-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! CHINA HOSTAGE CRISIS: DAY 10 Deal for crew release already made? Decorated veteran says their freedom will cost Taiwan military support ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- By Toby Westerman © 2001 WorldNetDaily.com According to a well-respected authority on military affairs, the captured 24 U.S. service personnel currently held in China will probably be released in approximately one week, but at the price of reduced military support to Taiwan. The U.S. hostages were aboard an EP-3E surveillance aircraft forced down on Hainan island off the Chinese mainland. Col. David H. Hackworth, 26-year army veteran and author of "Price of Honor," as well as other books and articles on the military, stated his belief that the United States government has already agreed to limit arms sales to the Republic of China government on Taiwan in exchange for the U.S. hostages held by Beijing. “It’s a done deal,” Hackworth said during an interview last Saturday on the "Judicial Watch Report," a radio program sponsored by Judicial Watch, a Washington, D.C.-based legal watchdog group. The communist People’s Republic of China regards Taiwan as a rebel province and has vowed to unite with the island -- by force if necessary. The Republic of China government fled to Taiwan after its defeat at the hands of revolutionary forces led by Mao Tse-tung. Hackworth also called into question why U.S. fighter coverage was not provided to the EP-3E spy plane after repeated incidents of “buzzing” by Chinese aircraft. Also, the Vietnam War veteran expressed surprise that the slow-moving prop aircraft was employed in dangerous surveillance missions instead of using satellite reconnaissance. Hackworth described the EP-3E as “obsolete, antiquated,” and “high-risk.” Citing his own sources in the military, Hackworth gave an account of why the pilot of the EP-3E did not “ditch” his plane in order to avoid capture -- a question frequently encountered in the media. Because the EP-3E was loaded with an extensive amount of electronic hardware, and since the plane was damaged in the collision with the Chinese fighter, the aircraft would have been destroyed as soon as it hit the water, leaving no time for the crew to evacuate. The crew was unable to exit the plane in flight because the amount of surveillance gear onboard left no room to store parachutes, Hackworth stated. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- I.J. Toby Westerman, is a contributing writer for WorldNetDaily who focuses on current events in the Commonwealth of Independent States and the Balkans. *COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and educational purposes only.[Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ] Want to be on our lists? Write at [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a menu of our lists! <A HREF!ttp://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. rchives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF!ttp://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF!ttp:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> o subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
