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Scuba

(53,475 posts)
Tue Oct 15, 2013, 09:24 AM Oct 2013

US Army Terrorist List: Al Qaeda, Earth First ....

Dissent is now equal to terror...


http://www.greenisthenewred.com/blog/army-training-manual-terrorist-logos/7289/

A U.S. Army training manual that instructs troops how to recognize terrorist organizations includes environmental groups like Earth First!, and lists the Animal Liberation Front alongside al-Qaeda.

The declassified manual was created by the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, which says “This handbook is designed to specifically provide trainers, leaders and soldiers a ‘hip pocket’ reference to identify all the known logos used by insurgents, terrorists, paramilitary and other militant groups worldwide.”

Among the listings are a page on “Environmental Terrorists,” with images of Earth First! t-shirts and patches, and “animal liberation” t-shirts that have been sold by national non-profits since the 1990s.

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What’s especially troubling about a guide like this is that it is created “to assist units in identifying groups by their logos found in videos, magazines, newspapers, graffiti and other types of media.” In other words, it’s meant to be a cipher for decoding First Amendment activity that might be created by “terrorists.”



How they missed The Raging Grannies I'll never know.
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US Army Terrorist List: Al Qaeda, Earth First .... (Original Post) Scuba Oct 2013 OP
Thank goodness the NSA is here to keep us safe! Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2013 #1
Have they added Turbineguy Oct 2013 #2
It says something when the Left's most Shankapotomus Oct 2013 #3

Shankapotomus

(4,840 posts)
3. It says something when the Left's most
Tue Oct 15, 2013, 09:42 AM
Oct 2013

ultra "radical", "extremist" groups, irrespective of some of their methods, want to protect the environment and animals.

Those are our "extremist" goals on the Left: making sure the planet is in live in condition and puppies don't get beat to death.



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