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Radical natives are included on the same list as the Tamil Tigers and Hezbollah in a new counterinsurgency manual being prepared for the Canadian army.

The manual is in the final stages of preparation, but The Globe and Mail has obtained an early version of the document.

The draft outlines tactics, including ambush, deception and killing, which the military could use both at home and abroad against military opponents.

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"The rise of radical Native American organizations, such as the Mohawk Warrior Society, can be viewed as insurgencies with specific and limited aims," the manual states.

"Although they do not seek complete control of the federal government, they do seek particular political concessions in their relationship with national governments and control (either overt or covert) of political affairs at a local/reserve ('First Nation') level, through the threat of, or use of, violence."

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However, more scary in that signals a clear shift towards counter-intelligence and "Indian fighting" on the part of the government who sees any challenge to their supremacy through the lens of fighting rebels/terrorists. Welcome to the new empire, same as the old empire.

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ceti: Welcome to the new empire, same as the old empire.

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What has to be watched for are agent provocateurs. Those individuals who are most radical and calling for violent acts I would suspect of being in the employ of CSIS or the RCMP.

Any time a member of the military engages in plans against it's own citizens is in my mind dangerously close to treason. That is not what the military is for.

Mostly Water Article

While I think the Mohawk link is a tad hyperbolic, it did bring to mind a suggestion for our current military comanders.

If it has to deal with a first nations "insurgency", there's no need to come up with a new manual. Just dust off the archives of Lord Strathcona's Horse, and see how the Boer insurgents were brought to heel.

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The manual has been two years in development and is scheduled for release later this year. In it, insurgent wars are characterised by their tendency to be local and often popular movements, rather than the traditional military conflicts between states. This type of irregular warfare has confounded U.S. and NATO forces in Iraq and Afghanistan respectively, where growing insurgencies have taken a bloody toll on local populations as well as Western troops, and signs of success are few and far between.

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The counter-insurgency manual is one part of a significant modernising and restructuring of the Canadian Forces that the DND is billing as an effort to create a more effective force in fighting for Canada's "national interests" in the post-Cold War global order. But the changes are not only doctrinal; the intensity of the combat in Afghanistan is something Canadians haven't seen since at least the 1950s, when Canadian Forces fought in Korea.

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It doesn't really matter, in one way, whether or not the determination of some FNs as "terrorists" is new or not, given the likely violent results of this kind of labelling.

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Canadian generals such as Leslie, Chief of Staff Rick Hillier and retired Maj. Gen. Louis MacKenzie have been outspoken critics of the accuracy and utility of the long-fostered national self-image of the Canadian military as a neutral middle-power and "blue-helmeted" peacekeeper.

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Native reference will not appear in Canadian terror manual
BILL CURRY

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OTTAWA — References to radical natives in the Canadian Army's counter-insurgency manual will not appear in the final version of the document, Defence Minister Gordon O'Connor announced.

The use of "radical Native American organizations" as an example of insurgents in a draft version of the manual has outraged native leaders, who viewed the wording as a threat to their political rights to protest.

Assembly of First Nations national Chief Phil Fontaine said yesterday the inclusion of natives in the manual could threaten the ability of Canadian natives to travel internationally.

But in a written statement, Mr. O'Connor explained that the document was simply making reference to past examples of insurgencies and was not meant to suggest that natives in Canada are a potential military target.

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They're using the ever popular, the previous government did it, excuse.

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Why does the manual refer to "Native Americans" while most people in Canada say, "First Nations"?

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But in a written statement, Mr. O'Connor explained that the document was simply making reference to past examples of insurgencies and was not meant to suggest that natives in Canada are a potential military target.

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Seems pretty straight forward to me. There was in fact an insurgency in the past that involved an element of the Mohawk nation.

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Originally posted by BetterRed:
Im confused, isnt Aboriginal also a common term?

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Yes, although it is most often used in connection with Australia. Native Americans (meaning First Nations people in the US) are rarely, to my knowledge, called anything other than Native Americans. All the Canadian First Nation people interviewed for the story above refer to themselves as First Nations.

But naming is a sensitive issue...

I just thought it odd that a Canadian publication would speak of Native Americans -- although there is the historical (and current) political activism of the American Indian Movement. Perhaps they were also trying to reference them.

Perhaps they were trying to please the new government's Security and Prosperity Partnership obsession wherein we are not inhabitants of Canada the US or of Mexico but rather, of North America.

However, with people like Harper, Mackenzie and Hillier at the helm, Canada is returning to its colonial roots as in "ready, aye, ready" in service of the Anglo-American Empire. In today's world just like before, it means wrapping civilization and democracy around an imperial policy.

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Originally posted by siren:
Why does the manual refer to "Native Americans" while most people in Canada say, "First Nations"?

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That IS weird. I thought "Native Americans" was more of a USian term.

Had they, 30 years ago, come up with an anti-FLQ operations plan it wouldn't be anti-French, just anti-FLQ.

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If an identifiable minority can be anticipated to engage in sedition and through their actions require the domestic action of the Armed Forces to enforce Canadian laws, then the forces should be able to plan for it.

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An identifiable minority?

I think that's what's often known as "racial profiling" and not generally acceptable in progressive circles. (And by "progressive" I don't mean "Progressive Conservatives".)

[Edited for stupid spelling mistake.]

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Originally posted by Michelle:

That IS weird. I thought "Native Americans" was more of a USian term.

Of course, that could actually explain a lot.

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Many Canadian Forces manuals are based off other countries experiences and their tactical manuals. The Canadian Forces then are rewritten these foreign manuals to Canadian ideology and standards.

1930's red hunt

Couple this with the Conservatives and Liberals pushing for anti-glorification laws and we all should be worried.

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An identifiable minority?

I think that's what's often known as "racial profiling" and not generally acceptable in progressive circles. (And by "progressive" I don't mean "Progressive Conservatives".)

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There's a difference between saying all natives and an insurregent active native group. Its the same thing as saying white people vs the Militia of Montana.

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"Identifiable Minority" was phrased somewhat badly.

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Originally posted by Webgear:
Given the lack of dates for the creation of this manual could it not be possible that it was started under the previous Liberal government? Some of the articles previous mention the year 2005.

To be honest I have a lot of concerns about this topic, however I am not sure how to communicate the questions that I have to this forum.

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Seems pretty straight forward to me. There was in fact an insurgency in the past that involved an element of the Mohawk nation.

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Originally posted by Stargazer:
No words can describe how sad this makes me. I am ashamed to be living in this country and I hope that through solidarity FN people can become full human beings under this government.

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Originally posted by Makwa:
Typical. No surprise here. Even during the FN caravan to Ottawa in the 1970s there were FBI and RCMP agents working as infiltrators. We have always been treated as enemies of the occupying force called Canada and always will be. There is no way FN people will ever be full partners in the stewardship of Turtle Island. From the beginning the only options have been assimilation or marginalization.

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All so sad and true. There were ATF agents from the US taped with CSIS agents in Caledonia. The government obviously disrespects FN people. They are still waiting for an official apology for the horror that was residential schools. And to add insult to injury, the Harper government was one of the very few (along with Bush and Howard) to NOT sign the UN Declaration on Indigenous Peoples.

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"Taken with the report that we are included in the list of insurgent organisations in the military's manual, raises serious questions about the federal government's respect for freedom of speech and freedom of assembly for First Nations people. It appears that they want to silence us," said Fontaine, in the release.

"The proposed June 29th National Day of Action is intended to bring focus to and generate awareness of the deplorable social - economic status of First Nations peoples in this country." ...

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The flipside is to repress and undermine any movements not popular with the government or the elite power blocks in the country. Thus the criminalization of some struggles that have much popular support.

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Fontaine also pointed out that the revelation of Aboriginal groups within the training manual also comes after the federal government said they may aggressively audit and possibly cut off funding provided to First Nations organizations who participate in, or support the National Day of Action on June 29th, which the federal government has said may include illegal blockades and other activities

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Originally posted by EriKtheHalfaRed:
possibly incipient fascism.

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It becomes clearer every day, doesn't it. What is not in the news is that there was a high tech, low level surveillance plane flying around and around the reclamation site all week, and a helicopter buzzing certain houses in Tyendinaga.

Media never report that stuff.
Never report the white 'nationalists' parading around either. Tell them about it, face to face, they just look up at the corner of the room, refuse to answer why they do not report those things. WHY DO THEY NOT ??? I just don't get it.