[CTRL] Israeli Soldier Gets 65 Days for Murdering 95 Yr Old Grandmother
-Caveat Lector- Thursday, December 26, 2002 Tevet 21, 5763 Israel Time: 05:04 (GMT+2) Soldier gets 65 days in prison for killing 95-year-old woman http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=245176&contrassI D=2&subContrassID=1&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y By Amos Harel and Arnon Regular An Israel Defense Forces soldier who killed a 95-year-old Palestinian woman earlier this month has been sentenced to 65 days in military prison. The incident occurred on December 3, at a roadblock at Ramallah's northern entrance. The soldier, from a Paratroopers unit, fired at a taxi which the army claims was traveling on a road forbidden to Palestinian vehicles. The woman, Fatma Obayed, who was in the car, was wounded fatally in the neck by the shots. An IDF inquiry established that the shots were fired without justification, since the taxi did not pose a mortal threat to the soldiers. The soldiers at the checkpoint failed to follow the IDF's rules of engagement, the inquiry found. The soldier was tried a few days after the incident by his battalion commander. The shooting victim's family was outraged yesterday by what it regarded as an unjustifiably light sentence for the soldier. Mohammed Obayed, the victim's grandson who lives in A'atara northwest of Ramallah, stated angrily: "The Israeli army thinks that it is humanitarian and progressive, but this sentence shows its true face. The soldier's action was a very grave matter, but in my opinion whoever judged the soldier bears much greater responsibility since he has encouraged Palestinian blood to be spilled in the future. Other solders will understand that the price to be paid for such an act is just two months in prison." When investigating incidents in which Palestinian civilians are killed, the IDF draws distinctions between "circumstances in which soldiers have no choice, those in which they make professional errors, and cases of outright negligence," said a senior IDF officer yesterday. The IDF takes disciplinary action in cases in which soldiers do not comply with the rules of engagement, the officer added. The IDF altered modes of operation on the West Bank in response to a number of incidents several months ago in which Palestinian residents were killed, the IDF source explained. The IDF pulled back tanks from several cities, and clarified the orders on rules of engagement. "All in all, our soldiers know how to exercise restraint, and they deserve our respect for that," he concluded. http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org 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 http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED] http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl 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] Israelis Execute 11 year old Palestinian Girl Terrorist
-Caveat Lector- Hey, I happen to live there... the new Mexican Territory Nice highlands here... well above 5,000 ft... Have a nice day -franc -Original Message- From: Conspiracy Theory Research List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of flw Sent: Wednesday, December 25, 2002 12:52 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [CTRL] Israelis Execute 11 year old Palestinian Girl Terrorist -Caveat Lector- > As to illegal - I'm not so sure. It was British land to give. > Other land was lost and gained in war. Are you going to disclaim all lands > won by conquest? That's ok with me, as long as we do it across the board. I > won't really miss Texas, and if they become Mexicans they can't send us any > more Presidents. Again your argument makes no sense. The Palestinians do currently live and occupy the W Bank and Gaza - NOT the Israelis. Not to say the Sharonites hope to brutalize the Palestinians to the extent they will be forced to leave - I doubt that will happen but perhaps the Israelis will eventually murder them all - then all the religious wackos from Brooklyn will have plenty of room for new settlements. BTW, it appears the Mexicans are well along the process of retaking most of what they lost in 1848. Fine with me. Throughout History, no land has ever been lost by conquest - only by demographics. So called conquorers who do not literally replace the population with their own people always eventually are kicked out as your British friends will attest to. flw http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org 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 http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED] http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl 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 http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org 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 http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED] http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl 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] Israelis Execute 11 year old Palestinian Girl Terrorist
-Caveat Lector- > As to illegal - I'm not so sure. It was British land to give. > Other land was lost and gained in war. Are you going to disclaim all lands > won by conquest? That's ok with me, as long as we do it across the board. I > won't really miss Texas, and if they become Mexicans they can't send us any > more Presidents. Again your argument makes no sense. The Palestinians do currently live and occupy the W Bank and Gaza - NOT the Israelis. Not to say the Sharonites hope to brutalize the Palestinians to the extent they will be forced to leave - I doubt that will happen but perhaps the Israelis will eventually murder them all - then all the religious wackos from Brooklyn will have plenty of room for new settlements. BTW, it appears the Mexicans are well along the process of retaking most of what they lost in 1848. Fine with me. Throughout History, no land has ever been lost by conquest - only by demographics. So called conquorers who do not literally replace the population with their own people always eventually are kicked out as your British friends will attest to. flw http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org 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 http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED] http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] FW: [CTRL] FW: [turnwind] HANDS OFF VENEZUELA! sign on letter
-Caveat Lector- Just passing along info... I don't live in Venezuela, so therefore I cannot say with absolute certainty who is right on this one. Media reports seem to conflict with "Independent" media accounts of what's going on down there. Keep believing everything the main-stream media feeds you. -franc -Original Message- From: William Bacon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 25, 2002 8:21 AM To: Franc Tireur Subject: Re: [CTRL] FW: [turnwind] HANDS OFF VENEZUELA! sign on letter Franc, Your not bothered by the fact that Hugo Chavez is dictatorial thug just like Fidel Castro? Bill BAcon "I pledge Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands, one Nation under God,indivisible,with liberty and justice for all." visit my web site at http://www.voicenet.com/~wbacon My ICQ# is 79071904 for a precise list of the powers of the Federal Government linkto: http://www.voicenet.com/~wbacon/Enumerated.html On Tue, 24 Dec 2002, Franc Tireur wrote: > -Caveat Lector- > > FYI... > > -Original Message- > From: james jordan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 1:51 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [turnwind] HANDS OFF VENEZUELA! sign on letter > > HANDS OFF VENEZUELA! > An appeal to the international Labour Movement > > The situation in Venezuela is reaching a critical > point. The > reactionary forces, backed by conservative big > business and the US embassy, are > mobilising all their forces to overthrow the legally > elected government > of Hugo Chavez by extra-parliamentary means. > > The mass media have put in circulation the lie that > this is a "general > strike" supported by the workers of Venezuela against > an unpopular > government. There is absolutely no truth in this. In > reality what we are > seeing is a campaign of organised sabotage designed to > destabilise the > country and prepare the way for a right wing coup > d'etat. > > The bosses have organised what amounts to a lock-out > with the support > of certain right wing trade union leaders. This is > already the fourth > time this year that they have attempted to destabilise > the country by > these means. It is similar to the lorry drivers' > "strike" that the CIA > organised to bring down the legally elected government > of Salvador Allende > in Chile. These machinations led to the bloody > dictatorship of > Pinochet. Now the same people want to repeat the > experience in Venezuela. > > THEY MUST NOT BE ALLOWED TO SUCCEED! > > The last time they moved in this way (last April) it > led to a coup in > which reactionary businessmen linked up with right > wing army officers to > arrest the President. They talked a lot about > "democracy" but > immediately came out in their true colours, with plans > to suspend the > Constitution and introduce a dictatorship of the rich. > > The role of the USA in all this was quite clear. This > great "democracy" > - as always - refused to condemn the coup. The CIA has > played, and is > playing, an active role in this conspiracy, as it has > in every other > coup in Latin America: Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, and > so on. > > The attempted coup last April was defeated by a > spontaneous mass > movement of millions of workers, unemployed, peasants, > soldiers and poor > people. Now once more the masses are confronting the > counterrevolutionary > forces in the streets of Venezuela. > > If the people of Venezuela were allowed to fight the > counterrevolution > on their own, they would easily defeat it. This was > shown last April. > But behind the counterrevolution stands the might of > the USA and its > allies in Latin America. These are intervening > shamelessly in the internal > affairs of Venezuela, encouraging and financing the > counterrevolutionary forces. > > The revolutionary process opened by the election of > Hugo Chavez has > aroused the workers, peasants and poor people of > Venezuela and given them > new hope for a better future. The government has > carried through a > series of progressive reforms to improve the > conditions of the masses. > > The people now understand that Venezuela is an > immensely rich country > with huge reserves of oil, but that the wealth of the > nation is being > plundered by foreign imperialists and a handful of > wealthy local > oligarchs who serve the interests of imperialism. They > want to carry the > revolution forward and put an end to this scandalous > exploitation once and > for all. This is the only "crime" of the people of > Venezuela, for which > the imperialists are determined to make them pay. > > If the Venezuelan revolution goes down to defeat, it > will be a severe > blow against the cause of millions of poor people > throughout Latin > America who are fighting for their rights. > > THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR MOVEMENT MUST BE MOBILIZED IN > THEIR SUPPORT. > > The aim of th
[CTRL] ThePatriotAct
-Caveat Lector- http://www.starpathvisions.com/ThePatriotAct.htm Full astrological analysis (to date) of the USAPATRIOT Act with some nifty images at the site ... 124Kb to send but you cna find it on your own ... A<:>E<:>R http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org 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 http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED] http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl 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] War Blogging: Announcing the "Dead or Alive Count"
-Caveat Lector- http://www.warblogging.com/archives/000377.php Announcing the "Dead or Alive Count" Warblogging.com is pleased to announce the latest measure of the war of terror, to join the The Index of Evil and The Padilla Count. The new "Dead or Alive Count" will, from now on, appear on the right side of Warblogging.com directly below the Padilla Count. The Dead or Alive Count is the number of days since President George W. Bush promised to catch Usama bin Laden "dead or alive". Needless to say, Usama bin Laden may or may not be dead -- but he has certainly not been captured. The Administration would like us to forget that bin Laden is wanted dead or alive. But we will not forget. We want him dead or alive. We won't settle for Saddam Hussein's head on a platter -- we want bin Laden's head. http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org 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 http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED] http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl 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] Independent Media Center - webcast news
-Caveat Lector- http://www.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=223498&group=webcast Political Essayist Voxfux - A Massive Manhunt (english) Joan Bern, NF News 5:34pm Mon Dec 16 '02 (Modified on 3:28am Wed Dec 18 '02) article#223498 At 10AM on Friday the 13th, A combined task force from the Secret Service, FBI, CIA, and Major Crimes Unit raided a Long Island home believed to be that of the political essayist who writes under the pen name Voxfux. There were simultaneous raids at several locations throughout New York City and Brooklyn. Voxfux is represented by Norman Seigal (From NYCLU). The civil rights lawyer Ron Cuby is also involved in the discussions. At 10AM on Friday the 13th, A combined task force from the Secret Service, FBI, CIA, and Major Crimes Unit raided a Long Island home believed to be that of the political essayist who writes under the pen name Voxfux. There were simultaneous raids at several locations throughout New York City and Brooklyn. Voxfux is represented by Norman Seigal (From NYCLU). The civil rights lawyer Ron Cuby is also involved in the discussions. Later in the day Vox was interviewed at an undisclosed location with Amy Goodman from the radio program Democracy Now. There has been no formal charges presented so far. Neighbors were issued orders to contact the Authorities upon seeing or hearing from the man believed to be behind the caustic pen. A neighbor, who wished to remain anonymous for fear of violating any orders of the combined law enforcement effort, spoke praises of her neighbor, "There's no way he's a terrorist, he's a sweetheart, I don't believe it for one minute. I've known him for seventeen years. He's an artist and a writer. This is rediculous." The case has the potential to be a lightening rod for civil libertarians, coming just days after the passage of the controversial Homeland Security Act. The articles Believed to be penned by the mystery writer can be found at www.voxnyc.com. http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org 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 http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED] http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl 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] One Step Closer To Cashless Society
-Caveat Lector- http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=581&u=/nm/20021224/tc_nm/retail_kroger_fingerprint_dc&printer=1 Kroger Lets Shoppers Pay Via Fingerprint Tue Dec 24, 1:34 PM ET NEW YORK (Reuters) - Suppose you endured the checkout line at the grocery store only to find that you were short on cash, or you'd forgotten your wallet. What if you could settle the bill with just the touch of your finger? Kroger Co. (NYSE:KR - news), the largest U.S. supermarket chain, is offering some customers just that opportunity, testing finger imaging as a method of payment in three of its Texas stores. A machine scans the index finger, matching the customer's unique fingerprint with the individual's account. The company avoids the term "fingerprinting" because of its law enforcement connotation -- the same reason the technology is applied to the index finger, rather than the thumb. Customers can register for the voluntary program by presenting a drivers license, an index finger and a method of payment -- either credit card, debit card or electronic check. "Early indications are that it's being well received by the customer, the new technology is performing well, and it is saving both time and money," said Gary Huddleston, manager of consumer affairs for Kroger's Southwest division. The company has been testing finger imaging in the Texas towns of Bryan and College Station for about nine months. About 10,000 customers are currently participating. Students from nearby Texas A&M University have been particularly receptive, as have "surprisingly, many of our seniors," Huddleston said. Cincinnati-based Kroger has not yet made plans to roll finger imaging out to more stores, as it is still in the test phase, Huddleston said. www.ctrl.org 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 Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED] http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ctrl To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Israeli's Posed As Canadians To Murder Palestinian
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'Misuse of Canada's identity' questioned
Israeli spy operation
Stewart Bell
National Post
Tuesday, December 24, 2002
A senior Cabinet official questioned the head of Israel's security service about allegations Israeli undercover agents posed as Canadians during an operation to assassinate a Palestinian terrorist leader, newly released documents show.
Although Ottawa has said publicly it was convinced all along the spy claims were false, internal documents obtained yesterday show the matter has continued to concern the government and has been the subject of behind-the-scenes diplomacy.
In a confidential report, officials said they were concerned about "other countries' intelligence services misusing Canada's identity" and that "such misuse endangers Canadians travelling around the world and undermines the integrity of Canadian passports."
Ronald Bilodeau, the Privy Council Office security and intelligence co-ordinator and Cabinet assistant secretary, met on Oct. 1 with the head of the Israeli Security Agency, whose spies allegedly used false Canadian identities during the operation in Gaza.
"The ISA is reported to have recently had its agents pose as Canadians to lure a Palestinian, 22-year-old Akram Zatmeh, into informing on Intifada leaders in return for promises of resettlement in Canada," according to a "Secret: Canadian Eyes Only" memo prepared for the meeting.
The documents do not describe the response of the ISA chief, who reports directly to Ariel Sharon, the Israeli Prime Minister. Israel has denied the claims. But the papers show Ottawa was worried about being linked to a spy operation and a botched assassination that killed 14 bystanders, nine of them children.
The allegations surfaced in August, when Mr. Zatmeh publicly detailed how he was lured into becoming an Israeli informant by agents who told him they were Canadians and could help him immigrate. Mr. Zatmeh said he was recruited by three "Canadian" agents who brought him to the Canadian embassy in Tel Aviv before coercing him into helping them, with doctored photos that showed him with naked women.
On July 23, Mr. Zatmeh helped Israeli agents pinpoint the location of Sheik Salah Shehadeh, a Hamas leader. Twenty minutes later, an Israeli F-16 fired a one-tonne missile at the building, killing not only the sheik but also more than a dozen bystanders.
Mr. Zatmeh was later arrested as a collaborator and is facing a possible death sentence.
"Our initial concern ... was that the press articles could be seen by some as alleging Canadian involvement with Israel in the assassination of Sheik Salah Shehadeh," according to an Aug. 29 internal government memo. "Canada has nothing to do with this or with any other purported Israeli operation."
After the Post learned of the informant's allegations, officials told the newspaper on Sept. 4 they were satisfied the claims were false. However, hours after the Post report on Sept. 5, John McNee, assistant deputy minister for Africa and the Mideast, discussed the matter with Haim Divon, Israel's ambassador to Canada.
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[CTRL] Brigadier General: It's Time To Get Tough W/ Israel
-Caveat Lector- http://www.rense.com/general33/tough.htm 'It's Time To Get Tough With Israel' - US Army Brig General By James J. David Brigadier General, US Army (Ret) 12-24-2 Is there any criminal act that Israel can do without being protected from criticism from the United States? If there is I haven't seen it. And I haven't seen it from the Bush Administration or from the Clinton Administration or from any administration before them. But when you consider the influence of Israel's lobby and its political action committees and the more than $41 million they've given to Congress and the White House, is it any wonder Israel is shielded from any shame? For more than 54 years the Israelis have committed acts that no other nation would dare get away with. But even here in America, where it is not yet illegal to publicly ask the wrong questions, any public figure that does so is subjected to smears, intimidation, and the attempted destruction of his career and reputation by Jewish organizations and by the very cooperative news media. A few examples of these criminal acts committed by Israel include the treacherous attack on the USS Liberty on June 8, 1967, killing 34 American sailors and wounding another 171. There can now be no disputing that Israel knew its identity, and that the ship was in international waters and clearly marked as a US Naval vessel. What was most treacherous though was not the perfidy of Israel but that of President Johnson ordering the recall of the sixth fleet when he found out that the attackers were not the Arabs but the Israelis. The treasonous compliance continues today as corrupt politicians refuse to take any action against Israel and continue their efforts in hushing-up the whole affair although there seems to be a strong campaign by the Liberty survivors and other brave patriotic Americans in exposing the Israelis of their criminal attack. Another example of Israel's callous disregard for its supposed "ally" America was the bombing of the U.S. Marine barracks in Lebanon in 1983, which killed over 200 US servicemen. According to former Israeli Mossad agent, Victor Ostrovsky, Israeli intelligence knew of the plan by Arab terrorists to bomb the building in plenty of time to warn the innocent men, but cynically refused to say anything. In April 1996 the Israelis attacked an U.N. refugee camp in Qana, Lebanon and killed 103 innocent men, women, and especially children. A U.N. investigation determined the attack was intentional and stated that " while the possibility cannot be ruled out completely, the pattern of impacts in the Qana area makes it unlikely that the shelling of the United Nations compound was the result of technical and/or procedural errors." Shortly after this report the U.N. Security Council voted to condemn Israel for the attack and all nations with the exception of the U.S. voted in favor of the resolution. In other words, intentionally slaughtering 103 civilians was not sufficient for the United States to condemn Israel. Yet, when Hezbollah attacks Israel's illegal occupation of southern Lebanon and results in the deaths of two Israeli soldiers the U.S. is first to condemn this legal resistance. During the past 27 months the Palestinian resistance from the brutal and illegal Israeli occupation has resulted in more than 2000 Palestinians and 670 Israelis killed. When Israelis are killed or injured by Palestinian suicide bombers the White House wastes not a second to harshly condemn these brutal acts, and it does so in an understandable manner. But when Israelis drop a one-ton bomb in the center of a Gaza City apartment complex and kills 15 innocent Palestinians including 9 small children the U.S. issues a diplomatic statement criticizing the attack only as using "excessive force." Other times when Palestinian children are slaughtered for throwing stones at tanks the United States remains silent. These are just a few of the criminal acts committed by the Israeli government and shielded from criticism by U.S. politicians or even reported by the controlled media. Although September 11th brought the fight on terrorism to the front burner, it seems that the United States protects Israel from any criticism here too. An Israeli instant-messaging firm Odigo confirmed that two employees received text messages warning of an attack on the World Trade Center two hours before terrorists crashed planes into the New York landmarks. (Ha'aretz, December 20, 2002.) Is it possible that Israel had foreknowledge of the attack? Could this be the answer why many Israeli employees at the World Trade Center never showed up for work that tragic September morning? If this is the case then the fact that Israel's government had prior knowledge of the pending attack and not warned the Americans makes them as guilty as our enemy. Whatever the case, our government must make a complete and thorough investigation without any threats from Jewish and Israeli interest
Re: [CTRL] Lott and Thurmond's 'States Rights' Are Not Federalism
-Caveat Lector- It's a common misunderstanding (intentionally fostered) confusing "rights" with "powers." The founding fathers gave us a government of limited delegated powers which have been expanded (usurped) beyond recognition. JR - Original Message - From: flw To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 25, 2002 10:21 AM Subject: [CTRL] Lott and Thurmond's 'States Rights' Are Not Federalism -Caveat Lector-Segregationists misuse Federalism.There are no 'States' Rights".THE WASHINGTON TIMESDecember 25, 2002The story behind Lott's blunderAlan Reynolds Most of what has been hashed and rehashed about Sen. Trent Lott'sinfamous reference to Sen. Strom Thurmond's 1948 presidential bid is ofonly passing interest now that the Mississippian quit the Senateleadership. Some wanted a different Senate majority leader anyway and weresecretly thankful for any excuse. Before the coup, only a couple ofhistorical comments about the incident caught my attention. One was theobservation that half of Americans were not even alive in 1948, andprobably have no idea what Mr. Lott was talking about. The other was apoignant column by publisher Ralph Eubanks, offering his personalreflections on what it was like growing up black in Mississippi. When he researched his family background, Mr. Eubanks "found the words'states' rights' and 'illegal encroachment by the federal government' usedin place of 'segregation' and 'integration.'" That comment is quitecorrect, yet it troubles me for two reasons. As a college student in theearly 1960s, I was passionately opposed to the military draft and just aspassionately in favor of the Rev. Martin Luther King's dream of treatingpeople as individuals, not as members of arbitrary categories. On the otherhand, I was and still am a big fan of decentralized government, otherwiseknown as federalism or devolution. The 1948 States' Rights Party campaign failed to derail the properextension of civil rights to all Americans. Yet the effort nonethelessmanaged to hijack the vital concept of federalism, even today. By defendingsegregation in terms of states' rights, Dixiecrats tainted one of the mosteffective checks and balances the Founding Fathers created. The label "states' rights" was nonsense. States have no rights; onlyindividuals have rights. The Constitution enumerated a deliberately narrowlist of what the federal government could legitimately do, essentially justa common market with a common currency and army. The 10th Amendment addedthat "powers not delegated to the United States Constitution, norprohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, orto the people." As Cato Institute scholar Roger Pilon points out, the states, too,derive "their just powers from the consent of the governed." States neverhad any right to provide unequal treatment under the law, regardlesswhether that meant favoritism (affirmative action) or the opposite(segregation). Federalism encourages relatively efficient, innovative and responsivegovernment by creating competition among states and cities over the qualityand cost of government services. States that charge steep taxes formediocre services invariably repel talented citizens and promisingbusinesses. State politicians can easily be held accountable for resultsthat fail to measure up to other states. Federalism diffuses political tensions by allowing for a wide varietyof local cultural and political tastes. Las Vegas and Salt Lake City aregeographically close, yet far apart when it comes to social mores. If youcannot tolerate being near gambling and prostitution, don't live in Nevada.The ease of voting with your feet makes federalism an excellent safetyvalve for social intolerance. Abortion became such a nationally divisiveissue because the Supreme Court "made a federal case out of it," eventhough murder cases are left to local jurisdictions. The national prohibition of drinking likewise raised the stakes to anintolerable level, though nobody worried much about dry counties that longoutlasted the federal law. State referendums wish to decriminalize themedical use of marijuana, but federal drug czars, who have long beenintoxicated with unconstitutional powers, obstruct democracy, too. The saddest legacy of the segregationists' perversion of federalistarguments is that too many Americans have become dangerously sanguine about"encroachment by the federal government." Some of the recent federal bullying has been merely irksome, such asthe absurd experiment with a nationwide speed limit of 55 mph. The federalgovernment had no legitimate authority to meddle with speed limits. It didit by threatening to withhold federal funds. It used the same trick toimpose an equally unenforceable requirement that college students reach theage of 21 before tasting beer. A farce, of course, but now a federal farce.All "internal revenue" is extracted from the citizens of states, butCongress keeps threatening
[CTRL] Lott and Thurmond's 'States Rights' Are Not Federalism
-Caveat Lector- Segregationists misuse Federalism. There are no 'States' Rights". THE WASHINGTON TIMES December 25, 2002 The story behind Lott's blunder Alan Reynolds Most of what has been hashed and rehashed about Sen. Trent Lott's infamous reference to Sen. Strom Thurmond's 1948 presidential bid is of only passing interest now that the Mississippian quit the Senate leadership. Some wanted a different Senate majority leader anyway and were secretly thankful for any excuse. Before the coup, only a couple of historical comments about the incident caught my attention. One was the observation that half of Americans were not even alive in 1948, and probably have no idea what Mr. Lott was talking about. The other was a poignant column by publisher Ralph Eubanks, offering his personal reflections on what it was like growing up black in Mississippi. When he researched his family background, Mr. Eubanks "found the words 'states' rights' and 'illegal encroachment by the federal government' used in place of 'segregation' and 'integration.'" That comment is quite correct, yet it troubles me for two reasons. As a college student in the early 1960s, I was passionately opposed to the military draft and just as passionately in favor of the Rev. Martin Luther King's dream of treating people as individuals, not as members of arbitrary categories. On the other hand, I was and still am a big fan of decentralized government, otherwise known as federalism or devolution. The 1948 States' Rights Party campaign failed to derail the proper extension of civil rights to all Americans. Yet the effort nonetheless managed to hijack the vital concept of federalism, even today. By defending segregation in terms of states' rights, Dixiecrats tainted one of the most effective checks and balances the Founding Fathers created. The label "states' rights" was nonsense. States have no rights; only individuals have rights. The Constitution enumerated a deliberately narrow list of what the federal government could legitimately do, essentially just a common market with a common currency and army. The 10th Amendment added that "powers not delegated to the United States Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people." As Cato Institute scholar Roger Pilon points out, the states, too, derive "their just powers from the consent of the governed." States never had any right to provide unequal treatment under the law, regardless whether that meant favoritism (affirmative action) or the opposite (segregation). Federalism encourages relatively efficient, innovative and responsive government by creating competition among states and cities over the quality and cost of government services. States that charge steep taxes for mediocre services invariably repel talented citizens and promising businesses. State politicians can easily be held accountable for results that fail to measure up to other states. Federalism diffuses political tensions by allowing for a wide variety of local cultural and political tastes. Las Vegas and Salt Lake City are geographically close, yet far apart when it comes to social mores. If you cannot tolerate being near gambling and prostitution, don't live in Nevada. The ease of voting with your feet makes federalism an excellent safety valve for social intolerance. Abortion became such a nationally divisive issue because the Supreme Court "made a federal case out of it," even though murder cases are left to local jurisdictions. The national prohibition of drinking likewise raised the stakes to an intolerable level, though nobody worried much about dry counties that long outlasted the federal law. State referendums wish to decriminalize the medical use of marijuana, but federal drug czars, who have long been intoxicated with unconstitutional powers, obstruct democracy, too. The saddest legacy of the segregationists' perversion of federalist arguments is that too many Americans have become dangerously sanguine about "encroachment by the federal government." Some of the recent federal bullying has been merely irksome, such as the absurd experiment with a nationwide speed limit of 55 mph. The federal government had no legitimate authority to meddle with speed limits. It did it by threatening to withhold federal funds. It used the same trick to impose an equally unenforceable requirement that college students reach the age of 21 before tasting beer. A farce, of course, but now a federal farce. All "internal revenue" is extracted from the citizens of states, but Congress keeps threatening to make that flow of cash into a one-way street unless the state conforms to more and more of these petty federal dictates and mandates. Federalism means the federal government should focus on its main responsibilities and not meddle in matters best handled closer to home. A focused federal government would never have allowed "homeland
[CTRL] x-mas morning hunting photo
-Caveat Lector- Christmas morning hunting photo. I bagged a big one. http://www.unknownnews.net/clause.jpg http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org 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 http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED] http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] A very merry Christmas to you and yours.
-Caveat Lector- -- Outgoing mail is certified virus free Scanned by Norton AntiVirus http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org 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 http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED] http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] (Fwd) [AlasBabylon] U.N. Complicit in Forced Sterilizations
-Caveat Lector- --- Forwarded message follows --- To: "AlasBabylon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Adam Whaley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date sent: Wed, 25 Dec 2002 13:11:04 - Subject:[AlasBabylon] U.N. Complicit in Forced Sterilizations Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [ Double-click this line for list subscription options ] U.N. Complicit in Forced Sterilizations There is compelling evidence that the United Nations collaborated in the forced sterilization of poor, rural women in Peru from 1995 to 1997. But mud from the scandal is clinging only to the United States. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,73780,00.html U.N. Complicit in Forced Sterilizations Monday, December 23, 2002 By Wendy McElroy There is compelling evidence that the United Nations collaborated in the forced sterilization of poor, rural women in Peru from 1995 to 1997. But mud from the scandal is clinging only to the United States. As the U.N. continues to pose as the conscience and watchdog of the globe, the U.S. is being battered for taking the proper position: namely, reducing its role in global family planning ventures. The controversy revolves around Peru's National Program for Family Planning, which received funding from both the United Nations Population Fund and U.S. Agency for International Development. The Program included a campaign entitled Voluntary Surgical Contraception -- that is, sterilization. An estimated 100,000 to 300,000 people, mostly women, were sterilized. Some Peruvian health workers reportedly received bonuses ranging variously from $4 to $12 U.S. for each woman they "persuaded" to have a tubal ligation. Doctors and hospitals were pressured to meet sterilization quotas. It's not surprising that reports and testimonials of forced sterilizations abound. Felipa Cusi went to a rural clinic because she was suffering from symptoms of the flu. After being anesthetized, she was sterilized without her knowledge. Some women died as a result of such surgery. Magna Morales was kidnapped by health workers and sterilized at a makeshift clinic. Without follow-up medical care, she died 10 days later. On Jan. 11, 1998, the Miami Herald introduced Magna Morales' story to its readership and accused the Peruvian government, then under President Alberto Fujimori, of forced sterilizations. In February, both the New York Times and the Washington Post ran articles repeating the charges. That same month, Grover Joseph Rees, Staff Director of the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights, released a personal account of his visit to Peru. Rees confirmed the presence of forced sterilization. His report recommended that the U.S. discontinue funding to Peru's family planning programs and disassociate itself from them. Rees went so far as to caution against expressing support of a billboard campaign that encouraged Peruvians to have small families. He worried that such support could be misconstrued as an endorsement of sterilization policies. In short, although the U.S. must assume responsibility for funding Peru's policies, it also deserves credit for investigating the travesty and for trying to act responsibly. To his shame, Clinton continued to fund the UNFPA despite the stories of forced sterilization coming out of Peru and of forced abortions emerging from China. Unlike the U.S., the U.N. has displayed no decency and assumed no responsibility. A July 26 press release captures the agency's response. It denies all charges and claims that the allegations are "being disseminated through the media by PRI [Population Research Institute], a fringe group that engages in a campaign against UNFPA in pursuit of its ideological opposition to family planning." It is difficult to dismiss Hector Chavez Chuchon in a similarly ad hominem manner. The Peruvian parliamentarian and medical doctor told a subcommittee investigating the forced sterilizations, "The United Nations was aware of this policy; [U.N.] personnel worked in the health ministry." In a June 2002 report entitled "Anticoncepcion Quirurgica Voluntaria" the Peruvian Congress added that, in the early 1990s, "[Fujimori's] National Population Program established demographic strategies and methods explicitly restrictive and controlling; in this line, the United Nations Population Fund, known for its support of population control in developing countries, took charge. For that end, the United Nations Population Fund act[ed] as Technical Secretary, working in coordination with the National Population Council." The report concludes that the "UNFPA increased their support and even participation in the task during the government of the ex-president Alberto Fujimori, especially in the period 1995-2000." Abubakar Dungus, a spokesperson for the UNFPA, contends that the U.N. did not "learn" of the involuntary sterilization until "late 19
[CTRL] Merry Xmas Suckers!
-Caveat Lector- http://www.mind.net/basile/DeficitDubya69.html >>>Even if you have differnet opinions of the subject, the person's a good artist nonetheless. A<:>E<:>R http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org 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 http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED] http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl 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] imc ireland: newswire
-Caveat Lector- http://indymedia.ie/cgi-bin/newswire.cgi?id=22468&start=0 Free Speech 1 Zionism 0 by MG Mon, Dec 23 2002, 4:05pm Dutch prosecutors reject ridiculous Israeli demand The global Israeli campaign against free speech suffered a setback today when Dutch prosecutors refused to lay charges against the wife of the European Central Bank president following comments she made about Israels illegal occupation of Palestine. Pro-Israeli Jewish groups had asked prosecutors to investigate Gretta Duisenberg for hate crimes after she said she would be seeking six million signatures on a petition against Israeli military activities in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. The groups said her use of the number six million was a deliberate reference to the number of Jews slaughtered by Nazi Germany during the Holocaust. They accused Ms Duisenberg of anti-semitism, a charge that has been laid against several leading politicians and academics who have spoken about the horrors perpetrated by Israeli soldiers during their 35-year-old illegal occupation of Palestine. Ms Duisenberg, who made the remark at a Palestinian solidarity rally, had already been the victim of a campaign by Jewish lobby groups when she hung the Palestinian flag from her balcony to express her support for Palestinian freedom. Ms Duisenberg said she hadnt intended to offend Jews by inadvertently using the number six million during her comment. Today, the Dutch public prosecutors office dismissed the pro-Israeli groups request for legal action, saying Ms Duisenbergs comments could not be seen as inciting racial hatred. Further reading: A strange kind of freedom by Robert Fisk: http:// www.independent.co.uk/story.jsp?story= 313235 How to shut up your critics by Robert Fisk: http:// www.counterpunch.org/fisk1023.html The wolf who cried wolf by Junaid Alam: http:// www.counterpunch.org/jalam1026.html Israel and anti-semitism by Alexander Cockburn: http:// www.counterpunch.org/cockburn0516.html What is anti-semitism? by Michael Neumann: http:// www.counterpunch.org/neumann0604.html Hate in the campus by Alan Dershowitz: http://www.indymedia.ie/ cgi-bin/newswire.cgi? id=22151 Anti-semitism on the rise by Henry McDonald: http:// www.indymedia.ie/cgi- bin/newswire.cgi?id=21989&start=50 http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org 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 http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED] http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl 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] Enemy Of The States
-Caveat Lector- http://www.sundayherald.com/28001 Sunday Herald - 29 September 2002 Enemy Of The States Saddam Hussein may be his latest Most Wanted but with George W Bush declaring that if you're not with him you're against him, you -- along with millions of others, including US citizens -- might also be a foe of America, says Ian Bell AL Gore is anti-American. The chancellor of Germany is anti-American. Anyone who criticises Israel is anti-American. All those who marched through London yesterday are anti- American. Opponents of Tony Blair are anti-American. Much of the Democratic Party of the United States are anti- American. Europeans, in general, are anti-American and anti- Semitic to boot. It's possible the US joint chiefs of staff are anti-American. It turns out that I'm anti-American, too, if a year's worth of accusing email traffic and White House pronouncements are anything to go by. I choose the examples more or less at random, more or less seriously. It is not so difficult, in these days, to find yourself faced with the 21st century's equivalent of the old cold war question: 'Are you now, or have you ever been ...?' The new synonym for traitor has achieved an international currency and is being applied, more or less indiscriminately, to anyone, of all faiths and none, who happens to be made a little queasy by the doctrine of a pre-emptive, purgative war. Which is odd. First, I personally do not recall experiencing any loss of love or admiration for America. If it happened -- and I beg leave to doubt -- it happened without any help from me. My reservations towards the great republic are much as they always were. My scepticism is also balanced, as before, by the knowledge of the many impressive things that can be labelled Made in America. Constitution, Bill of Rights, freedom of speech and assembly, the eradication of fascism, the rule of law, the democratic impulse and the old, instinctive opposition to colonialism: it's a hefty list, and one difficult to scorn. Besides -- my second problem -- I find it difficult to understand how it is actually possible to be sincerely anti-American, as much as you might like to try. The world isn't like that. Our society is built around American goods, cultural goods in particular, and American ideas. You might define it all as a subtle, obnoxious imperialism, but if so you have to stop watching their movies, stop listening to their music, stop reading their novels, eating their burgers, buying their fashions and using their software. You have to insulate yourself, somehow, from your own daily existence. As it turns out, the good stuff comes from the same place as the bad stuff. There is a lot of good stuff though. My own mental album contains the endless green hills of New Hampshire and the desert sunsets of Arizona, the ineffable buzz of Manhattan and those reverent crowds hauling themselves up a long staircase in Washington just to see Lincoln's memorial. I've known people who were redneck parodies of themselves and people who defied all the European stereotypes, courtly, smart, idealistic and utterly confident, in a way no other nation has ever been confident, of their rights and freedoms. Now, it seems, I hate them and everything they ever stood for. That's the charge, more or less. It has been in the air for most of my lifetime. Chile or Vietnam, world trade or cruise missiles, Cuba or conservation: if you're not with us, as George W Bush is fond of saying, you are against us. Suddenly there is no middle ground, or any desire for one. When the German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder cannily listens to his own electorate rather than the White House he becomes a non- person. When Gore denounces Bush for squandering America's moral capital since September 11, or when his Democratic colleagues quibble over the threat to workers' rights implicit in the Homeland Security bill, the President blandly retorts that such individuals 'are not interested in the security of the American people'. Which American people, George? According to the Washington Post the joint chiefs are opposed to a war on Iraq. If the White House is interested in logic, that puts the generals on the list of suspects. Yet logic is currently so scarce that even casting a little reasonable doubt over Blair's Iraq 'dossier' will place you, citizen of a free European democracy, among the ranks of America's enemies. Should you go further and object to Israel's behaviour the process of criminalisation by proxy -- any sort of dissent seems to be enough -- will be complete. Remember what Europe did to the Jews; criticise the government of Israel and you join the vile mob. Such is being said, freely and frequently, in the salons of the Republican right. Some critics of the US make it easy for the hawks and super patriots, of course. There is a certain myopia abroad that somehow makes it impossible, in certain quarters, to view two apparently contradictory proposi
[CTRL] Judicial Watch - Because no one is above the law!
-Caveat Lector- http://www.judicialwatch.org/2889.shtml Dec 23, 2002 Contact: Press Office 202-646-5172 Judicial Watchs Dirty Dozen The 12 Most Corrupt Politicians, Lobbyists and Business Leaders of 2002 (Washington, DC) Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announces its top ten list of the most corrupt politicians, government officials, lobbyists and business leaders of 2002. #1 Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY): Like a modern-day Gollum, Mrs. Clintons quest for political brass rings frequently descends into evil, from Whitewater to FBI Filegate to Travelgate to taking over 2 million dollars in illegal contributions for her Senate campaign from Judicial Watch client Peter Paul. Judicial Watchs quest is to throw her ring into the judicial Cracks of Doom. #2 Bill Clinton (D): The King of Corruption for eight tawdry years, Judicial Watch looks forward to taking Mr. Clintons testimony under oath in the Dolly Kyle Browning vs. Clinton case and many others. #3 Fmr. FBI Director Louis Freeh (R): The most corrupt and inept FBI Director in the history of the agency, Freeh recently suffered a blow from the Supreme Court, refusing to acknowledge his claim of immunity in a lawsuit filed by JW on behalf of Fmr. Energy Department Director of Intelligence, Notra Trulock. #4 Jesse Jackson (D): Judicial Watch sued the so-called Reverend Jesse Jackson, his son Jonathan and others for alleged civil rights violations and assault and battery on behalf of conservative black activist Rev. Jesse Lee Petersen. #5 Congressman Richard Gephardt (D-MO): Judicial Watch sued Gephardt & his campaign staff for alleged assault, civil rights violations and abuse of process and other wrongdoings on behalf of Bill Federer, who ran for and nearly won, Gephardts seat in 2000. #6 DNC Chairman Terry McAuliffe (D): Parlayed $100,000 into 18 million dollars in the bankrupt Global Crossing. JW is suing McAuliffe over his alleged shady ties with Global Crossing. #7 Fmr. IRS Commissioner Charles Rossotti (R): Used the Internal Revenue Service as a political weapon that would have made even Richard Nixon proud. #8 Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS): A supreme embarrassment to the nation even before his recent foot-in-mouth statement at Strom Thurmonds 100th birthday, Lott was instrumental in making the impeachment trial of Bill Clinton a total joke. #9 Sen. Robert Torricelli (D-NJ): Like The Godfathers Senator Geary, The Torch couldnt find an offer or a big-screen TV that he couldnt refuse. His corrupt career on Capitol Hill presently sleeps with fishes. #10 Sen. Tom Daschle (D-SD): Judicial Watch has filed FOIA requests to uncover Sen. Daschle and his wife Lindas role in the selection of faulty bomb detecting equipment for the airline industry. #11 Fmr. Enron CEO Kenneth Lay: The disgraced Kenny-Boy, used investors money in Enron like his own personal cookie jar, playing the fiddle while this Houston- based company burned. #12 Congressman Henry Waxman (D-CA): For his tireless efforts to obstruct justice whenever Democrat wrongdoing is involved. Honorable Mention: Congressman Tom DeLay (R-TX): The Hammer smashed his thumb when he tried to sell White House access to contributors a la Lincoln bedroom-style. Top of Page [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1-888-JW-ETHIC Site Hosting and Technology by Cory Consulting © 1997-2002, Judicial Watch, Inc., All rights reserved. http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org 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 http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED] http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] NYTimes.com Article: Iraq Courts Its Kurds With an Anti-U.S. Islamic Edict
-Caveat Lector- This article from NYTimes.com has been sent to you by [EMAIL PROTECTED] Same old story: families will fight until someone steps in; then they'll fight off the "do-gooder' then go back to fighting amongst themselves. Kinda like the Dems and Reps around the time they voted in the PATRIOT Act. A<:>E<:>R [EMAIL PROTECTED] Iraq Courts Its Kurds With an Anti-U.S. Islamic Edict December 24, 2002 By NEIL MacFARQUHAR KIRKUK, Iraq, Dec. 23 - The Iraqi government unleashed a salvo in the struggle for the hearts and minds of its Kurdish citizens today, gathering hundreds of Muslim clerics in this northern provincial capital to issue a religious fiat saying it was time to fight the Americans even as they prepare for war. The assembly in this somewhat drab city, known more for its vast oil reserves than for any Islamic bent, was a kind of pep rally for prayer leaders, seminary students and other devotees. Each speaker brought much the same message, exhorting the Kurdish clerics to spread the word that anyone who cooperated with the Americans and their designs on Iraq would be considered an apostate. Coming after recent reports that American intelligence officials have been recruiting for a possible invasion force in the autonomous Kurdish region, about 90 miles northeast of here, Iraq is apparently accenting the bond of religion to try to sway its often estranged Kurdish minority toward Baghdad. Organizers said that about 530 of the 600 clerics who showed up were from within the northern area, which Iraq has not controlled since the aftermath of the 1991 Persian Gulf war. "The Americans have prepared everything to occupy the land of Islam, to occupy Iraq in order to loot its wealth and to license all that God has forbidden," read the fiat, or fatwa. "Fighting them has already become an obligation. We should not stand still and wait and not fight them, as we know very well what they have already done and what they are doing to Muslims in Palestine and Afghanistan and elsewhere." >From a vantage point inside Iraq, it was difficult to evaluate what impact the fatwa might have. Given that it reflects official policy, no one was likely to stand up and condemn it. Indeed, each spontaneous outburst from the floor was more volcanic than the next in denouncing the American administration and Israel. One speaker suggested that the clerics deploy their minarets - a reference to the loudspeakers used to broadcast sermons - to "light a fire that will burn the face of the enemy." Furthermore, although fatwas are in theory binding on all Muslims, the force of any individual edict largely boils down to the degree of esteem in which the faithful hold the scholar who issues it. Organizers from the Baghdad-based Popular Islamic Conference Organization said this one was issued by Abdel Karim al-Mudarris, a venerable Sunni cleric of Kurdish origin, said to be 110 years old, whose frail health confines him to Baghdad, the Iraqi capital. The most noted clerics in Iraq, both Shiite and Sunni, issued similar rulings three months ago, saying it was a religious duty to fight American invaders. Apart from its target audience of Kurds, the fatwa issued today was much the same, giving anyone who opposes the presence of American troops or advisers in northern Iraq religious license to attack them. At least one participant said he left convinced that the fatwa was just and that it would put a religious spin on any future conflict. "This is the real thing, but it will not be applied unless they attack us," said Ali Ahmed Khuduk, a 23-year-old cleric from Sulaimaniya in the autonomous zone. "It will possibly be a religious war." Tariq Aziz, the deputy prime minister, said in a speech in Baghdad today that the American military buildup was aimed at the whole Arab world. "It is a strategic buildup for a war at the level of a world war, which is at this stage targeting the entire Arab nation," he said. Iraq for some time has been seeking to put an Islamic tint on its differences with Washington, so as to rally Muslim support to its side. Religion is a strictly state-controlled affair here, with Saddam Hussein's government denying any links to terrorist figures like Osama bin Laden, despite attempts by Washington to make the connection. At the conference, though, clerics unleashed the kind of vitriolic oratory against the United States and its Israeli allies that has become increasingly common. "Damn the Americans and the Zionists," said Sheik Omar Hussein al-Sangawi, the head of the organization's Kirkuk office, in his sermon. "They want to destroy us, to destroy our people, with their missiles and dangerous weapons, and to impose on us their evil decisions." The cleric said he had gone onto the Internet and discovered to his horror a speech attributed to President Bush in which he boasted of shaving the beards of the faithful in Afghanistan and tearing the burkas off the women, while introducing every manner o
[CTRL] Why not ... Texas?
-Caveat Lector- http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/12/23/1040511011379.html Print this article | Close this window A bad case of the bad guys December 24 2002 Surely the producers of the James Bond movie machine must have felt safe with the villain they chose for the latest instalment Die Another Day - a rogue North Korean colonel who has himself genetically transformed into an extremely rich megalomaniac from Iceland. But no. When it comes to choosing villains for big popcorn movies - a task that used to be as easy as "Where did we put those Nazi uniforms?" - it is becoming more and more difficult to take a step without treading on someone's tender toes. "The US should stop at once this dirty and cursed burlesque," the North Korean Central News Agency said last week, quoting a statement from the Secretariat of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland. The secretariat was apparently under the misapprehension that 007 is an American agent and that the director, Lee Tamahori, a New Zealander, was doing the CIA's bidding. Note to Pyongyang: That bell tower in the background is Big Ben. Nothing has been heard from Iceland as yet. The North Koreans further denounced Die Another Day as a "premeditated act of mocking at and insulting the Korean nation." The screenwriter, John Ridley, who wrote the story for Three Kings, the 1999 film that found villains on all sides of the Gulf War, said: "Personally, I think they're looking at it the wrong way. It's a compliment for Hollywood to say you have that kind of villainy." Pity the poor Hollywood producer chewing on his Mont Blanc pen or the screenwriter hunched over his laptop. Where to turn for bad guys? "The trouble is that as the movie business becomes more global, it becomes harder to find a villain," said Michael Barker, the co-president of Sony Pictures Classics. With studios depending more and more on foreign ticket sales, it is difficult to vilify any foreign country or ethnic group without threatening revenues from some part of the globe. Even when the villain-nation is one that doesn't import Hollywood films - North Korea, for one - immigrant groups in America often take offence. This is not the first that time Hollywood has stumbled over this matter. Many Arab-American groups, for instance, have been incensed at providing human fodder for Arnold Schwarzenegger in True Lies (1994). It is necessary only to examine some of the popular movie franchises to see the trouble Hollywood has had in coming up with fresh villains. In Lethal Weapon (1987) it was rogue cops. In Lethal Weapon 2 (1989) it was South African diplomats. In Lethal Weapon 3 (1992) it was arms dealers. In Lethal Weapon 4 (1998) it was Chinese mob bosses. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Russians didn't work so well as villains, unless it was Russian mobsters, but soon even that well ran dry. International arms dealers are always good. James Bond has used them more than once. And for a while, it was global terrorists (preferably with an Oxbridge accent and a supercilious manner) or rogue CIA bureaucrats (willing to kill millions to keep their funding intact). "Really, it's to the point where the only thing you can use is fat, rich, middle-aged white guys," said Ridley, who is black. "I personally think it would be great to have a black super-villain, although I wonder how much Americans would like it if some other country started making movies with evil American villains." The New York Times This story was found at: http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/12/23/ 1040511011379.html http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org 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 http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED] http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl 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] Doug Grow: FBI performs a nasty little sequel to whistle-blower saga
-Caveat Lector- http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/3547688.html Doug Grow: FBI performs a nasty little sequel to whistle- blower saga Doug Grow Star Tribune Published Dec. 22, 2002 GROW22 A nasty political sequel is being played out before our eyes. "The Bureaucracy Strikes Back" is the story flowing from the courageous saga of Minneapolis FBI agent Coleen Rowley, who blew the whistle on higher-ups in the FBI's bureaucracy. Just seven months ago she was being heralded as a national hero for daring to testify that top-level FBI officials had stymied efforts by Minneapolis agents to search records of Zacarias Moussaoui before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. A go-ahead from Washington for a search in Minneapolis might have yielded information that might have prevented the horrid attacks. A search of Moussaoui's belongings after 9/11 found clues to the plot. When Rowley appeared before congressional committees in Washington, there were concerns being expressed that she might pay a price for her courage. "The real question is not what happens today or tomorrow," the late Sen. Paul Wellstone said at the time Rowley was testifying. "It's what happens in the next year or two, or after that. That's always the case with whistle-blowers. It's going to be important for us to remain vigilant in her case." What's happened? Even in the midst of her testimony in Washington early last June, the FBI seemed to deliver a pointed message to Rowley that she was on her own. During a break in her testimony, Rowley had gone to FBI headquarters. Rather than provide a vehicle or any sort of escort for the agent when she left the FBI building, Rowley was left to fend for herself. She stepped out the door and into swarms of TV news crews. The situation was so chaotic that Rowley was concerned that some of the TV people might be injured by passing traffic. Now come reports of what appears to be another message being delivered to Rowley and her ilk. The Star Tribune's Greg Gordon reported last week that at a quiet little ceremony earlier this month, Marion (Spike) Bowman was one of nine people in the bureau to receive an award for "exceptional performance." The award carries with it a cash bonus of 20 to 35 percent of the recipient's salary and a framed certificate signed by the president. What does this have to do with Rowley? Bowman heads the FBI's National Security Law Unit. That's the unit that blocked Minneapolis agents from pursuing their suspicions about Moussaoui. Bowman received the big pats on the back (and cash) a few days before the House and Senate Intelligence committees turned in their reports of pre-Sept. 11 intelligence failures. The committees said that Minneapolis agents deserved honors for their work and that those who performed poorly should be disciplined. The National Security Law Unit was singled out by Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., for inept performance. There were no FBI honors for the Minneapolis office. There was a big honor for the lead antagonist of the Minneapolis office. But the beauty of a truly slick bureaucracy is that you can never really know the motive for an action. Obviously, no FBI official ever said that Rowley was shoved out of the bureau's headquarters and into the thundering media herd last June as a little payback for her integrity. And FBI director Bob Mueller isn't about to say that Bowman is getting heralded for "exceptional performance" as a way of showing whistle-blowers who's got the biggest whistle. In fact, there are Mueller-defenders who gasp in horror at the suggestion that the FBI would ever be so crass as to play Machiavellian games with its prestigious awards. We're supposed to believe that despite that disappointing little experience with the Minneapolis agents before Sept. 11, Bowman's office had done just a great job. Brian Atwood, dean of the University of Minnesota's Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs since Oct. 1, is an expert on the subject of bureaucracies. Until global realities changed, Atwood was being credited with streamlining the U.S. Agency for International Development. He said it's very possible that top officials in the FBI feel that Bowman deserves being defended from what they see as unfair "political" attacks. "He would be seen as one of the best [in the FBI hierarchy], otherwise he would not be in a position to make [such] a mistake," Atwood said. So when Bowman was criticized by Rowley and politicians, it's very likely that top FBI officials would ask, "What can we do to spit in their eye?" The FBI's Minneapolis office has not commented on Bowman's award for "exceptional performance." Presumably, agents in Minneapolis are so busy bracing for the next message from Washington they don't have time to talk. -- Doug Grow is at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Return to top © Copyright 2002 Star Tribune. All rights reserved. http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion &
[CTRL] Kroger Lets Shoppers Pay Via Fingerprint
-Caveat Lector- Fingerprints for food. And I thought only criminals were fingerprinted. Well maybe these people are criminalsor pathetic mindless robotonsthey sure don't display the qualities of what an American is supposed to stand for. Hey, but it's "convenient". Of course Stalin's systems were "convenient" too. - Kroger Lets Shoppers Pay Via Fingerprint Tue Dec 24, 1:34 PM ET NEW YORK (Reuters) - Suppose you endured the checkout line at the grocery store only to find that you were short on cash, or you'd forgotten your wallet. What if you could settle the bill with just the touch of your finger? Kroger Co. (NYSE:KR - news), the largest U.S. supermarket chain, is offering some customers just that opportunity, testing finger imaging as a method of payment in three of its Texas stores. A machine scans the index finger, matching the customer's unique fingerprint with the individual's account. The company avoids the term "fingerprinting" because of its law enforcement connotation -- the same reason the technology is applied to the index finger, rather than the thumb. Customers can register for the voluntary program by presenting a drivers license, an index finger and a method of payment -- either credit card, debit card or electronic check. "Early indications are that it's being well received by the customer, the new technology is performing well, and it is saving both time and money," said Gary Huddleston, manager of consumer affairs for Kroger's Southwest division. The company has been testing finger imaging in the Texas towns of Bryan and College Station for about nine months. About 10,000 customers are currently participating. Students from nearby Texas A&M University have been particularly receptive, as have "surprisingly, many of our seniors," Huddleston said. Cincinnati-based Kroger has not yet made plans to roll finger imaging out to more stores, as it is still in the test phase, Huddleston said. -- -iNFoWaRZ Kroger, Big Brother's Little Brother. You can have my fingerprints when you pry them off my cold dead fingers. http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org 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 http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED] http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl 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
