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- Original Message - From: spiker [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Recipient list suppressed Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 9:38 AM Subject: Support Our Troops The Department of Defense has a great web site for those who wish to support our troops. The site includes a number of ways you can express your thanks, such as donating pre-paid calling cards so the troops can stay in touch with their families back home or sending virtual thank you cards. This web site can be found at: http://www.defendamerica.mil/support_troops.html
Critics Say U.S. Lacks Legal Basis for Attack
WE are sooo screwed! I hope they bring bush up on charges of war crimes http://truthout.org/docs_03/032203G.shtml Critics Say U.S. Lacks Legal Basis for Attack By Felicity Barringer New York Times Thursday 20 March 2003 UNITED NATIONS, March 19 Diplomats who had failed for the last two months to agree on a unified approach to the Iraq crisis met here today, with the foreign ministers of France, Germany and Russia offering angry post-mortems on the diplomatic debacle and arguing that the planned American-led invasion to disarm Iraq and oust Saddam Hussein had no basis in international law. Speaking of various Security Council resolutions on the Iraq crisis, Foreign Minister Igor S. Ivanov of Russia said "not one of these decisions authorizes the right to use force against Iraq outside the United Nations charter." Like his counterparts from France and Germany, he continued to argue that the inspections process had achieved results in disarming Iraq. Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer of Germany, referring to the widespread finger-pointing over the diplomatic impasse, said, "The Security Council has not failed," adding, "The Security Council is not responsible for what is happening outside the United Nations." Secretary of State Colin L. Powell and the British foreign secretary, Jack Straw, chose to skip the meeting. Mr. Powell underlined the snub by meeting with the Angolan foreign minister, João Bernardo de Miranda, in Washington while the Council session was under way. The Security Council members also heard a report from one of the chief weapons inspectors, Hans Blix, who discussed the progress of the inspections that were aborted on Monday and expressed regret both at the abrupt cessation of inspections and the earlier, limited cooperation of the Iraqi government. The oddity of a meeting being held to discuss an unrelated matter was underlined by the American ambassador, John D. Negroponte, who said, "Considering a work program at this time is quite simply out of touch with the reality that we confront." The United Nations secretary general, Kofi Annan, emphasized the human consequences of war, saying the Iraqis were "heavily dependent on the food ration which is handed out each month to every family in the country" and which has been suspended with the removal of United Nations personnel from Iraq. The festering ugliness of the relationships between France, and Britain and the United States was underscored by the remarks of the French foreign minister, Dominique de Villepin, to reporters outside the Council chamber. "I believe this kind of criticism that we have seen in the last few days is absolutely unfair," Mr. de Villepin said. "Let us not seek out scapegoats." (In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes.) *"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!
Heads in the Sand
Guess who's gona pay for all this? As if we didn't already know! http://truthout.org/docs_03/032203F.shtml Go to Original Heads in the Sand New York Times | Editorial Thursday 20 March 2003 The biggest wartime secret fiercely kept by the White House seems to be the estimated dollar cost to the nation's taxpayers of invading, pacifying and rebuilding Iraq, from first shot to last. Congress is now flailing through a budget debate without this vital chunk of information on the public books. Instead, Republican leaders are laboring to lock in the second stage of President Bush's deficit-stoking tax cuts before presenting lawmakers with the full sticker shock of his war and its effect on the rising tide of red ink. Wartime patriotism, not rational disclosure, is being invoked as a motive for blindly approving a budget plan that even without the war costs factored in, will slash critical domestic programs, allow upper-bracket Americans another big tax break and greatly compound Bush deficits that already stretch across the next decade. Senate Democrats have failed in their worthy attempt to hold off approval of new tax cuts until the war's costs are clear. Off-the-wall estimates of $100 billion or more for the combat alone are floating around, but the administration remains about as transparent as a Stealth bomber in specifying the likely price. The president obviously fears that this information might feed the public debate about the wisdom of the war or at least the wisdom of his tax cuts. A few Republicans in both houses are restive about joining the evolving spectacle of cutting government revenues and services even war veterans' programs while deepening the deficit and taking a budgetary flier on Iraq. But in the face of Republican leaders' intransigence, the main hope for even denting the tax cut scheme seems an alternative Senate proposal that would cut the president's $725 billion plan down to $350 billion. This would presumably kill his $396 billion proposal to end the dividend tax. Opponents of all new tax cuts are balking at allowing Mr. Bush this half-a-loaf victory. But it may be the only available brake as the president and House leaders work to wrap a woeful budget outlook firmly in the flag. (In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes.) *"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!
An explainatioin and my apologies
Dear Joyce and Dave and friends of the Power Hour,I have been informed that I should not haveposted the Iraqi baby eaterstory to this list because it was inappropriate and "garbage" and that thePower Hour is about exposing the truth.Kindly allow me a few words of explaination. That is precisely why I postedit - so everyone could see that it is indeed garbage and to expose it sothat the truth may be known.That particular story was posted on What Really Happened yesterday, one ofthe most highly visited websites on the Internet, and although I have havenot personally communicated with the website's owner, Mike Rivero, I wouldassume that is why he also posted it. To expose it as dangerous garbage.We all know how quickly Internet rumors spread. I personally believe -although I have no proof - that the baby eater article may be sinisterblack-ops and the writer put a sly disclaimer on it saying it was "satire"to protect himself - but knowing full well that some other sick idiot mightread it, grab it, perform a quick cut and paste job - deletely thedisclaimer - and then start passing it on as fact. This is how Internetrumors and so-called urban legends get started. There are plenty of gulliblepeople out there that would believe such a story like this, especially afterthe fabricated incubator stories of 1991. Sure, we all know those storiesare faked, but think of how many people there are who do not possess theknowledge and information we do, and who probably still accept the 1991incubator stories as a fact. Now that is a truly scary thought.I'm appalled and disgusted by this story as much as any of you are. Mypurpose for posting it was to bring it to everyone's attention so that itcould be nipped in the bud and stopped dead in it's tracks. The best way tostop rumors and misinformation is to expose them far and wide.If my intentions have been misconstrued, I profusely aspologize to everyone.I'm not a secret government disinformation agent or provocateur and I haveno devious hidden agendas. I don't play games, I'm up front with everyoneabout my beliefs and opinions and I tell people what I think. Even if peopledisagree with me - which is fine, and many people do - they usually respectmy honesty. I take great personal pride in being honest and maintaining mycredibilty. That's all I have, I value it more than anything else, and Iwill defend it to the end.For what ever it's worth, I've been following Joyce and Dave's work sinceI996 when I first received a copy of their Gulf War video which helped me tostart seeing through all the lies and deception. Joyce and Dave have helpedopen my eyes to many other acts of government corruption and deception and Ithank God for leading me to them. I consider them as trusted friends and mypersonal teachers who have educated me and raised my awareness on manyimportant issues over the years.I'm a disabled veteran and I strongly support Joyce and Dave's work andlisten to the Power Hour every day. I stand shoulder to shoulder with themin their committment and determination to support and defend all of ourveterans - and exposing the truth. We may not agree on everything, butthere is no quarrel on these core beliefs.I sincerely apologize if I have offended anyone by trying to expose garbageand trash for what it is. I believe it's better to know about something - nomatter how awful it is - so that if an awful rumor such as this ever shouldget started, we know where it came from and can immediately dismiss it forwhat it is.I assure you I would never intentionally do anything to discredit Joyce orDave or the Power Hour or any of it's efforts as I have nothing but thehighest respect for them and everyone on this list. If anyone believes Ihave used poor judgement, I can accept your opinions and humbly acknowledgethem. I would only ask for your kind forgiveness. I have been guilty ofusing poor judgement in the past, but fortunately I keep learning from mymistakes by the Grace of God.Regardless of what your final decision is, I will continue to support Daveand Joyce and the Power Hour.Respectfully yours,Warren GammelOcala, Florida
~WARNING THIS CONTAINS SLIGHTLY GRAPHIC LANQUAGE!!! CLEANED UP A BIT.
DO YOU KNOW WHY WE ARE SCREWED? WE GOT A BUSH, A DICK, AND A COLIN IN POWER! (CHANGE THE LANGUAGE FOR THE LAFF.) *"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!
Re: An explainatioin and my apologies
your mea culpa. accepted by me.But then I wasn't offened. I saw what you were doing. - Original Message - From: Astro To: Power Hour Flash Stats Cc: The Power Hour Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 12:45 PM Subject: An explainatioin and my apologies Dear Joyce and Dave and friends of the Power Hour,I have been informed that I should not haveposted the Iraqi baby eaterstory to this list because it was inappropriate and "garbage" and that thePower Hour is about exposing the truth.Kindly allow me a few words of explaination. That is precisely why I postedit - so everyone could see that it is indeed garbage and to expose it sothat the truth may be known.That particular story was posted on What Really Happened yesterday, one ofthe most highly visited websites on the Internet, and although I have havenot personally communicated with the website's owner, Mike Rivero, I wouldassume that is why he also posted it. To expose it as dangerous garbage.We all know how quickly Internet rumors spread. I personally believe -although I have no proof - that the baby eater article may be sinisterblack-ops and the writer put a sly disclaimer on it saying it was "satire"to protect himself - but knowing full well that some other sick idiot mightread it, grab it, perform a quick cut and paste job - deletely thedisclaimer - and then start passing it on as fact. This is how Internetrumors and so-called urban legends get started. There are plenty of gulliblepeople out there that would believe such a story like this, especially afterthe fabricated incubator stories of 1991. Sure, we all know those storiesare faked, but think of how many people there are who do not possess theknowledge and information we do, and who probably still accept the 1991incubator stories as a fact. Now that is a truly scary thought.I'm appalled and disgusted by this story as much as any of you are. Mypurpose for posting it was to bring it to everyone's attention so that itcould be nipped in the bud and stopped dead in it's tracks. The best way tostop rumors and misinformation is to expose them far and wide.If my intentions have been misconstrued, I profusely aspologize to everyone.I'm not a secret government disinformation agent or provocateur and I haveno devious hidden agendas. I don't play games, I'm up front with everyoneabout my beliefs and opinions and I tell people what I think. Even if peopledisagree with me - which is fine, and many people do - they usually respectmy honesty. I take great personal pride in being honest and maintaining mycredibilty. That's all I have, I value it more than anything else, and Iwill defend it to the end.For what ever it's worth, I've been following Joyce and Dave's work sinceI996 when I first received a copy of their Gulf War video which helped me tostart seeing through all the lies and deception. Joyce and Dave have helpedopen my eyes to many other acts of government corruption and deception and Ithank God for leading me to them. I consider them as trusted friends and mypersonal teachers who have educated me and raised my awareness on manyimportant issues over the years.I'm a disabled veteran and I strongly support Joyce and Dave's work andlisten to the Power Hour every day. I stand shoulder to shoulder with themin their committment and determination to support and defend all of ourveterans - and exposing the truth. We may not agree on everything, butthere is no quarrel on these core beliefs.I sincerely apologize if I have offended anyone by trying to expose garbageand trash for what it is. I believe it's better to know about something - nomatter how awful it is - so that if an awful rumor such as this ever shouldget started, we know where it came from and can immediately dismiss it forwhat it is.I assure you I would never intentionally do anything to discredit Joyce orDave or the Power Hour or any of it's efforts as I have nothing but thehighest respect for them and everyone on this list. If anyone believes Ihave used poor judgement, I can accept your opinions and humbly acknowledgethem. I would only ask for your kind forgiveness. I have been guilty ofusing poor judgement in the past, but fortunately I keep learning from mymistakes by the Grace of God.Regardless of what your final decision is, I will continue to support Daveand Joyce and the Power Hour.Respectfully yours,Warren GammelOcala, Florida
Urgent...Confirm or deny
CAN anyone confirm or deny? Cnn reporters expelled from Iraq? *"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!
The twenty lies of George W. Bush
Just recieved from another list. Please send as far and wide as possible.Robert SterlingEditor, The Konformisthttp://www.konformist.comWSWS.orgThe twenty lies of George W. BushBy Patrick Martin20 March 2003Monday night's 15-minute speech by President Bush, setting a 48-hour deadline for war against Iraq, went beyond the usual distortions, half-truths, and appeals to fear and backwardness to include a remarkable number of barefaced, easily refuted lies.The enormous scale of the lying suggests two political conclusions: the Bush administration is going to war against Iraq with utter contempt for democracy and public opinion, and its war propaganda counts heavily on the support of the American media, which not only fails to challenge the lies, but repeats and reinforces them endlessly.Without attempting to be exhaustive, it is worthwhile listing some of the most important lies and contrasting Bush's assertions with the public record. All of the false statements listed below are directly quoted from the verbatim transcript of Bush's remarks published on the Internet.Lie No. 1: "My fellow citizens, events in Iraq have now reached the final days of decision."The decision for war with Iraq was made long ago, the intervening time having been spent in an attempt to create the political climate in which US troops could be deployed for an attack. According to press reports, most recently March 16 in the Baltimore Sun, at one of the first National Security Council meetings of his presidency, months before the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, Bush expressed his determination to overthrow Saddam Hussein and his willingness to commit US ground troops to an attack on Iraq for that purpose. All that was required was the appropriate pretext - supplied by September 11, 2001.Lie No. 2: "For more than a decade, the United States and other nations have pursued patient and honorable efforts to disarm the Iraqi regime without war."The US-led United Nations regime of sanctions against Iraq, combined with "no-fly" zones and provocative weapons inspections, is one of brutal oppression. The deliberate withholding of food, medical supplies and other vital necessities is responsible for the death of more than a million Iraqis, half of them children. Two UN officials who headed the oil-for-food program resigned in protest over the conditions created in Iraq by the sanctions. The CIA used the inspectors as a front, infiltrating agents into UNSCOM, the original inspections program. The CIA's aim was to spy on Iraq's top officials and target Saddam Hussein for assassination.Lie No. 3: "The Iraqi regime has used diplomacy as a ploy to gain time and advantage. It has uniformly defied Security Council resolutions demanding full disarmament..."Iraq has never "defied" a Security Council resolution since the end of the Persian Gulf War in 1991. It has generally cooperated with the dictates of the UN body, although frequently under protest or with reservations, because many of the resolutions involve gross violations of Iraqi sovereignty. >From 1991 to 1998, UN inspectors supervised the destruction of the vast bulk of the chemical and biological weapons, as well as delivery systems, which Iraq accumulated (with the assistance of the US) during the Iran-Iraq war, and they also destroyed all of Iraq's facilities for making new weapons.Lie No. 4: "Peaceful efforts to disarm the Iraqi regime have failed again and again because we are not dealing with peaceful men."According to the Washington Post of March 16, referring to the 1991-1998 inspection period: "[U]nder UN supervision, Iraq destroyed 817 of 819 proscribed medium-range missiles, 14 launchers, 9 trailers and 56 fixed missile-launch sites. It also destroyed 73 of 75 chemical or biological warheads and 163 warheads for conventional explosives. UN inspectors also supervised destruction of 88,000 filled and unfilled chemical munitions, more than 600 tons of weaponized and bulk chemical weapons agents, 4,000 tons of precursor chemicals and 980 pieces of equipment considered key to production of such weapons."Lie No. 5: "The Iraq regime continues to possess and conceal some of the most lethal weapons ever devised."The Washington Post article cited above noted that CIA officials were concerned "about whether administration officials have exaggerated intelligence in a desire to convince the American public and foreign governments that Iraq is violating United Nations prohibitions against chemical, biological, or nuclear weapons and long-range missile systems." The article quoted "a senior intelligence analyst" who said the inspectors could not locate weapons caches "because there may not be much of a stockpile."Former British Foreign Minister Robin Cook, who resigned from the Blair government Monday in protest over the decision to go to war without UN authorization, declared, "Iraq probably has no
Re: An explainatioin and my apologies
Hi Warren Well I was not offended and was well aware of what it was all about. Problem is, as simple human beings we tend to react without thinking to what we hear and see. Seen and heard worse on the government controlled propaganda networks. Keep your chin up TTFN Adrian Astro wrote: Dear Joyce and Dave and friends of the Power Hour, I have been informed that I should not haveposted the Iraqi baby eater story to this list because it was inappropriate and "garbage" and that the Power Hour is about exposing the truth. Kindly allow me a few words of explaination. That is precisely why I posted it - so everyone could see that it is indeed garbage and to expose it so that the truth may be known. That particular story was posted on What Really Happened yesterday, one of the most highly visited websites on the Internet, and although I have have not personally communicated with the website's owner, Mike Rivero, I would assume that is why he also posted it. To expose it as dangerous garbage. We all know how quickly Internet rumors spread. I personally believe - although I have no proof - that the baby eater article may be sinister black-ops and the writer put a sly disclaimer on it saying it was "satire" to protect himself - but knowing full well that some other sick idiot might read it, grab it, perform a quick cut and paste job - deletely the disclaimer - and then start passing it on as fact. This is how Internet rumors and so-called urban legends get started. There are plenty of gullible people out there that would believe such a story like this, especially after the fabricated incubator stories of 1991. Sure, we all know those stories are faked, but think of how many people there are who do not possess the knowledge and information we do, and who probably still accept the 1991 incubator stories as a fact. Now that is a truly scary thought. I'm appalled and disgusted by this story as much as any of you are. My purpose for posting it was to bring it to everyone's attention so that it could be nipped in the bud and stopped dead in it's tracks. The best way to stop rumors and misinformation is to expose them far and wide. If my intentions have been misconstrued, I profusely aspologize to everyone. I'm not a secret government disinformation agent or provocateur and I have no devious hidden agendas. I don't play games, I'm up front with everyone about my beliefs and opinions and I tell people what I think. Even if people disagree with me - which is fine, and many people do - they usually respect my honesty. I take great personal pride in being honest and maintaining my credibilty. That's all I have, I value it more than anything else, and I will defend it to the end. For what ever it's worth, I've been following Joyce and Dave's work since I996 when I first received a copy of their Gulf War video which helped me to start seeing through all the lies and deception. Joyce and Dave have helped open my eyes to many other acts of government corruption and deception and I thank God for leading me to them. I consider them as trusted friends and my personal teachers who have educated me and raised my awareness on many important issues over the years. I'm a disabled veteran and I strongly support Joyce and Dave's work and listen to the Power Hour every day. I stand shoulder to shoulder with them in their committment and determination to support and defend all of our veterans - and exposing the truth. We may not agree on everything, but there is no quarrel on these core beliefs. I sincerely apologize if I have offended anyone by trying to expose garbage and trash for what it is. I believe it's better to know about something - no matter how awful it is - so that if an awful rumor such as this ever should get started, we know where it came from and can immediately dismiss it for what it is. I assure you I would never intentionally do anything to discredit Joyce or Dave or the Power Hour or any of it's efforts as I have nothing but the highest respect for them and everyone on this list. If anyone believes I have used poor judgement, I can accept your opinions and humbly acknowledge them. I would only ask for your kind forgiveness. I have been guilty of using poor judgement in the past, but fortunately I keep learning from my mistakes by the Grace of God. Regardless of what your final decision is, I will continue to support Dave and Joyce and the Power Hour. Respectfully yours, Warren Gammel Ocala, Florida
Secret e-bomb _ which can disrupt electronics _ appears ready for battlefield test in Iraq
Secret "e-bomb" _ which can disrupt electronics _ appears ready for battlefield test in IraqBy Matt Crenson; Associated Press Writerhttp://www.globalsecurity.org/org/news/2003/030319-ebomb01.htmMilitary analysts predict U.S. forces will test a new "E-bomb" during the expected invasion of Iraq as part of a 21st century blitzkrieg designed to render Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's forces blind, deaf, dumb and incapable of retaliation - electronically.The highly classified bombs creates a brief pulse of microwaves powerful enough to fry computers, blind radar, silence radios, trigger crippling power outages and disable the electronic ignitions in vehicles and aircraft."They would be useful against any adversary that is dependent on electronic systems," said Loren Thompson, a defense analyst at the Lexington Institute, a think-tank based in Arlington, Virginia.In modern warfare, electronics undergird virtually every weapon more sophisticated than a rifle or hand grenade. For that reason, Air Force scientists have worked for decades on a practical way of producing powerful but brief pulses of microwaves that can incapacitate electronic equipment without damaging buildings or harming people.Officially, the Pentagon does not acknowledge the weapon's existence. Asked about it at a March 5 news conference at the Pentagon, Gen. Tommy Franks said: "I can't talk to you about that because I don't know anything about it."However, military analysts say a number of unclassified documents suggest that such a device is ready for the battlefield."There's been a lot of discussion behind closed doors in the Pentagon and in the trade press that these things are now being tested," Thompson said.According to a 2000 report by Air Force Col. Elaine M. Walling, scientists at Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico have created microwave sources that generate up to 10 times the amount of energy that Hoover Dam produces in a day.Such powerful pulses can incapacitate electronic equipment without damaging buildings or harming people, making them an attractive weapon whenever civilian casualties are a concern.In laboratory tests, microwave pulses can melt silicon chips, pushing their circuits far beyond their capacity to conduct electricity. But on the battlefield, even the most impressive E-bomb's effects rapidly diminish with distance. Although E-bombs' capabilities are classified, military analysts believe their range is a few hundred yards (meters) at most.That relatively short range decreases the odds that hospitals, orphanages and other civilian infrastructure will be affected, unless they are directly adjacent to or networked with military targets."I think it is almost always more humane to use this compared to a conventional weapon," Thompson said.The bombs' effects are also hard to predict, analysts say. The surge of electricity produced by a microwave pulse could go directly to the nearest bank of military supercomputers, or it could just as easily be shunted harmlessly into the ground."The effects are hard to focus. The moment the energy is absorbed into wiring or other electrically conductive material, you don't know where it's going to go," Thompson said.Those uncertainties and others may prevent E-bombs' playing a major role in the anticipated U.S. offensive against Iraq, said Lt. Col. Piers Wood, a military analyst at the defense policy think-tank globalsecurity.org."There will be a few commanders who will see these and get to try them out," Wood said. "We're not talking about arsenals of these things."Defense experts are particularly eager to see if E-bombs can reach into deep underground bunkers that could otherwise be neutralized only by tactical nuclear weapons. By shutting off the electricity, a microwave weapon could render a bunker uninhabitable by disabling lighting, security systems, ventilation and computers.Evenually, Wood said, other nations may acquire high power microwave weapons; American forces, which depend so heavily on technology, would be particularly vulnerable to them.He predicted that soon all military electronics will have to be protected from high power microwaves by metal casings, with sophisticated circuit breakers connected to any incoming wires.High-power microwave (HPM) / E-Bomb CLICK FOR IN DEPTH REPORT:http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/munitions/hpm.htm *"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,
Re: Arab World Erupts in Fury Over Iraq Attack
Hi Virtually no coverage on protests against GW2 outside UK Plc except for some in US and Japan. I have also noticed that BBC, ITN and SKY NEWS are often referring to the US and British war machine as UN FORCES or the UN COALITION. These terms are being used more frequently each day. Hugs Adrian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Buckle up boys and girls...The ride is about to beginMake sure you have food and water in supply! http://truthout.org/docs_03/032203C.shtml Go to Original Arab World Erupts in Fury Over Iraq Attack By Nadia Abou El-Magd Associated Press Thursday 20 March 2003 CAIRO, Egypt Hundreds of thousands of people marched on American embassies in world capitals Thursday to protest the war against Iraq, including a violent clash in Cairo, where demonstrators hurled stones and metal barricades and pounded on cars. Riot police in the Egyptian capital used water cannons to keep about 1,000 stone-throwing demonstrators, mainly students from the American University in Cairo, from reaching the U.S. Embassy. The protesters began throwing metal barricades when riot squads tried to block them from joining about 500 Muslim Brotherhood and communist anti-war demonstrators about 50 yards from the downtown embassy. Police took swings at demonstrators' heads with batons, but some also were heard to shout: "Don't hit them! Don't hit them!" Soon, demonstrators broke through and more than 2,000 people were surrounded by riot police. Demonstrators shouted "Down with Arab leaders!" and "Leave, leave Mubarak!" in reference to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak an indication of the anger many Arabs feel toward their own governments for failing, in their view, to act strongly enough to avoid war. By late afternoon, about 5,000 people had regrouped in downtown Cairo's Tahrir Square. As they set out again toward the embassy, police sprayed them with soapy blue water and stone-throwing resumed. Police also unleashed several police dogs, sending protesters running. There were no reports of dog bites. Essam el-Eryan, a prominent Muslim Brotherhood member among the protesters, said: "American interests shouldn't feel safe in the Arab region. Iraq should be supported to transform the swift war that the U.S. wants to gang and city fights, to make Iraq a graveyard to the Americans." "This way, American people will revolt against this war," he said. As demonstrators scattered, charging through downtown streets, many shops and restaurants closed, including a Hardee's fast-food restaurant. A nearby KFC, however, was open, and demonstrators hadn't damaged any businesses. Violence also erupted in Manila, Philippines. Police used shields and truncheons to disperse about 300 anti-war activists trying to approach the U.S. Embassy, injuring at least 12 demonstrators, protest leaders said. Although small in number, anti-war protests at the tightly guarded seaside embassy have become more aggressive and boisterous, and police have responded this week with dispersals and arrests. Throughout the day, a phalanx of police kept protesters on a road several yards away from the embassy, where they burned a U.S. flag and portraits of President Bush and Philippine leader Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, one of the staunchest Asian allies of the U.S.-led war on terrorism. More than 100,000 people, many of them high school and university students, marched to the U.S. Embassy in Athens, Greece, chanting "No to the war" and "Americans, killers of people." More demonstrations were planned for Friday and the weekend. Greece's largest labor union called a three-hour nationwide strike for Friday, followed by a march to the embassy. The governing Socialist Party has called on Greeks to attend the protests and teachers' unions gave students the day off to participate. The American Community School in Athens was closed for security reasons until March 24. More than 50 children from the U.S. embassy attend the school. In a related development, a suburban branch of Citibank was slightly damaged by a firebomb, police said. There was no claim of responsibility. Police have increased security at American businesses around Greece. In Italy, a two-hour nationwide general strike was called for late afternoon. Earlier, students, labor union members and other protesters marched in several Italian cities. An estimated 45,000 people turned out in Milan. Police in Rome blocked anti-war demonstrators marching up Via Veneto toward the U.S. Embassy, while tens of thousands of students, workers and other Italians blocked highways and train tracks elsewhere. In Paris, about 10,000 youths protesting the war gathered at the Place de La Concorde beside the heavily guarded U.S. Embassy for an evening demonstration. Earlier, they railed against the "unilateral war of the United
Americans Face Check Points As War Begins
OH JOY! Americans Face Check Points As War BeginsAmericans Face Car Inspections, Armed Patrols As War Begins With IraqThe Associated PressMarch 20 With traffic-stalling vehicle checks on interstates, armed patrols inside subway tunnels and briefcase inspections at heartland statehouses, Americans encountered a new level of heightened security on the home front Thursday. Most seemed to take the inconvenience in stride.Nuclear power plants were a special focus. Security was fortified at generating stations in Maryland, Alabama and Ohio, where tours of the Davis-Besse facility in Port Clinton were canceled following the first round of airstrikes in Iraq.At the nation's largest nuclear plant, the Palo Verde station west of Phoenix, National Guard troops carrying M-16s stood guard. It might have been a terrorist target, U.S. Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham told members of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday, though he declined to provide details about intelligence reports.Around-the-clock patrols began at Palo Verde after the nation's terror alert level was raised to "high" Monday night, and state homeland security director Chuck Blanchard called the plant "probably the safest place today in Arizona."On interstates and at airports across the country, law officers scanned car trunks and truck beds for signs of anything suspicious. In Maryland, police stopped trucks weighing more than 5 tons along Interstate 95, creating a rush-hour backup for morning commuters.Orange barricades stopped traffic at Phoenix's Sky Harbor Airport, where vehicle inspections were under way. Travelers and airport employees accepted the heightened security with little complaint."I'm definitely more nervous now that war broke out because I work at the airport," said cab dispatcher Jose Rodriguez. "We have to look at people more closely, but I'm not losing sleep. I'm just being more cautious."Connecticut rail commuter Mary Kostyk agreed that authorities must do whatever they can "to make it clear to anyone who has designs against us that we're prepared."She and fellow commuters were sure to feel the security presence. Hundreds of troopers and National Guard members were dispatched to patrol rail tunnels and ride subways in New York, Connecticut and New Jersey. On Thursday, officers with bomb-sniffing dogs roved New York's Grand Central Terminal.Commercial railways were also under additional surveillance. The Association of American Railroads is operating a 24-hour security center to scan intelligence reports for anything unusual.Nebraska-based Union Pacific, the nation's largest railroad, increased security at key railyards, tracks, tunnels and bridges after the war began.Security concerns cast a shadow over many events where crowds were expected.The NCAA basketball tournament began as scheduled Thursday, but security was ratcheted up at nationwide venues. Some events were canceled, including the remaining performances of "Faust" at New York's Metropolitan Opera. A San Francisco road race was rerouted to avoid the Golden Gate Bridge.The war and the security precautions did leave some jittery. Several Los Angeles residents called the California Highway Patrol asking if bomb shelters had been set up in the city.From urban hubs to the prairies of middle America, state leaders cranked up emergency operations centers to monitor the initial days of the war and be ready to dispatch additional patrols as needed.In Iowa, state emergency officials hunkered down in an underground command post complete with a high-tech communications system and reinforced concrete walls a foot thick. The bunker was built to withstand an earthquake, but for the next few days it is home to key officials from the state's transportation, public health, emergency management and public safety agencies."We're waiting and reacting and carrying on as the situation warrants," said Lucinda Parker of the Iowa Emergency Management Division.Ten National Guard members staffed phones at Minnesota's operations center, but the call volume was light in comparison to the days after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Department of Public Safety spokesman Kevin Smith said."When Sept. 11 happened, it was obviously a shock to the system," he said. "It's much different this time. People were kind of expecting this war to begin."Though many security measures had been in place since the alert level was raised Monday, additional safeguards, notably at the nation's statehouses, materialized on the first full day of war.A line formed inside the only public entrance at the state Capitol in Topeka, Kan. All visitors even prominent lobbyists were required to sign in. At the statehouse in Columbus, Ohio, patrol officers dug through the belongings of visitors and employees alike.Lynda Heyl, who works for Ohio State University's school of agriculture, didn't mind having her bag and bulky day planner checked as
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UK On-Line Teletext - 17 March 2003.FEARS OVER ANTHRAX VACCINEAn anthrax vaccine has been found to containa banned substance which could threatentroops' health, a probe found.MoD tablets were analysed and found to containsqualene, which can damage nerves, cardiactissue and skin, ITV1's Tonight with TrevorMcDonald reports.The MoD said it "does not add" squalene tovaccines, adding it is a naturally-occurringsubstance found in some food.---Make sure the URL ends in: "indent=2" .http://www.teletext.com/news/story.asp?intArticleID=52121intarticlenumber=5intRegionID=19intSubsectionID=1From=Iindent=2 Blank Bkgrd.gif
Rocket Hits Oil Refinery Depot in SW Iran-Sources
Title: washingtonpost.com: Rocket Hits Oil Refinery Depot in SW Iran-Sources http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A5927-2003Mar21?language=printer washingtonpost.com Rocket Hits Oil Refinery Depot in SW Iran-Sources ReutersFriday, March 21, 2003; 2:23 PM TEHRAN (Reuters) - A rocket hit an oil refinery depot in southwestern Iran close to the border with Iraq and two people have been injured, Iranian government sources told Reuters on Friday. The sources said it was not clear where the rocket, which hit the depot in the city of Abadan, had come from. Abadan is about 30 miles east of the southern Iraqi city of Basra. It hit the building around 7:45 p.m. local time, they said. © 2003 Reuters uc.GIF?1.13wpostwpostnoscript Description: Binary data
Iraqi Bunkers Called Virtually Indestructible. Serb, German Engineers: Swimming pool, Gourmet Kitchen 90 metres Below Baghdad Palace
http://www.canada.com/national/features/iraq/story.html?id=7FAA30D0-6E93-4CBA-9C95-DFA99A4280B1 Iraqi Bunkers Called Virtually Indestructible Serb, German Engineers: Swimming pool, Gourmet Kitchen 90 metres Below Baghdad Palace Isabel Vincent National Post Friday, March 21, 2003 Saddam Hussein's chances of surviving the U.S. bombing assault on his capital may depend on an elaborate series of underground tunnels and bunkers built for the Iraqi leader, mostly by Yugoslav engineers in the 1970s and 1980s. Although little is known about the fabled and labyrinthine network of underground tunnels that stretches for kilometres under the streets of Baghdad, and even out into the Iraqi desert, Western military analysts believe they can comfortably accommodate thousands of people and even house military command posts and hospitals. Many of the Iraqi bunkers and tunnels were built by Aeroinzenjering, a Serbian engineering firm that used to be under military control in the former Yugoslavia. The firm, which is now privately owned and based in Belgrade, also built airports in Iraq. With a few other Serbian construction companies, it accepted numerous contracts from Saddam Hussein's government in the 1970s and 1980s to build a network of interlinked tunnels and bunkers for the dictator's protection in the event of a war, and possibly to hide weapons. The Serb companies also worked on palaces and mansions for Saddam Hussein and important members of his inner circle. The Iraqis reportedly paid for these massive construction projects, which cost several billion dollars, with oil that was shipped to the regime of former Yugoslavian president Slobodan Milosevic. The Iraqi leader enjoyed close relationships with Yugoslav dictators, including Josip Broz Tito, the Communist leader, and the now-deposed Mr. Milosevic, with whom he forged a secret military alliance just before NATO bombed Yugoslavia in the spring of 1999. According to some of the Yugoslav engineers who worked on the tunnels and bunkers, they are virtually indestructible. "Saddam's shelters can resist a direct hit by a 2,000-kilo TNT bomb or a 20-kiloton explosion as close as a kilometre away," a Yugoslav engineer told London's Guardian newspaper. Recently Resad Fazlic, a retired colonel of the former Yugoslav People's Army, told a local television network in Bosnia that Yugoslav military officials supervised the building of two fallout shelters in Baghdad for Saddam in the late 1970s. The same group was also responsible for a few smaller facilities elsewhere in Iraq modelled after a huge bunker built in 1969 for Tito near the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo. Saddam's most lavish and well-equipped bunker is said to be buried 90 metres (295 feet) underneath the main presidential palace in Baghdad. By some accounts, this subterranean structure is an impressive feat of engineering, equipped with walls almost three metres (9 feet 10 inches) thick, reinforced with steel. It is reached through a secret passageway leading from the basement of the palace. According to a recent report in the German magazine Focus, the bunker under the Baghdad palace is the work of the same construction company that built air-raid shelters for Adolf Hitler's Third Reich. Duesseldorf-based firm Boswau Knauer began construction in 1982 when the Iraqi leader feared a nuclear attack from neighbouring Iran. The bunker, which is thought to have cost US$90-million, is said to be equipped with a swimming pool, a gourmet kitchen, a recreation room and nursery for Saddam Hussein's grandchildren and children of key members of his inner circle. His bedroom is decorated in a Napoleonic motif, with a tent-style king-sized bed on a wood inlay frame. There is also a "war room," where the Iraqi dictator can monitor events above-ground using state-of-the-art technology. The bunker is reportedly able to withstand fire, bombs, gas attacks and missiles. It has its own air-filtration system that screens out poisonous gases, and stores of food and water to last a year. A British MP who visited Saddam Hussein in one of his Baghdad bunkers last year said the Iraqi leader appeared to spend much of his time living underground. "We were so deeply underground, my ears were popping," said George Galloway, a member of the Labour party. According to Con Coughlin, a British journalist who has written a biography of Saddam Hussein, another of his personal bunkers was built beneath a cinema in the basement of the Al-Sijood administrative complex close to the presidential palace. "Small by Saddam's standards [it is about nine metres by five metres] it nevertheless contained enough electronic equipment, computers, teleprinters and fibre-optic communications links for Saddam to maintain contact with his troops throughout the country," Mr. Coughlin writes in his book Saddam: King of Terror. [EMAIL
2nd U.S. marine killed in attack on Iraq
http://www.canada.com/national/features/iraq/story.html?id=E64A082F-607D-4271-8FB3-DA77D6B26024 2nd U.S. marine killed in attack on Iraq Canadian Press; Associated Press Two U.S. marines have died in the attack on Iraq, the U.S. Central Command said Friday. The first marine, from the 1st Marine Division, died early Friday after leading his infantry platoon in a firefight to secure an oil-pumping station in southern Iraq. The marine was wounded while battling a platoon of Iraqi infantry and was transported by helicopter to a surgical company in Kuwait. The second marine, from the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, died Friday at about 4 p.m. while fighting enemy Iraqi forces near the port of Umm Qasr. ©Copyright2003Canadian Press; Associated Press
Re: 2nd U.S. marine killed in attack on Iraq
only two so far, my aren't we doing good! Rebekah jeani wrote: http://www.canada.com/national/features/iraq/story.html?id=E64A082F-607D-4271-8FB3-DA77D6B26024 2nd U.S. marine killed in attack on Iraq Canadian Press; AssociatedPress Two U.S. marines have died in the attack on Iraq, the U.S. Central Command said Friday. The first marine, from the 1st Marine Division, died early Friday after leading his infantry platoon in a firefight to secure an oil-pumping station in southern Iraq. The marine was wounded while battling a platoon of Iraqi infantry and was transported by helicopter to a surgical company in Kuwait. The second marine, from the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, died Friday at about 4 p.m. while fighting enemy Iraqi forces near the port of Umm Qasr. Copyright2003Canadian Press; Associated Press
Key developments in Iraq
http://www.canada.com/national/features/iraq/story.html?id=D0FEF3C2-8008-430C-98B0-99F2B60D2151 Key developments in Iraq Canadian Press Latest developments in the Iraq crisis as of 5:25 EST. -- The United States and Britain escalated the war by launching their long-awaited massive campaign from the air, and pushed ground troops one-third of the way to Baghdad. U.S. Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein and his lieutenants are ``starting to lose control of their country.'' -- Two U.S. marines died in combat in southern Iraq. One was battling Iraqi infantry to secure an oil pumping station. The second was fighting near the strategic port of Umm Qasr, which the U.S. marines eventually controlled. -- Eight British and four U.S. marines died when their helicopter crashed south of Umm Qasr. The cause was under investigation. No hostile fire had been reported. -- Iraq fired its sixth missile into Kuwait, but it was shot down by Patriot missiles. The Kuwaiti military identified the latest as an al-Fatah missile, among the banned weaponry UN inspectors were hunting for. -- Hundreds of Iraqi soldiers have surrendered to coalition forces in southern Iraq. -- Turkey agreed to allow U.S. warplanes to fly over its territory after an initial delay while the two sides worked out a disagreement over whether Turkey can move its own troops into northern Iraq. It was not immediately clear how the issue was resolved. -- Police clashed with anti-war demonstrators outside the U.S. Embassy in Yemen, triggering an exchange of gunfire that killed three people and injured dozens as outrage over the war erupted in cities around the world. ©Copyright2003Canadian Press
African press vilifies Bush over Iraq war
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storyu=/afp/20030321/wl_afp/iraq_war_press_africa_1 African press vilifies Bush over Iraq war Fri Mar 21,11:49 AM ET NAIROBI (AFP) - Newspapers across Africa poured scorn on US President George Bush on over the war in Iraq (news - web sites). AFP Photo In the South Africa, the weekly Mail and Guardian called Bush a "whore, who, more than any of his 42 predecessors, has prostituted himself to his country's industrial interests." "What a senseless war!" Kenya's Daily Nation lamented on its leader page. The paper warned that Bush "had embarked on a path that could make the world even more unsafe." "One thing is sure. In many parts of the world, this will not be seen as a war against the Iraqi dictatorship; it will be seen as an assault on a people and a religion. "That will do nothing for the cause of world peace," the editorial said. "The recklessness of the attack on Iraq may cause the existing world order to fragment. Iraq itself may break up into two or three ethnic units corresponding to the Ottoman provinces from which it was created," said Uganda's government-run New Vision. The newspaper lambasted the US for invading Iraq while giving "intransigent support" to Israel in the conflict with the Palestinians, saying this was "ultimately the greatest danger to the long-term security of the United States, not the fictitious threat from a tin-pot dictator." In Morocco, La Vie Economique wrote that Osama bin Laden (news - web sites) "arose from the rubble of the first Gulf war (news - web sites)." "How many more bin Ladens will come out of the ruins of the second, when Mr Bush has finished his little game?" the paper asked. Aujourd'hui Le Maroc warned that "Bush's messianic crusade" would result in the polarisation of the world into different terrorist camps, while Maroc-Ouest newspaper concentrated on Moroccans' anger at the "intolerable injustice" of the Iraq war. It warned of "excesses and anarchy" and "fanatical religious movements... which are simply waiting for the right moment to ruin the country." Islamic newspaper Al Asr wondered if the United States was oblivious to the fact that the war could be seen as justifying "reactions against American interests around the world." Under the headline "Adventurism," Liberation wrote that the United States, which has "hardly ever" heeded distress calls from people of the developing world, "has this time invited itself in, uninvited and illegally, to deliver so-called freedom to the Iraqi people, in a hail of bombs and missiles." In Senegal, the Sud-Quotidien denounced "this illegal aggression and the possible end of international law," while Wal-fadjri said: "This war is neither legitimate nor justified, and it defies the international community." "With this second war against Iraq and the sidelining of the UN, most of the world's nations feel threatened by 'American unilateralism'," Le Soleil newspaper wrote, envisioning a "new geopolitical configuration" after the conflict. "The United States sees this as laying down the foundations for their enduring world supremacy, starting in a region that is situated at the crossroads of Africa, Asia and Europe, and that contains vast oil reserves," Le Soleil wrote. All of the daily newspapers in Tunisia ploughed a similar furrow. Le Temps warned that the war set a precedent for "law of the strongest" dominating international relations. "Humanity ... would do well to seriously rethink the United Nations (news - web sites) because a world without safeguards is inevitably destined for chaos," said the Quotidien. "It is totally paradoxical that America, which portrays itself as the defender of democracy and human rights, bombs and invades Iraq in the name of these same values," Essabah wrote.
Turkish Troops Move Into North Iraq
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2cid=574u=/nm/20030322/wl_nm/iraq_turkey_dc_51printer=1 Turkish Troops Move Into North Iraq 20 minutes ago SILOPI, Turkey (Reuters) - A Turkish commando force of around 1,500 men crossed into northern Iraq (news - web sites) on Friday night, a precursor to eventual larger deployment, a Turkish military official told Reuters The United States has told Turkey it would not welcome a large unilateral Turkish incursion into northern Iraq, where Kurdish authorities are suspicious of Turkish motives. Turkey says it needs troops in Iraq to control refugees and forestall any attempt to create a Kurdish state. Kurdish groups have said they will resist any Turkish invasion. Turkey has kept a small garrison in northern Iraq for many years, to fight Turkish Kurdish rebels based there. After weeks of negotiations, Turkey said on Friday it had agreed to allow U.S. warplanes to overfly Turkish territory in attacks on Iraq, but rejected American demands it keep its troops out of the Kurdish-controlled north. Foreign Minister Abdulah Gul announced after the overflight agreement was announced that Turkish troops would move into Iraq to keep any refugees in camps on Iraqi territory and prevent them spilling over into Turkey. He also said Turkey had suffered from the activity of Turkish Kurdish rebels based in the north since the region went beyond Baghdad's control after the 1991 Gulf War (news - web sites). "Turkish troops will go. A vacuum was formed in northern Iraq and that vacuum became practically a camp for terrorist activity. This time we do not want such a vacuum," he said. In Washington, a U.S. officials said in reaction to Gul's statement that the United States had not agreed to such a move. "We know the Turks think that it's necessary to use the military to establish a humanitarian corridor in the north but frankly we don't agree," the Bush administration official, who asked not to be named, said. "At this point we're still discussing with them, but we haven't agreed to and don't think the military is necessarily the way to do that, to take care of the humanitarian situation (in northern Iraq)," the official said.
Saddam Decrees Rewards for Capture, Death of Enemy Troops
http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=0943f522-15fa-4708-a8f8-1cb66f891e80 Saddam Decrees Rewards for Capture, Death of Enemy Troops Associated Press Friday, March 21, 2003 BAGHDAD -- Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has decreed that any Iraqi who kills an enemy soldier will get a reward equivalent to $20,000 Cdn, the official Iraqi News Agency reported. According to the presidential decree, $40,000 Cdn will go to anyone who captures an enemy soldier alive, the news agency reported. Shooting down an enemy fighter plane is worth $80,000 Cdn, a helicopter, $40,000 Cdn, and a missile, $8,000 Cdn. The agency reported that an Iraqi who shoots down an enemy fighter jet or helicopter and kills the pilot will get $20,000 Cdn, and twice as much if he captures the pilot alive. ©Copyright 2003The Associated Press
What do you say?
http://www.onlinejournal.com/Commentary/031903Burkett/031903burkett.html What do you say? By Bill BurkettOnline Journal Contributing Writer March 19, 2003I've sat in total grief for the past three years, watching the institutions of America being spent as if they were lottery winnings. I don't want to say it, "But I told you so." In January of 1998 and what seems like a full lifetime ago, I was stricken by a deadly case of meningoencephalitis. I was returning from a short duty trip to Panama as a team chief to inspect the hand over of Ft. Clayton to the Panamanians. I had been 'loaned' from the senior staff and state planning officer of the Texas National Guard to the Department of the Army for a series of these special projects after angering George W. Bush by refusing to falsify readiness information and reports; confronting a fraudulent funding scheme which kept 'ghost' soldiers on the books for additional funding, and refusing to alter official personnel records [of George W. Bush]. George W. Bush and his lieutenants were mad. They ordered that I not be accessed to emergency medical care services, healthcare benefits I earned by my official duty; and I was withheld from medical care for 154 days before I was withdrawn from Texas responsibility by the Department of the Army, by order of the White House. I was a pawn then caught in a struggle for right and wrong, but also caught within a political struggle between a man who would do anything to be 'king' of America and an institution of laws that we knew as America. For five years, I have fought my battles around two fronts; the personal retaliation that was waged against me and the individual organizational unlawful acts and practices waged against our institutions. But I first had to survive. Without a single bit of help, contact and in spite of threats against my life and that of my family, I have had to relearn to walk and to live. My daily pain is far worse than anything I could have previously imagined. I suffer from extreme constant headaches, body pain and even my hair hurts. I now have a severe seizure disorder which we are starting to gain slight control over. My mother faced her final four years guiding and supporting me through my struggle to live. My wife, Nicki, and our four wonderful children totally reshaped their lives in support of this struggle as well. But, only three dear friends from those military days dared to help me. CW3 George Conn gave up his career and was released from duty for his support. He is now a civilian personnel specialist in Europe for the US Army. CW4 Harvey Gough actively fought for medical care for me. He received a court martial and was kicked out of the Army after an illustrious 28-year career. He filed suit for some of the comments made within their retaliation at him; including calling him a "Goddamned Jew" and threatening him with actions by making comments such as "we're going to treat you worse than the Jews in Auschwitz". LTC Dennis Adams tried to operate within the system to get me medical support. When he was deposed and served as a witness within the district court case; Dennis was retired from service. The only benefits that we have received have come at the end of a court order; and they have been under constant challenge. Needless to say, we know the White House counsel personally. We know Dan Bartlett, Karen Hughes, Joe Allbaugh, Don Evans, and many others very personally. Dick Cheney used to be a close friend. No longer. So when asked by many "what should we do?" on this beautiful, but very sad morning, I can't help but remind everyone that for over three years, since the spring 2000 campaign, I have forecasted the actions that have taken place in great detail. I know GW Bush and his inner circle very well. As I said, a UN vote would not stop GW Bush from attacking Iraq. Nor will anything else. And weapons of mass destruction will be discovered in great quantities; but the entire affair will stink to high heavens because it will be as staged as the White House press conference you just viewed. The human death toll will publicly not be mentioned, yet in truth, it will far exceed 120,000. Our vast size and force will quickly break the back of any Iraqi resistance, yet we will not break their spirit. This is a society which has learned to live in troubled politics. They will go about their business while seething inside. There will be small uprisings, but they will quickly be crushed. The emotion and anger that we will have built will spill over into other countries and meld like an alloy with other problem areas of the Middle East, becoming a deeper seated problem. We will have insured that America's dynasty is nearing an end. While GW Bush will be cast as a conquering hero by his political team and accepted by the population as such, history will treat him as Napoleonic. Bush will reach a new lofty level of acceptance by
News from the Middle East
Hell Rains Down on Iraqis Naseer Al-Nahr, Arab News War Correspondent BAGHDAD, 22 March 2003 The United States and Britain unleashed a devastating air assault on this city yesterday as their ground forces thrust deep into Iraqi territory toward the capital. The air attack triggered giant fireballs, deafening explosions and huge mushroom clouds above the city center. US planes also... (full story). Scuds Fall Into Watery Grave off Kuwait Abdul Rahman Almotawa, Arab News War Correspondent KUWAIT CITY, 22 March 2003 A vehicle carrying a team of Arab News journalists was shaken at about 8.30 p.m. yesterday as a surface-to-surface Scud missile launched by Iraq on Kuwait passed by the vehicle and fell into the sea.It was the second Iraqi missile to end up in... (full story). War Waged in a Surreal Landscape Barbara Ferguson, Arab News War Correspondent AN AIR BASE IN KUWAIT, 22 March 2003 The war to liberate Iraq has taken on a surreal dimension here. Since Thursday morning, when President George W. Bush told the world that US Tomahawks had been launched and that war had begun, journalists and US Marines in Kuwait have... (full story). Cooling Their Heels in Kuwait Essam Al-Ghalib, Arab News War Correspondent KUWAIT, 22 March 2003 According to the Kuwait Ministry of Information, nearly a thousand journalists have arrived in Kuwait over the past two months to cover the war in Iraq. Media representatives from newspapers, television, and radio have arrived from over 70 countries, carrying tickets with no return date... (full story). Thousands Defy Ban on Pro-Iraq Prayers and Demonstrations in Jordan Mohammed Alkhereiji, Arab News War Correspondent AMMAN, 22 March 2003 A day after the Jordanian Interior Ministry warned imams against using mosques to further any political agenda or incite demonstrations, a violent mob gathered yesterday outside the Kalumati Mosque near the Israeli Embassy. Around 200 riot police cordoned off the streets leading to the mosque,... (full story). Editorial: Bye-Bye CNN 22 March 2003 Shock and awe, now that it has arrived, is giving the Western satellite networks what they have been waiting for a boost to their ratings, and images that occupy their viewers for sustained periods of time. For an hour on Thursday, CNN showed a fuzzy, static night vision image... (full story). Baghdads Night of Terror Robert Fisk, The Independent Iraqi President Saddam Husseins main presidential palace, a great rampart of a building 20 stories high, simply exploded in front of me a cauldron of fire, a 100ft sheet of flame and a sound that had my ears singing for an hour after. The entire, massively buttressed edifice shuddered... (full story). My Dear Americans Tariq A. Al-Maeena, [EMAIL PROTECTED] US President Bush has declared a war on Iraq. He calls it Operation Iraqi Freedom. In a televised address to the nation he said, These are opening stages of what will be a broad and concerted campaign. But the truth is far from it. It is not a war. It... (full story). Road to Jerusalem Is Through Baghdad Abdul Rahman Al-Rashid We laughed when Baghdad announced on the day it launched its border war with Iran that the road to Jerusalem passed through Tehran. Later, when he marched his troops south, Saddam said the road to Jerusalem passed through Kuwait.Today the American administration has borrowed that same idea, confirming... (full story). Economy Feels the Pinch of War Javid Hassan, Arab News Staff RIYADH, 22 March 2003 The reverberations of the war were felt across a broad spectrum of the socio-economic landscape in the capital. Diplomatic missions in Riyadh geared up arrangements to cope with any exodus from Kuwait. Business activities were at a low ebb, while the travel and hotel industry... (full story). People in Jubail Relaxed, Hope for Speedy End to War Molouk Y. Ba-Isa, Arab News Staff JUBAIL, 22 March 2003 On Thursday night, as the bombs began falling on Baghdad, traffic was thin on the 100 km drive from Alkhobar to Jubail. Along the route to the industrial city there were several checkpoints illuminated with mobile halogen lights. The most active checkpoint was the one... (full story). US Capture of Safwan Could Speed Up War Saeed Haider, Gulf Bureau DAMMAM, 22 March 2003 For the second time in 12 years, American troops have set foot in Safwan, an Iraqi border town no more than 65 km from downtown Basra, the southern Iraqi city and center of Iraqi oil production. It is the second time in 12 years that... (full story). Foreign Missions Prepare for Possible Influx >From Kuwait Saeed Haider, Gulf Bureau KHAFJI, 22 March 2003 Foreign missions are stationing officials in this border town anticipating an influx of their citizens from Kuwait city. The Indian and Philippine embassies have posted officials in Khafji to coordinate with immigration officials in case nationals of their respective countries cross over the border from... (full story).
SARS
With everything else going on, now this. http://www.rense.com/general35/tqoc.htm "Two Cases SARS Mysterious Illness Found In Carolinas" http://www.rense.com/general35/disag%2C.htm "Patient With SARS Diagnosed In Virginia"
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Original Message Subject: [mtcp-announce] Demonstrate Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 22:58:33 + From: Peekay [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mtcp.co.uk Announce http://www.mtcp.co.uk === CONTENTS 1. NS ARTICLE NEW SITE 2. DEMONSTRATE 3. MARK THOMAS SELLS OUT 4. LABOUR DUNG DEAL 5. PEACE RIBBONS 1. NS Article and New Site We had hoped to have the latest article by Mark Thomas for the New Statesman but have not had a copy from Mark yet, hopefully this will be with us over the weekend and then we will forward it to you. For those who haven't been to the site recently then please go and check it out, it was relaunched on Wednesday. At the moment it is in the early stages so let us know if you see any broken links/etc. 2. Demonstrate People across the world are getting involved in anti-war protests and direct action in an attempt to get the war stopped, or at least cause trouble for those countries involved. If you have been, or are going on, a demonstration, march or getting involved in direct action then we want to hear from you. Send all text via the contact page, and if you have a mobile phone with digital camera then pictures can be sent straight to [EMAIL PROTECTED]. We will endeavour to use as many of the submissions as we can. 3. Mark Thomas Sells Out Mark Thomas has, once again, successfully returned to the live stage with a nationwide tour of the UK for which nearly half of all gigs have already sold out. A majority of the 56 dates have sold out, with other shows selling fast, as people snap up the chance to see Mark in his latest live show "Mark Thomas: A Minor Celebrity Discusses War Crimes". In the show Mark discusses the current situation in Iraq, US UK exposing hypocrisy, greed and the working of the propaganda system. According to the Guardian the show shows that Mark's "time has come." Show-goers have praised the show with one saying, "Wow! If you thought he was inspirational on the TV you need to see him live. The gathering storm clouds of war have made me want to do something but seeing the show last night has left me determined to act in some way." At the show CD's, T-shirts and White Ribbons will be available for purchase in aid of various charities and campaigns. 4. Labour Dung Deal Anti-war protesters led by comedian Mark Thomas have dumped horse-shit on the steps of the Labour Party headquarters.Bemused passers-by looked on as seven sacks of dung were spread near the door of the party offices in Old Queen Street, Westminster, in a protest against conflict in Iraq. Mark said: "This is what the people of Britain think of the second UN resolution, which despite the Government's claims, does not specifically call for war on Iraq."On top of the heap of dung they left anti-war white ribbons and signs on posts stuck into the pile saying: "US/UK 2nd Resolution" and "Blair-Bush 2nd Resolution" over the picture of a cow. 5. Peace Ribbons The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), the Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT), the Green Party, Greenpeace and the Campaign for Accountability for American Bases (CAAB), together with Mark Thomas have launched the 'White Ribbons for Peace' campaign. The organisations have come together with Mark to urge everyone to show their opposition to war by wearing a common symbol, a white ribbon. Any proceeds of the sale of the ribbons will go to help pay for taking Mr Blair, Mr Hoon and Mr Straw to the International Criminal Court should this war go ahead and crimes against humanity be carried out. If the UK is involved in the use of force against Iraq which breaches international humanitarian law (IHL), a coalition of law professors and leading NGOs around the world are committed to taking the case to the International Criminal Court (ICC). Mark Thomas said: "I hope the white ribbon for peace becomes a common sight that helps demonstrate the massive opposition to this unjust, illogical and illegal war. Any money raised will be used to try and make Blair legally accountable for any war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in our name. If you stand for peace and want to put Blair in the dock, buy a white ribbon." Find out more at the White Ribbons website. === If you ever want to remove yourself from this mailing list, you can send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following command in the body of your email message: unsubscribe mtcp-announce or from another account: unsubscribe mtcp-announce [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you ever need to get in contact with the owner of the list, (if you have trouble unsubscribing, or have questions about the list itself) send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]. This is the general rule for most mailing lists when you need to contact a human. - PK
Iran Oil Depot Hit by Rocket, Iran Warns U.S., UK
http://la.znet.com/~digitlfx/nu/yahoo.htm Iran Oil Depot Hit by Rocket, Iran Warns U.S., UK Fri Mar 21, 5:07 PM ET TEHRAN (Reuters) - An oil refinery depot in southwestern Iran close to the Iraqi border was hit by a rocket on Friday, officials said, and the Islamic Republic warned Washington and London to respect its airspace. Government officials, who asked not to be named, told Reuters it was not clear where the rocket, which hit the depot in the city of Abadan at around 7.45 p.m. local time (11:15 a.m. EST), had come from. "When it happened the city of Abadan shook," Hossein, a government employee, told Reuters by telephone from Abadan which is about 30 miles east of the southern Iraqi city of Basra, and on the opposite side of the Shatt al-Arab estuary from Iraq (news - web sites)'s Faw peninsula. The Faw peninsula adjacent to Abadan was secured earlier on Friday by British forces advancing into Iraq as part of a land attack against Iraqi President Saddam Hussein (news - web sites). Hossein said two guards at the Abadan depot were injured. Government officials were unable to give any further details on the extent of the damage. There was no indication that operations at Abadan's oil refinery were affected and no reports of any other missiles falling on Iranian territory. The official IRNA news agency, without referring directly to the Abadan incident, said Iran's Foreign Ministry had expressed its opposition to the violation of its airspace to the ambassadors of Britain and Switzerland, which represents U.S. interests in the Islamic Republic. Washington severed diplomatic relations with Tehran shortly after the 1979 Islamic revolution. IRNA said the Foreign Ministry's director general of legal affairs Mehdi Danesh Yazdi asked the envoys, who represent the two counties with the largest military involvement in the attack on Iraq, "to prevent such events from happening in future." Heavy bombing by U.S. and British forces during the attack on Faw shattered windows and caused villagers to flee in panic in neighboring Iran, according to IRNA. Iran, which fought an eight-year war with Iraq in the 1980s in which hundreds of thousands were killed on both sides, has condemned the U.S.-led attack on its western neighbor, but vowed not to be drawn into the conflict.
Familiar, Haunting Words
http://www.newsday.com/mynews/ny-nybres203181614mar20.story Familiar, Haunting Words Jimmy BreslinMarch 20, 2003At 8 o'clock last night, the Sikh in a blue turban in the subway change booth at 42nd Street gave me a little wave and I waved back. Suddenly, he was a front-line soldier in a war. I designate the subway at Times Square as a prime target in America in the war with Iraq.I had just been at the public library, where I discovered the speech that started World War II. I print much of it here. It is darkly familiar to what we have been hearing here, when for the first time in American history we became all the things we ever hated and invaded another country. Herewith the speech:Address by Adolf Hitler to the Reichstag, Sept. 1, 1939.For months we have suffered under the torture of a problem which the Versailles Diktat created - a problem that has deteriorated until it becomes intolerable for us ...As always, I attempted to bring about, by the peaceful method of making proposals for revision, an alteration of this intolerable position. It is a lie when the outside world says that we only tried to carry our revisions through by pressure. Fifteen years before the National Socialist Party came to power there was the opportunity of carrying out these revisions by peaceful settlements and understanding. On my own initiative I have, not once but several times, made proposals for the revision of intolerable conditions. All these proposals, as you know, have been rejected - proposals for the limitation of armaments and, even if necessary, disarmament, proposals for the limitation of warmaking, proposals for the elimination of certain methods of modern warfare ... You know the endless attempts I made for peaceful clarification and understanding of the problem of Austria, and later of the problem of the Sudetenland, Bohemia and Moravia. It was all in vain.It is impossible to demand that an impossible position should be cleared up by peaceful revision, and at the same time constantly reject peaceful revision. It is also impossible to say that he who undertakes to carry out the revisions for himself transgresses a law, since the Versailles Diktat is not law to us.In the same way, I have tried to solve the problems of Danzig, the Corridor, etc., by proposing a peaceful discussion. That the problems had to be solved was clear. It is quite understandable to us that the time when the problem was to be solved had little interest for the Western Powers. But time is not a matter of indifference to us ...For four months I have calmly watched developments, although I never ceased to give warnings. In the last few days I have increased these warnings ...I made one more final effort to accept a proposal for mediation on the part of the British government. They proposed, not that they themselves should carry out the negotiations, but rather that Poland and Germany should come into direct contact and once more pursue negotiations.I must declare that I accepted this proposal and worked out a basis for these negotiations which are known to you. For two whole days I sat in my government and waited to see whether it was convenient for the Polish government to send a plenipotentiary or not. Last night they did not send us a plenipotentiary, but instead informed us through their ambassador that they were still considering whether and to what extent they were in a position to go into the British proposals. The Polish government also said they would inform Britain of their decision.Deputies, if the German government and its leader patiently endured such treatment Germany would deserve only to disappear from the political stage. But I am wrongly judged if my love of peace and my patience are mistaken for weakness or even cowardice. I, therefore, decided last night and informed the British government that in these circumstances I can no longer find any willingness on the part of the Polish government to conduct serious negotiations with us.The other European states understand in part our attitude. I should like all to thank Italy, which throughout has supported us, but you will understand for the carrying on of this struggle ... we will carry out this task ourselves.This night for the first time, Polish regular soldiers fired on our territory. Since 5:45 a.m. we have been returning the fire and from now on bombs will be met with bombs. Whoever fights with poison gas will be fought with poison gas. Whoever departs from the rules of humane warfare can only expect that we shall do the same ... until the safety, security of the Reich and its rights are secured.***On that night, Hitler used this dry, unimaginative language to start a world war that was to kill 60 million, and they stopped counting.Last night, George Bush, after speech after speech of this same dry, flat, banal language, started a war for his country, and we can only beg the skies to keep it from spreading
Redeem This Day of Shame
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,918782,00.html Redeem This Day of Shame Andrew MurrayFriday March 21, 2003The Guardian The assault on Iraq which began yesterday is a war the British people do not want. Never before, at least since public opinion first became a serious political consideration, has this country gone to war with only a minority of the population in support. Tens of thousands across the country drove that point home yesterday, in the biggest ever display of coordinated civil disobedience on the streets of our towns and cities. Many more will march for peace in London tomorrow. Tony Blair's appeal for national support for the war effort is already falling on deaf ears. Despite the government's efforts over the past few days to re-spin the attack on Iraq as if it were now supported by a new national consensus, the anti-war movement - unprecedented in its scope and representativeness - is clear: we cannot and will not support this war. The logic is simple. If it is right to oppose a crime when it is being publicly contemplated, how much more important is it to do so when it is in the process of commission. It is not those who oppose the war who need to justify themselves, but those Labour MPs who assured their local parties as recently as last weekend that they would never support war without UN authority, only to do just that days later. Ministers will, of course, play on the sympathy of many people for British troops. Yet the fact remains that they are not fighting in the interests of the British people, nor on behalf of any international community, but for a reactionary and dangerous US administration to which Tony Blair has subordinated our country. The prime minister was, however, clearly right when he told the Commons this week that the conduct of this crisis will shape world politics for the next 20 years. For him, that apparently means a generation in which international affairs will be conducted on the basis of a disregard for law and UN authority, and an unconditional subordination to US imperial power. That outlook is not shared by the other major powers, France, Russia, China and Germany among them. The great majority of the countries of the world appear no more ready to embrace the hegemony of the US today than they did that of the British empire a century ago. The most sobering aspect of the great power split provoked by George Bush's unilateralism is the reminder that, in the past, neo-colonial conflicts like this one have often led to much larger wars. So now is the time to speak out, or risk becoming complicit in a repetition of some of the worst crimes of the 19th and 20th centuries. Blair's responsibility for this crisis cannot be concealed by the week's big lie - that it is all the fault of the French. The prime minister did not get the second security council resolution which he so craved because the majority of the council opposed him and the US administration was not interested anyway. It is far more likely that, had Britain adopted the firm position of France and Germany from the beginning, a peaceful solution to the crisis could have been found. Instead, he has given comfort to the wild men in charge in Washington throughout by denying them the total international isolation their policies warrant. As it is, it is the prime minister himself who is isolated. His war is opposed by most of the people he was elected to represent, and denounced by virtually every expert on international law except the attorney general, as well as by almost every other country he would like to claim as a friend. The course of events in the Gulf itself is unpredictable. Blair is banking on a sense of fatalism and powerlessness to immobilise the majority opposed to the aggression; but he knows he has no margin for error in either military or political events as they unfold. Beyond the coalition of Conservatives and the minority of Labour backbenchers supporting the invasion, public opinion is unlikely to tolerate either British military casualties or Iraqi civilian casualties on any significant scale, given that it was never convinced of the case for war in the first place. It should have been possible to avoid the possibility of either. But Tony Blair has chosen loyalty to the US president over the people of this country. As a result, tomorrow will see the largest-ever demonstration against a war in which British troops are fighting, while they are doing so. That is the pass to which Tony Blair has brought the country, even before the British people start to reap the inevitable whirlwind the prime minister is sowing in the Middle East. This is a day of shame for Britain. Only the actions of ordinary people standing up for peace and democracy can now redeem it. · Andrew Murray is chairman of the Stop the War Coalition, which has called tomorrow's demonstration in London [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bush's Groom and Gloom
My true feelings aboutthe following2 items are unprintable. "Extremely disgruntled" is a polite understatement. A BuzzFlash News Analysis March 21, 2003 Bush's Groom and Gloom BUZZFLASH NEWS ANALYSIS As reported in the Washington Post, the White House is quite peeved that video of Bush getting groomed and acting jolly was broadcast prior to his "we're bombing Iraq" announcement: The White House is vowing a strong retaliatory response after the BBC aired live video of President Bush getting his hair coiffed in the Oval Office as he squirmed in his chair and practiced on the teleprompter minutes before Wednesday night's speech announcing the launch of military operations against Saddam Hussein. (See: Link) Many BuzzFlash Readers have asked us where they can see these videos. You can download videos of that broadcast from the globalfreepress web site at the URL below: http://news.globalfreepress.com/images/wonk/VariousMovies2/ [Link Update: BuzzFlash Readers have been having difficulty accessing the above link, we imagine due to the traffic. You may find more luck trying it again later in the evening or over the weekend, or you can visit the The Smoking Gun for a shorter version of the footage: http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/gbhair1.html.] As reported by Knight Ridder Newspapers (See: Link), "Minutes before the speech, an internal television monitor showed the president pumping his fist. "Feels good," he said." Although BuzzFlash could not accurately point to that moment, something else about the broadcast bothered us. When you watch the videos, think about the fact that Bush is about to tell the world that he's sending our soldiers to possibly die, but definitely to kill innocent people in Iraq as our military bombs and shoots its way to Saddam. Think about that and contrast that with Bush's jovial, playful attitude, seen unfiltered in the Dutch broadcast (digitized in the 11.3M "BushGroomed2.mpg"): Hey, Bush, it sure is funny thinking about all those innocent Iraqi women and children who are going to die painful and horrible deaths because of your bombs, isn't it? Just downright slap-happy funny. We bet you haven't had this much fun since you mocked Karla Faye Tucker's plea for clemency (See: Link) and executed at least 135 people while Governor of Texas (See: Link | Link 2). And then the show really begins and Bush puts on his face of concern and tempered anxiety. What a farce. What a shameful, despicable farce. Every moment fabricated. And now, back to the war coverage. W DOESN'T HAVE THE COURAGE TO WATCH THE BOMBING 03-21-03Ari Fleischer is taking fairly hostile questions from the press right now.Apparently the folks in the press are nearly as horrified by the bombardmentas I am.Ari just admitted that W didn't watch the bombing. What a coward, huh? Youought to see what YOU have authorized. It's YOUR doing buddy.How many times is Ari going to make that lame and completely discredited9/11-Saddam-Al-Qaeda link argument?This is an immoral administration that will say or do anything to advanceits goals.Today is certainly all the proof you need of that.Update: I'm told W is already on his way to take a weekend off at CampDavid. We're in the middle of a war and this joker leaves Washington?Now that's commitment to his job, eh? He ordered the airstrikes and then, with his tail between his legs, W promptly headed out of town http://hnn.us/articles/900.html#12260201
video US helicopter marked 666 The Beast
http://la.indymedia.org/news/2003/03/38469.php You measure democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists. - Abbie Hoffman
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Sorry to bother everyone with this. BUT who had the great "email stripper" link at the bottom of their emails? I downloaded it and now I lost it. Thanks so much. -Peggy
