bismi-lLahi-rRahmani-rRahiem In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
=== News Update === Off Duty U.S. Customs officer shoots unarmed 19-year old Arab-American in head: Authorities state that officer committed no wrong-doing and did not even book him for questioning http://www.livejournal.com/community/anarchists/698557.html http://tinyurl.com/4ghvp === Who benefits from al-Hariri's death?: I think al-Hariri's death is part of the plan to divide the region into tiny helpless sectarian states. This plan has started in Iraq and it will continue to hit all other Arab countries." http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/7EFAB726-9014-495D-8939-187E68035462.htm http://tinyurl.com/5t2j6 === In case you missed it: U.S. Intervention in the Middle East: A list of the invasions, bombings, assassinations, coups and other interventions by the U.S. government, its allies, or its client states, nor does it fully document the U.S.'s economic domination and exploitation of the region's people and resources. http://207.44.245.159/article6308.htm === In case you missed it: Robert Fisk: How we denied democracy to the Middle East: We created this place, weaned the grotesque dictators. And we expect the Arabs to trust Bush's promise? http://207.44.245.159/article5177.htm === Uri Avnery: A Real Peace Process Must Present a Truthful Representation of Reality: If one listened to all the speeches, one could get the impression that the root problem is "Palestinian terrorism", and that if this stops, everything will be alright. http://www.counterpunch.com/avnery02152005.html === Why we must lose this war by Jack Lessenberry "The United States needs to lose the war in Iraq as soon as possible. Even more urgently, the whole world needs the United States to lose the war in Iraq. What is at stake now is the way we run the world for the next generation or more, and really bad things will happen if we get it wrong." http://207.44.245.159/article8077.htm === U.S. contractors in Iraq allege abuses Four men say they witnessed shooting of unarmed civilians By Lisa Myers & the NBC investigative unit There are new allegations that heavily armed private security contractors in Iraq are brutalizing Iraqi civilians. In an exclusive interview, four former security contractors told NBC News that they watched as innocent Iraqi civilians were fired upon, and one crushed by a truck. The contractors worked for an American company paid by U.S. taxpayers. The Army is looking into the allegations. http://207.44.245.159/article8090.htm === Legacy of Fallujah Video Report From Fallujah This amateur video was shot on the first day of one of the biggest festivals in the Muslim year. But instead of buying new clothes for their children and visiting family and friends, the men of Falluja are digging graves. Watch it online now! http://207.44.245.159/article8076.htm === Video: Shocking and Awful: Dance of Death What is life like for a U.S. Soldier In Occupied Iraq. The American military in Iraq: Lambs led to slaughter or centurions for the Empire? Soldiers and their families speak out against the war and their lost loved ones. http://207.44.245.159/article8074.htm === Police find 8 bound, gagged corpses north of Iraqi capital : Police on Wednesday found the bodies of eight Iraqis, mostly civilians who'd been working at a U.S. military base, gagged and shot in the back of the head north of the Iraqi capital. http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/02/16/build/world/50-iraqviolence.inc http://tinyurl.com/4azgd === Three US soldiers die in Iraq: Three US soldiers have died in Iraq, including one killed in action and two involved in accidents, the US military said Wednesday. http://www.politicalgateway.com/news/read.html?id=2921 === Two Iraqi security officers killed in northern Iraq : "Unknown gunmen shot down two officers as they were patrolling along the main road between Tikrit and Kirkuk, close to the Hemreen oilfields http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-02/16/content_2584585.htm === Gunmen kill Iraqi intelligence officer: Attackers opened fire on 1st Lt. Ghazi Hoshi as he was getting into his car to go to work in Baghdad's volatile Dora district, said a police spokesman. http://tinyurl.com/3ngh2 === Italian hostage pleads for life in video: On the tape she said: "Everyone must withdraw from Iraq. No one should come to Iraq any longer because all foreigners, all Italians are considered enemies. Please do something for me. http://tinyurl.com/6qkjm === Hundreds of U.S. Nuclear Warheads in Europe: The targets for these weapons are most likely in Russia, Iran and Syria, according to NRDC experts. http://www.usabroad.org/2005/02/hundreds_of_us_.html === Unknown plane fires missile at Iran's nuclear reactor The onoly scenario which fits all the witness sightings is that there was an unknown aircraft that fired a missile, an Iranian fighter gave chase, and dropped its external tank or tanks to do so. http://www.aljazeera.com/cgi-bin/news_service/middle_east_full_story.asp?service_id=7038 === Blast Reported near Iranian Nuclear Plant Initial reports said that the plane, which was not officially identified, had fired a missile. The possibility was later raised that it could have been an Iranian plane and that it had jettisoned a fuel tank that had happened to land in the area. I have a problem with the "fuel tank" story, and for two reasons. First, such tanks are not dropped over occupied lands under any circumstances except in actual combat, because of the potential for damage on the ground and because these tanks do cost money. Second, an empty fuel tank doesn't cause an explosion. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050216.wiran0216/BNStory/International/ === Blast reported in southern Iran The television report initially quoted witnesses as saying Wednesday's explosion was the result of a missile fired from a plane seen overhead. However, it later said the blast could have been a falling fuel tank from an Iranian aircraft. Empty fuel tanks falling from aircraft don't trigger explosions. http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/16/iran.blast/ === Powerful blast in Iran, witnesses report seeing missile fired: A powerful blast occurred near Iran's Gulf port of Daylam, Iranian television reported, as witnesses said they saw a missile being fired from an unidentified plane. http://www.turkishpress.com/world/news.asp?id=050216145242.3cky2kul.xml http://tinyurl.com/5gpc3 === Iran explosion 'caused by falling fuel tank' : An explosion near an Iranian nuclear power facility is now thought to have been caused by a falling fuel tank from an aircraft. http://www.channel4.com/news/news_story.jsp?storyId=1213163 === Iran six months from having knowledge to build nuclear bomb: Israel : Iran's nuclear programme was a problem that must be tackled by the entire world, said Shalom, who arrived in London late Tuesday from Paris. "Terrorism and Iran were Israel's problem for a very long time," he said. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/132859/1/.html http://tinyurl.com/7xx7f === U.S. spies on Iran's nuclear sites, Intelligence official says : The United States has been flying spy drones over Iran's nuclear sites, Intelligence Minister Ali Yunesi said today, responding for the first time to reports of U.S. unmanned surveillance craft over Iran. http://www.columbiatribune.com/2005/Feb/20050216News034.asp http://tinyurl.com/3k2me === Iran, Syria 'form common front' : "We are ready to help Syria on all grounds to confront threats," Iranian Vice-President Mohammad Reza Aref said after meeting Syrian PM Naji al-Otari. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4270859.stm === Iran, Syria Missiles Can Target U.S. Intrests: A senior U.S. official said Iran and Syria have developed ballistic missiles that can destroy U.S. targets in Iraq as well as in nations aligned with Washington. http://www.menewsline.com/stories/2005/february/02_16_4.html === Analysis: U.S. targets Syria U.S.-Syrian relations hit a low Tuesday as Washington withdrew its ambassador from Damascus in the aftermath of the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. There is zero proof that Syria had anything to do with the bombing. But the US Government and the media will just act like it is a foregone conclusion, as beyond questioning as, oh, say, those weapons of mass destruction "everyone" knew were in Iraq. http://www.washtimes.com/upi-breaking/20050215-044353-6103r.htm === US demands Syrian troop withdrawal from Lebanon : The United States demanded on Tuesday Syria withdraw its troops from Lebanon and stop its alleged support of terror. http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200502/16/eng20050216_173671.html == Russia confirms plan to arm Syria: "Negotiations are now taking place on delivery to Damascus of the Strelets close-range anti-air system," Interfax news agency quoted an unnamed senior defence ministry official as saying. http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,12276340-38201,00.html === Russia to sell missiles to Syria: Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said he had sent a letter to Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin calling on Russia to cancel its planned sale of advanced missiles to Syria. Sharon said his office received a reply, and while he had not seen it, "I understand that they are going to sell this kind of weapon to the Syrians." http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1108437731374 http://tinyurl.com/46f3y === Robert Fisk : Israeli spies, Syrian obsession and a peace that had to break http://207.44.245.159/article8078.htm === Israel Welcomes Pressure on Syria; Campaigns to Stop Russian Missile Deal http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-02-16-voa33.cfm === Syria accuses Israel of killing Al Hariri: While the opposition to the pro-Syrian government in Beirut claimed that Syria was behind the assassination of the former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Al Hariri, the Syrian media on Tuesday pointed the finger of suspicion at Israel. http://207.44.245.159/article8075.htm === Why Is The Bush Administration Quickly Fingering Syria For Yesterday's Assassination In Lebanon?: The Bush Administration has not told us yet what evidence they have that Syria was involved, and why they would immediately recall our ambassador. http://www.theleftcoaster.com/archives/003721.php === PA: Israel is violating truce: "It is either that the Israeli government can't rein in its terrorist army, or the government itself is instructing the army to keep up the killing in order to provoke the Palestinians to retaliate," said Palestinian Authority (PA) spokesman Abd Allah Abd Allah. http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/86710D21-6C02-41FE-A4EA-5D184226CB08.htm http://tinyurl.com/5mmpj === Netanyahu incident staged for the press : Journalist Amnon Abromovitz, who exposed Avishai Raviv as an agent of the General Security Services code-named "Champagne" revealed tonight on Israel Television Channel Two that the headline- making incident in which Minister Netanyahu was "attacked" was staged for the media. http://web.israelinsider.com/Articles/Briefs/4992.htm === Six bodies, six grieving families, more accusations against troops: "We saw the soldier kneel and fire - it was done very quickly," said Mr Bahir's widow Jamilla. "He did not bleed. The upper part of his body became a strange blue colour and yellow from his stomach down to his feet. He died very quickly. The soldiers just disappeared." http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=611487 http://tinyurl.com/4ugnk === Soap said made from Jews in Holocaust found in Israel (NOT) Sources at Yad Vashem expressed disappointment at the radio report, calling the story a "pure invention that was given a stage by the media." A Yad Vashem spokeswoman said there is no proof the Nazis made soap from human bodies during the Holocaust. The sources said similar claims have been made in the past regarding soap made from Jewish bodies, including soap found last year in the Nahariya cemetery. In that case the soap was determined not to have been made from human remains. In 1990 samples from several soaps claimed to have been made from Jews were sent for DNA testing at Tel Aviv University. Likewise, those tests determined the soaps did not contain human fats. Another hoax falls into the dust-bin of history. http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=538795&contrassID=1&subContrassID=9&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y === Stop appeasing Putin in Chechnya : Three years ago, the U.S. president gave Putin the green light for his plan of Chechen pacification, which consisted of draconian measures against the civilian population, the installation of a puppet government and a propaganda campaign in the West that portrayed the Chechen independence movement as Islamic terrorists. http://207.44.245.159/article8073.htm === Video: Mosaic: World News Reports from Middle East TV For 02/15/05: 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/729et === FLASHBACK: Axis Of Spies Here's the axis we should be worried about: The Axis of Spies made up by the American Enterprise Institute, AIPAC and the Embassy of Israel.If the FBI weren't so busy trying to catch nonexistent Al Qaeda suspects, they might consider devoting a few more resources to tracking down this expanding Israeli nest of spies. (Oh, and The New Republic is very quiet on the Larry Franklin spy scandal so far. Very quiet. Too quiet.) "Evidence linking these Israelis to 9/11 is classified. I cannot tell you about evidence that has been gathered. It's classified information." -- US official quoted in Carl Cameron's Fox News report on the Israeli spy ring and its connections to 9-11. http://www.tompaine.com/articles/axis_of_spies.php === FLASHBACK: John Pilger reveals the American plan One of George W Bush's "thinkers" is Richard Perle. I interviewed Perle when he was advising Reagan; and when he spoke about "total war", I mistakenly dismissed him as mad. He recently used the term again in describing America's "war on terror". "No stages," he said. "This is total war. We are fighting a variety of enemies. There are lots of them out there. All this talk about first we are going to do Afghanistan, then we will do Iraq . . . this is entirely the wrong way to go about it. If we just let our vision of the world go forth, and we embrace it entirely and we don't try to piece together clever diplomacy, but just wage a total war . . . our children will sing great songs about us years from now." http://www.canadiandimension.mb.ca/extra/d1220jpi.htm === FLASHBACK: Spy Probe Scans Neocon-Israel Ties This was written just days after the exposure of an Israeli spy inside the very office at the Pentagon from which had flowed the now discredited claims of Iraqi WMDs, lies that served the war the Neocons wanted, the war called for in "Securing The Realm" a position paper written by the Neocons FOR ISRAEL. Family members of our dead and wounded; for whom were your loved ones killed and crippled? http://www.antiwar.com/lobe/?articleid=3478 === In case you missed it: Bob Woodward On U.S. Covert Action: In '85, they propose training foreign intelligence agents to go out kind of as hit teams and destroy the terrorists. This did not work. And finally Casey in 1985 worked out with the Saudis a plan to use a car bomb to kill Sheik [Mohammed Hussein] Fadlallah in Beirut. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/target/interviews/woodward.html http://tinyurl.com/4fzwo === CIA, FBI Warn Panel of Top Threats to U.S. : Al-Qaida and associated groups top the list of threats to the United States, leading government intelligence officials told Congress on Wednesday in a grim assessment that also highlighted Iran's emergence as a major threat to American interests in the Middle East. http://tinyurl.com/3wgll === Why the Iranian Opposition Should Not Trust the Bush Administration: As things heat up around Iran-with Condoleeza Rice recently touring Europe and making noises about Iran's nuclear energy program and George Bush making similar noises in DC it seems to be an appropriate time to look at the role these groups play in this tempest. http://www.counterpunch.org/jacobs02162005.html === Robert Scheer: What We Don't Know About 9/11 Hurts Us: Not since the Soviets first detonated an atomic bomb more than half a century ago has a single event so affected decision-making in this country, yet the main questions as to how and why it happened remain mostly unanswered. http://207.44.245.159/article8079.htm === Historians in cahoots : "We're an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you're studying that reality ... we'll act again, creating other new realities ... We're history's actors ... and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do." http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1415471,00.html === Robot soldiers might one day replace real thing: The American military is working on a new generation of soldiers, far different from the army it has. http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/212243_robots16.html === Learn to spy on your neighbors: Public offered class on terror spotting: It's going to take more than all the law enforcement officers in the country to keep America safe from terrorist attacks. We'll need our neighbors, too. http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/news/local/crime_courts/10900940.htm === ID checks to toughen for Americans re-entering country : In three years, U.S. citizens and Canadians will have to show passports or a federally issued ID cards linked to Homeland Security databases to re-enter the country from across the border. http://www.mysanantonio.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D889OO4G1.html http://tinyurl.com/3mflw === Australia: Dirt dossier included citizens: THE Northern Territory Government is keeping a secret database of people who criticise the Government or its policies, it was learned last night. http://www.thecouriermail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,12265841%255E421,00.html http://tinyurl.com/5m44q === -muslim voice- ___________________________________ BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. 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