[mobglob-discuss] Black Propaganda against G8 summit protests.

[Macdonald Stainsby]

[the planting of these stories now seems intended less as reporting and more as
threat... Macdonald]

Canadian Herald. 1 June 2002. G8 security cleared to use lethal force.

CALGARY -- Canadian soldiers have the green light to use "lethal force"
to protect world leaders at the G8 Summit, a top-level military
commander said.

"We are very serious ... we have lethal weapons and we will use force if
we think there is a serious threat," Brigadier-General Ivan Fenton told
the Calgary Herald yesterday.

Brig-Gen. Fenton also warned that protesters and "limelight seekers" who
intend to test the summit security in Kananaskis will be risking their
lives.

Brig-Gen. Fenton said terrorists could very easily use the "peaceful"
protesters as a cover to slip into Kananaskis.

"We're not interested in protesters except that protesters complicate
our job," Brig-Gen. Fenton said. "They can ... distract us and the
police from the person who is camouflaged, carrying a weapon and moving
at night."

Given that threat, Brig-Gen. Fenton said he's very concerned his
soldiers might mistake a protester for a terrorist if there's a
confrontation in the darkened, forested environment of Kananaskis.

"We're really worried about the blurring of what's coming toward us,"
Brig-Gen. Fenton said. "There is a risk, and it's a very big concern."

The G8 Summit, a meeting of the seven major industrialized democracies
and Russia, will take place June 26-27. The meeting will be held at
Kananaskis Village, a collection of resort hotels in the Rockies about
115 kilometres west of Calgary.

Security for the event will be intense.

The world leaders will be protected by a security perimeter that will
extend in a 6.5-kilometre radius around Kananaskis Village. The ground
will be patrolled by hundreds of RCMP officers and likely several
thousand soldiers.

RCMP Chief Superintendent Lloyd Hickman, the officer in charge of G8
security in Kananaskis, also advised activists to steer clear of the
Kananaskis security zone for their own good.

"When people go out on a lark, to try to test the security measures ...
they're putting themselves at peril, because they are going into a tight
security zone," Supt. Hickman said.

Air threats will be countered by ground-to-air missiles and
round-the-clock patrols from Canadian fighter jets. The air response
will be led by NORAD (North American Aerospace Defence Command).



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