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=== News Update === Full text of Bush's State of the Union February 02, 2005 by John in DC STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS As Prepared for Delivery Mr. Speaker, Vice President Cheney, Members of Congress, fellow citizens: As a new Congress gathers, all of us in the elected branches of government share a great privilege: we have been placed in office by the votes of the people we serve. And tonight that is a privilege we share with newly elected leaders of Afghanistan, the Palestinian territories, Ukraine, and a free and sovereign Iraq. http://mparent7777.blog-city.com/read/1048622.htm === State of the Union 2005: Reality Check Posted: 02/03/05 On February 2, 2005, President Bush addressed the nation asking each of us to support his second term agenda. He talked about privatizing Social Security, the war in Iraq, and his other priorities for the upcoming year. Now it�s time for a reality check courtesy of Moving Ideas. http://mparent7777.blog-city.com/read/1050547.htm === A colonial take on Iraq vote HAROON SIDDIQUI It's gloating time for George W. Bush and those who supported the invasion and occupation of Iraq. Given that nothing else has gone right in the last 22 months, they deserve the moment. http://mparent7777.blog-city.com/read/1050539.htm === A Historic Judgement Guerilla War Is Not Terrorism by Faheem Hussain; February 03, 2005 Absolved of international terrorism. A historical judgement by a courageous Italian judge, Clementina Forleo, Giudice di Udienza Preliminare (the Judge for the Preliminary Hearing) that should not go unnoticed. This it how it finished on 24th January at Milan, the case against three of five North African Muslims arrested in 2003 on the charge of being part of a terrorist cell attached to Al Qaeda. http://mparent7777.blog-city.com/read/1050279.htm === Criminal World Chertoff's involvement in Bush's chamber of horrors goes beyond an advisory capacity. By Chris Floyd Another day, another accomplice in the construction of the Bush Regime's torture chambers revealed. Nothing new there; the perp walk of top Bushists colluding in torture could stretch a mile. But the remarkable thing about the latest case is that it exposes an even greater depth of official criminality than hitherto suspected -- no mean feat, given the rap sheet of this crew. http://207.44.245.159/article7965.htm === In case you missed it: Apocalypse Soon: Evangelicals in the US believe there is a biblical basis for opposing the Middle East road map http://207.44.245.159/article3716.htm === The end of days: a self-fulfilling prophecy : The Last Days theme has also become a major motor in US foreign policy. Just as in Reformation Europe, the Christian right believes we need to sort out the world before the Last Days arrive. http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1401181,00.html === CIA urged to release Nazi records : Released documents show links between US intelligence and Nazi war criminals. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4225629.stm === Supreme Chickens?: The high court's Gitmo confusion comes home to roost: Judge Green paints a truly chilling picture of the Kafka-esque "hearing" of Mustafa Ait Idr�who kept begging his judges to simply tell him the name of the al-Qaida member he was alleged to have conspired with. http://slate.msn.com/id/2113003/ === Emails from the Fourth Reich: Aliens in their own land. Why can�t a huge mass of contemporary Americans perceive the distorted values that their current leaders radiate at a frequency that has in no time sunk this great country to murky depths unprecedented in its past? http://207.44.245.159/article7958.htm === The ball is in Europe�s court: Palestinian Loss Of Land 1946 - 2000. http://www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=553 === Allawi's government decried as corrupt ; A top Shia leader tipped to become Iraq's next prime minister has branded Iyad Allawi's interim government the most corrupt in the country's history. http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/37FF50AE-F3C8-4ED7-828D-594411718E28. htm http://tinyurl.com/4g2wv === Elections Are Not Democracy: The United States has essentially stopped trying to build a democratic order in Iraq, and is simply trying to gain stability and legitimacy http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6885455/site/newsweek/ === Rebels kill 12 Iraqi soldiers: The 12 soldiers were travelling back from their jobs guarding oil pipelines when they were ambushed on the road between the villages of Azab and Zaraquiya, 85km west of Kirkuk, said General Anwar Amin. http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,12135000-23109,00.html === Five Iraqis shot dead: Four civilians were killed Wednesday in a drive-by shooting south of Baghdad. An Iraqi motorist was shot dead on the main desert highway west of Baghdad on Wednesday http://www.albawaba.com/en/news/179651 === Two Iraqi policemen and a soldier were killed in two attacks in the city of Baquba: The two policemen were killed in a drive-by shooting while shopping, and died instantly. The soldier was killed near a city hospital http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/CDE6C27E-962B-48F1-B0E3-D29812909472. htm http://tinyurl.com/6h5k5 === Three Iraqi soldiers were killed and three wounded in a bomb attack http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/66BF7ED2-DA98-4CBE-A1AB-ADFA56D6DD48. htm http://tinyurl.com/6934v === Second Marine Killed In Fallujah: A Marine assigned to I Marine Expeditionary Force was killed in action on Feb. 2, bringing to two the number of Marines who died while conducting security and stability operations in the Al Anbar Province. http://tinyurl.com/6gcsn === American Woman Killed In Mortar Attack In Iraq: The Department of Defense Wednesday announced that Barbara Heald was killed in a mortar attack at the Republic National Palace in Baghdad on Saturday. She was a civilian employee of the U.S. Army. http://www.nbc30.com/news/4157762/detail.html === UK Troops face court martial over Iraq death: Seven soldiers are to face a court martial for the murder of an Iraqi civilian in May 2003 http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=666211§i on=news&src=rss/uk/topNews http://tinyurl.com/66quh === Kurds demand autonomy : About 70,000 Kurds converged on local government headquarters in Sulaymaniya in northeastern Iraq calling for the oil-rich city of Kirkuk - outside the Kurdish region - to become the capital of a Kurdish nation. http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/3AE0E9D0-1307-4FD6-8009-90C723A777AD. htm http://tinyurl.com/6ldcy === Kurdish party says self-rule inevitable: Kurdish self-rule is inevitable if not imminent, according to Kurdistan Democratic Party chief Masud Barzani. http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/350DA932-63C9-4666-9014-2209F872A840. htm http://tinyurl.com/644pe === Robert Fisk: Baghdad, the city that dreams of death : Suicide bombs are now daily occurrences in Iraq. But what of those who escape death? Robert Fisk recounts the story of Abu Ali, who survived an attack that killed eight http://207.44.245.159/article7959.htm === Juan Cole: The Shiite earthquake: With non-Sunni Muslims poised to take power for the first time, a new Iraq is being born. Will it survive its infancy? http://fairuse.1accesshost.com/news2/salon50.html === Fear of a Shia Planet: Ronald Reagan's old enemy becomes George Bush's new friend in Iraq http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0505,mondo1,60657,6.html === Iran, Syria reject terrorism allegations http://www.adn.com/24hour/world/story/2085366p-10149178c.html http://tinyurl.com/4xpqu === There He Goes Again : I wanted to point out some facts, some realities that Bush had better face�for the sake of our country, before he makes even more of a mess of things in the world and at home. http://www.todaysalternativenews.com/index.php?event=link,150&values[0]=&val ues[1]=2212 http://tinyurl.com/5gesm === Bush to Seek $2.52 billion in military and economic aid for Israel and $350 million to help the Palestinian economy and security forces. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&ncid=736&e=3&u=/ap/20050 203/ap_on_re_mi_ea/us_mideast http://tinyurl.com/3mro9 === Bush leaves Palestinians unimpressed: Palestinians have reacted with scepticism to President George Bush's State of the Union Address, saying actions speak louder than words. http://tinyurl.com/5mg73 === Video: Mosaic: World News Reports from Middle East TV For 02/02/05: The nation's only uncensored compilation of daily television news reports from more than 15 countries in the Middle East. QuickTime Video. http://tinyurl.com/4vpst === John Pilger Fear and silence in Australia: Australia, once the land of the "fair go", has collaborated with Guantanamo more closely than any other western government and is guilty of human rights abuses of its own. http://207.44.245.159/article7964.htm === Rumsfeld Mulls German Visit Amid Concern Over Possible War Crimes Prosecution: Concern that US leaders and military personnel risk prosecution in Germany for alleged war crimes has become a factor in deciding whether US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld will attend an international security conference in Munich, a Pentagon spokesman said. http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0202-09.htm === White House Fears That the Enemy Is ... the CIA: Administration politicos cite a series of developments during last year's campaign as evidence that CIA careerists were out to get President Bush http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6884903/site/newsweek/ === Bill Moyers: There Is No Tomorrow : One of the biggest changes in politics in my lifetime is that the delusional is no longer marginal. It has come in from the fringe, to sit in the seat of power in the Oval Office and in Congress. For the first time in our history, ideology and theology hold a monopoly of power in Washington. http://207.44.245.159/article7960.htm === Audio: Gore Vidal Interview : Renowned author and commentator Gore Vidal speaks about the birth of the Republic and how far from the origins of the Constitution the US has traveled since 911. http://207.44.245.159/article7961.htm === There Is No Longer Any Room For Doubt : I watch in disgust as the freedom to dissent is regularly treated with contempt and jingoistic violence at the same time as it is rhetorically praised. And I watch with shame the paltry responses from all of us at these frightening events, making us complicit in what is to come, as well as what is occurring now. http://www.dissidentvoice.org/Feb05/Tirado0202.htm === Top military officials say forces strained: The Army is coming up short in its recruiting of National Guard forces, and staffing the next rotation of guardsmen and reservists to serve in Iraq will be difficult, top military officials told lawmakers Wednesday http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/news/breaking_news/10799786.htm http://tinyurl.com/3r5lt === Marines come up short on recruits : Service fails to attain monthly quota for first time in a decade http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/02/03/MNGM2B50V61.D TL http://tinyurl.com/453oh === Judge: Yale Can Block Military Recruiters : A federal judge has ruled that Yale Law School can block military recruiters from campus without fear of losing federal funding. http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4774316,00.html === Military Recruiting Office Vandalized: Police still have no arrests in a vandalism case. Anti-war protesters targeted a local military recruiting office by painting an obscenity, and throwing a bucket of manure at the building. http://www.wtol.com/Global/story.asp?S=2887448 === The New Bush Agenda: A Debate on Social Security with Paul Krugman vs. the American Enterprise Institute. Audio and transcript http://207.44.245.159/article7962.htm === America's Seniors Are Not Cowards: The Democrats are being accused of "trying to scare the old folks" by opposing the eventual destruction of the most successful social program in our history. It is said that the nation's senior citizens are afraid of losing their benefits and that fear is leading to the opposition by the AARP and all other senior organizations. Nothing could be further from the truth! http://207.44.245.159/article7963.htm === -muslim voice- ___________________________________ BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Would you Help a Child in need? 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