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=== News Update === America No. 1? No. In most important categories we're not even in the Top 10 anymore. Not even close. The United States is 49th in the world in literacy (the New York Times, Dec. 12, 2004). The United States ranked 28th out of 40 countries in mathematical literacy (NYT, Dec. 12, 2004). The USA is "No. 1" in nothing but weaponry, consumer spending, debt, and delusion. http://207.44.245.159/article8191.htm === Some Thoughts on the Middle East and America: 33 Things You Should Think About What right has President Bush or Conde Rice to dictate to the Lebanese Government? Why is it that the �demonstrators� in Beirut, Lebanon, had all their signs in English? Have you considered that they were playing to the American TV audience? In fact, the �big crowds� the American media spoke about were less than 3000 people, but the cameras shot the crowed for maximum effect. http://www.uruknet.info/?p=m10087&l=i&size=1&hd=0 === U.S. Citizen Jose Padilla : Imprisoned Without Trial for 2 Years and 270 Days by our Government (US) While one of us is chained, None of us are Free http://www.chargepadilla.org/ === Full text of Human Rights Record of the US in 2004 : Following is the full text of the Human Rights Record of the United States in 2004, released by the Information office of China's State Council Thursday, March 3, 2005. http://english.people.com.cn/200503/03/eng20050303_175406.html === China issues human rights record of the US China issued the Human Rights Record of the United States in 2004 Thursday in response to the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2004 issued by the U.S. on Feb. 28. http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-03/03/content_2644016.htm === The price of torture: The techniques employed by the American torturers in Iraq and Guantanamo Bay are among the most insidious and effective. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/03/02/EDGAMBID291.DTL http://tinyurl.com/6gw9k === U.S. Paranoia - Official Says Iran, Syria 'Against All of Us': "State sponsors of terrorism such as Iran and Syria are with the terrorists and therefore against all of us," said Frances Townsend, homeland security adviser to President Bush. http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=QLWZRZMVVTH3SCRBAEKSFEY?type=worldNews&storyID=7789586 http://tinyurl.com/7273x === Neoconservatives push internment for American Muslims Daniel Pipes--described by Law Professor Paul Campos of the University of Colorado as a �well-known neoconservative intellectual�--wrote in his daily column in the New York Sun on Dec. 28, 2004, that �yes, I do support the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.� Mr. Pipes continued: �given what was known and not known at the time, the U.S. government made the correct and right decision.� http://www.finalcall.com/artman/publish/article_1818.shtml === A CHRISTIAN PACIFIST AND MUSLIM DISSIDENTS �I owe it to myself, as a person, to humanity, to tell this truth as I found it, and as I know it�to submit it to people. I don�t ask people to love me. I don�t ask people to even agree with me. I don�t ask people anything but to let me state my case and then for them to reflect on it.� -- Ernst Zundel: Threat to Canada's National Security http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/forum.cgi?read=66085 === The Zionist Empire Is Sacrificing Its American Colony I get a lot of emails trying to claim that it is America that uses Israel as its puppet. I want otput that theory in the trash where it belongs right now with one simple question. If America was the master and Israel the puppet, then why didn't we see Israeli kids on those front lines in Iraq? It is the puppet whose children are sacrificed. http://www.libertyforum.org/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=news_international&Number=293421491#Post293421491 === Holocaust Survivor Memoir Exposed As Total Fraud Jewish groups and major American newspapers have warmly praised Fragments. The New York Times called it "stunning," and the Los Angeles Times lauded it as a "classic first-hand account of the Holocaust." It received the 1996 National Jewish Book Award for Autobiography and Memoir, while in Britain it was awarded the Jewish Quarterly Literary Prize, and in France the Prix Memoire de la Shoah. The US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC -- a federal government agency -- was so impressed that it sent Wilkomirski on a six-city United States fund-raising tour last fall. This past summer, though, compelling evidence came to light exposing Wilkomirski's memoir as an literary hoax. http://www.rense.com/general63/exx.htm === THE LAW OF POWER, NOT THE POWER OF LAW Malcom Lagauche, March 3-4, 2005 Let�s go back to 1946. An International War Crimes Tribunal had just been established in Nuremberg, Germany, to punish the aggressors who began a war. Now, when you open the door to the courtroom, you see Hermann Goering as the judge. Standing under Goering is the lead prosecutor, Julius Streicher. His material witnesses include Hess, Geobbels and Himler. http://www.albasrah.net/maqalat/english/0305/low-of-power_lagauche040305.htm === The Real Story of the Insurgency 03/03/2005 by Ari Berman At a testy hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee on February 16, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld refused to say how many insurgents are operating in Iraq. "I am not going to give you a number for it because it's not my job to do intelligent (sic) work," Rumsfeld replied. A little later, Rumsfeld claimed that the two most recent assessments of the insurgency provided by the CIA and DIA were classified and couldn't be disclosed. "Frankly, I don't have a lot of confidence in any of them," he said. http://mparent7777.blog-city.com/read/1110036.htm === 5,000 YEARS OF CULTURE STOLEN FROM BAGHDAD Malcom Lagauche March 1-2, 2005 Today, I was looking at some photos a friend of mine gave me of Baghdad in the late 1990s. Evidence of destruction by U.S. forces and degradation of the city because of the illegal embargo placed on Iraq were present, yet the city was still magnificent. Today, Baghdad resembles nothing of the city I saw in the photos. It is a destroyed city in which U.S. profiteers and mercenaries have set up a security area called "The Green Zone" where they can safely hide while reaping the benefits of murder and looting. Last April, I ran the following column, but it still is relevant today. http://www.albasrah.net/maqalat/english/0305/lagauche-2_040305.htm === Iraq is Not Vietnam Posted Mar 3, 2005 07:11 AM PST - Category: IRAQ It is WORSE. http://raedinthemiddle.blogspot.com/ === Pictures of Civilian Victims of the Anglo-American Aggression in Iraq (March, 2003 onwards) THIS is Bush's legacy. This is how the world will remember the United States at the dawn of the third millenium. http://www.robert-fisk.com/iraqwarvictims_mar2003.htm === The Iraq Page - Remembering Those Who Lost Their Lives in the Iraq War of 2003-2005 For what did these young people die? For WMDs? Iraq didn't have any. To avenge 9-11? Iraq had nothing to do with that. http://www.pigstye.net/iraq/ === Saddam son 'was poised to topple dad': THE eldest son of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was plotting to overthrow his father just as US troops advanced on Baghdad in March 2003, journalist Peter Arnett claimed http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,12428588-23109,00.html === Bush Keeps Fueling the Fire "The goal is to hit three or four dozen targets this summer, or whenever, and the thinking is that if they can show � the people (67 million) that the theocracy isn't that powerful, people will rise up in response to the American attack, and go after the leadership. � It's loony to want to do it this way. It's loony to think the people are going to do anything but support their country if it's attacked." http://www.antiwar.com/orig/horton.php?articleid=5052 === 48 Vermont Towns Vote Against Iraq War, Call for State's National Guard to Come Home In Vermont, 48 town meetings voted last night to condemn the war in Iraq and to call on political leaders to bring home the state's National Guard. We speak with an organizer with the Iraq Resolution Campaign that coordinated the town meetings. [includes rush transcript] http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/03/02/154235 === Bombs strike two Iraqi targets, killing 6 - U.S. death toll in Iraq passes 1,500 Thursday, March 3, 2005 Posted: 1749 GMT (0149 HKT) BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Bombers struck two Iraqi security targets on Thursday, killing five police officers near the Interior Ministry in Baghdad and another person in front of a police headquarters in Baquba, authorities said. http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/03/03/iraq.main/index.html === Car bombs kill six across Iraq: Two suicide car bombs exploded outside Iraq's interior ministry, killing five policemen http://www3.turkishpress.com/w.asp?s=i&i=050303112258.jppbnmog === Suicide Bombers Kill 13 Iraqi Army Soldiers By ROBERT F. WORTH and EDWARD WONG , Published: March 2, 2005 AGHDAD, Iraq, March 2 - Suicide bombers killed 13 Iraqi Army soldiers in two separate attacks here this morning, the latest incidents in a recent surge of violence aimed at Iraq's beleaguered security forces. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/02/international/middleeast/02cnd-iraq.html?ex=1110430800&en=fe579f2d43b71819&ei=5070 === Suicide bomb attack in northern Iraq town: Witnesses near the scene said there were casualties. http://www.deepikaglobal.com/latestnews.asp?ncode=26034 === Two U.S. soldiers killed in Baghdad: Two U.S. soldiers were killed in a roadside bomb attack, the U.S. military said on Thursday. http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PIP343878.htm === Talks on Iraqi Coalition Government Falter : Politicians had hoped to convene the new parliament by Sunday. But Ali Faisal, of the Shiite Political Council, said the date was now ``postponed'' and that a new date had not been set. http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4837863,00.html === No CIA agents searching for Osama in Pakistan : Pakistan has not allowed CIA agents to launch operation on its soil to track down Osma Bin Laden, Al Qaeda chief, said Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, information minister. http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_3-3-2005_pg10_4 http://tinyurl.com/6phcn === Al-Qaida plan to bomb Grand Central station Posted Mar 3, 2005 08:17 AM PST - Category: ISRAELI SPYING http://www.guardian.co.uk/spain/article/0,2763,1429271,00.html You mean THIS Al Qaeda? http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/fakealqaeda.html === U.S. soldiers investigated for shooting Afghan villagers : Two witnesses said that after the initial gunfire, soldiers approached one of the wounded Afghans and shot him dead at close range. http://www.vermontguardian.com/dailies/0904/0303.shtml === Russia slams US human rights report : Russia has rejected criticism on human rights from the United States, attacking the US State Department's annual human rights report as a "politically biased" document that ignored the rest of the world's concerns on alleged US violations of human rights. http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200503/s1314993.htm === Maximum pain is aim of new US weapon: Pain researchers are furious that work aimed at controlling pain has been used to develop a weapon. And they fear that the technology will be used for torture http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7077 === UK: High Backing For Britain�s Terrorism Measures : 76 per cent of respondents believe it may be necessary to take action against people who have not yet committed any offence, if the intelligence services have evidence that they are planning an act of terrorism. http://angus-reid.com/polls/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewItem&itemID=6156 http://tinyurl.com/3vh6q === The Padilla Ruling Is a Victory for Freedom: The power assumed by the U.S. military and the Bush administration in the Padilla case constitutes what is arguably the most ominous and dangerous threat to the freedom of the American people in our lifetime. http://www.fff.org/comment/com0503a.asp === AWOL in America: When desertion is the only option: The Pentagon has estimated that since the start of the current conflict in Iraq, more than 5,500 U.S. military personnel have deserted, and yet we know the stories of only a unique handful, all whom have publicly stated their opposition to the war in Iraq, http://www.notinourname.net/troops/awol-23feb05.htm === House GOP wants more defense, less foreign aid : Republicans want to spend one-point-eight (b) billion dollars more than the president is asking for http://www.kait8.com/Global/story.asp?S=3023723 === Iran nukes may invite attack by other regional power�: General John Abizaid, head of the US Central Command, told members of Congress he was surprised the Iranian military had not given more thought to the strategic consequences of acquiring nuclear weapons. http://www.hipakistan.com/en/detail.php?newsId=en76463&F_catID=&f_type=source http://tinyurl.com/5hgb2 === Entire Bushehr project under IAEA control, says Russian FM : Iran`s nuclear reactor in Bushehr poses no risks to peace in the Middle East and Moscow has received no protests from the west about its assistance on the project, says Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov http://www.irna.ir/?SAB=OK&LANG=EN&PART=_NEWS&TYPE=HE&id=20050303162607 http://tinyurl.com/4w8hm === Iran's arguments for nuclear power make some sense: Iran's argument that despite vast oil and gas reserves it needs nuclear power to meet booming energy demand holds more water than U.S. officials give credit. http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=reutersEdgeNews&storyID=683282 http://tinyurl.com/5qk7p === U.S. sees deceit in Iran�s nuke claims : The United States accused Iran on Wednesday of �cynically� pursuing nuclear weapons, saying Tehran�s claims that its aims were peaceful constituted willful deceit and required action by the U.N. Security Council. http://nsnlb.us.publicus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050303/NEWS03/50303008/-1/news http://tinyurl.com/3nad2 === Ray McGovern : It sounds crazy, but ... The notion that the Bush administration would mount a "preemptive" air attack on Iran seems insane. But Bush administration policy toward the Middle East is being run by men - yes, only men - who were routinely referred to in high circles in Washington during the 1980s as the "crazies". http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/GC03Ak03.html === Inside the Committee that Runs the World: The inner circles of the U.S. national security community�represent what is probably the most powerful committee in the history of the world, one with more resources, more power, more license to act, and more ability to project force further and swifter than any other convened by king, emperor, or president. http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/files/story2601.php === North Korea ends missile-test moratorium : North Korea ended a self-imposed moratorium on testing long-range missiles and said "hostile" US policy was forcing it to develop its nuclear arsenal, prompting immediate condemnation from Japan. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/135443/1/.html === US to alert fellow countries against Ch�vez' : US Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Roger Noriega stated, "I am not saying that Venezuela is to be isolated, but Ch�vez must be asked more frequently about his intentions and his stance vis-�-vis guerrilla groups." http://www.eluniversal.com/2005/03/02/en_pol_art_02A537663.shtml http://tinyurl.com/3mda3 === China's pearl in Pakistan's waters: When Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao visits Pakistan this month to inaugurate the Gwadar deepsea port, China will take a giant leap forward in gaining a strategic foothold in the Persian Gulf region. http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/GC04Df06.html === Nepal's army to blame for widespread 'disappearances': Nepal's army, which backed King Gyanendra's February 1 seizure of power, is responsible for widespread enforced disappearances and rights abuses, Human Rights Watch said. http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050301/wl_sthasia_afp/nepalrights_050301102136 http://tinyurl.com/425zm === Haiti: U.N. mission slams police: After Monday's deadly attack on protesters, the head of Haiti's U.N. mission said peacekeepers will not put up with human rights abuses by police. http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/11036451.htm === Even the dead are left untouched in pro-Aristide areas of Haitian capital: The Blue Helmets gaze at the torn flesh of the murder victim lying face down, bare chested and shoeless, among a heap of fly-infested trash in the stronghold of the followers of deposed president Jean Bertrand Aristide. http://tinyurl.com/6uwuh === Canada a haven again: They spoke of crimes perpetrated by their country, of fleeing in the dead of night to avoid a brutal war they would have been forced to fight. http://www.nynewsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/ny-usawol0302,0,1214455.story?coll=ny-nation-big-pix http://tinyurl.com/4762x === -muslim voice- ___________________________________ BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW -- No virus found in this outgoing message. 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