Thanks for reading Jim. There's a DOJ lawsuit regarding the floating barrier in Eagle Pass. The first hearing is today. But the lawsuit is only regarding the removal of the barrier and not the rest of Operation Lone Star.
Melissa I was looking for another Substack site: Corruptario - Jordan Roberts and friends to share a very disconcerting letter from a Canadian activist group in BC. I apologize for putting a copy of the letter from the group Dogwood attached to your post. But like your link to Orban, and Corruptario’s piece on Stephen Harper and the IDU if feel that this Dogwood essay highlights another arm of this Autocratic movement
General David Petraeus might be familiar if you followed the U.S. invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan. As the top commander in the so-called “War on Terror,” Petraeus wrote the U.S. military field manual on counterinsurgency warfare.
Now those tactics are being used against Indigenous people and other civilians in B.C. to suppress resistance to oil and gas pipelines.
Watch my full briefing on KKR, Coastal GasLink and General David Petraeus, with commentary from Wet’suwet’en and Gitxsan leaders facing a corporate counterinsurgency campaign in Northern B.C.
Petraeus was briefly Director of the CIA before he was hired at the notorious Wall Street private equity firm KKR. There he created an in-house intelligence agency to “reduce risks” for KKR investments around the world.
On Boxing Day 2019, KKR announced it was buying a majority stake in the Coastal GasLink pipeline. Since then private security contractors – including current and former soldiers – have largely replaced police on Wet’suwet’en territory.
However, Coastal GasLink and its Wall Street owners still need the RCMP to kick in doors, brandish rifles and actually put people in handcuffs. And that’s where we discovered another chilling connection to the “War on Terror”.
RCMP Gold Commander John Brewer served as the top police trainer in Afghanistan under General David Petraeus. After training Afghan police in counterinsurgency operations, Brewer led three winter raids on Wet’suwet’en territory.
His tactical troop was led by Sergeant Kevin Bracewell, a former tank commander who also trained Afghan police during Petraeus’ tenure. Get the full briefing on KKR, Coastal GasLink and General David Petraeus – part of last week’s Peace and Unity Summit.
The thing is, Indigenous traditional governments are not “insurgents”. They are the rightful authority on their territories. Using military tactics against Wet’suwet’en chiefs and their supporters is a gross violation of Indigenous rights.
KKR thinks they can get away with this by hiding behind Coastal GasLink, anonymous security contractors and the RCMP. But the truth is finally coming out. And none too soon, as the oil and gas industry lines up three more major export pipelines across Northern B.C.
I take hope from Na’moks, head chief of the Wet’suwet’en Tsayu (beaver) clan. “Although KKR may deploy CIA tactics on our lands and to our people, they will never succeed with their project. We see more value in lands, waters, freedoms than what any amount of their money would ever be worth,” said Na’moks.
Some of the most powerful forces in the world are trying to undermine Indigenous rights and force new oil and gas projects through B.C. But Na’moks and the other chiefs at the Peace and Unity Summit last week were not afraid. And we can’t be, either.
Knowledge is power. Learn how the Coastal GasLink pipeline fits into a global playbook for corporate land theft and resource extraction. Then get ready to support the chiefs as they peacefully push back on KKR’s agenda.
In solidarity,
Kai
P.S. The B.C. government has already approved three more major export pipelines. Learn who’s behind this push for new fracking and gas terminals in our one-hour briefing and panel: “KKR, Coastal GasLink and General David Petraeus”.
Thanks for all you do,
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Thank you for the global context. It’s astounding and appalling that Abbott is getting away with this. Has the DOJ lawsuit stalled?
Thanks for reading Jim. There's a DOJ lawsuit regarding the floating barrier in Eagle Pass. The first hearing is today. But the lawsuit is only regarding the removal of the barrier and not the rest of Operation Lone Star.
Finally Melissa here is the link to one post on Substack: Corruptario ( primarily Canadian politics )
https://open.substack.com/pub/corruptario/p/idu-harpers-worldwide-winning-network?r=2ppkj&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post
Thank you for sharing Kathy. Very interesting about the IDU.
Melissa I was looking for another Substack site: Corruptario - Jordan Roberts and friends to share a very disconcerting letter from a Canadian activist group in BC. I apologize for putting a copy of the letter from the group Dogwood attached to your post. But like your link to Orban, and Corruptario’s piece on Stephen Harper and the IDU if feel that this Dogwood essay highlights another arm of this Autocratic movement
I will post the email link in a separate comment.
Kathy,
General David Petraeus might be familiar if you followed the U.S. invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan. As the top commander in the so-called “War on Terror,” Petraeus wrote the U.S. military field manual on counterinsurgency warfare.
Now those tactics are being used against Indigenous people and other civilians in B.C. to suppress resistance to oil and gas pipelines.
Watch my full briefing on KKR, Coastal GasLink and General David Petraeus, with commentary from Wet’suwet’en and Gitxsan leaders facing a corporate counterinsurgency campaign in Northern B.C.
Petraeus was briefly Director of the CIA before he was hired at the notorious Wall Street private equity firm KKR. There he created an in-house intelligence agency to “reduce risks” for KKR investments around the world.
On Boxing Day 2019, KKR announced it was buying a majority stake in the Coastal GasLink pipeline. Since then private security contractors – including current and former soldiers – have largely replaced police on Wet’suwet’en territory.
However, Coastal GasLink and its Wall Street owners still need the RCMP to kick in doors, brandish rifles and actually put people in handcuffs. And that’s where we discovered another chilling connection to the “War on Terror”.
RCMP Gold Commander John Brewer served as the top police trainer in Afghanistan under General David Petraeus. After training Afghan police in counterinsurgency operations, Brewer led three winter raids on Wet’suwet’en territory.
His tactical troop was led by Sergeant Kevin Bracewell, a former tank commander who also trained Afghan police during Petraeus’ tenure. Get the full briefing on KKR, Coastal GasLink and General David Petraeus – part of last week’s Peace and Unity Summit.
The thing is, Indigenous traditional governments are not “insurgents”. They are the rightful authority on their territories. Using military tactics against Wet’suwet’en chiefs and their supporters is a gross violation of Indigenous rights.
KKR thinks they can get away with this by hiding behind Coastal GasLink, anonymous security contractors and the RCMP. But the truth is finally coming out. And none too soon, as the oil and gas industry lines up three more major export pipelines across Northern B.C.
I take hope from Na’moks, head chief of the Wet’suwet’en Tsayu (beaver) clan. “Although KKR may deploy CIA tactics on our lands and to our people, they will never succeed with their project. We see more value in lands, waters, freedoms than what any amount of their money would ever be worth,” said Na’moks.
Some of the most powerful forces in the world are trying to undermine Indigenous rights and force new oil and gas projects through B.C. But Na’moks and the other chiefs at the Peace and Unity Summit last week were not afraid. And we can’t be, either.
Knowledge is power. Learn how the Coastal GasLink pipeline fits into a global playbook for corporate land theft and resource extraction. Then get ready to support the chiefs as they peacefully push back on KKR’s agenda.
In solidarity,
Kai
P.S. The B.C. government has already approved three more major export pipelines. Learn who’s behind this push for new fracking and gas terminals in our one-hour briefing and panel: “KKR, Coastal GasLink and General David Petraeus”.
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