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=== News Update === Charge Him or Release Him Jose Padilla : U.S. Citizen Imprisoned Without Trial or Charges for 2 Years and 305 Days === We got it wrong on Iraq WMD, intelligence chiefs finally admit The word is "Lied". The people who claimed Iraq was a threat to the United States justifying invasion LIED. Yes, that is the word. "LIED." LIED. LIED. LIED. LIED. LIED. LIED. LIED. LIED. LIED. LIED. LIED. LIED. LIED. LIED. LIED. LIED. LIED. LIED. LIED. LIED. LIED. LIED. LIED. LIED. Deal with it. http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1454998,00.html === The Big Fix So let's have no illusions about where we are. Gangsters are in charge, and nothing and no one will be allowed to challenge their dominion. By Chris Floyd Let's face the facts. The game is over and we -- the "reality-based community," the believers in genuine democracy and law, the heirs of Jefferson and Madison, Emerson and Thoreau, the toilers and dreamers, all those who seek to rise above the beast within and shape the brutal chaos of existence into something higher, richer and imbued with meaning -- have lost. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article8484.htm http://snipurl.com/dwit === The New American Slavery It doesn't matter if you're a "white collar" or "blue collar" employee. If you're an American, you're too highly paid. There are billions of people who want your job, and your government is doing all they can to see that you lose it to them. http://www.rense.com/general63/newam.htm === Hail to the Robber Baron? By Yoshi Tsurumi Thirty years ago, President Bush was my student at Harvard Business School. In my class, he called former president Franklin D. Roosevelt, Class of 1904, a �socialist� and spoke against Social Security, unemployment insurance, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and other New Deal innovations. He refused to understand that capitalism becomes corrupt without democratic civic values and ethical restraints. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article8486.htm http://snipurl.com/dwiv === We are rewriting the history of communism's collapse : It was Gorbachev, not the Pope, who brought the system down http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article8490.htm http://snipurl.com/dwjk === Racism by Any Other Name: Israel Makes It Harder for Non-Jews to Become Citizens http://www.counterpunch.com/laor04072005.html === The Basing Game: The Pentagon is closing military bases at home and opening new ones abroad. http://www.thenation.com/blogs/outrage?pid=2297 === US unready for rising threat of 'moles': Because the US has reached such lone, superpower status, government officials say, at least 90 countries - in addition to Al Qaeda - are attempting to steal some of the nation's most sacred secrets. http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0408/p01s01-usfp.html === Plan Colombia Backfires at Colombians: The incident with five US soldiers allowed to go home when caught in possession of 16 kg of cocaine heated up the long-standing questioning of the immunity enjoyed by US citizens under a bilateral agreement with Washington. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article8489.htm http://snipurl.com/dwjm === Revival of the Taliban: The vast majority of Taliban commanders retreated to Pakistan or adopted a low-profile private life in Afghan villages pending Mullah Omar finalizing a new guerrilla strategy similar to that adopted by the Iraqi resistance. The results of this are expected to manifest themselves within a few months. http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Central_Asia/GD09Ag01.html http://snipurl.com/dwj7 === New Revelations about Racism in the Military: Army Reservist Witnesses War Crimes Aiden Delgado, an Army Reservist in the 320th Military Police Company, served in Iraq from April 1st , 2003 through April 1st, 2004. After spending six months in Nasiriyah in Southern Iraq, he spent six months helping to run the now-infamous Abu Ghraib prison outside of Baghdad. http://www.blackcommentator.com/133/133_think_racism_military.html === What Khalilzad's Nomination Reveals About U.S. Plans For Iraq -- And The World by Larry Everest; April 07, 2005 Who is Zalmay Khalilzad, and what does his nomination to replace John Negroponte as U.S. Ambassador to Iraq tell us about Bush�s plans for Iraq and the world? Khalilzad�s story � from aid to Paul Wolfowitz in the 1980s, to neocon theorist in the 1990s, to top official under George W. Bush � is the story of the rise of a group of imperialist strategists, with a sordid history drenched in blood, determined to solidify, deepen and extend U.S. global dominance by any means necessary. Theirs is a coherent global strategy that is now driving the actions of the Bush II regime. Understanding this agenda is key to understanding the real reasons behind the 2003 invasion of Iraq (hint � it wasn�t Sept. 11 or �terrorism�) and the rapidly unfolding events in the Middle East, including U.S. threats against Iran and Syria and demands for �reform� in Egypt and Saudi Arabia, as well as U.S. actions across the globe. http://www.zmag.org/content/print_article.cfm?itemID=7593§ionID=11 === U.S. Says Detained Iraqi Women Were Not Held Hostage : The two women told Reuters Friday that soldiers had informed them they would be detained until they revealed the whereabouts of male relative suspected of insurgent attacks, or until the wanted male relatives turned themselves in. http://wireservice.wired.com/wired/story.asp?section=Breaking&storyId=1015998&tw=wn_wire_story http://snipurl.com/dwiz === Big Lies, Blind Spies, and Vanity Fair ": Quick Lessons From the WMD Report http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0515,vest,62865,6.html === Who Forged the Niger Documents?: A former counterterrorism chief claims that the now discredited documents that showed Iraq trying to purchase uranium were fabricated right here in the United States. http://alternet.org/waroniraq/21704/ === The humanitarian cover for the brutal embargo of Iraq The real oil-for-food scandal http://www.socialistworker.org/2005-1/538/538_02_OilForFood.shtml === What went wrong at Abu Ghraib As commander of prisons in Iraq, including Abu Ghraib, my experience with a significant piece of coalition operations attests to how a lack of planning screwed up the invasion and subsequent occupation of Iraq -- and what we must do to repair the image of the American soldier as a just and principled guardian of human rights. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/04/07/EDGV5C3MQ61.DTL === Iraq is becoming 'free fraud' zone Corruption in Iraq under US-led CPA may dwarf UN oil-for-food scandal. http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0407/dailyUpdate.html === 11 bodies found in Ramadi: Police and a hospital official say the victims had worked at an American military base. It is believed they were killed yesterday. http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200504/s1340742.htm http://snipurl.com/dwiw === Four Children Killed In Baghdad Blast: Masked gunmen killed an Iraqi Army officer in a restaurant in Basra, police said. http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/87F8C788-D79F-4A38-AA18-478B549A686E.htm http://snipurl.com/dwix === Talabani proposes amnesty for Iraqi resistance: �We must find a political and peaceful solution with Iraqis who have been led astray by terrorism and grant them an amnesty,� http://snipurl.com/dwiy === US lawmakers regret voting for Iraq war: US Representative Walter Jones, a conservative Republican, does not hide his anger when he says bad information led him to vote for the Iraq war. http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=13180 === Taleban Kill Five Afghan Cops, Three �US Spies�: The policemen were killed in a firefight on Wednesday on a main road in the Nawarak area of Zabul province, they said. The raiders, who were believed to be Taleban members, blocked the road for several hours before fleeing, residents said. http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=61780&d=8&m=4&y=2005 http://snipurl.com/dwj5 === Taliban says it shot down US copter: CONFIRMATION?: As a recovery operation gets under way for the worst helicopter crash ever to befall the US in Afghanistan, differing explanations are given for its cause http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2005/04/08/2003249598 http://snipurl.com/dwj6 === Afghanistan facing health disaster worse than Tsunmai KABUL, April 8 (SANA): As Afghanistan marked World Health Day, the country's health minister, Dr Sayed Mohammad Amin Fatimi, said it was facing a disaster worse than the Tsunami that hit Indian Ocean nations late in 2004 and killed more than 300,000 people. http://www.kashar.net/compleat.asp?id=1995 === Israel Goes Extremist How, then, do we explain the Israeli government's recent decision to honor nine of its agents arrested and jailed in the infamous Lavon affair? http://www.antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=5495 === The End of a Viable Palestinian State An accepted member of the international community enjoying trade with its neighbors � and enjoying as well the support of a far-flung, highly educated and affluent diaspora � a small Palestinian state would have a shot at viability. This is what Israel seeks to prevent. Ever since becoming the head of the Ministerial Committee on Settlements in the Begin government back in 1977, Ariel Sharon has been completely up-front about his intention of securing the entire Land of Israel for the Jewish people. �Security� has nothing to do with Israel�s expansionist policies. http://www.ifamericansknew.org/cur_sit/e1.html === High alert on the Temple Mount: The Shin Bet security service has indications that Jews are planning to carry out a terror attack on the Temple Mount. http://snipurl.com/dwjh === Palestinians say truce over if mosques attacked: Leading Palestinian militant groups on Friday vowed renewed attacks on Israelis if Jewish ultra-nationalists enter a sensitive Jerusalem shrine from which Israeli police intend to bar them this weekend. http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L08683866.htm === Hezbollah to drop arms if Israel quits Shebaa : Hezbollah would be prepared to discuss conditional disarmament if Israel withdrew from a disputed border area, the Lebanese guerrilla group's deputy leader said in a British newspaper interview on Friday. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/562751.html === Administration Urges Appeals Court to Let Guant�namo War Crimes Trials Resume By NEIL A. LEWIS WASHINGTON, April 7 - A senior lawyer in the Bush administration urged a federal appeals court on Thursday to allow the resumption of war crimes trials in Guant�namo Bay, Cuba, as part of the effort to defend against terrorists. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/08/politics/08detain.html?ei=5070&en=31bb461934150796&ex=1113537600&pagewanted=print&position === Guantanamo: The Play Last night, I went to see Guantanamo: Honor-Bound to Defend Freedom, a new play based on testimony by Gitmo detainees, along with their lawyers and families. Despite the fact that there was hardly any physical movement in the whole play, and very little dialogue, the audience appeared thoroughly engrossed�I have never heard so few coughs and seat-shifts in an auditorium. Even though the media has been covering Guantanamo and the policies surrounding it for some time, there's still no substitute for first-person accounts. Based on a few conversations I overheard after the play, it seemed many people learned things they haven't seen in the daily news. http://www.motherjones.com/mojoblog/archives/2005/04/guantanmo_the_p.html === Representative Ron Paul (R-Tex.): Who's Better Off?: "Aren't the people of Iraq better off?" Is it legitimate to justify an action that some claim yielded good results, if the means used to achieve them are illegitimate? Do the ends justify the means? http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article8491.htm http://snipurl.com/dwj1 === Court refuses to halt military extensions : Soldier had sued after having his discharge postponed http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/04/08/MNGPRC53O11.DTL http://snipurl.com/dwj3 === Antiwar Movement Debates Occupation: Does the U.S. government does have an obligation to the Iraq people? http://www.traprockpeace.org/iraq_debate_06april05.html === Jerry M. Landay: 'The new aristocracy': Behind the smokescreen of a glorious "patriotic war," fear of terrorism, and pumped-up religious fervor lies a home-front war against the middle and blue-collar classes: a conservative counter-revolution, which aims at a colossal redistribution of wealth upward, to the New Aristocracy -- supported by a self-serving rewriting of the law based not on legal principle but on "free-market" theory. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article8536.htm http://snipurl.com/dwj8 === Religious right in D.C. to target judicial system: The goal is to rein in judges who have undermined democracy and family values with recent decisions on same-sex marriage, the Ten Commandments, school prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, said Rick Scarborough, a Texas Baptist minister. http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/index.php?page=national&story_id=040705b1_christianjudges http://snipurl.com/dwjc === Sidney Blumenthal : Politics in red robes : As the authority of the Vatican was marshalled on behalf of the conservatives, the Republican right adopted its position as its own in order to capture Catholic votes. Now the social agendas of conservative Catholics and Republicans are indistinguishable. http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1453862,00.html === Get The Faith Outtta Here!: Energized by the widely held, if not strictly accurate, assumption that it cinched George Bush�s victory over John Kerry, the Fundamentalist Right is now convinced that the president owes it, big-time. They�re calling in their favors http://lacitybeat.com/article.php?id=1899&IssueNum=96 === Video: Mosaic: World News Reports from Middle East TV For 04/07/05: 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/dwjj === 60 days left before war with Iran Posted Apr 8, 2005 06:31 AM PST - Category: IRAN http://www.nogw.com/ === Peru imports Bolivian brand of socialism: The structural marginalisation of Peru's indigenous population is increasingly erupting in flashpoints of discontent. In January in Andahuaylas, 500km south-east of Lima, a group of disaffected former servicemen stormed a police station, killing four officers. http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4921965,00.html http://snipurl.com/dwjl === Mexico City Mayor Stripped of Immunity: Congress stripped Mexico City's leftist mayor of his immunity from prosecution Thursday, clearing the way for his arrest in a vote that could also block him from running in the 2006 presidential race, which he leads in the polls. http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=651350 http://snipurl.com/dwjo == George Monbiot: I'm with Wolfowitz : Liberal handwringing over the World Bank simply reflects a failure to recognise the role it exists to fulfil http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1452430,00.html === Video: Capitalism & Other Kids Stuff. http://snipurl.com/dwjp === WRH: VOTE FRAUD AND THE BANKRUPTCY OF THE UNITED STATES It's tax time; time to make the latest payments on the huge and still-growing government debt. But wait a minute, why are YOU obligated to make those payments? http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/ARTICLE3/ === WRH: WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THE THE NATIONAL DEBT? Certainly the young people who are becoming voters and taxpayers this year have had no say at all about the trillions of dollars debt that our government hands to them and says, "This thou shalt pay". To so encumber our children without their permission is at best indentured servitude; at the worst outright slavery. http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/ndebt.html === Oil for dollars, and dollars for US deficit: The United States is extracting tribute on oil from the world. If the world wants Middle Eastern oil, it can pay for it through the Saudi branch of the US Treasury. http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Asian_Economy/GD09Dk01.html http://snipurl.com/dwjq === Economic growth at peak, warns World Bank : Led by rapid growth in China, India and Russia, developing countries outgrew rich countries last year, with aggregate gross domestic product rising by a record 6.6 per cent. http://business.scotsman.com/economy.cfm?id=368242005 === World Bank Warns U.S. to Cut Deficits: Accumulation of dollar reserves by some Asian countries could spark a systemic foreign exchange crisis, the chief economist of the World Bank said in an interview to be published on Thursday http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article8489.htm http://snipurl.com/dwjm === -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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