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CANADA'S BLACK OPS COMMANDOS - JTF2 : FROM GUSTAFSEN LAKE TO KOSOVO
"this is a military operation...teams may break...tired - low morale. The
sitation is desparate. Brown call military recommend liason with JTF2"
RCMP A/Commissioner Murray Johnston. Gustafsen operation, Sept. 13, 1995
notes disclosed at trial re: 'Joint Task Force Two' Black Ops
CANADA DENIES SPECIAL FORCES OPERATING INSIDE KOSOVO
Webposted Wed Apr 21 02:19:31 1999
Ottawa - Government and military officials are denying claims by an
opposition MP that Canadian commandos are now operating in the Balkans.
Tory David Price said Monday that members of a unit called Joint Task
Force Two are working in the region, identifying potential bombing targets
for NATO planes. In the House of Commons on Tuesday the response to the
allegations began at the very top with Prime Minister Chretien. "There are
no ground troops of Canada in Kosovo, or former Yugoslavia, or in Serbia
at this time. None," he said.
The military line is the same. Brigadier General Dave Jurkowski says the
role of JTF-2 is to respond to terrorist attacks at home. "Mr Price was
ill informed. I don't know where he got his information from." Some
military analysts say that's a very narrow definition of their role,
insisting the special forces operated in Bosnia, just a few years ago.
Both General Jurkowski and Defence Minister Art Eggleton refused to say
whether Canadian commandos have been in the region in the past, or will be
in the future.
"I'm not going to talk about JTF-2 anymore," said Eggleton. "For safety
and security reasons I can't do that. We are risking the lives of Canadian
troops." Janes' Defence Weekly is reporting that special forces from the
US, France, Britain and likely other NATO countries are in the Balkans
providing NATO pilots with information about bombing targets. David Prince
says Canadians have a right to know whether Canadian soldiers are there
too.
* * * * * * * * * * * *
OR TRYING TO KILL INDIGENOUS PEOPLE AT GUSTAFSEN LAKE? PUBLIC INQUIRY NOW!
Canada's Prime Minister Jean Chretien personally ordered Armoured
personell Carriers and Canadian Forces against Shuswap traditionalist
Indians on their Sundance Grounds at Gustafsen Lake. The Assembly of First
Nations, ex US Attorney General Ramsey Clark, the Green Group of the
European Parliament, and even the Apec protestors pepper-sprayed
apparently at Mr. Chretien's instructions, have all called for a public
inquiry into the 1995 Gustafsen Lake standoff. So far Mr. Chretien and his
Indian Affairs Minister as well as the BC Premier and Attorney General,
have all publically rejected any inquiry into their actions. A coverup and
mainstream media blackout on this story is ongoing. Shuswap elder
Wolverine 67 has been threatened with imprisonment should he continue
speaking out about the standoff. His counsel of choice renowned Native
Rights lawyer Dr. Bruce Clark has been disbarred as a result of attempts
to expose criminal actions taken by the Canadian state as well as judicial
chicanery respecting the subversion of Indigenous sovereignty rights.
Please demand a public inquiry : see urls at the end of this post
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Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 09:52:30 -0800
From: "S.I.S.I.S." <SISIS@envirolink.org>
Subject: JTF2: From Lima to Oka and Gustafsen Lake
:-:-:S.I.S.I.S. Settlers In Support of Indigenous Sovereignty:-:-:
Nov. 15, 1998 No Copyright; Reproduce Freely
JTF2: THE GUSTAFSEN CONNECTION AND THE NEED FOR A PUBLIC INQUIRY NOW!
Some time ago, S.I.S.I.S. showed that the 1995 siege of Ts'peten Sundance
grounds and the 1996-97 MRTA hostage crisis were linked by the
participation of psy-ops specialist Dr. Michael Webster. Webster --
instructor at the FBI training academy in Quantico, Virginia, best known
for his involvement in the Waco, Texas massacre -- was closely consulted by
the authorities at both Gustafsen Lake and Lima, Peru. Now another
connection between the two incidents has surfaced: Joint Task Force Two
(JTF 2).
Canada played a substantial role in the Lima hostage negotiations, at one
point offering "safe passage" to the MRTA guerrillas. The Ottawa Citizen
(article appended below) recently reported that this unsuccessful offer was
in fact planned as a cover for an ambush by JTF 2, an elite and shadowy
Canadian commando unit.
References to JTF2 in the Gustafsen crisis begins after two similarly
treacherous events. On Sept. 11, 1995, Sundance camp members were driving
to a pre-negotiated meeting with elders from outside the camp when the RCMP
detonated a land mine in their path, ambushed them in Canadian Forces'
armoured personnel carriers, and fired tens of thousands of bullets,
including hollow-tip ammunition. The truck's occupants were rescued by
Shuswap elder Wolverine and sustained relatively minor injuries only. The
next day, RCMP snipers shot at but missed a camp member in an agreed-upon
"safe zone." According to notes disclosed in the Gustafsen trial, BC's
ranking RCMP officer Assistant Commissioner Murray Johnston wrote on Sept.
13:
"[W]e do not have the resources to deal with this situation...it is
hell...we should not be there, we do not belong...beyond our skills...this
is a military operation...members are very frightened...everyone - members,
PO's all stressed...everyone too tired...one Team may break...tired - low
morale - the situation is desperate...Brown call military recommend liaison
with JTF2."
A further mention of JTF2 occurs in the notes of RCMP A/Commissioner Brown
with reference to attempts by the NDP Attorney General's Ministry to
procure four .50 calibre sniper rifles. On Sept. 15, 1995 Brown wrote:
"Maureen Maloney from the Attorney General's Department called me. She has
been advised that the Military turned down our request for the four
rifles... D/Commr. Palmer states that JTF2 does not have the rifles..."
(Notes disclosed at trial.)
What exactly was JTF2's role at Gustafsen Lake? Given their proposed
mission in Lima, we wonder if they had anything to do with the sinister
intentions expressed by Brown on Aug. 20, 1995:
"The CO commented and I agreed that we need to clean them out entirely and
not have any hanging issues similar to what occurred at Oka." (Notes
disclosed at trial.)
The long awaited public inquiry might tell us, but both the BC NDP
government and the federal government of Canada continue to stonewall it.
For further information on the Gustafsen Lake standoff, please see:
http://kafka.uvic.ca/~vipirg/SISIS/gustmain.html
Demand a public inquiry:
http://kafka.uvic.ca/~vipirg/SISIS/GustLake/support.html
To sign a petition, send a message to mailto:sisis@envirolink.org with
"petition" in the subject line and your name, city/country of residence and
the words "I support the petition for a public inquiry into Gustafsen Lake"
in the body of the message.
Letters to Canadian Prime Minster Jean Chretien - mailto:pm@pm.gc.ca
or email to fax -
mailto:remote-printer.Jean_Chretien@16139416900.iddd.tpc.int
Letters to BC Premier Glen Clark - mailto:premier@gov.bc.ca
please cc - mailto:sisis@envirolink.org
for info on the MRTA - the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement of Peru
http://burn.ucsd.edu/~ats/mrta.htm
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ELITE CANADIAN COMMANDO FORCE PLANNED ATTACK ON PERU TERRORISTS
Top-secret military unit had secret plan to ambush guerrillas after
hostage-taking
[S.I.S.I.S. note: The following mainstream news article may contain biased
or distorted information and may be missing pertinent facts and/or context.
It is provided for reference only.]
The Ottawa Citizen, Nov. 4, 1998, by David Pugliese
Canadian commandos planned to ambush Peruvian guerrillas during a 1996
hostage-taking incident in Lima, according to a book to be released today.
The ambush by members of Canada's top secret Joint Task Force 2
anti-terrorist unit was to take place if the guerrillas, holding 500 people
hostage at the home of the Japanese ambassador in Peru, accepted an offer
of safe passage from the Canadian government, according to the book, Tested
Mettle, Canadian Peacekeepers at War. The book's authors, Esprit de Corps
military magazine editor Scott Taylor and journalist Brian Nolan, write
that the ambush plan was aborted after negotiations for Canada to provide
safe passage to the Tupac Amaru guerrillas fell through.
A separate Citizen investigation has also determined that during the last
several years JTF2 commandos have been put on alert to deal with the threat
posed by Mohawk Warriors and in 1996 the unit was sent to Haiti to train
and advise the Haitian police SWAT unit. In Haiti, the Canadian commandos
went on raids to find arms caches held by extremists who threatened the
stability of the newly elected Haitian government. JTF2 soldiers also
helped in guarding Haitian president Rene Preval.
The commandos also deployed to the Oka and Cornwall areas to deal with the
threat from the Mohawk Warriors, and although it is not known exactly what
they did there, it is believed the unit conducted surveillance missions
against the natives involving in gun smuggling and organized crime.
The military has maintained a cloak of secrecy on JTF2, which based at
Dwyer Hill, just outside Ottawa, since its creation as an anti-terrorist
team in 1992.
In 1995, the Citizen revealed that the unit had planned a raid to rescue
55 Canadian peacekeepers held hostage by the Bosnian Serbs. The JTF2
attacks on Serb positions were aborted after the peacekeepers were released
unharmed.
As a policy, the Canadian Forces does not comment on JTF2 activities.
In the years following the creation of the anti-terrorist unit, the
Defence Department has secretly expanded the unit to include roles similar
to those conducted by other special forces units such as Britain's Special
Air Service. The military has more than doubled the unit's size to 250
soldiers and the commandos are deployed on each and every large-scale
peacekeeping operation. They have gone on secret intelligence-gathering
missions in Bosnia. As well, the unit provided bodyguards for Gen. Maurice
Baril during the aborted Zaire mission in 1996 and last year guarded
Defence Minister Art Eggleton during his visit to Bosnia.
The government has spent more than $40 million on the unit, although exact
figures are classified.
According to Tested Mettle, during the Peruvian mission an advance group
of JTF2 soldiers was sent to Lima to do plan the ambush. The military's
plan called for the main commando force to be flown in a Canadian Forces
aircraft as a kind of "modern-day Trojan Horse," Mr. Taylor and Mr. Nolan
write. According to the book, when the Tupac Amaru guerrillas boarded the
Canadian aircraft as part of a deal for safe passage they would be most
vulnerable to a surprise attack and could be ambushed by the commandos.
News reports at the time suggested that Canadian troops would be used to
guarantee safe passage for the guerrillas to Cuba country.
When negotiations for Canada to provide safe passage for the guerrillas
failed, the JTF2 plan was aborted. The guerrillas were holding their
hostages in an attempt to force the Peruvian government to release Tupac
Amaru members held in prison. The hostage drama ended when Peruvian
commandos swarmed into the Japanese ambassador's home, killing all 14
guerrillas in the attack and rescuing the hostages. The Peruvian commandos
were being advised by members of the British Special Air Service, one of
the elite units that Joint Task Force 2 regularly co-operates with.
According to Tested Mettle, JTF2 commandos were also used on an aborted
raid on the Spanish trawler Estai during the March 1995 turbot fish war.
The commandos tried and failed three times to board the Estai because of
high seas and poor weather. The Spanish trawler was eventually stopped when
a member of the Canadian Coast Guard fired a stream of machine-gun bullets
across the ship's bow. The Spanish trawler stopped and surrendered to
Canadian authorities and the incident sparked a diplomatic row between
Spain and Canada.
The book also reports that during the 1994 United Nations mission to
Rwanda, JTF2 soldiers provided security and set up an advanced operational
base in Uganda to launch long-range, covert intelligence patrols into
Rwandan territory. As well, during a 1994 visit to Canadian troops in
Visoko, Bosnia, two teams of JTF2 commandos watched over Prime Minister
Jean Chretien. At one point,as the prime minister toured the camp, just
outside the base Muslim soldiers executed one of their own they accused of
being a traitor. Mr. Taylor and Mr. Nolan write that the JTF2 snipers did
not open fire on the Muslim killers as they did not pose a direct threat to
the prime minister.
Mr. Taylor and Mr. Nolan wrote the 1996 bestseller Tarnished Brass: Crime
and Corruption in the Canadian Military. Tested Mettle chronicles the
often-heroic efforts of Canadian troops to do their jobs overseas despite
poor military and political leadership at home.
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In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is
distributed without profit or payment to those who have expressed
a prior interest in receiving this information for non-profit
research and educational purposes only.
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S.I.S.I.S. Settlers In Support of Indigenous Sovereignty
P.O. Box 8673, Victoria, "B.C." "Canada" V8X 3S2
EMAIL: SISIS@envirolink.org
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