[CTRL] The deep politics of regime removal in Iraq: Overt conquest, covert operations - Pt. 4
-Caveat Lector- http://www.onlinejournal.com/Special_Reports/Chin111402/chin111402.html I don't know about this CIA SR-71 stuff ... I don't think eight people plus aircrew can fit on it (unless slung from a removable pod or one of the missile bays. I hate it when people write s*** and make these acronymical postulations that may turn out to be less than accurate. But, that's life: making sense of things that don't follow true form. http://www.sr-71.org/blackbird/index.htm AER The deep politics of regime removal in Iraq: Overt conquest, covert operations Part Four: The unfinished business between Saddam Hussein and George H.W. Bush By Larry Chin Online Journal Contributing Editor November 14, 2002In a much-publicized CNN interview on September 18, 2002, former President and CIA Director George H.W. Bush declared that he hates Saddam Hussein. This canard-filled propaganda display was designed to cloak the historical fact that the elder Bush loved Saddam Husseinas a key Middle East ally, a CIA asset, and partner in numerous illegal business partnerships. Indeed, the recalcitrant Saddam Hussein poses a grave threat, i.e., to the secrecy that cloaks the Bush family's involvement in some of the most unsavory episodes in American history. Read My Lips, I'm Lying I hate Saddam Hussein, the trembling former president told interviewer Paula Zahn. I don't hate a lot of people. I don't hate easily, but I think he's, as I say, his word is no good and he's a brute. I have nothing but hatred in my heart for him. Bush added, threateningly, He's got a lot of problems, but immortality isn't one of them. Not satisfied with simply offering deceptive opinion, the elder Bush began reeling off historical falsehoods, starting with the now-classic Saddam Hussein gassing legend. He's used poison gas on his own people! Bush declared, not mentioning, of course, that he and other members of the Reagan-Bush administrations armed the Iraqi regime with this poison gas, and encouraged its use. As documented by US Congressional records, the Reagan administrationwith VP George H.W. Bush spearheading top-level policyfurnished Iraq with the biological and chemical materials, throughout the 1980s. This continued through Bush I's administration, right up to the start of the Gulf War. Poison gas used in the Iran-Iraq War was manufactured using ingredients reportedly supplied by LaFarge Corporation, of which Bush was a substantial owner, and Hillary Rodham Clinton was a director. On July 3, 1991, the Financial Times reported that a Florida company run by an Iraqi national had produced cyanidesome of which went to Iraq for use in chemical weaponsand had shipped it via a CIA contractor. According to investigative journalist Tom Flocco, Baker Botts, the law firm of then- Secretary of State James Baker, maintained numerous legal and financial ties with a Boca Raton, Florida, chemical company headed by Iraqi terrorist Ihsan Barbouti. This connection continued, according to Flocco, during the period when illegal nerve gas precursors were shipped by the Boca Raton company to Iraq just months prior to the outbreak of Gulf War hostilities. With the help of then-Attorney General Richard Thornburgh, Bush manufactured a conflict of interest waiver that absolved his administration from criminal prosecution. Of course, this waiver was kept secret from Congress. Details of another direct Bush-Iraq tie emerged in September 1992, when a six-month investigation by John Connolly in Spy Magazine exposed that Wackenhut Corporation (a CIA front company) ferried equipment for the manufacture of chemical weapons to Iraq in 1990. George Wackenhut is a close friend of the Bush family, and has made enormous contributions to the campaigns of all Bush family members who have run for office. A recent New York Times page one story (8/18/02), Officers Say US Aided Iraq in War Despite Use of Gas, revealed that the Reagan administration provided Iraq with battle planning assistance despite knowledge that chemical weapons were being used against Iran. Members of the current Bush administration, leftovers from the previous Bush reign, were also heavily involved. Journalist Jeremy Scahill reported that in 1984, Donald Rumsfeld was in a position to draw the world's attention to Saddam's chemical threat. He was in Baghdad as the UN concluded that chemical weapons had been used against Iran. He was armed with a fresh communication from the State Department that it had available evidence Iraq was using chemical weapons. But Rumsfeld said nothing. Reagan-Bush also provided Saddam with dual-use technology computers, armored vehicles, helicopters, chemicalsthrough a vast network of companies, based in the U.S. and abroad. Apologists for Bush might insist that, regardless of US involvement, the Iraqis still gassed the Kurds. Not entirely true. According to UC Berkeley Professor Peter Dale Scott, Stephen Pelletiere, chief of the CIA
[CTRL] POLITICAL CHRISTIANITY AND AMERICA
-Caveat Lector- POLITICAL CHRISTIANITY AND AMERICAA LESSON FROM HISTORY By: Novakeo [EMAIL PROTECTED] If history is to serve mankind in any positive way, we must collectively endeavor to learn from it, especially from past mistakes in socio-political behavior. There is a dangerous development within this countries political landscape concerning the convergence of interests between many in the Christian right and the Bush government, specifically with Bushs cabal of Israel first fanatics described as neocons or main stream conservatives. This unholy alliance between Christian evangelical dispensationalists, charismatics and the liberals in drag of the Republican Party can be best described as an apostasy for the church and the whoring of its fundamental principles. This vile degenerative union can find in history a familiar parallel of what will be the inevitable maturation and outcome when Gods Kingdom which at present is spiritual and not of this world is converged with human government. We need not look further then Germany in the 1920s and early 1930s to find a similar dimensional parallel. First, we must look at the societal conditions of Germany and where German Christians were politically and socially. We also need to ask ourselves and look at what were the conditions which was post World War I Germany that allowed for the great deception which was National Socialism. What were the conditions in the German Christian community that gave birth to a yearning for a political and national savior that would reestablish the Christian conservative traditions and national greatness which was the old Reich? Most of us know that the majority of the leaders of the Nazis including Adolf Hitler were not Christians at all, but that does not really matter here because, then, like today, truth was something in an alternate reality. What was real to Germans at that time was the relative perception of a Christian political savior that promised them everything they wanted to here. The Nazis had an extraordinary religious component to them and that the Christian community was in such a state that they willfully accepted this hideous delusion. They wanted to believe and no amount of truth would alter their perception. Ultra liberalism permeated German society on all levels; everything that conservatives and Christians regarded as perverse was glorified in post World War I Germany. Sexual promiscuity, sodomy and feminism were the order of the day. In the media, any deviancy was magnified and glorified and declared normal behavior. Sound familiar? Prostitutes and pornography was rampant and regarded as daring where violent rape of young girls and boys was exiting and an object of lusting. All of it was sensationalized by the German elites in the media, social and cultural circles. Of course all of this was anathema to the conservatives and Christians of Germany; they rightfully saw this as cancerous and detrimental to their country and society. They saw the political left of Germany as cultural murderers that needed to be stopped at any cost, even making alliances with the devil was deemed necessary in order to establish an opposition and deterrence to the liberal-socialist-communistic scum that was destroying the moral fabric of the nation. German Christians and conservatives rightfully concluded that it was a deliberate social and political policy by Germanys liberal intelligentsia to destroy the vestiges of cultural identity and the national pride of the nation. Indeed, that is the essence of liberalism and all its variants today as it was then in Germany. There is nothing new in organized religion getting politically involved with the political and economic elites of a country. It happens over and over again through out history, and it always morphs, for any country in question, into a very aggressive and belligerent establishment and government. And whenever organized religion chose to get involved with the elites of the nation, it was always in the accepted premise that it was doing so to save the moral fabric of the society in question. German Christians and conservatives decided that they needed to save the nation and the only party that was singing their tune was the National Socialist German Workers Party. Never mind that the Nazis were really politically leftist, what mattered most was the Nazis were saying what they desperately needed to here, and that was enough to allow themselves to be deceived and manipulated by clever homicidal hypocrites. That is what is happening to a lesser extent today in this country to the religious right who are allowing themselves to be manipulated by so called mainstream conservatives (neoconservatives) who are nothing more than closet
Re: [CTRL] NYTimes.com Article: In the Name of Security, Privacy for Me, Not ...
-Caveat Lector- It may be that we can resist. In fact I hope this is so. But the point is that all of the weapons and the ability to fend off resistance lies with the government and the militarized police. Just look at what happened with the WTO protests in Seattle and elsewhere. They declare "no protest" zones, they use riot control tactics to disperse. Most people are unaffected in the short term, they don't think that trade agreement or that security bill will affect them anytime soon so they don't care. By the time they do care it will be too late to protest. Welcome to the desert of the real. A HREF=""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=""Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=""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] Miss World chief blames press for Nigeria debacle
-Caveat Lector- Miss World chief bimbo fancies herself an expert on Nigerian internal affairs. http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_107891,0005.htm Miss World chief blames press for Nigeria debacle Agence France-Presse Abuja, November 24 The president of the Miss World Organisation, Julia Morley, angrily blamed the international media on Saturday for the collapse of plans to host the pageant in Nigeria. Quite honestly, you -- not individually -- but you as a group, you pulled Nigeria down and you allowed Nigeria to be humiliated, Morley told reporters at the pageant's Abuja hotel base. The Miss World party was due to leave the hotel later in the night to board a private charter plane to take it to London, the new venue of the show's December 7 grand finale, a Miss World spokeswoman Stella Din said. Morley said that the show had been forced to pull out following a barrage of negative publicity, first over northern Nigeria's use of the Sharia Islamic law code then over a bloody series of anti-Miss World riots. In particular, Morley took exception to stories which appeared in the international press about the use of amputation as a punishment by Islamic courts in northern Nigeria. At least three convicted thieves have had their hands cut off in northern Nigeria since the region began reintroducing the Sharia in 1999. Earlier this month rights lawyer Hauwa Ibrahim told reporters that 13 more people, including nine children under 18, were waiting in jails in Sokoto and Katsina state to have the hands chopped. Morley said this story had been created and demanded journalists apologise. But the contest boss also attempted to see a silver lining in the pageant's curtailed visit to Nigeria. We've got massive and wonderful footage of Nigeria and we're going to use it at the final in London, she said. The heart of the show is here in Nigeria... because it's a Nigerian show. Miss World announced early Saturday that it was quitting Nigeria after two days of rioting triggered by an article on Miss World in the Nigerian press which Muslims felt insulted the Prophet Mohammed. According to a human rights agency based in the northern city of Kaduna, scene of the worst rioting, more than 200 people have been killed. The Nigerian Red Cross said Friday that 100 people had already died. -- Outgoing mail is certified virus free Scanned by Norton AntiVirus I'm all for a free press. It's the newspapers I can't stand. ~~Tom Stoppard 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] Link to Bin Laden Screed here
-Caveat Lector- http://www.observer.co.uk/worldview/story/0,11581,845725,00.html -- 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:[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] Dangerous future oppressors killed
-Caveat Lector- the only way to end the violence is for Israel to permit a real state to exist with real contiguous borders. This will never happen. Trust me!!! Prudy Well that is the choice of the Israelis. Either they murder all Palestinians, bulldoze them into the Sea, make a deal, or continue to be murder and be murdered. The question is what is the level of murder that is acceptable to the occupier? How high is the threshold of pain? Of course the Sharonites worse nightmare is that Israel annexes the W Bank and Gaza with its Arab population and then ultimately Israel actually becomes a 'democracy' and the Arabs vote Israel into a normal secular state. So called 'terrorism' (actually Guerrilla War) is the weapon of the weak against the strong. Historically it succeeds by making the pain of occupation exceed the satisfaction of occupation. Just ask the French about Algeria or the Boers about Apartheid South Africa. Even the English are getting the message in North Ireland. BTW, what ever happened to South Vietnam? I no longer find it in my Atlas. flw 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] Dangerous future oppressors killed
-Caveat Lector- H interesting. where do you suggest the Jews go if they give up their occupancy? - Original Message - From: flw [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 24 November 2002 19:55 Subject: Re: [CTRL] Dangerous future oppressors killed -Caveat Lector- the only way to end the violence is for Israel to permit a real state to exist with real contiguous borders. This will never happen. Trust me!!! Prudy Well that is the choice of the Israelis. Either they murder all Palestinians, bulldoze them into the Sea, make a deal, or continue to be murder and be murdered. The question is what is the level of murder that is acceptable to the occupier? How high is the threshold of pain? Of course the Sharonites worse nightmare is that Israel annexes the W Bank and Gaza with its Arab population and then ultimately Israel actually becomes a 'democracy' and the Arabs vote Israel into a normal secular state. So called 'terrorism' (actually Guerrilla War) is the weapon of the weak against the strong. Historically it succeeds by making the pain of occupation exceed the satisfaction of occupation. Just ask the French about Algeria or the Boers about Apartheid South Africa. Even the English are getting the message in North Ireland. BTW, what ever happened to South Vietnam? I no longer find it in my Atlas. flw A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance-not soap-boxing-please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'-with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds-is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF=http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html;Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/;ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions 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] Auto_ID, priest probe, Where's Iraq ?
-Caveat Lector- this may be heavy for survivors Auto-ID: Tracking everything, everywhere Katherine Albrecht, CASPIAN [The following is an excerpt from the article, "Supermarket Cards: Tip of the Retail Surveillance Iceberg," accepted for Publication in the Denver University Law Review, June 2002]A new consumer goods tracking system called Auto-ID is poised to enter all of our lives, with profound implications for consumer privacy. Auto-ID couples radio frequency (RF) identification technology with highly miniaturized computers that enable products to be identified and tracked at any point along the supply chain. The system could be applied to almost any physical item, from ballpoint pens to toothpaste, which would carry their own unique information in the form of an embedded chip. The chip sends out an identification signal allowing it to communicate with reader devices and other products embedded with similar chips." http://www.nocards.org/AutoID/overview.shtml Priest probe here hits 6 states Number of abuse claims stun Cuyahoga prosecutor "11/23/02 James F. McCarty Plain Dealer Reporter "...Prosecutor William Mason mailed out about two dozen packets of information his staff collected from diocesan files and interviews with nearly 800 self-described victims of sex abuse over the past 50 years. The files contain evidence of child sex abuse in six states and 17 Ohio counties that Mason investigated but that are outside his Cuyahoga County jurisdiction." http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/1038047496286560.xml Http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/11/1120_021120_GeoRoperSurvey.html Survey Reveals Geographic Illiteracy Bijal P. Trivedi November 20, 2002 In a nation called the world's superpower, only 17 percent of young adults in the United States could find Afghanistan on a map, according to a new worldwide survey released today. The young U.S. citizens received poor marks generally in geography. But then, as results showed, their counterparts in other countries were hardly star students. The National GeographicâRoper 2002 Global Geographic Literacy Survey polled more than 3,000 18- to 24-year-olds in Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Sweden and the United States. Sweden scored highest; Mexico, lowest. The U.S. was next to last. "The survey demonstrates the geographic illiteracy of the United States," said Robert Pastor, professor of International Relations at American University, in Washington, D.C. "The results are particularly appalling in light of September 11, which traumatized America and revealed that our destiny is connected to the rest of the world." About 11 percent of young citizens of the U.S. couldn't even locate the U.S. on a map. The Pacific Ocean's location was a mystery to 29 percent; Japan, to 58 percent; France, to 65 percent; and the United Kingdom, to 69 percent. Are Young U.S. Citizens Americentric? Despite the threat of war in Iraq and the daily reports of suicide bombers in Israel, less than 15 percent of the young U.S. citizens could locate either country. More young U.S. citizens in the study knew that the island featured in last season's TV show "Survivor" is in the South Pacific than could find Israel. A HREF=""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=""Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=""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] Dangerous future oppressors killed
-Caveat Lector- -Original Message- Behalf Of flw Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 1:56 PM Of course the Sharonites worse nightmare is that Israel annexes the W Bank and Gaza with its Arab population and then ultimately Israel actually becomes a 'democracy' and the Arabs vote Israel into a normal secular state. .. ...Lord, you are a dreamer. normal secular state. Just like any other Muslim normal secular state I presume. The secular New World Order crew have tiger by the tail. They are using the Muslims to knock out the Jews and Christians in the countries where they can. (See what is happening in Britain.) It will be interesting to see the secular vs Muslim confrontation in the future. The long range goal of the NWO seculars is to have a limited population, consumer society with the consumer needed items being supplied by a small group, kind of like the feudal societies. I wonder how the untamed Muslims will like being told they need to accommodate to a secular society. 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] hauerTer
-Caveat Lector- http://armm.freeyellow.com/hauerTer.html Emergency Management a Code Word for Growing Totalitarian Corporate State TERRORISM BACKGROUND OF JEROME HAUER, WHO RAN NYC'S TOXIC SPRAYING, STRENGTHENS SUSPICION IT WAS A FASCIST CHEM- BIO WARFARE EXPERIMENT While some may think the above headline unrealistic, recent documentation has been published detailing years of experiments on the American population. Much of this is put together in the newly published book Undue Risk (by Jonathan Moreno, Publ. W. H. Freeman and Co., New York, 1999). The author was a senior staff member of a special commission created by the Clinton Administration under pressure of the Freedom of Information Act, to investigate years of government experimentation on unknowing human subjects, including spreading bacteria in the New York Subway system, spraying viruses over San Francisco, and nice things like salting school children's cereals with radioactive substances. These are crimes to which the government has confessed, the tip of the iceberg. How much more do we not know of? When Giuliani's City Hall, in consultation with the secretive network of national security, started the Mayor's Office of Emergency Management, he turned to Jerome Hauer, who was recommended already as a recognized expert on terrorism. (New York Times, Feb. 2, 1999). His exact career before being promoted to architect of Emergency Management in NYC remains shrouded in mystery. However, according to the New York Times, just before and during his four- year stint here, Hauer was part of a small team of experts who advised President Clinton and other senior federal officials about ways to combat chemical and biological terrorism aimed at the United States. In 1998, he was one of a handful of physicians, scientists and officials who helped persuade Mr. Clinton to increase federal funds to deal with such a threat. The money would go toward training state and local officials to respond to terrorists wielding biological and other unconventional weapons; developing and stockpiling vaccines to deter such attacks; and work out agreements with drug companies to manufacture antibiotics in response to such an attack. 'New York has been and will always be an attractive target for terrorists,' Mr. Hauer said in an interview soon after the White House meeting. 'And as a city and a nation at risk, we must do whatever we can sensibly do to be prepared to deal with such an event.' Mr. Hauer has also taken pride in his relatively good relations with the press, which he considers an important part of emergency response. The very next year, Hauer returned to his assignment in NYC, and right away, a brand new epidemic broke out, never before seen in the Western Hemisphere. The local spread of West Nile fever, a relatively mild form of encephalitis with a permanent damage potential similar to a typical flu, created the atmosphere where an apparatus could be kicked into gear to deal with such an event. The curious fact that the virus was new to this hemisphere meant that its spread could be monitored, as its presence could be differentiated in blood samples from the many unreported asymptomatic cases of mosquito borne diseases, such as St. Louis Encephalitis, which generally is present on a significnt level. The relative mildness of the disease could make it a sensible thing to do, in some psychotic modes of thinking, if it could provoke society into being prepared. Public, open-ended discussion of creating such a mechanism might be too slow and inefficient, from such a point of view, and anyway, the people cannot be trusted to decide on what Big Brother knows is best. Furthermore, democratic discussion sets the wrong precedent, since it feeds on itself, and encourages people to think that political power should derive from the willing and informed consent of the governed. Former NYC Health Commissioner (1991-7) Dr. Margaret Hamburg, who has moved up to the post of assistant secretary for planning and evaluation at the Federal Department of Health and Human Services, praised Hauer's response to the epidemic, and in particular the decision to start a massive spraying campaign immediately. (New York Times, Nov. 25, 1999). The epidemic, in fact, tested many of the emergency management systems that Mr. Hauer had put in place. The mayor almost immediately received reports of unusual deaths, a reporting system that Mr. Hauer had emphasized as a first line of defense against natural or terrorist-inspired epidemics. Did the real terrorism, as usual, come out of the government? First there was the West Nile provocation, which did sicken dozens and kill several, if we can believe the government labs in which the diagnosis was refined and confirmed. Assuming so, that can be seen as an effective biological warfare experiment. Then there was the massive spraying, and a resultant test in chemical warfare (though counterproductive in combating
[CTRL] Fwd: The Dallas Conspiracy Lives on:
-Caveat Lector- A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF=http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html;Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/;ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om ---BeginMessage--- -Caveat Lector- The Dallas Conspiracy Lives on: For about two years I have been selling 12 letters and documents on ebay pertaining to George de Mohrenschildt and the CIA. I have never had a negative complaint until now. By looking at the items purchased I found that the person Everett Ledet of Dallas has been purchasing CIA training certificates for $46.00 and $6.00 for the evidence that proves a conspiracy from me. What more can one ask for? I took care of his negative comment by pointing this out. Many of you went to Dallas and if you know this person, please feel free to share. Click here for CIA CERTIFICATE PURCHASE of same EBAYER: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemcategory=587item=735191268 CLICK here for Adamson vs. Everett Ledet transaction: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemcategory=208item=734983288 Click on number after user I.D. to see comments for others to see. Bruce C. Adamson Please visit website at http://ciajfk.com * Name: Everett Ledet (The sender of this payment is Verified) Buyer's Auction ID: royal_riss Email Address That Payment Was Sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gross Amount: 6.50 Fee Amount: -0.49 Net Amount: 6.01 Insurance: 0.00 Shipping: 1.50 Quantity: 1 Item/Product Name: OSWALD CIA PAL wrote to LBJ JFK-2-63/4-63 Item/Product Number:734983288 Date: Nov 20, 2002 Time: 5:57:39 Status :Completed Shipping Address (Status: Confirmed) Everett Ledet 14655 Coit Dallas, TX 75254 USA _ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF=http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html;Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/;ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om ---End Message---
[CTRL] 9/11 - Did Mossad Know?
-Caveat Lector- http://www.blackelectorate.com/articles.asp?ID=480 Did Mossad Know? By David Graham Du Bois The reports emanating from the Middle East that some 1200 Israeli citizens working at the World Trade Center failed to show up for work on September 11 have been widely scoffed at. However, an early report that U.S. officials would investigate the allegation has been followed by stone silence. Any investigation should begin by checking the roster of occupants of the WTC for Israeli residents. And, remember, American Jews can become Israeli citizens and maintain their U.S. citizenship. Eighty-one countries are represented among the dead and missing in the September 11 disaster. So far, not one Israeli citizen has been listed among the victims. Is it possible that the complex of buildings housing the global center of international business, banking and commerce contained no Israeli citizens on September 11, on a working day morning? Those of us familiar with the Middle East know the Israeli Mossad intelligence organization is considered among the most efficient, the most dedicated and the most ruthless in the world. From the earliest days of the existence of the state of Israel Mossad was given state-sponsored freedom and encouragement to do whatever was necessary to guarantee Israeli security. And that is what Mossad has done all over the world. Today there is nothing, I repeat, nothing that transpires in the Palestinian Authority territories that sooner or later does not get into Mossad files. This explains why the Israeli army is so proficient in tracking down and targeting important Palestinian leaders, one after another, for assassination. Also, there is very little of Palestinian activity in the U.S., in Europe, in neighboring Arab countries and in Islamic majority states, that does not ultimately end up in Mossad files. No entity knows this better than the Palestinian Authority. Mossad is everywhere Palestinian activist or suspected Palestinian activists are. Itsâ secret budget is believed to be many times larger than that of any comparable nation in size or population. Mossad field agents are indistinguishable in looks and appearance from Arabs and speak fluent Arabic, including the variety of Arabic dialects spoken from the Atlantic Ocean, across North Africa to the Red Sea. This makes them immune to racial profiling. Mossad infiltration into Palestinian formations and pro-Arab formations both inside Palestine and worldwide is rampant. And, we all should know that there are genuine Arabs that can be bought if the price is right. Under these circumstances the probability that the Israeli Mossad learned of the September 11 attack prior to September 11 looms large The fact that no Israeli citizen was a victim of the Towersâ disaster and the report that Israeli citizens were forewarned looms even larger. This probability diminishes the charge of direct Israeli responsibility for the attack and the racist assumption that Arabs are not intelligent enough or clever enough or technically equipped enough to have executed the very intricate plan with such accuracy. But this probability does raise the very serious question that if the Israeli Mossad knew of the plan and considered it serious enough to warn Israeli citizens to stay away from the Towers on September 11, why were U.S. officials not informed? Or, were they? A HREF=""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=""Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=""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] It has happened here, the USA we knew is no more
-Caveat Lector- http://www.onlinejournal.com/Commentary/Conover112102/conover112102.html It has happened here, the USA we knew is no more By Bev Conover Online Journal Editor Publisher November 21, 2002âThe final nail has been driven into the coffin of that great experiment in government of, by and for the people. George W. Bush has gotten his wish: This is now a dictatorship and he is the dictator. History will record that the death blows were delivered by the Democratic Party. An awful but inescapable truth. The party turned a blind eye to the stolen 2000 presidential election. The Democratic congressional leadership shrugged at the 5â4 Supreme Court ruling declared Bush the winner, then decreed that not one of its US senators would back House Democrats in their challenge of Florida's electoral votes. Without an investigation, they accepted the administration's claims about Sept. 11, Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda, and bought into the phony "war on terrorism," allowing the US military to kill thousands of innocent Afghanis. For what? To "smoke out" Osama and make gone with al Qaeda, except when that didn't work out, it was to get rid of the Taliban and replace it with a government friendly to US oil interestsâoops, the official line was "democracy." Whatever the goal du jour was, the Democrats marched behind it, even after they learned the administration had secretly set up a shadow governmentâone of those just in case things, you know, which included no members of Congress. Then there was the little matter of the anthrax which was only sent to two Democrats, Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle and Senator Patrick Leahy. That was enough to keep them and their Democratic colleagues in line. And those that stood up for usâRep. Cynthia McKinney and Senator Paul Wellstoneâwere kicked out or, in the case of Wellstone, died in an auspicious plane crash. While Bush's pronouncement of an "axis of evil" (which first encompassed North Korea, Iran and Iraq, but now has been expanded to include Cuba, Libya and Syria) and decree of endless wars sent chills through the Democrats, that didn't deter them from voting, nearly sight unseen, for the USA PATRIOT Act, which has nothing to do with patriots or patriotism but in an acronym for Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act. Oh well, giving up a few rights for security is a good thing, eh? Nor did the Democrats raise a howl when Bush released The National Security Strategy of the United States, or as Online Journal Contributing Writer Rose Ann Thomas called it, The National Security Strategy of the United States Empire, which serves notice on the world that "Our forces will be strong enough to dissuade potential adversaries from pursuing a military build-up in hopes of surpassing, or equaling, the power of the United States." In this dusted off and spruced up version of a document that has been kicking around since 1950 (the origins are in National Security Memorandum No 68, written under the supervision of State Department hawk Paul Nitze during the Truman administration) is the answer to "why do they hate us?" but the Democrats couldn't see that either. It has been easier to buy into victimhood than to acknowledge that the good old USA has been the global aggressor and, if the Bush administration wasn't behind or complicit in Sept. 11, we got back a bit of what we have dished out. And it has been Democrats, as well as Republicans, who have been sounding alarms about terrorist attacks. Former senators Gary Hart, a Democrat, and Warren Rudman, a Republican, were at the forefront, maintaining it was not a matter of "if" a terrorist attack would occur, but "when." In their infamous document, the Hart-Rudman Report, embraced by so many of the left as well as the right, they called for the establishment of an anti-terror cabinet level agency. Well, now the horror is upon us, isn't it? On a recent Nightline, Hart, who is alleged to have presidential ambitions again, said, with a straight face, in regard to the Sept. 11 attacks that Washington "had no idea planes would be flown into buildings." Never mind that the French thwarted just such an attack on the Eiffel Tower in 1994 or that the US military had been playing "what if" games about hijacked airliners being flown into buildings, including the White House and the Pentagon. The Senate Democrats could have denied Bush the power to wage war on Iraq if our former buddy, Saddam, didn't give up the "weapons of mass destruction" the Reagan-Bush administration supplied him or helped him buildâi.e., if he has any left after the Gulf War Poppy Bush waged on him. Instead, the Democrats again chose to be rubber stamps for the junior Bush. So many of you had hopes that the 2002 election would be the beginning of putting things right; that a majority of Democrats would be elected to both houses and the new year would bring
[CTRL] AmeriTrust Corporation, Inc.
-Caveat Lector- from an email: AmeriTrust Corporation, Inc. 4000 Steeles Avenue, West # 221 Woodbridge, Ontario, Canada L4L 4V9 Telecopier : 905.851.5108 PLEASE FILE AT ONCE EMBARGO until December 04, 1998 ñ 12:01am Dossier No. : JAN/48/95 Distribution: Judicial Court Exhibit United States of America Government Attn: The Honorable, U. S. President William Jefferson Clinton Jacques ANTENEN U. S. Vice President Albert Gore, Jr. U. S. Attorney General Janet Reno CANTON DE VAUD United States Senate Juge DíInstruction United States House of Representatives Du Canton De Vaud U. S. Department of State Valentin 34 United States Department of the Treasury1014 Lausanne Internal Revenue Service Switzerland Central Intelligence Agency U. S. Federal Bureau of Investigation New Republic/USA Financial Group, Ltd Gesellschaft (Austria) AmeriTrust Corporation, Inc. / AmeriTrust (Suisse) Societe WhiteCloud Petroleum Corporation (Delaware) To: Carrard, Paschoud, HeimAssocies Avocats au Barreau 8, rue de la Grotte 1003, Lausanne, Switzerland Telefon : 41 21 341 90.40 Telefax : 41 21 341.90.50 Attention of :-Monsieur Felix Paschoud, Avocat In the matter of: AmeriTrust Corporation account / Ambassador Leo Emil Wanta, SDR Diplomatic Passport No. 04362 / Ambassador Giovanni Ferro, dated November 23, 1998, received November 27, 1998 ñ as to Suisse Court Examination, scheduled for 04 December 1998 with The Honorable, J Antenen, under the Dossier No. JAN/48/95, Canton de Vaud, Juge DíInstruction, Valentin 34, 1014 Lausanne, Switzerland, regarding the following pertinent classified and sensitive USGovernment (USG) information Ö.. 1/20 Our corporate response, however, will be pursuant to the United States of America, U. S. House of Representatives H. R. 3723 law as shown below:- WHEREAS, The President of the United States of America, having signed H. R. 3723 on October 11, 1996, has protected this transaction by allowing Corporations the right to declare their Contracts, Clients, Internal Procedures and Information, and the transactions they engage in as a Corporate or Trade Secret fully protected under the Economic and Industrial Espionage Laws of the United States of America and the International Economic Community. INASMUCH, the names, identities, bank coordinates and other identifying information of persons or entities that are party to this transaction, contained herein, or learned hereafter, shall be a Corporate Trade Secret that shall not be disseminated other than as provided for herein, or as allowed under applicable law. Any unauthorized Disclosure of this Private Transaction, parties to, or other material fact of, shall subject the violator(s) to Criminal Prosecution. HAVING SAID THAT, I have obtained a limited release to protect the AmeriTrust Corporation, Inc. and its Corporate Officers named above, as this particular USA Corporation ñ with other USG corporations to be named later ñ was duly organized under U.S.C.A. Title 18, Section 6, which reads:- USCA Title 18 ~ Sec 6 ñ Department and Agency defined includes any department, independent establishment, commission, administration, authority, board or bureau of the United States or any corporation in which United States has a proprietary interest, Ö.. June 25, 1948, c. 645, 62 Stat 685) 11) [ the phrase ì corporationî in which the United States has a proprietary interest is intended to include those governmental corporations in which stock is not actually issued, as well as those in which stock is owned by the United States.] 5. Defenses if a department or agency has colorable authority to do what it is doing, constitutionality of statute or order requiring keeping of records, furnishing of information -- (Humble Oil Refinery Co. vs SCA NM 1952, 198F 2d 753, certiorari denied 73 Sct 328, 344 US 909, 97 Ed 701) 2/20 Per my original United States Government directives and Oath ÖÖ. We must learn to subvert, sabotage, and destroy our enemies by more sophisticated, and more effective methods than those used against us ÖÖÖ. As we are facing an implacable enemy whose avowed objective is world domination by whatever means and at whatever
[CTRL] Fwd: ZGram - 11/24/2002 - Senator Byrd: Homeland Security - An Irresponsibl...
-Caveat Lector- A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF=http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html;Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/;ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om ---BeginMessage--- -Caveat Lector- ZGram - Where Truth is Destiny November 24, 2002 Good Morning from the Zundelsite: More yet on Homeland Security: [START] 'An Irresponsible Exercise in Political Chicanery' Sen. Robert C. Byrd (D-WV) November 22, 2002 On Tuesday, the Senate voted 90-9 to approve the landmark Homeland Security bill. What follows is the full transcript of Sen. Byrd's remarks during the conclusion of the Homeland Security debate. We have come to the end of a long, long road. For nearly five months this chamber has engaged in discussions about homeland security. But, for nearly as long a time this Congress has not engaged in seeing to it that there is actually funding to make our people any safer from the threat of another horrific terrorist attack. It has been over four months since the House of Representatives has seen fit to pass a regular appropriations bill. We have talked a lot about homeland security, but we have done very, very little. We have not given the cities and municipalities-the police, the firemen, the hospital workers, the first responders, who are on the front lines-we have not given these people one red cent to help them keep us safer from the madmen within our midst in four months. It has been a little over a year and two months since America was jolted from its tranquility by the noise, smoke and flames of two exploding commercial airlines as they smashed into the twin towers. Yet, in these intervening months, except for the initial help we provided to New York and to Washington to aid in closing the hemorrhaging wounds of economic disruption and human devastation, caused by the terrorist attacks, not enough has changed here at home. True, we have chased bin Laden across the landscape of Afghanistan and probably cleansed that nation of the training camps for terrorists for now. We have made progress, I am sure, in some disruption of the al-Qaida network worldwide. But no one in this chamber, and no one in this city can look the American people in the eye and say to them: Today you are much safer here at home than you were 14 months ago. Because of reckless disregard for the reality of the threat to our domestic security, this administration and many in this Congress have taken part in an irresponsible exercise in political chicanery. The White House has pressured its Republican colleagues in the Congress to reject billions of dollars in money which could have added to the tangible safety of the American people. This White House has stopped this year's normal funding process in its tracks, and even turned back funds for homeland security in emergency spending bills that could have shored up existing mechanisms to prevent, or respond to, another devastating blow by fanatics who hate us. They have done this plain disservice to the people in order to gain some perceived political advantage in a congressional election year, and in order to be able to say that they were holding down spending. Further, in order to avoid criticism of the too meager dollars for homeland security, this White House suddenly did an about-face and embraced the concept of a Department of Homeland Security. The people are being offered a bureaucratic behemoth, complete with fancy, top-heavy directorates, officious new titles and noble sounding missions instead of real tools to help protect them from death and destruction. How utterly irresponsible. How callous. How cavalier. With this debate about homeland security, politics in Washington has reached the apogee of utter cynicism and the perigee of candor. No one is telling our people the plain unvarnished truth. It is simply this. This Department is a
[CTRL] Top tips on how to spot a terrorist
-Caveat Lector- http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/11/23/1037697937290.html Top tips on how to spot a terrorist By Frank Walker November 24 2002 The Federal Government is about to launch a major public information campaign telling people how to spot terrorists and what to do in an attack. Prime Minister John Howard said the Government had been working on the campaign for several weeks and it would be launched as soon as possible. Plans are being drawn up for television and print advertisements to demonstrate terrorists' tacticsand advise people what they should do to protect themselves. Security agencies and anti-terrorist experts are being consulted for the best way to inform the public of the dangers without causing panic. Mr Howard said people needed practical advice on what to watch out for and do during the current alert. For instance, if you are in a bar and someone comes in and drops a bag beside you and then leaves, then you should be concerned, he said. Or if a vehicle is parked in a suspicious manner. You need to know what to look out for and what to do. In an exclusive interview with The Sun-Herald, Mr Howard said people should not change their lives and should continue as normal during the current alert. The Prime Minister said he would not be deterred from taking his regular early morning walks. I urge everyone to continue their lives as normal, he said as he set out from his Kirribilli official residence with a beefed-up security escort. Flanked by Australian Federal Police in shorts and T-shirts with ear pieces and weighty bumbags, Mr Howard set off for his brisk morning exercise as normal after he had returned to Sydney from Canberra. Afterwards he acknowledged that terrorist warnings on a spring morning in Sydney seemed totally out of place and unbelievable. But we got information we felt we had to act on, Mr Howard said. It was a credible warning. In a way we are damned if we do, damned if we don't, on those sort of things. If we keep it to ourselves and do not put out a warning and then something happened, we would stand condemned. The information campaign has fresh urgency after revelations yesterday that Australia was a key target in attacks being planned by AlQaeda. New intelligence suggests the worldwide terrorist network has drawn up plans for a series of linked attacks in Australia, South-East Asia and elsewhere. The organisation now has set Australia on the same level of targeting as the US and Israel. News that one of the bombs in Bali could have been set off by a suicide bomber opens up the possibility that the same method could be used for the first time in Australia. Israeli police last month for the first time handed out pamphlets to schoolchildren and commuters telling them how to spot a suicide bomber. It had immediate success as commuters were able to spot a suicide bomber trying to get on a bus. Two men held him down while dozens scrambled away and ran to safety. Only the bomber was killed. A spokeswoman for Attorney-General Daryl Williams confirmed that officials had been asked to provide advice on the campaign. Mr Williams is the senior minister responsible for the Australian Federal Police, Australian Protective Service and ASIO. Other government officials said the likely cost and start date for the campaign had not been decided, although it was being put together as a matter of urgency. The Government is likely to budget at least $30 million and possibly more for the campaign to ensure it reaches the entire population. Like the chilling anti-drug campaign launched by Mr Howard 18 months ago, the terrorist information campaign may include a pamphlet deliverer to every household. Prime time television and radio advertisements and print ads across a wide spectrum of media, including the ABC and SBS, are also likely to ensure maximum coverage of the campaign. It will urge Australians to call Crime Stoppers if they observe suspicious behaviour or objects that could be linked to terrorist activity including: Bags or briefcases left unattended in public places; Cars, vans or other vehicles left parked in unusual places; Suspicious behaviour by a person or persons around crucial infrastructure such as power stations, major dams, bridges, tunnels or public buildings; People taking video footage or photographs around this type of facilities; Unknown people buying large amounts of fertiliser or other materials which could be used to make bombs. But it will also reinforce the Government's message that the nation's security authorities are in full swing and they should go about their business as normal. This story was found at: http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/11/23/1037697937290.html -- Outgoing mail is certified virus free Scanned by Norton AntiVirus If in a fight, hit first and hit hard. ~~H. Jackson Brown, Jr. _Life's Little Instruction Book_ [1991], Maxim #26 A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION
[CTRL] Fw: THE SELECTED PRESIDENT?
-Caveat Lector- MEDIUM RARE By Jim Rarey November 24, 2002 THE SELECTED PRESIDENT? Some may consider this article a defense of President Bush and the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS). It is not. It is a defense of the U.S. Constitution, which appears to be on its deathbed. In August of 2000, this writer opined on the Free Republic website that Gore would be the lesser of two evils in voting for president. The rationale for that statement was that we know where Gore wants to take the country (total control by the federal government) and although Bush has the same goal, he would encounter little opposition from Republicans because he was perceived as a conservative. The flaming was immediate and vicious. To this day, little criticism of Republicans is allowed on that website supposedly dedicated to the constitution and freedom. For years the author has been railing against the concept of a living constitution which can be reinterpreted without amending it, in order to reach a desirable result. No such power has been granted to the courts (including the SCOTUS). It has been usurped. The implied power in the supremacy clause is for the court to APPLY the constitution to the laws (statutes) to determine if they comply with the original intent and meaning of the constitution as amended. So brainwashed and dumbed down as to the meaning of the constitution is the public that the congress, executive and courts have been able to convince them that emergency powers are not subject to the original constraints of the constitution. When the court, in one of its rare instances, follows the original meaning and intent, the decision is met with derision and contempt. Such was the case in the decision that decided the presidency in the year 2000. In the Florida 2000 case the court held (correctly) that the provision in Article II, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution (Each State shall appoint in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress:) meant the legislature and not the state government which would have included the courts and executive. Theruling therefore said the attempt by the State Supreme Court to change the deadlines established by the legislature was unconstitutional. That, by the way, was by a 7-2 vote of the nine justices. The 5-4 vote was on the question of which of two deadlines (established by the legislature) should be honored. The question was moot anyway since both deadlines had passed. The canard that Bush was "selected" by a 5-4 vote of "conservatives" is just that, a lie. It was the 7-2 vote that gave Bush Floridas electoral votes and the presidency. However, when the exact same issue was presented to the U.S. Supreme Court in the New Jersey case this year, the court refused to hear an appeal, in effect upholding the ruling of the State Supreme Court that it had the authority to override the state law established by the legislature in the interest of "fairness." Although a different section of the constitution was involved (senators not presidents), the issue was identical. Article I, Section 4 reads: The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof, but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators. (The exception for senators was because at that time, before adoption of the seventeenth amendment, they were chosen by the state legislatures.) What does all this prove about the SCOTUS? Only that it will use original intent when it suits its purpose and ignore or trash the constitution when it doesnt. The derisive use of such expressions as, the selected president and resident Bush reflect only on those who use them and mock the constitution and the Office of the President, not the person himself. (In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes.) Permission is granted to reproduce this article in its entirety. The author is a freelance writer based in Romulus, Michigan. He is a former newspaper editor and investigative reporter, a retired customs administrator and accountant, and a student of history and the U.S. Constitution. If you would like to receive Medium Rare articles directly, please contact us at [EMAIL PROTECTED] A HREF=""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
[CTRL] [LIFE-LIBERTY-SECURITY] Culture of Life/Culture of Death...your choice (fwd)
-Caveat Lector- -- Forwarded message -- Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 18:38:44 -0800 (PST) From: Franklin Wayne Poley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [LIFE-LIBERTY-SECURITY] Culture of Life/Culture of Death...your choice Saturday night's partying with the citizens gives rise to Sunday night's analysis of hate as a path to salvation. How often does one hear a tele-evangelist quote John 12:25? He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal. This enigmatic saying is explained by understanding why it is acceptable to hate the way of life which is found in this world. As the lyrics from Canadian balladeer, Leonard Cohen, remind us: Everybody knows the dice were loaded; Everybody knows the game was rigged; Everybody knows the good guys lost. Early Cohen music ca. 1970 dealt with the theme of Christian martyrdom and contained lyrics like God is alive, magic is afoot To further understand the Gospel picture on hate, we read elewhere among the sayings of Jesus Christ that you will be hated more than any other people and more than any other nation for adhering to a lifestyle in service to God. Hating and persecuting those who advocate and practice virtue as a complete way of life, a culture of life if you will, is the norm and dominant ethos of this planet. And there we have enough of a backgrounder to understand why a culture of life has not been articulated in North America despite both pope and president using that phrase in their speeches (after it was coined in Life Gazette journalism); despite the US Congress shoring up the nation under God pledge and the in God we trust slogan with legislation; despite a Canada by Constitution which is founded upon principles that recognize the supremacy of God. Even accepting that the word God has a number of Webster's definitions and even atheists can relate to this word as meaning One's highest ideals, one still does not find enthusiasm for spelling out a Culture X according to those highest ideals. The protecting creation campaign can issue a What would Jesus drive? slogan but dares not go on with this exercise to articulate a complete way of life from individual to the complete society, of which Jesus would approve. There is something profoundly and fundamentally evil about the nature of life on this planet which is analyzed correctly in the Gospels, and given poetic expression in Milton's seventeenth century classic, Paradise Lost. But a modernized version of Paradise Regained is needed to provide a global cure to terrorism. As one Congressman has noted, what is there to stop a determined terrorist from bringing an atom bomb up the Potomac in the hold of a ship? The will finds the way. How many millions and billions of people in this world feel utterly God-forsaken and would certainly ignite the spark, given the powder to blow it to hell. An occasional bout of feeling despair of the magnitude of God-forsaken is probably the norm in North America. Personal traumas, loss of loved ones, major illnesses etc. afflict most of us and I am no exception. But what of those 32,000 children who die every day on Planet Hell according to the repeated CTV ads? They die by being deprived of the necessities of life, ie food, shelter, health care and clothing even while the Universal Declaration of Human Rights says these amenities are their right. How much God-forsaken despair is generated daily around those 32,000 lives? There we have a source of terrorists by the millions for generations to come; the will finds the way. The remedy is straight forward and obvious. A culture of life, a city of life by whatever name, can be designed and built here in North America and tailored to suit the conditions of various countries in the world. That has been my daily message online since 1995 and it has fallen on deaf ears. A world which has chosen a culture of death for itself can only reap what it has sown. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- ·FREE Health Insurance Quotes-eHealthInsurance.com http://us.click.yahoo.com/1.voSB/RnFFAA/46VHAA/MknplB/TM -~- Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of the person (Canadian Constitution, Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Part I:7). What does this Life-Liberty-Security Clause mean? Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor
[CTRL] Where is Israel's Daniel Ellsberg?
-Caveat Lector- Monday, November 25, 2002 Kislev 20, 5763 Israel Time: 05:04 (GMT+2) Where is Israel's Daniel Ellsberg? http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=234122contrassI D=2subContrassID=4sbSubContrassID=0listSrc=Y By Akiva Eldar Daniel Ellsberg, the U.S. Department of Defense official who in 1971 leaked classified documents subsequently known as the Pentagon Papers to The New York Times, has recently published his memoirs. The book presents evidence showing that for 23 years, five U.S. presidents waged a war (in Indochina) they knew America could never win. In a tape recording, Lyndon Johnson is heard saying to a friend that he does not believe that the Vietnamese will ever surrender. At the same time, he sent young men to their deaths, Ellsberg bemoans, reminding us that 58,000 U.S. soldiers and more than 2 million Asian civilians lost their lives in that very war. Ellsberg was a passenger on Robert McNamara's plane when the former secretary of defense was heard saying that the American army was taking a beating in Vietnam. When the plane landed, however, Ellsberg was standing alongside McNamara when the latter announced to the press: I am pleased to announce significant advances on all fronts. Ellsberg suggests that we learn from the documents he disclosed that when it comes to war and peace, thinking people should not make do with information offered by the administration, not even Congress. The documents indicate that even the most classified of Congress's committees fell victim to blatant lies. In an interview with the online news Web site, www.salon.com, Ellsberg says that the most intelligent of individuals, such as McNamara, can adopt destructive policies if their wisdom is undermined by stronger forces - political survival, fear of being labeled with a wimpish image, exhibiting weakness in the face of Communism. Ellsberg argues that these same forces are driving the Bush administration - in the name of the war on terror - into a war steeped in the blood of Iraqi citizens. He warns that this war is likely to drag the Arab world into the hands of the Islamic fundamentalists and cost the lives of countless Americans, Europeans and Israelis. According to Ellsberg, Ariel Sharon's war-on-terror policy is costing the lives of more Israelis than it is saving, and his opinion has significant backing from among the upper echelons of the Israeli establishment. The ongoing decline in moral standards is indeed eroding their strength, but in backrooms, there are still experts who are saying things and even writing papers indicating that top-level political and military officials are knowingly feeding the public with falsehoods. In their assessments of the current situation, no inkling of a basis can be found for the promise that Palestinian terror can be stopped without Israel putting an end to the occupation. In off-the-record talks, senior sources in the defense establishment say that the chances of wiping out the terror infrastructure are tantamount to those of drying out the Mediterranean Sea. Occupying ourselves with the terrorists and those who send them out on their missions, explosives laboratories and the deportation of Yasser Arafat is diverting attention from the real danger: Hundreds of gangs of armed young men who answer to no one are threatening to turn the territories into a second Vietnam. They do not need an organization and it is almost impossible to garner intelligence (warnings) about their plans. Defense Ministry officials are whispering that the political echelon (with the help of the media) is selling the public the delusion that the separation fence is about to become a reality; these officials know that in the coming years, the state coffers will be unable to bear the burden of the ongoing war for the safety of the settlements together with the investment of billions of shekels in the seam-line area. Military Intelligence doesn't know whether to laugh or cry on hearing Benjamin Netanyahu's argument against Sharon's intention to establish a Palestinian state. Any junior intelligence officer knows that Sari Nusseibeh has a hard time finding even a handful of supporters for Ami Ayalon's generous offer of a state within the 1967 borders, and that by the end of this decade, a Jewish minority will be ruling an Arab majority between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. Ellsberg's message to the Bush administration can apply to Israel too: If you are in possession of documents that show that the government is misleading the public all the way into war, take them to Congress and the media. Even if it could cost you your job or get you sent to prison, tell the truth. By the way, Ellsberg and The New York Times were completely acquitted by a court of law for the publication of the documents. A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic
Re: [CTRL] Dangerous future oppressors killed
-Caveat Lector- Of course the Sharonites worse nightmare is that Israel annexes the W Bank and Gaza with its Arab population and then ultimately Israel actually becomes a 'democracy' and the Arabs vote Israel into a normal secular state. .. ...Lord, you are a dreamer. normal secular state. Just like any other Muslim normal secular state I presume. The secular New World Order crew have tiger by the tail. They are using the Muslims to knock out the Jews and Christians in the countries where they can. (See what is happening in Britain.) It will be interesting to see the secular vs Muslim confrontation in the future. The long range goal of the NWO seculars is to have a limited population, consumer society with the consumer needed items being supplied by a small group, kind of like the feudal societies. I wonder how the untamed Muslims will like being told they need to accommodate to a secular society. Guess you prefer the extermination solution, i.e. 'final solution.' flw 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] Dangerous future oppressors killed
-Caveat Lector- H interesting. where do you suggest the Jews go if they give up their occupancy? Back to Israel and leave the W. Bank and Gaza. flw 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] Dangerous future oppressors killed
-Caveat Lector- Wrong, flw. Like many others, I don't have a quickie answer. How to separate those who are manipulated from the manipulators. The manipulated are always the victims because of their innocence and their lack of ability to hold to a moral code. Guess you prefer the extenmination solution, i.e. 'final solution.' flw -Original Message- From: Conspiracy Theory Research List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of flw Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 9:38 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [CTRL] Dangerous future oppressors killed -Caveat Lector- Of course the Sharonites worse nightmare is that Israel annexes the W Bank and Gaza with its Arab population and then ultimately Israel actually becomes a 'democracy' and the Arabs vote Israel into a normal secular state. .. ...Lord, you are a dreamer. normal secular state. Just like any other Muslim normal secular state I presume. The secular New World Order crew have tiger by the tail. They are using the Muslims to knock out the Jews and Christians in the countries where they can. (See what is happening in Britain.) It will be interesting to see the secular vs Muslim confrontation in the future. The long range goal of the NWO seculars is to have a limited population, consumer society with the consumer needed items being supplied by a small group, kind of like the feudal societies. I wonder how the untamed Muslims will like being told they need to accommodate to a secular society. 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 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] All I Want for Christmas is a Bombed-Out Dollhouse
-Caveat Lector- And I thought I'd seen everything! http://www.commondreams.org/views02/1123-01.htm A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF=http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html;Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/;ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om Title: All I Want for Christmas is a Bombed-Out Dollhouse -Caveat Lector- Home | Newswire |About Us | Donate | Sign-Up Featured Views Published on Saturday, November 23, 2002 in the Globe Mail/Canada All I Want for Christmas is a Bombed-Out Dollhouse by Krista Foss It looks like Barbie went ballistic. The bombed-out dollhouse has a busted balustrade, crumbling bricks, bullet holes pockmarking its pretty pastel walls and, what's worse, it has been commandeered by fatigue-clad soldiers toting assault rifles. Forward Command Post $44.99 Take command of your soldiers from this fully outfitted battlezone. 75-piece set includes one 111/2H figurine in military combat gear, toy weapons, American flag, chairs and more. Assembled dimensions; 32x16x32H. Plastic. 10 lbs. Ages 5 and up. (From page 486 of JC Penney's 2002 Christmas catalog) No, it's not a joke. It's a toy called Forward Command Post manufactured by the ironically named Ever Sparkle Industrial Co. Ltd. And for $45 (U.S.), it could be waiting for a flush-cheeked, pajama-clad child to unwrap this Christmas morning. Welcome to the new millennium of war toys. Gone are cartoonishly idealistic action figures, soft plastic guns and the model jet fighters of yore. They have been replaced by bazookas with explosive noises, exacting copies of long-range sniper rifles, a peacekeeper battle station complete with tripod-mounted cannon and counterterrorism advisers as action figures. High-tech and perhaps a bit too highly realistic, this toy fare is creating ripples among concerned parents and peaceniks alike. War toys have been around forever, but the problem here is the change in focus. Before such toys were more in line with the ideas of self-defence, said Eric Garris, who is webmaster of the California-based antiwar.com, which has started a campaign about against the Forward Command Post toy. This is not just another war toy -- it's a total paradigm shift in the war toy industry. It's setting up the young people for this new kind of war, where soldiers come into your house and take it over when they need to. Antiwar.com has been pushing the U.S. department store chain JC Penney to remove Forward Command Post from its on-line catalogue and stores. (Calls to the head office - 972-431-1000 - were not returned.) Meanwhile, the same is toy is available on-line through eToys, which also offers a choice of Caucasian or a dark-skinned ethnic military action figures with weapon-stuffed footlockers. A similar toy, Elite Operations Forward Command Post, is sold on the Toys 'R' Us Web site (but not in Canadian stores). Depending on which source is selling it, Forward Command Post is recommended for children five years and up, as is the G.I. Joe Long Range Army Sniper. It is something to be concerned about, says Steven Feldgaier, a University of Manitoba child psychologist who specializes in anxiety and stress among children. These toys glorify violence and war . . . and send the confusing message that peace is linked with the need to arm yourself. But while there is no doubt war toys are enjoying a rebirth, Leigh Poirier, executive director of the Canadian Toy Testing Council, which evaluates 400 to 600 toys yearly, is not reading anything ominous into it. We don't feel from our observations that war toys enhance or encourage aggression. We haven't seen that, she said. And these toys are definitely more popular in the U.S. Certainly, some of the new action figures and toys this year are aimed squarely
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-Caveat Lector- http://www.ssaa.org.au/canrego15.html A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF=http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html;Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/;ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om -Caveat Lector- EDMONTON JOURNAL 20/9/02 End the billion-dollar gun registry boondoggle: The Liberals have lost interest in this ineffective operation, but fear to close it down. Something appears to have gone drastically wrong at the national gun registry in July, but it is difficult to find anyone who will admit it. No, let me rephrase that: Lots of people inside and outside the registry will admit something went wrong. Rather, there are conflicting reports over how drastic the foul-up was, and whether it was out of the ordinary. Several gun owners -- scores, if not hundreds or even thousands -- received letters this summer asking them to re-register firearms they had already registered. One source, a senior Liberal staffer on Parliament Hill, insists this was made necessary by a "huge crash of the processing computers," sometime in early July. He also insists the crash wiped out "thousands" of firearms records entered into the computers around or just after Christmas -- more like tens of thousands. Another source, this one closer to the Department of Justice, which runs the registry, says there were indeed "delay problems" in July, but they were nothing unusual. The system is prone to "periodic interruptions" during which no files are lost because all registration records are kept in duplicate on separate computers systems. Frankly, I tend to believe this latter source when he claims disasters are run-of-the-mill fare at the registry, and also when he claims safeguards are built into the computers to ensure vital information is never lost. Still, it strikes me as funny that the government's explanation for why no one should be concerned about the July crash is, in essence, "Don't worry, that happens all the time." Plenty of gun owners reported an inability to get through to the firearms registry both on the phone and via the Internet at about the same time -- early to mid-July. For days on end, callers received a recorded message telling them telephone volume was so heavy no one could speak with them nor even take a message. They were advised to call back another time. The registration of firearms slowed to a crawl, too. According to the registry's own numbers, it processed only 10,000 registrations per week in mid-July, but was back up nearly to normal (40,000) by mid-August. Turmoil Seems Normal Whether this incident was uniquely bad, or merely catastrophe-as-usual, three things are clear about the registry as it approaches its fourth anniversary and as the deadline (Jan. 1) for registering all firearms approaches: It is in turmoil. The Liberals have, for all intents and purposes, abandoned it. And, the processing of owner licenses and firearms registrations has become so perfunctory the registry cannot possibly make Canadians safer from gun crime. On Sept. 9, the Yellowknifer newspaper reported that the federal firearms officers in both Yellowknife and Hay River had quit their jobs. No replacements were being sought. These resignations follow hard on the heals of resignations by firearms officers in Saskatoon, Regina and Winnipeg. Since spring, eight in all have left their posts. Between now and the end of the year, the government must register another 3.5 million firearms (assuming its own ridiculously low estimate of the number of guns in Canada is correct). It cannot possibly meet that target, particularly if its staff keep quitting and its computers keep crashing. It has taken nearly two years to register the first 4.2 million. The entire registry staff continues to shrink in number, though. The Liberals claim this is because the peak of the registry's
