bismi-lLahi-rRahmani-rRahiem In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
=== News Update === A defeat in the battle for democracy Having had the legs kicked out from under the dozens of pretexts he trotted out to justify the take-over of oil-rich Iraq, George Bush has settled on a pretext everyone can feel good about: US soldiers will occupy Iraq for some years to come to see to it that Iraqis get to elect their own leaders. Electing your own leaders is what democracy�s all about, right? http://gowans.blogspot.com/2005/03/defeat-in-battle-for-democracy.html === Hersh blasts White House's 'crusade' ANDREW TUTINO - Journal Staff Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Seymour Hersh speaks at Ithaca College's Ford Hall Thursday evening. Hersh discussed the similarties between the war in Vietnam and the present conflict in Iraq. ITHACA -- Seymour Hersh has broken some of the biggest news stories in the last 30 years. He has won countless awards, including bringing home the newspaper industry's highest honor, the Pulitzer Prize, in 1970. But every so often, he said, he must stick a copy of his latest article about the United States' involvement in the Middle East in some high-level source's mailbox a day or so before his next New Yorker deadline. http://mparent7777.blog-city.com/read/1155327.htm === Reverend Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. : If It's Really A 'World' Bank, Then Let's Look South : The selection of the new World Bank head freezes out the 1 billion people who live on less than $1 per day, and the 3 billion who live on less than $2 per day. It freezes out the entire Southern hemisphere�Africa, Asia, South America. In fact, it freezes out everyone who is not a Bush loyalist in the U.S., or a nervous European elite. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article8368.htm http://snipurl.com/dnuj === Bush approval rating down to 45 percent I don't believe it is even that high. http://interestalert.com/brand/siteia.shtml?Story=st/sn/03250000aaa05cec.upi&Sys=siteia&Fid=FRONTPAG&Type=News&Filter=Front%20Page === Shifting Wisdom With Wolfowitz's rise and Kennan's death, the days of cautious US diplomacy are over by Leon Hadar Renowned American historian and diplomat George F. Kennan died last week at the age of 101, a day after US President George W. Bush announced that he was nominating Deputy Defense Secretary Paul D. Wolfowitz to head the World Bank. So it was not surprising that I ended up going over the obituaries for the leading strategist of the Cold War on the same day that I was reading the bios on the main architect of the invasion of Iraq. http://mparent7777.blog-city.com/read/1155321.htm === Depleted Uranium: Cause and Effect 4 Hour Special on The 'X' Zone Radio Show and TalkStar Radio Network http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_16412.shtml === Not even in his worst nightmares : For the neoconservatives around George Bush it was a guiding principle that the US should undertake no policy that conferred validity on the concept of international law. Is it any surprise that Lord Goldsmith should have been left struggling to find validity in international law for their policy on Iraq? http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1445492,00.html === George McGovern : Patriotism Is Nonpartisan: Challenging a Mistaken War Can Take More Courage than Fighting One. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article8367.htm http://snipurl.com/dnua === Naomi Klein Reveals New Details About U.S. Military Shooting of Italian War Correspondent: New details are emerging about the killing of the Italian agent who saved her life. We speak with independent journalist Naomi Klein, who just returned from meeting with Sgrena in Rome. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article8361.htm http://snipurl.com/dnub === No proof for claim Iraq killed 85 rebels : Government now says battle not a major incident http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/03/25/MNGMPBUNP41.DTL&type=printable http://snipurl.com/dnu8 === WMD Commission to Release Tough Findings: A presidential commission investigating weapons of mass destruction is highly critical of U.S. intelligence agencies' performance on Iran, North Korea and Libya and attempts to lay out what went wrong on Iraq, according to individuals familiar with the findings. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2005/03/24/national/w153210S70.DTL http://snipurl.com/dnu9 === The Missing WMD Report: This matter has so far received little media coverage. But Democrats should be howling about Roberts' stonewalling. Do your bit for responsibility and accountability in government by passing along this article. http://www.davidcorn.com/2005/03/the_missing_wmd.php === US troops clash with insurgents in Iraq's Tal Afar (Tal Afar, Iraq-NBC) March 24, 2005 - More firefights broke out between US forces and insurgents in the northern Iraq town of Tal Afar Thursday. http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=3122853 === Democratising the Arab world is no less a flimsy fig-leaf for Washington's real designs in the region than were Iraq's alleged WMDs and Al-Qaeda links, writes Patrick Seale Ever since the United States invaded Iraq two years ago -- toppling Saddam Hussein, smashing the state, and killing tens of thousands of Iraqis -- commentators have puzzled over America's war aims. What was the strategic plan behind the carnage? What was Washington trying to achieve? If there was a master-plan, where would the US strike next? http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/735/op2.htm === US Air Force bombs civilian zones in western Iraq BAGHDAD, March 23 (PL).� US occupation forces� fighter planes have attacked civilian populations in the Iraqi cities of Haditha and Haqlaniyah, in the western province of Al Anbar, one of the key regions of the so-called Sunni Triangle or �Triangle of Death�. http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2005/marzo/juev24/14iraq.html === US soldier dies in attack in Baghdad BAGHDAD, March 24 (AFP) - A US soldier died in an attack in Baghdad late Wednesday, a US military spokesperson said. http://www.politicalgateway.com/news/read.html?id=3319 === Marine accused of murder says he fired likely witness By Rowan Scarborough - THE WASHINGTON TIMES, Published March 24, 2005 Marine Corps 1st Lt. Ilario Pantano says he demoted the sergeant who is expected to be the chief witness against the officer, who is charged with murdering two Iraqi insurgents. http://www.washingtontimes.com/functions/print.php?StoryID=20050323-110309-2153r === 16 dead in Iraqi violence : A suicide bomber killed 11 Iraqi police commandos and injuring 14 other people, including two US soldiers. And in Baghdad, gunmen killed five female translators working for the US military. http://www.breakingnews.ie/2005/03/25/story195278.html === Iraqi commander killed in Baghdad: Major General Suleiman Muhammad, who commanded a National Guard division in southern Iraq, was shot dead on Friday in the New Baghdad district of the capital. Two of his sons were wounded in the attack, the police said. http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/F8C09498-2919-43BF-AC7F-86959D80A7B6.htm http://snipurl.com/dnu6 === Iraqi Soldier Killed in Car Bomb South of Baghdad http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?catid=138&newsid=60441&ch=0&datte=2005-03-25 http://snipurl.com/dnu7 === Iraq scientist jail death inquiry : The US army has opened an investigation into the death of an Iraqi scientist who died in US custody. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4382627.stm === Afghanistan, Iraq and women's rights Published Mar 23, 2005 1:32 PM The Bush administration has shamelessly propagandized its recent wars on Afghanistan and Iraq as �liberation��and boasted that these brutal acts of aggression would free the women there. Bush and company hired Madison Avenue spin-doctors to saturate the media with the idea that the lives of the women in these underdeveloped countries would be better because of U.S. �intervention��that is, invasion. http://www.workers.org/2005/editorials/women-0331/ === British legal adviser considered Iraq war 'crime of aggression': BBC Published: 3/24/2005 LONDON - A British government legal adviser resigned on the eve of the US-led invasion of Iraq because she believed such action would be unlawful and amount to a "crime of aggression," the BBC reported Thursday. http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=39284 === Blair faces backbench backlash as pressure mounts to publish war advice: Tony Blair is under mounting pressure to publish the Attorney General's advice on the legality of the Iraq war after the revelation that Lord Goldsmith changed his mind to back the invasion shortly before it began. http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/story.jsp?story=623450 === Blair Faced Lies Back in 1701, the British hung the body of Captain Kidd in an iron cage at Thames estuary and let it rot there for several years as a warning to would-be pirates. I wonder if that would work with regard to liars in high office. http://www.djpauledge.com/blog.php?id=70 === Iraq Checkpoint Killings Unchecked : While much media attention has been focused on the torture at Abu Ghraib, two other strings of questionable killings by U.S. soldiers have been largely ignored by the American media and not a single soldier has faced any disciplinary action for the deaths. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article8362.htm http://snipurl.com/dnuc === Document suggests bin Laden escaped at Tora Bora The legal document, which summarizes evidence against a terror suspect in U.S. custody at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, states the prisoner "assisted in the escape of Usama Bin Laden from Tora Bora." Interrogator: "Confess!" 'BzzzzzWAP' Victim: "Aaarrrrgh!" Interrogator: "Confess!" 'BzzzzzWAP' Victim: "Aaarrrrgh!" Interrgator: "You helped Osama escape didn't you?" Victim: "No. Osama died of natural causes!" 'BzzzzzWAP' Victim: "Aaarrrrgh!" Interrgator: "You LIE! Osama is alive!" 'BzzzzzWAP BUZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!" Victim: "No. His kidneys gave out. Your own CIA visitied him in the hospital in July, remember?" Interrgator: "LIAR! Osama is alive!" Victim: "Aaarrrrgh! OKay, okay, he's alive." Interrgator: "And you helped him escape." Victim: "Yes, yes, anything, yes." Interrgator: "Ah HA, I KNEW it!" Victim: "Will you unhook that generator from my balls now?" http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/03/24/pentagon.binladen/index.html === Army Documents Shed Light on CIA 'Ghosting': Systematic Concealment Of Detainees Is Found http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05083/476881.stm === Cuba to present nine counts against Washington in Human Rights Commission The Cuban delegation is to present nine counts of human rights abuses against the United States of America at the Human Rights Commission in Geneva, Switzerland. "We do NOT torture people, and we'll burn the balls off of anyone who says we do, dammit" -- Official White Horse Souse http://english.pravda.ru/mailbox/22/101/399/15162_cuba.html === United States Arms Transfers Eligibility Criteria: Below is a list of links to specific provisions within U.S. law and international agreements that place restrictions on U.S. security assistance, including arms transfers, military aid, and military training. http://www.fas.org/asmp/campaigns/legislationindex.html http://snipurl.com/dnuh === Sex slavery rife in Israel 24/03/2005 17:01 - (SA) Jerusalem - Thousands of foreign women have been smuggled into Israel and sold into prostitution, earning the criminal underworld millions of dollars a year, a parliamentary investigation has found. http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_1681087,00.html === No Palestinian Will Accept a State Without Jerusalem Friday, March 25 2005 @ 05:44 AM EST "The ball is in Sharon�s hands as never before. How hard will he be prepared to crack the whip on dissenters from his disengagement policy?.." http://www.palestinechronicle.com/story.php?sid=20050325054422774 === EU Accuses Israel of Breaching Peace Road Map: The EU expected Israel to respect its obligations under the "road map," which included a freeze on Jewish settlements in occupied territories, Solana said. http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=8002822 http://snipurl.com/dnue === US envoy: Israel can keep big colonies: The US ambassador in Tel Aviv has said Israel will be able retain sovereignty over large Jewish settlement blocs in the West Bank in any final-status agreement http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/66309261-F6D9-49B2-979D-7B1616BC404D.htm http://snipurl.com/dnuf === The rabbi who pricks Israel's conscience : Rabbi Arik Ascherman has spent years planting himself atop doomed Palestinian homes, reading extracts of international law to Israeli forces as they demolish the buildings beneath his feet. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article8365.htm http://snipurl.com/dnug === FLASHBACK: "In Our Hands" One isn't supposed to say this, but many people believe that Israel now holds the White House, the Senate, and much of the American media in its hands. This is what is known as an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory. The odd thing is that it is held by many Israelis. In an essay reprinted in the May 27th issue of The New York Times, Ari Shavit, an Israeli columnist, reflected sorrowfully on the wanton Israeli killing of more than 100 Lebanese civilians in April: "We killed them out of a certain naive hubris. Believing with absolute certitude that now, with the White House, the Senate, and much of the American media in our hands, the lives of others do not count as much as our own..." In a single phrase -- "in our hands" -- Shavit has lighted up the American political landscape like a flash of lightning. Linked in light of the US obvious kowtowing to Israel today. http://www.giwersworld.org/holo/sobran.html === Us "allows" Israel to keep West Bank "Yes, my lord and master Sharon. Yes. Anything you say. Keep the lands. Keep Jerusalem. Here is some more money. I'll cut veterans benefits or something to make it up. Just please don't publish those photos from those wild 'ped' parties." http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4891217,00.html === Israel can't use US equipment to violate Gaza residents' human rights ... unless they are Palestinians, then it's okay. And Rachel Corrie. It was okay to violate her human rights with a US Bulldozer purchased with US taxpayer money. http://web.israelinsider.com/Views/5209.htm === Israel Asks U.S. For Disengagement Money : Israel is preparing an appeal to the United States for more than $500 million to cover ballooning costs for disengagement. http://www.israelnn.com/news.php3?id=79019 === Settlers throw stones, break window in Palestinian vilage : Israel Defense Forces soldiers were called to the area and dispersed the rioters. Soldiers recorded that the settlers were drunk due to Purim festivities. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/556637.html === FBI probe into leaked secrets takes aim at AIPAC : Investigators must decide on the suspects in the case - Larry Franklin alone; Franklin and two AIPAC officials, Steve Rosen and Keith Weissman; or whether, on top of those three, the entire AIPAC organization has acted unlawfully. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/556679.html === Excerpts from UN al-Hariri report: Following are excerpts from a 19-page report by a UN fact-finding mission into the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri, killed by a bomb blast on 14 February. http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/684908CF-FD40-4986-8C36-BD500BB18F18.htm http://snipurl.com/dnu0 === Syrian Says UN Report " fragrantly biased. ": The Syrian diplomat indicated that the Hariri was an ally to his country's government http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/050325/2005032516.html http://snipurl.com/dnu1 === Lebanon criticizes U.N. report into Hariri's assassination http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20050325-0547-un-lebanon-investigation.html http://snipurl.com/dnu3 === Video: Mosaic: World News Reports from Middle East TV For 03/24/05: The nation's only uncensored compilation of daily television news reports from more than 15 countries in the Middle East. QuickTime Video http://snipurl.com/dnui === The revolution will be televised: Most people know that the corporate newspapers, radio and television exist to serve the interests of the big businesses that own them. In recent weeks, they have opened an all-out assault on the Venezuelan revolution. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article8364.htm http://snipurl.com/dnun === Washington Focuses on Southern �Axis of Evil�: While U.S. President George W. Bush played nice to a deeply frustrated Mexican President Vicente Fox at the North American Summit in Texas Wednesday, U.S. media attention was focused more on Pentagon chief Donald Rumsfeld's efforts to sound the alarm against Latin American troublemakers in his swing through the region this week. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article8363.htm http://snipurl.com/dnul === Venezuela Rebuffs Rumsfeld's Criticism of Arms Purchase : The vice president responded by saying the U.S. defense secretary's criticisms violate Venezuela's sovereignty and are part of what he called a "systematic" U.S. campaign against President Hugo Chavez's government. http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-03-24-voa51.cfm http://snipurl.com/dnum === North Korea threatens US with war: North Korea is ready to go to war with the United States over the communist country's nuclear programme, a newspaper on Friday quoted a North Korean envoy as saying. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1062143.cms === US to sell F-16s to Pak, Bush tells Manmohan: "The Prime Minister expressed India's great disappointment at this decision which could have negative consequences for India's security environment," Baru said. http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=43872 === Pakistan to Aid UN Probe Into Iran's Nuclear Program : Pakistan's president, Pervez Musharraf, says he has agreed to let the United Nations inspect his country's centrifuges, in connection with a probe into Iran's controversial nuclear program. http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-03-25-voa31.cfm === U.N. to send 10,700 peacekeepers to Sudan : The U.N. Security Council voted to send 10,700 peacekeepers to Sudan to monitor a peace deal ending a 21-year-civil war, but left contentious issues of sanctions and how best to punish war criminals in the Darfur region for later debate. http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/breaking/032505_un_sudn.php === Body Double Even as the president was supporting his brother, Florida governor Jeb Bush, and congressional Republicans in "defending the culture of life" in the Schiavo case, doctors in Houston were pulling the breathing tube from the throat of an ailing infant. By Chris Floyd The boy suffocated within seconds, legally killed -- against the wishes of his anguished mother -- in accordance with a draconian law signed as a "cost-saving" measure by the state's former governor: George W. Bush. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article8359.htm http://snipurl.com/dntw === U.S. to Offer Reservists Health Insurance : Only those who remain in the Reserves after they are demobilized will be eligible, said Thomas Hall, the assistant secretary of defense for reserve affairs. http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4890486,00.html === Bush decries border project: President Bush yesterday said he opposes a civilian project to monitor illegal aliens crossing the border, characterizing them as "vigilantes." He said he would pressure Congress to further loosen immigration law. http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20050324-122200-6209r.htm http://snipurl.com/dnuo === Attorneys Question Whether Texas, Federal Law At Odds: The federal law President Bush signed to prolong Terri Schiavo's life in Florida appears to conflict with a Texas law he signed as governor, attorneys familiar with the legislation said Monday. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article8366.htm http://snipurl.com/dnup === Fatal shortcomings of tribal sovereignty : School killer Jeff Weise was a lost soul in a bleak setting http://www.guardian.co.uk/usguns/Story/0,2763,1444631,00.html http://snipurl.com/dnuq === -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: 266.8.1 - Release Date: 23/03/2005 ------------------------ Yahoo! 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