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=== News Update === The United States Is "Agressive, Morally Decadent and Racist" By Charles Hawley in Berlin United States policy in the Middle East is leading to a blooming of democracy. Right? While democracy does seem to be taking its first baby steps in the region, a new survey indicates that most in the Middle East are extremely distrustful of the US -- but the basis of that thinking isn't what you think it is. http://mparent7777.blog-city.com/read/1123963.htm === FLASHBACK: Slavery is Legal in the U.S., did you know that? Posted Mar 10, 2005 09:09 AM PST - Category: DICTATORSHIP http://www.metagrrrl.com/metagrrrl/2002/01/slavery_is_lega.html === Sweating In An Airport? You Could Be A Terrorist Another prospect in store for air travellers is "hyperspectral sensing" that will check for chemicals called pheromones, secreted by the human body, which may indicate agitation or stress. I get stressed watching a high-school dropout in a cheap ill-fitting uniform groping my family. And if you DON'T, there is something wrong with you. http://www.prisonplanet.tv/articles/march2005/100305sweatinginairport.htm === Land of �Murka� Part II The Fundamentalist Threat By Manuel Valenzuela Once the right buttons are pushed, once new Pearl Harbors are manufactured, the Establishment has little problem bringing out their mobilized army of hypnotized primates, millions of citizens mutated by fear, hatred and anger, conditioned into them by the same elite that will begin exploiting their emotions, in short order bringing to the surface the ever dangerous, never thinking, blood-thirsty and always self-destructive human animal. http://207.44.245.159/article8227.htm === The invisible wounded By Mark Benjamin Injured soldiers evacuated to the U.S. never arrive in the light of day -- and the Pentagon has yet to offer a satisfactory explanation why. http://207.44.245.159/article8224.htm === 9/11 Lawyer Bolsters Hamburg Defendant's Alibi The U.S. commission investigating the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, found no direct evidence that the Hamburg-based radicals who hijacked the four airliners shared details of the plot with a Moroccan man on trial here, an attorney for the commission testified Wednesday. "Evidence linking these Israelis to 9/11 is classified. I cannot tell you about evidence that has been gathered. It's classified information." -- US official quoted in Carl Cameron's Fox News report on the Israeli spy ring and its connections to 9-11. http://www.disinfo.com/site/displayarticle9877.html http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/israeli_spyring_fox.html === John Bolton, Another Motherfucker for America: The Bush administration loves motherfuckers. Man, the President and his shit-stained minions can't get enough of motherfuckers. If there is a place for a motherfucker in the administration, Bush or another cabinet member will be out there makin' announcements about which motherfucker they're gonna appoint. Alberto Gonzales? Motherfucker. Michael Chertoff? Motherfucker. John "Motherfucker" Negroponte? As Tony Soprano might mutter, a mother-motherfucker. One might think that the job of a motherfucker would be to fuck one's own or another's mother; however, like "asshole" doesn't just mean a place of tight, ecstatic access for Jeff Gannon, a "motherfucker" is someone who is such an asshole that he/she would fuck your mother if it meant more power, glory, money, whatever. http://mparent7777.blog-city.com/read/1123768.htm === �Sacrifices,� the Cost of War and �War-Resistance� in the Ranks By: Jack Dalton When was it the state gained the power to dictate to any of us when, where, how and if, we will participate in the killing of other human beings? When was it the state gained the power over us to tell anyone of us we will go to jail if we are not willing to participate in the mass murder that is war, let alone one launched behind deliberate lies and disinformation as this one in Iraq? http://207.44.245.159/article7226.htm === Sidney Blumenthal: The enemy within : How an Americanist devoted to destroying international alliances became the US envoy to the UN http://207.44.245.159/article8230.htm === It is not democracy that's on the march in the Middle East : Managed elections are the latest device to prop up pro-western regimes http://207.44.245.159/article8229.htm === Court hears antiwar protestor acted 'on philosophies of Isaiah': Mr O�Reilly said, in reply to his counsel, that Shannon Airport had become "a pit stop for death" and by damaging the aircraft he wanted to prevent the death of thousands of Iraqis http://212.2.162.45/news/story.asp?j=136341308&p=y3634zxy4&n=136342068 http://tinyurl.com/56ord === 'Remember his love for life' : Wife and 3-year-old daughter mourn death of soldier in Iraq http://www.sunnews.com/news/2005/part1/0310/SWOBLER.htm === Troops Who Fired On Hostage Were Protecting U.S. Ambassador http://www.nbc4.tv/news/4271539/detail.html === Berlusconi contradicts US friendly-fire account : The Italian prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, said today the driver of the car in which an Italian agent was killed by US forces in Iraq last week had obeyed orders to stop. http://www.guardian.co.uk/italy/story/0,12576,1433938,00.html === 30 Americans Among Those Injured By Truck Blast Baghdad, Iraq -- U.S. officials say at least 30 American contractors are among those injured when suicide bombers blew up a garbage truck packed with explosives near a Baghdad hotel. http://www.kxan.com/Global/story.asp?S=3053374&nav=0s3dXHYp === Military: Blast injured 30 US workers Thursday 10 March 2005, 5:22 Makka Time, 2:22 GMT US military authorities have revealed 30 American contractors were wounded in the bomb blast in Baghdad earlier on Wednesday. http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/EE799A92-173E-4206-A0B2-8F5F4A17C884.htm === US soldier killed in Iraq blast A US soldier was killed and another wounded in a Baghdad bomb blast today, the US army said, raising the number of American military deaths in Iraq to more than 1500. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,12500102%255E1702,00.html === US soldier killed by roadside bomb north of Baghdad SEC-IRAQ-DEATH US soldier killed by roadside bomb north of Baghdad BAGHDAD, March 9 (KUNA) -- One US soldier died and another was injured in a roadside bomb explosion in Iraq Wednesday, a statement by the multi-national force said. http://www.kuna.net.kw/Home/Story.aspx?Language=en&DSNO=711947 === 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://www.wokr13.tv/news/national/story.aspx?content_id=422B960A-26BA-4891-9E60-21C8818788D4 === Funeral Suicide Bomber Kills at Least 36 : A suicide bomber blew himself during a funeral in the courtyard of an Iraqi Shiite mosque today, killing at least 36 people and injuring 25. http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=4237047 === 5 Policemen killed in Baghdad shootings : Five people, including two police chiefs, were killed in a series of shootings in Baghdad today. http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1434569,00.html === Iraq violence continues unabated: A booby-trapped corpse exploded south of Baghdad, killing four Iraqi police officers. http://www.newkerala.com/news-daily/news/features.php?action=fullnews&id=82719 http://tinyurl.com/4w7jd === US soldier killed by roadside bomb north of Baghdad: One US soldier died and another was injured in a roadside bomb explosion in Iraq Wednesday, a statement by the multi-national force said. http://www.kuna.net.kw/Home/Story.aspx?Language=en&DSNO=711947 http://tinyurl.com/685ox === Shia, Kurd strike deal to form govt: Iraq's Shia-dominated United Iraqi Alliance and a Kurdish coalition have struck a deal that will allow a new government to be named when the National Assembly convenes next week. http://tinyurl.com/6cvn3 === Seven Polish soldiers arrested after returning from Iraq : Five Polish army officers and two civilian contractors who served in Iraq have been arrested on suspicion of taking bribes for contracts to rebuild the country, the military police said on Thursday. http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20050310-0715-iraq-poland-arrests.html http://tinyurl.com/54n47 == US troops get training to avoid friendly-fire attacks on British: Thirty-two �blue-on-blue� attacks on British and other coalition vehicles have been logged in the past twelve months in southern Iraq, Britain�s area of responsibility. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,7374-1517327,00.html === PENTAGON SUED FOR RECORDS ON PROPAGANDA, PSY-OPS AND �PERCEPTION MANAGEMENT� TARGETTING U.S. CIVILIANS Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that it has filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia seeking records under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act (�FOIA�), 5 U.S.C. ' 552, from the Department of Defense concerning Pentagon funded programs engaged in �strategic influence, perception management, strategic information warfare and/or strategic psychological operations� through media consultants, �think tanks,� foreign expatriate political organizations and Internet sites. http://www.judicialwatch.org/4303.shtml === US leaders clear themselves of any wrongdoing in torture scandal Charles Manson clears himself of all charges. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20050310/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/pentagon_prisoner_abuse === Be careful what you call 'diversity' But, for all the lofty ideals espoused in the Academic Bill of Rights, it is essentially a political wedge for Horowitz's far-right political agenda. Horowitz and his proxy organization, Students for Academic Freedom, have been revving up their campaign against the supposed liberal hegemony on campus through mass e-mails to "news" organizations like GOPUSA.com - the same outfit that backed faux journalist Jeff Gannon. http://www.dailytexanonline.com/news/2005/03/10/Opinion/Be.Careful.What.You.Call.diversity-890560.shtml === (POL 495) 911 The Road to Tyranny Blogs as college courses. http://faculty.ncwc.edu/Jchristensen/POL%20495a/495a%20syllabus.htm === U.S. Quits Agreement on Access to Diplomats The United States has withdrawn from an international agreement that guarantees jailed foreigners the right to talk to consular officers, a protocol that has been used by opponents of capital punishment. What this means is that if the US locks up an Armenian, the Armenian consulate cannot visit the prisoner. http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=7859607 === Secret FBI Report Questions Al Qaeda Capabilities: No 'True' Al Qaeda Sleeper Agents Have Been Found in U.S. A secret FBI report obtained by ABC News concludes that while there is no doubt al Qaeda wants to hit the United States, its capability to do so is unclear. http://207.44.245.159/article8225.htm === Sam Nunn: US not example for nuclear non-proliferation: "It's awfully hard to ask countries around the globe to do a lot more to fight against the North Koreans or the Iranians getting nuclear weapons if we ourselves seem to be increasing our dependence on nuclear weapons," Nunn said. http://tinyurl.com/4goyu === Pakistan: Khan supplied Iran centrifuges: A nuclear scientist who is at the heart of an international nuclear black market investigation gave centrifuges to Iran, but Pakistan's government knew nothing about the transfer, the information minister has said. http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/E5839FCB-16FC-4015-A3A5-3CF5208737C4.htm http://tinyurl.com/5tazd === Richard Butler : Heavily armed duo in no position to lay down law on proliferation: Thwarting Iran's nuclear ambitions would be easier if the US and Israel kept their side of the bargain http://207.44.245.159/article8228.htm === Syria rallies to Assad's defence "Of course we expect more American pressure," the information minister, Mehdi Dakhlallah, said. "President Bush is speaking daily about Syria as if he has no other work." http://www.guardian.co.uk/syria/story/0,13031,1434161,00.html === Pro-Syrian Lebanese Leader Is Reappointed Bush swings and misses. http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4854789,00.html === Syrian Troops Continue Withdrawing from Lebanon : Almost half of Syrian's 14,000 troops in Lebanon were involved in the withdrawal, which will take up to 10 days, according to Lebanese defense Minister Abdul Rahim Mrad. http://www.israelnn.com/news.php3?id=78232 === Syrians rally around their leader: THE relief on President Assad�s face was visible, as the young Syrian leader waved from a balcony to tens of thousands of his cheering supporters who turned out on the streets of Damascus yesterday to give the beleaguered regime a badly needed boost. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,251-1518520,00.html === US called ready to see Hezbollah in Lebanon role: The administration�s shift was described by American, European and United Nations officials as a reluctant recognition that Hezbollah, besides having a militia and "sponsoring attacks" on Israelis, is an enormous political force in Lebanon that could block Western efforts to get Syria to withdraw its troops. http://news.ft.com/cms/s/4ec52cf2-913d-11d9-8a7a-00000e2511c8.html === Karami pledges unity government: Reappointed pro-Syrian Prime Minister Umar Karami has risked a fresh battle with the opposition that had forced the Sunni Muslim politician to quit only 10 days ago. http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/4CFA01F9-5310-413E-B638-75CB8A3FED45.htm http://tinyurl.com/6co5s === Syria's Jews With reference to Professor Geoffrey Alderman's letter (March 5), and before the myth becomes set in stone - the Jewish community was not "ethnically cleansed" from Syria. Many left in the early 90s because pressure was put on them to do so by Jewish groups in the US. http://www.guardian.co.uk/syria/story/0,13031,1433477,00.html === U.S. Raps Israel Over Lebanon Remarks : The United States has asked Israel to stop making statements about the withdrawal of Syrian forces from Lebanon, believing the comments undermine American interests http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/newscontent.php3?artid=10620 === Sharon's cellmate If my prime minister is a war criminal, so is Tony Blair. Anyone have a problem with that? I don't. And as far as I am concerned, add Bush to the list. http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1433979,00.html === Patriot crews heading to exercise in Israel : U.S. Patriot missile crews stationed in Germany are once again headed to Israel to participate in a joint exercise with the Israeli military. http://stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=27624 === Israeli study: Government violated law on outposts: The Israeli government is funding and building Jewish settlement outposts across the West Bank in violation of its own laws and international mandates, according to a government-sanctioned report http://tinyurl.com/3z8vf === Sharon's cellmate : If my prime minister is a war criminal, so is Tony Blair http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,1434053,00.html === Family of British Cameraman Accuses Israeli Forces of Cover Up : The family of James Miller, the British cameraman killed in Rafah City, south of Gaza Strip, accused the Israeli occupation forces of covering up for the soldiers who killed him, vowing to prosecute the Israeli army in court. http://www.ipc.gov.ps/ipc_new/english/details.asp?name=3165 === Bush�s choice for United Nations comes with strong pro-Israel record http://tinyurl.com/4aqfk === Video: Mosaic: World News Reports from Middle East TV For 03/09/05: 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/3rcs5 === Pigs Hold Clues to Man-Made Flu Samples taken from South Korean pigs contain genes from a human flu virus created by scientists in 1933, and one American flu researcher says the sequences could represent a dangerous situation for humans. http://www.wired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,66824,00.html?tw=wn_4techhead === Taiwan issue could lead to war, says China: CHINA is demanding that the Howard Government review its 50-year-old military pact with the US, warning that the ANZUS alliance could threaten regional stability if Australia were drawn into Sino-US conflict over Taiwan. http://www.thecouriermail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,12477132%255E421,00.html http://tinyurl.com/6ugup === Gwynne Dyer: The secret of ballistic missile defence : The notion that North Korea might fire one or two ballistic missiles at the US, even if it had a few long-range missiles and nuclear warheads to put on them, is ludicrous. http://www.tehrantimes.com/Description.asp?Da=3/9/2005&Cat=14&Num=001 http://tinyurl.com/5umms === Ch�vez: "Washington has done all it can to topple my government": In a press conference in Paris, Ch�vez reminded the audience "how the Bush administration plotted and staged a coup against Venezuela and my government". http://www.eluniversal.com/2005/03/09/en_pol_art_09A539691.shtml === Statements Indicate Ch�vez May Indeed Be in Somebody's Crosshairs : Venezuelan President Hugo Ch�vez has repeatedly claimed that the U.S. government has plans to assassinate him, recent statements by the top U.S. official in Venezuela appear to back up his fears of a plot against his life. http://www.ipsnews.net/africa/interna.asp?idnews=27799 === US Not Seeking Confrontation With Venezuela's Chavez : In congressional testimony, Ms. Rice said U.S. officials are concerned about whether Mr. Chavez intends to govern democratically, and about his relationship with Cuba's President Fidel Castro. http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-03-09-voa73.cfm === Noriega: Ch�vez' Venezuela does not help to improve democracy in Latin America: In relation to Ch�vez, Noriega said that the Venezuelan President's "efforts to concentrate power at home, his suspect relationship with destabilizing forces in the region, and his plans for arms purchases are causes of major concern." http://www.eluniversal.com/2005/03/09/en_pol_art_09A539717.shtml === Chavez seeks Iran economic ties : The presidents of two leading oil producing nations, Venezuela and Iran, are due to meet to discuss closer economic co-operation. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4336169.stm === Seven Pillars of International Power of Hugo Ch�vez : This remarkable document might serve to wake progressive U.S. citizens up to the fact that all South America is moving to get out of the ruinous situation in which we are all involved and that, if we don�t wake up, too, we will be left behind. http://207.44.245.159/article8221.htm === Four U.S. senators call for Haiti's jailed former premier to either be charged or released http://tinyurl.com/4e7a8 === Agent Orange Case for Millions of Vietnamese Is Dismissed: A federal judge in Brooklyn today dismissed a damage suit filed on behalf of millions of Vietnamese that claimed American chemical companies committed war crimes by supplying the military with the defoliant Agent Orange. http://207.44.245.159/article9231.htm === Burlington Votes to Bring the Troops Home Now! : "A town meeting revolt over the Iraq war" is what The Christian Science Monitor called Vermont's historic votes for anti-war resolutions in 49 of 57 cities and towns. The resolutions passed not only in traditional liberal strong holds, but also in rural areas usually dismissed as conservative. http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=1&ItemID=7407 === London peace camp to protest against US targeting of Iran : "The 'war on terror' continues with the sights now set on Syria and Iran together with an unprecedented attack on civil liberties," MFAW said in announcing the three-day peace camp starting next Wednesday. http://www.payvand.com/news/05/mar/1083.html === When state police aren't really state police The Crawford/Erie group was even officially sanctioned and empowered by a state law in 1872. The law -- now under attack by the state police union -- allows the private group to wear uniforms with insignia reading "state police," to carry weapons, to have a marked police vehicle, to detain suspects and make arrests. http://www.postgazette.com/pg/05069/468958.stm === Military hopefuls called anti-social: Young Canadians interested in joining the military tend to lack life goals, feel alienated and accept violence to achieve ends, says an internal army study http://tinyurl.com/5jh2w === Tougher bankruptcy bill gains in Senate: The Republican-controlled Senate cleared the way for a final vote as early as Wednesday on an industry-backed bill to make it harder for consumers to wipe out debt through bankruptcy. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0503090315mar09,1,4542629.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed http://tinyurl.com/48ope === Disabled veterans protest budget proposal for health care : Hundreds of disabled veterans booed and jeered Republican House members on Tuesday for their budget proposal for veterans� health care, which critics call inadequate to deal with the future needs of current troops. http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=27651 === -muslim voice- ___________________________________ BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW -- No virus found in this outgoing message. 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