From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">

John Beamish wrote:
> It appears that William Randolph Heast was alive and well and serving
> with the Joint Chiefs.
>
> http://abcnews.go.com/US/print?id=92662
>
> U.S. Military Wanted to Provoke War With Cuba
> Book: U.S. Military Drafted Plans to Terrorize U.S. Cities to Provoke
> War With Cuba
> By David Ruppe
>
> N E W  Y O R K, May 1, 2001 - In the early 1960s, America's top military
> leaders reportedly drafted plans to kill innocent people and commit acts
> of terrorism in U.S. cities to create public support for a war against
> Cuba.
>
> Code named Operation Northwoods, the plans reportedly included the
> possible assassination of Cuban ‚migr‚s, sinking boats of Cuban refugees
> on the high seas, hijacking planes, blowing up a U.S. ship, and even
> orchestrating violent terrorism in U.S. cities.
>
> The plans were developed as ways to trick the American public and the
> international community into supporting a war to oust Cuba's then new
> leader, communist Fidel Castro.
>
>
> America's top military brass even contemplated causing U.S. military
> casualties, writing: "We could blow up a U.S. ship in Guantanamo Bay and
> blame Cuba," and, "casualty lists in U.S. newspapers would cause a
> helpful wave of national indignation."
>
> Details of the plans are described in Body of Secrets (Doubleday), a new
> book by investigative reporter James Bamford about the history of
> America's largest spy agency, the National Security Agency. However, the
> plans were not connected to the agency, he notes.
>
>
> The plans had the written approval of all of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
> and were presented to President Kennedy's defense secretary, Robert
> McNamara, in March 1962. But they apparently were rejected by the
> civilian leadership and have gone undisclosed for nearly 40 years.

Nowadays....when enough time has passed w/o a terrorist attack in the US
people might start to develop an immunity to the "threat" & I
have been wondering if similar plans exist in order to "reawaken the
threat consciousness".



Adam

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