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HANDBOOKHANDBOOK FFF OOO RRR RR EE BB EE LL SS &&& OO UU TT LL AA WW SS MMM AAA RRR KKK MM III RR AA BB EE LL LL OO REBELS AND OUTLAWS 1 Handbook for Rebels and Outlaws Resisting Tyrants, Hangmen, and Priests Mark L. Mirabello, Ph.D. Professor of European History Shawnee State University (USA) 2 MARK MIRABELLO Copyright © 2009 First Edition Copyright 2009 by M L Mirabello and Mandrake of Oxford All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or utilized in any form by any means electronic or mechanical, including xerography, pho- tocopying, microfilm, and recording, or by any information storage system with- out permission in writing from the author. Published by Mandrake of Oxford PO Box 250 OXFORD OX1 1AP (UK) ISBN 978-1-906958-00-8 REBELS AND OUTLAWS 3 Contents Introduction ------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 A-Z of Rebels and Outlaws: Blasphemy; Terrorism (History and Practice); Megaterrorism (Biological Weapons, Chemical Weapons, and Nuclear Weapons); Survivalism and Weapons of Mass Destruction; Non-Violent Resistance (Hunger Strike, General Strike, Civil Disobedience); The "Temporary Autonomous Zone"; Communications, Clandestine; The Revolutionary Cell ; The Assassin in History; "Dirty War" and the State ; Coup d'Etat (Theory and Practice); Secret Police (Techniques and Tricks); Deception in War (Theory and Practice); Guerillas, Partisans, and Asymmetric Warfare (History and Practice); The Urban Guerilla; The Bandit and Pirate in History and Legend; Mafias and Organized Crime; White-Collar Crime (Non-Violent Crime); Violent Crime ; Tyranny in History (Four Types Of); The Police in History; The Informant in History; Evidence (Physical and Eye-Witness); State-Sanctioned Killing; Torture (History and Practice); Prison and Punishment; Escape form “Controlled Custody”; Techniques of the Fugitive ------------------- 9 Extended bibliography --------------------------------------------------- 330 4 MARK MIRABELLO Dedicated to Paul Joseph Mirabello, the “master of those who know.” This book is intended for historical reference only. A special thanks to John Leo Kelley, a professor emeritus of history at Shawnee State University, Jennifer Reed, a graduate student at the Univer- sity of Northern Kentucky, and Jennifer Sheroian, an independent scholar, for their comments and criticisms. I must also thank Regina Baranski Mirabello, Bradley Sheroian, Paula Sheroian, Stacey Sheroian, Ashley Sheroian, Donald Sheroian, Neil Reed, Jennifer Foster, Jill Gardner, Laura Munion, and Mogg Morgan. At the time of writing, gold costs 5,900 dollars per pound, cocaine costs 61,000 dollars per pound, and pamidronic acid, an anti-cancer drug, costs 133,043 dollars per pound. The price of the ingredients to make one pound of pamidronic acid is twenty-three dollars. In today’s world, what is a crime? REBELS AND OUTLAWS 5 “Everyone would work for everyone else; there would be no more war; and the whole world would be turned into one big jolly factory without an owner, and with playgrounds attached....Yousayyouwanttomakemenbrothers. What you really want is to make them ants.” Rex Warner. The Professor “After all, the United States fought one of the bloodiest civil conflicts in history little more than a century ago. We know that it can happen here be- cause it has.” Roy Licklider. Stopping the Killing: How Civil Wars End. “I foresee that man will resign himself to new abominations, that soon only soldiers and bandits will be left.” Jorge Luis Borges. The Garden of Forking Paths 6 MARK MIRABELLO INTRODUCTION This work—the Handbook for Rebels and Outlaws—is a book about free- dom. Written for intellectual swashbucklers–men and women who are radi- cals in politics and infidels in religion–warriors who hammer the stake of fear into the heart of tyranny–this volume belongs in select book collec- tions, between the black magic and the pornography texts. Designed as a reference book for the enemies of all orthodoxies and despotisms, the Handbook for Rebels and Outlaws contains much informa- tion that is not beautiful. The reader must remember, however, that bru- tality is a fact in nature. When the autumn comes—observe the Chinese— no leaf is spared because of its beauty, and no flower is spared because of its fragrance. The information detailed here has been excavated from diverse sources. I have quarried the writings of philosophers and fiends, saints and mass murderers, sages and madmen, beneficent societies and sinister conven- ticles, illuminated religions and blasphemous cults. Why have I used evil sources? According to a traditional teaching— this one found among Kabbalahists—the wise man can learn from any source—even a thief. The thief is ever watchful, he takes every opportu- nity, and he does not despise the least gain. Besides, as the Argentine Jorge Luis Borges pointed out, “In adultery, there is usually tenderness and self-sacrifice; in murder, courage; in profa- nation and blasphemy, a certain satanic splendor.” *** This work–it is important to emphasize– is not an instruction manual for criminals. Frankly, in the current age–an era of depravity that the Hin- dus call the “Age of Kali”—violating laws is unnecessary. In the proper “context,” all crime is legal in our corrupt civilization. Do you like to lie? Become a journalist. Do you like to slander the dead? Become a historian. Do you like to libel the species? Become a nov- elist. Are you an authoritarian? Do you like to degrade, humiliate, and domi- nate others? Become a prison warden–or an elementary school teacher. Are you a sadist? Are you excited by the agonized shrieks of helpless beings? If you like to torture animals to death, become a kosher butcher. If REBELS AND OUTLAWS 7 you like to torture people to death–to poison, burn and cut them with impunity— become an oncologist. Do you enjoy doing evil and spreading terror? If killing strangers from behind with a knife, a garrote, or your naked hands arouses you, become a military commando. If mass murder is your interest–if exterminating thou- sands of people like germs and insects pleases you—become a combat pilot. Or–if you prefer to kill without danger to your own person–find employment in an abortion clinic. Over his career, one abortion pioneer in Canada personally killed more than thirty thousand unborn humans! *** Finally, this clarification must be made: although the Handbook for Rebels and Outlaws is a book about freedom, in a real sense pure and unsullied “freedom” does not exist. In the words of one anarchist writer—Yves Fremion, the author of Orgasms of History–only “liberation” exists, and “liberation” has no final stage. It is a “process of ongoing amelioration.” But if the struggle is perpetual–if there will always be statute laws and moral codes, straitjackets and leg irons, priests and hangmen–what is the point of rebellion? And what is the point of outlawry? “Victory,” to cite Yves Fremion again, “comes in the form of the op- pressors never feeling safe and secure and of tyrants living everywhere in a state of fear.” Besides, although they are always reviled and crucified in life, rebels and outlaws become cultural icons in death. Refusing to be slaves–refus- ing to toil and obey–these men and women–their short lives enriched by vengeance and loot—inspire our legends and shape our hopes. 8 MARK MIRABELLO MAXIMS OF THE REBEL AND THE OUTLAW 1. Understand that no one can give you freedom. Freedom is a treasure that must be stolen. 2. Do not believe anything until it has been officially denied. 3. Remember the words of Frederick the Great of Prussia: “he who defends everything defends nothing.” 4. Remember Aleister Crowley’s warnings: your friend can do more harm than a stranger and the greatest danger lies in your own habits. 5. Keep plans simple. Do not take unnecessary risks. Trust only what you control. 6. Follow the wisdom of Sun Tzu, and always provide the enemy with an escape route. When surrounded, even a rodent will fight ferociously. 7. Know that when you fight alone and on foot, you are the most diffi- cult target to locate on the battlefield. Your intelligence makes you the stealthiest of all weapons. 8. If you must die fighting, have an audience. 9. Never forget that dupes believe, slaves fear, and rebels defy. REBELS AND OUTLAWS 9 A-Z of Rebels and Outlaws ACTION Action is all-important. According to a Neo-Confucian maxim, “To know and not to act is not yet to know.” AFGHANISTAN A harsh country populated by implacable warriors, Afghanistan has been called the “grave of empires.” The tribal code in Afghanistan is based on loyalty and revenge. The Pashtun teach their children to be aggressive, to lie to avoid punishment, and to fear only public humiliation. In 1839 the British Empire invaded Afghanistan, ousted the leader, and installed a puppet government. The victory seemed complete, but small- scale fighting continued. In 1842 Kabul rose up, and the British promised to withdraw, under a promise of safe passage. Approximately 16,500 people–British Empire soldiers and camp fol- lowers–left the city. Ruthlessly harried during their retreat, only one person in the group, a British surgeon named William Brydon, would survive to reach the British fortress at Jalalabad. In the twentieth century, the brave Afghans helped destroy the awe- some Soviet Empire. Fighting a classic “guerrilla war of a thousand cuts” against the Soviet invaders, the Afghans ambushed convoys, mined roads, and destroyed bridges and railroads. They struck at night, in the rain, when the enemy was eating, or when the enemy had just finished marching. The Afghan guerrillas attacked aircraft on the ground, the power supply, dams, bridges, pipelines, isolated posts, convoys, and the enemy’s ammunition and fuel. AFLATOXIN A lethal substance—allegedly used by illicit secret police forces—aflatoxin is found in fungus-infested wheat and peanut crops.