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How to covertly train paramilitaries, censor the press, ban unions, employ terrorists, conduct warrantless searches, suspend habeas corpus, conceal breaches of the Geneva Convention and make the population love it

Wikileaks has done it again. A Special Forces counterinsurgency manual from the US has been leaked. It shows why Iraq has more in common with El Salvador than with Vietnam. The leaking of this manual shows that the occupation of Iraq is anything other than benign. As I've said on this forum before: Iraq is not about stealing oil, it's about controlling (and in this case limiting) oil production, to control the market and the pricing of oil. Remember, Iraq is producing less oil now than it did during sanctions.

I've been studying this 219 page manual for bringing Armageddon to indigenous peoples for a few days and whilst it contains no surprises for me, it is chilling indeed to see such wanton disregard for dignity, freedom and life in black and white. Funnily enough, and as an aside, the site for this particular Armageddon is biblically correct.

A synopsis of the manual and a link to the manual itself can be found here.

A big thumbs up to Wikileaks.

Did you ever check out Edward Bernays?

Personel who learned their trade in the North of Ireland in Psyops, interrogations and the management of informers have been moved on to Iraq.

Hermes - do you have anything more on the "price of oil" rather than "theft of oil" theory ?

SeathrúnCeitinn wrote:

Did you ever check out Edward Bernays?

Sure did. I've had a compulsion/obsession for informing myself about this stuff for years. I've some links to videos (and possibly some links to his writings) based on his works and will post them as soon as I can locate them.

The amazing thing about propaganda is that it works even when it's practiced overtly. There's some innane trait in most of us methinks, to see, hear or speak no evil, that others can and will take advantage of. Without wanting to go off topic, I must state that this is now what we're experiencing in the aftermath of the 'no' debacle in the Lisbon referendum: propaganda.

[quote="cactus flower"]Personel who learned their trade in the North of Ireland in Psyops, interrogations and the management of informers have been moved on to Iraq.

And Gordon Kerr covered himself in further glory down Baghdad way

Hermes wrote:

SeathrúnCeitinn wrote:

Did you ever check out Edward Bernays?

Sure did. I've had a compulsion/obsession for informing myself about this stuff for years. I've some links to videos (and possibly some links to his writings) based on his works and will post them as soon as I can locate them.

The amazing thing about propaganda is that it works even when it's practiced overtly. There's some innane trait in most of us methinks, to see, hear or speak no evil, that others can and will take advantage of. Without wanting to go off topic, I must state that this is now what we're experiencing in the aftermath of the 'no' debacle in the Lisbon referendum: propaganda.

If you can find 'The Century of Self' bbc(2002) . It takes you through his entire career. One of the best documentary series ever

"There is a Policeman Inside All Our Heads: He Must Be Destroyed"

CF wrote:

Hermes - do you have anything more on the "price of oil" rather than "theft of oil" theory ?

I do indeed. Read "Armed Madhouse" by Greg Palast (financial investigtor turned in one of the world's greatest investigative journalists).

Here's a link from an article by Palast, released in May, that goes into detail and explains why Iraq is about fixing the price of oil, rather than merely stealing it: Link.

The Century of Self available here

Or here

SeathrúnCeitinn wrote:

"There is a Policeman Inside All Our Heads: He Must Be Destroyed"

That was Defeated Romanticist's dig sig over on P.ie for a while. It is one of the best dig sigs I've seen.

Ard-Taoiseach wrote:

SeathrúnCeitinn wrote:

"There is a Policeman Inside All Our Heads: He Must Be Destroyed"

That was Defeated Romanticist's dig sig over on P.ie for a while. It is one of the best dig sigs I've seen.

Have you seen the show? Episode 3 . The century of self

SeathrúnCeitinn wrote:

Ard-Taoiseach wrote:

SeathrúnCeitinn wrote:

"There is a Policeman Inside All Our Heads: He Must Be Destroyed"

That was Defeated Romanticist's dig sig over on P.ie for a while. It is one of the best dig sigs I've seen.

Have you seen the show? Episode 3 . The century of self

No I have not. I must look on Google for it.

Ard-Taoiseach wrote:

SeathrúnCeitinn wrote:

Ard-Taoiseach wrote:

SeathrúnCeitinn wrote:

"There is a Policeman Inside All Our Heads: He Must Be Destroyed"

That was Defeated Romanticist's dig sig over on P.ie for a while. It is one of the best dig sigs I've seen.

Have you seen the show? Episode 3 . The century of self

No I have not. I must look on Google for it.

See the links above

SeathrúnCeitinn wrote:

Did you ever check out Edward Bernays?

I bought his book recently. Not a bad read - written in the 1920s. He wrote a memoir later in life. I believe he was only related to Freud through marriage but I would have to double check.

Good stuff Hermes. The whole idea is to keep the oil in the ground. Iraq is a tremendous success and has driven oil fron 20 dollars to 140. Everyone in the country is to be killed. The effects of DU means the population will be gone in 2 generations. Nobody here believes the plan is kill billions as the sustainable figure is 500 million but seeing is believing. Tha book is great by Palast. It was in this guys hand http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1606277730046267759&q=taze+me+bro&ei=VHZZSIKJAp7GrQLixZj4Dg&hl=en