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Subject: AGITPROP NEWS: Special: Who's the Terrorist Issue (fwd)
fyi - Clinton apparently knew the Sudanese installation was a
civilian target. My reading of how this is playing in Islam as well as
other places, indicates that this is NOt going to blow over. I think
things are very volatile right now globally.
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Subject: AGITPROP NEWS: Special: Who's the Terrorist Issue
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AGITPROP NEWS
Special: Who's the Terrorist Issue
In this issue:
1. Clinton Knew Target Was Civilian
2. The Real Terrorists
3. No Double Standards Here
4. Concerned in Bali
5. Quotes
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1. Clinton Knew Target Was Civilian
President Bill Clinton knew he was bombing a civilian target when he ordered
the United States attack on a Sudan chemical plant. Tests ordered by him
showed that no nerve gas was on the site and two British professionals who
recently worked at the factory said it clearly had no military purpose.
The disclosure will deepen the crisis, following the American attacks on
Afghanistan and Sudan, in relations between the US and its Muslim allies, who
have called upon Clinton to produce hard evidence that the attacks had a
legitimate relevance to the war against international terrorism.
The US claims that the Al-Shifa Pharmaceuticals Industries plant in North
Khartoum was producing the ingredients for the deadly VX nerve gas. But
Sudan's assertion that it produced 50 per cent of the country's drug
requirements is much closer to the truth.
Several vital pieces of evidence point to this conclusion. US forces flew a
reconnaissance mission to test for traces of gas and reported that there were
none. Nevertheless Clinton immediately authorised the attack. He was also told
that the absence of gas would avoid the horrifying spectacle of civilian
casualties. Sudan has said 10 people were injured, five seriously.
Belfast independent film-maker Irwin Armstrong, who visited the plant last
year while making a promotional video for the Sudanese ambassador in London,
said: "The Americans have got this completely wrong.
"In other parts of the country I encountered heavy security but not here. I
was allowed to wander about quite freely. This is a perfectly normal chemical
factory with the things you would expect - stainless steel vats and
technicians."
Tom Carnaffin, of Hexham, Northumberland, worked as a technical manager from
1992 to 1996 for the Baaboud family, who own the plant.
"I have intimate knowledge of that factory and it just does not lend itself to
the manufacture of chemical weapons," he said.
"The Americans claimed that the weapons were being manufactured in the
veterinary part of the factory. I have intimate knowledge of that part of the
[plant] and unless there have been some radical changes in the last few
months, it just isn't equipped to cope with the demands of chemical weapon
manufacturing.
"You need things like airlocks but this factory just has doors leading out
onto the street. The factory was in the process of being sold to a Saudi
Arabian. They are allies of the Americans and I don't think it would look very
good in the prospectus that the factory was also manufacturing weapons for
Baghdad.
"I have personal knowledge of the need for medicine in Sudan as I almost died
while working out there. The loss of this factory is a tragedy for the rural
communities who need those medicines."
The engineer, who has said he will be returning to Sudan in the near future to
carry out more work for the Baaboud family, condemned the American attack and
its resulting loss of life.
"It's a funny feeling to think that I had a cup of tea in that place and the
security guard on the gate who used to say hello to me is very probably now
dead. The Baabouds are absolutely gutted about this. People who they knew
personally have been killed - it is very upsetting."
from THE OBSERVER
By Ed Vulliamy in Washington, Henry McDonald in Belfast , and Shyam Bhatia and
Martin Bright
Sunday August 23, 1998
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2. The Real Terrorists
The following is a partial list of U.S. military interventions
from 1890 to 1994. This guide does not include demonstration
duty by military police, mobilizations of the National Guard,
offshore shows of naval strength, reinforcements of embassy
personnel, the use of non-Defense Department personnel (such as
the Drug Enforcement Agency), military exercises, non-combat
mobilizations (such as replacing postal strikers), the permanent
stationing of armed forces, covert actions where the U.S. did not
play a command and control role, the use of small hostage rescue
units, most uses of proxy troops, U.S. piloting of foreign
warplanes, foreign disaster assistance, military training and
advisory programs not involving direct combat, civic action
programs, and many other military activities. Among sources used,
besides news reports, are the Congressional Record (23 June
1969), 180 Landings by the U.S. Marine Corps History Division,
Ege & Makhijani in Counterspy (July-Aug. 1982), and Ellsberg in
Protest & Survive.
LOCATION/Period/Type of Force/Comments on U.S. role
SOUTH DAKOTA/1890 (-?)/Troops/300 Lakota Indians massacred at
Wounded Knee.
ARGENTINA/1890/Troops/Buenos Aires interests protected.
CHILE/l891/Troops/Marines clash with nationalist rebels.
HAITI/1891/Troops/Black workers revolt on U.S.-claimed Navassa
Island defeated.
IDAHO/1892/Troops/Army suppresses silverminers' strike.
HAWAII/l893 (-?)/Naval, troops/Independent kingdom overthrown,
annexed.
CHICAGO/1894/Troops/Breaking of rail strike, 34 killed.
NICARAGUA/l894/Troops/Month-long occupation of Bluefields.
CHINA/l894-95/Naval, troops/Marines land in Sino-Japanese War.
KOREA/l894-96/Troops/Marines kept in Seoul during war.
PANAMA/1895/Troops, naval/Marines land in Colombian province.
NICARAGUA/l896/Troops/Marines land in port of Corinto.
CHINA/l898-1900/Troops/Boxer Rebellion fought by foreign armies.
PHILIPPINES/l898-1910(-?)/Naval, troops/Seized from Spain, killed
600,000 Filipinos.
CUBA/l898-1902(-?)/Naval, troops/Seized from Spain, still hold
Navy base.
PUERTO RICO/1898(-?)/Naval, troops/Seized from Spain, occupation
continues.
GUAM/l898(-?)/Naval, troops/Seized from Spain, still use as base.
MINNESOTA/l898(-?)/Troops/Army battles Chippewa at Leech Lake.
NICARAGUA/l898/Troops/Marines land at port of San Juan del Sur.
SAMOA/1899(-?)/Troops/Battle over succession to throne.
NICARAGUA/l899/Troops/Marines land at port of Bluefields.
IDAHO/1899-1901/Troops/Army occupies Coeur d'Alene mining region.
OKLAHOMA/1901/Troops/Army battles Creek Indian revolt.
PANAMA/1901-03(-?)/Naval, troops/Broke off from Colombia, annexed
Canal Zone.
HONDURAS/l903/Troops/Marines intervene in revolution.
DOMINICAN REP./1903-04/Troops/U.S. interests protected in
Revolution.
KOREA/1904-05/Troops/Marines land in Russo-Japanese War.
CUBA/1906-09/Troops/Marines land in democratic election.
NICARAGUA/1907/Troops/"Dollar Diplomacy" protectorate set up.
HONDURAS/l907/Troops/Marines land during war with Nicaragua.
PANAMA/l908/Troops/Marines intervene in election contest.
NICARAGUA/l9l0/Troops/Marines land in Bluefields and Corinto.
HONDURAS/1911/Troops/U.S. interests protected in civil war.
CHINA/1911-41/Naval, troops/Continuous occupation with flare-ups.
CUBA/1912/Troops/U.S. interests protected in Havana.
PANAMA/l9l2/Troops/Marines land during heated election.
HONDURAS/l9l2/Troops/Marines protect U.S. economic interests.
NICARAGUA/1912-33/Troops, bombing/20-year occupation, fought
guerrillas.
MEXICO/l9l3/Naval/Americans evacuated during revolution.
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC/1914/Naval/Fight with rebels over Santo
Domingo.
COLORADO/1914/Troops/Breaking of miners' strike by Army.
MEXICO/1914-18/Naval, troops/Series of interventions against
nationalists.
HAITI/1914-34/Troops, bombing/19-year occupation after revolts.
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC/1916-24/Troops/8-year Marine occupation.
CUBA/1917-33/Troops/Military occupation, economic protectorate.
WORLD WAR I/19l7-18/Naval, troops/Ships sunk, fought Germany for
1 l/2 years.
RUSSIA/1918-22/Naval, troops/Five landings to fight Bolsheviks.
PANAMA/1918-20/Troops/"Police duty" during unrest after
elections.
HONDURAS/l9l9/Troops/Marines land during election campaign.
GUATEMALA/1920/Troops/2-week intervention against unionists.
WEST VIRGINIA/1920-21/Troops, bombing/Army intervenes against
mineworkers.
TURKEY/1922/Troops/Fought nationalists in Smyrna (Izmir).
CHINA/1922-27/Naval, troops/Deployment during nationalist revolt.
HONDURAS/1924-25/Troops/Landed twice during election strife.
PANAMA/1925/Troops/Marines suppress general strike.
CHINA/l928-34/Troops/Marines stationed throughout the country.
EL SALVADOR/l932/Naval/Warships sent during Faribundo Marti
revolt.
WASHINGTON DC/1932/Troops/Army stops WWI vet bonus protest.
WORLD WAR II/1941-45/Naval,troops, bombing, nuclear/Hawaii
bombed, fought Japan, Italy and Germany for 3 years; 1st nuclear
war.
DETROIT/l943/Troops/Army puts down Black rebellion.
IRAN/l946/Nuclear threat/Soviet troops told to leave north
(Iranian Azerbaijan).
YUGOSLAVIA/l946/Nuclear threat/Response to shooting-down of U.S.
plane.
URUGUAY/l947/Nuclear threat/Bombers deployed as show of strength.
GREECE/l947-49/Command operation/U.S. directs extreme-right in
civil war.
GERMANY/l948/Nuclear threat/Atomic-capable bombers guard Berlin
Airlift.
PHILIPPINES/l948-54/Command operation/CIA directs war against Huk
Rebellion.
PUERTO RICO/1950/Command operation/Independence rebellion crushed
in Ponce.
KOREA/l951-53(-?)/Troops, naval, bombing, nuclear threats/U.S.&
South Korea fight China & North Korea to stalemate; A-bomb threat
in l950, and against China in l953. Still have bases.
IRAN/l953/Command operation/CIA overthrows democracy, installs
Shah.
VIETNAM/l954/Nuclear threat/Bombs offered to French to use
against siege.
GUATEMALA/l954/Command operation, bombing, nuclear threat/CIA
directs exile invasion after new gov't nationalizes U.S. company
lands; bombers based in Nicaragua.
EGYPT/l956/Nuclear threat/Soviets told to keep out of Suez
crisis.
LEBANON/l958/Troops, naval/Marine occupation against rebels.
IRAQ/1958/Nuclear threat/Iraq warned against invading Kuwait.
CHINA/l958/Nuclear threat/China told not to move on Taiwan isles.
PANAMA/1958/Troops/Flag protests erupt into confrontation.
VIETNAM/l960-75/Troops, naval, bombing, nuclear threats/Fought
South Vietnam revolt & North Vietnam; one million killed in
longest U.S. war; atomic bomb threats in l968 and l969.
LAOS/1961/Command operation/Military buildup during guerrilla
war.
CUBA/l961/Command operation/CIA-directed exile invasion fails.
GERMANY/l961/Nuclear threat/Alert during Berlin Wall crisis.
CUBA/l962/Nuclear threat, naval/Blockade during missile crisis;
near-war with Soviet Union.
PANAMA/l964/Troops/Panamanians shot for urging canal's return.
INDONESIA/l965/Command operation/Million killed in CIA-assisted
army coup.
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC/1965-66/Troops, bombing/Marines land during
election campaign.
GUATEMALA/l966-67/Command operation/Green Berets intervene
against rebels.
DETROIT/l967/Troops/Army battles Blacks, 43 killed.
UNITED STATES/l968/Troops/After King is shot; over 21,000
soldiers in cities.
CAMBODIA/l969-75/Bombing, troops, naval/Up to 2 million killed in
decade of bombing, starvation, and political chaos.
OMAN/l970/Command operation/U.S. directs Iranian marine invasion.
LAOS/l971-73/Command operation, bombing/U.S. directs South
Vietnamese invasion; "carpet-bombs" countryside.
SOUTH DAKOTA/l973/Command operation/Army directs Wounded Knee
siege of Lakotas.
MIDEAST/1973/Nuclear threat/World-wide alert during Mideast War.
CHILE/1973/Command operation/CIA-backed coup ousts elected
marxist president.
CAMBODIA/l975/Troops, bombing/Gas captured ship, 28 die in copter
crash.
ANGOLA/l976-92/Command operation/CIA assists South African-backed
rebels.
IRAN/l980/Troops, nuclear threat, aborted bombing/Raid to rescue
Embassy hostages; 8 troops die in copter-plane crash. Soviets
warned not to get involved in revolution.
LIBYA/l981/Naval jets/Two Libyan jets shot down in maneuvers.
EL SALVADOR/l981-92/Command operation, troops/Advisors,
overflights aid anti-rebel war, soldiers briefly involved in
hostage clash.
NICARAGUA/l981-90/Command operation, naval/CIA directs exile
(Contra) invasions, plants harbor mines against revolution.
HONDURAS/l982-90/Troops/Maneuvers help build bases near borders.
LEBANON/l982-84/Naval, bombing, troops/Marines expel PLO and back
Phalangists, Navy bombs and shells Muslim positions.
GRENADA/l983-84/Troops, bombing/Invasion four years after
revolution.
LIBYA/l986/Bombing, naval/Air strikes to topple nationalist
gov't.
BOLIVIA/1987/Troops/Army assists raids on cocaine region.
IRAN/l987-88/Naval, bombing/US intervenes on side of Iraq in war.
LIBYA/1989/Naval jets/Two Libyan jets shot down.
VIRGIN ISLANDS/1989/Troops/St. Croix Black unrest after storm.
PHILIPPINES/1989/Jets/Air cover provided for government against
coup.
PANAMA/1989-?/Troops, bombing/Nationalist government ousted by
27,000 soldiers, leaders arrested, 2000+ killed.
LIBERIA/1990/Troops/Foreigners evacuated during civil war.
SAUDI ARABIA/1990-91/Troops, jets/Iraq countered after invading
Kuwait. 540,000 troops also stationed in Oman, Qatar, Bahrain,
UAE, Israel.
KUWAIT/1991/Naval, bombing, troops/Kuwait royal family returned
to throne.
IRAQ/1990-?/Bombing, troops, naval/Blockade of Iraqi and
Jordanian ports, air strikes; 200,000+ killed in invasion of Iraq
and Kuwait; no-fly zone over Kurdish north, Shiite south, large-
scale destruction of Iraqi military.
LOS ANGELES/1992/Troops/Army, Marines deployed against anti-
police uprising.
SOMALIA/1992-94/Troops, naval, bombing/U.S.-led United Nations
occupation during civil war; raids against one Mogadishu faction.
JUGOSLAVIA/1992-94/Naval/Nato blockade of Serbia and Montenegro.
BOSNIA/1993-?/Jets, bombing/No-fly zone patrolled in civil war;
downed jets, bombed Serbs.
HAITI/1994-?/Troops, naval/Blockcade against military government;
troops restore President Aristide to office three years after
coup.
Complied by Zoltan Grossman
(revised 1/1/95)
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3. No Double Standards Here
JERUSALEM, Aug 19 (AFP) - Four people have been killed and 25 injured in a
series of unreported accidents at a top secret laboratory near Tel Aviv
that reportedly houses Israel's biological and chemical weapons programs,
the Maariv newspaper reported Wednesday. In one of the incidents at the
Biological Institute in Nes Ziona, security forces were on the verge of
evacuating the town's 25,000 residents but refrained after the center's
scientists said the danger had passed, the Maariv said.
The newspaper, citing a report to be published Thursday in the
London-based newsletter Foreign Report, said four fatal accidents had
occurred at the institute "in recent years" without providing dates.
The activities of the Nes Ziona laboratory are top secret and covered by
Israel's military censorship regulations, although foreign press reports
say the institute is the center for Israel's chemical and biological
weapons program.
The newsletter said the Nes Ziona complex includes so-called P3
laboratories dealing in highly lethal poisons.
Israeli regularly warns of the dangers posed by the development of
chemical and biological weapons in Syria, Iraq and Iran, but has never
acknowledged running similar programs.
excerpts
Agence France-Presse
Wed, 19 Aug 1998 4:47:58 PDT
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4. Concerned in Bali
The United Nation's Secretary General Kofi Annan has expressed "concern"
at the US air strikes on targets in Sudan and Afghanistan in retaliation
for the embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania. In a statement issued
through his New York office, Mr Annan, who is in Bali, said that he had
been informed of
Thursday's military strikes, on what Washington has described as terrorist
targets, minutes after they had taken place.
The statement read: "He is concerned over these developments, and awaits
further details."
Thursday, August 20, 1998. BBC News.
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5. Quotes
"Every gun that is fired, every warship launched, every rocket fired
signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed,
those who are cold and not clothed. This world in arms is not spending
money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its
scientists, the hopes of its children . . . We pay for a single fighter plane
with a half million bushels of wheat. We pay for a single destroyer with new
homes that could have housed more than eight thousand people . . . This is
not a way of life at all, in any true sense. Under the cloud of threatening
war, it is humanity hanging from a cross of iron."
- Dwight David Eisenhower
"We have never interfered in the internal government of a country
and have no intention of doing so, never have had any thought of
that kind."
-Ronald Reagan, 9-28-82
How can the one indispensable nation turn so rapidly into the one,
apparently, indisposable global empire and world policeman? What has
gone wrong? Why are they blowing up our embassies? Who are they? Or as
a lady asked me at a political meeting in Orange County, California,
during the Cold War: "I have two questions. First, what can I do as an
average American housewife to fight Communism and, second, what is
Communism?"
-- Gore Vidal
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(Northwest Ordinance, 1787, Ratified by Congress 1789)
"...but this letter being unofficial and private, I may with safety give you a more
extensive view of our policy respecting the Indians, that you may better comprehend
the parts dealt to to you in detail through the official channel, and observing the
system of which they make a part, conduct yourself in unison with it in cases where
you are obliged to act without instruction...When they withdraw themselves to the
culture of a small piece of land, they will perceive how useless to them are their
extensive forests, and will be willing to pare them off from time to time in exchange
for necessaries for their farms and families. To promote this disposition to exchange
lands, which they have to spare and we want, for necessaries which we have to spare
and they want,we shall push our trading houses, and be glad to see the good and
influencial individuals among them run in debt, because we observe that when these
debts get beyond what the individuals can pay, they become willing to lop them off
by cession of lands...In this way our settlements will gradually circumscribe and
approach the Indians, and they will in time either incorporate with us as citizens
of the United States, or remove beyond the Mississippi.The former is certainly the
termination of their history most happy for themselves; but, in the whole course
of this, it is essential to cultivate their love. As to their fear, we presume that
our strength and their weakness is now so visible that they must see we have only to
shut our hand to crush them..."
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