UK Documents: U.S. planned War for Oil in 1973

posted by ewing2001 on Wednesday December 31, @12:13PM

America preparing a war for the Gulf oil in 1973

Was America preparing a war for the Gulf oil in 1973?
Papers released under the 30-year rule show Britain worried about Middle East conflict and what to buy for a royal wedding

By Cahal Milmo

U.S. Planned to Seize Oil in '73 Crisis

Independent UK -01 January 2004

The British Government believed America was preparing for a lightning war in the Middle East to end the 1973 oil crisis, including an invasion of Kuwait, documents released today to the National Archives show.

The Joint Intelligence Committee, the body that acts as the link between the intelligence services and Downing Street, warned the Prime Minister, Edward Heath that Washington was planning to seize oil fields in Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi and Kuwait to secure the Western economies.

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911: Nine hundred and Eleven Missing Pieces

posted by ewing2001 on Wednesday December 31, @09:02AM

July 5, 2001: "[s]omething really spectacular is going to happen here"
(Richard Clarke, top counter-terrorism official)

"...So many, many questions. Why did World Trade Center 7 collapse? No airplane hit that building, and before September 11, no steel skyscraper had ever collapsed because of a fire..."

On September 12, 2003, the widow Ellen Mariani filed a civil RICO suit in the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania naming George W. Bush, Richard Cheney, John Ashcroft, Donald Rumsfeld, George Tenet, Norman Mineta, Peter G. Peterson, Condoleezza Rice, George H.W. Bush and Kenneth Feinberg

Nine hundred and Eleven Missing Pieces
What don’t we know, and why don’t we know it?

NY Press -Title Story 2003/53

The Southern Solstice has passed, and with it the deadline for 9/11 families to file their claims with the "Feinberg Fund," as it has come to be known. Of an official death toll of 2976, claims have been filed by for 2,851. The claim involves signing off on any future litigation against the government, the airlines, the airports or any security firms.

One hundred and twenty-five claims remain outstanding, but little has been written about any of these families. Where is the coverage of those insisting on finding out what really happened on that day before they sign away their "claims?"

First to stand up were five widows: Kristen Breitweiser, Patty Casazza, Mindy Kleinberg and Lorie van Auken. Breitweiser’s husband was killed in his office at Fiduciary Trust on the 94th floor of the South Tower, while Casazza, Kleinberg and van Auken are Cantor-Fitzgerald widows. They began lobbying for answers early in 2002, navigating the labyrinth of American bureaucracy and hammering the bureaucrats for direct answers to direct questions. In September 2002, Breitweiser testified at the first televised public hearing before the Joint Intelligence Committee Inquiry (JICI) in DC.

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LeakerGate: Ashcroft recuse himself from an investigation

posted by ewing2001 on Tuesday December 30, @06:42AM

Ashcroft Recuses Self From CIA Leak Probe

AP -December 30

Attorney General John Ashcroft will recuse himself from an investigation into who leaked the name of a CIA operative, Justice Department sources said Tuesday.

The investigation will be headed by the U.S. attorney in Chicago, Patrick Fitzgerald, who will report to Ashcroft's new deputy, James Comey, the officials said. It was not immediately clear why Ashcroft made the decision.

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