Thursday, June 24, 2010

Who Is The Powerbroker?

Who Is The Powerbroker?



Faruque Ahmed said in The Corporate Media Lead Robotic Australia, “… The Influence of the neo-cons, Specifically Prejudice and Bigotry in the Climate Change Debate was very strong. They removed science and facts from the debate! The shock jocks and tabloid media manipulated consent and opinion and as a result Phony Tony (Tony Abbott) managed to remove Malcolm Turnbull. … “


Today, the Labor Party powerbrokers changed an elected Prime Minister of Australia due to the big corporation sponsored tabloid media outlets and shock jocks efforts to manufacture consent and opinion! They have been doing so for a while and they also refused to provide a right of reply too. To make the situation complicated the “slash and burn farmers” i.e. miners and other vested interest groups joined in the bandwagon!


In short, political process or people are not in control of the society or their destiny! The big busyness and media are the new powerbrokers in the town.


--- In freeamericanow@yahoogroups.com, "arab_semite@..." wrote:

The Corporate Media Lead Robotic Australia


I can't believe it! The shock jocks and tabloid media outlets managed to influence a stupid political party (nation?) to change it's Prime Minister within the next one hour!



--- In freeamericanow@yahoogroups.com, "Biplobi Faruque" wrote:

Re: The Corporate Media Lead Robotic Australia


What about The Northern Territory Intervention?


--- In freeamericanow@yahoogroups.com, "rabbiforpalestine" wrote:

Re: The Corporate Media Lead Robotic Australia


He is an identity in REAL LIFE!!! Mothers use images of him to ENCOURAGE their children into good behavior and KINDNESS!!



--- In freeamericanow@yahoogroups.com, "bruce" wrote:

Re: The Corporate Media Lead Robotic Australia


He is an identity only in his mirror!!! Mothers use images of him to frighten their children into good behaviour!!

Cheers Bruce


--- In freeamericanow@yahoogroups.com, "Rahat" wrote:
Re: The Corporate Media Lead Robotic Australia


The Sydney Identity Faruque Ahmed is scaring shock jocks of this town. Many of them have installed "Faruque Ahmed" alarm in their studios! Some of them talk to him with respect but if they can they prefer to hide behind four walls and bikinis!



Alleged child molester Alan Jones and wife beater Ray Hedley is worse!


The Corporate Media Lead Robotic Australia

For more: Crimes Exposed


The Influence of the neo-cons, Specifically Prejudice and Bigotry in the Climate Change Debate was very strong. They removed science and facts from the debate! The shock jocks and tabloid media manipulated consent and opinion and as a result Phony Tony (Tony Abbott) managed to remove Malcolm Turnbull.


Phony Tony (Tony Abbott) is worse than John Howard and he is good on rhetoric but short on substance. Consequently Phony Tony (Tony Abbott) is popular today like John Howard!


John Howard is a very cruel and mean person. He went on to spend around 9billion dollar i.e. 3 million dollar per person directly and indirectly to demonise, de-humanise, torture and terrorise a few thousands unlucky people who had drifted to our shores for genuine political asylum. Howard became the most popular political leader of Australia due to his skillful manipulation of prejudice and bigotry! However, he did not give a rise to pensioners or unemployed. John Howard also initiated the most racist and self centered The Northern Territory Intervention with spectacular failure beside many ifnamous worker bashing policies!


The incumbent Kevin Rudd is not great but he gave rise to pensioners. He also gave money to almost everyone as stimulus package to keep the economy afloat. Kevin is also trying to fix many mess and cruelty of John Howard.


Yet, the ungrateful pensioners are angry at Kevin Rudd for not spending 3 million per person to demonise, de-humanise,torture and terrorise a few `boat people"! Even other vulnerable groups are cranky at him due to a blatantly one sided cunning and creative campaign by the shock jocks and tabloid media outlets! It is somewhat similar to Colwell, Heffron, Whitlam, … legacy! These people made it easier for the children of farm workers, factory workers, mine workers, …. to go to the universities and enjoy many other opportunities from the society! Yet, the son of a mechanic John Howard was very keen to block the ladder to the poor, unfortunate and vulnerable!!


Right now Australia became the foreign owned and controlled "quarry" of the world. These"slash and burn farmers" are not really adding any value to the society. Brave and nationalistic Kevin Rudd imposed a pragmatic tax on these mobs. Alas! Opportunist and greedy shock jocks and tabloid media outlets are showing their enthusiasm by joining in one sided vendetta against the incumbent government while their anti-Australian facades are becoming evident.


This deliberately one sided vendetta and manipulation of the shock jocks and tabloid media outlets are so strong and obvious. Now, even they are setting the political agenda to make their masters happy rather than reporting them truthfully and accurately.


Even they are encouraging Julia Gillard to challenge Kevin Rudd and many dumb Labor politicians are getting nervous about the whole scenario.


All in all, it is a road map of a robotic society like USA. A society controlled and manipulated by the corporate media rather than public and public good!

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Wednesday, October 14, 2009

How Israel tricked Hamas before launching Gaza strikes


The radio report, on Friday, was a final move in six months of planning and deception leading up to the strikes, The Australian reported.

Who was behind Hamas and why?

Hamas' early growth had been supported by the Mossad as a "counterbalance to the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)". Furthermore, the French investigative newspaper Le Canard enchaîné stated that Shin Bet had also supported Hamas as a counterweight to the PLO and Fatah, in an attempt to give "a religious slant to the conflict, in order to make the West believe that the conflict was between Jews and Muslims", thus supporting the controversial thesis of a "clash of civilizations".[86]
Source: Hamas


What do you think about the Middle East Formula for Peace?
Please feel free to express your own view.

Don’t be Silent

I am disgusted by Australian politicians and media personalities’ comments regarding Gaza Massacre and half a century long Israeli Holocaust in the occupied Palestine. It is happening in front of you and me! Where is our moral responsibility?
Please let me know the map of;
1. Israel
2. Palestine and
3. Ehud Baraks Genuine offer at Camp David i.e. 98% of Palestine!
Please also let me know what right Israel has to occupy Palestine with a stamp of infinity too.

Further to disappearing Palestine, 60 years of Al –Nakba (catastrophe), gradual ethnic cleansing, A list of UN Resolutions against "Israel", Israeli Holocaust, Holocaust continuum, The Iron Wall, Jews plan to suppress ideas THEY hate and Middle East Formula for Peace they needed a 9/11 to cover up their crime waves continuum.

Remember they have organized and successfully suppressed the 9/11 of 1967. Please examine this video and deliver you verdict.

Israel has been occupying and operating the longest running concentration camp with a stamp of infinity. Over the last nine years a few Israelis died due to useless rocket attacks and 80 000 Palestinians died by Israeli terrorists beside millions of Arabs maimed, tortured and brutalised!

Today, the deputy Australian Prime Minister said, "Hamas is guilty …..". I suppose she is saying, "the Jews were guilty of provoking and inciting Hitler during ww2." However, the Jewish Board of Deputies said, "why some one would be interested in attacking synagogues for overseas politics". I suspect he will be attacking or organizing to attack synagogues here to blame poor Arabs or at least he is saying, "Hitler should have killed all Jews and let Jewish buildings and synagogues undisturbed".

Israeli election is nearing. So called useless rocket attacks are going on for nine years and casualty rate is virtually nil. It is away of nutty protest by 1.5 million people who are forced to live in the longest running concentration camp known to mankind.
This week one died from such rocket attacks and the net result is Israeli terror at Gaza. The American government stand regarding Gaza is equivalent to support of Nazi Death Camps during ww2. The barbaric Israeli attacks and mindless support of Israel are providing justification of nasty Hitler's behavior towards their forefathers in the past.

Why are they so rich?

The Zionists are murdering 1 000 Palestinians for one Israelis! If we follow their line of thinking and madness then they have to murder 6 billion Europeans to settle their old scores i.e. murder of six million Jews by the Europeans!!

However, it appears that the Zionists are smarter than many and Europe does not have six billion Europeans. So the Zionists took the money from the Europeans and probably that’s why they are very rich.

Are the Jews belongs to a Race?
If so, which race? Hitler said that Jews are a race. An American Judge said that Jews are a race too. According to Australian Anti-Discrimination Act Jewish is a race but Muslims and Christians are not!

Faruque Ahmed, Mob: 041 091 4118, Email: union_faruque@... Wednesday, January 07, 2009

Source: Ershad Manji
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Thursday, March 12, 2009

Joseph Weitz

Joseph Weitz, the head of the Jewish Agency's colonization department, confirmed this in his 1940 diary. "It must be clear", he wrote, "that there is no room for both people's together in this country … not one (Arab) village, not one tribe should be left". Source: Free America Now
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Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Bulleting Cricket

Bulleting Cricket



Please remove your prejudice and bigotry and accept the reality. Most importantly stop American terrorism in the region. We got the whole chapters and verses of American Terrorism.


Pakistan is an outpost of CIA or agent of America. Democracy was prevented in Pakistan by the barrel of gun with the direct assistance of USA. People of Pakistan do not want anyone to use their land to kill Afghanis, Iraqis, Iranians or anyone for that matter. Yet, people with “manifest destiny” have been using their land for murdering others against wish and interest of Pakistanis. The Yanks are doing so by bribing corrupt generals and officials.


Should anyone dare to protest against these undemocratic actions of outsiders, generally get manhandled, arrested and tortured! Judges find these types of actions are illegal. Yet, the Yanks remove and sack judges through their proxies. Even they are capable enough to remove President and Prime Ministers of that country!!


Remember, it was the Yanks and Pakistani generals who went on to introduce harsh interpretation of Islam for their own benefit. Now, they can not change their teachings overnight! Therefore, please do not blame any religion or race for current tragedies in Pakistan or elsewhere.


I have decided to spell it out despite the fact I oppose violence initiated by any individual, group or state.


Penultimately, Nelson Mandela said, “if you talk to people they will talk to you – if you hit them with stick they will hit you back”.
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Sunday, July 20, 2008

Israel Centric Policies Will Destroy USA

Israel Centric Policies Will Destroy USA



Israel centric policies demonstrated in this link and Zionised establishments inside and outside America are damaging Afghanistan, Iraq, Palestine and many parts of the world. The net result is total failure of American policies around the globe. Now they want America to attack Iran!


The evidence is here! Would you believe, no one is allowed to debate the issue!! What a brilliant example of FREE SPEECH?



Obama has breakfast with troops; meets Karzai
By FISNIK ABRASHI, Associated Press Writer 21 minutes ago


KABUL, Afghanistan - Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama shared Sunday breakfast with American troops in Kabul ahead of an expected meeting with Afghan leader Hamid Karzai, a man Obama has criticized for not doing enough to rebuild his war-torn country.


Obama and the other senators traveling with him met with soldiers and sailors from their respective constituencies, said Lt. Col. Dave Johnson, a U.S. military spokesman.

"The food was great, but the company was better," Johnson said.


Obama has made Afghanistan, where Taliban and al-Qaida-linked militants are resurgent, a centerpiece of his proposed strategy for dealing with terror threats. The candidate has said the war in Afghanistan deserves more troops and more attention as opposed to the conflict in Iraq.


While officially a part of a congressional delegation on a fact-finding tour also expected to take him to Iraq, Obama was traveling in Afghanistan amid the publicity and scrutiny accorded a likely Democratic nominee for president rather than a senator from Illinois. Security was tight and media access to Obama was limited by his campaign.


Traveling with Obama were Sens. Chuck Hagel, a Nebraska Republican, and Jack Reed, a Democrat from Rhode Island. Both are military veterans and have been mentioned as potential Obama vice presidential running mates, although Reed has said he is not interested in the job and Hagel would be an unlikely cross-party choice.


Obama and others in the delegation received a briefing Saturday inside the U.S. base in Jalalabad from the Afghan provincial governor of Nangarhar, Gul Agha Sherzai, a no-nonsense, bullish former warlord.


"Obama promised us that if he becomes a president in the future, he will support and help Afghanistan not only in its security sector but also in reconstruction, development and economic sector," Sherzai told The Associated Press.


The area where the meeting took place is not far from where Osama bin Laden escaped U.S. troops in 2001 after his al-Qaida network led the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.


Obama's first overseas tour since securing the Democratic nomination — he is scheduled to travel to Europe through next week — could be key to honing his foreign policy strategy with less than four months before the election. His rival for the presidency, Republican Sen. John McCain, has criticized Obama for not spending more time in the region.


The delegation also met Saturday with top military leaders and troops at Bagram Air Field, the main U.S. military base north of the capital, before going to Jalalabad Air Field in Nangarhar province.


Obama advocates ending the U.S. combat role in Iraq by withdrawing troops at the rate of one to two combat brigades a month while increasing the military commitment to Afghanistan. Obama has proposed sending two more combat brigades — about 7,000 troops — to Afghanistan. McCain is also advocating sending more forces to the war-battered country.


U.S. military officials say the number of attacks in eastern Afghanistan, where most of the U.S. forces in the country operate, has gone up by 40 percent so far in 2008, compared to the same period in 2007.


Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, told The Associated Press on Saturday that after intense U.S. assaults there, al-Qaida may be considering shifting focus to its original home base in Afghanistan, where American casualties are recently running higher than in Iraq.


Obama has also expressed weariness with the efforts by Afghanistan's neighbor Pakistan to go after militants in its territory. That frustration may strike a chord with Karzai, who has accused Pakistan's intelligence service of supporting the Taliban insurgency — claims that Pakistan denies.


But Obama has also chided Karzai and his government, saying it had "not gotten out of the bunker" and helped to organize the country or its political and security institutions

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Thursday, November 22, 2007

Psychopaths R Us - Learning torture and murder for fun and profit

Psychopaths R Us - Learning torture and murder for fun and profit

Zio-Nazis are free to insult and attack others. They are lacking of any valid defence legally, morally or otherwise. However, the same pigs are calling names, killing babies, conducting terrors and running the longest running concentration camps without any remorse whatsoever!

They deserve to be in side the gas chamber! It is long overdue.

--- In freeamericanow@yahoogroups.com, "bruceksim" wrote:

Islamo-fascist knucklehead,

You are a rascist pig but you do say funny things at times.

Cheers Bruce


--- In freeamericanow@yahoogroups.com, "Jodie" wrote:

Re: Psychopaths R Us - Learning torture and murder for fun and profit

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--- In freeamericanow@yahoogroups.com, "union_faruque" wrote:

Nazi Zionist Bruce,

Answer my valid questions and do not bark.



--- In freeamericanow@yahoogroups.com, "union_faruque" wrote:
Re: Psychopaths R Us - Learning torture and murder for fun and profit

Nazi Zionist Bruce,

Answer my valid questions and do not bark.

--- In freeamericanow@yahoogroups.com, "bruceksim" wrote:

You are a rascist pig but you do say funny things at times.

Cheers Bruce

--- In freeamericanow@yahoogroups.com, "union_faruque" wrote:
Re: Psychopaths R Us - Learning torture and murder for fun and profit


Free America Now from the Zio-Nazis. Fights in Afghanistan, Iran, Lebanon, Syria and Iran got no strategic value or interest for America. Yet, Nazi Zionist Israel is dragging America like an obedient donkey. The USA$ is going down the tube, poor Americans are dying and getting injured for no reason! Yet, Zionists want to use America as their launching pad and Americans as foot soldiers. What a ad state of affairs!

"We Jews have spoiled the blood of all the races of Europe. Taken as a whole, everything is Jewdified. Our ideas animate everything. Our spirit reigns over the world. We are the Lords." - Dr. Kurt Munzer, The Way to Zion.


--- In freeamericanow@yahoogroups.com, John Perna wrote:

Psychopaths R Us - Learning torture and murder for fun and profit
As the world moves towards totalitarianism there is likely to be a shortage of psychopaths, who will be needed to fill the demand for the torture and murder. Countries which are still pretending to be free, may find it necessary to "outsource" training to psychopaths working in private companies which receive government contracts.

Water boarding instructional video for the beginner interrogator.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GcXl1y_mQw&feature=related

Our police are being used as military against us. The police are being desensitized so they will be able to kill us at will without thinking about it. Martial law will be easier now that they have police that will do the job for them.

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Actual Senate debate and roll call vote on the confirmation of Mukasey Mukasey could not say clearly that "water boarding" is torture.
SEN. KENNEDY: Speech Opposing Mukasey Confirmation
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Bill Maher video clip on torture

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Terrorism, torture, the Patriot act, and Ron Paul's comments
The American recipe for holocaust - A startling video by Naomi Wolf, author of "The End of America" with details about our secret prison system where torture takes place.
When Will We Have Had Enough? Billy Vegas
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The Power Behind the Power revealed- PBS.ORG gives us the inside info on "Cheney's Law"
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After a long flight, Robert Dziekanski was left waiting in airport security for 10 hours and his Mother was also waiting for him for hours until his nerves snapped, which can be seen in the way he was breathing heavily.
An eyewitness's video recording of Robert Dziekanski being killed with a Taser by police on Oct. 14 at Vancouver International Airport:
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The full Waco Documentary, in 13 video segments, is found at:
In the particular segment (below) we see a BATF agent shooting into the room where the other agents were killed:
In the particular segments (below) we see a hole that could have only been made by an explosive device placed on to of the bunker where the women and children hid:
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Clinton_Chronicles.wmv
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FEMA Says Founding Fathers Are Terrorists
The following video is of a July 2001 FEMA training meeting in Oklahoma where a FEMA representative was caught on video instructing local police that the American people were the enemy and that George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and the rest of the founding fathers were a terrorist organization.
So there you have it. If you want to defend the rights listed in the constitution you are a terrorist. Still want to fight the war on terror?
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Video showing officers arresting Carol Ann Gotbaum at Phoenix's Sky Harbor Airport just before she DIED WHILE HANDCUFFED in a holding cell.
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These days, video footage can come in very handy...
...... (or can get you in trouble)
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Matt Lauer Corners Bush on Torture
Sen. Edward Kennedy asks Alberto Gonzales about torture.
David Gregory vs Bush on Torture Bill
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Videos of Ron Paul and Judge Andrew Napolitano at Future of Freedom Foundation Conference
Judge Andrew Napolitano at FFF Conference, Part 1 of 4
Andrew Napolitano at FFF Conference, Part 2 of 4
Andrew Napolitano at FFF Conference, Part 3 of 4
Andrew Napolitano at FFF Conference, Part 4 of 4
Ron Paul at FFF Conference, Part 1
Ron Paul at FFF Conference, Part 2
Ron Paul at FFF Conference, Part 3
Ron Paul at FFF Conference, Part 4 (Questions and Answers)
Ron Paul at FFF Conference, Part 5
Ron Paul at FFF Conference, Part 6 of 6
Judge Andrew Napolitano A Nation of Sheep
Student Tasered: Judge Napolitano Is Outraged!
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"For protecting them by a mock Trial from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States"
The Declaration of Independence of the Thirteen Colonies
"The government has not decided whether to prosecute Blackwater Worldwide bodyguards for the September shooting of 17 Iraqi civilians."
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Blackwater Mercenaries Deploy in New Orleans
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/091005A.shtml
Ron Paul : Stop Dreaming
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWfIhFhelm8
"In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act"
George Orwell
Go to this link to watch hundreds of videos, one after another, with no end until you exit.

http://www.ronpaultv.com

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Wednesday, October 31, 2007

70 AIRMEN PUNISHED FOR NUKE "ACCIDENT (?)" !!!

70 AIRMEN PUNISHED FOR NUKE "ACCIDENT (?)" !!!


70 punished in accidental B-52 flight, Missing Nukes and Bin Laden, Pearl Harbour, Gulf of Tonkin, 9/11 of 1967, 9/11 of 2001 and Mistaken Nukes point out to people who control America.

Our Moral Rights and American Duty are two carcinogenic clusters in USA, UK and Australia.

Beside the above, why the hell the US and world media is very silent about this? Remember, on that day, mighty Israel bombed Syria!


--- In freeamericanow@yahoogroups.com, "Jodie" wrote:

Following is a dialogue between 2 members of Issues and Alibis re: the "accidental" ??? transporting of 6 armed nuclear missiles acrosss the United States... also a good, explanatory article.

Hmmm.... It looks like Bush got caught with his pants down, in his plans to start WWIII !! And 70 U.S. airmen paid the price for Bush getting caught in another of his lies.


What this incident tells us is that the UN is worthless as an organization of peace for ALL NATIONS OF THE WORLD.

The statement it makes is:


1. The UN is bought and paid for by the U.S. and its allies.


2. The U.S. and its allies are allowed by the UN to do pretty much what they please... i.e., have WMD, and can impose sanctions on other countries and/or invade them if they have any designs toward making WMD.


3. The U.S. and its allies can have WMD, but other countries can NOT have them !!


Does anyone see a discrepancy is this ??


4. The UN is NOTHING but a tool of the U.S..... Plain and simple.


Like many Americans, I am sick of the discrepancies, the lies, and the dishonor of the United States. America has no vision of peace and good will toward the rest of the world... Only a "ME FIRST and TO HELL WITH THE REST OF YOU" military philosophy. America is a MILITANT NATION... NOT a peaceful nation. Sadly, it never has been.


Read below...


Jodie
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Re: [IssuesAndAlibis_The_Forum] 70 AIRMEN PUNISHED FOR NUKE "ACCIDENT (?)"


John:


Suprise, suprise........the Nazi in the oval office made a HUUGE mistake, got caught, and now some poor airmen are paying for his need to start WWIII.......I swear the Hitler sitting in the oval office needs to be arrested ASAP!



On Oct 19, 2007, at 11:04 PM, John Stroebel wrote:

Well I'll be humped by Cameron Diaz and dipped in Bush's shit!



SEVENTY USAF PERSONNEL suddenly made the VERY SAME MISTAKE on the VERY SAME NIGHT...loaded SIX CRUSE MISSILES with SIX NUKES ATTACHED, out of TOP SECURITY LOCK DOWN, loaded them on a B-52....got permission to TAKE OFF......and DID IT.


WHAT A FUCKING ERROR!!!!



Gee, and the crew? They didn't EVEN ASK, "WTF are these BIG NOSECONES WITH THE RADIOACTIVE SYMBOL ON THEM, ATTACHED TO THESE CRUSE MISSILES???"



SIX AMERICAN NUKES...."ACCIDENTALLY" released ON CRUSE MISSILES......because 70 AIRMEN FUCKED UP AT THE EXACT SAME TIME.



Say! Did they fire any GENERALS????



and we are worried that the so called 'TERRORISTS" might get their hands on a LOOSE NUKE, is that RIGHT????



How about this....SEVENTY US AIRMEN ARE GETTING RAILROADED BECAUSE BUSH CO'S PLAN TO USE THOSE NUKES WENT SOUTH ON THEM.



Yup, support the troops...throw them to the wolves and START A FUCKING NUCLEAR WAR.



HEY PEEPS! HAD ENOUGH YET????

;-)


( you believe THIS SHIT, wait till you hear the 911 story!)



70 punished in accidental B-52 flight
By PAULINE JELINEK, Associated Press Writer 29 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - The Air Force said Friday it has punished 70 airmen involved in the accidental, cross-country flight of a nuclear-armed B-52 bomber following an investigation that found widespread disregard for the rules on handling such munitions.


"There has been an erosion of adherence to weapons-handling standards atMinot Air Force Base and Barksdale Air Force Base," said Maj. Gen. Richard Newton, the Air Force deputy chief of staff for operations.


Newton was announcing the results of a six-week probe into the Aug. 29-30 incident in which the B-52 was inadvertently armed with six nuclear-tipped cruise missiles and flown from Minot in North Dakota to Barksdale in Louisianawithout anyone noticing the mistake for more than a day.


The missiles were supposed to be taken to Louisiana, but the warheads were supposed to have been removed beforehand.


A main reason for the error was that crews had decided not to follow a complex schedule under which the status of the missiles is tracked while they are disarmed, loaded, moved and so on, one official said on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak on the record.


The airmen replaced the schedule with their own "informal" system, he said, though he didn't say why they did that nor how long they had been doing it their own way.


"This was an unacceptable mistake and a clear deviation from our exacting standards," Air Force Secretary Michael W. Wynne said at a Pentagon press conference with Newton. "We hold ourselves accountable to the American people and want to ensure proper corrective action has been taken."


Rep. Ellen Tauscher, D-Calif., chairwoman of the House Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee, said she believed the Air Force had done a thorough investigation, but the findings were "a warning sign that there has been degradation" of attitudes toward the handling of the weapons.


"These are not just rules that people dreamed up ... just so they could check off the boxes," she said. "This is fundamentally important to the security of the country and the world."


Hans Kristensen of the Federation of American Scientists was among those skeptical that the August flight represented an isolated incident.


He said a decline in Air Force standards for nuclear weapons maintenance and security was documented by the government a decade ago. In recent years, he said, Minot and Barksdale have both gotten poor marks during inspections routinely required for certification.


"Part of the reason is that after the end of the Cold War, and the disappearance of the Soviet nuclear threat, the nuclear career was not very sexy — it was not the way to go if you wanted to" advance in the military. A shortage of people with the right skills, training and mentality followed, something the Air Force has worked to improve, he said.


Newton acknowledged that the Air Force needs to "restore the confidence" lost among the American people after the August incident, which raised questions about the safety of the country's nuclear arsenal.


"We are making all appropriate changes to ensure this has a minimal chance of ever happening again," Wynne said.


Newton said the flight in question resulted from an "unprecedented string of procedural errors," beginning with a failure by airmen to conduct a required inspection of the missiles before they were loaded aboard the B-52 bomber at Minot. The crew flying the plane was unaware nuclear warheads were on its wing, though it wasn't explained what role they played in the mistake.


Highest ranked among those punished were four officers who were relieved this week of their commands, including the 5th Bomb Wing commander at Minot — Col. Bruce Emig, who also has been the base commander since June.


In addition, the wing has been "decertified from its wartime mission," Newton said.


Some 65 airmen have been decertified from handling nuclear weapons. The certification process looks at a person's psychological profile, any medications they are taking and other factors in determining a person's reliability to handle weapons.


After it was loaded with the missiles, the B-52 sat overnight at Minot, flew the next morning to Louisiana , and then sat on a tarmac again for hours before anyone noticed the nuclear warheads.


Newton avoided repeated questions on what extra security would have been required if crews had known the nuclear weapons were on the plane. But another official later said privately that security was increased as soon as the nuclear warheads were discovered.


The Air Combat Command ordered a command-wide stand-down — instituted base by base and completed Sept. 14 — to set aside time for personnel to review procedures, officials said.


The incident was so serious that it required President Bush and Defense Secretary Robert Gates to be quickly informed.

Wynne prefaced his remarks about the B-52 incident by saying that, in publicly confirming that nuclear weapons were involved, he had authorized a one-time exception to U.S. policy, which states that the location of nuclear weapons will never be confirmed publicly. He said he made this exception because of the seriousness of the episode and its importance to the nation.


The weapon involved was the Advanced Cruise Missile, a "stealth" weapon developed in the 1980s with the ability to evade detection by Soviet radar. The Air Force said in March that it had decided to retire the Advanced Cruise Missile fleet soon, and officials said after the breach that the missiles were being flown to Barksdale for decommissioning.

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