Posted on 10/17/2004 6:56:37 AM PDT by Phsstpok
The earlier thread about the October Surprise "Mutiny" hit piece on this mornings Today show prompted me to do some Googling to try to see if there were any connections of note. I felt that even the little evidence I found warranted a quick heads up and (forgive me) a separate thread as a call to action. I have no particular standing to do this, but this concerned me enough to fire off a flare.
It looks like the extreme left is orchestrating an October Surprise propaganda campaign against the war in Iraq and President Bush by staging a "mutiny" of reserve troops (appears to be 5 of 'em, when you get down to it) and playing it the way they played Abu Gharib.
First, the basic story. Reports surfaced on Friday, the 15th, that troops in Iraq had refused a "suicide mission" and were under arrest and held in close guard. A small handful of "frantic" family members began reporting "unfair practices" and "unsafe conditions," desperately calling on (the usual suspects) politicians to save their loved ones from cruel fate.
Some excerpts:
Daily News, October 17, 2004:
Calls, E-mails explain troops' alleged mutiny
The military has begun punishing some of the 19 Army reservists who balked at what they called a "suicide mission" and a "death sentence" in Iraq last week.
Some members of the South Carolina-based 343rd Quartermaster Company refused to transport fuel between the Iraqi cities of Tallil and Taji Wednesday morning, saying they had no protection for the dangerous trip.
now here's the kicker from the Daily News piece:
Citizen Soldier, a New York-based, nonprofit military rights group, has offered ... its help.
Citizen Soldier is not a "military rights group." It is a virulently anti-American and anti-Military extreme left front group. Their motto on their web site is: "Prepared to Challenge U.S. Militarism in the New Millenium."
Citizen Soldier also has close ties to John Kerry, as it's director Tod Ensign, was one of the organizers of Kerry's discredited Winter Soldier propaganda event in 1969, along with Jeremy Rifkin. This connection is the one that set off my alarm bells.
I couldn't figure the Mississippi angle till I found this in The Clarion-Ledger of Hattiesberg, Mississippi:
Platoon with Mississippi soldiers defies orders 17 soldiers placed under arrest in Iraq
A 17-member Army Reserve platoon with troops from Jackson and around the Southeast deployed to Iraq is under arrest for refusing a "suicide mission" to deliver fuel, the troops' relatives said Thursday. The soldiers refused an order on Wednesday to go to Taji, Iraq - north of Baghdad - because their vehicles were considered "deadlined" or extremely unsafe, said Patricia McCook of Jackson, wife of Sgt. Larry O. McCook.
and again, buried in the piece, is the clue to the source and spin:
U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson said he plans to submit a congressional inquiry today on behalf of the Mississippi soldiers to launch an investigation into whether they are being treated improperly.
Bennie Thompson is one of the more radical members of the Black Caucus. He is a leader in the "fair play for Fidel Castro" movement in Congress. He is often the designated "hit man" in attacking minority members of the Bush Administration, particularly Dr. Condoleezza Rice. He was a rabid Deaniac, but shifted his loyalty to Kerry when Dean fell on his own scream.
The Salon hit piece ties this squarely to the Washington/DNC/Carville slime machine:
The inside story of the Army platoon that refused to carry out a "death sentence" mission.
is by Mary Jocoby, Salon's Washington Correspondent. Jacoby is one of Salon's "reliable" writers who can always be counted on to spew hate at George Bush, in particular, and Republicans in general. She rates Seymour Hersh as a "crack investigative reporter" and has authored anti-Bush hit pieces such as "The Dunce," "George W. Bush's Missing Year" and "Swaggering toward Election Day."
What is truly amazing about these pieces on the "mutiny" is that they appear to have been ready to go before the incident took place. These folks had their stories straight and remarkably consistent in record time, even before the news had reached the regular news cycle on CNN, who jumped on this in record time.
Folks, this is a set up. But it's a set up that, like many of the Kerry camps dirty tricks, they've had to fire off prematurely to try to distract the news media from a Kerry gaffe. Pulling the trigger on this was timed to try and keep the disastrous Mary Cheney attack off of the Sunday morning talk shows. These soldiers are pawns who were told that they would be used to unseat a sitting President (with undoubted hints of vast rewards from a Kerry administration) but they are being sacrificed, just like pushing a pawn, to protect the dims' king.
Read Call to Conscience. Particular interest in the list of people who signed the letter to the troops. Scott Camil and Bill Burkett are among those who signed this call to conscience!
http://www.calltoconscience.net/
In my part of the ountry (Mass) the Sheriffs' offices are all HIGHLY political. The prison staffs are agressively (one might even say violently) dRAT. I've been trying to Google up anything on the McCooks to tie them to local labor action...no luck. Anyone closer to the Hinds Co. facility have any tips?
Odd, just scanned the front pages of major newsrags, no mention of this anymore.
http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/
:O)
P
bttt
I'll refresh this as I get more names, links and quotes
Other FR threads:
Unit That Refused Iraq Duty Said Released - AP ^ | 10/16/04 | REBECCA YONKER
MSM articles:
Unit That Refused Iraq Duty Said Released - AP ^ | 10/16/04 | REBECCA YONKER
5 troops may get general discharge (Clarion-Ledger)
Platoon defies orders in Iraq (Clarion-Ledger via Marine Corps Times)
Six Degrees of John Kerry list of names (for research):
| Mutineers | quoted relative | Article referenced | Information / quote |
| Sgt. Justin Rogers | Harold Casey (grandfather) | Unit That Refused Iraq Duty Said Released (AP) | his grandson told him Saturday that he and other soldiers had been detained by military authorities but were later released his grandson, Justin Rogers, 22, called him Saturday to tell him that he and other soldiers were put under armed guard after refusing to deliver the supplies "The fuel was contaminated for the helicopters," Casey said his grandson told him. "It would have caused them to crash. ... They saved lives." |
| Sgt. Larry McCook | Patricia McCook (wife) | Unit That Refused Iraq Duty Said Released (AP) | her husband called Friday and said the soldiers had been released after being detained her husband said five members were reassigned because "they said these five really instigated the entire process." |
| 5 troops may get general discharge | Thompson said he reviewed a faxed plea from Patricia McCook to his office after a Clarion-Ledger reporter called it to his attention. | ||
| Sgt. Michael Butler | Jackie Butler (wife) | Platoon defies orders in Iraq | “I got a call from an officer in another unit early (Thursday) morning who told me that my husband and his platoon had been arrested on a bogus charge because they refused to go on a suicide mission,” said Jackie Butler of Jackson, wife of Sgt. Michael Butler, a 24-year reservist. “When my husband refuses to follow an order, it has to be something major.” |
| Amber McClenny | Teresa Hill (mother) | Platoon defies orders in Iraq | McClenny, 21, pleaded for help in a message left on her mother’s answering machine early Thursday morning. “They are holding us against our will,” McClenny said. “We are now prisoners.” The convoy trucks the platoon was driving had experienced problems in the past and were not being properly maintained, Hill said her daughter told her. |
| Spc. Scott Shealey | Ricky Scott (father) | 5 troops may get general discharge | "My son said they are getting ready to be discharged and would be home in three or four weeks," said Ricky Scott of Quinton, Ala., father of Spc. Scott Shealey. "It's just a boot ... some way to put some type of close to this while using them as scapegoats." |
Military personnel involved or referenced
| Name | Position | Article referenced | Information / quote |
| Brig. Gen. James E. Chambers | commanding general of the 13th Corps Support Command | ||
| Col. Darrell Roll | deputy to Brig Gen. James E. Chambers | ||
| Brig. Gen. Charles J Dunlap Jr | formerly Lt Col., deputy staff judge advocate currently Brig. Gen. Air Combat Command |
The US military: A creeping civilian mission | published an article titled "The Origins of the American Military Coup of 2012" |
Politicians/Pundits pushing the story
| Name | Position | Article referenced | Information / quote |
| Rep. Bennie Thompson, | Congressman, D Miss | KnoxNews.com: | Thompson's office received a letter from Patricia McCook of Jackson, Miss., on Thursday, relating concerns about her husband, Sgt. Larry McCook, and 16 others "being detained or possibly arrested in Iraq," said the congressman's legislative assistant, Karis T. Gutter. The office had received earlier correspondence concerning "ill-equipped vehicles," he said. |
| 5 troops may get general discharge | Thompson said he reviewed a faxed plea from Patricia McCook to his office after a Clarion-Ledger reporter called it to his attention. | ||
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Bump.
bmp
Somehow that would not surprise me in the least!
interesting.
please keep me posted on further developments.
PINg! (especially you, Tonk, archy, Trav, wardaddy, squantos, eaker, and all other military types on the list)
Put on your tinfoil hat:
From Chronwatch.com
Michael R. Paine is the son of Ruth Forbes Paine and a cousin of John Forbes Kerry. The testimony on March 17, 1964, centered on Michael and his wife Ruth’s friendship with the alleged assassin of President Kennedy, Lee Harvey Oswald and his wife Marina. The Paines were benefactors of the Oswalds allowing them to stay in their home on occasion and giving them spending money. The Oswalds even stored their personal effects in the Paines' garage including the rifle that was allegedly used in the assassination.
Unfortunately, I don't think this will go anywhere either. A friend of mine said her mom received an email from a soldier (nephew?)who was involved. Also some people received calls so, there is some documentation besides the press. We can ask questions but I'm not sure anything could be proved.
BTTT!!!!!!!
OMG!
"Bennie Thompson" is involved.
No further proof needed:
THEY'RE DEMOCRATS AND YES,
THIS WAS ORCHESTRATED.
I saw a press conference this morning with the CO of this logistics group (not military here, so forgive me if I use poor terminology). He said that they would stand down the transportation unit until their concerns could be evaluated, and the in the mean time other investigations would continue to see if there were violations of the UCMJ.
Interestingly, the soldiers in question were returned to duty during the investigation. While they will not be driving, the will be training, doing maintenance, etc. I thought this an odd approach, but it would be consistent with your hypothesis.
I predict that before the end of this year, a whole lot of AINOs (Americans In Name Only) will be praying to the God they don't believe in that they themselves had been aborticided or never conceived...that's where we're approaching.
If this is the O/S, the rats are hurting real bad.
The stretch from these soldiers to Bush has a long chain of command to go through first. It could also be easily pinned on Kerry who voted NO on funding these soldiers now in harms way.
The prison "scandal" never stuck to Bush either. It suffered from the same problem as this does and will. The stupid voter needs to hear that Bush was DUI or some other personal problem. the more personal, the greater the impact.
This O/S may turn a few voters to Kerry, but it's just not scandalous enough for strong rat voter motivation. It could also backfire as another hit piece on Bush, sending many R voters to the polls.
Quartermaster reservists...looks like the got what they wanted...and so did Bennie but hopefully it will unravel.
WOW! Outstanding post, thread. Thanks.
Larry McCook looks like Eddie Murphy!
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