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Former UK Ambassador: CIA Sent People to be ‘Raped with Broken Bottles’

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:49:42 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Murray alleged that in the late 1990s the Uzbek ambassador to the US met with then-Texas Governor George W. Bush to discuss a pipeline for the region, and out of that meeting came agreements that would see Texas-based Enron gain the rights to Uzbekistan's natural gas deposits, while oil company Unocal worked on developing the Trans-Afghanistan pipeline.

"The consultant who was organizing this for Unocal was a certain Mr. Karzai, who is now president of Afghanistan," Murray noted.

"There are designs of this pipeline, and if you look at the deployment of US forces in Afghanistan, as against other NATO country forces in Afghanistan, you'll see that undoubtedly the US forces are positioned to guard the pipeline route. It's what it's about. It's about money, it's about oil, it's not about democracy."

Clip Source: www.informationclearinghouse.info

The CIA relied on intelligence based on torture in prisons in Uzbekistan, a place where widespread torture practices include raping suspects with broken bottles and boiling them alive

, says a former British ambassador to the central Asian country.

Craig Murray

said the CIA not only relied on confessions gleaned through extreme torture, it sent terror war suspects to Uzbekistan as part of its extraordinary rendition program.

"I'm talking of people being raped with broken bottles," he said at a lecture late last month that was re-broadcast by the Real News Network. "I'm talking of people having their children tortured in front of them until they sign a confession. I'm talking of people being boiled alive. And the intelligence from these torture sessions was being received by the CIA, and was being passed on."

Murray asserts that the primary motivation for US and British military involvement in central Asia has to do with large natural gas deposits

a natural gas pipeline through Afghanistan

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Lithuanian President Announces Investigation into CIA Secret Prison

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:09:21 GMT

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Clip Source: abcnews.go.com

Lithuanian President Announces Investigation into CIA Secret Prison

The president of Lithuania called for an official investigation Tuesday into an ABC News.com exclusive report in August that the CIA housed a secret prison for al Qaeda suspects in Lithuania for more than a year beginning in 2004.

"If this is true," President Dalia Grybauskaite said, "Lithuania has to clean up, accept responsibility, apologize, and promise that it will never happen again."

At a press conference with the Council of Europe Human Rights Commission, Grybauskaite announced the investigation after it was clear a previous attempt by the Lithuanian Parliament was insufficient, according to a Council of Europe official.

ABC News reported that the CIA built a secret prison in a residential section of Vilnius from September 2004 through November 2005

to detain and interrogate top level al Qaeda prisoners captured around the world after 9/11.

We broke the law, admits CIA agent convicted of rendition

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:33:55 GMT

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clipper's remarks: One of the Americans convicted in absentia by an Italian court for her part in the 2003 abduction of a Muslim cleric by CIA operatives has acknowledged they "broke the law" and complained she was given insufficient protection by her superiors in Washington.

Clip Source: www.independent.co.uk

We broke the law, admits CIA agent convicted of rendition

One of the Americans convicted in absentia by an Italian court for her part in the 2003 abduction of a Muslim cleric by CIA operatives has acknowledged they "broke the law" and complained she was given insufficient protection by her superiors in Washington.

Sabrina deSousa, employed in the US consulate offices in Milan at the time of the abduction, made clear in an interview with ABC News that she was disgruntled that she and the other 22 Americans who were convicted by a Milan court on Wednesday had been left to fend for themselves by their country.

Saying she felt "abandoned and betrayed" as the trial unfolded over three years, Ms deSousa said "everything I did was approved by Washington... and we are paying for the mistakes right now, whoever authorised this."

Fort Hood Shooter...a Classic Manchurian Candidate

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:10:42 GMT

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clipper's remarks: .....lets see if he lives to tell his tale...he should have been killed on the spot...some-one boo-booed BIG TIME.

Clip Source: www.rumormillnews.com

Throughout the years of doing RMN, I and others have posted articles about mind control and in particular about certain locations where mind control has been carried out. One is Waco at an Institute called the Life Management Institue (LMI). LMI is used to teach CIA and other government operatives to use a super form of NLP - Neuro Linguistic Programming. The people who attend LMI are usually field operatives who use their skill to rapidly convince people to do what they want them to do.

Ft. Hood and VT have long ties.... 30 or more years to the mind control community. Here are some of the articles that have been posted over the years.

"Mind Control" at Fort Hood and Virginia Tech

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:23:38 GMT

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clipper's remarks: ..........the whole article makes interesting reading

Clip Source: www.rumormillnews.com

MIND CONTROL AT FORT HOOD AND VIRGINIA TECH

Ft. Hood and VT have long ties.... 30 or more years to the mind control community. Here are some of the articles that have been posted over the years.

Paul Joseph Watson with Prison Planet wrote the following article on Seung-Hui Cho. Also included with this article is commentary on the photo showing Cho in a Marine uniform with an unidentified person.
http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/archive.cgi/read/103349

Fort Hood Assassin ALIVE.....Hmmmm !

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:20:05 GMT

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Clip Source: www.rumormillnews.com

Ft Hood Assassin Alive!! Hmmmm

Most Level Five Mind Control assassins are programmed to kill themselves or a government shooter will be on site to make sure he's killed.

A woman was the one who shot him. Could it be possible that she didn't know she was supposed to kill him

If so, then those who want to uncover the OPEN EYES Manchurian Candidate Program should guard this man and make sure he isn't killed before he can be fully debriefed... using whatever methods it takes to do the debriefing.

Also remember that the control of the Level 5 Sleepers was handed over to a muslim group. I will have to find that article. I can't remember if control was given to Al Queda (CIA) or the Muslime Brotherhood (MI6)

More later.

raye

Italian Court Delivers Damning Verdict on CIA Renditions

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:42:17 GMT

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Clip Source: www.spiegel.de

Italian Court Delivers Damning Verdict on CIA Renditions

A court in Milan has delivered its verdict in the spectacular trial of several CIA agents involved in the 2003 kidnapping of the Islamist Abu Omar. Some 23 American agents received prison terms after being found guilty in absentia. The court's decision is a condemnation of the anti-terror policies of George W. Bush.

In the world's first trial involving the CIA's "extraordinary renditions" program since the Sept. 11 terror attacks, a court in the Italian city of Milan delivered a clear verdict. A total of 23 US agents were convicted in abstentia and sentenced to prison terms over their role in the 2003 kidnapping of the Islamist Abu Omar.

Twenty-two of the Americans were given five year terms while the former Milan CIA station chief Robert Lady was sentenced to eight years in prison. Three US citizens were acquitted, with reference to their diplomatic immunity.

Tags: italian court, cia, renditions, guilty, george bush, extraordinary, war on terror, crimes

Italy Convicts 23 Americans In CIA Terrorist Kidnapping Case

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:02:13 GMT

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clipper's remarks: One of those convicted, former Milan consular official Sabrina De Sousa, accused Congress of turning a blind eye to the entire matter.

"No one has investigated the fact that the U.S. government allegedly conducted a rendition of an individual who now walks free and the operation of which was so bungled," she said, speaking through her lawyer Mark Zaid.

Despite the convictions capping the nearly three-year Italian trial, several Italian and American defendants – including the two alleged masterminds of the abduction – were acquitted due to either diplomatic immunity or because classified information was stricken by Italy's highest court.

The case has been politically charged from the beginning, with attempts to mislead investigators looking into the cleric's disappearance and derail the judicial proceedings once the trial was under way. But the Italian-American relationship, conditioned on such issues as participation in the Afghan campaign, is unlikely to be hurt by the convic

Clip Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

MILAN — An Italian judge found 23 Americans and two Italians guilty Wednesday in the kidnapping of an Egyptian terror suspect, delivering the first legal convictions anywhere in the world against people involved in the CIA's extraordinary renditions program.

Human rights groups hailed the decision and pressed President Barack Obama to repudiate the Bush administration's practice of abducting terror suspects and transferring them to third countries where torture was permitted. The American Civil Liberties Union said the verdicts were the first convictions stemming from the rendition program.

The Obama administration ended the CIA's interrogation program and shuttered its secret overseas jails in January but has opted to continue the practice of extraordinary renditions.

The Americans, who were tried in absentia, now cannot travel to Europe without risking arrest as long as the verdicts remains in place.

Tags: italy, cia, courts, justice, extraordinary renditions, convictions

Italian court convicts 23 CIA agents over rendition

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:44:25 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Italian prosecutors had charged the Americans and seven members of the Italian military intelligence agency in the abduction of Osama Moustafa Hassan Nasr, known as //Abu Omar, on Feb. 17, 2003. Prosecutors said he was snatched in broad daylight, flown from an American air base in Italy to a base in Germany and then on to Egypt, where he asserts that he was tortured.//

Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

Italy Convicts 23 Americans for C.I.A. Renditions

MILAN — In a landmark ruling, an Italian judge on Wednesday convicted a base chief for the Central Intelligence Agency and 22 other Americans, almost all C.I.A. operatives, of kidnapping a Muslim cleric from the streets of Milan in 2003.

Critics of the Bush administration have long hailed the case as a repudiation of the tactics it used to fight terrorism. And the fact that Italy would actually convict intelligence agents of an allied country was seen as a bold move that could set a precedent in other cases.

Judge Oscar Magi handed an eight-year sentence to Robert Seldon Lady, a former C.I.A. base chief in Milan, and five-year sentences to the 22 other Americans, including an Air Force colonel and 21 C.I.A. operatives. Three of the other high-ranking Americans were given diplomatic immunity, including Jeffrey Castelli, a former C.I.A. station chief in Rome.

“Of course it was an illegal operation. But that’s our job.

Tags: cia, italy

23 Americans Convicted in Italy for CIA Kidnapping

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:46:33 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The Americans were accused of kidnapping Osama Moustafa Hassan Nasr, also known as Abu Omar, on Feb. 17, 2003, in Milan, then transferring him to U.S. bases in Italy and Germany. He was then moved to Egypt, where he says he was tortured. He was released after four years in prison without being charged.

The trial is the first by any government over the CIA's extraordinary rendition program, which transferred suspects overseas for interrogation. Human rights advocates charge that renditions were the CIA's way to outsource the torture of prisoners to countries where it is permitted.

Italy's government has denied involvement.

Among the Americans acquitted was Jeffrey Castelli, a former Rome CIA station chief, who prosecutors had alleged coordinated the abduction. The two other acquitted Americans were also assigned to the U.S. Embassy in the Italian capital and thus were covered by broad diplomatic immunity.

Clip Source: www.telegram.com

MILAN — An Italian judge today convicted 23 Americans of the 2003 kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric on a Milan street, in a landmark case involving the CIA's extraordinary rendition program in the war on terrorism.

Citing diplomatic immunity, Judge Oscar Magi told the Milan courtroom today that he was acquitting three other Americans.

Former Milan CIA station chief, Robert Seldon Lady, received the stiffest sentence, eight years in prison. The other 22 convicted American defendants each received a five-year sentence.

The Americans, all but one identified by prosecutors as CIA agents, were tried in absentia. Their lawyers entered innocent pleas on their client's behalf. They are considered fugitives from Italian justice.

In Washington, CIA spokesman George Little declined to comment on the convictions. He said, “The CIA has not commented on any of the allegations surrounding Abu Omar,” the kidnapped man.

The CIA has declined to comment on the case

CIA agents convicted in Absentia!

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:47:00 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Well, Guess they can never return to Italy!!

Clip Source: ca.news.yahoo.com

Italian judge convicts 23 Americans of kidnapping in CIA extraordinary rendition of cleric

The Canadian Press Photo: Prosecutor Armando Spataro speaks in a Milan court, Italy, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. THE ASSOCIATED...

MILAN, Italy - An Italian judge on Wednesday convicted 23 Americans of the 2003 kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric on a Milan street, in a landmark case involving the CIA's extraordinary rendition program in the war on terrorism.

Citing diplomatic immunity, Judge Oscar Magi told the Milan courtroom Wednesday that he was acquitting three other Americans.

Former Milan CIA station chief, Robert Seldon Lady, received the stiffest sentence, eight years in prison. The other 22 convicted American defendants each received a five-year sentence.

The Americans were accused of kidnapping Osama Moustafa Hassan Nasr

The Americans, all but one identified by prosecutors as CIA agents, were tried in absentia

Italy Convicts CIA Agents of Kidnapping

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:43:01 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Direct challenge to extraordinary rendition.

Clip Source: www.newser.com

(AP) – An Italian judge today convicted 23 Americans of the 2003 kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric on a Milan street, in a landmark case involving the CIA's extraordinary rendition program in the war on terrorism. Judge Oscar Magi acquitted three other Americans, citing diplomatic immunity. Former Milan CIA station chief Robert Seldon Lady received the stiffest sentence, eight years in prison. The other 22 each received a five-year sentence. All were tried in absentia.

All but one of the Americans were identified by prosecutors as CIA agents. Their lawyers entered innocent pleas on their behalf, and they are considered fugitives from Italian justice. They were convicted of kidnapping Osama Moustafa Hassan Nasr and transferring him to US bases in Italy and Germany. He was then moved to Egypt, where he says he was tortured. Nasr was released after four years in prison without being charged.

Tags: rendition

CIA agents guilty of Italy kidnap

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:10:15 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Interesting. Of course I don't think we're going to extradite them. And the agents will have to delete Italy from their travel sites.

The USA currently wants Sweden to extradite that perverted movie director....but thinks of itself as being above the law.

Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

CIA agents guilty of Italy kidnap

An Italian judge has convicted 23 CIA agents and two Italian secret agents of the kidnap of a Muslim cleric in 2003.

The CIA station chief in Milan, Robert Lady, was given an eight-year term, while the other 22 Americans convicted were sentenced to five years in prison.

Tags: cia, kidnapping, guilty, italy

Matt Damon in 'Green Zone', Movie With Message About Iraq War

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:58:35 GMT

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clipper's remarks: "Bourne Goes to Iraq" or Loyal Army officer finds out truth and the real enemy which changes his mission against the "powers that be". Note in the clipmark from Wiki the producer intends this to be not merely entertainment but relevant commentary:

"Film shouldn't be disenfranchised from the national conversation. It is never too soon for cinema to engage with events that shape our lives.

Perhaps this is like Clooney and Damon in Syriana in that respect.

Allegedly based upon this book here., which has some real interesting "reviews" worth considering.

Clip Source: www.youtube.com

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Clip Source: en.wikipedia.org

Green Zone is an upcoming thriller film written by Brian Helgeland and directed by Paul Greengrass. The film is based on the 2006 book Imperial Life in the Emerald City by journalist Rajiv Chandrasekaran which is based in Green Zone, Baghdad. It stars Matt Damon, Amy Ryan, Greg Kinnear, and Brendan Gleeson. Production began in January 2008 in Spain and moved on to Morocco. The film is scheduled to be released on March 12, 2010.

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Matt Damon portrays Roy Miller,^[2] a warrant officer who helps a senior CIA officer in the search for weapons of mass destruction.^[1]

Greengrass said of the project's contemporary relevance, "Film shouldn't be disenfranchised from the national conversation. It is never too soon for cinema to engage with events that shape our lives."^[15]

Tags: movies, green zone, iraq, iraq war, wmd, intelligence, propaganda

Another beautiful mind

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:16:13 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Using game theory, Bruce Bueno de Mesquita predicts the future with a 90% success rate!

Clip Source: www.russiatoday.com

Predicting the future with the New Nostradamus

The CIA – in a declassified document -has stated that the work de Mesquita has done for them enjoys a success rate of 90%.

RT: The CIA gave you a success rate of 90% with your predictions. Can you give an idea of the high profile predictions you got right, and also where did you go wrong?

BBdM: Among the high profile predictions – that are at least in the public domain and I'm allowed to talk about are: I developed a strategy that helped to get Ferdinand Marcos to leave the Philippines to clear the way for Cory Aquino to be elected.

Also, there is one major organisation in the world that has both China and Taiwan in it – The Asian Development Bank. When China applied for membership, they demanded that Taiwan be kicked out. I designed the strategy that would get China to join and keep Taiwan in, and, 25 years later, that’s still the case.