TRICK OR JAY TREATY? CANADA BORDER ASSAULTS REMIND INDIGENOUS WOMEN OF OLD INDIAN STORY
Mohawk Nation News
Oct. 17, 2008. The hundreds of Mohawk women who have been harassed, assaulted, threatened, abused, raped, almost killed and “disappeared” at the Cornwall Ontario border crossing are getting to the point where they must challenge the Canadian Border Services Agency CBSA goons. This check point has been illegally put right in the middle of the Mohawk community of Akwesasne disrupting the normal flow of life, forcing people to submit to questioning and examinations by officials of a foreign state whose rule we never consented to. There is no way the CBSA can be confused with honorable defenders of peace loving people against “terrorism." Like common criminals the goons have become terrorists themselves. They behave worse than street gangs. They are part of a scheme designed to make us defenseless. Their training is created to take advantage of their primitive instincts and emotions. It’s the “Abu Graib” syndrome where soldiers tortured, maimed and killed thousands of innocent Iraqis. Read article
October 18, 2008
Dooda Desert Rock Spiritual Gathering
Dooda (NO) Desert Rock! Spiritual Gathering, November 8, 9, 10 and 11, in the Four Corners area, southwest of Farmington, N.M. on the Navajo Nation. Please double click to enlarge.October 17, 2008
NSA spies laugh while listening to Americans
Author says Israeli spy subcontractors have all info on Americans and 9/11 hijackers lived in town with NSA headquarters before attack
By Brenda Norrell
Censored News
In case you missed the radio show on NPR, you can still hear how the National Security Administration listens in on overseas phone calls of Americans -- including aid workers, journalists and military -- and laughs about it, while recording every word. This includes the sex talk between husbands and wives.
NSA whistleblowers have come forward and you can listen to the radio shows, and read more about it in James Bamford's "The Shadow Factory."
Bamford said all the telephone service providers, except Qwest, went along with secret spy rooms in their operations, including AT&T and Verizon.
Further, he said Israeli firms subcontract work from the telephone spies and these shadowy corporations have access to all the info on Americans.
Bamford told NPR that the massive NSA spy operations are extremely ineffective with the data. For instance, some of the 9/11 hijackers lived within two miles of NSA headquarters in Laurel, Maryland before 9/11. Although NSA spies were listening, they didn't realize the hijackers were close by, probably even shopping at the same stores.
“The terrorists and the eavesdroppers would coexist in the N.S.A.’s close-knit community like unseeing ghosts,” Bamford writes.
Further, Bamford said there's no one at the NSA that can even translate Pashto, one of the major languages of Afghanistan, in the enormous amount of recorded spy tapes. Listen for more: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95689436&ps=cprs
An Israeli newspaper article tells more about those Israeli high-tech spy companies, including Check Point, Verint, Comverse, NICE Systems and PerSay Voice Biometrics, some of which work in data mining and engage in software development for tapping telephones, fax machines and e-mail: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1029006.html
Meanwhile, at the US/Mexico border, there has also been concern over Israeli subcontractors of border security technology, including Israel's Elbit Systems, subcontracted by Boeing in the construction of the Arizona spy towers. Elbit was among the companies constructing the Apartheid Wall in Palestine. Those spy towers, multi-million dollar sinkholes, so far have flopped.
By Brenda Norrell
Censored News
In case you missed the radio show on NPR, you can still hear how the National Security Administration listens in on overseas phone calls of Americans -- including aid workers, journalists and military -- and laughs about it, while recording every word. This includes the sex talk between husbands and wives.
NSA whistleblowers have come forward and you can listen to the radio shows, and read more about it in James Bamford's "The Shadow Factory."
Bamford said all the telephone service providers, except Qwest, went along with secret spy rooms in their operations, including AT&T and Verizon.
Further, he said Israeli firms subcontract work from the telephone spies and these shadowy corporations have access to all the info on Americans.
Bamford told NPR that the massive NSA spy operations are extremely ineffective with the data. For instance, some of the 9/11 hijackers lived within two miles of NSA headquarters in Laurel, Maryland before 9/11. Although NSA spies were listening, they didn't realize the hijackers were close by, probably even shopping at the same stores.
“The terrorists and the eavesdroppers would coexist in the N.S.A.’s close-knit community like unseeing ghosts,” Bamford writes.
Further, Bamford said there's no one at the NSA that can even translate Pashto, one of the major languages of Afghanistan, in the enormous amount of recorded spy tapes. Listen for more: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95689436&ps=cprs
An Israeli newspaper article tells more about those Israeli high-tech spy companies, including Check Point, Verint, Comverse, NICE Systems and PerSay Voice Biometrics, some of which work in data mining and engage in software development for tapping telephones, fax machines and e-mail: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1029006.html
Meanwhile, at the US/Mexico border, there has also been concern over Israeli subcontractors of border security technology, including Israel's Elbit Systems, subcontracted by Boeing in the construction of the Arizona spy towers. Elbit was among the companies constructing the Apartheid Wall in Palestine. Those spy towers, multi-million dollar sinkholes, so far have flopped.
October 16, 2008
Veterans arrested, trampled at debate, war protest
Police charge Iraq veterans with horses, trample and arrest themPhotos by Vietnam Veteran Bill Perry
HEMPSTEAD, NY — Ten members of the Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW), a group of military veterans who are calling for immediate withdrawal from Iraq, were arrested along with at least five civilians outside the final presidential debate at Hofstra University on Wednesday, October 15. The group had been trying to get answers for their questions from the candidates. "Neither of the candidates has shown real support for service members and veterans," said Jason Lemieux, a former Sergeant in the US Marine Corps who served three tours in Iraq, and member of IVAW.The veterans and their supporters were met by riot police as well as police on horseback. After a tense standoff for five minutes, police used their horses to attack the crowd, knocking over and trampling several — including Army Sergeant Nick Morgan (pictured), who suffered a broken cheekbone. Read Reports by Ben Dean-Kawamura by Alex Kane Photo by Bill PerryThe questions IVAW wanted to ask were:* (To Obama): "As President of the United States of America, are you prepared to back up your own words [about the illegality of the Iraq War] and the U.S. Constitution by supporting service members refusing to participate in what you describe as an illegal occupation?"* (To McCain): "What promises are you willing to make, as a veteran, as a senator, as a presidential candidate, to the veterans of the United States, to prove that you will ensure the V.A. is fully funded, staffed and capable of preventing troops from suffering as they are now?" Demands in full: IVAW Send Letter to Schieffer, Plan Protest at Hofstra Univ. Debate
Statement by Iraq Veterans Against the War
Photos by Vietnam Veteran Bill Perry
One hour before the final presidential debate of the 2008 campaign, fourteen members of IVAW marched in formation to Hofstra University to present questions for the candidates. IVAW had requested permission from debate moderator Bob Schieffer to ask their questions during the debate but got no response.
The contingent of veterans in dress uniforms and combat uniforms attempted to enter the building where the debate was to be held in order to ask their questions but were turned back by police. The IVAW members at the front of the formation were immediately arrested, and others were pushed back into the crowd by police on horseback. Several members were injured, including former Army Sergeant Nick Morgan who suffered a broken cheekbone when he was trampled by police horses before being arrested.
Watch Democracy Now's coverage of the action.
Indy media NYC article: http://nyc.indymedia.org/en/2008/10/100761.html
RNC Police Tactics v. Iraq Veterans with a Message for the Candidates
Article by Debra Sweet
The World Can't Wait
A group of us from World Can't Wait went to Hostra University yesterday before the debate. Several different groups had messages outside the gates. Immigrant rights activists (Hempstead has a large Salvadoran community) came on a march with student anti-war groups, World Can't Wait, Code Pink and many local activists. The Long Island Alliance of peace/environmental groups, and about 50 Planned Parenthood supporters, along with a mix of Obama supporters had a rally inside a fenced-in "free speech zone." We were all in a kind of fluid mix across a wide turnpike from where the debate was held, while elsewhere, a free concert was held for Obama. All the national media were inside the campus.
Iraq Veterans Against the War had announced last week that they had questions for Obama and McCain about the war and treatment of veterans, and wanted their representatives allowed into ask them. IVAW had a meeting earlier with the local police, assuring them would be non-violent. At 7pm, the deadline they gave the debate organizers for an answer, 15 members of IVAW led a march across the street. At least 100 of us followed them, backing them at the entrance of the campus, and shouting "Let them in!" We were met by a solid line of police on horses, with nearly 100 riot police.
Matthis Chiroux and Kris Goldsmith read the questions they wanted to ask the candidates, and when they stepped forward a few feet to attempt to go on campus, they were arrested. In the next few minutes, a total of 10 IVAW members were arrested, some after standing tog
ether, pushed across the turnpike by cops on horses. They never raised their arms. The horses were used repeatedly to charge into the crowd, and especially at the IVAW members, in uniform, who were able to stay upright for nearly 10 minutes. As we were pushed to the opposite sidewalk, the batons came out, and horses pushed several veterans to the ground, including Geoff Millard. Nick Morgan was stepped on by a horse, and treated at a hospital (only after the other vets demanded it) for a broken cheekbone and possible concussion, then sent on to jail. Two women in the crowd were also hurt by horses.The several veterans who were not arrested spoke to the independent media afterward, full of outrage. Jabar Magruder, who was stationed in Iraq as part of the national guard, said he had not seen people attacked like that since he was in Iraq, and "I don't need to see that here".
Those arrested were charged with disorderly conduct and refusal to obey an official order, and released for a November 10 court date. There was almost no mention of this protest in the news today. New York Newsday and The Army Times were the only daily newspapers to cover the story. Local TV affiliates sent cameras after the arrests. See independent media reports:
Democracy Now
The Indypendent
Be the Media
Challenging the Torture State:
MORE Secret Memos: Bush Regime Advocated, Endorsed Torture: An article in Wednesday's Washington Post reveals that, in 2003 and 2004, Bush Regime officials issued a pair of memos to the CIA that explicitly and categorically advocated the use of torture on "suspected terrorists".
Two developments ensued the memos. One - countless bodies and minds were destroyed by the systematic use of water boarding, crushing testicles, sleep deprivation, bodies smeared with dog shit and set upon by German shepherds, savage beatings, and other unimaginably barbaric torments carried out by U.S. intelligence and military officials - in the name of the American people. Two - an endless stream of evasions, distortions, cheap "justifications", equivocations, and of course outright lies by every significant representative of the Bush Regime, starting with Bush himself, from day one right down to today.
Torturing Democracy: This film was shown on PBS WNET in New York tonight, but PBS has delayed showing it nationally until after January 21. You can see it anytime online, and it's well worth the time. Watch the documentary, narrated by Peter Coyote, read the key documents, and see a timeline of US sponsored torture at http://www.torturingdemocracy.org/
W! The film by Oliver Stone opens nationwide today. I know a lot of you Bush opponents will see it. Richard Dreyfuss as Dick Cheney. Thandie Newton as Condoleeza Rice and Jeffrey Wright as Colin Powell. Send me your opinions and reviews!
Debra Sweet, Director,
The World Can't Wait - Drive Out the Bush Regime
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