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Lest we forget!

Mustermann | 12.09.2001 16:38

NEW YORK, Aug. 24, 1998 — At the CIA, it happens often enough to have a code name: Blowback. Simply defined, this is the term that describes an agent, an operative or an operation that has turned on its creators. Osama bin Laden, our new public enemy Number 1, is the personification of blowback. And the fact that he is viewed as a hero by millions in the Islamic world proves again the old adage: Reap what you sow.

I don't condone or justify yesterday's slaughter, but let's not forget who made Bin Laden what he is!

 http://msnbc.com/news/190144.asp?cp1=1#BODY

Mustermann
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Prediction

12.09.2001 18:11

Nostradamus' prediction on WW3:

"In the year of the new century and nine months,
From the sky will come a great King of Terror...
The sky will burn at forty-five degrees.
Fire approaches the great new city..."
"In the city of york there will be a great collapse,
2 twin brothers torn apart by chaos
while the fortress falls the great leader will succumb
third big war will begin when the big city is burning"

- NOSTRADAMUS

New York is located at the 41st degree Latitude.

Third Eye


Nostradamus is a load of shite

12.09.2001 19:42

I thought Indymedia was about progressive-thinking people trying to tell the truth about what is going on in the world. This kind of post is a load of mystical bollox implying its all been predicted.
People have quoted Nostradamus to me dozens of times over the years as proof of the world about to end. am I alone in remembering how the birthmark on Gorbachev's head was supposed to be in there somewhere so proving he was going to destroy the world. And there was some crap about Chernobyl too. Well both those examples must be about 15 years - the world did not end, Nostradamus was wrong, it is all mystical bollox.
What next, are we going to have an IMC astrologer predicting world events? Please take this crap off the site, it diminishes Indymedia leaving it on.

Tom


acts of wanton stupidity

12.09.2001 21:06

id like to condemn the events yesterday as acts of wanton stupidity, but it iz typical of the trail of wanton stupidity which follows cia/fbi operatives like bin laden, followin on from their initial act of wanton stupidity, settin up, fundin, and financin neonazi lunatic maniacs like bin laden and his fanatic sheep. its time the ordinary american general public asks wat the fuk are these covert anti insurgence arseholes up to and exactly why they support bin laden and the taliban, and why they hav created these maniacs in the first place, afterall it iz tax payers money which iz being passed on to the taliban, via the cia/fbi.

thora turd


american reichstag

12.09.2001 21:48

i agree that nostradamus has become a rather tedious and irrelevant old fart against wots really going down, but would point out that he was a high level rosicrucian and mason and may well have had some tie in to the longer term agenda - but yes - you can prove anything is what he predicted. people contributing to this media really should try to strip themselves from the old rationalist, 'scientific' illusion that's providing such a cage for us all, particularly in the way the world's moving on, such as this event, a 'spectacle' of a degree that guy debord could never have imagined.you look at the statements of recovering mind controls whether hosted by american rightists or not, you see the kind of control that the hijackers were under - it doesnt matter if they were arabs, they certainly werent under control from afghanistan - but from much closer to the sites of the attacks - see MKUltra and Project Montauk websites.So we'll see the imposition of an approximation of martial law, the desparate attempts of the banks to maintain it before the big plunge into recession,world armies united, thousands of innocents killed in afghanistan by cruise - now theres a prediction

dwight heet


civil liberties under threat

12.09.2001 22:24

just listening to loathesome old bilderburger david owen how all our civil liberties will have to go down in the face of this kind of atrocity. let's back down friends!

dwight heet


bank it

13.09.2001 07:34

perhaps it's a little deeper than most people people want to go. two fairy stories, one about big G and all the christian
bullshit for all the good folks of the western world and the
muslim version for all the poor folks from the south.

and now it's time to play the Muslim / Christian war games.
The bankers who financed WW1 and WW2 are putting down a deposit on WW3, it's time to check out a banker or two .

funny, I keep thinking of bit's from catch 22 , like when Milo minderbender, has the squadron bomb their own base, "whats good for the syndicate is good for you"

I wonder if it's possible to guess what their next move will
be, I guess we are pretty soon going to see a lot of tractors and trailers in the sites of the most sophisticated (war) machines on the planet, smart bombs to kill innocent people, woman and children. Of course our friends in the corporate media will turn it into evening entertainment, and then there's the film rights ..
knock down a few countries, use up some of the stock pile of arms which are coming up to their sell by date .
then there is the rebuilding programme should keep capitalism alive for another 50 years. You know why , Bush senior never took out Saddam, Hollywood already had him under contract for a starring role in a much bigger blockbuster than
desert storm . coming soon to all the major TV channels WW3

red shield


Just say NO don't GO!

13.09.2001 12:27

Nostradamus may be an old fart, mason and rosicrucian, but if America has declared WAR, then this IS the third world war, and not to be scoffed at but stopped in it's tracks.

I. Predict


Faceless in DC

13.09.2001 15:29

Faceless cowards collaboration project

Calling on film makers and music gurus’

In solidarity with all the faceless cowards who, each and every-day are the victims of state and corporate violence, a project to tip the scales.

Those who orchestrated the strikes on Americana have been labelled faceless cowards by the new figurehead of corporate domination, president Bush. Exposure to the media propaganda, hearing the words of truth, justice and democracy from those who want it only for a few, it occurred to me that a message needs to get through, one that is not being acknowledged by America Public Ltd. From those on the ground in the US it appears that America Public Ltd is baying for blood and not to concerned about the why and the wherefore. If anything positive is to come out this recent tragedy, if the lives lost are to mean anything then the message that needs to get through is that you brought it upon yourselves, yes the truth hurts but grow up and deal with it.

Getting the message through.

A collaboration between film editors and musicians around the world to put together a visual-audio piece that brings this message home. Footage of Bush and Blair harping on about democracy etc with images of American and Nato forces committing acts of violence around the world in the interest of the global economy. Juxtapose images with number of people killed in American and Nato operations over the last decade compared with the number of people killed in terrorist attacks. Definitions of democracy and anarchy, definitions of state sanctioned violence and terrorism. It is time to hold the mirror up to the face of Americana in a language Americana will understand – a corporate music pop single – we are talking a money making opportunity for some schmuck record company, lets see which one takes the bait. If they don’t or that just seems to fucking repugnant, (which it is) it can always go out on CD/DVD and over the net produced and copied on CD burners and writers the world over.

This has to be a global collaboration involving fringe/trendy music makers so that it will have the cred to make it travel – words are never enough, it’s the names on the sleeve that people ‘buy’ into. That or keep it activist and annon – faceless cowards my arse!!!

Ken
mail e-mail: littleeiffel@hotmail.com


Convincing people

13.09.2001 20:42

And who we have to convince:

Yesterday I overheard someone where I work say that she felt like she had when Lady Diana was killed.
But today they seemed quite receptive when I explained that the USA had given Bin Laden his training (I refered to the 'relative' nature of terrorism and how lots of individuals in the USA donate money to the Irish Republican Army too).
Tomorrow there's a 3 minute silence scheduled (across Europe apparently). I guess I'll have to try explaining why I think Plan Cloumbia also constitutes terrorism (as does shifting production work out of well-paid USA to the ASEAN or NAFTA [Mexico] sub-minimum-wage economies).

Here's the memo from Consignia (the formerly state-operated British Post Office):

As most of you probably know, there will be a European day of mourning tomorow (Friday 14 September) following this week's terrorist attacks in America. A three-minute silence is being held at 11am tomorrow morning.

Consignia wants everyone who wishes to observe the silence to be allowed to do so and, where necessary, operational arrangements for tomorrow should be made to accommodate this.


Consignia also raised it's alert state by two levels (from Black to Amber). I doubt they are really a target in the same league as the Pentagon or WTC. Royal Mail's sorting-office and delivery staff's day-to-day worries mostly come from small-scale bomb-senders (please don't involve the posties, it's not honourable).

Smin
mail e-mail: mrsmin@hotmail.com


insanity

13.09.2001 20:47

hmm..I really don't know what's really happened in the last few days from where I am in southern England staring at thousands reading papers and papers of `apocalypse' and the appalling killing of innocent civilians.
Beyond that, I'm pretty worried about the wider implications of this, keeping in mind U.S foreign policy, and generally depressed about the retaliation they are planning. Their policies kill millions and they throw millions at brutal regimes-but suddenly, all life is sacred.
Absurdity, absurdity. Creating an environment of fear. What happens now, what happens now? Globalisation? Democratic nations, democratic nations...tell me please, before your moral indignations, the prayers you never say for the daily thousands that die due to your great lands..and what you mean beyond the scary words you're using.

human


american reichstag 2

13.09.2001 21:08

sorry if i appeared to scoff. the intended mind trauma of this nightmare is affecting me too.the reference to the rosicrucians etc was intended to give credibility to the old bugger as conspiracy theorists will understand. yes this is the start of world war 3, as always promised with george junior, and it will likely involve the attempt to crush every nation not currently in tune with the globalistion agenda. coupled of course with deep restrictions on the remnants of our civil liberties and the economic crash so widely advertised and now justified.that is why such an obscene ballet has been orchestrated and lovingly repeated over and over on tv, caught from every angle by the many amateur videoists about in new york at the time. i doubt bin Laden has anything to do with it, tho he is a former (present?)cia 'client'.by the way i saw a previous posting on here mentioning tesla pulse weaponry - does this explain the implosion of the towers,why they imploded and formed a rather neat demolition job with the concrete suddenly turned to dust which dampened the flames. obviously the senior fire officers present who were killed weren't expecting this, the immediate area wasnt even cleared. anybody any information on this?

dwight heet


Re: Faceless in DC

13.09.2001 21:57

I'm a UK drum'n'bass producer with wide musical experience and would happily collaborate on such a project if it's any help. Your suggestions are excellent.

Blue Sonix
mail e-mail: bluesonix@aquasonicrecords.com


re. faceless in dc

14.09.2001 00:37

great idea ken - i was thinking similar stuff meself as the mainstream media opinion is so, so shallow and so, so prejudiced and so, so loud. yet we have ways of being loud too! as usual, mass thinking needs to go a little deeper - just what is all this 'liberty and economic power' based on? people don't know their own bloody history - now its staring them in the face and the mainstream is doing its best to distract us from the root causes. POWER OVER = IRRESPONSIBLE FREEDOM. VIOLENT DOMINATION = THE ROOTS AND FRUITS OF 'CIVILISATION'. there is a lot of prejudice and ignorance out there - how much truth can people handle? and how? - a tough cookie but as martin luther king once knowingly said - even if the world was going to end tomorrow, i'd plant an apple tree today. let's hope creative cultural collaborations happed - i'm up for it. words, script, theatre, performance, direction, music, legwork, teambuilding etc etc.

another word; well, if impending doom does make its way over here - what will all the anti-capatalists do ( and the rest of them) when the money stops working? lets look and see who's had some forethought to get a bit of self-reliance and community autonomy and support - do you know how you'd survive without your daily cash, food, services etc? community gardeners and healers and alternative tekkies and low-impact builders and precious resource regenerators and non-violent group communication teachers etc etc ahoy - true activists they are in times of need. blak blokkers get a veg patch, learn how to purify your water, invert your 12v, resolve conflict in yourself/others and do something useful. ( now i'm not saying that protest & media is a baaaad ting - y'know - its all part of the rich tapestry). its about action in daily life

melski
mail e-mail: melskidoo@bigfoot.com


message to dwight heet

15.09.2001 10:09

dwight, i too think that the way the buildings collapsed was suspect. i read that the floors were not that thick and the heat from the planes fuel caused the uppper levels to "melt" and cave-in, falling onto other floors and thus collapsing.
however, maybe there were explosives in the building which caused it to fall so neatly.
it all seems a bit graasy knowl to me, mate.
i too would like info on this issue.

Rascalling Pixie
mail e-mail: upsetter@hushmail.com


why they fell as they did

17.09.2001 17:33

I too thought the way the buildings collapsed was strange. It was talked about quite a bit at school the next day. A physics instructor gave us a quick lesson/demonstration. It can be summed up as such: The forces that caused the buildings to fall were not directly the blows from the plane hitting but rather vibrations running down, then back up the huge length of the buildings. This caused the infrastructure of the building to "melt" into smaller and less stable pieces of the larger, original beams and blocks that were holding the building up. eventually the force was to great for the reduced infrastructure and the entirety of the building spilled in and around itself. He set up a demo at the sand tables which partially backed up the explanation. It sounds like as good a theory as any I've heard anybody else come up with as some buildings dealing with vibrations from earthquakes tend to collapse in a similar manner.

Jay
mail e-mail: jaythebrb@yahoo.com