Have we seen this before http://www.1999.com/revspeech/ds.htmTitle: Desert Storm
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In the September 1990 issue of Backtalk we published
a series of session transcripts from key players in the Persian Gulf crisis recorded during
the first two weeks of Operation Desert Shield. Among these transcripts
a mysterious word was heard that had never been heard before
in Reverse Speech. The word was Simone. In fact this word appeared
not once, but many times on key American speakers, in each instance
as they were talking forwards about the Iraqi war machine or U.S.
operations in the Persian Gulf. President Bush had a reversal
that said: "Simone, Simone in the sands" *; Secretary Baker had a reversal
that said "Simone won't shine"*; Defense Secretary Cheney
had a reversal that said "Simone goes in".* (*** See
notes at end of article.)
It seemed apparant to many Reverse Speech researchers
that there may be some special significance to this word for it
to suddenly appear in Reverse Speech only during the Persian Gulf crisis. It had never been documented
before. Was it a code word? Or perhaps a personal metaphor, doing
the rounds with Oral Tradition, that described the current situation
in the Persian Gulf?
Curious to know an answer to this, I made some discrete
enquiries with an acquaintance of mine in Washington DC - Special assistant, Scott Jones, who
worked for Rhode Island Senator Claibourne Pell, the chairman
of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Scott Jones is a former
naval Intelligence officer who works for Senator Pell in the
role of an adviser, investigating new technologies and paranormal
phenomenon. Jones had visited me in Dallas in July 1990 to look
into Reverse Speech. He had been sufficently impressed
with the technology to travel back to Washington DC and arrange private briefings for me
with the FBI and key politicians on Capitol Hill. These briefings were due to take place in November
1990 and he had already sent me my airplane ticket. The "Simone"
incident was just a little sideline in an already developing relationship.
Scott Jones then wrote a confidential letter to his
long time friend, Dick Cheney, telling him of Reverse Speech and "Simone." One line in
his letter sparked attention: "I mention this situation
in case it is a code word that it would not be in the national
interests to reveal. "
Obviously someone down the line thought that it was
in the national interests because a copy of the letter found its
way to the press and almost overnight "Simone" made
it to national news desks across the country.
CNN cable news ran the story implying that Reverse Speech was some new secret technology that the Pentagon was being very tight lipped about. Of course if the truth be known they probably had no idea what Reverse Speech was. Other newspapers across the country ran the story with headlines like: "Is The President Hiding Secret Code Words Backwards In His Speech", and "What is Reverse Speech?"
From a political point of view, tbe story could not
have broken at a worse time. Senator Pell was up for re-election
and with the story for the most part being ridiculed, Scott Jones'
assertions seemed to portray a credibility gap. One reporter said
to me: "The man's crazy. Playing tapes backwards to hear
voices. Now if that don't beat all." No-one ever bothered
to state tbat it wasn't Scott Jones' analysis. He hadn't played the tapes
backwards and found the reversals. I had. He was merely doing exactly what his job called him to do.
Look into new technologies and report back.
As a result of the incident, my trip to Washington
DC was cancelled indefinitely. Reverse Speech was now a political
mine field. Scott Jones requested that I drop tbe incident and
keep a low profile until it all blew over. I reluctantly agreed but
privately I was still curious. What did Simone mean?
Then, in a radio interview I conducted shortly afterwards,
someone informed me that "Simone" was actually an Arabic
word, spelled "Simoonn, that meant a "Dust Storm In
The Desert." Further research revealed that it was an Arabic
word that had since been adopted in English. The official Contemporary
dictionary definition is: "A hot, dry, dust laden, exhausting
wind of the African and Arabian deserts." The Oxford dictionary
goes one step further and calls it "violent. "
I found this translation, and its significance with
the current operations in the Persian Gulf to be more than fascinating, especially considering that
it was both an Arabic AND English word. My original thinking was that it described the way the
Iraqis had stormed Kuwait in a violent fashion in the sands of the Arabian deserts. I theorized
tbat it may have been adopted as a personal metaphor for the Gulf
operations. I subsequently wrote an article on Simone for the
November issue of Backtalk but was requested that I not print
it. Not wishing to cause unnecessary complications I agreed, and
just before Backtalk went to print in November, I pulled tbe article.
Now, in light of recent events I wish I had not. The article was
actually quite prophetic in its implications. Here are a few selected short lines
from it...
"While we may never know what Simone actually
means, there are some interesting possibilities. It may be a code
word for an operation in the gulf or a personal metaphor of some
description ... on a recent radio talk show a caller told me that
it is the Arabic word for Dust Storm. The caller cited as his source The Dictionary Of Geographical Terms.
Other possible translations are "Desert Wind" or "DESERT
STORM. '' (my emphasis in this reprint) ... ultimately Simone
is just another mystery in this new technology of Reverse Speech
that may one day be explained."
Other than that one radio interview and an article
in The Rhode Island Providence Journal, I was never mentioned
in any of the press reports. I mentioned it briefly in some public
lectures for the next two or three weeks and then slowly forgot
about it until ... The war broke. Chills traveled up and down
my spine as it was announced that operation Desert Storm had begun.
"Simone!" I exclaimed out loud. I rang some of my students
and they had seen it as well. Suddenly excitement in the Reverse
Speech community was intense.
Here we had the code name for the current operation
in the Gulf being announced in national press THREE months prior to its official announcement.
What better proof could we have for the existence and profound
importance of Reverse Speech?
During the following week, as watched with interest
all the press reports coming out of the Gulf, it slowly dawned on me that not only was Simone a cryptic
Reverse Speech code name for Operation Desert Storm but it was also a metaphor that graphically
described the way the operations in the Gulf were being conducted.
Around the clock, relentless, fast and effective. (Dictionary
definitions: exhausting wind, hot, dry, dust laden.)
Then, when the first American POWs were interviewed,
I heard Sirnone in reverse for the very first time on an Iraqi (see transcript elsewhere in this
issue). Shortly afterwards, during Iraq's short occupation of
the Saudi Arabian border town of Kafji, Iraq made an announcement
calling Kafji: " The beginning of a thunderous storm rolling
across the desert." Simone was to be seen everywhere.
Thus we have Simone, a profound lesson in the true
nature of Reverse Speech. Simone, the code name for the U.S. operations
in the Gulf relayed in national press three months prior to its
official announcement. Simone, a metaphor that graphically
depicts the whole spirit and feel of the war in the Gulf, both from the American and Iraqi viewpoint.
And finally - Simone, the name of my first born twin daughter on whom the first reversal
on children was found at four months of age - "Mummy":.
May it live forever in Reverse
We had planned to present many significant reversals
from operation Desert storm in this issue, but due to a heavy
work load it was not possible to prepare the transcripts. We have,
however, published a collection of reversals from the first thirty
minutes of the war with CNN reporters, and another section where the first American
POWs were seen on Iraqi television. All reversals have been reprinted
as they occurred without comment.
The research institute has just begun a major research
project into Operation Desert storm (for details see page 7) and
the initial results of this will be published in the next issue
of BackTalk.
THE WAR BEGINS
Peter: "Now we're seeing a lot of activity in
the area of .this refinery. One thing after another. [One bomb, apparantly], coming down in the area..."
You must alert the bomb
Peter: "Oops! Now there's [something on fire].
That was an explosion fairly near our location at, er, [near a mosk in downtown]. We could sort
of feel the report [from that]." I've known it. I'm lonely. I'm worried. Damn them!
John: "Tonight, [every bomb we have seen] land
[seems to have hit something]. They hit the refinery correctly..."
Now nuclear war. They are not visible.
John: "They seem to, they have [these, er, laser
directed], they, the, the, the guided [bombs systems] now."
They kill with hardly a word. Is this Simone?
Peter: "[Well the anti air craft] fire has died
down and it seems to me that there's been [at least three waves]
of aircraft here so far." Fucking Arab. We fucked Arab.
Peter: "[But as I said, further out] in the
city, on the outskirts of the city there seems to be [more explosions taking place, multiple explosions]! "
Hey listen! Fire love. Shell with the bomb. Help me get results.
Peter: " [Indeed. Its quiet over] there too.
But I think its probably just a lull as President Bush follows] through his threat in an attempt to prove
to Saddam Hussein that he should leave Kuwait." They ousted Eden. Don't shoot them. Nuke them.
Charles Jaco: "[The war With Iraq] began early
Tuesday morning as a squadron of U.S. [fighter bombers took off
from] the largest U.S. air base in central Saudi Arabia."
Now with the whirlwind. Don't want to fuck with you.
Charles Jaco: "Colonel Ray Davies said, This
is history in the making. [He said, er watched a group of sombre]
pilots board their aircrafts, [taxy down the runway] and takeoff."
You must remove the soul. We are at mercy. You all know of
my disgust.
Charles Jaco: "The military here in Saudi Arabia
has [no further information]. They say all briefings will probably
come from Riyadh." War is here. Ashamed of me.
CNN Front Desk: "The liberation of Kuwait, in
the words of the White House, has begun with operation [Desert Storm]." I know you monsters.
Peter: "We have yet to see the bombs fall but
its the same pattern of the previous, [at least three raids], that we have witnessed." We're stupid.
Get used to it.
John: "The anti aircraft [fire is now going
toward the South]. We're looking [out to the west] and we [see
the tracer bullets going]." To hell with it. The bastards
don't know Fonzi. Don't tell 'em it's yesterday.
John: "The flames might be high [but the tracer
bullets are still going] up into the sky." I know I'd
waste it. Bomb Jerusalem.
John: " [We've seen these bombs come down before]."
Bomb them often. I must love in Hebrew.
John: "We don't have any indication [at all
that these] anti-aircraft guns are much success." They use the Lord.
John: "I'll give another moment to [catch your
breath]." I'll respect it.
AMERICAN POW'S
POW: "..leutenant [Jefferey Morton Zaun], United
States Navy... Want my home. You hurt.
POW: " . . . [I am from attack squadron 35]
in the U.S. Saratoga..." They don't have love there.
POW: "...my mission was to attack H3 airfield
in [south western Iraq]..." Error, you still trust me.
POW: "...[I think our leaders] and our people
have wrongly attacked the peaceful people of Iraq..." Do you know this hell?
POW: "...I would like to [tell my mother and
my father] and mysister that [I am well treated]..." You know now my trouble. Hurts to done it.
POW: "...and that [they should pray] for peace..."
Ashamed in it.
Iraq: " ?????? "
Simone ?????
POW: "...[for the children, please study hard
at school]..." Bush robbed your faith, Bush did.
Speech history!
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