IRAQI TROOPS NOW EATING LIVE BABIES
Note: disclaimer at the bottom of this article says this is a "SATIRE" Who ever wrote this has a verySICKSENSE OF HUMORif you ask me! BOOKMARK THIS SITE FOR UNCENSORED COVERAGEWAR SHOCK LATEST:IRAQI TROOPS NOWEATING LIVE BABIES 20th March, 2003 02:30 GMThttp://www.GuluFuture.comBy Makup Aniol Shyte, BBCNN 20 March 2003 Iraqi troops around the port city of Basra came under sustained fire late Wednesday after Allied commanders ordered an early attack to stop Iraqi looting, pillaging, raping and cooking of live infants, local sources have stated. Advancing allied forces came across makeshift ovens in vacated Iraqi positions around the city, which contained the partly cooked bodies of babies, said an allied spokesperson speaking on condition of anonimity. "Apparently, they have been without food supplies for weeks now and have taken to snatching babies from local women and consuming them in front of the mothers beore raping the women," the spokesperson said.Official sources are still refusing to confirm the reports, but would not rule them out as a trigger for the allied advance. But a military spokesperson did confirm that Iraqi soldiers have been looting shops and breaking into homes to steal from locals."There comes a point where you have to take action to defend the local Iraqi population against intolerable abuses," said Major Slauter Hardon of the British 7th Armoured brigade. "We reached that position late on Wednesday." However, he refused to comment on reports that British troops have been turning away hordes of Iraqi soldiers who are seeking to surrender to allied units."I really cannot confirm that," he said, "but we simply do not have the facilities or capability to cater for mass surrenders this early in the campaign. Best thing for Iraqi soldiers no longer keen to support this evil dictator would be to drop their weapons and go home." INCUBATORSMeanwhile, American convoys moving towards Umm Qasr have reportedly detained a unit of fleeing Iraqi soldiers with incubators likely stolen from the local hospital."The incubators still had babies inside," said an officer who refused to identify himself to reporters. "At least in the last Gulf war they had the decency to remove the babies before stealing the incubators. Probably they intended to eat them at some point."According to other unnamed sources, Allied advances have been slowed by having to clear starving Iraqi soldiers kneeling in the middle of the roads begging food from advancing American troops.FLEEING In late developments, a US military spokesman refused to confirm reports that a plane carrying Saddam Hussein had escaped being shot down as the toppled dictator fled to Jordan, because he has forced some of the "human shield" peace protestors to board the plane with him. Also, late Wednesday force commanders in the Basra area confirmed that they had bombed "command and control" positions which had been cleverly disguised as churches, hospitals and civillian housing.According to others who have returned from bombing missions, Iraqi psychological warfare brigades have taken to dressing themselves up as civillians and lying on the ground around strategic villages pretending to have their arms and legs blown off."We've been here before you know," one officer told reporters at a post raid briefing. "We are not going to fall for such tired old tricks." "Bet you the next thing is the Iraqi elite Republican Guard will begin shelling and bombing non-military targets in a pathetic effort to incriminate us in these types of actions," allegedly said an unnamed local commander, speaking on condition of anonymous anonimity, according to unconfirmed reports.Notes: The use of the term "allied commanders" means commanders of the forces of countries which have allied with each other in this war to liberate Iraq. It is not a cheap trick to play off the use of the same term to describe command structures in the Second World War. The use of the words "liberate Iraq" means allow democratic structures be established. The issue of the sale of Iraqi natural resources and infrastructure to multinational corporations at knockdown prices is beyond the mission objectives of Allied commanders.CAUTION: War fanatical members of the public who happen across this report shoud beware that this is in fact a SATIRICAL article. Satire is a form of wry black comedy which relates essential truths in an oblique manner. Persons with war-focussed tunnel vision have been known to mistake this type of material for factual reporting.. BOOKMARK THIS SITE FOR UNCENSORED COVERAGEWAR SHOCK LATEST:IRAQI TROOPS NOWEATING LIVE BABIES 20th March, 2003 02:30 GMThttp://www.GuluFuture.comBy Makup Aniol Shyte, BBCNN 20 March 2003 Iraqi troops around the port city of Basra came under sustained fire late Wednesday after Allied commanders ordered an early attack to stop Iraqi looting, pillaging, raping and cooking of live
CSPAN Caller
This AM, I heard a caller to CSPANwho claimedto be a senior intelligence analyst (would not disclose the agency he worked for). In discussing the current situation with Iraq, he seemed disillusioned, saying there was fabrication of evidence on both sides (like Ellsburg and The Pentagon Papers?). He also mentioned PNAC several times and how they're controlling the situation. He either said he would be resigning at the end of the month or in 30 days, I can't remember which. If, in fact, this caller was who he claimed to be, his call was indeed an interesting one. Was anyone else listening who could fill in the holes? I just happened to flip to CSPAN, and as luck would have it, no paper/pencil were handy. flash
US is Criticized for its Plans to Use Land Mines with Timers
http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/079/nation/US_is_criticized_for_its_plans_to_use_land_mines_with_timers+.shtml CIVILIAN DANGERUS is criticized for its plans to use land mines with timers By Ross Kerber, Globe Staff, 3/20/2003 To deny Iraqi forces access to sites containing chemical or biological weapons, US military commanders have plans under certain scenarios to drop small land mines from warplanes around enemy weapons sites, preventing Iraqis from taking away or using dangerous arms. Leftover land mines take a huge toll on civilians, 800 deaths per month worldwide, according to the United Nations Children's Fund. To minimize civilian casualties during and after an assault, US military doctrine calls for almost all mines to include timers that cause them to self-destruct after a preset period. The mines also include deactivation features, so they will eventually disarm themselves, even if the timers fail. A newer generation of computer-controlled land mines meant to further reduce civilian casualties won't be ready in time for an invasion of Iraq. But the US policy on mines is at odds with that of Britain and most other nations, which have agreed not to use land mines. In Britain, members of Parliament are demanding that their forces stick to a treaty it has signed banning use of land mines. There is a dispute whether the kind of mines that US forces plan to use would be a violation of the treaty, although the United States has not signed it. In the United States, opponents of land mines say that the use of such munitions in an attack on Iraq would be a blow to the campaign to ban their use. That campaign took off in the 1990s with the backing of figures like Vermont activist Jody Williams, who shared the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize for her advocacy against land mines, and the late Princess Diana. ''The more the US uses or retains the right to use land mines, the more the government is on the outside of the international norm banning these indiscriminate weapons of terror,'' said Gina Coplon-Newfield, coordinator of US Campaign to Ban Landmines, a Boston group that first called attention to the Pentagon's intentions. ''No land mine is smart enough to distinguish between a soldier and a child.'' Members of Congress including Representative James P. McGovern, Democrat of Worcester, have also called on President Bush not to use land mines in Iraq. In a letter last month to Bush, McGovern said that spreading land mines in Iraq ''would pose serious dangers to innocent civilians, our own troops, and future peacekeepers involved with post-conflict reconstruction.'' Since 1997, 131 countries have ratified a treaty banning such weapons. Neither the United States nor Iraq has agreed to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production, and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction, which is better known as the Ottawa convention. The Clinton administration said it would try to end the use of land mines everywhere except Korea by 2003 and in Korea by 2006. The Bush administration is reviewing the policy. ''We are committed to developing a policy that addresses both humanitarian and war-fighting concerns,'' said a Pentagon official who would only respond to questions on condition of anonymity. In an e-mail message, the official said that any use of land mines by the United States would be consistent with international laws on conventional weapons and that allied nations ''that are parties to Ottawa would follow their own obligations in accordance with that treaty.'' ''At the same time, the United States has a responsibility to protect its men and women in uniform,'' the official wrote. ''The use of land mines by US forces does not contribute to the global land mine problem.'' Members of Britain's Parliament have asked the government of Prime Minister Tony Blair to seek assurances from US officials that mines won't be used in an attack on Iraq. ''It would be a tragic irony if a conflict that is supposed to be about upholding international arms controls resulted in the UK and others effectively tearing up their commitments,'' said Richard Lloyd, director of Landmine Action, a London organization that lobbies against the weapons and runs mine-clearing operations in Africa. Steve Atkins, a spokesman for the British Embassy in Washington, said Britain remains ''fully committed to our obligations under Ottawa.'' ''The US is well aware of our position on antipersonnel land mines,'' he said. But the use of mines described by the Pentagon might not violate the Ottawa convention under an interpretation in which the mines could be classified as ''antihandling devices,'' Atkins said. Unlike mines, which are meant to kill or injure, Atkins said, antihandling devices are meant to prevent the enemy from using equipment or facilities, like a weapons factory. US plans to deploy land mines came to light at a
Anti-War Protests Sweep Globe Following Launch of Strikes in Iraq
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0320-02.htm Published on Thursday, March 20, 2003 by Agence France Presse Anti-War Protests Sweep Globe Following Launch of Strikes in Iraq Anti-war protests erupted across the globe following the start of the US-led war against Iraq, with hundreds of thousands expected to march to demand a quick end to air strikes on Baghdad. An Australian uses his surfboard as a placard as thousands march towards the U.S. Consulate and the Prime Minister's office in Sydney, March 20, 2003. A wave of anti-war protests began to roll across Europe and the Middle East on Thursday after the opening salvos of the war against Iraq sparked angry demonstrations in Asia and Australia. Barely three hours after the first U.S. missiles struck Baghdad, a crowd that organizers put at 40,000 and which police said numbered 'tens of thousands' brought Australia's second largest city, Melbourne, to a standstill. (James Morgan/Reuters) Between 80,000 and 100,000 demonstrators thronged central Athens in response to the launch of targetted strikes against Iraqi targets, according to initial police estimates, but organizers put the figure at at least 200,000. "It's unprecedented. People continue coming," said Vera Michailidou of the leftist anti-globalization group Action 2003, as protestors marched past the British embassy to the US mission, both heavily guarded by riot police. Greek demonstrators, many of them high school students, adopted "Bush -- killer" as their slogan of choice, condemning US President George W. Bush for attempting to disarm Iraq and topple Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein by force. Anti-war groups around the world have organized protests on Thursday to voice anger over the way in which Washington and London have defied popular opposition to launch a second Gulf war. Millions have marched to oppose the war in past weekends, dogging world leaders that have backed Bush's campaign, like Prime Ministers Tony Blair of Britain, Jose Maria Aznar of Spain and Silvio Berlusconi of Italy. The protest in Athens, the biggest so far for the day, followed angry anti-US demonstrations across Pakistan and spirited marches in Australia, which has contributed some 2,000 troops to the US-led coalition against Saddam. "Saddam Hussein is a hero of Muslims," shouted one protestor in the Islamist-ruled city of Peshawar in northwest Pakistan, where hundreds of students, lawyers and journalists denounced US "aggression" in Iraq. A coalition of secular anti-war groups launched a boycott of US fast food outlets like McDonald's and Kentucky Fried Chicken, which are enormously popular with Pakistanis. More rallies were expected later Thursday. In Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim-populated nation, about 1,000 protestors gathered outside the heavily guarded US embassy in Jakarta, carrying signs reading, "Bush, go to hell" and "Terrorism No, Justice Yes." In Australia, thousands took to the streets just hours after the first air strikes against Iraqi targets, with more than 10,000 protesting in central Sydney and 20,000 in the country's second city Melbourne. One woman was arrested at the US consulate in Melbourne for splashing red paint and scrawling "killing has started" on statues outside the building, police said. "It's about sending the Americans a message, and this is their address," said one demonstrator outside the consulate, Catherine Robson. Security has been stepped up at US embassies and consulates around the world as many anti-war groups have called for demonstrations outside the diplomatic missions to show contempt for the US insistence on ousting Saddam by force. Some 20,000 students in Berlin peacefully marched toward the US embassy near the city's Brandenburg Gate, carrying placards reading "Give peace a chance" and "War is not the answer". Another 5,000 students rallied outside the US consulate in the southern city of Munich, with 7,000 demonstrating in Saarbruecken in the west. Peace groups said some 250 protests would be staged in Germany -- where opposition to war in strong -- throughout the day. Thousands of students streamed out of classrooms across Denmark, Switzerland, Spain and Italy, with Swiss schoolchildren carrying the rainbow-striped flags which have become a symbol for peace in Europe.
RE: This email just rec'd---Must READ!!!!!!Fw: Attention NY Smokers URGENT Message!!
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Some Dare Call it Treason
WHO CARES WHAT BILL ORIELLY HAS TO SAY , ANYWAY? http://truthout.org/docs_03/032103C.shtml Some Dare Call it Treason Bill Berkowitz WorkingForChange Wednesday 19 March 2003 War with Iraq opens door for accusations that continuing protests are anti-American and un-patriotic ABCNEWS reported on March 18 that "the government will begin detaining dozens of suspected Saddam Hussein sympathizers in at least five U.S. cities this week. According to Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge, "Iraqi state agents, Iraqi surrogate groups, other regional extremist organizations and ad hoc groups, and disgruntled individuals may use this time period to conduct terrorist attacks against the United States and our interests either here or abroad." Saddam Hussein has rejected President Bush's ultimatum to leave Iraq. At home, the Department of Homeland Security raised the terror alert to orange, indicating a high risk of attacks. When history's deadliest one-day display of air power hits Iraq, thousands of Iraqis will be shocked, awed and killed and President Bush will be well started on his road to empire building. What will happen to the US anti-war movement when the bombs start falling on Iraq? As Paul Loeb and Geov Parrish recently wrote on this site, before the 1991 Gulf War "major protests surged through American and European cities, hoping to stop the war before it started. But once the war began, mainstream debate over the wisdom of war quickly became supplanted by the insistence that anything other than relentless cheerleading was disloyal to the troops -- and to the country." If massive protests continue after U.S. bombs start pounding Iraq, expect the anti-war movement to be lambasted by President Bush's pro-war minions. Radio and television pundits will crank up the volume, labeling protests un-patriotic and anti-American. Some may equate dissent with treason. Expect long-winded one-sided debates on the Fox News Channel, MSNBC and CNN focusing on the nature of treason. With even the mildest Congressional condemnation of war with Iraq stifled, the Bush Administration will take advantage of a jingoist climate and try and rush through the Justice Department's newly drafted "Domestic Security Enhancement Act of 2003," aka PATRIOT Act II. This draconian measure would expand the government's powers to gather intelligence on the home front; increased surveillance and the prosecution of American citizens could become the order of the day. Over the past few months, as the US moved closer to war, pro-war columnists and radio and television gas bags began a campaign to demonize protesters, labeling them anti-American, Communists, or apologists for Hussein. Religious people and groups speaking out against the war, Hollywood celebrities, dissenting academics, "human shields" in Iraq, people committed to non-violent civil disobedience, and the all-too-few-but-gutsy politicians have all come under fire from pro-Bush critics. For quite some time, the Fox News Channel's Bill O'Reilly has been saying that dissent reflects America's freedom of expression before the advent of hostilities -- but after the war starts, anti-war protesters should take their signs and go home. On a recent edition of his nightly program, O'Reilly said that "Once the war against Saddam Hussein begins, we expect every American to support our military, and if you can't do that, just shut up. Americans, and indeed our foreign allies who actively work against our military once the war is underway, will be considered enemies of the state by me. "Just fair warning to you, Barbra Streisand and others who see the world as you do. I don't want to demonize anyone, but anyone who hurts this country in a time like this, well, let's just say you will be spotlighted. Talking points invites all points of view and believes vigorous debate strengthens the country, but once decisions have been made and lives are on the line, patriotism must be factored in." In early March, Fox News reported that Senator Lindsay Graham had asked Attorney General John Ashcroft "to provide him with a legal assessment of those Americans headed to or already in Iraq to offer themselves as 'human shields.'" Graham compared Americans acting as human shields with John Walker Lindh. "It is my opinion that any American who voluntarily engages in conduct to impede a potential American military operation, and who thereby endangers the lives of our nation's men and women in uniform, is participating in a program designed to weaken the power of the United States to wage war successfully. I strongly believe efforts to impede a potential military operation against Iraq should be strongly dealt with and I am seeking your assistance in this matter." A recent column by conservative columnist Michelle Malkin echoed Senator Graham's sentiments: "What color is a human shield?" Malkin writes. "Crayola needs to
COPS GET GAS GEAR
What about the CIVILIANS? http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/71329.htm COPS GET GAS GEAR By MURRAY WEISS, PHILIP MESSING and ADAM MILLER March 20, 2003 -- The NYPD yesterday began distributing gas masks and other protective gear to thousands of cops to help safeguard them in the event of a chemical or biological attack in the Big Apple. The kits contain several protective masks, an escape hood with self-contained breathing units and goggles, as well as a first-aid kit and hygiene package complete with eyewash solution, decontamination towels and a germicidal wipe. About 15,000 cops will get the gear, paid for with a $4 million federal grant. The kits, which cost $361, are being distributed first to transit cops and other officers assigned to patrol duties. Police officials said the gear will safeguard cops in the "hot zone" for about an hour. Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said they've "been trying to get the [gear] for a long time." He said they are looking for additional funding so they can provide all NYPD cops with the gear. The masks were distributed as the NYPD continued girding for a possible terror strike. Beefed-up security plans include additional cops and bomb-sniffing dogs on patrol at vulnerable targets such as subways, landmarks, tourist attractions, hotels, places of worship, Wall Street and major television news outlets. And most of Manhattan is ringed by cop checkpoints at bridges and tunnels and across 96th Street on all southbound avenues. Officials have also tightened the security net around the city's reservoir system and the Indian Point nuclear power plants in Westchester County. Meanwhile, the FBI yesterday warned that Iraqi diplomatic vehicles in the Big Apple must stay within the five boroughs. In an intelligence bulletin, the FBI said "suspicious activity involving vehicles bearing Iraqi diplomatic license plates should be reported immediately to the nearest Joint Terrorism Task Force." The FBI also ordered Iraqi diplomatic vehicles in Washington to remain within 25 miles of the office. Iraq has two sanctioned offices in the United States, one for the U.N. mission on East 79th Street, and one in the Algerian embassy in Washington. The FBI issued the warning because they're worried that Iraqi diplomats might try to launch terror attacks in America or abroad, as they did with two-man terror teams during the 1991 Gulf War. Meanwhile, Gov. Pataki yesterday dispatched 120 new state troopers to help protect New York's border against terrorists. Additional reporting by Larry Celona, Brian Blomquist and Joe McGurk ** "The strongest reason for people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government."-- Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334http://www.patriotsforpeace.org/http://www.winwithoutwarus.org/http://www.truemajority.org/http://www.notinourname.net/http://www.endthewar.org/http://www.internationalanswer.org/http://www.peacepledge.org/http://www.citiesforpeace.org/**Ain't Karma A Bitch!
John Mellencamp Releases Anti-War Song
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So where is the ones from 9/11?
COLUMBIA'S BLACK BOX' DISCOVERED March 20, 2003 -- HOUSTON - In one of the most significant debris discoveries yet from the shattered Columbia, searchers found a data recorder that may hold valuable clues as to what destroyed the space shuttle, the accident investigation board said last night. A spokeswoman for the board, Laura Brown, said the recorder was intact but sustained some heat damage. Officials are hoping that temperature and aerodynamic pressure data can be retrieved from its magnetic tape. Brown compared the recorder to a plane's black box. "We have no way of knowing whether the data can be recovered," she said. But she added that if it can, "it will give us, hopefully, a lot of information about what was going on with the orbiter." Brown said such recorders normally are turned on just before a space shuttle begins its descent through the atmosphere. Columbia disintegrated over Texas on Feb. 1 during its atmospheric re-entry. All seven astronauts were killed. AP "The strongest reason for people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government."-- Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334http://www.patriotsforpeace.org/http://www.winwithoutwarus.org/http://www.truemajority.org/http://www.notinourname.net/http://www.endthewar.org/http://www.internationalanswer.org/http://www.peacepledge.org/http://www.citiesforpeace.org/**Ain't Karma A Bitch!
Re: IRAQI TROOPS NOW EATING LIVE BABIES
Astro, If this article is a satire and a sick piece of humor, then WHY ARE YOU BROADCASTING IT? The Power Hour has been seeking the truth by exposing information like this. This will no doubt will be placed next to thebaby and the incubator story: both misleading. And here you are making their efforts complicated. I don't care aboutthe disclaimer. That one-line disclaimer is insufficient to warn people of this propaganda. But it does notice you that "Persons with war-focussed tunnel vision have been known to mistake this type of material for factual reporting".And if you know that there are a certain group of people who will accept this as true, WHY ARE YOU FEEDING THEM? Why are you knowingly and intentionally passing MISINFORMATION? Do you get a thrill from such stories? Quit passing this garbage on this newslist. I have to weed through so many articles as it is and to see this cross my screen is appalling. When I read things like this I think it's meant to stir up problems. None of us need that. Regards, Joe Original Message - From: Astro To: The Power Hour Cc: Power Hour Flash Stats Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 6:19 AM Subject: IRAQI TROOPS NOW EATING LIVE BABIES Note: disclaimer at the bottom of this article says this is a "SATIRE" Who ever wrote this has a verySICKSENSE OF HUMORif you ask me! BOOKMARK THIS SITE FOR UNCENSORED COVERAGEWAR SHOCK LATEST:IRAQI TROOPS NOWEATING LIVE BABIES 20th March, 2003 02:30 GMThttp://www.GuluFuture.comBy Makup Aniol Shyte, BBCNN 20 March 2003 Iraqi troops around the port city of Basra came under sustained fire late Wednesday after Allied commanders ordered an early attack to stop Iraqi looting, pillaging, raping and cooking of live infants, local sources have stated. Advancing allied forces came across makeshift ovens in vacated Iraqi positions around the city, which contained the partly cooked bodies of babies, said an allied spokesperson speaking on condition of anonimity. "Apparently, they have been without food supplies for weeks now and have taken to snatching babies from local women and consuming them in front of the mothers beore raping the women," the spokesperson said.Official sources are still refusing to confirm the reports, but would not rule them out as a trigger for the allied advance. But a military spokesperson did confirm that Iraqi soldiers have been looting shops and breaking into homes to steal from locals."There comes a point where you have to take action to defend the local Iraqi population against intolerable abuses," said Major Slauter Hardon of the British 7th Armoured brigade. "We reached that position late on Wednesday." However, he refused to comment on reports that British troops have been turning away hordes of Iraqi soldiers who are seeking to surrender to allied units."I really cannot confirm that," he said, "but we simply do not have the facilities or capability to cater for mass surrenders this early in the campaign. Best thing for Iraqi soldiers no longer keen to support this evil dictator would be to drop their weapons and go home." INCUBATORSMeanwhile, American convoys moving towards Umm Qasr have reportedly detained a unit of fleeing Iraqi soldiers with incubators likely stolen from the local hospital."The incubators still had babies inside," said an officer who refused to identify himself to reporters. "At least in the last Gulf war they had the decency to remove the babies before stealing the incubators. Probably they intended to eat them at some point."According to other unnamed sources, Allied advances have been slowed by having to clear starving Iraqi soldiers kneeling in the middle of the roads begging food from advancing American troops.FLEEING In late developments, a US military spokesman refused to confirm reports that a plane carrying Saddam Hussein had escaped being shot down as the toppled dictator fled to Jordan, because he has forced some of the "human shield" peace protestors to board the plane with him. Also, late Wednesday force commanders in the Basra area confirmed that they had bombed "command and control" positions which had been cleverly disguised as churches, hospitals and civillian housing.According to others who have returned from bombing missions, Iraqi psychological warfare brigades have taken to dressing themselves up as civillians and lying on the ground around strategic villages pretending to have their arms and legs blown off."We've been here before you know," one officer told reporters at a post raid briefing. "We are not going to fall for such tired old tricks." "Bet you the next thing is the Iraqi elite Republican Guard will begin shelling and bombing non-military targets in a pathetic effort to incriminate us in these types of actions," allegedly said an unnamed
Iraq Oil Wells May Have Been Set on Fire
Title: washingtonpost.com: Iraq Oil Wells May Have Been Set on Fire http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A62024-2003Mar20?language=printer washingtonpost.com Iraq Oil Wells May Have Been Set on Fire The Associated PressThursday, March 20, 2003; 12:17 PM Orange flames could be seen Thursday on the horizon in the direction of the southern Iraqi oil center Basra, and U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said three or four oil wells may have been set afire. Witnesses in Kuwait about eight miles south of the border said the flickering flames were spotted after a series of explosions that shook buildings in the area. It was not known if the flames resulted from the explosions. The Arab satellite television channel Al-Arabiya reported that fires had erupted in Iraq's al-Rumeila field west of Basra and just north of the Kuwaiti border. Associated Press reporter Ross Simpson, embedded with a Marine unit in northern Kuwait, says he was told by a battalion commander that "three oil wells have been torched" in Iraq. He said he had no first-hand confirmation of the report. Rumsfeld said the Pentagon was trying to get additional information. Even before the war began, the Pentagon expressed fears that Saddam Hussein had planned to sabotage Iraq's oil fields. A loss of oil from Iraq - home to the world's second-largest reserves - could crimp supplies for importing countries, and deny U.S. and British governments an asset they hope will help pay for postwar efforts. In 1991, Iraqi troops destroyed more than 700 well heads in Kuwait, turning its oil fields into a desert inferno that took seven months to extinguish. "Needless to say, it is a crime for that regime to be destroying the riches of the Iraqi people," Rumsfeld said in Washington. © 2003 The Associated Press uc.GIF?1.13wpostwpostnoscript Description: Binary data
Re: GOT SHORTWAVE GEAR You might hear some interesting traffic on 11.175 mhz USB
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Are we prepared for the consequences?
AGHDAD, Iraq, Thursday, March 20 Iraqi television broadcast a speech by a defiant Saddam Hussein this morning, a few hours after the first blasts on Baghdad. In it, he exhorted his people to "draw your swords" against invaders and referred to the United States government as "criminals" and "Zionists." "God willing, we will take them to the limit where they lose their patience and any hope to achieve what they have planned and what the Zionist criminals have pushed them to do," he said. It was unclear whether the address had been recorded previously. According to one translation, he said, "The criminal little Bush has committed a crime against humanity." Another had him referring to "Junior Bush." .Read http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/20/international/worldspecial/20BAGH.html *** "The strongest reason for people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government."-- Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334http://www.patriotsforpeace.org/http://www.winwithoutwarus.org/http://www.truemajority.org/http://www.notinourname.net/http://www.endthewar.org/http://www.internationalanswer.org/http://www.peacepledge.org/http://www.citiesforpeace.org/**Ain't Karma A Bitch!
EYES WIDE SHUT? NO!
Interesting thought I had while reading this article. Not that I agree with it or not but, It will be used as a lesson, and tool in implementing a new world order. Call me crazy, but this is what I read.Bush by using his OWN judgemnet and Sovereign authority in going to war, pushing the protesters to turn more towards the UNWhen all is said and done more and more people will be screaming for us the US to be a bigger part of the UN. The reasoning being , " We don't want another crazy loon in the office taking us, our sons and daughters to war, endless slaughter, and maimed life!" People will be ( as many are now ) begging for UN intervention, thus giving their sovereignty and eventually all their rights and FREEDOMS over to this beastly governing body, ( run BTW bydictators who have slaughtered their own people). Willingly relinquishing their own thought processes, allowing the UN to dictate how they should feel , WHO or WHAT they should Worship, how they should spend their time, what they should read, watch or listen to. I am Afraid I have just seen their master plan before my eyes, for those of us who will oppose such a system, I don't know where we will fit in. I believe society will do all they can to change our minds, what we see, and even lie to us about all our belief systems. Only our FAITH in a true creator and TRUTH will stop them from their brain-washing of us. Some of us will give up the fight if we fall away from our networks and truth speakers, ( like Alex Jones, Dave and Joyce, Stadtmiller, etc), for them it will be a victory for the beast system, for the rest of us who hold outI DO NOT KNOW, Perhaps death, which in itself would be a lot better then being a slave to a demon on your knees for life, Perhaps Exile, which won't be bad if we are together. I do Know WE WILL NOT SURVIVE IFWE TRY TO DO IT ALONE. KC http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20030407s=editors Iraq and Beyond Print this articleE-mail this articleWrite to the editors he Bush Administration has launched a war against Iraq, a war that is unnecessary, unwise and illegal. By attacking a nation that has not attacked us and that does not pose an immediate threat to international peace and security, the Administration has violated the United Nations Charter and opened a new and shameful chapter in US history. Moreover, by abandoning a UN inspection and disarmament process that was working, it has chosen a path that is an affront not only to America's most cherished values but to the world community. The UN did not fail; rather, Washington sought a UN imprimatur for a war it had already decided to wage and scorned it when the Administration couldn't get its way. To justify the war, the President has invoked the doctrine of "preventive" war, under which the United States is to be the sole judge of that doctrine's legitimacy and application. Thus, the war is about more than Iraq; it is about the character of our society and the international order in which we live. The Administration hopes that a quick victory will not only silence critics and confer an ex post facto legitimacy on the war but also give momentum to its larger political agenda. But even if there are minimal casualties and devastation, that will not justify overturning international norms developed over sixty years. Nor can it legitimize a worldview that will make Americans the target of international outrage and make the world less secure. Americans will soon be forced to confront the question of who is to pay for what is about to unfold. The White House has withheld from Congress and the American people the true political, humanitarian and economic costs of the war and of the occupation that is to follow, but even by the most modest estimates, they will be staggering. In addition to lost lives in Iraq and ruptured friendships around the world, they include grave domestic damage; by adding $200 billion or more in war-related costs to the cost of his tax cuts for the wealthy, Bush has signed a death warrant for many social welfare programs and damaged our society for years to come. The costs also include the renewed threat of nuclear proliferation from countries, including North Korea, fearful of leaving themselves without a deterrent to US aggression. Another issue that must be confronted is the postwar agenda in the Middle East. Already hawks are arguing that the United States should use a conquered Iraq as a base for increased military pressure on Iran and Syria, with the goal of further "regime change." If the Administration chooses this course, it will put the lie to its rhetoric about bringing democracy to the region. Instead, it must work cooperatively with the European Union, Russia and the UN to dismantle Israeli settlements in the occupied territories and bring about a viable Palestinian state. If we are present at the
Ranch Rescue Members Arrested In South Texas
http://www.sierratimes.com/03/03/20/articlemg.htm Ranch Rescue Members Arrested In South Texas Special Report By Michael Gaddy Information has been received that two members of Ranch Rescue, who were patrolling the border in South Texas, have been arrested and charged with Aggravated Assault. The arrests stem from actions taken by members of Ranch Rescue on the night of 3/18. Jack Foote, spokesman for Ranch Rescue, said that they had detained two out of several hundred illegals, gave them food, water, and a ride to the border. The Ranch Rescue members (names given only as Hank and Casey) were both arrested on charges of aggravated assault with a weapon and are currently in Hogg County jail. No bail has been set at this time. Foote insists both men were on private property. The detained individuals were questioned and one had a work visa from El Salvador in his possession, which meant he could have ridden the bus across the border and did not have to be where he was and by being on private property he was trespassing regardless of his work visa. The area where the crossing occurred was a location of one of the worst rattlesnake infestations in the area and that particular fencing between the borders of Mexico the US is one of the absolute hardest to enter. It was obvious these two individuals had to work exceedingly hard to cross where they did. The detained individuals were fed, given fresh water and blankets to keep warm and then taken by van (belonging to a RR member) to the main gate of the ranch they'd trespassed on, and let go. The arrests appear to have been made by the Texas Rangers with assistance from Jim Hogg County Sheriff, Erosmo Alarcon. Alarcon recently was the author of a warning to citizens of paramilitary activities in the area. It would appear at this time to have been a backhanded affront to the members of Ranch Rescue who are trying to protect our porous border. As of this writing no bail has been set for the two. Information received indicates both are being held at: Texas Rangers Detention Company D 6502 S. New Braunfels San Antonio, TX 78223 | 210-532-2923 Prosecution for the government in this case may encounter a problem as Jack Foote of Ranch Rescue reports that a RR videographer filmed the entire episode and a French Journalist was also filming. Updates to follow.
OT- For Fun
Take all American women who are within five years of menopause - train us for a few weeks, outfit us with automatic weapons, grenades, gas masks, moisturizer with SPF15, Prozac, hormones, chocolate, and canned tuna - drop us (parachuted, preferably) across the landscape of IRAQ, and let us do what comes naturally. Think about it. Our anger quotient alone, even when doing standard stuff like grocery shopping and paying bills, is formidable enough to make even armed men in turbans tremble. We've had our children; we would gladly suffer or die to protect them and their future. We'd like to get away from our husbands, if they haven't left already. And for those of us who are single, the prospect of finding a good man with whom to share life is about as likely as being struck by lightning. We have nothing to lose. We've survived the water diet, the protein diet, the carbohydrate diet, and the grapefruit diet in gyms and saunas across America and never lost a pound. We can easily survive months in the hostile terrain ofIRAQ with no food at all! We've spent years tracking down our husbands or lovers in bars, hardware stores, or sporting events...finding Bin Laden in some cave will be no problem. Uniting all the warring tribes ofIRAQ in a new government?Oh, please ... we've planned the seating arrangements for in-laws and extended families at Thanksgiving dinners for years ... we understand tribal warfare. Between us, we've divorced enough husbands to know every trick there is for how they hide, launder, or cover up bank accounts and money sources. We know how to find that money and we know how to seize it with or without the government's help! Let us go and fight. Imagine their terror as we crawl like ants with hot-flashes over their godforsaken terrain. I'm going to write my Congresswoman. You should, too! *"The strongest reason for people to retain the rightto keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government."-- Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334*http://www.patriotsforpeace.org/http://www.winwithoutwarus.org/http://www.truemajority.org/http://www.notinourname.net/http://www.endthewar.org/http://www.internationalanswer.org/http://www.peacepledge.org/http://www.citiesforpeace.org/**Ain't Karma A Bitch!
Top White House anti-terror boss resigns
http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20030319-040543-3049rTop White House anti-terror boss resigns By P. Mitchell ProtheroFrom the Washington Politics Policy DeskPublished 3/19/2003 5:37 PMWASHINGTON, March 19 (UPI) -- The top National Security Council official in the war on terror resignedthis week for what a NSC spokesman said were personal reasons, but intelligence sources say the move reflects concern that the looming war with Iraq is hurting the fight against terrorism.Rand Beers would not comment for this article, but he and several sources close to him are emphatic thatthe resignation was not a protest against an invasion of Iraq. But the same sources, and other current andformer intelligence officials, described a broad consensus in the anti-terrorism and intelligence community that an invasion of Iraq would divert critical resources from the war on terror.Beers has served as the NSC's senior director for counter-terrorism only since August. The White Housesaid Wednesday that he officially remains on the job and has yet to set a departure date. "Hardly a surprise," said one former intelligence official. "We have sacrificed a war on terror for a war with Iraq. I don't blame Randy at all. This just reflects the widespread thought that the war on terror is being set aside for the war with Iraq at the expense of our military and intel resources and the relationships with our allies."A Senate Intelligence Committee staffer familiar with the resignation agreed that it was not a protest against the war against Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein but confirmed that frustration is widespread in the anti-terror establishment and played a part in Beers' decision."Randy said that he was 'just tired' and did not have an interest in adding the stress that would come with a war with Iraq," the source said.The source said that the concern by the administration about low morale in the intelligence community lednational security adviser Condoleezza Rice to ask Beers twice during an exit interview whether theresignation was a protest against the war with Iraq. The source said that although Beers insisted it was not, the tone of the interview concerned Rice enough that she felt she had to ask the question twice."This is a very intriguing decision (by Beers)," said author and intelligence expert James Bamford. "There is a predominant belief in the intelligence community that an invasion of Iraq will cause more terrorism than it will prevent. There is also a tremendous amount of embarrassment by intelligence professionals that there have been so many lies out of the administration -- by the president, (Vice President Dick) Cheney and (Secretary of State Colin) Powell -- over Iraq."Bamford cited a recent address by President Bush that cited documents, which allegedly proved Iraq wascontinuing to pursue a nuclear program, that were later shown to be forgeries."It is absurd that the president of the United States mentioned in a speech before the world information from phony documents and no one got fired," Bamford said. "That alone has offended intelligence professionals throughout the services."But some involved in the fight on terror said that it was dangerous to look too far into one resignation --particularly from an official who has not blamed the war on Iraq."I found his resignation shocking," said one official closely involved in the domestic fight on terror. "And itmight reflect a certain frustration over the allocation of resources. But I'm not positive that there's aconsensus (among intelligence services) that deposing Saddam's regime is a bad idea for fighting terror. Ithink that there are serious concerns about resources and alienating allies, but some of us see an upside."But others point out that the CIA warned Congress last year that an invasion might lead to a rise interrorism. This, they say, is evidence there's more than just ambivalence about the war among the spycommunity."If it was your job to prevent terror attacks, would you be happy about an action that many see asunnecessary, that is almost guaranteed to cause more terror in the short-term?" said one official. "I know I'm not (happy)."Beers joined the NSC in August after heading the State Department's International Narcotics and LawEnforcement branch, where he ran the Plan Colombia program to fight narco-traffickers in that country.Beers served both Bush administrations as well as serving in similar capacities with both the Clinton andReagan administrations. Copyright © 2001-2003 United Press International~ *"The strongest reason for people to retain the rightto keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government."-- Thomas Jefferson Papers,
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I sent a story OT for fun...IT was supposed to be TONGUE-IN-CHEEK Please don't take it seriously. *"The strongest reason for people to retain the rightto keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government."-- Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334*http://www.patriotsforpeace.org/http://www.winwithoutwarus.org/http://www.truemajority.org/http://www.notinourname.net/http://www.endthewar.org/http://www.internationalanswer.org/http://www.peacepledge.org/http://www.citiesforpeace.org/**Ain't Karma A Bitch!
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All I can say is, GO GIRLS!!! Very funny and don't kid yourself, it's true. Rebekah [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Take all American women who are within five years of menopause - train us for a few weeks, outfit us with automatic weapons, grenades, gas masks, moisturizer with SPF15, Prozac, hormones, chocolate, and canned tuna - drop us (parachuted, preferably) across the landscape of IRAQ, and let us do what comes naturally. Think about it. Our anger quotient alone, even when doing standard stuff like grocery shopping and paying bills, is formidable enough to make even armed men in turbans tremble. We've had our children; we would gladly suffer or die to protect them and their future. We'd like to get away from our husbands, if they haven't left already. And for those of us who are single, the prospect of finding a good man with whom to share life is about as likely as being struck by lightning. We have nothing to lose. We've survived the water diet, the protein diet, the carbohydrate diet, and the grapefruit diet in gyms and saunas across America and never lost a pound. We can easily survive months in the hostile terrain ofIRAQ with no food at all! We've spent years tracking down our husbands or lovers in bars, hardware stores, or sporting events...finding Bin Laden in some cave will be no problem. Uniting all the warring tribes ofIRAQ in a new government? Oh, please ... we've planned the seating arrangements for in-laws and extended families at Thanksgiving dinners for years ... we understand tribal warfare. Between us, we've divorced enough husbands to know every trick there is for how they hide, launder, or cover up bank accounts and money sources. We know how to find that money and we know how to seize it with or without the government's help! Let us go and fight. Imagine their terror as we crawl like ants with hot-flashes over their godforsaken terrain. I'm going to write my Congresswoman. You should, too! * "The strongest reason for people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government." -- Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334 * http://www.patriotsforpeace.org/ http://www.winwithoutwarus.org/ http://www.truemajority.org/ http://www.notinourname.net/ http://www.endthewar.org/ http://www.internationalanswer.org/ http://www.peacepledge.org/ http://www.citiesforpeace.org/ ** Ain't Karma A Bitch!
OT and fun-KC
Way to go! Perhaps we better figure something out; especially for us single ones. Please let me know if ya'll unite in any way!! Thanks for all the advice that comes thru the Power Hour! Leslie __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com
