Crashed jet carrying cocaine linked to CIA

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http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_3745.shtml


private jet that crashed last year in eastern Mexico and was found to be carrying more than 3 tons of cocaine was also used by the Central Intelligence Agency for clandestine operations, the Mexican daily El Universal reported September 3.

The newspaper cited documents from the United States and the European Parliament which “show that that plane flew several times to Guantanamo, Cuba, presumably to transfer terrorism suspects.” It said the European Parliament was investigating the jet for its possible use in “extraordinary rendition” flights, whereby prisoners are covertly transferred by the U.S. to a third country.

In June 2006, the British Department for Transport website published flight data on US aircraft into or out of the UK. According to the site, “This data had previously been released by Eurocontrol to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe to assist with its enquiry into allegations of ‘extraordinary rendition’ flights operating in Europe.” The jet that crashed in Mexico, with registration number N987SA, is listed in the data report.

According to El Universal, FAA records show that the jet flew to Guantanamo on May 30, 2003. From June 23 to July 14, the jet flew from New York to Iceland, France, Italy, and Ireland. From July 16 to 20, it flew from the U.S. to Canada, the UK, Ireland, the UK, Canada, and back to the U.S. again. From April 7 to 12, 2004, it went from New York to Canada, the UK, Canada, and again to the U.S. The jet then flew to Guantanamo again. On April 21, it flew from the U.S. to Canada, France, the UK, Canada, and back to the U.S. It left the U.S. for Guantanamo once more on January 21, 2005.

The jet crashed on September 24, 2007. According to an Aviation Safety Network description of the accident, the Gulfstream Aerospace G-1159 Gulfstream II jet with registration N987SA crashed near Tixkokob in the northern part of the Yucatan Peninsula. ASN describes it as an “Illegal Flight” and reports that “When being chased by Mexican military helicopters, the crew carried out a crash-landing. No bodies were found in the wreckage, but soldiers found 132 bags containing about 3.6 tons (3.3. metric tons) of cocaine.”
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the drug war is a farce - hope Obama puts an end to the 'Drug War'. think he will?

[leftofthedial]

1. the wolves guard the sheep

[shadowknows69]

2. I'm shocked. Shocked I say!

[SammyWinstonJack]

3. ...

http://americandrugwar.com/

[RaleighNCDUer]

4. The FBI needs to arrest the CIA.

Then the US Marshals can go after the FBI.

[SammyWinstonJack]

11. .

:thumbsup:

[EFerrari]

20. And the DEA can stay home, listen and giggle.

:rofl:

[Sebastian Doyle]

5. Well, there goes Chimpy's stash for the month.

Just another typical day of business for the Bush Crime Family.... smuggling coke... crashing airplanes....kidnapping "terrorists"....it's all good.

[UTUSN]

7. K&R big #5, for, you said it all for me!1 n/t

[Rosa Luxemburg]

30. LOL!

[Sal Minella]

6. Wonder if Faux will interview Eugene Hasenfus about this. Or Ollie.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Hasenfus

[FatDave]

15. I thought I was the only one who remembered Eugene Hasenfus.

[Richard Steele]

18. No, you aren't the only one. nm

[conscious evolution]

23. I remember him

He flew out of the FBO I worked at at the time.It took me a while to figure out why a civilian cargo plane was refueling on the goverments dime.

[Sal Minella]

24. When that story (the crash of Hasenfus's plane) was breaking on NPR I remember thinking "Now the

U.S.'s illegal support of bringing down elected leaders will be exposed and stopped." I was working 12-hour days at the time and only much later became aware of our long and glorious history of making war on elected leaders so we can install tinpot dictators who serve the interests of our political and/or corporate interests.

So if you knew arms were the cargo going down -- were you aware of the cargo returning?

[conscious evolution]

26. Had no idea what

his cargo was-incoming or out going.
We were not allowed to look inside of his aircraft.

It was his paying for fuel with a goverment account that caught my curiosity.

[Sal Minella]

31. Yup, that would do it, alright!

[rucky]

8. They need to be disbanded.

Rotten to the core.

[glinda]

9. Not surprised

I have long thought that drugs were central to this Administration in many ways. Have wanted drug tests done on Bush, wife and others for quite some time now. Drugs as payola or bribery would not surprise me either.

[FatDave]

16. How would you do it?

They'd just go underground.

[Richard Steele]

19. Sure. Us and what army? nm

[Wilms]

10. k&r n/t

[Ghost in the Machine]

12. We had a big thread on this last year... tons of info & research there

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=1927518

[musette_sf]

13. and as Mike Ruppert puts it so well,

time to crank up The Mighty Wurlitzer.

[behave]

14. Koked and wReckamended

[RagAss]

17. I'm on This Andy ...

[barbtries]

21. i don't think he will

though i agree that he should.

[cherokeeprogressive]

28. I agree on both points. He SHOULD end the drug war. He will NOT end the drug war.

Let us never forget that he is a politician FIRST and FOREMOST. Political expediency will determine what he does and when he does it.

I'm getting more than a little tired of the rhetoric involved in electing a president in this country. I'm waiting for one or both of them to promise a car in every garage and a rabbit in every pot.

[Judi Lynn]

22. Thanks for the information. K & R.

:kick: :kick: :kick: :kick:

[bluesmail]

25. Iran Contra never quit

It just got better at it. They learned from their mistakes.

[KansDem]

27. What do you think CIA means? "Cocaine Into America." (nt)

[dkofos]

29. The good news is mclame wasn't the pilot.