World Youth Day Police State 2008

In what has become the “norm” whenever any freak show rolls into an Australian town, citizens of NSW will find themselves under the imposition of a Police State for Catholic World Youth Day 2008. This follows on from similar population control measures in the great APEC circus of 2007.

When Pope Benedict XVI, affectionately known to many as the Rottweiler, visits Sydney for World Youth Day in July, anyone wishing to protest this event and or the Catholic Churches policies in general will be effectively censored from doing so.

The NSW Government has seen fit to enact special laws for the event on its own initiative, bypassing the normal parliamentary processes for such legislating.

The regulations were gazetted on June 25, declaring many Sydney area locations as “a World Youth Day declared area”. Within declared areas an authorised person (not police only) may direct any other person to cease engaging in conduct that causes annoyance or inconvenience to pilgrims. Failure to comply with a directive can result in arrest and a fine of up to $5,500.

Note – The words “cease engaging in conduct that causes annoyance or inconvenience” should technically leave the public free to instigate as many annoyances or inconveniences as they wish providing they cease upon direction.

The declared zones encompass near half of Sydney, they include Sydney Opera House, Royal Botanic Gardens, The Domain, Hyde Park, Central Station, Darling Harbour, Centennial Parklands, Randwick Racecourse and Sydney Harbour Bridge to name a few. For the full list visit this link

So why would people want to protest against this gathering of Catholics or the Catholic Church in general? Apart from the obvious, 2000 years of persecution by the Christian faith upon anyone who dare not fear their vengeful God; there are a few specific and relevant issues of conjecture, such as the $22m Federal Government donation towards funding the event. This obscene waste of public money was one of the last bastard acts promised by the Howard Government in its last days on Earth but has been honoured by current Government. In addition the NSW state Gov will shell out a whopping $86m for event costs such as extra transport and police.

Another matter of discontent amongst various community members is the Catholic Church’s homophobic doctrine and more specifically it’s banning of a gay Catholic group forum from the youth festival. Protest action in defiance of more stupid Church doctrine apposing safe sex advocacy also plans to hand out condoms.

With the NSW Gestapo legislating annoyances and inconveniences in declared areas to be criminal offences under the guise of safety measures, I hope to see thousands outraged and protesting their right to protest.

The so called “safety measures” for WYD are little more than another instance of preconditioning the Australian populus towards the acceptance of imposed martial law whenever Government choses it desirable. It’s the “New World Order” encroaching. This is no whacky conspiracy theory.

I recently browsed a very interesting U.S. Army field manual titled Foreign Internal Defence Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures for Special Forces (FM 31-20-3) . The publication was produced under the watch of President old man Bush (a key architect of the NOW) who said at the time “even as the threat of East-West conflict may be diminishing in the new era, lower order threats like terrorism, subversion, insurgency, and drug trafficking are menacing the United States.”

FM 31-20-3 advises that Current U.S. policy is to deal with these threats through the indirect use of military force in concert with the political, informational, and economic elements of national power. It proceeds to define internal defence and development (IDAD) as the full range of measures taken by a nation to promote its growth and protect itself from subversion, lawlessness, and insurgency.

Although clearly the defence tactics outlined are largely written with violent militant insurgency in mind, it’s scary just how comprehensively these guidelines are being implemented in so called democracies against citizens by their own Governments. You can view the entire pdf manual here.

The document is 219 pages in entirety, a bit of a choir so I have pasted key excerpts of text below which really grabbed my attention.

FID is essentially apolitical activity. Every act, from military activities to a casual “off-duty” conversation has a political impact.

All operations and activities in a FID environment will have significant psychological effects. Some operations and activities may be conducted specifically to produce a desired psychological effect. A tactical victory may be totally negated or overshadowed by negative psychological effects. Recognizing that perceptions may be more important than reality in this arena, SF must ensure all audiences understand SF operations. Loss of control of perceptions may cause distortion of the facts and may diminish and/or destroy the gains of even the best planned and executed operations.

- Note to aspiring insurgents -

To win, the insurgency must have a program that explains what is wrong with society and justifies its insurgent actions. It must promise great improvements after the government is overthrown. The insurgency uses ideology to offer society a goal.

- end note -

The role the U.S. military play in the overall effort of the U.S. government to help a nation free or protect its society from an existing or potential insurgent threat is referred to as FID. U.S. FID operations work on the principle that it is the inherent responsibility of the threatened government to use its leadership and organizational and materiel resources to take the political, economic, and social actions necessary to defeat subversion, lawlessness, and insurgency.

U.S. military support to FID should focus on assisting Host Nations in anticipating, precluding, and countering threats or potential threats.

An insurgency relies on secrecy and surprise to conceal itself and to overcome the HN government’s superiority in military power and other resources.

To defeat an insurgency, the HN government must retain or regain the confidence and support of its people. The objective of an IDAD program is not to kill or even capture the insurgents. It is to convince them to abandon a hopeless or worthless cause and support the HN government.

Clandestine insurgent activity may be extensive in urban areas. When military forces reinforce police in an urban area, they must closely control and coordinate their operations to minimize collateral damage and prevent hostile propaganda victories that occur when U.S. or HN military forces overreact to insurgent actions. As a result, the need for PSYOP and Civil Affairs support greatly increases in urban areas.

Notice - Insurgents use "propaganda" U.S. forces use "PSYOP" (psychological operations)

In Unconventional Warfare, U.S. forces foster and/or support insurgencies against an established government. These operations are characterized by their low visibility, covert, and clandestine nature.

Interesting, when U.S. forces foster and or support insurgencies it's known as "Unconventional Warfare" according to this counter insurgency tactical manual.

In COIN operations (counter insurgency), command and staff action emphasizes detailed coordination and direction of the intelligence collection effort. These actions take place by:

• Coordinating with HN and U.S. intelligence agencies and HN regular and paramilitary forces.

• Using combat forces and EW intelligence elements to include radar and remotely monitored sensors and other technical surveillance systems.

• Using local people in the development of intelligence collection systems.

• Systematically and thoroughly interrogating prisoners and suspects.

Tactical COIN operations reduce the insurgent threat or activity in the area and provide a favourable environment for the HN’s IDAD program.

Civil-Military Operations - focus on the indigenous infrastructures and population in the operational area. Successful CMO will support the development of favourable attitudes, feelings, or behaviour among the populace toward the HN’s IDAD projects.

Populace and Resources Control

In most instances, the general desire of most of the public is to be left alone to earn a livelihood and to conduct its normal affairs. An effective PSYOP program can exploit this desire for normalcy and direct popular feeling against the insurgents. If the insurgents win popular support among the majority of the populace, the HN government’s military successes are irrelevant.

PSYOP are essential to the success of PRC. For maximum effectiveness, a strong psychological operations effort is directed toward the families of the insurgents and their popular support base. The PSYOP aspect of the PRC program tries to make the imposition of control more palatable to the people by relating the necessity of controls to their safety and well-being.

PSYOP efforts also try to create a favourable national or local government image and counter the effects of the insurgent propaganda effort. The government informs the population that the PRC measures may cause an inconvenience but are necessary due to the actions of the insurgents.

Rights on the legality of detention or imprisonment of personnel (for example, habeas corpus) may be temporarily suspended. PRC measures can also include curfews or blackouts. Checkpoints, searches, roadblocks; surveillance, censorship, and press control; and restriction of activity that applies to selected groups (labour unions, political groups and the like) are further PRC measures.

In countries where government authorities do not have wide latitude in controlling the population, special or emergency legislation must be enacted. This emergency legislation may include a form of martial law permitting government forces to search without warrant, to detain without bringing formal charges, and to execute other similar actions.

PSYOP can support the mission by discrediting the insurgent forces to neutral groups, creating dissension among the insurgents themselves, and supporting defector programs. Divisive programs create dissension, disorganization, low morale, subversion, and defection within the insurgent forces.

The Intelligence Cycle

Security forces can induce individuals among the general populace to become informants.

Security forces use various motives (civic-mindedness, patriotism, fear, punishment avoidance, gratitude, revenge or jealousy, financial rewards) as persuasive arguments.

Surveillance, the covert observation of persons and places, is a principal method of gaining and confirming intelligence information. The basic procedures include mechanical observation (wiretaps or concealed microphones), observation from fixed locations, and physical surveillance of subjects. Whenever a suspect is apprehended during an operation, a hasty interrogation takes place to gain immediate information that could be of tactical value.

If propaganda is a major part of the insurgent effort in the area, a current propaganda and PSYOP file should contain all the pertinent literature, background material, propaganda speeches, and analyses of local grievances the insurgents are exploiting. A local personality and organization file is maintained on each insurgent personality.

Alternative intelligence-gathering techniques and sources, such as doppelganger or pseudo operations, can be tried and used when it is hard to obtain information from the civilian populace. These pseudo units are usually made up of ex-guerrilla and/or security force personnel posing as insurgents.

Before such a unit can be properly trained and disguised, however, much information about the appearance, mannerisms, and security procedures of enemy units must be gathered. Most of this information comes from defectors or reindoctrinated prisoners.