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=== News Update === Propaganda in the USA The Rand corporations propaganda against Muslims, Orwellian mind control, and U.S. propaganda of the Gulf War. Sixty-four years ago this month, six million Americans became unwitting subjects in an experiment in psychological warfare. It was the night before Halloween, 1938. At 8 p.m. CST, the Mercury Radio on the Air began broadcasting Orson Welles' radio adaptation of H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds. As is now well known, the story was presented as if it were breaking news, with bulletins so realistic that an estimated one million people believed the world was actually under attack by Martians. Of that number, thousands succumbed to outright panic, not waiting to hear Welles' explanation at the end of the program that it had all been a Halloween prank, but fleeing into the night to escape the alien invaders. http://mparent7777.blog-city.com/read/1159271.htm === Full text of Human Rights Record of the US in 2004 In 2004 the atrocity of US troops abusing Iraqi POWs exposed the dark side of human rights performance of the United States. The scandal shocked the humanity and was condemned by the international community. It is quite ironic that on Feb. 28 of this year, the State Department of the United States once again posed as the "the world human rights police" and released its Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2004. As in previous years, the reports pointed fingers at human rights situation in more than 190 countries and regions (including China) but kept silent on the US misdeeds in this field. Therefore, the world people have to probe the human rights record behind the Statue of Liberty in the United States. http://english.people.com.cn/200503/03/eng20050303_175406.html === HEAD OF AIPAC BOASTED OVER HIS CONTROL OF THE WHITE HOUSE IN 1992 In 1992, AIPAC Harry Katz phoned the President of AIPAC, David Steiner, to offer contributions. Steiner proceeded to make several claims, including negotiating with then-candidate Bill Clinton over who would be Secretary of State, and had already "cut a deal" with Baker for more aid to Israel. http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/AIPACClinton.html === PRO-ISRAEL PAC CONTRIBUTIONS TO FEDERAL CANDIDATES 2004 ELECTION CYCLE Who owns the US Government? http://www.wrmea.com/pdf/pac_24.pdf === Panel Ignored Evidence on Detainee A military tribunal determined last fall that Murat Kurnaz, a German national seized in Pakistan in 2001, was a member of al Qaeda and an enemy combatant whom the government could detain indefinitely at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The three military officers on the panel, whose identities are kept secret, said in papers filed in federal court that they reached their conclusion based largely on classified evidence that was too sensitive to release to the public. In fact, that evidence, recently declassified and obtained by The Washington Post, shows that U.S. military intelligence and German law enforcement authorities had largely concluded there was no information that linked Kurnaz to al Qaeda, any other terrorist organization or terrorist activities. http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A3868-2005Mar26?language=printer === New Details on F.B.I. Aid for Saudis after 9/11 "Hey guys, I gotta idea. You'll love this one! After Ariel's boys knock over the towers, we ship out a bunch of Saudis, tell 'em it's for their own good, see, and make them look guilty as hell, right? I mean, they got oil too, right? After we knock off Iraq and Iran, then we frame Saudi Arabia for 9-11 and invade. I mean we can pull the 'nookular weapons' con on Iraq and Iran, but let's not press our luck!" http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/27/politics/27exodus.html?hp&ex=1111986000&en=7a785c415820f14d&ei=5094&partner=homepage === Empire Builders by Murray Polner The doctrine of preemptive war threatens Iran, Syria, North Korea, Venezuela, Cuba, and sooner or later China and anyone else who dares stand in the imperial way. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article8382.htm === The Long Emergency - What's going to happen as we start running out of cheap gas to guzzle? By James Howard Kunster Carl Jung, one of the fathers of psychology, famously remarked that "people cannot stand too much reality." What you're about to read may challenge your assumptions about the kind of world we live in, and especially the kind of world into which events are propelling us. We are in for a rough ride through uncharted territory. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article8380.htm === Bush's remarkable triumphs: He burns them to death with chemical weapons U.S. President George W. Bush often complains about the "media filter" that distorts the true picture of his administration's accomplishments in Iraq. And he's right. For regardless of where you stand on Bush's policies in the region, it's undeniable that the political and commercial biases of the American press have consistently misrepresented the reality of the situation. http://mparent7777.blog-city.com/read/1159309.htm === Army Admits Violating Geneva Convention Army Probe Finds Abuse at Jail Near Mosul WASHINGTON (AP) -- Newly released government documents say the abuse of prisoners in Iraq by U.S. forces was more widespread than previously reported. An officer found that detainees ``were being systematically and intentionally mistreated'' at a holding facility near Mosul in December 2003. The 311th Military Intelligence Battalion of the Army's 101st Airborne Division ran the lockup. http://mparent7777.blog-city.com/read/1159178.htm === Iraqi doctor: US troops storm hospital The assistant director also said US troops raided Ramadi and Haditha general hospitals a few days ago, and questioned whether doctors had become military targets and if the raids were aimed at closing hospitals. http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/12E0AF10-A62F-4FB9-AB64-A6FA44131300.htm === Iraqi security officials open fire on protesters, killing one; video purports to show official killed : Security officials opened fire on a crowd of protesters outside a government building Sunday, killing one, and al-Qaida's arm in Iraq posted a video purportedly showing an Iraqi Interior Ministry official being killed. http://www.boston.com/dailynews/086/world/Iraqi_security_officials_open_:.shtml === Haunted by a night in Fallujah It was only in November that the men of the 3rd squad were young, quips of wit and dumb-luck fearlessness spark-ing from their mouths. In the white-hot center of the battle of Fallujah they were dousing their fear with good fortune and jokes. http://www.thestandard.com.hk/stdn/std/Weekend/GC26Jp04.html === New details of Iraqi's murdered and tortured by American soldiers : In a memo, the investigating officer said: "There is evidence that suggests the 311th MI personnel ... engaged in physical torture." His report in January 2004 said prisoners' rights under the Geneva Conventions had been violated. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article8381.htm === Fresh details emerge of Iraqis' abuse by American soldiers Damning evidence of American soldiers abusing detainees at another prison in Iraq was made public yesterday. It details how prisoners were "systematically and intentionally mistreated" at a military base in Mosul, culminating in the death of one. Nobody was court-martialled over the abuse. http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=624052 === The Iraqi Constitution .. & .. "it is not so much that the people of the Middle East are incapable of democracy, but rather ..." http://abutamam.blogspot.com/2005/03/iraqi-constitution-it-is-not-so-much.html === War ina Babylon: US Cultural Genocide in Iraq Following are three articles that illustrate the real nature of the so-called civilised world's attitude toward the developing world: the story of the destruction of Babylon, a site identified as one of the birthplaces of civilisation (but obviously not the Western version). http://www.williambowles.info/iraq/2005/babylon.html === Follow the Money: Watchdogs are warning that corruption in Iraq is out of control: "The government has not lifted a finger to get back the $50 million Custer Battles defrauded it of," says Alan Grayson, a lawyer for the two whistle-blowers http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7306162/site/newsweek/ === Panel ignored evidence on Gitmo detainee: "The U.S. government has known for almost two years that he's innocent of these charges," said Baher Azmy, Kurnaz's attorney. "That begs a lot of questions about what the purpose of Guantanamo really is. He can't be useful to them. He has no intelligence for them. Why in the world is he still there?" http://msnbc.msn.com/id/7306548/ === 11 days that led Britain to war Each drip of information about the legal advice behind the Government's decision to commit Britain to the invasion of Iraq has only fuelled suspicions about the road to war, say Raymond Whitaker and James Hanning. But each attempt by Downing Street to block the release of any documents moves the focus from the Attorney General and back to the doors of No 10, where the fateful decisions were taken http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/story.jsp?story=624053 === Tony Blair. You are charged with leading Britain into an illegal war... How do you plead? "George Bush MADE me do it!" http://mparent7777.blog-city.com/read/1159103.htm === British soldiers could be charged with war crimes Like any other senior commander charged with the responsibility of sending troops into action, Britain's Chief of the Defence Staff, Admiral Sir Michael Boyce, wanted to be absolutely sure that he was doing the right thing, morally and legally. http://www.sundayherald.com/48648 === Collision Course: Europe and the Bush are on a collision course, over a deep issue: what kind of world we will live in. It is a global game of chicken over wages and prices. http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/032705Y.shtml === True face of World Bank is turned away from impoverished: The World Bank has such a soft and reassuring name. It conjures up images of smiling cashiers serving the people of India, perfumed personal bankers offering mortgages to Guatemala and a water cooler in the corner for sub-Saharan Africa. http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/217624_focusworldbank27.html === Ernest Zundel Guilty Of Thought Crimes It does not really matter to me if Zundel is right or wrong. His controversial investigations into the Holocaust are certainly interesting, but are ultimately unimportant. What really is important is the freedom to believe or say whatever one wants. Some people believe Global Warming is a joke; other folks believe astrology is a science. They may be right, they may be wrong. Neither belief should be a crime. How can you legally hold someone responsible for an incorrect belief? http://www.mymissourian.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=662&Itemid=95 === Uruguyans Learn from Bolivia, Not India: In 1999, the Bolivian government, following World Bank advice, provided a subsidiary of the US-owned Bechtel Corporation a 40 year lease to run the Cochabamba water supply. More than half a million people in the area, most of them desperately poor, came to depend on Bechtel for water. Bechtel tripled the price. http://www.counterpunch.com/landau03262005.html === American Indians Battle Suicide, Poverty : Nearly half the girls said they'd actually tried to kill themselves. Twenty percent of boys said the same - numbers about triple the rate statewide. http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4894193,00.html === -muslim voice- ___________________________________ BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. 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