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Date: | Fri, 28 Dec 2001 13:28:44 -0800 |
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The Hawaiian poster asked where the Chomsky was. See The Monthly
Review website. M.P.--- Original Message ---
>From: Fred Welfare <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Date: 12/26/01 12:33:15 PM
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>In a message dated 12/26/2001 3:51:59 AM Eastern Standard Time,
>[log in to unmask] writes:
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>> The U.S. is officially committed to what is called "low-intensity
>> warfare." That's the official doctrine. If you read the definition
of
>> low-intensity conflict in army manuals and compare it with
official
>> definitions of "terrorism" in army manuals, or the U.S. Code,
you find
>> they're almost the same. Terrorism is the use of coercive
means aimed at
>> civilian populations in an effort to achieve political, religious,
or
>> other aims.
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>This is simply not true. The Army manuals on low-intensity
warfare specifies
>mere G3 operations against small groups, not G7 operations against
entire
>populations.
>G3 refers specifically to uniformed military personnel, not
advisors and the
>like, who are trained for combat, not psych-ops. When I read
Chomsky, I wish
>he could be more precise.
>
>Vunch
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