False lettere dall'Iraq

[Orazio Coclite]

Questa fa decisamente ridere, rivelando al contempo quanto subdola e viscida è la politica statunitense (e non che qui ci sia il bisogno di ulteriori dimostrazioni), pronta ad usare inganno e menzogna per portare avanti i propri interessi.
Praticamente il giornale statunitense the Inquirer ha pubblicato una storia su una serie di lettere identiche giunte a dei giornali negli Stati Uniti da parte di soldati impegnati in Iraq. Tali lettere indicano che il paese sta rinascendo, che va tutto bene, insomma in qualche modo tranquillizzano un'opinione pubblica americana che supporta sempre meno la guerra. Il problema è che, a parte che le lettere sono appunto tutte sospettosamente uguali, i soldati che le hanno firmate non sembrano essere a conoscenza di averle scritte e spedite...


L'articolo:

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=12049

US newspapers barraged with same letter from different soldiers
Gutterwatch Astroturf phenomenon strikes again
By INQUIRER staff: Sunday 12 October 2003, 08:10

A NEWSPAPER has noticed that several US media have published identical letters from soldiers based in Iraq but which are signed by different people.
And many of the letters have already been published in US newspapers.
The latest case of so-called "astroturf" is reminiscent of a story we broke in January - Google hunts down "President Bush is demonstrating genuine leadership".
It transpired then that the Republican Party was behind the "astroturf".
According to The Olympian, it received two identical letters from different soldiers in the 2nd Battalion of the 503rd Airborne Infantry Regiment, but on doing a news search discovered identical letters in 11 different newspapers.
The letters paint a positive picture about how Iraq is returning to normal. But according to the Olympian, polls show that support for the war is dropping in the USA.
On investigation, the newspaper discovered that the soldiers named in the letters do exist, but the individuals don't know why the letters were sent under their names to a number of newspapers. One squaddie didn't find out about the letter until his father read a letter signed by his son in his local West Virginian newspaper.
A Google search by the INQ shows only two online newspapers so far including one of the key phrases: "The quality of life and security for the citizens has been largely restored, and we are a large part of why that has happened."
The Olympian searched for other incidences, using the Gannett News Service, and claims it discovered 11 identical letters were published by the group. It owns 100 daily newspapers in the USA including USA Today. It also controls 22 television stations and owns 300 titles in the United Kingdom.
One of the US newspapers it owns is The Olympian.
Gannett also owns the Army Times Publishing Company, which publishes a number of titles including the Army Times, the Armed Forces Journal, the Navy Times, the Marine Corps Times, the Air Force Times, the Federal Times, Defense News and Military City.
The Google links are to the Register-Herald and the Pittsburgh Daily Courier.
The Olympian says one soldier, Shawn Grueser of Poca, West Virginia, told a reporter he had talked to a military public relations officer about the war, but thought he was contributing to a press release by the US military, rather than signing a letter.
L'INQ
The Olympian


Anche questo:

http://209.157.64.200/focus/f-news/999590/posts

U.S. Soldiers Signed Letters They Did Not Write Praising Iraqi War Effort
Capital Hill Blue ^ | 10-11-03
By Staff and Wire Reports Oct 11, 2003, 180

Identical letters claiming to be from different U.S. soldiers describing successes in Iraq were sent to newspapers around the country and soldiers whose names appeared on those letters admit they did not write them and some say they were ordered by their superiors to sign their names.
Identical letters from different soldiers with the 2nd Battalion of the 503rd Airborne Infantry Regiment have appeared in 11 newspapers so far and have been sent to many more, a check with newspaper editors around the country reveals.
In Olympia, Washington, The Olympian newspaper received two identical letters signed by different hometown soldiers: Spc. Joshua Ackler and Sgt. Alex Marois. The paper decided not to run either after discovering they were form letters.
The five-paragraph letter tells glowing stories about soldiers' efforts to re-establish police and fire departments, and build water and sewer plants in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, where the unit is based.
It describes people waving at passing troops and children running up to shake their hands and say thank you.
"The quality of life and security for the citizens has been largely restored, and we are a large part of why that has happened," the letter reads.
Six soldiers reached by Gannett News Service directly or through their families admitted they did not write the leters. One said he didn't even sign the letter that bore his name.
Marois, 23, told his family he signed the letter, but Moya Marois, his stepmother. said he was puzzled why it was sent to the newspaper in Olympia. He attended high school in Olympia but no longer considers the city home, she said. Moya Marois and Alex's father, Les, now live near Kooskia, Idaho.
A seventh soldier didn't know about the letter until his father congratulated him for getting it published in the local newspaper in Beckley, W.Va.
"When I told him he wrote such a good letter, he said: 'What letter?' " Timothy Deaconson said Friday, recalling the phone conversation he had with his son, Nick. "This is just not his (writing) style."
He spoke to his son, Pfc. Nick Deaconson, at a hospital where he was recovering from a grenade explosion that left shrapnel in both his legs.
One soldier, who asked not to be identified, said he was reluctant to sign the letter because he did not agree with the comments in the letter but said he was ordered by a superior officer to sign.
"When I'm given an order, I obey it," he said.
Sgt. Christopher Shelton, who signed a letter that ran in the Snohomish Herald, said Friday that his platoon sergeant had distributed the letter and asked soldiers for the names of their hometown newspapers. Soldiers were them told to sign the letter.
Sgt. Todd Oliver, a spokesman for the 173rd Airborne Brigade, which counts the 503rd as one of its units, said he was told a soldier wrote the letter, but he didn't know who. He claimed the brigade's public affairs unit was not involved.
"When he asked other soldiers in his unit to sign it, they did," Oliver explained in an e-mail response. "Someone, somewhere along the way, took it upon themselves to mail it to the various editors of newspapers across the country."
Lt. Col. Bill MacDonald, a spokesman for the 4th infantry Division that is heading operations in north-central Iraq, said he had not heard about the letter-writing campaign.
Neither had Lt. Cmdr. Nick Balice, a spokesman for U.S. Central Command in Tampa, Fla.
A recent poll suggests that Americans are increasingly skeptical of America's prolonged involvement in Iraq. A USA Today-CNN-Gallup Poll released Sept. 23 found 50 percent believe that the situation in Iraq was worth going to war over, down from 73 percent in April.
A New York Times-CBS Poll is even more bleak, showing 48 percent of Americans disapprove of the way the administration is handling the war in Iraq and 53 percent saying the war was not worth either the cost or the loss of lives.
The letter talks about the soldiers' mission, saying, "one thousand of my fellow soldiers and I parachuted from ten jumbo jets." It describes Kirkuk as "a hot and dusty city of just over a million people." It tells about the progress they have made.
"The fruits of all our soldiers' efforts are clearly visible in the streets of Kirkuk today. There is very little trash in the streets, many more people in the markets and shops, and children have returned to school," the letter reads. "I am proud of the work we are doing here in Iraq and I hope all of your readers are as well."
Sgt. Shawn Grueser of Poca, W.Va., said he spoke to a military public affairs officer whose name he couldn't remember about his accomplishments in Iraq for what he thought was a news release to be sent to his hometown paper in Charleston, W.Va. But the 2nd Battalion soldier said he did not sign any letter.
Although Grueser said he was uncomfortable that a letter with his signature did not contain his own words or spell out his own accomplishments.
"It makes it look like you cheated on a test, and everybody got the same grade," Grueser said by phone from a base in Italy where he had just arrived from Iraq.
Moya Marois said she is proud of her stepson Alex, the former Olympia resident. But she worries that the letter tries to give legitimacy to a war she doesn't think was justified.
"We're going to support our son," she said. But "there are a lot of Americans that are not in support of this war that would like to see them returned home, and think it's going to get worse."
A Pentagon spokesman refused to comment directly on the letter when contacted Saturday but said the military is "looking into the matter."

[Shambler]

le avrà scritte il condor.

[Orazio Coclite]

Qui invece si sono superati, e come in un film di Franco & Ciccio, hanno spedito allo stesso giornale, il 'The Olympian', due lettere scritte identiche virgola per virgola, ma a nome di due soldati differenti... Sarà una coincidenza?




http://www.theolympian.com/home/news...e/121390.shtml

Many soldiers, same letter
Newspapers around U.S. get identical missives from Iraq



WASHINGTON -- Letters from hometown soldiers describing their successes rebuilding Iraq have been appearing in newspapers across the country as U.S. public opinion on the mission sours.
And all the letters are the same.
A Gannett News Service search found identical letters from different soldiers with the 2nd Battalion of the 503rd Airborne Infantry Regiment, also known as "The Rock," in 11 newspapers, including Snohomish, Wash.
The Olympian received two identical letters signed by different hometown soldiers: Spc. Joshua Ackler and Spc. Alex Marois, who is now a sergeant. The paper declined to run either because of a policy not to publish form letters.
The five-paragraph letter talks about the soldiers' efforts to re-establish police and fire departments, and build water and sewer plants in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, where the unit is based.
"The quality of life and security for the citizens has been largely restored, and we are a large part of why that has happened," the letter reads.
It describes people waving at passing troops and children running up to shake their hands and say thank you.
It's not clear who wrote the letter or organized sending it to soldiers' hometown papers.
Six soldiers reached by GNS directly or through their families said they agreed with the letter's thrust. But none of the soldiers said he wrote it, and one said he didn't even sign it.
Marois, 23, told his family he signed the letter, said Moya Marois, his stepmother. But she said he was puzzled why it was sent to the newspaper in Olympia. He attended high school in Olympia but no longer considers the city home, she said. Moya Marois and Alex's father, Les, now live near Kooskia, Idaho.
A seventh soldier didn't know about the letter until his father congratulated him for getting it published in the local newspaper in Beckley, W.Va.
"When I told him he wrote such a good letter, he said: 'What letter?' " Timothy Deaconson said Friday, recalling the phone conversation he had with his son, Nick. "This is just not his (writing) style."
He spoke to his son, Pfc. Nick Deaconson, at a hospital where he was recovering from a grenade explosion that left shrapnel in both his legs.
Sgt. Christopher Shelton, who signed a letter that ran in the Snohomish Herald, said Friday that his platoon sergeant had distributed the letter and asked soldiers for the names of their hometown newspapers. Soldiers were asked to sign the letter if they agreed with it, said Shelton, whose shoulder was wounded during an ambush earlier this year.
"Everything it said is dead accurate. We've done a really good job," he said by phone from Italy, where he was preparing to return to Iraq.
Sgt. Todd Oliver, a spokesman for the 173rd Airborne Brigade, which counts the 503rd as one of its units, said he was told a soldier wrote the letter, but he didn't know who. He said the brigade's public affairs unit was not involved.
"When he asked other soldiers in his unit to sign it, they did," Oliver explained in an e-mail response to a GNS inquiry. "Someone, somewhere along the way, took it upon themselves to mail it to the various editors of newspapers across the country."
Lt. Col. Bill MacDonald, a spokesman for the 4th infantry Division that is heading operations in north-central Iraq, said he had not heard about the letter-writing campaign.
Neither had Lt. Cmdr. Nick Balice, a spokesman for U.S. Central Command in Tampa, Fla.
A recent poll suggests that Americans are increasingly skeptical of America's prolonged involvement in Iraq. A USA Today-CNN-Gallup Poll released Sept. 23 found 50 percent believe that the situation in Iraq was worth going to war over, down from 73 percent in April.
The letter talks about the soldiers' mission, saying, "one thousand of my fellow soldiers and I parachuted from ten jumbo jets." It describes Kirkuk as "a hot and dusty city of just over a million people." It tells about the progress they have made.
"The fruits of all our soldiers' efforts are clearly visible in the streets of Kirkuk today. There is very little trash in the streets, many more people in the markets and shops, and children have returned to school," the letter reads. "I am proud of the work we are doing here in Iraq and I hope all of your readers are as well."
Sgt. Shawn Grueser of Poca, W.Va., said he spoke to a military public affairs officer whose name he couldn't remember about his accomplishments in Iraq for what he thought was a news release to be sent to his hometown paper in Charleston, W.Va. But the 2nd Battalion soldier said he did not sign any letter.
Although Grueser said he agrees with the letter's sentiments, he was uncomfortable that a letter with his signature did not contain his own words or spell out his own accomplishments.
"It makes it look like you cheated on a test, and everybody got the same grade," Grueser said by phone from a base in Italy where he had just arrived from Iraq.
Moya Marois said she is proud of her stepson Alex, the former Olympia resident. But she worries that the letter tries to give legitimacy to a war she doesn't think was justified.
"We're going to support our son," she said. But "there are a lot of Americans that are not in support of this war that would like to see them returned home, and think it's going to get worse."

[Shambler]

il condor sicuramente.

[gribisi]

Anche per questo non credo alle teorie complottiste (tipo quelle sull'11-9) per le quali può sembrare una cosa ed essere vero il contrario esatto, oppure se Tizio è potente non può mai, nemmeno una volta, subire una sconfitta che non sia finta e voluta.
Se non sono capaci manco di controllare le firme su due lettere, volete che siano capaci di montare di sana pianta l'11/9 e fare sparire tutte le prove che in realtà sono stati loro?
O che non potessero non prevederlo e impedirlo?
Con questo non dico che CIA e Mossad siano delle armate Brancaleone; saranno anche efficienti. Però non sono infallibili, e più ampi sono i complotti e più c'è il rischio che qualcuno sbagli e mandi tutto a monte.

[gribisi]

Mi tieni ancora il broncio per due parolacce che ti ho (meritatamente) scritto?
Il piccolino della mamma.

[Otto Rahn]

In origine postato da gribisi
Se non sono capaci manco di controllare le firme su due lettere, volete che siano capaci di montare di sana pianta l'11/9 e fare sparire tutte le prove che in realtà sono stati loro?

Infatti ci sono tonnellate di prove a favore del complotto interno.
Autogol.

[gribisi]

In origine postato da Otto Rahn
Infatti ci sono tonnellate di prove a favore del complotto interno.
Autogol.

Sarà, ma di queste prove non se n'è accorto nessuno, a parte qualche sito internet.
Tutti i governi del mondo, inclusi Corea del Nord, Cuba e Iran, sembrerebbero reggere il gioco ed evitare accuratamente di accusare l'amministrazione Bush di auto-strage.
Idem il 99,99% dei mezzi di informazione di tutto il mondo.

[Shambler]

gribisi, hai insultato tutti? anche Orazio?

[Orazio Coclite]

Ignorando i flebili latrati delle 'servette per elezione', ecco qui un altro divertente esempio di come è solita agire la cricca mondialista anglo-giudea per confondere le acque e promuovere la propria politica. Vivono per l'inganno e la falsità, promuovono guerre e conquistano terre con la menzogna. Quanto tempo ancora passerà prima che l'umanità apra finalmente gli occhi su di questa gentaglia?



Per: anticamADRE@yahoogroups.com
Da: Kelebek <liste@imolanet.com>
Data: 04/11/2003 18.32
Oggetto: [ANTICAMADRE] Sabotaggio elettronico

Carissimi,

da qualche settimana, sulla maggior parte delle mailing list che frequento, imperversano messaggi "falsi". Questi messaggi hanno tutti le seguenti caratteristiche:

1) Sono firmati in apparenza da persone notoriamente critiche nei confronti della guerra, dell'imperialismo, del dominio USA e del sionismo.

2) Contengono penose tirate anticomuniste, pro-Israele, eccetera.

3) Vengono spesso mandati in una cinquantina di copie alla volta (ma in certi casi addirittura a migliaia).

4) Hanno tutti lo stesso mittente reale.

5) Sono tutti opera di qualcuno che segue maniacalmente le liste didiscussione su Internet.

Ho visto che molta gente resta confusa per questa offensiva: si arrabbiano con i presunti mittenti; oppure pensano che sia stata rubata la password del presunto mittente. Questi messaggi ovviamente mirano a seminare zizzania e a rendere ingestibili le mailing list, stroncando così la libertà di parola e di discussione che tali list permettono. Per questo si può parlare di "sabotaggio", perché lo scopo è quello di chiudere le liste stesse.

Chi ci capisce di elettronica mi perdonerà quindi se presento una spiegazione molto elementare di quello che sta succedendo: spero che sia utile per coloro che usano Internet in maniera pacifica, credendo divivere in un mondo di persone civili.

Il punto fondamentale è questo: gli apparenti mittenti *non hanno nessuna colpa*, e non possono fare nulla per impedire che avvenga (possono invece denunciare dopo).

E' un po' come con le lettere mandate per posta ordinaria. Vi dò un esempio:

Tu sei Maria Monti, abiti in Via Pincopallo 15, 41001 Bologna.
Quando mandi una lettera a Mario Rossi, Via Verdi 7, Pisa, tu scrivi sulla busta il tuo nome, cognome e indirizzo come mittente.

Ora, io che abito a Firenze e mi chiamo Miguel Martinez, posso tranquillamente mandare una lettera a Mario Rossi, spacciandomi per te: basta che io scriva sulla busta: "mittente: Maria Monti, ViaPincopallo 15, 41001 Bologna".

Io posso fare la stessa cosa con la posta elettronica, andando nelle opzioni del mio programma di posta. Nella casella dell'indirizzo del mittente, al posto di "Kelebek" <liste@imolanet.com>, scrivo "Maria Monti" <maria.monti@libero.it>, insomma il vero indirizzo di Maria Monti.

Basta cambiare "return address", "login name" e"real name". Ci vogliono meno di dieci secondi.

Torniamo allo scenario ipotetico della posta ordinaria.

Maria non se ne accorge del fatto che io mando lettere di insulti a suo nome a Mario Rossi, salvo in due casi:

1) L'indirizzo del ricevente è sbagliato, la posta torna indietro... ma non a me, bensì al nome scritto sulla busta, cioè a Maria. Maria riceve così una lettera apparentemente firmata da lei, ma che lei non ha mai scritto. Lo stesso succede nel caso di un finto mittente elettronico: il messaggio torna "indietro" a Maria, con su scritto, ad esempio, "indirizzo inesistente" oppure "casella di posta piena".

2) Mario ci casca, e risponde arrabbiato... a Maria.

Io, Miguel Martinez, non posso invece *ricevere* la posta indirizzata a Maria Monti, salvo rapinare il postino lungo la strada, oppure avere la chiave che apre la tua buca delle lettere: è possibile, ma molto più difficile e rischioso. Analogamente, un hacker serio può intercettare la posta sul server, oppure craccare la password, ma non è il caso del nostro sabotatore imbecille.

Chi non sa queste cose, tende facilmente ad arrabbiarsi con quella che in realtà è la vittima del gesto: ad esempio, Mario Rossi riceve una lettera, apparentemente da Maria Monti, ma piena di insulti, e si arrabbia subito con Maria.

Invece, Mario Rossi dovrebbe guardare la busta: dove vedrà che il timbro dell'ufficio postale non è quello di Bologna, come dovrebbe essere se la vera mittente fosse Maria, ma è quello di Firenze.

Allo stesso modo, i messaggi di posta elettronica hanno un "timbropostale" che si chiama IP. Anzi, quel timbro fa parte di un "header" molto più dettagliato, che permette - almeno a un magistrato - di risalire esattamente al computer del *vero* mittente. Ci sono scritti anche tutti gli "uffici postali" intermedi dove la "lettera" è passata, per cui si tratta di un testo piuttosto lungo e noioso: per questo motivo non viene in genere visualizzato nei messaggi, devi cercare una funzione specifica sul tuo programma di posta che lo fa vedere. Ad esempio, io uso Eudora, in alto c'è una casellina dove c'è scritto "blah blah blah" e se ci passi sopra con il cursore, vedo "show all headers".

Tra parentesi, per favore, chi usa Outlook mi dica quale è l'equivalente in quel programma, me lo chiede un sacco di gente! Chiusa parentesi.

Clicco sopra "blah blah blah", e mi compare un lungo testo pieno di numeri e lettere, che racconta tutta la strada fatta dal essaggio: i passaggi più recenti sono in alto, e sono i meno interessanti, i più interessanti sono quelli in basso.

Ad esempio, l'IP - il "timbro postale" della vera Maria Monti potrebbe essere questo (in realtà è un mio IP):

Received: from nome-id8r2v1byh.imolanet.com (151.27.7.126) bysmtp2.libero.it (7.0.020-DD01)

Da questo scopriamo che un computer di nome id8r2v1byh manda da una connessione di Libero, passando per imolanet. Il numero dopo "nome-id8r2v1byh.imolanet.com" cambia, ma è in genere abbastanza simile, e rientra in una serie di numeri che sono stati assegnati a Libero.

Mentre il "timbro postale" del sabotatore è:

Received: from int-serv1.hq.nato.int (int-serv1.hq.nato.int[152.152.96.1]) by X500ROOT.nasa.gov (IntraStore TurboSendmail) withESMTP id AAA2113 for <postmaster@localhost>;

Ora, andiamo a vedere a cosa corrisponde quel numeretto [152.152.96.1]. Scopriamo che rientra in una gamma di numeri, che appartengono tutti a...:

Search results for: 152.152.96.1
OrgName: NATO Headquarters
OrgID: NATOHE
Address: Leopold III ln
Address: 1110 Brussels
City:
StateProv:
PostalCode:
Country: BE
NetRange: 152.152.0.0 - 152.152.255.255
CIDR: 152.152.0.0/16
NetName: NATO-HQ
NetHandle: NET-152-152-0-0-1
Parent: NET-152-0-0-0-0
NetType: Direct Assignment
NameServer: HQ.NATO.INT
NameServer: NS.EUNET.BE
Comment:
RegDate: 1991-09-04
Updated: 1996-03-20
TechHandle: EV35-ARIN
TechName: Vanderstraeten, Eddy
TechPhone: 32-2-7075150
TechEmail: e.vanderstraeten@hq.nato.int

Curioso, vero?

Ora, un magistrato può chiedere tutti gli "archivi" lungo la tappa che ha portato a questi falsi messaggi, il cui invio costituisce comunque un reato. Io rispetto la più ampia varietà di opinioni di qualunque tipo, ma il sabotaggio deliberato, mirato a sopprimere ildiritto di parola degli altri, merita solo una soluzione giudiziaria.

Certo, quando un magistrato vede "NATO", probabilmente si ferma; ma è anche probabile che il tizio che compie questi reati con computer della NATO si prenderà un bel cicchetto dai suoi capi, e la cosa forse inciderà sulla sua carriera :-)))

Purtroppo, non è facile fermare preventivamente una simile forma di sabotaggio. Anche se 50 messaggi insieme che esaltano Israele, tutti rigorosamente con lo stesso testo, sono facilmente riconoscibili. Anche perché questi qui saranno pure bravi come hacker, ma dal punto di vista intellettuale sono di una stupidità disarmante.

Non ci dovrebbero essere molti dubbi, comunque se c'è un messaggio minimamente ambiguo, guardate gli header. Si diventa pratici in pocotempo.

Non amo le catene di Sant'Antonio, ma fate girare pure questomessaggio.

Miguel Martinez
http://www.kelebekler.com