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=== News Update === Senator Byrd is Correct to Equate Bush With Hitler by Harvey Wasserman The U.S. Senate's senior Constitutional scholar has correctly equated Bush with Hitler, and the usual attack dogs are howling. But they are wrong, and Americans must now face the harsh realities of an increasingly fascist and totalitarian GOP. http://207.44.245.159/article8222.htm === Butt Prints In The Sand By Sheila Samples Face it. Bush gets away with murder for just one reason -- because the media allows it, encourages it, and spends big bucks producing it. Bush's war-on-evildoers-turned-war-on-terror-turned-regime-change-turned-crusade -for-freedom-and-democracy is a media-orchestrated production, complete with banners, flag backdrops, bells and whistles. In case you haven't noticed what the rest of the world knew at the outset -- the illusion of Bush as a strong, principled leader is also a media creation. Totally. http://207.44.245.159/article8223.htm === Security forces find 41 corpses in Iraq: Iraqi officials said today that 41 bodies � some bullet-riddled, others beheaded � have been found at two separate sites, and they believe some of the corpses are Iraqi soldiers who had been kidnapped and killed. http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/world/3076445 === Truck bomb kills 4 in Baghdad: A suicide bomber detonated a garbage truck packed with explosives outside the Agriculture Ministry and a hotel used by Western contractors, killing at least three people, officials said. The bomber also died. http://www.boston.com/dailynews/068/world/Security_forces_find_41_corpse:.shtml http://tinyurl.com/3m22e === Bomb Kills Two and Another Four are Injured in Basra http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?catid=138&newsid=59315&ch=0&datte=2005-03-09 http://tinyurl.com/6hte9 === U.S. Soldier Killed In IED Attack: A Task Force Baghdad Soldier died March 9 when his patrol was hit by an improvised explosive device around 3:30 p.m. http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/Casualty_Report.asp?CasualtyReport=20050305.txt http://tinyurl.com/4gdph === After the War Comes Cancer : The number of cancer cases and children born with deformities has skyrocketed after the two Gulf Wars. http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,1564,1510710,00.html === Returning US marines prepare for the battle to retain sanity: The emotional toll is real. Sixteen per cent of army personnel who served in the invasion of Iraq in 2003 report combat related mental illness. There has been a marked rise in the number of broken marriages, car accidents, fights and alcohol and drug abuse. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/03/08/wirq108.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/03/08/ixworld.html http://tinyurl.com/6nbw3 === Protests Planned Across the U.S. Bring the Troops Home Now! http://www.commondreams.org/news2005/0309-21.htm === UK: Blair broke code to keep war advice from Cabinet: Tony Blair is facing calls for a formal investigation after it emerged that he breached the official code of conduct for ministers by failing to show the Attorney General's full advice on the legality of the Iraq war to the Cabinet. http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/story.jsp?story=618151 === Clare Short: How ministers were misled on the legality of Iraq invasion: I have gone over in detail the process by which Blair gave his advice on the legality of the war. I have concluded that he failed to comply with the Ministerial Code when giving his advice to the Cabinet and that he misled the Cabinet about his legal advice. http://comment.independent.co.uk/commentators/story.jsp?story=618099 http://tinyurl.com/3nt8c === US threatens to take actions against Iran : The United States warned of Iran on Tuesday that it will consider possible actions against Iran if Iran does not fulfill its obligations to stop its sensitive nuclear activities. http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-03/09/content_2671031.htm === Iranians threaten to break off negotiations with EU3: Tehran insists it is intended solely to generate electricity and has rejected an EU demand to end its uranium enrichment program, which could be used to produce fuel for nuclear power plants or atomic weapons. http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=13256 http://tinyurl.com/7yayo === Intelligence about Iran for Bush is called weak : A presidential commission due to report to President George W. Bush this month will describe American intelligence on Iran as inadequate and not complete enough to allow firm judgments about that country's illicit weapons programs http://www.iht.com/bin/print_ipub.php?file=/articles/2005/03/08/news/intel.html http://tinyurl.com/5q9x3 === Robert Fisk: Half a million gather for pro-Syrian rally to defy vision of US: It was a warning. - Lebanon can no longer be taken for granted. The "cedar" revolution now has a larger dimension, one that does not necessarily favour America's plans. http://207.44.245.159/article8217.htm === George W. Bush - The 13th Shi'a Imam : It is now clear that the Bush administration has done more than any other American leader to advance the interests of Shi'a Islamic political leadership in Iran and indeed, in the rest of the Middle East. http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/030805F.shtml === Patrick J. Buchanan: The Stillborn Empire: For America 2005, unlike the America we knew not long ago, has become a newly dependent nation, dependent on the Gulf for oil to run our economy, on imports for the necessities of our national life, on Beijing and Tokyo to buy the bonds to subsidize our self-indulgent lifestyles. http://amconmag.com/2005_03_14/buchanan.html === Chalmers Johnson: The Largest Covert Operation in CIA History: The Central Intelligence Agency has an almost unblemished record of screwing up every "secret" armed intervention it ever undertook. From the overthrow of the Iranian government in 1953 through Ronald Reagan's Iran-contra war against Nicaragua, there is not a single instance in which the agency's activities did not prove acutely embarrassing to the United States. http://207.44.245.159/article8218.htm === In case you missed it: Chalmers Johnson: Militarism and the American Empire: Chalmers Johnson, on the nature of the American Empire and its costs and consequences for the future of American democracy and power in the world. Real Video http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article6379.htm === John Bolton, Neoconman I hope you're enjoying the second term of the Cheney Administration. If you needed any more evidence that Cheney and the neocons are running the show, look no further than John Bolton http://www.progressive.org/webex05/wx030805.php === Ten Questions the Senate Should Ask John Bolton at his Confirmation Hearing, But Probably Won't http://www.ips-dc.org/comment/Bennis/boltonquestions.htm === From Right to Left: -or, How I Discovered W�s Plan for Global Domination: It frightens me to think that the very same people who re-elected W, blindly supported the war and vilified those who questioned it, are no longer talking about the whereabouts of Iraq�s WMDs, but of the threat coming from Iran and Syria. http://207.44.245.159/article8220.htm === The last of the utopian projects : Perestroika plunged Russia into social ruin - and the world into an unprecedented superpower bid for global domination http://www.guardian.co.uk/russia/article/0,2763,1433430,00.html === Israel 'funded illegal outposts' : Israeli state bodies have been secretly diverting millions of dollars to build illegal Jewish settlements in the West Bank, an official report has revealed. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4328817.stm === Bush's guru Uri Avnery looks at how George W. Bush's mentor, Anatoly "Natan" Sharansky, has achieved notoriety in Israel as an uncompromising activist against the human (and any other) rights of the Palestinians in the occupied territories. http://www.redress.btinternet.co.uk/uavnery117.htm === Ex-Marine Says Public Version of Saddam Capture Fiction: A former U.S. Marine who participated in capturing ousted Iraqi President Saddam Hussein said the public version of his capture was fabricated. http://207.44.245.159/article8219.htm === Chechen Rebels Vow to Fight on After Chief Killed: Chechen guerrilla leader Aslan Maskhadov was killed by Russian security forces, giving a boost to President Vladimir Putin, but supporters vowed their fight for Chechnya's independence would go on. http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=7844315 http://tinyurl.com/5ohys === Chavez: Our oil reserve does not belong to Mr. Bush: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Monday accused the United States of planning to portray his country as a security threat in order to capture its vast oil reserves. http://www.energybulletin.net/4656.html === Haiti bars Miami lawyer with Aristide ties: Haitian authorities at the Port-au-Prince airport refused to let Miami attorney Ira Kurzban enter the country Monday because of his close ties to former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/world/haiti/11077232.htm === U.S. Envoy Says IRA Must Disband: The U.S. envoy to Northern Ireland called Wednesday for the IRA to disband and its allied Sinn Fein party to accept the legitimacy of the police force. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/03/09/world/main678993.shtml === Spy Agencies Fear Some Applicants Are Terrorists: U.S. counterintelligence officials are increasingly concerned that Al Qaeda sympathizers or operatives may have tried to get jobs at the CIA and other U.S. agencies in an effort to spy on American counterterrorist efforts. http://fairuse.1accesshost.com/news3/latimes31.htm === FBI Warns of 'Special Interest' Aliens: FBI Director Robert Mueller told Congress on Tuesday that people from countries with ties to al-Qaida have crossed into the United States from Mexico, using false identities. http://start.earthlink.net/article/top?guid=20050308/422d3150_3ca6_1552620050308-2101505453 http://tinyurl.com/6jqz6 === Singapore Surpasses U.S. As Top Tech Nation : The U.S. drops from first to fifth in the rankings, which measures the propensity for countries to exploit the opportunities offered by information and communications technology (ICT). http://www.forbes.com/home/technology/2005/03/09/cx_0309wef.html === Bad News on Bankruptcy Bill: Democrats broke ranks to vote for cloture, including many of the usual suspects -- Biden, Lieberman, Nelson, etc., even Herb Kohl. It is deeply disappointing that this sop to the credit card companies will be getting passed. http://www.politicalstrategy.org/archives/001214.php === -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: 266.7.0 - Release Date: 08/03/2005 ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> In low income neighborhoods, 84% do not own computers. At Network for Good, help bridge the Digital Divide! http://us.click.yahoo.com/hjtSRD/3MnJAA/i1hLAA/TXWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- All views expressed herein belong to the individuals concerned and do not in any way reflect the official views of Hidayahnet unless sanctioned or approved otherwise. 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