Does the Indefinite Detention Bill Foretell Future? (video)
by Greg Hunter
USA Watchdog
December 7, 2011
Camp X-ray in The Land of the Free?
The recent passage of the National Defense Authorization Act (Senate Bill 1867), otherwise known as the “Indefinite Detention Bill,” should scare the heck out of anyone who loves the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
This bill effectively hands over control to the military to arrest, torture and even kill terrorists on American soil. It also allows the military to hold suspected terrorists indefinitely without a trial or due process.
This applies to both non-citizens and citizens of the United States! With this bill, you are not innocent until proven guilty. You are guilty until proven innocent, and you may never get a trial to defend yourself. There is surprisingly little written in the mainstream media about this Senate bill that passed 93 to 7 at the end of November.
Last week, Wired.com posted a compelling article on the “Indefinite Detention” debacle.
It said in part, “So despite the Sixth Amendment’s guarantee of a right to trial, the Senate bill would let the government lock up any citizen it swears is a terrorist, without the burden of proving its case to an independent judge, and for the lifespan of an amorphous war that conceivably will never end. And because the Senate is using the bill that authorizes funding for the military as its vehicle for this dramatic constitutional claim, it’s pretty likely to pass.
It would be one thing if the military was clamoring for the authority to become the nation’s jailer. But to the contrary: Defense Secretary Leon Panetta opposes the maneuver. So does CIA Director David Petraeus, who usually commands deference from senators in both parties. Pretty much every security official has lined up against the Senate detention provisions, from Director of National Intelligence James Clapper to FBI Director Robert Mueller, who worry that they’ll get in the way of FBI investigations of domestic terrorists. President Obama has promised to veto the bill.” (The links in the preceding two paragraphs are impressive and need to be read.) (Click here to read the complete Wired.com post.)
My question is who decides who is a terrorist, and who checks to make sure the charges are valid?
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(hat tip: Activist Post)
The nightmare scenario portrayed in the novel “1984” has arrived with the passing of Bill S.1867. How long will it be before those with anti-government views are lifted off the streets maybe never to be seen again?
By David Noble
End the Lie
December 3, 2011
The passing of the Bill S.1867 by a staggering 93-7 vote should leave every American shocked and angry at this clear infringement off their constitutional rights. The passing of this Bill now means that any American citizen could face indefinite military detention without charge or even having a trial. Out has gone the legal system of Due process (which is the legal code that the state must venerate all of the legal rights that are owed to a person under the principle. Due process balances the power of the state law of the land and thus protects individual persons from it).
That protection no longer exists. How long will it be before people with anti-government views are lifted off the streets maybe never to be seen again? Remember we have already seen the likes of Ron Paul supporters being harassed and called potential terrorists because of their constitutional viewpoints.
I wrote an article earlier this year asking the question “How long before we are living the nightmare Portrayed in George Orwell’s Film 1984?”
With the passing of this draconian Bill that question has been answered. We are now living in that nightmare scenario. We can no longer count on the legal system as corrupt and flawed as it is to protect us from the dictatorship which we are undoubtedly living under. Many of us have been labelled conspiracy theorists and have been accused of fear mongering for trying to warn people that this was the goal of the global elite and their puppet government all along.
The reality is that the real fear mongering comes from the government. They want us to constantly live in fear of terrorist attacks but at the same time they leave the borders virtually unprotected. They try to convince us with lies that we need to invade other countries in order to win this war on terror. We are constantly bombarded with their false science and lies on climate change and warned that if we don’t do what they want we will face severe consequences. Yet despite the supposid severity of the situation, they are not heeding their own warnings and continue to live their lavish lifestyles. They are even controlling what we can grow, eat, drink and the medicines we can take using lies and false science to convince us that they are right. We have also seen America brought to the verge of financial collapse which I believe has been brought about on purpose. Fear mongering was again used to win support for the banker bailouts. Anybody who understands the monetary system can see that it is one big ponzi scheme that is going to crash in the long haul. With this kind of fear mongering they are gaining more and more control over our lives.
Now only the most stubborn and ignorant of people can deny that the government is waging war not against terrorists but against the American people. Just look at the way the recent protests have been met by what can only be described as police brutality. Take also the surveillance system that has been put in place that tracks our every movement. Or how about the violation of our rights by these naked body scanners and the health threat that they pose. Take the naked body scanners for example. They were put into place because of the actions of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab who failed in an attempt to bomb a Detroit-bound flight on Christmas Day 2009. The body scanners are meant to keep us safe from this kind of thing happening again. Yet Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was allowed to board the plane despite the fact that he was on the terrorist watch list and it is also acknowledged that the body scanners would not have stopped this kind of attack anyway.
While we have been worrying about terrorists and debating climate change the government have been waging war for years against the American people. They have managed to fluoridate the water supplies claiming that it is beneficial despite fluoride being a toxic substance that has been used to sedate and dumb down prisoners of war in concentration camps.
There are already over 800 FEMA camps throughout America. These have railroad facilities as well as roads leading to and from the detention camps. Ask yourself why these are needed if not for use against the American people. There have also been reports and videos of Stacks of mass coffins waiting to be filled across America. See also here
This has all been paid for with tax payers’ money. With the passing of this Bill these FEMA camps have just become a whole lot scarier because they could now potentially be filled with American citizens. Don’t be surprised if you start finding foreign troops patrolling the streets of America in the near future. This is the only way I could see them being able to enforce this as I would hope that no American soldier would do this to his own people. The time has come for those who have taken oaths to protect America to follow those oaths.
I am sure that anyone who lived through the horrors of the Second World War will see a lot of similarities with what is happening today and the rise of Nazi Germany. It is up to every one of us to put a stop to this, denial is no longer an option.
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How Long Before we are Living the Nightmare Portrayed in George Orwell’s Film 1984?
by David Noble
End the Lie
June 3, 2011
Police have been taking money from people in traffic stops in Middle Tennessee without even charging them with anything. This is being done in the so called war on drugs. Some police agencies it seems are more concerned about making money than stopping the drugs. They are seizing this money simply based on the suspicion that it’s linked to drug trafficking. What’s more is that if the officers don’t come up with enough cash they could lose their jobs. This is just one of many incidents where our rights are being violated as we are treated like criminals and terrorists.
Every week it seems that we come closer to living the nightmare portrayed in George Orwell’s 1984. Police are more interested in controlling law abiding citizens than catching criminals. Just look at what happened to Television host Adam Kokesh and other activists for silently dancing at the Jefferson Memorial. The police went as far as handcuffing, chocking and slamming Adam Kokesh to the ground. As you can see in the video below the police even refused to tell them what law they were breaking. Surely this is a clear violation of their right to free-expression.
This is just one of many examples where we are not expected to even ask what law we are breaking. In fact in many cases the suspects are released without charge which would suggest that none had been broken in the first place. Also worrying is that we are no longer viewed as innocent until proven guilty. The killing of a U.S. Marine in front of his wife and baby in his home near Tucson, Arizona being a perfect example. A SWAT team stormed his house firing 70 times in a hail of bullets that left the father-of-two, who had served twice in Iraq, dead. These shots were not fired in retaliation as the report reveals, Jose Guerena’s gun had not been fired. It seems that the SWAT team had decided to shoot first and ask questions later. This was nothing less than the murder of an Iraq war veteran. It is ironic that Jose had come through serving in Iraq only to be killed in front of his wife and child in his own home by those who are paid to protect us.
It has become so bad that even going on a well-earned holiday could end up with you and your family being groped by these TSA workers who also view young kids as potential terrorists. In the video below they can be seen carrying out a drug test on a 6 year old.
They are taking no chances on missing any potential terrorists even when the suspect is only 3.
These TSA pat downs and their naked body scanners are clear infringements on the 4th amendment but the majority don’t seem to care. Soon we will have the TSA everywhere even in your local department stores.
It’s not only the TSA and police who are seeking to control us. We have government telling us how to live our lives like we are incapable of looking after ourselves. They are trying to do away with everything natural like organic food and herbal remedies and replacing them with their unhealthy alternatives in the name of profit. It has got so bad that Chicago schools are forbidding children from bringing their own lunches. I can guarantee that the food they are being served is not Organic. Do they not trust the parents to provide healthy pack lunches?
It’s not just the US that’s demonizing healthy food as you can see from this article from the UK “Boy, two, is snatched by social workers after mother refused doctor’s advice to feed him junk food” Believe it or not healthy eating is now considered a mental disorder. If you don’t believe me I suggest that you read this article from the Guardian newspaper entitled “Healthy food obsession sparks rise in new eating disorder”
Not content with telling us what to eat, it seems it is now deemed offensive to draw the American flag in school.
Students have also been sent home for wearing t-shirts with the American flag on them, though it seems ok to wear t-shirts with the Mexican flag. We have even had Mexican Students Protesting Patriotic Clothing in America. All I can say is that if you find the American flag offensive no matter the reason then you should not be living there.
No cost seems too high to pay for these elitists and their quest to bring about a one world government. They are intent on doing away with the Constitution and Bill of Rights to bring us completely under their control. If this madness is allowed to continue then it will not be long before the nightmare portrayed in George Orwell’s film 1984 becomes a reality.
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Legal for U.S. Govt to Execute Citizens Without Trial Abroad, Coming to U.S. Soil? (video)
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Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks discusses a new part of the Defense Authorization Act that makes it legal for the United States government to detain and in fact execute U.S. citizens abroad.
(hat tip: Activist Post)
‘Strike on Iran will not stop its nuclear program’ (video)
RT
December 9, 2011
On Thursday, US President Barack Obama said he’s “considering all options on Iran”. RT’s Reema Abu Hamdieh talks to former U.S. State Department spokesman Philip J. Crowley on US military intervention in Iraq and Afghanistan, Iran’s nuclear program and the possibility of US-Iran war.
World War III: The Launching of a Preemptive Nuclear War against Iran
by Michel Chossudovsky
Global Research
December 4, 2011
The launching of an outright war using nuclear warheads against Iran has been on the active drawing board of the Pentagon since 2005.
If such a war were to be launched, the entire Middle East Central Asia region would flare up. Humanity would be precipitated into a World War III Scenario.
World War III is not front-page news. The mainstream media has excluded in-depth analysis and debate on the implications of these war plans.
The onslaught of World War III, were it to be carried out, would be casually described as a “no-fly zone”, an operation under NATO’s “Responsibility to Protect” (R2P) with minimal “collateral damage” or a “limited” punitive bombing against specific military targets, all of which purport to support “Global Security” as well as “democracy” and human rights in the targeted country.
Public opinion is largely unaware of the grave implications of these war plans, which contemplate the use of nuclear weapons, ironically in retaliation to Iran’s nonexistent nuclear weapons program.
Moreover, 21st Century military technology is at an advanced stage of development combining an array of sophisticated weapons systems.
We are at the crossroads of the most serious crisis in World history.
The future of humanity is at stake.
The present situation is one of advanced war planning by a formidable military force using nuclear warheads.
The Pentagon’s global military design is one of world conquest.
The military deployment of US-NATO forces is occurring in several regions of the World simultaneously.
Militarization at the global level is instrumented through the US military’s Unified Command structure: the entire planet is divided up into geographic Combatant Commands under the control of the Pentagon. According to (former) NATO Commander General Wesley Clark, the Pentagon’s military road-map consists of a sequence of war theaters: “[The] five-year campaign plan [includes]… a total of seven countries, beginning with Iraq, then Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Iran, Somalia and Sudan.”
Military action is waged in the name of the “Global War on Terrorism” and Global Security. It has a stated “humanitarian” “pro-democracy” mandate.
It is predicated on the notion that the West’s arsenal of tactical nuclear weapons are (in contrast to those [nonexistent] of the Islamic Republic), according to expert scientific opinion on contract to the Pentagon, “harmless to the surrounding civilian population because the explosion is underground.”
Irresponsible politicians are unaware of the implications of their actions. They believe their own war propaganda: nuclear weapons are heralded as an instrument of peace and democracy.
War is heralded as a peace-keeping making operation carried out with the support of the “international community”.
The victims of war are described as the perpetrators. Iran and Syria constitute a threat to Global Security thereby justifying pre-emptive military action.
Global Warfare
The concept of the “Long War” has characterised US military doctrine since the end of World War II.
The broader objective of global military dominance in support of an imperial project was first formulated under the Truman administration in the late 1940s at the outset of the Cold War.
We are dealing with a global military agenda, namely “Global Warfare”. The 2000 Project for the New American Century (PNAC), which was the backbone of the NeoCon’s agenda was predicated on “waging a war without borders”.
The PNAC’s declared objectives were to “fight and decisively win multiple, simultaneous major theater wars” in different regions of the World as well perform the so-called military “constabulary” duties “associated with shaping the security environment in critical regions”. Global constabulary implies a Worldwide process of military policing and interventionism, including covert operations and “regime change”. (Project for a New American Century, Rebuilding Americas Defenses.pdf, September 2000)
This diabolical military project formulated by the NeoCons was adopted and implemented from the very outset of the Obama administration. With a new team of military and foreign policy advisers, Obama has been far more effective in fostering military escalation than his predecessor in the White House, who has recently been condemned by the Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal for “Crimes against the Peace”.
In the present context, US military and intelligence actions are been undertaken in different part of the the World.
Ongoing war plans within the broader Middle East Central Asian region would involve coordinated actions against Iran, Syria and Pakistan leading to an extended regional war theater. The three existing and distinct war theaters (Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine) would merge into a broad regional war extending from the Lebanese-Syrian East Mediterraean coastline to the Afghanistan-Pakistan border with Western China (See map below). Israel, Lebanon and Turkey would be engulfed in the conflict.
It is important to address the history of this military agenda including the slated role of Israel.
The main coalition partners, including the US, UK, Israel and Turkey have been in “an advanced stage of readiness” since 2005. The Combatant Command structure of a military operation against Iran is centralized and controlled by the Pentagon.
In 2005, USSTRATCOM was identified as “the lead Combatant Command for integration and synchronization of DoD-wide efforts in combating weapons of mass destruction.” This Combatant Command integration also included coordination with America’s allies including NATO, Israel and a number of frontline Arab states, which are members of NATO’s Mediterranean dialogue.
To implement USSTRATCOM’s mandate, a new command unit entitled Joint Functional Component Command Space and Global Strike, or JFCCSGS was created.
JFCCSGS was granted the mandate to oversee the launching of a nuclear attack against Iran in accordance with the 2002 Nuclear Posture Review, approved by the US Congress in 2002. The NPR underscores the pre-emptive use of nuclear weapons not only against “rogue states” (i.e. Iran) but also against China and Russia. The operational implementation of the “Global Strike” was labelled CONCEPT PLAN (CONPLAN) 8022. The latter is described as “an actual plan that the Navy and the Air Force translate into strike package for their submarines and bombers,’ CONPLAN 8022 is ‘the overall umbrella plan of the pre-planned strategic scenarios involving nuclear weapons.’Rebuild the Antiwar Movement. SAY NO to World War III
The antiwar movement is in crisis: civil society organizations are misinformed, manipulated or co-opted. A large segment of “progressive” opinion is supportive of NATO’s R2P “humanitarian” mandate to extent that these war plans are being carried out with the “rubber stamp” of civil society. There is a definite need to rebuild the antiwar movement on entirely new premises.
The holding of mass demonstrations and antiwar protests is not enough. What is required is the development of a broad and well organized grassroots antiwar network, across the land, nationally and internationally, which challenges the structures of power and authority. People must mobilize not only against the military agenda, the authority of the state and its officials must also be challenged.
Central to an understanding of war, is the media campaign which grants it legitimacy in the eyes of public opinion. A good versus evil dichotomy prevails. The perpetrators of war are presented as the victims. Public opinion is misled: “We must fight against evil in all its forms as a means to preserving the Western way of life.”
Breaking the “big lie” which upholds war as a humanitarian undertaking, means breaking a criminal project of global destruction, in which the quest for profit is the overriding force. This profit-driven military agenda destroys human values and transforms people into unconscious zombies.
It should be understood that whatever its justification, War is a “Crime against the Peace” under Nuremburg.
George W. Bush and Anthony L. Blair have been condemned by the Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal for waging a criminal war of aggression against Iraq.
War crimes, however, are not limited to the former US president and British Prime Minister. There are, so to speak, “New War Criminals on the Block” including the president of the United States of America Barack Hussein Obama, among others.
The acting heads of state and heads of government which support US-NATO-Israel wars of aggression under an R2P pretext are war criminals under international law. This proposition, which consists in unseating the war criminals in high office, is central to the waging of an effective antiwar movement.
This war can be prevented if people forcefully confront their governments, address the issue of war crimes, pressure their elected representatives, organize at the local level in towns, villages and municipalities, spread the word, inform their fellow citizens as to the implications of a global war, initiate debate and discussion within the armed forces.
Michel Chossudovsky, Dercember 4, 2011
Nuclear War against Iran
Below are excerpts from my January 2006 article (emphasis added) which outlines the process of military deployment including the use of tactical nuclear weapons against Iran.
To read the complete article click here: Nuclear War against Iran. A more detailed analysis is contained in my book entitled Towards a World War III Scenario (see ordering details below):
“Various military exercises have been conducted, starting in early 2005. In turn, the Iranian Armed Forces have also conducted large scale military maneuvers in the Persian Gulf in December in anticipation of a US sponsored attack.
Since early 2005, there has been intense shuttle diplomacy between Washington, Tel Aviv, Ankara and NATO headquarters in Brussels.
In recent developments [late 2005], CIA Director Porter Goss on a mission to Ankara, requested Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan “to provide political and logistic support for air strikes against Iranian nuclear and military targets.” Goss reportedly asked ” for special cooperation from Turkish intelligence to help prepare and monitor the operation.” (DDP, 30 December 2005).
In turn, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has given the green light to the Israeli Armed Forces to launch the attacks by the end of March [2006]:
All top Israeli officials have pronounced the end of March, 2006, as the deadline for launching a military assault on Iran…. The end of March date also coincides with the IAEA report to the UN on Iran’s nuclear energy program. Israeli policymakers believe that their threats may influence the report, or at least force the kind of ambiguities, which can be exploited by its overseas supporters to promote Security Council sanctions or justify Israeli military action.
(James Petras, Israel’s War Deadline: Iran in the Crosshairs, Global Research, December 2005)
The US sponsored military plan has been endorsed by NATO, although it is unclear, at this stage [December 2005], as to the nature of NATO’s involvement in the planned aerial attacks.
“Shock and Awe”
The various components of the military operation are firmly under US Command, coordinated by the Pentagon and US Strategic Command Headquarters (USSTRATCOM) at the Offutt Air Force base in Nebraska.
The actions announced by Israel would be carried out in close coordination with the Pentagon. The command structure of the operation is centralized and ultimately Washington will decide when to launch the military operation.
US military sources have confirmed that an aerial attack on Iran would involve a large scale deployment comparable to the US “shock and awe” bombing raids on Iraq in March 2003:
American air strikes on Iran would vastly exceed the scope of the 1981 Israeli attack on the Osiraq nuclear center in Iraq, and would more resemble the opening days of the 2003 air campaign against Iraq. Using the full force of operational B-2 stealth bombers, staging from Diego Garcia or flying direct from the United States, possibly supplemented by F-117 stealth fighters staging from al Udeid in Qatar or some other location in theater, the two-dozen suspect nuclear sites would be targeted.
Military planners could tailor their target list to reflect the preferences of the Administration by having limited air strikes that would target only the most crucial facilities … or the United States could opt for a far more comprehensive set of strikes against a comprehensive range of WMD related targets, as well as conventional and unconventional forces that might be used to counterattack against US forces in Iraq
(See Globalsecurity.org at http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/iran-strikes.htm
In November [2005], US Strategic Command conducted a major exercise of a “global strike plan” entitled “Global Lightening”. The latter involved a simulated attack using both conventional and nuclear weapons against a “fictitious enemy”.
Following the “Global Lightening” exercise, US Strategic Command declared an advanced state of readiness.
Consensus for Nuclear War
No dissenting political voices have emerged from within the European Union.
There are ongoing consultations between Washington, Paris and Berlin. Contrary to the invasion of Iraq, which was opposed at the diplomatic level by France and Germany, Washington has been building “a consensus” both within the Atlantic Alliance and the UN Security Council. This consensus pertains to the conduct of a nuclear war, which could potentially affect a large part of the Middle East Central Asian region.
Moreover, a number of frontline Arab states [i.e. Arab League] are now tacit partners in the US/ Israeli military project. A year ago in November 2004, Israel’s top military brass met at NATO headquarters in Brussels with their counterparts from six members of the Mediterranean basin nations, including Egypt, Jordan, Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria and Mauritania. [Arabic league and Israel work hand in glove] A NATO-Israel protocol was signed. Following these meetings, joint military exercises were held off the coast of Syria involving the US, Israel and Turkey. and in February 2005, Israel participated in military exercises and “anti-terror maneuvers” together with several Arab countries.
The media in chorus has unequivocally pointed to Iran as a “threat to World Peace”.
The antiwar movement has swallowed the media lies. The fact that the US and Israel are planning a Middle East nuclear holocaust is not part of the antiwar/ anti- globalization agenda.
The “surgical strikes” are presented to world public opinion as a means to preventing Iran from developing nuclear weapons.
We are told that this is not a war but a military peace-keeping operation, in the form of aerial attacks directed against Iran’s nuclear facilities.
Mini-nukes: “Safe for Civilians”
The press reports, while revealing certain features of the military agenda, largely serve to distort the broader nature of the military operation, which contemplates the preemptive use of tactical nuclear weapons.
The war agenda is based on the Bush administration’s doctrine of “preemptive” nuclear war under the 2002 Nuclear Posture Review.
Media disinformation has been used extensively to conceal the devastating consequences of military action involving nuclear warheads against Iran. The fact that these surgical strikes would be carried out using both conventional and nuclear weapons is not an object of debate.
According to a 2003 Senate decision, the new generation of tactical nuclear weapons or “low yield” “mini-nukes”, with an explosive capacity of up to 6 times a Hiroshima bomb, are now considered “safe for civilians” because the explosion is underground.
The following article published in January 2006 outlined the main features of this diabolical military agenda. In recent developments, following the threats by Britain and Israel, we have reached a major turning point.
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Space and Earth Attack Command Unit
A preemptive nuclear attack [against Iran] using tactical nuclear weapons would be coordinated out of US Strategic Command Headquarters at the Offutt Air Force base in Nebraska, in liaison with US and coalition command units in the Persian Gulf, the Diego Garcia military base, Israel and Turkey.
Under its new mandate, USSTRATCOM has a responsibility for “overseeing a global strike plan” consisting of both conventional and nuclear weapons. In military jargon, it is slated to play the role of “a global integrator charged with the missions of Space Operations; Information Operations; Integrated Missile Defense; Global Command & Control; Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance; Global Strike; and Strategic Deterrence…. “
In January 2005, at the outset of the military build-up directed against Iran, USSTRATCOM was identified as “the lead Combatant Command for integration and synchronization of DoD-wide efforts in combating weapons of mass destruction.”
To implement this mandate, a brand new command unit entitled Joint Functional Component Command Space and Global Strike, or JFCCSGS was created.
JFCCSGS has the mandate to oversee the launching of a nuclear attack in accordance with the 2002 Nuclear Posture Review, approved by the US Congress in 2002. The NPR underscores the pre-emptive use of nuclear warheads not only against “rogue states” but also against China and Russia.
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CONCEPT PLAN (CONPLAN) 8022
JFCCSGS is in an advanced state of readiness to trigger nuclear attacks directed against Iran or North Korea.
The operational implementation of the Global Strike is called CONCEPT PLAN (CONPLAN) 8022. The latter is described as “an actual plan that the Navy and the Air Force translate into strike package for their submarines and bombers,’ (Ibid).
CONPLAN 8022 is ‘the overall umbrella plan for sort of the pre-planned strategic scenarios involving nuclear weapons.’
‘It’s specifically focused on these new types of threats — Iran, North Korea — proliferators and potentially terrorists too,’ he said. ‘There’s nothing that says that they can’t use CONPLAN 8022 in limited scenarios against Russian and Chinese targets.'(According to Hans Kristensen, of the Nuclear Information Project, quoted in Japanese economic News Wire, op cit)
The mission of JFCCSGS is to implement CONPLAN 8022, in other words to trigger a nuclear war with Iran.
The Commander in Chief, namely George W. Bush would instruct the Secretary of Defense, who would then instruct the Joint Chiefs of staff to activate CONPLAN 8022.
CONPLAN is distinct from other military operations. it does not contemplate the deployment of ground troops.
CONPLAN 8022 is different from other war plans in that it posits a small-scale operation and no “boots on the ground.” The typical war plan encompasses an amalgam of forces — air, ground, sea — and takes into account the logistics and political dimensions needed to sustain those forces in protracted operations…. The global strike plan is offensive, triggered by the perception of an imminent threat and carried out by presidential order.) (William Arkin, Washington Post, May 2005)
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Nuclear War against Iran
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The launching of an outright war using nuclear warheads against Iran is now in the final planning stages. Coalition partners, which include the US, Israel and Turkey are in “an advanced stage of readiness”.
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CrossTalk: Arabs in League? (video)
RT
December 9, 2011
The Arab League was established in 1945. Yet for most of its existence, even its own members have doubted the organization’s usefulness. Has all this changed with the advent of the Arab Spring? Since the start of this year, the Arab League has been involved in international efforts regarding Libya, Syria, Yemen and Egypt. Is it now a regional body at the forefront of positive change? Is the Arab League independent of the great Western powers? And how will the organization change once democratic leaders are elected? CrossTalking with Monzeur Sleiman, Tamer Mallat and Hussain Abdel-Hussain.
