Why is Blackwater USA patrolling New Orleans with M-16s? 10 Sep 2005

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Why is Blackwater USA patrolling New Orleans with M-16s? 10

Sep 2005

 

 

 

Breaking News and Commentary from Citizens For Legitimate Government

10 September 2005

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Gulf War III: Why is Blackwater USA patrolling New Orleans with M-16s?

By Will Bunch 08 Sep 2005 " How do you know that we're finally taking

the situation in New Orleans seriously? We're sending in the private

mercenaries -- the very same folks we've called on to do the dirty

work in Iraq. Reports are beginning to surface that New Orleans and

environs are crawling with armed private commandos from Blackwater

USA, the North Carolina-based security firm that has risen to

prominence with its highly visible role in Iraq. "

 

New Orleans Begins Confiscating Firearms 08 Sep 2005 Waters were

receding across this flood-beaten city today as police officers began

confiscating weapons, including legally registered firearms, from

civilians in preparation for a mass forced evacuation of the residents

still living here. No civilians in New Orleans will be allowed to

carry pistols, shotguns or other firearms, said P. Edwin Compass III,

the superintendent of police. " Only law enforcement are allowed to

have weapons, " he said.

 

'If you don't get your ass out of here, I'm going to break your

motherf--ing jaw.' Ex-SP journalist feels wrath of New Orleans police

09 Sep 2005 A former StarPhoenix photographer was threatened, shoved

and stripped of his cameras by New Orleans police while on assignment

in the hurricane-ravaged city.

 

Police trapped survivors in New Orleans 09 Sep 2005 Police from

surrounding jurisdictions shut down several access points to one of

the only ways out of New Orleans last week, effectively trapping

victims of Hurricane Katrina in the flooded and devastated city. An

eyewitness account from two San Francisco paramedics posted on an

internet site for Emergency Medical Services specialists says,

" Thousands of New Orleaners were prevented and prohibited from

self-evacuating the city on foot. "

 

FEMA Nixes Grassroots Radio Station for Hurricane Evacuees 08 Sep 2005

Although the effort was trumpeted in the media as an example of

grassroots ingenuity in the face of disaster, local officials with the

Federal Emergency Management Agency have nixed an attempt by Houston

activists to set up a low-power radio station at the Astrodome that

would have broadcast Hurricane Katrina relief information for

evacuees. local officials said FEMA bureaucrats KO'd the

station—dubbed KAMP " Dome City Radio " —because of " security concerns. "

 

US military bars journalists from body-filled areas of New Orleans 09

Sep 2005 The military will bar journalists and photographers from

documenting the recovery of bodies left littering New Orleans by

Hurricane Katrina [bush], the army general in charge said.

 

CNN sues over FEMA dead body request 10 Sep 2005 CNN filed a lawsuit

Friday intended to head off federal directives barring the media from

showing photos of people left dead by Hurricane Katrina. The Federal

Emergency Management Agency this week asked news agencies to refrain

from airing or publishing photos of dead bodies, and excluded media

from some recovery missions in New Orleans.

 

Judge supports CNN request to cover Katrina's [bush's] toll 10 Sep

2005 At the request of CNN, a federal judge in Texas Friday night

blocked emergency officials in New Orleans from preventing the media

from covering the recovery of bodies from Hurricane Katrina. U.S.

District Judge Keith Ellison issued a temporary restraining order

against a " zero access " policy announced earlier Friday by Army Lt.

Gen. Russel Honore, who is overseeing the federal relief effort in the

city, and Terry Ebbert, the city's homeland security director.

 

FEMA to stop giving out debit cards 09 Sep 2005 The nation's relief

agency said Friday it will discontinue its program to distribute debit

cards worth up to $2,000 to hurricane victims, two days after hastily

announcing the novel plan to provide quick relief. [No worries... the

contracts awarded to Halliburton and Blackwater USA were not

discontinued.]

 

Red Cross: State rebuffed relief efforts --Aid organization never got

into New Orleans, officials say 09 Sep 2005 Louisiana officials

rebuffed American Red Cross requests to enter New Orleans with relief

supplies last week because of concerns over logistical difficulties,

Red Cross and state officials said Thursday.

 

The Great New Orleans Land Grab --The 17th Street Canal levy was

breeched on purpose By Ernesto Cienfuegos 07 Sep 2005 There were

numerous incidents that occurred during and immediately after Katrina

struck that point to the 'unthinkable'. It now appears that a

sophisticated plan was implemented that utilized the 'cover of a

hurricane' to first destroy and than take over the City of New

Orleans... Among the most telling anomalies pointing to something

terribly afoot is the gun battle, killing 5, that occurred at the

breeched levy between the New Orleans Police Department and, what have

now been identified as US military agents. " [A must read]

 

Explosive Residue Found On Failed Levee Debris --Ruptured New Orleans

Levee had help failing By Hal Turner 09 Sep 2005 " Divers inspecting

the ruptured levee walls surrounding New Orleans found something that

piqued their interest: Burn marks on underwater debris chunks from the

broken levee wall! ...According to well placed sources, a military

forensic specialist determined the burn marks on the cement chunks

did, in fact, come from high explosives. The source, speaking on

condition of anonymity said 'We found traces of boron-enhanced

fluoronitramino explosives as well as PBXN-111. This would indicate at

least two separate types of explosive devices.' The levee ruptures in

New Orleans did not take place during Hurricane Katrina, but rather a

day after the hurricane struck. "

 

" We finally cleaned up public housing in New Orleans. We couldn't do

it, but God did. " The Politics of Hurricane Katrina 09 Sep 2005 From

the Wall Street Journal's Washington Wire: " House Republican campaign

chief Reynolds touts chance to market conservative social-policy

solutions; Rep. Baker [Richard H. Baker (R-LA 6th)] of Baton Rouge is

overheard telling lobbyists: 'We finally cleaned up public housing in

New Orleans. We couldn't do it, but God did.' Baker explains later he

didn't intend flippancy but has long wanted to improve low-income

housing. " [Email Baker here. Submit comments here. Washington DC

Office: Congressman Richard Baker, 341 Cannon House Office Building,

Washington, DC 20515 Phone: 202-225-3901 - Fax: 202-225-7313. Baton

Rouge Office: Congressman Richard Baker, 5555 Hilton Avenue, Suite

100, Baton Rouge, LA 70808 Phone: 225-929-7711 or toll-free (in LA

only) 800-892-1253 - Fax: 225-929-7688]

 

Physician who told Cheney to go F*ck Himself Lost his Home in Katrina,

Detained, Cuffed by Cheney's M-16-carrying Goons By Jackson Thoreau 09

Sep 2005 " As he [Dr. Ben Marble] stood about 10 feet away from Cheney

and his friend and some camera operators from CNN and other media

filmed the scene, Marble suddenly yelled, 'Go f*ck yourself, Mr.

Cheney! Go f*ck yourself, you a*shole!' ...As they were salvaging a

few things from Marble's home, two military police waving M-16's

showed up and said they were looking for someone who fit Marble's

description who had cursed at Cheney. "

 

Secret Service investigating university student 08 Sep 2005 The Secret

Service has its eye on a Kentucky student. Twenty-one-year-old Phillip

Bailey is being investigated for suggesting pResident Bush be shot...

Bailey said he posted a message on a Web site in response to someone

else who suggested that looters in New Orleans should be shot.

 

Inside FEMA: Leaders Lacking Disaster Experience --'Brain Drain' At

Agency Cited 09 Sep 2005 Five of eight top Federal Emergency

Management Agency officials came to their posts with virtually no

experience in handling disasters and now lead an agency whose ranks of

seasoned crisis managers have thinned dramatically since the Sept. 11,

2001, attacks.

of FEMA Stripped of Role as Relief Leader 09 Sep 2005 Under

intense pressure to improve its response to Hurricane Katrina, the

Bush administration on Friday abruptly removed the head of the Federal

Emergency Management Agency, Michael D. Brown, from oversight of the

post-storm relief effort, and replaced him with Vice Adm. Thad W.

Allen of the Coast Guard.

 

Disaster chief loses hurricane relief role after CV allegations 10 Sep

2005 Michael Brown, the head of the Bush administration's disaster

relief effort, was relieved yesterday of his role coordinating the

response to Hurricane Katrina, after allegations that he had

embroidered his professional record and had no emergency management

experience.

 

Protesters " shame " Bush over Katrina response 08 Sep 2005 Around 150

people, including a handful of evacuees from Hurricane Katrina,

protested outside the White House, accusing pResident George W. Bush

of letting down the victims of the Bushaster. [bushaster --new word,

courtesy CLG reader and choreographer/dancer Sarah Skaggs]

 

Gore Helped Airlift Katrina Refugees --President Gore Criticizes

Administration's Response 09 Sep 2005 Al Gore helped airlift some 270

Katrina evacuees on two private charters from New Orleans, acting at

the urging of a doctor who saved the life of Gore's son.

 

Officials: Guard Deployment Hurt Response 09 Sep 2005 The deployment

of thousands of National Guard troops from Mississippi and Louisiana

in Iraq when Hurricane Katrina struck hindered those states' initial

storm response, military and civilian officials said Friday. Lt. Gen.

Steven Blum, chief of the National Guard Bureau, said that " arguably''

a day at most of response time was lost due to the absence of the

Mississippi National Guard's 155th Infantry Brigade and Louisiana's

256th Infantry Brigade, each with thousands of troops in Iraq.

 

Guard Troops Look Home to Battered Louisiana (NPR, " All Things

Considered " ) 05 Sep 2005 " Melissa Block talks with Army Spc. Robert

Greer with the Louisiana National Guard's 1st Battalion, 141st Field

Artillery. The unit, based in New Orleans, is currently serving in

Baghdad. 'We all want to get home to help,' Greer says. "

 

Iraq rebuilding under threat as US runs out of money 09 Sep 2005 Key

rebuilding projects in Iraq are grinding to a halt because American

money is running out and security has diverted funds intended for

electricity, water and sanitation [just like in New Orleans],

according to US officials... Fuel shortages have produced mile-long

queues at petrol stations. [LOL, only Bush and Halliburton could

actually cause fuel shortages in *Iraq.*]

 

Security Contractors in Iraq Under Scrutiny After Shootings 10 Sep

2005 Recent shootings of Iraqi civilians, allegedly involving the

legion of U.S., British and other foreign security contractors

operating in the country, are drawing increasing concern from Iraqi

officials and U.S. commanders who say they undermine relations between

foreign military forces and Iraqi civilians. [The same security

contractors are killing civilians in New Orleans, as well.]

 

Al-Qaida in Iraq seizes border town as it mobilises against poll 07

Sep 2005 The Al-CIAduh in Iraq has seized control of a town on the

Syrian border and is mobilising to disrupt next month's referendum on

a draft constitution.

 

Diplomats stage walk out as UK and US are accused of terrorism 10 Sep

2005 British and European diplomats walked out of a human rights

conference in Malaysia yesterday, after the country's former prime

minister claimed that the United States and the UK were " terrorist "

states and that air force pilots whose bombs killed Iraqi civilians

were murderers.

 

Former Malaysian PM calls Britain 'state terrorist' 09 Sep 2005

Britain's chief diplomat in Malaysia stormed out of a human rights'

conference today after the UK and US were condemned as " state

terrorists " by the country's retired prime minister. Malaysia's former

leader, Mahathir Mohamad, launched the scathing attack on both

countries for invading Iraq, blaming them for thousands of Iraqi

civilian deaths.

 

Should Congress Investigate the Bush Administration's Iraq War Lies?

(Democrats.com online petition)

 

Dutch Citizen Indicted in Terrorism Conspiracy Against Americans in

Iraq 09 Sep 2005 An Iraqi-born Dutch citizen has been indicted by a

grand jury in Washington, D.C. for allegedly participating in a

conspiracy [?!?] to attack Americans based in Iraq, Assistant Attorney

Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth L.

Wainstein of the District of Columbia announced today. These are the

first U.S. criminal charges connected to terrorist activities in Iraq.

 

Court Rules U.S. Can Indefinitely Detain Citizens --Ruling Comes in

the Case of 'Enemy Combatant' Jose Padilla 09 Sep 2005 A federal

appeals court ruled today that the president can indefinitely detain a

U.S. citizen captured on U.S. soil in the absence of criminal charges,

holding that such authority is vital to protect the nation from

'terrorist' attacks.

 

Power to Detain U.S. Terror Suspect Is Upheld 09 Sep 2005 A federal

appeals court ruled today, in a significant victory for the Bush

administration, that the president " unquestionably " had the authority

to order the detention of Jose Padilla, an American citizen suspected

of having links to Al CIAduh.

 

Judge Rules Vs. U.S. in Patriot Act Case --Judge Rules Against

Government in Patriot Act Case, Freeing Librarians to Debate Act's

Renewal 09 Sep 2005 A federal judge lifted a gag order Friday that

shielded the identity of librarians who received an FBI demand for

records about library patrons under the Patriot Act.

 

Mega barf alert! Gonzales Again Emerges As Court Contender 10 Sep 2005

Ralph Neas, president of the liberal People for the American Way, said

his group has " serious concerns regarding [an Attorney General

Alberto] Gonzales nomination,'' primarily over his role in crafting

U.S. policies on interrogation and treatment of suspected terrorists.

 

DeLay's state PAC indicted Grand jury says the use of corporate money

violated Texas election laws 09 Sep 2005 A Travis County grand jury

indicted a business organization and a political committee founded by

U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay on Thursday on felony charges of

violating election laws by using corporate money to influence state

elections. The indictments accuse the DeLay-founded Texans for a

Republican Majority Political Action Committee of two counts of

illegally soliciting corporate money for political campaigns.

 

Congress to Investigate 9/11 Loan Abuses 10 Sep 2005 Congress will

investigate the " flagrant abuse'' of a federal loan program designed

to help businesses recover from the Sept. 11 attacks and make sure

such problems don't occur with Hurricane Katrina relief, a key Senate

Republican announced Friday.

 

Government Intervention in Stock Market is Detailed by New Report,

GATA Says 06 Sep 2005 A major Canadian financial management firm that

a year ago published a compilation of evidence of central bank

manipulation of the gold price has just done the same in regard to the

U.S. stock market and has reached a similar conclusion... Frequent

intervention in the stock market, the Sprott report also notes, makes

it impossible to distinguish between national emergencies and

political expediency. [sprott report in .pdf.]

 

Analysis Sees Deficits Growing Under Bush 10 Sep 2005 Even before the

cost of Hurricane Katrina is added to the federal ledger, a

Congressional Budget Office study commissioned by Democrats predicts

pResident Bush will fail to keep his promise to cut the deficit in

half by the time he leaves office.

 

The Panama Deception (Summary by Mark Yannone) 09 Sep 2005 " This film

shows how the US attacked Panama and killed 3 or 4 thousand people in

an invasion that the rest of the world opposed. (Sound familiar?)

....The excuse given for the invasion was to remove the drug lord,

General Noriega, who had been on the CIA's payroll for 20 years. "

 

Hurricane Ophelia could boomerang back to US 09 Sep 2005 Hurricane

Ophelia edged away from Florida's Atlantic coast on Friday but

forecasters said it probably would loop back and hit the southeast

U.S. coast early next week.

 

" Very strange bird flu " or is bird flu - American bio-weapon? By

Vladimir Ivanov 22 Aug 2005 " In view of all this the fact of

unexpected even for US allies refusal in 2001 by the administration of

George Bush to sign the draft of new multilateral agreement on

toughening the prohibition of bacteriological weapons, already signed

by 140 countries, must not be ignored. And in 2002 the group of

prominent scientists-microbiologists of the USA and England publicly

accused authorities of the USA of development of the new generation

bacteriological weapons, in particular special cluster bombs which

represents a gross violation of international agreements. "

http://www.legitgov.org/flu_oddities.html

 

[09 Sep lead stories] Minister: Bush must be 'shot down' 08 Sep 2005 A

conservative German minister in a southern state has caused uproar by

saying U.S. pResident George W. Bush should be " shot down " for his

handling of the crisis in hurricane-struck New Orleans. During a visit

to a local company on Tuesday, Andreas Renner, Social Minister in

Germany's southern state of Baden-Wuertemberg, said of Bush: " He ought

to be shot down. " [bush is such a menace, even his fellow

conservatives want him " shot down. " If he weren't already a crawling,

belly-to-the-ground reptile, shooting him " down " would be a

possibility. As is now, he cannot get any lower. --MDR]

 

Cheney told to 'go f*ck yourself' in Gulfport, Mississippi 08 Sep 2005

Vice pResident Dick Cheney, in Gulfport, Mississippi on a tour of the

Katrina hurricane zone, was told to " go f*ck yourself " twice on live

television, RAW STORY has learned. During a discussion on hurricane

relief efforts, an off camera protester shouts, " Go f*ck yourself, Mr.

Cheney. Go f*ck yourself. "

 

Bush suspends wage laws --Bush signs executive order allowing

contractors to pay below prevailing wage in affected areas. Dictator

Bush issued an executive order Thursday allowing federal contractors

rebuilding in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina to pay below the

prevailing wage. In a notice to Congress, Bush said the hurricane had

caused " a national emergency " that permits him to take such action

under the 1931 Davis-Bacon Act in ravaged areas of Alabama, Florida,

Louisiana and Mississippi. [Next, Nutball will be bringing back slavery.]

 

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