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HERE IS THE ENEMY:BRING THE WAR HOME NOW:Iraq Veteran In Critical Condition

At Oakland Hospital:Hit In Head By Police Who Opened

Fire On Occupy DemonstratorsWith Tear Gas Canisters:

Police Attacked Hundreds Of Anti-WallStreet Protesters In Oakland, California

ENEMY COMBATANTS PREPARING TO ATTACK U.S. CITIZENS

10.26.11: Police block streets near Oakland City Hall in California. Police fired tear gasand attacked hundreds of anti-Wall Street protesters in Oakland, near San Francisco.(AFP Photo/Kimihiro Hoshino)...
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ENEMY COMBATANTS ATTACKING

An "Occupy Wall Street" demonstrator is arrested. An early morning police raiddisplaced Occupy Oakland's tent city in Oakland, California October 25, 2011.REUTERS/Stephen Lam

OLSEN WAS HIT IN THE HEAD BY A TEAR GAS CANISTER FIRED BYPOLICE


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Occupy Oakland protester Scott Olsen, a former U.S. Marine and Iraq war veteran, onthe street after being injured by police during a demonstration in Oakland, CaliforniaOctober 25, 2011. Occupy Wall Street organizers said Olsen was hit in the head by atear gas canister fired by police near downtown Oakland. A spokesman for HighlandGeneral Hospital confirmed that Olsen was being treated for injuries sustained duringthe protest and was listed in critical condition. Photos: REUTERS/Jay Finneburgh

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Police Officer Throws AnExplosive Device At People

Trying To Help Severely InjuredIraq Veteran, Scattering The

Group

He Was Hit In The Head With APolice Projectile. He Went Down

Hard And Did Not Get Up


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He Confirmed Olsen Had AFractured Skull, And Said He Had

Been Told By A Doctor Olsen AlsoHad Brain SwellingAround 10 People Gather Around HimIn An Apparent Attempt To Provide Aid,

Before A Police Officer Throws AnExplosive Device Into Their Midst,

Scattering The Group26 October 2011 By Adam Gabbatt, Guardian News and Media Limited [Excerpts]

Scott Olsen is in a "critical condition" in Highland hospital in Oakland, a hospitalspokesman confirmed.

Olsen, 24, suffered the head injury during protests in Oakland on Tuesday evening.More than 15 people were arrested after a crowd gathered to demonstrate against thepolice operation to clear two Occupy Oakland camps in the early hours of Tuesdaymorning.

Jay Finneburgh, a photographer who was covering the protest, published pictures ofOlsen lying on the ground.

"This poor guy was right behind me when he was hit in the head with a police projectile.He went down hard and did not get up," Finneburgh wrote.

Olsen was taken to Highland by fellow protesters.

Keith Shannon, who served with Olsen in Iraq, arrived at the hospital after protesterscontacted him through Facebook.

He confirmed Olsen had a fractured skull, and said he had been told by a doctor Olsen

also had brain swelling.

A neurosurgeon was due to assess Olsen to determine if he needed surgery, Shannonsaid.

He said Olsen had served two tours of Iraq, in 2006 and 2007. Olsen was in 3rdBattalion, 4th Marines with Shannon before leaving the military in 2010.


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He moved to the San Francisco area in July and works for Opswat, a software company,living with Shannon in Daly City, just south of San Francisco.

Shannon said Olsen was hit in the head by a tear gas canister or smoke canistershot by a police officer.

He said Olsen had a curved scar on his forehead consistent with a canister.

Protesters who had accompanied Olsen to Highland hospital got in touch with Shannonthrough Facebook, after Olsen said he lived with someone called "Keith".

Shannon said he was told Olsen was unable to say his surname.

Olsen is originally from Wisconsin and some of his family were planning to fly out toCalifornia to be with him, Shannon said.

Video footage published to YouTube shows Olsen lying prone in front of a line of police.

Around 10 people gather around him in an apparent attempt to provide aid, before apolice officer throws an explosive device into their midst, scattering the group.

Oakland police confirmed at a press conference that they used tear gas and batonrounds, but said they did not use flash bang grenades.

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Olsen Joined The Protests Because HeThought The Banks Pretty Much Run

Free And Unregulated And Are NeverHeld Accountable For Their Actions

Scott Olsen in his dress uniform. Courtesy photo


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[Thanks to SSG N (retd) who sent this in. She writes: And I thought spitting on the flagwas bad.]

October 26, 2011 By Aaron Glantz, Bay Citizen [Excerpts]

Scott Olsen returned unscathed from two tours in Iraq only to be critically wounded

during a violent confrontation between police and Occupy Oakland protesters.

Aaron Hinde, an Iraq war veteran who, like Olsen, is a member of Iraq Veterans Againstthe War, said Olsen was brought to the hospital by two good Samaritans around 8 p.m.Tuesday evening and lost consciousness on the way to the hospital.

Olsen's mother, Sandy Olsen of Onalaska, Wis., said her son joined the militaryout of high school in 2005 because he wanted to help the people over there, butsoured on the war during his tours of duty.

When he came home, she said, her son joined Iraq Veterans Against the War, a groupwhich has joined many of the Occupy Wall Street protests around the country.

His roommate, Shannon [Keith Shannon, who served alongside Olsen in the Marines inIraq], said Olsen joined the protests because he thought the banks pretty much run freeand unregulated and are never held accountable for their actions.

It is about the people taking back the government as well as placing restrictionson the corporations, he said.

Shannon said Olsen, who lives in a two-bedroom apartment in Daly City, had taken partin numerous Occupy Wall Street protests in San Francisco, joined the Occupymovement in Oakland for the first time Tuesday evening.

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STUCK ON STUPID

The stupid articles about how police are part of the 1%.

Its either put out by enemies of our movements to disorient people about the reality ofwho the 1% use to hold power in this society and keep the rest of us down, or by peopletoo dim to go outdoors without supervision by someone at least five years old.

Instead of emailing similar bullshit to this publication, shove it up your ass.

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IRAQ WAR REPORTS


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Resistance Action

(Graphic: London Financial Times)

Oct 25 (Reuters) & Oct 26 (Reuters)

ABU GHRAIB - A roadside bomb exploded near an Iraqi army patrol, seriously woundingtwo soldiers, in Abu Ghraib on the western outskirts of Baghdad, police said.

BAQUBA - A roadside bomb targeting a car carrying three leaders of the government-backed Sahwa militia went off, killing one and wounding the other two on the northernoutskirts of Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) northeast of Baghdad, police said.

BAQUBA - A roadside bomb targeting an Oil Police patrol blew up and wounded fourpolicemen in central Baquba, police said.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb targeting a traffic police patrol went off in the Ur district ofnortheastern Baghdad, killing a traffic policeman and wounding a policeman, police andhospital sources said.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb targeting a traffic police patrol blew up and wounded a

traffic policeman, in the Zaafaraniya district of southeastern Baghdad, police andhospital sources said.

BAGHDAD - A sticky bomb attached to a traffic police vehicle went off and wounded twopolicemen, in the Baladiyat district of eastern Baghdad, police and hospital sources said.

JURF AL-SAKHAR - A roadside bomb killed a member of the government-backed SunniSahwa militia and wounded two others when it blew up near their vehicle in Jurf al-Sakhar, 60 km (40 miles) south of Baghdad, a security source in Babil province said.

JURF AL-SAKHAR - Insurgents attacked an Iraqi army checkpoint, killing two soldiersand wounded one, in Jurf al-Sakhar late on Tuesday, a security source in Babil province

said.

A car bomb targeted an Iraqi army patrol in Al-Zuhour neighbourhood, killing threesoldiers in Mosul in Iraq's north, a first lieutenant in the Mosul police said.

One Iraqi soldier was killed and another wounded in an attack by insurgents on a patrolin the Iskandiriyah area, an army captain said.


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AFGHANISTAN WAR REPORTS

Afghan War Claims Life Of FranklinPierce Grad

The remains of Sgt. Nathan L. Wyrick, Oct. 11, 2011, at Dover Air Force Base, Del.Wyrick, of Enumclaw, Wash., died while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. (APPhoto/Steve Ruark)

Oct. 12, 2011 By ADAM ASHTON; Staff writer, Bellingham Herald

Members of a Lakewood church are mourning an Army sergeant from Tacoma who diedin Afghanistan this week the second soldier with local ties reported killed in that

country since Saturday.

Sgt. Nathan Wyrick, 34, leaves behind a wife and four sons.

The Defense Department has not sent an official release announcing his death, and aPentagon spokeswoman declined to provide more information Tuesday evening.

Word of Wyricks death circulated Tuesday among Joint Base Lewis-McChord soldierswho knew Wyrick from a past assignment and among his fellow worshipers atLakewoods New Hope Community Church.

Wyrick graduated from Franklin Pierce High School with the class of 1996 and played for

the schools varsity football team, a school spokesman said.

Wyrick left a lasting mark on his friends at New Hope church. They remembered him asa generous man who had served in Iraq and looked out for other Army families copingwith deployments to the Middle East.

He was a dad first and foremost, and a soldier second, said Andrea Wright, 28, ofUniversity Place.


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Wright learned of Wyricks death Monday from the soldiers wife, Rachel Wyrick. Theybecame close friends several years ago when Wrights husband was assigned to Lewis-McChord.

Another friend said Nathan Wyrick loved his children so much he tattooed their nameson his body. He had an affection for other children, too, playing with Wrights four sons

when her husband served on a deployment overseas.

He was uncle Nay-Nay, she said.

The Wyricks moved about a year and a half ago to Fort Drum, N.Y., when NathanWyrick was assigned to the 10th Mountain Division. Theyve visited the South Soundseveral times since then, friends said.

Dan Livingston, a friend from New Hope Church, admired how Wyrick supported hisfamily while serving in the Army. Livingston said Wyrick joined the service after firstpursuing a career as a civilian electrician.

He was a real passionate dad who joined the Army to support his family, Livingstonsaid.

Another friend remembered Wyrick as a gung ho soldier who never had a bad word tosay about others. He was proud of the job he did, said Iona Parker, 60, of Steilacoom.He did it very well. He wasnt a shirker and he didnt badmouth anyone.

The Wyricks stayed with the Parkers just before they moved to New York. Iona Parkersaid Nathan would spend time in the garage with her husband, talking about military lifeand sharing what it means to leave your family and the risks involved.

He desperately loved his family, Parker said.

Wyrick is the second soldier with local connections to lose his life in Afghanistanin recent days. Spc. Ricardo Cerros Jr., an Army Ranger from Lewis-McChord,was killed in combat Saturday.

IF YOU DONT LIKE THE RESISTANCEEND THE OCCUPATIONS

POLITICIANS CANT BE COUNTED ON TO HALTTHE BLOODSHED

THE TROOPS HAVE THE POWER TO STOP THEWARS


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Fuel Tanker Blown Up 2 Miles From KeyU.S. Air Base

A military supply fuel truck for foreign troops destroyed by insurgents in Parwanprovince, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Oct. 26, 2011 (AP Photo/MuhammedMuheisen)...

Oct 26, 2011 Reuters

A small bomb punctured a hole in the side of a fuel tanker that was later engulfed by a

large blaze, eyewitnesses and officials said on Wednesday.

The tanker was about 3 km (2 miles) from Bagram Airfield, one of the largest militarybases for U.S. forces in Afghanistan, when it exploded.

The Parwan governor blamed insurgents. "This was a terrorist attack and a magnetbomb was placed on a fuel tanker that exploded," said governor Abdul Basir Salangi.

Dishonorable Slime In Command

Caught Lying Again:Father Was Told His Son Was Shot

In The Head By Enemy Fire


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A Comrade Of His Son Told Him TheU.S. Marine Was Killed In AfghanistanWhen A U.S. Tank PlatoonOpened Fire

On His UnitOct. 25, 2011 United Press International, Inc.

SAN ANTONIO, Oct. 25 (UPI) -- A Texas doctor says a comrade of his son told him theU.S. Marine was killed in Afghanistan when a U.S. tank platoon opened fire on his unit.

Lance Cpl. Benjamin Whetstone Schmidt died Oct. 6. His death is under investigation.

Dr. David Schmidt, team physician for the San Antonio Spurs, said the other Marinedecided to tell him what happened because he had learned The Wall Street Journal was

investigating the incident, the San Antonio Express-News reported. He said the Marinedid not want him to hear about the "friendly fire" story from the newspapers.

Schmidt said he was told his son's unit was in a firefight in Helmand province. "WhatI've been told is that a tank platoon came upon them, mistook them for the bad guys andopened fire on the entire platoon. And that's how Benjamin died," Schmidt said.

Earlier, the Marines hold him his son was shot in the head by enemy fire.

Benjamin Schmidt's unit was based at Camp Pendleton in California. A spokesman thererefused to comment to the Express-News on Monday night.

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MILITARY NEWS

HOW MANY MORE FOR OBAMAS WARS?

The remains of Sgt. Paul A. Rivera, 26, of Round Rock, Texas, Oct. 24, 2011, at DoverAir Force Base, Del. Rivera died Oct. 22, in Logar province, Afghanistan, of injuriessuffered during an attack by insurgent forces. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)

FORWARD OBSERVATIONS


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At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed. Oh hadI the ability, and could reach the nations ear, I would, pour out a fiery stream ofbiting ridicule, blasting reproach, withering sarcasm, and stern rebuke.

For it is not light that is needed, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder.

We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake.

The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom theyoppose.

Frederick Douglass, 1852

I say that when troops cannot be counted on to follow orders because they seethe futility and immorality of them THAT is the real key to ending a war.-- Al Jaccoma, Veterans For Peace

The Drone and the Tour Bus

Washington D.C. Oct. 411, 2011

From: Mike HastieTo: Military Resistance NewsletterSent: October 17, 2011Subject: The Drone and the Tour Bus


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The Drone and the Tour Bus

While Americans take a tour bus to see the nation's capital,a U.S. Government drone heads to Afghanistan to kill enemiesof the American Empire.

The pilot of the drone is somewhere in Arizona,believing that drones save American lives.A man about to receive a lethal dose for committingmass murder 10 years ago says a prayer for his country.

Mike HastieArmy Medic VietnamWashington, D.C. Oct. 2011

Photo and caption from the portfolio of Mike Hastie, US Army Medic, Vietnam1970-71. (For more of his outstanding work, contact at:([email protected]) T)

One day while I was in a bunker in Vietnam, a sniper round went over my head.The person who fired that weapon was not a terrorist, a rebel, an extremist, or aso-called insurgent. The Vietnamese individual who tried to kill me was a citizenof Vietnam, who did not want me in his country. This truth escapes millions.

Mike HastieU.S. Army MedicVietnam 1970-71December 13, 2004

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DANGER: POLITICIANS AT WORK

Greece Offers to Repay Bailout withGiant Horse


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October 26, 2011 The Borowtiz Report

BRUSSELS In what many are hailing as a breakthrough solution to Greeces cripplingdebt crisis, Greece today offered to repay a bailout from the European Union nations bygiving them a gigantic horse.

Finance ministers from sixteen EU nations awoke in Brussels this morning to find that ahuge wooden horse had been wheeled into the city center overnight.

The horse, measuring several stories in height, drew mixed responses from the financeministers, many of whom said they would have preferred a cash repayment of the EUsbailout.

But German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she welcomed the beautiful wooden horse,adding, What harm could it possibly do?

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A Letter From Goldman Sachs:Concerning Occupy Wall Street

October 18, 2011 The Borowitz Report

NEW YORK (The Borowitz Report) The following is a letter released today by Lloyd

Blankfein, the chairman of banking giant Goldman Sachs:

Dear Investor:

Up until now, Goldman Sachs has been silent on the subject of the protest movementknown as Occupy Wall Street.

That does not mean, however, that it has not been very much on our minds. Asthousands have gathered in Lower Manhattan, passionately expressing their deepdiscontent with the status quo, we have taken note of these protests. And we haveasked ourselves this question:

How can we make money off them?

The answer is the newly launched Goldman Sachs Global Rage Fund, whoseinvestment objective is to monetize the Occupy Wall Street protests as they spreadaround the world.

At Goldman, we recognize that the capitalist system as we know it is circling the drain but theres plenty of money to be made on the way down.

The Rage Fund will seek out opportunities to invest in products that are poised tobenefit from the spreading protests, from police batons and barricades to stunguns and forehead bandages.

Furthermore, as clashes between police and protesters turn ever more violent, weare making significant bets on companies that manufacture replacements forbroken windows and overturned cars, as well as the raw materials necessary forthe construction and incineration of effigies.

It would be tempting, at a time like this, to say Let them eat cake.


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But at Goldman, we are actively seeking to corner the market in cake futures. Weproject that through our aggressive market manipulation, the price of a piece of cake willquadruple by the end of 2011.

Please contact your Goldman representative for a full prospectus.

As the world descends into a Darwinian free-for-all, the Goldman Sachs Rage Fund is agreat way to tell the protesters, Occupy this. We havent felt so good about somethingweve sold since our souls.

Sincerely,

Lloyd BlankfeinChairman, Goldman Sachs

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