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Norwegian Newspaper has access to ALL 250,000+ Wikileak State Dept. Cables!!! Fasten Seatbelts! - Peter Lemkin - 06-01-2011
Passengers thwart Turkish jet hijack attempt
Turkish police led the suspect away following the hijack attempt
Passengers on a Turkish Airlines jet have overpowered a man who tried to hijack their flight from Norway to Istanbul, security sources say.
Turkish media reported that the man put on a mask and tried to force his way into the cockpit, saying he had a bomb.
He is said to have demanded that the plane return to Oslo, before being subdued by passengers.
The man was arrested when the plane landed at Istanbul's Ataturk airport. No-one was hurt.
Turkish media said the suspect was a Turkish citizen from a Kurdish village in the south-eastern region of Anatolia.
The man's motives were unclear.
The Turkish Dogan news agency said the would-be hijacker had tried to force his way into the cockpit saying: "I have a bomb."
Lelya Kilic, one of the 59 passengers on board flight TK1754, said she heard voices from the back of the plane about 30 minutes before it was due to land at Istanbul.
"I saw a fight between passengers and a man with a mask, carrying a device that looked like a radio handset," she said.
The pilot raised the alarm and police said that when they entered the plane a passenger was sitting on top of the suspect.
Passengers were quickly taken off the flight and the man was arrested. The "bomb" was found to be a fake, Dogan reported.
Norwegian Newspaper has access to ALL 250,000+ Wikileak State Dept. Cables!!! Fasten Seatbelts! - Peter Lemkin - 06-01-2011
Coca-Cola revealed the corrupt Israeli tax collectors
The United States was very careful not to criticize Israel's Gaza policy. But when Coca-Cola had trouble beating the United States back and uncovered extensive corruption among Israeli customs officials and border guards.
PER ANDERS JOHANSEN
Poverty increased in Gaza, food stocks were being depleted and unemployment went straight into the air among the 1.5 million Palestinians in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip in 2006. But when the Israelis prevented the Coca Coca and cigarette manufacturer Philip Morris, had even the Americans enough.
Wikileaks documents from the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv as Aftenposten has gained access to, reveals how Coca-Cola and several U.S. manufacturers rolled out a major corruption scandal in Israeli aviation authorities IAA. IAA was responsible for conducting the largest border crossing in Gaza in Karni.
Read embassy documents relating to this matter to the right of the article. Read all embassy documents we have published on this site.
Demanded bribes
Business People had to pay $ 2,500 for a guarantee that their goods to cross - the official Israeli government claimed that the price was 80-90 dollars. As a result, the price of transporting goods into Gaza from the West Bank or Israel, more than quadrupled.
"The cost to get a guarantee that the cargo was crossing to Gaza on a special day rose sharply one one period of closure, while the price went down if the terminal was open for long periods of time," complained Coca-Cola, according to a confidential memo from the U.S. embassy 14 June 2006.
Coca-Cola distributor could reveal that "he was asked to pay as much as 2,889 to $ 3,333 per truck loads."
Company AmCit Westinghouse notified the embassy that they had to pay up to $ 6,200 per truck loads. Caterpillar was told that the company had to pay $ 2667 for two small generators across the border, which they refused.
The queue is a joke, because everyone knows that the only loads that move has paid bribes long before the trucks stand in the queue
Secret diplomatic notes
First in the queue
Wikileaks notes that are stamped "secret" of the U.S. Embassy, gives a unique insight into how the corruption happened.
"What do you get to to pay $ 3,000 to move the load?", Asked the U.S. embassy.
"For the price get your truck lift for first place in the queue or a place close to the" Israeli queue ", queue is moving," said the furious Coca-Cola distributor. He noted that there were usually two to three queues reserved for Israeli companies, which were much faster.
"The queue is a joke, because everyone knows that the only loads that move has paid bribes long before the trucks stand in the queue."
The cracked for Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola tried to avoid the "unreasonable" bribes, using the company's warehouse in Beer Sheva in Israel and get them to send goods to Gaza. The Israeli military, however, put his foot down and said it was illegal. Then it cracked for Coca-Cola - which went to the U.S. Embassy.
The U.S. Embassy turned into a long list of other U.S. companies that complained to the Israeli corruption, in addition to Coca-Cola:
Cigarette manufacturer Philip Morris, the equipment manufacturer Caterpillar, Westinghouse, Hewlett Packard, Motorola, Aramex and Dell computers also reported "widespread corruption at Karni." They raged that this "weakened their ability to operate stores."
Discussions with the Israeli government only leads to temporary improvements for a day or two
Secret diplomatic notes
No money, no Coke
The companies refused to pay bribes, found that the goods did not come into Gaza.
At the end of May, 34 shipments of American goods around. $ 1,900,000 expected in up to four months to get into Gaza because the Americans refused to pay the corrupt Israeli border guards.
"Business men have criticized the fact that they never get an answer when they call to arrange a date and time to cross the border, and that their discussions with the Israeli government only leads to temporary improvements for a day or two."
No bribe, no transition
The companies also pointed out that security problems and frequent closures of the border itself has reduced imports to Gaza, but said that "these factors alone do not explain why the trucks of U.S. imports will have to wait as much as four months to get into Gaza."
The border crossing at Karni was repeatedly arrived in the Israeli media because of accusations of corruption. Israeli prison authorities in 2004, five employees suspected of corruption, but denied ever going into detail of what had happened.
"The case is under investigation, we can not discuss details," said Israeli aviation authorities told the newspaper Haraartz then. Embassy documents Aftenposten has gained access to show that the corruption continued.
Vocal Americans
The documents show that the U.S. was generally very reluctant to criticize Israel. But Coca-Cola case was an exception. May 26, 2006 the American companies took the case "loud" with the Israeli border authorities at Karni, "says the embassy.
The Israelis refused to comment on bribes, but suggested instead that the U.S. could push the Palestinian Authority to open another border post. If the U.S. was so unhappy, said the officials, they could instead finance more conveyor belts at the border station. Then it cracked for Coca-Cola.
High-level corruption
The one billion U.S. group and one of the world's largest companies went to the U.S. government with all the corruption case.
"An official at a high level at the terminal controls the bribery ring," pointed out Coca-Cola. Just below him was an Arab Israeli, two officers from the Israeli army and an Israeli civilian, all of which had been meeting with Coca-Cola and demanded bribes.
In addition, the bribes collected by intermediaries in various logistics companies with close ties to management at the Karni terminal.
Israel broke the agreement
The U.S. embassy concluded that Israel broke the AMA agreement was signed with the Palestinian Authority on transport and access between Gaza and the West Bank in November 2005.
"Considering Israel's obligations in the AMA agreement constitutes the deeply problematic procedures on accusations of endemic corruption at the Karni terminal, a serious impediment to trade," concluded the U.S. embassy, who chose to take the matter up at the ministerial level in Israel.
Karni was the main access road to Gaza until 2007, but was often closed for shorter or longer periods. From June 2007, the border station closed.
The justification from the Israeli side was the danger of attacks, snipers and kidnapping, and that Hamas did not want to cooperate with Israel on border station.
According to the United Nations contributed problems of Gaza's border crossings to worsening conditions in Gaza significantly in terms of increased unemployment, poverty and social problems.
Norwegian Newspaper has access to ALL 250,000+ Wikileak State Dept. Cables!!! Fasten Seatbelts! - Peter Lemkin - 06-01-2011
C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 04 CARACAS 001213
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/03/2021
TAGS: PGOV, PHUM, KIRF, KCRM, VE
SUBJECT: MURDER OF PRIEST PITS BRV AGAINST CHURCH
REF: A. CARACAS 959
B. VATICAN 70
CARACAS 00001213 001.2 OF 004
Classified By: Robert Downes, Political Counselor,
for Reason 1.4(b).
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Summary
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1. © The recent murder of Catholic Priest and senior
official of the Venezuelan Bishops´ Conference (CEV) has
touched off another round of recriminations between the
church and state. Father Jorge Pinango was found murdered in
a seedy Caracas hotel room on April 24, two days after
disappearing. Attorney General Isaias Rodriguez divulged
very personal details of the case and implied that the priest
had been murdered during a homosexual tryst with a
prostitute, an allegation that drew fiery criticism from the
church, and even caused some recoil within Chavismo. The
three theories about the case are: 1) a street crime
involving a hallucinogenic drug; 2) a prostitution case gone
bad; and 3) a government operation to sully Venezuela´s most
trusted institution. While the real facts of the case will
probably never be known, we would not completely discount the
pretty far-fetched government conspiracy theory, especially
given the government´s adversarial relationship with the
Catholic Church. End summary.
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A Real Life Murder Mystery
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2. (U) The body of Father Jorge Pinango, who was the
sub-secretary general of the CEV, was found April 24 in the
Bruno Hotel near Caracas´ Sabana Grande, an area dotted with
such pay-by-the-hour establishments. Pinango, 47, had last
been seen alive the early morning of April 22, when he
dropped off his niece in the tough Caracas neighborhood of El
Valle after a family graduation party. He was wearing street
clothes and not attired as a priest. When Pinango failed to
return that night to the CEV compound where he resided,
senior CEV bishops filed a formal missing persons report.
The priest´s putrefied body was discovered by the hotel´s
cleaning staff the following day. His Ford Explorer,
registered to the CEV, was found the next day, April 25, at a
shopping center in eastern Caracas. There were some reports
that a security camera at the shopping center showed more
than one person in the vehicle.
3. (U) The first press reports, based on testimony of hotel
staff, stated that the priest had driven to the hotel at 0540
the morning of April 22 in the company of a young man later
identified as Andres Rodriguez Rojas, 26, who was
subsequently apprehended on April 26. Rodriguez Rojas
reportedly left the room at 0830, paid for the next 24 hours,
and then departed the hotel in the Ford Explorer. Rodriguez
Rojas then reportedly ran up US$1,000 in bills on Pinango´s
credit cards. Investigators found two empty beer cans in the
room and a drug later identified as Rivotril (also called
Klonopin), an anti-anxiety prescription drug often abused as
a depressant. According to medical examiners, Pinango was
murdered by suffocation and had scratches on his nose and
mouth, and a wound in the anal area.
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Attorney General Meltdown
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4. (U) Attorney General Isaias Rodriguez gave a press
conference April 25 with very different details from those
described above. He asserted that Pinango´s companion was
dressed as a woman but was actually a man. He said the
priest had left the room a few hours after entering ask where
he could buy drugs (stimulants, Rodriguez said, not
depressants), departed the hotel, and returned three hours
CARACAS 00001213 002.2 OF 004
later. Rodriguez spoke rather indelicately about the
injuries to Pinango´s private areas, clearly implying that
Pinango had been engaged in homosexual activity. Rodriguez
said he was forced to reveal these details because the media
was attempting to spin the priest´s death as an example of
Venezuela´s growing crime problem. When the head of
Venezuela´s technical police (CICPC), Marcos Chavez, publicly
contradicted many of Rodriguez´ facts and said the motive of
the murder appeared to be car theft, Rodriguez lashed out at
the police chief and announced plans to re-assign
investigators and bring Chavez up on charges for conspiring
to discredit him. Minister of Interior and Justice Jesse
Chacon came out as a sort of Bolivarian referee, declaring
that while it was fairly clear the priest was engaged in
homosexual activity, it was possible that the priest was
asleep at the time. Chacon also noted that the accused had a
history of drugging victims in order to rob them.
5. (U) Undeterred, Rodriguez staged a second, lengthy, and
emotional press conference in which he assured reporters that
the autopsy results would back up his initial claims of an
illicit tryst, and asserted that Pinango was partially
responsible for his own murder. He also hinted that Pinango
suffered from AIDS. Rodriguez then threatened to resign if
authorities covered up the truth, leading to a rambling
monologue about how Rodriguez had never aspired to the
position of Attorney General, was fed up with the BRV
bureaucracy, sick of having to have "14 bodyguards," and had
very few days left in office. (Note: Rodriguez´ seven-year
term ends next year.)
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The "Burundanga" Drug: Scopolamine
-----------------------------------
6. (U) The autopsy results, however, showed no traces of a
stimulant in the priest´s system, according to press reports.
The toxicology study did confirm, however, the presence of
scopolamine, commonly known as the "date rape drug" or
"Burundanga" in Venezuela and Colombia, which reportedly
induces a hypnotic state and retrograde amnesia (i.e.,
victims do not remember details before ingestion). The drug
is commonly used in robberies in Caracas, with some reports
telling of victims aware enough to operate automatic tellers
at the bidding of the perpetrators. (Note: According to
Internet sources, the drug was once used as a crude truth
serum.)
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Catholic Bishops Demand Fair Investigation
------------------------------------------
7. (U) The CEV issued a communique rejecting Rodriguez´
statements, accusing him of tainting the investigate. The
bishops admonished the government not to release information
at the preliminary stage of the investigation and to pursue
the facts of the case. The bishops said Pinango´s murder
once again showed the "grave situation of lack of security
and moral decay" affecting the country. CEV Vice President
and Archbishop of Coro Roberto Luckert, an outspoken BRV
critic, called for Rodriguez´ resignation because, he said,
the Attorney General lacked "the common sense and judgment"
to handle such a complicated murder case.
8. © CEV Secretary General Jose Ramon Viloria told Poloff
May 3 that the CEV had asked veteran criminal lawyer Juan
Marin Echeverria (who is also the lawyer for the NGO Sumate)
to represent the Church´s interests in the case. Viloria
said that Minister of Communications Willian Lara had visited
CEV headquarters after Rodriguez´ outburst and apologized on
behalf of the government. Chacon also phoned CEV President
Ubaldo Santana with apologies, and agreed to meet privately
with him on May 3. Viloria doubted the BRV was capable of
conducting a fair investigation of the priest´s murder.
--------------------------------------------- --
CARACAS 00001213 003.2 OF 004
Murder Theories: Conspiracy The Early Favorite
--------------------------------------------- --
9. © Viloria noted that there were three possible
explanations for Pinango´s murder. First, he said, Pinango
might have been murdered during an attempted robbery using
the hypnotic drug. Second, he said, it was possible Pinango
was engaged in a secretive encounter with a male prostitute.
While he said he was fairly sure Pinango was not a
homosexual, he thought it unlikely that the priest would
imprudently pick up a prostitute and drive with him to a
hotel in a CEV vehicle. Also, he recalled Pinango´s
professional performance during this three years at the CEV,
pointing out that Pinango had an appointment at CEV at 0800
that same morning that he uncharacteristically missed.
Pinango had never spent the night away from his CEV residence
before, Viloria added. He also said he had received word
that the hotel room had been reserved the day before,
suggesting the crime was not the result of a chance encounter.
10. © The third possibility was a government-inspired
attempt to discredit the Church, which Viloria thought at
least 60 percent likely. Information filtered to the CEV
from the autopsy indicated that there was no indication of
homosexual activity (read, no semen traces). He alleged that
the murder suspect had ties to the government, pointing out
that his defense attorney, Carlos Duran, is a prominent
pro-Chavez attorney who has defended revolutionaries such as
Lina Ron. According to Viloria, the suspect also had two
government police credentials, though he admitted the suspect
was also a known document counterfeiter. Viloria said the
bishops suspect that BRV authorities had wanted to kidnap
Pinango, apply the "truth serum" drug, and then extract
information about former CEV President (and ardent Chavez
foe) Baltazar Porras. Viloria said the Pinango murder had
put all of the bishops on alert against similar crimes being
committed against them.
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The Victim Claims Torture
-------------------------
11. (U) Suspect Andres Rodriguez Rojas, through his attorney,
alleged he was innocent of the murder charges. Attorney
Carlos Duran said his client boarded the priest´s vehicle
with the intention of applying the sleeping drug Rivotril,
but the latter became nervous when he suspected they were
being followed. Duran claims Venezuelan police held his
client for several days, applying torture methods to get a
confession. Rodriguez Rojas was then taken to a bus station
where, Duran asserted, police staged a public arrest.
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Comment
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12. © This case will no doubt join the pantheon of
Venezuela´s unsolved mysteries, such as the car-bombing of
prosecutor Danilo Anderson and the burning death of the
soldiers at Fuerte Mara. An investigation free of political
tint is all but impossible. We of course cannot draw a
conclusion about how or why Pinango was murdered. The idea
of BRV operation to discredit the Catholic Church is pretty
far-fetched, but not out of the realm of possibility,
especially given the Church´s recent sparring with the BRV
over the Fadoul murders (ref a) and the general tension
between the two institutions. Prior to that scrap, it had
appeared that the BRV and the Church under Urosa had been
seeking a closer relationship, and Bolivarian sources are now
pushing the idea of a "moderate" Church faction led by Urosa,
challenged by a radical, "golpista" faction, whose patron was
retired Cardinal Lara. The BRV´s suggestion of this kind of
"schism" in the Church will do nothing to calm the waters.
Also notable is Attorney General Rodriguez´ near implosion
and damage control efforts by other Bolivarians. Rodriguez´
trademark verbal incontinence has been running fairly wild
CARACAS 00001213 004.2 OF 004
lately, causing us to wonder if the increasingly uneven A/G
will reach the end of his term.
BROWNFIELD
Norwegian Newspaper has access to ALL 250,000+ Wikileak State Dept. Cables!!! Fasten Seatbelts! - David Guyatt - 06-01-2011
It's all suddenly becoming far more interesting.
Please keep them coming Pete and Ed.
Norwegian Newspaper has access to ALL 250,000+ Wikileak State Dept. Cables!!! Fasten Seatbelts! - Peter Lemkin - 06-01-2011
David Guyatt Wrote:It's all suddenly becoming far more interesting.
Please keep them coming Pete and Ed.
David, Did you read the interview with the Aftenposten's Editor-In-Chief [above]. That and another article above it say they have farmed-out the documents [quite a lot to go through, by any standards, and are doing Norway related and one's they feel are just PLAIN of World import, as they stumble upon them...but they have 20 full-time researchers at their paper and have passed the entire lot on to at least 5 other papers in their group plus undisclosed other newspapers in other countries. Interesting the the original MSM papers with 'contract' with Wikileaks are either turning out one a day now or none a day......whatever game was afoot or whatever 'corner on the market' they felt they had - or both, is gone. :loo:
Norwegian Newspaper has access to ALL 250,000+ Wikileak State Dept. Cables!!! Fasten Seatbelts! - David Guyatt - 06-01-2011
Yes, I saw that Pete.
As my doctor used to say when I had stomach gripes, it's better out than in.
Let' see what happens next eh.
Norwegian Newspaper has access to ALL 250,000+ Wikileak State Dept. Cables!!! Fasten Seatbelts! - Peter Lemkin - 06-01-2011
[A rather WEIRD State Dept. Cable, now matter where you stand on the issues mentioned!!!!]
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 MONTREAL 000001
SIPDIS
E.0. 12958: N/A
TAGS: TBIO, ECON, KIRF, CA, Health
SUBJECT: CLONING CLAIM PUTS SPOTLIGHT ON QUEBEC-BASED
RAELIAN GROUP
1. SUMMARY: THE FOLLOWING IS SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON
THE MONTREAL-BASED RAELIAN GROUP, WHOSE MEMBER DR. BRIGITTE
BOISSELIER ANNOUNCED AT A DECEMBER 27 PRESS CONFERENCE IN
HOLLYWOOD, FLORIDA THE BIRTH OF THE FIRST CLONED HUMAN
BEING, A 7 POUND BABY GIRL NICKNAMED EVE. AND ITS TWO MAIN
FIGURES LEADER CLAUDE VORILHON, BETTER KNOWN AS RAEL, AND
DR. BOISSELIER. ONE LIKELY RESULT OF THE BOISSELIER
ANNOUNCEMENT IS THAT CANADA´S PENDING LEGISLATION TO BAN
HUMAN CLONING COULD CONTAIN STRICTER RESTRICTIONS. END
SUMMARY.
2. THE RAELIAN MOVEMENT WAS FOUNDED BY FRENCHMAN CLAUDE
VORILHON, A FORMER SPORTS JOURNALIST, FAILED SINGER, RADIO
COMMENTATOR AND AVID STOCK CAR RACER. VORILHON CLAIMS TO
HAVE BEEN CONCEIVED ON DECEMBER 25, 1945, BY A FRENCH MOTHER
AND AN ALIEN FATHER. SPECIALISTS SAY HE WAS BORN IN VICHY,
FRANCE IN 1946. VORILHON WHO USES THE NAME RAEL (GOD´S
LIGHT) (PRONOUNCED RA-EL IN FRENCH (RHYMES WITH KAL-EL AND
JOR-EL)) SAYS HE CREATED THE MOVEMENT AFTER ALIENS VISITED
HIM IN CENTRAL FRANCE IN 1973. AT THAT TIME, LITTLE GREEN
ALIENS (APPROXIMATELY 4 FT TALL) TOLD HIM --IN FLUENT FRENCH-
- EARTHLINGS HAD BEEN CREATED IN A LABORATORY 25,000 YEARS
AGO. SINCE THESE ALIENS WHICH HE CALLS THE ELOHIM (THE
HEBREW WORD FOR GOD) ARE 25,000 YEARS AHEAD OF US, RAEL SAYS
CLONING IS VERY SIMPLE TASK FOR THEM.
3. ALTHOUGH THE SECT IS BASED IN MONTREAL--AND NOT
SWITZERLAND AS THE BRITISH TABLOID PRESS HAS REPORTED --RAEL
MOVED HIS PERSONAL HEADQUARTERS TO FLORIDA IN THE EARLY
NINETIES. WHEN IT WAS ANNOUNCED RAEL WAS MOVING TO FLORIDA,
RADIO COMMENTATORS JOKED HE WAS SIMPLY IMITATING QUEBEC
SNOWBIRDS OR THAT HE WANTED TO GET CLOSER TO NASCAR
CIRCUITS. HOWEVER, SOME SAW U.S. EXPANSION AS A LOGICAL
BUSINESS MOVE. ON THE ONE HAND, SINCE THE 1960S, QUEBEC HAS
PROVEN TO BE TOUGH RECRUITING GROUNDS FOR ALL RELIGIOUS
GROUPS, MAINSTREAM OR OTHERWISE. ON THE OTHER, THE U.S.
OFFERS MUCH BIGGER POOLS OF MONEY AND TARGET AUDIENCES FOR
RAELIAN COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISES. BECAUSE THE GROUP IS
RECOGNIZED AS AN ATHEIST RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION BY THE
QUEBEC GOVERNMENT IT ENJOYS THE SAME FISCAL ADVANTAGES AS
OTHER RELIGIOUS GROUPS.
4. THE GROUP OPERATES A THEME PARK CALLED UFO LAND IN
QUEBEC´S EASTERN TOWNSHIPS AREA. THE FACILITY, WHICH
CONSISTS MAINLY OF A LARGE FLYING SAUCER, A LARGE-SCALE DNA
MOLECULE AND SOME ROOMS FOR SUMMER SEMINARS AND MEDIA
INTERVIEWS, WAS RECENTLY VANDALIZED BUT IS SCHEDULED TO
REOPEN THIS SUMMER.
5. IN PHOTOS AND TELEVISION APPEARANCES, RAEL SURROUNDS
HIMSELF WITH BEAUTIFUL WOMEN. RAELIAN MEDIA KITS INCLUDE
MANY PICTURES OF SCANTILY DRESSED "MEMBERS." RAEL PREACHES
"SENSUAL MEDITATION" WHICH ENABLES THE FAITHFUL TO REACH THE
"COSMIC ORGASM."
6. DESPITE THE SECT´S TWO POWERFUL MARKETING TOOLS, SEX AND
UFOS, THE RAELIANS HAVE VERY FEW MEMBERS. THEIR WEB SITE
http://WWW.RAEL.ORG CLAIMS -IN TWENTY LANGUAGES-- TO HAVE 55,000
MEMBERS IN 84 COUNTRIES. HOWEVER MIKE KROPVELD, EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF THE MONTREAL-BASED INFO-SECTE (NO RELATION WITH
THE PARIS ORGANIZATION OF THE SAME NAME) TOLD POST THAT THE
RAELIANS INFLATE THEIR FIGURES WITH PAST AND OCCASIONAL
MEMBERS. BECAUSE OF ALL THE MEDIA ATTENTION, THE GROUP
CREATES A LOT OF CURIOSITY -A RAEL SPOKESMAN STATED IN THE
LOCAL PRESS ON DECEMBER 30 THAT THE WEBSITE WAS GETTING ONE
MILLION HITS PER HOUR ON DECEMBER 26 -- BUT MOST VISITORS
ONLY ATTEND A FEW MEETINGS. THE ACTIVE MEMBERSHIP IS BETWEEN
2,000 AND 3,000 WORLDWIDE AND ABOUT 700 IN MONTREAL, SAYS
KROPVELD.
7. ACCORDING TO LOCAL NEWS ANALYSTS, THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF
RAELIANS IS TO CREATE LIFE IN A LABORATORY WHICH WOULD MAKE
HUMAN BEINGS IMMORTAL AND ENABLE THEM TO CREATE ANOTHER
CIVILIZATION ON ANOTHER PLANET. IN THE MEANTIME, RAEL WANTS
TO BUILD AN EMBASSY IN ISRAEL TO WELCOME THE ELOHIM WHEN
THEY COME BACK IN 2035. THE GROUP HAS ALSO BEEN CRITICIZED
FOR ADVOCATING THE USE OF GENETICS FOR EUGENIC ATTEMPTS AT
IMPROVING THE HUMAN RACE. THE GROUP´S STRUCTURE WITH PRIESTS
AND BISHOPS IS BASED ALONG THE LINES OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.
8. UNTIL RECENTLY THE GROUP AVOIDED SERIOUS CONTROVERSY.
THERE HAVE NOT BEEN ANY STORIES OF FORMER MEMBERS
COMPLAINING ABOUT BEING CONNED OUT OF THEIR MONEY OR
PHYSICALLY ABUSED OR SEDUCED, AND NO INVOLVEMENT WITH MINORS
-- EXCEPT ONE CASE IN FRANCE.
9. NONETHELESS, THE RAELIANS KNOW HOW TO PIGGYBACK ON
STORIES TO GET PUBLICITY. WHEN IN 1993, AUTHORITIES IN
QUEBEC DECIDED AGAINST INSTALLING CONDOM DISTRIBUTORS IN
SCHOOLS, RAELIANS VISITED THE KIDS WITH FREE SAMPLES. IN THE
WAKE OF THE RECENT PEDOPHILE CHARGES AGAINST VARIOUS
RELIGIOUS ORDERS, THE GROUP WENT BACK TO THE SCHOOLS IN
QUEBEC. THEIR PLAN THIS TIME WAS TO HAND OUT SMALL WOODEN
CROSSES FOR THE STUDENTS TO BURN. BUT PUBLIC AND
GOVERNMENTAL OPPOSITION STOPPED THE LATER PROJECT. IN BOTH
CASES, ALMOST ALL THE PUBLICITY THEY GARNERED WAS BAD.
10. SENSING A SIMILAR WAVE OF CONDEMNATION, RAEL HAS
PUBLICLY DISTANCED HIMSELF FROM DR. BOISSELIER, A RAELIAN
BISHOP, AND HER CLONING WORK, SAYING HE HAD GOTTEN RID OF
CLONAID TWO YEARS AGO. HOWEVER, KROPVELD BELIEVES THAT
CLONING IS BY FAR THE GROUP´S MOST DANGEROUS WORK. KROPFELD
EVEN DOUBTS RAEL REALLY BELIEVES IN CLONING HUMAN BEINGS
BEYOND ITS MARKETING POSSIBILITIES FOR HIMSELF AS SECT
LEADER.
11. AS FOR DR BRIGITTE BOISSELIER, SHE WAS BORN IN 1956 IN
FRANCE. SHE HOLDS TWO PHDS IN CHEMISTRY, ONE FROM THE
UNIVERSITY OF DIJON IN FRANCE AND ONE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF
HOUSTON. AFTER HOUSTON SHE WAS HIRED BY AIR LIQUIDE THE
FRENCH INDUSTRIAL AND MEDICAL GAS MULTINATIONAL TO WORK ON
REVERSIBLE OXYGEN BINDING. IN 1989, AIR LIQUIDE PROMOTED HER
TO VP RESEARCH.
12. PRIOR TO JOINING CLONAID (SEE http://WWW.CLONAID.COM) IN 1997,
DR. BOISSELIER HAD NOT WORKED IN BIOLOGY OR REPRODUCTION
TECHNIQUES. THE LAS VEGAS-BASED CLONAID RECEIVED $500,000
FROM MARK HUNT TO BUILD A LABORATORY IN WEST VIRGINIA BEFORE
MR. HUNT DECIDED TO STOP FINANCING THAT PROJECT. CLONAID
ALSO CLAIMS TO HAVE RECEIVED $200,000 FROM 250 DIFFERENT
DONORS IN THE HOPE OF CLONING A FAMILY MEMBER. ON MARCH 28,
2001 DR. BOISSELIER AND RAEL DEFENDED THEIR CLONING PROJECTS
BEFORE A SENATE COMMITTEE.
13. COMMENT. THE PUBLICITY GARNERED BY THE CLONING
ANNOUNCEMENT MAY BE USED BY THE RAEL ORGANIZATION TO GAIN
NEW ADHERENTS IN THE UNITED STATES.
14. CANADA LIKE MANY OTHER COUNTRIES IS IN THE PROCESS OF
ADOPTING LEGISLATION BILL C-113 WHICH WOULD BAN HUMAN
CLONING. ONE LIKELY RESULT OF THE BOISSELIER ANNOUNCEMENT IS
THAT SUCH LEGISLATION COULD CONTAIN STRICTER RESTRICTIONS.
END COMMENT.
KANTER
Norwegian Newspaper has access to ALL 250,000+ Wikileak State Dept. Cables!!! Fasten Seatbelts! - David Guyatt - 06-01-2011
Quote:THE GROUP HAS ALSO BEEN CRITICIZED
FOR ADVOCATING THE USE OF GENETICS FOR EUGENIC ATTEMPTS AT
IMPROVING THE HUMAN RACE. THE GROUP´S STRUCTURE WITH PRIESTS
AND BISHOPS IS BASED ALONG THE LINES OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.
This is wandering bishop territory by the sound of it. UFO's wacky religious catholic based group using eugenics.
And Vorilhon was born Vichy in 1946, but claims he was conceived on Christmas day 1945 of a French mother and an alien father. Nazis anyone?
It sniffs to high heavens.
Norwegian Newspaper has access to ALL 250,000+ Wikileak State Dept. Cables!!! Fasten Seatbelts! - Peter Lemkin - 06-01-2011
David Guyatt Wrote:This is wandering bishop territory by the sound of it. UFO's wacky religious catholic based group using eugenics.
And Vorilhon was born Vichy in 1946, but claims he was conceived on Christmas day 1945 of a French mother and an alien father. Nazis anyone?
It sniffs to high heavens.
Hey Man, I just post 'em as I find 'em...... Aftenposten had asked its readers for key words to search the cables for. UFO's was high on the list; Bilderberger was as well...there were others. They are searching for these now, as well as their own key words. Stay tuned!
Pssst....'wanna cloned human cheap?.....today's special - twins with blue eyes and blond hair, Ayrian features - infamous father! If interested, have a brown-shoed square with money in a brown paper bag meet me at Piccadilly Circus at the next equinox...code word 'NeuwSchwabiland'
Norwegian Newspaper has access to ALL 250,000+ Wikileak State Dept. Cables!!! Fasten Seatbelts! - David Guyatt - 06-01-2011
Was he cloned in Brazil?