Friday, February 24, 2006

Contracts to Build More Concentration Camps in U.S.?

What Homeland 'Security'?

FPF: "Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear." - Harry S. Truman.

U.S. CONCENTRATION CAMPS - FEMA AND THE REX 84 PROGRAM - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/w53g

Should we all Fear the Coming Train? - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/rbaqm

Google search at 17.05 GMT:  "Web Results 1-10 of about 110,000 for "Homeland Security" +Gestapo - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/m8ppg

The contract (again) went to KBR/Halliburton - Google search - 16.50 GMT: "Web Results 1-10 of about 73,500 for KBR +Halliburton +Fraud. - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/sxthm

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Are Concentration Camps Coming to U.S.?

By John Newby

January 26, 2006 - I've heard and seen many reports concerning detention camps that have been built throughout the country. Quite frankly, I viewed them with a bit of skepticism--not that I didn't trust the source or the information, I 
didn't trust the conclusions. The claims have been many and include information (including pictures) indicating some of these camps are built to hold as many as a million people if need be. While these types of stories are easy to fabricate and can provide plenty of speculation fodder to spread, the following news release should give cause for concern to even the most conspiracy-challenged Americans.

Here is the word-for-word news release:

KBR Awarded Homeland Security Contract Worth up to $385M. (HAL)

By Katherine Hunt

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - KBR, the engineering and construction subsidiary of Halliburton Co, (HAL), said Tuesday it has been awarded a contingency contract from the Department of Homeland Security to support its Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities in the event of an emergency.

The maximum total value of the contract is $385 million and consists of a 1-year base period with four 1-year options. KBR held the previous ICE contract from 2000 through 2005. The contract, which is effective immediately, provides for establishing temporary detention and processing capabilities to expand existing ICE Detention and Removal Operations Program facilities in the event of an emergency influx of immigrants into the U.S., or to support the rapid development of new programs, KBR said. The contract may also provide migrant detention support to other government organizations in the event of an immigration emergency, as well as the development of a plan to react to a national emergency, such as a natural disaster, the company said.

[andend] - MarketWatch - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/par3v

If no one has ever heard anything about detention or concentration camps within the United States, the above press release would appear relatively harmless. However, if anyone is waiting for the government and KBR to come out and say "Hey, we're building concentration camps for all you minions," before they will take note, you'll be in those camps 'before' you figure it out.

Several items about this concern me greatly. First, instead of paying $385+ million for the next five years to build detention centers or so they say, why not stop the flow at the borders, which would be much cheaper? On the other hand, if the illegals are the real problem and reason for building detention centers, why not cancel all jobs for illegals, stop all government payments to illegals and their off-spring and watch the illegal problem dry up like a drought-stricken river? You won't have to send them back, they will leave. But that would mean that the illegals are the real problem being addressed; could there be other reasons for these little mini Gitmos?...

SECONDLY, WHAT ARE THESE OTHER DETENTION CENTER TYPE PROJECTS?

Maybe they learned something in New Orleans, maybe they learned that they needed detention camps into which to send people who lost their homes during this natural disaster. By having Halliburton (Man, why does Hallibuton get all the plush assignments?) build local camps, we can herd the mindless little masses into them whenever a natural disaster--or even potential disaster--occurs.

NOT TO MENTION NWO-ORCHESTRATED DISASTERS...

Now I'm sure that many will say, not to worry, no big deal or you're just making a mountain out of a molehill. Maybe I am; however I believe our country has survived quite well without detention or concentration camps for the past 200 years. Just not sure why King George feels we need them now? 

Wasn't there another country that built and operated a few concentration camps about 60 years ago? I wonder what little piece of propaganda Hitler used to convince the little minions to look the other way?

Color me naive, but when I hear talk of cages, detention and/or concentration camps, my mind usually wanders in devious directions. I haven't seen anywhere in history where detention centers and so forth were used as freedom-enhancing tools. View this any way you wish, but do so at your own peril.

Consider yourself warned; what you choose to do with this information is only up to you.

John Newby

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FPF - Quotation from the official web site* of ICE: "A comprehensive interior enforcement strategy was developed that creates a seamless web of enforcement extending from the border, and beyond, to the worksite. It seeks to facilitate internal coordination among the various ICE enforcement activities and forge closer ties with other federal, state and local law enforcement and regulatory agencies.

In addition to strengthening the agency's capabilities to enforce immigration laws, the strategy will ensure that enforcement activities are carried out on a consistent basis nationwide. This integrated enforcement effort will promote national security, public safety, economic security and the preservation of constitutional rights." - [end quote] - Url.: http://www.ice.gov/graphics/interior/index.htm

KBR/HALLIBURTON - 2006 PRESS RELEASES

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 24, 2006

KBR AWARDED U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY CONTINGENCY SUPPORT PROJECT

FOR EMERGENCY SUPPORT SERVICES

ARLINGTON, Virginia: “KBR announced today that its Government and Infrastructure division has been awarded an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to support the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities in the event of an emergency. KBR is the engineering and construction subsidiary of Halliburton (NYSE:HAL).

With a maximum total value of $385 million over a five-year term, consisting of a one-year based period and four one-year options, the competitively awarded contract will be executed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District. KBR held the previous ICE contract from 2000 through 2005.

"We are especially gratified to be awarded this contract because it builds on our extremely strong track record in the arena of emergency operations support." said Bruce Stanski, executive vice president, KBR Government and Infrastructure. "We look forward to continuing the good work we have been doing to support our customer whenever and wherever we are needed."

The contract, which is effective immediately, provides for establishing temporary detention and processing capabilities to augment existing ICE Detention and Removal Operations (DRO) Program facilities in the event of an emergency influx of immigrants into the U.S., OR TO SUPPORT THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF NEW PROGRAMS. The contingency support contract provides for planning and, if required, initiation of specific engineering, construction and logistics support tasks to establish, operate and maintain one or more expansion facilities.

The contract may also provide migrant detention support to other U.S. Government organizations in the event of an immigration emergency, as well as the development of a plan to react to a national emergency, such as a natural disaster. In the event of a natural disaster, the contractor could be tasked with providing housing for ICE personnel performing law enforcement functions in support of relief efforts. 

ICE was established in March 2003 as the largest investigative arm of the Department of Homeland Security. ICE is comprised of four integrated divisions that form a 21st century law enforcement agency with broad responsibilities for a number of key homeland security priorities.

KBR is a global engineering, construction, technology and services company. Whether designing an LNG facility, serving as a defense industry contractor, or providing small capital construction, KBR delivers world-class service and performance. KBR employs more than 60,000 people in 43 countries around the world.

Halliburton, founded in 1919, is one of the world's largest providers of products and services to the petroleum and energy industries. The company serves its customers with a broad range of products and services through its Energy Services Group and KBR. Visit the company's World Wide Web site at www.halliburton.com.

[andend] - KBR - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/cffe3

FPF - Related / ICE: "A comprehensive interior enforcement strategy was developed that creates a seamless web of enforcement extending from the border, and beyond, to the worksite. It seeks to facilitate internal coordination among the various ICE enforcement activities and forge closer ties with other federal, state and local law enforcement and regulatory agencies.

In addition to strengthening the agency's capabilities to enforce immigration laws, the strategy will ensure that enforcement activities are carried out on a consistent basis nationwide. This integrated enforcement effort will promote national security, public safety, economic security and the preservation of constitutional rights."

[end quote] - ICE - Url.: http://www.ice.gov/graphics/interior/index.htm

"The CIA is holding an unknown number of prisoners in secret detention centers abroad. In violation of the Geneva Conventions, it has refused to register those detainees with the International Red Cross or to allow visits by its inspectors. Its prisoners have 'disappeared,' like the victims of some dictatorships." - The Washington Post.

MOLLY IVENS: WHY DID WE BOTHER TO BEAT THE SOVIET UNION IF WE WERE JUST GOING TO BECOME IT? - SHAME. SHAME. SHAME! - Austin, Texas - Article at - Url.: http://www.workingforchange.com/article.cfm?itemid=19865

FPF - Related: Footnotes & links:

One of the latest formed groups of US 'Secret State Killers' - like Hitler's Gestapo or SS is the 'Proactive, Preemptive Operations Group' (P2OG) - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/d85yu

'Ex-KGB and STASI Chiefs To Work Under Chertoff - KGB and STASI' - 'Reinforce Homeland Security' - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/7zah5

The Washington Post - 'CIA Holds Terror Suspects in Secret Prisons' - by Dana Priest - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/cu3hj

Concentration camps ready in the US - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/96sb6

The United States of Torture. By MIKE WHITNEY. How did we stoop so low? ... The United States has become the number 1 exporter of torture in the world today ... Url.: www.counterpunch.org/whitney11052005.html

Wikipedia - STASI - the secret police of East Germany - Url.: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stasi

Wikipedia - KGB - Soviet Committee for State Security - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KGB

Google search "United States" +Torture - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/dkuag

* "Sarah, if the American people had ever known the truth about what we Bushes have done to this nation, we would be chased down in the streets and lynched." - George Bush Senior speaking in an interview with Sarah McClendon in December 1992. - And here's why: 'George Bush: The Unauthorized Biography' - by Webster G. Tarpley & Anton Chaitkin - Chapter - II - The Hitler Project - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/57qxk

* CNN-Poll - Question: "Do you believe there is a U.S. government cover-up surrounding 9/11?" - 'Yes' - 89% - 'NO' - 11% - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/7w7c5

* Google search "Biggest threat to world peace" - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/dk2lj

* MSNBC - Live Vote: Do you believe President Bush's actions justify impeachment? - Url.: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10562904/

"People do not forget. They do not forget the death of their fellows, they do not forget torture and mutilation, they do not forget injustice, they do not forget oppression, they do not forget the terrorism of mighty powers. They not only don't forget: they also strike back." - 2005 Nobel Literature Prize winner Harold Pinter - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/9cyeq

* Those who first of all start shouting about 'conspiracy theory' and 'paranoia' or similar, are always the evil INFORMANTS The paid INFILTRATORS which are afraid of being disclosed. They are the real Judas's working for treacherous 'masters' - they are the 'Quislings' that will go to jail - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/clcjn

* Who's financing? - The 'Federal Reserve' and it's usurers is the absolute biggest crime against all humanity ever. - Url.: http://www.apfn.org/apfn/reserve.htm

* 'Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one' — A.J. Liebling - The merciless engine of propaganda has been turned on: The infamous US 'Lie Factory' - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/8ncal

*Read the Fightin' Cock Flyer - Url.: http://fightincockflyer.blogspot.com/

* Help all the troops - of whatever nationality - to come back from abroad! - AND WITH ALL THEIR WEAPONS, WHICH WE WERE FORCED TO PAY FOR BY TAXES - [http://www.apfn.org/apfn/reserve.htm ] - We need them badly at home in many countries to fight with us against our so called 'governments' and their malignant managers - Url.: http://www.bringthemhomenow.org/

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War crimes: So: who's got the world the wrong way round?

"IF STRAW AND BLAIR GET AWAY WITH THIS FOUL ABUSE, THEN THE RULE OF LAW IS FINISHED"

US/UK: INTELLIGENCE AND FACTS WERE 'FIXED AROUND THEIR POLICY'.*

Compilation by Henk Ruyssenaars

February 24, 2006 - Quote: ''The man who led Britain's armed forces into Iraq has said that Tony Blair and the Attorney General, Lord Goldsmith, will join British soldiers in the dock if the military are ever prosecuted for war crimes in Iraq.

In a remarkably frank interview that goes to the heart of the political row over the Attorney General's legal advice, Admiral Sir Michael Boyce, the former Chief of the Defence Staff, said he did not have full legal cover from prosecution at the International Criminal Court (ICC). ''If my soldiers went to jail and I did, some other people would go with me,'' said Boyce. Pressed by The Observer on whether he meant the Prime Minister and the Attorney General, Boyce replied: ''Too bloody right.'' - [http://tinyurl.com/ljwtr]

Outside the PNAC sphere it is understood that whenever some form of human justice returns to the judicial conscience and system, ALL war supporters - and especially the malignant media collaborators - on any level and of any nationality will end up as the accused in the war crimes tribunals. The proces has started as Blair's legal adviser, the infamous neocon Lord Goldsmith who OK'ed the illegal Iraq invasion and war, now slowly and cowardly - but too late - changes course to avoid a life long prison term for his complicity in war crimes. Yesterday he again gave Blair a Judas kiss.

''He [Blair] even appeared out of step with his own Attorney General, Lord Goldsmith, who warned his cabinet colleagues that terrorist suspects were entitled to the same legal protections as "law-abiding citizens": "Blair faces torrent of criticism on human rights" - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/n3kuk]

LORD GOLDSMITH DID NOT BELIEVE THE WAR WAS LEGAL

Fresh evidence emerges that ministers were told the war could be in breach of international law for at least six reasons. A detailed account of the document in the press suggests Lord Goldsmith did not believe the war was legal without a second UN resolution - despite the Government's claims. - [http://tinyurl.com/dsfq2]

There's overwhelming evidence that many so called 'governments' - illegally cooperating with the US PNAC pack - [http://tinyurl.com/dvudx ] - and it's genocidal wars and crimes for profit - are guilty. Also according to the United Nation's Secretary General Kofi Annan, who - again in an interview with the BBC - declared that 'the war in Iraq is illegal' - BBC/Annan - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/5pl2v

The court case against the war criminals seems to be unavoidable: the United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan states that the US-led invasion of Iraq was an illegal act, that contravened the UN charter. Annan said the decision to take action in Iraq should have been made by the Security Council, not unilaterally. The UK government responded by saying the attorney-general made the "legal basis... clear at the time". Yes: that it was an illegal/criminal act.

RENDITION BY THE CIA AND COLLABORATING WAR CRIMINALS

Like the torture flights by the CIA and other PNAC war criminals, as described by former British ambassador to Uzbekistan, Craig Murray, who protested against the use of torture, condoned by Blair and his cabal in their fake "War on Terror": "IF STRAW AND BLAIR GET AWAY WITH THIS FOUL ABUSE, THEN THE RULE OF LAW IS FINISHED."
With Tony Blair and Jack Straw cornered on extraordinary rendition, the UK government is particularly anxious to suppress all evidence of our complicity in obtaining intelligence extracted by foreign torturers.

WHO WILL BLINK FIRST?

The fight for human rights bewteen the PNAC collaborators i London, like neocon Jack Straw and fired ambassador Murray who opposes torture:''Jack "the Lad" Straw and ex-ambassador turned general-election rival Craig Murray are in a "who'll blink first" stand-off. The Foreign Secretary refuses to clear Murray's weighty 160,000-word memoirs for publication; our ex-man in Uzbekistan offers the book for sale from June on Amazon. Murray threatens to lift the lid on UK support for torture and rendition. Jack the Lad, it seems, is putting Murray through his own torture.'' - [http://tinyurl.com/lf35k]

UK POLITICS - SO, WHO'S GOT THE WORLD THE WRONG WAY ROUND?

TERROR LAWS

24 February 2006 - When people say to me... that we have got to keep people here who may be engaged actively in inciting terrorism in this country, I have to say I think we have got the world the wrong way round.
TONY BLAIR YESTERDAY

In confronting terrorism, we are fighting for the safety of our citizens but also for the preservation of our democratic way of life, our right to freedom of expression and commitment to the rule of law.
LORD GOLDSMITH, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL*

BLAIR LIES ABOUT THE INHUMAN RENDITION

There is talk of 200 flights. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF 200 FLIGHTS FOR RENDITION...
It is not the case that the US say they are returning people to countries for torture.
BLAIR YESTERDAY - (Feb. 23, 2006)

The UK Government should have put in place all necessary measures to prevent any action or omission which may, wittingly or unwittingly, have resulted in the UK territory being used to transfer anyone to another state where that person faces a real risk of serious human rights violations, including enforced 'disappearances', torture or other ill-treatment, arbitrary detention or flagrant denial of their right to a fair trial.
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL

GUANTANAMO

I have said why I think Guantanamo is an anomaly. I also think it is important that we never forget the context in which this has happened: the war in Afghanistan and the reason for that; the slaughter of 3,000 innocent people on September 11.
BLAIR YESTERDAY

The continued use of Guantanamo Bay as a detention centre outside all legal regimes diminishes the USA's moral authority and is a hindrance to the effective pursuit of the war against terrorism.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS SELECT COMMITTEE

IRAQ

Today's struggle in Iraq is the same struggle the world over: it's democracy versus terrorism and extremism. My response all the way through whenever these difficulties arise is to stand up for democracy, for liberty whether in Iraq or elsewhere and make sure the terrorists are defeated.
BLAIR YESTERDAY

Polarisation is increasing. The danger of civil war is extremely serious. There have been efforts by insurgents to start civil war for a couple of years, but they have not succeeded because of institutional restraints. Those restraints have begun to erode.

JOOST HILTERMAN, ANALYST FOR THE INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP - The Independent (UK) - Article Url.: http://tinyurl.com/r5tmd

RELATED: LEADING ARTICLE ON THE WAR CRIMES: TONY BLAIR AND THE LOSS OF CIVILISED VALUES

The Independent (UK) - 24 February 2006 - Tony Blair's support for the United States in its so-called "war on terror" has been unquestioning. But never has the Prime Minister's stance with respect to the Bush administration left him so politically isolated in Britain. Yesterday, the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee, which could once be relied upon to give Mr Blair an easy ride, joined the chorus of condemnation.

The committee's latest report criticises Mr Blair's unwillingness to stand up to President Bush. Echoing last week's United Nations report on Guantanamo Bay, it argues that the very existence of this prison has gravely diminished the moral authority of the US around the world. It also calls on the Government openly to condemn the US practice of "extraordinary rendition". British ministers, it argues, should tell the US that the practice of transporting terror suspects abroad for torture is "completely unacceptable". - Article - Length: 526 words (approx.) (P) - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/esu3l

British Military Chief Reveals new Legal Fears Over Iraq war - The Observer, May 1, 2005 - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/ljwtr

Downing Street Documents: "But the intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy." Url.: http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/840

War crimes: Blair and Goldsmith in the dock - Chris Floyd - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/c2qn6

FPF / Related:

* The 'London group' and Bush: The Unauthorized Biography' - by Webster G. Tarpley & Anton Chaitkin - Chapter - II - The Hitler Project - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/57qxk

* The Pentagon's propaganda war - BBC - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/3ser2

* FPF/HR vs William F. Buckley Jr. on 'Freedom of Speech' - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/m2j8d

* ILLEGALITY - MSNBC - Live Vote: Do you believe President Bush's actions justify impeachment? - 86% YES! - Url.: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10562904/

"People do not forget. They do not forget the death of their fellows, they do not forget torture and mutilation, they do not forget injustice, they do not forget oppression, they do not forget the terrorism of mighty powers. They not only don't forget: they also strike back." - 2005 Nobel Literature Prize winner Harold Pinter - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/9cyeq

* Reference guide to the Geneva Conventions - Url.: http://www.genevaconventions.org

* The leaked 'Downing Street Memos' expose the criminal lies by war criminals like Bush, Blair, Berlusconi (It.) Balkenende (NL) - their collaborating media and other malignant ilk - Url.:  http://www.downingstreetmemo.com/

* Who's financing? - The 'Federal Reserve' and it's usurers is the absolute biggest crime against all humanity ever. - Url.: http://www.apfn.org/apfn/reserve.htm

*Read the Fightin' Cock Flyer - Url.: http://fightincockflyer.blogspot.com/

* Help all the troops - of whatever nationality - to come back from abroad! - AND WITH ALL THEIR WEAPONS, WHICH WE WERE FORCED TO PAY FOR BY TAXES - [http://www.apfn.org/apfn/reserve.htm ] - We need them badly at home in many countries to fight with us against our so called 'governments' and their malignant managers - Url.: http://www.bringthemhomenow.org/

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