bismi-lLahi-rRahmani-rRahiem In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
===News Update=== The Greatest Presidential Reflection Since Lincoln? : The neocons have spun into fits of Lincolnite hysteria over President Bush s inaugural speech, in which he promised to rid the planet of tyranny. William Kristol informed a Fox News Channel audience that it was the best presidential speech "since Lincoln freed the slaves." http://www.lewrockwell.com/dilorenzo/dilorenzo89.html === History Untold!: The American Indian And The "Great Emancipator" : The false sainthood and adulation afforded Lincoln has its basis in the incorrect assumption he fought the war to free an enslaved people. To believe this propaganda one must ignore most everything Lincoln said about the Black race and his continued efforts at colonization. Lincoln's treatment of the American Indian has been very much ignored, though not exactly misrepresented. http://www.unitednativeamerica.com/issues/lincoln.html === Ethnic Cleansing Of Universities Is The New Mantra In America: American neo-conservatives and followers of President George W. Bush pride themselves on taking no prisoners in their ideological quests. Now they seem to have set their sights on a new target: the stifling of academic freedom in the United States. http://www.gulfnews.com/Articles/OpinionNF.asp?ArticleID=149203 === Guantanamo, The United States' Auschwitz - 01/25/2005 Nobody should grandstage or try to score cheap points from Auschwitz. Neither should Guantanamo exist in this day and age. http://mparent7777.blog-city.com/read/1029887.htm === King George: The Coronation Viewed from Israel In many respects, the President of the United States is also the King of Israel. By Uri Avnery Some people say, only half in jest, that the USA is an Israeli colony. And indeed, in many respects it looks like that. President Bush dances to Ariel Sharon's tune. Both Houses of Congress are totally subservient to the Israeli right-wing � much more so than the Knesset. - Every year Congress confirms the payment of a massive tribute to Israel. http://207.44.245.159/article7817.htm === Don't be fooled by occupation in democracy's clothing Forgive me if I cannot whip up too much excitement over the coming Iraqi elections. Apart from my innate scepticism as to US intentions after its pretexts for going to war were blown apart, the words of an Iraqi diplomat who insisted he was a close friend of Eyad Allawi add fuel to the embers. http://mparent7777.blog-city.com/read/1030397.htm === Democrats Call Rice Liar, Bush Apologist WASHINGTON - One Senate Democrat called Condoleezza Rice a liar Tuesday and others said she was an apologist for Bush administration failures in Iraq, but she remained on track for confirmation as secretary of state. http://mparent7777.blog-city.com/read/1030301.htm === Barbara Boxer: Hold Condoleezza Rice Accountable!: The debate about Dr. Rice's confirmation must not be a rubber stamp of President Bush's appointment. The Senate must take its "advice and consent" role seriously. http://ga4.org/campaign/ricehearings/step1.tcl === Resist U.S. War Crimes Most Americans hold these truths to be self-evident: Torture is wrong; attacking another country that hasn't attacked you is wrong; occupying another country with your army and imposing your will on its people is wrong. These policies are not only immoral. They are illegal. http://mparent7777.blog-city.com/read/1030557.htm === 11 Iraqi Policemen Killed in Baghdad : Fighting erupted in Baghdad's eastern Rashad neighborhood as Iraqi police fired on anti occupation forces who were reportedly handing out leaflets warning people not to vote in Sunday's national elections. http://snipurl.com/cahp === Six US soldiers killed in Iraq: Gunmen kill Iraqi judge and his son while driving his car in Baghdad, US soldier killed in bomb blast in Iraqi capital. http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=12504 === Another Soldier Dies From Wounds: The Soldier sustained the injuries when a patrol was attacked with an improvised explosive device in western Baghdad. http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/Casualty_Report.asp?CasualtyReport=20050132.txt http://snipurl.com/cahq === Video Appears to Show U.S. Man Seized in Iraq: "I'm not asking for any help from President Bush because I know of his selfishness and unconcern to those who've been pushed into this hellhole," he says. http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=440046 === Dominican Sisters Flee Mosul: The Dominican Sisters of Charity of the Presentation have left Mosul, Iraq, and have relocated to Syria and Jordan. In a statement reported by Vidimus Dominum, the women religious explained that "in order to save their own lives they had to leave everything behind." http://www.zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=65263 === Army failed to probe torture, says rights group Investigative files released today by the American Civil Liberties Union suggest that the Army failed to aggressively investigate allegations of detainee abuse. Some of the investigations concern serious allegations of torture including electric shocks, forced sodomy and severe physical beatings. http://207.44.245.159/article7816.htm === Army Closed Many Abuse Cases Early: Army personnel have admitted to beating or threatening to kill Iraqi detainees and stealing money from Iraqi civilians but have not been charged with criminal conduct, according to newly released Army documents. http://207.44.245.159/article7819.htm === Torture in Iraq still routine, report says: Twenty months after Saddam Hussein's government was toppled and its torture chambers unlocked, Iraqis are again being routinely beaten, hung by their wrists and shocked with electrical wires, according to a report by a human rights organization. http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6863916/ === Iraq: Torture Continues at Hands of New Government: Police Systematically Abusing Detainees: Iraqi security forces are committing systematic torture and other abuses against people in detention, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released today. http://207.44.245.159/article7820.htm === US and UK 'ignore torture by Iraqi police': Iraqi security forces have been committing widespread torture and other human rights abuses while US and British authorities turn a blind eye, according to a report. http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=604282 http://snipurl.com/cahs === Major 'destroyed abuse evidence' : The commanding officer of three British soldiers accused of abusing prisoners destroyed his records two weeks before their court martial, a court has heard. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4205145.stm === Bush to seek about $80 bln for military operations: The Bush administration plans to announce as early as Tuesday that it will seek about $80 billion in new funding for military operations this year in Iraq and Afghanistan, pushing the total for both conflicts to almost $300 billion so far. http://www.reuters.com/financeNewsArticle.jhtml?type=bondsNews&storyID=7414971 http://snipurl.com/cahu === Lawmakers Resolved to Finish Iraq Mission Regardless of Costs: Lawmakers, Democrats as well as Republicans, are resolved to finish the war despite mounting costs and casualties. http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=439260 === Army plans to keep 120,000 troops in Iraq: The U.S. Army expects to keep its troop strength in Iraq at the current level of about 120,000 for at least two more years, according to the Army's top operations officer. http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6863956/ === U.S. may run out of reserve troops in a year : At the current pace of U.S. deployments to Iraq, the Pentagon may be hard-pressed by next year to provide enough reserve combat troops suitable for the mission, judging from the military services own estimates of available manpower. http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/news/ci_2535489 === Gov't will not release Iraq war legal advice under information law: The government will not release the official guidance it received about the potential legality of the Iraq war under a new freedom of information law. http://snipurl.com/cai5 === Don't be fooled by occupation in democracy's clothing : "The outcome of the elections is more or less a done deal," he told me. "Allawi is set to continue." http://207.44.245.159/article7822.htm === Iraqi Voters Face Bewildering Choice : The confusing nature of the poll has hampered campaigning efforts and research conducted last month revealed that more than 40% of Iraqis believe they are simply voting for a new president, not a national body. http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=4042932 === Iraq vote to bring security change, says leading Shia : One of the most senior politicians in Iraq has promised a "radical change" in the country's security forces after this week's election and said officers with Ba'athist links would be removed. http://snipurl.com/caid === Renato Redentor Constantino: Everything Is Under Control: Over 15 million Iraqis are said to be eligible to vote. Of Iraq's 18 provinces, only four, we are told, will be unable to join the elections. All is well, until you realize that these four provinces contain more than half the population of Iraq. http://207.44.245.159/article7815.htm === A Tale of Two Iraq Investigations : While investigators zero in on what happened to billions of dollars allegedly siphoned away in the Oil-for-Food scandal, a less high-profile probe is under way into spending in Iraq. Investigations into how the U.S-led coalition spent Iraq s oil revenues after the fall of Baghdad in 2003 have found several problems. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,145288,00.html === Democracy - It's not God's gift Jordanian-born terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, leader of the organisation that calls itself "al Qaeda in Iraq", says: "We have declared a fierce war on this evil principle of democracy." http://mparent7777.blog-city.com/read/1030040.htm === Dream On America: The U.S. Model: For years, much of the world did aspire to the American way of life. But today countries are finding more appealing systems in their own backyards. http://207.44.245.159/article7827.htm === The American Dream In all of Iraq, Jumana Hanna was the bravest witness to the horror of Saddam's regime, telling the Americans of torture, rape, and mass murder. In Washington, Hanna became a potent symbol of Iraqi liberation, and the Bush administration brought Hanna and her children to the United States for their protection. Then the author discovered the really horrible truth. http://mparent7777.blog-city.com/read/1030038.htm === Britain Arrests Freed Gitmo Detainees : Four Britons who were freed after being detained for up to three years at the U.S. military camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, returned to Britain on Tuesday and were immediately arrested. http://snipurl.com/cai6 === After Guantanamo : Two of the British prisoners who have returned to the UK from Guantanamo Bay reportedly spent 18 months in solitary confinement http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/4203803.stm === Mass suicide bid at Guantanamo revealed: Twenty-three "terror suspects" tried to hang or strangle themselves at the US military base in Guantanamo Bay during a mass protest in 2003, the military confirmed today. http://207.44.245.159/article7814.htm === Sgt. Kevin M. Benderman : Right to Life : Why I am facing the possibility of seven years in Federal Prison because I do not want to kill another human being? http://207.44.245.159/article7821.htm == Pentagon Sends Top Intelligence Official to Meet With Lawmakers About Secret Unit: The Pentagon sent its top intelligence official to Capitol Hill on Monday to explain the mission and makeup of a secret battlefield intelligence group that some lawmakers suggested may have skirted congressional oversight and not been coordinated fully with the CIA. http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGB4GPHCD4E.html === George Monbiot: Pedigree dogs of war : Some people who engage in foreign conflicts are called terrorists. Others are about to be government-licensed http://207.44.245.159/article7825.htm === Iran: Next Victim Of "Freedom"?: Just days before the election, the elusive Abu-Musab Al-Zarqawi, who has a $25 million bounty on his head, put out an anti-democracy tape and calls Ayatollah Ali Sistani Satan . http://207.44.245.159/article7823.htm === Schroeder opposed to military action against Iran : German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said on Monday that he opposed the use of military force against Iran over the country's nuclear programme. http://snipurl.com/caig === Italian Court Acquits Suspects of International Terrorism Charges: An Italian judge dropped charges of international terrorism against five North Africans arrested in April 2003. The men had been accused of sending recruits and financial support to paramilitary training camps in Iraq. http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-01-25-voa51.cfm === In case you missed it?: Neo-conservatives Directing Bush Towards Regime Change in North Korea: http://www.newamericancentury.org/northkorea-20041122.htm === The CIA and Riggs Bank: A Wall Street Journal story that the press gang should chase. http://www.slate.com/Default.aspx?id=2112015&; === Paul Craig Roberts: A Party Without Virtue: After listening to his inaugural speech, anyone who thinks President Bush and his handlers are sane needs to visit a psychiatrist. The hubris-filled megalomaniac in the Oval Office has promised the world war without end. http://207.44.245.159/article7824.htm === Audio: Gore Vidal on Bush's Inaugural Address: "The Most Un-American Speech I've Ever Heard": Vidal says, "If the United States does go abroad to slay dragons in the name of freedom, liberty and so on, she could become dictatress of the world, but in the process she would lose her soul." Real audio http://207.44.245.159/article7828.htm === The Hidden Passages in Bush s Inaugural Address: Bush s Inaugural Address contained many explicit references to God, but there were even more hidden allusions to the Bible that may have been lost to many in his audience, as they were to me, before I did some research. http://www.progressive.org/webex05/wx012105.html === Chertoff's Skeletons: Terror baggage?: The bizarre terror connections of Bush's choice for Homeland Security Czar http://www.gnn.tv/articles/article.php?id=1089 === Gov't Releases $855 Billion Deficit Forecast: The Congressional Budget Office is predicting the government will go another $855 billion into debt over the next decade, excluding the costs of President Bush s Social Security plan and ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. http://cbsnewyork.com/campaign/politicsnational_story_025103422.html === Bush Is Bankrupting America : President Bush is bankrupting America and the Congress is helping him get away with it. http://207.44.245.159/article7826.htm === Al Qaeda's economic war against the United States: Osama bin Laden, believes the way to bring down a superpower is to weaken its economy through protracted guerilla warfare. We "bled Russia for ten years until it went bankrupt and was forced to withdraw in defeat," bin Laden boasted in his October 2004 videotape. "We are continuing in the same policy to make America bleed profusely to the point of bankruptcy," said bin Laden. http://207.44.245.159/article7818.htm === Army Overturns Afghan Death Finding: Mohammed Sayari, was shot repeatedly Aug. 28, 2002, shortly after his pickup was stopped by four members of a Special Forces detachment operating out of a base at Lwara, Afghanistan, about 100 miles southeast of Kabul. http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-abuse-afghan,0,6130969.story?coll=sns-ap-world-headlines http://snipurl.com/caht === Like Nero, Bush and GOP fiddle while Iraq burns Americans struggle to make ends meet. http://snipurl.com/caik === How Palestinian property was seized : According to reports in the Israeli media, a ministerial committee of the Israeli government met last July 8 and adopted a resolution - neither publicly announced nor published in the official government gazette, but "legal" nonetheless - to confiscate thousands of dunams of land (by some estimates, nearly half the land in East Jerusalem) from its Arab owners. http://www.iht.com/bin/print_ipub.php?file=/articles/2005/01/25/opinion/edsiegman.html === Amira Hass : Closing Gaza's Already Closed Checkpoints http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=107&ItemID=7103 === Israeli Occupation Forces reviving psychological warfare unit : The overall intention is to conduct "awareness operations" to influence Palestinian public opinion, mostly through propaganda, psychological warfare and sometimes disinformation. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/531436.html === Venezuela's Chavez: US behind Colombia rebel arrest; Chavez said Sunday that the United States was behind Colombia's arrest, on Venezuelan territory, of a Colombian rebel, triggering a diplomatic crisis with Bogota. http://www.turkishpress.com/world/news.asp?id=050124004442.0eh5clal.xml === -muslim voice- ___________________________________ BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW ------------------------ Yahoo! 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