Showing posts with label Sovereign States. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sovereign States. Show all posts
Friday, February 25, 2011
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Canadian News from Egypt - 1957
History:
Canadian Diplomat John Watkins Death under RCMP/CIA Interrogation - 1964
In 1964, under pressure from the chief of the American Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA) counter-intelligence (CI) staff James Jesus Angleton, John Watkins, formerly Canadian Ambassador to the USSR, was secretly detained in a hotel in Montréal, Quebec by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the CIA under accusations of being an "agent of influence".
Watkins died during the interrogation but his official obituary, signed by an RCMP officer, claimed he suffered a heart attack during celebrations with friends.
It was only in 1980 that the RCMP, after continuous refusal to hand over the full report about Watkins death claiming "national security" reasons, finally admitted that Watkins had died under police interrogation in the Montréal hotel room. He was not an "agent of influence" and he was not a traitor.
Canadian Diplomat Herbert Norman Death in Egypt - 1957
Previously, it was Watkins' fellow Canadian diplomat Herbert Norman who was accused by Americans of being a Communist and possibly a Soviet agent.
In 1957, while serving as Canada's ambassador to Egypt and under pressure by the accusations against him, Norman is said to have committed suicide.
The following CBC clip is the announcement of his death:
Canadian ambassador jumps to his death in Egypt
CBC Broadcast Date: April 4, 1957 - Canadian Diplomat Herbert Norman
http://archives.cbc.ca/on_this_day/04/04/
Canadian Diplomat John Watkins Death under RCMP/CIA Interrogation - 1964
In 1964, under pressure from the chief of the American Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA) counter-intelligence (CI) staff James Jesus Angleton, John Watkins, formerly Canadian Ambassador to the USSR, was secretly detained in a hotel in Montréal, Quebec by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the CIA under accusations of being an "agent of influence".
Watkins died during the interrogation but his official obituary, signed by an RCMP officer, claimed he suffered a heart attack during celebrations with friends.
It was only in 1980 that the RCMP, after continuous refusal to hand over the full report about Watkins death claiming "national security" reasons, finally admitted that Watkins had died under police interrogation in the Montréal hotel room. He was not an "agent of influence" and he was not a traitor.
Canadian Diplomat Herbert Norman Death in Egypt - 1957
Previously, it was Watkins' fellow Canadian diplomat Herbert Norman who was accused by Americans of being a Communist and possibly a Soviet agent.
In 1957, while serving as Canada's ambassador to Egypt and under pressure by the accusations against him, Norman is said to have committed suicide.
The following CBC clip is the announcement of his death:
Canadian ambassador jumps to his death in Egypt
CBC Broadcast Date: April 4, 1957 - Canadian Diplomat Herbert Norman
http://archives.cbc.ca/on_this_day/04/04/
Sunday, January 30, 2011
"...choose you this day whom ye will serve.." Joshua 24:15
Egypt's intelligence chief Omar Suleiman is being reported as the possible next president of Egypt.
It also looks like that he is respected by US officials for his cooperation with the Torture Program, as Jane Mayer explains in her book "The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How The War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals"
"Each rendition was authorized at the very top levels of both governments….The long-serving chief of the Egyptian central intelligence agency, Omar Suleiman, negotiated directly with top Agency officials. [Former U.S. Ambassador to Egypt] Walker described the Egyptian counterpart, Suleiman, as “very bright, very realistic,” adding that he was cognizant that there was a downside to “some of the negative things that the Egyptians engaged in, of torture and so on. But he was not squeamish, by the way” (pp. 113).
Aljazeera commentators described him as a distinguished and respected man and also reported that in October 1981, his brother Khalid Ahmed Showqi al-Islambouli arranged and carried out the assassination of president Mubarak's predecessor, Anwar Sadat, during a military parade.
http://english.aljazeera.net/Services/Search/?q=Omar%20Suleiman
No wonder "the dark cloud" persists.
A 2006 documentary: "American Inquisition"
"On September 11 terrorists tried to change America forever. Well, they succeeded."
It also looks like that he is respected by US officials for his cooperation with the Torture Program, as Jane Mayer explains in her book "The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How The War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals"
"Each rendition was authorized at the very top levels of both governments….The long-serving chief of the Egyptian central intelligence agency, Omar Suleiman, negotiated directly with top Agency officials. [Former U.S. Ambassador to Egypt] Walker described the Egyptian counterpart, Suleiman, as “very bright, very realistic,” adding that he was cognizant that there was a downside to “some of the negative things that the Egyptians engaged in, of torture and so on. But he was not squeamish, by the way” (pp. 113).
Aljazeera commentators described him as a distinguished and respected man and also reported that in October 1981, his brother Khalid Ahmed Showqi al-Islambouli arranged and carried out the assassination of president Mubarak's predecessor, Anwar Sadat, during a military parade.
http://english.aljazeera.net/Services/Search/?q=Omar%20Suleiman
No wonder "the dark cloud" persists.
A 2006 documentary: "American Inquisition"
"On September 11 terrorists tried to change America forever. Well, they succeeded."
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
On the CIA "disruption policy", foreign countries role, a condo in Vancouver as solution and more
by Chalmers Ashby Johnson (August 6, 1931 - November 20, 2010)
extracted from Chalmers Johnson's (1931-2010) book: "BLOWBACK" (first edition 2000).
..."The CIA term for this policy is "disruption", by which it means the harassment of terrorists around the world.. .According to John Diamond of the Associated Press, "the CIA keeps its role secret, and the foreign countries that actually crack down on the suspects, carefully hide the U.S. role, lest they stir up trouble for themselves.". There are no safeguards at all against misidentifying "suspects" and "the CIA sends no formal notice to Congress". Disruption is said to be a preemptive, offensive form of counterterrorism. Richard Clarke, President Bill Clinton's antiterrorism czar, likes it because he can avoid "the cumbersome Congressional reporting requirements that go with CIA-directed covert operations" and because "human rights organizations would have no way of identifying a CIA role". ...
Interview with Chalmers Johnson (August 6, 1931 - November 20, 2010)
Johnson was a professor emeritus of the University of California, San Diego. He served in the Korean war, was a consultant for the CIA and chaired the Center for Chinese Studies at the University of California, Berkeley from 1967 to 1972.
Conversations with History: The Last Days of the American Republic with Chalmers Johnson
First Aired: 5/14/2007 - (59 minutes)
http://www.uctv.tv/search-details.aspx?showID=12489
More:
Military Bases and the "Blowback"
Chalmers Johnson - January 29, 2004 - Conversations with History
extracted from Chalmers Johnson's (1931-2010) book: "BLOWBACK" (first edition 2000).
..."The CIA term for this policy is "disruption", by which it means the harassment of terrorists around the world.. .According to John Diamond of the Associated Press, "the CIA keeps its role secret, and the foreign countries that actually crack down on the suspects, carefully hide the U.S. role, lest they stir up trouble for themselves.". There are no safeguards at all against misidentifying "suspects" and "the CIA sends no formal notice to Congress". Disruption is said to be a preemptive, offensive form of counterterrorism. Richard Clarke, President Bill Clinton's antiterrorism czar, likes it because he can avoid "the cumbersome Congressional reporting requirements that go with CIA-directed covert operations" and because "human rights organizations would have no way of identifying a CIA role". ...
Interview with Chalmers Johnson (August 6, 1931 - November 20, 2010)
Johnson was a professor emeritus of the University of California, San Diego. He served in the Korean war, was a consultant for the CIA and chaired the Center for Chinese Studies at the University of California, Berkeley from 1967 to 1972.
Conversations with History: The Last Days of the American Republic with Chalmers Johnson
First Aired: 5/14/2007 - (59 minutes)
http://www.uctv.tv/search-details.aspx?showID=12489
More:
Military Bases and the "Blowback"
Chalmers Johnson - January 29, 2004 - Conversations with History
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