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From: "Lysander Zimmerman" <LAMZ_-at-_sympatico.ca>
To: "Anti-Capitalism" <anti-capitalism_-at-_yahoogroups.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 11:59:05 -0500
I remember this coming up several months ago. The U.S. has been militarizing its police forces and training them for "urban warfare" for years. Now they want to give the military powers of arrest, trial and execution ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD!! It's time for everyone to start putting two and two together. Reichstag + Hitler + "National Socialism" = Fascist Nazi Germany.......now extrapolate......WTC + Bush family + Globalization + U.S. "patriotism" = International Corporatism/Fascism. **Start organizing against world fascism now, before it is too late.** [The "Decree for the Protection of the People and the State," has placed "Restrictions on personal liberty, on the right of free expression of opinion, including freedom of the press; on the rights of assembly and association; and violations of the privacy of postal, telegraphic and telephonic communications and warrants for house searches, orders for confiscations as well as restrictions on property, are ... permissible beyond the legal limits otherwise prescribed." Chancellor Adolph Hitler to German president Hindenburg, Feb. 28, 1933] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fitzhugh MacCrae" <alaidh@yahoo.com> To: "v-nv-mobilize" <v-nv-mobilize@egroups.com> Cc: "subscriber" <bringitdown@onelist.com>; "pd-unity" <pd-unity@yahoogroups.com>; "PIML" <piml@egroups.com>; <patriot-act-2001@yahoogroups.com>; "anarchism" <anarchism@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 10:45 AM Subject: [anarchism] Fwd: CNN: feature on training of US troops for urban warfare > FYI- > > Coming live, and in living color to a city near you... > > F > > > > --- baudmax23@earthlink.net wrote: > > Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 09:55:36 -0800 > > To: Matthew Gaylor <freematt@coil.com> > > From: Jim Warren <jwarren@well.com> > > Subject: CNN: feature on training of US troops for > > urban warfare > > > > This morning, CNN aired a backgrounder on how US > > ground troops are > > now being trained in door-to-door urban (city and > > residential) > > warfare. > > > > Even though almost *all* of the ground wars we have > > ever fought > > (except perhaps Viet Nam and Iraq-I) have involved > > extensive > > door-to-door fighting, the commander who was showing > > off his new > > training facility mentioned that more of such > > facilities are only-NOW > > being built, and urban-warfare training is NOW being > > escalated. > > > > I could not help but wonder about the increased > > emphasis -- NOW -- on > > military training for door-to-door city warfare ... > > as our Afghani > > opponents retreat to caves and mountains, and our > > most obvious > > potential adversaries are mostly desert dwellers. > > > > Note that the AP reported [AP-NY-11-24-01 0500EST] > > that Sen. John > > Warner, R-Va., in a letter last month to Defense > > Secretary Donald > > Rumsfeld, asked "Should the [law] now be changed to > > enable our > > active-duty military to more fully join other > > domestic assets ...?" > > > > Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz, testifying > > in October before > > the Senate Armed Services Committee, agreed that it > > might be > > desirable to give federal troops more of a role in > > domestic policing > > ... > > > > The law that the Republicans want to change is the > > Posse Comitatus > > Act, enacted due to vindictive excesses during > > widespread use of the > > Army for law enforcement in the post-Civil War > > South. It prohibits > > using Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines for civilian > > arrests, > > searches, seizure of evidence and other police-type > > activity on U.S. > > soil. (Coast Guard and National Guard troops under > > control of state > > governors are excluded from the Act.) > > > > The excuse for militarizing civilian control is, of > > course, > > "terrorism" -- the same excuse used in October to > > radically expand > > government's freedom to wiretap "suspects," conduct > > blanket > > surveillance of email, now requires all US > > businesses to report all > > cash sales to the feds if they cumulatively exceed > > $10000 (e.g., > > furniture, cars, major appliances, etc.), and so on. > > > > How does this fit with recent Executive Orders > > sealing presidential > > records that are supposed to be open by law, and > > ordering military > > tribunals on US soil in place of jury trials in open > > court? Exactly > > what kind of war is this administration preparing > > for. And where? > > And how soon? > > > > > > > > And... > > > > Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 10:24:18 -0800 > > To: jwarren@well.com > > From: Jim Warren <jwarren@well.com> > > Subject: ... training US troops for urban warfare -- > > Marine officer's note > > > > An old friend who was a career Marine officer, and > > centrally involved > > in logistics for Bush-I's Gulf War, just sent this > > addenda to my > > earlier message. Note his officer's perspective, in > > his final > > sentence. --jim > > > > >You probably do not remember that the Marine Corps > > several years ago > > >(mid-90's) anticipated this training. The program > > was Urban > > >Warrior, and training was set for a number of > > different cities to > > >pose various situations. > > > > > >San Francisco was set to be one of the sites but at > > the last moment > > >the politicos denied the exersise being held in SF. > > Some minor > > >training was diverted to Oakland and Monterey but > > again San > > >Francisco showed the normal lack of patriotism and > > we lost valuable > > >training experience. > > > > > > > > > -------------- > > The "Decree for the Protection of the People and > > the State," > > has placed "Restrictions on personal liberty, > > on the right > > of free expression of opinion, including > > freedom of the > > press; on the rights of assembly and > > association; and > > violations of the privacy of postal, > > telegraphic and > > telephonic communications and warrants for > > house searches, > > orders for confiscations as well as > > restrictions on > > property, are ... permissible beyond the > > legal limits > > otherwise prescribed." > > > > Chancellor Adolph Hitler to German president > > Hindenburg, > > Feb. 28, 1933 > > > > > > > ===== > "If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of > servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, > go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. > Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your > chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye > were our countrymen." > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. > http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1 > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> > Universal Inkjet Refill Kit $29.95 > Refill any ink cartridge for less! > Includes black and color ink. > http://us.click.yahoo.com/f00vhB/MkNDAA/ySSFAA/2bSolB/TM > ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > >