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=== News Update === DU: Possibly the Worst War Crime in History by Kurt Nimmo It is totally astounding. Bush Senior, Clinton, and Bush the Junior are war criminals of a caliber not witnessed since the war against the people of Vietnam (2-3 million killed). It is estimated this threesome of mass murder have killed around 1.5 million Iraqis (under the supervision of Bush I and Clinton), at least 3,620 Afghan civilians (according to a count conducted by Marc Herold of the Guardian as of August 2002) and 100,00 Iraqi civilians under the supervision of Bush II (according to research conducted by The Lancet medical journal). Add to this staggering death toll approaching 2 million another 11,000 Americans killed by �Gulf War Syndrome� and you have crimes of Nuremberg tribunal proportions. http://mparent7777.blog-city.com/read/1103722.htm === Heads roll at Veterans Administration Mushrooming depleted uranium (DU) scandal blamed by Bob Nichols �Out of the 580,400 soldiers who served in the first Gulf War, 11,000 are now dead! By the year 2000, there were 325,000 on Permanent Medical Disability. This astounding number of �Disabled Vets� means that a decade later, 56% of those soldiers who served have some form of permanent medical problems!� The disability rate for the wars of the last century was 5 percent; it was higher, 10 percent, in Viet Nam. http://207.44.245.159/article8172.htm === Controlling the media and people's minds in the name of democracy | By Adel Safty, Special to Gulf News | 28/02/2005 | Democracy thrives on the accountability of elected officials to those who elected them. In the early days of democracy, the citizens and their representatives debated the issues publicly and elected officials were held accountable. http://mparent7777.blog-city.com/read/1103603.htm === Censorship and the Empire - Dieudonne and the Uses of "Anti-Semitism" By DIANA JOHNSTONE When power becomes blatantly criminal, it's time to make people shut up. That time seems to have come throughout the Empire. Freedom of speech is increasingly threatened, both in the United States and in "old Europe", although the attacks come from quite different angles. http://mparent7777.blog-city.com/read/1103718.htm === Torture: Post 9/11, the interrogation methods the US administration are using in their 'war on terror' are said by human rights groups to be nothing short of illegal torture. Channel 4 looks at how US actions are betraying the very values they claim to be defending. http://www.channel4.com/news/microsites/T/torture/index.html === Bob Herbert: It's Called Torture: As a nation, does the United States have a conscience? Or is anything and everything O.K. in post-9/11 America? If torture and the denial of due process are O.K., why not murder? When the government can just make people vanish - which it can, and which it does - where is the line that we, as a nation, dare not cross? http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/0,1518,344019,00.html === Putin to Bush: 'We Didn't Criticize You When You Fired Those Reporters at CBS': When George W. Bush confronted Vladimir Putin last week about the freedom of the press in Russia, Senior White House Correspondent Richard Wolffe reports, Putin shot back with an attack of his own http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050227/nysu017_1.html === Censorship and the Empire: When power becomes blatantly criminal, it's time to make people shut up. That time seems to have come throughout the Empire. Freedom of speech is increasingly threatened, both in the United States and in "old Europe", although the attacks come from quite different angles. http://www.counterpunch.com/johnstone02282005.html === Dead Messengers: How the U.S. Military Threatens Journalists By Steve Weissman - t r u t h o u t | Investigation Monday 28 February 2005 "Journalists engaged in dangerous professional missions in areas of armed conflict shall be considered as civilians within the meaning of Article 50, paragraph 1. . . . They shall be protected as such under the Conventions and this Protocol. . . ." Additional Protocol I (1977) of the 1949 Geneva Conventions http://mparent7777.blog-city.com/read/1103775.htm === Maureen Dowd : W.'s Stiletto Democracy : The administration has given a whole new meaning to checkbook journalism, paying a stupendous $97 million to an outside P.R. firm to buy columnists and produce propaganda, including faux video news releases. http://207.44.245.159/article8173.htm === EU Supports Iranian-Russian Deal On Bushehr http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2005/2/00038BE5-B218-47EF-A675-F3BB30409F53.html http://tinyurl.com/6f3ed === Dangerous doctrine: A U.S. policy of preemption and a push for new nuclear weapon designs could be a recipe for disaster that makes proliferation more likely, not less. http://www.thebulletin.org/article.php?art_ofn=ma05speed === If Americans Knew - what every American needs to know about Israel/Palestine Posted Feb 28, 2005 08:05 AM PST - Category: ISRAEL http://www.ifamericansknew.org/ === 911 on Trial - WTC Revisited But the coup de grace has to be that troublesome Building 7, you know the one seldom mentioned and the edifice you are suppose to forget about. �What's the odds that an internal fire weakened all the major support structures in the WTC 7 to make it fall straight down like a controlled demolition?� Since Building 7 is 355 feet away from the North Tower the official FEMA report concludes that this steel-framed structure experienced a fire-induced collapse, after burning unchecked for approximately seven hours. (page 151) In spite of this, CNN and other news agencies have the timeline of events on September 11, having a few small fires on two floors at 3:00 PM, then no fire at 4:10 PM, and at 5:20 PM collapsing. http://batr.org/view/022805.html === British Army War Crimes in Iraq and Their Hobby A week doesn't seem to go by without more accounts of Crimes Against Humanity being committed by the British Army in Iraq. The words "British Army" are fast becoming synonymous with the words "War Criminals". http://mparent7777.blog-city.com/read/1103580.htm === Human rights group voices concern over US mines in Iraq Mon Feb 28, 9:25 AM ET Politics - AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) - Human Rights Watch raised a red flag over US plans to deploy a new system of remote-controlled anti-personnel mines in Iraq http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050228/pl_afp/usrightsmines&cid=1521&ncid=1473 === Three US troops, five Iraqi policemen killed in fresh unrest The US military has announced the death in Iraq of three more of its soldiers, as insurgents shot dead five Iraqi policemen and at least five other people were killed in a bomb attack. http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200502/s1312160.htm === Insurgent attack on pipeline sets major oil blaze By Patrick Quinn - ASSOCIATED PRESS Published February 27, 2005 BAGHDAD -- A major oil fire raged yesterday after insurgents blew up a pipeline in the north of the country, and the family of an anchorwoman for a U.S.-funded state television station " a mother of four who was repeatedly shot in the head " found her body dumped on a street in the northern city of Mosul. http://www.washingtontimes.com/functions/print.php?StoryID=20050226-113403-8327r === US marine killed in Iraq From correspnodents in Baghdad - February 27, 2005 A US marine was killed in action in the violence-plagued province of Babil, the American military said in a statement. http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,12388650-38201,00.html === Iraq suicide bomb kills 125: A suicide bomber has detonated a car near police recruits and a crowded market south of Baghdad, killing 125 people and wounding 130 in the single bloodiest attack in Iraq since the fall of Saddam Hussein. http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=681467§ion=news&src=rss/uk/topNews http://tinyurl.com/6fzft === Iraqis, US soldiers killed in blasts: Four Iraqi civilians and a policeman have been wounded after a car bomb exploded near a taxi and minibus station in the town of Musayib in Babil governorate, police and hospital sources say. http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/0BA260AB-D59E-4DF1-9E5F-12E790780F74.htm http://tinyurl.com/3pj4x === Albania to increase number of troops in Iraq www.chinaview.cn 2005-02-26 10:18:34 TIRANA, Feb. 25 (Xinhuanet) -- Albania will send 50 more soldiers to Iraq, totaling its number of troops in the Gulf country to 120,according to a government spokesman on Friday. http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-02/26/content_2621758.htm === Four People Shot Dead in Iraq's Mosul: Gunmen killed four people and wounded two in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, the U.S. military said late on Sunday. http://iraq.headliner.org/headliner.php?c=us&id=199480&abbr=reuters http://tinyurl.com/4c8l6 === Soldier Injured In Deadly Blast In Iraq: Wife: Spc. Andrade Has Legs Amputated http://www.ksat.com/news/4237774/detail.html === Trauma of war in Iraq haunts vets: Thousands of soldiers return home with emotional wounds http://www.thedesertsun.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050228/NEWS11/502280323/1208 http://tinyurl.com/4zl8w === Concern over mines in Iraq : Human Rights Watch raised a red flag on Monday over US plans to deploy a new system of remote-controlled anti-personnel mines in Iraq. http://iafrica.com/news/worldnews/419708.htm === UK: The blame for the Iraq war lies with our supine cabinet : Why did our ministers not question the attorney general's legal advice? http://politics.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,9115,1427023,00.html === UK troops 'beat relatives of Camp Breadbasket captives': Relatives of Iraqis tortured by British soldiers revealed last night how they were also arrested and brutally beaten simply for asking questions. http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=615205 === Within C.I.A., Worry of Prosecution for Conduct: There is widening unease within the Central Intelligence Agency over the possibility that career officers could be prosecuted or otherwise punished for their conduct during interrogations and detentions of terrorism suspects, according to current and former government officials. http://207.44.245.159/article8174.htm === Halliburton could get $1.5bn more Iraq work : Halliburton, under scrutiny for its contracts in Iraq, would receive an extra $1.5 billion as part of the Bush administration's additional war spending proposal for fiscal 2005, a senior US Army budget official said. http://www.tradearabia.com/tanews/newsdetails.asp?Article=83037&Sn=CONS&Cnt= http://tinyurl.com/68aut === Halliburton: $9.6 billion in Iraq so far : Halliburton's logistics contract with the U.S. Army in Iraq has been worth at least $9.6 billion since the start of the war and is mounting at a cost of about $6 billion a year, according to Army documents and officials. http://207.44.245.159/article8175.htm === In case you missd it: Exposed: The Carlyle Group : I defy you to watch this 48 minute documentary and not be outraged about the depth of corruption and deceit within the highest ranks of our government. http://207.44.245.159/article3995.htm === Lawmakers Told About Contract Abuse in Iraq: A government contractor defrauded the Coalition Provisional Authority of tens of millions of dollars in Iraq reconstruction funds and the Bush administration has done little to try to recover the money, an attorney for two whistle-blowers told Democratic lawmakers http://207.44.245.159/article8176.htm === Lawsuit claims politically connected firm defrauded millions in Iraq: A politically connected start-up firm, awarded a no-bid contract to provide security for Baghdad's airport, defrauded U.S. taxpayers of tens of millions of dollars, two top former workers charge in a lawsuit unsealed Friday. http://www.macon.com/mld/macon/news/nation/9872408.htm === Report: Air Force wasted $1 million on detectors: A Defense Department report says the Air Force wasted $1 million on unreliable hand-held chemical agent detectors that could have put at risk any airmen who depended on the equipment http://www.indystar.com/articles/9/225651-3719-010.html === Qaeda regrouping: Defence secretary: LAHORE: Defence Secretary Lt Gen (r) Hamid Nawaz said on Saturday that Al Qaeda was reorganising and spreading, Geo news channel reported. http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_27-2-2005_pg1_6 http://tinyurl.com/6jlt8 === Iran and Russia sign nuclear deal: Iran and Russia on Sunday signed a landmark nuclear fuel accord that paves the way for the firing up of the country's first atomic power station, a project the United States alleges is part of a cover for weapons development. http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=13042 http://tinyurl.com/67qnl === McCain: Bar Russia Over Iran Deal: The United States should seek to bar Russia from this year's G8 summit to protest actions by Moscow, including its deal on Sunday to provide Iran with nuclear fuel, senior U.S. Senator John McCain said. http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2005/02/28/016.html === Israel 'to show Damascus guilt' : Israel says it will explain to foreign diplomats why it believes Syria was responsible for Friday's suicide bomb in Tel Aviv that killed five people. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4301851.stm === Assad predicts US onslaught on Syria: "The language of the White House leads one to predict a campaign like that that preceded the conflict against Saddam," he said. http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=12835 === Syrian President Says Attack By U.S. Possible: Syrian President Bashar Assad says in a newspaper interview that he suspects the United States might eventually take military action against Syria. http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2005/2/D149A4C9-C018-4FDB-ACC0-D407C9B54255.html http://tinyurl.com/4vsjy === In case you missed it: Israel wants strike on Syria while iron's hot http://www.veteransforpeace.org/Israel_wants_strike_041703.htm === In case you missed it: Serving Two Flags: Neo-Cons, Israel and the Bush Administration: Have the neo-conservatives�many of whom are senior officials in the Defense Department, National Security Council and Office of the Vice President�had dual agendas, while professing to work for the internal security of the United States against its terrorist enemies? http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article5788.htm === Death in the afternoon: The assassination of Rafiq Hariri invited recollection of another Sidon native assassinated almost exactly thirty years ago in February 1975, Marouf Saad. The anniversary of Saad�s death has a meaning that cannot have escaped the notice of Hariri�s killers. His assassination is generally accepted as the event that precipitated the Lebanese civil war. http://www.sandersresearch.com/sanders/newsmanager/shownewsgen.aspx?newsid=848 http://tinyurl.com/6rsmw === Lebanese ministers resign office : Lebanon's Prime Minister Omar Karami has announced he and his government are resigning, two weeks after the murder of former PM Rafik Hariri. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/4305927.stm === Celebrations in Beirut Streets as Government Falls: As thousands of flag-waving demonstrators cheered outside, Lebanese Prime Minister Omar Karami announced the resignation of his pro-Syrian government in parliament tonight. http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=4191168 === Syria hands land back to Jordan: SYRIA agreed today to hand back to Jordan a huge tract of land along their border, heralding a new era in ties with Amman after disagreements over the Middle East peace process and US policy in Iraq. http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,12407043-23109,00.html === Potemkin World� or the President in the Zone: "American presidential trips abroad increasingly remind me of the vast, completely ritualized dynastic processionals by which ancient emperors and potentates once crossed their domains and those of their satraps. Our President's processionals are enormous moving bubbles that shut cities, close down institutions, turn off life itself. http://www.tomdispatch.com/index.mhtml?pid=2222 === 2 Russian Reporters Challenge Bush: Incensed by U.S. talk of a lack of press freedom in Russia, two Russian reporters tried to turn the tables on U.S. President George W. Bush during his news conference with President Vladimir Putin. http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2005/02/28/003.html === US to broadcast Arabic TV to Europe: The US plans to begin Arab-language television broadcasts to Europe later this year to try and win the hearts and minds of Arab Muslims there, officials say. http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/C46CF566-EB57-490C-829D-B63FF75C4C85.htm http://tinyurl.com/56rsh === Gannon-gate: Where's the outrage?: If you suspect the media are guilty of a double standard when it comes to covering the White House, you're right. It's now clear, without a doubt, that White House reporters are as easy on President Bush as they were hard on President Clinton. Consider the case of phony White House reporter Jeff Gannon. http://www.tallahassee.com/mld/democrat/news/opinion/10994178.htm http://tinyurl.com/5qtrs === For US Media, 'Calm' Means 'Calm for Israel' by Ahmed Bouzid If a rational, empirically driven Martian were to land on Earth today, the day after 4 innocent Israeli civilians were killed and scores of others wounded in a suicide bombing attack in the city of Tel Aviv, and if he were handed a stack of US newspapers to examine, no doubt he would reach the conclusion that a period of truce between the two warring people of Israel and Palestine, during which peace and calm had prevailed, with neither side having attacked the other, had sadly come to an end, shattered with an attack by the aggressive, warmongering, and powerful people of Palestine against the passive, peace-loving, and defenseless people of Israel. http://mparent7777.blog-city.com/read/1103937.htm === Palestinians Slam Israeli Threats as Counterproductive: The Palestine National Authority (PNA) has slammed as counterproductive and �a recipe for more violence� the Israeli Prime Minister�s threats to escalate military actions against the Palestinian people, resume extra-judicial killings of anti-occupation activists http://www.palestine-pmc.com/details.asp?cat=1&id=810 === Calls to Kill Sharon Spiral Before Pullout : The head of Israel's intelligence agency told Cabinet Ministers on Sunday that the number of calls for the death of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is increasing sharply ahead of this summer's planned pullout from Gaza and part of the West Bank. http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4830277,00.html http://tinyurl.com/6c4l8 === Simhon warns of lethal asbestos if settler homes razed : Environment Minister Shalom Simhon warned Monday that highly carcinogenic asbestos could pose severe health risks if Israel demolished settlers homes prior to handing over evacuated Gaza and West Bank settlements to the Palestinian Authority. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/545674.html === Death of a democracy Gangs of killers roam freely, rape is systematic and the poor eat mud to survive. In Port-au-Prince, Andrew Buncombe finds a people crushed by the dark hand of US foreign policy http://mparent7777.blog-city.com/read/1103897.htm === Chaos and Bloodshed Grip Haiti One Year After the Coup One year ago today, the democratically-elected government of Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide was overthrown in what he called a modern-day kidnapping in the service of a coup d'etat backed by the United States. We go back and take a look at the events surrounding the coup and we look at the chaos and bloodshed that have gripped the country over the past year. http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/02/28/1456233 === United States to request extradition of alleged FARC ringleader captured in Venezuela: Naranjo praised the work conducted by Venezuelan authorities in the detention of Pati�o, who was found in possession of 600 kilograms of cocaine and is involved in the kidnapping of Maura Villareal, the mother of big leaguer Ugeth Urbina. http://www.eluniversal.com/2005/02/28/en_pol_art_28A536695.shtml === Navy commander underestimates deployment of US ships in Curacao: Navy Commander Armando Laguna Laguna maintained that Venezuela ordered to escalate air and sea surveillance North Venezuela after detecting the deployment of US ships towards Curacao. http://www.eluniversal.com/2005/02/28/en_pol_art_28A536679.shtml === -muslim voice- ___________________________________ BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW -- No virus found in this outgoing message. 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