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We Need To Bring Them Home He Said Nobody Needs To Feel This Kind Of Pain
Nampa Parents Praise Soldier Robert E. Dyas Service
September 23, 2011 by Mike Butts, Idaho Press-Tribune NAMPA The parents of U.S. Army Spc. Robert E. Dyas announced Thursday that their son was killed in combat in Afghanistan. The military had not confirmed the death, but Melissa and Jerry Nowland held a press conference in their Nampa front yard to notify the public. Other family members cried as they stood behind the couple in front of their modest home with a U.S. flag at half mast and a makeshift memorial with pictures of Dyas.

According to his family, Dyas died Wednesday from wounds in the abdomen received during a small arms fire fight in the Kandahar Province. Melissa Nowland called Dyas, 21, a true hero who made the ultimate sacrifice for his country. He is a son, he is a friend and he is a brother, she said, and he is going to be so missed, so missed. Dyas was a fire support specialist in the 34th Regiment, 1st Brigade, out of Fort Riley, Kansas. Melissa said Dyass civilian job was eliminated before he enlisted. He didnt want to just sit around and wait and look for jobs, she said. He thought he wanted the security of the military. Dyas planned to go back to school and learn a trade when he got out of the military, Jerry Nowland said. He liked to bird hunt with his stepfather and said considered hunting his lifetime training. Jerry said what Dyas learned hunting helped him in Afghanistan. Dyas had recently purchased a 1966 Pontiac LeMans, like the one his step father owns, on eBay. He told Jerry that the two could cruise together in their classic cars. That cars going to be so special to us, Jerry said. Jerry also expressed his opinion that the soldiers still in Afghanistan should come home. We need to bring them home, he said. Nobody needs to feel this kind of pain. Melissa planned to travel to Dover, Del., Thursday for the return of Dyass remains. Family members said they plan to set up foundation representing Dyas.

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Insurgents Attack Police Station

Oct. 3, 2011: Police station in al-Baghdadi west of Ramadi, Iraq, attacked by insurgents. (AP Photo)

AFGHANISTAN WAR REPORTS

Oklahoma City Soldier Killed In Afghanistan:

The 12th Soldier From The Oklahoma National Guard 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team To Die In Combat Since July 29 And The Fifth This Month

September 26, 2011 NewsOK Another Oklahoma soldier has died while fighting in Afghanistan, the U.S. Department of Defense reported. Spc. Francisco J. Briseno-Alvarez Jr., 27, of Oklahoma City, is the 12th soldier from the Oklahoma National Guard 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team to die in combat since July 29 and the fifth this month. Briseno-Alvarez was killed Sunday in Laghman province when his unit was attacked with a roadside bomb, according to a Defense Department news release. He was a member of the 1st Battalion, 179th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, based in Stillwater. Three other soldiers also were injured in the attack, according to a news release from the Oklahoma National Guard. He died doing the right thing. He died serving and protecting his country, said BrisenoAlvarezs cousin, Juan Cerano. He was like the brother I never had. His family would come and visit us, or we would go over and visit them. We played soccer, tag, just the things that kids would do, said Cerano, 30. The two went to different schools and grew apart as they got older, but reconnected when they reached driving age, he said.

It was like nothing had ever happened, like time had stood still. Hed come over, wed watch movies or just hang out, Cerano said. It was not uncommon for the two to see each other several times a month before he was deployed, and text or speak on the phone when their schedules conflicted, he said. Im really going to miss him. I only have four sisters. I dont have an actual brother, so its hard to lose somebody like that. Theres always going to be part of him in our hearts, Cerano said. I just remember him as always smiling, said cousin Sarai Cerano, 21. He could lighten up a room. Just the sweetest, most caring guy ever. Its devastating for our family. A bundle of sunshine Briseno-Alvarez grew up in Oklahoma City and graduated from U.S. Grant High School in 2003. Sarai Cerano said her cousin had worked as a delivery driver for a soda company before he was deployed to Afghanistan. I actually just saw him this summer when he was in town for a week, Sarai Cerano said. He was a bundle of sunshine in every persons path that he crossed. He just had a fire that could ignite anyones world, she said. Briseno-Alvarez is survived by his father, Javier Briseno; mother, Lurdes Alvarez, and two siblings, brother, Adrian Briseno, 24, and sister, Diana Briseno, 18. Briseno-Alvarez joined the Oklahoma National Guard on Sept. 11, 2010, the Guard release states. He attended advanced individual training to become a truck driver. My thoughts and prayers are with the Briseno-Alvarez family and those of our wounded heroes, said Maj. Gen. Myles Deering, adjutant general for Oklahoma. Spc. Briseno-Alvarez answered the call to serve this great nation and help defend it. His loyalty and ultimate sacrifice for the sake of our country will never be forgotten. Briseno-Alvarez previously served with the 700th Brigade Support Battalion, based in Stillwater. The Oklahoma National Guards 45th Infantry Brigade began moving about 2,200 troops into Afghanistan in mid-June for a nine-month deployment. The Oklahoma Guard took over operational duties in Afghanistan in mid-July.

Ryan Cook: He Was Always There For Me. He Always Had My Back

Ryan James Cook September 22, 2011 By Wendy Victora, Daily News When Chris Brown got the call early Monday morning telling him that his friend Ryan Cook had been killed in Afghanistan, he was sure there was a mistake. In Browns mind, Cook was invincible. It couldnt have been him, Brown remembers thinking. Hes huge. Theres no way it could be Ryan. Not only was he strong and knew the ways of the world, but he was lucky. Late Wednesday, the Department of Defense officially announced the news that his family members had shared a day earlier. Cook, who was 29, died Sunday of injuries after insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device in Takhar province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division out of Fort Wainwright, Alaska. His family has lived in Fort Walton Beach for more than 20 years. Ryan went to Kenwood Elementary, Pryor Middle School and Choctawhatchee High School. His mom, Kathleen Silva, said Thursday that they are hoping Ryans remains will be flown home to Eglin Air Force Base early next week. I know when and where the service will be and where hell be buried, but we dont have a time because they havent quite cemented when he will be flown in, she said. Emerald Coast Funeral Home is handling the arrangements. Kathleen said Ryan had asked to be buried with his grandfather at Barrancas National Cemetery in Pensacola, but was told there was not enough room in that plot.

He would have to be buried far away from his grandfather, said Kathleen, who added that she had decided to bury him at Beal Memorial Cemetery. Ill have myself and my husband on either side of him one day, she said. Brown is just one of many friends struggling to process Ryans death. Justin Reese, who became friends with Ryan in the 2nd grade, said he believed Ryans relationship with his grandfather led to him joining the Army. His grandfather always wanted him to do something with his life, Reese said. Ryan, he kind of dragged his feet until his grandfather passed away. He joined shortly after. Reese, who is in the Air Force, said he and Ryan remained close over the years. The last time they spoke was right before Ryan deployed to Afghanistan. Hes pretty driven and determined and he was all about pride and honor, Reese said. Hed never let anyone down. That was the consensus among his grieving friends Ryan was someone you could count on. He was always there for me, said Dustin Cahill. He always had my back. Cahill agreed that his friend had seemed unstoppable and that he never believed anything could kill him. When he joined the military, I was scared for him, he said. I understood why and the fact that he wanted to make a difference and when I saw that he was absolutely set on it, I supported him. News of Ryans death has shaken him deeply. I havent been able to sleep, he said. He was kind of like a big brother to me. Were taking it day by day.

Darlington Soldier Killed In Afghanistan, Remembered As Fearless, Fun-Loving

September 23, 2011 By DEE J. HALL, Madison.com It wasnt enough for Jakob Roelli to join the Army, putting college and dreams of law school on hold. He wanted to be in the Special Forces, whose members undergo the most grueling training and carry out some of the most dangerous missions. When Jake decided to join the Army, he fully embraced all aspects of what it meant to be a soldier, said his former girlfriend, Amy Siegenthaler, a UW-Madison senior. His

summer before basic training, you could find him running around Darlington in his Army boots and a backpack full of rocks or bricks. When he found out his scores were high enough for him to be in Special Forces, he was beyond happy. He wanted to be right in the middle of all the action. He was a fearless man who would take on any challenge. Earlier this week, that dream ended when the 24-year-old Army specialist was killed in Afghanistan. His father and brother traveled Thursday to Dover Air Force Base to bring Roellis remains home to Wisconsin. An Army spokeswoman said details of his death were not yet being released. Jakob Roelli grew up on a farm outside of Darlington and graduated from Darlington High School in 2006. He played football, ran cross country, wrestled, was on the forensics team, acted in school plays and musicals, including Beauty and the Beast and The Sting, and enjoyed pastimes including sliding down the moss-covered dam at Ludden Lake in Mineral Point. He was a young man who was not afraid to try new things, Principal Doug McArthur said, recalling Roelli as really a fun-loving guy. Roelli was a four-year member of the schools Odyssey of the Mind team, in which students compete in creative problem-solving exercises. The Darlington team won the state competition in its division in 2006, Roellis senior year, McArthur said. Roelli spent a year at UW-Oshkosh but traded in his books to join the Green Berets. He would definitely be the one to jump in front of a bullet for anyone else, said Carly Miehe of Dubuque, whose father was Roellis cross-country coach. He loved his family and God and he loved serving his country. Asked to describe his son, Richard Roelli said, He was a better man than Ill ever be. Funeral arrangements for Roelli are pending at Erickson Funeral Home in Darlington. McArthur said he believes Roelli is the first Darlington soldier since Vietnam to die in the line of duty.

POLITICIANS CANT BE COUNTED ON TO HALT THE BLOODSHED THE TROOPS HAVE THE POWER TO STOP THE WARS

American Canyon Soldier Killed In Afghanistan

Spc. Garrett Fan was on his first deployment. Photo: Courtesy family September 30, 2011 Henry K. Lee, Chronicle Staff Writer AMERICAN CANYON -Garrett Fant knew since he was a young boy that he wanted to be a soldier. He enlisted in the Army as soon as he was old enough, dismissing pleas from his brother to join him in the Navy. Fant, 21, of American Canyon, was killed Monday in combat in Afghanistan, the Pentagon said Thursday. The Army specialist died in Helmand province after being wounded by an improvised explosive device. Fant was an indirect fire infantryman who was on his first deployment. His awards included the combat infantrymans badge, NATO medal, Afghanistan campaign medal with one campaign star and the Army service ribbon. On his Facebook page, Fant proudly proclaimed that he was a grunt. What can I say? God loves the infantry! he wrote. He always wanted to be in the service, said his uncle, Chip Towle, 49, of South Lake Tahoe. From a very little age, he just wanted to go into the Army. Towle said he had chatted online with his nephew hours before he was killed. Towle asked if Fant would be home in time for Christmas, and his nephew replied, I doubt it. I hope to make it home in February.

Fants brother, James Keough, 27, said he had tried without success to get his brother to join him in the Navy. Keough is an airman serving in San Diego. He knew the sacrifices involved (in joining the Army), and it takes a pretty strong individual to do it anyway, Keough said. Fant was assigned to the 4th Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, in Fort Riley, Kan. While off-duty, Fant enjoyed hanging around with friends and joking around, his brother said. He was a fun-loving, friendly person. He had a personality that all were attracted to. Fants mother, Julia Towle Farrell, said her son had hoped to earn a teaching credential after leaving the Army and to teach history at South Tahoe High School, his alma mater. His thought was that high school was the last stop for kids, and he wanted to influence people, Farrell said. She said her son always tried to call her whenever there was news about U.S. casualties in Afghanistan. Dont worry, mom, Im going to be fine, Fant would say. He would always try to make me feel better about it, to make it less stressful, Farrell said. He always tried to protect me from the dangers of being over there. Through tears, she said, Hes a hero. He was just someone that if you were his family or his friends - or his country - he gave you his all and loved you with everything.

Soldier Dominic Seriously Injured In Afghan Blast

6 October 2011 Clitheroe Advertiser.co.uk A 21-YEAR-OLD Clitheroe soldier is in hospital after sustaining serious injuries in a blast in Afghanistan. It is believed Dominic Giles only flew out to the war-torn country less than a month ago to serve with the Royal Engineers and was on patrol when he was caught in the explosion. He suffered serious injuries to his legs. Dominics parents were too distressed to speak to The Clitheroe Advertiser and Times. It is understood Dominic is being treated at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham. Prior to joining the Army, Dominic was extremely popular during his school years at Ribblesdale High School Technology College.

Dominic was also a keen supporter of Sabden FC and often attended the teams practice sessions and games.

The Pine-Nut Truce:

We Will Not Shoot For 15 Days So The People Can Collect Pine Cones, The Voice Said, According To The Translated Transcript
Throughout This Time, Not A Single Shot Was Fired At Observation Post Twins
The Observation Post Is Kept Alive By Helicopters, Which Bring The Soldiers Supplies
Throughout the summer, Taliban and Haqqani fighters fired on this observation post regularly, hitting it with 82-millimeter mortar rounds and 107-millimeter rockets, and sometimes with machine-gun or rifle fire, too. October 6, 2011 By C. J. CHIVERS, New York Times [Excerpts] OBSERVATION POST TWINS, Afghanistan When an 82-millimeter mortar round slammed onto a bunker at this mountaintop post last week, its explosion signaled more than the start of another attack on an American position overlooking an arc of hostile Afghan villages. It marked the end of a particular harvest. In eastern Paktika Province, near the border with Pakistan, September and early October are pine-nut season. Much of the able-bodied population in rural villages is busy gathering cones from forests on mountain slopes. But several slopes that yield rich harvests face American military positions, which presents an annual problem: pine-cone pickers risk being caught between two warring sides.

This year, as villagers worked the slopes in front of this new American-Afghan outpost, the risks to civilians were reduced in a starkly practical way the Taliban and Haqqani fighters declared a unilateral cease-fire, American officers say. The pine-nut truce, as it became known among soldiers who found an unexpected respite from the exhausting grind of daily contact, underscored a pair of simple facts: Waging war requires labor, and when local labor is busy with other work, fighting can subside. In sections of Paktika Province, the decline in violence was clear and steep. Throughout the summer, Taliban and Haqqani fighters fired on this observation post regularly, hitting it with 82-millimeter mortar rounds and 107-millimeter rockets, and sometimes with machine-gun or rifle fire, too. For two months we basically received contact daily or twice daily, said Capt. Craig A. Halstead, who commands Company B, Second Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, which rotates platoons through the post. In the month of August, the companys data shows, there were only two days when the outpost was not under fire. The fighting continued through Sept 8. On Sept 9, the hills were quiet. The company took no fire. On Sept. 10, the soldiers intercepted radio chatter, including the voice of one of the fighters talking to others about the harvest. We will not shoot for 15 days so the people can collect pine cones, the voice said, according to the translated transcript. By then, Afghan villagers were visible on the slopes that surround the post. For three weeks, using long poles that end in hooks to pluck each cone, local men filled sacks with their harvest and brought them down the hills for sale in Orgun, the nearest city, or to Afghan buyers who canvass the harvesters in their villages. Throughout this time, not a single shot was fired at Observation Post Twins. Why the Taliban and Haqqani fighters decided to hold their fire is not fully understood. Captain Halstead said one assumption was that the fighters did not want to start firefights or indirect-fire duels, drawing mortar and artillery barrages, endangering the pine-cone pickers. The observation post, built late this spring, overlooks the so-called Naka bowl, a small and low-lying agricultural area where several Taliban and Haqqani commanders were born. The insurgent commanders, Captain Halstead said, appeared to be concerned about alienating their neighbors, who did not want to be caught in the daily cross-fire while busy harvesting.

Our reporting indicates that they are losing the bowl as a safe haven, he said. So what do they need? Civilian protection. They dont want to risk losing it. This analysis, and the underlying assumption that Taliban and Haqqani commanders had met with villagers to coordinate the fighting and harvesting schedules, found currency among many of the soldiers. They didnt want anyone to get hit while they were in the mountains, and didnt want an open war, said Specialist Elijah D. Nott, a medic. That was actually really interesting. They were showing some concern. Another factor behind the cease-fire, the soldiers said, was rooted in temporary manpower shortages. Many of the fighters are local men, the soldiers said, as are many of those who support them. With the harvest demanding as many hands as possible, fewer men were available to plan attacks, to fight, to carry ammunition, or to serve as spotters to watch the Americans movements and protect the fighting cells. The labor demands of the pine-cone harvest were evident in late September in another insurgent-controlled area, the Charbaran Valley, where another infantry company landed by helicopter and swept the valley and some of its slopes. In tents throughout the forests, entire families were encamped with saws and picking poles. The mens hands were blackened with dirt and pine sap, and the soldiers traffic stops often found tractors stacked high with sacks of cones. The infantry company, as it moved, was fired on only once in two days. A similar pattern has been visible in Afghanistans poppy-growing provinces. Fighting in and near the poppy fields is often intensive in midspring, as vegetation grows thick and temperatures climb. In late spring, in these same places, local men and migrant laborers crowd the fields for the poppy harvest. Fighting can all but stop. A few weeks later, the poppy harvest is over, the migrant workers are gone, and fighting often erupts. The labor demands for the pine-nut harvest are similarly high. Mir Jhan, an elder in nearby Zerok, beside a larger American post, said that that the three villages that make up Zerok had 5,000 people each and that all of our people are involved in pine nuts. The nuts, once removed from the cones, fetch 1,500 Pakistani rupees per kilogram, he said, or roughly $17. (In much of eastern Paktika Province, people use the currency of Pakistan, not Afghanistan.)

Mr. Jhan was guarded about discussing why the fighting had abruptly stopped. Its a good question, he said. But the civilian people, especially me, we dont know about the fighters. But he also suggested that the fighting could soon resume. Right now, the pine-nut season is ended. It had its one-month time, when everyone was in the mountains, and now it is over. Up on the observation post, for several days, the slopes no longer were crowded with pickers. Captain Halstead said that soon he expected the old patterns would return. The observation post is kept alive by helicopters, which bring the soldiers supplies. When one of the helicopters arrives in the days ahead, he said, the insurgents mortar and rocket crews were likely to fire again, trying to time the impact of their munitions with the aircrafts landing. When they hear the next bird coming, Captain Halstead said, it will probably entice them back into fighting.

U.S. Military Arrests Students:

Down With Obama Comes Next

Afghans carry an effigy of U.S. President Barack Obama, condemning the U.S., Iran, Pakistan and Afghan governments during a demonstration after Tuesdays U.S. military operation in the Behsood district of Nangarhar province, in Jalalabad, Afghanistan Oct. 5, 2011. Dozens of protesters blocked the Jalalabad-Kabul highway Wednesday in eastern Afghanistan after U.S. forces arrested three students. Sign of effigy reads: Down with Obama. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

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Marchers Condemn The United States As Occupiers And Demand The Immediate Withdrawal Of All Foreign Troops
Hundreds Of Afghans March Through Kabul And Jalalabad On Thursday, The Eve Of The 10-Year Anniversary Of The U.S. War On Afghanistan:
The Bloodshed I See In This Country Is The Result Of The US Invasion

Afghan people take part in a rally against U.S. war on Afghanistan in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday Oct. 6, 2011. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)...

Afghan students run out of the Nangarhar University to take part in a rally against U.S. war on Afghanistan and Afghan government in Jalalabad, Afghanistan Oct. 6, 2011. Friday marks the 10th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Afghan women take part in a rally against U.S. war on Afghanistan in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday Oct. 6, 2011. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

Afghan people take part in a rally against U.S. war on Afghanistan in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday Oct. 6, 2011. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)...

An Afghan woman carries a poster showing a photo of an American soldier holding up the head of a dead Afghan boy he executed, during a rally against U.S. war on Afghanistan in Kabul, Afghanistan, Oct. 6, 2011. The soldiers involved, who killed unarmed Afghans for fun, were later arrested by the U.S. military. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili) 06 October Reuters

Kabul - Hundreds of Afghans marched through Kabul on Thursday, the eve of the 10year anniversary of the US military campaign in Afghanistan, to condemn the United States as occupiers and demand the immediate withdrawal of all foreign troops. About 300 men and women gathered early in the morning with placards and banners accusing the United States of massacring civilians while denouncing President Hamid Karzai as a puppet subservient to Washington. Occupation - atrocities - brutality, read one sign, held aloft by two women with scarves covering their head and face. No to occupation said another placard, as a US flag was set on fire. Another banner featured a caricature of Karzai as a glove puppet holding a pen and signing a document entitled promises to the USA. The rally, near a shrine and river in downtown Kabul, lasted around three hours, and ended peacefully. Karzai became Afghanistans leader in June 2002, seven months after Northern Alliance forces supported by the United States entered Kabul and drove the Taliban regime from power. Karzai won subsequent elections in 2005 and 2009. Ten years since the invasion, all we have seen is suffering, instability and poverty in our country, said protest organiser Hafizullah Rasikh. One picture that featured prominently was that of US soldier Andrew Holmes posing with the corpse of an unarmed teenage Afghan villager who he had gunned down. He was sentenced to seven years in prison for the 2010 murder. This year has seen record levels of civilian casualties and although about 80 percent were caused by insurgents, killings by foreign forces, tend to spark more vocal public anger. The United States bears the brunt of criticism of the Western presence in Afghanistan. The bloodshed I see in this country is the result of the US invasion of Afghanistan. After the invaders leave, our country will be peaceful, shouted one man on a loudspeaker.

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HOW MANY MORE FOR OBAMAS WARS?

The remains of Sgt. Christopher Diaz Oct. 1, 2011 at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Diaz, 27, of Albuquerque, N.M., was killed Sept. 28, 2011 by a roadside bomb in Helmand province, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)

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DANGER: POLITICIANS AT WORK

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Arrests, Lies, And Videotape:

The Truth About The Brooklyn Bridge Arrests:

Occupy Wall Street Just Learned An Important Lesson

Never Trust The Cops

October 3, 2011 By Pham Binh, The Indypendent Occupy Wall Street (OWS) is not the only group using YouTube as part of its messaging campaign to win public support. The New York Police Departments (NYPD) arrest of 700 OWS protesters on the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday Oct. 1 was nothing but a public relations stunt to sway the people to their side. One NYPD official even admitted it was a planned move on the protesters. Come into my parlor, said the spider to the fly. The NYPD claims they warned marchers of the consequences of blocking traffic on the bridge and released footage on YouTube to prove it. The video shows that an officer ordered people to leave the roadway if they did not wish to be arrested. The problem is that it is unlikely that even seven protesters heard him, much less the 700 they arrested. This was by design.

The NYPD has access to huge loudspeakers, helicopters, and a variety of sound gear, so there is no excuse, especially considering the fact that protesters are not allowed to have such equipment and must rely on their voices alone to communicate. This was entrapment, plain and simple. In legal terms, entrapment is when a law enforcement officer lures someone to commit a crime they were not previously willing to commit. Given that footage subsequent to the nearly inaudible NYPD warning shows officers practically leading the march onto the bridges roadway, it is no wonder so many decided to exercise their First Amendment right on a busy roadway. OWS just learned an important lesson: never trust the cops. If the NYPD was truly concerned about keeping the road open for vehicles, they would have formed a phalanx at the foot of the bridge. Instead, they waited until the march took over both lanes of traffic and made it to the middle of the bridge before they confronted the activists with a formation blocking their path. The NYPD also released a video in which the same officer who made the nearly inaudible warning at the foot of the bridge proclaimed in the middle of the bridge that everyone who refused to leave the bridges roadway would be arrested. An NYPD spokesman later claimed, this was not a trap. This is a lie, and a stupid one at that. Footage taken from the middle of the bridge shows that vans and officers followed behind the protesters, trapping them between two walls of blue and white shirts. If it was not a trap, why did middle- and retirement-aged people begin frantically climbing up the metal beams towards the pedestrian walkway 5-10 feet to the pedestrian walkway above when they realized they were surrounded? People in that age bracket with families and jobs do not take up new hobbies like climbing without safety gear in the middle of a peaceful protest, even in the most severe and unexpected cases of mid-life crises. Someone could have fallen and gotten seriously injured, or worse. If anyone is guilty of disorderly conduct, it is the NYPD. Predictably, The New York Times believed and spread the NYPDs stupid lies about the incident when they replaced their initial story that said the police allowed the marchers onto the bridge before arresting them with a second story that let the cops off the hook and placed the blame on the protesters within an hour.

Is it wonder that the intellectually savvy and inscrutably honest President George W. Bush was able to get the New York Times to scream about Iraqs imaginary weapons of mass destruction for almost two years starting in fall of 2002? Maybe they should learn the fool me once saying Bush famously mangled. That the NYPD would resort to entrapment is undoubtedly a shock for millions in this city and around the world. For the citys Muslim community, it is old news. Their constitutional rights have been systematically violated by city, state, and federal law enforcement authorities since Sept. 11, 2001. Those rights are still in their crosshairs, but this time the group they are going after is the 99%. The only thing more disturbing than the NYPDs cunning and outrageous tactics is the fact that JPMorgan Chase gave the NYPDs nonprofit a $4.6 million donation a few days before the latest arrests. Thats way more than the $800,000 JPMorgan Chase employees gave to Barack Obama in the 2008 election cycle. This donation was also tax deductible. Was the $1.4 billion tax refund JPMorgan Chase was eligible for in 2010 just not enough? Another difference: this was an institutional donation, not a series of donations by individual JPMorgan Chase employees. This is CEO Jamie Dimons way of saying thanks to the NYPD for services rendered. It seems the NYPD has sworn to serve and protect everyone but the 99%, even though Mayor Bloomberg tried to cut their pensions and pit them against the local teachers union during negotiations over their last contract. The good news? The OWS spark is kindling flames all over: 3,000 people marched on Bank of America in Boston over the weekend, an OWS-style march is being planned in Toronto, Canada, and there is even an Occupy Nashville, Tennessee action being organized. When Nashville rises up against Wall Street, we have gotten way beyond the point where pepper spray and entrapment will work to crush dissent.

Rich People Are Being Demonized For Flaunting Their Wealth. Poor Dears!

A Washington-Based Crisis-Management Consultant Thinks The Super-Rich Ought To Be A Little More Circumspect About Their Displays
Oct. 2 By Barbara Ehrenreich, The Washington Post [Excerpts] Flaunting is fashionable again, even when it flouts common sense. The Swiss watchmaker Tag Heuer is selling a diamond-accented, gold- or titaniumcovered smartphone for $6,700, although its technologically less capable than a Samsung for about 2 percent of that price. Or for excess on a scale beyond wretched, consider Daphne Guinness, profiled at length in this past weeks New Yorker, who is apparently best known for wearing clothes, which she draws from a wardrobe of 2,500 garments, 450 pairs of shoes and 200 handbags. On the day she was interviewed, she wore a high-collared, presumably bespoke shirt by uber-designer Alexander McQueen, a pave diamond brooch, silver sheaths on two of her fingers and custom-made sparkly silver Mary Janes, with a three inch platform under the toe not the heel, the toe. Well, to each her own, but she might as well walk around Manhattan wearing a sign saying My husband stole your pension. Eric Dezenhall, a Washington-based crisis-management consultant whose clients have included many chief executives and celebrities, thinks the super-rich ought to be a little more circumspect about their displays. He cites a gazillionaire who came to him for advice after running his company into the ground. I had one question for him, Dezenhall told me: Is your house visible from the street? It had never occurred to this gazillionaire that his mansion could be a target for picketers. Why not? Because the super-rich live in a bubble, Dezenhall said. Theyre concerned about what a small circle of peers think of them, like the guys they play golf with, but nobody else. One solution would be for the super-rich to undergo intensive coaching in how to conduct themselves in our upstairs-downstairs, hourglass society: how to dress inconspicuously for the street, for example, or communicate with a valet parking attendant. Millions of Americans stand ready, for a nominal fee, to provide lessons in these and other daunting skills, such as how to purchase a bus ticket, should the need, God forbid, ever arise.

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