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World's Elite Gather to Brainstorm in Secret [Bilderberger Group]
The Vancouver Province ^ | 6/9/2006 | Andrew Mayeda & Glen McGregor, CanWest

Posted on 06/10/2006 11:06:40 AM PDT by ex-Texan

OTTAWA -- Greeted at the airport by limousine drivers holding single-letter "B" signs, global luminaries such as Henry Kissinger, David Rockefeller and Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands began arriving in Ottawa Thursday for the annual gathering of the ultra-secretive Bilderberg Group.

Over the next three days, they and other prominent political and business leaders from North America and Europe are expected to discuss issues such as the security threat posed by Iran and the direction of oil markets.

The group's discreet approach was evident as attendees arrived at the Ottawa International Airport.

Outside the airport, a phalanx of limousines queued to ferry guests to the Brookstreet Hotel, where security guards with ear pieces kept watch over the barricaded entrance to the hotel parking lot.

Limos were also dispatched to the nearby Shell Aerocentre to retrieve participants arriving on private aircraft. Some attendees had the single-letter "B" on their luggage tags.

Former U.S. defence policy adviser Richard Perle shot down criticism about the secrecy of the group's meetings.

"It's a private organization," he said. He denied the charge, advanced by Bilderberg critics, that the organization crafts public policy behind closed doors.

"It discusses public policy," he said.

Perle also dismissed suggestions the group's heavy representation from the oil industry gives it influence over global energy prices.

"If it did, I'd be trading on oil futures," he said.

A former assistant secretary of defence to President Ronald Reagan, Perle is still considered an influential adviser in U.S. conservative circles. He advised President George W. Bush and is said to be a close friend of Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.

In 2003, he publicly chastised the Canadian government for refusing to send troops to Iraq and warned that "lame-duck" Prime Minister Jean Chretien would be embarrassed once weapons of mass destruction were found.

Also seen arriving Thursday were Jorma Ollila, chairman of Royal Dutch Shell, and Egil Myklebust, chairman of Scandinavian Airlines.

According to an unsigned press release, presumably by Bilderberg organizers, attendees will also include New York Governor George Pataki, former Iraqi deputy prime minister Ahmad Chalabi, the heads of Coca-Cola, Credit Suisse, the Royal Bank of Canada, a number of media moguls, and cabinet ministers from Spain and Greece.

The release confirmed this year's meeting will deal with energy issues, Iran, the Middle East, terrorism, immigration, Russia, European-American relations and Asia.

"The meeting is private to encourage frank and open discussion," said the release. "There will be no press conference."

Security was relatively light at the airport, with only a few uniformed police officers on hand.

But at the Brookstreet, the parking lot in front of the hotel was empty and all entrances to the lot barricaded. A tow truck removed vehicles that did not comply.

Security guards were stationed at various points around the hotel perimeter, including the golf course behind the Brookstreet. A number of Ottawa police officers also provided security.

The event drew a number of regular Bilderberg watchers who follow the organization around the world, few more colourful than James P. Tucker Jr., a 71-year-old writer who says he has covered every Bilderberg conference for the last 30 years. He recently published a book called the Bilderberg Diary.

Tucker said he spent several days this week casing out the hotel, plying Brookstreet bartenders for information.

"For years they denied their very existence," Tucker said. "Well, they certainly influence the world."

Daniel Estulin, who flew from Spain to cover this week's conference, is such a regular on the circuit that he is on a first-name basis with Bilderberg security officials.

"Their main objective is creating a world government ruled by an elite group of people whose main objective is to control all the natural resources of the planet," Estulin said.

The Bilderberg Group, named after the Dutch hotel where it held its first meeting in 1954, was conceived as a forum for building transatlantic ties during the Cold War.

Organizers insist the group's clandestine ways media are barred from the event and attendees are sworn to secrecy enable a freer exchange of ideas.

But critics and conspiracy theorists say the group shows a disturbing lack of accountability considering how many powerful people it brings together.

Ottawa Citizen


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: artbell; bildabetterbooger; bilderberger; conspiracy; cuespookymusic; dopusdei; illuminati; newworldorder; nutburgers; puppetmasters; secretsocieties; whataretheyhiding; whyallthesecrecy
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To: hedgetrimmer
Really? How would you know?

If he told you, well, you know what he'd have to do.

81 posted on 06/10/2006 4:14:47 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand (screw the media.)
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To: Paperdoll
"Take the Jews off your list and, by George, I think you've got it!"
Why? The list is composed precisely from those groups which, since long ago, have been perpetually included as scapegoats and conspirators whenever anything went wrong, from diarrhea epidemics to bad harvest. Would you deny that the Jews have been perennial scapegoats? It is not that easy to become a mandatory fixture on such a list, no more than to get on the guest list for EVERY state dinner at the White House - one needs to have established quite a reputation, it is not for all and sundry.
82 posted on 06/10/2006 4:24:55 PM PDT by GSlob
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To: hedgetrimmer

Accuracy is not in your vocabulary.


83 posted on 06/10/2006 4:56:29 PM PDT by TexasTransplant (NEMO ME IMPUNE LACESSET)
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To: pollyannaish

i mostly stay in my room and watch TV.
the documentary on ODB is really good.


84 posted on 06/10/2006 5:09:44 PM PDT by drhogan (!)
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To: TexasTransplant

Really? Tell me where?


85 posted on 06/10/2006 5:10:17 PM PDT by hedgetrimmer ("I'm a millionaire thanks to the WTO and "free trade" system--Hu Jintao top 10 worst dictators)
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To: pollyannaish

did you see that hot blonde running the Illuminati exhibit?
i guess they are trying to recruit some younger members.


86 posted on 06/10/2006 5:11:51 PM PDT by drhogan (!)
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To: ex-Texan

conspiracy theories are the public relations ploys by which the Illuminati and their ilk divert the attention of the foolish public from what they are really doing.

while this fake bilderberg conference is being advertised in Ottawa, the secret Illuminati conclave is going on in Kansas City.


87 posted on 06/10/2006 5:17:07 PM PDT by drhogan (!)
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To: drhogan

the food at the Illuminati conclave is much better!


88 posted on 06/10/2006 5:21:27 PM PDT by drhogan (!)
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To: drhogan
Be careful about those younger members, dr. They're likely to have myspace accounts...and you know what THAT means...
89 posted on 06/10/2006 5:22:06 PM PDT by pollyannaish
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To: pollyannaish

i'll just stay in my room and watch TV-- maybe watch an Oliver Stone movie; keep out of trouble.


90 posted on 06/10/2006 5:24:31 PM PDT by drhogan (!)
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To: pollyannaish

did you notice how FAKE the kissinger robot looks?
how are they going to fool anybody with that model??!!


91 posted on 06/10/2006 5:27:48 PM PDT by drhogan (!)
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To: drhogan

Is the ODB documentary over? It was on EVERY channel in my room. Oliver Stone might be a nice change of pace.


92 posted on 06/10/2006 5:31:05 PM PDT by pollyannaish
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To: drhogan

You forgot the free bar.


93 posted on 06/10/2006 6:30:55 PM PDT by GSlob
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To: drhogan
the food at the Illuminati conclave is much better!

Ah, but the Build-A-Burger's hookers is what makes the difference!

94 posted on 06/10/2006 6:38:40 PM PDT by Revolting cat! ("In the end, nothing explains anything.")
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To: GSlob

Add the "Rosicrucians" to the list, hehehe.


95 posted on 06/10/2006 6:43:23 PM PDT by Ciexyz (Let us always remember, the Lord is in control.)
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To: Ciexyz
And the Masons too, dude!


96 posted on 06/10/2006 6:46:42 PM PDT by Revolting cat! ("In the end, nothing explains anything.")
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To: hedgetrimmer

It seems hedgetrimmer is somewhat on the "cutting edge", too. :o)


97 posted on 06/10/2006 6:51:35 PM PDT by Paperdoll ( on the cutting edge.)
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To: hedgetrimmer

You would have to assume that G.W. Bush SOLD the USA, not just Secrets or Technology like Bill Clinton did but you would have to believe that G.W. Bush was at least as Dishonest as Hillary Clinton...


Google should have fun with that... I still don't know what your point is.


TT


98 posted on 06/10/2006 6:51:55 PM PDT by TexasTransplant (NEMO ME IMPUNE LACESSET)
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To: GSlob

Oh, poooor GSlob! No, the Bilderbergers are certainly not "scapegoats". And yes, the Jews have been blamed for much that is not of their doing. Very poor analogy, my friend.


99 posted on 06/10/2006 7:00:26 PM PDT by Paperdoll ( on the cutting edge.)
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To: Revolting cat!

Yes, the Freemasons and the Founding Fathers, too. All part of the "conspiracy".


100 posted on 06/10/2006 7:03:06 PM PDT by Ciexyz (Let us always remember, the Lord is in control.)
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