satisfactory,'' said Akitaka Saiki, a spokesman for the prime minister. The boats were spotted off Japan's western coast early last week and were chased through Japanese waters for about 24 hours. Their refusal to halt led to the firing of warning shots and a Cabinet decision to send in naval destroyers for their first maritime pursuit in the postwar era. The incident came days after Japan's Parliament began debate on bills to bolster the country's military alliance with the United States. Ruling party officials have said the incursion demonstrates the need for quick passage of the legislation as well as taking steps to improve national defense. © Copyright 1999 Boston Globe Electronic Publishing, Inc. DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] Mae Brussel
-Caveat Lector- My recent lectures involve mysterious researcher deaths and the technology of assassination, with due honor going to Mae and Casolaro for their bravery and sacrifice. I have been compiling a new anthology on the Gemstone File, with previously unavailable Brussell material. It will include the full Kiwi Genstone and the Com-12 Briefing, which together establish the connection between Brussell and Casolaro. kt DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] Moyers' show: The Secret Govt disappears
-Caveat Lector- from alt.conspiracy.spy - As always, Caveat Lector. Om K - A HREF="aol://5863:126/alt.conspiracy.spy:908"Moyers' show: "The Secret Govt" disappears/A - Subject: Moyers' show: "The Secret Govt" disappears From: "Steve Sohn" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, Mar 19, 1999 5:10 PM Message-id: 7cushh$7mo$[EMAIL PROTECTED] -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Some years ago Bill Moyers produced a show on PBS called "America in Crisis: The Secret Government." This was a very accurate description of the activities of the CIA and NSC in domestic and foreign policy that, essentially, short-circuited the consititutional safeguards of oversight and accountability. I wanted to get a copy of this tape to use in teaching my classes on government, but found that NOBODY has a copy. PBS directed me to Bill Moyers' production company, and they said they just do not have a copy. Forget about the usual stuff, this one is REAL conspiracy. Where did those tapes go, and why did they go there? Like I said, it was a very accurate description of what the CIA, NSC, NSA, etc., have been up to. I considered it accurate because at one time I worked with them, I saw things I knew about. Anybody ever hear of this? I can be reached at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - -- "It's better to know some of the questions than all of the answers." --James Thurber -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGP 6.0.2 Comment: Active DH/DSS Public Key ID 0xA7EACF38 iQA/AwUBNvL1XD/xdiWn6s84EQJHsACgquPbU01aQOv3Kq6roNHln5BrNpoAoLS1 zRFqGIEQ2CklsM67gqzpST4g =qUVr -END PGP SIGNATURE- - Aloha, He'Ping, Om, Shalom, Salaam. Em Hotep, Peace Be, Omnia Bona Bonis, All My Relations. Adieu, Adios, Aloha. Amen. Roads End Kris DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] Media: Clowns Of The Circus
-Caveat Lector- from alt.politics.cia - As always, Caveat Lector. Om K - A HREF="aol://5863:126/alt.politics.org.cia:42373"Media: Clowns Of The Circus/A - Subject: Media: Clowns Of The Circus From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, Mar 31, 1999 5:28 PM Message-id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Here's some coverage you may have missed coming from the fine media professionals. A woman arriving in Macedonia. "They said, 'Pay us 600 dollars to leave or die!'" [Now at the start of this war it had been stressed to us that "ethnic Albanians" were very, VERY, poor. Think Mexico with its elderly women walking up and down the streets selling puppets on a stick. Well, not so poor, the equivalent of 600 dollars cash is a norm in their wallets. I doubt those Americans working on minimum wage have 600 dollars cash in their wallets. You pay it seems to go on the "forced march."] Second woman arriving in Macedonia. "It comes so unexpectedly and fast (Leaving), I didn't even have time to put on my shoes." [Now wait a minute, we were just told that to leave one must pay 600 dollars in a haggling experience.] We are shown people walking down a train track. It's shared at this time that the "ethnic Albanians" DO have transportation to the border. They are riding on trains. This train track "march" is a short distance walk. [This explains people one can assess did not walk for "seventeen hours."] The "ethnic Albanians" are shown trying to over run a gentleman handing out cartons of milk. He responds to the Albanian speaking people in english, "Get back, there is enough for everyone!" The crowd backs away. [Okay, maybe one would find some Red Cross volunteers in Mexico speaking in english though the people might not understand, but at the same time it's now a possiblility that some of what we are shown is staged. People paid a few bucks to be a scene of "refugee's."] We are told Macadonia sometimes does not accept the "ethnic Albanian" refugee's and does reject them at the border. [What? These fine and wonderful, and saintly lambs being rejected? This isn't a wonderful experience having these mountain peasants come to town? Bombs priced at a million each upwards on their behalf and Macedonia is not beside itself to have these peasants join its society? These time capsule treasures rejected at the border? We viewers have noticed the lack of average citizens in these border area's. One has the impression of people hiding in their homes with the drapes closed and the doors locked. H, everything not nailed down being stolen by these fine mountain folk come to town? Perhaps it's down right terrifying to have these time capsules?] "The refugee's flooding in are overwhelming the border villages!" [Southern California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas experience higher influx from South America, and have done so for years.] A discussion of what services refugee's need and the speakers voice is stressed a bit mentioning, "Personal hygiene." [Oh, the stench of these fine European mountain folk a bit much? Perhaps noticing they are going potty anywhere it pleases themselves? Stepping in it?] [Now here is some coverage we all really have missed. We can see for ourselves a lot of tree's are missing in the Balkans, and we haven't noticed coverage on the destruction and damage of all these people, living where that many ought not to be living. We haven't seen that indepth reporting on so many people all being small scale farmers up in the forested mountains. We can see that Yugoslavia like so many others are building upwards not sideways over declining forests. I gather the border villages are missing some tree's now?] -- Câinii latrã, caravana trece. The Story of Puppy http://members.aol.com/ownerodogs/index.htm - Aloha, He'Ping, Om, Shalom, Salaam. Em Hotep, Peace Be, Omnia Bona Bonis, All My Relations. Adieu, Adios, Aloha. Amen. Roads End Kris DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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:
[CTRL] Fwd: Day 9, Update 1 (Apr. 1; 11:00AM EST) - Special TiM GW Bulletin on Kosovo Crisis
FROM PHOENIX, ARIZONA The Special "Kosovo Crisis" Truth in Media Global Watch Bulletins, such as the one enclosed below, can also be accessed at our Web site: www.truthinmedia.org which is being updated throughout the day. DAY 9, UPDATE 1 --- Apr. 1, 1999; 11:00AM EST HEADLINES Pristina:1. "Deadmen" Walking, Talking: Rugova Calls for NATO to Stop, Meets Milosevic Washington: 2. NATO's Butchers Request More Killing Machines Mexico City: 3. Mexico Condemns NATO's Bombing Phoenix:4. Serbs Outnumbered 97-1 by NATO Countries! Pristina:5. Illegal Immigration: Flip Side of "Ethnic Cleansing" -- 1. "Deadmen" Walking, Talking: Rugova Calls for NATO to Stop, Meets Milosevic PRISTINA, Apr. 1 - Remember those three "dead" Albanian leaders whom the Serbs were supposed to have summarily executed, according to Bill Clinton's "Lie and Deny" PR factory? Guess what? They are still walking and talking, Reuters and the London Times have just reported (Mar. 31). Fehmi Agani, a veteran politician who played a key role in the Rambouillet peace talks, and Baton Haxhiu, the Koha Ditore newspaper editor-in-chief who voiced the aspirations of his people, had not been executed as reported by NATO on Monday (Mar. 29), Reuters said. And Rugova, the only elected "president" of the Kosovo Albanians whom Washington has been referring to all along as a "moderate," before alleging that he had been killed and that Serbian forces had burned down his home, told the London Times that the NATO strikes "must stop." And today, Rugova was seen on Serb TV not only walking, but talking - with none other than the Yugoslav president, Slobodan Milosevic, with whom he met in Belgrade. By joining hands in their call for cessation of NATO's air strikes, the two leaders have removed even the last shred of legitimacy from Washington's claim that they are somehow helping the Kosovo Albanians. NATO bombing has been, is and continues to be a barbarous assault on HUMANITY and on SOVEREIGNTY of a country which did us no harm. Nevertheless, Bill Clinton vowed yesterday that there would be no Easter break in the NATO bombing raid on Serb targets despite a plea by Pope John Paul II. "I hate the idea of having to continue this campaign during this period, but I hate more the idea that we would walk away from this campaign while (Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic) continues to clean out house after house and village after village after village and kill a lot of innocent people," Clinton said in a CBS television interview. Well, now that the Albanian leader has "risen from the dead" to join worldwide calls for an end to this madness, wonder what Clinton's response will be? Send a Special Forces squad to Pristina to assassinate Rugova? For, surely, he can no longer kill the truth about himself - that "Adolf Clinton" is not only a confessed liar and adulterer, but also a murderer of innocent people - Serb and Albanian alike. (See the new photos of burning Pristina apartment buildings and a scene from a hospital, which we've just added to our Web site). -- 2. NATO Killers Request More Killing Machines WASHINGTON - Apr. 1 - Washington and Brussels are starting to waiver in their convictions that the air strikes alone will install NATO in Kosovo before the Serb forces totally defeat the KLA terrorists. So what's NATO's answer? Increase the bombing intensity to include civilian targets in Belgrade in Pristina. In other words, kill, kill, kill... That's not policy, that's lunacy. And murder. Unperturbed, the NATO killers have requested more killing machines from the member countries. Gen. Wesley Clark has asked the U.S. to send five B-1 bombers five B-1 bombers capable of laying a carpet of 500-pound gravity bombs on military bases and large troop concentrations, the Washington Times reported today. Britain is sending eight Tornado ground-attack planes, Canada is transferring six CF-18 dual-role fighters, and France is adding six Mirage 2000 fighters. Gen. Clark also wants the US Navy to divert the carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt to the Adriatic Sea. It is scheduled to relieve the USS Enterprise now in the Persian Gulf watching Iraq. The Pentagon is debating whether to use the Army Apache, an attack helicopter that specializes in nighttime tank killing. Do you get the sense that we are dealing here with people who should be locked up for life in some loony bin? We do. - 3. Mexico Condemns NATO's Bombing MEXICO CITY, Mar. 31 - Mexico's state-run news agency, Notimex, published an editorial yesterday (Mar. 31) accusing NATO of violating international law with its air strikes on Yugoslavia. The attacks by NATO, which had a predominant contingent of U.S. forces, lacked the approval of the United Nations Security Council, and were unequivocal interventionism and inadmissible, Notimex said. The US Air
Re: [CTRL] COULD LEWIS CARROLL HAVE BEEN JACK THE RIPPER?
-Caveat Lector- Well, if you catch the last oct of Jack the ripper, and use the bible code, it is the entire scene come to life. Now the English Masons, were in an uproar; they had probably closed ranks on this one...they all knew just like that Sheriff in Dallas, that a masonic bible calendar code was being used.just as one looks for a killer in the bible, J. Edgar Hoover used to look through his files, knowing the killers had left their calling card in the bible. It was not a case of monkey see, monkey do; and I guess, as Alan Pinkertonit takes one to catch oneand consider most secet societies are international and date back to the bibleyou will find them all there within from the Knights of Malta, to the Sons of the Prophet, to the Masons, and to the Illuminati, still sitting under the apple tree in the Garden of Eden, having deposed God. Guess I am the only one with this bible code or calendar, who is not sworn to secrecy; because, the only thing I ever joined was the Democrat Party (no longer a member) and the Girl Scouts (one week with them was sheer hell), and the Camp Fire Girls (well, not as bad as the girl scouts)my dream has always been to go to a monastery (not a convent).and learn the secrets of the Jesuits (just Masons of a different stripe). Colleen DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] COULD LEWIS CARROLL HAVE BEEN JACK THE RIPPER?
-Caveat Lector- Colleen, I hear referencs to the bible codes often.Is there a source for them? Amelia DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] [piml] Art Bell Website Hacked by Yugoslavian Hackers!
-Caveat Lector- Hackers hell..this is an inside job if I ever saw one.. Where are we finding all these Yugoslavian Hackers who use such perfect grammar and English..or American language, or whatever.well, they either come of the Universities or of the CIA variety.. I might add - April 4 has always been a very bad day.its when King and Moses climbed the mountain and were knocked offand I think they brought in Howard Hughes, dead or alive.accompanied by 6 Mormans who wrote his will. Who is kidding who; tis is CIA operation here or it would not be so obvious. DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] [piml] Art Bell Website Hacked by Yugoslavian Hackers!
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 4/1/1999 4:11:32 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hackers hell..this is an inside job if I ever saw one.. This forwarded from another list: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (larry crowe jr.) April Fools Prank During the beginning hours of April 1st, we pulled an April Fools Prank Hack on our own web site. Many of you were fooled, but we're here to tell you it was indeed posted by us. The site did not get hacked by any outside organization. April 1st Joke? The "Hack" seen on the Art Bell web site was a April 1st prank by myself and Keith Rowland, however it was also to make a point. Though I do not agree in any way with what the Serbs are REPORTED to be doing, it is none of our damn business. The U.N. MIGHT make a case for intervention when one Nation invades another, as a Libertarian, even that causes me pause. To bomb until the Serbs agree to change their internal policy is folly. Will we bomb for a few more days, weeks, months? Will we declare victory if they agree to talk? Will that end differences that have been festering longer then we have been a Nation? Is this the "NEW WORLD ORDER"? I want no part of it. If we must act beyond our own borders, then let us help those displaced by the madness. The real flow of refugees did not begin until our "goodwill bombing" began. Is our next act to be American troops on the ground? Would you see your Son or Daughter die to change attitudes in Serbia? If War is to begin once again in Europe that is sad indeed, we should not light the fuse. If this IS the "NEW WORLD ORDER", then where were we when a half million Africans were hacked to death? Where were we when millions were slaughtered in Cambodia? The World is not a nice place and OUR BOMBS will not make it so. -- Art Bell DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] Ignore me - I am a test
-Caveat Lector- Ignore me - I am a test _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] Lessons of War
-Caveat Lector- From http://www.smackem.com/quotes There is no such thing as an inevitable war. If war comes it will be from failure of human wisdom. --Andrew B. Law When people speak to you about a preventive war, you tell them to go and fight it. After my experience, I have come to hate war. War settles nothing. --Dwight D. Eisenhower Diplomats are just as essential in starting a war as soldiers are in finishing it. --Will Rogers I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. -Albert Einstein From http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/2012/quote.html Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. -George Santayana From Wash (DC) Post "" Retired Air Force Col. John Warden, author of ``Air Campaign,'' an influential book on air power strategy, said Clinton opposed the Vietnam War but apparently neglected to study the military lessons in that campaign. "" Military Fears Image May Be Damaged By John Diamond Associated Press Writer Thursday, April 1, 1999; 3:32 a.m. EST WASHINGTON (AP) -- Military officials worry that the lofty status gained by air power in the Persian Gulf War declines with each day that ethnic atrocities continue in Kosovo despite daily NATO airstrikes. Air Force officers and an active fraternity of retired air commanders bitterly blame the Clinton administration for returning to the incremental use of force that failed to bring Hanoi to heel in the Vietnam War. ``When you fly less than 50 bombing sorties per day for seven days, you're not serious about what you're doing,'' said retired Air Force Gen. Buster Glosson, one of the key planners of the Persian Gulf War air campaign. ``At best it's sporadic bombing.'' Officers, particularly in the Air Force, see the reputation of air power at risk in a mission laden with restrictions imposed from the White House. And they are growing increasingly concerned as television images from refugee camps provide vivid evidence that the airstrikes are not preventing the human suffering of the Kosovar Albanians. ``I'm worried about us being blamed once again for being over-promisers,'' said one Air Force strategic planner who spoke on condition of anonymity. No one in uniform will publicly criticize the commander-in-chief over the campaign against Yugoslavia. But Lt. Gen. Ron Marcotte, commander of the 8th Air Force, underscored preconditions for success from the air. ``We've got to be in it for the long haul, ensure that we use all our capabilities to the fullest extent possible and ensure that our airmen have the support they need,'' Marcotte said. The implication was clear enough: Without that support and full exploitation of capabilities, the Air Force should not be blamed for failure. As strikes on Yugoslavia intensified this week, so did the rhetoric from Washington warning against expecting too much from bombs and missiles. ``With respect to stopping the ethnic cleansing, we never supposed or reported that we had a silver bullet that would bring that to a halt,'' said Vice Adm. Scott Fry, operations director for the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Appearing Wednesday night on CBS's ``60 Minutes II'' program, President Clinton said he was aware of the military's concern over how air power is being applied. ``I understand the frustration of some of our people in the Pentagon,'' Clinton said. ``I have worked very hard with them to give them the maximum possible leeway, showing sensitivity only to targets that might have marginal benefits but cause a lot of collateral damage. I don't want a lot of innocent Serbian civilians to die because they have a man running their country that's doing something atrocious.'' Clinton urged Americans to ``have a little resolve here'' and added, ``We cannot view this as something that will be instantaneously successful.'' Within the Air Force, sensitivity to criticism stems in part from suspicion and distrust in other services of doctrines extolling the decisive role of air power, a debate that dates back to Army airman Billy Mitchell's promotion of bombers in the 1920s and '30s. Retired Army Gen. Colin Powell this week warned that the Clinton administration may not be able to end the Kosovo crisis without inserting ground forces into the region. ``At the end of the day, if you wish to seize the initiative, you may have to do that,'' Powell said. In interviews with active and retired Air Force officers, the Vietnam analogy came up again and again. Glosson couldn't mention the word, saying only that the ``gradualism'' of the campaign against Yugoslavia ``reflects an era we'd all rather forget.'' The Air Force strategic planning officer likened the Yugoslav bombing to President Johnson's ``Rolling Thunder'' air campaign over Vietnam that was designed to force Hanoi to the negotiating table. Then as now, such a campaign puts the initiative in the hands of the enemy, he said -- a view echoed by
Re: [CTRL] [piml] Art Bell Website Hacked by Yugoslavian Hackers!
-Caveat Lector- Weren't Funny, McGee... DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] [8] Mellon's Millions
-Caveat Lector- an excerpt from: Mellon's Millions Harvey O'Conner©1933 Blue Ribbon Books New York, N.Y. --[8]-- 8 The Mellon Plan of Taxation RUNNING deeply into the interests and occupations of and masses," observes the historian, Beard, "taxation is always the very center of political conflicts." In the hubbub about the League of Nations in the election of 1920, that issue had been pretty well ignored by official spokesmen for the major parties. To the men who steered the Republican Party to victory on a tide of nationalism it was nevertheless an absorbing matter. As soon as the tumult and the shouting over the Treaty of Versailles, the League and the World Court had died with the last campaign speech, the "best minds" of the Grand Old Party concentrated on the issue of chief moment to those who had financed the lavish $7,000,000 campaign. The expensive luxury of war must be paid for-and the crucial battle for the next few years was to decide who should do the paying, and how soon. To the owners of industry the issue was resolved easily: the excess profits tax must be abolished and the 65 per cent surtax on incomes scaled down radically. Among the trade unions and farmers though the impression was widely prevalent that the war had made the rich richer and that they ought to pay for it. A reluctant Treasury Department survey, ordered by the Senate, seemed to confirm their conclusion. In 1917, for example, 55,000 corporations had made more than 15 per cent profit on their capital stock. All corporations, between January, 1916, and July, 1921, had made a clear profit Of $38,000,000,000 over and above all federal charges. This sum, it was pointed out, would have paid off the entire war bill hanging over the country in 1921, and still left the corporations a generous return. The vagaries of democratic processes had thus elevated into a prime problem of political strategy what to the business man was merely a common-sense matter of getting back to "normalcy" in taxation. It worried President-elect Harding down in St. Augustine, where he rested before his inauguration. That was why he was buttonholing visitors and asking their opinion of Andrew W. Mellon as prospective Secretary of the Treasury. Knox and Penrose had guessed the temper of the business classes better than the hesitant editor of the Marion Star. Business men were weary of war, tired of tax burdens, anxious to make money. The amount of money made was to be the sole criterion of success in the next ten years. The country was ready for Andrew W. Mellon, pastmaster in that art. In behalf of those interests which traditionally backed the Republican Party in return for tax and tariff favors, Senator Knox could not have suggested to Harding a happier choice for the Treasury. The Secretary's fabulous wealth was to throw about him a cloak of immunity from criticism by those elementsdecisive in the nation-who worshiped wealth. If a million dollars could do no wrong, a hundred millions had a positive genius for being right. On the other hand, his obscurity, his lack of a personal history, his origin in Pittsburgh, removed the obvious label of "Wall Street" which demagogues would have delighted to pin on him. In fact there was nothing material for the opposition sharpshooters to aim at: he glided, wraith-like, into the Treasury, a spirit unburdened by a personal record. Certainly he was no roaring bull of Wall Street, despite his wealth. The Senate confirmed him without an opposing vote. Mellon, quiet, efficient, hard-working, slipped into the office of the Secretary of the Treasury at 9 o'clock the morning of March 5, 1921. He looked with approval at the full-length picture of Alexander Hamilton which adorned the wall. He called for S. Parker Gilbert, Under-Secretary of the Treasury under David S. Houston, to discuss contents of the neat piles of documents on the desk which awaited his attention. He liked this alert young man. In the final disorganized year of the Wilson Administration he had been actual Secretary. A Democrat perhaps? Nevertheless he knew the politics of finance, and that transcended party lines. He would keep young Gilbert. The new Secretary tackled his job with that careful economy of effort that had enabled him to dispatch the affairs of a hundred corporations from his office in the Mellon National Bank. In the outer office was David E. Finley, official Cerberus, who sorted out callers, made appointments, arranged the routine of daily life. At the Washington Hotel was J. F. Drake, president of Standard Steel Car-later to head Pullman and then Gulf Oil. On Drake he leaned for critical appraisal of office-seekers and office-holders. He also wished quiet inquiries made into the bureaus under him, particularly the Bureau of Internal Revenue. Drake was the man for that kind of job. In the opening weeks he had little time to supervise the arrangement of his apartment on Massachusetts Avenue. But Ailsa was equal to that. In
[CTRL] Fwd: USA: Banana Republic
"Banana Republic" used to refer to poor, developing countries that relied on a single cash crop -- typically bananas -- and were ruled by corrupt governments. Now the term seems singularly appropriate to the United States, even though the U.S. relies neither on bananas nor any other single cash crop. Operating at the behest of banana magnate Carl Lindner -- the CEO of Chiquita -- the United States for years has complained about the European Union's policy of importing its bananas from former colonies in the Eastern Caribbean (tiny countries like Dominica). To guarantee continued support for the Eastern Caribbean banana producers, the European Union gives them preferential treatment through a quota system. "Dollar bananas" from Central American countries -- controlled by U.S. marketing companies -- are cheaper than those from the Eastern Caribbean, which has inferior land. The United States pursued its campaign against the EU system at the World Trade Organization (WTO). The United States won the claim, because in fact the EU policy does violate WTO norms: it is illegal under WTO rules to place a quota on imports from one region. Under the WTO rules, as manipulated by the United States, it is largely irrelevant that the purpose of the EU's preference for the Eastern Caribbean is for beneficent reasons -- to provide some minimal remedial support for its extremely poor former colonies. It doesn't matter than some 200,000 farmers plus many others stand to lose their livelihoods -- in countries where 30 to 50 percent unemployment is the norm -- if the EU abandons its banana system. Under the WTO rules, it is irrelevant if the Eastern Caribbean bananas are produced in a relatively more socially just way -- on many small farms, mostly headed by women -- as opposed to the giant Chiquita plantations in Central America, where unions are routinely smashed and workers underpaid and exposed to serious pesticide and other chemical hazards. The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions explains: "Central American bananas are produced on large 'industrial' scale plantations employing large numbers of relatively poorly paid workers. Few workers have been able to win recognition for their unions in the face of the deep hostility of the companies, governments, the military and in some countries para-military gangsters." After a long series of back-and-forth negotiations and further pro-U.S. rulings from the WTO, the United States has now announced $520 million in sanctions against Europe in connection with the banana case. Under WTO rules, the United States has the right to impose countervailing sanctions against European imports in industries totally unrelated to the dispute. The United States has chosen to impose 100 percent tariffs on a range of European luxury imports -- ranging from Italian pecorino cheese to Scottish cashmere sweaters -- hoping that these industries will become internal lobbyists in the EU for a change in Europe's banana policy. Of course, despite the degree of importance the U.S. government places on its banana interests, the United States differs in one remarkable way from the Banana Republics of old -- it does not produce any bananas. Why then, one may reasonably ask, is the United States launching what is commonly labeled a "trade war" against Europe? The answer: Carl Lindner, and his money. Chiquita CEO Carl Lindner has poured money into the political system. Lindner and wife Edyth donated more than half a million dollars in 1998 in political contributions. That's standard for the banana titan, who contributes generously to both major parties. Lindner's mega-contributions to former Senate Majority Leader, former presidential candidate, current Viagra pitchman and aspiring First Husband Bob Dole helped Dole see the importance of the banana issue to the U.S. economy. He pushed various legislative proposals designed to force changes in the EU banana preference system, and deserves some credit for the Clinton administration's decision to take up the case. Greased by campaign money, the Clinton administration has chosen to identify the national interest with Carl Lindner and Chiquita. The U.S. Trade Representative humorously asserts that "the U.S. economic stake in this case is clear" -- even though virtually no U.S. jobs are at stake, and even though it is widely understood that displacing the Eastern Caribbean banana farmers will push many of them into the illegal drug trade. It is hard to imagine a more outlandish case to illustrate the flaws in the WTO-governed global trading system or in U.S. campaign finance rules. Unfortunately, there are serious consequences to the U.S. buffoonery, and it is innocent parties in the Eastern Caribbean who will pay the price for the Clinton administration decision to convert the United States into a Banana Republic. Russell Mokhiber is editor of the Washington, D.C.-based Corporate Crime Reporter. Robert Weissman is editor of the
[CTRL] [2] Merchants of Grain
-Caveat Lector- An excerpt from: Merchants of Grain Dan Morgan©1979,1980 Penguin Books ISBN 01400.5502 9 --[2]-- 2 Bread and Dynasties "Our business fills a great human and economic need." -LEOPOLD LOUIS-DREYFUS, 1912 One of the -traders busily trying to sell grain to Exportkhleb in that summer of 1975 was a short, husky-voiced man who usually dressed in a rumpled pin- striped suit. If anybody had caught up with Gerard Louis-Dreyfus on his travels and asked him what made him run, he would not have said "profit" or "cash flow" or "corporate growth," as most other businessmen would. He might well have answered as had his great-grandfather Leopold, the most spectacularly successful of the nineteenth-century merchants of grain. Satisfying "a great human and economic need" has been the rationale for merchants through time. It has always justified their explorations, adventures, and fortune seeking, just as it has been said to excuse their wealth, opulent life-styles, and (from time to time) exalted places in society. "Merchant princes" moved in the company of the well Born because they had proven qualities of boldness, and skills in trade that were essential to the perpetuation of the wealth and power of the nations in which they lived. At the end of the eighteenth century a human need requiring the services of merchants developed on a scale that had never been experienced before in history. The need was for bread. By 1800, England was a country that ran on coal and wheat; bread had become the established food of the Industrial Revolution, the staple of populations drawn away from their usual food supply on farms and in villages. British millers turned to the new American nation and, imported flour from Baltimore and Richmond. Wheat and oats came from Sweden and Poland. But it was the surpluses that began to be produced in the remote hinterlands of the Black Sea that often made the difference between misery and sufficiency in Europe's crowded communities of urban workers. The first masters of this early wheat trade were Greeks. Greek traders and shipowners had been active for centuries all across the eastern Mediterranean, where they also acted as agents for British and French commercial companies and manufacturers. Eventually, the most prominent of these adventurer- tradersfamilies such as the Rallis-set up their own offices in London and took control of the British trade to and from Constantinople, Smyrna, and the Levant. From there it was an easy leap to Odessa, the new city that was becoming a wheat port at the edge of the Black Sea. It was an odd Russian city, in many ways, less severe in its climate, architecture, and mood than most others. The polyglot merchant community, drawn there by wheat, gave Odessa in the early nineteenth century its special character as a somewhat rakish Riviera enclave in Imperial Russia. Along with the Greeks were Italians, Slavonians, Triestians, Genoese, French, Germans, Englishmen, and Spaniards. Italian, first spoken there by the Tuscan merchants who came to obtain grain for their native province, was the lingua franca of the city. Street signs in Italian as well as Russian pointed the way to broad, tree-shaded boulevards where the most successful of the wheat entrepreneurs built their villas. The town had grown rapidly, encouraged in its expansion by Empress Catherine the Great, who had hastily tried to consolidate the southern territories won by Russia in its battles with the Turks in 1774. As the Turks were driven out of their strongholds along the Black Sea and in the Crimea, Catherine had invited colonists to settle the land. Russian landlords, aspiring to a lordly life-style, built manors and brought in serfs to farm vast acreages. Along with them came Swiss, Germans, Serbs, Bulgarians. In 1794, Catherine had founded Odessa. By the turn of the century, oxcarts full of wheat were clattering down the rutted roads through the bleak steppe to the port, first by the hundreds, then by the thousands, and finally by the tens of thousands. At the marketplaces, the peasants sold their wheat (and sometimes their oxen and oxcarts, too, for tallow, hide, and firewood) before returning to their villages. There was little place for the surplus to go, except abroad. Odessa lacked flour mills or processing plants, and the sparse population of southern Russia did not require wheat in such great volumes as was coming off the estates and farms. This rising tide of wheat and oats out of the Black Sea region, managed by Mediterranean merchants, was the first major grain passage to develop from the bread revolution. It was something quite new in human history. Grain, to be sure, had always been traded and distributed over long distances. Wheat had been on the move since the first primitive strains were cultivated in the Middle East in 70M B.C. and began to spread slowly around the world. Wheat was carried to Egypt, to northern Mesopotamia and Iran-and then on to China and
[CTRL] Giuliani
-Caveat Lector- From FrontPagemag.CoM The War on Rudy Giuliani by John Podhoretz The Weekly Standard | April 12, 1999 RUDOLPH GIULIANI'S FAVORITE MOVIE IS THE GODFATHER, and you need only summon up some of its best-known lines to understand his extraordinary style of governance. When Giuliani finds himself embroiled in a political squabble with another elected official, he and his team "go to the mattresses"they hunker down, refuse to negotiate, and begin a war. This is true of any political squabble, major or minorwhether it's a fight over welfare reform with legislators in Albany or a ridiculous row with New York governor George Pataki over which highway in the city should be named after Joe DiMaggio. To the mattresses they go. Giuliani's insistence on lockstep loyalty from his staff calls to mind Michael. Corleone's admonition to his older brother Fredo that he is never to take sides against the family againever. And his loyalty to those who are loyal to him is like the Godfather's promise to the undertaker who seeks his help in avenging his daughter's honor: Your enemies will become my enemiesand then they will fear you. Indeed, in the course of his five-plus years as the mayor of New York City, Giuliani has been the entire Corleone family wrapped up in one personwhich is ironic, since in his years as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, he was one of the masterminds behind the slow, deliberate destruction of the Mafia. At once, Giuliani is cool and calculating like Michael, charismatic and clever like Vito, and prone to sudden rages and instant passions like Sonny. For eight weeks now, ever since four policemen fired 41 bullets at an unarmed African immigrant named Amadou Diallo, hitting him nineteen times and killing him, Giuliani has been quiet, subdued, controlledlike the Corleone family consigliere. But as the Diallo killing has mutated into the worst crisis of his mayoralty, the question is whether the most effective and transformative municipal chief executive of the past 50 years has himself mutated into the hapless and feckless Fredo, the incompetent Corleone. Which would be his worst fear. At first blush, the Diallo killing would not have seemed the most appropriate rallying point for a war on Rudy Giuliani. The four cops were searching for a serial rapist on the night of February 4 and followed Diallo into the vestibule of a tenement apartment building in the Soundview section of the Bronx. What happened afterwards isn't clear; the police officers have not spoken about the case, and nobody actually saw the shooting, though nine witnesses claim to have heard shouting and gunfire. But it does seem to be the case that the officers believed Diallo had a gun and was about to open fire. Their response was a hailstorm of 41 bullets. Two of the officers fired off every one of the sixteen bullets in their Glock 9mm pistolswhich meant they each had to squeeze the trigger 16 times in three to five seconds. That would seem to suggest the officers were in a heightened, adrenalized, state brought on by fear, panic, whatever. What it does not suggest is a deliberate murder of an unarmed man, who turned out to have had no history of trouble with police in the two years he had been living in the United States, The killing was so grotesque that it immediately captured the attention of the city. The mayor and police commissioner Howard Safir expressed their profound sorrow, offered to pay for the funeral and for the travel expenses of Diallo's parents (his mother lives in his native Guinea, his father in Vietnam). And then they could say little else. Because the four officers who shot Diallounder investigation by a grand jury that has just indicted them for second-degree murderclammed up in accordance with their Fifth Amendment rights and have remained mute ever since. What the mayor and police chief did do, as they do reflexively whenever there are charges of police misconduct in New York, was defend the NYPD. The actions of four cops, they have said in a hundred different ways since the Diallo shooting, should not tarnish the reputations or the hard work of the other 38,000 NYPD officers, who put their lives on the line on some very mean streets every day. This is not just pious talk on Giuliani's part. When he took office at the beginning of 1994, the NYPD was reeling from the four years it spent under the dominion of David Dinkins. The two incidents that probably cost Dinkins his job both involved the NYPD, and in both cases Dinkins seemed to accept the idea that police officers were part of the problem, not part of the solution. First, Dinkins ordered the police not to intervene in 1991 while African-Americans in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Crown Heights went on a three-day rampage against Hasidic Jews after a station wagon driven by a Hasid ran over a seven-year-old boy. Eighty-one Jews were injured and one killed as the cops stood around and did nothing. The
Re: [CTRL] [piml] Art Bell Website Hacked by Yugoslavian Hackers!
-Caveat Lector- I must add this - years ago, when I thought the KKK had wrecked my house (it was local stuff) I called the Grand Dragon up in Cleveland area and gave him hell. He that weekend, appeared at my door. He gave me records on Illuminati, and other stuff, including a book entitled "Who Is Murdering Angola".it was then I realied I was blaming the wrong people for the murder of JFK, etcand had a lot of people upset with my actions. At the time, one could not even say the word Mafia, without a whole table disappearing. But this gentleman, a true blue Klansman, knew what this New World Order was; we became friendshis name of Dale Reusch, and I have not heard from him for years. After his visit to my house, the local yokels never bothered me again by murdering my cats, or wrecking my house. And now, most of these people are so feeble they are probably at the elephant burying grounds wishing they had never met me. But, this gentleman cared what was happening in Angolaand a word called genocide; he knew then what the New World Order planned, and he was right. I was right, I had the right conspiracy, but was blaming all the wrong people. Colleen Now this was the REAL KKK.not the ones you see out causing trouble; they were a protective order raised at the time because of 14 men who had been slashed by a black nationalist at the Ford Motor Company I later discovered.and the real KKK, was awakened. DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] Page 1 News | Real News From The Real World
-Caveat Lector- from: http://www.sm.org/news/ A HREF="http://www.sm.org/news/"Page 1 News | Real News From The Real World /A - HOLY WEEK SPECIALS: The suffering church around the world - and Bible Studies This page is updated frequently. Please use your refresh button to ensure you are reading the latest edition. Real News From The Real WorldMaundy Thursday, April 1, 1999 Jesus took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying, "Take and eat; this is my body." Then he took the cup, gave thanks and offered it to them, saying, "Drink from it, all of you. This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. " Clinton Warns Serbia About Soldiers' Fate Museum, Ancient Bridge Destroyed By NATO Bombs ___ Kosovo's New World Order: Concentration Camps And Death For Men 16 And Over Homelessness And Starvation For Women, Children Elderly Refugees are ordinary people from many professions, women, children and elderly separated from husbands, fathers and sons, now being made widows, orphans and homeless by the New World Order. These are their faces. Now they face starvation. Lord, have mercy on them. Photos by AP, Reuters CNNClinton Warns Serbia About US Servicemen BBC "I believe in killing people who try to hurt you and I can't believe we're being pushed around by these two-bit ." Bill Clinton, quoted in George Stephanopoulos' book, p214 RUSSIA MARKS APRIL FOOLS DAY MOSCOW, April 1 (Reuters) - Non-alcoholic vodka, advice from Monica Lewinsky on Kosovo and a new film set in the Lenin mausoleum were among the surprises dished up by Russia's newspapers on Thursday to mark April Fool's Day. The influential business daily Kommersant said Monica Lewinsky, the former White House intern, would meet Russian politicians to discuss how to influence the US President over policy in Kosovo. RUSSIA LAUNCHES BALLISTIC MISSILE MOSCOW, April 1 (Itar-Tass) - On Thursday Russia's Northern Fleet, which is on a war exercise in the Barents Sea, carried out a test launch of a ballistic missile from a nuclear-powered missile-carrying submarine, the press service of the Russian navy told Itar-Tass. Yeltsin Calls For G8 Meeting BBC News Refugees Face Starvation BBC Return To Terror Of Concentration Camps Evidence has emerged that Yugoslav forces have set up concentration camps Daily TelegraphWorld War II All Over Again The Exodus continues on this day of Passover, as thousands of refugees walk across the border from Kosovo, having left behind their men over 16. The BBC's Ben Brown is there. To see his latest report, you'll need a free Real Player Click here for more photos from Kosovo Petrovaradin Bridge Destroyed By NATO Bomb During a NATO bombing raid on Novi Sad this morning, horrendous damage was done to the Museum of Vojvodina. The Petrovaradin Bridge, the "old bridge" across the Danube, was completely destroyed. The Museum and its exhibits were dedicated to the people of Vojvodina who fought and died in the Second World War. BBC Audio Report Cleansing Kosovo IWPR Washington Gripped By Fear Of Failure Daily Telegraph Full Coverage Of The War In Kosovo The Independent | The Times Live BBC TV Coverage: 28K | 56K | BBC Audio Holy Week Feature: The Suffering ChurchOther News See All Our Services | Sell Our Services PremierCom: 7.5cent/MinutePEC/IXC: 6.9cent/MinuteQwest/7.9cent/MInute PromiseNet DialaroundCalling Cards - Just 9.9cent/Min8.9cent/Min Prepaid CardsSearch Engine - For The Lowest International Rates Choose a provider from our selection - and slash your phone bills! In this Holy Week, Christians in many countries are still risking their lives to worship God. W F Deedes and Victoria Combe have been visiting some of them. (Series from the Daily Telegraph) Pakistan - Living In Fear Of The Mob Sudan - The Church In Rags Cuba - A House Built On Sand China - Still Haunted By Mao Russia - TomorrowAmerica Runs Low On Cruise Missiles The Times China's US Arsenal - Thanks To Bill Clinton Insight Nazi China CBN See our Holy Week Bible meditations in Pause For Thought below. Commentary And Analysis US Politics Leading Article - The Fog Of War Strategies for the sure defeat of Milosevic The Times Journalism's War On Truth Justin Valente's must-read perspective on the media Real Mensch Deus Ex B-52 Remember the surplus; if we didn't spend it blowing up Serbs, we'd just have to do something else with it. We can't just give it back to the taxpayers, after all; they might not spend it right. Lassiez Faire City Times Scientists Find Evidence Of God Insight Kosovo And The New World Order WorldNet Daily Winning The Cultural War Charlton Heston Page 1 News Choose one of our services from this list, or just click here to see all our services. No Joke: Dan Quayle Should Be Taken Seriously National Review WND Index Of Clinton's Executive Orders Profiles Of The 2000 Contenders National Review The 2000
Re: [CTRL] Giuliani
-Caveat Lector- Don't insult the Mafia; the funniest story I ever read about the Mafia, was Sam the Plumber, as I reca.., and Angelo Gyp DeCarlo (Nixon pardoned them, by the way).. The politicians were gouging them; they were being held up by the political Mafia.so these two gentlemen were talking about all those good guys on the take, knowing the FBI was tapping their lines. The problem here is, the Mafia we know is not perfect; however, John Gotti was railroaded by the Butcher of Waco and the Courts and denied his rights; but these chislers, who were holding up the mob, got what they deserved. My mother always liked Al Capone; he had a girlfirend once who lived in Fostoria, and he built her a home like a minature castle, for her father lived with her too. Why anyone would like Al Capone; well, this one individual I knew worked for him and received $75.00 a week, for just loading beer on a truck. This individual was a rather famous wrestler; and he told me that Al Capone, a member of the old Five Point Gang, fed a lot of people, when the government would not during the depression days. Between the Mafia and Clinton.I will have to take the Mafia, at least there is honor among thieves. Colleen DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] Satire
-Caveat Lector- From http://www.zmag.org/satire.htm This is a SATIRE on Clinton's speech concerning the current situation in the Balkans. Only the first part of it is provided ... the remainder is available at the website shown above AER Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 17:56:47 -0600 (CST) From: "C. G. Estabrook" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Japan bombs New Mexico begin quote The following is a translation of last night's speech by the Prime Minister of Japan, explaining why the Japanese air force bombed military bases and command-and-control installations in the American Southwest: "My fellow citizens: Today our armed forces joined our allies in the Pacific Rim Organization for National Treaty Observance in air strikes against American forces responsible for the brutality in New Mexico. We have acted with resolve for several reasons. We act to protect thousands of innocent people in New Mexico from a mounting military offensive by the `border patrol.' We act to defuse a powder keg at the heart of North America that has exploded twice before in the last century and a half with catastrophic results, when the US invaded Mexico in 1846 and 1916. We act to stand united with our allies for peace. By acting now, we are upholding our values, protecting our interests, and advancing the cause of peace. Tonight I want to speak with you about the tragedy in New Mexico and why it matters to Japan that we work with our allies to end it. end quote AER The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. -Marcel Proust + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority. -Thomas Huxley + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Forwarded as information only; no endorsement to be presumed + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without charge or profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this type of information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] Mae Brussel
-Caveat Lector- who are you and where do you lecture?? JUDY GULSON -Original Message- From: Kenn Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thursday, April 01, 1999 9:47 AM Subject: Re: [CTRL] Mae Brussel -Caveat Lector- My recent lectures involve mysterious researcher deaths and the technology of assassination, with due honor going to Mae and Casolaro for their bravery and sacrifice. I have been compiling a new anthology on the Gemstone File, with previously unavailable Brussell material. It will include the full Kiwi Genstone and the Com-12 Briefing, which together establish the connection between Brussell and Casolaro. kt DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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 DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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: Re: [CTRL] OEN 4/1/99 - Washington Gripped by Fear of Failure
The former secretary of state, Jeane Kirkpatrick, and former defence secretary Frank Carlucci, members of President Reagan's Cabinet, called for ground forces to halt the Serbs and create havens for ethnic Albanians in Kosovo. Washington insists that it has no plans to use ground troops and there is certainly no sign of mobilisation. Aha ... I seem to recall that Carlucci was President Bush's top choice as CIA director. The current NATO commander is a protege of Al Haig. All roads in this affair definitely lead back to the EU's dark underbelly, NATO/CIA/P2/Fascist Intl/Mafia/Vatican, which includes the Ustashis, and Vatican ambitions in once-Communist southeast Europe. Tar-baby time for Clinton, obviously out of his depth as, beyond his paltry "Vast Right Wing Conspiracy" around Scaife, he now meets the VASTER Right Wing Conspiracy of George Bush's Octopus, operating on an INTERNATIONAL scale, even calling the shots in his own administration thru national security advisors and their "errors of judgment." (Like the "mechanical failures" and "human error" in the chain of command --where sat Ollie North-- which resulted in the disgrace of President Carter's hostage rescue effort.)
[CTRL] Fwd: Questions Haunt Wiretap Denial in China Spy Case
Questions Haunt Wiretap Denial in China Spy Case 01 April, 1999 By Bruce Sullivan CNS Staff Writer (CNS) - The Department of Justice approved 748 applications for electronic surveillance or physical searches in 1997. It denied only one - the FBI's request to wiretap Wen Ho Lee, a computer scientist at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, who has since been fired amid suspicions of espionage at the laboratory. The wiretap was denied despite Attorney General Janet Reno's admission that there was "probable cause to believe the target to be an agent of a foreign power," according to Justice Department documents. "In one case, although satisfied as to the probable cause to believe the target to be an agent of a foreign power, the court declined to approve the application," wrote Reno in a letter to L. Ralph Mecham, Director, Administrative Office of the United States Courts dated April 29, 1998. When Lee was given a sensitive new job at the Los Alamos facility, which conducts top-secret nuclear research, the FBI suspected him of espionage and only approved his assignment with the stipulation that they would seek a wiretap authorization from the Department of Justice. The DoJ denied the request on the grounds that the evidence against Lee was too old. "The government has filed a motion to withdraw that case as it has become moot," said Reno in the letter, a copy of which was obtained by CNS. The Justice Department did not return CNS telephone calls for further comment, but FBI Supervisory Special Agent Anita Dickens told CNS that there is an ongoing investigation in the case, which prevents the Bureau from commenting on it. Chinese espionage at the Los Alamos laboratory is now suspected to have been going on since at least the early 1980's, but the extent of it was not suspected until 1995, when American experts found similarities between China's miniature nuclear warheads and America's most advanced miniature warhead, the W-88. The security breaches occurred after the passage of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, which greatly expanded the powers of law enforcement agencies to wiretap and search espionage suspects. Additionally, President Clinton signed Executive Order 12949 on February 9, 1995, which gives the attorney general the authority to conduct surveillance of suspected spies without a court order. "Pursuant to section 302 (a) (1) of the Act, the Attorney General is authorized to approve physical searches, without a court order, to acquire foreign intelligence information for periods of up to one year," wrote Clinton in the executive order. With evidence of suspected espionage and expanded power to investigate such suspicions, some are wondering why the Clinton Administration failed to exercise its authority to learn more about security breaches within America's nuclear weapons technology community. A bipartisan House select committee on technology transfers to China, which is co-chaired by Rep. Christopher Cox (R-CA) and Rep. Norman Dicks (D-WA) is scheduled to release all or part of its classified report by the end of April, a committee spokesman told CNS. Cox had hoped to release the report in March, but disagreements between the committee and the White House over which parts of the top-secret report should be declassified and released have delayed publication of the committee's findings.
[CTRL] Predicted *Causa Belli* Appears (fwd)
-Caveat Lector-
PREDICTED *CAUSA BELLI* APPEARS
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(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 NextPretext." 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
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[CTRL] Fwd: Parade of Refugees
I don't want to sound cynical or anything, but after watching a wide variety of videos of Kosovo refugees on MS-NBC and CNN, I'd like to call attention to the following: (1) Why are all the women and children wearing sparkly-clean unwrinkled designer-label clothing? Even the old grannies, most of them dressed as if they had unlimited credit at Macy's or even Nieman Marcus. Look very carefully. Little kids are wearing Nikes! Hey, I'm moving to war-torn Yugoslavia too! Must have a higher standard of living there. (2) Why are so many of the children --not just the little ones, but the ones about 8 or older-- smiling and laughing, like this is FUN? Why are many of the women likewise grinning? No one seems to be really suffering, or even that disturbed. Compare THESE refugees with miles of Rwandans with protruding bellies and flies on their eyes. Maybe it's just hard to maintain one's composure when told to "look despairing" at TV cameras broadcasting your image worldwide to wealthy people who'll throw rock concerts for you. (3) How come nobody really looks dirty or tired in the shots of refugees trekking along the road? Isn't a "mass exodus" of refugees a bit wearing? Oh, I forgot -- it's only about 50 miles from Kosovo to Albania or Montenegro. Not bad if you've got a good bicycle. Remember, all of Yugoslavia, including Kosovo, is about the size of the state of Ohio. Try to imagine a tear-jerking flood of refugees, driven out of Cleveland into Columbus Even the Hebrews leaving Pharaoh's oppression had to travel at least as far as Philly.
[CTRL] Jesse Helms, AmeriKKKa's fool...
-Caveat Lector- Gratis the MOTHER JONES newswire, and since I'm awaitin my "grain" shipment Jesse Helms' Political Voodoo The senator from North Carolina finds a way to attack Planned Parenthood while hiding his well-known penchant for pro-life politics. by Mat Honan March 23, 1999 Senator Jesse Helms (R-N.C.) got his panties in a wad yet again last week. It seems that the good senator was incensed to discover that the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is funding what Helms strongly suspects to be voodoo in Haiti. Since we have our own voodoo connection of sorts, the MoJo Wire decided to take a closer look at his suspicions. Helms' alarm bells apparently started going off when, while perusing the 1996 International Planned Parenthood Foundation annual report, he read about "a campaign to reach voodoo followers with sexual and reproductive health information ... by performing short song-prayers about STDs and the benefits of family planning during voodoo ceremonies." As would any conscientious senator (especially one who uses prayer breakfasts with Jerry Falwell as political fundraisers), Helms fired off a letter to Secretary of State Madeline Albright, demanding that the funding be stopped. In doing so he made it clear that he is hiding his well-known penchant for pro-life politics behind a wall of voodoo (italics ours): "On February 3, the [USAID] wrote to the Committee requesting permission to proceed withy [sic] the obligation of funds for population control programs ... It is no secret that these programs are far too often wrongheaded and wasteful. Nevertheless, if the Administration insists on funding these programs I shall not stand in the way, so long as you agree to the following conditions: 1) that no funds be obligated to any affiliate of the International Planned Parenthood Foundation (IPPF) in Haiti, including PROFAMIL; and 2) that no funds be provided directly or indirectly to any group whose programs include producing material intended to be used in a voodoo ceremony ... A.I.D. is funding programs that endorse or legitimize what amounts to witchcraft." The Miami Herald broke the story on March 15, and reaction from the White House was swift, unequivocal, and veiled in laughter. White House spokesman James Rubin admitted that while, yes, we are funding voodoo, we weren't really funding voodoo. "[USAID] has sponsored in Haiti an International Planned Parenthood Foundation program ... to utilize traditional Haitian health practitioners for distributing information on family planning," Rubin said. "Traditional practitioners are the first point of contact for many Haitians seeking health care ... While some traditional practitioners may have participated in voodoo ceremonies, USAID funding has not been used to support those practices ... USAID no longer funds the IPPF local affiliate in Haiti ... So the point is that we are not using our funds to promote voodoo." The issue, clearly, isn't really voodoo. It's condoms. USAID has been bankrolling Haitian voodoo for years without incident. In 1995 Rick Barton, director of USAID's Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI), stated, "We have 13 teams covering 16 areas of [Haiti] ... These teams have the decision-making authority to spend up to $5,000 on any project ... Many are extragovernmental, anything from a voodoo event to more traditional groups." Yet Helms took no issue with either Barton or the OTI back then. Instead, he waited until one of his pet political peeves was at issue, and then went after the IPPF. He succeeded, garnering a handful of "U.S. Funds Witchcraft" headlines and an end to funding for the IPPF in Haiti. Sources within the State Department, who asked not to be identified, told the MoJo Wire that funding for the IPPF in Haiti was discontinued, partially but not wholly, due to Helms' concerns. However, USAID claims that the eliminated funding was simply part of a larger family-planning program that had already run its course. Meanwhile, Haiti continues to be crushed by an exploding population and rocked by an AIDS epidemic, which the IPPF was also working to combat. Perhaps not coincidentally, Helms is perpetually looking to freeze or reduce AIDS funding, stating that "the ultimate origin of all AIDS-tainted blood has been homosexual contact." Helms historically has blamed AIDS victims for engaging in "deliberate, disgusting, revolting conduct." Helms has never exactly been a friend to Haiti, either. In 1995, he said, "As far as this senator is concerned, the administration's free-spending Caribbean vacation in Haiti is over. It's time for the President and his advisors to stop playing beach-blanket-bingo with Aristide and get to work protecting America's real interests abroad." (Such as promoting big tobacco in Asia, perhaps?) In the words of Timothy Wirth, former U.S. undersecretary of state for global affairs, "More people in Haiti want family planning than any place else in the world."
Re: [CTRL] [[CTRL] What's Really Causing Gulf War Illness?]
-Caveat Lector- Edwina, This is wonderful ews for me!! I get two journals on this with very little mention of these developments. This is so advanced over my material. Came at just the right time as this has been devastating this week. I really thought it was gone this time and it comes back. Thank youso much for taking the time to help. This just may work (good chance) and it also gives hope to us dealing with this!! I woder if others on this list have their own ideas of how they came to have this, especially CFS.. Fibro is arthritic but CFS remains a puzzle. I had the full Epstein-Barre virus when first diagnosed but not all peope w/CFS do. Any theories? What could be the link? Is it exposure to soething. What have I done wrong if it was gone and now is back? Sooo many questions ao few answers! Amelia DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] Mae Brussel
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 4/1/99 12:53:51 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: and the Com-12 Briefing, which together establish the connection between Brussell and Casolaro. I don't believe it!! FINALLY an analysis of the COM-12 briefing, which I have been consistently unable to get a bit of information on for some time now. Kenn could you give us all a brief synopsis of the COM-12 briefing? I have been trying to do research into this in my spare time, and that ain't much, and have come up with zip. Teo1000 DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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 bombs Christians during Holy Week ?
-Caveat Lector- forwarded From: "Independent History Research" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 01 Apr 1999 Subj: Bombing Christians in Holy Week T-H-E H-O-F-F-M-A-N W-I-R-E No. 126 April 1, 1999 Michael A. Hoffman II, Editor Published by the The Campaign for Radical Truth in History Coeur d'Alene, Idaho http://www.hoffman-info.com --- Contents: 1. Talmudic Mockery: Bombing Christians during Holy Week 2. Links 3. Notice - 1. Talmudic Mockery: Bombing Christians during Holy Week The Judeo-Masonic United States of America is intent on its Talmudic vengeance against Christian Serbia. The US and NATO intend to bomb the Serbian people during the holiest of all Christian times, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and the commemoration of the Resurrection of Christ, on Sunday. Klinton claimed he did not want to bomb Iraqi Muslims during their holy Ramadan, but he and Cohen, Berger, Rubin and Albright are eager to bomb Christian Serbia during Holy Week. Here is what Yugoslavia's Vice-Premiere V. Droskovich stated on Russian television: "I wish also to say that all Christians in the next few days will be entering the greatest Christian feast days; that is, the Resurrection of Christ and Great and Holy Friday. During these sacred Christian holy days, will the NATO military commit these bombing atrocities against a Christian nation?" This reporter has not heard any American statesman or major politician make such a forthright witness for Christ and the traditions of Christianity as the Yugoslav vice-premiere did on Russian television. Tragically, the answer to Mr. Droskovich is yes, pseudo-Christian America will bomb the Serbian people at this time, including civilians, as presidential candidate Steve Forbes advocated on MSNBC March 31. Imagine if the US was convinced that the Israelis were "ethnically cleansing" Palestine and in particular, east Jerusalem, of Arabs and decided to bomb the Israeli nation in retaliation and did so on Passover? It's unthinkable. It couldn't happen. But it is happening to Christian Serbia on the 1999th anniversary of the trial, crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Fundamentalist Protestants claim that America is a Christian land and Serbia and Russia are godless anti-Christs. But I watched Russian television as the Russians broadcast, unedited, the Serbian vice-premiere's emphatic Christian statement and I noted that the Serb leader didn't use any weasel words such as "Judeo-Christian" (an oxymoron), but rather referred forthrightly to "the Christian feast days," the "Christian nation," and "the Resurrection of Christ." All of these remarks of his are affronts to "our Jewish brethren" in the White House and in deference to the authentic anti-Christ power on this earth, such statements are not used in prime time by American leaders, be they Republican or Democrat. So, I ask you, who are the anti-Christs? Is it not a kind of Talmudic mockery to be dropping bombs on Christians and Christian monasteries and cathedrals in Serbia during the most solemn of Christian holy days? Since the "great Talmudic codifier" and revered "Rambam," Moses Maimonides, decreed that Christians are idolaters who deserve to be exterminated, what is the bombing of Christian Serbs on Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Resurrection Sunday other than a thinly veiled Jewish Talmudic ritual executed by the American military and their NATO partners? Not even the Iraqi Arabs were accorded such disrespect during their holy season, but then Muslim clerics still have some measure of self-respect and some willingness to defend authentic Islamic theology. The hirelings of Judeo-Churchianity such as Pope John Paul, Pat Robertson, Chuck Missler and Jerry Falwell, use the name of Christ to advance the cause of the anti-Christ. This is why the modern day Pharisees may, with impunity, crucify Christ's people anew in 1999, while so-called "Christian" America applauds and finances the bloodshed. --Michael A. Hoffman II [Hoffman is a former reporter for the New York bureau of the Associated Press] 2. Links The Talmud: Jewish Supremacist Hate Literature: http://www.hoffman-info.com/talmudtruth.html Bombing for Peace http://www.hoffman-info.com/wire.html Profiling the FBI's Unabom Charade http://www.hoffman-info.com/unabom.html --- 3. Notice. Don't take us for granted. The Internet "Freebie" mentality is often a "take and no give" proposition. Such behavior short circuits the reciprocity that benefits and blesses both giver and receiver. There are well
[CTRL] Fwd: Parade of Refugees
From DasGoat, conspiracist at large. Teo1000 Incidentally it should not be any wonder since much of this is manufactured for our viewing pleasure, IMO. I don't want to sound cynical or anything, but after watching a wide variety of videos of Kosovo refugees on MS-NBC and CNN, I'd like to call attention to the following: (1) Why are all the women and children wearing sparkly-clean unwrinkled designer-label clothing? Even the old grannies, most of them dressed as if they had unlimited credit at Macy's or even Nieman Marcus. Look very carefully. Little kids are wearing Nikes! Hey, I'm moving to war-torn Yugoslavia too! Must have a higher standard of living there. (2) Why are so many of the children --not just the little ones, but the ones about 8 or older-- smiling and laughing, like this is FUN? Why are many of the women likewise grinning? No one seems to be really suffering, or even that disturbed. Compare THESE refugees with miles of Rwandans with protruding bellies and flies on their eyes. Maybe it's just hard to maintain one's composure when told to "look despairing" at TV cameras broadcasting your image worldwide to wealthy people who'll throw rock concerts for you. (3) How come nobody really looks dirty or tired in the shots of refugees trekking along the road? Isn't a "mass exodus" of refugees a bit wearing? Oh, I forgot -- it's only about 50 miles from Kosovo to Albania or Montenegro. Not bad if you've got a good bicycle. Remember, all of Yugoslavia, including Kosovo, is about the size of the state of Ohio. Try to imagine a tear-jerking flood of refugees, driven out of Cleveland into Columbus Even the Hebrews leaving Pharaoh's oppression had to travel at least as far as Philly.
Re: [CTRL] Mae Brussel/Com 12
-Caveat Lector- Some description of the Com-12 can be found in the book I co-authored with Jim Kieth called The Octopus: Secret Government and the Death of Danny Casolaro (availble through the Steamshovel web site, http://www.umsl.edu/~skthomas). It purports to originate from Navy intelligence. "Com-12" is the head of one faction of the intelligence community fighting to defend the Constitution against the "bad guy" element among the spooks called "Aquarius". It gives a lot of the particulars about the struggle of the Cabazon Indians to shed their white administrative leaders, the subsequent grisly murders and the Cabazon/Wackenhut venture. It includes the story of Danny Casolaro, with many particulars Casolaro never got to, like the Black Rose Organization and the Yellow Lodge. The new book, Inside The Gemstone File, should be available by the BookExpo in Los Angeles, first week of may. I'll be at BookExpo to help promote it. I hope some CTRL readers can come out and chat. kt DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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
