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Oh Em Gee Internment / Re-Education Camps !!eleventyone!
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I am not suggesting this conspiracy. I don't buy it, and would like to offer better responses to a friend than the dismissals I've offered thus far. As such, I'm asking for help from fellow JREF-ers. So here's the link: http://publicintelligence.net/restri...ations-manual/ Basically, this site is claiming that the document (PDF) you can view has been downloaded from www.us.army.mil and supposedly came from there. I've skimmed the document and noticed a few things I raised an eyebrow at due to questionable writing abilities, but then again I don't know the writing style of military documents and for all I know they could all be so poorly constructed while trying to look bureaucratically impressive. This was shared to me by a friend, asking what I thought. I said I thought it was of questionable veracity and that I doubted it highly. My friend wants something a bit more substantial than my doubt to go on, and to be fair I was sarcastic enough in my dismissal to probably have poisoned the well of objective assessment coming from me. And to that end, I'd like to see if you folks have any suggestions on either what paths my friend can follow to verify this or some helpful suggestions to me for not coming at this with smug sarcasm and ruining a good opportunity to help spread the tools for dampening paranoid woo that's constantly flung around the internet. And before it comes up: yeah, I'm aware that this has mainly been paraded about the Prison Planet / InfoWars website circle. I don't want to focus on that unless there's evidence that AJ and friends are the originators of the document. For now it seems this publicintelligence.net website (which I know nothing about) is allegedly the source point. Since AJ sees conspiracies in his own shadow he's too easy anyway, and folks will just retreat to this other site as the source. Besides, it seems like the CT subforum has been dominated too much by the Holocaust denial woo. Let this mix it up some. |
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Teddy Bears do have teeth!
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The document number and title are definitely real, but the DL server on the mil.gov host seems to be down for now, so I couldn't get a copy to compare to this. That said, I've read the intro sections and skimmed some of the rest of it, and I don't see anything nefarious. It's all about the rules and procedures for how MPs are to legally and humanely deal with civilians, refugees, EPWs, U.S. military prisoners etc. in a combat theater. It would be crazy not to have a document like this, laying out what everyone's jobs and responsibilities in such situations are.
ETA-BTW, I don't see a darned thing about "re-education camps" or anything like it. |
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It's funny reading the comments on the linked site. A couple are reacting reasonably, for example:
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So, we have a military document about detaining and protecting certain kinds of personnel (namely civilians) in a combat area and the nutters immediately jump on it as something bad. This is pretty standard stuff, and I would be very afraid if the military DIDN'T have plans regarding these kinds of operations. Think of the pandemonium that would ensue if nobody knew what to do. |
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Thanks guys. Let me know if you get a copy downloaded.
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Join Date: Sep 2006
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Yeah this was brought up on my football forum.
I downloaded a copy & from a first skim, it seems they have a legit FM with authentic military speak & everything. The OMG factor seems to stem from the DoD using psyop units in POW/detainee camps to prevent riots, identify enemy leaders, accept America as the good guys, etc... There's also a section on refugee camps including possible ones in America due to natural or man made disasters. Put these two together & BOOM!!! "Re-education camps!" An easy conclusion to reach, especially if one ignores the part in the refugee section that points out that the policies & procedures are modified due to the circumstances & location. For example, military forces would do little more than help set up camps, transport people & supplies, help with security, etc... In short, they took two sections out of context & scared themselves. |
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The introduction section explains the purpose of the document and it is definitely NOT what the nutters
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Yeah, just read the introduction.
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You can download a pdf of FM 3-39.40 from the US Military here:
http://armypubs.army.mil/doctrine/active_fm.html |
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Teddy Bears do have teeth!
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I don't see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes. - Robert A. Heinlein If Christ died for our sins, dare we make his martyrdom meaningless by not committing them? - Jules Feiffer |
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The problem with suggesting that is, the nutter will just assume they were lying about what their purpose was. It doesn't matter in the slightest if there's a legitimate military purpose in having such plans; they'll still be interpreted as being covert plans for what They really want to do, which is whatever is bothering the nutter in question at the time. |
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I am in the US Army. I can't get to the site posted in the OP because it has been blocked (by the army) due to hostile content.
I downloaded FM 3-39.40 from the army.mil network. It does exist and isn't being kept a secret. I can't compare it to the one linked above, but mine is 326 pages. It is titled "INTERNMENT AND RESETTLEMENT OPERATIONS" and is dated February 2010. There are other suspicious publications here such as: FM 10-602 "HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS UNITS, PETROLEUM AND WATER DISTRIBUTION ORGANIZATION" FM 21-10 "FIELD HYGIENE AND SANITATION" FM 21-18 "FOOT MARCHES" FM 38-701 "PACKAGING OF MATERIAL: PACKING" FM 10-16 "GENERAL FABRIC REPAIR" FM 10-23-2 "TACTICS, TECHNIQUES, AND PROCEDURES FOR GARRISON FOOD PREPARATION AND CLASS I OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT" FM 10-27 "GENERAL SUPPLY IN THEATERS OF OPERATIONS" FM 10-27-4 "ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPLY FOR UNIT LEADERS" FM 10-52 "WATER SUPPLY IN THEATERS OF OPERATIONS" OMG THE ARMY DOES GENERAL FABRIC REPAIR AND USES WATER IN THEATERS OF OPERATION!!!1!!1 ![]() ETA: Sorry if it looks like I'm yelling the titles at you. I just did a copy paste from the army pubs site. |
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NWO Kitty Wrangler
Join Date: May 2006
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Ahem.
[CTModeOn] "Spray the oil over the Interned Citizen, and do not distribute the water, as that might put the flames out."
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"...are also unnecessary. For further reference, see FM 21-10 "FIELD HYGIENE AND SANITATION""
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"It's important to keep the Generals supplied. That's the whole point of our taking over the world, after all!"
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"See FM 10-27, in order to ensure proper levels of supplies for Unit Leaders, as compared to General Officers. There's no way we're letting those punks get all the good liquor and hot chicks!"
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"Ha Ha, okay, you got us there; Theaters will be fully supplied with the finest in food and drink. You didn't really think we'd be watching a movie and only drink water did you?" [/CTMode] |
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They're planning the collapse of the dollar and they can't keep this document secret? I don't think that bodes well for our future overlords.
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Teddy Bears do have teeth!
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I don't see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes. - Robert A. Heinlein If Christ died for our sins, dare we make his martyrdom meaningless by not committing them? - Jules Feiffer |
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High Priest of Ed
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Quoting from the document:
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It would be astonishing if the army didn't have some document like this. |
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Surely Israel is the party to blame? -a_unique_person I do have Mycroft on ignore, he is pretty much the Matt Giwer of your side. -a_unique_person Palestinian Refugees |
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Fantastic results, folks. That document is way too thick for me to have waded through myself and I think just the fact that it's not actually hidden (meaning the "leaked" claim is exaggeration) now makes it look ridiculous.
Much appreciated for the help.
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Where do I sign up for a re-education camp?
I'd like to get an economics degree. Cognitive science is also fine, if your money camp is full. |
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We are offering a post-graduate course in Resistance to Psychological Stress (12-16 hours of Jersey Shore a day for a week), but only to some of our returning guests.
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