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SOMETHING ABOUT THE CONSTITUTION. UPHOLD AND DEFEND, DAMMIT!

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Deployed Troops On The 17Bases In Afghanistan Are Not

Currently Serving Breakfast HotChow And Midnight Chow Due To

The Budget Cuts

Marines At Camp Leatherneck InAfghanistan Will Lose A Key Daily

Meal Starting Saturday:
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What Is Our Senior LeadershipThinking?

[Thanks to Alan Stolzer, Military Resistance Organization, who sent this in.]

To fill the hot food gap in Afghanistan, a group of U.S.-based mili tary advocatesand military-family members recently launched a Facebook page called Breakfast for Bagram to spur food donations that will be mailed to troops allaround Afghanistan.

The page states: We are here to help col lect and send non-perishable breakfasttype foods to the deployed troops on the 17 bases in Afghanistan that are notcurrently serving breakfast hot chow and Midnight chow due to the budget cuts.

May 31, 2013 By Bill Briggs, NBC News contributor [Excerpts]

Marines at Camp Leatherneck in Afghanistan will lose a key daily meal startingSaturday, causing some to forgo a hot breakfast and others to work six-plus hourswithout refueling on cooked food, according to Marines at the base and Marine Corpsofficials.

The midnight ration service known there as midrats supplies breakfast to Marineson midnight-to-noon shifts and dinner to Marines who are ending noon-to-midnight workperiods. Its described as one of the few times the Marines at Leatherneck can betogether in one place.

The base, which is located in Afghanistans southwestern Helmand Province, flanked byIran and Pakistan, also will remove its 24-hour sandwich bar.

It plans to replace the dishes long offered at midnight with pre-packaged MREs, saidMarine Corps Lt. Col. Cliff Gilmore, who has been deployed in Afghanistan sinceFebruary.

While no Marine at Camp Leatherneck agreed to speak on the record, many areprivately angry about the hit on base morale.

This boils my skin. One of my entire shifts will go 6.5 hours without a meal. If we needto cut back on money I could come up with 100 other places, one Leatherneck-basedMarine wrote in an email this week to his wife and shared with NBC News.

Instead, we will target the biggest contributor to morale. I must be losing my mind.What is our senior leadership thinking? I just got back from flying my ass off and in afew days, I will not have a meal to replenish me after being away for over 9 hours.

Until Saturday, Leathernecks dining facility will offer its customary four meals per day.

After J une 1, the menu drops to three daily meals and, eventually, there will be only twohot meals served, Gilmore revealed in an email to the impacted Marines, adding: Any


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time a dining hall meal is eliminated it will be replaced from a plentiful stock of MREs(Meals Ready to Eat or any one of several creative acronyms our Marines have comeup with.)

Back home, spouses and friends of the troops in Afghanistan are criticizing the loss ofhot meals as a poor logistical choice that will impact the service members overall

nutrition, energy and spirits.

MREs are an alternative for when you cant get to healthy food. Theyre supposed to befor desperation, said Babette Maxwell, founder and executive director of Military SpouseMagazine, the wife of a Navy pilot and an advocate for service members and theirfamilies.

These guys have six to nine months left on their deployment. These are highly athleticand highly physical people, toting guns, not working any less now than before and notworking out any less either. Now, theyre short a meal and they dont have any healthyalternatives.

According to the Marine Corps, a typical MRE may contain chili with beans, cornbread,cheese spread, crackers, a toaster pastry, a dairyshake, red pepper, a spoon, aflameless heater and a hot beverage bag.

To fill the hot food gap in Afghanistan, a group of U.S.-based military advocates andmilitary-family members recently launched a Facebook page called Breakfast forBagram to spur food donations that will be mailed to troops all around Afghanistan.

The page states: We are here to help collect and send non-perishable breakfast typefoods to the deployed troops on the 17 bases in Afghanistan that are not currentlyserving breakfast hot chow and Midnight chow due to the budget cuts.

AFGHANISTAN WAR REPORTS

Hundreds Attend Funeral For U.S. ArmySpc. Mitchell K. Daehling

05/25/2013 By J im Therrien, Berkshire Eagle Staff

DALTON -- The life and ultimate sacrifice of U.S. Army Spc. Mitchell K. Daehling, whowas killed May 14 in Afghanistan, were remembered during a moving service Friday atSt. Agnes Church.

Nearly 600 mourners attended the funeral, including Gov. Deval Patrick, U.S. Sen.Elizabeth Warren, U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, Berkshire Countys legislative delegation andrepresentatives of the Army and from a number of military service organizations,including the Dalton American Legion.


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Among several speakers during the service, Daehlings widow, Samantha, delivered aeulogy that Neal later termed one of the most powerful moments of my long politicalcareer.

Some might not understand how she could speak during the funeral, Samantha

Daehling said, but you have to understand who I was married to. I was married to asoldier, an American soldier ... and most important, I was married to a hero.

Halting at times with obvious emotion, she said her husband provided an example ofquiet courage and dedication worth emulating, adding at one point, and I still need tolaugh and smile for Mitchell.

She described her 24-year-old husband as the love of my life and a good listener anda friend. She talked about the role his extended family and hers helped in shaping hisdedication to duty and his family.

Her remarks were applauded by those inside the church.

The response of the community, the military and state and local officials was trulyoverwhelming, said Daehlings father, Kirk W. Daehling of Dalton, on Friday evening. Ithought it was a beautiful service.

That support, he said, helped his family get through the experience. It was the mostdifficult thing Ive ever done in my life, Kirk Daehling said.

The area around the brick-walled Catholic church on Main Street was blocked off for thetwo-hour service. About 65 members of the Patriot Guard and American Legion Ridersmotorcycle organizations from chapters in Massachusetts and New York state stood inlines on both sides of the street, holding American flags that fluttered in a chilly breeze

under a leaden sky.

The Massachusetts Army National Guards color and honor guards participated in themilitary funeral, including transporting the flag-draped coffin and precisely folding flagsfollowing the service for presentation to the widow, Daehlings parents, Kirk and BrendaSander Daehling, and other family members.

Daehling was killed May 14 along with three other soldiers by an improvised explosivedevice in Sanjaray, Afghanistan. He was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star,Purple Heart and other medals.

He will be buried according to his wishes in Lewiston, Idaho, next to his grandfather,

Kenneth Sander, a Purple Heart recipient who served in the Korean War and died in2009. Deployed to the war zone in December, he was a team leader and expert-levelmarksman while in Afghanistan.

The Rev. Christopher Malatesta, who celebrated the Mass with Timothy McConnell,bishop of the Diocese of Springfield, said he hoped the support and concern shown bythose attending the service at the start of Memorial Day weekend would bring the honorand respect that they deserve to all who enter the military. In such an honorable andgenerous service, he has lost his life, Malatesta said of Daehling. But he added that life


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is not measured in years, and it became evident to him during calling hours onThursday that the young soldier and 2006 Wahconah Regional High School graduatehad lived life fully and made a strong impression on those around him.

Photographs on display during the wake show how much he valued the time he hadwith you, the priest told those who knew Daehling. He wrote his story on your life, and

that cant be taken away from you.

Army Brig. Gen. Timothy Trainor said Daehling left an indelible mark of a life in service.Quoting from those who served with Daehling in Afghanistan, Trainor said the youngsoldier had matured beyond others his age and grew into a true combat leader while inthe war zone. On May 14, he said, Mitch was out front again, putting himself in harmsway.

Following the service, military honors normally conducted at the graveside wereperformed in front of the church. A light mist fell intermittently and at times faint thundercould be heard.

The honors included the playing of taps and a 21-gun salute and ceremonial folding andpresentation of the flags.

Political figures in attendance appeared noticeably somber after the hearse and carswith the family had departed, escorted by a motorcycle escort. State Rep. Paul Mark,who represents the Dalton area, said he was impressed by the outpouring of supportshown the family and by Samantha Daehlings eulogy for her husband.

It was amazing that someone would have the strength to do that, he said. State Sen.Benjamin B. Downing, D-Pittsfield, said he thought it was important that political leadersfrom the region just be here for support. We want to do what we can, now and later, forthe family.

POLITICIANS REFUSE TO HALT THEBLOODSHED

THE TROOPS HAVE THE POWER TOSTOP THE WAR

SOMALIA WAR REPORTS

Top Official of Howl District Killed


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May 31, 2013 Sh.M.Network

J owhar -- the administrator of Howl Wadag district in J owhar town was last night killedinside J owhar town.

Deputy Mayor of the lower Shabelle region told Shabelle media station in Mogadishu

that Mr. Hussein Abdi Omar was shot dead by unknown men last night.

The deputy governor of lower Shabelle region Abdi Yussuf said that they immediatelyconducted a security operation in search of those behind the killing of the official whichled to several arrests.

Mr. Abdi added that they suspected Alshabab was behind the killing of the topadministrator of Howl wadag district.

This is not the first time for such killings to occur as top officials working for thegovernment are frequently killed in areas which fall under the federal governmentsadministration.

Al Shabaab Ambushes Somali ForcesBase in Bakool

30 May 2013 Garowe Online

El Berde Al Shabaab insurgents reportedly mounted an ambush on a SomaliGovernment Forces base Wednesday night in El Berde in the region of Bakool GaroweOnline reports.

According to local sources the attack on a Somali government forces base in El Berde -the only city that allied forces Ethiopia and Somali control in the region of Bakool - lastedonly minutes and it is still unknown how many casualties were inflicted in the attack.

This is the second attack on Somali government forces in El Berde by Al Shabaabfighters this week.

El Berde which is in close proximity of the Ethiopian border is the remaining districtcontrolled by allied forces after Al Shabaab took Hudur the capital of Bakool region lateMarch after Ethiopian forces vacated.

Allied forces have very little control of the region of Bakool forcing thousands ofresidents fleeing Hudur and towns under the control of Al Shabaab.

Authorities in Bakool and the Somali Federal Government have not commented on theclashes in El Berde as of yet.


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MILITARY NEWS

[Thanks to Mark Shapiro, Military Resistance Organization, who sent this in.]

FORWARD OBSERVATIONS


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When the manager of the Oleo Strut, the coffeehouse near Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas,stood up before the G.I.s and announced that the Oleo Strut was part of the Summer ofSupport, LNS reported, the soldiers responded with a standing ovation because thiswas their coffee-house, and, should trouble come, many of them will defy the army.

Indeed, within weeks the Oleo Strut proved to be a center of the insurrection that led todozens of soldiers refusing to go to Chicago to suppress the antiwar demonstrationstaking place outside the Democratic convention.

Simultaneously there emerged at Fort Hood itselfThe Fatigue Press, an undergroundpaper published by the GIs, whose editor was arrested by base authorities two weeksafter the Chicago confrontation.

As the underground press threw itsel f into the Summer of Support , there was anoticeable shift away from civil ians leading sold iers toward soldiers providingleadership for the entire antiwar movement.

Before long, this trend would dramatically change the form and content not just o fopposition to the Vietnam War but of the war itself.

The reversal of roles was aptly symbolized by a teach-in held in Berkeleys Provo Parkon August 10, 1968, chaired by exGreen Beret Donald Duncan. Students now camenot to teach soldiers about the war, but to learn from them.

The Ally, a GI newspaper whose first issue in February had explained the profoundsignificance of the Tet offensive, now reported the lessons brought to the teach-in byvets and active-duty GIs from the army, navy, coast guard, and marines.

The underground press, especially the rapidly proliferating papers published by military

personnel, were filled with stories of the insurrections, mutinies, and fraggings that werecrippling U.S. combat potential in Vietnam.

SDS criticized itself for not having taken previous work within the military seriouslyenough and emphasized that showing that the Left supports the soldiers is no lessimportant than showing that the soldiers support the left.

Perhaps the most compressed fantasy projecting what Americas war againstVietnam was doing to America is a fourteen-line poem by Steve Hassett, whoserved as an infantryman and intelligence analyst in Vietnam:

And what would you do, ma,

if eight of your sons stepout of the TV and begin

killing chickens and burninghooches in the living room,

stepping on booby trapsand dying in the kitchen;

beating your husband andtaking him and shooting


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skag and forgetting inthe bathroom?

would you lock up your daughter?would you stash the apple pie?would you change the channels

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Commandant Attempts To Fire EntireMarine Corps

1 J une 2013 by Dark Laughter, The Duffel Blog

WASHINGTON, D.C. Fire them! Fire them all! raved Gen. J ames Amos, foaming atthe mouth as he was escorted to a waiting police cruiser in a straitjacket late Friday.Amos is en route to a high security psychiatric facility following a firing spree duringwhich he attempted to relieve the entire United States Marine Corps.

It began Thursday morning, when Amos unexpectedly fired his aide. Sources believe thefiring was prompted when Amos saw an article in The Marine Corps Times thatsuggested he was becoming increasingly unhinged.

The article, which contained information that caused Amos to believe it was leaked fromsources close to him, alleged that he believed he was surrounded by invisible enemieswho wished to ruin his legacy as Commandant through leaks to the media, sexualassaults, safety incidents, war crimes, alcohol-related incidents, wasting water, and eventheir own suicides.

When Assistant Commandant Gen. J ohn Paxton spoke up on behalf of the youngofficer, Amos fired him as well, believing him to be a co-conspirator. The situation soon

spiraled out of control, with Amos running down the halls kicking in doors, and firingeveryone he encountered.

Victims of this portion of the spree included several of Amos deputy commandants,large portions of their staffs, one very startled janitor, and Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.).

Are you a Marine? Amos asked, wild-eyed, not recognizing the member of the ArmedForces Committee.


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Hell yes I am, replied Blumenthal, who left the Marine Corps Reserve at the rank ofsergeant in the mid-1970s.

Youre fired too! Amos screamed into his face before running farther down the hall.

At this point, Lt. Gen. Richard Mills and Sergeant Major Gary Weiser, the leadership ofthe Marine Corps Combat Development Command (MCCDC) and the highest rankingMarines left in the building, attempted to rally the remaining Marines against theCommandants administrative onslaught.

Weiser gathered all the Marines he could find, and assembled them at a rally pointidentified by Mills, a hallway adjacent to Amos rampage.

Okay, heres the plan, Mills explained. The Commandants center of gravity is hisability to fire Marines. His critical vulnerability is that he needs to be able to see us andspeak to us to exercise that ability, and hes got a limited field of vision. Were going toexploit that by breaking into multiple groups and catching him in the hallway by the

elevators, where he cant escape, in order to put him in a dilemma where dealing withone advance leaves him with his back to the other.

Form three groups, right now. You three sergeants are in charge. Supporting effort,main effort, and your group is the reserve. Got it? he asked, looking eachnoncommissioned officer straight in the eyes.

Supporting effort, you will advance down the eastern hallway to draw theCommandants attention and fix him in place. I will be with you, so if the Commandantfires anyone, hell have to fire me first. Main effort, as the supporting effort fixes theCommandant in place, youll approach from the opposite direction, put this gag in hismouth, and put this bag over his head.

Reserve, youll follow in trace of the main effort. Be prepared to rapidly advance aroundthem and distract the Commandant as an additional supporting effort if need be. Also,reserve and supporting effort, be prepared to assume the mission of the main effort,since you will also be equipped with field expedient gags and bags to put over theCommandants head, just in case.

When we leave here, youll have five minutes to be in position. After that, I will initiatethe attack by shouting down the hallway. Does anyone have any questions about theplan? Mills asked. No? Alright, youre all Marines, you know what to do. Lets move.

Minutes later, the floor reverberated with Mills booming FOLLOW ME! as the general

bounded down the hallway like a lion. Across the building, Weiser leapt around thecorner in response, and rushed toward the distracted Commandants back. To theirshock, Amos calmly fired Mills, and then, hearing the Sergeant Majors war cries behindhim, turned around and fired Weiser as well.

They then watched in disbelief as the Marines rallied by Weiser slowly marched aroundthe corners and down the hallways in perfect formation, occasionally executing to therear march or open and close ranks, all with no verbal commands, while several others


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filmed them for commercials or wrote press releases about the brilliance of theoperation.

While this was all very impressive, it provided the Commandant with sufficient time tocompletely relieve the entire supporting effort and make his getaway while firing severalmore Marines over his shoulder as he ran.

According to an oral history interview of Weiser conducted just after the incident by oneof the Marines from the main effort, he claimed that when he rallied the Marines, most ofwhom were only temporarily detailed to the Pentagon from Headquarters Marine Corpscommands like the Silent Drill Platoon, Recruiting Command, and the History Division,he had been looking only at their ranks, and noted that he and Mills probably would havedone some things differently if it had been Friday and they could have seen the ribbonson the Marines Charlie uniforms.

Soon after, Amos locked himself in a third floor office with a group of terrified younglieutenants who were visiting from The Basic School, and threatened to fire every lastone of them if anybody tries anything.

He armed himself with a bullhorn, and every time a Marine stepped out of cover in thearea below, Amos fired them.

The Pentagon Force Protection Agency (PFPA, pronounced piff-puh) refused torespond, noting that Amos had committed no crime that they had jurisdiction to arresthim for. Marine Corps military police from Quantico were slow to arrive, and, uponarrival, were effectively neutralized by the Commandants ability to fire them.

The first casualty was the hostage negotiator, who called Amos and was immediatelyfired over the phone.

When the door was finally broken down by Army military police specially brought in tosubdue him, Amos rapidly fired two of the young lieutenants, then turned to a nearbymirror and attempted to fire himself just before being tackled to the floor, where he wasfinally gagged and hooded to prevent further firings.

During a subsequent search of Amos office, officers discovered a stockpile of lettersfiring tens of thousands of Marines effectively the entire Marine Corps. The letterswere already written up and addressed, and, according to investigators, only neededsignatures and postage.

He had obviously been planning this for a while. Were lucky it wasnt worse, said oneinvestigator.

When called to provide a comment, Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps Micheal Barrettcould not be reached, but his Twitter feed said, On leave in beautiful Gatlinburg, TN!Make time for your families, Marines. No job is so important that the Corps will go crazyif you leave for a week.


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ANNIVERSARIES

June 2, 1863: Glorious Anniversary: Col. Montgomery And His Gallant Band

Of 300 Black Soldiers, Under TheGuidance Of A Black Woman, Dashed

Into The Enemys Country, Struck A BoldAnd Effective Blow, Striking Terror Into

The Heart Of Rebeldom

Harriet Tubman

It is signi ficant as the only mil itary engagement in American history wherein awoman black or white, led the raid and under whose inspiration it was originatedand conducted .

Carl Bunin Peace History May 28-J une 3

J une 2, 1863

Abolitionist and former slave J ames Montgomery led 300 African-American troops of theUnions 2nd South Carolina Volunteers on a raid of plantations along the Combahee

River. Meanwhile, backed by three gunboats, Harriet Tubmans forces set fire to theplantations and freed 750 slaves.

The following dispatch, quoted in part, appeared on the front page of TheCommonwealth, a Boston newspaper, on Friday, J uly 10, 1863:

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HARRIET TUBMAN

J uly 10, 1863:

Col. Montgomery and h is gallant band of 300 black soldiers, under the guidance ofa black woman, dashed into the enemys country, struck a bold and effective

blow, destroying millions of dollars worth of commissary stores, cotton and lordlydwellings, and striking terror into the heart of rebeldom, brought off near 800slaves and thousands of dol lars worth of property, without losing a man orreceiving a scratch.

It was a glorious consummation.

After they were all fairly well disposed of in the Beaufort charge, they were addressed instrains of thrilling eloquence by their gallant deliverer, to which they responded in asong. There is a white robe for thee, a song so appropriate and so heartfelt and cordialas to bring unbidden tears.

The Colonel was followed by a speech from the black woman, who led the raidand under whose inspiration it was originated and conducted.

For sound sense and real native eloquence, her address would do honor to any man,and it created a great sensation.

Since the rebellion she had devoted herself to her great work of delivering the bondman,with an energy and sagacity that cannot be exceeded. Many and many times she haspenetrated the enemys lines and discovered their situation and condition, and escapedwithout injury, but not without extreme hazard.

The Combahee River, in South Carolina, was the first one visited by the Spaniards in the

year 1520. Vasque de Ayllon, having discovered it, gave it the name River J ordan.

Although subsequently renamed the Combahee, the stream now became a River J ordanliterally for more than seven hundred and fifty Negroes who, under the leadership ofHarriet Tubman and the auxiliary command of Colonel J ames Montgomery, deliveredthis number of blacks into the free lines.

The River J ordan has been in biblical history a reality, and in modern Negro allusion asymbol of the barrier between bondage and freedom, and it is an interestingcoincidence, therefore, that the Combahee campaign should so parallel the ancientsituation.

It is signi ficant as the only mil itary engagement in American history wherein awoman black or white, led the raid and under whose inspiration it was originatedand conducted .

The N.Y. Tribune says that the Negro troops at Hilton Head, S.C. will soon start anexpedition, under the command of Colonel Montgomery, differing in many respects fromany heretofore projected.


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The Combahee strategy was formulated by Harriet Tubman as an outcome of herpenetrations of the enemy lines and her belief that the Combahee Rivercountrys ide was ripe for a successful invasion.

She was asked by General Hunter if she would go with several gunboats up theCombahee River, the object of the expedition being to take up the torpedoes placed by

the rebels in the river, to destroy railroads and bridges, and to cut off supplies from therebel troops.

She said she would go if Col. Montgomery was to be appointed commander of theexpedition

Accordingly, Col. Montgomery was appointed to the command, and Harriet, with severalmen under her, the principal of whom was J . Plowdenaccompanied the expedition.

Actually in this raid it was Montgomery who was the auxil iary leader. The wholeventure owed its success to the complete preliminary survey made by HarrietTubmans espionage troops.

Captain J ohn F. Lay, the Confederate investigating officer, discussing the movementafterwards, said, The enemy seems to have been well posted as to the character andcapacity of our troops and their small chance of encountering opposition, and to havebeen well guided by persons thoroughly acquainted with the river and country.

It was a commentary, however indirect, on Harriets work and the labor of hersubordinates.

About ten miles north of Port Royal Island, Harriets station, was St. Helena Island, andbetween this island and the mainland of South Carolina was the water known as St.Helena Sound. The Combahee River, a narrow, jagged stream that ran about fifty miles

into the interior of the State, began at the Sound: and on its banks were rice fields andmarshes.

During the night of June 2, 1863, Harriet and Colonel Montgomery, with a party of about150 Negro troops in three gunboats, started up the Combahee River. Pickets located atstations near the mouth of the stream spotted the oncoming boats and dispatched wordto the Confederate commander, Major Emanuel, located deeper inland at Green Pond

Every plantation on both sides of the river was aroused; the Union soldiers, in smalldetachments, raced from one to another, creating a general devastation of the zone.

In the Combahee Ferry region the Blake, Lowndes, Middleton and Heyward plantations

were in ruins. The Negroes fled to the gunboats and the slavemasters skedaddledinland. The bridge at Combahee Ferry was burning too but not badly.

As the gunboats passed up the river, the Negroes left their work and took to the woods,for at first they were frightened.

Then they came out to peer, like startled deer. But scudding away like the wind at thesound of the steam-whistle.


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The word was passed along that these were Lincolns gunboats come to setthem free. From that moment on, the overseers used their whips in vain, for theyfailed to drive the slaves back to the quarters.

They turned and ran for the gun-boats; they came down every road, across every field,dressed just as they were when they left their work and their cabins.

There were women with children clinging around their necks, hanging onto their dresses,or running behind, but all rushed at full speed for Lincolns gun-boats.

Hundreds crowded the banks, with their hands extended toward their deliverers, andmost of them were taken aboard the gun-boats to be carried to Beaufort.

This is about what happened all through the night and morning of J une 2 when Harriet,Montgomery and the colored soldiers overran the Combahee.

OCCUPATION PALESTINE

The Zionist War OnPalestinian Children:

He Had Been AnticipatingExams At School In TheMorning, Not A Knock At The

Door At 3:30 A.M. I Was Beaten Many Times

I Was Left Outside In The Sun In TheDaytime And In The Cold At Night

In The End I Admitted To Throwing TwoStones


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Ahmed J awabreh, 14, was arrested in the middle of the night for allegedly throwingstones at Israeli soldiers in the West Bank refugee camp where he lives and wasntreleased for another 18 days. His was only one of a recent wave of arrests of Palestinianchildren by Israeli authorities, human rights groups say. Lawahez J abari / NBC News

[Thanks to Alan Stolzer, Military Resistance Organization, who sent this in.]

19 May 2013 By Lawahez J abari, Producer, NBC News

TEL AVIV Ahmed J awabreh, 14, was asleep in his home in early April at the al-Arub

refugee camp near Hebron, in the occupied West Bank, when Israeli soldiers camelooking for him.

He had been anticipating exams at school in the morning, not a knock at the door at 3:30a.m.

Ahmed was arrested that night for allegedly throwing stones at Israeli soldiers in thecamp earlier in the day and wasnt released for another 18 days, when a judge orderedthat a fine of $1,100 be paid and that Ahmed be placed under house arrest.


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His was only one of a recent wave of arrests of Palestinian children by Israeli authorities,human rights groups say.

According to Defence for Children International (DCI), an independent non-governmentalorganization based in Geneva, Switzerland, since the beginning of this year there has

been a 17 percent increase in arrests of Palestinian children. An average of 198children were arrested each month in 2012; that average has risen to 232 arrests duringthe first three months of 2013, DCI reported.

Human rights groups say that in Hebron in particular where Ahmed was detained there are clear violations of international law on a daily basis, with children as young as8 being held for violations ranging from throwing stones to being in restricted areasillegally.

On March 20 alone, Israeli soldiers arrested 27 children in Hebron.

Reports of this spike in arrests come on the heels of a UNICEF study released in

February which estimated around 700 Palestinian children between the ages of 12 and17 are detained each year.

Over the past decade, the report said, around 7,000 children have been detained,interrogated, prosecuted and/or imprisoned within the Israeli military justice system anaverage of two children each day.

Under Israeli military criminal law it is possible to arrest and put on trial anyone 12 yearsor older.

Statutes in that law also state that anyone throwing stones on a fixed target can face aterm of up to ten years, and that throwing a stone on a moving target can be sentenced

to up to 20 years in prison.

Beyond the immediate concern about abuses carried out against minors like Ahmed, theconsequences of imprisoning and convicting young people in this way are widespreadand long-term, said Khaled Quzmar, a lawyer with DCI.

(A) big number of those children end up leaving school or are recruited by the Israeliforces to collaborate with them following threats during investigations, he said. Theythreaten them with imprisonment if they did not collaborate.

In Ahmeds case, the soldiers were accompanied by an Israeli TV crew filming the arrestfor a documentary. During the filming, Ahmed is seen begging to be allowed to take his

exams in the morning. The soldiers are polite but still handcuff and blindfold him.

Ahmed, who says he admitted to throwing stones only after being mistreated, said thesoldiers beat him after the cameras were turned off.

His mother thought the arrest could have been handled differently.

They couldve asked me, she said. I wouldve taken him to the police station. But notat 3:30 in the morning to take a child from his bed!


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In 2009, the IDF established a juvenile court with special provisions for trying minors incriminal cases. The minor is given a court-appointed defense attorney and a parent orrelative is required at the hearing. Minors have the right to be informed of their rightsprior to an investigation, the IDF says.

However, UNICEF reported minors are often held without a parent or legal guardianpresent, they are often not provided with legal counsel and in some cases they arehandcuffed, blindfolded and confined inside checkpoint containers.

Ahmeds version echoes UNICEFs findings.

I was left outside in the sun in the daytime and in the cold at night. I was beaten manytimes. I was screaming, he said. In the end I admitted to throwing two stones.

Palestinian Prisoner Of War LosingHis Sight After Being Beaten ByGuards During Interrogations Ramla Prison Hospital Is Like A

Butchery

28/05/2013 Maan

RAMALLAH (Maan) -- A lawyer from the Palestinian Authority Ministry of Detainees saidMonday that a Palestinian prisoner is losing his sight after being beaten by guards.

Lawyer Amer Abu Hamdiyeh told Maan that Munif Abu Atwan, 39, was beaten duringinterrogations and is suffering from a partial loss of sight.

Abu Atwan, from the Hebron village of Dura, said that Ramla prison hospital is like abutchery, and the doctors dont do anything there.

Doctors allegedly refused to perform surgery on him.

Zionist Mob Destroys Palestinian OliveTrees, As Usual

29/05/2013 Maan

NABLUS -- Israeli settlers uprooted over 300 olive trees near the village of Awartasoutheast of Nablus on Wednesday, a local official said.


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The Israeli liaisons office told its Palestinian counterparts that over 300 olive trees insidethe fences of Itamar, settler-monitoring official Ghassan Daghlas told Maan.

He said the trees were within the settlements boundaries but belonged to Palestinians.

Daghlas described the incident as a new crime against Palestinians and accused theIsraeli army standing by instead of protecting civilians under occupation.

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Kindergartner Who Brought ACowboy-Style Cap Gun Onto His

Calvert County School Bus WasSuspended For 10 Days After

Showing A Friend The Orange-Tipped Toy

The Child Was Questioned For More

Than Two Hours Before His MotherWas Called The Mother Said The Principal Told HerThat If The Cap Gun Had Been Loaded

With Caps, It Would Have Been DeemedAn Explosive And Police Would Have

Been Called InMay 30 By Donna St. George, Washington Post

A kindergartner who brought a cowboy-style cap gun onto his Calvert County school buswas suspended for 10 days after showing a friend the orange-tipped toy, which he hadtucked inside his backpack on his way to school, according to his family and a lawyer.

The child was questioned for more than two hours before his mother was called,she said, adding that he uncharacteristically wet his pants during the episode.

The boy is 5 all bugs and frogs and cowboys, his mother said.

I have no problem that he had a consequence to his behavior, said the mother, whoasked that her name be withheld to protect her sons privacy.

What I have a problem wi th is the severity, she said, and the way it was handled.

The familys attorney appealed the suspension late Thursday, asking that the action bereversed and the childs record be expunged.


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If the punishment stands, it would become part of the boys permanent schoolrecord and keep him out of classes the rest of the school year, the family said.

He would miss his end-of-year kindergarten program at Dowell Elementary School inLusby.

The issue will be examined at a disciplinary conference Friday. The case comes at atime of heightened sensitivity about guns in schools across the country.

Locally, children in f irst and second grade have been disciplined for pointing theirfingers li ke guns and for chewing a Pop-Tart-like pastry into the shape of a gun.

In Pennsylvania, a 5-year-old was suspended for talking about shoot ing a HelloKitty bubb le gun that blows soap bubbles.

In Calvert County, the trouble began Wednesday at 8:30 a.m. on a 10-minute bus ride toschool.

According to the family, the boys friend had brought a water gun on the bus a dayearlier. On Wednesday, unbeknown to his parents, the boy stowed his cap gun fromFrontier Town near Ocean City inside his backpack as he left for school. He told hismother after the incident that he had really, really wanted to show his friend.

The mother was called by the principal at 10:50 a.m. and was told that her son had thecap gun and pretended to shoot someone on the bus. She said that both thekindergartner and his first-grade sister, sitting nearby on the bus, disputed that account.

The mother said the principal told her that if the cap gun had been loaded with caps, itwould have been deemed an explosive and police would have been called in.

The childs disciplinary referral said he was being suspended for possession of a look-alike gun.

The childs mother is a high school teacher in Calvert who said she strongly supports theschool system and loves the teachers at her sons school. She and her husband, whocoaches youth sports, are active community volunteers.

For the family, a major concern is the long period the 5-year-old was questionedwithout parental guidance or support.

His sister was questioned, too, she said.

The school was quite obviously taking it very seriously, and hes 5 years old,she said. Why were we not immediately contacted?

The familys attorney, Robin Ficker, said that the age of the child is important and thatthe incident could have been used as a teachable moment. Kids play cowboys andIndians, he said. They play cops and robbers. Youre talking about a little 5-year-oldhere.


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CLASS WAR REPORTS


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Fiercest Anti-Government

Demonstrations In Years RockTurkey:

Thousands Of DemonstratorsMassed On Streets Surrounding

Istanbuls Central Taksim Square

Protests Erupted In The Capital,Ankara, And The Aegean Coastal City

Of Izmir Even AK Party Supporters Are Saying

They Have Lost Their Mind

Turkish riot police attack with tear gas to disperse demonstrators in Taksim Square incentral Istanbul May 31, 2013. The protest at Gezi Park started late on Monday afterdevelopers tore up trees but has widened into a broader demonstration against Prime


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Minister Tayyip Erdogans J ustice and Development Party (AKP). REUTERS/OsmanOrsal

May 31, 2013 By Ayla J ean Yackley, Reuters [Excerpts]

Turkish police fired tear gas and water cannon on Friday at demonstrators in central

Istanbul, wounding scores of people and prompting rallies in other cities in the fiercestanti-government protests in years.

Thousands of demonstrators massed on streets surrounding Istanbuls central TaksimSquare, long a venue for political unrest, while protests erupted in the capital, Ankara,and the Aegean coastal city of Izmir.

Broken glass and rocks were strewn across a main shopping street near Taksim.Primary school children ran crying from the clouds of tear gas, while tourists caught bysurprise scurried to get back to luxury hotels lining the square.

The unrest reflects growing disquiet at the authoritarianism of Prime Minister Tayyip

Erdogan and his J ustice and Development Party (AKP).

Riot police clashed with tens of thousands of May Day protesters in Istanbul this month.

There have also been protests against the governments stance on the conflict inneighboring Syria, a tightening of restrictions on alcohol sales and warnings againstpublic displays of affection.

We do not have a government, we have Tayyip Erdogan. ... Even AK Party supportersare saying they have lost their mind, they are not listening to us, said Koray Caliskan, apolitical scientist at Bosphorus University, who attended the protest.

This is the beginning of a summer of discontent.

The protest at Taksims Gezi Park started late on Monday after trees were torn upunder a government redevelopment plan, but has widened into a broaderdemonstration against Erdogans administration.

Fridays vio lence erupted after a dawn police raid on demonstrators who had beencamped out fo r days.

This isnt just about trees anymore, its about all of the pressure were underfrom this government. Were fed up, we dont like the direction the country isheaded in, said 18-year-old student Mert Burge, who came to support the

protesters after reading on Twitter about the police use of tear gas.

We will stay here tonight and sleep on the street if we have to, he said.

Thousands chanting for the government to resign gathered at a park in the center ofAnkara, where police earlier fired tear gas to disperse several dozen oppositionsupporters trying to reach the AKP headquarters. Protesters also rallied at two locationsin Izmir, according to pictures on social media.


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A Turkish woman of Palest in ian or ig in was in a crit ical condition after being hit bya police gas canister, hospital sources said.

The 34-year-old, who doctors had earlier identified as Egyptian, was undergoingan operation after suffering a brain hemorrhage.

A total of 12 people, including a pro-Kurdish MP and a Reuters photographer, sufferedtrauma injuries and hundreds suffered respiratory problems due to tear gas, doctorssaid.

Some people were injured when a wall they were climbing collapsed as they tried to fleeclouds of tear gas.

Amnesty International said it was concerned by the use of excessive force by thepolice against what had started out as a peaceful protest. Ria Oomen-Ruijten, theEuropean parliament rapporteur on Turkey, also voiced concern.

Erdogan has overseen a transformation in Turkey during his decade in power, turning its

economy from crisis-prone into Europes fastest-growing. Per-capita income has tripledin nominal terms since his party rose to power.

But Erdogan brooks little dissent. Hundreds of military officers have been jailed forplotting a coup against him in recent years. Academics, journalists, politicians and othersface trial on similar charges.

He has made no secret of his ambition to run for the presidency in elections next yearwhen his term as prime minister ends, increasing opposition dismay.

These people will not bow down to you read one banner at the Gezi Park protest,alongside a cartoon of Erdogan wearing an Ottoman emperors turban.

Postings on social media including Twitter, where Occupy Gezi - a reference toprotests in New York and London last year - was a top-trending hashtag, and Facebooksaid similar demonstrations were planned for the next few days in other Turkish citiesincluding Ankara, Izmir, Adana and Bursa.

Kiss protests, in which demonstrators are urged to lock lips, had already been plannedfor Istanbul and Ankara this weekend after subway officials were reported to haveadmonished a couple for kissing in public a week ago.

Erdogan is pushing ahead with a slew of multibillion-dollar projects he sees asembodying Turkeys emergence as a major power. They include a shipping canal, a

giant mosque and a third Istanbul airport billed to be one of the worlds biggest.

Speaking a few miles (km) from Gezi Park at the launch on Wednesday of constructionof a third bridge linking Istanbuls European and Asian shores, Erdogan vowed to pursueplans to redevelop Taksim Square.

Architects, leftist parties, academics, city planners and others have long opposed theplans, saying they lacked consultation with civic groups and would remove one of centralIstanbuls few green spaces.


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MORE:

More Than 100,000 Turkish

Protesters Have Gathered AtIstanbuls Taksim Square,

Calling For The Resignation OfPrime Minister Recep Tayyib

Erdogan Police And Riot Vehicles WereWithdrawn From The Square On

Saturday Afternoon, And BarricadesRemoved

They Want To Turn This Country IntoAn Islamist State, They Want To ImposeTheir Vision All The While Pretending To

Respect Democracy

1 J une 2013 BBC & Press TV

More than 100,000 Turkish protesters have gathered at Istanbuls Taksim Square,calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Recep Tayyib Erdogan.

Reports say electrici ty and Internet services were shut down in parts of the city asanti-government demonstrations continued.

As the unrest escalated, President Abdullah Gul cal led for common sense toprevail noting that anti-government protests have reached a worr isome level.

Correspondents say that what was initially a local issue has spiralled into widespreadanti-government unrest and anger over the perceived Islamisation of Turkey.


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Turkish protestors arrive in Taksim square after a clashing with riot policemen on J une 1,2013. (AFP Photo / Bulent Kilic)

One woman told Agence France-Presse: They want to turn this country into an Islamist

state, they want to impose their vision all the while pretending to respect democracy.

Another, Oral Goktas, said the protest had brought together people from many differentbackgrounds.

This has become a protest against the government, against Erdogan taking decisionslike a king, she told Reuters news agency.


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In an apparent bid to reduce tensions, police and riot vehicles were withdrawn from thesquare on Saturday afternoon, and barricades removed, allowing thousands of people toenter the square.

The scene in the central square appeared to be peaceful, with protesters chantingslogans, dancing and waving banners, some calling for the government to resign.

However clashes continued in the Besiktas district of the city to the east.

The BBCs Ben Thompson in the city said police were using tear gas and water cannonto hold back protesters near the Shangri-la hotel.

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