Tuesday, May 07, 2013


The Hitchhiker

 

From The Pen Of Frank Jackman
I never told you did I about my adventures hitchhiking back in the day, back in the days when you could do such an activity and expect to come out alive. Now, really ever since Charley Manson and his gang screwed it up for everybody out in the high desert of California, a few years back,   back in the early1970s you would be taking your life in your hands and would get no sympathy from anyone, even your mother who warned you of such a fate when you were nothing but a punk kid,  if you wound up face down in some god forsaken ditch and everybody would just say “well, he knew the score, knew the crazies were out there and what did he expect.” And maybe a RIP. But back before then thumbing a ride, hitchhiking across this great open country was pure adventure. No question.      

In the early 1960s, the time before the stuff I want to speak of, I was just fooling around thumbing, a quick jaunt to Maine, up to Bar Harbor maybe, to see my old pal Josh Breslin and see what oddball tales he was writing about then for the Bar Harbor News or whatever Podunk newspaper he was writing for or maybe down to Washington to see what was what with the government (I never did find out, find out what was what). Mainly it was lonesome truckers who picked a guy up, maybe high on benny, no, high on benny in order to face that long haul white-line stretch, maybe had a spat with the wife, or the girlfriend, or the wife about a girlfriend, and wanted to blow off steam about it with a stranger for a few miles down the line. Or maybe you reminded him of some wayward son that he never was home long enough to quite understand, some son growing his hair too long, hanging around with beatniks or something, and maybe get your perspective on the matter, and gave you a ride, gave you a ride as far as he were going.  Some guys might offer you a desperate cigarette, keep the pack, might stake you to a meal at some trucker stop (avoid, as I found out later, the one in Winnemucca out in the Nevadas, Millie’s I think it was called, that was awful. Christ they even screwed up the meatloaf, the trucker’s road staple), or a cup of joe along the way.
Sometimes it was a stray guy, maybe an insurance salesman or government bureaucrat, in some sedan who was trying to make time to some destination and wanted you to help make sure he got there in one piece by sharing the driving for a spell. Or maybe it some damn pervert who wanted to show you his thing or something like that and left you off in some desolate farmland when you said no, or worst between stops on the interstate and you were just a sitting duck for some state trooper trying to make his monthly quota. (Funny girls, eh, women never stopped, or if they did it wasn’t for them to show you their thing, which might have been interesting.) Oh yah, speaking of worst, state trooper worst, was if you were “holding,” holding some dope to help make your ride smoother. You learn fast just not to do such a foolhardy thing.

That was early though and not really the time of the time of the great American hitchhike night when you could just stick out your thumb on say the Pacific Coast Highway (California Route 1 for the squares) or Route 66 in say Arizona (although you still had to be careful in that goofy state where the six-shooter and the rope spoke) or back East on most of Interstate 95 from say Boston to Washington (except Connecticut, another no-no) and get a ride at the snap of your fingers. And depending on the composition of the parties in the vehicle that picked you up you may, or may not, care whether the ride was long or short.      

And that brings up the greatest ride I ever got, although some of the stuff was a little close after I thought about it later, later when the dust settled. I was thumbing by myself (mostly I travelled alone, although a couple of times I had my honey of the moment along to ease the time, and act as “bait” for quick rides if necessary) on the Pacific Coast Highway around Carlsbad down in Southern California, down toward San Diego, heading north, trying to make Frisco (and a honey/drug connection, they went together which never happened as it turned out), around Golden Gate Park then the Mecca of the summer of love scene (although not the “official” summer of love, that was the year before, this was in the late spring of 1968).  About ten minutes, maybe less, after I put out the thumb a late model Volkswagen minibus stopped along the road and backed up, the driver, whom I later learned went by the moniker Captain Max, a bearded guy with long hair and wearing a red bandana around his forehead, not an uncommon sight in those days, asked where I was going and without giving an answer to my question where they were going I told him Frisco and he said “hop in, I guess we are going to San Francisco. ”  Yah, it was that kind of time, a time when time and distance was just a construct on the road of life. 

Now the “hop in” part on a minibus, a ubiquitous hippie minibus in those days was to open the sliding side door and find a mattress or maybe two with anywhere from two to ten people on it, doing, well, doing whatever. In this case there were one guy and three women sitting in the lotus position and working off a huge bong pipe of hash. I got a blast high just opening the door. Their first response to my presence, even before what’s your name, where you from, that nine to five stuff, they passed me the pipe. Good stuff, very good stuff. And that started something that did wind up in Frisco about three weeks later.

See the odd woman out in the ménage, Queen Jane was looking for company (one woman, who called herself Princess Xenia, was “with” Captain Max. the other, Belle Starr, was with Chief Nana. Don’t laugh I was going by the moniker Be-Bop Benny. Sometime when I have more time, and maybe think about it some, I will give you the “skinny” on that moniker stuff. In any case don’t believe that academic sociology stuff that people who were not even there, who were probably working on their doctorates, try to run by you. ). She found it, found it for the three weeks it took us to get to Frisco and we stayed together another few months as we headed to camp out in Mendocino for a while. But she had to get back home, to do some at home thing, it was never clear what, but she just split, and I wasn’t tired enough of the road just then to follow her.

And while it might sound silly now, now that I am telling you the story long after, and you have looked at me askance when I even mention the word hitchhiking like it was something done in prehistoric times, that little space of time, those few weeks were very heaven. Remind me to tell you about the time we almost went off a cliff at Big Sur and wound up staying on the side of the road for three days, not because we couldn’t get out of the spot we were in but because we thought it was a groovy spot to camp. And also about how we hit Carmel and “did the did” (you don’t know what “did the did” is, well you will have to wait until I tell you that story sometime too) on the tourists and made about two hundred bucks (which we immediately turned into hash, hash for the bong that is). But that was all sideshow stuff compared to the vision, Queen Jane’s vision.

 After those first few hits on the bong I was totally stoned. Totally. I was used to some high-grade weed through righteous connections from Mexico, some good Columbian and Acapulco Gold but that hash blew me away. And I think Queen Jane knew it had that effect, and so later that night as we camped out on the beach at Point Magoo above Los Angeles after we had kind of coupled off around the campfire as the sun was setting over the Pacific she began to tell in her singsong  voice the story of the group’s (the five of them and a couple of other guys and another women) “night of the ghost dance”  over in Joshua Tree out in the high desert (not all that far from where lots of  people, young people  dropped off the face of the earth and built a new life, and maybe they are still out there).

This story naturally entailed a good amount of dope done beforehand, that same hash that had me in its thrall. That’s not the important part, the important part is that this whole area was the stomping grounds for one of the branches of the Apaches and other tribes before the white man put his scourge on the thing. And that is why they were there, there in a way. See Chief Nana (real name Sam Wallace) was actually from Arizona and one quarter Apache and so he was the reason they were out there in the high desert that night. Looking, well looking for something, roots, or meaning, or something that would not let him be. In any case that night, doped up, camp fire burning brightly against the canyon walls, flickering in odd ways a couple of the guys that afterward left the group in Needles to head north decided  to play their guitar and flute, respectively. Low at first, just another set of noises in the night, the moon-filled night.

Then from a distance they all could heard the faint sound of drums, the Chief claimed war drums. Then it came on louder and the guitar player and flutist adjusted their music to the beat of those drums, at first out of synch, but eventually in step. As that mesh of musics became louder the walls of the canyons came alive with the shapes of ancient warriors, warriors ready to avenge some wrong.  And just as quickly as those drums ceased, the shadows on walls faded and the each member of the group collapsed as if coming out of a trance. Chief Nana took it for a sign, a sign that some new age was coming when the warrior-kings (and queens) would again speak to the earth. Powerful stuff.                       
I begged Queen Jane to try to recollect that experience during my time with her, to reenact it. She promised that she would try, would get the Chief to act as a medium again, but she split before that ever happened. So let’s just leave it as I hope Queen Jane survived, survived to tell whoever she wanted to tell about her days picking up hitchhikers and about how for just one moment, she, I, we, had the bad karma of those days on the run.    
Update about 'Petition to Free Lynne Stewart: Save Her Life - Release Her Now!' on Change.org



A major milestone has been reached in the struggle for Lynne Stewart's freedom. Lynne Stewart wrote on April 26 to confirm that the Warden at FMC Carswell recommended Compassionate Release to the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

“So Happy that the Compassionate Release was granted at Carswell and we are on the road!!!

"Who DID It? --- The People Yes – and we certainly deserve a VICTORY and this is one for sure!!”

With this dramatic development, the International Campaign to Save the Life of Lynne Stewart crossed a critical threshold. We directed our attention immediately to Charles E. Samuels, Jr., the Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

Following two expedited communications from former Attorney General Ramsey Clark, a probation officer charged with inspecting the residence designated for Lynne Stewart's recovery was dispatched to the home of her son, attorney Geoffrey Stewart. Soon afterwards, we were notified that the residence was approved.

Thus, another hurdle has been overcome, paving the way for Lynne Stewart's Compassionate Release.

There is no time to lose. Lynne Stewart has been in quarantine for several weeks at FMC Carswell since her white blood count dropped precipitously. As Ramsey Clark wrote to BOP Director Samuels:

"Further medical tests reveal that the cancer that had metastasized rapidly to her lungs, lymph nodes and shoulder remains aggressive. If the series of chemotherapy treatments slowed its spread in certain areas, it has not attenuated in her lungs. … The sustained treatment and preparations by the medical team at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City are critical to her survival.”

This is the moment to intensify our global mobilization. We must prevail upon the director of the Bureau of Prisons to file the motion for compassionate release with Judge John Koetl, the sentencing judge.

ASK FIVE OF YOUR FRIENDS OR COLLEAGUES TO SIGN THE PETITION. PUT THE PETITION ON YOUR FACEBOOK PAGE AND SEND A TWITTER MESSAGE NOW.

Among the latest signers are: Fr. Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann, Bianca Jagger, Margaret Ratner Kunstler, Mark Lane, Noam Chomsky, Medea Benjamin, Rosa Clemente, Kathy Kelly, James Ridgeway and William Blum.

This update was prepared by co-coordinators Mya Shone, Ralph Schoenman and Ralph Poynter.

Sunday, May 05, 2013


***Doll’s Story-With The Asphalt Jungle In Mind  

 

From The Pen Of  Frank Jackman

Doll never had a guy who could go the whole distance, never once, never a guy who could think one step ahead, one step ahead of that next dollar, never a guy who could figure the percentages to his advantage, never. Not even her last man, Bix, the straightest guy she ever knew. The man she was crazy for from first day when he came into the club, the Kit Kat Club where she was warbling for cheap change, and just kind of country boy stared at her while she was singing, singing some torch number, Billie’s Am I Blue that she had done a thousand times but reached some high white note while he was staring and so she was hooked, hooked bad. Yah, Doll had it bad for Bix, yah, real bad, and so the tensions between them, her loving him no matter what and he kind of casting her aside, didn’t matter as she played her hand out right to the end, right to the end of hope. Doll though never figured out the ABCs of hard guys-that hanging around wrong gees, even stand-up wrong gees, was anything but heartbreak hotel. But sometimes that is the way dames are, thankfully.

Yah, Bix and his childhood dreams, his simple-minded dreams, his dream of recovering some bluegrass dirt farm his father lost in the Great Depression like you could bring that back, or want to. That was the hard edge county boy about him, mixed in, mixed in with wrong gee, and with some sense of honor. A funny mix. All Doll wanted was for him to do was pay her a little more attention, maybe set up housekeeping together, not married, not if he didn’t want to, not if it would crowd him too much But Bix couldn’t see it the way she wanted him to see it, he had to go and face his own music his own way and now he was down in some good earth Kentucky hay field face down to the wind pushing up flowers. Yah, he had to do it his way. Get involved way over his head with a bunch of guys looking for easy street and coming up empty. Damn.     

Damn Doc and his big complicated plans, the heist of the century is the way he tried to sell it. That wizened, harden old con trying for one last chance at “easy street” with a big caper and Bix as, well, the “hooligan,” the “muscle”, the guy who has to clean up after, but see Bix as she knew from his talk was also looking for his own version of that easy street. So that was the lay.

Doll knew from the beginning the thing was a “no go,” was way too complicated with too many moving parts the way he explained it, and Bix just a mug who might have robbed grocery stores or did some strong arm work was in way over his head and she tried to kind of telegraph the problem to Bix from the start; crime doesn’t pay, okay. But that “wisdom” has never stopped a million "from hunger" guys (and not a few dames) from taking the quick plunge to easy street since way back, way back in pharaoh’s times probably.

See Doc, old time con that he was, had just got released from stir for some previous big plan crime around the time that Doll fell for Bix, had had plenty of time on his hands up at the pen to work through his latest plan for easy street. A big plan involving knocking over a big jewelry store, hard rocks not cheap jack wedding rings but serious Mayfair swell jewelry, having the merchandise “fenced,” and then off he goes to sun and senoritas, young senoritas by the way, the dirty old man, down in Mexico. Mexico before the drug cartels blasted everything down there to hell and back.

But such an effort needed upfront cash for tool, plans and reliable men, and some major backing, to procure the master safe cracker, an expert wheelman and, just in case things get rough, the hooligan, her Bix, the guy who takes all the pot-shots for short money and also to secure a conduit to fence this high roller stuff after the heist. And that is where things started to go awry.

See, one of reasons Doll figured that crime doesn’t pay, pay in the long or short haul, was that not everybody is on the level. Sure the safe cracker, the wheel man, and the hooligan, the “proles” were on the level. Especially her farm boy Bix turned loose in the ugly, asphalt jungle city just looking for a stake to get back home to Kentucky and out of the city soils. The problem was the up-front dough guys, one way or the other, were not on the level.

One guy, Emmett, Doll thought his name was, Bix wouldn’t say, has no dough (although later when she put the pieces together it was easy to see why that was so since he was, well let’s just call it “keeping time” with a young honey, Angela, and even Doll could see where keeping her "happy” from the way Bix described her would eat up a guy’s wallet), and the other guy wilted under the slightest pressure, police pressure. He couldn’t stand up to the grilling and spilled his guts out. All it took was a few slap arounds and he sang like a bird, the rat. But who had time to check with the Better Business Bureau when you are in the rackets to check the “fence’s” references (and bank book). Needless to say that while the jewel heist was pulled off, although not without complications, deadly complications, a couple of coppers or security guards, same thing, went down in a hail of gun fire, some of it Bix’s , and that is the point where everyone got a share of  the very painful message already telegraphed above. Bix took some gunfire too and was bleeding like a pig when he got to Doll’s place after the coppers cracked the case wide open.

So she could have told him a thing or two about that thin line between the bad guys and the good guys, and the good guys are not always the cops and respectable folks. Doc, for instance, was cool customer, even if he was nothing but a has-been moth-eaten old con; although he makes a few serious mistakes of judgment in whom to, and who not to, trust he was a likeable enough crook. If he could have kept his talk away from Bix.  Bix, ditto, because he was a stand-up guy, gave one hundred per cent for what he is paid to do, and did not leave his buddies in the lurch. But that policy left Doll just one more time with a guy, the straightest guy she ever knew, who couldn’t go the distance. Damn.    

 
Lynne Stewart Great Breaking News!


Dear Friends of Lynne Stewart and Mumia Abu-Jamal,


I just learned a few moments ago that federal probation officers in New York visited members of Lynne's family today to ascertain whether they could provide adequate Brooklyn, New York facilities for Lynne to live and be cared for.


Of course, the family confirmed this immediately.


While we must use extreme caution in predicting an immediate and positive outcome from this fact, we can state that government procedures with regard to granting the compassionate release that tens of thousands around the world have demanded include recommendations or administrative procedures from the Bureau of Prisons to the presiding judge in Lynne' case.


This is Federal District Court Judge John Koeltl who, it appears, has the authority to direct federal probation officers to investigate whether a suitable facility for Lynne's care is available if Lynne were to be transferred to her desired medical facility, in the case, the world renown Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York.


Lynne emailed me yesterday to state that her second chemotherapy treatment was only partially successful in reducing her metastasized breast cancer in the area of her lymph nodes and sternum. But the cancerous spots on her lugs remain unchanged.


Now more than ever, first rate medical care is critical to save Lynne's life and continue her battle for freedom.


Lynne has cautioned us all to not let up in this battle. "Like a tree that grows in Brooklyn," says Lynne in an illusion to the 1943 Betty Smith novel of a poor Irish-American family's struggle to establish roots and live a decent live in early twentieth century Brooklyn, "I will not be content until my feet are firmly planted in my Brooklyn home."


It appears that the worldwide campaign for compassionate release for Lynne has taken root. But this is not the time for speculation with regard to the exigencies of America's criminal "justice" system.


Lynne's live still hangs by a string. She survived the horrific ordeal of two chemotherapy treatments that nearly ended it and had to be confined to a hospital isolation ward when her white blood count fell to dangerously low levels.


Her cancer has been in part and temporarily restrained, but not the malignant tumors that persist in her lungs.


Demand compassionate release for Lynne now! Sign the petition to do so in any of the following manners depending on the state of your computer.


1) Go to Lynne's website at LynneStewart.org and click on "Justice for Lynne Stewart." Follow the directions on the right side of the first page.


2) Sign the petition on the change.org site.


3. Another way is to include the link directly to the change.org site in an email message or article


This leads people to the site directly and with one click and we lead people to Lynne's website.


It's easy enough to locate the petition on the change.org site - there is a search option in the browser and Lynne Stewart leads people to the petition site. Also, the petition has been listed as one of the "popular" human rights petitions from the beginning.


3. Some people will have difficulty using the change.org site. Either their server is too slow, their computer a few years old and the browser software too old. There is a note on the petition site telling people what to do. In that case they send their message of support to ralph.poynter@gmail.com. Ralph Potnter is Lynne's lifelong companion, husband and leader of her national defense.


Stay on the alert to attend a possible New York court hearing wherein Judge Koeltl may make a final determination on Lynne's demand for compassionate release.


Finally, send your generous donation payable to the LYNNE STEWART ORGANIZATION and mail it to:


1070 Dean Street, Brooklyn, New York 11216


Act now!


In solidarity and for Lynne's freedom and life itself,


Jeff Mackler, West Coast Coordinator, Lynne Stewart Defense Committee

jmackler@lmi.net 510-268-9429


Note: Jeff Mackler is available for West Coast fundraising and speaking engagements on Lynne's case.
VIDEO: Bradley Manning and Kimberly Rivera in their own words


Dear Friends,
I recently had the honor of speaking about Bradley Manning and Kimberly Rivera at the Forum on Torture, Human Rights and Civil Liberties during the People's Response to the Bush "Liebury" events in Dallas, Texas.

My talk, available on YouTube below, includes extensive passages from Bradley Manning's recent statement to the court and to the world,

and also the words of war resister and mother-of-four Kimberly Rivera, on the eve of her court martial for going AWOL from the Iraq War. Kimberly was subsequently convicted of desertion and sentenced to 10 months in prison.

Please feel free to use this 30-minute video for building support for Bradley Manning, Kimberly Rivera and all war resisters and whistle-blowers!

Wage Peace!
Gerry

(VFP Board of Directors; Steering Cmte, Bradley Manning Support Network; coordinator, GI-resistance working group, VFP)



Gerry Condon - Forum on Torture, Human Rights, and Civil Liberties ...
Gerry Condon, a longtime U.S. antiwar activist and writer who works closely with active duty GI ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSwjk6R4dR0

Mass Rally for Bradley Manning! Ft. Meade, MD. June 1, 2013

Join us at Fort Meade in support of Bradley Manning. By the time his court martial begins in June, he will have spent more then 3 years in prison. All for having done the right thing, for having exposed war crimes!
Join us at Fort Meade in support of Bradley Manning. By the time his court martial begins in June, he will have spent more then 3 years in prison. All for having done the right thing, for having exposed war crimes! Saturday, June 1, 2013 RALLY FOR BRADLEY AT FORT MEADE
By the Bradley Manning Support Network, February 25, 2013.
• 1pm Gather (Reece Road and US 175, Fort Meade, Maryland)
• 2pm March
• 3pm Rally and Speak Out

Sponsored by the Bradley Manning Support Network and the national Veterans for Peace and Iraq Veterans Against the War organizations, with the help of Courage to Resist, and many other groups.

After more than three years of imprisonment, including nine months of torture, Nobel Peace Prize nominee Bradley Manning’s trial is finally scheduled to begin June 3, 2013, at Fort Meade, Maryland. The outcome of this trial will determine whether a conscience-driven 25-year-old WikiLeaks whistle-blower spends the rest of his life in prison. Bradley believed that the American people have a right to know the truth about what our government does around the world in our name. We the People must send a message to the military prosecuting authority, and President Obama, that Bradley Manning is a patriot and heroic truth-teller.
June 1st is the International Day of Action to Support Bradley Manning. Join us at Fort Meade on the eve of Bradley’s court martial. Solidarity actions are welcome at bases, recruiting centers and US
embassies worldwide. We ask that Veterans for Peace join us in cosponsoring these historic events.
Get on the Bradley Manning bus!
Baltimore, Maryland
Leaving June 1st at 11:30 am from the 2640 Space at 2640 St. Paul Street, Baltimore.
Contact baltimore@bradleymanning.org, or better yet, reserve your seat today ($10):
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/376044
Washington, DC
Leaving June 1st at 11:30am from in front of Union Station, Washington, DC.
Contact malachy@bradleymanning.org, or better yet, reserve your seat today ($10):
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/376056
New York City, NY
Leaving June 1st at 7:30am from 1270 Broadway (near Penn Station), NYC.
Reserve your seat today ($20):
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/367120
Willimantic (Hartford/Windham area), CTLeaving 2:00am from downtown Willimantic at the corner of Rt 66 & Rt 195.
Contact Bill Potvin to reserve your seat today ($54), phone 860-423-5085
Will arrive back in Willimantic approx. 24 hours later
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Monday, June 3, 2013
ATTEND THE BEGINNING OF US v. BRADLEY MANNING
7:30am – 8:00 am, enter Fort Meade at Reece Road and US 175, Fort Meade, Maryland
9:00 am scheduled daily start of hearings at Magistrate Court
4432 Llewellyn Avenue, Fort Meade, MD. It is 2 miles from the Main Gate.
The court martial is expected to last 6-12 weeks. Supporters are encouraged to attend as many days of this trial as they are able.
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Parking for Saturday, June 1, 2013. We hope to come to an understanding with local authorities regarding the best place for supporters to park for the Saturday rally. Parking is available about one mile south near Blue Water Blvd (Weis Market) and US 175. We’ll try to help shuttle folks as needed.
Portable toilets are expected to be available.
Join us in the courtroom for the trial beginning June 3, 2013. Drive (or taxi) to the Fort Meade Visitor Control Center at the Fort Meade Main Gate (all the other gates are for military ID holders only), Reece Road and US 175, Fort Meade, Maryland. We suggest arriving when the visitor center opens at 7:30am, and certainly before 8:15am. The proceedings are scheduled to begin at 9am daily. The multiple layers of security take time to navigate, and procedures often change from day to day. Each person will need a valid state or federal photo ID such as a driver’s license, state photo ID card, or passport. Foreign passports are accepted. Anyone driving on to Fort Meade will be required to submit their driver’s license, vehicle registration, and printed (not digital) proof of insurance. Your vehicle will be subject to search, and you may be required to cover over political bumper stickers on your vehicle. Consider walking on base if there are any questions at all regarding your vehicle and paperwork.
The proceedings will be held at the Magistrate Court, 4432 Llewellyn Ave, Fort Meade, MD 20755 (this is one mile from the Visitor Center). Electronic devices, including cell phones, computers, cameras, are not allowed in the courtroom, and should be left in your vehicle.
There are no pre-registration requirements for the public to attend the proceedings. However, those wishing to attend as credentialed media should contact the US Army Military District of Washington Public Affairs Office at 202-685-4645.
GETTING THERE
The Fort Meade Main Gate is less than 10 miles south of the Baltimore-Washington DC International (BWI) airport. It is located between Washington DC and Baltimore MD.
Driving:
From Washington, DC, take MD-295 N towards BALTIMORE to US 175 EAST, then follow 175 EAST until you come to Reece Road. From Baltimore, MD, take MD-295 S towards WASHINGTON to US 175 EAST, then take 175 EAST until you come to Reece Road.
Buses:
See above for bus details.
There is regional bus service from BWI Airport to the Arundel Mills Shopping Center (Bus 017). Then take the CTC K to the Main Gate. For a Google Maps public transit view of this option:
http://alturl.com/3ehis
Train:
Note that the nearby Odenton MARC train station serves commuter trains only and does not run on the weekend. Amtrak does not stop at this station.
WHERE TO STAY
There are many hotels serving this area just south of the BWI Airport. The closest of these are 5-6 miles from the Ft. Meade Main Gate. One option is Aloft Arundel Mills, 7520 Teague Rd, Hanover, MD, 21076 (866-539-0036), $80-$100 night. A hotels.com search of the area turns up rooms nearby starting at $60 a night. The only lodging really close to the Ft. Meade Main Gate is the White Gables Motel; however, for a number of reasons, we strongly suggest avoiding it.
***Pardon Private Bradley Manning Stand-Out-Central Square, Cambridge, Wednesdays, 5:00 PM -Update –April 12, 2013





Let’s Redouble Our Efforts To Free Private Bradley Manning-President Obama Pardon Bradley Manning -Make Every Town Square In America (And The World) A Bradley Manning Square From Boston To Berkeley to Berlin-Join Us In Central Square, Cambridge, Ma. For A Stand-Out For Bradley- Wednesdays From 5:00-6:00 PM
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Plan to come to Fort Meade outside of Washington, D.C. on June 1st for an international day of solidarity with Bradley before his scheduled June 3rd trial.If you can’t make it to Fort Meade plan a solidarity event locally in support of this brave whistle-blower.
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Stop The Media Blackout of The Bradley Manning Trial

Despite the unprecedented and historic nature of Army whistleblower Bradley Manning’s trial, journalists have thus far been banned from recording the proceedings. Because Americans more commonly get their news through television than from any other media source, this presents a major barrier to the American public staying informed on a trial that will profoundly affect the future of our country.

It’s outrageous that the American public is being denied the right to view the trial of U.S. vs. Bradley Manning. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel was appointed by President Obama to ensure civilian oversight of the U.S. military.

Go To the Bradley Manning Support Network http://www.bradleymanning.org/ and sign the petition to Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel demanding that he ensure journalists can record Bradley Manning’s court martial proceedings! When you sign the petition the network e-mail system will send a message on your behalf to the office of Secretary of Defense.
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Beginning in September 2011, in order to publicize Private Manning’s case locally, there have been weekly stand-outs (as well as other more ad hoc and sporadic events) in various locations in the Greater Boston area starting in Somerville across from the Davis Square Redline MBTA stop on Friday afternoons and later on Wednesdays. Lately this stand-out has been held each week on Wednesdays from 5:00 to 6:00 PM at Central Square, Cambridge, Ma. (small park at the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and Prospect Street just outside the Redline MBTA stop, renamed Manning Square for the duration of the stand-out) in order to continue to broaden our outreach. Join us there in calling for Private Manning’s freedom. President Obama Pardon Private Manning Now!
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Those who have followed the heroic Wikileaks whistle-blower Private Bradley Manning’s case over the past year or so, since about April 2012 when the pre-trial hearings began in earnest, know that last November the defendant offered to plead guilty to a few lesser included charges in his indictment, basically taking legal and political responsibility for the leaks to WikiLeaks that had been the subject of some of the government’s allegations against him. Without getting into the arcane legal maneuvering on this issue the idea was to cut across the government’s pretty solid case against him being the leaker of information and to have the now scheduled for June trial be focused on the substantive question of whether his actions constituted “material aid to terrorism” and “aiding the enemy” which could subject Private Manning to life in prison. We noted then that we needed to stay with Bradley on this and make sure people know that what he admitted to was that he disclosed information about American military atrocities in Iraq and Afghanistan and other diplomatic high crimes and misdemeanors and only that. We also noted that he was, and is, frankly, in trouble, big trouble, and needs our support more than ever. Especially in light of the following:

After enduring nearly three years of detention, at times under torturous conditions, on February 28, 2013 Bradley Manning confessed that he had provided WikiLeakswith a trove of military and diplomatic documents that exposed U.S. imperialist schemes and wartime atrocities. Private Manning’s guilty plea on ten of 22 counts against him could land him in prison for 20 years. A day after Bradley confessed, military prosecutors announced plans to try him on the remaining counts, including “aiding the enemy” and violating the Espionage Act. Trial is expected to begin in early June, now scheduled for June 3rd.

In exposing the secrecy and lies with which the American government cover their depredations, Bradley Manning performed a great service to workers and oppressed around the world. All who oppose the imperialist barbarity and machinations revealed in the material he provided must join in demanding his immediate freedom. Also crucially important is the defense of Julian Assange against the vendetta by the U.S., Britain and their cohorts, who are attempting to railroad him to prison by one means or another for his role in running WikiLeaks.

In a 35-page statement he read to the military court after entering his plea (written summary available at the Bradley Manning Support Network and an audio transcript as well), Manning told of his journey from nearly being rejected in basic training to becoming an army intelligence analyst. In that capacity he came across mountains of evidence of U.S. duplicity and war crimes. The materials he provided to WikiLeaks included military logs documenting 120,000 civilian deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan and a formal military policy of covering up torture, rape and murder. A quarter-million diplomatic cables address all manner of lethal operations within U.S. client states, from the “drug war” in Mexico to drone strikes in Yemen. He also released files containing assessments of detainees held at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. These documents show that the government continued to hold many who, Manning stated, were believed or known to be innocent, as well as “low level foot soldiers that did not have useful intelligence.”

The Pentagon and the Obama Administration declared war against WikiLeaks following the release of a video, now entitled Collateral Murder and widely available, conveyed by Manning, of a 2007 U.S. Apache helicopter airstrike in Iraq that killed at least 12 people, including two Reuters journalists. American forces are then shown firing on a van that pulled up to help the victims. Manning said he was most alarmed by the“bloodlust they appeared to have.” He described how instead of calling for medical attention for a seriously wounded individual trying to crawl to safety, an aerial crew team member “asks for the wounded person to pick up a weapon so that he can have a reason to engage.”

By January 2010, Manning said, he“began to become depressed with the situation that we found ourselves increasingly mired in year after year” and decided to make public many of the documents he had backed up as part of his work as an analyst. Manning first offered the materials to the Washington Post and the New York Times. Not getting anywhere with these pillars of the press establishment, the latter apparently not considering war crimes of its government, as opposed to all manner of foreign state activities, news fit to print in February 2010 he made his first submission to WikiLeaks. He attached a note advising that “this is possibly one of the more significant documents of our time removing the fog of war and revealing the true nature of twenty-first century asymmetric warfare. Have a good day.”

The charge of “aiding the enemy”—i.e., Al Qaeda—is especially ominous. This used to mean things like military sabotage and handing over information on troop movements to a battlefield enemy. In Manning’s case, the prosecution claims that the very act of publicizing U.S. military and diplomatic activities, some of which took place years before, amounted to “indirect” communication with Al Qaeda. Manning told the court that he believed that public access to the information “could spark a domestic debate on the role of the military and our foreign policy in general.” He hoped that this “might cause society to reevaluate the need or even the desire to engage in counterterrorism and counterinsurgency operations that ignore the complex dynamics of the people living in the affected environment every day.” But by the lights of the imperialists’ war on terror, any exposure of their depredations can be construed as support to the “terrorist”enemy, whoever that might be.

The Pentagon intends to call no fewer than 141 witnesses in its show trial, including four people to testify anonymously. One of them, designated as “John Doe,” is believed to be a Navy SEAL who participated in the raid that killed Osama bin Laden. “Doe” is alleged to have grabbed three disks from bin Laden’s Abbottabad, Pakistan, compound on which was stored four files’ worth of the WikiLeaks material provided by Manning.

Nor do charges under the Espionage Act have to have anything to do with actual spying. The law was one of an array of measures adopted to criminalize antiwar activity after U.S. imperialism’s entry into the First World War. It mandated imprisonment for any act deemed to interfere with the recruitment of troops. Among its first and most prominent victims was Socialist Party spokesman Eugene V. Debs, who was jailed for a June 1918 speech at a workers’ rally in Canton, Ohio, where he denounced the war as capitalist slaughter and paid tribute to the leaders of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution. Dozens of Industrial Workers of the World organizers were also thrown into prison.

In the early 1970s, the Nixon government tried, unsuccessfully, to use this law to go after Daniel Ellsberg, whose release of the Pentagon Papers to the New York Times shed light on the history of U.S. imperialism’s losing war against the Vietnamese workers and peasants. Obama has happily picked up Nixon’s mantle. Manning’s prosecution will be the sixth time the Obama administration has used the Espionage Act against the source of an unauthorized leak of classified information—more than the combined total under all prior administrations since the law’s enactment in 1917.
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The Private Bradley Manning case is headed toward an early summer trial. The news on his case over the past several months has centered on the many pre-trial motion hearings including defense motions to dismiss for lack of speedy trial. Private Manning’s pre-trial confinement is now well over 1000 days. That dismissal motion was ruled on by Military Judge Lind. On February 26, 2013 she denied the defense’s motion for dismissal, the last serious chance for Bradley Manning to go free before the scheduled June trial. She ruled furthermore that the various delays by the government were inherent in the nature of this case and that the military authorities, except in one short instance, had been diligent in their efforts to move the proceedings along. For those of us with military experience this is a classic, if perverse, case of that old army slogan-“Hurry up, and wait.” This is definitely tough news for Private Manning although perhaps a good appeal point in some future civilian court review.

The defense had contended that the charges should be dismissed because the military by its own statutes (to speak nothing of that funny old constitutional right to a speedy trial guarantee that our plebeian forbears fought tooth and nail for against the bloody British and later made damn sure was included in the Amendments when the founding fathers“forgot” to include it in the main document) should have arraigned Private Manning within 120 days after his arrest. They hemmed and hawed for almost 600 days before deciding on the charges and a court martial. Nobody in the convening authority, as required by those same statutes, pushed the prosecution forward in a timely manner. In fact the court-martial convening authority, in the person of one Colonel Coffman, seemed to have seen his role as mere “yes man” to each of the government’s eight requests for delays without explanation. Apparently the Colonel saw his role as a mere clearing agent for whatever excuse the government gave, mainly endless addition time for clearing various classified documents a process that need not have held up the proceedings. The defense made timely objection to each governmental request to no avail.

Testimony from military authorities at pre-trial hearings in November 2012 about the reasons for the lack of action ranged from the lame to the absurd (mainly negative responses to knowledge about why some additional delays were necessary. One “reason” sticks out as a reason for excusable delay -some officer needed to get his son to a swimming meet and was thus “unavailable” for a couple of days. I didn’t make this up. I don’t have that sense of the absurd. Jesus, a man was rotting in Obama’s jails and they let him rot because of some damn swim meet). The prosecution, obviously, argued that the government has moved might and main to move the case along and had merely waited until all leaked materials had been determined before proceeding. The judge saw it the government’s way and ruled according as noted above.
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The defense had also pursued a motion for a dismissal of the major charges (espionage/ indirect material aid to terrorists) on the basis of the minimal effect of any leaks on national security issues as against Private Manning’s claim that such knowledge was important to the public square (freedom of information issues important for us as well in order to know about what the hell the government is doing either in front of us, or behind our backs). Last summer (2012) witnesses from an alphabet soup list of government agencies (CIA, FBI, NSA, Military Intelligence, etc., etc.) testified that while the information leaked shouldn’t have been leaked that the effect on national security was de minimus. The Secretary of Defense at the time, Leon Panetta, also made a public statement to that effect. The prosecution argued, successfully at the time, that the mere fact of the leak of classified information caused irreparable harm to national security issues and Private Manning’s intent, even if noble, was not at issue.

The recent thrust of the motion to dismiss has centered on the defense’s contention that Private Manning consciously and carefully screened any material in his possession to avoid any conflict with national security and that most of the released material had been over-classified (received higher security level than necessary). Much of the materials leaked, as per those parts published widely in the aftermath of the disclosures by the New York Times and other major outlets, concerned reports of atrocities in Iraq and Afghanistan and diplomatic interchanges that reflected poorly on that profession. The Obama government has argued again that the mere fact of leaking was all that mattered. That motion has also not been fully ruled on and is now the subject of prosecution counter- motions and has been a cause for further trial delay.
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A defense motion for dismissal based on serious allegations of torturous behavior by the military authorities extending far up the chain of command (a three-star Army general, not the normal concern of someone so far up the chain in the matter of discipline for enlisted personal) while Private Manning was first detained in Kuwait and later at the Quantico Marine brig for about a year ending in April 2011 has now been ruled on. In late November and early December Private Manning himself, as well as others including senior military mental health workers, took the stand to detail those abuses over several days. Most important to the defense was the testimony by qualified military mental health professionals citing the constant willful failure of those who held Private Manning in close confinement to listen to, or act, on their recommendations during those periods

Judge Lind, the military judge who has heard all the pre-trial arguments in the case thus far, has essentially ruled unfavorably on that motion to dismiss given the potential life sentence Private Manning faces. As she announced at an early January pre-trial hearing the military acted illegally in some of its actions. While every Bradley Manning supporter should be heartened by the fact that the military judge ruled that he was subject to illegal behavior by the military during his pre-trial confinement her remedy, a 112 days reduction in any future sentence, is a mere slap on the wrist to the military authorities. No dismissal or, alternatively, no appropriate reduction (the asked for ten to one ratio for all his first year or so of illegal close confinement which would take years off any potential sentence) given the seriousness of the illegal behavior as the defense tirelessly argued for. And the result is a heavy-handed deterrent to any future military whistleblowers, who already are under enormous pressures to remain silent as a matter of course while in uniform, and others who seek to put the hard facts of future American military atrocities before the public.
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An important statement in November 2012 was issued by three Nobel Peace Laureates (including Bishop Tutu from South Africa) calling on their fellow laureate, United States President Barack Obama, to free Private Manning from his jails. (Available on the Support Bradley Manning Network website.)
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On February 23, 2013, the 1000th day of Private Bradley Manning’s pre-trial confinement, an international day of solidarity was observed with over seventy stand-outs and other demonstration held in America and internationally. Bradley Manning and his courageous stand have not been forgotten. Go to the Bradley Manning Support Network for more details about the events of that day. Another international day of solidarity is scheduled for June 1, 2013 at Fort Meade, Maryland and elsewhere just before the scheduled start of his trial on June 3rd. Check the support network for updates on that event as well.
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6 Ways To Support Heroic Wikileaks Whistle-blower Private Bradley Manning

*Urgent: The government has announced, in the wake of Bradley Manning’s admission of his part in the Wikileaks expose in open court on February 28th, its intention to continue to prosecute him for the major charges of “aiding the enemy” (Espionage Act) and “material aid to terrorism.” Everyone should contact the presiding officer of the court –martial process, General Linnington, at 1-202-685-2807 and tell him to drop those charges. Once Maj. Gen. Linnington’s voicemail box is full – you can also leave a message at the DOD: (703) 571-3343 – press “5″ to leave a comment.*If this mailbox is also full, leave the Department of Defense a written message. Do it today.

*Urgent: The military authorities at Fort Meade, the site of Bradley Manning’s impending June 3rd court-martial are attempting to limit media coverage of the trial.Go to the Bradley Manning Support Network http://www.bradleymanning.org/and sign the petition to Secretary of Defense Chuck Hageldemanding that he ensure journalists can record Bradley Manning’s court martial proceedings! When you sign the petition the network e-mail system will send a message on your behalf to the office of Secretary of Defense.

*Come to our stand-out in support of Private Bradley Manning in Central Square, Cambridge, Ma (corner of Massachusetts Avenue and Prospect Street near MBTA Redline station) every Wednesday between 5-6 PM. For other locations in Greater Boston, nationally, and internationally check the Bradley Manning Support Network -http://www.bradleymanning.org/ and for details of the current status of the case and future event updates as well. Also plan to come to Fort Meade outside of Washington, D.C. on June 1st for an international day of solidarity with Bradley before his scheduled June 3rd trial.If you can’t make it to Fort Meade plan a solidarity event locally in support of this brave whistle-blower.

*Contribute to the Bradley Manning Defense Fund- as the trial date approaches funds are urgently needed! The government has unlimited financial and personnel resources to prosecute Bradley. And the Obama government is fully using them. We have a fine defense civilian lawyer, David Coombs, many supporters throughout America and the world working hard for Bradley’s freedom, and the truth on our side. Still the hard reality of the American legal system, civilian or military, is that an adequate defense cost serious money. So help out with whatever you can spare. For link go to http://www.bradleymanning.org/

*Sign the online petition at the Bradley Manning Support Network (for link go to http://www.bradleymanning.org/ )to the Secretary of the Army to free Bradley Manning-1000 plus days is enough! The Secretary of the Army stands in the direct chain of command up to the President and can release Private Manning from pre-trial confinement and drop the charges against him at his discretion. For basically any reason that he wishes to-let us say 1000 plus days is enough. Join the over 25,000 supporters in the United States and throughout the world clamoring for Bradley’s well-deserved freedom.

*Call (Comments”202-456-1111), write The White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20500, e-mail-(http://www.whitehouse.gov’contact/submitquestions-and comments) the White House to demand President Obama pardon Bradley Manning- The presidential power to pardon is granted under Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution:

“The President…shall have power to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the United States, except in case of impeachment.”

In federal cases, and military cases are federal cases, the President of the United States can, under authority granted by the U.S. Constitution as stated above, pardon the guilty and the innocent, the convicted and those awaiting trial- former President Nixon and former Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger, for example among others, received such pardons for their heinous crimes- Now that Bradley Manning has pleaded guilty to some lesser charges and is subject to further prison time (up to 20 years) this pardon campaign is more necessary than ever. Free Bradley Manning! Free the whistleblower!


Legendary Bobby Seale on the Soapbox (Podcast, May 5)
Bobby Now
Bobby Then

This week finds Cindy Sheehan in Asheville, NC
(speaking at a conference, taking a short break from the bike tour)

Cindy was able to catch up with one of the founders, and chairmen of the Black Panther Party, Bobby Seale.

Bobby is trying to get a movie made about his interesting (to say the least) life and comes on the Soapbox to talk about it, and his struggles.

For more information, please check out Brother Bobby's website:


America and Israel: Imperial Partners in Crime

Sunday, May 05, 2013

    America and Israel: Imperial Partners in Crime


by Stephen Lendman

Longstanding ties remain firm. Both nations are imperial partners. Naked aggression is official policy. Regime change in Syria is planned. Daily events head inexorably toward full-scale intervention.

The latest incident ups the stakes. On May 4, The New York Times headlined "Israel Bombs Syria as the US Weighs Its Own Options," saying:

An unnamed US official said "Israel bombed a target in Syria overnight Thursday. (Washington) consider(s its own) military options, including carrying out (its) own airstrikes."

According to Reuters, "(t)he attack took place on Friday after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's security cabinet approved it in a secret meeting on Thursday night…."

These type meetings often precede imminent action. They're held to approve them.

CNN's Pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr said "(t)he United States believes Israel has conducted an airstrike into Syria, two US officials tell CNN."

"US and Western intelligence agencies are reviewing classified data showing Israel most likely conducted a strike in the Thursday-Friday time frame, according to both officials."

"This is the same time frame that the US collected additional data showing Israel was flying a high number of warplanes over Lebanon."

An unnamed Israeli military source said "(w)e will do whatever is necessary to stop the transfer of weapons from Syria to terrorist organizations. We have done it in the past and we will do it if necessary the future."

Pretexts are easy to create. Washington and Israel do so to justify crimes of war and against humanity.

According to the NYT, "(t)he target was not a Syrian chemical weapons facility…." The same unnamed US official said a building was struck.

Lebanon's Daily Star said "(e)ight Israeli warplanes violated Lebanon's airspace in a span of 14 hours, flying over large swarths of the country, Army officials announced Friday."

Israeli military aircraft do so almost daily. This time was different. Lebanese overflights were "unusually high." At 7PM local time, they began.

Two Israeli warplanes entered Lebanese airspace west of Sidon. They "conducted aerial maneuvers." They left four hours later.

"Ten minutes" before they departed, "another two warplanes entered entered" Lebanese airspace "west of Jounieh." More maneuvers followed. They returned to Israel after midnight.

"At 12:35 AM, another sortie of two warplanes entered Lebanese airspace" near Beirut. They also conducted maneuvers. They left before 3:15 AM.

"At 6 AM, two more warplanes" overflew overflew "all Lebanese regions." They left at 8:50 AM.

Overflying another nation's airspace without authorization violates international law. Israel does it regularly. Lebanon is violated virtually daily. Multiple daily overflights happen often. Usually it's for reconnaissance. Other times it's for targeted strikes or war.

An updated Reuters report headlined "Israel confirms Syria strike, says hit Hezbollah-bound missiles."

On Saturday, an unnamed Israeli official admitted the airstrike. Claiming it was to destroy "Hezbollah-bound missiles" doesn't wash. More on that below.

Mossad-connected DEBKAfile (DF) headlined "Israel Air Force bombs Syrian chemical and other targets from Lebanon, Golan," saying:

Bombing occurred from "Lebanese air space and the Golan starting Friday and continuing until early Saturday…." According to US sources, "16 IAF warplanes took part."

"Some sources said the target attacked was a convoy transporting chemical arms (to) Hizbollah…." Israeli and US sources lack credibility.

DF said Washington gave Israel "a video demonstration" of its upgraded bunker buster bomb (Massive Ordnance Penetrator - MOB).

On Friday, the Wall Street Journal reported it. It said the Pentagon did so "to combat Iran." At issue is targeting its "most heavily fortified and defended nuclear site." Fordow is well protected. It's deep underground.

"US officials see development of the weapon as critical to convincing Israel that the US has the ability to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear bomb if diplomacy fails, and also that Israel's military can't do that on its own."

On May 3, Michel Chossdovsky said:

"The MOP Massive Ordinance Penetrator is nicknamed the 'mother of all bombs.' Its use would inevitably trigger an out war against Iran with a scenario of military escalation."

In October 2009, "the Pentagon confirmed (its intention) to use the 'Mother of All Bombs' (MOAD) against Iran." Doing so would cause mass casualties. The upgraded version would cause many more.

MOABs "are WMDs in the true sense of the word. (Their) hidden objective (is) mass destruction and mass civilian casualties with a view to instilling fear and despair."

Perhaps Washington plans using it against Syria for the same purpose. Longstanding policy is destroying targeted nations. It's been that way since WW II.

Today's weapons are far more powerful than earlier ones. In short order, they're able to annihilate humanity entirely. It can happen whether or not planned.

Details of Israel's latest attack are sketchy. It wasn't the first lawless IDF action. For sure it won't be the last.

Last November, IDF tanks shelled cross border six times in one week. Anti-tank missiles and other munitions were used. In February, Israeli warplanes struck several Syrian targets. Reports alleged a weapons and munitions convoy heading for Lebanon was targeted.

Previous articles discussed what happened. They asked why Assad would send vitally needed weapons and munitions to Lebanon?

It makes no sense. He needs all he can get. If reports were accurate, evidence would have corroborated them. None was forthcoming.

At the time, DEBKAfile said Obama "green light(ed)" Israel to attack. Doing so revealed Israel's involvement in Washington's war.

So is NATO. Naked aggression is longstanding alliance policy. It very much reflects how Israel and America operate. Imperial priorities matter most. Rule of law principles are discarded.

War is a way of life. Both nations prioritize it. They're warrior states. Syria's being systematically ravaged. It may be entirely destroyed before conflict ends.

Israel's latest attack ups the stakes. It appears nakedly transparent. On the one hand, Israel's flexing its military muscle. On the other, it's daring Syria to respond.

Doing so would likely trigger Washington-led NATO full-scale intervention. Perhaps Israel would get involved. Anything can happen any time.

An unnamed Israeli Washington embassy spokesman declined commenting on Friday’s incident.

He said only that "Israel is determined to prevent the transfer of chemical weapons or other game-changing weaponry by the Syrian regime to terrorists, specially to Hezbollah in Lebanon."

These type statements don't wash. No evidence corroborates allegations about Syrian chemical weapons use or transfers.

Fabricated claims heighten tensions. Doing so heads things closer to all-out war. Libya 2.0 appears likely. Launching it could come any time.

Note:

Early Sunday morning, Israel bombed Syria for the second straight day. Powerful blasts shook Damascus. Massive fires followed.

Washington and Israel share joint responsibility. Hindsight may show that these attacks began full-scale intervention. It's too early to know for sure. A follow-up article will discuss more.

Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago. He can be reached at lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net.

His new book is titled "Banker Occupation: Waging Financial War on Humanity."

http://www.claritypress.com/LendmanII.html

Visit his blog site at sjlendman.blogspot.com.

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