bismi-lLahi-rRahmani-rRahiem In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
=== News Update === America's Agenda for Global Military Domination by Michel Chossudovsky The Pentagon has released the summary of a top secret Pentagon document, which sketches America's agenda for global military domination. The document explicitly acknowledges America's global military mandate, beyond regional war theaters. This mandate also includes military operations directed against countries, which are not hostile to America, but which are considered strategic from the point of view of US interests. http://tinyurl.com/3w58b === The empire in the year 2005 James Petras - Rebeli�n World developments in 2005 will be determined by the major events and tendencies in 2004. First and foremost, 2004 demonstrated in the most dramatic and definitive manner that the US imperial military machine could be defeated. The Iraqi resistance has proven that the US Empire is not invincible. With over 1500 combat deaths, close to 25,000 disabled soldiers and over 35,000 suffering severe �mental illnesses�, the US occupation army is incapable of bringing the colonial war to a victorious conclusion. http://mparent7777.blog-city.com/read/1140558.htm === Weekend Video: The Power of Nightmares In the past our politicians offered us dreams of a better world. Now they promise to protect us from nightmares. The most frightening of these is the threat of an international terror network. But just as the dreams were not true, neither are these nightmares. This is a must watch documentary - Click here to view it. http://tinyurl.com/4e2w7 === Washington Sees Iran as a Major Security Threat, but Not Nuclear Brazil: Despite the Bush administration�s bellicose demands that Iran give up its uranium enrichment program, Washington has dismissed any cause for alarm over a somewhat similar nuclear program in Brazil. http://tinyurl.com/7y8fs === Iran slams UNHCR for ignoring US detainee abuse: Iran has hit out at the United Nations for ignoring abuses by US forces of detainees at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay, as well as their assault on the Iraqi city of Fallujah. http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200503/s1326226.htm === Church secretly sells Arab Jerusalem properties to Zionists Posted Mar 18, 2005 02:24 PM PST - Category: ISRAEL http://www.redress.btinternet.co.uk/afp.htm === 'Israel armed itself with nuclear option 40 years ago' Posted Mar 18, 2005 08:14 AM PST - Category: ISRAEL http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1055996.cms === Why has this documentary never been shown on American TV ?: Israel's Secret Weapon : This film is the story of the bomb, Vanunu and Israel's wall of silence. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article6558.htm http://tinyurl.com/4uyz6 === Playing the Democracy Card : How America furthers its national interests in the Middle East. The United States flaunts the banner of democracy in the Middle East only when that advances its economic, military, or strategic interests. http://tinyurl.com/4xdkm === UPDATED WITH NEW VIDEO 03/18/05 Secret U.S. Plans For Iraq's Oil By: Greg Palast - Reporting for BBC Newsnight The industry-favored plan was pushed aside by yet another secret plan, drafted just before the invasion in 2003, which called for the sell-off of all of Iraq's oil fields. The new plan, crafted by neo-conservatives intent on using Iraq's oil to destroy the Opec cartel through massive increases in production above Opec quotas. Windows Media. http://tinyurl.com/52w4g === Iraqis Will Be American Slaves: An Interview with William Engdahl By: IZAKOVIC - CREATED 03-14-2005 INTRODUCTION : Vice-President Dick Cheney once wisely said: "You've got to go where the oil is", summing up much of world history since 1900. Sure enough, oil fuels US imperial seizures in the Caspian Sea region and Venezuela (oil reserves), Yugoslavia (which the infighting between USA and Europe destroyed resulting with permanent US military base in Kosovo, astride the pipeline route from Russia and Caspian basin to Europe), Afghanistan and Ukraine (a handy pipeline routes), and Iraq (large oil reserves). http://mparent7777.blog-city.com/read/1140546.htm === Counting the dead in Iraq: None of the coalition of the willing keep � or admit to keeping � a count of Iraqi deaths. This is in striking contrast to the anxiety that there be a scrupulous accounting of deaths attributable to Saddam Hussein. http://207.44.245.159/article8305.htm http://tinyurl.com/4pv4r === Journalists tell of US Falluja killings: All is quiet in Falluja, or at least that is how it seems, given that the mainstream media has largely forgotten about the Iraqi city. But independent journalists are risking life and limb to bring out a very different story. http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/6890A8DA-AF79-45AD-BB4F-42C060978A07.htm http://tinyurl.com/59g7m === Independent Media: Enemy Target : Although, there is no �evidence� of a systematic policy to kill journalists, it seem that a policy of preventing independent media reporting from the war is the US administration top priority. http://tinyurl.com/6bx64 === Dutchman in Iraq genocide hearing: A Dutch businessman accused of complicity in genocide for selling chemicals to Iraq in the 1980s knew that Saddam Hussein might use them as weapons, prosecutors have said at his first public hearing. http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/93EF3695-94AA-4F5F-8771-70CE89796851.htm http://tinyurl.com/4vso4 === Iraqi resistance number 20,000 in Iraq: Anti occupation forces in Iraq could number around 20,000 people, the head of the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency says. http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20050318-093102-3216r.htm http://tinyurl.com/6fzkw === Iraqi Arabs, Turkmen rally againt Kurdish designs on Kirkuk: Turkmen and Arab Shiites demonstrated Friday in the northern Iraqi oil city of Kirkuk against the Kurdish push to annex the city http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=38995 === Roads out of Baghdad become no-go zones: Nearly two years since President Bush declared an end to major combat operations in Iraq, Baghdad is still one of the most dangerous cities in the world. It is ringed in peril. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=2326&e=19&u=/csm/operil http://tinyurl.com/5uarj === Is Iraq becoming the world's biggest cash cow?: Corruption wastes money, bankrupts countries, and costs lives. http://admin.corisweb.org/index.php?fuseaction=news.view&id=116893&src=dcn http://tinyurl.com/6uk3w === Ten Iraqi police men killed: Ten Iraqi police men and army members were killed in different attacks that took place on Thursday in al-Dajil, Beiji, Balad, al-Touz all to the north of Baghdad http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/050318/2005031817.html === Two Iraqi policemen killed, four wounded in attack: Two Iraqi policemen were killed and four were wounded in an attack on a police checkpoint by anonymous gunmen south of Baghdad on Friday. http://www.kuna.net.kw/Home/Story.aspx?Language=en&DSNO=714697 === Cleric killed outside mosque : A Sunni Muslim cleric was killed in a drive-by shooting in Iraq last night. http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Article=107011&Sn=BNEW&IssueID=27363 http://tinyurl.com/5c3y6 === Permanent force reduction in Iraq unlikely until between 2006 and 2008: The military is planning a staggered rotation of soldiers and large units that will be in Iraq between 2006 and early 2008. http://tinyurl.com/64kzb === Uncle Toms And Turncoats: America has no shortage of sell outs and traitors. Traitorous Democrats in Congress help corporations enslave us through an atrocious bankruptcy bill. The media sell us out every day when they choose to tell us all about the latest celebrity divorce but ignore the Bush meltdown in the international community or the death toll in Iraq. http://www.blackcommentator.com/130/130_fr_uncle_toms_and_turncoats_pf.html http://tinyurl.com/5m4xs === Chris Floyd: Filter Tips : A relentless degeneration of American society is taking place. Brutality and atrocity are becoming normalized, systemized and rewarded. http://tinyurl.com/6wtbd === The Age of Missing Information: The Bush administration's campaign against openness: What follows is a representative selection of categories of data that have been withdrawn from public access in the Bush years, with reflections on what they mean. http://slate.msn.com/id/2114963/ === CIA, White House Defend Transfers of Terror Suspects: It is illegal under U.S. and international law to send someone to a country where torture is likely. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002211400_goss18.html http://tinyurl.com/6gfnv === We Have Become What We Claim To Loathe.: "Extraordinary Rendition"? Let us call it what it is: the outsourcing of torture. Having other countries do our dirty work for us. And it stinks to high heaven. http://tinyurl.com/6crc2 === Responsibility for prisoner mistreatment has gone AWOL : ' 'To suggest that senior officials were blameless in fostering the command climate that led to the behavior of those junior guards at the prison is simply not credible,'' retired Army general officer John Johns told Knight Ridder. http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/ci_2611737 === Uranium Equals Kryptonite for Bush Nominee: President Bush's U.N. Ambassador designate, John Bolton, participated in promoting the administration's phony story about Saddam Hussein negotiating to buy uranium for nuclear weapons from the African country of Niger http://tinyurl.com/5anto === The Clash of the Cults: The war on terrorism declared by the United States on radical Islamists is little more than a proxy battle in a war between two cults. http://www.inthesetimes.com/site/main/article/2002/ === Over 725 Protests Planned to Mark Second Anniversary of Iraq Invasion: Saturday, March 19th, marks the second anniversary of the Iraq invasion. http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/03/18/1450226 === Your Guide to a Weekend of Resistance: On the second anniversary of Shock and Awe, the anti-war movement wants you http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0512,ferguson1,62240,5.html === In case you missed it: Howard Zinn: The Optimism of Uncertainty: In this awful world where the efforts of caring people often pale in comparison to what is done by those who have power, how do I manage to stay involved and seemingly happy? http://tinyurl.com/43jv2 === Decorated U.S. veterans cope with Iraq war: More than 11,000 soldiers have been injured in the past two years in Iraq. �I was willing to die because I thought I would be protecting my family back home and I�d be serving my country,� says 22-year-old U.S. Army Specialist Darrell Anderson of Lexington, Ky. http://msnbc.msn.com/id/7229226/ === Halliburton exec on fraud charges : A former employee of a Halliburton subsidiary has been indicted on charges of defrauding the US military of more than $3.5m for fuel in Iraq. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4359765.stm === GIs must begin paying at pumps in Kuwait: The days when a U.S. Army truck could fill up for free at a gas station in this oil-rich state are ending. Kuwait's energy minister said yesterday U.S. troops are going to have to start paying for fuel. http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/index.php?page=national&story_id=031805b1_kuwait_us_freegas http://tinyurl.com/4nlud === Why graft thrives in postconflict zones: A report issued Wednesday said Iraq could become 'the biggest corruption scandal in history.' http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0317/p06s01-wogi.html === Islamabad makes a tradeoff: Before Rice's whirlwind visit to India, Pakistan and Afghanistan Washington was abuzz with talk that the Bush administration had convinced Musharraf to lend support to American action against Iran for its alleged nuclear weapons program. http://tinyurl.com/5ykxy === Pakistan clashes leave many dead: Clashes between Baluchi tribesmen and the Pakistani army in Baluchistan have left 50 people dead and scores injured, an Aljazeera correspondent in Islamabad said. http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/3B711472-F32D-43B5-A328-AF0E624403B3.htm http://tinyurl.com/5tsq3 === The hypocrisy of U.S. calls for Syria to leave Lebanon As long as Israel occupies Palestine, and the US occupies Afghanistan and Iraq, they have no moral authority to tell Syria to get out of Lebanon. http://www.meib.org/articles/0101_ld1.htm === Israelis believed behind vast robbery attempt in Britain The burglary attempt via the Internet took place in October 2004, and was uncovered by the British police's technology crimes unit. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/553775.html === Jewish 'plot over Temple Mount' : Jewish extremists are plotting to take over the Temple Mount in an attempt to thwart Israel's withdrawal from Gaza, an Israeli TV station has reported. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4357719.stm === Report: Two AIPAC officials take paid leave over U.S. spy probe : Two senior officials at the pro-Israel lobby, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), who were investigated for allegedly passing classified information from the Pentagon, have taken a paid leave of absence from the group http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/553695.html === Israel's double-standards Even as Israel re-indicts Vanunu, the whining about Jonathan Pollard goes on. http://web.israelinsider.com/views/5179.htm === Bush to Host Sharon at Texas Ranch: Israeli officials had earlier expected the meeting to take place in Washington. Bush uses meetings at his Prairie Chapel ranch to reward important allies and court others. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050318/pl_nm/mideast_bush_dc http://tinyurl.com/4bqoq === Video: Mosaic: World News Reports from Middle East TV For 03/17/05: 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/54b8v === UN sees East Congo as worse crisis than Darfur: Eastern Congo is suffering the world's worst current humanitarian crisis, with a death toll outstripping that in Sudan's strife-torn Darfur region, a top United Nations official said on Wednesday. http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L16114229.htm === Judge dismisses Vietnamese suit over Agent Orange: A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit Thursday charging that American chemical companies committed war crimes against about 4 million Vietnamese citizens by making Agent Orange http://www.usatoday.com/money/world/2005-03-10-agent-orange_x.htm http://tinyurl.com/3oopf === US cancels Agent Orange study in Vietnam: The research "could have been definitive" in a class action brought by Vietnamese plaintiffs against US manufacturers of Agent Orange, including Monsanto and Dow Chemicals. Carpenter says the ongoing legal action would have "increased the reluctance of the US government to fund this project". http://www.newscientist.com/channel/opinion/mg18524914.200 === Report: China, Russia To "Rehearse Invasion Of Taiwan": The initial plans were to practice operational teamwork in combating terrorism during the exercise. However, Beijing, skillfully changing the format of the exercise, has tried to re-orient the two countries' armies to practicing an invasion of Taiwan. http://tinyurl.com/4q5ae === US House condemning anti-secession law : The U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution on March 16th demanding that the Bush Administration voice serious concern over China��s passage of its anti-secession law. http://www.ettoday.com/2005/03/17/11195-1766275.htm === Trail of blood leads from Colombia to U.S. : The world can follow the trail of blood from the massacred farmers and human rights workers and teachers and journalists and labor leaders in Colombia. That trail of blood leads to our door. http://tinyurl.com/6l8ny === General Wesley Clark calls for U.S. military return to Haiti: He says the roughly 76-hundred U-N troops and policemen in Haiti need U-S help. Clark says the force can only deal with "the surface problems." http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=3090163 === No Child Left Unrecruited: Rep. Jim McDermott Seeks to Protect Students From Military Recruiters: We speak with Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA) who is backing a bill that would make it easier for parents to block military recruiters from gaining access to their high school-aged children. http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/03/18/1450217 === Survey: Third of Americans are overworked: One in three American workers are chronically overworked, with job-related stress varying significantly by age, employment situation, and demands at home, according to a new survey. http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-03-16-overworked_x.htm === -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: 266.7.3 - Release Date: 15/03/2005 ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Has someone you know been affected by illness or disease? 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