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Greenlandic MP asks about CIA aircraft

category international | anti-war / imperialism | news report author Monday November 14, 2005 19:17author by Dr. Coilín ÓhAiseadha Report this post to the editors

Has the Danish prime minister considered the hazards for Greenland?

A Greenlandic member of the Danish parliament has today asked the Danish prime minister, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, to clarify the perceived hazards and emergency precautions associated with overflights and transits of CIA aircraft in Greenland.

An English translation of the full text of his question is provided below.

2005-06 - § 20 question: Re civilian aircraft in the service of the CIA

Journal information

Parliamentary year: 2005-06
Question no. S 941

To the prime minister (Anders Fogh Rasmussen). (14/11/05) by: Lars-Emil Johansen (SIU)

Question in full text: What threat analyses and associated emergency measures have the government prepared in connection with the large number of civilian aircraft in the CIA’s service that both overfly and transit in Greenland in connection with the pursuit of the war in Iraq?

Written rationale: It has recently been revealed that, in connection with the pursuit of the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, the United States not only makes use of secret prisons around the world, probably for torture of prisoners, but also conceals certain secret transports in civilian aircraft. What these transports contain is anybody’s guess – but it might be assumed that they are for imprisoned terrorists or prisoners-of-war. There are now rumours from foreign sources that these aircraft have not only transited in Iceland approx. 67 times, but have also transited in Greenland. It is obvious that a secret war activity of this kind and the recent revelation of this fact greatly increase the risk of terrorist attacks against the areas and facilities that are used during this activity. Furthermore, one can hardly ignore that fact that accidents may occur in connection with the landings and that whatever the aircraft contain may escape in Greenland, posing a danger to the surrounding society. In the light of the fact that the prime minister’s staff have virtually simultaneously published a report on the Danish society’s efforts and emergency measures against terrorism, where there is not a single mention of Greenland, it is relevant to be informed as to the government’s attitude to the increasingly insecure situation that the continued involvement of Greenland in the activities of the Iraq war constitutes.

Translated from the following original Danish text:
http://www.folketinget.dk/?/Samling/20051/spoergsmaal/S941/

Lars-Emil Johansen is a member of the Danish parliament for the Greenlandic social-democratic party, Siumut. Details in Danish, with e-mail address and link to photo:
http://www.folketinget.dk/BAGGRUND/Biografier/Lars-Emil_Johansen.htm


Who's watching Big Brother? :)

Best,
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author by Clayton Hallmark - Human Rights Watchpublication date Tue Nov 15, 2005 08:17author address author phone Report this post to the editors

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author by Kevin Manneringspublication date Tue Nov 15, 2005 08:59author address author phone Report this post to the editors

There is an interesting article in the Guardian today on CIA planes going through Palma de Mallorca airport in Spain. Among those believed to have passed through Palma are the kidnappers of the German citizen Khaled al-Masri, who lives in Ulm. He went on holday to Macedonia, and got mistaken for someone else.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1642829,00.html

As it says in the article:

"Prosecutors in Munich have reportedly asked Spanish police for a copy of their report. They are looking into the kidnapping of a German citizen, Khaled al-Masri, who was snatched in Macedonia in January 2004 and taken to a jail believed to be in Afghanistan. Al-Masri says he was shackled, beaten, injected with drugs and questioned persistently about his alleged links with al-Qaida. He was returned to Albania six months later, apparently after his kidnappers realised they had the wrong man."

Whereabout in eastern Europe are the CIA prisons? It is time they were paid a visit.

author by iosafpublication date Tue Nov 15, 2005 09:25author address author phone Report this post to the editors

with 2 million square kilometers of island, Greenlanders have the biggest island in the world, but 82% is under ice. Unfortuantely other people had got the name "iceland" so they were happy to call it "greenland" for a while. But in recent years the independence bug has bitten the residents and would be completely sovreign citizens of Kalaallit Nunaat voting for today's members of the Nuna Nuamminarsoltug (parliament) want to break the ties which bind Grønland and Denmark.
the two main parties battling it out are Siumut and Inuit Ataqatigiit.
Here is the imperial Danish website on its overseas posessions
http://www.um.dk/Publikationer/UM/English/Denmark/kap7/7-1.asp
I'll update the results. (kalaallit nunaats have more than 50 words for "vote").

author by Updaterpublication date Tue Nov 15, 2005 15:15author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Spain is launching an investigation into claims that CIA planes carrying terror suspects made secret stopovers on Spanish soil.
Interior Minister Jose Antonio Alonso made the announcement on Spanish television on Tuesday.
[continues]

Related Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4439036.stm
author by Northern Lightpublication date Tue Nov 15, 2005 15:52author address author phone Report this post to the editors

.. as far as I know the temperature was a few degrees warmer around the time the vikings landed in Greenland so they actually found a "Green" land. At this time grape vines grew in southern England. A few hundred years later the temperature dropped which ended the "greenland" and prompted hordes of eskimos to make their way south to take over the viking colony...

 
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