[CTRL] Strange Incident - Brit Military in Mexican Caves
-Caveat Lector- washingtonpost.com British Cavers Rescued; Mexico Demands Answers By Mary Jordan Washington Post Foreign Service Friday, March 26, 2004; Page A14 MEXICO CITY, March 25 -- Five members of a British armed forces expedition and their British guide were rescued Thursday after being trapped for a week in a flooded cave in central Mexico in an incident that has chilled relations with London. President Vicente Fox has asked his ambassador in London to seek a detailed, clear and rapid explanation from the British government of what the military officers were doing in Mexican caves, a spokesman in the president's office said Thursday. Mexican officials said they should have been notified in advance that there was a foreign military team in Mexico. The spelunking team was made up of British navy, air force and army personnel who entered the country on tourist visas. [Assistant Interior Secretary Armando Salinas said late Thursday that the six men would be transported to a military hospital and then to a Mexico City detention center, where they would be held while a visa investigation was conducted, the Associated Press reported. Mexican authorities say they may have violated the terms of their visas by participating in scientific or military activities while exploring the caves.] The six cavers, who were trapped by rising floodwaters on March 17, were in good condition and in constant contact by radio with other members of their expedition, British defense officials said. The men had slept in sleeping bags on a dry ledge inside the cave that runs 90 feet below ground, waiting for British rescue divers who Thursday swam through fast-moving water to reach them, the officials said. The men were then outfitted in scuba gear and led out one at a time along a guide rope. The trapped Britons had refused several offers of help from Mexican rescuers in recent days, preferring to wait for British cave-rescue specialists to arrive from England, a decision that caused some irritation here, Mexican officials said. They refused to be rescued, said Silvestre Rosas Martinez, a public security official in Cuetzalan, the town near Alpazat, an extensive cave system that attracts spelunkers from all over the world. It seems strange to me that they would refuse help, as there are specialists in this kind of rescue right here in Mexico, Rosas Martinez said. The decision to wait for British rescuers added to public suspicion about the nature of the cavers' mission. Mexican television and radio programs this week have been filled with speculation about whether the British military was conducting training exercises in Mexico. Some of the wilder speculation even centered on whether they were searching for radon or uranium that could be used to make bombs. British officials sought to play down such stories. It is solely a spelunking expedition that does not have any other purpose, the British Embassy here said in a written statement. British defense officials said 13 members of the Combined Services Caving Association, a group made up of members of several branches of the British military, came to Mexico on a trip to explore the Alpazat cave system, which runs deep below ground and is more than eight miles long. Kate Wilson, a spokeswoman for the British Defense Ministry, said in a telephone interview from London that the trapped men were first and foremost part of a club that practiced mapping caves. She said there have been similar trips to Mexican caves every year for the past two decades. She said that if there had been an oversight in the paperwork over the team's visa status, it would be rectified. If you are asking, 'Is there a diplomatic incident?' I hope not, Wilson said. Wilson said the trapped men declined help from Mexico because they were dry, safe and fine and in no need of an emergency rescue. © 2004 The Washington Post Company www.ctrl.org DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substanceânot soap-boxingâplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'âwith its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsâis 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://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to
[CTRL] Odd Incident At LaGuardia
-Caveat Lector- http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0303/S00211.htm UQ Wire: A Very Odd Incident At LaGuardia Airport Monday, 24 March 2003, 9:54 am Opinion: www.UnansweredQuestions.org Unanswered Questions: Thinking For Ourselves Presented by http://www.unansweredquestions.org/ INCIDENT AT LAGUARDIA www.whatreallyhappened.com - White powder and gas mask are found in luggage, but Israeli woman not detained and allowed to board plane to Texas. - The Texas FBI won't return calls asking if the woman has actually been interviewed. - The powder tests positive for anthrax, then is declared to be harmless. - But ten people become sick and are treated, plus the screeners (one of whom gets a rash on his hands) are decontaminated. - Why do I get the feeling that a staged terror attack to blame on Iraq just fell apart? - Whatreallyhappened.com 3/22/03 LaGuardia Airport evacuated http://www.capitalnews9.com/content/top_stories/Default.asp?ArID=19298 The central terminal of LaGuardia Airport was evacuated. It happened Friday when a gas mask and white powder were found in an Israeli woman's bag. She was traveling from Israel to Texas. The first test came up positive for anthrax, but a second test proved negative. Local copy* http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/laguardiastory.htm --- 3/22/03 LaGuardia Powder Incident http://www.wstm.com/Global/story.asp?S=1192253 This seems to be the same story which was initially reported, then removed, on CNN. This version says the powder was harmless, but fails to say why the screeners still had to be decontaminated. Note that in this version of the story, the powder was found in a checked bag and the woman was on the plane before she could be questioned. Local copy* http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/laguardia4.htm --- 3/22/03 Ten people made ill by harmless powder http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2cid=564ncid=716e=12 u=/nm/ 20030321/ts_nm/attack_laguardia_dclaguardiapowderharmless.htm Local copy* http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/dclaguardiapowderharmless.htm --- 3/22/03 In this story, the powder was found on the Israeli woman's handbag, not the checked luggage http://www.sabcnews.com/world/north_america/0,1009,55516,00.html So how did she escape arrest and get on the plane to Texas? Local copy* http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/laguardia3.htm --- 3/22/03 Another report on the harmless powder that made people ill. http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/nation/20030321-1058-attack- laguardia.html Again the report that the powder was found in the woman's handbag, so why wasn't the woman detained? Local copy* http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/laguardia6.htm --- 3/22/03 Powder was in 9 inch cylinder alongside gas mask. http://www.nynewsday.com/news/local/queens/nyc- laguardia,0,3416150.story?coll=nyc- manheadlines-queens Screener developed rash on hands after handling. Local copy* http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/laguardia7.htm --- Powder and gasmask found in luggage but Israeli woman not detained, allowed to board plane to Texas. The Texas FBI won't return calls asking if the woman has actually been interviewed. The powder tests positive for anthrax, then is declared to be harmless, but ten people become sick and are treated, plus the screeners (one of whom gets a rash on his hands) are decontaminated. Why do I get the feeling that a staged terror attack to blame on Iraq just fell apart? More to the point, how many other Israelis are now inside the US with 9 inch cylinders of harmless powder and gas masks? WHATREALLYHAPPENED.COM EDITOR'S NOTE: * The local copies of these articles have been saved because of the lesson learned from Carl Cameron's news story of the Israeli Spy Ring and the existance of evidence, classified by the US Government, linking the arrested spies to 9-11. That story was yanked from the Fox News servers almost immediately. So, while the original URLs are linked above, there are also local copies to deter changes and erasures. * ENDS * STANDARD DISCLAIMER FROM UQ.ORG: UnansweredQuestions.org does not necessarily endorse the views expressed in the above article. We present this in the interests of research -for the relevant information we believe it contains. We hope that the reader finds in it inspiration to work with us further, in helping to build bridges between our various investigative communities, towards a greater, common understanding of the unanswered questions which now lie before us. Home Page | Headlines | Previous Story | Next Story Copyright (c) Scoop Media 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
[CTRL] The Incident
-Caveat Lector- ~~for educational purposes only~~ [Title 17 U.S.C. section 107] The Incident by Harry Browne In 1939 England and France went to war with Germany. Franklin Roosevelt assured Winston Churchill privately that the United States would join England in its war, even as he reassured Americans publicly that their sons would never fight and die in a foreign war. Americans were strongly opposed to getting into the war. So strongly that it was obvious to Roosevelt that he could never fulfill his promises to Churchill unless someone attacked the United States. Since Hitler was trying very hard to avoid provoking a war with America, Roosevelt turned his attention to Japan especially after Japan and Germany signed a mutual defense treaty. Roosevelt's diplomats held secret negotiations with the Japanese demanding that the Japanese give up their conquered possessions in Southeast Asia, although the U.S. didn't make similar demands that Britain, France, and the Netherlands give up their possessions. Japan is an island country with virtually no natural resources of any note. It had been necessary to rely on trading with the colonies of Southeast Asia until the European colonial powers began monopolizing those resources. The Japanese leaders decided they had to establish colonies of their own by force, just as the European powers had. Roosevelt's only interest in the Japanese' problems was that these problems put Japan in a vulnerable position where its leaders might do something drastic which is what he wanted. He stepped up the pressure on the Japanese, prohibiting critical exports from America to Japan. Finally, it became obvious to the Japanese that war with America was inevitable. They knew they had practically no chance to win a war against the world's #1 industrial power. Their only hope lay in the possibility of destroying the American fleet at the outset. And so the Japanese kept negotiating with the Americans in hope of reaching a peaceful settlement while making plans to attack Pearl Harbor if the negotiations failed. Roosevelt made sure the negotiations did fail, and the attack came. That incident the Pearl Harbor attack caused the anti-war movement in America to collapse. Even Charles Lindbergh, the most public opponent of war, hurried to the recruiting office to enlist the day after Pearl Harbor. It was only years and decades later that the full truth came out piece by piece that the Americans had broken the Japanese diplomatic and military codes and knew the Japanese intentions, that the American military had made a secret agreement with the British and Dutch to go to war with Japan, that Roosevelt had told his cabinet prior to Pearl Harbor that we are at war; we now have to maneuver the Japanese into firing the first shot, that the American Chiefs of Staff had misled the Pearl Harbor commanders about the possibility of an attack on Pearl Harbor. (For a brief summary of this deceit, see http://www.independent.org/tii/news/001207Stinnett.html or http://www.independent.org/tii/news/020311Cirignano.html.) Vietnam After World War II and the Korean War stalemate, the American people were in no mood to go to war again. However, the American government had been engaged in a war against Vietnam both overtly and covertly. The war had started in 1945 when Vietnamese nationalists wanted independence from France and the French government resisted. The U.S. taxpayers financed nearly half the French side before the French threw in the towel. By that time Vietnam had been divided temporarily between the North, run by communist dictator Ho Chi Minh, and the South, run by non-communist dictator Ngo Dinh Diem. The war resumed soon afterward only now it was a civil war between the two parts of Vietnam. The U.S. aided the South, but the American public was still generally opposed to U.S. troops fighting in another foreign war. But in August 1964 an incident occurred. The American navy was covertly aiding South Vietnamese troops making commando raids in North Vietnam. The destroyers Maddox and C. Turner Joy were in the Gulf of Tonkin providing support when they reported being attacked by North Vietnamese torpedo boats. The U.S. retaliated with air strikes against North Vietnamese Naval bases and oil storage areas. Lyndon Johnson also used the incident to gain support for a Congressional resolution authorizing him to use all necessary measures to repel any armed attacks against the forces of the United States and to prevent further aggression. No one seemed interested in asking what the forces of the United States were doing in North Vietnam in the first place. Needless to say, it turned out that there had been no attack against the American destroyers, that the Johnson administration already had plans to widen the war, and that administration officials had used hazy, ambiguous reports from the Gulf of Tonkin to do what they had wanted to do anyway. (In 1970 Congress repealed the
[CTRL] The Incident
http://www.harrybrowne.org/articles/Incident.htm The Incident by Harry Browne February 3, 2003 In 1939 England and France went to war with Germany. Franklin Roosevelt assured Winston Churchill privately that the United States would join England in its war, even as he reassured Americans publicly that their sons would never fight and die in a foreign war. Americans were strongly opposed to getting into the war. So strongly that it was obvious to Roosevelt that he could never fulfill his promises to Churchill unless someone attacked the United States. Since Hitler was trying very hard to avoid provoking a war with America, Roosevelt turned his attention to Japan — especially after Japan and Germany signed a mutual defense treaty. Roosevelt's diplomats held secret negotiations with the Japanese — demanding that the Japanese give up their conquered possessions in Southeast Asia, although the U.S. didn't make similar demands that Britain, France, and the Netherlands give up their possessions. Japan is an island country with virtually no natural resources of any note. It had been necessary to rely on trading with the colonies of Southeast Asia until the European colonial powers began monopolizing those resources. The Japanese leaders decided they had to establish colonies of their own — by force, just as the European powers had. Roosevelt's only interest in the Japanese' problems was that these problems put Japan in a vulnerable position where its leaders might do something drastic — which is what he wanted. He stepped up the pressure on the Japanese, prohibiting critical exports from America to Japan. Finally, it became obvious to the Japanese that war with America was inevitable. They knew they had practically no chance to win a war against the world's #1 industrial power. Their only hope lay in the possibility of destroying the American fleet at the outset. And so the Japanese kept negotiating with the Americans in hope of reaching a peaceful settlement — while making plans to attack Pearl Harbor if the negotiations failed. Roosevelt made sure the negotiations did fail, and the attack came. That incident — the Pearl Harbor attack — caused the anti-war movement in America to collapse. Even Charles Lindbergh, the most public opponent of war, hurried to the recruiting office to enlist the day after Pearl Harbor. It was only years and decades later that the full truth came out piece by piece — that the Americans had broken the Japanese diplomatic and military codes and knew the Japanese intentions, that the American military had made a secret agreement with the British and Dutch to go to war with Japan, that Roosevelt had told his cabinet prior to Pearl Harbor that "we are at war; we now have to maneuver the Japanese into firing the first shot," that the American Chiefs of Staff had misled the Pearl Harbor commanders about the possibility of an attack on Pearl Harbor. (For a brief summary of this deceit, see http://www.independent.org/tii/news/001207Stinnett.html or http://www.independent.org/tii/news/020311Cirignano.html.) Vietnam After World War II and the Korean War stalemate, the American people were in no mood to go to war again. However, the American government had been engaged in a war against Vietnam — both overtly and covertly. The war had started in 1945 when Vietnamese nationalists wanted independence from France and the French government resisted. The U.S. taxpayers financed nearly half the French side before the French threw in the towel. By that time Vietnam had been divided "temporarily" between the North, run by communist dictator Ho Chi Minh, and the South, run by non-communist dictator Ngo Dinh Diem. The war resumed soon afterward — only now it was a civil war between the two parts of Vietnam. The U.S. aided the South, but the American public was still generally opposed to U.S. troops fighting in another foreign war. But in August 1964 an incident occurred. The American navy was covertly aiding South Vietnamese troops making commando raids in North Vietnam. The destroyers Maddox and C. Turner Joy were in the Gulf of Tonkin providing support when they reported being attacked by North Vietnamese torpedo boats. The U.S. retaliated with air strikes against North Vietnamese Naval bases and oil storage areas. Lyndon Johnson also used the incident to gain support for a Congressional resolution authorizing him to use "all necessary measures to repel any armed attacks against the forces of the United States and to prevent further aggression." No one seemed interested in asking what "the forces of the United States" were doing in North Vietnam in the first place. Needless to say, it turned out that there had been no attack against the American destroyers, that the Johnson administration already had plans to widen the war, and that administration officials had used hazy, ambiguous reports from the Gulf of Tonkin to do what they had wanted to do anyway. (In 1970
[CTRL] Air Incident Figs anyone ?
-Caveat Lector- Anyone been logging aircraft incident stats ? Apart from the expected increase in rediractions and airport closures about the globe, I have logged 10 crashes this last month - is this figure within the normal range of variation for the time of year - or is reportage up ? I was prompted to tabulate my archives following reports earlier today that a Quantas 767 was grounded following an engine blade loosening shortly after take-off, not long after the crash of a 747-200 (Luxembourg - Lagos, prior to landing. T. --- Here's my list: Nov 9 - Brazil: defense officials in Brazil stated that a Brazilian air force aircraft crashed into a residential area in Maceio, located in northern Brazil. No further information was currently available Nov 9 - ANCHORAGE, Alaska: A rocket fired from Alaska's Kodiak Launch Complex had to be destroyed seconds after liftoff when trackers lost communication with it. Nov 12 - New York: Airbus 300 passenger aircraft, flight AA 587, crashed into a populated area of Queens, shortly after taking off from John F. Kennedy International Airport, bound for Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic Nov 14 - Guyana: four people hijacked a Trans Guyana aircraft on a commercial flight en route from the southern town of Lethem to the capital of Georgetown. One of the four hijackers held the pilot at gunpoint, forcing him to divert to an airstrip in an undisclosed location in Brazil. Nov 14 - Iraq: an Iraqi Airways Boeing 727 civilian airliner climbing out from Basra encounter's communication interception: This is the United Nations [sic] no-fly zone enforcement patrol calling Iraqi airliner travelling at 21,000 feet proceeding at 400mph north-west from Basra. I warn you that you are subject to being fired upon - you continue to fly at your own risk. Nov 19 - Russia: An Ilyushin-18 charter aircraft crashed near the town of Kalyazin, approximately 57 mi/90 km northeast of Moscow. The aircraft reportedly belonged to Irs-Aero airline company. Nov 21 - CHERRY POINT AIR STATION, N.C. -- A Marine Corps EA-6B Prowler electronic warfare jet crashed into the Atlantic after all four crew members ejected safely. The cause of the crash was under investigation. Nov 23 - Estonia: an An-28 aircraft chartered by Elk Airways crashed near Kardla, located on the island of Hiiumaa, approximately 60 mi/100 km southwest of the capital city of Tallinn. No further details available. Nov 24 - Switzerland: A Crossair BAE Systems Avro RJ100 jet airliner crashed in a woodland area outside of Zurich on its final approach to Kloten International Airport. The cause of the crash was unknown. Nov 27 - Nigeria: a Boeing 747-200F, en route from Luxembourg to Nigeria, crashed while attempting to land in Port Harcourt, located southeast of Lagos. The cause is still unknown. - YYYTYY YY Y Dr. Tony DickinsonY YY YVisiting Research Fellow/Lecturer in Psychology Y YY Y McDonnell Centre for Higher Brain Function Y YY Y Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology Y YWashington University School of MedicineY Y Box 8108, 660 S Euclid Avenue Y Y St. Louis, Missouri Y Y MO 63110 USA Y YY Yhttp://eye-hand.wustl.edu/lab/people/dickinson.html Y YY YY 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
Re: [CTRL] Air Incident Figs anyone ?
-Caveat Lector- FYI Anyone been logging aircraft incident stats ? Apart from the expected increase in rediractions and airport closures about the globe, I have logged 10 crashes this last month - is this figure within the normal range of variation for the time of year - or is reportage up ? I was prompted to tabulate my archives following reports earlier today that a Quantas 767 was grounded following an engine blade loosening shortly after take-off, not long after the crash of a 747-200 (Luxembourg - Lagos, prior to landing. T. --- Here's my list: Nov 9 - Brazil: defense officials in Brazil stated that a Brazilian air force aircraft crashed into a residential area in Maceio, located in northern Brazil. No further information was currently available Nov 9 - ANCHORAGE, Alaska: A rocket fired from Alaska's Kodiak Launch Complex had to be destroyed seconds after liftoff when trackers lost communication with it. Nov 12 - New York: Airbus 300 passenger aircraft, flight AA 587, crashed into a populated area of Queens, shortly after taking off from John F. Kennedy International Airport, bound for Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic Nov 14 - Guyana: four people hijacked a Trans Guyana aircraft on a commercial flight en route from the southern town of Lethem to the capital of Georgetown. One of the four hijackers held the pilot at gunpoint, forcing him to divert to an airstrip in an undisclosed location in Brazil. Nov 14 - Iraq: an Iraqi Airways Boeing 727 civilian airliner climbing out from Basra encounter's communication interception: This is the United Nations [sic] no-fly zone enforcement patrol calling Iraqi airliner travelling at 21,000 feet proceeding at 400mph north-west from Basra. I warn you that you are subject to being fired upon - you continue to fly at your own risk. Nov 19 - Russia: An Ilyushin-18 charter aircraft crashed near the town of Kalyazin, approximately 57 mi/90 km northeast of Moscow. The aircraft reportedly belonged to Irs-Aero airline company. Nov 21 - CHERRY POINT AIR STATION, N.C. -- A Marine Corps EA-6B Prowler electronic warfare jet crashed into the Atlantic after all four crew members ejected safely. The cause of the crash was under investigation. Nov 23 - Estonia: an An-28 aircraft chartered by Elk Airways crashed near Kardla, located on the island of Hiiumaa, approximately 60 mi/100 km southwest of the capital city of Tallinn. No further details available. Nov 24 - Switzerland: A Crossair BAE Systems Avro RJ100 jet airliner crashed in a woodland area outside of Zurich on its final approach to Kloten International Airport. The cause of the crash was unknown. Nov 27 - Nigeria: a Boeing 747-200F, en route from Luxembourg to Nigeria, crashed while attempting to land in Port Harcourt, located southeast of Lagos. The cause is still unknown. - YYYTYY YY Y Dr. Tony DickinsonY YY YVisiting Research Fellow/Lecturer in Psychology Y YY Y McDonnell Centre for Higher Brain Function Y YY Y Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology Y YWashington University School of MedicineY Y Box 8108, 660 S Euclid Avenue Y Y St. Louis, Missouri Y Y MO 63110 USA Y YY Yhttp://eye-hand.wustl.edu/lab/people/dickinson.html Y YY YY 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.
Re: [CTRL] Air Incident Figs anyone ?
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[CTRL] Nuclear Incident In Scotland Revealed
http://www.sundayherald.com/16870 Revealed: nuclear plant accident after fuel rods collapse By Rob Edwards Environment Editor A SERIOUS accident at a nuclear power station in southern Scotland last week sent 24 fiercely radioactive fuel rods crashing to the floor narrowly avoiding the death of workers at the plant and the release of a radioactive cloud which would have contaminated the entire region. Managers of the Chapelcross nuclear reactors near Annan in Dumfries and Galloway are now anxiously trying to work out how to retrieve the fuel rods, which are still lying where they fell in the early hours of Thursday morning. All normal fuelling operations have been suspended at Chapelcross and at its sister station, Calder Hall, at Sellafield in Cumbria. The nuclear plant is run by state-owned, British Nuclear Fuels (BNFL), and is Scotland's oldest nuclear power station. Home to four 50-megawatt reactors and a secretive military plant which produces radioactive tritium for Trident warheads, it has been generating electricity -- and sometimes plutonium for atomic bombs -- since 1959. Nuclear engineers and regulators had initially feared that the fuel was damaged and would leak radio activity into the air. Howver, it is now thought this has not happened. The worst scenario would have been that the fuel caught fire endangering the lives of the plant's workers. 'This was a cock-up that was potentially very serious indeed because of the risk of a fire,' said the leading independent nuclear engineer, John Large. 'It put the employees at risk and there could have been a local dispersion of radioactivity.' News of the accident, which has not been publicised and is likely to lead to legal action, alarmed politicians and environmentalists . They called for a crackdown by regulators, and argued that it highlighted the dangerous folly of the government's plan to build a new generation of nuclear reactors. 'I get worried,' said Fiona McLeod, the Scottish National Party's shadow deputy environment minister. 'Are they cutting corners? Is there now cause for concern about the safety of Chapelcross?' At about 1.15am on Thursday, engineers were routinely removing irradiated uranium fuel rods by remote control from reactor three, which has been shut down since April 24. They were trying to attach a cylinder containing 24 rods to a crane so that it could be lowered down a shaft into a flask and taken to a cooling pond for storage, when something went badly wrong. The cylinder suddenly came loose and fell two-and-a-half feet onto the shaft door, which was closed. The site's emergency incident plan was put into operation, its manager, Bob Clayton, woken from his bed, and a team of expert engineers assembled. The Nuclear Installations Inspectorate (NII), the government's safety watchdog, was informed at 3.30am. Carbon dioxide was pumped over the fallen fuel to make sure that it didn't overheat or catch fire. The area around the fuel was monitored for radiation, as were outlets from the site, and the situation was kept under close review for the next few hours. 'It was very embarrassing for BNFL, pretty annoying to the NII, but not immediately life-threatening,' concluded one insider. Another pointed out that the accident could have been much worse if the shaft door had been open, because the fuel would have fallen a lot further. Large, who is currently advising the Russian government on the safety of retrieving the Kursk nuclear submarine from the Barents sea, pointed out that it was vital to remove the fallen fuel rods from the shaft door. They were blocking the only route by which fuel could be removed from the reactor, which could become urgent if problems developed, he explained. 'The story is certainly not over yet.' Two months ago Chapelcross suffered another problem during defuelling when a grab-release mechanism failed. In 1999 there were four pollution incidents at the plant, one of which resulted in the contamination of a local burn. In May 1967 radioactivity was released into the environment when fuel caught fire in a reactor and suffered a partial meltdown. Friends of the Earth Scotland claimed that last week's accident illustrated how dangerous the nuclear industry really is . 'This is the latest in a series of recent mishaps at Chapelcross and it is time the regulators cracked down, as they have done at Dounreay and Sellafield,' said the environmental group's chief executive, Kevin Dunion. 'This kind of potential disaster highlights the folly of even considering building a new generation of nuclear power stations. The people of south west Scotland must make it clear they want no further part in this risky business.' BNFL has said that it expects Chapelcross to be shut down before 2010, suggesting privately that a replacement nuclear station could be built there. Two weeks ago the UK government began a review of energy policy under the
[CTRL] Peru Incident Exposes Shadowy Practice
http://www.knoxstudio.com/shns/story.cfm?pk=PERUPLANE-04-24-01cat=WW Peru incident shines spotlight on a shadowy practice By LISA HOFFMAN Scripps Howard News Service April 24, 2001 WASHINGTON - Some call them contractors who do important but dangerous jobs that would otherwise fall to overburdened U.S. troops in America's war against drugs .Others say they are mercenaries who shelter the U.S. government from responsibility when things go bad, and insulate it against political repercussions from sending GIs into harm's way. Like the crew of a CIA-contracted plane involved in the downing of an American missionary plane in Peru, they are private U.S. citizens or foreigners who work for private firms hired by the U.S. government to, among other things, man much of the front lines of America's battle against the South American drug trade. The incident Friday, which left a U.S. mother and her baby daughter dead, has shined a spotlight on the shadowy world of such "private military companies" that increasingly are used by the Pentagon, State Department, Customs Service and CIA for missions everywhere from Bosnia to Rwanda to Haiti to Colombia and Peru. Under the rubric of "outsourcing," firms such as DynCorp Technical Services Inc. and Military Professional Resources Inc., both of Virginia, have been paid hundreds of millions of dollars by those agencies to hire retired military and other specialists to do everything from training foreign armies and police forces, flying helicopters and planes on drug-plant eradication missions, and conducting risky rescue operations. By far, the biggest use of such private forces is against drug growers and traffickers in Colombia, Peru and other Latin countries. In Friday's incident, a Peruvian fighter jet, working in tandem with a CIA-contracted surveillance aircraft, mistook the small missionary plane for that of a drug smuggler and shot it down. Neither the CIA nor the Pentagon will reveal the name of the company hired by the CIA for aerial interdiction duties in Peru, saying such information is classified. But no secret is made of the role DynCorp pilots and other personnel have played for nearly a decade in the war on South American drug smugglers. For as much as half of the $1.3 billion the United States has spent on Colombian anti-drug efforts, DynCorp has supplied dozens of mechanics, trainers, maintenance and administrative workers, logistics experts, rescuers and pilots. It's risky work. In February, for instance, a DynCorp crew braved a furious gunfight in southern Colombia to rescue the crew of a Colombian police helicopter downed by leftist guerrillas. The Pentagon, which views the anti-drug war as an all but intractable conflict with the potential of miring America in a quagmire that would make the Vietnam War pale in comparison, is more than happy for others to fight the battle. "Farming it out gets the military out of a situation it does not want to be in," said retired Army Col. Dan Smith, now an expert at the nonprofit Center for Defense Information in Washington.Smith said that using contractors also serves as a buffer from blame if, as apparently happened in Peru, a deadly foul-up occurs. Capitol Hill lawmakers are unlikely to raise as much of a ruckus if the fault for a failed mission can be laid mostly on the shoulders of a private company, or if it is private employees getting hurt rather than GIs. "You don't have the risk of having military members coming home in body bags," Smith said, noting the low tolerance Congress and many in the public have for military casualties. Robert White, former U.S. ambassador to El Salvador and head of the Center for International Policy think tank in Washington, said such lack of direct responsibility is dangerous. "The whole point of foreign policy in a democracy is you are accountable" for things that go right - and wrong, he said. But former national drug czar Barry McCaffrey said that "outsourcing" is a cost-effective way to fight one of America's biggest national threats - without taxing the already overburdened armed services. "It provides tremendous bang for the buck," McCaffrey told reporters last year.
[CTRL] MYSTERIOUS INCIDENT IN FINLAND.
-Caveat Lector- http://www.ortv.ru/owa/ort_win/ort_news1.news?parms=code=/owa/ort_win/~inrazdel=catastrophes~inid=23558 "Tuesday, 02.01.2001 22:30 MYSTERIOUS INCIDENT IN FINLAND. Uncommon events occurred today in Finland. In the lake near Bennayes town directly from the sky fell some enormous unidentified body. According to the evidence of eyewitnesses, everything occurred within a few seconds. Was heard loud whistle, then the sound of impact/shock. Enormous funnel/hopper was formed on the spot of the incidence/drop in the object/subject in ice. Scientists do not exclude, that the local residents became the eyewitnesses of the incidence/drop in the large meteorite. However, it will be possible to explain this for sure only after the bottom of lake inspect divers." 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] Lockerbie Incident Page
from: http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/5260/ Click Here: A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/5260/"Lockerbie Incident Page/A - Pan Am 103/Lockerbie Crash Website In the evening of December 21st. 1988 flight Pan Am 103 exploded and pieces of the plane fell onto the Scottish town of Lockerbie, killing 259 people on the plane and 11 people on the ground. This air-disaster of the century has now its own homepage on the internet. I have tried to supply all kinds of information for anyone interested, but do e-mail me, if something is missing. Here you'll find more than 25 MB of documents, pictures, sounds, films and all kinds of information of the crash of Pan Am 103 at Lockerbie in 1988 and to this day. If you cannot find what you are looking for here at these pages - it's probably not on the web at all !!! Apart from giving basic information about the crash itself, I found it nescessary to also provide information about how the crash of Pan Am 103 later became a hot political potato. The crash of Pan Am 103 not only affected the victims and their families. A whole nation is at present suffering from UN sanctions because someone needed a culprit to profit political success. Although sanctions have been suspended, they have not been lifted fully yet. There are many lessons for us to learn from the crash of Pan Am 103. But who is teaching facts and who is teaching fraud ? When you have read these pages, you'll know what I mean Currently testing this new headpage. Any suggestions to improve the website or other ideas, please e-mail me Site updated: May 1, 2000 NB! This website will feature a major update of design and content the following 5 days and be ready with the new improved face the day before start of trial next week. Kofi Annan names UN observers for upcoming trialLockerbie Trial news update ! 29/04/00 Libyan Crown witness defected from Malta together with wife and in-laws without knowlegde of Maltese police. Names of Fhima and Megrahis Canadian girlfriends on Malta revealed - to appear as witnesses in upcoming trial. Libyan suspect arranged Paris-Dakkar rally in 1990. * MeanwhileKofi Annan has named the international observers for the up-coming Lockerbie bimbing trial. * Jim Swire´s rented flat in Zeist hit by burglars on eve of trial start Latest news page 20/04/00 BBC loses appeal against high court´s verdict not to allow direct public transmissions from Camp Zeist. The start of the upcoming trial has been postponed until May 3, 2000. Lockerbie Trial Website news MEBO Ag finally opens Lockerbie website "Shadow over Lockerbie" ... ready for viewing and listening! After almost 3 years of preparation, Edwin Bollier has finally opened access to the Lockerbie incident investigation website, called The Lockerbie Defillee . Features on the website include clear facts before and after the crash of Pan Am 103, and a 10 million USD reward for any information that leads to evidence in the investigation. * Go to MEBO´s Lockerbie Defillee website The bombing of Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland has been called the world's biggest unsolved murder. Two alleged members of the Libyan Intelligence Service are scheduled to face trial in the Netherlands. But are they the most likely culprits? American RadioWorks conducted a six-month investigation into the case. It has reported its findings in a one-hour special this month, "Shadow Over Lockerbie." View transcripts and listen to sound-files. Go there! Lockerbie Trial: the hopes of Dr. Jim Swire and UK Families Flight 103 Awards and scholarships In memory of Pan Am 103 victims One of the most featured British relatives speaks out about his 11 year long battle for the truth about Pan Am 103. Will he ever know who was behind the murder of his daughter and the 269 other people killed over Lockerbie ? And what will the Lockerbie bombing trial add to his hopes and worries ? In his own words, dr. Jim Swire speaks out to the BBC: "Lockerbie: My hopes" I am currently trying to create an overview over the many scholarships and awards founded in the name of a victim from Pan Am 103. The list is still uncomplete, so if you know any award or scholarship not mentioned on the list, please e-mail me with the details and the relevant URL. Go there! NEW: Lockerbie photographs from 1988Pay your way into understanding the Lockerbie trial proceedings Richard Carr was a member of the R.A.F's "Aicraft Salvage and Transportation Flight" at the time of the disaster. He flew up to the crash site on the morning of the 22nd December 1988, and spent the next month and a half in Lockerbie and surrounding. He and his co-workers had to clean up in and around Lockerbie after the terrible crash. Take a look at the pictures he took then, and read his comments. There are NO
[CTRL] The Incident
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.the-void.dk/incident/intro.html" The Incident/A http://www.the-void.dk/incident/intro.html DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] The Incident
-Caveat Lector- I seem to recall reading about this in a short story of fiction once. Or perhaps it was Urban Legend. Sounds dubious at best, menacingly Lovecraftian (or Ligottian) at worst. Still these types of tales are extremely interesting to me. It implies things about the universe that you would be astounded to know, and our relationship in it. It also points to the fact that we will never know the answer to questions of profundity. Teo1000 DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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
