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Leaked Documents Expose Military Tactics Used to Defeat Pipeline 'Terrorists'

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DAPL parent company Energy Transfer Partners turned to a private security firm that treated the demonstrators to a "jihadist insurgency," according a jaw-dropping report from The Intercept.TigerSwan, which is run by a special forces Army veteran and has offices in Iraq and Afghanistan, is described by The Intercept as a "shadowy international mercenary and security firm" that "originated as a U.S. military and State Department contractor helping to execute the global war on terror."
Citing leaked internal communications, the firm considers the movement against DAPL "an ideologically driven insurgency with a strong religious component." Furthermore, the leak documents discuss the water protectors as "terrorists," their direct actions as "attacks," the camps as a "battlefield," and the anti-pipeline movement as "a national security threat."
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"When the state colludes with private paramilitary contractors and the oil industry to overthrow its own citizens that is called fascism," renowned filmmaker Josh Fox told EcoWatch.
 
The protestors reveived a lot of lenient treatment. Thry should be glad and move on.
 
dirtpoorchris said:
https://www.ecowatch.com/military-tactics-standing-rock-2426761531.html


"When the state colludes with private paramilitary contractors and the oil industry to overthrow its own citizens that is called fascism," renowned filmmaker Josh Fox told EcoWatch.
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Josh Fox has an agenda, and a rather blatant one at that. I had to watch his "Gasland" film for class, but I found this much more informative.

https://energyindepth.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Debunking-Gasland.pdf

https://energyindepth.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Debunking-Gasland-Part-II.pdf
 
People protesting an industrial operation on their ancestral lands are not terrorists, FFS. You can disagree with their motives, you may even think they are committing criminal offences, but they are NOT terrorists.

And how is pepper spray, unleashing dogs, trampling them with horses, using water and sonic cannons, and terrorizing and intimidating elderly people considered "lenient" treatment?

If the DAPL protests at Standing Rock could fail, then there is no hope for us. That was the most organized protest in recent U.S. history, and it was completely steam rolled.

People are too busy laughing at their political enemies and feeling smug to realize that the First Amendment is in serious jeopardy.
 
Northern Light said:
People protesting an industrial operation on their ancestral lands are not terrorists, FFS. You can disagree with their motives, you may even think they are committing criminal offences, but they are NOT terrorists.

And how is pepper spray, unleashing dogs, trampling them with horses, using water and sonic cannons, and terrorizing and intimidating elderly people considered "lenient" treatment?

If the DAPL protests at Standing Rock could fail, then there is no hope for us. That was the most organized protest in recent U.S. history, and it was completely steam rolled.

People are too busy laughing at their political enemies and feeling smug to realize that the First Amendment is in serious jeopardy.
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They were trespassing on private property.
 
Northern Light said:
People protesting an industrial operation on their ancestral lands are not terrorists, FFS. You can disagree with their motives, you may even think they are committing criminal offences, but they are NOT terrorists.

And how is pepper spray, unleashing dogs, trampling them with horses, using water and sonic cannons, and terrorizing and intimidating elderly people considered "lenient" treatment?

If the DAPL protests at Standing Rock could fail, then there is no hope for us. That was the most organized protest in recent U.S. history, and it was completely steam rolled.

People are too busy laughing at their political enemies and feeling smug to realize that the First Amendment is in serious jeopardy.
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Don't give up hope. It is a harsh setback... but still... chin up.
 
I have mixed feelings on this. Energy is a national security issue. However, that oil is being piped to the gulf for sale overseas. So, clearly this pipeline was more about making a buck than it was about national interest.

The part that I see most disturbing though is how the pipeline was rerouted to avoid Fargo's water table by cutting through Native American water sources. Now that's racist. I hope someone is suing on those grounds.
 
calamity said:
I have mixed feelings on this. Energy is a national security issue. However, that oil is being piped to the gulf for sale overseas. So, clearly this pipeline was more about making a buck than it was about national interest.

The part that I see most disturbing though is how the pipeline was rerouted to avoid Fargo's water table by cutting through Native American water sources. Now that's racist. I hope someone is suing on those grounds.
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You really think it "racist"? I hope you can back that up. It sounds much more like a normal political decision to route through land of relatively low population density and away from density. That is the way democracy works. People vote against it in their own back yard.
 
apdst said:
They were trespassing on private property.
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The case is not as simple as that. The ownership of the land is in question by the Sioux who refuse to accept monetary compensation for land stolen from them and demand the land itself be returned.

"The Sioux Nation has arguably one of the most turbulent relationships with the United States Government. In 1868, after several wars and violent land disputes, the Treaty of Fort Laramie was signed between the Sioux the United States, guaranteeing the Sioux exclusive use of their lands. Despite the treaty, settlers continued to encroach onto native land and the territory came under United States possession through violence and coercive threats.

For decades afterwards, the Sioux fought for their land in federal courts. Over a century later, the U.S. Supreme Court awarded the Sioux Nation the largest sum ever given to a Native American tribe for illegally seized lands—$106 million—an apparent victory. However, The Sioux Tribal Council unanimously refused to accept the award, continuing litigation and holding out for rights to the land instead.

Recent developments tell a familiar story. The Standing Rock Sioux filed suit against USACE to halt construction in the areas where the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) cross Lake Oahe in North Dakota. In line with the existing narrative about the troubled relations and the exploitation of land at the expense of Native Americans, the Tribe’s motion for temporary injunctive relief was denied—twice.

While DAPL does not actually cross the Standing Rock reservation land, it comes within a half mile of its borders. The pipeline runs almost entirely on private land, which limits federal jurisdiction to only 3% of the entire pipeline. Unlike natural gas pipelines, an oil pipeline requires no general or project level approval from the federal government."

From: Whose Land is it Anyway? Why the Dakota Access Pipeline protests aren?t really about oil | Inter-American Law Review

That being said, the present issue is not so much about land ownership as it is about using PSMC's?mercenaries vs. American protesters in the USA. The fact that one of the mercenary companies was referring to protesters as insurgents and terrorists and was using surveillance and counter-insurgency tactics on Americans protesting the DAPL is alarming and very worrisome. If non-violent protest and political dissent become equated with insurgency and terrorism then thats bad for the political health of the nation and may be a harbinger of coming authoritarianism and fascism establishing itself in the homeland.

Cheers.
Evilroddy
 
apdst said:
Pretty much, except for the multi-million bill to clean up after them. Did you see the environmental crisis they created? Ironic, huh?
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What crisis?
 
I stand with the Standing Rock Sioux!
 
Yes, mercenary armies are the hallmark of today's US. Whether deployed in New Orleans after Katrina, or deployed against Native American people, Mercenaries R' US.
 
apdst said:
This environmental crisis. Good job!

Massive cleanup underway after Dakota Access protesters leave behind environmental mess - Washington Times

Who picked up the tab on that mess?
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Did you see the mess before the camp was raided and after the camp was raided? If plows huddle up everything in the camp and then take a picture of it does that excuse them spraying eldery peaceful people with cold cannon water in the middle of the night? In my mind its borderline attempted murder.
 
dirtpoorchris said:
Did you see the mess before the camp was raided and after the camp was raided? If plows huddle up everything in the camp and then take a picture of it does that excuse them spraying eldery peaceful people with cold cannon water in the middle of the night? In my mind its borderline attempted murder.
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You're excusing destruction of the environment?
 

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apdst said:
This environmental crisis. Good job!

Massive cleanup underway after Dakota Access protesters leave behind environmental mess - Washington Times

Who picked up the tab on that mess?
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Are you kidding me? The government used flame throwers on the entire encampment after people were evicted from it. They lit the whole thing ablaze instead of packing it up.

Whatever cost you're fabricating to be tit for tat is nothing compared to what oil would do when it leaks from the pipes.

Again, you can disagree with the motives of the protestors all you want but calling them terrorists is not only partisan hackery, it's an egregious betrayal of the values of the First Amendment.
 
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