[CTRL] Israel: Sharon forced to call new elections 100,000 march for peace in Tel Aviv
-Caveat Lector- http://www.wsws.org/articles/2002/nov2002/isra-n09.shtml World Socialist Web Site www.wsws.org WSWS : News Analysis : Middle East Israel: Sharon forced to call new elections 100,000 march for peace in Tel Aviv By David Cohen 9 November 2002 Back to screen version| Send this link by email | Email the author Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has asked President Moshe Katzav to dissolve the Knesset (parliament). Sharon was not able to secure the majority needed to build a new coalition after the Labour Party left the government. He had done everything possible to placate the far-right and secure the basis for continued government, but to no avail. Sharon nominated the former military chief of staff, Shaul Mofaz, to be the next defence minister and asked former prime minister Benyamin Netanyahu to replace Shimon Peres as the foreign ministerplacing those who explicitly rejected the 1993 Oslo Peace Accords in all leading government positions. Netanyahu insisted that he would only agree to becoming foreign minister if an early date was set for a general electionFebruary or March instead of November 2003. Sharon refused to accept Netanyahus condition, and asked the right-wing settler partyThe National Unity-Homeland Israel to join the government and prevent its collapse. Avigdor Lieberman, the leader of the faction, refused to join the coalition unless Sharon agreed to launch an unrestricted military campaign against the Palestinians to destroy the Palestinian Authority, including the expulsion of Arafat. Sharon could not do this, as the Bush administration insisted that no public change in policy was made that would cut across its efforts to secure Arab support for war against Iraq. Sharon thus did not manage to win the required support of 61 members in the Knesset, leaving him in charge of a lame-duck administration whose policies can be blocked by his opponents. He had no choice but to call an early election and accede to Netanyahus demands. Sharon and Netanyahu are set to contest for leadership of Likud next month, when the party will decide who will be its candidate for prime minister. Current predictions are that Sharon will narrowly beat Netanyahu in the elections held by the Central Committee. Labour is in the midst of its own election contest, with both the mayor of the city of Haifa, Amram Mitzna, and the chairman of the Committee for Foreign and Defence Affairs of the Knesset, Haim Ramon, leading the former minister of defence Binyamin Ben-Eliezer in the polls. Present estimates predict a victory for Likud, but the only certainty is that Israel faces a period of profound instability and social and political polarisation. Ben-Eliezer was forced to withdraw from the coalition government due to the mounting opposition of broad sections of the working class to Likuds economic austerity measures and its war against the Palestinians. This came to a head over Sharons commitment to invest hundreds of thousands of Israeli Shekels in the settlements on the Occupied Territories. Labour could not continue to support the government without signing its own political death warrant. Shimon Peres, who led Labour into the coalition with Sharon and the Likud, wrote in Haaretz, When the nation has people hungry for bread, the social issue must be at the top of our agenda. But it is impossible to correct the social situation without correcting the economy itself. As long as investments in Israel are not renewed and tourists dont come back, as long as the flow of capital out of Israel isnt stopped and budgets are disbursed according to parochial demands, the economy will not recover. And as long as the security situation is unstable, the basic conditions for social and economic deterioration will not change. Haaretz, which purports to be the voice of liberal opposition to Likud, proclaimed that the collapse of the outgoing government can only be welcomed. It will be remembered as one of the worst governments in Israels history. It must now be hoped that the upcoming election will produce a coalition wise enough to repair the damage and restore the country to the right path. But a progressive outcome to the election depends on a political break by the working class with Labour, which propped up Sharon until it became impossible to continue to do so. In the right-wing Jerusalem Post, Uri Dan, the Middle East correspondent of the New York Post and a close friend of Sharon, gave a fairly accurate account of the service performed by Labour for Likud: Only by co-operation in the government with Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Shimon Peres could Sharon cause the delegitimisation of that other Nobel winner, Yasser Arafat. The White House is now closed to Arafat, after Peres himself, in a terrible, historic mistake, opened its gates to Arafat, on September 13, 1993, during Bill Clintons presidency. Only together with Binyamin Ben-Eliezer and Shimon
[CTRL] Home- Land Security Expo
-Caveat Lector- From http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCulture.asp?Page=\Culture\archive\200211 \CUL20021108a.html Group Lumps Conservatives with Klansmen and Neo-Nazis By Michael L. Betsch CNSNews.com Staff Writer November 08, 2002 (CNSNews.com) - The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) claims its organizational mission is to expose and combat the purveyors of hatred in our midst. However, some conservatives say they are offended by the ADL's deliberate efforts to equate the right wing with hate groups such as the Ku Klux Klan and Nazi Low Riders. The ADL maintains an extensive database of information on a broad range of dangerous extremists and closely monitors the nationwide activities of the predominantly anti-Semitic, white supremacist organizations. The group's website also features a calendar of Upcoming Extremist Events in order to alert concerned citizens across the country of hate gatherings occurring in their cities and towns. Yet some question why the ADL has issued a warning for the Free American's 2002 Home- Land Security Expo that will take place in McDonough, Georgia, from Nov. 8-10. The Georgia event is billed as an exposition and book fair and will feature lectures by notable conservative commentators Tom DeWeese of the American Policy Center and Larry Pratt, president of Gun Owners of America. CNSNews.com asked the ADL to define the extremist threat that the Home- Land Security Expo poses to America. Define 'Extremist' I don't know that the ADL has a formal definition for the term 'extremist', said Mark Pitcavage, director of fact finding for the ADL. But you can typically use the rougher definition of someone whose views are so far out of the mainstream that they have effectively disenfranchised themselves simply because so few people agree with them, he said. Pitcavage said the ADL has labeled the Home-Land Security Expo an extremist event because most of the participants and vendors are right-wing extremists, white supremacists, anti-government extremists, and conspiracy theorists. And, he said the event closely resembles the Y2K preparedness trade shows of the 1990s. The preparedness expos of the 1990s were sort of traveling trade fairs for survivalists and right wing extremists, Pitcavage explained. He said those expos typically featured booths exhibiting survival products such as dried beans and shark cartilage pills; right-wing extremists, tax protesters and militias; and white supremacists selling books and other items. Pitcavage said the ADL is concerned that the Home-Land Security Expo's organizer, Clay Douglas, is trying to revive the extremist trade shows. Douglas is also the founder of the Free American, which the ADL has deemed a conspiracy-oriented magazine that focuses on anti-government and anti-Semitic theories. Conservatives Defend Their Honor DeWeese, who will discuss the issue of sustainable development at the Home-Land Security Expo, said he never would have accepted Douglas' invitation to speak at the event if he was anti-Semitic as the ADL accuses him of being. I'm massively offended by that and it's wrong, he said. There is no one who will be at this conference who would be a spokesman for anything like that. DeWeese said he is not surprised that the ADL has labeled the Home-Land Security Expo an extremist event. After all, he said the event will feature information that is important to people who believe in national sovereignty, limited government and don't like the United Nations. The ADL, he noted, has trouble accepting the notion that conservatives question government, taxes and the U.N. They want to shut us up, DeWeese said of the ADL. We have no point that should be exposed; we should not be allowed to speak out on these things because it's dangerous to peace on earth. We are told that we are not allowed to have our point of view; that that just is not to be discussed in polite society, that we are extremists, that we are dangerous, that this is the reason why we have trouble in this country, DeWeese said. Well, yeah, it's probably true because we say, 'No,' to these things and they don't want that. Pratt, from Gun Owners of America, also said he was offended that the ADL would equate the Home- Land Security Expo with hate groups. He has been invited to discuss Second Amendment issues at the weekend event. Pratt said the ADL is experiencing the same problem the Federal Bureau of Investigation faced prior to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Before then, Pratt said, the conviction had always been that the threat to America came from conservatives and the vast right wing conspiracy that Hilary Clinton feared. The ADL has got its similar, ultra-liberal blinders on, Pratt said. For them, anything to the right of Hilary Clinton is a massive threat to the security of the commonwealth. Pratt said the ADL has never understood that people might want to take care of themselves rather than rely on the government to care for them.
[CTRL] CNN.com - Turkish general warns Islamists - Nov. 8, 2002
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[CTRL] Fw: [cp] FW: [apfn-1] Raid in Michigan
-Caveat Lector- - Original Message - From: Madd Maxx [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: dstacey [mailto:dstacey;attbi.com] Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 8:17 PM To: Undisclosed-Recipient:; Subject: Fw: [apfn-1] Raid in Michigan This just in: - Original Message - Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 9:56 PM Subject: [apfn-1] Raid in Michigan From: Norm Olson HYPERLINK [EMAIL PROTECTED] Back off a little on the patriot broadcasters. You'll hear the stories later. The Michigan Militia and others are still putting the pieces together. No one is talking to the media. I can tell you that the event escalated very rapidly and had it not been for a certain militia leader on the scene, a gunfight might have erupted. The federals were belligerent antagonists who deliberately remained on the property to measure and to assess the militia's capability and response. Within hours cars loaded with warriors from surrounding states were on the road. Other vehicles with skilled technicians were already evaluating objectives. I suspect that not a few of the federals had wet themselves when they recalled Mt. Carmel. The federal and local antagonists made it plain to one of our commanders that cordons and perimeters had been established to intercept any militia attempting to get close to the house. A very real battle was narrowly averted when a MMCW commander warned a police lieutenant NOT to attempt to stop or arrest militia vehicles in the area. While the drama unfolded inside the house, an intense standoff was taking place outside. It would be well to remember that Nancy, Ethan, and Ed were still in the house being detained by 18 federal enforcers. While the entire federal contingent could have been annihilated with the firepower potential of the militia, a gunfight would have most certainly cost the lives of our friends in the house. The federals will boast and brag about their grand victory on November 6th, 2002, but they ought to quake at the realization of just how close they came to being sent to hell by the militia! Norm Olson APFN-1 YahooGroups: Subscribe: HYPERLINK http://groups.yahoo.com/group/apfn-1/join Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] APFN MSG BOARD: `In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.' HYPERLINK http://disc.server.com/Indices/149495.html APFN CONTENTS PAGE: HYPERLINK http://www.apfn.org/old/apfncont.htm 911: THE ROAD TO TYRANNY -- WATCH THE ENTIRE FILM ONLINE HYPERLINK http://64.245.24.77/Alex/alex_jones.html Find elected officials, including the president, members of Congress, governors, state legislators, local officials, and more. HYPERLINK http://congress.org/congressorg/dbq/officials/ APFN, PMB 107, 6630 W. CACTUS #B107, GLENDALE, AZ 85304 HYPERLINK http://www.apfn.org/apfn/kenvardon.htm A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF=http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html;Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http://archive.jab.org/ctrl;listserv.aol.com/ A HREF=http://archive.jab.org/ctrl;listserv.aol.com/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] Rubicon and beyond
-Caveat Lector- http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/story.jsp?story=350298 09 November 2002 08:06 BDT Home News World Politics Robert Fisk: George Bush crosses Rubicon - but what lies beyond? 09 November 2002 Internal links Day the world turned on Iraq The face of power, the raw, real power of Bush's America Waverer voted yes 'to stop use of force and US right to go to war' Blair gives Saddam a final ultimatum Baghdad isolated by decision The key points of UN Resolution 1441 Diplomacy and dollars secure rare unanimity at the UN Bali bombers 'aimed to kill Americans' Al-Qa'ida preparing for attack, says Interpol Robert Fisk: George Bush crosses Rubicon - but what lies beyond? Fergal Keane: It could all go quickly wrong for Mr Bush When Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon river, he wrote, in his Gallic Wars: Alea iacta est [The die is cast]. Just after 5pm yesterday, when the United Nations Security Council voted 15-0 to disarm Iraq, the US President George Bush crossed the Rubicon. The world must insist that judgement must be enforced, he told us. The Rubicon is a wide river. It was deep for Caesar's legions. The Tigris river will be more shallow my guess is that the first American tanks will be across it within one week of war but what lies beyond? For Rome, civil war followed. And, be assured, civil war will follow any American invasion of Iraq. Cheat and retreat will no longer be tolerated, Mr Bush told us yesterday forgetting, of course, UN Security Council resolutions 242 and 338 which call for Israel to withdraw from the Arab territories occupied during the 1967 Arab- Israeli war. And after eight weeks of debate in the Security Council, no one mentioned the crimes against humanity of 11 September 2001, because of course Iraq had absolutely nothing to do with 11 September. If the United States invades Iraq, we should remember that. And what do we get from Mr Bush? Absolutely no gesture towards the Arab world. The joy of the Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, can be imagined. Should we have to use troops, Mr Bush tells us, the US, with friends, will move swiftly with force to do the job. In other words, he will invade Iraq, the friends, presumably, being British. The United Nations can debate any Iraqi non-compliance with weapons inspectors, but the United States will decide whether Iraq has breached UN resolutions. In other words, America can declare war without UN permission. So how many of the American tanks entering Baghdad will be flying UN pennants? None, I suspect. The BBC, with CNN and all the other television networks, was last night billing Resolution 1441 as the last chance for Saddam Hussein. In fact, it is the last chance for the United Nations. As the UN secretary general, Kofi Annan, said, the road ahead will be difficult and dangerous. He can say that again. It's easy to see the traps. America's UN ambassador, John Negroponte, insisted that the Security Council resolution contains no hidden triggers. But of course it does. It allows the United States to decide if Iraq has opposed the resolution. It allows the Security Council to discuss non- compliance without restraining the United States from attacking Baghdad. One way or another, Mr Negroponte said, Iraq will be disarmed. It's the another way that the UN should be worried about. Sir Jeremy Greenstock, Britain's nightmare headmaster at the UN, performed appropriately. Crystal clear, unequivocal choice, serious consequences, ambiguous modalities. You could almost feel the cane. No mention, of course, of the CIA's manipulation of the last team of UN weapons inspectors in Iraq. Iraqis want peace and an end to sanctions let's forget President Saddam for a moment and President Bush seems to want war. So Mr Bush must be praying that the Iraqi President does something to obstruct the UN arms inspectors. In which case I quote Mr Bush we will act in the interest of the world. Thanks George. And thanks Saddam if this feckless, vicious dictator chooses to defy the UN. Washington wants a UN fig leaf for a war on Iraq and is willing to go through an inspection process in the hope that Iraq obstructs it. Mr Annan was talking yesterday about the unique legitimacy of the UN. But the cruel dictator of Baghdad cares as much about that as President Bush. 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
[CTRL] Falwell on Liberals, Abortion and the Reinvigorated Right Wing Juggernaut - BuzzFlash News Alert
-Caveat Lector- http://www.buzzflash.com/alerts/2002/11/08_Falwell.html November 8, 2002 Falwell on Liberals, Abortion and the Reinvigorated Right Wing Juggernaut A BUZZFLASH NEWS ALERT BuzzFlash Introduction: It pains us to bring you more of the crap that spews from Falwell's mouth (and keyboard), but it's imperative we know what the fundamentalist right- wing enemy -- and their Godpuppet Bush -- is plotting to do with our lives. Falwell first posits that embracing liberal values caused Democrats to lose. However, the truth is just the opposite. One need only look at the races of Kucinich, McDermott, Jackson and Pelosi to see that when Democrats stand for progressive and human-centered issues like living wages and universal healthcare, they win and they win BIG. More importantly, Falwell quotes Trent Lott in the right's never-ending crusade to ban abortion: I will call it up, we will pass it, and the president will sign it, said Lott on a bill to end partial-birth abortions. I'm making that commitment - you can write it down. Read the garbage below only to arm yourself against the onslaught of fundamentalist right- wing crap people like Falwell will be throwing for the next two years. Lastly, we do agree with Falwell on one issue: he calls Bush a flawed man. Right you are Jerry, right you are. * * * FALWELL CONFIDENTIAL DATE: November 7, 2002 FROM: Jerry Falwell BUSH WINS ... WHAT NEXT? The nation's mainstream media has been dancing around the actuality of what happened on Tuesday, when the Republican Party defied history by claiming unprecedented victories. This was a political mandate, wherein the American people obviously expressed their trust in their president. Thanks to the leadership of President George W. Bush, who was willing to put his political reputation on the line, the GOP message of permanently lowering taxes to stimulate the economy, bolstering our homeland defense and advancing solutions for fixing Social Security was heard by the American people. Campaign for Working Families Chairman Gary Bauer noted, The liberal media would have had a field day spinning a Republican loss as a major black eye for the president. President Bush understood the potential cost of seeing his endorsed candidates lose. Nevertheless, he courageously traveled across the nation to advance the campaigns of the leaders who will allow him to pursue his domestic policies while also fighting the war on terror that continues to threaten our nation and the world. Mr. Bush now has the opportunity to seize the agenda on Capitol Hill in a fashion virtually no one predicted prior to Tuesday's election. Even Democrats must respect this bold accomplishment. Actually, Democrats are too busy licking their wounds right now to appreciate the political juggernaut that shook the nation. House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt is the first casualty, announcing he will step down. Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe will almost certainly follow suit, his political career possibly in ruins. One of the challengers for Mr. Gephardt's job is House Minority Whip Nancy Pelosi - a liberal's liberal. She reportedly has the support of more than 100 House Democrats. I, for one, hope she gets the job. Such a move would prove to voters that this is the party of the left. Tuesday's mass triumph illustrates that this is a losing scenario. Apparently, Democrats have not grasped what actually happened in the momentous election on Tuesday. Meanwhile, it is apparent that the American people want the Republicans to get down to brass tacks in terms of addressing the chief political concerns that face our nation. Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott of Mississippi has already stated that, with the GOP in control of both houses, the traffic jam of bills that has plagued Congress will be broken. He said that three legislative agendas must be immediately addressed: homeland security, the economy and - great news to Christians - partial-birth abortion. Outgoing Majority Leader Tom Daschle had refused to bring up a vote on partial-birth abortion after the House passed a ban on the horrifying procedure. I will call it up, we will pass it, and the president will sign it, said Mr. Lott, sounding like the statesman he needs to be, in an interview with American Family Radio. I'm making that commitment - you can write it down. I can guarantee that if Mr. Lott will lead the Senate with boldness and clarity, he will earn the loyal support of conservative Americans in this nation. Mr. Bush earned a mandate on Tuesday. It's now time for the Republican leadership to follow his gutsy lead and aggressively press for the passage pro-life, pro-family bills. There's an important what's next? question for conservative people of faith, as well. I know for a fact that untold numbers of Christians prayed and fasted over this election. And I believe God has honored our prayers. It is now our responsibility to
[CTRL] Chokehold on Knowledge
-Caveat Lector- From: Euphorian Chokehold on Knowledge November 8 2002 Since it's the threat of obscurantism we're hoping to thwart, let's be blunt: The Bush administration's plan to strip the Government Printing Office's authority is a threat to democracy. The complete article can be viewed at: http://www.latimes.com/la-ed-info8nov08,0,7711960.story Visit Latimes.com at http://www.latimes.com 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://archive.jab.org/ctrl;listserv.aol.com/ A HREF=http://archive.jab.org/ctrl;listserv.aol.com/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] CLI
-Caveat Lector- From http://www.peace-action.org/home/spingame.html New Group to Peddle War The establishment of the CLI show that it is obvious that the administration is wary of public discussion of this issue on its own merits, and without the influence of a PR machine. Those pushing for an invasion of Iraq must have come to the conclusion that, when given the facts, the American public doesn't find the arguments for war very compelling. The creation and aim of the CLI is a carbon copy of typical corporate strategy. When a company discovers that it is losing market share due to a faulty or maligned product, it immediately deploys its PR teams to create campaigns that will fix their image in the public eye. The same mobilization of forces is being used by the White House to whip the American public into line with the administration's agenda, even at a time when public opinion is moving in the opposite direction. And this isn't the only similarity between this PR tactic and corporate malfeasance. Consider the Committee's chairman, Bruce P. Johnson. A brief look into the employment history of Mr. Johnson reveals that in 1997 he was the Director of International Development for Lockheed Martin and as recently as 1999 he held the position of Vice President in the office of Corporate Strategic Development. While some might call this a conflict of interest, for the White House this is a win-win situation. Mr. Johnson gets to sell a war that will further enrich his associates in the weapon building industry, and the White House gets a more manageable public. Other members of the Committee for the Liberation of Iraq include former Secretary of State George P. Shultz, Sen. John McCain, and former senator Bob Kerry. National Security Advisor Condoleeza Rice and deputy advisor Stephen Hadley will be in on the workings of this committee as well. Poll numbers on America's support for the war are once again on the slide for the Bush team, dipping to their lowest levels since the issue was first raised. The most recent poll from the Pew Research Center reports that only 55 percent of Americans are generally in favor of a war with Iraq, down from 64 percent in August. Beyond these blanket support/opposition numbers, a recent Gallup Poll found that 60 percent of Americans think the U.S. should give diplomatic efforts more time, while only 25 percent believe that we ought to invade immediately. All of this, not to mention the masses numbering in the hundreds of thousands that have protested in the streets, has brought to light the weaknesses inherent in the White House's campaign for war. As if reading from a shrewd corporate how to manual, the administration has fallen back on its last line of defense: the spin game. Decision makers in the Bush administration are obviously more interested in out maneuvering the will of the American public than considering its calls for diplomacy. Since the pro-war forces can't convince America to go to war on its own merits, the CLI has been put in place to sell it to the public. But the public isn't buying it. The average American is much more informed now on the consequences of an attack on Iraq than even a few months ago. We know this is a matter of life and death, national security, and international stability. An ad hoc publicity vehicle, even of this magnitude, isn't going to candy-coat war. Launch Your Own P.R. Campaign Write a letter to the editors of your local paper. To find out more about media outlets in your community use the media guide at congress.org You can find tips on writing a letter to the editor in our How To... section. Here is a sample letter you can use. To the Editors: In a desperate public relations move, the Bush administration is backing a new group called the Committee for the Liberation of Iraq (CLI). The committee's purpose is to sell war on Iraq, along with regime change to the American public. A White House spokesman described the CLI as a new phase in the administration's attempts to build fresh public support for war on Iraq. Critics, however, view this as anything but new. The administration has attempted for months to peddle its war despite an enormous amount of resistance from the American public and the international community. What those behind the CLI haven't calculated is that the average American is much more informed now on the consequences of an attack on Iraq than even a few months ago. We know that this is a matter of life and death, national security, and international stability. An ad hoc publicity vehicle, even of this magnitude, isn't going to candy-coat this war. Sincerely, (Your name) Peace Action: Practical, Positive Alternatives for Peace www.peace-action.org To reprint or repost this information, please call Carrie Benzschawel at (202) 862-9740 ext. 3041. ~~~ AER + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Forwarded as information only; I don't believe
[CTRL] An Image
-Caveat Lector- From http://www.allhatnocattle.net/AThousandPoints.jpg ~~~ AER + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut. --- Ernest Hemingway A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF=http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html;Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http://archive.jab.org/ctrl;listserv.aol.com/ A HREF=http://archive.jab.org/ctrl;listserv.aol.com/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: end of an era
-Caveat Lector- - Original Message - From: canauk Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2002 1:19 AM Subject: end of an era This revised statement pasted below from CANA Christians Against Nato Aggression UK relates tothe Security Council decision in respect to Iraq. November 8th 2002 marks the end of the UN organisation as a body committed to the peaceful resolution of disputes formally predicated upon respect for state sovereignty, including respect for the territorial integrity of member states. Just as the old League of Nations was destroyed by the fascist regimes walking out of it, so its successor is now defunct on the basis ofthe US UK staying in it. The diktat now inflicted upon Iraq will probably not be resisted. Iraq now has no choice but to accept what is a new form of colonialism, even ifacceptance of the diktat is unlikely to avert war or save Iraq from massive bombing, bombing is what the Americans like to do. It is the Americans who are the main enemies of world peace. In a unipolar world theironly notion of diplomacy is to bully bribe. America has no friends it consists of a public ignorant of foreign affairs. They are kept in ignorance by a US media which consciously consistently misrepresents facts in respect to international situations. America, a country built on slavery createdas a result ofthe genocide of its native population, spreads corruption upon the earth. Its society is illiterate, violent awash with pornography. Curses against America aren't loud, but deep, they are also universal. Since 1945 there is a long list of countries forced to capitulate before US power, all of them small. They include Haiti Serbia. Only Vietnam Cuba have successfully resisted. Today's decision of the Security Council does not add to US security. During the past few days numerous appeals have been addressed by various Non Governmental Organisations, including CANA UK, to members of the UN Security Council, asking them to resist US pressure. All these appealswere ignored. Countries like Norway Ireland choose to vote against the rights of small countries in favour of the destruction of the ideals of the UN. We regret that France concedes world hegemony to the Anglo-Saxons, that Russia China have once again run away from their international obligations. Today isthe formal end of the United Nations, of a system of international law enshrined in its now obsolete Charter. ends Intellectual property rights asserted. The above may be reproduced on the Internet, or in any other media, subject to acknowledgement as to source. CANA UK engages in an ongoing programme of research, press releases political lobbying, organising seminars + conferences on international relations, the next scheduled for Spring 2003 (in Islington). Copies of videos a text version of proceedings of previous Conferences are obtainable from CANA UK 1 Scales Road London N17 9HB Telephone 0044(0)208 376 1454. Donations/gifts/legacies, voluntary help, are welcome. The CANA UK account is held @ Lloyds Bank, 539 High Rd, London N17 6SD (account number 0094920 sort code 30 98 70) 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] EXPERTS: Republican Voting Machines, Way-Off
-Caveat Lector- http://www.voxnyc.com/archives/0048.htm EXPERTS: Republican Voting Machines, "Way-Off" by Lynn Landes 11/8/02 "The Republicans will never give up their voting machines," said a top Republican party official to Charlie Matulka, the Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate seat in Nebraska. This statement was in response to Charlie's very public protest against the conflict-of-interest inherent in the candidacy of Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE). Hagel has held top executive positions (and still has investments) in companies that owned the machines that counted the vote in Nebraska this election and last. Republicans dominate the voting machine business. So, I expected the Republicans to take back the Senate... amid reports of voting machine "irregularities" in several states and polling results that didn't come close to election outcomes. And with billions of dollars at stake, who could resist the temptation to tweak results? It's duck soup. Dr. Rebecca Mercuri, the nation's leading expert in voting machine technology, says, "Any programmer can write code that displays one thing on a screen, records something else, and prints yet another result." But they do make mistakes as we know from the multitude of reports in this election and past ones. Dr. Mercuri's real fear is that one day the "irregularities" will go away, as programmers learn their clandestine craft all too well. Then how can we tell if the "fix was in?" An examination of exit polling and pre-election polling versus election results could raise a few red flags. We can't use Voter News Service (VNS) this year. VNS is a top-secret private consortium owned by ABC News, The Associated Press, CBS News, CNN, Fox News, and NBC News that has "projected" election night winners since 1964. VNS collapsed camp on election day due to technical problems... they said. Or was it the glare of publicity since the 2000 presidential election that brought the charade to an end? Questions have been raised since its inception, that VNS was a cover for election day vote rigging or other shenanigans. And it was strange that when VNS management made its announcement on Tuesday, they didn't make a big deal over how the shutdown affected the 64,000 temporary employees they claim they hired for this election. Anyway, that leaves us with pre-election polling to ponder. An intensive effort to review and interpret that data is currently underway by Bev Harris and her staff at Talion.com.| Meanwhile, I called John Zogby of the highly respected Zogby International. I asked him if over the years he had noticed increased variation between pre-election predictions and election results. Zogby said that he didn't notice any big problems until this year. Things were very different this time. "I blew Illinois. I blew Colorado (and Georgia). And never in my life did I get New Hampshire wrong...but I blew that too." Or did he? This year might instead be a repeat of the 2000 presidential election, when the polls accurately predicted the winner (Gore), but the voting system in Florida collapsed under the weight of voting machine failure, election day chicanery, and outright disenfranchisement of thousands of black voters by Republican state officials. And for those who believed that the new election reform law does anything to protect the security of your vote...think again. The federal standards to be developed and implemented as a result of the new law will be VOLUNTARY. What Congress really did was to throw $2.65 billion dollars at the states, so that they could lavish it on a handful of private companies that are controlled by ultra-conservative Republicans, foreigners, and felons. Let's take a moment to look back rather than forward. In the last several decades the rich have gotten richer and the poor poorer. This is not a formula for a conservative groundswell. Yet both conservative Democrats and right wing Republicans have long enjoyed success at the polls. While, most of Europe still uses paper ballots, voting machines have been in America since 1889. The use of computers in voting technology began around 1964. Today, less than 2% of the American electorate use hand-counted paper ballots. The question is...have elections in America been rigged to slowly, but surely shift power to the right? In the secretive world of voting machine companies, anything is possible. The sad fact is that the legitimacy of government in the United States will remain in question as long as over 98% of the vote is tabulated by machines that can be easily rigged, impossible to audit, and owned by a handful of private companies. Until we get rid of those voting machines, democracy in America may be a distant memory. 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
[CTRL] Iraq War Could Be a Toxic Nightmare
-Caveat Lector- http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=14493 Iraq War Could Be a Toxic Nightmare By Katherine Stapp, AlterNet November 7, 2002 Major casualties of a war with Iraq would be the region's fragile environment and the health of its inhabitants and combatants, if the last Persian Gulf conflict is anything to judge by, arms experts and activists say. Eleven years ago, both sides in the Gulf War left Kuwait's ecosystems in chaos -- Iraq by torching oil wells as its soldiers retreated, and the United States by littering the desert with thousands of rounds of depleted uranium (DU) munitions. DU is the trace element left over when uranium is enriched; most of the highly radioactive types of uranium are removed for use as nuclear fuel or nuclear weapons. Deployed in the Persian Gulf in 1991 and in Kosovo in 1999, DU munitions are prized for their high density and ability to punch through walls and armoured vehicles. According to the Washington-based Centre for Defence Information, the U.S. has four weapons that rely on DU and that could be used in a future war with Iraq: the A-10 Thunderbolt aircraft, the Apache and Cobra helicopters, and the M1A1 Abrams Tank. ''These types of weapons will undoubtedly be used as Washington has made it clear it wants to bomb bunkers and kill as many of the Iraqi government leaders as possible,'' said John Catalinotto of the New York-based International Action Center, a leading critic of DU. ''This would lead to an even greater amount of DU being spread around Baghdad, this time, a city of five million people,'' he said. Although the Pentagon insists that DU is not toxic or radioactive, many Iraqi survivors of the Gulf War believe differently. The World Health Organisation (WHO) notes that those most likely to be exposed to DU are aid workers and local populations living and working in contaminated areas. ''The Gulf War is the only indicator for the increase of cancer in Iraq,'' Loua'i Latif Kasha, a pathologist and director of Baghdad's Mansour Hospital, told Reuters news agency last week. ''The rate of cancer has risen five- to seven-fold more than before 1991.'' ''Radiation pollution from depleted uranium bombs by itself causes cancer like leukaemia and thyroid,'' said Kasha. Some Desert Storm veterans, who now suffer from disabilities and mysterious illnesses, are leery of sending troops back to the region. ''Science has absolutely shown that the illnesses Gulf War veterans face are not as a result of the stressors of war but as a result of exposures, unapproved vaccines, unapproved pills and a myriad of other things that have not yet been researched,'' said Steve Robinson, executive director of the National Gulf War Resource Centre in Washington. ''Our government has ignored the Gulf War veteran experience of 1991. Will America stand by and watch another tragic event occur that could be avoided?'' he asked. The Pentagon carried out numerous studies on DU, and concluded that it poses no significant health threat. It has not changed its stance, despite years of complaints from veterans groups. Other independent experts also believe DU's toxicity has been exaggerated. ''In general, I think that these munitions are dangerous, but not for the reasons many opponents have argued,'' said Stephen Schwartz, editor of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists. ''They're not harmless, but the health and environmental consequences of their use in the Gulf War and in Kosovo have been overstated.'' Still, peace groups and veterans' associations point out that no adequate explanation has ever been offered for the cluster of symptoms known as 'Gulf War Syndrome'. In April, the Veterans Administration released a report that found that one-third of all troops sent to the Persian Gulf in 1991 have filed claims for medical problems. About 9,600 of the 200,000 Desert Storm veterans have died since the end of the war. ''While we were never sure which combination of factors caused the illness of over 100,000 U.S. service people in the Gulf in 1991, many of the same suspected factors will be present (in a future war),'' Catalinotto said. ''DU, widespread vaccinations, exposures to toxic materials destroyed by U.S. bombs will all be there again.'' Aside from DU - and possibly the use of biological and chemical weapons - environmentalists warn of more oil spills should U.S. forces invade Iraq, which is sitting on at least 112 billion barrels. When Iraqi forces pulled out of Kuwait in 1991, they ignited more than 700 oil wells. Eight months elapsed before the fires could be put out. The resulting 10,000-square-mile cloud of soot darkened the sky to the point that cars had to use their headlights in the daytime. About 11 million barrels of oil were also deliberately dumped by Iraq into the Arabian Gulf. A decade later, scientists assessing the damage found that while ocean ecosystems had mostly recovered, 40 percent of Kuwait's fresh water reserves were permanently ruined by lakes of oil that
[CTRL] Americans imposing racist agenda
-Caveat Lector- http://www.canada.com/montreal/montrealgazette/editorials/story.asp?id=E48EB4CF-DF1D-4414-BB88-756E1104FC2B Americans imposing racist agenda JANET BAGNALL The Gazette Friday, November 08, 2002 The United States is hell-bent on treating as a potential terrorist anyone who is Muslim or Arab or, failing that, dark-skinned enough to pass for one. And Canadians are being asked to go along with it. Never mind that John Walker Lindh, the American Taliban, is a white American or that Richard Reid, the British shoe-bomber, was insufficiently swarthy to attract airport security attention. Or that the men involved in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks had all entered the United States from countries other than Canada. American security forces are sticking by their decision that every Canadian born in Iran, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Yemen or Sudan must be fingerprinted and photographed if he or she travel to the U.S. For reasons that remain unfathomable, Foreign Affairs Minister Bill Graham has thrown in the towel and withdrawn a travel advisory for Canadians born in those countries. The danger of being born in one of these countries was made amply clear last month when Canadian engineer and Ottawa resident Arar Maher vanished from a New York airport while waiting for his connecting flight home to Canada. The U.S, totally unrepentant, finally admitted deporting him to Syria, the birthplace he had last seen at age 17. Maher might never see Canada again because the U.S. has decided it can unilaterally determine the fate of any individual on its territory, regardless of international laws. Canadian author Rohinton Mistry was luckier. He was not born in one of the countries on the original list of terrorist hotbeds, and he is not Muslim, so he was not arrested. He was, on the other hand, subjected to such harassment while traveling on a book tour in the United States that he canceled the second half of the tour. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize earlier this year, the India-born Mistry said, The first flight we took, my wife and I, we were greeted by a ticket agent who cheerfully told us that we had been selected randomly for a special security check. Then it began to happen at every single stop, at every single airport. The random process took on a 100-per-cent certitude. Since it was only this week that American security forces added to their list of terrorism suspects anyone born in Pakistan, India, South Africa, Jamaica and a dozen other Commonwealth countries, Mistry's place of birth was not the reason for him to be stopped. U.S. security forces waved him over for special treatment because he has a beard and is dark-skinned. That means that it will do no good not to include a person's place of birth on his or her Canadian passport. You can't hide the colour of your skin. Canadians have always felt like they exist at a safe distance from the racism that still pervades U.S. life. Not any more. People whose business requires that they travel to the U.S. have to go. I'm not sure the rest of us need to give our tourist or consumer dollars to a country prepared to trample over the civil rights of our countrymen. Americans have the right to secure their borders. They do not have the right to impose a racist agenda on the rest of the world. The thing with racial profiling is you can only stop once you've turfed every single member of the profiled group out of the country or into a camp, much like what happened to the Japanese during World War II in the U.S. and Canada. We were supposed to have learned something from that miscarriage of justice. The other problem with racial profiling is that it's ridiculous. It achieves nothing. Twenty per cent of the world's population is Muslim. What are the Americans going to do? Set up files on billion individuals and then persecute any of them who dares set foot on Americian soil? And we're supposed to go along with this? I don't think so. [EMAIL PROTECTED] © Copyright 2002 Montreal Gazette http://www.canada.com/montreal/montrealgazette/editorials/story.asp?id=E48EB4CF-DF1D-4414-BB88-756E1104FC2B 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
[CTRL] A Post-War Disaster in Iraq
-Caveat Lector- http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=14492 A Post-War Disaster in Iraq By Ted Rall, AlterNet November 7, 2002 There you go again. -- Ronald Reagan, 1984 When George W. Bush wanted the Taliban out, he issued an ultimatum: give up Osama or face the consequences. Mullah Omar and his grim band of Islamist yahoos were fearsome literalists; in a now-forgotten last-ditch attempt to keep their jobs, they offered to turn over bin Laden. But Bush didn't really want bin Laden -- he wanted the Taliban gone. Days later, bombs began raining on Afghanistan. Bush's ultimatums are, in fact, merely eviction notices. A year later Saddam Hussein is sitting through the same let's make this look good ritual. Bush doesn't want arms inspections; he wants Iraq. Nothing Saddam does or offers to do will make a difference. War was likely before Election Day, but the Republican sweep makes it inevitable. Bombs will fall. People will die. We Americans will mostly just care about the Americans who are killed -- and we won't be upset for very long. And what happens after the last oil-well fire has been extinguished? We will be like a dog that finally catches one of those passing cars. What the hell do we do with it? What will we do with the oil-rich, fractious country full of Sunnis, Shiites and Kurds once we finally oust Saddam? The U.S. didn't put much serious advance planning into who would run post-Taliban Afghanistan (remember King Zahir Shah?). Now we're about to take over Iraq without having clue one about what kind of government to install after the war or who will be in charge of it. In 1998, Congress passed the Iraqi Liberation Act. Under that law, the U.S. officially recognizes six Iraqi groups as possible alternatives to Saddam Hussein's Baath regime: two Kurdish militias currently running Iraq's northern no-fly zone, the Iraqi National Accord, the Iraqi National Congress, the Teheran-based Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI), and a small Hashemite monarchist group. Riven by its own turf battles, the Bush administration is unable and unwilling to declare which -- if any -- of these outfits should rule Iraq after the coming war. On Oct. 28, The New York Sun, a new conservative daily newspaper, reported that the administration was considering naming a special presidential envoy to the Iraqi opposition. But, the Sun wrote, The matter has become entangled in the vicious policy struggle between the Pentagon and the Vice President's office, on the one hand, and the State Department and the CIA, on the other hand. The State Department and CIA are the reasonable moderates within the Bush Administration. They prefer giving UN weapons inspectors a real chance to avoid war, and deny any connection between Saddam and al Qaeda. (Al Qaeda operatives are active in Iraq, but in Kurdistan, where Saddam's government has no control.) They back the Shiite-aligned SCIRI and the Iraqi National Accord, which tried to depose Saddam in a 1998 coup attempt. The Defense Department and Dick Cheney, on the other hand, favor a pliant umbrella organization, the Iraqi National Congress, to manage the locals while the U.S. pumps out the oil. Tensions are so high, reports the Sun, that ground rules have been established banning representatives of the State Department from meeting with representatives of the Iraqi opposition without a representative of the Defense Department present, and, likewise, banning representatives of the Defense Department from meeting with the Iraqi opposition without a representative of the State Department present. U.S. officials have a hard time presenting a unified policy front even towards one fiefdom. Americans agreed that the future Iraqi government should be an elected government, SCIRI leader Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim said on Oct. 21. They also agreed that a military ruler wouldn't work. SCIRI's main supporter, Secretary of State Colin Powell, however, told the Associated Press exactly the opposite: The United States is considering a model for post-war Iraq that resembles Japan after World War II, when Japan was occupied by an American-led military government. Another model, Powell said, is the postwar military occupation of Germany. For its part the Pentagon is promising to help the Iraqi National Congress train 10,000 troops for combat against Saddam. Lost among all the internal squabbling is the real possibility that none of the six approved groups may prove to be any better than the brutally autocratic Saddam Hussein. Human Rights Watch accuses both Kurdish militias of a wide variety of human rights violations, including the arbitrary detention of suspected political opponents, torture, and extrajudicial executions, as well as ethnic cleansing. Kurdish policy towards women is indistinguishable from that of the Taliban; the Kurds take hard-line Islamic fundamentalism even further by endorsing the honor killing of women who have sex outside marriage -- even when they have been
[CTRL] Israeli Refusenik Soldier's Letter From Jail
-Caveat Lector- http://www.rense.com/general31/fromjail.htm Israeli Refusenik Soldier's Letter From Jail By Yigal Bronner 11-8-2 Dear Friends, I would like to share with you some of my thoughts as I pass the long hours peeling bags of onions, washing dozens of large oily pots, or when I am asked to explain myself to those around me, people who find it difficult to understand my motives. Why does a man of my age--married with two children--"need all this"? Why is it worth my while to refuse serving in the occupied territories? Such questions have forced me to examine my actions from the perspective of the other prisoners. Here is a man, 36 years old, who is imprisoned with soldiers half his age. He is separated from his family, forbidden to take off his hat (even when sitting in his cell or while eating), to use a pillow or sheets, to wear a watch, to eat in the dining hall (rather, he eats on a folding table in the hallway near his cell, all the while behind bars) and to speak while working or eating. He is forced to work fourteen hours a day (in the kitchen or cleaning the bathrooms on the base), to stand at attention and yell "Attention!" every time an officer passes and to obey a long list of other commands and prohibitions, whose sole purpose is to humiliate him. Why would anybody in his right mind subject himself to this? In order to answer the above question seriously, one has to recall the alternative, what it was I refused to do. There is indeed an effort to humiliate me through a variety of regulations. But I believe that humiliating another human being is more humiliating by far. To look, for example, into the eyes of a Palestinian at a checkpoint and prevent him/her from reaching work, school, or the hospital. To look into the eyes of the residents upon whom I have just imposed another day of curfew--a curfew that seems to have no beginning and no end. To look into the eyes of a farmer whose orchards I am ordered to uproot--or in the eyes of a family whose house I am about to demolish. And to see my reflection in the eyes of these people: a despised soldier in front of trembling people who beg for his mercy. This, to me, is much, much more humiliating. There are, of course, those who claim that the presence of people like me in the occupied territories can make the occupation more humane. Indeed, it cannot be denied that one can uproot an orchard politely, demolish a house quietly and in a civilized manner, and perhaps even expel an entire population from their village--as has been done in South Hebron--in an organized and less violent way. It is possible, it seems, to calmly dispossess and oppress an entire people. The question, however, still arises: Can a person who wishes to retain his humanity carry out such actions? For me, the answer is clear: No. So when we, the refuseniks, declare that there are certain things that a just person simply does not do, we do not mean working in a kitchen, since such work is dignified. We mean actions that humiliate and deny the humanity of the Other. There is no doubt that it is better to sit in jail, isolated, wearing a hat, silent, washing dishes and peeling onions. I prefer--by far--to shed tears when I cut bag after bag of onions over the tears that arise whenever I conjure up images of the occupation. Sincerely, Yigal 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] Bush: Big Government Socialist
-Caveat Lector- GW Bush has out-Clintoned Clinton on everything from the budget to destroying what's left of the Constitution. The facts show Bush is no Conservative, he is a big government socialist and a major player in the push for World Government. Bush is L-I-B-E-R-A-L and he has successfully conned the majority of Americans who call themselves conservative. Read it and weep America, conservatives have absolutely NO representation in Washington despite the Republicans big election win. The Republican party has shifted to the far left. Wake up America. --- GWBush's BIG GOVERNMENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS NOTE: As of this date GWB has NOT vetoed a single piece of legislation since taking office. He has spent more time on the campaign trail than any of his predecessors. THIS LIST LAST UPDATED 11-08-2002 Do Republicans really support smaller government? Republicans controlled both Houses of Congress from 1995 through 2001 during which time the federal budget grew from $1.4 trillion to $2.1 trillion (about $100 billion annually). Since Republicans took control of the House in 1995, federal discretionary spending has grown by a rate of about 7 percent annually. The number of earmarks lawmakers have put in the spending bills to steer federal funds to their districts has also grown. By one estimate, between fiscal years 2001 and 2002, they increased from about 6,300 to 8,300, or 32 percent. Social welfare programs under Bush have grown by $96 billion in just two years, versus $51 billion under six years of Clinton, according to economist Stephen Moore of the Club for Growth. SOCIALISM PORK Airline bailouts. Post Office bailout. $205 million Amtrak bailout. Federal prescription drug subsidies, $350 billion over 10 years. Homebuyer bill of rights -- federal regulation of real estate. Continued anti-trust lawsuit against Microsoft. Federal subsidies for the poor to purchase homes. Additional funding for Medicare. Health care subsidies for laid-off workers and expanded job retraining benefits ($10 billion to $12 billion over 10 years). Wage insurance -- federal wage supplement. Took $67 million in taxpayers' money to finance presidential campaign via federal matching funds. Submitted largest budget ever to Congress, $2.13 trillion. Increased debt-limit from $5.95 trillion to $6.4 trillion. Scholarships for Cuban students and professionals. $9.5 million to hire new Customs Service agents. Increased farm subsidies by $180 billion over 10 years. Increased Pentagon budget by $48 billion to $379 billion. $560 million USA Freedom Corps. Over $3-million spent on SuperBowl anti-drug ads. Increased funding for IRS and BATF. TRIPLED the BATF Budget. Faith-based subsidies. Increased federal spending on education from $39.9-billion to $44.5-billion. Signed Congressional payraise of $4,900. Patients Bill of Rights. Federal Compassion Capital Fund, $700 million over 10 years. $100_million to beef up investigative manpower and technology at the SEC. $6 million to upgrade a U.S. Geological Survey data center near Sioux Falls, S.D. $10 million to help farmers near the Rio Grande River involved in a water dispute with Mexico. $7 million for enhancing water supplies in New Mexico. A provision pressuring the Agriculture Department to reimburse poultry producers in West Virginia and Virginia for losses from avian influenza. $1 billion for Pell grants for low-income students. $417 million for veterans' medical care. $400 million to help states improve voting systems. $100 million for countering western wildfires and floods. Taxpayer-funded national memorial, congressional gold medals, and gold coins for victims of 9/11. Scholarships and grants to nurses and help hospitals with retention. Increase the NEA budget by $10 million, to $126 million. $200,000 for a trucker congestion notification system in Tacoma, Washington. $500,000 to save the Prebles Meadow Jumping Mouse in Colorado. $62 million to promote the Sacajawea dollar coin. $100,000 a month to monitor news reports and offer advice on media strategy for the Pentagon. $1.5 million for taking care of the Vulcan Statue in Alabama built for the 1904 World's Fair $20 million annually for Strategic Milk Reserve. Was phased out in 1999 by the 1996 Freedom to Farm Act. Congress extended it temporarily, and then made it permanent again in the farm bill that President Bush signed into law in May. Federal aid to Texas flood victims. Federal recovery assistance to typhoon victims in Guam. Steel and lumber tariffs. $300 million for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) via the Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2001. Federal disaster relief for tonado victims in Maryland. Federal disaster relief for Minnesota because of storms, flooding, and tornadoes. Payoff to families of 9/11 victims with taxpayer money. School vouchers. $450,000 in federal funds for the Chicago Project for Violence Prevention for fiscal year 2003 on top of $750,000 in
[CTRL] Fwd: [global_news_net] GNN - DON'T ATTACK IRAQ
-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://archive.jab.org/ctrl;listserv.aol.com/ A HREF=http://archive.jab.org/ctrl;listserv.aol.com/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--- Title: WEBB: DON'T ATTACK IRAQ -Caveat Lector- Yahoo! Groups My Groups | global_news_net Main Page GLOBAL NEWS NET Newsbreaks Analysis Commentary Awareness Leading to Solutions Global News Net is a forum whose mission is to present diverse information, commentary and analysis for the purpose of promoting solution-oriented awareness and introspection leading to informed choices. November 9, 2002 WEBB: DON'T ATTACK IRAQ Former Marine Urges Restraint By ALEX FRIEDRICH [EMAIL PROTECTED] A former Cabinet member under former President Ronald Reagan told military officers Thursday in Monterey that the United States should not invade Iraq. Former Secretary of the Navy James Webb said the country should focus instead on eliminating international terrorism. Speaking at the Naval Postgraduate School, Webb said that without a clear understanding of consequences - or a clear exit strategy - U.S. forces face a decades-long occupation that could sap American resolve and resources. The United States also risks inflaming Arab anger even more if it invades without first finding a solution to the Palestinian problem - which would include establishment of a Palestinian state, Webb said. I am very concerned with the direction this country may be going with regard to Iraq, Webb told several hundred students and faculty members. Are we going to reshape American foreign policy to put (soldiers) on the ground in the Middle East? I think it's a mistake. Webb, a best-selling novelist who also has written nonfiction since leaving the military, cautioned against an invasion in a Sept. 4 article in the Wall Street Journal. He has argued against toppling the regime and rebuilding the government unless the United States is in direct danger. The evidence of such danger, he said, is not in sight. Despite the size of the U.S. armed forces, he said, a collection of 1.5 million troops is not that many if it's spread out over the world. There are a lot of recently retired officers with experience who are concerned, he said. The failure of the United States to solve the Palestinian problem would also complicate any invasion by inflaming Arab tension. I don't think we have clean hands in the Palestinian issue, he said, and have failed to effect a Palestinian state. Without that happening, anything we do in that region can be misconstrued to our detriment. America must also focus on aggressively pursuing trans-national terrorist organizations, he said, even if it means (crossing) boundaries of (host) countries not doing the policing. The American government must tell such countries: If you can't control them, we're going to get them. Webb also voiced suspicions over China, which has maintained ties to Muslim countries in Southeast Asia for years. A war with Iraq would allow China to isolate the United States diplomatically and further its expansionist ambitions in the region. Despite his concern, Webb said the recent Republican congressional sweep probably wouldn't accelerate a move against Iraq. Though Bush may find it easier to implement policy in a Republican-controlled Congress, key members of his party still have strong reservations about an invasion. Republican senators Richard Lugar and Charles Hagel - key members of the Senate's Foreign Relations Committee - share Webb's concerns of hasty action. I don't think the change in leadership is going to be positive for the administration on this issue, he said. Webb was secretary of the Navy from 1987 to 1988, when he resigned over a naval reduction of forces.
[CTRL] Behind the Veil: A Muslim Woman Speaks Out
-Caveat Lector- http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/09/international/middleeast/09FPR O.html November 9, 2002 Behind the Veil: A Muslim Woman Speaks Out By MARLISE SIMONS AMSTERDAM Ayaan Hirsi Ali had done well in the 10 years since she arrived in the Netherlands as a young refugee from Somalia and, until a few months ago, she lived a quiet life in her adopted land. Never did she intend to create a national commotion. She studied Dutch, took on cleaning jobs, went to university and worked as a political scientist. She made a name for herself pressing for the emancipation of Muslim women and documenting how thousands, living even here, were subjected to beatings, incest and emotional and sexual abuse. To the surprise of many, she became a leading voice condemning the government's support for multiculturalism, programs costing millions of dollars a year that she considers misplaced because they help keep Muslim women isolated from Dutch society. Then Ms. Hirsi Ali, 32, began receiving hate mail, anonymous messages calling her a traitor to Islam and a slut. On several Web sites, other Muslims said she deserved to be knifed and shot. Explicit death threats by telephone soon followed. The police told her to change homes and the mayor of Amsterdam sent bodyguards. She tried living in hiding. Finally, last month, she became a refugee again, fleeing the Netherlands. I had to speak up, she said, in a telephone interview from her hiding place, because most spokesmen for Muslims are men and they deny or belittle the enormous problems of Muslim women locked up in their Dutch homes. Her ordeal has caused an outcry in the Netherlands, a country already uneasy with its recent waves of immigrants and asylum seekers, now representing almost 10 percent of the population. Many Dutch see the threats as an intolerable assault on the country's democratic principles. The threats have also intensified a fierce debate one that can be heard these days across Europe about what moral values and rules of behavior immigrants should be expected to share. Though absent, Ms. Hirsi Ali seems very present here. Her portrait has appeared on magazine covers and television and there have been indignant newspaper editorials and questions in Parliament. Some have called her the Dutch Salman Rushdie. In paid advertisements, more than 100 Dutch writers have offered her support. I've made people so angry because I'm talking from the inside, from direct knowledge, she said. It's seen as treason. I'm considered an apostate and that's worse than an atheist. The theme of injustice toward women in Islamic countries has become common in the West, but it has gained fresh currency through Ms. Hirsi Ali's European perspective, her study of Dutch immigrants and her own life. Born in Mogadishu, she grew up a typical Muslim girl in Somalia. When she was 5, she underwent the cruel ritual, as she called it, of genital cutting. When her father, a Somali opposition politician, had to flee the country's political troubles, the family went to Saudi Arabia, where, she said, she was kept veiled and, much of the time, indoors. At 22, her father forced her to marry a distant cousin, a man she had never seen. But a friend helped her to escape and she finally obtained political asylum in the Netherlands. She was shocked when, as a university student, she held a job as an interpreter for Dutch immigration and social workers and discovered hidden suffering on a terrible scale among Muslim women even in the Netherlands. She entered safe houses for women and girls, most of them Turkish and Moroccan immigrants, who had run away from domestic violence or forced marriages. Many had secret abortions. Sexual abuse in the family causes the most pain because the trust is violated on all levels, she said. The father or the uncle say nothing, nor do the mother and the sisters. It happens regularly the incest, the beatings, the abortions. Girls commit suicide. But no one says anything. And social workers are sworn to professional secrecy. More than 100 women a year have surgery to restore their virginity, she estimates in her published work. While only 10 percent of the population is non-Dutch, this group accounts for more than 60 percent of abortions, because the Muslim girls are kept ignorant, she said. Three out of five Moroccan-Dutch girls Moroccans are among the largest immigrant groups are forced to marry young men from villages back home, to keep them under control, she said. A year or so ago, Ms. Hirsi Ali's case might not have attracted so much attention. But the mood in the Netherlands, as in much of Europe, changed after Sept. 11, 2001. In the month that followed, there was an unheard of backlash against the nearly one million Muslims living in the Netherlands, with more than 70 attacks against mosques. Sept. 11 also gave politicians licence to vent brewing animosities. Among them was Pim Fortuyn, a maverick gay politician who was killed in May,
[CTRL] Election 2002's Exploded Myth
Title: Election 2002's Exploded Myth -Caveat Lector- consortiumnews.com Election 2002's Exploded Myth Editorial November 9, 2002 For years, the Democrats have followed the dictum of the late House Speaker Thomas P. ONeill, All politics is local. From that, it has followed that whats most important is local organizing, not national media. Once again, on Nov. 5, the Democrats paid dearly for these misconceptions. While the Republicans and conservatives continue to pour billions of dollars into building a national media infrastructure from talk radio and Fox News to print publications and sophisticated Internet operations the Democrats and liberals continue to do next to nothing. After Election 2000, some Democratic strategists told us their hope for media was for the emergence of some pro-Democratic Web sites and some e-mail lists to distribute articles. They seemed to have no recognition of how inadequate this response was. Indeed, some Web sites and e-mail lists have emerged, as under-funded part-time endeavors run by grassroots Democrats outraged by the pro-conservative media imbalance. But these well-meaning operations have only a tiny fraction of the reach of the well-funded professional organizations developed by conservatives in strong support of George W. Bush and other Republicans. Now, finally, the Republican sweep in Election 2002 should explode ONeills outdated slogan and the belief that local organizing is the answer to almost all political ills. The Republicans proved again that their media infrastructure can let them nationalize even off-year congressional elections. They did it in 1994 with a combination of hate-Bill-and-Hillary messages and the Contract with America. Now, they have done it with George W. Bushs calls for more allies in the Congress and attacks on the patriotism of Senate Democrats, whom Bush said aren't interested in the security of the American people. The Republicans were aided, too, by Democratic missteps, such as the political exhortations at the end of Paul Wellstones memorial service. Few Americans watched the actual service on C-SPAN, but Fox News, talk radio and other conservative media outlets used the event to create a national political firestorm over the supposed outrage of Wellstones friends and family calling for an electoral victory as a fitting tribute to the liberal senator who died along with his wife and daughter in a plane crash. Whatever enthusiasm Wellstones grieving friends and relatives stirred among their supporters was far outweighed politically by the ability of the conservative media to use the event to rev up the angry Republican base. Merits aside, the conservatives again demonstrated that they can take personalized events, exaggerate them through their media prism and turn them into potent political messages. The liberals simply have no comparable media apparatus. Indeed, the mainstream media and its well-paid talking heads will almost always side with the conservative message because that positioning protects them from the career-threatening charge of liberal bias. So now, a key question facing Democrats and liberals is this: Will the debacle of 2002 finally convince them that serious effort must be made to build a professional national media infrastructure to address the interests of those 50 million Americans who cast their votes for Al Gore in 2000 and for millions of others who find the conservative media grotesque and the mainstream media vapid. Though much of the post-election criticism has been centered on the Democrats supposed lack of a message or effective messengers, a more important realization is that what the Democrats most lack is a media infrastructure for getting out a message and protecting their messengers from the ugly attacks that the conservative media is able to generate. Unless that recognition becomes a chief lesson learned from Nov. 5, the Democrats and the liberals can expect a continued erosion of their political influence in a United States that is connected more than ever through national media. Back to Front - -- --- - You should view the world as a conspiracy run by a very closely-knit group of nearly omnipotent people, and you should think of those people as yourself and your friends. --Robert Anton Wilson NEURONAUTIC INSTITUTE on-line: http://home.earthlink.net/~thew A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you
[CTRL] NYTimes.com Article: Islamic Jihad Leader Killed in West Bank
-Caveat Lector- This article from NYTimes.com has been sent to you by [EMAIL PROTECTED] I guess it's an improvement that Hamas only wants to kill some Jews now, instead of all Jews sigh [EMAIL PROTECTED] Islamic Jihad Leader Killed in West Bank November 9, 2002 By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Filed at 8:10 a.m. ET JERUSALEM (AP) -- A senior member of the militant Islamic Jihad group was killed in an overnight army operation in the West Bank on Saturday, Israeli security sources said. Iyad Sawalha died during an exchange of gunfire at his house in the town of Jenin. Israel has accused Sawalha of orchestrating attacks that killed 31 Israelis. The operation came as Palestinian groups were to meet over the weekend in Cairo to discuss ending attacks inside Israel, officials from Fatah, Yasser Arafat's movement, said. A Fatah delegation plans to demand that the militant group Hamas restrict attacks to Jewish settlers and Israeli soldiers in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, instead of all Israelis, a senior Fatah official said Friday, speaking on condition of anonymity. The Jenin operation was a joint exercise between the Israeli security service and army, Israeli security sources said on condition of anonymity. They tracked Sawalha to a house in Jenin -- his home was demolished by troops in August -- and called for him to come out. Only his wife came out of the building. Next-door neighbor Soha Ekmel, who was up early to prepare for Suhur -- the morning meal before the day-long fast for the holy month of Ramadan -- said troops entered her home and took her husband, Khaled. ``They told his (Sawalha's) wife to tell him to come out. I heard her say 'Iyad, please come out, they're threatening to kill me if you don't.' There was no answer, and they asked Khaled to do the same,'' Ekmel told The Associated Press. The army would not comment on the report. At one point Sawalha lobbed a hand grenade toward the troops, lightly injuring two soldiers. After a drawn-out gunbattle Sawalha was shot and killed. Sawalha's wife and Khaled Ekmel were taken away, Soha Ekmel said. The army said Sawalha was responsible for two suicide attacks, one in June, a bus bombing that killed 17 Israelis, and another last month, when two teenagers drove a car laden with explosives into a bus in northern Israel, killing 14 Israelis. Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat criticized the operation. ``It is a very big crime that was committed through military aggression against our people and against our (religious) holidays,'' Arafat told reporters at his Ramallah headquarters. Israel reoccupied Jenin almost three weeks ago in a bid to track down militant groups after the Oct. 25 suicide bombing claimed by Islamic Jihad. Meanwhile, there were disagreements even before the Palestinian talks started in Cairo. Moussa Abu Marzouk, a member of the Hamas politburo who will lead its delegation, told reporters in Damascus this week that he hoped Fatah would not demand Hamas end its attacks inside Israel. He said the focus should be on ending disputes between the two factions and unifying Palestinians. The head Fatah delegate said he was hopeful progress would be made. ``This is a very important meeting and we are looking forward to making it successful,'' said Ahmed Ghneim. ``I am optimistic and I think that we can reach an agreement with Hamas.'' Arafat has regularly condemned suicide attacks against civilians inside Israel, while Hamas argues the use of bomb-carrying attackers is necessary because Palestinians have no other effective means against the better-armed Israeli army. However, the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, a militant group with links to Fatah, has carried out several suicide bombings in Israel. Separately, the Palestinians prepared to submit a written response to a U.S.-backed peace plan next week, officials said. Despite Palestinian reservations, Planning Minister Nabil Shaath said every effort would be made not to ``sabotage'' the latest peace initiative. The plan calls for sweeping Palestinian reforms, an Israeli troop pullback, a freeze in Jewish settlement construction and a provisional Palestinian state by 2003, followed by full independence in 2005. Arafat said Israel could not afford to reject the peace plan -- an apparent response to Israeli Foreign Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who said the U.S. plan was not relevant as long as war with Iraq was pending. U.S. envoy David Satterfield is expected in the region next week to talk to both sides about the plan. http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Israel-Palestinians.html?ex=1037852280ei=1en=84134a9b476ce436 HOW TO ADVERTISE - For information on advertising in e-mail newsletters or other creative advertising opportunities with The New York Times on the Web, please contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit our online media kit at http://www.nytimes.com/adinfo For general information about NYTimes.com, write to [EMAIL
[CTRL] NYTimes.com Article: Islamic Jihad Leader Killed in West Bank
-Caveat Lector- This article from NYTimes.com has been sent to you by [EMAIL PROTECTED] I guess it's an improvement -- now they only want to kill SOME Jews, instead of all Jews.. sigh [EMAIL PROTECTED] Islamic Jihad Leader Killed in West Bank November 9, 2002 By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Filed at 8:10 a.m. ET JERUSALEM (AP) -- A senior member of the militant Islamic Jihad group was killed in an overnight army operation in the West Bank on Saturday, Israeli security sources said. Iyad Sawalha died during an exchange of gunfire at his house in the town of Jenin. Israel has accused Sawalha of orchestrating attacks that killed 31 Israelis. The operation came as Palestinian groups were to meet over the weekend in Cairo to discuss ending attacks inside Israel, officials from Fatah, Yasser Arafat's movement, said. A Fatah delegation plans to demand that the militant group Hamas restrict attacks to Jewish settlers and Israeli soldiers in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, instead of all Israelis, a senior Fatah official said Friday, speaking on condition of anonymity. The Jenin operation was a joint exercise between the Israeli security service and army, Israeli security sources said on condition of anonymity. They tracked Sawalha to a house in Jenin -- his home was demolished by troops in August -- and called for him to come out. Only his wife came out of the building. Next-door neighbor Soha Ekmel, who was up early to prepare for Suhur -- the morning meal before the day-long fast for the holy month of Ramadan -- said troops entered her home and took her husband, Khaled. ``They told his (Sawalha's) wife to tell him to come out. I heard her say 'Iyad, please come out, they're threatening to kill me if you don't.' There was no answer, and they asked Khaled to do the same,'' Ekmel told The Associated Press. The army would not comment on the report. At one point Sawalha lobbed a hand grenade toward the troops, lightly injuring two soldiers. After a drawn-out gunbattle Sawalha was shot and killed. Sawalha's wife and Khaled Ekmel were taken away, Soha Ekmel said. The army said Sawalha was responsible for two suicide attacks, one in June, a bus bombing that killed 17 Israelis, and another last month, when two teenagers drove a car laden with explosives into a bus in northern Israel, killing 14 Israelis. Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat criticized the operation. ``It is a very big crime that was committed through military aggression against our people and against our (religious) holidays,'' Arafat told reporters at his Ramallah headquarters. Israel reoccupied Jenin almost three weeks ago in a bid to track down militant groups after the Oct. 25 suicide bombing claimed by Islamic Jihad. Meanwhile, there were disagreements even before the Palestinian talks started in Cairo. Moussa Abu Marzouk, a member of the Hamas politburo who will lead its delegation, told reporters in Damascus this week that he hoped Fatah would not demand Hamas end its attacks inside Israel. He said the focus should be on ending disputes between the two factions and unifying Palestinians. The head Fatah delegate said he was hopeful progress would be made. ``This is a very important meeting and we are looking forward to making it successful,'' said Ahmed Ghneim. ``I am optimistic and I think that we can reach an agreement with Hamas.'' Arafat has regularly condemned suicide attacks against civilians inside Israel, while Hamas argues the use of bomb-carrying attackers is necessary because Palestinians have no other effective means against the better-armed Israeli army. However, the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, a militant group with links to Fatah, has carried out several suicide bombings in Israel. Separately, the Palestinians prepared to submit a written response to a U.S.-backed peace plan next week, officials said. Despite Palestinian reservations, Planning Minister Nabil Shaath said every effort would be made not to ``sabotage'' the latest peace initiative. The plan calls for sweeping Palestinian reforms, an Israeli troop pullback, a freeze in Jewish settlement construction and a provisional Palestinian state by 2003, followed by full independence in 2005. Arafat said Israel could not afford to reject the peace plan -- an apparent response to Israeli Foreign Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who said the U.S. plan was not relevant as long as war with Iraq was pending. U.S. envoy David Satterfield is expected in the region next week to talk to both sides about the plan. http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Israel-Palestinians.html?ex=1037852348ei=1en=3006892ac05b4ca9 HOW TO ADVERTISE - For information on advertising in e-mail newsletters or other creative advertising opportunities with The New York Times on the Web, please contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit our online media kit at http://www.nytimes.com/adinfo For general information about NYTimes.com, write to [EMAIL
[CTRL] NYTimes.com Article: A Busy Week for the U.S. in Its Pursuit of Tax Rebels
-Caveat Lector- This article from NYTimes.com has been sent to you by [EMAIL PROTECTED] A Busy Week for the U.S. in Its Pursuit of Tax Rebels November 9, 2002 By DAVID CAY JOHNSTON The Justice Department this week moved on several fronts against tax evasion and the promotion of evasion schemes. Such moves had become so rare in recent years that promoters boasted about not paying taxes and won clients with claims that the government's not coming after them proved that taxes are voluntary. The most significant development came in Las Vegas, where an eight-year prison sentence was imposed on Max C. Tanner, 55, a former Internal Revenue Service lawyer who evaded $2 million in taxes on profits from a stock swindle. Mr. Tanner, who was taken directly to prison, was also fined $3.2 million and ordered to forfeit $1.2 million in assets. Mark Lytle, the federal prosecutor, called it a significant sentence for a white-collar crime. Mr. Tanner ran a scheme out of the Empire State Building to sell 1.8 million shares of stock, at up to $9.37 a share, in Maid Aide, which turned out to be a one-woman cleaning service in Las Vegas. He funneled the money through Canada to the Cayman Islands to evade all taxes. Mr. Tanner asserted that despite his work for the I.R.S., he sincerely believed that he was not required to pay taxes. A jury rejected that defense a year ago, and Mr. Tanner told Judge Kent Dawson in Federal District Court yesterday that he suffered from an emotional disorder, mitigating his responsibility for the crimes. The Justice Department also sought injunctions against promoters of tax evasion schemes in Tampa, Fla.; Newark and Nashville and moved closer to obtaining such injunctions in Cincinnati and Harrisburg, Pa. In Denver, a federal grand jury handed up indictments for selling tax evasion schemes against three men, one of whose clients has already been sentenced to prison for tax evasion. Of the five civil injunction cases, the most significant was filed in Tampa against Carel A. (Chad) Prater of Nokomis, Fla.; an associate, Richard W. Cantwell; and his many businesses, including Goldcoast Enterprises, Tax Escape Service and Family Values International. Clients paid Mr. Prater as much as $20,000 for advice on how to not owe taxes, advice the Justice Department said was worthless, even harmful and had cost the government at least $18 million in taxes. Mr. Prater, 64, has contracts with at least 956 clients to pay him $3.6 million, the suit filed in Federal District Court in Tampa said, citing documents obtained in a March 7 raid by I.R.S. agents. His contracts are based on the 861 position, named after a tax code section; the claim is that most Americans do not owe tax unless they work for foreign-owned companies. Mr. Prater uses the title doctor, but acknowledged under oath this year that he had not received a doctoral degree for his studies of the movements of golfers, as he had claimed. He has a long criminal history, according to The Ledger, a Lakeland, Fla., newspaper that said public records show convictions since 1983 for possession of cocaine for sale, insurance fraud, credit card fraud, violation of probation and domestic violence. An associate of Mr. Prater said he had no comment. Mr. Prater has also worked closely with David Bosset of Clearwater, Fla., whom the same federal court has already ordered to stop promoting similar schemes. Mr. Bosset sought clients by displaying a $21,916 I.R.S. refund of taxes that he had withheld from his employee paychecks. In an interview, however, Mr. Bosset said that he did not return this money to his workers, but instead pocketed it. The I.R.S. said it issued the refund by mistake. Part of the Prater scheme, the Justice Department said, was filing documents with county clerks that purportedly eliminate tax obligations. In Sarasota, Fla., at least 1,295 such affidavits have been filed. Karen E. Rushing, the clerk of the state circuit court in Sarasota, said that she was aware that the filings were used to promote tax evasion, but said that for the most part Florida clerks have no authority to refuse anything presented for filing. Ms. Rushing said that she had not sought a legal opinion on whether she could refuse to file the Prater affidavits and that she did not intend to raise the issue with the Florida Legislature. In Newark, the Justice Department sought a federal court injunction on Thursday against Richard Haraka, a Clifton, N.J., resident who owns the Taxgate.com Web site. The department contends Mr. Harakas has been interfering with enforcement of the federal tax laws and promoting the 861 position. Mr. Haraka did not respond to an e-mail message requesting comment. The government filed suit earlier against Thurston P. Bell, who uses that Web site to promote his version of the 861 position. In Harrisburg, Pa., on Tuesday, a federal judge again delayed the government's request for an injunction to stop him and retrieve his client
Re: [CTRL] Be Aware
-Caveat Lector- While this may not technically be a virus or worm, it's certainly very close to a trojan horse - many worms are also trojan horses. It definitely acts like a virus. The only thing that might exempt it is the fine print. It's pretty sleazy, in any event. I wonder if this is spyware as well, like Gator. - jt - Original Message - From: Euphorian [EMAIL PROTECTED] 8 Nov 2002 Please be aware that there is a mass-mailing Greeting Card e-mail scam currently active on the Internet. It is being operated by a company called Permissioned Media Inc., based in Panama. The e-mail will appear in your inbox and will ask you to click upon a link to view the greeting card you have been sent. The link is not necessarily related to a greeting card site, and after clicking on it, will state that software needs to be installed on your machine for you to view the greeting card. Within the terms and conditions of the license it states that by agreeing to the installation of the software, you are also agreeing that a copy of the greeting card e-mail can be sent to everyone in your address book. If you accept the terms of the lience agreement, it will send a copy of the e-mail to the contacts in your address book. Examples of domains that we have seen operating this scam are as follows: friend-greeting.com or .net, friendgreetings.com or .net, cool-downloads.com or .net, friend-greetings.com or .net, friend-cards.com or .net All of which are registered to Permissioned Media inc. The greeting card e-mail scam is not technically a virus or a worm, and many anti-virus vendors are stating that they have no plans to detect and prevent the program. Please be vigilant when reading licence agreements and installing software of this nature, especially from organisations such as Permissioned Media Inc. who are distributing the FriendsGreeting program. If you have any questions, please contact the MessageLabs Help Desk, or your Customer Services Executive. Further information may be found at: www.messagelabs.com/viruseye/report.asp?id=111. Regards, MessageLabs www.messagelabs.com This email was sent to you because you subscribe to MessageLabs' Virus Alert service. You can cancel your subscription on the MessageLabs website at http://www.messagelabs.com/AlertUnsubscribe MessageLabs is a leading provider of Internet-level managed email security services. Through its SkyScan portfolio of services, MessageLabs customers are protected from email-borne threats such as viruses, unsolicited mail and pornographic material, before such content comes anywhere near their network boundaries. This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs SkyScan service. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit http://www.messagelabs.com 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://archive.jab.org/ctrl;listserv.aol.com/ A HREF=http://archive.jab.org/ctrl;listserv.aol.com/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] NYTimes.com Article: Congressional Leaders Promise Quick Move on Security Measure
-Caveat Lector- This article from NYTimes.com has been sent to you by [EMAIL PROTECTED] Congressional Leaders Promise Quick Move on Security Measure November 9, 2002 By ELISABETH BUMILLER WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 - Congressional leaders said today that they would bow to President Bush's demand to try to pass a bill creating a Department of Homeland Security by the end of the year. Senator Trent Lott of Mississippi, the incoming Republican majority leader, and Speaker J. Dennis Hastert of Illinois made the announcement in the White House driveway after lunch with Mr. Bush. He feels very strongly about this, Mr. Lott said. Mr. Hastert said, We're going to look at every way we can to get this legislation done. Their acceptance of the move for quick passage was the first legislative muscle-flexing by the White House after the Republican victories in this week's midterm elections. Mr. Lott at first did not want to pass the legislation this year, but the president did, and the president won. More specifically, Mr. Lott said on Wednesday that he hoped to put off major legislation until a new session of Congress begins in January and to wrap up the lame-duck session that begins next week in just a few days. I'm not an advocate of lame-duck sessions, whether I'm in the minority or the majority, he said. White House officials said Mr. Bush telephoned Mr. Lott after his remarks. Then on Thursday, in his first public remarks after the election, Mr. Bush said that his No. 1 legislative priority was creating the Department of Homeland Security, right now. White House officials said today that the president displayed no irritation with Mr. Lott at the lunch but was firm that the legislation be passed quickly. If you don't get it done now, an administration official said, you start totally over again. You will relitigate issues, and it will take months, no matter which way you cut it. The bill creating the department has been hung up in the Democratic-controlled Senate for months because of a dispute with the White House over worker protections. But even with the Senate moving into Republican hands, it is unclear if, and how quickly, Mr. Bush will get what he wants. Congress is scheduled to begin its lame-duck session on Tuesday with Democrats still in charge, since most of the new senators will not take office until January. Senator Tom Daschle, the Democratic leader, favors creating the department but is insistent on worker protection. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/09/politics/09BUSH.html?ex=1037852930ei=1en=2ee5a7828a6303f1 HOW TO ADVERTISE - For information on advertising in e-mail newsletters or other creative advertising opportunities with The New York Times on the Web, please contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit our online media kit at http://www.nytimes.com/adinfo For general information about NYTimes.com, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Copyright 2002 The New York Times Company 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://archive.jab.org/ctrl;listserv.aol.com/ A HREF=http://archive.jab.org/ctrl;listserv.aol.com/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] Bush announces plan to violate UN resolution regarding Iraq
-Caveat Lector- in one breath bush scolds iraq for violations that are debatable...in the next breath, he openly shows his disdain for UN resolutionseric stewart wrote: copied from http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2429347.stm Russia - which is also opposed to US military intervention in Iraq - said the resolution had "averted a real war threat and opened the way for further political-diplomatic efforts to settle the Iraqi situation". the following snip is taken from the article which follows:The resolution outlines a program of work for the weapons inspector teams, but the US President George Bush still declares that Iraq could face the "severest consequences" of a US-led military strike if authorities there fail to completely comply with the demands of the resolution. He warned overnight that the US would not be constrained by the language of the resolution.From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: [globenet] Press Release re UN Iraq ResolutionDate: Sat, 9 Nov 2002 12:10:03 +1000IMMEDIATE USE 9/11/2002FRIENDS OF THE EARTH AUSTRALIAMEDICAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE PREVENTION OF WARAUSTRALIAN PEACE COMMITTEEOZPEACEFriends of the Earth Australia, The Australian Peace Committee, the MedicalAssociation for the prevention of War, and Ozpeace today called for allUnited Nations countries to declare their weapons of mass destructioncapability and to make a commitment to totally disarm such weapons in ashow of leadership to Iraq.Security Council Resolution 1441, which calls on Iraq to provide open andunfettered access to UN weapons inspectors, was passed overnight afteragreement was reached between all five permanent members of the UN SecurityCouncil, USA, UK, Russia, China and France. The resolution requires Iraq tohave issued by early December, "a full, accurate and complete" declarationof all its programs to develop and deliver weapons of mass destruction, aswell as civilian materials that could have military applications."The Permanent Five (P5) members of the Security Council have between themsomewhere in the vicinity of 35,000 nuclear weapons and unknown arsenalsof chemical and biological weapons," said Dimity Hawkins, FoEA spokespersonthis morning. "We ask that the P5 lead by example and declare to the worldin full, accurate and complete terms all programs existing within theirnations which rely on weapons of mass destruction."In the wake of the adoption of Resolution 1441, peace groups both inAustralia and internationally express concern that this will be a precursorto war against the Iraqi nation, and would lead to military strikes in linewith the US agenda for a "regime change" in Iraq.The resolution outlines a program of work for the weapons inspector teams,but the US President George Bush still declares that Iraq could face the"severest consequences" of a US-led military strike if authorities therefail to completely comply with the demands of the resolution. He warnedovernight that the US would not be constrained by the language of theresolution."The last US-led war against Iraq sanctioned by the United Nations sawmassive Iraqi casualties, many of whom were civilians," said Ron Gray ofthe Australian Peace Committee. According to Friends of the EarthAustralia nuclear weapons spokesperson, John Hallam: "We must seek worldwide disarmament of weapons of mass destruction through diplomacy andagreement. War against any one nation is not an answer to the problem ofchemical, biological or nuclear weapons. If we are talking about weapons ofmass destruction we should start with those whom we know for certainactually have vast WMD arsenals - The US, Russia, France, the UK, China,India Pakistan and Israel "Peace groups around Australia are organising towards a national weekend ofaction to call for no war against Iraq on the 30 November - 1 December2002. Public rallies are planned in all capital cities. In Sydney therewill be a 'Walk Against War' commencing at 12 noon Saturday Nov 30 atSydney Town Hall, which will be adressed by John Pilger, Sharan Burrows,Christian and Moslem religious leaders and celebrities.For comment, please call:Dimity Hawkins, FoEA 0425-786-301, 08-8298-5326John Hallam, FoEA 02-9567-7533, 02-9810-2598Ron Gray Australian Peace Committee 08-8364-2291Giji Gya MAPWA, 0413-594-717Jacob Grech Ozpeace 0402-246-491Do you Yahoo!? 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
[CTRL] Afghan War Faltering, Military Leader Says
-Caveat Lector- Myers is thoroughly guilty for 9-11 - caveat lector copied fromhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25588-2002Nov7.htmlAfghan War Faltering, Military Leader Says Myers Cites Al Qaeda's Ability to AdaptBy Thomas E. Ricks and Vernon LoebWashington Post Staff WritersFriday, November 8, 2002; Page A01 The U.S. military is losing momentum in the war on terrorism in Afghanistan because the remnants of al Qaeda and the Taliban have proven more successful in adapting to U.S. tactics than the U.S. military has to theirs, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said this week.Gen. Richard B. Myers also said there is a debate taking place within the Pentagon about whether the United States needs to change its priorities in Afghanistan and de-emphasize military operations in favor of more support for reconstruction efforts. "I think in a sense we've lost a little momentum there, to be frank," Myers said in after-dinner comments Monday night at the Brookings Institution. "They've made lots of adaptations to our tactics, and we've got to continue to think and try to out-think them and to be faster at it."Myers, the nation's top military officer, suggested it may be time for the military to "flip" its priorities from combat operations aimed at hunting down al Qaeda and Taliban fighters to "the reconstruction piece in Afghanistan," a notable shift in priorities for an a Pentagon that has eschewed nation-building exercises.The CIA, in a recently released assessment, called security "most precarious in smaller cities and some rural locations" and said: "Reconstruction may be the single most important factor in increasing security throughout Afghanistan and preventing it from again becoming a haven for terrorists."Afghan President Hamid Karzai recently launched an anti-corruption campaign aimed at cracking down on provincial leaders who continue to challenge the authority of the country's central government.Myers issued his call for faster and more flexible approaches in the counterterrorism war a day after the United States conducted its first-ever airstrike in Yemen, using an unmanned aircraft to do it. A CIA-operated Predator drone on Sunday attacked a vehicle believed to be carrying six al Qaeda members with Hellfire missiles, obliterating the vehicle and its passengers. Yemeni authorities said among the passengers was Abu Ali al-Harithi, a senior al Qaeda leader and one of the terrorist network's top figures in Yemen.Andrew F. Krepinevich Jr., a retired Army colonel and Pentagon consultant who directs the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, said Monday's attack in Yemen cannot mask the continuing instability in Afghanistan and the lack of strong counterterrorism relationships between the United States and countries such as Malaysia and Indonesia.Wayne A. Downing, a retired Army general who until June served as the White House special adviser on combating terrorism, disagreed, saying that the United States has matched al Qaeda in adjusting its operations. "Getting this guy in Yemen was huge -- and a significant escalation in a different place," he said.Downing said he expects the military to play a smaller role in the war on terrorism, with diplomacy and intelligence cooperation becoming more important. He also predicted that actions like the one in Yemen will be more characteristic of the campaign.Ivo H. Daalder, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, called a shift in priorities by the military in Afghanistan away from pursuing al Qaeda and toward reconstruction "noteworthy and extremely important." But Daalder said he doubted whether Myers or Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld would commit U.S. forces to "tackling the fundamental security problem in Afghanistan, which is not al Qaeda, but a byproduct of the way we fought -- arming the warlords.""What needs to be done is to take away the power of the warlords and give it to the central government, and that requires real military force," Daalder said. "Are we prepared to take on the very guys we empowered? I don't see any evidence that is the case."In his remarks at Brookings, Myers said al Qaeda has proven to be an agile adversary, adapting its electronic communications to prevent intercepts and securing the way it passes money. His comments, released by Brookings on Wednesday, reflect a concern that many senior U.S. officials have expressed privately in recent months that the military establishment has been too slow to adapt in its response to the al Qaeda threat, both in its special operations tactics and its weapons procurement.One official close to Rumsfeld said this week that, in his view, the military still is largely geared to changing at the glacial pace of the Cold War, during which shifts in military doctrine and weaponry in the Soviet Union occurred generationally. Al Qaeda and its allies have shown "an ability to change by the month," the official said.A detailed analysis just released by the U.S. Army War
[CTRL] Fwd: The Curse of Lawrence of Arabia
-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://archive.jab.org/ctrl;listserv.aol.com/ A HREF=http://archive.jab.org/ctrl;listserv.aol.com/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- - REMINDER - On the days that I don't publish, like today, you receive Bill Bonner's DAILY RECKONING. This will help you to keep pace with the changes in the markets. Bonner and I agree on most things in the field of economics, so the two letters reinforce each other. --- The Curse of Lawrence of Arabia The Daily Reckoning New Orleans, Louisiana Friday, 8 November 2002 --- *** The unkindest cut of all? Fed cuts rates...investors sell... *** What will Yardeni say next? We watch carefully, so we can do the opposite... *** Gold up, dollar down. Outright deflation in goods. My two daughters, and more! --- Advertisement --- -- Been to the Daily Reckoning Marketplace Yet? -- If not, you ought to see what you've been missing. Want to read more from our regular contributors? This is the place to find it. We've collected some of the best financial advice and commentary available anywhere and presented it to you all in one place. Take a look: http://www.dailyreckoning.com/marketplace.cfm --- The unkindest cut? The Dow fell 2% yesterday - 184 points, as investors began to wonder if analysts looked around for a reason and if the 12th Fed rate cut would do more good than the 11 before it. The Fed began cutting rates nearly 2 years ago. After the first one, we recall economist Ed Yardeni saying something like: 'Don't worry. If this doesn't work, the Fed still has 600 basis points to go.' Yardeni was famous for two remarkably wrong ideas. It was he who had made the Y2K scare respectable, encouraging the Fed to make additional liquidity available, just in case. It was he, too, who had thought he had discovered a new race of human beings at the end of the '90s - digital man, the guy who 'got it.' What he actually discovered, it turned out, was the old race of homo sapien ignorantus, who thought himself a genius after a quarter-century bull market. Digital man seemed to go extinct only months after Yardeni discovered him - after the crash of the Nasdaq. And the Y2K problem was, of course, a total flop. We guessed that Yardeni would be wrong about rate cuts, too. At the time, the Fed funds rate stood at 6%, and the savings rate was near zero. 'Before this is over,' we think we remember writing, the Fed funds rate will be at zero and the savings rate will be at 6%. Both are getting close. Why would Yardeni think rate cuts would work? Because they have always worked in the past, he would answer. He may not have looked back far enough. As Alan Greenspan noted, you'd have to look in 'dusty old history books' to find a period similar to our own. Of course, neither Yardeni nor the Fed chairman would want to do that. In the present downturn, unlike the typical post-WWII slump, there has been no shortage of credit or confidence. Au contraire, there's been too much. Home lending explosion has created more than just a record number of McMansions, reports a Dow Jones newswire. There are also record numbers of homeowners now in bankruptcy protection. Chapter 13 has become required reading for many Americans, thanks largely to the encouragement of Alan Greenspan and the credit industry. Mortgage debt has risen 50% in the last 4 years, to $5.7 trillion. The number of people asking for Chapter 13 protection is rising at an 8% annual rate. I think we're seeing only the front end of the wave, says Elizabeth Warren, a Harvard professor who specializes in consumer bankruptcy. One out of every 5 homeowners has refinanced his home
[CTRL] Fwd: [CIA-DRUGS] HOW THE ELECTIONS WERE TURNED!!
-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://archive.jab.org/ctrl;listserv.aol.com/ A HREF=http://archive.jab.org/ctrl;listserv.aol.com/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- HOW THE ELECTIONS WERE TURNED!! Bob, Sometimes you err on the side of alabing for the government. You make the same mistake here as others make about the first WTC bombing, the MURRAH bombing and the 911 attacks. Many said of the first WTC bombing THE GOVERNMENT ALLOWED A GROUP OF ISLAM ICS TO BOMB THE WTC!! Then there were these idiots who wanted to say THE GOVERNMENT ALLOWED MCVEIGH TO BOMB THE MURRAH!! Now again there are those who are now saying THE GOVERNMENT ALLOWED BIN LADEN TO ATTACK THE WTC!! The snipers were allowed to go on for a couple of weeks longer than even they wanted to Bob The bright idea that you and these others need to find is that all these scenarios are far more improbable than THE GOVERNMENT DID THESE THINGS FROM START TO FINISH!! THE GOVERNMENT DID THESE THINGS FROM START TO FINISH!! --- That is my working hypothesis on MM. Try this one on for size. In order to help with any frame up the government offers millions in reward money to produce witnesses who will say anything. That is what the government did in the OKBOMB. Jannet Reno offered $2 million for JOHN DOE I AND JOHN DOE II. Then all the bogus leads are channeled to FBI field agents to keep them chasing their tails. Americans have been had by the DC SNIPER TEAM. If you wish to make the most conservative statement about the DC SNIPER TEAM you could say THEY WERE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE WEEKS LONGER THAN NECESSARY. But I think the statement THE GOVERNMENT WAS IN IT FROM THE VERY START is closer to what really happened. This looks to me like selected patsies. Perhaps MM called trying to get the reward and then the real murder weapon was planted on them. But how would this modified car be explained? It looks as if as much skill in framing as Oswald received. I keep asking myself COULD THESE TWO BE GETTING THE LEE HARVEY OSWALD TREATMENT? I became very suspicious when it was obvious that the two suspects were not mentally ill as anyone would expect such a heinous criminal to be. Next the victims did not coincide with the profile of these two. The whole affair smells to me like the standard CIA/DOD psy war operation to me --- from start to finish. The government did not sit around and wait for Oswald to shoot Kennedy and then let it happen. It was all set up like a long row of dominos --- from the start to the finish. Was the 911 attack just extreme good luck and incredible good timing for those who intended war in Afghanistan? This SNIPER story which turned the elections has the same smell of being more than extreme good luck combined with incredible timing. If you ask me AMERICANS HAVE BEEN HAD BIG TIME. Brian Downing Quig starpowernow wrote: That is another very good reason to suspect the DOD/CIA sponsorship of the DC SNIPER TEAM. If all the license plate numbers on all the traffic cams were run on a simple PC tis plate would have been tagged. In the same way the NATIONAL RECON OFFICE could not help but notice this car that ws in the the place at the time of all shootings. Now let us consider this. Suppose Mohammed did make calls to the police to try to collect the millions. He would be easy to set up. This is a tried a true tactic. Offer a big reward and wait for the public to start spinning. This SNIPER story dominating the news was the big election turner. It seems as lucky for the Bush family as the 911 attacks. Brian Downing Quig It absolutely was another October Surprise. Like anthrax last year specifically targeted Leahy and Daschle, snipers this year held all legislators under the gun for this year's war vote. There was also that general climate of
[CTRL] Iraqass - The Movie
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[CTRL] The carrott or the stick
-Caveat Lector- Syria joining the UN resolution to oust Saddam was a shockWas it a carrott or a stick used by The US What on earth did Colin Powell say when he contacted them last week. Food for thought! The Mermaid x 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] Confusion at the Palace
-Caveat Lector- It has been a very interesting week in Britian with the revelations from the Paul Burrell. First we are treated to the fact that during a conversation with the queen Mr Burrell is warned of behind the scenes unseen powerful forces MI6 maybe. Before they tried to murder Diana they had a crack at Camilla which of course was MI5 and that went belly up and charles knew who it was so he stepped up her security.The only opther option was to get rid of Diana, especially when it looked as if she was going to marry a moslem. Amongst revelations of Dianas family the spencers being at loggerheads with the Windsors we now find that Diana secretly taped a series of videos of her life in the royal Firm.Where did they go I wonder! It seems that even the royal family are not immune to the powers that be The Mermaid x 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] Harry Potter Broomstick
-Caveat Lector- I heard on the news here in england that the harry potter vibrating nimbus 2000 has been taken out of circulation.When Mattel were asked if it was because of its sexual nature and they said absolutely not it just wasnt selling...what tosh!!! The Mermaid xx A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Glossary of the Right-Wing Sectors in U.S. Foreign Policy
-Caveat Lector- I've seen many posts come through my inbox that promotes some of these right-wing viewpoints. This list will be helpful in determining the background of some of these articles and opinions and whether they should be allowed to color our own evolving opinions of current events... Glossary of the Right-Wing Sectors in U.S. Foreign Policy By Tom Barry November 4, 2002 http://www.fpif.org/commentary/2002/0211glossary.html Understanding politics in America and U.S. foreign policy means knowing about the right wing. The leading ideologues and strategists of the right wing--who hail from such groups as the Project for the New American Century, American Enterprise Institute, and Empower America--have set the hawkish and unilateralist direction of the Bush foreign and military policy. Anticommunists: Until the collapse of the Soviet bloc, militant anticommunism served to unify right-wing sectors around a foreign policy that stressed military budget increases, rationalized U.S. support for dictatorial regimes, and supported military intervention. Unlike cold war liberals, who also identified themselves as anticommunists, the militant anticommunists of the right believed that the fight against communism needed to be fought at home as well as abroad, and they advocated aggressive rollback strategies rather than merely containment and deterrence. Militant anticommunism no longer functions as the backbone of the right's approach to international affairs, although anticommunist convictions still shape the foreign policy agendas of many right-wing ideologues regarding U.S. relations with China, Cuba, and North Korea. This political agenda of crushing all forms of communist governance has created fissures within the right, dividing the proponents of free trade from those who resist establishing normal business relations with countries ruled by Communist parties. Christian Right: Before the 1970s, the U.S. evangelical movement was a subculture that kept its distance from electoral politics. With a new focus on social conservatism, Republican Party strategists together with neoconservatives and right-wing ideologues encouraged the politicization of the evangelical sectors as part of the New Right fusionism that ushered Ronald Reagan into the presidency in 1981. Conservative Internationalists: Neoconservatives often use this label to describe themselves. It distinguishes them from the paleoconservatives, from the traditional isolationism of many core Republicans, and from the liberal internationalists found mainly in the Democratic Party. Conservative Mainstream: Today's conservative mainstream encompasses all those elements of the right who believe that it is possible to operate within the electoral arena, including all the groups in this glossary. The mainstream includes think tanks and front groups as well as major constituency organizations like the Christian Coalition. The conservative mainstream may call for radical changes in domestic and foreign policies, but it does not embrace the methods of domestic right-wing vigilante groups, although most sectors of the right have supported U.S. assistance to foreign right-wing vigilante groups. Membership in the conservative mainstream does not equate to resisting social change. Indeed, many conservative groups espouse radical policy agendas. However, conservatives react negatively to changes that are regarded as part of progressive, secular, or liberal policy agendas. Libertarians: Conservative libertarians have long been part of the conservative mainstream in their embrace of free market solutions and processes and in their opposition to government involvement in social and economic matters. Conservative libertarians share concerns about government infringement on individual civil liberties with progressive civil libertarians. Libertarians also share concerns about U.S. interventionism and foreign aid with paleoconservatives. National Security Militarists: Closely connected to what President Eisenhower termed the "U.S. military industrial complex," national security militarists are among the chief proponents of major increases in the U.S. military budget and transformations in military capacity, arguing that the U.S. must maintain military superiority. Closely allied with the most militant anticommunist sectors of the right, the militarists have in recent years rallied around a grand strategy of U.S. global supremacy built on the foundation of unchallenged military power in order to maintain "the American peace" throughout this century. Neoconservatives: Neoconservatives constitute an intellectual current that emerged from the cold war liberalism of the Democratic Party. Unlike other elements of the conservative mainstream, neoconservatives have historical social roots in liberal and leftist politics. Disillusioned first with socialism and communism and later with new Democrats (like George McGovern) who came to dominate the Democratic Party in the 1970s,
[CTRL] The Men Who Stole the Show
-Caveat Lector- Snipped from the below article: "This small group of right-wing strategists, ideologues, and operatives in right-wing think tanks, advocacy groups, and the news media has captured U.S. foreign and military policy. At issue is not so much that this shift in foreign policy has been engineered by a narrow elitegiven that foreign policy has traditionally been the province of conservative and liberal elitesbut rather the implications of this sharp turn to the right. Clearly, a new foreign policy vision was needed to match the new global realities. But is this show of American supremacy the grand strategy that best serves U.S. national interests and security? In the end, the U.S. electorate will need to decide if they want this show of supremacy and power to go on. As Americans we will need to decide if we now feel more secure, if our economic and moral interests are better represented now, and if a foreign policy based on extending U.S. supremacy makes us proud to be Americans." Although it isn't mentioned in this article, the PNAC book, "Rebuilding America's Defenses" is (as I've stated before) the foundational structure that was used in producing Bush's National Security Strategy document. Buried in that lengthy discussion on the need for military build-up of immense proportions was an interesting comment regarding the, at the time, resistance to such a build-up: "Further, the process of transformation, even if it brings revolutionary change, is likely to be a long one, absent some catastrophic and catalyzing event - like a new Pearl Harbor." pdf file page 63 (document page 51), Chapter V "Creating Tomorrow's Dominant Force" 9/11 anyone? http://www.fpif.org/papers/02men/index.html Special Report October 2002 The Men Who Stole the Show By Tom Barry and Jim Lobe also see: http://www.fpif.org/papers/02men/box1.html Security Strategy Foretold and http://www.fpif.org/papers/02men/box2.html Glossary of the Right-Wing Sectors in U.S. Foreign Policy When he first saw the excerpts leaked to The New York Times in spring 1992, Sen. Joseph Biden (D-DE) was horrified and denounced the document as a prescription for literally a Pax Americana.1 The leak, a draft Defense Policy Guidance (DPG) on U.S. grand strategy through the 1990s, was stunning in the clarity and ambition of its vision for a new U.S. foreign and military policy. Written in the aftermath of the Gulf War by two relatively obscure political appointees in the Pentagons policy department of the Bush Sr. administration, the draft DPG called for U.S. military preeminence over Eurasia by preventing the rise of any potentially hostile power and a policy of preemption against states suspected of developing weapons of mass destruction. It foretold a world in which U.S. military intervention overseas would become a constant feature and failed to even mention the United Nations. Although softened in its final form at the insistence of then National Security Adviser Brent Scowcroft and Secretary of State James Baker, the draft DPG occupied a central place in the hearts and minds of its two authors, Paul Wolfowitz and I. Lewis Scooter Libby, and their boss, then Pentagon chief Dick Cheney. A decade later, theory was transformed into practice following the devastating terrorist attack on September 11. By then, Dick Cheney had already become the most powerful vice president in U.S. history, and the draft DPGs two authors, Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz and Cheneys chief of staff and national security adviser, Lewis Libby, had moved to the center of foreign policy-making in the Bush administration. They, along with Pentagon chief Donald Rumsfeld, have led a coalition of forces that has successfully engineered what former UN ambassador Richard Holbrooke recently described as a radical break with 55 years of bipartisan tradition in U.S. foreign policy.2 That break came as a great shock to most analysts. Candidate George W. Bushs talk of pursuing a humble foreign policy, as well as the narrowness of his electoral victory, suggested that Bush would likely take his cue from his fathers administration. Although the younger Bushs stress on U.S. national interests and his skepticism about nation-building and peacekeeping suggested a likely pullback from the Clinton-Gore teams more globalist and multilateral aspirations, most pundits saw a likely return to the cautious, balance-of-power realism that characterized his fathers tenure. That assessment seemed even more assured after Bush selected retired General Colin Powell as his secretary of state and Condoleezza Rice as national security adviser. Both were protgs of Brent Scowcroft, in many ways the dean of the realist establishment going back all the way to Gerald Ford for whom he also served as national security adviser. Those assumptions proved dead wrong, however, particularly in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks. In engineering the radical break in U.S. foreign policy,
Re: [CTRL] The carrott or the stick
-Caveat Lector- On Sat, 9 Nov 2002, Mermaid wrote: -Caveat Lector- Syria joining the UN resolution to oust Saddam was a shockWas it a carrott or a stick used by The US What on earth did Colin Powell say when he contacted them last week. Food for thought! The Mermaid x He probably said: Or you're first/next 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://archive.jab.org/ctrl;listserv.aol.com/ A HREF=http://archive.jab.org/ctrl;listserv.aol.com/ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] The carrott or the stick
-Caveat Lector- Ah But Sharon is already invading their airspace so what were the US planning to do meet Sharon in the middle do you think. Today on British TV we saw Israeli soldiers sawing down all these lovely old trees to make a big open trenchThey just marched in to these palestinian farmers fields with no permission with these buzz saws and proceeded to level the land.some of these trees are hundreds of years old and the farmers only source of money.Guess what Sharon said.. Its okay we will compensate them with money!!! The Mermaid xx - Original Message - From: Jei [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2002 9:24 PM Subject: Re: [CTRL] The carrott or the stick -Caveat Lector- On Sat, 9 Nov 2002, Mermaid wrote: -Caveat Lector- Syria joining the UN resolution to oust Saddam was a shockWas it a carrott or a stick used by The US What on earth did Colin Powell say when he contacted them last week. Food for thought! The Mermaid x He probably said: Or you're first/next A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance-not soap-boxing-please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'-with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds-is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF=http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html;Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http://archive.jab.org/ctrl;listserv.aol.com/ A HREF=http://archive.jab.org/ctrl;listserv.aol.com/ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF=http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html;Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http://archive.jab.org/ctrl;listserv.aol.com/ A HREF=http://archive.jab.org/ctrl;listserv.aol.com/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] YUK!!!!
-Caveat Lector- Blood found in imported lollipops Last Updated Sat, 09 Nov 2002 10:52:26 OTTAWA - People across the country are being warned not to eat some lollipops imported from Argentina because they might contain blood. (Photo courtesy CFIA Web site) The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) received a complaint about reddish-brown spots in Lipo Brand lollipops. Tests on two partially eaten lollipops showed they had blood in them. Where the blood came from hasn't been discovered yet and Health Canada is looking at what the potential health risks are. A release from the CFIA says the health risks of eating the candy are probably low, but suggests the cautious thing to do would be to avoid the lollipops. The ball-shaped candies are sold across the country and come in bags of 50 or 140 labelled either Lipo or Wamis. Written by CBC News Online staff 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 lollipop_021109.jpg
[CTRL] How Bush Outfoxed the U.N. on Iraq
-Caveat Lector- http://www.newsmax.com/showinsidecover.shtml?a=2002/11/8/173 622 Friday, Nov. 8, 2002 How Bush Outfoxed the U.N. on Iraq Some pundits say the Bush administration caved to the U.N. on Iraq, but United Press International suggests that the White House outfoxed the French and Russian globalists with a classic bait and switch. U.S. Ambassador John Negroponte kept up the negotiations for eight weeks, and ensured that most of the fuss was about paragraphs 1, 4 and 12., UPI reported today. Paragraph 1 says that Iraq has been and remains in material breach of U.N. Resolutions. Paragraph 4 says that Iraq's non- cooperation with the inspectors would be a further material breach. And paragraph 12 says that if the United Nations if the inspectors report non-compliance, the security council must reconvene immediately to consider the need for full compliance. 'Silver Bullet' Now there is quiet self-satisfaction among the Brits and Americans that paragraph 5 - the silver bullet - went through with little fuss, says UPI. Paragraph 5 says the inspectors must have immediate, unimpeded, unrestricted and private access to all officials and other persons and that the inspectors may at their discretion conduct interviews inside or outside of Iraq, may facilitate the travel of those interviewed and family members outside Iraq. UPI notes: This means an open ticket to the West for all the best brains in Iraqi who would like to leave. It is also the guarantee that Iraq can be declared in material breach if access to any designated scientist, technician, official or civilian is denied. And the CIA and Britain's SIS have drawn up a very long list. -- Outgoing mail is certified virus free Scanned by Norton AntiVirus 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://archive.jab.org/ctrl;listserv.aol.com/ A HREF=http://archive.jab.org/ctrl;listserv.aol.com/ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] A Poster
-Caveat Lector- From http://www.freekentucky.com/posters/dictat2.jpg ~~~ AER + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut. --- Ernest Hemingway A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF=http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html;Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http://archive.jab.org/ctrl;listserv.aol.com/ A HREF=http://archive.jab.org/ctrl;listserv.aol.com/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] No Wonder Shrub Don't Know dem Words ... the meanings are obscure
-Caveat Lector- From http://slate.msn.com/?id=2073672device= politics Divest Yourself How anti-Semitism taints campus anti-Zionism. By Hanna Rosin Posted Friday, November 8, 2002, at 9:54 AM PT I remember it well from the Gulf War protests in college: You're sitting and basking in that mosh-pit oneness of your first teach-in when a foreign guy in a sweater vest turns up at the podium and suddenly the whole thing takes an uncomfortable turn, as he goes on about the Zionist conspiracy and occasionally slips from saying Israeli to Jew, and everyone's sort of uneasy and wondering if they should clap. Well, this semester it seems the sweater-vest guys have won over the crowd. In respectable schools from coast to coast (various University of California branches, Harvard, Princeton, MIT, and 40 other campuses), the Palestine Solidarity Movement has gotten thousands of students and faculty to sign petitions asking universities to divest from Israel. The ultimate aim is to turn Israel into the South Africa of the '80s, the universal campus pariah. In response, the Hillel crowd has gone Dershowitz (that's ballistic in Yiddish), one-upping the Palestinians by getting thousands more students and faculty to sign a counterpetition calling the divestment movement anti-Semitic, part of the toxic stew of Jew-baiting that's been brewing since Sept. 11. Harvard President Lawrence Summers called the protests anti-Semitic in their effect if not their intent. Is Summers right? The divestment movement drifted over from Europe pretty tainted, and not by Muslim radicals. There, some of its lefty proponents are still naked in their bigotry, foaming against the Shylocks of their imagination. Take one M.L. Sinnott, a scientist at the University of Manchester who helped organize academic and scientific boycotts of Israeli scholars. Stephen Greenblatt, as head of the Modern Languages Association, wrote to one of Sinnott's colleagues objecting to their having fired two researchers merely because they were Israeli. And here is what Sinnott wrote back: From the 'claptrap' of your open letter, he began, one would imagine Israel to be an inoffensive Mediterranean Sweden rather than a voelkisch polity whose atrocities surpass those of Milosevic's Yugoslavia. He then progresses to Zionism as the mirror image of Nazism, Jenin as Kristallnacht, the breathtaking power of the Jewish lobby, and, of course, the media, either controlled by Jews or browbeaten by them. Then, more depressingly, there's José Saramago, the Portuguese novelist and Nobel Prize winner who this year traveled to Ramallah with the Euro-Mumia crowd and found it a crime comparable to Auschwitz. He then eloquently traced the state's pathologically exclusivist racism to Deuteronomy to the story of David and Goliathin short, to the Torah itself. Israel has its share of human rights violations and even a massacre or two in its history (Jenin not among them, as it turns out). But Kristallnacht? Auschwitz? That such outlandish analogies would pop into both of their heads independently can only mean the template of Scary Omnipotent Jew is already there, buried. Apparently, it takes only a divestment movement, or else four beers and a warm pub, to give it life. In a 1987 Dissent essay, Paul Berman runs through all the possible explanations for the anti-Zionism of the intellectual left. With every one of the charges against Israelwhite settler colony, weapons trader, mistreats minoritiesyou can name many other countries that are infinitely worse. So some part of the inordinately critical focus on Israel must be due, he concludes, to a certain hostility to Jews. Berman boils down the phenomenon to the Anti-Imperialism of Fools, a takeoff on an August Bebel phrase particularly apt for this year's divestment movement: The radical left, who in this case are spillovers from the World Bank protests, boil their target down to one easy, ugly enemy that is in reality a tiny, relatively insignificant Mediterranean country instead of focusing on world- class imperialists like China and Russia or for that matter world-class human rights abusers. No doubt there are sincere individuals in the divestment movement, even in Europe: Palestinians raised on stories of robbed family homes, sympathetic Muslim brothers, earnest freshmen seeking a cause and not thinking too hard about it, people empathizing with Western Muslims targeted after Sept. 11 and looking to make it up to them. But with godfathers like Saramago, the well-meaning ones are in the position of anti-Stalinist leftists of the 1930s and '40s. They have to purge the noxious strain of bigotry, or it will come to define the whole movement. Interestingly, Arab students often seem to be the ones resisting appeals to explicit anti- Semitism. At the Palestine Solidarity Movement's big gathering last month at the University of Michigan, the divestment movement seemed to be wrestling for its soul, fighting
[CTRL] 1930ies Policy
-Caveat Lector- http://www.gooff.com/news/read.asp?ID=1458 ''Bush's Iraq plans: Reincarnation of failed 1930s British policy'' By Issam Nashashibi and Abdelatif Rayan YellowTimes.org Guest Columnists (United States) (YellowTimes.org) By all U.S. media accounts, Saddam Hussein's days are numbered. Moreover, Pentagon pundits predict a massive U.S. victory over Saddam's rusty military machine. Will Bush's Iraq policy bring a real victory to crown America's hegemony in the Middle East and elsewhere? Could history be our guidance? Bush's Iraq policy is reminiscent to the 1930s British re- occupation of Iraq. By March 1921, almost four years after they invaded Mesopotamia, the British created Iraq as a new entity managed by a suitable Arab who was a member of the Hashemite clan, King Faisal I. In addition, the British supported and promoted narrowly based groups - such as tribal leaders - over the growing, urban-based nationalist movement. In pursuing this policy, the British were attempting to achieve their military objectives of securing their route to India and controlling strategic oil sources. By the mid-1930s, Iraq exported oil via a pipeline to refineries in Haifa, Palestine. Palestine, at that time, was in turmoil. Palestinian Arabs were rioting against the Zionist- promoted Jewish immigration to Palestine. Faisal was alarmed about Jewish immigration and expected that bloodshed would certainly result from such a demographic change. However, his concern was mostly centered on the negative effect of any bloodshed in Palestine on Iraqi-British relations as confirmed by the August 1936 British Foreign Office's Report on the Repercussions in Iraq of the Creation of a National Home for the Jews in Palestine. Although public sentiment supported Arab Palestinians against such foreign encroachment, Iraqi governments were careful not to shatter Iraqi-British relations while repeatedly warning Britain about the destabilizing effect of Iraqi public opinion's pro-Palestinian sentiments. Their official policy on Jewish immigration to Palestine resembled walking a tight rope: it avoided offending British sensibilities without inflaming public opinion. To mollify public sentiments, Iraqi governments fostered unofficial support for the Arab cause in Palestine. As a result, Iraq became the center of pan-Arab anti-British activities and a mecca for Egyptian, Syrian and Palestinian nationalists. Despite these strong nationalistic anti-British public sentiments, the British managed to coerce the Iraqi government into entering WWII in support of Britain. The immediate effect of this British political pressure was riots in Baghdad and the killing of several hundred people, mostly Jewish Iraqis. Perceived as a threat to their interest, the riots were countered by British military intervention and the resignation of the Iraqi Prime Minister, Rashid Ali, in favor of a new suitable Arab. With British blessing, martial law was established and the new government started to act against the subversive nationalist forces that dominated Iraqi public life. Thus started what the nationalists described as the second British occupation of Iraq, which also included efforts of re- structuring Iraq with complete British and American supervision as reported by the New York Times. The British resumed full control of the education system while the Americans dominated the media. All nationalist and militaristic materials were banned and deleted from textbooks. In addition, the army was purged or neglected. Clearly, there is nothing new in the current U.S. military scenarios to invade Iraq especially what Administration officials allude to in their post Saddam plans. Such policies confirm the Administration's intention to conquer and occupy Iraq. They also call for disarming Iraq and downsizing its armed forces while getting Iraq ready for a democratic transition and the removal of senior officials of the governing Baath Party. Much of the bureaucracy would carry on under new management, a U.S. official added. These officials were silent about their quest for a suitable Arab to implement their post Saddam plans; perhaps another member of the Hashemite clan currently ruling Jordan. They also concealed their intention to pull Iraq from its Arab roots and make it a NATO member by altering nationalist and religious forces in Iraqi society. Iraqi opposition groups have signed on to the Administration's plans and are fully cooperating with their Washington handlers to create a federal, non-Arab demilitarized Iraq as Kanan Makiya, the group's ideologist, envisioned post Saddam Iraq in his speech at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) symposium two weeks ago. Makiya further detailed the thinking of some Iraqi circles that are working closely with some agencies of the [U.S.] government in planning for post Saddam rule. He argued for a federal Iraqi government, which cannot be thought of any longer,
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[CTRL] GN Online: Dubai rated among top three cities of decade
-Caveat Lector- http://www.gulf-news.com/Articles/print.asp?ArticleID=67929 It son't seem to matter to nobody that two out the next years, two of the three can only support a limited population due to a limited water supply. Should the temperatures continue to rise over the next few years, this will only become worser, even if the population does not increase. Well, so much for consultants. AER Dubai rated among top three cities of decade Dubai | By Rasha Owais | 09/11/2002 Rapidly-expanding Dubai has been chosen by the global property consultants Jones Lang LaSalle as one of the most successful cities of the last decade, for attracting investment, its favourable business environment and for providing the physical infrastructure to match it. Among 100 global metropolitan areas covered by the study, Dublin and Las Vegas were also found the most successful cities between 1991 and 2001, with Dubai. They were successful for five measures of city growth and real estate activity, annual population change, annual employment change, office net absorbation, office/construction rate and prime/office rental change. The second part of the report that will focus on the coming ten years in the three cities is due for completion by February/March 2003, Jeremy Kelly, associate director and Rosemary Feenan, global occupier researcher, of the London-based Jones Lang LaSalle, told Gulf News over the phone. The level of education, technological richness and a whole set of success drivers in Dubai, Dublin and Las Vegas, will be examined in the second part of the report, they added. The reseachers hoped the three cities will remain in the forefront but the whole issue will depend on how will their competitors move fast to develop. The report, exclusive to Gulf News, said Dubai, Dublin and Las Vegas are different but they share small populations, attractive business environment, the ability to attract skilled and educated labourers, strong in- migration and international branding. Within the Gulf area, which was covered by the report, Dubai had the best international branding in the last ten years, said Kelly and Feenan. © Al Nisr Publishing LLC - Gulf News Online 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://archive.jab.org/ctrl;listserv.aol.com/ A HREF=http://archive.jab.org/ctrl;listserv.aol.com/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] Florence
-Caveat Lector- From http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2415223.stm Thursday, 7 November, 2002, 13:09 GMT Anti-war protesters flock to Italy Thousands attended the event's launch on Wednesday Thousands of protesters have gathered in the Italian city of Florence for a series of anti-war and anti-globalisation events, amid fears of a repeat of the violence seen at the Genoa summit last year. Some 20,000 protesters, mostly from Europe, are due to attend the 18 conferences, 140 seminars and 250 workshops and shows being held over the next four days. There are fears the city's artistic treasures may be damaged A major anti-war protest on Saturday is expected to attract some 100,000-150,000 demonstrators. Billed as the European Social Forum, the Florence gathering is intended to mirror the World Social Forum that takes place in Porto Alegre, Brazil, each year. Some 6,000 security forces are on hand and the authorities are enforcing strict border control to try to prevent extremist protesters from infiltrating the country. Some two dozen people have already been turned away at the borders. Italian authorities are worried about a repeat of the clashes during the Group of Eight summit in Genoa last year when a demonstrator was killed and hundreds injured. Shops in central Florence have shuttered their glass-front windows, including those on the Ponte Vecchio bridge and McDonald's fast-food restaurants which have been a target of protesters. Concerns The Florence meeting was allowed to go ahead despite the government's concern that the city's artistic treasures could be damaged by demonstrators. As a prelude to the Florence gathering, thousands of demonstrators descended on a US military base outside the nearby city of Pisa on Wednesday. Close the shops. Close the restaurants, bars and markets Italian columnist Oriana Fallaci Helicopters hovered overhead and police in riot gear stood between protesters and the entrance to Camp Darby. Protesters displayed banners saying Drop Bush not Bombs! and yelling Yankees Go Home!. These are not wars against terrorism, protest organiser Piero Bernocchi of the Italian union group Cobas told the crowd. These are wars to dominate the world, and for oil and money, terrorism is just an excuse. WATCH/LISTEN ON THIS STORY The BBC's Frances Kennedy The police have been told to keep a low profile See also: 07 Nov 02 | Europe In pictures: Protesters in Florence 22 Jul 02 | Europe Genoa one year on 01 Feb 02 | Americas Globalisation protesters gather for talks 27 Jul 01 | Europe Fearsome reputation of the Italian police Internet links: Government of Italy (in Italian) The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites Top Europe stories now: Huge anti-war protest in Florence Germany-US relations improve Mystery over German guerrilla's brain Turkey hunger strike claims death Turkey entry 'would destroy EU' Venus mission is on Rock vote fails to halt talks Calais mayor wants Sangatte to reopen Links to more Europe stories are at the foot of the page. E-mail this story to a friend ~~~ AER + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Forwarded as information only; I don't believe everything I read or send (but that doesn't stop me from considering it; obviously SOMEBODY thinks it's important) + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without charge or profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this type of information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut. --- Ernest Hemingway A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF=http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html;Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http://archive.jab.org/ctrl;listserv.aol.com/ A HREF=http://archive.jab.org/ctrl;listserv.aol.com/ctrl/A
[CTRL] Who's Coddling the Criminals?
-Caveat Lector- From http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=228367contrassID= 2subContrassID=1sbSubContrassID=0listSrc=Y w w w . h a a r e t z d a i l y . c o m Barak could face U.S. arrest in Marc Rich affair Former prime minister Ehud Barak could be arrested the next time he sets foot in the United States, the Israeli Embassy in Washington warned recently. The arrest threat stems from the fact that Barak has so far failed to reply to questions posed by federal prosecutors in New York who are investigating the pardon that former president Bill Clinton granted Jewish financier Marc Rich. But a senior government official dismissed the threat as not serious, saying: The likelihood of Barak being arrested in the U.S. is zilch - about the same as the likelihood of Israel arresting a former American president who visited here. Clinton pardoned Rich, who had been living in Switzerland for the previous 17 years to avoid prosecution on charges of massive tax evasion and illegal oil deals with Iran, just before he left office in early 2001. It later emerged that several prominent people - including not only Barak, but also Rich's ex-wife, Denise, who is a major contributor to the Democratic Party and even funded Clinton's presidential library - had urged Clinton to grant the pardon. Federal prosecutors therefore opened an investigation to determine whether the pardon had involved any criminal aspects, such as bribery, and in this context, they asked permission to interrogate Barak about his involvement in the affair. A deal was reached with the Israeli authorities whereby the prosecutors would send Barak a list of questions and he would reply in writing by October 27. However, he has not yet done so. The New York prosecutors were angered by this failure, and their anger increased when they discovered that Barak had actually been in the U.S. at about that time, attending, among other things, a joint fundraiser with Clinton for Petah Tikva's Beilinson Hospital. They therefore sent an angry letter to the Israeli embassy, warning that if the replies were not forthcoming, Barak could be arrested the next time he lands in America. Barak's office responded that the former premier intends to reply to all the questions, as agreed, just as he replied to all the questions posed by the congressional panel [that investigated the pardon]. Rich has been a generous donor to Israeli cultural and educational institutions for years, and at one point he even accepted Israeli citizenship. In his letter to Clinton, Barak also said that Rich had assisted Mossad operations overseas. By Aluf Benn /hasen/objects/pages/PrintArticleEn.jhtml?itemNo=228367 close window ~~~ AER + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Forwarded as information only; I don't believe everything I read or send (but that doesn't stop me from considering it; obviously SOMEBODY thinks it's important) + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without charge or profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this type of information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut. --- Ernest Hemingway A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF=http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html;Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http://archive.jab.org/ctrl;listserv.aol.com/ A HREF=http://archive.jab.org/ctrl;listserv.aol.com/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] Boast of killing golfers is alleged
-Caveat Lector- http://www.azstarnet.com/star/fri/21108SNIPERCONNECTIONFOL O.html Tucson, Arizona Friday, 8 November 2002 Boast of killing golfers is alleged Jim Davis / Staff Oro Valley resident Albert Michalczyk, 72, points to where he was shot in the chest while playing golf in Clearwater, Fla., in May. By L. Anne Newell ARIZONA DAILY STAR Two Tucson police detectives flew to Seattle on Thursday, hoping to gain information officials called critically important from a man who claims one of the sniper suspects bragged of robbing and killing two golfers in Arizona. The man, Harjeet Singh, 35, told The Seattle Times that sniper suspect John Lee Malvo, 17, boasted he and John Allen Muhammad, 41, killed the two men last spring, robbing them and hiding their bodies. Authorities have established that Muhammad and Malvo were in Tucson March 13-16 visiting Muhammad's sister, and left for Flagstaff on March 25. Golfer Jerry R. Taylor, 60, was shot March 19 while practicing chipping at the Fred Enke Golf Course in the 8200 block of East Irvington Road. His body was dragged some 40 feet from where he was killed and left in a tangle of palo verde trees. Police have combed the area near where he was killed for the past two days, finding some ballistic evidence but saying it likely wasn't related to the slaying. Tucson Assistant Police Chief Robert Lehner said verifying what Singh said would greatly bolster his department's case. We're dealing with a case where there was and is very little physical evidence, he said. Even little details are critically important. Muhammad and Malvo are accused of shooting 17 people, killing 12 and wounding five, in Alabama, Louisiana, Maryland, Virginia, Washington state and Washington, D.C. Authorities announced Thursday that ballistics tests connect the pair to yet another slaying - that of a man shot outside an Atlanta liquor store in September. Authorities around the country are working to determine whether any other unsolved homicides could be related to the pair. Meanwhile, authorities said another case involving an Oro Valley man likely is not connected to the snipers, leaving officials to speculate that Malvo was exaggerating in talking of two victims or Singh misunderstood about the second case. Tucson police have no other unsolved homicides in the time they can place the suspects here and other agencies have said the same. The Times speculated Malvo could have been talking of Oro Valley resident Albert Michalczyk, 72, who was shot in the chest while playing golf in Clearwater, Fla., in May. Authorities found no ballistic evidence but concluded Michalczyk likely was shot by a rifle from a distance, said Clearwater Police Department spokesman Wayne Shelor. Michalczyk, who was shot in the chest but released from the hospital within five hours, said he began to suspect he was a victim of the snipers when he learned of a possible connection between the pair and Taylor's death. When I found out these guys were here, I thought I'd put two and two together, he said Thursday. Michalczyk was visiting family in Florida when he was shot. Authorities looked at the case because it fit the snipers' profile and Malvo's mother lived in Fort Myers, 130 miles from Clearwater, Shelor said. But we found absolutely nothing that ties our shooting to the two men, he said. Shelor said federal authorities also told him the two were a continent away when Michalczyk was shot. Lehner said Singh's story mirrors parts of what the local investigation has found, but not others. Detectives will need to determine whether the discrepancies are due to the time elapsed since Singh talked to Malvo in April or whether the story is fabricated. We have to take those statements seriously and we are, he said. We're pursuing every lead that develops out of it. Lehner would not say what evidence matched and what differed because the difference will help determine how authentic Singh's information is. He also would not release any new information about Taylor's death. By withholding certain information, it allows us to determine how factual this secondhand account is, he said. We can't do that if we release all the information from our scene. Also, he said, it could compromise an ongoing homicide investigation should the sniper suspects be ruled out. Singh, 35, a self-employed textile salesman with a criminal history, told the Seattle paper he often worked out with Malvo and Muhammad at the YMCA and became friendly with them. He told investigative reporter Duff Wilson he didn't question Malvo about his claim because he didn't take it seriously. Singh did not return a call to the Arizona Daily Star. The Times also reported Singh told police and the FBI on June 5 that Muhammad had plans to build a silencer for a high-powered rifle. He also said Muhammad spoke of plans to shoot a police officer and fuel tanker truck. Singh said Malvo talked of the golf-course shootings during one of his few
Re: [CTRL] How Bush Outfoxed the U.N. on Iraq
-Caveat Lector- alexander haig sits on the newsmax board now klewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Caveat Lector-http://www.newsmax.com/showinsidecover.shtml?a=2002/11/8/173622Friday, Nov. 8, 2002How Bush Outfoxed the U.N. on IraqSome pundits say the Bush administration caved to the U.N. onIraq, but United Press International suggests that the White Houseoutfoxed the French and Russian globalists with "a classic bait andswitch."U.S. Ambassador John Negroponte "kept up the negotiations foreight weeks, and ensured that most of the fuss was aboutparagraphs 1, 4 and 12.," UPI reported today.Paragraph 1 says that Iraq "has been and remains in materialbreach" of U.N. Resolutions. Paragraph 4 says that Iraq's non-cooperation with the inspectors would be "a further material breach."And paragraph 12 says that if the United Nations if the inspectorsreport non-compliance, the security council must reconveneimmediately to consider "the need for full compliance."'Silver Bullet'Now there is "quiet self-satisfaction among the Brits and Americansthat paragraph 5 - the silver bullet - went through with little fuss,"says UPI.Paragraph 5 says the inspectors must have "immediate, unimpeded,unrestricted and private access to all officials and other persons"and that the inspectors "may at their discretion conduct interviewsinside or outside of Iraq, may facilitate the travel of thoseinterviewed and family members outside Iraq."UPI notes: "This means an open ticket to the West for all the bestbrains in Iraqi who would like to leave. It is also the guarantee thatIraq can be declared in material breach if access to any designatedscientist, technician, official or civilian is denied. And the CIA andBritain's SIS have drawn up a very long list."--Outgoing mail is certified virus freeScanned by Norton AntiViruswww.ctrl.orgDECLARATION DISCLAIMER==CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandicscreeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These aresordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis-directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups withmajor and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought.That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, andalways suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives nocredence 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.htmlArchives of[EMAIL PROTECTED]http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ctrlTo 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]OmDo you Yahoo!? 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 U2 on LAUNCH - Exclusive medley & videos from Greatest Hits CD
[CTRL] Iran-Contra, September 11, SDI, Nestle, Folgers, and Texas Instruments
-Caveat Lector- someone with little activism experience but with extensive experience oflatin american countries told me a few weeks ago that iran-contra had alot to do with Nestle, Folgers, and Texas Instruments...following up on this i got an amazing number of connections to theanti-iraq lobby and the SDI lobby...i.e. connections to rumsfield,wolfowitz, and perlefurther, i had already learned that the first thing hit in the 1991 gulfwar was iraq's rail launcher...a magnetic rail used to propel objects toa high rate of speed AFTER which a rocket's propulsion is ignited...thiscould be used to bomb israel or to launch satellites into space at anenormous rate...in other words, if the right nations got together andprovided the satellite technology (russia, EU, japan etc...) this raillauncher COULD be used to challenge American communications superiorityin a short time (it is RE-USABLE)...add to this the fact that there is aring around china of fighting going on (nepal, the koreas, japan,afghanistan, etc..) and that pakistani official sources contend thatchina is working on a rail launcher WITH pakistan and global eventsbegin to take on a different hueso we have satellites and the SDI lobby (much about satellites)further, i contend that the SDI money over the past 20 years has beenused for technologies related to those PURPORTED, but a littledifferent...add this to the mix: on september 11, 2001 NASA's communicationssatellites were disrupted...a hack?were instructions beamed to the global hawk technologies installed onall passenger aircraft?plug satellites into all of the above topics and patterns emergelinking, EXTRAORDINARILY, rumsfield, wolfowitz, perle, andiran-contra...hplease seehttp://www.astronautix.com/lvfam/gunnched.htm ~the following would seem to implicate china in potentially hacking U.S. satellites in a cyberwar that reached a crescendo in the early days of september, 2001...however, since most of the material relies upon Wired magazine, which from personal DIRECT experience, is a highly compromised, CFR-infiltrated 'news' source, it is easy to surmise that the U.S. tested the first strike capability of SDI on ITSELF on that dayrail launchers, the small plane evidence, communications satellites,september 11, and unmanned aircrart~i may go down for this but then again, i am just some unemployed nut -easily discredited~The Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Center, which is based in South Korea,itemizes various technologies having to do with its specialty (unmannedvehicles) by nation. The list shows that Iran has experimented withrail launch of unmanned aircraft. Unmanned aircraft figure prominentlyin the most critical of 9-11 theories.A page of their website is intriguing.See:http://www.uavcenter.com/menu11a.asp ~INDIA--the following is snipped fromhttp://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/india/missile/agni-improvements.htm In 1998, prior to the election of the conservative BJP coalition intooffice, the parliamentary standing committee on defence issued a thickreport asking the government to go ahead full steam to develop theentire range of missiles after reports that Pakistan had positionedtheir missiles targeting Indian cities and that China was developing anumber of missile systems which could target any part of the country.~snip~In April 1999, the BJP coalition approved the first test of the newAgni-II Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM), and the governmentalso approved calls for a 59 percent budgetary boost for the Departmentof Atomic Energy and a 62 percent increase for the Department of Space.The DAE oversees the Bhabha Atomic Research Center, which is responsiblefor warhead design, production, and fabrication, while the Indian SpaceResearch Organization (ISRO) is closely integrated with Indias militaryballistic missile programs.~that would probably be because of the satellite connection - raillaunchers anyone?~~ya know...when growing up i learned something (about 20 years ago)about a missile launch system that used rails..it was said that railsmade launchers more mobile and that because of the fact that they werenot stationary, they were less easily targeted - i think that was asmokescreen: i think that what i heard about was the very kind of raillaunchers that i am discussing here: asia threatens to catch up...whywould this be such a secret? because the populace at large must notbecome aware that it is communications technologies, not bombs, that rigthe international hierarchy...something world powers can all agree uponit seems...oh yeah - by the way, mewonders if this isn't why we build aring around china, after pretending to court pakistan: was that dronethat hit the pentagon, that very dark plane that was about 2/3 the sizeof a 757, launched by a rail?~The Agni-II incorporates a far more accurate terminal navigation andguidance system which constantly updates information about the
Re: [CTRL] Iran-Contra, September 11, SDI, Nestle, Folgers, and Texas Instruments
-Caveat Lector- the following is copied from http://www.softwar.net/plaafaa.html USAF TRAINS THE CHINESE AIR FORCE FOR "COMBAT READINESS"PLAAF AT EDWARDS AFB MAY 1999 CLICK HERE TO READ THE SOFTWAR STORY ON NEWSMAX.COM OFFICIAL USAF DOCUMENTDOCUMENTS OBTAINED FROM THE FEDERAL AVAITION ADMINISTRATION PLAAF AT EDWARDS AFB MAY 1999 USAF TRAINS THE CHINESE AIR FORCE THE FRIENDLY SKIES OF THE PLAAF Newly declassified documents from the Clinton administration reveal that a civil airline modernization program for China was actually a program to train and equip the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF). The new documents, forced from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) by the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), are official USAF, Commerce and FAA reports on Chinese military contacts. According to the documents, PLAAF officers toured Edwards Air Force Base in May 1999 for military purposes. The PLAAF officers were given training on USAF combat missions, including "bombing and strafing" and "combat readiness." In 1994, then Secretary of Defense William Perry began a "Joint Defense" conversion project with Chinese General Ding Henggao. General Ding was the commander of the Chinese Army Unit "COSTIND" (Commission on Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense). One part of the U.S./China project was to modernize the communist civil "Air Traffic Control" (ATC) system. The documented meetings shows that the Clinton administration attempted to conceal the military background of the Chinese representatives from everyone, including FAA officials. In 1993, a Chinese military delegation visited America. Yet, according the FAA, which sponsored the visit, the entire delegation was civilian. The 1993 FAA delegation list includes a "Mr. Kui Fulin" who toured FAA Headquarters in Washington, Andrews AFB in Maryland, and Boeing aircraft Corporation in Washington state. "Mr. Kui Fulin" was actually General Kui Fulin, Chinese Army Deputy Chief of the General Staff. The 1993 FAA list states "Mr. Li Yongtai" was the Commissioner of the Air Traffic Control Commission of China. According to hand written notes taken by the FAA, Mr. Li Yongtai was actually "Lt. General" Li Yongtai of the Chinese Air Force. In fact, FAA officials who attending the meeting wrote "military" next to the names of seven members of the 1993 "China Air Traffic Control" delegation in an apparent effort to track the Chinese Army officers. Another example shows that a "Mr. Li Zhongli" was part of a Chinese civilian delegation visit in 1997 to San Francisco that was sponsored by Stanford University. "Mr. Li Zhongli" was actually Colonel Li Zhongli of the PLAAF. In 1997, the PLAAF was given a demonstration in Sunnyvale California by Ashtech, a maker of GPS (Global Positioning Satellite) receivers. The briefing for the PLAAF and Chinese Navy officers states, "Ashtech produces a receiver that uses both the U.S. GPS signals and the Russian GLONASS signals resulting in significantly greater availability and integrity." According to a 1997 Rand Corp. report on the Chinese Defense Industry, "More accurate GPS systems would enhance the PLA's ability to carry out attacks against Taiwan's military and industrial facilities, potentially reducing the ability of the Taiwanese military to defend itself against PRC coercive diplomacy. The use of GPS to enhance the accuracy of long-range Chinese cruise missiles, coupled with long-range sensors, would raise serious concerns for the U.S. Seventh Fleet in the Pacific, and possibly circumscribe their ability to provide an effective deterrent in a crisis over Taiwan." In 1999, the Clinton administration offered the PLAAF the latest in advanced "mobile radars", command and control systems, GPS navigation, and "Surveillance Avionics" such as "Air to Air", "Air to Ground" and "surface Area Movement" surveillance radars. According to a U.S. Air Force May 1999 report, the PLAAF was given details on USAF "Special Airspace" areas inside America used for military training, research and national security zones. The details include Edwards Air Force base and a mapped tour of the facility. Edwards AFB is a test center for USAF, and NASA research aircraft, including the space shuttle. The newly released materials also include training manuals from the USAF 334th Training Squadron in both english and Chinese. The documents show Clinton administration officials proposed to train PLAAF military air controllers. The USAF documents show PLAAF officers were given a "simulated" training mission. The training included a "two ship formation of F-16s from Luke AFB, Arizona" on a "bombing" and overflight mission in a training area, code-named "Baghdad", northwest of Prescott Arizona. The simulated exercise also included "in-flight refueling" with a tanker aircraft under control of a USAF AWACs plane. The USAF "AWACS" (airborne warning and control system) is a flying radar plane manned by Air Force radar
Re: [CTRL] How Bush Outfoxed the U.N. on Iraq
-Caveat Lector- http://www.newsmax.com/showinsidecover.shtml?a=2002/11/8/173 622 Friday, Nov. 8, 2002 How Bush Outfoxed the U.N. on Iraq ... 'Silver Bullet' Now there is quiet self-satisfaction among the Brits and Americans that paragraph 5 - the silver bullet - went through with little fuss, says UPI. Paragraph 5 says the inspectors must have immediate, unimpeded, unrestricted and private access to all officials and other persons and that the inspectors may at their discretion conduct interviews inside or outside of Iraq, may facilitate the travel of those interviewed and family members outside Iraq. I guess Bush plans to invite more guests to stay at Camp X-ray in Quantanamo, Cuba. Electricity companies will like that. 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://archive.jab.org/ctrl;listserv.aol.com/ A HREF=http://archive.jab.org/ctrl;listserv.aol.com/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] pill, priest guilty, abuse global, us threat to world, fbi in pakistan
-Caveat Lector- this may be heavy for survivors from L Moss Sharman Pill to ease memory of trauma envisioned By Ellen Barry, 11/8/02 Someday in the future, people may walk into an emergency room after a rape, or a car wreck, or a shooting, and be given a pill to protect them from the haunting memories that may follow. http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/312/nation/Pill_to_ease_memory_of_trauma_envisioned+.shtml Priest Sentenced to Prison in Iowa Davenport, Iowa (AP) 11/7/02 - A Roman Catholic priest was sentenced Thursday to five years in prison for making the so-called ``date-rape'' drug and has been removed from all priestly duties. The Rev. Jeffery Windy and his friend Timothy O'Brien were weightlifters who initially took the drug to bulk up and became addicted, said O'Brien, who was sentenced to 10 years in prison. aol://4344:30.LH0A2C4c.388940.721196531 Child abuse found to be global problem, WHO review reveals - 10/4/02 "Contrary to what some health experts have believed, child abuse is a global problem that is essentially universal rather than one limited chiefly to North America...By David Williamson UNC News Services Chapel Hill... The World Health Organization report, prepared by Dr. Desmond Runyan of the U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, concluded that an estimated 57,000 children die each year from physical abuse. Sexual and psychological abuse also are widespread, are difficult to measure and need to be addressed "Despite all the differences in cultures and the rules about how we raise children, rates of abuse around the world are remarkably similar in some ways," Runyan said. "Close to 40 percent of the children being beaten by their parents in places as far away as Romania, Hong Kong and Korea." http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,769699,00.html The logic of empire The US is now a threat to the rest of the world. The sensible response is non-cooperation George Monbiot Tuesday August 6, 2002 There is something almost comical about the prospect of George Bush waging war on another nation because that nation has defied international law. Since Bush came to office, the United States government has torn up more international treaties and disregarded more UN conventions than the rest of the world has in 20 years. It has scuppered the biological weapons convention while experimenting, illegally, with biological weapons of its own. It has refused to grant chemical weapons inspectors full access to its laboratories, and has destroyed attempts to launch chemical inspections in Iraq. It has ripped up the anti-ballistic missile treaty, and appears to be ready to violate the nuclear test ban treaty. It has permitted CIA hit squads to recommence covert operations of the kind that included, in the past, the assassination of foreign heads of state. It has sabotaged the small arms treaty, undermined the international criminal court, refused to sign the climate change protocol and, last month, sought to immobilise the UN convention against torture so that it could keep foreign observers out of its prison camp in Guantanamo Bay. http://www.paknews.com/top.php?id=1date1=2002-05-13 FBI sets up 44 offices in Pak, Afghanistan ISLAMABAD, May 13 (PNS): Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), a supreme intelligence agency of United States has set up 44 offices in various cities of Pakistan including border areas and Afghanistan to prevent the Al-Qaida and Taliban fugitives entering into Pakistan. 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] NYTimes.com Article: The Hand That Feeds Milosevic's Defense
-Caveat Lector- This article from NYTimes.com has been sent to you by [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Hand That Feeds Milosevic's Defense November 10, 2002 By MARLISE SIMONS THE HAGUE, Nov. 3 - Every morning and evening, Zdenko Tomanovic wades through an emporium of documents that overflows his dining table, packs the wall-to-wall shelving, and piles up on his living room floor. When he is not tracking pages in his apartment here, he is dashing off to court or to a high security prison across town. Mr. Tomanovic is a lawyer for Slobodan Milosevic, or rather his virtual lawyer. His client, the former president of Yugoslavia, has not wanted to appoint a counsel in his war crimes trial because he is conducting his own defense. In court parlance, Mr. Tomanovic is called a legal associate. As he sees it, it is an uneven fight. Probing through a mound of videotapes sent by the court, as many as 600 of them, he said, This is amazing. Mr. Milosevic has a video player, but how could he or I find time to see all this? He continued the tour, past binders and unsorted boxes. This is what 150,000 documents look like, Mr. Tomanovic said. I have calculated that if Mr. Milosevic or I read every page just once, at two minutes per page, it will take more than a year. Besides, he added, their classification is immensely complicated. We have not managed to figure out the system. The system is the evidence prepared by prosecutors of the war crimes tribunal, the thousands of statements, maps, photographs and other exhibits, copies of which must be provided to the accused. Mr. Milosevic' copies were stored at first in a specially reserved jail cell, but overwhelmed by the avalanche of material, he sent it to Mr. Tomanovic's home. The volume of papers is one measure of the largest war crimes trial in modern times, covering a decade of conflicts in Bosnia, Croatia and Kosovo. Prosecutors say the wars for which they hold Mr. Milosevic accountable were replete with crimes against humanity and even genocide, because the campaigns were directed largely against civilians. Prosecutors opened their case in February and are to conclude in May. Then Mr. Milosevic may begin his defense, and if his current tactics are a guide, he may ask for equal time, if not more. But Mr. Milosevic's health overshadows the trial. Hearings have been suspended four times already because of his heart and blood pressure problems, and the prosecution has repeatedly asked to impose a defense lawyer to allow the trial to move ahead when Mr. Milosevic is sick. He continues to refuse, insisting on using his court time to give his personal views of history and politics. The only reason I agreed to participate in this case of yours is because I want to be able to address the public, he told the judges just before collapsing on Nov. 1, of exhaustion, doctors said. With Mr. Milosevic piloting the defense, Mr. Tomanovic remains backstage. A polite and thoughtful Serb, Mr. Tomanovic, 45, has served as chief judge of a trial court in Belgrade. He now spends hours in the public gallery, following the moves and moods of a man who is arguably one of the world's most difficult clients. During breaks he slips away to see Mr. Milosevic in a small windowless waiting room. I give him documents, legal advice and lists of questions for cross-examination, he said. After sessions, Mr. Tomanovic goes across town to the United Nations cellblock in a Dutch jail, where he and Mr. Milosevic hold longer meetings. He is one of two lawyers who may meet with him alone; the other is Dragoslav Ognjanovic, a Belgrade lawyer. Does Mr. Milosevic take his advice? Sometimes, Mr. Tomanovic said, with a faint smile. He has talked to friends about the obstinacy of his client. He said they had met only briefly before, when Mr. Milosevic was first imprisoned in Belgrade last year. Once Mr. Milosevic arrived in The Hague, Mr. Tomanovic said, he called me and asked me to come here. Why did he accept he job? I am an attorney, and this is a big challenge, he replied. For now, Mr. Tomanovic wants to talk about his frustrations with the prosecution. It calls many witnesses, but there is little time to prepare, he said. Complicating this is the prosecution's habit of changing the order of witnesses at short notice, he said. Prosecutors have said they are sometimes forced to do this because of changes in the trial schedule, Mr. Milosevic's illness or by witnesses' travel complications. Based on the prosecution's list, Mr. Tomanovic said, he mobilizes his 10-person law office in Belgrade, which studies the statements and investigates witnesses. Then the order suddenly changes, and we have even less time to prepare, he complained. It often happens on a Friday, which is worse, because I am not allowed to visit Mr. Milosevic on the weekend. More than 130 witnesses have testified for the prosecution. But Mr. Milosevic does not seem unprepared when cross-examining; indeed, he has regularly referred to
[CTRL] NYTimes.com Article: Voices in Your Head? Check That Chip in Your Arm
-Caveat Lector- This article from NYTimes.com has been sent to you by [EMAIL PROTECTED] Voices in Your Head? Check That Chip in Your Arm November 10, 2002 By MATT RICHTEL MINUSCULE mobile telephones, tiny electronic organizers and portable DVD players are nice. But they'd be so much less cumbersome if they were surgically implanted under your skin. Paving the way is a company in Palm Beach, Fla. called Applied Digital Solutions, which recently started a program to implant subdermal microchips based on the same radio-frequency identification technology used in E-ZPass. The chip, called the VeriChip, is about the size of a grain of rice, carries a number that identifies you and, the company says, may eventually provide a way to make sure that only the right people gain access to secure sites, corporate offices or even personal computers. The chip could also carry access to personal data, like medical information. Implantable microchips have already been used over the last several years to track pets. The company is still developing the applications, yet there has been no shortage of critics, who assert that this is an example of technology run amok. They apparently aren't grasping how fashionable, and useful, an electronic bar code can be. Besides, think how much easier John Ashcroft's job would be with such an electronic database. The critics are apparently overlooking another reason to act now. It's cool to have one, said Matthew Cossolotto, the spokesman for Applied Digital Solutions, and one of the few people to already have a chip implanted under his skin. Who wants to be the last person on the block to get the latest in piercing? There is more good news. This nascent fusion of corpus and computer may pave the way for further integration of circuitry and self. After all, things can become only so convenient if we wear or carry tiny headsets, radios, televisions, phones and pagers. If silicon, not silicone, becomes the favored implant of the future, we could bridge the final divide that keeps us from being truly wired. Think of the applications: e-mail transmitters lodged under your skin; remote controls that let you change the channel with a thumb click; global positioning systems that tell you, your spouse and your government where you are at every moment. You're taking me down a road I've never speculated about, Mr. Cossolotto said when asked to consider future possibilities. Indeed, the answers may not yet be clear, but once we give away our bodies to silicon, the potential is endless: THE VIRUS SCAN Few things are more frustrating than watching your computer screen lock up for no apparent reason. But what happens when your arms freeze up? Computer chips, of course, can mean viruses. Maxi Virus Scan will protect you against the common bugs, like the nasty I love you virus, which causes you to utter intimacies while in the express aisle at Safeway. Version 2.0 will update your internal clock for daylight saving time. CALL WALKING Carrying a mobile phone that weighs several ounces and takes up space in the corner of your pants pocket can be too cumbersome. Be burdened no more! The phone will be much less of an albatross once it fits inside your leg. Those who are seeking a more affordable option can just implant a buzzer that vibrates every time they receive e-mail messages or phone calls, reminding them to check in to their PC's (also available on itch setting). The premier version of the in-leg phone will come with the leg waiting feature, allowing users to say: Please hold; I'm getting a call on my other leg. THE NASDAQ PACEMAKER Why wait 10 or 15 seconds for stock prices to download to a mobile device? This new internal stock ticker will send constant updates to your brain as your 401(k) plummets in value. It will also give you an electronic shock to keep your heart going. TASTE CHIPS Personal video recorders, like TiVo, make recommendations about the television shows you should watch, based on your current viewing habits. Great, but can they recommend the specials at your favorite restaurant? The embedded version will offer counsel through an earpiece, telling you from your previously recorded activities what you might like for dinner, whom you should date, what sports teams to cheer for. THE KNEE BOARD Laptop? Ha! It's a vestige of people who aren't nearly one with their gadgets. The knee board will be a surgically implanted keyboard that will allow you to type memorandums on tiny Qwerty letters jutting out of the skin. Connected by wireless frequency to your monitor, the knee board will save space and will be perfect for a multitasker: you'll be able to write a PowerPoint presentation while giving yourself a deep-tissue massage. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/10/technology/10SLAS.html?ex=1037902112ei=1en=fa14c88f29663774 HOW TO ADVERTISE - For information on advertising in e-mail newsletters or other creative advertising
[CTRL] NYTimes.com Article: The Not-So-Crackpot Autism Theory
-Caveat Lector- This article from NYTimes.com has been sent to you by [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Not-So-Crackpot Autism Theory November 10, 2002 By ARTHUR ALLEN Neal Halsey's life was dedicated to promoting vaccination. In June 1999, the Johns Hopkins pediatrician and scholar had completed a decade of service on the influential committees that decide which inoculations will be jabbed into the arms and thighs and buttocks of eight million American children each year. At the urging of Halsey and others, the number of vaccines mandated for children under 2 in the 90's soared to 20, from 8. Kids were healthier for it, according to him. These simple, safe injections against hepatitis B and germs like haemophilus bacteria would help thousands grow up free of diseases like meningitis and liver cancer. Halsey's view, however, was not shared by a small but vocal faction of parents who questioned whether all these shots did more harm than good. While many of the childhood infections that vaccines were designed to prevent -- among them diphtheria, mumps, chickenpox and polio -- seemed to be either antique or innocuous, serious chronic diseases like asthma, juvenile diabetes and autism were on the rise. And on the Internet, especially, a growing number of self-styled health activists blamed vaccines for these increases. Like all medical interventions, vaccines sometimes cause adverse reactions. But unlike pills, vaccines come packaged with high expectations, which make them particularly vulnerable to public criticism. Vaccines don't cure people, and they are administered to healthy children, which gives them few opportunities for good press. When they work, nothing happens. When vaccinated children become ill, their parents are grief-stricken and often enraged, even if vaccines aren't proved to be at fault. All of this puts public-health advocates like Halsey on the defensive. Most attacks on vaccines, they say, are based on hysteria, bad science and dubious politics. Halsey, 57, has green eyes, a white beard that makes him look like a ship's captain and an air of careful authority. As chairman of the American Academy of Pediatrics committee on infectious diseases from 1995 through June 1999, he often appeared in the media administering calm reassurance. ''Many of the allegations against vaccines,'' Halsey said in one interview, ''are based on unproven hypotheses and causal associations with little evidence.'' And then suddenly in June 1999, during a visit to the Food and Drug Administration, a squall appeared on the horizon of Halsey's confidence. Halsey attended a meeting to discuss thimerosal, a mercury-containing preservative that at the time was being used in several vaccines -- including the hepatitis B shot that Halsey had fought so hard to have administered to American babies. By the time the dust kicked up in that meeting had settled, Halsey would be forced to reckon with the hypothesis that thimerosal had damaged the brains of immunized infants and may have contributed to the unexplained explosion in the number of cases of autism being diagnosed in children. That Halsey was willing even to entertain this possibility enraged some of his fellow vaccinologists, who couldn't fathom how a doctor who had spent so much energy dismantling the arguments of people who attacked vaccines could now be changing sides. But to Halsey's mind, his actions were perfectly consistent: he was simply working from the data. And the numbers deeply troubled him. ''From the beginning, I saw thimerosal as something different,'' he says. ''It was the first strong evidence of a causal association with neurological impairment. I was very concerned.'' The investigation into mercury vaccines was instigated in 1997 by Representative Frank Pallone Jr., a New Jersey Democrat whose district includes a string of shore towns where mercury in fish is one of many environmental concerns. Pallone, who had been pressing the government to re-evaluate its overall guidelines on mercury toxicity, attached an amendment to an F.D.A. bill requiring the agency to inventory all mercury contained in licensed drugs and vaccines. The job of adding up the amount of mercury in vaccines and assessing its risk fell to Robert Ball, an F.D.A. scientist, and two F.D.A. pediatricians, Leslie Ball, Robert's wife, and R. Douglas Pratt. Thimerosal, which is 50 percent ethyl mercury by weight, had been used as a vaccine preservative since the 1930's in the diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis shot, known as D.T.P., and it was later added to some vaccines for hepatitis B and haemophilus bacteria, which by the early 1990's had become routine immunizations for infants. The F.D.A. team's conclusions were frightening. Vaccines added under Halsey's watch had tripled the dose of mercury that infants got in their first few months of life. As many as 30 million American children may have been exposed to mercury in excess of Environmental Protection Agency guidelines -- levels
[CTRL] NYTimes.com Article: Judge Reverses Plan for a Huge Habitat for Threatened Frogs
-Caveat Lector- This article from NYTimes.com has been sent to you by [EMAIL PROTECTED] I love froggies, but there has to be a way to protect them without land-grabbing. Maybe its time to re-introduce the concept of STEWARDSHIP back into society. That means moderation in the use of our natural resources, as opposed to extremes in either direction. Nah, too sensible sigh [EMAIL PROTECTED] Judge Reverses Plan for a Huge Habitat for Threatened Frogs November 10, 2002 By THE NEW YORK TIMES SACRAMENTO, Nov. 9 - A federal judge has formally reversed the federal Fish and Wildlife Service's plan to designate more than four million acres as critical habitat for the threatened California red-legged frog. The service must re-evaluate the plan, which developers challenged as flawed. The frog, once widespread, is believed to have inspired Mark Twain's short story The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County. In March 2001, the service designated the four million acres as frog habitat, but developers attacked the restrictions that the designation imposed on parts of 28 of the California's 58 counties. Judge Richard Leon of Federal District Court in Washington, approved a proposed settlement in July reversing the habitat decision, but Judge Leon left the protection in place temporarily after conservation groups said they had been left out of negotiations between developers and the service. Judge Leon approved the final settlement on Wednesday after a hearing last month. The decision leaves restrictions on 200,000 acres where the frog exists. It sounds like that was basically in line with his original decision, said Jim Nickles, a spokesman for the Fish and Wildlife Service. We'll comply with his decision. Environmental groups called the settlement a sweetheart deal between developers and the service. It's a sad day for California's natural heritage, said Mike Sherwood, a lawyer for Earthjustice. Earthjustice intervened in the lawsuit on behalf of conservation groups, including the Jumping Frog Research Institute, the Center for Sierra Nevada Conservation, the Pacific Rivers Council, the Center for Biological Diversity and the Sierra Club. The groups promised to pressure the service to redesignate a wide area as critical habitat for the frog, based on the revised economic analysis. The population of the largest native frog in the western United States has dropped significantly since the 1865 publication of Twain's short story about a frog named Dan'l Webster that could get over more ground in one straddle than any animal of his breed you ever see. Bullfrogs are now used at the world frog-jumping contest each spring at the Calaveras County Fair because the red-legged frog is no longer found in the area. The frog's historic range has shrunk 70 percent because of the loss of habitat and the introduction of predators. The service said the frog could still be found in 256 streams or drainages, mostly along the north-central coast. But the Center for Biological Diversity said only four places were known to have more than 350 frogs. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/10/science/10FROG.html?ex=1037903520ei=1en=f613929760cf7750 HOW TO ADVERTISE - For information on advertising in e-mail newsletters or other creative advertising opportunities with The New York Times on the Web, please contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit our online media kit at http://www.nytimes.com/adinfo For general information about NYTimes.com, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Copyright 2002 The New York Times Company 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://archive.jab.org/ctrl;listserv.aol.com/ A HREF=http://archive.jab.org/ctrl;listserv.aol.com/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: [eejh][Antisemitism] The Baghdad-Havana Axis of Jew Hatred
-Caveat Lector- The Baghdad-Havana Axis of Jew Hatred By Myles Kantor Saddam Hussein's staunchest ally is 90 miles from America, and his name is Fidel Castro. In the late 1980s, Cuban orthopedic surgeon Rodrigo Alvarez Cambras removed a lethal tumor in Hussein's back. Hussein generously remunerated Cambras-also head of the Cuban-Iraqi Friendship Association-who gave the money to Castro and received a mansion in Havana's elite Miramar area. Cambras visited Baghdad in July to give Hussein a message from Castro. Cuba's 43-year long despot expressed the solidarity of Cuba with Hussein and congratulated him on the 34th anniversary of the socialist Ba'ath Party's coup in Iraq. Castro and Hussein have obvious similarities. Both enslave countries, promote terrorism, and detest America. Another trait connects these despots: hatred of Jews specifically manifested against the Jewish homeland. Saddam Hussein's hostility to Israel is infamous. This is the man who attacked Israel with 39 Scud missiles in 1991. This is the man who sends checks to the families of suicide bombers who massacre Israeli civilians. Hussein representatively said on September 28, +ICY-in targeting Iraq, the United States administration is acting on behalf of Zionism, which has been killing the heroic people of Palestine, destroying their property, murdering their children, and seeking to impose their domination on the whole world. And what are Castro's views of Israel? Last June in Havana, Castro led a rally of approximately 10,000 that protested Israeli genocide. The rally culminated a week of Palestinian solidarity activities organized by the regime. A student who addressed the rally declared, We want to demand the end of the genocide against our brother Arab nation. Long live the heroic Palestinian people! Long live the Arab peoples who fight against imperialism! Socialism or death! At last September's World Conference against Racism in Durban, South Africa, Castro referred to Israel's ongoing genocide against the Palestinian people. This March during a televised speech in Havana he referred to revolting and brutal killings such as the ones carried out by the State of Israel+ICY-against the people of Palestine. Accordingly, Castro's media regularly depict Israel as a Nazi regime. (One of the anti-Israel books Cuba has published is entitled Zionism: The Fascism of the Star of David.) Radio Rebelde talks about Jews who are now practicing genocide against Palestinians (9/3/01); periodical Granma International features headlines like Sharon announces continuation of Palestinian holocaust (4/9/02), Crusade against the Arab people from Washington and Tel Aviv (8/21/02), and Israeli genocide continues against the Palestinian people (8/30/02). Castro and Hussein's anti-Zionism often results in partnerships to delegitimize Israel. For instance, in 1991 both voted against repealing the 1975 United Nations resolution equating Zionism with racism. (Cuba and Iraq co-sponsored the resolution in 1975.) The Iraqi News Agency reported when Cambras visited Hussein in April for his birthday, Condemning the Zionist crimes against our people in Palestine, Cambras described them as Nazi crimes+ICY-He called on the world and its governments to take a decisive stand against the crimes of the Zionist aggressors. Like Hussein, Castro has a long history of backing aggression against Israel. From sending thousands of troops to aid Syria in the 1973 Yom Kippur War through the present training of Palestinian terrorists, Castro is in the vanguard of anti-Zionist violence. (The most notorious terrorist Cuba has trained is Illich R+AOE-mirez S+AOE-nchez, a.k.a. Carlos the Jackal.) Over 90% of Cuban Jews have fled since Castro came to power, and those who remain can't denounce the barrage of venom against Israel. If they criticize Castro or his foreign policy, Jews can be charged with crimes such as disrespect and enemy propaganda. Cuban Jew Tony Fune observes, I understand that we have no freedom of speech, no freedom of the press, no freedom to travel, no freedom to choose how we will educate our children. And I understand that's not right. The Anti-Defamation League, which describes itself as the world's leading organization fighting anti-Semitism, hasn't issued so much as a press release on Cuba. The B'nai B'rith, the world's best known Jewish human rights organization, ignores the systematic violation of Cuban Jews' human rights. In fact, the B'nai B'rith plans to visit Cuba in December, pouring money into an archenemy of the Jewish homeland. President Bush talks about regime change in Iraq. Hussein's terrorist brother in Havana deserves likewise, and Cuba's captive Jews deserve the solidarity of their free brethren. http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Printable.asp?ID=4381 A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic
[CTRL] NYTimes.com Article: An Animal's Place
-Caveat Lector- This article from NYTimes.com has been sent to you by [EMAIL PROTECTED] An Animal's Place November 10, 2002 By MICHAEL POLLAN The first time I opened Peter Singer's ''Animal Liberation,'' I was dining alone at the Palm, trying to enjoy a rib-eye steak cooked medium-rare. If this sounds like a good recipe for cognitive dissonance (if not indigestion), that was sort of the idea. Preposterous as it might seem, to supporters of animal rights, what I was doing was tantamount to reading ''Uncle Tom's Cabin'' on a plantation in the Deep South in 1852. Singer and the swelling ranks of his followers ask us to imagine a future in which people will look back on my meal, and this steakhouse, as relics of an equally backward age. Eating animals, wearing animals, experimenting on animals, killing animals for sport: all these practices, so resolutely normal to us, will be seen as the barbarities they are, and we will come to view ''speciesism'' -- a neologism I had encountered before only in jokes -- as a form of discrimination as indefensible as racism or anti-Semitism. Even in 1975, when ''Animal Liberation'' was first published, Singer, an Australian philosopher now teaching at Princeton, was confident that he had the wind of history at his back. The recent civil rights past was prologue, as one liberation movement followed on the heels of another. Slowly but surely, the white man's circle of moral consideration was expanded to admit first blacks, then women, then homosexuals. In each case, a group once thought to be so different from the prevailing ''we'' as to be undeserving of civil rights was, after a struggle, admitted to the club. Now it was animals' turn. That animal liberation is the logical next step in the forward march of moral progress is no longer the fringe idea it was back in 1975. A growing and increasingly influential movement of philosophers, ethicists, law professors and activists are convinced that the great moral struggle of our time will be for the rights of animals. So far the movement has scored some of its biggest victories in Europe. Earlier this year, Germany became the first nation to grant animals a constitutional right: the words ''and animals'' were added to a provision obliging the state to respect and protect the dignity of human beings. The farming of animals for fur was recently banned in England. In several European nations, sows may no longer be confined to crates nor laying hens to ''battery cages'' -- stacked wired cages so small the birds cannot stretch their wings. The Swiss are amending their laws to change the status of animals from ''things'' to ''beings.'' Though animals are still very much ''things'' in the eyes of American law, change is in the air. Thirty-seven states have recently passed laws making some forms of animal cruelty a crime, 21 of them by ballot initiative. Following protests by activists, McDonald's and Burger King forced significant improvements in the way the U.S. meat industry slaughters animals. Agribusiness and the cosmetics and apparel industries are all struggling to defuse mounting public concerns over animal welfare. Once thought of as a left-wing concern, the movement now cuts across ideological lines. Perhaps the most eloquent recent plea on behalf of animals, a new book called ''Dominion,'' was written by a former speechwriter for President Bush. And once outlandish ideas are finding their way into mainstream opinion. A recent Zogby poll found that 51 percent of Americans believe that primates are entitled to the same rights as human children. What is going on here? A certain amount of cultural confusion, for one thing. For at the same time many people seem eager to extend the circle of our moral consideration to animals, in our factory farms and laboratories we are inflicting more suffering on more animals than at any time in history. One by one, science is dismantling our claims to uniqueness as a species, discovering that such things as culture, tool making, language and even possibly self-consciousness are not the exclusive domain of Homo sapiens. Yet most of the animals we kill lead lives organized very much in the spirit of Descartes, who famously claimed that animals were mere machines, incapable of thought or feeling. There's a schizoid quality to our relationship with animals, in which sentiment and brutality exist side by side. Half the dogs in America will receive Christmas presents this year, yet few of us pause to consider the miserable life of the pig -- an animal easily as intelligent as a dog -- that becomes the Christmas ham. We tolerate this disconnect because the life of the pig has moved out of view. When's the last time you saw a pig? (Babe doesn't count.) Except for our pets, real animals -- animals living and dying -- no longer figure in our everyday lives. Meat comes from the grocery store, where it is cut and packaged to look as little like parts of animals as possible. The
[CTRL] Bush's Iraq plans: Reincarnation of failed 1930s British policy
-Caveat Lector- http://www.gooff.com/news/read.asp?ID=1458 ''Bush's Iraq plans: Reincarnation of failed 1930s British policy'' By Issam Nashashibi and Abdelatif Rayan YellowTimes.org Guest Columnists (United States) (YellowTimes.org) â By all U.S. media accounts, Saddam Hussein's days are numbered. Moreover, Pentagon pundits predict a massive U.S. victory over Saddam's rusty military machine. Will Bush's Iraq policy bring a real victory to crown America's hegemony in the Middle East and elsewhere? Could history be our guidance? Bush's Iraq policy is reminiscent to the 1930s British "re-occupation" of Iraq. By March 1921, almost four years after they invaded Mesopotamia, the British created Iraq as a new entity managed by "a suitable Arab" who was a member of the Hashemite clan, King Faisal I. In addition, the British supported and promoted narrowly based groups - such as tribal leaders - over the growing, urban-based nationalist movement. In pursuing this policy, the British were attempting to achieve their military objectives of securing their route to India and controlling strategic oil sources. By the mid-1930s, Iraq exported oil via a pipeline to refineries in Haifa, Palestine. Palestine, at that time, was in turmoil. Palestinian Arabs were rioting against the Zionist-promoted Jewish immigration to Palestine. Faisal was alarmed about Jewish immigration and expected that "bloodshed would certainly result" from such a demographic change. However, his concern was mostly centered on the negative effect of any bloodshed in Palestine on Iraqi-British relations as confirmed by the August 1936 British Foreign Office's "Report on the Repercussions in Iraq of the Creation of a National Home for the Jews in Palestine." Although public sentiment supported Arab Palestinians against such foreign encroachment, Iraqi governments were careful not to shatter Iraqi-British relations while repeatedly warning Britain about the destabilizing effect of Iraqi public opinion's pro-Palestinian sentiments. Their official policy on Jewish immigration to Palestine resembled walking a tight rope: it avoided offending British sensibilities without inflaming public opinion. To mollify public sentiments, Iraqi governments fostered unofficial support for the Arab cause in Palestine. As a result, Iraq became the center of pan-Arab anti-British activities and a mecca for Egyptian, Syrian and Palestinian nationalists. Despite these strong nationalistic anti-British public sentiments, the British managed to coerce the Iraqi government into entering WWII in support of Britain. The immediate effect of this British political pressure was riots in Baghdad and the killing of several hundred people, mostly Jewish Iraqis. Perceived as a threat to their interest, the riots were countered by British military intervention and the resignation of the Iraqi Prime Minister, Rashid Ali, in favor of a new "suitable Arab." With British blessing, martial law was established and the new government started to act against the "subversive" nationalist forces that dominated Iraqi public life. Thus started what the nationalists described as the "second British occupation of Iraq," which also included efforts of "re-structuring" Iraq with complete British and American supervision as reported by the New York Times. The British resumed full control of the education system while the Americans dominated the media. All nationalist and militaristic materials were banned and deleted from textbooks. In addition, the army was purged or neglected. Clearly, there is nothing new in the current U.S. military scenarios to invade Iraq especially what Administration officials allude to in their post Saddam plans. Such policies confirm the Administration's intention to conquer and occupy Iraq. They also call for disarming Iraq and "downsizing" its armed forces while getting Iraq ready for a "democratic transition" and the removal of senior officials of the governing Baâath Party. "Much of the bureaucracy would carry on under new management," a U.S. official added. These officials were silent about their quest for a "suitable Arab" to implement their post Saddam plans; perhaps another member of the Hashemite clan currently ruling Jordan. They also concealed their intention to pull Iraq from its Arab roots and make it a NATO member by altering nationalist and religious forces in Iraqi society. Iraqi opposition groups have signed on to the Administration's plans and are fully cooperating with their Washington handlers to create a "federal, non-Arab demilitarized Iraq" as Kanan Makiya, the group's ideologist, envisioned post Saddam Iraq in his speech at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) symposium two weeks ago. Makiya further detailed the thinking of "some Iraqi circles" that are "working closely with some agencies of the [U.S.] government" in planning for post Saddam rule. He argued for a "federal" Iraqi government, which "cannot be
[CTRL] Advocating Crimes Against Humanity
-Caveat Lector- http://palestinechronicle.com/article.php?story=20021108171511185 Advocating Crimes Against Humanity Friday, November 08 2002 @ 05:15 PM GMT âWhile the HRW report on the suicide bombings singles out four Palestinian groups , it notably exonerates the Palestinian Authority and its president, Yasser Arafat, of the same charge ..â By Tarif Abboushi HOUSTON (PC) - The most recent definition of crimes against humanity under customary international law is contained in Article 7(1) of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. It includes the following acts, among others, when committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against any civilian population, with knowledge of the perpetrators or supporters of the attack: murder, deportation or forcible transfer of population, and apartheid. On November 1st the New York-based international human rights organization Human Rights Watch released a report titled Erased in a Moment: Suicide bombing Attacks Against Israeli Civilians. The report finds that Palestinians who plan and execute suicide bombings against Israeli civilians are guilty of crimes against humanity. Last May the same organization released another report, Jenin: IDF Military Operations, in which it charged that the Israeli military committed serious violations of international humanitarian law, some amounting prima facie to war crimes, during its incursion into the Jenin refugee camp. Amnesty International presented Israeli authorities with a report containing similar charges on November 2nd. Of the many impressions made by the Human Rights Watch reports, one of the most salient is that while Palestinian crimes against humanity are committed by individuals and groups that are outside the national chain of command, Israeli war crimes are committed by the most prominent institution of the state, the IDF, a military establishment largely equipped and funded by the United States of America. While the HRW report on the suicide bombings singles out four Palestinian groups â Hamas, Islamic Jihad, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, and the al-Aqsa Martyrâs Brigade â as criminally culpable for planning and executing suicide bombings against Israeli civilian targets, it notably exonerates the Palestinian Authority and its president, Yasser Arafat, of the same charge. According to the report the PA bears political, but not criminal, responsibility for suicide bombings, for failing to do all it could to stop the bombings and bring the perpetrators to justice when it had the means to do so. HRW studied documents presented by Israel and found no evidence that Arafat or the PA planned or ordered suicide bombings against Israeli civilians. The Jenin report saddles Israel with the primary obligation to carry out criminal investigations to ascertain and prosecute those responsible for Israeli war crimes. Israel has predictably ignored that obligation. Indeed, Shaoul Mofaz, who was IDF Chief of Staff at the time of the Jenin incursion and who is widely regarded an extremist among Israelâs hawks, is now Israelâs Defense Minister. Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu â who a few days ago became Israelâs new foreign minister â sponsored a resolution rejecting the creation of a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza at a meeting of the Likud partyâs central committee last May. It passed overwhelmingly. Mr. Netanyahu and his Likud colleagues did not comment on what was to become of the 3.5 million Muslims and Christians who make up the Palestinian population of the West Bank and Gaza, but the options are clear. The first is to perpetuate their status as non-citizen residents in a form of apartheid. The second is to transfer them to Jordan, an option widely discussed in Israel and strongly advocated by some members of Israelâs parliament. The third is to grant them Israeli citizenship. Israel dismisses the third option out of hand, as demographic projections indicate it would take less than two decades for Jews to become a minority between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, at which point Israel would have to formally choose between being a Jewish state or a democratic one. That leaves the first and second options, both of which, according to international law, are crimes against humanity. A large number of Americans would do well to recognize that fact. They include the tens of millions of evangelicals, fundamentalists and Pentecostals that form the rank and file of the Christian Coalition, as well as prominent elected representatives like House Majority Leader Richard Armey (R-TX) and House Majority Whip Tom Delay (R-TX). By maintaining that biblical Judea and Samaria are an inextricable part of Israel and supporting Israelâs rejection of the third option regarding the future of the indigenous population, they in effect invoke the name of God to advocate a crime against humanity. A
[CTRL] The Impenetrable Black Square
-Caveat Lector- Greetings. I have a question for all. Has anybody ever heard of any kind of syndrom, induced or otherwise where a person sees nothing but a black square in their vision? Meaning that one can see fine in periphial vision, but looking foward as always is obstructed by this impenetrable black square. TIA 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://archive.jab.org/ctrl;listserv.aol.com/ A HREF=http://archive.jab.org/ctrl;listserv.aol.com/ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] The Impenetrable Black Square
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 11/9/2002 11:29:51 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Greetings. I have a question for all. Has anybody ever heard of any kind of syndrom, induced or otherwise where a person sees nothing but a black square in their vision? Meaning that one can see fine in periphial vision, but looking foward as always is obstructed by this impenetrable black square. TIA Tequila tends to provoke this sort of response in me...specifically the next day! Bill. A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Israeli Occupation Soaks Ramadan with Blood, Tears of Palestinians
-Caveat Lector- http://www.palestine-pmc.com/details.asp?cat=1id=235 Israeli Occupation Soaks Ramadan with Blood, Tears of Palestinians 09/11/2002 Palestine Media Center- (PMC) Palestinians facing what has unfortunately become the routine humiliation of the ongoing Israeli occupation on the first Friday of the holy month of Ramadan were prevented from reaching local mosques to attend the special Friday prayer. In occupied east Jerusalem, tens of thousands of Muslims flocked peacefully to Al-Aqsa mosque compound Friday for the first weekly prayers of the holy month of Ramadan, amid tight Israeli closure and siege, which prevented hundreds of thousands living in the West Bank and Gaza Strip from attending the Friday prayer. Some 150,000 Muslim worshipers gathered at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound while more than 2,000 Israeli police were deployed throughout the city, Israeli security sources said. Nevertheless, the Mufti of Jerusalem and Palestine, Sheikh Ikremah Ssabri, said only 30,000 worshipers were allowed to enter the compound to attend the prayer due to Israeli roadblocks erected on the cityâs entrances. Dozens of military and police roadblocks were dispatched throughout the city as part of the Israeli restrictions adopted to prevent Palestinians from reaching Islamâs third holy site after Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia. The road outside Jaffa Gate, one of seven entrances to Jerusalemâs Old City, was closed to traffic, while a surveillance helicopter reinforced Israeli police patrols, witnesses said. Since the start of the Palestinian uprising, Israel has often prohibited Jerusalemites under the age of 40 from entering the compound. Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza Strip are banned from entering the city since 1993. Muslims fast from dawn-to-dusk during Ramadan-- one of the five pillars of Islam-- which marks the revelation of their holy book, the Koran, and is also a period of alms giving. The current Palestinian intifada, or uprising for independence, broke out in September 2000 when Ariel Sharon, now Israelâs prime minister, entered the compound in a provocative visit, which Muslims and Arabs saw as a desecration to the holiness of Al-Aqsa. While the âfortunateâ ones prayed at Al-Aqsa, Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) killed a Palestinian man in the West Bank village of Tell, as he was driving to the mosque. A passenger was also wounded in the shooting, witnesses said. The victim, Ahmed Ramadan, 32, was killed and a passenger was wounded when troops fired on a car traveling to a mosque for the first Friday prayers of the holy month, witnesses added. âThe troops fired directly on the vehicle without warning,â Tell mayor, Adnan Aseifeh told AFP. Earlier in the day, another person, identified as 25-year-old Radi Balawni, was killed by IOF during a raid on Tulkaremâs refugee camp. A 13-year-old Palestinian boy was also seriously wounded in the chest Thursday when an Israeli tank opened fire on a group of young stone-throwers in Nablus, Palestinian medical sources told AFP. The boy, identified as Rashad Yassin, was evacuated to hospital where he is being treated for severe wounds, Palestinian medical sources confirmed, The city has been cut off into two parts, which are alternately placed under curfew. Moreover, witnesses said Israeli armed settlers chased Palestinian olive pickers away with dogs near the West Bank city of Nablus on Friday. The attack took place near the illegal Israeli settlement outpost of âHavat Giladâ, which IOF claimed they have dismantled earlier last month. Israeli armed settlers have been intimidating and harassing Palestinian farmers during the month-long olive harvest, according to local and international aid workers. In Gaza Strip, two Palestinian civilians were wounded, one of them critically, when an Israeli armored unit entered the Khan Yunis City in the southern Gaza Strip to demolish a home, belonging to the family of Ashur Brif, 25, who was shot dead Wednesday after shooting two Israeli settlers at the illegal Israeli settlement of âRafah-Yamâ. According to foreign figures, nearly 70 Palestinian-owned houses have been razed by IOF since August. Such Israeli operations are condemned globally by human rights organizations, which described the Israeli measure as âcollective punishmentâ. Israeli undercover units meanwhile kidnapped a Palestinian activist, who is a member of the Islamic Jihad movement in Tulkarem, in the northern West Bank, witnesses said. They also detained at least a dozen civilians during house searches and raids, witnesses added. Islamic Jihad leader Abdel Nasser Sweiss was kidnapped inside his brothersâ downtown supermarket in Tulkarem by Israeli Special Forces camouflaged in civilian clothing, Palestinian witnesses added To the south, in the village of Hussan near Bethlehem, IOF detained two Palestinian activists in their early twenties, Palestinian security officials
[CTRL] OPERATION HIGH-JUMP
-Caveat Lector- http://www.thule.org/highjump.html OPERATION HIGH-JUMP In 1947 Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal sent a naval task force to Antarctic including Admiral Nimitz, Admiral Krusen and Admiral Byrd, called "Operation Highjump". It was touted to be an expedition to find "coal deposits" and other valuable resources, but in actuality they were trying to find the underground base of the nazis (aryans) in Neuschwabenlandt. The nazis had done a very detailed study of Antarctic and were alleged to have built an underground base there. In this regard however, the aryans have had an underground habitation in Antarctic for more than a million years. The task force of OVER 40 SHIPS, included the flagship "Mount Olympus", the aircraft carrier "Philipine Sea", the seaplane tender "Pine Sea", the submarine "Senate", the destroyer "Bronson", the ice breaker "Northwind", and other tanker and supply ships. An armed contingent of 1400 sailors, and three dog sled teams were also on board. The expedition was filmed by the Navy and brought to Hollywood to be made into a commercial film called "The Secret Land". It was narrated by Hollywood actor Robert Montgomery (Naval reserve Officer) . There were three divisions of Operation High Jump: one land group with tractors, explosives, and plenty of equipment to refurbish "Little America", and make an airstrip to land the six R-4D's (DC-3's), and two seaplane groups. The R4-D's were fitted with jet-assist takeoff bottles (JATO) in order to takeoff from the short runway of the aircraft carrier "Philipine Sea". They also were fitted with large skis for landing on the ice field prepared for them. The skis were specially fitted at three inches above the surface of the carrier deck. When landing on the ice at "Little America" the three inches of tire in contact with the snow and ice provided just enough and not too much drag for a smooth landing. Admiral Byrd's team of six R4-D's were fitted with the super secret "Trimetricon" spy cameras and each plane was trailing a magnetometer. They flew over as much of the continent as they could in the short three month "summer" period, mapping and recording magnetic data. Magnetometers show anomalies in the Earth's magnetism, i.e. if there is a "hollow" place under the surface ice or ground, it will show up on the meter. On the last of many "mapping" flights where all six planes went out, each on certain pre-ordained paths to film and "measure" with magnetometers, Admiral Byrd's plane returned THREE HOURS LATE. It was stated that he had "lost an engine" and had had to throw everything overboard except the films themselves and the results of magnetometer readings in order to maintain altitude long enough to return to Little America. This is most certainly the time when he met with representatives of the aryans and a contingent of nazis. The task force came steaming back with their data which then became classified "top secret". Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal retired and started to "talk". He was put in Bethesda Naval Hospital psychiatric ward where he was prevented from seeing or talking to anyone, including his wife! after a short while he was thrown out the window while trying to hang himself with a bedsheet. It was ruled a suicide, case closed. He was telling people about the underground aryan base. 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] Fwd: [eejh][Antisemitism] The Baghdad-Havana Axis of Jew Hatred
-Caveat Lector- I seem to recall that there is a thriving Jewish community in Havana and that the only parochial schools Fidel did not close were the Jewish schools - because he saw Jews as brothers in the struggle against oppression. There was a documentary.Havana Nagila: The Jews of Cuba, made on this - http://www.jewishcuba.org/nagila.html The task of the Jew, one Castro supporter asserts, is not only to figure out how to live well but to contribute to peace and justice wherever in the world he may live. on 11/10/02 12:18 AM, Tenorlove at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Baghdad-Havana Axis of Jew Hatred By Myles Kantor -- --- -- -- -- -- They that can give up essential liberty for a little safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. Ben Franklin NEURONAUTIC INSTITUTE on-line: http://home.earthlink.net/~thew A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF=http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html;Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http://archive.jab.org/ctrl;listserv.aol.com/ A HREF=http://archive.jab.org/ctrl;listserv.aol.com/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: [global_news_net] GNN - DON'T ATTACK IRAQ
-Caveat Lector- --- Start of forwarded message --- GLOBAL NEWS NET Newsbreaks Analysis Commentary Awareness Leading to Solutions Global News Net is a forum whose mission is to present diverse information, commentary and analysis for the purpose of promoting solution-oriented awareness and introspection leading to informed choices. November 9, 2002 WEBB: DON'T ATTACK IRAQ Former Marine Urges Restraint By ALEX FRIEDRICH [EMAIL PROTECTED] A former Cabinet member under former President Ronald Reagan told military officers Thursday in Monterey that the United States should not invade Iraq. Former Secretary of the Navy James Webb said the country should focus instead on eliminating international terrorism. Speaking at the Naval Postgraduate School, Webb said that without a clear understanding of consequences - or a clear exit strategy - U.S. forces face a decades-long occupation that could sap American resolve and resources. The United States also risks inflaming Arab anger even more if it invades without first finding a solution to the Palestinian problem - which would include establishment of a Palestinian state, Webb said. I am very concerned with the direction this country may be going with regard to Iraq, Webb told several hundred students and faculty members. Are we going to reshape American foreign policy to put (soldiers) on the ground in the Middle East? I think it's a mistake. Webb, a best-selling novelist who also has written nonfiction since leaving the military, cautioned against an invasion in a Sept. 4 article in the Wall Street Journal. He has argued against toppling the regime and rebuilding the government unless the United States is in direct danger. The evidence of such danger, he said, is not in sight. Despite the size of the U.S. armed forces, he said, a collection of 1.5 million troops is not that many if it's spread out over the world. There are a lot of recently retired officers with experience who are concerned, he said. The failure of the United States to solve the Palestinian problem would also complicate any invasion by inflaming Arab tension. I don't think we have clean hands in the Palestinian issue, he said, and have failed to effect a Palestinian state. Without that happening, anything we do in that region can be misconstrued to our detriment. America must also focus on aggressively pursuing trans-national terrorist organizations, he said, even if it means (crossing) boundaries of (host) countries not doing the policing. The American government must tell such countries: If you can't control them, we're going to get them. Webb also voiced suspicions over China, which has maintained ties to Muslim countries in Southeast Asia for years. A war with Iraq would allow China to isolate the United States diplomatically and further its expansionist ambitions in the region. Despite his concern, Webb said the recent Republican congressional sweep probably wouldn't accelerate a move against Iraq. Though Bush may find it easier to implement policy in a Republican-controlled Congress, key members of his party still have strong reservations about an invasion. Republican senators Richard Lugar and Charles Hagel - key members of the Senate's Foreign Relations Committee - share Webb's concerns of hasty action. I don't think the change in leadership is going to be positive for the administration on this issue, he said. Webb was secretary of the Navy from 1987 to 1988, when he resigned over a naval reduction of forces. Before that, he was assistant secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs for three years, and counsel to the House Committee on Veterans Affairs from 1977 to 1981. He has written six best-selling novels, one of which - Fields of Fire - is being made into a feature film by RKO productions. His also won an Emmy for his coverage of the U.S. Marines in Beirut for PBS. Webb earned decorations including the Navy Cross, Silver Star and Purple Hearts while serving with the Fifth Marine Regiment in Vietnam. © 2001 mcherald and wire service sources. All Rights Reserved. http://www.montereyherald.com ** Global News Net is a free newsletter published by Dandelion Books, LLC, Tempe, Arizona. If others wish to subscribe to the free Global News Net newsletter, please have them click on [EMAIL PROTECTED] . For archived issues of Global News Net, click on www.groups.yahoo.com/ global_news_net/ With the exception of articles and other input bearing the by-line of Carol Adler, President of Dandelion Books, LLC and owner of Global News Net, the material presented in the GNN newsletters does not necessarily reflect the opinions and outlook of Dandelion Books, LLC. To unsubscribe from this group, send an
