Green Party USA COORDINATOR DETAINED AT AIRPORT (1 Viewer)

[Stephen]

GREEN PARTY USA COORDINATOR DETAINED AT AIRPORT PREVENTED BY ARMED MILITARY FROM FLYING TO GREENS MEETING IN CHICAGO

Armed government agents grabbed Nancy Oden, Green Party USA coordinating committee member, Thursday at Bangor International Airport in Bangor Maine, as she attempted to board an American Airlines flight to Chicago.

"An official told me that my name had been flagged in the computer," a shaken Oden said. "I was targeted because the Green Party USA opposes the bombing of innocent civilians in Afghanistan."

Oden, a long-time organic farmer and peace activist in northern Maine, was
ordered away from the plane. Military personnel with automatic weapons
surrounded Oden and instructed all airlines to deny her passage on ANY
flight. "I was told that the airport was closed to me until further notice
and that my ticket would not be refunded," Oden said.

Oden is scheduled to speak in Chicago Friday night on a panel concerning
pesticides as weapons of war. She had helped to coordinate the Green Party
USA's antiwar efforts these past few months, and was to report on these to
The Greens national committee. "Not only did they stop me at the airport
but some mysterious party had called the hotel and cancelled my reservation," Oden said.

The Greens National Committee -- the governing body of the Green Party USA
-- is meeting in Chicago Nov. 2-4 to hammer out the details of national
campaigns against bio-chemical warfare, the spraying of toxic pesticides, genetic engineering, and the Party's involvement in the burgeoning peace movement.

"I am shocked that US military prevented one of our prominent Green Party members from attending the meeting in Chicago," said Elizabeth Fattah, a GPUSA representative from Pennsylvania who drove to Chicago. "I am outraged at the way the Bill of Rights is being trampled upon."

Chicago Green activist Lionel Trepanier concluded, "The attack on the
right of association of an opposition political party is chilling. The
harassment of peace activists is reprehensible."

For further information, please call 1-866-GREENS-2 (toll-free)

 

[EWilson]

Do we have a source for this?

 

[Dan]

Someone was telling me they read that the US bought out all satelites capable of taking close-up footage of Afghanistan before the war so that civilian casualties couldn't be documented. Scary if it is true.

 

[Hector Grey]

i heard that they just bought the right to the pictures. so that they can have Afghanstan-The Blooper Video when this sorry mess is all fixed again. anyway, why are you even suprised? this is America we're talking about. who installed the taliban and funded bin laden. who can tell where one outrage begins an another ends. and the usa buying up satalites so that we can't tune in for the news to see some dead peasants isn't all that scary. no where near as scary as being blown up by a trident missile or something. stop your worrying and have a pint, surrounded by the comforting sound of other peoples mobile phones going off. ahhhhhhhhh. nice one.

 

[mugwump]

From the irish times 17th October - breaking news section

Exclusive rights to pictures of the US bombing of Afghanistan have been bought by the US military from a privately-owned satellite company.

Exclusive copyright obtained by the US Defence Department can show the effects of US bombings in minute detail but are inferior to images taken by American military satellites, according to intelligence expert, Mr Duncan Campbell.

Writing in today’s Guardian newspaper, Mr Campbell said the images had been bought retrospectively from Space Imaging, owners of the Ikonos satellite, thereby preventing any public access to the pictures.

The option of a legal barring order on the dissemination of the material was available to the US but the danger of it being challenged under the First Amendment is thought to be behind the decision to buy the rights to all the images.

"The Pentagon has spent millions of dollars to prevent western media from seeing highly accurate civilian satellite pictures," Mr Campbell wrote. He said images already taken, show trainees marching at a camp in Jalalabad and that it would be possible to see any bodies lying on the ground after a US attack.

He said the decision to buy the rights to the pictures was taken last Thursday - the day after reports of heavy civilian casualties from a bombing raid on Jalalabad.

 

[rocktopus]

I got this,and thought it worth forwarding
Dear fellow activists,

A disturbing NEW revelation on this "was there a CIA connection to 9-
11" story - the British newspaper, The Independent, has not only
confirmed Ruppert's story that the "inside stock profit off 9-11
horror leads to the firm chaired by the third highest man at the CIA"
BUT it also explains that profits were made off the companies INSIDE
the World Trade Center. And as you'll see below, that's not the half
of it.

I URGE EVERYONE TO MAKE THE USE AND DISTRIBUTION OF THIS INFORMATION
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the European Commission offices, and all British Consulates. It has
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media and US government is apparently ignoring it.

A dark cloud has descended over journalism. I was until recently a
member of the Society of Professional Journalists discussion group,
but after complaints from raging reporters that I should not be
airing the below facts, I was "cut off." Since then when others have
discussed these facts they have gotten warnings as well. Reporters
called me "UN-American" and an "Arab terrorist mouthpiece" for simply
asking why the following were not looked into. Is this the role of
a "journalist?" I don't think so.

[for the record. I was born in Kansas. My family has had 3
veterans, one officer, and one non-com. My father fought several
years in direct combat and received the purple heart. I guarantee
you if he were alive today he would be very disturbed about this
news. How can I and my father be UN-American? I don't' understand
this bizarre concept.]

AGAIN, please read the following and then email me at
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· The insider trading profits made off the tragedy now may lead to an
investment house chaired by the #3 man at the CIA. Is this why it
was DROPPED by the media when they realized it wasn't Arab Terrorists
who played the stock.
http://globalresearch.ca/articles/RUP110A.html . Info confirmed by
Independent Newspaper in UK: http://www.independent.co.uk/story.jsp?
story=99402

· ABC News.com's May, 2001 story exposes recently released documents
that showed the US Joint Chiefs of Staff actually planned to foment
domestic terrorism to whip Americans into a pro-war frenzy. This was
in the 60's but it shows that the highest echelons of our govt. have
actually considered terrorizing their own people for political gain.
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/us/DailyNews/jointchiefs_010501.html

* The French Newspaper, Le Figaro reports the CIA met with Bin Laden
in Dubai, in July 2001, only 2 months before the 9-11 horror (and at
a time when he was on the US "wanted" list for other attacks, and the
operative who met with him was IMMEDIATELY recalled to Washington
after the meeting for a meeting in Washington). An English
translation of this report can be found at:
http://www.orf.at/orfon/011031-44569/index.html

Consider why Anthrax was sent to the top Democrat's office? Wouldn't
foreign terrorists want to "divide" our nation, rather than "uniting"
the opposition behind the war effort? (food for thought, considering
that reports reveal the Anthrax strain sent to Daschle's office more
resembles Anthrax created by the US military than that of Iraq or
Russia). [New Scientist | 19:00 24 October 01 Anthrax Bacteria Likely
to Be US military Strain Debora MacKenzie ]

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God bless,

Bill Douglas



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[Stuart Little]

http://www.counterpunch.org/oden2.html

more info on yer wan being stopped at the airport and some interview snippits...

land of the brave? (ha ha)
home of the free? (triple ha)

 

[Daveor]

Hey Stephen
I realised I don't have your real email address, i sent a private message to your thumped account...