[CTRL] Chirac signals
-Caveat Lector- World Socialist Web Site www.wsws.org http://www.wsws.org/articles/2003/feb2003/summ-f08_prn.shtml WSWS : News Analysis : Europe Franco-British summit: Chirac signals Paris ready to back war vs. Iraq By Julie Hyland 8 February 2003 Back to screen version| Send this link by email | Email the author Any illusion that the European powers can be relied on to oppose a US-led war in the Persian Gulf were dealt a blow by the Franco-British summit that took place on February 3, and Frances subsequent responses on the issue. During the talks at the French resort of Le Touquet, President Jacques Chirac made clear that he was not opposed on principal to an attack on Baghdad. Making common cause with British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Chirac emphasised his opposition to Saddam Hussein and stressed that France would not rule out military force against Iraq. His words were given additional weight by news that the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle had made an unscheduled departure for exercises in the Mediterranean alongside Americas carrier, the USS Harry S. Truman. Just days before, French Defence Ministry officials had announced that 150 servicemen and a small number of warplanes were being deployed to Qatar, in a move seen as indicating French preparedness to line up with a US attack on Iraq. If Chirac still felt it politic to reiterate French objections to a US-led assault on Iraq not sanctioned by the United Nations, it is because he is playing a cynical game in which the lives of tens of thousands of Iraqi people are to be sacrificed, providing Frances own imperialist interests are taken into account. The summit was held on the eve of US Secretary of State Colin Powells presentation of the American case against Iraq at the UN Security Council. Despite the flimsy and fraudulent character of Powells case, the presentation was aimed, in part, at enabling the UNs reluctant objectors to manoeuvre into position behind a war. This external US pressure helped ensure that relations between Blair and Chirac at the summit were cordial, even after months of tensions between the two countries. The talks had originally been scheduled for December, but Chirac postponed them after a bitter public row with Britain over reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) governing farming subsidies. Paris and Berlin had cut a deal on the matter, enabling France to maintain its subsidies for an extended period, causing alarm in London at the prospect of a strengthened Franco- German axis for the European Union. The stepping up of US preparations for war against Iraq has changed the balance of forces within Europe to the detriment of France and the benefit of Britain. Efforts by Paris and Berlin to mark out a common European position of resistance to US ambitions were undermined by the gang of eight declaration in late January. The declaration, signed by five EU members including Britain, and three prospective members from eastern European countries not only supported US preparations for war, but rejected France and Germanys claims to be speaking for Europe, leading US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to refer contemptuously to Paris and Berlin as old Europe. Chirac was also placed on the defensive by the heavy defeats sustained by German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeders ruling Social Democratic Party in local elections at the weekend. Although not occasioned by his antiwar stance, which remains popular, the 15 percent swing to the Christian Democrats was portrayed by Washington and London as a victory for their line and a signal for a possible shift in position by Germany. With Powells statement to the Security Council heralding the closing stages of preparations for war, France does not relish being isolated on the sidelines. Chirac therefore gave every indication that Frances position will be subject to revision in the event of discussions on a second UN resolution. He hinted at Rumsfelds rebuke in his summit statement. France and Britain represent two ancient civilisations, two old nations, two old cultures, Chirac said, and this was a great strength. But otherwise the two leaders studiously avoided past disagreements. Britain and France have different approaches to war against Iraq, Chirac said, but first and foremost we have two convictions which are fundamental and are shared. The two countries were in fact far closer to one another, he continued, and were entirely in agreement that Iraq must be disarmed and that this has to be undertaken within the Security Council of the United Nations. The demand for UN approval is favoured by sections of the European ruling class and various antiwar groupings. The call has nothing to do with principled opposition to an imperialist war against a small, impoverished country for the purpose of occupying its territory and seizing strategic oil resources. Politically it is aimed at chloroforming public opinion, especially in
[CTRL] Dilemma for Chirac
-Caveat Lector- Paris dispatch http://www.guardian.co.uk/elsewhere/journalist/story/0,7792,891036,00.ht ml Chirac's dilemma France does not want war but nor can it risk international isolation. Give it time and its compliance with America is almost assured, writes Jon Henley Jon Henley Friday February 7, 2003 The Guardian So how far will France actually go? When the chips are down, will it - as the White House, Downing Street and most commentators seem to think - pull back from the brink, cave in to US and British pressure, and vote for (or at least not against) a new UN resolution authorising the use of force against Saddam Hussein? The answer is almost certainly no now, and yes later. The timing, in this, will be all. If Paris is forced into a decision in the next few weeks, it is very difficult to see how even someone of Jacques Chirac's balletic abilities could pirouette his way out of saying no to war: anything else would lose him all credibility. If, on the other hand, the UN weapons inspectors are allowed to continue their work for several more weeks, or preferably months, and if (as seems likely) they conclude that Baghdad has probably been concealing banned arms or at least refusing to cooperate actively, then other factors will start to weigh on the French president's mind. France's present position, or at least its perceived position, has lumped it in with Germany in a non- existent no war under any circumstances alliance. It is a false perception created by Mr Chirac's ill- advised remark, during the pomp and ceremony of the 40th anniversary of the Franco- German friendship treaty, that the French and German stance on the Iraqi question was identical. But Mr Chirac most definitely does not want to be in the same camp as Germany on this one, for several reasons. For a start, a resolutely pacifist France would infuriate America, at a time when improving transatlantic relations is a cornerstone of the newly elected president's foreign policy. Second, any genuine Franco-German anti-war axis on Iraq would antagonise most of the rest of France's EU partners - witness the famous pro-American letter that was the immediate and violent (in diplomatic terms) response to the Chirac-Schröder love-in. France's baseline position, the one that it trumpeted so successfully throughout last year and which resulted in Washington accepting the principle of a second resolution, is that a war will always be the worst possible solution and that, in consequence, only the UN security council is qualified to launch one. It was a moderating and conciliating position, not an obstructive one, and it earned widespread support among UN members. This is the position to which France is now plainly trying to return, after its probably unintended little diversion up Berlin's blind alley. Wednesday's security council intervention by Dominique de Villepin, the French foreign minister, was clearly aimed at easing transatlantic and cross-Channel tensions. He suggested the inspectors should be radically reinforced: a smart halfway house which means France can be accused of being neither pro-war nor anti-action. France believes that as long as the inspectors are in place and doing their job, the situation cannot be worsening. The so-called Iraqi threat, if it exists, is frozen as long as the UN teams are operating. To consider any attack before the inspectors themselves say they have finished their task (or are being prevented from doing so) is simply wrong: that is France's basic position. Mr Chirac will without doubt do all he can to avoid a war in Iraq. He seems genuinely to believe that it will have unforeseeable but probably horrendous consequences on Iraq's civilian population (who have a tough enough time of it as it is); on Arab world opinion (turning moderate Arabs into anti-westerns Arabs); on the stability of the Middle East (a region that really does not need another conflict); on the international fight against terror; and on Islamic opinion in France (a nation that numbers up to six million Muslims). For all those reasons he is against war. But perhaps most importantly of all, he is also driven by a desire to be a heavy-hitter in the international rink after five years in the shadows of cohabitation. He wants France's voice not just to be heard but to be respected and, if possible, followed. And he knows that isolating himself completely from Washington, and ruining for decades the credibility of the United Nations (which is what a French security council veto would do), will not take him very far towards that goal. The final wording of last year's UN resolution 1441 can legitimately be seen as something of a French diplomatic triumph: a compromise that respected international law and, as Mr Chirac always (and rather cornily) says, gave peace a chance. As the endgame nears, France now has to show that was not a flash in the pan. The weeks ahead will be crucial, and not just for Paris's diplomatic
[CTRL] Poor lad
-Caveat Lector- Pitying Jonah by Paul Gottfried However strange it may seem, Ive begun to pity Jonah Goldberg. Despite the inherited silver spoon in his Beltway mouth, and despite his anointed status as one of Bill Buckleys handpicked successors, this pubescent verbalizer can go nowhere these days without running into detractors. I wish my acolytes would show this kid some respect and stop accosting him with complaints about his unfitness to consider himself and his buds to be genuinely on the Right. In the latest outburst of such impudence, a few impassioned defenders of mine ran up to Jonah at this years gathering of CPAC, an occasion on which he could be expected to enjoy the adulations of Washington Big Government opponents of Big Government, and proceeded to hurt his self- esteem. Such lack of courtesy boggles the mind! It would be as Castro were scolded upon entering a meeting of the Cuban praesidium (assuming there is one in Cuba). One should be able to expect robots and party flacks to know their place in the scheme of things. Why hold a CPAC meeting and invite Goldberg to participate unless those present can behave as programmed? Unfortunately not everyone present was sufficiently robotized, and some of the attendees repeated to Jonah my ungracious comments published on LRC and VDARE. The same individuals stressed the fact that LRC now has a better Alexa rating than does NROnline or, for that matter, any other neoconservative website. Being understandably miffed, Jonah blew up seismically, screaming in front of robots and non-robots alike that Gottfried is only a crank and that Alexa ratings have a glitch. Jonah is undoubtedly right about the glitch. It is inconceivable that anyone on the Right, except for a crank like me, would look at a non- neocon website, given the fact that those in what David Frum calls the paleo corner are vicious bigots who have no place in polite conversation, of the kind that goes on between Jonah and other adolescent, garrulous neocons and left liberals. I am also appalled to learn that Tom DiLorenzo defended me to someone who told him about Jonahs recent imbroglio. Jonah, it may be hoped, will pay no attention to this tactless demeanor. As someone who writes books showing that Abraham Lincolns statements on race would probably cause David Duke to blush with embarrassment and who (horribilis dictu) assails the scholarship of Dinesh DSouza, Harry Jaffa, and neocon think tanks from AEI to Claremont, Dr. DiLorenzo is not a person who deserves our respect. Nor am I, until Rupert Murdoch begins to shower me with big bucks or until the Goldberg Review solicits my contributions. February 8, 2003 Paul Gottfried [send him mail] is professor of history at Elizabethtown College and author of, most recently, the highly recommended Multiculturalism and the Politics of Guilt. Copyright © 2003 LewRockwell.com Paul Gottfried Archives Find this article at: http://www.lewrockwell.com/gottfried/gottfried44.html SAVE THIS | EMAIL THIS | Close Check the box to include the list of links referenced in the article. Forwarded for your information. The text and intent of the article have to stand on their own merits. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without charge or profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this type of information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe simply because it has been handed down for many genera- tions. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumoured by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is written in Holy Scriptures. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of teachers, elders or wise men. Believe only after careful observation and analysis, when you find that it agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all. Then accept it and live up to it. The Buddha on Belief, from the Kalama Sut A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A
[CTRL] Domestic Security Enhancement Act of 2003
-Caveat Lector- Transcript - Bill Moyers interviews Chuck Lewis http://www.pbs.org/now/transcript/transcript_lewis2.html MOYERS: Chuck Lewis, whom you just saw in that piece is with me now. He is the Executive Director of the nonpartisan Center for Public Integrity, the organization responsible for obtaining that document. Chuck Lewis, thank you for joining us. LEWIS: Thank you. MOYERS: The Patriot Act was passed six weeks after 9/11. We know now that it greatly changed the balance between liberty and security in this nation's framework. What do you think what's the significance of this new document, called the Domestic Security Enhancement Act of 2003? LEWIS: I think the significance is it just deepens and broadens, further extends the first Patriot Act. That act in 2001, they had six weeks, which was not a lot of time to throw something together. Now there's been 18 months of all kinds of things that have happened and court decisions that have tried to roll back some of the Patriot Act. And other concerns, law enforcement, people have, and so they've had time to sift and sort what they want. And it's arguably might be a more thorough rendering of all the things law enforcement and intelligence agencies would like to have in a perfect world. It's sort of how I look at it, and I think it's a very tough document when it comes to secrecy and surveillance. I understand the concerns about fear of terrorism. And it certainly MOYERS: We all have those LEWIS: We all have those and there are things in the legislation that make sense, and that are reasonable, I think for any American. But there are other things that really take some of the Patriot Act civil liberties issues that folks were concerned about and go even further. And I think it's gonna be very controversial. Some of these sections are gonna be debated for weeks and months. MOYERS: So many of these powers latent in this draft legislation were powers that were taken away from the intelligence community some years ago because they were abused. LEWIS: That's right. MOYERS: Do you see any protection in here against potential abuse? LEWIS: I don't think there's very much there's a lot more authority and power for government. There's less oversight and information about what government is doing. That's the headline and that's the theme. And the safeguards seem to be pretty minimal to me. MOYERS: I just go through here, you know? Will give the Attorney General the unchecked power to deport any foreigner? LEWIS: Right. MOYERS: Including lawful permanent resident aliens. It would give the government the power to keep certain arrests secret until an indictment is found never in our history have we permitted secret arrests. It would give the government power to bypass courts and grand juries in order to conduct surveillance without a judge's permission. I mean these do really further upend the balance between liberty on the one hand and security on the other. LEWIS: Well, they do. They reduce judicial oversight with the secret intelligence courts instead of saying the court may do this now it's the court will do this. They can have ex parte conversations where they go into the judge without anyone else around. In terms of information about detainees, not only can they detain anyone they'd like to detain, there is no public information about it. Journalists cannot find out the names of we detained over a thousand people after September 11th because we thought they might all be terrorists. Not one of them was really found with any criminal charges to be a terrorist. And we don't know the names of almost all those people, still. And so it does appear that everything that folks might be concerned about with the Patriot Act, this is times five or times ten is what I look at it. I see it very serious. MOYERS: You and I have had this kind of discussion often, we go back a long way together. The foundation that I serve on has been a big supporter of yours and you've been a big supporter of our journalism. If we were fighting terrorists instead of being journalists, wouldn't we want this kind of power in our hands? LEWIS: Well, we would, but we operate in a democracy and there's other considerations. I mean I think, you know, there's no question, if you're in law enforcement, this is gonna make it easier for you to do your job. The problem is, we have a history in our country, just in our lifetime, in the last quarter century. Where we've seen FBI and CIA abuses of ordinary citizens. Where mail has been opened, where homes have been broken into. Where infiltration has occurred in political groups. Informants have been used, misused. People's lives have been ruined. People have committed suicide because of the pressures brought against them by the government, by these kinds of secret intelligence agencies. This is not a completely crazy idea to worry about the power of the government. And it was curbed and rolled back in the '70s. And there is
[CTRL] Something out of Beckett
-Caveat Lector- Arab News SAUDI ARABIA'S FIRST ENGLISH LANGUAGE DAILY Powell at UN: Something out of Beckett By Robert Fisk Published on 08 February 2003 Sources, foreign intelligence sources, our sources, defectors, sources, sources, sources. Colin Powells terror talk to the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday sounded like one of those government-inspired reports on the front page of The New York Times. It was a bit like heating up old soup. Havent we heard most of this stuff before? Should one trust the man? Gen. Powell, I mean, not Saddam. Certainly we dont trust Saddam but Secretary of State Powells presentation was a mixture of awesomely funny recordings of Iraqi Republican Guard telephone intercepts a la Samuel Beckett that just might have been some terrifying little proof that Saddam really is conning the UN inspectors again, and some ancient material on the Monster of Baghdads all too well known record of beastliness. I am still waiting to hear the Arabic for the State Departments translation of Okay Buddy Consider it done, Sir this from the Republican Guards Capt. Ibrahim, for heavens sake and some dinkey illustrations of mobile biolabs whose lorries and railway trucks were in such perfect condition that they suggested the Pentagon didnt have much idea of the dilapidated state of Saddams army. It was when we went back to Halabja and human rights abuses and all Saddams old sins, as recorded by the discredited UNSCOM team, that we started eating the old soup again. Jack Straw may have thought all this the most powerful and authoritative case but when we were forced to listen to Iraqs officer core communicating by phone yeah, yeah, yeah?, yeah... it was impossible not to ask oneself if Colin Powell had really considered the effect this would have on the outside world. From time to time, the words Iraq: Failing To Disarm - Denial and Deception appeared on the giant video screen behind Gen. Powell. Was this a CNN logo, some of us wondered? But no, it was CNNs sister channel, the US Department of State. Because Colin Powell is supposed to be the good cop to the Bush-Rumsfeld bad cop routine, one wanted to believe him. The Iraqi officers telephoned order to his subordinate remove nerve agents whenever it comes up in the wireless instructions looked as if the Americans had indeed spotted a nasty new little line in Iraqi deception. But a dramatic picture of a pilotless Iraqi aircraft capable of spraying poison chemicals turned out to be the imaginative work of a Pentagon artist. And when Gen. Powell started blathering on about decades of contact between Saddam and Al-Qaeda, things went wrong for the secretary of state. Al-Qaeda only came into existence five years ago, since Bin Laden decades ago was working against the Russians for the CIA, whose present day director was sitting grave-faced behind Gen. Powell. And Colin Powells new version of his presidents State of the Union lie that the scientists interviewed by UN inspectors had been Iraqi intelligence agents in disguise was singularly unimpressive. The UN talked to scientists, the new version went, but they were posing for the real nuclear and bio boys whom the UN wanted to talk to. Gen. Powell said America was sharing its information with the UN inspectors but it was clear on Wednesday that much of what he had to say about alleged new weapons development the decontamination truck at the Taji chemical munitions factory, for example, the cleaning of the Ibn Al-Haythem ballistic missile factory on Nov. 25 had not been given to the UN at the time. Why wasnt this intelligence information given to the inspectors months ago? Didnt Gen. Powells beloved UN Resolution 1441 demand that all such intelligence information should be given to Hans Blix and his lads immediately? Were the Americans, perhaps, not being pro-active enough? The worst moment came when Gen. Powell started talking about anthrax and the 2001 anthrax attacks in Washington and New York, pathetically holding up a teaspoon of the imaginary spores and while not precisely saying so fraudulently suggesting a connection between Saddam Hussein and the 2001 anthrax scare. When the secretary of state held up Iraqs support for the Palestinian Hamas organization, which has an office in Baghdad, as proof of Saddams support for terror there was, of course, no mention of Americas support for Israel and its occupation of Palestinian land the whole theater began to collapse. There are Hamas offices in Beirut, Damascus and Iran. Is the 82nd Airborne supposed to grind on to Lebanon, Syria and Iran? There was an almost macabre opening to the play when Gen. Powell arrived at the Security Council, cheek-kissing the delegates and winding his great arms around them. Jack Straw fairly bounded up for his big American hug. Indeed, there were moments when you might have thought that the whole
[CTRL] VIPS
-Caveat Lector- Published on Friday, February 7, 2003 by CommonDreams.org MEMORANDUM FOR: The President FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity http://commondreams.org/views03/0207-04.htm Secretary Powell's presentation at the UN today requires context. We give him an A for assembling and listing the charges against Iraq, but only a C- in providing context and perspective. What seems clear to us is that you need an intelligence briefing, not grand jury testimony. Secretary Powell effectively showed that Iraq is guilty beyond reasonable doubt for not cooperating fully with UN Security Council Resolution 1441. That had already been demonstrated by the chief UN inspectors. For Powell, it was what the Pentagon calls a cakewalk. The narrow focus on Resolution 1441 has diverted attention from the wider picture. It is crucial that we not lose sight of that. Intelligence community analysts are finding it hard to make themselves heard above the drumbeat for war. Speaking both for ourselves, as veteran intelligence officers on the VIPS Steering Group with over a hundred years of professional experience, and for colleagues within the community who are increasingly distressed at the politicization of intelligence, we feel a responsibility to help you frame the issues. For they are far more far- reaching-and complicated-than UN v. Saddam Hussein. And they need to be discussed dispassionately, in a setting in which sobriquets like sinister nexus, evil genius, and web of lies can be more hindrance than help. Flouting UN Resolutions The key question is whether Iraq's flouting of a UN resolution justifies war. This is the question the world is asking. Secretary Powell's presentation does not come close to answering it. One might well come away from his briefing thinking that the Iraqis are the only ones in flagrant violation of UN resolutions. Or one might argue that there is more urgency to the need to punish the violator of Resolution 1441 than, say, of Resolution 242 of 1967 requiring Israel to withdraw from the Arab territories it occupied that year. More urgency? You will not find many Palestinians, Arabs, Muslims who would agree. It is widely known that you have a uniquely close relationship with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. This presents a strong disincentive to those who might otherwise warn you that Israel's continuing encroachment on Arab territories, its oppression of the Palestinian people, and its pre- emptive attack on Iraq in 1981 are among the root causes not only of terrorism, but of Saddam Hussein's felt need to develop the means to deter further Israeli attacks. Secretary Powell dismisses this factor far too lightly with his summary judgment that Iraq's weapons of mass destruction are not for self-defense. Containment You have dismissed containment as being irrelevant in a post 9/11 world. You should know that no one was particularly fond of containment, but that it has been effective for the last 55 years. And the concept of material breach is hardly anything new. Material Breach In the summer of 1983 we detected a huge early warning radar installation at Krasnoyarsk in Siberia. In 1984 President Reagan declared it an outright violation of the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty. At an ABM Treaty review in 1988, the US spoke of this continuing violation as a material breach of the treaty. In the fall of 1989, the Soviet Union agreed to eliminate the radar at Krasnoyarsk without preconditions. We adduce this example simply to show that, with patient, persistent diplomacy, the worst situations can change over time. You have said that Iraq is a grave threat to the United States, and many Americans think you believe it to be an imminent threat. Otherwise why would you be sending hundreds of thousands of troops to the Gulf area? In your major speech in Cincinnati on October 7, 2002, you warned that the risk is simply too great that Saddam Hussein will use instruments of mass death and destruction, or provide them to a terror network. Terrorism Your intelligence agencies see it differently. On the same day you spoke in Cincinnati, a letter from the CIA to the Senate Intelligence Committee asserted that the probability is low that Iraq would initiate an attack with such weapons or give them to terrorists..UNLESS: Should Saddam conclude that a US-led attack could no longer be deterred, he probably would become much less constrained in adopting terrorist actions. For now, continued the CIA letter, Baghdad appears to be drawing a line short of conducting terrorist attacks with conventional or chemical/biological warfare against the United States. With his back against the wall, however, Saddam might decide that the extreme step of assisting Islamist terrorists in conducting a weapons-of-mass-destruction attack against the United States would be his last chance to exact vengeance by taking a large number of victims with him. Your Pentagon advisers draw a connection between
[CTRL] Nobody Hiding Behind Bush Here
-Caveat Lector- http://sfgate.com/news/pictures/2003/02/07/nobush2.jpg Forwarded for your information. The text and intent of the article have to stand on their own merits. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without charge or profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this type of information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe simply because it has been handed down for many genera- tions. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumoured by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is written in Holy Scriptures. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of teachers, elders or wise men. Believe only after careful observation and analysis, when you find that it agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all. Then accept it and live up to it. The Buddha on Belief, from the Kalama Sut 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] Three Bills
-Caveat Lector- Now three bills in Congress to repeal Iraq war authorization Posted by: Admin on Friday, February 07, 2003 - 07:05 AM GMT http://www.underreported.com/modules.php? op=modloadname=Newsfile=articlesid=783mode=threadorder=0 thold=0 There are no less than three bills (two in the House and one in the Senate) to repeal authorization for war against Iraq: Sheila Jackson-Lee's H.R. 2 (recall the top-read Jan. 19, 2003 UnderReported.com story US House bill to repeal Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution) gained seven new co-sponsors on Feb. 4: John Conyers (D-MI), Bob Filner (D-CA), Gerald Kleczka (D-WI), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-IL), James Oberstar (D-MN), Maxine Waters (D- CA) According to a Feb. 6, 2003 Olympia, Washington Olympian article: Hoping to counter what they view as a rush to war, Reps. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., and Ron Paul, R- Texas, introduced a bill Wednesday to repeal last fall's congressional resolution authorizing use of military force against Iraq. [...] About 30 House members co-sponsored the DeFazio-Paul measure. On Jan. 29, 2003, Sen. Kennedy (D-MA) introduced S. Res. 32, which weakly states (emphasis added): That it is the sense of the Senate that, before the President uses military force against Iraq without the broad support of the international community, the President should -- [...] (2) obtain approval by Congress of new legislation authorizing the President to use all necessary means, including the use of military force, to disarm Iraq. 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] O' Reilly Looses It Again!
-Caveat Lector- O' Reilly Looses It Again! http://64.176.94.191/article1253.htm Berates Man Whose Father Was Killed In 9/11 Attack. Bill O Reilly, attacks Jeremy Glick, a signatory of the Not in Our Name ad whose father died in the 9/11 attacks. This is how Bill O'Reilly behaves when faced with genuine disagreement: Press Play To Listen Transcript O'REILLY: You are mouthing a far left position that is a marginal position in this society, which you're entitled to. GLICK: It's marginal -- right. O'REILLY: You're entitled to it, all right, but you're -- you see, even --I'm sure your beliefs are sincere, but what upsets me is I don't think your father would be approving of this. GLICK: Well, actually, my father thought that Bush's presidency was illegitimate. O'REILLY: Maybe he did, but... GLICK: I also didn't think that Bush... O'REILLY: ... I don't think he'd be equating this country as a terrorist nation as you are. GLICK: Well, I wasn't saying that it was necessarily like that. O'REILLY: Yes, you are. You signed... GLICK: What I'm saying is... O'REILLY: ... this, and that absolutely said that. GLICK: ... is that in -- six months before the Soviet invasion in Afghanistan, starting in the Carter administration and continuing and escalating while Bush's father was head of the CIA, we recruited a hundred thousand radical mujahadeens to combat a democratic government in Afghanistan, the Turaki government. O'REILLY: All right. I don't want to... GLICK: Maybe... O'REILLY: I don't want to debate world politics with you. GLICK: Well, why not? This is about world politics. O'REILLY: Because, No. 1, I don't really care what you think. GLICK: Well, OK. O'REILLY: You're -- I want to... GLICK: But you do care because you... O'REILLY: No, no. Look... GLICK: The reason why you care is because you evoke 9/ 11... O'REILLY: Here's why I care. GLICK: ... to rationalize... O'REILLY: Here's why I care... GLICK: Let me finish. You evoke 9/11 to rationalize everything from domestic plunder to imperialistic aggression worldwide. O'REILLY: OK. That's a bunch... GLICK: You evoke sympathy with the 9/11 families. O'REILLY: That's a bunch of crap. I've done more for the 9/ 11 families by their own admission -- I've done more for them than you will ever hope to do. GLICK: OK. O'REILLY: So you keep your mouth shut when you sit here exploiting those people. GLICK: Well, you're not representing me. You're not representing me. O'REILLY: And I'd never represent you. You know why? GLICK: Why? O'REILLY: Because you have a warped view of this world and a warped view of this country. GLICK: Well, explain that. Let me give you an example of a parallel... O'REILLY: No, I'm not going to debate this with you, all right. GLICK: Well, let me give you an example of parallel experience. On September 14... O'REILLY: No, no. Here's -- here's the... GLICK: On September 14... O'REILLY: Here's the record. GLICK: OK. O'REILLY: All right. You didn't support the action against Afghanistan to remove the Taliban. You were against it, OK. GLICK: Why would I want to brutalize and further punish the people in Afghanistan... O'REILLY: Who killed your father! GLICK: The people in Afghanistan... O'REILLY: Who killed your father. GLICK: ... didn't kill my father. O'REILLY: Sure they did. The al Qaeda people were trained there. GLICK: The al Qaeda people? What about the Afghan people? O'REILLY: See, I'm more angry about it than you are! GLICK: So what about George Bush? O'REILLY: What about George Bush? He had nothing to do with it. GLICK: The director -- senior as director of the CIA. O'REILLY: He had nothing to do with it. GLICK: So the people that trained a hundred thousand Mujahadeen who were... O'REILLY: Man, I hope your mom isn't watching this. GLICK: Well, I hope she is. O'REILLY: I hope your mother is not watching this because you -- that's it. I'm not going to say anymore. GLICK: OK. O'REILLY: In respect for your father... GLICK: On September 14, do you want to know what I'm doing? O'REILLY: Shut up! Shut up! GLICK: Oh, please don't tell me to shut up. O'REILLY: As respect -- as respect -- in respect for your father, who was a Port Authority worker, a fine American, who got killed unnecessarily by barbarians... GLICK: By radical extremists who were trained by this government... O'REILLY: Out of respect for him... GLICK: ... not the people of America. O'REILLY: ... I'm not going to... GLICK: ... The people of the ruling class, the small minority. O'REILLY: Cut his mic. I'm not going to dress you down anymore, out of respect for your father. We will be back in a moment with more of THE FACTOR. GLICK: That means we're done? O'REILLY: We're done. The last few seconds of that exchange were really something to watch. I don't think I've ever seen a shouting head actually tell his guest to Shut up! Shut up! or to tell his producer to cut his mic. Breaking NEWS: Justice Dept. Drafts
[CTRL] He Has Lost His Marbles,
-Caveat Lector- NEWS YOU WON'T FIND ON CNN . http://64.176.94.191/article1251.htm February 7, 2003 Financial Reporters Have Started To realize That Mr. Bush Is Out Of Control He Has Lost His Marbles, By PAUL KRUGMAN It's probably wishful thinking, but some people hope that the old Alan Greenspan the man we used to respect will make a return appearance next week. During the Clinton years Mr. Greenspan became an icon of fiscal probity, constantly lecturing politicians on the importance of eliminating deficits and paying off debt. Then George W. Bush took office, and Mr. Greenspan became or was revealed as a different man. First the Fed chairman lent decisive support to the Bush tax cut, urging Congress to reduce taxes lest the country run too large a budget surplus and pay off its debt too quickly. No, really. Then when the budget plunged into deficit, Mr. Greenspan not only refused to reconsider, he supported plans to make the tax cut permanent. The stern headmaster had become an indulgent uncle. But now the fiscal deterioration has reached catastrophic proportions. In its first budget, the Bush administration projected a 2004 surplus of $262 billion. In its second budget, released a year ago, it projected a $14 billion deficit for the same year. Now it projects a deficit of $307 billion. That's a deterioration of $570 billion, just for next year matched by comparable deterioration in each following year. You know, $570 billion here and $570 billion there, and pretty soon you're talking real money. Not my fault, says Mr. Bush. A recession and a war we did not choose have led to a return of deficits, he declared. Really? Will the recession and war cost $570 billion per year, every year? Besides, Mr. Bush knew all about the recession and Osama bin Laden (remember him?) a year ago, when his projections showed a return to surpluses by 2005. Now they show deficits forever even though they don't include the costs of an Iraq war. Anyway, isn't a leader supposed to solve problems, not look for excuses? But Mr. Bush proposes to make the problem worse. Contrary to all previous practice, he wants to cut taxes even further in the face of wartime deficits. Although financial reporters have started to realize that Mr. Bush is out of control he has lost his marbles, says CBS Market Watch the sheer banana-republic irresponsibility of his plans hasn't been widely appreciated. That $674 billion tax cut you've heard about literally isn't the half of it. Even according to its own lowball estimates, the administration wants $1.5 trillion in tax cuts over the next decade more than it pushed through in 2001. Another $575 billion or so will be needed to fix the alternative minimum tax something officials have said they'll do, but haven't put in the budget. The administration has used gimmicks to postpone most of the cost of these tax cuts until after 2008 and whaddya know, the Office of Management and Budget has suddenly stopped talking about 10-year projections and now officially looks only five years ahead. But there are long-term projections tucked away in the back of the budget; they're overoptimistic, but even so they suggest a fiscal disaster once the baby boomers start collecting benefits from Social Security and Medicare. (We will not pass along our problems to other Congresses, other presidents, other generations, declared Mr. Bush in the State of the Union. And with a straight face, too.) So where does Mr. Greenspan come in? Next week he will testify before the Senate Banking Committee. Will he, at long last, acknowledge the administration's fecklessness? Mr. Greenspan must know that many people, whatever they say in public, now regard him as a partisan hack. That very much includes Republicans, who assume that he will support anything Mr. Bush proposes. What he does next week will determine whether that perception sticks. He has certainly run out of excuses. As a famous fiscal scold, he can't adopt the administration's deficits, schmeficits approach. And he can't make the supply-side claim that tax cuts actually increase revenues, when just two years ago he argued for a tax cut to reduce the surplus. If Mr. Greenspan nonetheless finds ways to rationalize Mr. Bush's irresponsibility, or if he takes refuge in Delphic utterances that could mean anything or nothing, history will remember him as a man who urged hard choices on others, but refused to make hard choices himself. This may be Alan Greenspan's last chance to save his reputation and the country's solvency. Source: New York Times Company Forwarded for your information. The text and intent of the article have to stand on their own merits. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without charge or profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this type of information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. Do
[CTRL] You have nothing to lose
-Caveat Lector- NEWS YOU WON'T FIND ON CNN . http://64.176.94.191/article1261.htm An Open Letter To Zionists You have nothing to lose but your racism! The ICERD (International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination) defines racism as follows: Any distinction, exclusion, restriction, or preference based on race, color, descent, or national or ethnic origin which has the purpose or effect of nullifying or impairing the recognition, enjoyment, or exercise, on equal footing, of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the political, economic, social, cultural, or any other field of public life. By this and by most accepted definitions, your country is a racist state - this is obvious in the much-repeated claim that it is a 'Jewish state' whose 'character' would be threatened if non- Jewish Palestinians were to become large minority or a majority. Your racism makes you unable to incorporate the West Bank and Gaza; while your desire for a Greater Israel including Judea makes you unable to return to your 1967 borders Its also obvious in the limited rights granted to your non-Jewish citizens and in your immigration policies. Its obvious in your occupation and settlement activity in the West Bank and Gaza. Its obvious in the attitudes that you display everyday for the world to see. Racism is simply not acceptable in this day and age; you will have to drop it eventually, one way or another. Racism is also paralyzing and destroying your country. Its the cause of your increasing internal and external conflicts. Your racism makes you unable to incorporate the West Bank and Gaza; while your desire for a Greater Israel including Judea makes you unable to return to your 1967 borders. Because of your racism, you are stuck in an intolerable position from which there is no escape. The working plan, the two-state solution, requires a return to the 1967 borders to work at all. And even this would be an interim measure at best for it will meet neither your needs nor the needs of the Palestinian people. It will not bring either peace or security as Israel will remain a racist state denying its racism and its violent past, and Arabs will continue to resent your state. A two-state solution of the Bantustan type offered by Prime Minister Barak will not work at all. If you will just admit the obvious - that Zionism is a form of racism - then the way forward will become clear. Why not equal rights for all? I ask you, why dont you reconstitute Israel as a multiethnic secular democracy with completely equal rights for all? Why dont you simply erase the Green line, incorporate the West Bank and Gaza, grant full citizenship rights to all persons, and live in peace with non-Jews! But, you say, then Israel would lose its Jewish character. I say that it could hardly do so when nearly half the population is Jewish! Answer this: Why, in this day and age, must you have a Jewish state? Far from protecting Jews, this racist Israel is destroying what is best in Judaism and putting Jews into deadly conflict with the rest of the world! But, you say, the Palestinians will never agree to single state! I say that a multiethnic secular state in all of historic Palestine has always been the stated aim of the PLO. It just comes down then to whether the Palestinian people will accept the name Israel for the state theyve always wanted. I think that they would under the proper circumstances. But, you say, the Palestinians would be in the majority and would impose their will on Jews, controlling education, social policies, government spending, etc. a multiethnic secular state in all of historic Palestine has always been the stated aim of the PLO... This new Israel would combine all the best aspects relatively free and prosperous places like Hong Kong, Dubai, and Switzerland, but it would go far beyond them to a new kind of freedom and prosperity for the 21rst century and beyond. It would become a model for all states in our increasingly global society This, I say, is a specific political disease that affects most countries in the world, but it easily prevented by writing a proper constitution for a strictly limited government - the kind of government envisioned by Americas founding fathers but which no longer exists in America. You just need an explicit, well-written constitution that limits the government to protecting individual rights and property - one that does not allow the majority to force its will on any minority, including the smallest minority: the individual. You need a constitution that: completely and eternally separates religion and state, education and state, charity and state, business and state, private behavior and state, etc. prohibits the government from passing any law beyond those needed to define and protect freedom, property, and the environment. does not recognize race at all and so cannot embark on racial policies like affirmative action, forced integration, etc.
[CTRL] 6 FACTS ABOUT THE COMING WAR WITH IRAQ
-Caveat Lector- FACTS: 1. North Korea has weapons of mass destruction and brags about it. 2. North Korea is openly threatening to attack the U.S. 3. North Korea is NOT a threat to Israel. 4. Iraq has no weapons of mass destruction, at least UN inspectors haven't been able to find any. 5. Iraq is not threatening to attack the U.S. 6. Iraq is a threat to Israel. Question: Why is the United States about to go to war against Iraq. Answer: The obvious answer is Fact Number 6. Nakano __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF=http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html;Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/;ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] Fwd: Shuttle Disaster: The Hand of God?
-Caveat Lector- At 09:25 PM 2/3/03 -0500, you wrote: -Caveat Lector- In a message dated 2/3/2003 8:23:51 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Kudos to the fallen adventurers; and kudos to the remaining visionaries and pioneers in America and the world over who diligently work for the progress of humanity to deliver us from the primitive hate-pits of hairy simians like Hoffman. Screw you Dave. Bill. Poor Bill Shannon. No one likes or appreciates his misunderstood racist shmuck guru Hoffman. Because you are such an admirable fellow Bill, I want to let you know that I L_O_V_E Hoffman. You and Hoffman, and the other racist shitheads are the wind beneath our wings. It's guys like YOU who keep Israel alive and vital. Once again, thanks. Speaking for all the Jews in the world, and especially for the Elders of Zion who ( as you well know,) control it, we appreciate your hatred. Keep up the good work. Joshua2 [ Whose uncle Hymie sits on the Supreme Council to Encourage Christian Racists - E of Z.] 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] Jews Burning Israeli Flag...
-Caveat Lector- At 07:10 PM 2/4/03 -0800, you wrote: -Caveat Lector- Looks like many Jews outside Israel are not too happy with Israeli Zionism Wrong. Don't make the mistake of taking anti-Zionist propaganda seriously. They would like to show that Israel is SO terrible that ii is even driving away Jews. This is bullshit. SOME Jews are not too happy, but they are not many. As a matter of fact, there has been a re-affirming of support for Israel among American Jews which has not been seen since the Six Day War. J2 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] Men with Mind Demons
-Caveat Lector- Kristallnacht Hitler - Holy Grail 9.11 Columbia OK, lets see if any can be persuaded by this numerical argument, that certain of our leaders can have a demonic force corrupt their thinking. Hitler, the last but not the last AntiChrist, performed a ceremony which only Hitler was allowed to perform in which he blessed new Nazi flags by touching them against the sacred flag which had been carried by party members during the Munich Beer Hall Putsch on November 9th 1923. This act was designed to convey the idea that the supposed sacred metaphysical nature of the bloodied first flag could somehow, as if by magic, convey something of its sacredness to the other Nazi flags which were to fly over the nation. Now if one examines the names of the early members of the Nazi Party, there is a considerable overlap between a number of members who were known to have been active in such small occult groups and, or, secret societies as the Thulegesellschaft Society, the Germanen Orden, and the Order of the New Templars. For example, Rudolph Hess and Alfred Rosenberg were both known to have been members of the Thule Society. And Dietrich Eckart to whom Hitler dedicated Mein Kampf, was known to have been active other organizations in addition to the Thule Society. So there is no question about whether or not Hitler made his company with known occultists for he most certainly did. And thus, the occult nature of National Socialism did not end with the ceremony of the flags, or any of the other phenomenon with which the public is well aware. Rather, it started with them. For the entire purpose of the Nuremberg Rallies which were so rich in displays of preaching, ceremony, and music and so these annual events were meant to appeal to the religious nature in people. OK, so to the SS. The very symbol of the organization was occult in nature, the lightning bolts having originated in the Runes of the ancient Germanic occult. To Himmler, the group was effectively a new order of Teutonic Knights. In 1936, he sent out a memorandum defining the holidays which were to be based upon paganism and Nazism; Hitler's Birthday (April, 20th), May Day, Summer Solstice, Harvest Feast, the Beer Hall Putsch Anniversary (November 9th), and Winter Solstice. He also devised ceremonies meant to eventually replace Christian rituals in the New Order; Naming Rites to replace Christian Baptism as an example. But his most ambitious occult project was the restoration of Wewelsburg Castle in Westphalia. It was ultimately envisioned as serving as the Vatican City of an SS State. And Time-Life's book The SS from its series on the Third Reich states the following under the caption A Sanctum for the Inner Circle: In 1934 Himmler selected a moldering clifftop castle in Westphalia to serve as the SS high temple. Known as Wewelsburg, the seventeenth century fortress was overhauled at a cost of more than three million dollars, a sizable sum considering that labor was extracted free from concentration camp inmates. The sanctum included a 12,000-volume library of Aryan lore and a cavernous dining hall with an Arthurian round table for Himmler and twelve trusted lieutenants. Reportedly, each knight of Himmler's round table received a coat of arms; at the man's death, his emblem was to be incinerated in the pit of the Supreme Leaders' Hall and the ashes placed in an urn atop one of twelve pedestals there. Ringing the city would be walls 40 feet high. Even the ground plan was of mystical significance. It represented the head of a spear. Its tip pointing to the North. And in the Twisted Dream in Time-Life's series on the Third Reich there is a picture of the knight Lohengren leaving to search for the Holy Grail. Plus it is a well known fact that Hitler admired Wagner very much, and of course, much of Wagner's work centers around the Grail. In the Holy Blood Holy Grail (the book about the mystery of Rennes Le Chateau), the writers Baigent, Leigh, and Lincoln believe that the Merovingian bloodline is the actual bloodline of Christ himself, through Mary Magdalen, who they say went to France with Christ's children following the crucifixion to live out her final days. And there is said to be some evidence that Mary Magdalen spent her final days in France and a reason that Rennes le Chateau plays a part in the story about the Nazis and the occult. This is because the Nazis believed that the Holy Grail was hidden at a location in the South of France in the Rennes vicinity, and they conducted a thorough search for the Holy Grail under the direction of SS officer Otto Rahn, but the officer disappointed Heinrich Himmler when his quest for the Grail ended in failure. And I believe not in the Jesus + Magdalene relationship. Now Himmler was a confirmed occultist, and was convinced that the Grail was likely to be found in that area because legend had it that the Grail had made its way there when Mary Magdalen and Joseph of Arimathea
[CTRL] Fwd: [CIA-DRUGS] saying one thing, yet doing another. sign of the nwo times
-Caveat Lector- 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 ---BeginMessage--- -Caveat Lector- Lefties point out the French resistance to war as a positive sign and that the Security Council's war resolution will be vetoed by France. Yet France is saying one thing while doing quite another. The French army and navy are getting their troops and ships ready to fall into line once the war is declared by the UN. Chirac is just another globalist puppet with interests both in Iraq's oil and in further empowering the UN, which is the ultimate purpose of this war to begin with. As the most vocal Good Cop "critic", he is merely putting on a show to placate the powerful socialist element in France. The UNSC fiefdom members are going to fall into line in the war resolution. Just observe. Am I happy about it? Of course not. But I am merely demonstrating how all this caterwauling is pure theatre to manipulate the world's people into line with the UN as the ultimate arbiter of war and of power. Can you get fifteen puppets to dance to the same tune? Sure you can. So, if you really want to end war and terror and get rid of this pernicious All Seeing Big Brother global dictatorship, you have to first admit that the global elites (bankers, magnates, royalty, grand poobahs etc)who are top level Freemasons without exception, control the intelligence brotherhood, the media and government itself. They are responsible for the creation of the UN-CFR-Trilateral-Bilderberg-Military-Industrial-Complex-Shadow-Government-Octopus to administer and enforce World Government through total control of all sides of the debate in politics, in guiding religious, media and educational institutions for total thought control, and through fomenting and funding terror and wars on all sides for maximum control of the outcomes with the goal of first, massive depopulation and second, absolute control over the human body, mind and spirit. It is primarly now a psychic dictatorship using a matrix of overlapping control grid mechanisms which are proliferating and in both scope and sopshistication. I believe that the raising of consciousness above the Right/Left paradigm is the first necessity to breaking the spell that has us under a constant state of divisiveness, agitation and reactivity and thus powerlessness. In other words we have to stop pointing fingers at the other guys across the political aisle and start looking at who is pulling not only their strings, but our own. Then we begin to understand why Chirac says one thing while planning quite another. And then maybe people will start taking their protests directly to the bankers, fascist CEOs, Communist social engineers, top clerics and the Kings and Queens who really responsible for this mess. PW U.S. Ready to Back New U.N. Measure on Iraq, Bush Says France's former army chief of staff, Jacques Lanxade, told a French newspaper that the nation could send as many as 12,000 troops to Iraq if it comes to war. French media have reported that the country's military is engaged in a hurried effort to retrofit munitions so they would be compatible with American weapons. http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/07/international/middleeast/07IRAQ.html?ex=1045198800en=8a0666e5bd09710cei=5062partner=GOOGLE U.S. Ready to Back New U.N. Measure on Iraq, Bush Says By ERIC SCHMITT with JULIA PRESTON ASHINGTON, Feb. 6 â The United States stepped up the political and military pressure on Iraq today, signaling that it would welcome a second United Nations resolution authorizing war to disarm Baghdad. It also ordered the 101st Airborne Division to the Persian Gulf, where more than 100,000 American troops are massed, a total that could double by the end of the month. Advertisement President Bush said he was open to seeking a new Security Council resolution to support using
[CTRL] [Fwd: On The Verge of Amageddon: World War III May Just be Around the Corner]
-Caveat Lector- So dark, and yet too true... http://buzzflash.com/buzzscripts/buzz.dll/content A BUZZFLASH READER COMMENTARY By Stephen V. Kane Few have said it yet. Somebody needs to. We are on the verge of WWIII. The signs are here. Armies massing in a tinderbox around the oil fields of the Mideast. Armies massing on the India-Pakistan border, another flash point in the world. Amidst a war of words that has ended in war before, the two sides are sending each others diplomats home. North Korea is busily turning its nuclear facilities to the sincere task of creating enriched uranium for nuclear missiles. America the just has seen the rise to power of a dangerously misdirected mind, amidst an election sham, while US Senate power balance changes due to airplanes falling out of the sky, electronic ballot machines whose code is posted on unsecure servers, and vituperative character attacks against decent men and women seeking office for the good of the majority. That government has now turned bellicose, a dangerous development considering the awesome military hardware it commands. Secret plans have been unearthed in the past forty-eight hours to further attenuate the rights of US citizens, including secret arrests and seizure of property; detention without counsel and without notification (disappearances); even plans to expunge the citizenship of anyone caught in a terrorist organization, where the government defines what a terrorist organization is. All with no recourse to the courts. And war. Every tyrannical and totalitarian regime needs war. They will say they dont want world war, but world war consolidates and perpetuates their grip on power. World war breaks out easily from a major confrontation as that in Iraq. As the major war transfixes the world, myriad minor ones break out, as nations use the cover of the big events in Iraq and India and Korea to settle scores elsewhere. China will wait until the USA is war-weary, and will then strike Tawiwan/Formosa to reunite them to mainland China. Nukes will be used in WWIII. There are too many of these terrible weapons stockpiled around the world to be secure. Some fool will unleash them, and once he does, all bets are off. Retaliations and counter-retaliations will wreck large sections of the biosphere. Isnt it terribly ironic that the world survived the prospect of nuclear annihilation in the cold war, only to see it ignite in the remote and historically less significant places of the world? For forty years US and USSR nuclear arsenals aimed at every major population center on two continents stood ready to launch. And for forty years diplomacy and spying kept the giants respectful of each other. Now the fear is that a desperate rogue state backed into a corner will set one or two off. And what is US diplomacy doing? Backing these states into a corner. Under the cloak of world war our enemies will find a way to deliver, and ignite, a nuclear warhead on our soil. These enemies will not rest until they have delivered this nuclear reaction to what they see as US imperialism. Only by extraordinary, police-state laws and enforcement can the wartime government protect the people. They will eliminate, in fact already have eliminated, many freedoms. If you disagree with them on any level they will monitor your phone calls and emails. If you persist in your dissent they will arrest, detain and deport you. Ultimately, they will execute their political enemies under the same confusion, blood, and death of the wars they so desperately need to cover their failed attempts to govern a peaceful nation peacefully. The intentions of the US government are not, in fact peaceful. Bush is an oil man placed into power by oil interests. The strategic prize is the Iraqi oilfields. Yet as a domestic political matter, only by war and the accompanying smoke, fog, and confusion of war can the Bush men consolidate their extremely tenuous grip on control over their homeland. War provides them the necessary cover. The fear that war brings overwhelms the resistance by a people who feel powerless in the face of rapidly changing, overwhelming history. But when the smoke clears and it will clear the United State will be dishonored. The dishonor will not arise from the policies of this misguided administration, but will be pointed at us, the American people. All of us. Just like Nazi Germany, where the signs of a rise to power of a depraved and dangerous element were unmistakable, the signs are here as well, to anyone careful enough to read them. The Germans resist this war because they know all too well the dire consequences that are in store. There is no beer-hall putsch as in Munich. But there is a national election that saw tens, if not hundreds of thousands of voters disenfranchised in one state. Electronic voting machines were almost certainly tampered with in certain elections. A virtual news blackout exists in the mainstream media of any developments
[CTRL] TAKE THIS ONE QUESTION TEST: CORRECT ANSWER IS GIVEN
-Caveat Lector- Question: Why is the United States about to go to war against Iraq? FACTS: 1. North Korea has weapons of mass destruction and brags about it. 2. North Korea is openly threatening to attack the U.S. 3. North Korea doesn't have any oil 4. North Korea is NOT a threat to Israel. 5. Iraq has no weapons of mass destruction, at least UN inspectors haven't been able to find any. 6. Iraq is not threatening to attack the U.S. 7. Iraq has lots of oil. 8. Iraq is a threat to Israel. Answer: The obvious answers are Facts Number 7 and 8. Nakano __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF=http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html;Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[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] Jews Burning Israeli Flag...
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 2/8/2003 11:02:41 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: SOME Jews are not too happy, but they are not many. As a matter of fact, there has been a re-affirming of support for Israel among American Jews which has not been seen since the Six Day War. You're right about that. Still I don't look upon it as a re-affirming of support so much as an acknowledgement of victory. Israel has already won it all. Prudy 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] O' Reilly Looses It Again!
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 2/8/2003 8:31:26 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Bill O'Reilly And please don't forget that although Mr. O'Reilly is a jackass, he is not a democrat. Prudy 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] Three Bills
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 2/8/2003 8:20:59 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Sheila Jackson-Lee's H.R. 2 (recall the top-read Jan. 19, 2003 UnderReported.com story US House bill to repeal Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution) gained seven new co-sponsors on Feb. 4: John Conyers (D-MI), Bob Filner (D-CA), Gerald Kleczka (D-WI), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-IL), James Oberstar (D-MN), Maxine Waters (D- CA) According to a Feb. 6, 2003 Olympia, Washington Olympian article: This lady is one of the most intelligent and sane members of the House of Representatives. Unfortunately that doesn't mean much in Bush's Washington. Prudy 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] Remembering the War in the Gulf on TV
-Caveat Lector- From Counterpunch (headline article, no direct link, so go here: http://www.counterpunch.org/ ), a long but important article on how the government manipulates us through the media (also known as the Fifth Column of government). This is how they do it, folks, and why it's so hard to wake the average American up. This is what we're up against. goldi February 7, 2003 Bush the Historian: The Past is Over Remembering the War in the Gulf on TV by BEN FEINBERG Now that a new George Bush has placed himself on the road to military action against an old Asian enemy, perhaps it is a good time to revisit the last time that WAR was screamed continuously across our television screens. Back in 1991, the media and the last President Bush rallied the nation to support Operation Desert Storm by carefully framing the action in terms of powerful cultural categories, and in the process they took steps towards reworking the meaning of another key American conflict-the Vietnam war-and forced critical voices to operate from impossibly weak positions. Now, as an even more omnipresent television news machine creates the frameworks to support the destruction of evil people and terrorist states in distant lands, this time under the catch phrases Countdown: Iraq and Target: Iraq rather than the now nostalgic War in the Gulf, those of us who try to disseminate alternatives to mass violence may be able to learn from the devices that were effectively used to immobilize us the last time around. Sometimes the political slants of news providers are as obvious as the smirks on the faces of Fox News reporters or analysts as they hector a Palestinian spokesman or liberal fall guy. One approach to understanding these biases traces the corporate interests-Disney, General Electric, etc.-that control media outlets. Another looks at fabricated stories, such as the great Kuwait Incubator hoax, and direct military censorship. But sometimes media biases are more subtle, and may operate independently from the intentions of individual reporters. News stories always deploy framing devices (such as the concept of a news story) that limit possible interpretations of what happened, privileging some while making others seem contrary to common sense. In the case of the first War in the Gulf, three subtle strategic moves the produced the Bush administration's view of the first Iraqi war as common sense: 1) the compartmentalization of various aspects of the war, 2) the precision/randomness opposition, and 3) intertextuality and the uses of the story of Vietnam. political, military, and nationalistic frames The Bush regime's preferred interpretation of The War in the Gulf contained the elements laid out directly and indirectly by President Bush and other government spokesmen: the war was a noble and justified assault by the forces of good and light (democracy, freedom, capitalism, progress, the flag, yellow ribbons, America, Christianity) against the minions of evil and darkness (aggression, tyranny, the 'Other', Islam, irrationality). Dominant voices emanating from outside the media industry made a concerted attempt to control the interpretation of the story, both by limiting (as gatekeepers) the flow of information to the media, and by imposing coherent categorizations on that information. Media representations of the lead up to the war attacked potentially oppositional interpretations by consistently separating out political, military, and nationalistic spheres of control and information. By labeling an event as pertaining to one of these categories, these producers of news limited the degree of acceptable debate. Politics, in contemporary American culture, implies an argument between two points of view-pro/con, Republican/Democrat, Liberal/Conservative, etc. Everyone is theoretically entitled to an opinion within this frame, and the media typically construct political stories around two antagonistic voices, although of course even in this realm experts are employed to frame the debate around permissible issues. The political phase of the Gulf War, in which politicians and other experts were permitted to question the wisdom of an attack on Iraq, was declared over after a much-celebrated congressional debate ended in an endorsement of military action. Once the military phase began, the issues became more technical, enabling experts to usurp a greater degree of authority. The destruction of Iraq and the deaths of thousands became more palatable when the debate was framed within the military idiom. Against the onslaught of uniformed military experts conjured up by CNN and the other networks to spew meaningless nonsense in an authoritative jargon (from inside the studio, the presumed source of truth), the voices of dissent sounded like those of ignorant outsiders who were hopelessly illiterate in the language of power and prestige. Within the military frame, the makers of news became generals, and many news broadcasts began with
[CTRL] [Fwd: New York Times *finally* has to admit dossier sham]
-Caveat Lector- I'm going to have to guess they got overwhelmed with messages raising a brouhaha about this story and realized they couldn't ignore it anymore. They knew they couldn't keep it hidden any longer. This is their token to objective journalism, and I sincerely doubt we'll hear much more than this out of them. Tactic: Mention it and then forget it, and hope it fades away quickly while the war preparations and propaganda move into high gear. But at least they published it. goldi http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/08/international/europe/08BRIT.html?th February 8, 2003 Britain Admits That Much of Its Report on Iraq Came From Magazines By SARAH LYALL LONDON, Feb. 7 The British government admitted today that large sections of its most recent report on Iraq, praised by Secretary of State Colin L. Powell as a fine paper in his speech to the United Nations on Wednesday, had been lifted from magazines and academic journals. But while acknowledging that the 19-page report was indeed a pull-together of a variety of sources, a spokesman for Prime Minister Tony Blair defended it as solid and accurate. The document, Iraq: Its Infrastructure of Concealment, Deception and Intimidation, was posted on No. 10 Downing Street's Web site on Monday. It was depicted as an up-to-date and unsettling assessment by the British intelligence services of Iraq's security apparatus and its efforts to hide its activities from weapons inspectors and to resist international efforts to force it to disarm. But much of the material actually came, sometimes verbatim, from several nonsecret published articles, according to critics of the government's policy who have studied the documents. These include an article published in the Middle East Review of International Affairs in September 2002, as well as three articles from Jane's Intelligence Review, two of them published in the summer of 1997 and one in November 2002. In some cases, the critics said, parts of the articles or of summaries posted on the Internet were paraphrased in the report. In other cases, they were plagiarized to the extent that even spelling and punctuation errors in the originals were reproduced. The Blair government did not deny that any of this had happened. But its spokesman insisted today that the government believed the text as published to be accurate and that the document had been published because we wanted to show people not only the kind of regime we were dealing with, but also how Saddam Hussein had pursued a policy of deliberate deception. He added: In retrospect, we should, to clear up any confusion, have acknowledged which bits came from public sources and which bits came from other sources. He said the document had been written by government officials and drawn from a number of sources, including intelligence sources. The overall objective was to give the full picture without compromising intelligence sources, he said. But critics of the government said that not only did the document appear to have been largely cut and pasted together, but also that the articles it relied on were based on information that is, by now, obsolete. For instance, the second section of the three-part report, which is described on the Downing Street Web site as providing up-to-date details of Iraq's network of intelligence and security, was drawn in large part from Iraq's Security and Intelligence Network: a Guide, an article about the activities of Iraqi intelligence in Kuwait in 1990 and 1991, which appeared in the Middle East Review of International Affairs last September. Its author was Ibrahim al-Marashi, a postgraduate student at the Monterey Institute of International Studies in California. Mr. Marashi told Channel 4 News, which first reported the plagiarism charges, that his research had been drawn primarily from two huge sets of documents: one taken from Kurdish rebels in the north of Iraq around four million documents as well as 300,000 documents left by Iraqi security services in Kuwait. He also said that while he had no reason to doubt the truth of anything he had written and believed the government report to be accurate, no one had asked permission or informed him about using his work. I am surprised, flattered as well, that this information got used in a U.K. government dossier, Mr. Marashi said in an interview with Reuters. Had they consulted me, I could have provided them with more updated information. Dr. Glen Rangwala, a lecturer in politics at Cambridge University who has compared the British report with the articles it used as sources, said that in some cases, the authors apparently changed phrases from the original articles to make the case against Iraq seem more extreme. For instance, Dr. Rangwala said, a section on the Mukhabarat, the Iraqi directorate of general intelligence, appeared to have been lifted verbatim from Mr. Marashi's article, except for a few tweaks. Where Mr. Marashi mentions that the Mukhabarat's
Re: [CTRL] 6 FACTS ABOUT THE COMING WAR WITH IRAQ
-Caveat Lector- The profits to be made by Americans from stealing the Iraqi oil are also an indisputable fact. Money buys lots of friends and support from the heads of state, as the leaders of Britain, Spain, Italy and Australia have most blatantly proven. What we need is people in power, who can in NO WAY make money or profit for them selves, or their friends, from the power they possess. The simple fact is that corruption is rampant, practices on global scale by the likes of Carlyle Group. Any chance for corruption needs to be eliminated from those in power if we wish to live on a peaceful Earth. Open accounts and proceedings are the only way. Bush is moving everything in America to a closed corrupt system, where money buys you everything, with Dictatorship as his stated final dream goal. On Sat, 8 Feb 2003, Nakano Nakamura wrote: -Caveat Lector- FACTS: 1. North Korea has weapons of mass destruction and brags about it. 2. North Korea is openly threatening to attack the U.S. 3. North Korea is NOT a threat to Israel. 4. Iraq has no weapons of mass destruction, at least UN inspectors haven't been able to find any. 5. Iraq is not threatening to attack the U.S. 6. Iraq is a threat to Israel. Question: Why is the United States about to go to war against Iraq. Answer: The obvious answer is Fact Number 6. Nakano A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF=http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html;Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/;ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Fw: A Veteran's Appeal
-Caveat Lector- This came to me from another list - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mary Ridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 12:41 PM Subject: A Veteran's Appeal The following letter is written by a veteran of the first Gulf War. He's started Veterans for Common Sense -- a group of former military folks who oppose the current plans for war on Iraq. If you or someone you know are interested in joining him, please check out their website: http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/ Sincerely, MoveOn.org __ Dear MoveOn member, Twelve years ago, in February of 1991, I crossed the border between Saudi Arabia and Iraq with the 24th Infantry Division. Back then I was a 20-year-old Abrams tank crewman, and I fought in several battles in southern Iraq. I can say from personal experience, the media got it wrong. The first Gulf War wasn't clean, it wasn't pretty, and it wasn't precise. In the chaos and destruction of battle, anything can happen. We killed a lot of people. Like many of the men and women I served with, I do not believe that President Bush or Secretary of State Powell, in his presentation at the United Nations on Wednesday, has made the case that Iraq poses an imminent threat to the United States. Without proving imminent threat, the administration has failed outright to justify its rush to war. Many senior military leaders, including Generals Norman Schwarzkopf, Anthony Zinni and Wesley Clark, have all questioned the wisdom of another war with Iraq. Thousands of veterans of all U.S. wars have stepped forward, marched in demonstrations and raised their voices to say that the nation they defended should not be attacking other nations. There is no sense of just cause in the U.S. armed forces today. Most recently we veterans have been joined in our message by families with loved ones in the military. Tens of thousands of American soldiers and hundreds of thousands of Iraqis could die in a long, drawn-out war in Iraq. We need your help to spread our message that veterans oppose this war. We can win without war. How can you help? Join Veterans for Common Sense. Whether you are a veteran, or you have a family member in the military, or you simply support our message, you can join us in calling for a common sense approach to Iraq. We need your support. To find out more, please visit: http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/ Already we have reached across the country through successful press conferences, innumerable appearances on television and radio programs, and op-eds, letters to the editor and interviews published in local, regional and national newspapers. Already we have visited innumerable congressional offices, winning impressive support across the political spectrum. Add your voice to the growing chorus of voices speaking common sense against the rush to war. For more information, and to find out the latest news about a possible war in Iraq, visit our web site: http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org Together we can win without war, Charles Sheehan-Miles Veterans for Common Sense This is a message from MoveOn.org. To remove yourself from this list, please visit our subscription management page at: http://moveon.org/s?i=1020-1649203-MJ6Egvm.f7b7dUfXbq7HSg A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF=http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html;Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/;ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Fw: COLUMBIA: ACCIDENT OR SHOOTDOWN?
-Caveat Lector- MEDIUM RARE by Jim Rarey February 8, 2003 COLUMBIA: ACCIDENT OR SHOOTDOWN? When a government agency suffers a catastrophic failure, one of the first reactions is self-preservation. In the case of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Columbia disaster, the cover-up began even before the event. In the last several years NASA has seen increasing criticism from Congress as an expensive boondoggle with little scientific benefit. This is particularly true with the space station which some see as a financial fiasco that is little more than a PR program to trumpet US/Russia cooperation with U.S. taxpayers paying most of Russias share of the cost as well as our own. As NASA expanded the number of shuttle flights, improvements in safety features were postponed as scarce budget dollars were reallocated. When a safety panel warned last year of problems, NASA removed five of the nine members and fired two consultants. A sixth member, Admiral Bernard Kauderer, was so upset he resigned from the panel. In the immediate aftermath of the Columbia crash, attention focused on ceramic tiles that shielded the fragile body of the orbiter from the intense heat of over 3,000 F it experienced when it reentered the earths atmosphere. Ground readings of heat sensors on the shuttle had shown alarming elevation of temperatures on parts of the body. The logical inference was that the shuttle had lost some of the protective tiles. It was then disclosed that a piece of insulation on the fuel tank had come loose on liftoff and hit one of the wings. A team reviewed videos of the takeoff and concluded the incident did not pose a safety hazard. This was reported to the staff of program manager Ron Dittemore. While Dittemore told a new conference he accepted full responsibility as program manager, he had not shown enough interest to actually attend the review meeting. He initially dismissed the falling insulation as a cause of the shuttles failure. Two panels were set up to investigate the national tragedy. One comprised NASA officials and the other an independent panel, made up of military brass and representatives from other government agencies (More about the membership of the independent panel later.) The so-called independent panel at first was to work under the direction of the NASA Administrator, Bush appointee Sean OKeefe. However, pressure from Congress and others forced OKeefe to relinquish control to Admiral Harold W. Gehman, chair of the panel. In the meantime, a steady stream of articles in the mainstream media, led by the venerable New York Times, exposed a litany of problems NASA has encountered over the last dozen years with both the insulation and the heat-resistant tiles. This in itself is curious as we are used to seeing the NYT and other media make excuses for government failures usual blaming under funding, lack of communication and low-level incompetence. Veteran researchers know that the New York Times is a transmission belt (mouthpiece) for the elite power structure in Washington and New York. It prides itself as being the newspaper of record for the country with its motto, All the news thats fit to print. A more fitting title is the one given his book by former Times editor Herman Dinsmore, All the news that fits. At any rate, the news that is emphasized in the Times is what the power structure wants the public to believe, whether or not it is t rue or merely diversionary. NASA has admitted that, theoretically, loss of just a few tiles could start a reaction that would cause the shuttle to disintegrate. If that is true, its a wonder in view of the news articles about known problems how they convinced astronauts to make the trips, assuming they were informed of past problems with the tiles. A total of about 24,000 tiles are used on each shuttle and each one is hand glued to the body. A wiggle test is made to see if the tile bonded which experienced technicians can only do properly. If not bonded properly, they are subject to coming off under intense heat. The same is t rue of the adhesive holding the insulation on the fuel tank. The tank contains fuel kept at a temperature of below minus 400 degrees Fahrenheit and formation of ice has been a problem that has come off and hit the tiles. Also, the extreme cold causes the adhesive to shrink once it has been applied. United Space Alliance is the prime contractor for the NASA shuttle program. It is a joint venture of Boeing and Lockheed Martin defense contractors who formed the company rather than compete against each other for individual contracts with NASA. It handles programs at both the Kennedy Center in Florida and the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The venture subcontracts work out to hundreds of other companies. A 1995 study showed that 90 percent of all tile damage resulted from foam (insulation) on the
[CTRL] The Second Patriot Act Is Much Worse Than the First
-Caveat Lector- http://www.infowars.com/patriotact2.htm The Second Patriot Act Is Much Worse Than the First... And The Didn't Want You to Know About It...Until After They Had Sprung an Attack BREAKING NEWS FROM INFOWARS.COM Feb 8, 2003 The Center for Public Integrity, a nonpartisan group, has revealed that it has received a top-secret Justice Department document containing plans for a second and even more draconian Patriot Act which would drastically expand government's police powers. Calling for even more governmental secrecy and increased surveillance on the American people, the legislation has been kept secret from the public, pending a more conducive environment for its introduction -- say, after a terrorist attack. After an attack, when the sheeple are down on their knees kissing the jackboots of the police state and begging for more control, begging to give up their liberty for security, loving Emperor Bush and his power-mad cabinet-of-thugs would have no problem convincing the duped and frightened population that this new legislation would be needed in light of the current, dangerous atmosphere. We are trying desperately to read all 120 pages of the document. Section 501 -- the Expatriation of terrorists allows the government to grab American citizens secretly for the mere suspicion of a crime, take their citizenship away and extradite them to a foreign country for imprisonment, torture, or execution. This is Caesar-type power, and they plan to legitimize it by launching another terrorist attack. MORE COMMENTARY FROM INFOWARS.COM COMING SOON http://www.infowars.com/patriotact2.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
[CTRL] NYT - Rumsfeld Rebukes U.N. and NATO on Approach to Baghdad
-Caveat Lector- From the below article: The influential Der Spiegel weekly, in advance copies released today, reported that France and Germany were considering a plan to deploy thousands of United Nations peacekeepers and hundreds more weapons inspectors to prevent military conflict in Iraq. Livid American officials denounced the fact that they first heard of the possible plan from reporters. Things could REALLY get interesting now! The question now is, just how far is the U.S. willing to go in pursuing their war? Would they attack even with thousands of non-Iraqi's in the targeted area? They would sure have a tough time dragging them all out of the way first. This plan could really throw a wrench in their works... :-) February 9, 2003 Rumsfeld Rebukes U.N. and NATO on Approach to Baghdad By THOM SHANKER MUNICH, Feb. 8 Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld issued uncompromising challenges to both the United Nations and NATO over Iraq today, warning that the global body risked ridicule and discredit and cautioning three of America's European partners that delaying plans to defend Turkey weakened the Atlantic alliance. As Mr. Rumsfeld spoke, thousands of people joined a protest called by church and labor leaders in the heart of Munich to protest any war in Iraq. The senior United Nations weapons inspectors landed in Baghdad on what could be their last visit, seeking significant moves by Iraq to prove that it has really disarmed. [Page 14.] Mr. Rumsfeld said the United Nations, by allowing Iraq to violate 17 Security Council resolutions over more than a decade, appeared to be following the League of Nations in choosing bluff over action. Allowing Iraq to become chairman of the United Nations Commission on Disarmament and selecting Libya to lead its Commission on Human Rights showed that the institution seems not to be even struggling to regain credibility, he said. That these acts of irresponsibility could happen now, at this moment in history, is breathtaking, Mr. Rumsfeld said. Those acts will be marked in the history of the U.N. as either the low point of that institution in retreat, or the turning point when the U.N. woke up, took hold of itself, and moved away from a path of ridicule to a path of responsibility. Turning to America's NATO partners, Mr. Rumsfeld was critical of France, Germany and Belgium for what he said were inexcusable actions to postpone alliance planning to defend Turkey in the event of war with Iraq. Turkey will not be hurt, he said. The United States and the countries in NATO will go right ahead and do it. What will be hurt will be NATO, not Turkey. NTV, a Turkish-language news channel, reported that Turkey's leaders had agreed to accept up to 38,000 American troops for an operation in Iraq, and that they would allow American planes to use six Turkish air bases. Senior Turkish leaders, who were meeting with American diplomats, were not available for comment, and the report could not be confirmed. The Turkish Parliament would have to approve any such agreement and is scheduled to vote Feb. 18 on whether to allow American troops to use the country for an attack on Iraq. In an animated rebuttal to Mr. Rumsfeld, Joschka Fischer, the German foreign minister, said his nation was not abandoning its obligations to defend Turkey, but suggested that NATO planners await the next report of the weapons inspectors on Feb. 14. We didn't want an extra buildup to be done, so to speak, before the decisive Security Council meeting, Mr. Fischer said. Proposals for NATO's defense of Turkey include deploying Patriot antimissile batteries and surveillance aircraft. Mr. Fischer said he had no argument with the American assessment that Saddam Hussein has fired Scud missiles at his neighbors and has used chemical weapons. Why this priority now? he said. We have known this for a long time. Mr. Fischer recounted Germany's arguments for international inspectors to continue their efforts in Iraq, especially given new intelligence disclosed last week by Secretary of State Colin L. Powell, and he contrasted those arguments with the American case for military action. I am not convinced, Mr. Fischer said. This is my problem. Kofi Annan, the United Nations secretary general, said today in a speech at the College of William and Mary that the United States should not try to break the Security Council's unity on Iraq and that it should take time for patient negotiations before rushing into war. The influential Der Spiegel weekly, in advance copies released today, reported that France and Germany were considering a plan to deploy thousands of United Nations peacekeepers and hundreds more weapons inspectors to prevent military conflict in Iraq. Livid American officials denounced the fact that they first heard of the possible plan from reporters. That's not the way to have a winning hand with the United States, said a senior American official. In fact, the official said, Mr. Rumsfeld asked
[CTRL] Killed by a Sprite?
-Caveat Lector- --- Forwarded message follows --- http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2003/02/07/MN200326.DTL Cosmic bolt probed in shuttle disaster Scientists poring over 'infrasonic' sound waves Sabin Russell, [SF] Chronicle Staff Writer Friday, February 7, 2003 Federal scientists are looking for evidence that a bolt of electricity in the upper atmosphere might have doomed the space shuttle Columbia as it streaked over California, The Chronicle has learned. Investigators are combing records from a network of ultra-sensitive instruments that might have detected a faint thunderclap in the upper atmosphere at the same time a photograph taken by a San Francisco astronomer appears to show a purplish bolt of lightning striking the shuttle. Should the photo turn out to be an authentic image of an electrical event on Columbia, it would not only change the focus of the crash investigation, but it could open a door on a new realm of science. We're working hard on the data set. We have an obligation, said Alfred Bedard, a scientist at the federal Environmental Technology Laboratory in Boulder, Colo. He said the lab was providing the data to NASA but that it was too early to draw any conclusions from the sounds of the shuttle re-entry. The lab has been listening to the sounds of ghostly electromagnetic phenomena in the upper atmosphere, dubbed sprites, blue jets and elves. For some time, scientists have speculated on whether these events could endanger airliners or returning spacecraft. A study conducted 10 years ago for NASA found that there is a 1-in-100 chance that a space shuttle could fly through a sprite, although it concluded that the consequences of such an event were unclear. And in 1989, an upper- atmospheric electrical strike shot down a high-altitude NASA balloon 129,000 feet over Dallas. NASA officials have said they are looking for a missing link to explain the shuttle's breakup that killed seven astronauts Saturday, and they are downplaying the theory that foam insulation falling from the shuttle's extra tank may have contributed to the shuttle's demise. The little-known infrasound project at the Environmental Technology Laboratory operates a network of sophisticated electronic ears that can pick up subaudible thuds of waves crashing on either coast of the United States and the hiss of meteors and spacecraft re-entering the atmosphere thousands of miles away. Sound waves of this nature are called infrasonic and are below the range of human hearing but travel unimpeded for extraordinary distances. Arrays of infrasonic sensors in the high Colorado plains east of Boulder recently have been looking for the crackle of the ghostly electromagnetic events in the Earth's upper atmosphere. We basically detect events at very long ranges, Bedard said. But he stressed that it was too early to draw any conclusions from sounds of the shuttle re-entry. Bedard said the acoustic sensors had previously detected the re-entry of a space shuttle from Northwest Canada to the Kennedy Space Center. CELESTIAL THUNDERCLAP Originally, it was thought that the electrical charges in the thin atmosphere 50 miles above Earth were too dispersed to create infrasound. But Los Alamos National Laboratories physicist Mark Stanley said that, on closer inspection, we've seen very strong ionization in sprites indicating that there were enough air molecules ionized to cause heating and an accompanying pulse -- a celestial thunderclap, as it were. NASA administrators confirmed Thursday that the photograph, taken from Bernal Heights in San Francisco by an amateur astronomer, is being evaluated by Columbia crash investigators. However, Shuttle Program Manager Ron Dittemore told reporters at a Houston news briefing that right now NASA is trying only to verify the validity of the image. The astronomer, who has asked that his name not be used, has declined to release the digital image to the media. But earlier in the week, he permitted Chronicle reporters to view the image and invited one to his home Tuesday evening, when the camera, and a disk of the image, were turned over to former shuttle astronaut Tammy Jernigan for transit to Houston. The image was also e-mailed Tuesday evening to Ralph Roe Jr., chief engineer for the shuttle program at Johnson Space Flight Center in Houston. Dittemore would not say during the news conference whether NASA has ruled in or ruled out one possible explanation for the photo: that the image could have been caused by jiggling of the camera. It was a Nikon M-880 mounted on a tripod. The automatically timed exposure of four to six seconds was triggered by finger. We have to validate whether it is real, Dittemore said. This particular one is no different from the others. . . . It has yet to be determined whether this is important to us or not. SEEKING EVIDENCE NASA officials have stressed the importance of photographic, video or debris evidence from the earliest moments of
Re: [CTRL] [Fwd: On The Verge of Amageddon: World War III May Just be Around the Corner]
-Caveat Lector- This is exactly what the 'powers of darkness' want everyone to believe! Nothing would please them more than everyone believe this idea! Unless ALL the nations that currently are opposed to the Bush plan join it we can be sure it will NOT be Armageddon. The Scriptures make it clear in Ezekiel 38 39 just who the nations of this conflict are and at this point in time it DOES NOT comply with the false substitute now being readied. Allen Woodham 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] Columbia (the country) hits the news ?
-Caveat Lector- So, who was in the building that came down last night ? Bombings in Columbia take place almost daily (certainly weekly) since this time last year, yet it rarely makes the US TV news. Earlier this very week a successful dynamite job occurred with little US media interest (although of much US commercial military interest): Feb 2, 2003: Colombia: rebel groups launched a dynamite attack against an electrical tower in Arauca province, leaving the region without electricity and killing two Colombian soldiers. Authorities subsequently enacted a curfew for the region, where approximately 70 U.S. soldiers are training their Colombian counterparts to protect the Caño Limón-Coveñas oil pipeline in the first act of U.S. military intervention to combat Colombian rebels that the U.S. Congress has approved. 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] abusers, csa frequency, clergy abuse legal cases, Jehovah's
-Caveat Lector- this may be heavy for survivors Researchers Study Boys Abused by Women 2/6/03 London - "Boys who have been sexually assaulted by women, neglected by their mothers and who witnessed violence at home are more likely to become abusers themselves"Most sexually abused boys do not become perpetrators of sexual abuse...but there are identifiable risk factors which increase the probability that they will go on to abuse," according to David Skuse." http://www.azcentral.com/news/reuters/stories/SCIENCE-HEALTH-ABUSE-DC.shtml The M+G+R Foundation Sexual Abuse of Children Its Psychosomatic Consequences A Report By: Renee Z. Dominguez, Ph.D. [1] Connie F. Nelke, Ph.D. [2] Bruce D. Perry, M.D., Ph.D. [3] For: Encyclopedia of Crime Punishment - This is a Child Trauma Academy version of a chapter to be published in Encyclopedia of Crime Punishment, 2001. Berkshire Publishing Group Great Barrington, MA "Child sexual abuse is a significant public health problem in the United States and across the world. In the United States one out of three females and one out of five males have been victims of sexual abuse before the age of 18 years. Sexual abuse occurs across all ethnic/racial, socioeconomic, and religious groups. Unfortunately, sexual abuse is considered a relatively common experience in the lives of children. A report released by the National Institute of Justice in 1997 revealed that of the 22.3 million children between the ages of 12 and 17 years in the United States, 1.8 million were victims of a serious sexual assault/abuse." http://www.mgr.org/SexabuseConsequences-1.html Church board dismissed accusations by females By Thomas Farragher and Matt Carroll 2/7/03 "Records made public yesterday detailing alleged sexual misconduct by six priests suggest that women who complained that they had been assaulted as girls often received dismissive treatment by a church review board." http://www.boston.com/globe/spotlight/abuse/print4/020703_board.htm State appeals panel in Arizona rules that diocese must hand over documents 2/8/03 Phoenix - "The Catholic Diocese of Phoenix must turn over nearly 2,300 records and documents to a grand jury, a state appeals panel ruledChurch attorneys have said they're cooperating fully, but Romley says they're stalling." http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2003/02/08/national0804EST0479.DTL two from L Moss Sharman Former priest faces extradition 2/7/03 Bronwyn Sell in London "A former Catholic priest and teacher should be extradited to New Zealand to face charges of indecently assaulting 11 boys and young men from 1978 to 1987, a British court has ruled. Alan John Woodcock, aged 55, faces 18 charges of indecent Six of his alleged victims were boys under the age of 16 whom he met at St Patricks Silverstream in Lower Hutt, where he taught." http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3099900thesection=newsthesubsection=general Jehovah's Witnesses pressed to open sex abuse files Church hiding molesters, former congregants allege James Mccarten Canadian Press 2/6/03 "The Canadian wing of the Jehovah's Witnesses is standing its ground against a group of disgruntled former members who want the church to release a list of known child molesters within its ranks. Three former Witnesses, two of them past victims of sexual abuse, have asked Canada's lawmakers to force the church to allow police to probe what they allege are past cases of abuse within its membership. But while the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Canada Ltd., the church's governing body, does keep a list of known abusers on file, it's not about to hand it over to police, said spokesperson Clive Thomas." http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1c=Articlecid=1044562414437call_pageid=968332188492col=968705899037 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
[CTRL] Jane's Group Now
-Caveat Lector- Feb 8, 2003 Jane's Group Now Says British Dossier Copied Its Articles The Associated Press LONDON (AP) - Jane's Information Group, the company that publishes journals and articles about military affairs, said three of its pieces had appeared uncredited in a British government dossier on Iraq. Prime Minister Tony Blair's office has admitted that it copied much of the material in the dossier from published sources, even though the work claimed to be based in part on intelligence material and to give up to date details of Saddam Hussein's security and intelligence network. Jane's said in a statement that three articles from Jane's Intelligence Review magazine were quoted extensively in the dossier, which was posted Monday on Blair's Web site and later released to delegates at the United Nations in New York. The pieces were published in July and August 1997 and November 2002, said Jane's. That open sources should be used to compile such a report is not in itself surprising, said Jane's Intelligence Review editor Chris Aaron, adding that the document's introduction acknowledged some previously published material was included. However, the direct copying of entire paragraphs casts some doubt on the processes used to create dossiers of this type, Aaron said. Also among the uncredited sources was an article by Monterey, California- based researcher Ibrahim al-Marashi which appeared last September in the Middle East Review of International Affairs. A Blair spokesman said Friday that the copying did not take away from the core argument of the dossier, which purported to detail how Iraq is blocking United Nations weapons inspectors. He called the work a pull-together of a variety of sources and said officials should have specified which sections came from public material and which were from intelligence sources. A Blair spokeswoman declined to comment further on Saturday. Secretary of State Colin Powell cited the dossier on Wednesday as he addressed the United Nations with evidence of Iraq's weapons programs. Opponents of Blair's hawkish stance on Iraq said the revelations show the government is using trickery in arguing for a war on Saddam. --- On the Net: Government Iraq dossier: http://www.number- 10.gov.uk/output/Page7111.asp Jane's Information Group: http://www.janes.com AP-ES-02-08-03 0858EST This story can be found at: http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGAJVA0NXBD.html Go Back To The Story Forwarded for your information. The text and intent of the article have to stand on their own merits. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without charge or profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this type of information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe simply because it has been handed down for many genera- tions. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumoured by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is written in Holy Scriptures. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of teachers, elders or wise men. Believe only after careful observation and analysis, when you find that it agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all. Then accept it and live up to it. The Buddha on Belief, from the Kalama Sut 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] BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Australians bare all in anti-war protest
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[CTRL] Iraq intelligence dossier
-Caveat Lector- CLICK HERE TO PRINT http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-570248,00.html CLOSE WINDOW February 08, 2003 Iraq dossier assembled by junior aides By Rosemary Bennett and Elaine Monaghan DOWNING STREETS embarrassment over its Iraq intelligence dossier deepened yesterday with the disclosure that key sections were cobbled together by junior communications unit staff, including Alastair Campbells secretary. Officials also admitted that chunks of the document praised by Colin Powell on Wednesday for its exquisite detail were copied word-for- word from an article by a 29-year-old Californian academic. The sentences were lifted from an article by Ibrahim al-Marishi, an Iraqi- American, in the September edition of Middle East Review of International Affairs. He, in turn, sourced his information to a 1999 book by the former weapons inspector Scott Ritter, who opposes President Bushs Iraq policy. Last night the US State Department said that General Powell was aware of the reports. The British report contained good information. Well leave it to them to talk about how it was put together, a senior official told The Times. In London, the Prime Ministers spokesman accepted that it may have been wiser properly to source the material used in the report and said the internet version might be amended to acknowledge its origins. It was a pull-together of a variety of sources. In retrospect, we should, to clear up any confusion, have acknowledged which bits came from public sources and which bits came from other sources, he said. He refused to say who had been responsible for the alleged plagiarism. However, four officials who worked on the report were accidentally named on an early draft. They include Alison Blackshaw, Mr Campbells personal assistant. Sources at No 10 privately admit that early in January, Mr Blairs aides started to panic as it became clear the UN weapons inspectors were not close to finding a smoking gun, nor was there any sign that President Saddam Hussein was going to let the inspectors disarm him. The aides instructed communications staff to draw together evidence that Saddam was obstructing the officials to make that the central plank of their case against him instead. Along with material on how Iraq was frustrating the inspectors work, they included a section on how the Iraqi security services are structured, using information from Mr al-Marashis paper and Janes Intelligence Review. Mr Blairs spokesman, attempting yesterday to preserve the authenticity of the remaining sections of the report, some of which were compiled by MI6, said that they had been based on intelligence reports. He also tried to distance senior aides, including Mr Campbell, from the plagiarised section, saying it had been merely seen by the relevant people before it went out. Labour MPs voiced anger that the Governments case was built on such apparently flimsy ground. The former Defence Minister Peter Kilfoyle said: It just adds to the general impression that what we have been treated to is a farrago of half- truths, assertions and over-the-top spin. I am afraid this is typical of the way in which the whole question of a potential war on Iraq is being treated. Forwarded for your information. The text and intent of the article have to stand on their own merits. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without charge or profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this type of information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe simply because it has been handed down for many genera- tions. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumoured by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is written in Holy Scriptures. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of teachers, elders or wise men. Believe only after careful observation and analysis, when you find that it agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all. Then accept it and live up to it. The Buddha on Belief, from the Kalama Sut 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.
[CTRL] 'Barney' Blair Soiled Papers
-Caveat Lector- http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/elpam.html FOTO CAPTION: A squadron leader adjusts his helmet next to an F-3 Tornado, yesterday at Leuchars Base in Scotland./ REUTERS HEADLINE: Blair used an outdated academic essay for his report on Iraq SUBTITLE: Powell qualifies the material as a magnificent study on Iraq's wrongdoings INTRO: Walter Oppenheimer, London The British government embarrassed itself yesterday after it was revealed that its latest report on the misdeeds of the Iraqi regime was based more on old academic studies than on fresh information proceeding from secret services. Downing Street's slip-up, having admitted it should have included references to the authors of those texts, dissolved Prime Minister Tony Blair's efforts to persuade those still undecided, just like a sugarcube in boiling water. Blair agreed to be interviewed on TV by a handful of citizens who oppose the war in Iraq. TEXT: Blair's spokespersons insisted yesterday that the report was exact and solid. But its effect on public opinion could end up being quite the opposite to what the Government had sought out. Four of the 19 pages that make up the report were nearly identical copies from an essay written by Ibrahim al Marashi, a post- graduate student from California and published in the 'Middle East Review of International Affairs'. Other parts of the report were based on the works of unknown professors published in 'Jane's Intelligence Review'. Downing Street admitted it should have quoted those authors and assured that the Government had not intended to make believe that the report was based exclusively on intelligence gathered in this field. But the fiasco doesn't just affect London. U.S. Secretary of State, Colin Powell, stands discredited after reminding the British media that, during his speech before the U.N. Security Council last Wednesday, he had insisted on calling the attention of my colleagues towards the magnificent report that the United Kingdom has distributed (...), which describes in exquisite detail the activities of Iraq. It has also taken credibility away from Prime Minister Tony Blair's efforts in convincing public opinion that this war is just and necessary. Blair once again showed his enormous political courage on Thursday. For an hour he answered questions not only from Jeremy Paxton, the BBC's most aggressive journalist, but also from a handful of citizens opposing the war. Although seemingly sterile, the efforts shown by Blair in explaining himself to the citizens of his country are starting to take on heroic proportions, as they stand in stark contrast to the attitude taken up by his great political friend, José María Aznar. While the Spanish head of state accepted the presence of silent protestors for the first time at this week´s meeting of Congress, the British Prime Minister has multiplied his presence in Parliament and now even on television. Seeming more nervous than he usually is, Blair mastered, with great effort, some very difficult moments. He did not waver when one of those assisting the interview accused Blair of being servile to George W. Bush, calling him Mr. Vice President and Honorable Representative of Northern Texas. He remained even more calm when Paxton, the interviewer, asked if he and Bush ever prayed together, touching one of the Prime Minister's most intimate spots, being a practicing Anglican Christian believer. Blair, offended, replied: No. Why are you asking me that? A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF=http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html;Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[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] Former U.N. inspector attacks Iraq arms evidence
-Caveat Lector- http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L08351098 08 Feb 2003 14:15 Former U.N. inspector attacks Iraq arms evidence By Andrew Marshall ABU DHABI, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Evidence presented by the United States to show Iraq is concealing banned weapons is flawed and proves nothing, a former United Nations weapons inspector turned anti-war activist said on Saturday. Scott Ritter, a former U.S. Marine and senior weapons inspector in Iraq who has become a vocal critic of U.S. foreign policy, said a speech by Secretary of State Colin Powell to the United Nations this week lacked any real evidence. "It is smoke and mirrors. It has nothing to do with reality. It was plain wrong," Ritter said in a speech to ministers, diplomats and journalists in the United Arab Emirates. Powell used audiotapes of intercepted Iraqi conversations and satellite photos to argue Iraq concealed arms by bulldozing chemical weapons sites, hiding rocket launchers under palm trees and moving mobile biological weapons labs on trucks. But Ritter said he knew from his experience as a weapons inspector that none of the evidence stood up to scrutiny. He said satellite images were of limited use without further investigation, as suspicious images often turned out to have innocuous explanations, and radio intercepts were worthless unless the context of the conversation was known. The testimony of defectors was also of limited use, Ritter said, especially as they gave conflicting evidence on whether Iraq had retained weapons of mass destruction. Ritter resigned as a U.N. weapons inspector in 1998, saying inspectors had insufficient backing to do their jobs. At the time he said Iraq had not disarmed and still posed a threat. His critics say his switch to the view that Iraq has no banned weapons lacks credibility, and question his motives. But Ritter says his arguments are based on hard evidence. MOBILE BIOWEAPONS LABS Ritter said there was no evidence to support Powell's assertion that Iraq has at least 18 mobile bioweapons labs. The possibility that Iraq had such mobile laboratories had been raised by inspectors in the 1990s purely as a hypothetical way in which Iraq could be concealing weapons, Ritter said. "These labs exist purely in the minds of inspectors," he said. "We hypothesised their existence. There is no information to say they ever existed. We made them up. But they have taken on a life of their own." Ritter said it was true Iraq had not accounted for some ingredients used in the production of anthrax, but the last known batch of liquid bulk anthrax had been produced in 1991, at a factory destroyed in 1996. Even under ideal storage conditions, he said, within three years liquid bulk anthrax becomes "useless sludge". Ritter said recent Iraqi concessions, including allowing some scientists to be interviewed without minders present, meant a credible inspections process could get under way in Iraq. But he added that Washington's main aim was to depose Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, not Iraqi disarmament, so the United States would block attempts to set up long-term inspections. "Let there be no doubt that Iraq did possess weapons of mass destruction," he said. "But Iraq no longer possesses a meaningful capacity to produce weapons of mass destruction." 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] The Wage Slave Journal: George W. Bush Scorecard of Evil
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[CTRL] TOTAL INFORMATION AWARENESS (TIA) UPDATE
-Caveat Lector- United States Department of Defense http://cryptome.org/tia-update.htm News Release On the web: http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Feb2003/b02072003_bt060-03.html Media contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or +1 (703) 697-5131 Public contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or +1 (703) 428-0711 No. 060-03 IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 7, 2003 TOTAL INFORMATION AWARENESS (TIA) UPDATE The Department of Defense will establish two boards to provide oversight of the Total Information Awareness Project, the program designed to develop tools to track terrorists. The two boards, an internal oversight board and an outside advisory committee, will work with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), as it continues its research. These boards will help ensure that TIA develops and disseminates its products to track terrorists in a manner consistent with U.S. constitutional law, U.S. statutory law, and American values related to privacy. The TIA internal oversight board will oversee and monitor the manner in which terrorist tracking tools are transitioned for real world use. This board will establish policies and procedures for use within DoD of the TIA-developed tools and will establish protocols for transferring these capabilities to entities outside DoD. A primary focus of the board will be to ensure that the TIA-developed tools to track terrorists will be used only in accordance with existing privacy protection laws and policies. The board, which is expected to hold its first meeting by the end of February 2003, will be composed of senior DoD officials. The outside advisory board will be convened as a federal advisory committee and will comply with all the legal and regulatory requirements for such bodies. The committee will advise the Secretary of Defense on the range of policy and legal issues that are raised by the development and potential application of advanced technology to help identify terrorists before they act. Members of the outside advisory board are Newton Minow (chairman), director of the Annenberg Washington Program and the Annenberg Professor of Communications Law and Policy at Northwestern University; Floyd Abrams, renowned civil rights attorney; Zoe Baird, president Markle Foundation; Griffin Bell, former U.S. Attorney General and Court of Appeals judge; Gerhard Casper, president emeritus for Stanford University and Professor of Law; William T. Coleman, former chairman and CEO of BEA (world's leading application and infrastructure company) and now Chief Customer Advocate; and Lloyd Cutler, former White House Counsel. DARPA is continuing its research into whether advanced technologies can be used to help identify terrorist planning activities. This technology development program was established under the name Total Information Awareness (TIA) and is designed to catch terrorists before they strike. Under the rubric of TIA, DARPA is attempting to develop three categories of tools - language translation, data search and pattern recognition, and advanced collaborative and decision support tools. The research conducted under TIA will provide the tools for obtaining information pertaining to activities of terrorists, and if connected together, this information could alert authorities before terrorists' plans are carried out. While the research to date is promising, TIA is still only a concept. Development of these anti-terrorism tracking tools would allow the agencies to better execute their missions. TIA does not plan to create a gigantic database. Further, TIA has not ever collected or gathered and is not now collecting or gathering any intelligence information. This is and will continue to be the responsibility of the US foreign intelligence/counterintelligence agencies, which operate under various legal and policy restrictions with congressional oversight. This technology development program in no way alters the authority or responsibility of the intelligence community. Furthermore, TIA has never collected, and has no plan or intent to collect privately held consumer data on U.S. citizens. It is a research program designed to catch terrorists before they strike. 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:
[CTRL] Link - Patriot Act II Draft Legislation
-Caveat Lector- http://www.dailyrotten.com/source-docs/patriot2draft.html 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] Monitor-ing the Cheats
-Caveat Lector- World posted 12:00 p.m. ET/9:00 a.m. PT February 7, 2003. http://www.csmonitor.com/specials/sept11/dailyUpdate.html Daily Update An online roundup of a post-Sept. 11 world. By Tom Regan | csmonitor.com Intelligence: Brits plagiarize post-grad paper Terrorist attacks: US officials issue new warnings for citizens abroad Brit intelligence plagiarizes student's work for evidence dossier When US Secretary of State Colin Powell gave his dramatic presentation on Iraq to the UN Security Council on Wednesday, he recommended reading a dossier of evidence released by British intelligence earlier in the week. I would call my colleagues' attention to the fine paper that United Kingdom distributed yesterday, which describes in exquisite detail Iraqi deception activities, Mr. Powell told the UN Security Council. It turns out that the British weren't so intelligent in how they got their intelligence. The BBC says that most of the dossier was actually copied from three other articles, including a paper written by a post-graduate student from California that largely relied on information that was 12 years old. Channel Four News in Britain first broke the story after a professor recognized the student's work. The work appeared to have been lifted from a copy of the paper that appeared earlier this year on the website of the Middle East Review of International Affairs. While Ibrahim al-Marashi acknowledged the age of the material in his article, the British government did not when it copied the work. Of the 19 pages in the document, four of them were copied word for word (including typos and grammatical mistakes) by the authors of the British report. The Guardian reports that the content of six more pages relies heavily on articles by Sean Boyne and Ken Gause that appeared in Jane's Intelligence Review in 1997 and last November. None of these sources is acknowledged. The British government continued to stand by the work, saying it was accurate. But British Liberal Democrat foreign affairs spokesman Menzies Campbell added: This is the intelligence equivalent of being caught stealing the spoons. The dossier may not amount to much but this is a considerable embarrassment for a government trying still to make a case for war. The news of the plagiarized intelligence may not be much help for those trying to prevent war with Iraq, according to the The Independent, which writes that the war on Iraq seems increasingly inevitable. And while the British government may be embarrassed at being caught cheating on such an important document, Thursday it sent 40,000 more troops and 100 aircraft to the Gulf. Meanwhile, the BBC reports that the US government is twisting arms very hard all over the world, and is having some success. While most members of the Security Council remain opposed to an early second resolution, non-permanent members Chile and Angola seem to be coming around to the US point of view. Meanwhile, the European Union's foreign policy chief, Javier Solana, says Powell's report was very solid, and that time for Saddam Hussein was very short. The New York Times says the US believes that it may be able to get the second resolution from the UN security council that it now wants so much, because France is more likely to abstain from, rather than veto, any new resolution. And The Times of London reports that Russia is resigned to the fact that the US will invade Iraq. Perhaps sensing that his time is growing short, Saddam Hussein and the Iraqi government Thursday allowed a biological scientist to be interviewd by UN weapons inspectors alone. The Financial Times reports that UN chief weapons inspector Hans Blix says he is going to Baghdad this weekend, and that private interviews, U2 flights over Iraq, and legislation are on the table, but Blix wants even more than that. Earlier this week, Blix had warned Iraq that it was five minutes to midnight and that it's now up to Iraq to prevent war. 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
[CTRL] Fw: Civil Reserve Air Fleet Stage I Activation Announced
-Caveat Lector- - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 7:15 PM Subject: Civil Reserve Air Fleet Stage I Activation Announced NEWS RELEASE from the United States Department of DefenseNo. 064-03(703)697-5131(media)IMMEDIATE RELEASEFebruary 8, 2003(703)428-0711(public/industry)CIVIL RESERVE AIR FLEET STAGE I ACTIVATION ANNOUNCED The Secretary of Defense has given authority to thecommander, U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) to activateStage I of the Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF)to provide the Department of Defense additional airliftcapability to move U.S. troops and military cargo. This measureis necessary due to increased operations associated with thebuild-up of U.S. forces in the Persian Gulf region. CRAFaircraft are U.S. commercial passenger and cargo aircraft thatare contractually pledged to move passengers and cargo when theDepartment of Defense's airlift requirements exceeds thecapability of U.S. military aircraft. The authority to activate CRAF Stage I involves 22 U.S.airline companies and their 78 commercial aircraft -- 47passenger aircraft and 31 wide-body cargo aircraft. While thisauthority is for all 78 commercial aircraft in the CRAF Stage Iprogram, the USTRANSCOM commander, Air Force Gen. John W. Handy:http://www.af.mil/news/biographies/handy_jw.html,is only activating 47 passenger aircraft. Currently, U.S.military airlift aircraft and CRAF volunteered commercial cargoaircraft are meeting the airlift requirements. However, ifrequired, the USTRANSCOM commander can activate those 31 cargoaircraft in the CRAF Stage I program. Three stages of incremental activation allow theUSTRANSCOM commander to tailor an airlift force suitable for thecontingency at hand. Stage I is the lowest activation level,Stage II would be used for major regional contingencies; andStage III would be used for periods of national mobilization.During a crisis, if Air Mobility Command (AMC), the aircomponent of USTRANSCOM, has a need for additional aircraft, itwould request the USTRANSCOM commander take steps to activatethe appropriate CRAF stage. Stage II was activated duringOperation Desert Shield/Storm. Stage III has never beenactivated. Each stage of the fleet activation is used only tothe extent necessary to provide the amount of commercialaugmentation airlift need by the Department of Defense. To provide incentives for commercial carriers to commitaircraft to the CRAF program and to assure the United States hasadequate airlift reserves, AMC awards peacetime airliftcontracts to civilian airlines that have aircraft in the CRAFprogram. The CRAF air carriers continue to operate and maintainthe aircraft with their resources; however, AMC controls theaircraft missions through the Tanker Airlift Control Center(TACC) at Scott Air Force Base, Ill. USTRANSCOM relies heavily on the commercialtransportation industry - sea, air, and land - to move troops,equipment, and supplies world wide in support of our Nation'sdefense. Historically, 93 percent of our troops and 41 percentof our long-range air cargo are moved by chartered commercialaircraft. For more information contact Navy Capt. Steve Honda,USTRANSCOM public affairs, at either (618) 229-4828 or pager(618) 256-6789, PIN5559.[Web version: http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Feb2003/b02082003_bt064-03.html]-- News Releases: http://www.defenselink.mil/news/releases.html-- DoD News: http://www.defenselink.mil/news/dodnews.html-- Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.defenselink.mil/news/dodnews.html#e-mail-- Today in DoD: http://www.defenselink.mil/today 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] Civil Reserve Air Fleet Stage I Activation new Civil Service Shield ?
-Caveat Lector- Sounds as tho' a new (despite) Berlin Airlift is about to start ? I guess that ther will at least be plenty of civil pilots currently available to go with these civil aircraft given the recent spate of national and international flight carrier closures. (The latest post-WTC victim was France's No 2 airline which went bust just this week, stranding passengers in terminals). Or maybe they are to be used to fly in the thousands of United Nations peacekeepers and hundreds more weapons inspectors to be deployed in order to prevent military conflict in Iraq ? T. P.S. Anyone got an update on the arrest of the Northwest Airlines pilot a coupla days ago at LaGuardia Airport discovered to have had a loaded handgun in his carry-on luggage ? Maybe it was an accident, plan or plant-check on screener systems ? NEWS RELEASE from the United States Department of Defense The authority to activate CRAF Stage I involves 22 U.S. airline companies and their 78 commercial aircraft -- 47 passenger aircraft and 31 wide-body cargo aircraft. A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF=http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html;Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/;ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Experts discount 'sprite' theory
-Caveat Lector- www.sfgate.com Return to regular view Experts discount 'sprite' theory Shuttle wasn't flying above thunderstorm Matthew B. Stannard, Chronicle Staff WriterSaturday, February 8, 2003 ©2003 San Francisco Chronicle | Feedback URL: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/02/08/MN117739.DTL NASA officials said Friday they have asked experts in upper-atmosphere electric phenomena whether it is possible for such effects to occur at the altitude and weather conditions that the shuttle was flying through before it disintegrated. But they said that so far they have found nothing in their investigation to indicate that the shuttle encountered such phenomena on re-entry. "There is nothing in the data stream . . . that would cause any concern on our part," said Ron Dittemore, NASA's shuttle program manager. Independent scientists also said that speculation that ghostly electromagnetic events -- dubbed sprites, blue jets and elves -- might have triggered the space shuttle disaster conflicts with current theories of how those phenomena occur. They can occur over large thunderstorms, but no major thunderstorms were raging in the shuttle's vicinity as it passed over the far Western United States, including Northern California, early last Saturday, the researchers said. Still, the same scientists declined to totally reject the "sprites" thesis. They stress that it is simply too early to know the true cause of the accident, partly because the shuttle Columbia began breaking up in a region of Earth's upper atmosphere about which researchers know comparatively little. On Friday, a Chronicle story reported that federal investigators are reviewing records from ultrasensitive instruments that might have detected a faint thunderclap at the same time a photograph taken by a San Francisco amateur astronomer appears to show a purplish bolt of lightning strike the shuttle. Asked about the electromagnetic phenomena, Ron Dittemore, the NASA shuttle program manager, said in a news conference Friday: "I really have no idea whether we had any static electricity, whether we had any electrical discharge. "We are asking experts in the field of atmospheric science if those events are even possible, especially at the altitude that we were flying -- greater than 200,000 feet," and "especially in the relatively clear skies that we were flying on last Saturday," he said. Dittemore also said that NASA has received, but still is analyzing the amateur astronomer's photo. (The astronomer has refused to release it to news media.) Investigators will be reviewing photos of the Columbia re-entry and comparing them to similar photos from past shuttle missions, Dittemore said. He warned against drawing conclusions from photos, videos or other data at this stage. "You want to draw conclusions as quickly as you can based on the information," he said. "You go down that merry path of making a judgment, or a rush to judgment, and you will be fooled." Based on a reporter's description of the photo, Walter Lyons, a leading sprites authority, said that the object "is definitely not a sprite or a blue jet." In photographs, Lyons noted, sprites resemble somewhat spidery glows flickering over the anvil-shaped tops of thunderstorms. Also, weather conditions didn't jibe with traditional theories of sprites and their cousins, dubbed blue jets and elves. "There were showers north of (the shuttle's flyover path)," but there were no thunderstorms in the area, Lyons said. "There's just not the meteorology to support (the theory of a) sprite or blue jet. It's probably just an artifact of the (photographic) image," Lyons said in a phone interview. "All bets are off if the image turns out to be an artifact." "The fact is that until we see the picture, we're all just flapping our wings," said Lyons, of FMA Research Inc. in Fort Collins, Colo., who has done contract work for NASA and other scientific agencies. Martin Uman, one of the world's leading experts on lightning and other forms of atmospheric electricity, said sprites tend to occur over exceptionally large systems of thunderstorms, about 40 to 50 miles wide. There is no evidence that sprites occur independently of thunderstorms, Uman said. Also, despite their famed, creepy-looking "arms" and "tentacles," sprites don't typically concentrate energy into extremely narrow, hot channels like lightning bolts, said Uman, who works at the University of Florida's Lightning Research Laboratory. Sprites' charge is "spread out over a kilometer or something -- it's a really diffuse discharge," Uman said. "Whether a big metal body up there like the shuttle could focus some of this current flowing through the air is a question." At the same time,
[CTRL] German Giant Taking Over American Water Supply
-Caveat Lector- http://info.mgnetwork.com/printthispage.cgi?url=""> Feb 7, 2003 German Giant Taking Over American Water SupplyBy Michael LiedtkeThe Associated Press MONTARA, Calif. (AP) - The influence of foreign business can be seen across America, with consumers cheerfully buying Japanese cars, Korean TVs and clothing made in China. But many Americans aren't so happy about foreigners controlling their water supply. A recently completed $8.6 billion takeover of American Water Works by German-based industrial giant RWE has led to a backlash from a handful of cities across America. The deal covers more than 800 water systems serving 15 million people in 27 states and three Canadian provinces. "As soon as people find out their water service is being bought by a German company, they are up in arms about it," said Juliette Beck, a senior organizer for Public Citizen, a Ralph Nader-backed group that has been rallying resistance to the RWE takeover. The misgivings are driving community efforts to buy out RWE and regain control of local water systems in two Northern California communities, Montara and Felton; in Peoria and Pekin, Ill., and in Lexington, Ky. Charleston, W.Va., is considering a bid for its water system, while the Southern California city of Thousand Oaks is trying a different tactic, urging state regulators to reverse their previous approval of RWE's takeover. Much of the opposition to the RWE deal has been orchestrated by Public Citizen, a critic of corporations inside and outside America. The objections have ranged from concerns about whether the foreign-owned conglomerate will weaken U.S. environmental practices to worries that RWE's enormous debt load will lead to higher water bills. Few issues are as prickly as RWE's German heritage. "That really bothered a lot of people, especially older folks," said Kathryn Slater-Carter, a Montara resident since 1979. "Memories of World War II are still very strong." Officials from American Water and the water industry say the backlash against RWE is misguided. "Public Citizen is doing a pretty good job of fanning the flames and playing on people's xenophobia," spokesman Tom Thoren said. Supporters of the takeover say RWE's financial clout and expertise will help pay for much-needed improvements in local water systems and provide better protections against possible terrorist attacks on water supplies. RWE isn't the only foreigner buying into the U.S. water industry; French companies Vivendi Environnment and Suez also have bought local water systems within the past few years. Vivendi entered the U.S. market in 1999 with a $7.9 billion takeover of USFilter. The French company provides water and wastewater service to 110 million people in 100 countries, generating about $12 billion in annual revenue from the division. Besides running the Culligan bottled water service, USFilter, of Palm Desert, Calif. delivers water to about 13 million people in 600 communities. Suez, which collects about $8.5 billion in water revenue from 110 million people in 130 countries, entered the U.S. in 2000 with a $1 billion purchase of United Water Resources, based in Harrington Park, N.J., and a provider of water service to about 12.5 million people. Before coming to America, RWE expanded beyond its primary business as a power utility by buying England's Thames Water for $9.8 billion in 2000. The money provided by RWE and other foreign companies will pay to replace aging pipes and strengthen security - the kind of improvements many cash-strapped communities can't afford, said Peter Cook, executive director for the National Association of Water Companies, a trade group. Thames, which will oversee RWE's newly acquired U.S. water systems, has invested $6 billion in service improvements, mostly in Britain, since 1998. The opposition to RWE's U.S. expansion is "so much hokum and jingoism," Cook said. "Foreign ownership can bring many benefits to a community." Critics fear RWE and Thames mostly will bring trouble. Thames, for instance, has been fined repeatedly in England for environmental violations that included allowing raw sewage to flow into the streets and onto people's lawns. RWE's debt-heavy balance sheet has convinced many customers their water rates will have to go up to pay back the loans. RWE is buying American Water for nearly three times the company's book value - equivalent to paying $1 million for a house worth about $333,000. The German company ended 2002 with an estimated debt totaling about $28 billion. Management wants to reduce the debt to about $26 billion by the end of this year as part of a debt diet that will continue through at least 2005. RWE has repeatedly assured regulators it can repay its debt by expanding into new U.S. markets instead of raising rates in the systems picked up in the American Water deal. And in some states, such as California, RWE has even consented to rate freezes. Still, some critics think RWE is on the same perilous path as
Re: [CTRL] Former U.N. inspector attacks Iraq arms evidence
-Caveat Lector- --- William Shannon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Evidence presented by the United States to show Iraq is concealing banned weapons is flawed and proves nothingPowell used audiotapes of intercepted Iraqi conversations and satellite photos to argue Iraq concealed arms... Nakano comments: We live in a world in which we can no longer believe what we see with our own eyes. Tom Hanks never shook hands with President Kennedy. But special digital effects made it look completely real when Forrest Gump was in the Oval Office and said he had to pee. John Wayne had been dead for several years when he convincingly appeared in a TV beer commercial via digital special effects. Colin Powell could show a video of Saddam Hussein sharing a hot tub with Osama bin Laden or both of them hugging nuclear warheads and it wouldn't prove anything. They have the power to show whatever they want the world to see, and to hear whatever they want it to hearand make it seem absolutely real. Of course, they would never really do this would they? Nakano __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF=http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html;Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/;ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
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