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Ο χρήστης Saab93 έγραψε:
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Έχεις απόλυτο δίκιο Στράτη. My fault.
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Ο χρήστης gavriil1 έγραψε:

Αν έχω καταλάβει καλά, η κατηγορία που αποδίδουν οι ΗΠΑ στο Ιράκ είναι ότι διαθέτει όπλα μαζικής καταστροφής. Τέτοιου είδους όπλα κατέχουν και άλλες χώρες, πχ. Γαλλία, Κίνα, Ρωσία, Ινδία, Πακιστάν και φυσικά οι ίδιες οι ΗΠΑ. Το καλύτερο θα ήταν κανένα κράτος στον κόσμο να μη διαθέτει τέτοια όπλα.

Λογικε σορρυ αλλα εαν δεν βλεπεις διαφορα στο να εχει η Γαλλια, ακομη και η Ελλαδα οπλα μαζικης καταστροφης σε σχεση με τον Σανταμ, τοτε μονο λογικη δεν ειναι η ικανοτητα κρισης σου.

Μη μου πεις ότι και η Κίνα (που διαθέτει όπλα μαζικής καταστροφής) είναι δημοκρατική χώρα, σέβεται το διεθνές δίκαιο και τα ανθρώπινα δικαιώματα! Ή μήπως το Πακιστάν, που έχει δικτατορία! Αυτές τις χώρες πότε θα τις βομβαρδίσουν οι ΗΠΑ, για να ανατρέψουν τις ηγεσίες τους; Προσωπικά θεωρώ δυνητικά επικίνδυνη οποιαδήποτε χώρα διαθέτει τέτοιου είδους όπλα, είτε είναι δημοκρατική είτε όχι. Ποτέ δεν ξέρουμε τι μας επιφυλάσσει το μέλλον. Να σημειώσω ότι σε έρευνα στην Αγγλία, στην πιο στενή σύμμαχο των ΗΠΑ, με το ερώτημα «Ποιον θεωρείτε πιο επικίνδυνο για την παγκόσμια ειρήνη;», δεύτερος, μετά τον Σαντάμ, αναδείχθηκε ο Μπους με ποσοστό πολύ μεγαλύτερο του 50% (δε θυμάμαι το ακριβές νούμερο).

Σημείωση: Και οι Τούρκοι σφαγίασαν Κούρδους, αλλά δε συγκινήθηκε κανένας διεθνής οργανισμός ούτε φυσικά οι ΗΠΑ. Δυο μέτρα και δυο σταθμά.

Δεν ειναι το θεμα για τους νεκρους Κουρδους ουτε για τους καημενους Κουρδους. Hellooooo!!!

Σε ποια γλωσσα να το εξηγησω?

Το θεμα ΕΙΝΑΙ:

ΤΟ ΟΤΙ Ο ΣΑΝΤΑΜ ΔΕΝ ΔΥΣΤΑΣΕ ΝΑ ΧΡΙΣΗΜΟΠΟΙΗΣΕΙ ΧΗΜΙΚΑ ΟΠΛΑ ΚΑΙ ΣΤΟΥΣ ΙΔΙΟΥΣ ΤΟΥ ΤΟΥΣ ΠΟΛΙΤΕΣ!

Καλυτερα τωρα με τα κεφαλαια?

Δηλαδή δεν έχει σημασία αν σκοτώνονται οι Κούρδοι (ή οποιοιδήποτε άλλοι), αλλά πώς σκοτώνονται; Εγώ πάντως εξοργίζομαι (επιεικής όρος) όποτε θανατώνονται μαζικά άνθρωποι με χημικά όπλα, με επιθέσεις τύπου 9/11, με εμπάργκο που οδηγούν σε λιμοκτονία και σε θανάτους λόφω έλλειψης φαρμάκων κτλ.

Πριν λιγο καιρο ειχε μια εκπομπη η ΕΤ3 όπου πρωην αμερικανοι αξιωματουχοι παραδεχτηκαν ότι εκαναν πειραματα βιολογικων οπλων σε αμερικανικους υπογειους,τραινα,σταδια και δρομους εξαπολυωντας 'ηπια μικροβια για
να μελετησουν τις μεθοδους εξαπλωσης, πιστευω οτι αποδεικνηεται πόσο υπολογίζουν τους πολιτες τους.

Διαβαστε και τα παρακατω εχει πολλα στοιχεια που αντικρουουν την ευσταθεια ολων οσων μας αραδιασαν οι απεναντι αλλα φυσικα λογικο επιχειρημα δεν εχει αντικτυπο οταν δεν υπαρχει λογικη
http://www.unobserver.com/index.php?fol ... adows.html

http://www.unobserver.com/layout5.php?id=538&blz=1
http://www.unobserver.com/layout5.php?id=531&blz=1
http://www.infowars.com/tyranny.htm

Ο χρήστης fac έγραψε:
Υπάρχει διεθνές δίκαιο ή όχι; Αν ναι, ποιοί είναι αρμόδιοι για την εφαρμογή του;

Η απάντηση είναι εύκολη. Το διεθνές δίκαιο 'εφευρέθηκε', για να εξασφαλίσει κάποιες στοιχειώδεις ισορροπίες στην περίοδο του ψυχρού πολέμου. Τώρα, που υπάρχει μόνο μια υπερδύναμη, το διεθνές δίκαιο είναι άχρηστο για αυτήν, αν όχι εμπόδιο ορισμένες φορές στην υλοποίηση των σχεδίων της. Ο νόμος του ισχυρού επέστρεψε.

**Press Freedom Under Threat in The U.S. **

2002-05-10 | Questions about September 11 continue to emerge and there is growing doubt about the official explanations. Cynthia McKinney, a Member of the U.S. House Representives as a Democrat from the State of Georgia, has even cast doubt upon President Bush’s motives for the war in Afghanistan.

(Please also see Director of U.S. Congressional Probe into September 11 Terror Attacks Resigns By Patrick Martin in our War of The Shadows section.)

The U.S. President appointed Zalmay Khalilzad special envoy to Afghanistan on December 31, only nine days after the US-backed government of Hamid Karzai took office in Kabul. Mr. Khalizad is an American citizen, born in Afghanistan and was an official in the American oil company Unocal.

Unocal led the Centgas consortium which planned to build a gas pipeline from southeastern Turkmenistan through Afghanistan to Pakistan and possibly India. The Taliban had second thoughts.

The oil and gas reserves of Central Asia are thought to be second only to those of the Persian Gulf. This plus the oil of Azerbaijan makes the entire Central Asian region and the Caspian Sea prime real estate for oil interests. Obviously, there is room for questioning.
Michael C. Ruppert, From The Wilderness publisher, has been closely following these events, while conducting his own investigations into the September tragedies. It was he who first publicised the Mike Vreeland Case.

(Please see 'A Strange Tale' and 'Vreeland Granted Asylum', both from Michael C. Ruppert, in our War of The Shadows section.)

This coming Wednesday, May 15, at 7 pm, Pacific Time, Mr. Ruppert is scheduled to appear on 'What's The Verdict?', a Pacifica Radio show, hosted by Wendell Harper, where he is expected to present some of his findings.

Mike Vreeland is also expected to appear and will be the featured speaker. For more information on the radio appearances, please visit: http://www.kpfa.org/

Strangely, in the land which prides itself on Freedom of Speech being one of its founding principles, as expressed in the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, Mike Ruppert’s appearance is in jeopardy.

His website: http://copvcia.com has already been hacked to the point where he has had to install expensive protective measures. Now his Right to Free Speech is being subverted by pressures being made on Pacifica Radio to cancell his appearance.

We have received a copy of some of his correspondence with one of his critics and are now printing some excerpts, in the hope that he will be able to tell his own story on Pacifica Radio.

“Point 3 – Military Intelligence Officers Working in CNN’s Newsroom
“In 2000 a French intelligence newsletter revealed that U.S. Army Psyops personnel* had been placed as “interns” in CNN’s newsroom. I don’t think this fact is in dispute.

“I was unaware that they had been removed. As much as I try, I just cannot read every press story printed everywhere in the world. Does the fact that I was unaware of the removal prove me guilty of misrepresentation? Gee, I apologize for not knowing everything.

“But does this change the fact that, according to author and Emmy winning former CNN News producer, Kristina Borjesson (who has a great new book out about the work that people like you do), CNN uses military satellites (to this day) for their live feeds? Does it change the fact that military intelligence personnel WERE placed in an American newsroom.

“Even you and (name deleted) have written heavily how the mainstream media serves the interests of the military, intelligence services and big business. Are you now telling me that you no longer believe that to be the case and are retracting your own writings?

“And please tell me how my failure to be aware of the removal of the “interns” is ‘central’ to my positions on 9-11. I don’t think even YOU can bend a pretzel that far.”

• Editorial Note: Psyops stands for Psychological Operations and it refers basically to propaganda specialists whose mission might vary from demoralizing an enemy populace to all kinds of spin control intended to control public opinion.

Speaking of the Mike Vreeland Case, where a warning letter was not allowed to be delivered until AFTER September 11, Mr. Ruppert notes:

“… we have done a significant amount of research showing that many of those entries are related to 9-11. Only a portion of it has been published as yet. Both Vreeland’s mother and his attorneys, former Canadian federal prosecutors of impeccable reputation, have all said consistently that, as Sept 11th approached, Vreeland’s sense of urgency increased dramatically and that he kept warning his mother, who was scheduled to go to New York in early September to, “stay out of tall buildings.” Previous stories FTW has published leave no doubt that both Vreeland and his attorneys knew that he was referring to the events that ultimately occurred on September 11th. He has never said and I have never said that he knew the exact date in advance. Read my interview with him!

“The warning letter has a context which you have deliberately chosen to ignore. That context has been established in several FTW stories including interviews with Vreeland and his attorneys as well as a court record documenting numerous rebuffed attempts to reach Canadian and U.S. intelligence officials which increased in both frequency and urgency before the attacks. To take the letter out of that context and to refuse to examine our reporting is worse than disingenuous. It is dishonest and unethical.

“I could go on here and break down the items in Vreeland’s letter which are 9-11 specific. Research is something that is apparently beyond your capacity or that of (Name Deleted). However, I prefer at this point to see if (Name deleted) shows up for his agreed-to radio appearance with Mike Vreeland and his lawyer on May 15th [7 PM on “What’s The Verdict” http://www.kpfa.org hosted by Wendell Harper]. I am offering 2:1 odds in my office that he won’t. Mike Vreeland has earned the right to speak for himself about all the things that are specific to 9-11 in that letter and he deserves the satisfaction of putting (Name deleted) in his justly-earned place at that time. Of course, if you won’t read or address the previous research I have done on that issue it’s a moot point here. Your refusal to read FTW’s research does not make me inaccurate.

“For the record: I have written or published 53 stories pertaining to 9-11 and the events since. Only six of those have been about Vreeland. There is much more that needs to be investigated and documented in the case and I have continually called for other authentic journalists to jump into the case and do “real” journalism. There’s a lot of work remaining and much more to be learned.”

For more details, please visit:http://copvcia.com />

**Atrocities In American Airports **

2002-05-07 | If you, or someone from your family, have any plan to visit the US in a near future, I strongly suggest you to continue reading this text, where I describe the experiences I had in LA International Airport, late Feb 24, 2002. My name is Ricardo Abude E. Da Silva, I'm an Electronic Engineer graduated in 1982 and today am managing our family's businesses in the farming sector. My email is ricabude@cpunet.com.br .

Throughout my 42 years of age I've travelled several times to the US, both on business and tourism. Late Feb 23 I embarked in Rio heading to LA, in possession of my third Visa to the US, issued in November 1999, and valid until November 2009. I was aware of the increased airport security for US trips, due to Sep 11 attacks, and in Rio International Airport one can already notice the routine change, but I could have never imagined what would happen next.

From now on I describe, step by step, the horrendous and unimaginable nightmare that I went through :

Saturday Feb 23 21:50 hrs I depart from Rio with Varig flight RG 8836, going to LA.

Sunday Feb 24 07:00 hrs I arrive in LA and proceed towards passport control. The officer looks at my Passport for about five minutes, and asks me to proceed towards an INS office known as 'Secondary One'. It is the first time something like that happens to me, but I imagine I΄m going to be interviewed for additional information concerning my stay. 'Extra safety measures....' I thought.
Sunday Feb 24 07:30 hrs A Second officer asks me to collect all my luggage and accompany him inside Secondary One. '...the interview is going to be in there.' I thought again. All of a sudden, I am brutally pushed inside a 2x2 yd cell, all my luggage, money, documents and personnal belongings are confiscated, and they take away my belt and shoe strings. As I protest against the unexpected treatment, the two officers respond with loud screams and threats of beating me and keeping me confined. I am violently pushed against the wall, they frisk me from head to toe, and all my personnal belongings are searched. Again I΄m pushed against the wall, my picture is taken, I'm fingerprinted and am finally thrown into a filthy, stinky, unventilated hall, already crowded with people. I notice, by their looks, that they've gone through the same 'ritual', and even though I am still stunned by the long flight, the jet lag, and mainly by the violent, outraging disrespect of civil and human rights, I face the crude fact of life 'there's no such thing as interviews - I'm a prisoner.'

Sunday Feb 24 09:00 hrs The scene resembles a Greek tragedy, a 4x4 yd room, filthy chairs, a stinking black carpet, no ventilation, huge 50' TV turned on all the time volume blasting. Tired, hungry people, sick people, people throwing up....worried about a friend, who was waiting for me outside the airport I ask for a phone call. - 'Shut-up! No phone calls.' - They answered.

Sunday Feb 24 10:00 hrs Arrested, hungry, thirsty, no communication, and without the slightest ideia of what was going to happen next, I noticed the continuos flow of tourists coming to our cell and I face the degrading scandal the very same treatment is given to women, teenagers, children even elderly people a truly barbarian act ! Revolted, I witness two INS officers arguing over the priviledge of frisking the prettiest ladies, without any concern of hiding their sickening lust from their respective fathers, husbands or brothers, doing their commentaries, invitations, and obscene declarations right on their faces. - 'I've just frisked a disgusting latino....now it's my turn to frisk this Italian fox !' stated an Officer to his coleague, refering to the wife of an Italian tourist. The blunt disrespect made my stomach churn in revolt.... Kicking, pushing, screaming, threathening, heavily armed bullies displayed their brutallity, prejudice, and arrogance upon the constant flow of tourists coming into our cell, getting more and more crowded by the minute, holding an unbearable stench....

Sunday Feb 24 14:00 hrs After seven hours of ordeal, I'm finally taken to an almost surrealistic 'interview' with Officer Sanchez, and Officer Lee, both subordinate to Officer Green, from INS. He 'explains' to me that since all my papers and my Visa were in perfect order, he would 'kindly' give me two options : - The first was to sign a document in which I 'requested' the withdrawal of my Visa, returning to Brazil in the first available flight. - If I refused to sign the hoax I'd be arrested for an undetermined period and he'd start a compulsory deportation process, sending me back to my Country thus. A important detail on the 'deal' - so long as I refused to sign the document I'd not receive any food, or water. What would you choose? Oh well, me, too.

2002-10-07 | American opposition to Bush Gulf War II is mounting, as the U.S, Administration seeks to obtain dictatorial powers to wage war, wherever and wherever it likes. The U.S. Congress is being asked to surrender its exclusive Constitutional authority to declare war. George W. Bush has asked that he be given full authority over the U.S. Military, thereby annulling the U.S. Constitution.

Tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets in several major U.S. cities to express their dissent.

Meanwhile, Iraq Radio announced, this Sunday, that Saddam Hussein would allow U.N. inspectors to go where they like – including the Presidential palaces.

While this should remove any U.S. objections, President Bush still seems determined to impose an American puppet regime upon the Iraqi people. An official preview of his speech to the American people, tonight, indicates that the Bush White House will continue to demonize Saddam Hussein, in an attempt to frighten the Congress into surrendering its authority.

Meanwhile, the Iraqi civilian population continues to suffer from the effects of Depleted Uranium, as do the American and British Veterans of the Gulf War.

It should also be remembered that the chemical weapons Iraq used, during its war with Iran were supplied by U.S. companies.

Please see some of our related articles throughout this website, particularly in our International Law section, “Gulf War Profiteering”, with its links to several other websites.

Please also read:
New York to California: Tens of thousands in US rally against war on Iraq
By a reporting team, 7 October 2002
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2002/oct20 ... -o07.shtml

For more information of the demonstrations in the U.S. please see: http://www.whatreallyhappened.com

Photo courtesy of What Really Happened.

U.S. Special Forces Seek Genetically Engineered Bioweapons
2002-08-23 | (Austin and Hamburg, 12 August 2002) - The US Special Forces have issued a brief but explicit request for US scientists to make proposals to create genetically engineered offensive biological weapons. This is the fourth US government proposal for anti-material biological weapons uncovered by the Sunshine Project this year. All biological weapons are prohibited by the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC), which the United States is legally obliged to obey.

Despite last year's anthrax attacks and US pledges of robust retaliation against bioweapons violators, in 2002, the US Special Forces asked US scientists to create bioweapons for use in covert military operations. Like all bioweapons these violate the BTWC, and because the Special Forces are requesting US scientists to make them, the elite military group is flirting dangerously with the Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act, a US law that makes solicitation of bioweaponeering a criminal act.

The Special Forces Request
The US Special Forces' solicitation came in January 2002 as part of 'Scientists Helping America', a cooperative effort between the Special Forces, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), and the US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL). Playing heavily on the US reaction to the September 11th attacks,
'Scientists Helping America' asked researchers to show their patriotism by turning their talents to weapons, including bioweapons, specifically, genetically engineered bugs that eat materials and stealthy modified organisms (called 'taggants') that can be used to invisibly 'paint' a target so that it can be destroyed with other weapons later.

The Special Forces desire was initially identified in a short May 1999 document by its Future Technology Working Group. The document identifies the military appeal of 'a bio-engineered organism [that] can become a weapon by acting as a corrosive agent after a certain period of time or by a remote command'. The same document sets out the uses of a 'bio-organism that can be placed on a building and then grow across that building to act as an illuminator for target identification, or precision attacks' (taggants). The document indicates that these bioweapons would be used covertly, stipulating that they 'should be innocuous in appearance so that they can be carried and placed by Special Operations Forces without detection.'

Following the May 1999 paper, the March 2001 report Special Operations Technology Objectives provided an overview of the wide range of military technologies required by the Special Forces. This report includes descriptions of many military technologies and reiterates the request for genetically modified anti-material bioweapons and taggant bioweapons. In January 2002, as part of 'Scientists Helping America', the Special Forces posted the March 2001 report on the internet and requested US scientists to forward proposals to DARPA. In early 2002 DARPA vetted the ideas and invited the authors of promising proposals to come to Washington and present them to military officials. On 25 January 2002, the Sunshine Project requested these proposals from DARPA under the Freedom of Information Act. DARPA has not responded to the request.

Undermining Biosafety
Preventing genetically engineered disasters is a common concern of arms control and biosafety. The Special Forces propose to covertly introduce difficult to detect genetically modified organisms (GMOs) into third countries. The nascent international safety system for transboundary movement of GMOs (the Cartagena Biosafety Protocol) creates the fundamental requirement of consent. That is, deliberate introduction of GMOs into the environment must have the advanced informed agreement of a competent government agency in the receiving country which reviews the safety and desirability each new introduction on its soil. The Special Forces obviously will not seek permission from a country they are attacking. Moreover, the Special Forces have virtually no knowledge or ability to predict the ecological impacts of use of such environment modifying weapons. As such, the proposed weapons not only pose arms control problems; but are a direct affront to international biosafety efforts.

More US Bioweapons Proposals
The Special Forces are not the only US government agency playing with biological fire - several US Department of Defense agencies are failing to obey the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC). The Special Forces join the Naval Research Laboratory (Washington, DC), Brooks Air Force Base (San Antonio, TX), and the US Department of Energy's Idaho National Engineering Laboratory as proponents of US bioweapons production. In addition, the Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Directorate (JNLWD), run by the US Marine Corps, has requested the US National Academies of Science to assess proposals for anti-material biological weapons. Other JNLWD documents describe 'calmative' drug weapons for crowd control that would also violate biological and chemical weapons law. The Sunshine Project has submitted these documents to the US Department of Justice and requested an investigation. To date, there has been no response. (See the Sunshine Project website,http://www.sunshine-project.org for more information on the other cases.)

About Anti-Material Bioweapons
Anti-material bioweapons are those that degrade or destroy military materials or infrastructure, such as plastics, rubber, or petroleum products. Generally, they are microorganisms genetically modified to enhance digestion of targeted materials. For more information on anti-material bioweapons, please refer to reports on the Sunshine Project website.

About Taggant Bioweapons
Taggant bioweapons have been discussed as a theoretical possibility for a number of years; but (to the Sunshine Project's knowledge) never actually developed. The concept is simple, although there are many possible variations. In essence, a microorganism modified to exhibit an unusual behavior (for example, 'glowing' genes, although in practice the trait would be far less detectable). A building, vehicle, or other object to be tracked and/or identified is then (secretly) inoculated with the bioweapon. The organism, which may or may not be deliberately destructive, is allowed to grow undetected. Because the organism exhibits an unusual trait, it can (theoretically) be detected by remote means, even if the object moves or is small and/or difficult to identify from a distance. The object's precise location can thereby be secretly tracked, facilitating surveillance and/or the targeting of a weapon to destroy it. In the Special Forces conception, these taggant weapons might also be engineered to be destructive upon command, for example, by triggering an inducible promoter system (popularly known as 'terminator technology') that stimulates production of a corrosive agent.

The Sunshine Project
http://sunshine-project.org

**U.S.: Congress Surrenders Authority to Bush – Despite Constitution and Electorate - An Alternative, by Paul V. Rafferty **

2002-10-15 | According to the U.S. Constitution, only Congress has the power to declare war but a previous “War Powers Resolution”, passed in 1973, weakened the Constitution to such a degree that this Congressional vote may go unchallenged.
An unelected President of the United States now has the authority to attack Iraq, whenever he chooses. The fact that this may contradict the U.S. Constitution – the “Supreme Law of the Nation” – is irrelevant, since the only legal “judge” of Contitutionality is the U.S. Supreme Court – the same Supreme Court which virtually appointed George W. Bush to the Presidency, by not allowing a recount of the votes in Florida, the State governed by Jeb Bush, the now-President’s brother.

G.W. Bush lost the popular vote and the voting in Florida was highly questionable. By the Supreme Court not allowing a recount, G.W. Bush was given the State of Florida and in a complex “Electoral College” system, the popular vote matters less than the number of States. A peculiar American institution.

The Supreme Court Decision which placed G.W. Bush in the White House was close – 5 to 4 – and all five who voted not to allow the recount were appointed by either the Reagan/Bush or the Bush/Quayle Presidencies. Former President George H.W.Bush is the father of the current President George W. Bush.

It is therefore likely that IF the Constitutionality of the Congressional war vote were to be brought before the Supreme Court, the vote would be approved. Given the current composition of the Court, the only Constitutional method available is for voters to oust those who have shown their disregard for the Constitution and their voting constituents.

Although Congress was “bombarded” with messages from the electorate, demanding a “No War” vote, most of the elected representatives chose to obey the Bush Regime, rather than the voters who hired them to act as their representatives.
The next elections are on the Fifth of November.

Sadly, there are few Americans who have even read the U.S. Constitution, but those who have done so are beginning to question the legitimacy of the Bush Regime – particularly the new Office of Homeland Security and the fact that the Department of Justice allows hundreds of people to be held indefinitely without the right to legal counsel or trial. This too is in direct violation of the Constitution.
Section. 9.
Clause 2: The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it.

We have added a link to the U.S. Constitution, in the hope that our American readers will at least read it.

The Congressional vote was not close:
House of Representatives 296 for, 133 against and 3 non voting
Senate: 77 for versus 23 against.

Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 (Engrossed as Agreed to or Passed by House)
HJ 114 EH
107th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. J. RES. 114

Terrorist Training, American Style, by Heather Wokusch

2002-10-29 | Insisting that global terrorism can only be stopped by 'destroying it where it grows,' George W. Bush has conveniently forgotten the U.S. military's own terrorist training facility: the infamous Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHISC). Located in Fort Benning, Georgia, WHISC has trained over 60,000 Latin American soldiers in the most heinous of counter-insurgency warfare techniques, and its graduates have gone on to comprise a bloody who's who of coups, chaos and destruction.

WHISC is also the reason several non-violent protestors languish in US jails today, and with a massive demonstration planned at the WHISC site November 15-17, that number is about to skyrocket. Between the upcoming protest and a House bill aimed at shutting down the operation once and for all, it's clear America's very own terrorist training camp will soon be in the spotlight. Less certain is whether the result will be a brutal chapter of our history closed, or a deadly double standard expanded.

Established by the U.S. military in Panama in 1946, WHISC (or School of the Americas/SOA, as it was previously known) was booted out and forced to relocate stateside in 1984

Its graduates have repeatedly been implicated in cases of torture, rape, massacre and assassination, their victims frequently social rights activists and other civilians. Small wonder that former Panamanian President Jorge Illueca described the school as the 'biggest base for destabilization in Latin America.'

Bowing to public pressure back home, in 1996 the Pentagon released several of the school's training manuals, detailing a curriculum advocating the use of blackmail, psychological warfare, torture and execution. By 2000, the appalling degree of human rights abuses committed by SOA graduates prompted several in the House of Representatives to try closing the school, but just before the key congressional vote, SOA personnel presented the Department of Defense with a compromise: 'Some of your bosses have told us that they can't support anything with the name 'School of the Americas' on it. Our proposal addresses this concern. It changes the name.'

And with that SOA was closed, WHISC was duly opened, and in spite of a few cosmetic additions to the curriculum, America's terrorist training camp continued business as usual. The farcical charade doesn't get very far with Fr. Roy Bourgeois, founder of School of the Americas Watch. One of the remarkable priests whose untiring social activism is detailed in Strabala & Palacek's 'Prophets Without Honor,' Bourgeois sees the Latin American military's role as keeping 'the poor on edge and the small elite in power. The School of Americas is connected to that.'

Bourgeois has done repeated stints in U.S. prisons due to criminal trespass, or 'crossing the line' into Fort Benning - but he isn't alone.

Of the 10,000 who peacefully protested at WHISC last November, a full 36 were given sentences of up to six months in federal prison, and it's anyone's guess how many new US political prisoners will result from the upcoming protest.

A bipartisan effort to shut down WHISC was narrowly defeated in the House last year, but a similar bill (HR 1810) has been reintroduced by Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA). HR 1810 already has 112 sponsors, and if passed would not only close the school but also establish a joint congressional task force 'to conduct an assessment of the kind of education and training that is appropriate for the Department of Defense to provide to military
personnel of Latin American nations.' Which is probably why the Bush administration is pushing through plans to set up a successor to WHISC in Costa Rica. With billions in US military aid funneled to dirty wars throughout Latin America, local fighters are needed to carry out Washington's agenda and their training cannot hinge on such niceties as law or public opposition. Case in point: Colombia has received military equipment and a $1.3 billion aid package- not to mention over 250 US military personnel on the ground - to help the government fight against what it calls counter-insurgents (frequently peasants or community leaders such as educators, union organizers and religious workers). Add to that a full 10,000 Colombian WHISC/SOA graduates and plans to set up WHISC-oriented training locally, and it's clear the US is not only inviting mission creep, but more importantly entering a bloody and unethical quagmire.

The choice is ours: pay lip-service to fighting global terrorism as we secretly conduct terrorist training on the side, or confront this beast wherever it grows, both abroad and at home.

Heather Wokusch
http://www.heatherwokusch.com

Photo courtesy of School of the Americas Watch: http://www.soaw.org

Τη Δευτέρα παλι καλο Σαββατοκυριακο

Ο χρήστης sotiris έγραψε:
Τη Δευτέρα παλι καλο Σαββατοκυριακο

Τhank God. Βαρεθηκα να χτυπαω το 'page down'.
Δεν γινεται να τα βαλεις σε links οποτε δεν χρειαζεται να πιανουν τοσο χωρο;

Νικος

Θες να πεις θα τα διάβαζες ούτως ή άλλως; Ή δεν θα τα διάβαζες ούτως η άλλως;;;

Ο χρήστης Saab93 έγραψε:
Ψυχραιμία ρε γαμώτο!
Ας μείνουμε στην αυτοκίνηση...
ΣΧ

Εχεις δικιο. Ειναι πλεον εκτος ελεγχου. Και το αποτελεσμα ειναι 0 εις το πηλικον. Τελος και για μενα.

Νικος

Ο χρήστης titsataki έγραψε:

Ψυχραιμία ρε γαμώτο!
Ας μείνουμε στην αυτοκίνηση...
ΣΧ

Εχεις δικιο. Ειναι πλεον εκτος ελεγχου. Και το αποτελεσμα ειναι 0 εις το πηλικον. Τελος και για μενα.

Νικος

όσο κι αν σε κουράζει,δεν μπορείς να αρνηθείς το αηδιαστηκό πέπλο αστυνομοκρατίας που επικρατεί στις ΗΠΑ.Ευτυχώς εδώ τα πράγματα είναι ερασιτεχνικά ακόμα.Βεβαίως η συνεργασία με τις αμερικάνικες αστυνομικές αρχές είναι 'εποικοδομητική'

για τα sites που με ρώτησες,δεν έχω κάποιο συγκεκριμένο,mainstream και παλαιότερα σε ανεξάρτητα.

Θα παρατηρήσεις πως δεν επιμένω σε αυτά που λέω.Σε διαβεβαιώ πως έχω χάσει κάθε ελπίδα από αυτά που έχω κατά καιρούς ακούσει.Η εμμονή στην αυθεντία και οι μελετημένες δικαιολογίες που σερβίρεται ο κόσμος θέλουν αρκετή δουλειά και χρόνο για να διαψεύδονται κάθε φορά.Θα παραμείνω στα ενδιαφέροντα μου στο χρόνο που διαθέτω.Ο Σωτίρης πολύ καλά έκανε και απάντησε με γεγονότα πάνω στις πολύ όμορφες πρακτικές πυ εφαρμόζονται,παραχωρόντας εξουσίες over there.

Ένα έχω να πω: το σύστημα υπάρχει,it could happen to you.

...αυτό δεν σταματάει τον κόσμο από το να ζει στην ουτοπία.Ακόμη κι αν πληροφορείται σωστά.Έχω μιλήσει με τύπο που είναι dr στις πολιτικές επιστήμες που ήξερε πολύ κυνικά να τονίσει για τα 'λάθη' που έγιναν κατά τον πόλεμο του βιετνάμ,αλλά η απάντηση του στην επικαιρότητα ήταν let's kick some butt the good 'ol american way!
Άνθρωποι μορφωμένοι κατά τ' άλλα.

δεν πειράζει,ευτυχώς που έχουμε κάτι να πούμε εδώ μέσα,δεν έχω άλλωστε δει άνθρωπο να αλλάζει απόψεις μέσω net.Απλά αλλάζει το θέμα και φτού κι απ' την αρχή.

Ο χρήστης mirage έγραψε:
Τελικά όλα είναι τόσο προβλέψιμα όταν ανοίγουν ανάλογα θέματα. Κολλημένοι με την μπάλα... Δεν συνεχίζω. Δεν υπάρχει καν συζήτηση εδώ. Σημείωση οτι σέβομαι τις απόψεις σου Gabril για άμμεση επέμβαση σε ΟΛΕΣ τις παραβιάσεις του διεθνούς δικαίου και περιμένω τον Αμερικάνικο στόλο να διώξει απο την Μεγαλόνησο τα στρατεύματα κατοχής των τούρκων και να ρίξει τον υποτίθεται εκλεγμένο ηγέτη του παράνομου κράτους από την εξουσία για να επιβληθούν τα ψηφίσματα του ΟΗΕ (αυτά που ψήφισε και η δική σου κυβέρνηση) στην Κύπρο.

Υπαρχουν μεγαλυτερα προβληματα απο το Κυπριακο σημερα. Σορρυ. Η Κυπρος μπορει να βρει μονη της λυση μεσω του ΟΗΕ. Εμεις δεν ειμαστε οι λυσεις για ολους. Λυστε κανενα δικος σας πρβλημα και απο μονοι σας.

Να πώ κατί και για την 9/11. Οταν είδα τις εικόνες συγκλονίστικα και εξακλουθώ να ταράζομαι όταν βλέπω καινούργιες τρομοκρατικές επιθέσεις. Θαύμασα την αντίδραση των Νεουορκέζων και την αξιοπρέπεια των οικογενειών των θυμάτων της 9/11 . Το ίδιο όμως ισχύει και όταν βλέπω άμαχους Παλαιστίνιους, Ισραηλινούς, Κούρδους, Ιρακινούς να πεθαίνουν άδικα κάθε μέρα από καπρίτσια των ηγετών τους ή άλλων μισότρελων που θεωρούν οτι γνωρίζουν το καλό τους. Δεν είμαι φανατικός δεν βλέπω άσπρο ή μαύρο και δεν δέχομαι μαθήματα ιστορίας από φανατικούς. Αυτά και τίποτα παραπάνω ίσως αν μιλούσαμε από κοντά να είμασταν σε καλύτερο δρόμο...
ΥΓ Με τον όρο ΟΧΙ συμβατικά μήπως εννοείς μη συμβατικά όπλα?

Τα προβληματα με ατομα σαν εσενα οπως εχω πει δεκαδες φορες ειναι 2.

1. Δεν εχετε κριση (αρκετη για να καταλαβεται βασικες διαφορες σε αυτα τα θεματα)

2. Μπορει να μαθατε ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ ως θεμα στο σχολειο ή απο μονοι, αλλα δεν καταλαβατε αυτην την Ιστορια. Μαθατε ιστορια ως trivia δηλαδη. Ειναι ενα πραγμα να καταλαβεινεις τι εγινε κατα την διαρκεια του 2ου ΠΠ, και ειναι ενα αλλο πραγμα να συνηδητοποιεις γιατι και πως εγινε και να χρισημοποιηεις την ικανοτητα της ΚΡΙΣΗΣ για να αναλυεις΄θεματα του παροντος.

Συγκεκριμενα για αυτο που ειπες επανω. Λες οτι λυπασαι να βλεπεις Ισραηλινους και ΗΠΑμερικανους να πεθενουν, οπως και Παλαιστινιους και Ιρακινους να πεθενουν. Και πουθενα απο τα λεγομενα σου δεν φενετε να υπαρχει διαφορα στο αισθημα αυτο. Ενω υπαρχει ΤΕΡΑΣΤΙΑ διαφορα.

Ενα extreme παραδειγμα. Υπαρχει τεραστια διαφορα μεταξυ καποιου που πεθενει σε ενα αυτοκινητιστικο ατυχημα και ενος που πεθανε στο ΠΕΚ στις 9/11. Δεν μπορει καποιος να χρισημοποιει καλης ποιοτητας ΚΡΙΣΗ και να νιωθει το ιδιο και να σκεφτεται τα ιδια πραγματα στο μυαλο του οταν ακουει τα 2 παραπδειγματα.

Συγκεκριμενα: Ειναι ΕΝΑ πραγμα να παρω ενα 757 και να το ριξω σε ενα σε ενα κτιριο με 15,000 πολιτες που πανε στην δουλεια τους και ειναι αλλο να βαλω το χακι και να ειμαι σε εμπολεμη κατασταση και να σκοτωσω εναν αλλο στρατιωτη, ή απο λαθος να σκοτωσω καποιον αθωο ενω σε εμπολεμη κατασταση και απο κατι που δεν μπορω να ελενξω.

Υπαρχει διαφορα οταν ενας ηγετης δεν υπακουει τον ΟΗΕ σε απλα πραγματα και αντι αυτου εκλεγει να φαει κυρωσεις που θα οδηγησουν στον θανατο παιδιων λογο εληψης φαρμακων. Καλυτερα να πεθανουν τα δικα του παιδια, παρα τα δικα μου. Οταν μιλαμε για εναν μανιακο, τρελο, φασιστη, δεν με ενδιαφερει ΜΙΑ τι κανουν τα παιδια του. Καλυτερα να μην τον αφηνω να πεταει και να κινητε, καλυτερα να τον εχω υπο ελενχο διοτι εαν δεν τον εχω υπο ελενχο θα βρε τροπο να σκοτωσει τα δικα μου παιδια. Π.χ 9/11 !!!!!

Τοσο δυσκολο ειναι δηλαδη για σενα να καταλαβεις οτι δυστιχως υπαρχει ενα μερος της γης που υπαρχει ανρθωπια και πραγματα οπως η καλοσυνη, η δημοκρατι, το δικαιο, κι ας μην εινια τελεια, αλλα υπαρχει ενα αλλο μερος της γης οπου ο νομος της ζουγκλας ειναι ο ΜΟΝΟΣ νομος. Υπαρχουν πορωμενοι που ναι θα προτιμησουν να παιθανουν σε αεροπορικη αεροπηρατια σκοτωναντας χιλιαδες αθωους πολιτες γιατι τους εχει γινει πλυση εγγεφαλου και νομιζουν οτι κανουν το σωστο εναντιον του διαβολου που λεγετε ΗΠΑ και θα πανε στον παραδεισο οπου θα τρωνε με χρυσα κουταλια και θα εχουν ολες τις γυνεκες του κοσμου δικες τους.

Και για καποιο λογο λεει, ΠΑΝΤΑ αυτα τα ατομα ερχοντε απο χωρες που, ακου να δεις, ΔΕΝ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΚΕΣ. Λες να ειναι συμπτωση? Μπα! Μια στιγμη ομως. Τυχαινει επισης αυτες οι χωρες να ΜΗΝ ΕΙΧΑΝ ΜΙΑ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΚΗ ΜΕΡΑ ΣΤΗΝ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ ΤΟΥΣ ΠΟΥ λεει, ΕΙΝΑΙ 25+ ΦΟΡΕΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΥΤΕΡΗ ΑΥΤΗΝ ΤΩΝ ΗΠΑ. Λες να ειναι συμτωση αυτο? Μπα! Ω και ναι. Τυχενει επισης αυτα τα ατομα να ερχοντε απο χωρες του Ισλαμ οπου το extreme Ισλαμ ζει και βασιλευει και μαλιστα μεγαλωνει. Συμπτωση?

Με αλλα λογια φιλε και ολοι οι αλλοι, δεν νομιζω να καταλαβε κανεις (συμπεραλαμβανομενων και των περισσοτερων ΗΠΑμερικανων) το τι πραγματικα εγινε στις 9/11. Αυτο που ειδαμε στις 9/11 ειναι μονο η αρχη ενος πολεμου εναντιον ενος ιου που λεγετε τρομοκρατια ο οποιος εχει οργανωθει εδω και 20+ χρονια κατω απο την μυτη ολων χωρις κανεις να του δωσει σημασια σε σημειο που τωρα να ειναι τεραστια δυσκολο να παταχθει. Οχι αδυνατον αλλα θα παρει πολυ χρονο. Το προβλημα ειναι οτι οι κυβερνησεις των χωρων οπου η τρομοκρατια ζει και βασιλευει και μεγαλωνει ειναι 100% ΑΝΙΚΑΝΕΣ να την παταξουν διοτι ακομη και εμεις πρεπει να αναδιωργανωθουμε και να δουλεψουμε πιο σκληρα απο ποτε για να την παταξουμε ΑΚΟΜΗ ΚΑΙ ΜΕΣΑ ΣΤΗΝ ΙΔΙΑ ΜΑΣ ΤΗΝ ΧΩΡΑ. Τι σημενει αυτο?

Αυτο σημενει η βοηθεια των ΗΠΑ ειναι ο μονος τροπος για μια κυβερνηση που ειναι διθετιμενη να παταξει την τρομοκρατια. Οπως επισης η συνεργασια χωρων σε παγκοσμιο επιπεδο ειναι ο μονος τροπος. Δυστιχως ομως, οπως παντα, τα πραγματα δεν ειναι τοσο ευκολα. Και να θελεις εσυ, δεν θελει η κυβερνηση του Ιραν π.χ. Δεν θελει η κυβερνηση της Σ. Αραβιας. Τι δεν θελει? Δεν θελει την βοηθεια σου. Σου λεει, στο δικο μου το κρατος κουμαντο δεν θα κανεις εσυ και αλλες μαλα!!@##$# που ειναι λυπηρες για οποιδηποτε που θελει να ονομαζεται πολιτικος μια σοβαρης χωρας. 'Μα ρε μαστορα, δεν θελω να κανω κουμαντο στην κολωχωρα σου που ειναι για τα μπαίρια ετσι κι αλλιως' λεει ο αγραμματος του δρομου ΗΠΑμερικανος που εχει χασει συγγενεις στις 9/11. 'Αυτο που θελω ειναι να σε βοηθησω να τους παταξουμε. Να συνεργαστουμε. Κατι που γινετε στην χωρα σου, εαν το ξερω, και διασταυρωσω με το αλλο που ξερω οτι γινετε σε μια αλλη χωρα, μπορει να μου δωσει να καταλαβω οτι μια νεα επιχηρηση τρομοκρατιας οργανωνετε και να την παταξω πριν γινει και χασουμε αλλα 3000 ατομα, ΑΥΤΗ ΤΗΝ ΦΟΡΑ ΣΤΗΝ ΓΑΛΛΙΑ και ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΑ που μου το παιζουν δυσκολοι στα γραφεια του ΟΗΕ. Αλλα οταν την φανε θα δουνε.'

Αρα τι κανεις με την κυβερνηση π.χ. του Ιραν. Μονο μια λυση υπαρχει. Την αλλαζεις. Εαν εχεις εσυ αλλη λυση πεστην μας. Και για να το κανεις αυτο, πολλες φορες ο μονος τροπος ειναι η γενικη συρραξη. Στρατιωτικως. Εαν επισης ξερεις εσυ αλλο τροπο, παλι πεστο μας.

Στο λεω πολιτισμενα, στο λεω απολιτιστα με τον κυριο που εχασε ατομα στις 9/11, στο λεω απλα. Ευχομε να αρχισει/ετε να καταλαβενεται. Κατι μου λεει οτι αδικα γραφω ομως.

Ο χρήστης titsataki έγραψε:

Niko, Happy bedelayed Thanks Giving by the way. Did you go anywhere?

Thanks
We went to my inlaws. How was your Thanksgiving?

Νικος

PS: Did you get my email?

Same here