bismi-lLahi-rRahmani-rRahiem In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
=== News Update === Widespread Discrimination Against EU Muslims: Report �Muslims have increasingly felt that they are stigmatized because of their beliefs,� said Rhodes. CAIRO, March 7, 2005 (IslamOnline.net) � Muslim minorities across Europe have been experiencing growing distrust, hostility and discrimination since the 9/11 attacks, the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHF) said in a report released on Monday, March 7. http://mparent7777.blog-city.com/read/1119661.htm === No Trust Left, In America or In the World, for the Bush Administration The lies being told by the Bush administration to the American people about Social Security, about our �success� in Iraq, about the causes of attacks on our country and now the attempted killing of the Italian journalist, Ms. Guilana Sgrena, have become too much for anyone to believe. No intelligent American or foreigner believes anything emanating from the Bush team. http://www.todaysalternativenews.com/index.php?event=link,150&values%5b0%5d=&values%5b1%5d=2288 === The Resort to Torture There's no justification for kicking an enemy [POW] when he�s wounded on the ground in front of you and about to die� By Ghali Hassan A recently released army documents detail ongoing sadistic abuse, torture and murder of Iraqi Prisoners of War (POW) and Iraqi detainees by US and British forces in occupied Iraq. http://207.44.245.159/article8215.htm === The Way Tyranny Works Opposing It Is Unpatriotic! Theodore E. Lang Politics conveys and legitimizes the power to steal, kill, transfer rightfully-owned wealth and property wrongfully to others, and to kidnap and incarcerate those who oppose the �legitimate authority� of the corrupt politicians. http://207.44.245.159/article8213.htm === In case you missed it: Our Presidents New Best Friend Boils People Alive : Let me introduce you to our presidents new best friend, President Karimov of Uzbekistan. http://207.44.245.159/article3943.htm === Is US losing moral authority on human rights?: Experts say prisoner abuses, war in Iraq undermine effectiveness of State Department human rights report. http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0307/dailyUpdate.html === Weapons of Mass Destruction Employed by US to Imolate Falluja: White Phosphorus is a Chemical Weapon Pictures of the dead of Falluja have been published by reporter Dahr Jamal of the Electronic Iraq project, and several commentators have suggested that their injuries are consistent with the use of White Phosphorus by US forces in Falluja. http://www.uruknet.info/?p=m10211&l=i&size=1&hd=0 === 'Ramadi Madness': Scene by scene: Scene 12: Titled 'Bloodclot': Nighttime outdoors. A detainee who appears to have been shot is moaning. Soldier holding a gun looks at the camera and says, "This (expletive) shot at me." Soldier appears to kick wounded detainee. http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/content/news/epaper/2005/03/06/m16a_videoscene_0305.html http://tinyurl.com/5493m === Video Shows U.S. Soldiers in 'Ramadi Madness' Abuse U.S. Army soldiers in Iraq filmed themselves kicking a gravely wounded prisoner in the face and making the arm of a corpse appear to wave, then titled the effort "Ramadi Madness" after the city where it was made. http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=7832369 === Creating Another Fallujah Horror Show: Two new pictures of Zarqawi issued as net tightens: They became public as the city of Samarra was surrounded by United States troops and Iraqi army soldiers after intelligence reports that Zarqawi was hiding in the insurgent stronghold north of Baghdad. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/03/08/wirq08.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/03/08/ixworld.html http://tinyurl.com/5ojqy === Iraq - A Quarterly Report: Are you one of the millions of delusional Americans who believe things are "getting better" in Iraq? You can hardly be blamed. http://207.44.245.159/article8216.htm === U.S. used banned weapons in Fallujah � Health ministry Dr. ash-Shaykhli was assigned by the ministry to assess the health conditions in Fallujah following the November assault there. He said that researches, prepared by his medical team, prove that U.S. occupation forces used internationally prohibited substances, including mustard gas, nerve gas, and other burning chemicals in their attacks in the war-torn city. The health official announced his findings at a news conference in the health ministry building in Baghdad. http://www.aljazeera.com/cgi-bin/news_service/middle_east_full_story.asp?service_id=7216 === Army report: U.S. lost control in Iraq three months after invasion : The report was authored by Maj. Isaiah Wilson, the official historian of the U.S. Army for the Iraq war. He deemed the military performance in Iraq mediocre and said the army could lose the war. http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/05/breaking2453436.980555556.html http://tinyurl.com/42tcs === Giuliana Sgrena: My truth: The Italian journalist who was injured by U.S. fire on her release in Iraq give her account of what occurred. http://www.onlinejournal.com/Media/030605Sgrena/030605sgrena.html http://tinyurl.com/6cvvr === U.S. Rejects Italy Journalist's Claims : "It's absurd to make any such suggestion, that our men and women in uniform would deliberately target innocent civilians. "That's just absurd," McClellan repeated. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=544&ncid=703&e=6&u=/ap/20050307/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_italian_journalist http://tinyurl.com/6u26v === Pentagon memo blames Italians for Iraq shooting: The US military has said its forces gave ample warning to the driver of Ms Sgrena's car, which they said was approaching at speed when they opened fire. http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200503/s1318993.htm === Il Manifesto Founder on Sgrena Shooting: This Was an Attack on Unembedded Journalism We were on our way to the airport, and we thought we were finally safe, because the area where we were was under the control of the United States. We therefore thought we had escaped the gravest area and entered into a more friendly area, although I was still nervous as my hostage takers had warned me to be careful, because it was the Americans who did not want me to be free, and returned to Italy alive. I just took that as a last threat from my hostage takers and did not really take it seriously. But then suddenly we found ourselves under an immense amount of bullets, something terrible, without any warning, and we realized that nearby there was an American tank which was shooting at us. http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/03/07/1449232 === Fox News Analyst Bevelacqua calls Italian Journalist's Release 'Unfortunate' Bevelacqua: "It's unfortunate that she was released. She didn't deserve the faith and honor that was given to her in the death of an Italian Intelligence officer. She is supporting the animals that took her hostage and she's using the death of a fellow countryman to help push her cause. It's disgusting." http://www.newshounds.us/2005/03/07/fox_news_analyst_bevelacqua_calls_italian_journalists_release_unfortunate.php === Right-Wing Bloggers' Fake Sgrena Car Photo The "Phlogs" are showing a picture they claimed is Sgrena's car, with only a few bullet holes in it, "proving" that she lied. However the photo is from a February 5, 2005 incident and is NOT the car Sgrena was in when shot by US troops. http://wagnews.blogspot.com/2005/03/right-wing-bloggers-fake-sgrena-car.html === Probe Ordered in Death of Italian Agent The U.S.-led coalition in Iraq ordered a follow-up investigation Tuesday into the fatal shooting of an Italian intelligence officer as he accompanied a former hostage to Baghdad's airport last week. "Question 1: Why did US soldiers attempt to kill a reporter on her way to the airport? Question 2: Why didn't they SUCCEED, dammit???" http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/ats-ap_intl11mar08,1,6144661.story?amp;ctrack=1&coll=sns-ap-topinternational&cset=true&ctrack=2&cset=true === Giuliana Sgrena's Blood Libel Against the US Having failed to murder the reporter, the US spooks unleash a smear campaign to sell the public on the idea that she only got what she deserved. http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/070421.php === Sgrena Must Be Lying Because The Government Has Never Done Anything Corrupt Posted Mar 8, 2005 10:17 AM PST - Category: ASSASSINATION http://propagandamatrix.com/articles/march2005/080305mustbelying.htm === Italy Says Doubts U.S. Version of Iraq Shooting I'll be less polite; The US Government are lying sons of bitches with zero credibility. http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=7837109 === FLASHBACK: THE BIG LIE The "crazies" include John Bolton, Under Secretary of State, who has made a personal mission of tearing up missile treaties with the Russians and threatening North Korea, and Douglas Feith, an Under Secretary of Defence, who ran a secret propaganda unit "reworking" intelligence about Iraq's weapons. I interviewed them both in Washington. BOLTON boasted to me that the killing of as many as 10,000 Iraqi civilians in the invasion was "quite low if you look at the size of the military operation." For raising the question of civilian casualties and asking which country America might attack next, I was told: "You must be a member of the Communist Party." http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews/content_objectid=13434081_method=full_siteid=50143_headline=-THE-BIG-LIE-name_page.html === How a Contractor Cashed In on Iraq: A $33,000 food order in Mosul was billed to the U.S.-led interim government of Iraq at $432,000. Electricity that cost $74,000 was invoiced at $400,000. Even $10 kettles got a 400 percent markup. http://biz.yahoo.com/law/050304/a9b875664d6d13df15d108085092e6f9_1.html http://tinyurl.com/3rjao === Senior Iraqi official slain, 15 headless corpses found : "Al-Qaeda militants" gunned down a senior Iraqi offical Tuesday and soldiers discovered 15 beheaded bodies as the furore over the US shooting of an Italian intelligence agent threatened to carve a deep rift between Washington and Rome. http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=38252 === US troops clash with Iraqi insurgents : At least seven people were reported to have been killed in violence in Iraq today http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1433112,00.html === RAF Hercules that crashed killing 10 'was hit by missile': A missile fired by insurgents from the ground probably destroyed an RAF Hercules C-130 cargo plane in Iraq with the loss of 10 British special operations servicemen, an interim report by Ministry of Defence accident investigators has revealed. http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=617839 http://tinyurl.com/3l9vb === "Foreign Forces Must Leave Iraq as Soon as Possible," Declares the Head of the Shiite Alliance: No one in Iraq desires the establishment of permanent foreign bases on our land. The United Nations Security Council resolutions are clear: it will be up to the elected Iraqi government, when the time comes, to give those forces a specific departure date. As soon as possible." http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/030705I.shtml === Arab nations see Bolton nomination as signal of tough U.S. line on Iran, Syria: Some in the Middle East saw Bolton's nomination, announced Monday, as a sign that hard-liners in favor of a more aggressive U.S. policy abroad are becoming stronger in Washington. http://cbsnewyork.com/international/UN-USAmbassador-World-ai/resources_news_html http://tinyurl.com/6h9vc === George Soros says US approach to terrorism creates hate: US billionaire financier George Soros on Tuesday slammed as dangerous Washington's strategy to fight terrorism, saying it was creating anger and resentment around the world. http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=38250 === Al-Qaida may have tried to infiltrate spy agencies Posted Mar 8, 2005 08:28 AM PST - Category: COVER-UP/DECEPTIONS http://www.indystar.com/articles/7/227698-9887-010.html Right. Al Qaeda. http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/fakealqaeda.html === U.S. fears terrorists are trying to find work at spy networks Posted Mar 8, 2005 08:26 AM PST - Category: COVER-UP/DECEPTIONS http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/index.ssf?/base/news-20/111026223426260.xml You know, like these guys. http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/fakealqaeda.html === The Strange Case of Ahmed Omar Abu Ali: The case is far from as open-and-shut as the FBI might suggest. Indeed, a number of aspects of the prosecution are deeply troubling. http://writ.news.findlaw.com/cassel/20050307.html === 'Counter-recruiters' shadowing the military : Jim Murphy is a "counter-recruiter," one of a small but growing number of opponents of the Iraq war who say they want to compete with military recruiters for the hearts and minds of young people. http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-03-07-counter-recruiters_x.htm === British Worker Shot Dead in Afghanistan http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=560281 === Foreigners targeted by Homeland Security: America has unjustly detained more than 5,000 foreign nationalists since December 2001, without charging any of them with a terroristic crime, said David Cole, a law professor at Georgetown University. http://tinyurl.com/635zb === Dozens of terror suspects buy guns legally in U.S: Dozens of terrorist suspects on federal watch lists were allowed to buy firearms legally in the United States last year, according to a congressional investigation that points up major vulnerabilities in federal gun laws. http://www.iht.com/bin/print_ipub.php?file=/articles/2005/03/08/news/guns.html === In case you missed it: Tsunami bomb NZ's devastating war secret : Top-secret wartime experiments were conducted off the coast of Auckland to perfect a tidal wave bomb, declassified files reveal. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?ObjectID=14727 === The Majority of Lebanese Want the Syrians to Stay: If Bush Has His Way, It Will Lead to Civil War Sam Hamod, Ph.D. - March 7, 2005 Thanks to Mr. Bush�s meddling in Lebanon, and his financial support of the �opposition party� in Beirut, made up mainly of Falangist Maronites and a few dissident Druze, there may be a return to civil sectarian war. http://mparent7777.blog-city.com/read/1119634.htm === Thousands Answer Hezbollah Call in Beirut Nearly 500,000 pro-Syrian protesters waved flags and chanted anti-American slogans in a central Beirut square Tuesday, answering a nationwide call by the militant Shiite Muslim Hezbollah group for a demonstration to counter weeks of massive rallies demanding Syrian forces leave Lebanon. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=1&u=/ap/20050308/ap_on_re_mi_ea/lebanon_syria_3 === Over million Lebanese take to the street in support of Syria: They condemned "the US and French interference in Lebanon's affairs and shouted that Resolution 1559, "which serves Israel's interests, is aimed at undermining the Lebanese resistance." http://www.kuna.net.kw/Home/Story.aspx?Language=en&DSNO=711601 === Hezbollah supporters cram Beirut to support Syria: Hundreds of thousands of Lebanese swarmed into Beirut today for a mass rally called by the Shia Muslim group Hezbollah to denounce Western interference in the country and global demands for Syria to pull out its troops. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-1516631,00.html === Pro-Syria protests to take to the streets of Beirut Posted Mar 8, 2005 08:07 AM PST - Category: LEBANON http://www.aljazeera.com/cgi-bin/news_service/middle_east_full_story.asp?service_id=7291 === Putting Israel First "Perhaps the most startling moment of the morning was an appearance by popular Christian Zionist author, Kay Arthur of Precepts Ministries. 'I love America,' Arthur said, her voice quivering with emotion. 'But if it came to a choice between Israel and America, I would stand with Israel.' " So, if Kay found out that Israel had indeed been behind 9-11, I take it from her statement that she would feel it the correct thing to do to ocnceal that fact and let Americans kids continue to die in the Mideast, fighting wars based on lies. This is a Christian? http://www.antiwar.com/blog/index.php?id=P1894 === Israel uses truce to expand settlements Speaking to the Palestinian radio, Ghassan Al-Khatib, the PA minister of planning, accused Israel of exploiting the truce currently observed by Palestine�s resistance movements to expand the Jewish settlements in the occupied territories. http://www.aljazeera.com/cgi-bin/news_service/middle_east_full_story.asp?service_id=7108 === Jewish rabbi allows settlers to steal Palestinians� crops The chief rabbi of the Jewish Yitzhar settlement, located in the West Bank, will issue an edict that allows settlers to steal the agricultural crops of Palestinian farms in nearby villages. http://www.aljazeera.com/cgi-bin/news_service/middle_east_full_story.asp?service_id=7139 === Call for US investigation into lethal Israeli assault against Palestinian-American family Ha ha ha, America "investigate". Right! Man, you are SOOOOOO funny! http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article3666.shtml === Settler Leaders Contradict Israel Claims Settler leaders on Tuesday painted a picture of widespread state complicity in setting up unauthorized West Bank settlement outposts, contradicting Israel's claims that it is trying to dismantle outposts in line with an internationally backed peace plan. http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=560564 === Video: Mosaic: World News Reports from Middle East TV For 03/07/05: 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/4var3 === Carter comment exposes Bush administration's "big lie" against Cuba Carter responded with praise for the strides made by Cuban biotechnology. �It may be that Cuba is unique in having emphasized the health need as a driving force, and not just how to make a profit on specific medicines developed,� he commented. He went on to speak of the �tens of millions of people around the world who have benefited from this research in Cuba.� The former president, however, could not ignore the fact that the very scientific center where he was speaking had been designated by the Bush administration as a potential target for a US cruise missile. http://www.wsws.org/articles/2002/may2002/cuba-m15.shtml === Russians 'kill' Chechen leader : Mr Maskhadov, a former Soviet general, led the Chechen separatists who fought Russian forces to a standstill in the 1994-96 war. He became the republic's president after the Russian military withdrew, leading Chechnya during a brief period of independence. http://www.guardian.co.uk/chechnya/Story/0,2763,1433137,00.html === Former US ambassador warned about plot to kill Chavez : Venezuelan Vice President Jose Vicente Rangel revealed in an interview published Sunday in a Peruvian newspaper that former U.S. Ambassador to Venezuela Charles Shapiro warned him of a possible plot to kill President Hugo Chavez. http://www.falkland-malvinas.com/Detalle.asp?NUM=5213 === Murder or Ouster for Chavez?: Unnamed U.S. officials have branded the charge of Venezuela�s president, Hugo Chavez, that the U.S. government plans to oust him from office through assassination as �ridiculous.� Ridiculous? Maybe those particular unnamed U.S. officials aren�t familiar with a government organization known as the Central Intelligence Agency http://www.lewrockwell.com/hornberger/hornberger27.html === Bolivia's political tug of war: Since early January, this Andean nation of 8 million has been plagued by recurring protests over fuel prices, the power of the central government, and the role of multinational companies in the economy. http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0308/p04s01-woam.html === Chile: Head Of Chile's Secret PoliceCharged With Torture: Judge Alejandro Sol�s on Monday notified Manuel Contreras, the former head of Chile�s secret police, that he will be prosecuted for tortures he help commit during the 17-year reign of U.S. supported ex-dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet. http://www.tcgnews.com/santiagotimes/index.php?nav=story&story_id=8510&topic_id=1 http://tinyurl.com/43h2h === War crimes charge for Kosovo PM : The Prime Minister of Kosovo, Ramush Haradinaj, has resigned after being charged with war crimes by the UN tribunal in The Hague. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4328613.stm === -muslim voice- ___________________________________ BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.6.4 - Release Date: 07/03/2005 ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Has someone you know been affected by illness or disease? 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