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U.S. And South Korea Assault An Idyllic Island: Not For The First Time

June 21, 2012 – 4:49 pm

As a member of Veterans For Peace I am part of an organization representing thousands of U.S. military veterans who have participated in various overt and covert U.S. interventions violating the sovereignty of countless countries. This policy has caused incalculable harm to people, cultures, and the environment. Our personal experiences summon us to carefully re-examine […]

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US Veterans Delegation to Iraq, October 1991

March 21, 2012 – 10:36 pm

INTRODUCTION – HISTORICAL CONTEXT AS GULF WAR BEGINS President of the United States, George Herbert Walker Bush, on August 7, 1990, unilaterally ordered U.S. ground and naval forces to invade Saudi Arabia in border areas near Iraq, claiming he was responding to Iraq’s August 2 “naked aggression” of the Sheikdom of Kuwait. United States military […]

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History: US Military Interventions Against Domestic civil, Racial and labor “Unrest”

January 19, 2012 – 5:28 pm

Between 1775 and 1994, the U.S. military has been utilized by the President on at least 136 occasions to contain and overwhelm labor “unrest” (80 times) and racial or civil “unrest” (56 times). [Sweeney, Jerry K., Ed. (1996). A Handbook of American Military History. Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, pp. 3-269]. But “A Report Submitted to […]

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Counter Terrorism Under Reagan-Bush I

August 23, 2011 – 10:59 am

Counter Terrorism Under Reagan-Bush I    Reagan Launches Explicit Policy Using “Terror“ as Pretext for Repression The following evidence suggest how intensely President Reagan pursued surveillance, especially under the new rationale of investigating and preempting “terrorist” incidents. **December 4, 1981, U.S. President Ronald Reagan signed 14 page Executive Order 12333, establishing operating procedures for the […]

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FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force

February 21, 2011 – 11:58 am

RE: Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) SEE Attachment: “The Politics of Fear – Living in a Terrorama Society” Sam Adams, Mayor/Commissioner, samadams@ci.portland.or.us Nick Fish, Commissioner, nick@ci.portland.or.us Amanda Fritz, Commissioner, Amanda@ci.portland.or.us Randy Leonard, Commissioner, randy@ci.portland.or.us Dan Saltzman, Commissioner, dan@ci.portland.or.us Portland City Hall, 1221 SW 4th Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97204 From the first Red Scare during World War […]

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