[CTRL] A washingtonpost.com article from: alamaine@uffdaonline.net
-Caveat Lector- You have been sent this message from [EMAIL PROTECTED] as a courtesy of the Washington Post - http://www.washingtonpost.com Good explanation *why* GHWB didn't attempt a Japanisation of Iraq To view the entire article, go to http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34847-2002Sep3.html Heading for Trouble By James Webb Country music's most popular song this summer is a defiantly nationalistic tune by Toby Keith, in which he warns potential adversaries that if they mess with us, we'll put a boot in your ass, it's the American way. Last week the Chinese government showed us its way. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage had brought a conciliatory gesture from the Bush administration, agreeing to recognize a separatist group in China's Xinjiang province as a terrorist entity. This diplomatic contortion was so appeasing that the Economist magazine labeled its logic astonishing. And yet the day after Armitage left, the Chinese government sent its own political signal by test-firing a DF-4 missile, which has a range of more than 4,000 miles and was designed to attack U.S. military bases on Guam. The implied disrespect of this incident did not occur in a vacuum, either militarily or diplomatically. As our country remains obsessed with Saddam Hussein, other nations have begun positioning themselves for an American war with Iraq and, most important, for its aftermath. China, which has pursued a strategic axis with key Islamic nations for nearly 20 years, received the Iraqi foreign minister just after Armitage's departure, condemning in advance an American attack on that country. Russia has been assiduously courting -- both diplomatically and economically -- all three nations identified by President Bush as the axis of evil. Iran -- the number one state sponsor of international terrorism, according to our own State Department -- has conducted at least four flight tests of the nuclear-capable Shahab-3 missile, whose range of 800 miles is enough to hit U.S. forces in the Persian Gulf, Turkey and Central Asia. Meanwhile, American military leaders have been trying to bring a wider focus to the band of neoconservatives that began beating the war drums on Iraq before the dust had even settled on the World Trade Center. Despite the efforts of the neocons to shut them up or to dismiss them as unqualified to deal in policy issues, these leaders, both active-duty and retired, have been nearly unanimous in their concerns. Is there an absolutely vital national interest that should lead us from containment to unilateral war and a long-term occupation of Iraq? And would such a war and its aftermath actually increase our ability to win the war against international terrorism? On this second point, Marine Gen. Peter Pace, the Joint Chiefs vice chairman, mentioned in a news conference last week that the scope for potential anti-terrorist action included -- at a minimum -- Iran, Iraq, Yemen, Somalia, Sudan, Lebanon, Syria, Libya, Georgia, Colombia, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines and North Korea. America's best military leaders know that they are accountable to history not only for how they fight wars, but also for how they prevent them. The greatest military victory of our time -- bringing an expansionist Soviet Union in from the cold while averting a nuclear holocaust -- was accomplished not by an invasion but through decades of intense maneuvering and continuous operations. With respect to the situation in Iraq, they are conscious of two realities that seem to have been lost in the narrow debate about Saddam Hussein himself. The first reality is that wars often have unintended consequences -- ask the Germans, who in World War I were convinced that they would defeat the French in exactly 42 days. The second is that a long-term occupation of Iraq would beyond doubt require an adjustment of force levels elsewhere, and could eventually diminish American influence in other parts of the world. Other than the flippant criticisms of our failure to take Baghdad during the Persian Gulf War, one sees little discussion of an occupation of Iraq, but it is the key element of the current debate. The issue before us is not simply whether the United States should end the regime of Saddam Hussein, but whether we as a nation are prepared to physically occupy territory in the Middle East for the next 30 to 50 years. Those who are pushing for a unilateral war in Iraq know full well that there is no exit strategy if we invade and stay. This reality was the genesis of a rift that goes back to the Gulf War itself, when neoconservatives were vocal in their calls for a MacArthurian regency in Baghdad. Their expectation is that the United States would not only change Iraq's regime but also remain as a long-term occupation force in an attempt to reconstruct Iraqi society itself. The connotations of a MacArthurian regency in Baghdad show how inapt the
[CTRL] Your Papa
-Caveat Lector- From http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/04/opinion/04DOWD.html September 4, 2002 Who's Your Daddy? By MAUREEN DOWD ASHINGTON In the Bush family, the gravest insult is to be called a wimp. When Newsweek published its Fighting the `Wimp Factor' cover about Bush senior when he was running for president in 1987, he was so angry he refused to talk to the magazine again until he had a meeting with the editors and the publisher, Katharine Graham. Mr. Bush even knew the precise number of times the word wimp appeared in the article. In his memoir, Bush Junior wrote: My blood pressure still goes up when I remember the cover. The Bushes arranged their whole lives to put a veneer of Texas lock-'n'-load over Greenwich lockjaw. After he buried Iraq as commander in chief, Bush Senior assumed he'd buried the W-word. And yet here it is again, the nightmare from which it is impossible for a Bush to awake, hurled at him by his own son's supporters. As crazy Al Haig said Sunday on Fox, Bush 43 has to be careful of the old gang. These are the people that created the problems in the first place by not handling Saddam Hussein correctly. . . . I'm talking about the previous administration and their spokesmen, Jim Baker, Scowcroft, and a very wise daddy who's not talking at all and he shouldn't. The pathologically blunt General Haig simply spit out what other conservatives imply: Daddy wimped out in Iraq and Junior has to fix it. You might think the United States would have an elevated debate before deciding to launch a major war against another country. But we've simply had a childish game of Chicken, with different factions sneering at one another: You're a wimp! No, you're a wimp! The clique of conservative intellectuals pushing the war has labeled Colin Powell and the Bush I crowd wimpy appeasers. Richard Perle, Paul Wolfowitz and Bill Kristol echo the message of Eliot Cohen, author of Supreme Command: As Lord Salisbury said, `If you ask the soldiers, nothing is safe.' To which the politicians must respond, `Neither is inaction.' They paint the military brass as wimpy. Powell did not want to do Bosnia, said a whack- Iraq'er. The Pentagon was reluctant on Kosovo. On Iraq, Powell and Schwarzkopf dragged their feet on the first war. And the civilians are right this time, too. Iraq has had 11 years to comply with cease-fire arrangements on weapons of mass destruction. The military types snipe back that the loudly squawking hawks Cheney, Wolfowitz, Perle are war wimps. All the generals see it the same way, said the retired Marine Corps general Anthony Zinni, a Powell adviser, and all the others who have never fired a shot and are hot to go to war see it another way. And Senator Chuck Hagel, a hero in Vietnam, chimed in: Maybe Mr. Perle would like to be in the first wave of those who go into Baghdad. (Maybe he would.) Giving a new definition of chutzpah, the conservatives pushing for war began taunting W., saying he had gone too far on Iraq to turn back now without being a wimp. The failure to take on Saddam after what the president said, Mr. Perle said, would produce such a collapse of confidence in the president that it would set back the war on terrorism. Or: Nice little administration you have here; pity if something should happen to it. The Bushies figured if they went after Saddam, whom they could find, as opposed to the vanished Osama, they would not seem wimpy. But the more the president let Dick Cheney make the case for him, the more he risked being seen as wimpy. He was saved only by the Democrats, silent all summer, too wimpy to take on the White House and carve out their own case on Iraq. It seems that Mr. Cheney now regards the end of the gulf war as a great historic gaffe and wants to earn his immortality correcting it. But the more Junior goes along with his vice president and surrogate Daddy and stakes his entire presidency on trying to finish the job, the more he underscores the contention that his real Daddy went wobbly. Last night conservatives were muttering that the inscrutable president was losing control of the debate. He could not simply persuade the Congressional leaders gathering at the White House today, they argued. He had to do something really forceful, like asking for a resolution authorizing the use of force against Saddam. Otherwise, they warned, W. might inherit the W-word. Copyright The New York Times Company | Permissions | Privacy Policy ~~~ AER + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Forwarded as information only; I don't believe everything I read or send (but that doesn't stop me from considering it; obviously SOMEBODY thinks it's important) + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without charge or profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this type of information for
[CTRL] Arab News - Forces of war and peace
-Caveat Lector- Euphorian ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) has sent you an Arab News pagePersonal Message:Note the writer's perspective at the bottom of the article__http://www.arabnews.com/Article.asp?ID=18335Forces of war and peaceBy Israel ShamirThe two-party system of the US is dead. It lost trust of people, less and less voters care to go to the elections booth, as the choice they offer is always a wrong choice. The last bell of the two-party system sounded with the defeat of the Congresswoman Cynthia [as I had written in Ode to Cynthia] McKinney, a member for Georgia, in the Democratic primaries.She was ambushed in the Democratic Party primaries, when her enemies brought in thousands of Republican voters to vote against Cynthia. Have the Republicans seen the light? Alexander Cockburn of the Counterpoint had another explanation, Torrents of American Jewish money showered her opponent. Buckets of sewage were poured over McKinneys head in the [Jewish-owned and edited] Washington Post and the Atlanta Constitution.Cynthia was not the first Afro-American victim of the Jewish Lobby: Earl Hilliard, first elected black congressperson in Alabama since Reconstruction, was defeated by a torrent of money from out-of-state American Jewish organizations, writes Cockburn, for calling for some even-handedness in the Middle East.Cockburns conclusion was denied by Stephen Zunes [Dont Blame the Jews for Cynthia McKinneys defeat], who stressed that it is the pro-war forces that defeated Cynthia. Thousands of conservative Republicans voted in the Democratic primary for the sole purpose of defeating one of Congress most outspoken defenders of civil rights, labor and the environment and one of its most vocal critics of President George W. Bush. These Republicans were particularly incensed at McKinneys criticism of President Bushs war on terrorism. Majettes top contributors include a sizable number of major Republican donors and very few names commonly associated with a Jewish ethnicity, wrote Zunes in the adequately named article, Dont Blame the Jews for Cynthia McKinneys Defeat.Brilliant Edward Herman [Published on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2002 by CommonDreams.org] rejected conclusion of Zunes, by connecting Cynthias defeat with that of Hilliard, another Black congressman who dared to oppose the Jewish lobby. The unique factor in both elections was the [Jewish] anger at these blacks for daring to oppose [their] policy. [Jewish lobbys] intrusions into the Alabama and Georgia elections and successful removal of Hilliard and McKinney are arguably a form of disenfranchisement of black voters, by money power rather than legal tricks or coercion, and should be strenuously opposed.In this political whodunit we have a luxury of choice between two potential culprits, the Jewish lobby and the War Party. Let us look at the names. The crossover was organized by John Podhoretz, David Horowitz, Jonah Goldberg of William F. Buckleys National Review Magazine. They inspired Newt Gingrich, and the Ex-House Speaker, the right hand of Richard Perle of the National Defense Advisory Council, aka Wolfowitz cabal. Gingrich, a Georgia man, did the hatchet job. They got away with it due to the Democratic Partys connivance. The Governor Roy Barnes, a Democrat, was closely connected with Gingrich.Our choice was that of a drunken driver, who sees everything double. The Jewish lobby is the War Party, the closely-knit gang of Jewish supremacists and their Gentile neo-con allies. In 1990, Joe Sobran listed the commentators who constantly defend Israel: Podhoretz, Rosenthal, Dershowitz, Martin Peretz, George Will, Mortimer Zuckerman, Morton Kondracke, Jeane Kirkpatrick, Kenneth Adelman, Amos Perlmutter, Eric Breindal, Cal Thomas, Max Lerner, Ben Wattenberg, Charles Krauthammer, William Safire, Fred Barnes . Now all of them emerged as advocates of the War Party.Bill White [The Purge of Joe Sobran And The Axis Of Evil: How Letting The Neo-Cons Gain Control Has Brought The Nation to The Brink of War, By Bill White, on www.overthrow.com] followed the fates of people of Sobrans list: Not only are those names still with us, but they are in power, having snuck in under the curtain of the Bush administration. America is no longer concerned about Israeli infiltration of the government instead, the American government has become a colonial outpost of the Zionist terror-state. Norman Podhoretz, of course, is still the war-mongering imperialist swine he always was. David Frum is now writing the speeches that George the Second is using to take us into war. [He penned the Axis of Evil speech]. Alan Dershowitz is now, in the words of CBS, tell[ing] correspondent Mike Wallace that torture is inevitable [and promoting racism].Thus, both Republicans and Democrats appear to be infiltrated, as with Gore as the president, the war on Iraq would start even sooner. The place of the two old parties is taken
[CTRL] Scarce water
-Caveat Lector- From http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?j46464590w=1 Scarce water at core of Middle East issues By Paul Simon September 02, 2002 Paul Simon was a U.S. senator from Illinois from 1985 to 1997. The Middle East is slowly moving towards a more and more serious water crisis. The world water situation is serious, but nowhere more critical than in the Middle East. The World Bank says that 300 million people - some say 500 million - today live in areas of serious to severe water shortage and in slightly more than two decades that number will grow to three billion. The smaller figure is not necessarily explosive; the larger figure is. The United States is fortunate in having 4 percent of the world's population and 8 percent of its fresh water, but the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, which serves 16 million people, says that by the year 2010, it will be able to meet only 43 percent of the water needs of the population it serves from current supplies. So, even in water-rich nations, distribution causes a problem. There is more complete data on Israel's water situation than on Jordan, Syria and the Palestinian territory - all of which face even more severe difficulties - but in Israel the status is deteriorating with problems of distribution, water quality and water quantity. All three are interrelated, but the most pressing of the three is quantity. In 1973, when the water situation was not as critical as it is today, current Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon referred to the Six-Day War as the Water War, because a water dispute between Syria and Israel was the immediate cause. The three main sources of water for Israel are the Sea of Galilee (Lake Kinneret), the coastal aquifer and the mountain aquifer. Anyone who has been to Israel recently can testify to the highly visible reduction in water of the Sea of Galilee (as well as the Dead Sea). Unfortunately, not visible is the gradual decline of water in the two large aquifers, which not only threatens the supply in Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian territory, but, because of the reduction in the quantity of water, there is saline and other chemical penetration that's causing a decline in water quality. Israeli citizens use less than 40 percent as much water per capita in urban areas as do people in Southern California. Israel's neighbors use much less. Former Israeli Water Commissioners Manahem Kantor and Dan Zaslavsky have warned that Israel's water situation will become much worse unless carefully planned steps are taken immediately. What is grim for Israel is even more severe for her neighbors. Agriculture in all four lands is already largely dependent on recycled low-grade water. And the simple solution of diverting more of this to urban needs is technically difficult and opposed by the area governments that do not want to become totally dependent on foreign sources for food. An adequate, quality supply of water for citizens of all four countries is absolutely essential to maintaining the quality of life for their people. The last thing Israel needs is an exodus of citizens because the problems of water are piled on top of other difficulties, lowering their standard of living. The Jordanians, Palestinians, and Syrians will face the same problems, but their citizens are somewhat less mobile than Israel's. Complicating this precarious situation is that if the hoped- for agreement with Israel and the Palestinians on land is achieved - not an immediate prospect - inevitably that means granting a sizable portion of Israel's water sources to her neighbors. Is the situation hopeless? No. But three things have to happen: 1. Some type of regional agreement on water must accompany the uneasy peace that I believe will eventually be reached. No nation in that region can solve the water problems by itself, with the possible exception of Lebanon. Last year I went to Jordan and Syria at the request of the State Department to meet with leaders in those two nations to try to get them to move toward a regional agreement on water with Israel and the Palestinians. My trip caused at least serious reflection on the need for regional cooperation. The problem is becoming grim. Amman, the capital of Jordan, with one million people, permits its citizens to turn on their taps one day a week - and Jordan's population will grow by about one -third over the next decade. However, regional cooperation on water will have to wait until hostilities diminish. 2. Immediate, short-term answers must be found. That will include purchasing large plastic bags of water (each 5.6 million gallons) from Turkey. It must include more reservoirs, which the Jewish National Fund is helping to provide for Israel that will also assist in the long term. 3. Desalination from seawater is recognized by almost everyone as the big long-term key. Two large plants are in the offing for Israel. Jordan is moving in this direction.
[CTRL] Mandela Warns Bush Over Iraq
-Caveat Lector- http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2228971.stm Mandela Warns Bush Over Iraq By John Pienaar BBC Sunday, 1 September, 2002 BBC political correspondent Nelson Mandela has warned President Bush that his administration risks destroying the United Nations if it attacks Iraq without international support. BBC News has learned that Mr Mandela spoke directly to the US president to urge him to show restraint, saying a military strike would undermine the trust between America and a spectrum of international opinion. Mr Mandela is also said to be seeking a meeting with UK Prime Minister Tony Blair to express his concerns. Nelson Mandela is a natural ally of those who want to see the UN play a pivotal and decisive role, but he is also an iconic figure and a voice that both Mr Bush and Mr Blair will find hard to ignore. Mounting pressure Mr Blair's staff say there has been no request to talk to the prime minister so far, but as one official put it, he is always ready to talk to Nelson. Mr Blair is already under heavy pressure from his colleagues in the Labour party to hold the American president in check - if he can. According to opinion polls, a majority of British public opinion is opposed to a war against Iraq. The direct intervention of a figure such as Nelson Mandela can only add significantly to the impression of mounting pressure. Mr Blair arrived in the central Mozambique town of Dondo on Sunday to show support for the economic and political reforms he sees as the key to tackling the problems of the developing world. He will take that message to the World Summit in Johannesburg, all the time hoping to regain control of his own political session. A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF=http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html;Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/;ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Iraq: Hype, Hysteria, Hypocrisy
-Caveat Lector- http://english.pravda.ru/main/2002/09/02/35718.html IRAQ: HYPE, HYSTERIA, HYPOCRISY Rumsfelds hysterical discourse echoed by Cheney Richard (Dick) Cheney, the Vice President of the United States of America, has taken up the gauntlet left by Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld as the Bush administration schemes for the overthrow of Saddam Hussein. That a man in the position of Richard Cheney can justify the notion of a unilateral military campaign against a sovereign state outside the auspices of the UNO and without a consensus of favourable opinion from the international community, based purely upon conjecture, is as shocking as it is ludicrous. The Vice President claims that Baghdad is pursuing an aggressive programme to develop a nuclear weapons capacity, that His Excellency President Saddam Hussein aims to dominate the Middle East and submit the world to nuclear blackmail and his trump card, accompanied by the Churchillian tones of an increasingly incoherent Rumsfeld, who evokes the appeasement of Hitler in the 1930s, is that time is against us and It is better to act than to do nothing. Act, the United States has already done, with Depleted Uranium weaponry in 1991, which has been responsible for 200% increases in malignant diseases in southern Iraq, mainly in children. Act, the United States has already done, in burning crops in Iraqi agricultural fields, to deprive an already hungry civilian population of nourishment. However, there is not one shred of evidence which links Saddam Husseins Ba'ath regime to a global terrorism campaign and there is not a grain of truth in Cheney's accusations. The USA is the only country in the international community which chooses to use blackmail and bullying instead of diplomacy, as it revises trading treaties with states which do not jump as high as they are told, this after any threads of economic independence have been assimilated. Planning a military intervention based on pure conjecture and haphazard guessing is an amateurish and extremely dangerous method of conducting crisis management, amateurish to the degree exposed in the last US Presidential election. Cheney, Rumsfeld and Bush cannot count on the support of one single neighbour of Iraq nor on any single political heavyweight in the international community, for a unilateral military strike. The German Defence Minister, Peter Struck, has even considered pulling out his nuclear/biological contamination detection unit from Kuwait so as not to involve German soldiers in a war against Iraq, while Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder has repeatedly made it clear that he is against any attack, as has French President Jacques Chirac, who claims that only the UN Security Council has the competence to order military intervention against Baghdad. The only potential ally, British Prime Minister Tony Blair, wrestles with the knowledge that 52% of his own party is decidedly against a strike against Iraq. The ridiculous stance of the USA is blatantly exposed in the field. Iran, Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Egypt, Yemen, Bahrain, Qatar and Kuwait have all attacked a military solution and called on a diplomatic resolution to the tension. The old adage Show me your friends and I will tell you who you are, applied to the current situation, presents a telling and chilling spectacle that of an iceberg floating alone in ever warmer waters, with a walrus, a polar bear and a penguin stranded on top, looking more and more isolated and more and more out of their element. Applied to Cheney, Rumsfeld and Bush, the adage shows that there are no friends. The rules of international diplomacy have already taught the lesson that the isolated must sink. Whether or not they can swim remains to be seen. Timothy BANCROFT-HINCHEY PRAVDA.Ru A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF=http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html;Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/;ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to
[CTRL] Fisk: It is not my job to provide the evidence for a war crimes trial
-Caveat Lector- The Independent (London) August 24, 2002, Saturday - Comment - IT IS NOT MY JOB TO PROVIDE THE EVIDENCE FOR A WAR CRIMES TRIAL A reporter's job does not include joining the prosecution. We are witnesses and we name, if we can, the bad guys. Robert Fisk Three Western war crimes investigators turned up to see me in Beirut last week. No, they didn't come to talk about the Bosnian war. They wanted to know about torture at Israel's notorious Khiam jail in southern Lebanon, about beatings and imprisonment in cupboard-size cells and electrodes applied to the toes and penises of inmates under interrogation. Most of the torturers were Lebanese members of Israel's proxy South Lebanon Army militia, and they performed their vile work for the Israelis - on women as well as men - from the late Seventies until Israel's withdrawal in 2000: almost a quarter of a century of torture. Khiam prison is still there, open to the public, a living testament to brutality and Israeli shame. The problem is that Israel is now trying to dump its Lebanese torturers on Western countries. Sweden, Canada, Norway, France, Germany and other nations are being asked to give citizenship to these repulsive men in the interests of peace - and also because the Israeli government would prefer they left Israel. The three investigators - two cops and a justice ministry official - had come to Beirut to make sure that their government wasn't about to give citizenship to Israel's war criminals. And they knew what they were talking about. We both knew that one former torturer was living in Sweden with his two sons, and that another had opened two restaurants in America. And I was happy to chat to them. But chatting is one thing. Testifying is quite another. I make this point because the BBC told me last week that their Belgrade correspondent, Jacky Rowland, was planning to testify against Slobodan Milosevic at The Hague war crimes tribunal. I was invited this week to participate in a BBC radio interview with yet another BBC man who had given evidence at The Hague, Dan Damon. And, in fact, I received a phone call from one of The Hague investigators a few weeks ago, wanting to know if I had accompanied a European Union delegation to a Bosnian concentration camp in 1982. I had travelled with the EU men to two camps - not the one that The Hague investigator was interested in. But this was not the first call I've had from The Hague and I pointed out this time - as I had before - that I didn't believe journalists should be policemen. My articles could be used by anyone at The Hague and I was more than ready to sign a letter to the effect that they were accurate. But that was all. So when Dan Damon of the BBC argued on air this week that the written or spoken report might not be believed if a reporter wasn't ready to testify in a court, I was a bit taken aback. In many cases, The Hague has commenced proceedings against war criminals on the basis of newspaper articles and television programmes. No one, so far as I know, has ever questioned our reports on Serbian, Croatian - and, yes, Muslim Bosnian - war crimes. In fact, I suspect Dan's argument was a bit of a smokescreen to cover his own concern about the boundaries of journalism. I know, of course, how the arguments go. I may be a journalist, says the reporter as he or she turns up to the court, but I am also a human being. A time must come when a journalist's rules are outweighed by moral conscience. I don't like this argument. Firstly, because the implication is that journalists who don't intend to testify are not human beings; and secondly, because it suggests that reporters in general don't normally work with a moral conscience. Jonathan Randal, who worked for The Washington Post in Bosnia and has told The Hague tribunal that he will not testify against a Serb defendant, understands this all too well. What worries me, though, is that journalism includes an element of masquerade if we cover wars as reporters and then participate in the prosecution of the bad guys at the request of a court whose writ extends only to those war crimes which it sees fit - or which the West sees fit - to investigate. Jacky Rowland of the BBC, for example, did not - while reporting the Balkan atrocities - turn up on Serbian assignments with the words: I'm from the BBC and - if your lot lose - I'm ready to help in your prosecution. Indeed, if she had said that, she wouldn't have had the chance to undertake many more reporting assignments. Nor would any of us. But - if it's now going to be the habit for BBC reporters to turn up as prosecution witnesses at The Hague - heaven spare any of us in the future. Now I have nothing against Jacky Rowland's reports. And if she feels her testimony is vital to convicting Mr Milosevic, that's up to her. But this story has another side. For Ms Rowland is not planning to attend The Hague court because she has chosen to give evidence against
[CTRL] FBI will tap into personal profiles
-Caveat Lector- http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/tue/news/news_1n3fbidata.html FBI will tap into personal profiles No legal basis for suspicion needed By Bruce V. Bigelow STAFF WRITER September 3, 2002 When direct marketing consultant Mike DeCastro gets hired to plan a campaign pitching vacations in Mazatlan or cell phone service in San Diego, one of his first moves is to consult an online catalog of customer lists. Such lists are the lubricant that keep the wheels of our consumer society spinning. If you applied for a loan or used a credit card, your name is on a list. They identify almost everyone who has attended school, subscribed to anything, or bought anything from a catalog, direct mail or online merchant. Ultimately, such lists also provide the raw material used to build sophisticated computerized databases that have become a multibillion- dollar industry. Just about anything that you want to know about anybody is available in a commercial database, said DeCastro of San Francisco. Most people don't have a clue that such databases compile information from a variety of sources, linking their names to their Social Security numbers, credit profiles, employment histories, travel records, court records, personal interests and chronic health conditions. And now, under changes ordered by Attorney General John Ashcroft, the FBI is moving to use commercial databases in its efforts to prevent acts of terrorism in the United States. The change was part of a broader decision, announced by the Justice Department May 30, to loosen the internal policies that guide federal terrorist investigations. Now, even if they don't have a specific suspect or legal basis for suspicion, FBI agents under the new guidelines are empowered to scour public sources for information on future terrorist threats, Ashcroft said. The attorney general did not specify how the FBI would use commercial databases, and a Justice Department spokesman did not return calls seeking elaboration. Experts say the FBI would likely use special software and advanced data-mining techniques that can sift through enormous fields of data to identify patterns and characteristics of potential terrorists. Given the potential threats to American security, some say the changes were long overdue. The computer systems that were available to the general public were not available to agents like me, said Darwin Wisdom, a former FBI agent who runs the Baker Street Group, a San Diego investigative firm. I was always dismayed by our inability to access information that was available on computer just about everywhere else. 'Dragnet-style' Before Ashcroft changed the guidelines, the FBI could not even use standard Internet search engines such as Google to look for information concerning terrorist activity, said Mitch Dembin, who resigned two years ago as a federal prosecutor specializing in computer crimes. Investigators first had to have suspicion. The guidelines cannot be so strict that they shut out from law enforcement the very tools that are available to you and me, Wisdom said. That's preposterous. Ashcroft's changes have stirred some opposition. The American Civil Liberties Union says the new FBI guidelines reversed many self- imposed restraints the Justice Department adopted in the 1970s after revelations of FBI illegal spying. For over a decade, the commercial data collectors have promised Americans they would not turn this data over to law enforcement, said Chris Hoofnagle, a lawyer with the Electronic Privacy Information Center in Washington, D.C. This was a guarantee that has staved off legislation and allowed this data collection to continue. The new capabilities of these technologies now allows suspicionless, dragnet-style investigations of all Americans, Hoofnagle said. FBI agents could use commercial databases before Ashcroft changed the guidelines, but only after indications of criminal activity were established, Hoofnagle said. A prosecutor would then obtain a warrant that allowed a search, as well as electronic eavesdropping. Under the old guidelines, they were not allowed to engage in prospective searches meaning they could not sit down and say all Protestant men between 20 and 24 are likely terrorists and print out a suspect list, Hoofnagle said. By using commercial databases, DeCastro said, the FBI could generate lists of potential suspects based on a profile using such criteria as race, religion, travel, bank accounts and even grocery-store purchases. It's a disaster, said John Perry Barlow, a fellow at Harvard Law School's Berkman Center and a co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. This information has been gathered with an assurance to the consumer that his privacy was being protected, except when warrants were issued for a specific release. Said Barlow: We have increasingly what strikes me as the foundation for a police state in the United States. But Wisdom, who spent 27 years as an FBI
[CTRL] Uncle Sam's a Bigger Bully Than Saddam
-Caveat Lector- ~~for educational purposes only~~ [Title 17 U.S.C. section 107] Uncle Sam's a Bigger Bully Than Saddam by James Ridgeway Spun through the gears of Bush's PR juggernaut, Saddam Hussein becomes the subhuman demon incarnate. Saddam will terrorize usand not just our troops, but our civilians. He, or the terrorists he shelters in Iraq, will wipe out our cities with nuclear bombs, poison our schools and subways with bioweapons, cut off our water supplies, threaten our hospitals, strangle our economy. We'd better get him before he gets us. Let's use any means short of nuclear attack, or maybe we'll resort to that, too. But by Bush's own standards, America is the true global bully, with a record not just of perceived threats but of action. During the Gulf War, we bombed Iraq's cities. We took out transportation, communication, and power facilities. Our push for long-term sanctions rendered a generation unable to obtain basic vaccines and left a nation thirsting for clean water, a situation the UN says has resulted in the deaths of well over 500,000 small children. And a decade earlier, in the 1980s, the U.S. government fully supported Iraq's use of chemical warfare against Muslim fundamentalists in Iran. In the end, we haven't so much miscast Saddam as the bad guy as covered over our own heinous acts against innocent men, women, and children. Now a Bush-led White House is again preparing to use every effort against Saddam's militaryand more generally against the civilian population. The average citizen of Iraq remains vulnerable, having never recovered from the Gulf War. The infrastructure is still in ruins. There are no seeds to grow crops, no fertilizer, no pesticides. This year's drought has made everything worse. But all of this suits Vice President Dick Cheney real fine. He's stumping again for blowing away Saddam, showing the same bluster as when he trumpeted the American victory in 1991. Speaking to reporters in July of that year, then secretary of defense Cheney addressed the issue of our bombing Iraq's civilian infrastructure. Every Iraqi target was perfectly legitimate, he said, adding, If I had to do it over again, I would do exactly the same thing. The only real question for the U.S. military this time is what's left to hit in the upcoming turkey shoot. Much of the firing may end up taking place in the cities, putting Yankee soldiers in the position of carrying out their own urban jihad. But with production lines working overtime to convert old bombs into high-tech smart ones, America could always just flatten the entire nation. Among the heavy weapons to consider: Fuel air explosives: Big, horrific bombs, these send out a volatile mist that spreads through any openinga doorway into a building or underground bunker or, as at Tora Bora, a cave. The bomb then detonates, its explosion rocketing through underground passages. Daisy cutters: Used in Afghanistan last winter, these 15,000-pound monsters wipe out everything in a 300-feet radius. You're not literally so close that the bomb is breaking you apart or you catch on fire or anything, explains Carl Conetta of the Project on Defense Alternatives, but the shock wave is so powerful that it crushes internal organs. Microwave weapons: Supposedly nonlethal crowd controllers, these beam-blasting transmitters can cause third-degree burns. In combat, the weapons might be used to clear urban riots. But their power source is cumbersome, which might prohibit using them. Cluster bombs: Tossing these sweethearts around has been likened to laying a minefield from 15,000 feet. We used these as many as 1500 times in Afghanistan. To prevent infantry from walking in front of the tanks and picking them up, anti-personnel explosives are mixed in. The cluster bombs wait on the ground to go off in predetermined sequences. A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF=http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html;Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/;ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE
Re: [CTRL] Armenians Fight Plan for Israel Wall
-Caveat Lector- Looks like the Armenians will have to learn what everybody else has already learned--that the Israeli do whatever they want to do to whomever they wish to do it. Their apologies are meaningless, and the words of their diplomats even less so. They hold all the weapons, and the well disciplined protector they keep at their beck and call will act in their behalf instantly if necessary. Not a bad position. Prudy A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF=http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html;Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/;ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Fwd: Mandela to Bush: When Silence Isn't Golden
-Caveat Lector- A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF=http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html;Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/;ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om ---BeginMessage--- -Caveat Lector- Nobel Peace Prize winner Nelson Mandela says he couldn't get a call through to the vacationing George W. Bush, who increasingly shies away from these discussions. So Mandela called Bush's father to warn him that his son is bringing chaos to the world. In blowing off Mandela, one of the world's preeminent leaders, the younger Bush is keeping with his new trend of avoiding critical debate about his unilateralist foreign policy. After more than 18 months in the White House, Bush seems to be retreating into a mix of shopworn applause lines and silence. For the full story, go to Consortiumnews.com at http://www.consortiumnews.com ___ Powered by List Builder To unsubscribe follow the link: http://lb.bcentral.com/ex/sp?c=13595s=8EF9525BC81BFF8Am=186 A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF=http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html;Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/;ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om ---End Message---
[CTRL] Fwd: [RMNEWS] COMPLETE 9.11 TIMELINE: INTRO, CREDITS LINKS
-Caveat Lector- A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF=http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html;Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/;ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om ---BeginMessage--- -Caveat Lector- Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- FONT COLOR=#994 DVDs Free +sp Join Now /FONTA HREF=http://us.click.yahoo.com/pt6YBB/NXiEAA/MVfIAA/zgSolB/TM;BClick Here!/B/A -~- From the Rumor Mill News Reading Room http://www.rumormillnews.com COMPLETE 9.11 TIMELINE: INTRO, CREDITS LINKS Posted By: Rayelan Date: Tuesday, 3 September 2002, 3:37 p.m. In Response To: 911 - THE BASIC QUESTIONS EVERYONE SHOULD ASK (JOHN DiNARDO) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RMNEWS_DAILY_EMAILS/message/28748 From: Aftermath News [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon Sep 2, 2002 2:07 pm Subject: THE COMPLETE 9/11 TIMELINE: INTRODUCTION, CREDITS AND LINKS THE COMPLETE 9/11 TIMELINE: INTRODUCTION, CREDITS AND LINKS http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0209/S8.htm UQ Wire: The Complete 9/11 Timeline Monday, 2 September 2002, 1:19 pm Article: www.UnansweredQuestions.org Unanswered Questions: Thinking For Ourselves Presented by... http://www.unansweredquestions.org THE COMPLETE 9/11 TIMELINE: INTRODUCTION, CREDITS AND LINKS Version 1.1, August 27, 2002 By Paul Thompson Online At: http://www.unansweredquestions.net/timeline/ What Really Happened On September 11th? PLEASE NOTE: The following is just the introduction to a reference work of HUGE significance on the events leading up to, the events of, and the revelations that have emerged subsequent to the tragic events of September 11th 2001. As an authoritative reference work this timeline dispels the notion that theorists on 9/11 are working on the basis of supposition and prejudice, but rather shows clearly that unanswered questions relating to September 11th are probably the most vital issue currently facing the people of this planet. Online readers and email recipients of this posting are therefore encouraged to post links to this page, and to forward the email version of this as widely as possible. - The UQ Wire Editor ** Other Sections of the Complete 9/11 Timeline: The Complete Timeline http://www.unansweredquestions.net/timeline/AAtimelinecomplete.html Introduction, credits and links http://www.unansweredquestions.net/timeline/timelinepart1.html Part 1: 1979 - 2000 http://www.unansweredquestions.net/timeline/AAtimelinebefore2001.html Part 2: Jan. 2001 - 9/11 http://www.unansweredquestions.net/timeline/AAtimelinebefore911.html Part 3: Day of 9/11 http://www.unansweredquestions.net/timeline/timelinepart2.html Part 4: 9/11 - Dec. 2001 http://www.unansweredquestions.net/timeline/AAtimelineafter911.html Part 5: Jan. 2002 - present http://www.unansweredquestions.net/timeline/AAtimelineafter2001.html ** Articles I'm beginning to write articles to help clarify some aspects of 9/11. I make no claim to have an overall theory of what happened on 9/11, but I do have some ideas on certain things. Also, hopefully these essays can help make some complicated aspects of the timeline easier to understand. These are very in-depth essays, with lots of pictures. The Two Ziad Jarrahs http://www.unansweredquestions.net/timeline/AAjarrah.html Ziad Jarrah was in the two different places at the same time on more than one occasion (August 24, 2002) ** Categories This story is so complicated and long, I've tried to break it into threads of different colors to make it easier to digest. I've made separate pages for each thread, in addition to webpages with all the threads together. Central Asian oil, Enron and the
[CTRL] Fwd: [CIA-DRUGS] Russian Mogul's Planes Took al-Qaida, Taliban Gold To Sudan
-Caveat Lector- A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF=http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html;Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/;ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om ---BeginMessage--- -Caveat Lector- Russian Mogul's Planes Took al-Qaida, Taliban Gold To Sudan The Moscow Times 9-3-2 Planes owned by Russian businessman Viktor Bout have been used to fly al-Qaida and Taliban gold to Sudan in recent weeks, The Washington Post reported Tuesday. Several shipments of gold were delivered by boat from Karachi, Pakistan, to either Iran or the United Arab Emirates, the newspaper said, citing unidentified European intelligence officials. From there, the gold was flown on charted planes to the Sudanese capital of Khartoum, where al-Qaida has broad business contacts, the paper said. European officials believe the gold was transported by Air Bas, an airline set up recently by Bout and managed by his brother Sergei, said Douglas Farah, the author of The Washington Post report, in a telephone interview. Further details of Bout's possible involvement in the shipments were not immediately clear Tuesday. Bout is wanted by Belgium police on charges of laundering money from illegal arms trading in Africa. The police, who issued an international arrest warrant for Bout in February, said Tuesday that they had no information about the gold shipments. European and U.S. officials consider Bout to be a major arms dealer, trading mostly with Third World countries. They have said he also ferried shipments of weapons and medicine for the Taliban. http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2002/09/04/016.html Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- FONT COLOR=#994 DVDs Free +sp Join Now /FONTA HREF=http://us.click.yahoo.com/pt6YBB/NXiEAA/MVfIAA/xYTolB/TM;BClick Here!/B/A -~- Please let us stay on topic and be civil. To unsubscribe please go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cia-drugs -Home Page- www.cia-drugs.org OM Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF=http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html;Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/;ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om -Caveat Lector- http://www.rense.com/general28/russe.htm A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths,
Re: [CTRL] Arab News - US Jews launch pro-Israel TV ads
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 8/29/02 5:09:23 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: WASHINGTON, 29 August â Concerned by polls showing increasing American neutrality regarding the Israeli-Palestinian war, US Jewish organizations are launching a television advertising campaign designed to improve Israelâs image in the United States. So what's new? We've been bombarded with pro-Israel material for years now. It's not always clever--finding someone who can call Sharon a man of peace and still keep a straight face must be difficult too. Prudy A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF=http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html;Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/;ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] Conservatives Thirst for Federal Power
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 8/29/02 5:29:24 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Earlier this month, Attorney General John Ashcroft announced the administration's desire to build internment camps for U.S. citizens that the government would declare to be 'enemy combatants.' According to the plan, U.S. citizens could be held indefinitely without any constitutional protections or rights. Jonathan Turley, a professor of constitutional law at George Washington University said, Whereas Al Qaeda is a threat to the lives of our citizens, Ashcroft has become a clear and present threat to our liberties. Oh come on. Let's hear it for Uncle John and the Gulag. Prudy A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF=http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html;Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/;ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] CHEMTRAILS Linked To MYSTERY DISEASES?
-Caveat Lector- --- Forwarded message follows --- Date sent: Wed, 04 Sep 2002 07:59:29 +0100 From: World-Action [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:[CIA-DRUGS] CHEMTRAILS Linked To MYSTERY DISEASES? To: [A] World-ACTION-Group World-ACTION- [EMAIL PROTECTED] PLEASE FORWARD to those concerned with the rapidly deteriorating health of almost all life on Earth. HOW is this article linked to '9-11' and the 'War On Terror' and Bush's threatened 21st U.S. war since WWII, against Iraq? I'll place a bet to the tune of $10,000 when the full truth is in, that very similar people are involved in '9-11'; the business of war (latest product: the 'War On Terror'); Chemtrails, HAARP, microwaves, ELF, etc.; and other things which are making people, animals, birds, sea-life and vegetation very, very sick. Read on. Michael / World-action / http://www.world-action.co.uk - CHEMTRAILS LINKED TO MYSTERY DISEASES? http://members.lycos.co.uk/fotdragon/articles/outbreaks.html [If you go to the above webpage you will find many references and links from this article.] CHEMTRAILS LINKED TO MYSTERY DISEASES? UK, Friday 30 August 2002 Whilst the Chemtrails issue remains unresolved one necessarily looks askance at events that otherwise would probably attract little thought or attention, unless one were personally involved. Similarly, and for the same reason, one is tempted to see connections between events where, in other circumstances, such connections might not suggest themselves. One such event, or rather, series of events, is the veritable plague of mysterious diseases that has swept across the UK in recent months. We have an outbreak of Legionnaires Disease (that rather curious illness about which insufficient is known, and the genesis of which still remains clouded in uncertainty) in Cumbria, followed just a couple of weeks afterward by another outbreak in Bedfordshire, then, within days, yet another outbreak in Birmingham. All, according to at least one public health official, supposedly unconnected. Of the little that is known about Legionnaires Disease, some things remain constant. Allegedly non-communicable person-to-person, the victim generally becomes infected through inhalation of contaminated water-vapour droplets generated (so current thinking has it) by such things as poorly-maintained evaporative air-conditioning units, etc. Previous by just a couple of weeks to this series of Legionnaires' outbreaks there was a spate of mysterious infections and illnesses in Scotland, with contaminated water appearing to be the common denominator. Then there is the, albeit undocumented, proliferation of strange cold- and flu-like ailments that seem to develop into some sort of chronic bronchial and throat -related conditions, becoming widespread since about the late 90s. Nor has wildlife escaped unscathed. Just a month or so ago we were hearing reports of masses of seals being washed up on the coastline, having expired from the mystery PDV (phocine distemper virus) illness that was first identified in 1998 (the most common cause of death after infection being pneumonia!). Little is heard of this outbreak now, but presumably it is still occurring, for the magnitude of the infection was such as to cause alarm with concerns being raised about the possible decimation of the species. And just within the past few days cases were being reported of the sparrow population falling victim to yet another mystery illness. (A propos of this let's not forget that even now the US is experiencing an outbreak of West Nile Fever. Whilst mosquitoes are normally regarded as a principal carrier of this disease, recent speculation has focussed upon sparrows also! And what of the outbreak of Dengue Fever that afflicted Brazil just a few months back?) It seems to go on and on and, human nature being what it is, we cannot help but ask what the hell's happening? That water appears to be some sort of vector in so many of these cases is, to say the least, suggestive. Moreover, because in none of these cases has a satisfactory explanation been forthcoming it is all too easy to begin to see a single thread underlying them all. Trying desperately hard not to fall into the trap of jumping too hastily to unwarranted conclusions, and thus blinding ourselves to other possibilities, nevertheless the temptation to read all of these events as discrete symptoms of a common underlying cause is almost too great to resist and, given the nature of Chemtrails activities, it doesn't require an overly-active imagination to begin to see one possible contender for this common cause. Chemtrails is of course not the only contender. Just last year the UK was witness to a massive outbreak of foot and mouth disease, that triggered the insane (and politically dominated) wholesale slaughter of our livestock, such that this country saw billowing clouds of
[CTRL] [4] The Unconventional Warrior: Smoking Gun The Pitzer File
-Caveat Lector- http://www.cia-drugs.com/ExpendableElite.com/home.html The Unconventional Warrior by LTC Dangerous Dan Marvin © 2002 Daniel Marvin Part Four: Smoking Gun The Pitzer File August 30, 2002 A dynamite book is in the works that will, if taken seriously by citizens and elected officials alike, be an inspiration for those who possess the integrity, courage and will to demand a renewed investigation into the deaths of President John F. Kennedy, Jr., and those whose deaths were attributed to strange causes. Those same people were involved in one way or another in an attempt to foil our governments cover up of the JFK assassination itself. Explosive in its many revelations, it is tentatively titled, SMOKING GUN - The Conspiracy to Kill LCDR William Bruce Pitzer. Kent Heiner and I will co-author this work. I have found Kent to be a man of integrity anxious to portray the truth in such a way as to elicit a crusade-like fervor among his readers. He is unafraid, once personally satisfied it is fact, to point the finger of suspicion at those persons or entities that are guilty of wrongdoing or its cover up. There is no substitute for truth and justice and it is that fact that dictates what is written and referenced in the factual accounts filling this book of truth, telling the reader of murder, intrigue, intimidation and subterfuge. Those are the hard and fast elements that surround the October 1966 termination of a US Naval Officer. They also relate to the probable destruction of irreplaceable evidence that could, if available, contribute immeasurably to an eruption of truth by virtual reality to encompass, capture and judge those persons and forces that engineered, perpetrated and covered up the assassination of a President who was getting in the way of a blossoming hierarchy of an evil-permeated government. It is my personal judgment, shared by members of the deceaseds family and a Navy associate in whom he had confided, that his having sole possession of irrefutable photographic evidence of the actual autopsy of JFK, evidence that would prove it to have been multiple bullet wounds that caused JFKs death, thereby destroying the myth of a lone gunman our government had perpetuated, is what gained him a place on our governments hit list. Not wanting to take away from Heiners book, but wanting to provide the expectant reader an inkling of why the book SMOKING GUN should be on his or her must read list, I offer the following questions that attack government denial of a conspiracy and their mythical insistence on the suicide theory: * Why else, during the first week of August in 1965, would I have been asked by an agent of the Central Intelligence Agency to kill William Bruce Pitzer, telling me that he was a traitor about to sell States secrets to the enemy? * Why, if he were going to use a pistol he allegedly had in his possession to commit suicide, would he write and place a note in his office that read, Remind me to return gun to Sec Off [security office]? * Is it proper to conjecture that whoever killed Pitzer waited patiently until the 29th day of October in 1966 when Pitzer, close to retirement, would retrieve the highly sensitive evidence from its hiding place (perhaps in the false ceiling of his office?), murder Pitzer and retrieve (perhaps destroy?) that incriminating and indeed irreplaceable photographic evidence? * Why was the weapon that killed Pitzer assumed to have been in his possession when there was no proof that he had, in fact, ever signed for the weapon on that day? The FBI investigation states that an undated notation that a .38 caliber revolver, serial number 311546 had been checked out for Lieutenant Commander William Bruce Pitzer. The signature under this notation was illegible, (emphasis mine). I dont know about others who read this who had experience in the military - but during my 21 years in Uncle Sams Army I never knew nor heard of a weapon, particularly a sidearm, being taken from an arms room (or security office) without the individual himself signing for that weapon on a specific dated entry. * Why are there two death certificates for one death? * Why did the FBI investigation tell of one being prepared by Deputy Medical Examiner John G. Ball of the State of Maryland, who, according to the FBI report, told the Navys Investigative Service that he (John G. Ball) had observed muzzle marks around the wound and powder burns when Pitzers autopsy findings showed no powder burns or muzzle marks? * Why was the US Navys Death Certificate on Pitzer dated 1 Feb 67 when he was killed on 29 Oct 66? * Why, when the 143 page documentation (including undated cover letter of three pages) of the FBI investigation into the death of William Bruce Pitzer provided by the FBI and received by me on 2 August 1997, included multiple examples of US Navy requests made to FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover for examination of certain items forwarded by
[CTRL] Virus Alert
-Caveat Lector- Subject: VIRUS ALERT: URGENT URGENT!!! Very Urgent!!! PASS THIS ON TO ANYONE YOU HAVE AN E-MAIL ADDRESS FOR. If you receive an email titled: "It Takes Guts to Say Jesus" DO NOT OPEN IT. It will erase everything on your hard drive. This information was announced yesterday morning from IBM; AOL states that this is a very dangerous virus, much worse than "Melissa," and that there is NO Remedy for it at this time. Some very sick individual has succeeded in using the reformat function from Norton Utilities causing it to completely erase all documents on the hard drive. It has been designed to work with Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer. It destroys Macintosh and IBM compatible computers. This is a new, very malicious virus and not many people know about it. Pass this warning along to EVERYONE in your address book and please share it with all your online friends ASAP so that this threat maybe stopped. Please practice cautionary measures and tell anyone that may have access to your computer. Forward this warning to everyone that you know that might access the Internet.= A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
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-Caveat Lector- -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 And so Mermaid sez on Wednesday 04 September 2002 23:34: -Caveat Lector- Subject: VIRUS ALERT: URGENT URGENT!!! Very Urgent!!! If someone really gets this virus pleeease send it to me. I am so sad that I never really encountered a virus ready to destroy my hard-disc though it was said to be. (sniff) btw: Why is it that people are so easy to believe that there are these kind of viruses? Why do they believe a virus warning and send it out to mailing lists, to all friends, relatives etc etc etc etc etc...so that my mailboy is full of warnings, standing right next to people from Nigeria wanting to give me a fortune and gorgeous business opportunities? I think what it needs is more people to read, to do some research then and to think about hoaxes. This is not meant as an insult, I myself sent out virus warnings like these before I was asked to do some research etc before forwarding those mails. It worked for me. Twister -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE9dnsJbWUifFmZwyIRArwwAJ9TV7HKfMgOPFlMeWjlnvgViukDkgCfZsqu qyPFHWAB7CU9pKS/8fCrrIs= =ZRBx -END PGP SIGNATURE- A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF=http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html;Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/;ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] us cancel search for OBL
-Caveat Lector- Login or Register | Headlines | Emailed News Thursday 5 September 2002 Telegraph Network Network home Arts Books Business news Crossword Society Education Family Fantasy football Fashion Gardening Horoscopes Health Jobs Law reports Letters Feedback Mobile Services Money Motoring News Obituaries Opinion Outdoors Personal finance Promotions Property Science Shopping Sport Technology Travel Weather Wine Business file Connected Global network Internet for schools Juiced Matt cartoon Alex cartoon telegraph.co.uk News home Business news Crossword Society Feedback Golden Jubilee Law reports Matt cartoon Obituaries Opinion Weather War on terrorism About us Contact us US call to relax hunt for 'dead' bin LadenBy Toby Harnden in Washington(Filed: 04/09/2002) American special forces commanders are calling for their men to be pulled out of Afghanistan after concluding that Osama bin Laden was killed in military strikes on caves at Tora Bora last year. Frustrated by the seemingly fruitless search for a body or other hard evidence, senior officers from the US Joint Special Operations Command argue that troops should instead be sent on other missions as part of the war on terrorism. Bin Laden's whereabouts were last known in December when US forces intercepted a radio transmission of him giving orders to operatives from the Tora Bora cave complex in eastern Afghanistan. Since then, there have been no confirmed sightings of al-Qa'eda's leader or radio intercepts to indicate that he is alive. An enthusiastic self-publicist, he has issued no statements or broadcasts to his followers. "There are a lot of people - though it's not an official position - who think he's gone, way gone," a senior officer told the New York Times. Donald Rumsfeld, the US defence secretary, has advocated greater use of special forces troops to hunt down and kill terrorists in theatres beyond Afghanistan. The US special forces have up to 8,000 combat troops, including Delta Force, Seals and Army Rangers. They could play a key role - along with Britain's SAS - in any invasion of Iraq. Scaling down the hunt for bin Laden would release these highly specialised soldiers for other tasks. In July, Dale Watson, the FBI's outgoing anti-terrorism chief, became the first senior official to say publicly he believed that bin Laden was dead, while adding: "I have no evidence to support that." President George W Bush vowed after September 11 to capture bin Laden "dead or alive", but now says the terrorist leader is largely irrelevant because his network has been disabled. But proof of bin Laden's death would be a huge political boost to Mr Bush and Washington is reluctant to abandon the search until it is certain he is dead. Some officials contend that he could still be alive. They cite unconfirmed reports from Afghans that he escaped from Tora Bora to Pakistan, and the attitude of his deputies and his own family. "If he is dead, very few in al-Qa'eda know it," said one US official. Seven men are being
[CTRL] school abuse suits, microchip children, Iraq/US weapons
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from L Moss-Sharman School abuse suits may cost $1 billion FSIN is outraged government is adding more lawyers to handle influx of lawsuits James Parker The StarPhoenix 9/4/02 "The federal government and the churches that ran the residential schools on behalf of Ottawa are facing more than 4,500 cases involving about 11,000 individuals. About 540 cases have been settled since 1996. So far, the government has paid out $37 million to compensate plaintiffs for physical and sexual abuse and expects to spend more than a $1 billion dealing with the cases. Some suits also claim the schools perpetrated cultural genocide." http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/story.asp?id={8E084502-450A-4FD0-AA1B-D637FBA3FA85}
Parents look to microchip children - London, England - "Worried UK parents are asking to have tracking microchips implanted into their children following the murders of two 10-year-old girls, a cybernetics expert says. Scientist Kevin Warwick from Reading University, west of London, says parents can keep track of their children with a tiny microchip implant in the arm or stomach." http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/09/03/uk.implant/index.html
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2002/sep2002/chen-s02.shtml
Cheney's brief for war: a mass of lies and historical falsifications By David Walsh and Barry
"On a Public Broadcasting System television news program two days later, former chief UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter refuted Cheney's version of events, accusing him of "rewriting history." Ritter told a PBS interviewer, "What Vice President Cheney said to the American people is tantamount to a lie. The CIA knows that Hussein Kamal, the son-in-law of Saddam Hussein, when he defected clearly stated that under his instructions all weapons programs were eliminated. This is fact. He didn't lead us to a document. The Iraqi government did."
"Cheney attempted in his speech to portray Saddam Hussein as a demon, while ignoring the fact that the Iraqi leader was an ally of the US throughout much of the 1980s, and that Washington supported Iraq in its war with Iran (1981-88). Hussein is one in long line of former allies or CIA stooges who have run afoul of US interests and have been transformed into international pariahs. This list includes Panama's Manuel Noriega, Serbia's Slobodan Milosevic, Somalia's Mohammed Farah Aidid and Osama bin Laden, one of the Islamic fundamentalists who were armed and financed by the US during the mujahedin war against Soviet troops in Afghanistan in the 1980s. When Saddam Hussein was using chemical weapons against Iranian forces and Iraqi Kurds in the late 1980s, he was acting with the knowledge and tacit blessing of the US."
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[CTRL] Daniel Hopsicker on Rense tonight 9/4/02 7-10pm PDT
-Caveat Lector- Daniel Hopsicker on Rense tonight 9/4/02 Sightings radio show - www.rense.com Wednesday, September 4, 2002 TONIGHT'S GUESTS Giorgio Tsoukalos Opening Gantenbrink's Door Daniel Hopsicker Digging Into Atta's FL Days Monday-Friday 7-10pm Pacific Time Om K A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF=http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html;Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/;ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Fw: Defense of True Israel Survey
-Caveat Lector- Independent Christian Action NetworkE-AlertA ministry of Union Christian Church http://ican11.tripod.comUnion Christian Church 5355 Paragon RoadMartinsville, Indiana 46151[EMAIL PROTECTED] (812) 597-5450 Pastor Ted Weiland is conducting an on-line survey. Your participation is very important. First of all, it gives a depiction of people's knowledge of the Israel question. This is very helpful in determining future ways to bring the truth of this issue to the forefront. Secondly, those who want to read more about it can get a free copy of Pastor Weiland's book, Israel's Identity: It Matters, just by participating in the survey. Also, you can help by passing this e-mail along to your e-mail lists, relatives, friends, etc. It is a great way to introduce people to the Christian Israel truth without giving the impression of shoving it down their throat. If they have any interest it could also get them a free copy of this important book in their hands. Please help by spreading the word!Please be sure to follow the blue highlighted links in the survey to get more information and facts on the question raised in the survey.Mission To Israel's homepage:http://www.missiontoisrael.org/Defense of True Israel Survey:http://www.missiontoisrael.org/survey/defenseofisraelsurvey.php A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Russia threatens to veto any UN move to attack Iraq
-Caveat Lector- http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,141375,00.html Russia threatens to veto any UN move to attack Iraq Moscow says it has not seen a 'single well-founded argument' that Saddam's regime represents a threat to America MOSCOW - Russia said it had seen no 'single well-founded argument' that Iraq represents a threat to the United States and warned it would veto any measure for military action against Baghdad that comes before the United Nations Security Council. 'We hope... that this question will not be placed before the Security Council, thereby necessitating the veto,' Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov said in a blunt message to the US after meeting his Iraqi counterpart, Mr Naji Sabri, here. Russia, Iraq's biggest trade partner, has come out strongly against US military action to overthrow Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein and has echoed Baghdad's calls for a diplomatic settlement. But in his talks on Monday, he also pressed Baghdad to allow the return of United Nations weapons inspectors. He stressed that the resumption of inspections was necessary 'for the regularisation of the situation and for the lifting of sanctions... I don't see any alternative'. Mr Ivanov's statements appeared to indicate that the Kremlin is putting heavy pressure on Iraq, with whom it has cultivated close ties. Russia fears a war would complicate the tense Middle East situation and jeopardise its economic interests in Iraq, which owes it US$7 billion (S$12.3 billion). At the Earth Summit in Johannesburg, Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz said Baghdad was ready to discuss a return of UN inspectors but only with other issues, such as ending sanctions and restoring Iraqi sovereignty over its territory. It has been a stance UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has previously rejected. His spokesman said he urged Mr Tariq to comply with Security Council resolutions calling for the unconditional return of inspectors. Mr Tariq said earlier: 'You have to find a solution for all these matters, not only pick up one certain aspect of it.' He also accused the US of being uninterested in talks. US Secretary of State Colin Powell was en route to Johannesburg for the Earth Summit, where he was expected to face criticism over threats by President George W. Bush to attack Iraq. Washington has said that it aims to overthrow the Iraqi leader. Mr Powell, seen as a Bush Cabinet moderate, has said Iraq allowing UN inspectors back would be a 'first step'. He made the comment shortly after US Vice-President Dick Cheney said there was no point in sending inspectors back into Iraq and pushed for military action. British Prime Minister Tony Blair said yesterday that Britain will publish evidence of Iraq's development of weapons of mass destruction in 'the next few weeks'. 'A lot of the work has already been done,' he said. 'There needs to be some more work... but I think probably the best thing to do is to publish that within the next few weeks... We will produce whatever we have.' -- AP, AFP A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF=http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html;Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/;ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] CRG: On Target
-Caveat Lector- http://globalresearch.ca/articles/TAY209A.html On Target by Scott Taylor The Halifax Herald, 2 September/ septembre 2002. Centre for Research on Globalisation (CRG), Centre de recherche sur la mondialisation (CRM), globalresearch.ca , 3 September/ septembre 2002 Order by phone from publisher. Call (toll free) 1-888-713-8500. AS PRESIDENT George W. Bush and his hawkish advisers continue to argue their case for a war with Iraq, they appear to have found many willing allies in the North American media. Journalistic values, such as printing only provable facts, have been all too frequently replaced with dangerously irresponsible jingoism. The intent of this inflammatory rhetoric appears designed to whip up an anti-Iraq war fever among an increasingly sceptical public. Referring to Saddam Hussein as the Butcher of Baghdad and revisiting his notorious resume, the 1990 invasion of Kuwait and the use of poison gas against Kurdish rebels, can be viewed as fair comment in such pro-war editorials. However, the only real issues that President Bush can use to justify launching a military strike to change the regime in Iraq are the linking of Saddam to a terrorist plot and allegations that Iraq continues to possess weapons of mass destruction. Until now, the U.S. has had great difficulty in producing proof of such activities. Bush's longstanding European and Arab allies have publicly denounced the idea of war against Iraq while in Britain, the only country openly supporting military action, Prime Minister Tony Blair runs the risk of splitting his Labour party vote and bringing down the government should hostilities escalate. It was therefore very surprising to read Finance Minister John Manley's recent proclamations that Saddam has a chemical arsenal and that he poses a real threat to Western civilization. There was no ambivalence in Manley's quote; it was simply stated as a fact. By contrast, that same day, Condoleezza Rice, the U.S. security adviser, was addressing British parliamentarians and trying her best to bring them on board the American war wagon. Rice's statements differed significantly from Mr. Manley's in that she couched her comments with such words as if Saddam possesses chemical weapons and should Iraq acquire weapons of mass destruction, then all of us will be in danger. Given that Canada does not operate an extensive intelligence network in the Middle East, that we do not have the benefit of independent spy satellite observations, that there has been no Canadian diplomatic mission in Baghdad for 12 years, and that Canada definitely has no unilateral weapon inspection teams operating in Iraq, how could John Manley possibly have acquired the damning categorical proof that the U.S. is so desperately seeking? Mr. Manley obviously had his reasons for making such a statement; however, journalists must ask for their own proof before simply parroting a politician's comments to the public. If Manley cannot or will not reveal the source of such significant findings, then his allegations are merely hearsay and as such do not merit publication. Likewise, any official statements from the Pentagon or U.S. State Department must be taken with a liberal grain of salt. During the 1999 NATO air strikes against Kosovo, the media gleefully reported the mounting tally of destroyed Yugoslavian military hardware. Pentagon officials and their NATO counterparts released hundreds of video clips that showed laser-guided bombs striking Serbian tanks and artillery pieces. But when the horde of NATO-accredited journalists rolled into the embattled province, they were shocked to find only 13 hulks of shattered Yugoslav armoured vehicle littering the battlefields. Of this meagre tally, five had been disabled by Albanian KLA guerrillas, not destroyed by NATO airstrikes. For 78 days, the NATO press pool had been duped into reporting fictitious success claims substantiated by phony video clips. Likewise, during the Kosovo campaign, the U.S. State Department had sent up cries of Serbian genocide, with allegations that up to 100,000 Albanians had been systematically slaughtered. Despite an exhaustive search to unearth the evidence to substantiate the claims, fewer than 2,000 bodies have been located. This includes 700 Serbs, as well as other combatants from both sides. Based on these statistics, it was recently concluded by none other than the Albanian Kosovar Supreme Court that Serbian authorities had not perpetrated acts of genocide against their people. Another recent example of media manipulation was the speculation on Osama bin Laden's cave complexes in Afghanistan. A widely reproduced artist's impression of the Tora Bora secret hideout resembled something out of a James Bond movie: The entire inside of a mountain was hollowed out and equipped with all manner of modern conveniences, including generators, elevators and even hot tubs! But when the coalition forces, including the Canadian contingent, probed the
