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This is an e-mail archive of John's analysis and observations on "news" specific to the crimes against humanity committed on 11 September 2001.
(See also Web Reference Links High-Lighted by John Judge for other analysis.)
NOTE: Please let me know if you find that a link to a news story is no longer valid. I will make a local copy here to keep this archive complete.--ratitor
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- Subject: No justification given
1 Oct 2001An exchange about justifying violence as a response to terrorism.
Todd,
I never said nor would say that terrorism or violence of any kind is justified, but I do say the sanction and justification of it comes from an historical and politicial base from those who support it. That is different than saying I support it in any way. Whether you call violence terrorism, fanaticism, revolution or freedom fighting, it has to find sanction and sanctuary to continue, and it does so inside nations or groups with a long history of abuse and oppression, who in hopelessness and despair turn to that as a desperate solution. Of course, like all violence, it is wrong and a dead end. As will be any military retaliation to it. If hope and justice are restored in a society then the support drops away, and the IRA is a good example of that right now.
Violence has terrible costs for all involved in it, and people know that. They suffer abuse for a long time before even countenancing support for such a response. That is not to say that the faction who carry it out are the most abused, often they are not. The American revolution had the support of many people, but was led by the landed gentry and well to do for the most part, who felt they had more to lose.
We do not yet know if Osama bin Laden was the culprit, or even if the people named by the FBI are truly the ones responsible for this crime against humanity. I called for an open and fair investigation by an international tribunal, but I never said it was anything less than a heinous crime of mass murder, no matter what "rationale" was given to it by the perpetrators. Replicating the crime is not the answer, nor is war. Hope that makes this more clear for you, you seriously misread me.
John JudgeJohn:
Holding those accountable for an act of war is quite a ways from "replicating the crime" that consisted of unprovoked, horrific attacks on innocent men and women of a sovereign nation. Unfortunately, the world isn't this logical place folks of your political beliefs apparently believe it is. As such, sometimes evil men are, well, just evil men. And, they must be given the requisite treatment, lest we suffer more of the same indignities.
ToddTodd,
The Nazis surely must have qualified as "evil men" in your view, yet we rose above their barbarism with the Nuremberg trials replacing revenge and retaliation that many longed for with measured justice and "stayed the hand of vengeance". What is replicated in a military response is more innocent victims, especially with an undefined enemy.
In WWI the "collateral damage" of non-combatants was about 4%. By WWII it was up to 25-40%. In Vietnam it was closer to 90%. It has to do with the technology of modern warfare and the terms. If you want to set America apart from the "evil people" you despise, then rise above their level and use a rule of law not a rule of force. I know there are many countries and people around the world, as well as native to our own shores, who would make an argument that Americans have been "evil" as well. This does nothing to justify any violence in return, nor should this event do the same. War and violence are a dead end in human history, especially now when we have the wealth and technology to make global justice equal global peace.
- Subject: Bush-Bin Laden Money Connections
3 Oct 2001The plot sickens.
The Bush-Bin Laden Money Connection
Bush Watch... Bush Money
http://www.bushnews.com/bushmoney.htm- Subject: Does anyone smell oil?
11 Oct 2001Here's someone who is starting to get at the two main questions. Who really conducted the attack? What is the real agenda behind the so-called response. He doesn't get everything right, but he's on the right track. I suggest right away that you find and purchase Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia by Ahmed Rasheed, Yale University Press, out in paper now. Written last year it deconstructs the Taliban, the CIA role, the drug role, the significance of the pipelines from the Caspian Sea deposits, and more, including Osama bin Laden in context of being a Saudi Arabian. We have William Casey to thank for much of what we are living through right now, but we can't blame it on Afghanistan or bin Laden.
The So-Called Evidence Is a Farce
by Stan Goff, Narco News, 10 Oct 2001
http://www.narconews.com/goff1.html- Subject: Analysis and Education
12 Oct 2001Friends,
I am working with the Washington Peace Center and want to develop some panels of meta-level analysis on September 11 and the fallout so far and beyond. We have a lot of bright people in DC who can analyze pieces of this well. We need to bring them together for the activist community in panels, classes and maybe a weekly radio show. We might consider some folks out of town if we can raise funds for that, so keep that in mind. The Peace Center is working on all that. I would like COWG to co-sponsor the panels if that makes sense to you. But I need your help, now.
I want you to think of people, including yourselves, who can address aspects of this total paradigm shift we are in as well as the reality that is happening beneath the propaganda veil. I think there are three levels to speak to:
- The events and aftermath of September 11 in terms of the American psyche, politic, federalization, etc. This needs to be put into context in many ways (military, civil rights, covert operation, etc.). The propaganda and limiting of information. The new secret state and war. Homeland security and the clampdown on civil liberties. FEMA and DoD running the country. "Terrorism" and its real meaning and true sponsors. Who really carried this out? Is bin Laden false sponsorship? What is the historical context in terms of what was happening just before this (global economic slump, Kissinger on trial, Bush in trouble, etc.) and how we got to this point as well. Internationally, what is going on? What is the meaning of this new global security alignment? Are we entering the Third World War (war against the Third World)? What would rule of law or global justice mean instead? What are the paths ahead right now? Other contexts perhaps as well, like militarization and budget for CIA/Star Wars, and cuts in social services for instance. What will this mean for the economy if it goes on for 10 years? What are we being asked to fight for really? What is the role of oil, opium, cocaine in all this? Is this blowback or continued operations? Was this a stand down like Pearl Harbor or a put up?
- The second level is who will this affect, who has it affected already and how. Victims and families. Detainees. Islams and Arabs and other people of color. Other nations and nationalities here and abroad. Who will be called a "terrorist". Who has lost jobs or been put out of business, and who will get paid off (corporations or workers)? People in Afghanistan and neighboring countries. Palestinians and Israelis. Colombia, the next Vietnam and that region. These are where official "terrorist" organizations are located now. Next generation and possible conscription. The poor abroad and here. Pockets of resistance, like the Afghani freedom fighters. Americans who will lose civil liberties (posse commitatus, writ of habeus, privacy, etc.). Office of Homeland Security and the fear and victmization it will create. Political groups to the left of center. Local politics as opposed to national. Reporters unable to access information. Federal employees and loyalty issues. Congress and what remains of their powers. Who will be affected by the 500 legal changes that come with declared national emergency and war? Troops, GIs, reservists and their families. Families that do not want revenge. Pockets of international resistance, like the Zapatistas. Anti-Globalist movements. The emerging peace movement.
- Third, what is the appropriate response, and what are the reasonable alternatives. What is wrong with the military responses? What of rule of law, aid to bring people out of despair, global justice, and a realignment of priorities for building a sane world. What are the choices ahead, what are the winning strategies and messages.
I am sure you can think of more topics. The point is we need analysis and self-education to be able to make the most of this crossroads opportunity and challenge. I want to put the best minds out there, DC as well as elsewhere. Please help me think of who to ask and if you can help me organize these events. If you think of someone, including yourself, please send the following information:
- Name and contact information (this is crucial, phone, email)
- Topic(s) they might address
- Whether you know them to ask them to participate
Thanks so much,
John Judgeps - We plan to follow this level with a much more decentralized campaign called "In Our Name" which will facilitate informed, open democratic discussion and debate of how we got here and where we want to go, including alternatives, at the school, church, neighborhood, community hall level, smaller the better. This will both educate and empower people to choose what is being done in their names.
pps - If you want to work on the campaign with us, there is a volunteer meeting scheduled for October 18 at 7:30 pm, call the Peace Center for the location or check it at www.washingtonpeacecenter.org. You can also see my article there, "A New War or A New World?"
- Subject: Nevada letter tests positive for anthrax
14 Oct 2001See the Cheney quote. Now, who's the "conspiracy theorist"?
Vice President Dick Cheney, in an interview on PBS' "The NewsHour With Jim Lehrer," noted that the terrorist manuals associated with Osama bin Laden instruct his followers on "how to deploy these kinds of substances." "When you start to piece it all together, and again we haven't finished the investigation and maybe it is coincidence, but I must say I'm a skeptic," Cheney said. "I think the only responsible thing for us to do is to proceed on the basis they could be linked."Nevada letter tests positive for anthrax
CNN, 14 Oct 2001
NVletter.html- Subject: Letter Sent to NBC Contained Anthrax
14 Oct 2001The tabloid headquarters? What is it, "yellow journalism disease"? Did I read this wrong or does it say that the "brown granular" material found in one of the suspect envelopes was "thrown away"??
Letter Sent to NBC Contained Anthrax
AP, 14 Oct 2001
Ltr2NBC.html- Subject: World's People Say "No" To War
14 Oct 2001This is why I say we can win if we just propose a good alternative and get out there to empower people with it. Not proposing one is a complete dead end.
World's People Say "No" To War
14 Oct 2001
WPsayNoToWar.html- Subject: [Fwd: Echoes of Wars]
14 Oct 2001Far right tries to steal the thunder.
Desert Storm And Enduring Freedom
by C. E. Carlson, Pharisee Watch
http://www.whtt.org/articles/011008pw.htm- Subject: Re: Insane world up another notch
14 Oct 2001Dave,
I noted before that when the transparent false sponsor falls then Iraq and other nations would be the next layer of false sponsors. This is the dark period, unless we choose the other path now! The longer we wait, the less room we will have, the harder it will be, the more grief we will carry.
There is no "logic" to war, only one lie after another. We are asked to support the Blitzkrieg now. The troops are wearing the exact same uniform. I saw the recruiting postcard with that uniform just before this happened and it spooked me. I sat at a restaurant and tried to explain its meaning to someone. I am surrounded by people who only have the vaguest understanding of what is happening. The socialists are very reactionary and seek to discredit the application of critical thinking. "Blame America at your Peril" reads the Newsweek piece.
On the other hand, ordinary Americans can be reached and turned, but we have to establish democracy now. Real democracy. I am listening to my tape from LA five years ago today "Are You Scared Yet?" and it resonates so strongly. I feel almost cursed to have this vision I have and comprehension, it comes on me like a wave at times. And I feel so terribly isolated most of the time Dave. Still here in this empty house doing this without real emotional support day to day. I get angry, I weep, I am overwhelmed at what I know must be done and how to get allies to do it.
And yes, the deaths from this [Afghani] refugee population already created, which will starve come winter and is dying already, will far outstrip the American casualties. Our Iraq policies already have long ago. We are the Nazis, worldwide. This is the turn to genocide, the war between the Information Age and the Industrial Age, between the poor and the global corporations, between the rich here and the people.
Yet, we are kept completely in the dark now. The press is starting to freak out even. The choice is before us, New War or New World. No other choices left. I could help people understand it if I could just get a forum. I began to speak on it just briefly at the end of a local meeting of activists and the facilitator cut me off saying "you can't make a speech"!
"dave ''who can do? ratmandu!'' ratcliffe" wrote:
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> it's getting too insane in here!
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> http://www.observer.co.uk/waronterrorism/story/0,1373,573907,00.html
> Iraq `behind US anthrax outbreaks'Iraq `behind US anthrax outbreaks'
by David Rose and Ed Vulliamy, [UK] Observer, 14 Oct 2001
http://www.observer.co.uk/waronterrorism/story/0,1373,573907,00.html- Subject: Carlyle Group / Anthrax Commissars
14 Oct 2001Sit down before reading this one! Sherman has the snake by its tail.
The Overthrow Of The American Republic, Part Three
The Anthrax Commissars
by Sherman Skolnick, 12 Oct 2001
http://www.skolnicksreport.com/ootar3.html- Subject: Countering the New Terrorism
14 Oct 2001A must read, the blueprint.
Countering the New Terrorism (1999) published by the RAND corporation
by Ian O. Lesser, Bruce Hoffman, John Arquilla, David F. Ronfeldt,
Michele Zanini, Brian Michael Jenkins
http://www.rand.org/publications/MR/MR989/- Subject: US Shies Away From UN Treaties On Terrorism
15 Oct 2001We don't need no stinkin' treaties, just war.
US SHIES AWAY FROM UN TREATIES ON TERRORISM
by Thalif Deen, IPS, 12 Sep 2001
http://www.afsc.org/newengland/pesp/deen.htm- Subject: IPA News Releases: War: Information, Analysis, Policy Options
15 Oct 2001Norman Solomon, a founder of IPA, did a great interview on C-SPAN this morning about the war fever, the lies and the knee-buckled press. When asked for alternatives though, he just kept saying we should put the war money into double doors on planes. Pretty weak. However, here is a whole page of good items on the situation from them
IPA News Releases
War: Information, Analysis, Policy Options
http://www.accuracy.org/war-releases.htm- Subject: Letter From Dr Jay Gould: Why Ben Laden hates the US
15 Oct 2001Someone finally puts on his thinking cap.
Letter From Dr Jay Gould: Why Ben Laden hates the US
15 Oct 2001
WhyBLhatesUS.html- Subject: `Everything--and nothing--has changed,' Murray Dobbin
15 Oct 2001Well written and finally said by a Canadian.
Everything -- and nothing -- has changed
Reacting to Sept. 11 with war will only make things worse
by Murray Dobbin, National Post, 15 Oct 2001
MurrayDobbin.html- Subject: Oil Marches On
15 Oct 2001Oct 15, 2001, Wall St. Journal,
US Indicates New Military Partnership With Uzbekistan
Hints of Defense Pact Could Rebalance Power Across Central Asia
(excerpted)
"Mr. Karimov [Ubek's Pres] has emerged as a crucial ally of the US. . . . A hardliner who's stifled dissent, driven political rivals into exile and locked up thousands of Islamic activists, Karimov is not threatened by the kind of bloody domestic protests seen in other Muslim countries . . . after the Soviet breakup, Uzbekistan is far more strategically important. . . .
Uzbek has half the population of Central Asia's 5 former Soviet republics and by far the largest and most capable standing Army. In addition, Kamirov at times has been willing to challenge Russia's dominance of the region . . . (a former Soviet airforce pilot and now a military commentator said, `we will end up as the battleground for a new struggle for influence between Russia and the US') . . .
The unprecedented Oct 7 agreement with the US, negotiated by officials who accompanied Defense Secretary Rumsfeld to Uzbek, all but removes any impression that the US military presence in the region will be short-lived. . . .
Central Asia has the largest oil field found anywhere in the past three decades, and, the US has spent six years struggling with Russia to make the entire Caspian Sea region a Western energy preserve. Strong US interest in the region began in 1995, when the Clinton Administration launched a scheme to transform Central Asia and the Caucasus into a pro-Western swath of territory separating Russia and Iran. The policy centers on the proposed construction of a 1,100-mile-oil-export pipeline from the Caspian to Turkey's Mediterranean coast. Moscow opposes the pipeline because it would lose regional leverage. . . .
In the past two weeks, though, the pipeline's prospects improved when Western oilmen drilling off Kazakstan's Caspian coast found the most convincing evidence yet of the largest oil field in the world since 1967 discovery of oil on Alaska's north slope. Italy's ENI SpA, which operates the field, called Kashagan, says it won't release official results of a third test well for at least 2 weeks . . ."
- Subject: Taliban, anti-Taliban, pro-Taliban?
17 Oct 2001A keeper.
Congressman: U.S. Set Up Anti-Taliban to be Slaughtered
Comments by Jared Israel
16 Oct 2001
http://www.tenc.net/misc/rohr.htm- Subject: Which layers of the Onion?
17 Oct 2001Mass suicides are always a lie. This starts an explanation, making the plane teams into patsies, or most of them. The truth I think is even deeper. Certain people are used to smear the phony identities of the ID sets, like the second Oswald's did, then they are told to get on the planes. They are nothing but paties and victims perhaps. Remember, the seat numbers given for the "terrorists" on Flight #11 did not match the ID's. Were the planes possibly remote-controlled?
Attackers did not know they were to die
David Rose, Observer [UK], 14 Oct 2001
http://www.observer.co.uk/Print/0,3858,4276865,00.html- Subject: Hand in the Cookie Jar
18 Oct 2001And for those of us who resist war taxes, this is one more affront.
Don't Use the Sept. 11 Tragedy to Loot Social Security!
by Alan Benjamin, The Organizer, Sep/Oct 2001
http://www.psnw.com/~sunmt/socsec.html- Subject: Condemnation Without Absolutes
20 Oct 2001Philosophical, but it deconstructs several current canards without addressing the final issue. We could use more descriptions of the mental shift of this paradigm I think, to avoid the brainwashing. We are up against the "absolutes" of their new matrix of assumptions. Anyone have a red pill handy?
Condemnation Without Absolutes
by Stanley Fish, New York Times, 15 Oct 2001
http://weber.ucsd.edu/~ecomisso/condemnation_without_absolutes.htm- Subject: 47 Questions
22 Oct 2001Thought this compilation might help.
47 Questions
zmag
http://www.zmag.org/55q.htm- Subject: Terrorism Meets Reactionism
22 Oct 2001Parenti is incisive as always.
Terrorism Meets Reactionism
by Michael Parenti
http://www.zmag.org/parenticalam.htm- Subject: Oil and Afghanistan
22 Oct 2001Oil is one key, drugs is another, resources is the bottom line -- global control. Colin Powell was announcing a mid-October military intervention into Afghanistan in June and July to world leaders according to India Times and other international press. This war is not response; September 11 is pretext. We still do not know who is responsible, but we will soon be told it is Iraq and Colombia is not far behind.
We are the German people in 1939, Poland has been invaded, WWII and the Holocaust loom, we have to decide. It's our country, our military, our foreign policy, and we will suffer all the consequences of a war Cheney says "may never end". It is being done in our name. Now is the time to take back our democracy and build a just world for peace.
America, oil and Afghanistan
by Sitaram Yechury, The Hindu, 13 Oct 2001
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/2001/10/13/stories/05132524.htm- Subject: Carlyle Family Gathering
22 Oct 2001Well, well, a regular family reunion! This one connects so many different links. Carlyle owns the major producer of anthrax vaccines, that will turn a pretty penny.
OBSERVER: The firmest of friends AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS
30 Apr 2001, Financial Times
http://globalarchive.ft.com/globalarchive/articles.html?offset=++&query=carlyle+group&multiViewArticleId010430000829=010430000829- Subject: more Carlyle Group "family"
22 Oct 2001One more for the party. War is profit after all. No wonder he is so "committed" to fighting terrorism with us.
FRONT PAGE - FIRST SECTION: Major signs on as adviser to CSFB
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Carlyle targets family-run companies in Europe
May 2001, Financial Times
http://globalarchive.ft.com/globalarchive/articles.html?offset=++&query=carlyle+group&multiViewArticleId010529001649=010529001649&multiViewArticleId010527005301=010527005301- Subject: Canadian Senator Roche On Space Weapons Freedom & Roots of Terrorism
22 Oct 2001A Canadian gets it right.
National Defence, Missile Defence System
and Need For International Security -- Inquiry
by Canadian Senator Douglas Roche, 1st Session, 37th Parliament, 16 Oct 2001
DouglasRoche.html- Subject: C-Span, Wall St Journal, Carlyle
22 Oct 2001Any researchers out there?
C-Span, Wall St Journal, Carlyle
e-mail message by listener to this broadcast.
After so many calls, C-Span brought in the fellow who wrote the initial article in the Wall St. Journal regarding Bin Laden, Bush, Carlyle. Daniel Golden is his name. He was on C-Span's early morning call-in show for an hour. He didn't say a lot more than his article, however, numerous callers did offer more info and further reading, including books about BCCI for background connections. The calls were divided, roughly, I'd say, between those who thought what Golden had done/was doing is treasonous, horrible, etc., to those who, as I indicated, telephoned from around the globe, not just in the States, indicating all the info available on the internet but not being discussed in the mainstream media.
Apparently, the journalist, Golden, himself, has only been at the Journal for two years and was previously with the Boston Globe. This area of interest is not his speciality. He somehow stumbled upon this story in some sort of research. He couldn't answer alot of callers because, as he said, he simply didn't have a whole lot more info. However, he did say he's working on more leads, trying to follow up, altho he didn't specify which/what leads.
Also, C-Span had invited someone from Carlyle to come to their offices when Golden was present, but, as C-Span host said, so far, there's been no reply.
So, keep up the good work, folks! We're making inroads. If you want to reach Golden his e-mail address is: "dan.golden@wsj.com" Hope I got that right -- they said it only once on the show. It's not unusual to have a newcomer at such a paper who is not familiar with the subject matter print the best stories. Let's see how long he'll continue in these matters. He's open to suggestion, as he indicated, this is all new material to him!
One more point, I almost forgot. He was asked by someone how difficult it is to get this material since Carlyle is not a public company. As we all know, which he affirmed, it isn't easy. Of course, he's got more resources at his disposal than you or I. So, if it isn't easy for him, it certainly isn't easier for us. Oh, yes, someone else called in and mentioned the Bath connection with Bush. Golden said he didn't know about it personally, but, that there are/were now other folks digging deeper into the story as well.- Subject: Washington Plots, Moscow Crawls, Kabul Burns
22 Oct 2001There is enough ammunition here to sink the ship!
e-mail message commenting on the "Washington Plots, Moscow Crawls, Kabul Burns" article referenced below:
It's true, as said below, the "bigger" picture is complete neutralization of Russia on all levels, a policy that's been in existence in varying degrees since the turn of the last century. The question, however, in this immediate situation of whodunit, how, why -- means, motive, opportunities, prior knowledge, economic benefits -- is not mutually exclusive to the same questions posed for the bigger, or, biggest picture.
Washington Plots, Moscow Crawls, Kabul Burns
"They" needed a cover story for their military anschluss. Could "they" possibly get up and say, we're going to bomb the hell out of Afghanistan in order to dominate Russia, maintain and increase our military hegemony globally, dominate the world for our own economic benefit (and who is our, in this instance?), give guaranteed income and state-sponsored welfare benefits to our military contractors, oil-related industries and other friendly supranational, international companies, funds, conglomerates, destabilize the Caspian Sea region, and the area known as the Mideast.
They tried that briefly, recall. The amorphous "rogue states" from whom we were supposedly threatened. That didn't seem to convince many people, either at home or abroad. So . . . voila! Some big time terrorism at home!
But there are fissures within the "establishment," too. Personally, I don't think it's a coincidence that the "anthrax" scare was directed at members of the media and the Congress. I think that is/was a clear warning to them, a threat, as to what they can and will do, the absolute power they're in the process of creating.
It isn't just Russia that's the "bigger picture." It's us, too. It's part and parcel of the "bigger plan." Once in power, at this point, they're going for broke. And, it's a very dangerous, destabilizing game plan, worrying to some folks, as well, in the "establishment." Which is why we must expose the cover story. We can't get all the answers ourselves--but, we must poke holes in it as much as possible and demand further investigations, inquiries into all these leads, contradictions, questions. Once/if, the cover story is in doubt, then the house of cards comes crumbling down.
by Jared Israel, 19 Oct 2001
http://emperors-clothes.com/misc/burns.htm- Subject: Just in case...
22 Oct 2001
And with deployments of U.S. Theatre Missile Defense (TMD) in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Australia planned, the plan is to begin a military encirclement of China so that we can "manage" them as the Washington Post said on May 26, 2000 in a story entitled "For Pentagon Asia Moving to Forefront."
Add to that U.S. bases for a "long, long time" as Bush now states in Central Asia and you have checkmate for sure.
Bruce K. Gagnon
Coordinator
Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space
PO Box 90083
Gainesville, FL 32607
(352) 337-9274
www.space4peace.org
globalnet@mindspring.comFor Pentagon, Asia Moving to Forefront
Shift Has Implications for Strategy, Forces, Weapons
by Thomas E. Ricks, Washington Post, 26 May 2000
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/2000-05/26/204l-052600-idx.html- Subject: Anthrax attacks linked to US right-wing cranks
22 Oct 2001Somebody notice.
Anthrax attacks now being linked to US right-wing cranks
by Chris Blackhurst, [UK] Independent, 21 Oct 2001
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines01/1021-02.htm- Subject: Active Duty `Conscientious Objectors' On The Rise
22 Oct 2001War awakens the conscience at some point for all. There is a key in here to ending the war, if we recognize the importance of enlisted members in this issue.
JJ's comments on the below article appended to its version on the SF Indymedia site.
Active Duty `Conscientious Objectors' On The Rise
by Michael Betsch, CNSNews.com, 17 Oct 2001
http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2001/10/106592.php- Subject: CIA's Covert War on Bin Laden
23 Oct 2001Woodward is an old ONI hand and a CIA asset at the Post, so read carefully. Interesting details here.
CIA's Covert War on Bin Laden
Agency Has Had Green Light Since 1998, but Terrorist Proves Elusive
by Bob Woodward and Vernon Loeb, Washington Post, 14 Sep 2001
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A28094-2001Sep13?language=printer- Subject: Congress Balks at Giving President Emergency Powers
23 Oct 2001Not everything he wanted.
Congress Balks at Giving President Emergency Powers
by Dana Milbank, Washington Post, 23 Oct 2001
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A35905-2001Oct22?language=printer- Subject: US, UK & the Afghan Heroin Trail
23 Oct 2001The drug trade renews after weeks of bombing.
US and Britain Accused of Creating Heroin Trail
by Raymond Whitaker, [UK] Independent, 6 Oct 2001
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines01/1006-02.htm- Subject: UK Newspaper Says UN set to appeal for halt in the Afghanistan bombing!!!
23 Oct 2001A ray of light.
UN set to appeal for halt in the bombing
by Jason Burke, Observer [UK], 21 Oct 2001
http://www.observer.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,1501,578103,00.html- Subject: Anthrax: An Old Scare
23 Oct 2001A little history gives so much perspective
Anthrax: An Old Scare
by Ed Toner, Washington Post, 22 Oct 2001
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A31255-2001Oct21?language=printer- Subject: BBC News | SOUTH ASIA | US `planned attack on Taleban'
23 Oct 2001Advance notice, meaning this is pretext not response. The fact that the attack would continue even if bin Laden was turned over has been confirmed in statements by the White House since. What is the real agenda?
US `planned attack on Taleban'
by George Arney, BBC, 18 Sep 2001
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/south_asia/newsid_1550000/1550366.stm- Subject: India and Iran "facilitate" planned US-Russia hostilities against Taliban
23 Oct 2001Here is more detail of the plan from June this year.
Special Report: India in anti-Taliban military plan
indiareacts.com, 24 Oct 2001
http://www.indiareacts.com/archivefeatures/nat2.asp?recno=10&ctg=- Subject: Stock put options show advance knowledge
23 Oct 2001Ruppert is a questionable source, but the story is solid I think -- It was being investigated in foreign stock markets too, including Germany, but the SEC seems to have ground to a halt on this. Did they find the wrong people?
The CIA's Wall Street connections
Transcript of interview with Michael C. Ruppert
Guns and Butter, The Economy Watch with Kellia Ramares and
Bonnie Faulkner Aired on KPFA, 94.1 FM, Berkeley, CA 12 Oct 2001
http://globalresearch.ca/articles/RUP111A.html- Subject: New Drug War
23 Oct 2001The Northern Alliance has taken over the Golden Crescent route, after the US paid the Taliban $43 million to stop growing it.
Drug Trade Resurgent in Afghanistan
Opium and Heroin Flood Into Pakistan, Complicating Efforts Against Taliban
by John Pomfret, Washington Post, 22 Oct 2001
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A36532-2001Oct22?language=printer- Subject: Bodyguard of Lies
23 Oct 2001A "friend of Congressman Larry McDonald" revives the old John Birch/American Opinion canard that the KAL 007 passengers "landed safe" and were captured and dragged into the Soviet Gulag. This is to show how we are currently being lied to about this war from the far right. This is the same Gary North who wrote up the puzzle piece about the passenger lists, I subscribed to his newsletter to see who he was. I unsubscribed, but thought you might find this an interesting example of disinformation conspiracies. Who knows, maybe Larry McDonald will be traded for bin Laden?
Gary North's Reality Check - Bodyguard Of Lies
Number 86, 18 Oct 2001
http://www.thebirdman.org/Index/Temp/Temp-KAL007&911Coverup-Lindstedt&Martin.html- Subject: CIA Told to Do `Whatever Necessary' to Kill Bin Laden
23 Oct 2001War will not end "in our lifetime" says Cheney. Some of this article is disingenuous. Woodward is an old hand at ONI and a CIA asset at the Post. It is not "unprecedented" for CIA and Pentagon to collaborate at all, in fact they always had to (see Fletcher Prouty's exposition in Understanding Special Operations). And the CIA has not suddenly been "unleashed" to do dirty work, it always has as well. The details here are very interesting, though. The picture of Bush, Tenet and Rice in casual dress planning the "American strategy" at Camp David, with Bush holding the video communications clicker is especially chilling.
CIA Told to Do `Whatever Necessary' to Kill Bin Laden
Agency and Military Collaborating at `Unprecedented' Level;
Cheney Says War Against Terror `May Never End'
by Bob Woodward, Washington Post, 21 Oct 2001
print-format (quick download):
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A27452-2001Oct20?language=printer
graphics version -- images JJ refers to (in original) no longer exist in the current version:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A27452-2001Oct20- Subject: At Pentagon: Worries Over War's Costs, Consequences
23 Oct 2001Thomas Ricks wrote the article on August 21st about the debate going on between the now partially replaced Joint Chiefs of Staff and the White House about whether to admit we are an empire and go to Pax Americana. The Pentagon was and still is apparently balking at the latter. This is interesting information on the ongoing internal debate.
At Pentagon: Worries Over War's Costs, Consequences
Some Fear Regional Destabilization, Retribution Against U.S.
by Thomas Ricks, 21 Oct 2001
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A27875-2001Oct20?language=printer- Subject: War Objectors in the Military
23 Oct 2001This is an important development.
Pacifists are filing for CO status in growing numbers
by Jen Cooper, Scripps Howard Foundation Wire, Ocotber 23, 2001
PFCOS.html- Subject: Why Stop for Ramadan?
25 Oct 2001From www.military.com, a pro-war site with interesting items.
US Hits 14 Target Areas In Afghanistan
United Press International, 23 Oct 2001
http://www.military.com/Content/Printer_Friendly_Version/1,11491,,00.html?rb_GeneralOption=0&passfile=FL%5Ftargetareas%5F102301&file=FL%5Ftargetareas%5F102301&page_url=%2FContent%2FMoreContent%2F1%2C12044%2CFL%5Ftargetareas%5F102301%2C00%2Ehtml- Subject: They will poison and blame us??
25 Oct 2001This makes clear that the bombing campaign may not stop in time to avert "a minimum of a million" deaths from starvation during November predicted by the aid agencies. In addition, it creates both a scare and a cover story for poisoning the food being dropped. How could our intelligence know of such a plan, if one even existed, for internal actions when they could not discover plans for September 11. To me, this is the looking glass of disinformation, providing a way for us to kill Afghanis and when they respond we can blame them instead. Pardon my cynicism.
Taliban Are `Tough Warriors' Pentagon Admits
25 Oct 2001, Heraldnet
TalibanTough.html- Subject: Just three nations could have produced chemical additive in spores
25 Oct 2001Pick your favorite suspect. Hmmm, is there still a Soviet Union?
Just three nations could have produced chemical additive in spores
by Rick Weiss and Dan Eggen, 25 Oct 2001
3nations.html- Subject: Ridge Carries Message on Anthrax
25 Oct 2001"Within hours" they can approve $175 million for Rigde at the OMB, but not for real human needs.
Ridge Carries Message on Anthrax
Homeland Security Director's Role in Federal Response Comes Under Scrutiny
by Mike Allen and Eric Pianin, Washington Post, 25 Oct 2001
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A47829-2001Oct24?language=printer- Subject: Senate Approves Anti-Terrorism Package
25 Oct 2001Feingold the lone voice opposed, Daschle jumps in line. Anthrax not 100% politically lethal, I guess.
Senate Approves Anti-Terrorism Package
by Jesse J. Holland, AP, 25 Oct 2001
SAATP.html- Subject: Bio-War
25 Oct 2001Also see home page for this at:
Military.com: America Responds: New War - Home Defense
The Bio/Chem Threat
http://www.military.com/Content/MoreContent1/?file=BC_indexBiological Threats
http://www.military.com/Content/MoreContent1/?file=BC_biothreats#types- Subject: Largest defense contract contested
25 Oct 2001There's too much money in this game.
Boeing, Lockheed Poised To Rejoice Or Mourn Over Jsf Decision
Knight Ridder/Tribune, 25 Oct 2001
http://www.military.com/Content/MoreContent?file=FL_jsf_102501- Subject: "Citizen, Can I See Your ID." by Al Martin
25 Oct 2001Hey, citizen, you look like a terrorist! This is from a right wing commentator, so add the salt, but if accurate on details about "checkpoints" quite telling.
"Citizen, Can I See Your ID."
by Al Martin
http://www.almartinraw.com/column37.html- Subject: Conscientious Objector -- Edna St. Vincent Millay
26 Oct 2001I love this poem, maybe we could put it in the next [Washington Peace Center] Peace Letter?
Conscientious Objector
Edna St. Vincent Millay
I shall die, but that is all I shall do for Death.I hear him leading his horse out of the stall; I hear the
clatter on the barn door.
He is in haste; he has business in Cuba, business in the
Balkans, many calls to make this morning.
But I will not hold the bridle while he cinches the girth.
And he may mount by himself: I will not give him a leg up.Though he flick my shoulders with his whip, I will not tell
him which way the fox ran.
With his hoof on my nrest, I will not tell him where the
black boy hides in the swamp.
I shall die, but that is all I shall do for Death; I am not
on his payroll.I will not tell him the whereabouts of my friends nor of my
enemies either.
Though he promise me much, I will not map him the route to
any man's door.
Am I a spy in the land of the living, that I should deliver
men to Death?
Brother, the password and the plans of our city are safe with
me; never through me
Shall you be overcome.- Subject: `clearly losing the hearts and mind issue'
26 Oct 2001
--> JJ's comments (1st paragraph) to friend's mail (2nd paragraph):Just needs a little PR tweaking I'm sure, and while we're at it let's find some spinner to reach the Afghanis and the Islamic world and sell them our wonderful America.
- So their war's image needs massaging . . . I hate to sound like we've been there done that -- remember Vietnam, Iran-Contra, et al.? Rendon will be able to make us all forget them. If they were able to make the Iraqi National Congress appear legitimate, they can do anything. At least it's encouraging to learn that the DoD needs help in this sphere.
Pentagon Hires Image Firm to Explain Airstrikes to World
U.S. Trying to Reverse Rise in Muslims' Outrage
by Warren P. Strobel and Jonathan S. Landay, San Jose Mercury News, 19 Oct 2001
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines01/1019-05.htm- Subject: Marines to attend urban training
26 Oct 2001In for the long haul?
Marines to attend urban training
timesdispatch.com, 25 Oct 2001
UrbanTrng.html- Subject: Lots of Interest, Little Action at Recruiting Office
26 Oct 2001No rush to enlist.
Lots of Interest, Little Action at Recruiting Office
by Tony Perry, Times Staff Writer, 26 Oct 2001
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-102601enlist.story
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