bismi-lLahi-rRahmani-rRahiem In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
=== News Update === Nationalism, Islam, Republicanism and Class Warfare by Stephen Crockett (co-host of Democratic Talk Radio) The terrible record of the Bush Administration in the international arena has deep historical roots in the misuse of propaganda by the Bush Republicans in the creation of American public policy. For essentially domestic political and economic reasons, the Republican Party has long advanced the myth that Reagan destroyed the Soviet Union by outspending it using public debt to expand the military-industrial complex. Actually, the Soviet threat was destroyed largely by nationalism instead of capitalism. http://mparent7777.blog-city.com/read/1090497.htm === Neo-con campaign against Egypt, Arabs and Muslims Ayoon wa Azan (Not in Egypt�s Defense) Jihad Al Khazen Al-Hayat 2005/02/21 Max Boot, a neo-conservative, is inciting the Bush administration to stop or decrease its aids for Egypt; however, he does not object to the United States' paying Israel double the amounts it gives to Egypt, in order for it to kill young girls inside their schools. http://mparent7777.blog-city.com/read/1090831.htm === In Pictures: Bush Not Welcome In Europe: http://www.indymedia.be/news/2005/02/93226.php Page 2 - http://www.indymedia.be/news/2005/02/93213.php Page3 http://www.indymedia.be/news/2005/02/93254.php === Europeans Ask: Is Bush a Wolf in a Granny's Suit?: How much of what this president -- known for his knack for hyperbole -- says will translate into deeds? And what of the looming crises in Iran, Iraq and over the EU's desire to lift its Chinese weapons embargo? http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/0,1518,343107,00.html === Collapse of the American Empire: The neocons in power in Washington these days, those who were delighted to talk about America as the sole empire in the world following the Soviet disintegration, will of course refuse to believe in any such collapse, just as they ignore the realities of the imperial war in Iraq http://www.counterpunch.com/sale02222005.html === Bush should look into the mirror before giving orders and threatening other nations, by HELEN THOMAS Repairing damage done abroad Tuesday, February 22, 2005 By HELEN THOMAS - HEARST NEWSPAPERS WASHINGTON -- President Bush should look into the mirror before giving orders and threatening other nations. http://mparent7777.blog-city.com/read/1090540.htm === 'Don't Be Silent About Things That Matter': As the Bush Administration pushes forward with its aggressive plans to tear up the Constitution and launch its liberty jihad, Senator Barbara Boxer has stepped forward as the voice of Democratic opposition. http://207.44.245.159/article8143.htm === Bush Administration's Prostitute Press by William Norman Grigg - February 21, 2005 Creating "free-speech zones" to protect President Bush from critics; requiring reporters to be escorted by "minders"; lavishing tax dollars as payola on conservative commentators; entering into a tawdry press liaison with a male prostitute -- these actions and more illustrate the Bush administration's quasi-totalitarian hostility to a genuinely independent press. http://mparent7777.blog-city.com/read/1090626.htm === Report: Thousands wrongly convicted each year: Thousands of suspects unable to afford lawyers are wrongly convicted each year because they are pressured to accept guilty pleas or have incompetent attorneys, the American Bar Association says in a report. http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-02-11-wrongly-convicted_x.htm http://snipurl.com/cz0r === Columbia U. Professor, Criticized for Views on Israel, Is Banned From Teacher-Training Program The New York City Department of Education will prohibit a professor of Arab studies at Columbia University from appearing in an occasional training program for secondary-school teachers, citing the professor's criticism of Israel. http://mparent7777.blog-city.com/read/1090474.htm === War on terror in the U.S. scares off foreign tourists: he stakes involved are huge. Visitors from abroad accounted for about $93.5 billion in spending and economic activity in the United States in 2004, according to Commerce Department estimates. That's slightly larger than U.S. exports of automobiles, engines and parts http://www.detnews.com/2005/business/0502/22/C03-96975.htm === Standing Their Ground Against The Bush Liberty Jihad March 2005 issue The Word from Washington Ruth Conniff As the Bush Administration pushes forward with its aggressive plans to tear up the Constitution and launch its liberty jihad, Senator Barbara Boxer has stepped forward as the voice of Democratic opposition. http://mparent7777.blog-city.com/read/1090643.htm === Europe - United States: The Two Universalisms By Pierre Rosanvallon - Le Monde Monday 21 February 2005 It's understood we're all democrats. It's also understood we both want democratic ideals to spread and govern the world more than they do now. And yet, we all find ourselves at the very least exasperated when this double assertion is drummed out in a George Bush speech. What is the error? How can such a sense of a gap between Europeans and Americans, even while we feel we share the same values, be explained, in fact? That remains the big question of the hour, and it doesn't concern the diplomatic field and transatlantic relations only. In the first place, the world's peace and stability depend upon it. http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/022105I.shtml === McCain Calls for Permanent Afghan Bases : A senior American lawmaker called Tuesday for permanent U.S. bases in Afghanistan to safeguard American security interests in a region that includes Iran as well as nuclear-armed Pakistan and China. http://207.44.245.159/article8137.htm === Doomed to fail By Scott Ritter "Freedom is on the march," Mr. Bush has said. Unfortunately for the United States, North Korea and Iran don't see it that way. And if America keeps marching, it could very well be in the direction of a nuclear apocalypse. http://207.44.245.159/article8138.htm === A Kick In The Pants By Sheila Samples Bush doesn't understand what is happening in the world he so arrogantly believes he owns. The European trip he's on now is a barely concealed attempt to strong-arm support for his upcoming invasion of Iran. http://207.44.245.159/article8140.htm === Did Israel Kill al-Hariri to Set the Stage for a Confrontation with Hezbollah? Kurt Nimmo Last week, newspapers �from around the world � raised accusation fingers to Israel regarding the assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafic Hariri,� reports Arabic News. In Turkey, Prague, Paris, and elsewhere newspaper columnists and reporters put two and two together and came up with Israel. http://207.44.245.159/article8141.htm === Insurgents Wage Precise Attacks on Baghdad Fuel By JAMES GLANZ Published: February 21, 2005 AGHDAD, Iraq, Feb. 20 - Insurgent attacks to disrupt Baghdad's supplies of crude oil, gasoline, heating oil, water and electricity have reached a degree of coordination and sophistication not seen before, Iraqi and American officials say. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/21/international/middleeast/21sabotage.html?ex=1109653200&en=99074604ab6a3c7f&ei=5070 === Attacks by Militant Groups Rise in Mosul By EDWARD WONG Published: February 22, 2005 ULAIMANIYA, Iraq, Feb. 21 - Militant Islamist groups that originated in Iraqi Kurdistan are responsible for most of the attacks now taking place in the northern insurgent stronghold of Mosul, while activity by nationalist insurgents linked to the former government has slowed there, senior Kurdish officials say. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/22/international/middleeast/22kurds.html?ex=1109653200&en=dffd8cd77cf55749&ei=5070 === Three US troops die in Iraq blast Monday 21 February 2005, 21:35 Makka Time, 18:35 GMT Three US soldiers have been killed and eight wounded in a bomb attack in Iraq, the US military said. http://english.aljazeera.net/english/DialogBox/PollContainer.aspx?chGuid={54C8AFC7-8C97-4C4F-B38D-D41E6169C42E} === Four US soldiers die in Iraq bombing 21/02/2005 - 19:04:51 Four US soldiers were killed in Iraq, three of them today when a roadside bomb detonated as they were evacuating a a colleague. http://www.breakingnews.ie/2005/02/21/story190406.html === Car bomb blast kills four in Baghdad : A car bomb exploded near the headquarters of a major Kurdish party in Baghdad on Tuesday killing four people and wounding 30 others, medical sources said. http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-02/22/content_2605663.htm http://snipurl.com/cz09 === Car bomb kills 2 Iraqi soldiers, wounds 30: police: A car bomb detonated near an Iraqi troop convoy as it left Baghdad�s fortified Green Zone on Tuesday, killing two soldiers and wounding 30 http://snipurl.com/cz0a === U.S. Marine Killed In Iraq: The U.S. military today announced a U.S. Marine has died in action in western Iraq. http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2005/2/54543563-FA8D-4274-9FB3-5AC963276E23.html http://snipurl.com/cz0b === Americans and rebels begin talks on timetable for withdrawal from Iraq: American officials are talking to negotiators from the anti-US resistance in Iraq, whom they have denounced in the past as foreign fighters and remnants of Saddam Hussein's regime. http://207.44.245.159/article8136.htm === General says U.S. sent too few troops to Iraq: The United States did not send enough troops into Iraq to stabilize the country after toppling Saddam Hussein's regime, a retired chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Tuesday in Omaha. http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_pg=54&u_sid=1343186 === Chalabi Withdraws From Race; Shiites Put Al-Jaafari On Ticket : The Shiite ticket has its candidate for prime minister of Iraq. : Interim Vice President Ibrahim al-Jaafari was chosen after Ahmad Chalabi withdrew. http://www.kirotv.com/news/4219585/detail.html === Australia will add soldiers in Iraq New Feature: In surprise, Howard plans to send contingent of 450 troops http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/02/22/news/australia.html === From Bagram to Abu Ghraib For nearly three years, U.S. military authorities have been investigating evidence of torture at American prisons in Afghanistan. But instead of disciplining those involved, the Pentagon sent them to Iraq. http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2005/03/03_2005_Bazelon.html === 'Brooklyn's Abu Ghraib' Terror suspects allege abuse By LARRY COHLER-ESSES DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER Some prisoners held at Brooklyn's federal Metropolitan Detention Center say they were abused by guards. Defense attorneys call it Brooklyn's Abu Ghraib. On the ninth floor of the federal Metropolitan Detention Center in Sunset Park, terrorism suspects swept off the streets after the Sept. 11 attacks were repeatedly stripped naked and frequently were physically abused, the Justice Department's inspector general has found. http://nydailynews.com/front/story/282716p-242172c.html === Belgium's anti-Bush protests continue Several thousand protestors have demonstrated against US President George Bush's visit to Europe for the second straight day. http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/182BF505-FCC7-49E3-9553-92A9EC74CC98.htm === Mexico: the Pentagon's Proxy Army in Iraq: Mexico's sons have been marching off to wars--albeit U.S. wars--since Pearl Harbor. Bush's doomed aggression in Iraq is no exception. http://www.counterpunch.org/ross02212005.html === Iran readies military, fearing a U.S. attack : Tensions with Bush administration surge over Tehran's disputed nuclear ambition http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/02/21/MNGHUBERIV1.DTL http://snipurl.com/cz0d === Pakistan Army told to fire at intruding Americans: Pakistan has issued new rules of engagement permitting its Army to fire at US forces that cross the border from Afghanistan without coordinating first, according to a report contributed to the magazine �American Conservative� by a former CIA officer. http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_22-2-2005_pg1_4 http://snipurl.com/cz0e === Straw places suspicion on Syria : The foreign secretary, Jack Straw, went further than any other senior international statesman yesterday when he pointed the finger of blame at Syria for the assassination of the former Lebanese prime minister, Rafik Hariri. http://www.guardian.co.uk/syria/story/0,13031,1419821,00.html?gusrc=rss http://snipurl.com/cz1c === Egypt: Mass Arrests, Torture Follow Taba Bombing: The Egyptian state security forces arbitrarily arrested thousands of people and tortured detainees in the wake of the Taba Hilton bombing in October, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/HRW/52fe7b753c9e9d1dd751d97f34e03c29.htm http://snipurl.com/cz0g === Mohamed ElBaradei : "Al-Qaida also Wants the Bomb": United Nations chief weapons inspector Mohamed ElBaradei discusses the risks posed by potential new nuclear powers like North Korea and Iran, the chances of reining in a nuclear black market for terrorist organizations and the controversy surrounding his re-election. http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/spiegel/0,1518,343030,00.html http://snipurl.com/cz0h === Nick Turse: Rummy Dropped from the Loop? : It's time for an inquiry. We need to know what Rumsfeld didn't see, when he didn't see it, and why he is so incredibly uninformed. http://207.44.245.159/article8142.htm === Video: Mosaic: World News Reports from Middle East TV For 02/21/05: The nation's only uncensored compilation of daily television news reports from more than 15 countries in the Middle East. QuickTime Video. http://snipurl.com/cz0i === UK: Clarke tries to rush through anti-terror law : Charles Clarke ran into a wall of opposition today as he rushed out new laws to detain terror suspects without trial. http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/articles/16784236 === Chirac defies Bush on China arms : US President George W Bush has voiced "deep concern" about European plans to lift an arms embargo on China - putting him at odds with the French president. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4288067.stm === EU chief dampens mood of entente with Bush: The EU's foreign policy chief cast public doubt on the health of the transatlantic partnership yesterday, puncturing the euphoric claims by European and American officials that President George W Bush had opened a new era in relations. http://snipurl.com/cz0j === Gwynne Dyer: Realigning the global power game : The Russian-American relationship is not thriving, and the proof of it is the fact that the United States granted political asylum a month ago to Alyona Morozova, a Russian citizen who claims that her life is in danger because of her role in investigating a series of �terrorist� bombing attacks that killed 246 Russians in September 1999. The chief suspect in the bombings, according to her, is Vladimir Putin. http://www.cyprus-mail.com/news/main.php?id=18517&cat_id=1 http://snipurl.com/cz1r === Putin Says Russia Will Pursue Democracy on Its Own: President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russia would pursue democratic change on its own and would not allow the issue to be used by other countries for their foreign policy goals. http://snipurl.com/cz1t === Nine Countries Spotlighted by Poll : Results of Associated Press polls in nine countries on public attitudes about President Bush's plan to promote democracy and attitudes about U.S. products sold in their country. http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4817113,00.html === U.S. aid funneled to Castro opponents: As part of a broad strategy to spur political change in Cuba, the U.S. government has been quietly sending hundreds of thousands of dollars to activists seeking to undermine President Fidel Castro http://snipurl.com/cz0n === Report reveals horrific truths of life in Haiti: ''The inhumanity that is happening just off our shores is appalling,'' said Griffin, a Philadelphia attorney and former Justice Department official who has been investigating human rights abuses in Haiti and Latin America for years. http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/10958149.htm === Evangelical Christians gather to press political agenda: With a mixed sense of triumph and urgency, some 900 evangelical Christians from more than 40 states gathered at Fort Lauderdale's Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church on Friday to hear prominent Christian conservatives opine on how to advance their political agenda. http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/news/nation/10938281.htm http://snipurl.com/cz0q === Strategies in Palestine: The Palestinians who continue their attacks are not trying to 'wreck' any peace process. They are trying to counter a pattern of encroachment which constantly works against them, and on which the peace process has no effect. http://www.counterpunch.org/neumann02212005.html === Virginia Man Charged In Alleged Plot To Assassinate Bush: A former high school valedictorian in Virginia was charged Tuesday with conspiring to assassinate President Bush and conspiracy to support the al-Qaida terrorist network. http://www.wave3.com/Global/story.asp?S=2981637 === Paul Krugman: Wag-the-Dog Protection: The campaign against Social Security is going so badly that longtime critics of President Bush, accustomed to seeing their efforts to point out flaws in administration initiatives brushed aside, are pinching themselves. But they shouldn't relax: if the past is any guide, the Bush administration will soon change the subject back to national security. http://207.44.245.159/article8144.htm === Molly Ivins : The $200 million disinformation campaign : Among those still interested in fiscal sanity, and that includes quite a few Republicans, I bring your attention to two tax cuts that should be repealed right now for the sound reason that they are perfectly nuts. http://www.workingforchange.com/printitem.cfm?itemid=18599 === -muslim voice- ___________________________________ BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 266.4.0 - Release Date: 22/02/2005 ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> In low income neighborhoods, 84% do not own computers. 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