Military Resistance 8F15 Americans Puking Up the War

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Americans Puking Up The WarOn Afghanistan:

Their Sons And Nephews HaveCome Back From Repeat Tours

Full Of Doubts As To ThePossibility Of Victory, WhateverThat Is, As We All Now Say
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A Plurality Of 48 Percent Now SayEnding The War In Afghanistan Is A

More Important Goal Than WinningIt46 Percent Of Respondents Think

America Is Losing The War InAfghanistan (26 Percent Say The Military

Is Winning)

[Thanks to Michael Letwin, NY City Labor Against The War & Military ResistanceOrganization, who sent this in.]

June 26, 2010 By Brad Knickerbocker, Staff Writer; The Christian Science Monitor[Excerpts]

A recent Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of likely voters finds that just 41 percentnow believe it is possible for the United States to win the nearly nine-year-old war inAfghanistan.

More to the point, a plurality of 48 percent now say ending the war in Afghanistan is amore important goal than winning it.

Meanwhile, 53 percent of those polled by Newsweek disapprove of how Obama ismanaging the war a sharp reversal since February when 55 percent supported Obamaon Afghanistan and just 27 percent did not.

(Put another way, the percentage of Americans who disapprove of Obamas Afghanpolicy has nearly doubled in four months.)

The same Newsweek poll finds that 46 percent of respondents think America is losingthe war in Afghanistan (26 percent say the military is winning).

Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan predicts that conservatives may start to

peel off as well.

Not Washington policy intellectuals but people on the ground in America, she wrote thisweek. There are many reasons for this. Their sons and nephews have come back fromrepeat tours full of doubts as to the possibility of victory, whatever that is, as we all nowsay.


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Noonan continued: The other day Sen. Lindsey Graham, in ostensibly supportiveremarks, said that Gen. David Petraeus is our only hope. If he cant pull it out,nobody can. Thats not all that optimistic a statement.

Quit Whining And Pissing OnEverybody In Sight With Your

Condescending Bullshit About HowStupid & Apathetic Americans Are:

If You Dont Spend Time In The Real WorldReaching Out To Real Troops, You Have Nothing

Whatsoever To Sneer At Others About.The single largest failure of the anti-war movement at this pointis the lack of outreach to the troops. Tim Goodrich, IraqVeterans Against The War

ACTION REPORTS

A Tale Of Three Sergeants (And TwoPrivates) +

[Outreach To New York ArmyNational Guard]

From: AS (USN retired); Military Resistance OrganizationTo: Military Resistance NewsletterSent: June 24, 2010Subject: A Tale of Three Sergeants (and two Privates) +

At three different New York City commuter terminals five different troops wereoutreached - all National Guard.

The first pair of soldiers, a sergeant and companion private, were reluctant to takematerial offered (handout from last outreach: Sir! No Sir! DVD, business card [seebelow], Traveling Soldier newsletter [http://www.traveling-soldier.org/] and a Querido


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Camilo DVD). The sergeant explained, although knowing me (us) from armoryoutreach, that he never accepted anything, saying that, having signed a dotted line, acommitment had been made that was not to be counteracted.

Our viewpoint was understood, however. The private, throughout the sergeants lengthyexplanation, looked directly ahead and said not a word.

The next day found another sergeant-private combination more receptive.

Again, the sergeant knew me from previous commuter outreach and gladly accepted thehandout and Sir! No Sir! This non-com had, with a smile, accepted a card weeks(months?) ago.

The private also accepted the same material with thanks and confirmed he was Spanishspeaking, while also taking a Querido Camilo DVD.

At the third station another sergeant, who never heard of us, took a handout andbusiness card. Unfortunately I had no more DVDs. I was asked to write my name on

the card after being thanked. I complied.

Moral?

Not all sergeants and privates are the same.

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ACTION REPORTS WANTED:FROM YOU!

An effective way to encourage others to support members of the armed forcesorganizing to resist the Imperial war is to report what you do.

If youve carried out organized contact with troops on active duty, at base gates,airports, or anywhere else, send a report in to Military Resistance for the ActionReports section.

Same for contact with National Guard and/or Reserve components.

They dont have to be long. Just clear, and direct action reports about what workwas done and how.

If there were favorable responses, say so.

If there were unfavorable responses or problems, dont leave them out. Reportingwhat went wrong and/or got screwed up is especially important, so that othersmay learn from you what to expect, and how to avoid similar problems if possible.

If you are not planning or engaging in outreach to the troops, you have nothing toreport.

NOTE WELL:

Do not make public any information that could compromise the work.

Identifying information locations, personnel will be omitted from the reports.

Whether you are serving in the armed forces or not, do not identify members ofthe armed forces organizing to stop the wars.

If accidentally included, that information will not be published.

The sole exception: occasions when a member of the armed services explicitlydirects identifying information be published in reporting on the action.

AFGHANISTAN WAR REPORTS


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4 Norwegian Soldiers Killed By IED InFaryab Province

June 27, 2010 By Associated Press

The Norwegian military says four of its soldiers have died after a roadside bombexploded near their vehicle in northern Afghanistan.

A military statement says the soldiers were killed while on a mission in Faryab provinceSunday evening. The military has not specified the nature of the mission.

The Defense Ministry says the soldiers were part of a stabilization force in the province.

The ministry says this is the highest number of Norwegian troops killed in a singleattack since the start of the war. Until Sunday, only five Norwegian troops hadbeen killed in the entire war.

Norway has about 500 troops stationed in Afghanistan.

Soldier From 101 Engineer RegimentKilled In Nahr-E Saraj

A memorial to British soldiers killed in action at a patrol base in the Nahr e Saraj,Helmand, Afghanistan. (AFP/Bay Ismoyo)

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It is with sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm that a soldier from 101Engineer Regiment (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) was killed in Afghanistan on Sunday27 June 2010.

The soldier was attached to the Joint Force Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group, part ofthe Counter-Improvised Explosive Device Task Force, and was killed in a small arms fire

engagement with insurgent forces in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province.

Foreign Occupation Soldier KilledSomewhere Or Other In Afghanistan:

Nationality Not AnnouncedJune 27 AP

A foreign servicemember died following an insurgent attack in southern Afghanistan

today.

Stillwater Soldier Dies In Afghanistan

The remains of Army Spc. Jared C. Plunk of Stillwater, Okla. upon his arrival at DoverAir Force Base, Del. on Saturday. JOSE LUIS MAGANA/AP Photo

Jun 28 Associated Press

TURPIN, Okla. (AP) -- The body of an Army soldier who grew up in the OklahomaPanhandle town of Turpin has arrived back in the U.S.

Spc. Jared C. Plunk was one of two soldiers killed last Friday when insurgents attackedhis unit using rocket propelled grenades and small arms fire.


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He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade CombatTeam, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky. His body was flown toDover Air Force Base in Delaware on Saturday evening.

Plunks grandmother, Nelmalee Plunk of Warr Acres, described her 26-year-oldgrandson as a hardworking kid who farmed and loved to shoot.

His grandmother says Plunk played football at Turpin High School and later attendedOklahoma State University in Stillwater, which the Department of Defense listed as hisresidence.

Plunk was married and had two sons.

Turpin is located in the Oklahoma panhandle, about 300 miles west of Tulsa and 13miles south of Liberal.

Marine Killed In Afghanistan HadMichigan Ties

Marine Cpl. Daane Adam DeBoer, 24, died June 25, 2010, while on foot patrol inAfghanistan after an improvised explosive device detonated. (DeBoer Family/AP)

June 28, 2010 By DAVID RUNK, Associated Press

A Marine whose experience hiking the 2,175-mile Appalachian Trail while raising moneyfor a charity helped lead him to enlist in the military has died while fighting inAfghanistan, his father said today.


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Cpl. Daane Adam DeBoer, 24, was killed Friday by an improvised explosive device whileon foot patrol, said his father, David DeBoer of Valparaiso, Ind.

He said the military notified family in Indiana and Michigan of his sons death the sameday. He was an exceptionally phenomenal young man who loved the Lord, said hismother Charlene Zerrenner of Ludington. He loved his family and he loved his country.

He died a hero.

Daane DeBoer was born in Valparaiso and attended Immanuel Lutheran School throughsixth grade before moving to the Grand Rapids area. He lived in Rockford untilgraduating from high school, his father said.

He lived in Colorado for about a year before joining the Marines in spring 2009, and wasdeployed to Afghanistan in March, David DeBoer said.

Daane DeBoer enjoyed extreme sports such as skiing and hiked the Appalachian Trailalong the mountainous spine of the eastern U.S. while raising money for the Susan G.Komen for the Cure, a nonprofit dedicated to the fight against breast cancer.

The discipline of doing the trail and what he was doing it for, I think, had a hugeimpression on him, David DeBoer said. Doing something bigger than himself.

As of this morning, the Department of Defense hadnt released information aboutDeBoer.

The family has requested privacy. Metcalf & Jonkhoff Funeral Service in Grand Rapids,which was contacted by the family and the military, was handling arrangements. Afuneral was expected to be in the Grand Rapids area.

Daane DeBoers father and stepmother, Mary DeBoer, live in Valparaiso, Ind., while his

mother and stepfather, Jim Zerrenner, live in Ludington. Other survivors include hissisters Aubrey, Ashley and Lindsey DeBoer.

In place of flowers, contributions may be made to Immanuel Lutheran School ofValparaiso, his father said.

Mother Remembers Eight Mile AirmanKilled In Afghanistan

June 14, 2010 Roy Hoffman, Alabama Live

When Mildred Hardee heard the news at work that four airmen in Afghanistan had beenkilled in a helicopter, she had a dark foreboding.

Her son, Staff Sgt. David Smith, was a flight engineer on an HH-60 Pave Hawkhelicopter in Afghanistan.

He had only five days of combat duty left, according to Hardee, before coming home.


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Flying in combat-rescue missions, Smith, 26, had been in danger many times, havingalso served in the war in Iraq.

But on Wednesday, Hardee had a mothers brooding intuition.

She began to make calls and soon reached a military official who told her: I regret toinform you your son, David Smith, was killed in action.

Reeling from the shock, she had another son pick her up to drive her home to Eight Mile.

Two servicemen in blue uniforms were soon walking up to the door of her house. Shetold them that she already knew why they were there.

I cant believe hes dead, said Hardee, sitting with her eldest son, Randell Dunn, in acoffee shop as she spoke with a reporter Saturday evening.

She, Randell and other family members had just arrived back from Dover Air Force base

in Dover, Del., to be present when the casket arrived from overseas.

Hardee was exhausted, breaking into tears repeatedly but wanted to share the story ofher brave, yet modest, son.

He wouldnt want all this fuss, she said. He would say, I was just doing my job.

Plans were still being made for Smiths final trip home to Eight Mile and his funeralservice. Hardee said Radney Funeral Home in Saraland will handle arrangements.

Smith had been in the 66th Rescue Squadron based at Nellis Air Force Base in LasVegas.

According to information from his base, four airmen were killed when Taliban insurgentsfired two rocket-propelled grenades at their helicopter as it flew across the Helmandprovince.

David Cazzie Smith was the baby of the family, the youngest of five. One sister is in theCoast Guard, and a brother is a Navy veteran. Smiths maternal grandfather served withthe Armys Military Police in World War II.

Hardee depicted her son as quietly intellectual, a Satsuma High graduate who took ayear off after school before making his decision to join the Air Force.

He was a computer nerd, Hardee said. Anything electronic, he could take it apart andput it back together.

He enjoyed pranks with his brothers and sisters, too. Hardee laughed between hertears, reminiscing about the time her children got into a paintball fight.

Were a close family, she said of her four surviving children and 10 grandchildren. Mostlive near one another in north Mobile County.


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Her late husband, George Melvin Hardee, was a stepfather to Smith, she said.

That her son had gone into rescue missions made sense to her.

He was a loyal friend, she said, remembering how David, in grade school, had stoodup for a buddy who was made fun of by other kids for having learning disabilities.

She recalled his dry humor and his enjoyment of funny movies and stand-up comedy.

He received five Air Medals and an Air Force Achievement Medal, according to Nellis AirForce Base, but Hardee said her son never boasted.

On his trips home to Eight Mile, he relaxed in civilian clothes, laid back, said hisbrother, Randell. He talked little about the war.

When he put on his uniform again, said his brother, he was Staff Sergeant DavidSmith.

He had plans to go to college after leaving the military in another year, his mother said,and buy a house with the money that he had saved in the Air Force.

And he had just gotten engaged.

His fiance, who lives in Nevada, is now heading to Eight Mile for sadder reasons.

He was a hero, Hardee said, a young patriot who had complex feelings aboutAfghanistan -- as does she -- but he said to her, Im needed in this war.

She does not want the public to forget the sacrifices of her son and of all the men andwomen in the armed services.

Her son, Hardee said, was concerned about her feelings and wanted to shield her frompain and worry. He urged her not even to follow accounts of the war.

He told me, Mama, dont listen to the news. Dont worry until you see blue uniformsknocking on your door.

POLITICIANS CANT BE COUNTED ON TO HALTTHE BLOODSHED

THE TROOPS HAVE THE POWER TO STOP THEWAR


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Oneida County Soldier Blair ThompsonKilled In Afghanistan

Blair Thompson, a 19-year-old U.S. Army specialist from Vernon in Oneida County, waskilled Friday in Afghanistan by insurgents. This family photo was taken within the pastyear. Courtesy of Vincent Thompson

June 27, 2010 by Dave Tobin, The Post-Standard

Vernon, NY - Just weeks after Army Spc. Blair Thompson, of Vernon, was injured in aninsurgent attack in Afghanistan, he was killed Friday in another.

He was 19.

Thompson shipped out in May to Afghanistan, where he was part of Headquarters,327th Infantry Regiment, the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Ft.Campbell, KY, stationed at forward operating base Blessing, in Kunar Province, ineastern Afghanistan.

On his Facebook page, Thompson posted a photo showing the facial cuts he sufferedwhen he was hit by shrapnel in the first attack. Cuts on his leg were painful, his father,Vincent Thompson, said today. The Army offered Thompson a chance to rest and healfrom his first wounds, but he wanted to be back in the fight.

He said, They got me inside the wire. I just want to go on a mission. Thats my job,Dad. Thats my job, said Vincent Thompson, of Little Falls.

Thompson, who was working as a gunner, died in an ambush with small arms fire androcket propelled grenades, said his father.

Thompson had wanted an Army career since childhood. He followed in the footsteps ofhis older brother, Sean, who joined the Army when Blair was 13. As a sophomore atRome Free Academy, Blair Thompson joined the Air Force Junior Reserve OfficerTraining Corps.


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After graduating from Rome Free Academy in 2008, he joined the Army, finishing basictraining in January 2009.

He liked the idea of doing something for his nation, protecting us from that enemy, saidhis father. He went over there with a very open mind, with a true patriots heart. All hewanted to do was protect you and me.

Services for Thompson have not been arranged. His remains arrived Saturday at DoverAir Force Base, in Maryland.

In addition to his father, Thompson is survived by his mother, Arena Young, of Vernon,and three brothers, Sean, 23, Noah, 9 and Gavin, 6.

Erwin Tennessee Soldier Killed InAfghanistan

Airman Benjamin D. White: Military Times Photo/ R. Arrington, Tri-Cities Examiner

June 18 By Richard Region Arrington, Tri-Cities Examiner

Benjamin D. White, Senior Airman, Air Force. White 24 years old from Erwin was amongfour troops killed in a helicopter crash Wednesday near Forward Operating BaseJackson in southern Afghanistans Helmand province, on the Pakistani border.

He was assigned to the 48th Rescue Squadron at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz.The HH-60G Pave Hawk crashed as the rescue airmen were performing a medical-

evacuation mission. The motto of the pararescue men is ... these things we do, thatothers may live. Airman White and his helicopter crew gave their lives in the Defence ofour nation and their fellow Soldiers in need of rescue. The motto is very fitting for theseheroes.

The airmen were deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and wereresponsible for casualty evacuation. Senior Airman White was on his first deployment.He arrived in Afghanistan less than 2 months ago. The Taliban claimed responsibility forthe attack. The cause of the accident is under investigation.


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Benjamin White grew up in Johnson City, Tennessee, and graduated from Science HillHigh School in 2004. He attended East Tennessee State University for a few semestersbefore entering the Air Force in July 2006.

Whites body will be returned home from Dover, Del., this week. Rolling Thunder,

Chapter 4, plans to escort Whites remains back to Erwin along with others in thecommunity who care deeply for the family. Doug Grissom, the local Rolling Thunderpresident, said the organization honors all troops. Hes a fellow veteran and he lost hislife serving his country and its important to us to honor him, Grissom said. There aremany others involved, Ron Arnold of the Unicoi County Sheriffs Department. Also,Sheriffs Departments from, Sullivan County, Carter County and the THP are all workingon this along with Vietnam Veterans of American, Fountain of Life Bible Church andCitizens Soldiers. It is a group effort by many who care deeply about the families of thefallen.

An official time has been announced for an escort to return Senior Airman Benjamin D.Whites body to Erwin from Tri-Cities Regional Airport on Saturday.

Officials say a plane from Dover Air Force Base will arrive at the Blountville airport atapproximately 9:10 a.m. Airman White will receive full military honors as his casketleaves the plane and is taken to the awaiting escort.

Unicoi County Sheriffs Department Capt. Ron Arnold is assisting the family in organizingthe escort.

Taliban Commando-Style Attacks Rock

Two Key East Afghan CitiesJuly 21, 2009 By Sayed Salahuddin, Reuters

KABUL - At least nine people were killed when Taliban guerrillas, including waves ofbombers, launched a series of daring attacks in east Afghanistan on Tuesday, officialssaid, in a clear upsurge of violence.

Bombers attacked, or attempted to attack, government and security offices and a militarypost in two key eastern cities, Gardez and Jalalabad.

Gunbattles raged in Gardez amid confused reports of the fighting.

In Gardez, capital of Paktia province, the U.S. military said at least three attacks werereported. The Taliban said 15 bombers launched attacks against government buildings.

Separately, two would-be bombers attempted to attack a military outpost near the airportin Jalalabad, a former Taliban stronghold and capital of Nangarhar province, borderingPakistan.


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In Paktia, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told Reuters by telephone from anundisclosed location that the insurgents claimed responsibility for the assaults in Gardezand Jalalabad and that 15 bombers had attacked on Gardez.

Captain Elizabeth Mathias, a U.S. military spokeswoman, said attacks had beenreported against the governors compound in Gardez, the police headquarters and the

National Directorate of Security offices.

At one point, Afghan forces were locked in a 20-minute gunbattle with insurgents whotried to break into government offices, said Paktia province spokesman RohullahSamoon.

A Reuters reporter in Gardez said fighting had stopped by late afternoon. Shops andgovernment offices were shut, and dozens of Afghan and U.S. soldiers patrolled thestreets.

A curfew was placed on some streets near important buildings.

Two provincial officials in Gardez said at least five members of the Afghan securityforces and three Taliban fighters had been killed. Samoon said four security officialswere also wounded.

Samoon and an Afghan source working for a foreign aid agency said at least two of thebombers were dressed in traditional head-to-toe burqas worn by many Afghan women.

Afghanistans Defence Ministry described the Gardez attacks as commando-style.

The Interior Ministry in Kabul said security forces identified six bombers. It said fourwere killed but another two were able to detonate explosives they were carrying nearpolice and intelligence offices.

In Jalalabad, NATO-led forces said insurgents tried to attack a forward operating base.The alliance said in a statement NATO and Afghan troops killed one bomber before hecould detonate explosives and captured the second.

SOMALIA WAR REPORTS

Insurgents Targeted More Shells To TheCentre Of The Parliament Where TheTransitional Lawmakers Were Meeting

27 June 2010 Sh. M. Network


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Heavy shelling between the transitional government troops and the Islamist fighters hasbroken out in parts f the Somali capital Mogadishu causing casualties of deaths andinjuries in the capital, witnesses told Shabelle radio on Sunday.

Most of the shell fires were falling in Hodan and Hawl-wadag districts in the Somalicapital Mogadishu killing a civilian, wounding 7 others as couple of mortars landed in

parts of Bakara market mainly the vegetable section in Mogadishu.

Reports say that mortars from the side of the transitional government troops and AfricanUnion troops AMISOM [pro-U.S. occupation troops] and the bitter shelling started as theIslamist fighters targeted more shells to the centre of the parliament where thetransitional lawmakers were meeting today.

Eyewitnesses told Shabell radio that two big mortars hit at the section of the vegetablesof Bakara market and caused more casualties of injuries and killing there.

Most of the business of Bakara market had expressed frightness as the shellingcontinued when several mortars threw inside the market which caused many heavy

shelling to be responded.

On the other hand the body of a civilian had been seen at Hararyale neighborhood inMogadishu according to the residents adding that the person was not identified yetadding that it was unclear who were the mastermind of the killing.

TROOP NEWS

HOW MANY MORE FOR OBAMAS WARS?

The remains of Spc. Wade A. Slack Saturday, May 8, 2010 at Dover Air Force Base,Del. Slack, 21, of Waterville, Maine died May 6 in Jaghatu, Afghanistan of woundssustained when insurgents attacked his unit with indirect fire. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)


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The casket of Marine Sgt. John Rankel during a funeral service in Indianapolis, June 19,2010. The Marine died June 7 during combat in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/DarronCummings)

The funeral for Marine Cpl. Jacob Leicht at the Impact Christian Fellowship church June5, 2010, in Kerrville, Texas. Four Marines who were Leichts friends spoke at theservice. Leicht, the 1,000th American serviceman killed in Afghanistan was born on theFourth of July. (AP Photo/San Antonio Express-News, Tom Reel)


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At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed. Oh hadI the ability, and could reach the nations ear, I would, pour out a fiery stream ofbiting ridicule, blasting reproach, withering sarcasm, and stern rebuke.

For it is not light that is needed, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder.

We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake.

Frederick Douglass, 1852

Hope for change doesnt cut it when youre still losing buddies.-- J.D. Englehart, Iraq Veterans Against The War

I say that when troops cannot be counted on to follow orders because they seethe futility and immorality of them THAT is the real key to ending a war.-- Al Jaccoma, Veterans For Peace

What country can preserve its liberties if its rulers are not warned from time totime that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms.-- Thomas Jefferson to William Stephens Smith, 1787

It is a two class world and the wrong class is running it.-- Larry Christensen, Soldiers Of Solidarity & United Auto Workers

Plundering the PlanetNext Time A Country Is Touted As AThreat To The Universe, Reach For AnAtlas And Check The Resources Box

From: Felicity ArbuthnotTo: Military Resistance

Sent: June 26, 2010 2:44 AMSubject: Plundering the Planet

By Felicity Arbuthnot.

The earth is not dying, it is being killed. And those who are killing it have names andaddresses. -- Utah Phillips.


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Call me a cynic, but as soon as I hear of the latest rogue state, declared by the US andendorsed, invariably, by UK and Israel - a rogue, always far away, invariably eitherpoverty stricken, or embargoed - I reach for a 1993 Encyclopaedia of WorldGeography, turn to the page on the latest declared enemy, and look at the box whichlists: Major resources.

In October 2001, as the assault on, and invasion of, Afghanistan began, ostensibly in thesearch for one man, Osama bin Laden, I found (p. 400) : Major resources: natural gas,coal, iron ore, beryllium, gold, silver, lapis lazuli, sulfur, chrome, copper ...

Although deposits have also been seen, clearly, from satellite for years, incredibly, themight of United States experts have only made this (estimated at least a trillion$discovery) little over a year before they are pondering draw down (sort of, maybe,whatever ...)

As Peter Eyre has written: ... I was informed of this incredible wealth over 20 yearsago, whilst working in the oil, gas and mining industry. The Russians have a wealth ofinformation in their archives in Moscow and the US have been monitoring this wealth

over many years, with an in depth study taking place soon after they invadedAfghanistan. (My emphasis.) Take the area around Kabul.an extensive copper beltextends from southeast Kabul up the eastern side, reaching up and around the USBagram air base. One can normally associate the existence of copper with that of gold...

Further: (... added) to this the US proposed gas pipeline Turkmenistan Afghanistan Pakistan India (TAPI) which is worth (inestimable) dollars to the US economy thecentral aim of US, UK and NATO forces seems obvious. I would again ask: why are allthe coalition forces directing their fighting in the provinces of Herat, Helmand andKandahar? (It is) the expected transit route for the TAPI pipeline .., comments Eyre.

Coincidentally it is also the centre of the Opium trade.

Two days after the Twin Towers fell, George W. Bush stated:The most important thing is for us to find Osama bin Laden. It is our number one priorityand we will not rest until we find him. (Washington, D.C., Sept. 13, 2001.)

Yet, incredibly: Two dozen members of Osama bin Ladens family were urgentlyevacuated from the United States in the first days following the terrorist attacks on NewYork and Washington, CBS reported.

The Bush and bin Laden family had, of course, been partners in the giant Carlyle Group(arms, construction) for years.

Even though American airspace had been shut down ... the Bush Administrationallowed a jet to fly around the US., picking up family members from 10 cities, includingLos Angeles, Washington DC, Boston and Houston.

The skies over America in the days following 9/11 were in lock-down mode, yet theentire family of Americas number one enemy is released ... not a single Americancitizen could fly ... yet ... the family of the evil mastermind who allegedly usedcommercial jets (to destroy buildings, departs on) commercial jets! This sort of irrational


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behavior ... makes it look as if the Bush Administration knew that Osama bin Laden wasnot responsible for the attacks ... (1)

Just five months later, George W. Bush was asked:But dont you believe that the threat that bin Laden posed wont truly be eliminateduntil he is found either dead or alive?

The President: .... I Ill repeat what I said. I truly am not that concerned about him... (transcript from Press Conference.)

The page before Afghanistan is devoted to another recurring US bogeyman, oftenaccused of harbouring terrorists, Yemen. The little over eleven million populationposing a threat to Americas three hundred and fifty million, have a life expectancy of fifty(men) and fifty two (women.) Clearly the country could make better use of the petroleumand natural gas, listed in Major resources.

Just across the Gulf of Aden, is another American nemesis: Somalia (populationapproximately ten million, life expectancy two years more than Yemen) where the mightof the US Sixth Fleet and UK Navy patrol against pirates, whose unconventional career

choice provides facilities and infrastructure the government is unwilling or unable to.

Will the occasional extra-judicial murder by US drones turn in to the full scale invasion ofanother far away place? Major resources include: uranium, iron ore, tin, gypsum,bauxite, copper and other minerals not yet exploited (my emphasis.)

Up the coast, where Israeli pirates hi-jack aid ships and murder passengers deliveringessential goods to besieged, poverty stricken Gaza, with impunity - and to deafeningsilence from Washington - the wealth of Gazas natural gas fields are denied to itspeople, by Americas ally, the only democracy in the Middle East.

Pakistan, US spokespeople claim, increasingly shrilly, is not pulling its weight in the war

on terror, with seriously bad people from Afghanistan, or their allies, operating fromwithin its borders. American troops wearing Pakistani traditional clothing, have, onseveral occasions seemingly carried out murders within the countrys sovereign territory,or been, coincidentally, very close to scenes of explosion and carnage. Majorresources include: natural gas, coal, iron ore, bauxite, wheat and tobacco.

As American and Israeli war ships are reported to be heading towards Iran (embargoedby the US since 1979) notable is that it does not alone have a vast oil potential, but:natural gas, coal, chromium, copper ...

Next door, Iraqs vast oil wealth, with its fake tenders was carved up long before theinvasion to liberate the country from a tyrant - and impose more compliant despots.

The country also has a wealth of: natural gas, phosphates, sulfur - and vast deposits ofuranium, known to Americas ally, Britain, who prospected for it there in the 1950s.

North Korea, no stranger to sabre rattling by the US, was in May, accused of torpedoingthe warship Cheonan, vessel of its southern neighbour and close American ally. NorthKorea has been under a US embargo since 1950, tightened by Americans Nobel PeaceLaureate President, at the UN in June 2009.


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No doubt sixty years of deprivation of normal international trade relations havesomething to do with the countrys inability to sufficiently exploit its reserves of: iron ore,copper, lead, zinc, coal, gold, silver, uranium, manganese and petroleum.

We would never have been invaded if we exported carrots, is a wry, frequently heard,Iraqi refrain. Indeed.

Next time a country is touted as a threat to the universe, reach for an atlas and checkthe Resources box.

1. http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=15186 (and news/websites.)

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CLASS WAR REPORTS

Enemy Combatants Out OfControl In The USA:

Bring The Troops Home Now ToTake Them Down!

Police Tasered An 86-Year-OldDisabled Grandma In Her Bed And

Stepped On Her Oxygen Hose UntilShe Couldnt Breathe


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Twisted Freaks Say They Did It BecauseThe Old Woman Took A More

Aggressive Posture In Her Bed

June 24, 2010 By TIM HULL, Courthouse News Service

Police Tasered an 86-year-old disabled grandma in her bed and stepped on her oxygenhose until she couldnt breathe, after her grandson called 911 seeking medicalassistance, the woman and her grandson claim in Oklahoma City Federal Court.

Though the grandson said, Dont Taze my granny! an El Reno police officer toldanother cop to Taser her! and wrote in his police report that he did so because the oldwoman took a more aggressive posture in her bed, according to the complaint.

Lonnie Tinsley said that he called 911 after he went to check on his grandmother, whom

he found in her bed, connected to a portable oxygen concentrator with a long hose.She is in marginal health, takes several prescribed medications daily, and was unableto tell him exactly when she had taken her meds, so, Tinsley says, he called 911 to askfor an emergency medical technician to come to her apartment to evaluate her.

In response, as many as ten El Reno police officers pushed their way through thedoor, according to the complaint.

The grandma, Lona Varner, told them to get out of her apartment.

The remarkable complaint continues: Instead, the apparent leader of the police(defendant Thomas Duran) instructed another policeman to Taser her!

He stated in his report that the 86 year-old plaintiff took a more aggressiveposture in her bed, and that he was fearful for his safety and the safety of others.

Lonnie Tinsley told them, Dont taze my Granny! to which they responded that theywould Taser him; instead, they pulled him out of her apartment, took him down to thefloor, handcuffed him and placed him in the back of a police car.

The police then proceeded to approach Ms. Varner in her bed and stepped on heroxygen hose until she began to suffer oxygen deprivation.

The police then fired a Taser at her and only one wire struck her, in the left arm;

the police then fired a second Taser, striking her to the right and left of the midlineof her upper chest and applied high voltage, causing burns to her chest, extremepain and to pass out.

The police then grabbed Ms. Varner by her forearms and jerked hands together,causing her soft flesh to tear and bleed on her bed; they then handcuffed her.

The police freed Lonnie Tinsley from his incarceration in the back of the police car andpermitted him to accompany the ambulance with his grandmother.


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Tinsley says the cops capped it all off by having his grandmother placed in thepsychiatric ward at the direction of the El Reno police; she was held there for sixdays and released.

As a result of the wrongful arrest and detention, the plaintiff Lona M. Varner suffered the

unlawful restraint of her freedom, bodily injury, assault, battery, the trashing of herapartment, humiliation, loss of personal dignity, infliction of emotional distress andmedical bills.

They seek punitive damages for constitutional violations, from the City of El Reno,Duran, Officers Frank Tinga and Joseph Sandberg, and 10 Officers Does.

They are represented by Brian Dell of Oklahoma City

Welcome To The OccupiedUSA:Ohio 6-Year-Old Turns Up On

Terrorist Watch List:Theyve Received A Letter From The

Government Addressed To 6-Year-Old Alyssa, Telling Her That Nothing

In Her File Will Be ChangedFederal Authorities Have AcknowledgedThat Such A No-Fly List Exists, But As AMatter Of National Security, They Wont

Comment On Whose Names Are On ItNor Why

June 26 AOL News

The father of a 6-year-old Ohio girl who turned up on the U.S. governments terror watchlist says the worst thing his daughter has ever done is probably been mean to her sister.


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But Santhosh Thomas, a doctor from Westlake, Ohio, says hes sure thats not enoughto land his 6-year-old Alyssa on the no-fly list of suspected terrorists. She may havethreatened her sister, but I dont think that constitutes Homeland Security triggers, hetold CNN.

An airline ticket agent informed the family of their predicament when they embarked on

recent trip from Cleveland to Minneapolis.

They said, Well, shes on the list. Were like, okay, whats the story? What do we haveto do to get off the list? This isnt exactly the list we want to be on, Thomas said.

The Thomases were allowed to fly that day, but authorities told them to contact the U.S.Department of Homeland Security to clear up the matter.

Now theyve received a letter from the government addressed to 6-year-old Alyssa,telling her that nothing in her file will be changed.

Federal authorities have acknowledged that such a no-fly list exists, but as a matter of

national security, they wont comment on whose names are on it nor why.

The watch lists are an important layer of security to prevent individuals with known orsuspected ties to terrorism from flying, an unnamed spokesman for the TransportationSecurity Administration told Fox News.

Shes been flying since she was two-months old, so that has not been an issue,Alyssas dad said. In fact, we had traveled to Mexico in February and there were noissues at that time.

Thats likely because of a recent change by the Transportation Security Administration,which used to check only international passengers names against the no-fly list, but

since earlier this month has been checking domestic passengers as well.

The Thomases told CNN they plan on appealing Alyssas status to the U.S. Departmentof Homeland Security again, and will be sure to leave plenty of extra time for check-inthe next time they fly.

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