Dennis Kucinich-US Weapons Used To Kill Children Paid For By US Taxpayers
Kucinich strikes again! US Weapons Used To Kill Children Paid For By US Taxpayers – a violation of the Arms Export Controll Act (1 minute speech in Congress)
Beginning in October, the Army plans to station an active unit inside
the United States for the first time to serve as an on-call federal
response in times of emergency. The 3rd Infantry Division’s 1st
Brigade Combat Team has spent thirty-five of the last sixty months in
Iraq, but now the unit is training for domestic operations. The unit
will soon be under the day-to-day control of US Army North, the Army
service component of Northern Command. The Army Times reports this new
mission marks the first time an active unit has been given a dedicated
assignment to Northern Command. The paper says the Army unit may be
called upon to help with civil unrest and crowd control. The soldiers
are learning to use so-called nonlethal weapons designed to subdue
unruly or dangerous individuals and crowds.
In preemptive arrests, 8 activists were charged with “Conspiracy to commit riot”, which is a federal offense, and could lead to a sentence of 7 years. These were members of the RNC Welcoming Committee accused of assisting and coordinating protesters who, during the week of the Republican National Convention, became involved in clashes with riot police. Although the 8 did not directly participle in criminals acts during the actual protest marches, due in part to their earlier arrests, they bear the responsibility of the actions of those who did commit the acts according to authorities. The arrests were made after extensive surveillance of all the members and executed on Saturday, August 30 in daylight raids with weapons drawn.