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=== News Update === Army reservist witnesses war crimes He said, "Well, I knelt down. I said a prayer, stood up and gunned them all down." http://www.onlinejournal.com/Special_Reports/040105Rockwell/040105rockwell.html === How America sold democracy last time around Once banned as propaganda in the United States, 25 government-made films intended to spread 'the light of freedom' in postwar Europe are about to see the light of day, reports SIMON HOUPT http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050409.wxmarshall09/BNStory/Entertainment/ === Propaganda and Disinformation -- How the CIA Manufactures History In the eyes of posterity it will inevitably seem that, in safeguarding our freedom, we destroyed it. The vast clandestine apparatus we built up to prove our enemies' resources and intentions only served in the end to confuse our own purposes; that practice of deceiving others for the good of the state led infallibly to our deceiving ourselves; and that vast army of clandestine personnel built up to execute these purposes were soon caught up in the web of their own sick fantasies, with disastrous consequences for them and us. http://www.ihr.org/jhr/v09/v09p305_Marchetti.html === Imperial Reach: Of the dozen or so locations mentioned in Pentagon or media accounts of new basing locations, a majority--including Algeria, Azerbaijan, Cameroon, Gabon, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Qatar, Romania, S�o Tom� and Pr�ncipe, Tunisia--either possess oil themselves or abut major pipelines and supply routes http://informationclearinghouse.info/article8506.htm http://snipurl.com/dy9s === Dr. Gal Luft: Bin Laden�s Out to Destroy U.S. Economy : Dr. Gal Luft, Director of the Institute for the Analysis of Global Security says Osama Bin Laden�s main goal is the destruction of the U.S. economy - and that, so far, he appears to be succeeding. http://www.israelnn.com/news.php3?id=79998 http://snipurl.com/dy9w === In case you missed it: Al Qaeda's economic war against the United States: Osama bin Laden plans strategies based on his victory over the Soviets in Afghanistan during the 1980s. We "bled Russia for ten years until it went bankrupt and was forced to withdraw in defeat," bin Laden boasted in his October 2004 videotape. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article7818.htm http://snipurl.com/dy9x === In case you missed it: Transcript of bin Ladin's speech: So we are continuing this policy in bleeding America to the point of bankruptcy. Allah willing http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article7201.htm http://snipurl.com/dy9y === A must watch interview with Gore Vidal: "I would say that, in the long run, the world will be saved American despotism by the coming bankruptcy of the country. Now, that will have awful fallout for everybody. I don't even want to look into that crystal ball." - Real Video and Windows Media. http://informationclearinghouse.info/article8512.htm http://snipurl.com/dy9z === 1975 WTC fire burned six floors for three hours Posted Apr 10, 2005 08:03 PM PST - Category: 911 ...with no collapse. http://www.prisonplanet.com/Pages/Apr_05/100405_WTC_Fire.html === Secret Archives of the Vatican "Not all true things are to be said to all men" -- Bishop Clement of Alexandria, in a letter justifying why he ordered a portion of the book of Mark to be deleted. http://www.rotten.com/library/religion/secret-archives-vatican/ === Photographs From Iraq: March 28 - April 10, 2005 : Endless killing, strange propaganda, more oil sabotage, and links to new videos. - Warning - Graphic Images http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20050410213702171 http://snipurl.com/dya3 === Dear George and Dick: Neither of you have any idea of the true human, sorrowful cost of war nor do you care that you are ruining lives by the thousands and thousands. You both disgust me beyond belief. http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig6/sheehan4.html === Why was there really a war?: Operation Iraqi Liberation, which can be spelled OIL, has been said by many to be mainly about oil. That is one popular reason, but this is not the main reason http://news.modernwriters.org/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=1494 http://snipurl.com/dya7 === Compensation for Fallujah residents slow - locals: Government studies suggest that 70 percent of buildings were destroyed in the city during the last conflict between US troops and insurgents. Only 90 families had received compensation of around US $1,500 each so far. http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/c120fe064e7e7ac1bec77a9054bc14e7.htm http://snipurl.com/dya2 === US and Iraq lock up record number of suspects: US and Iraqi forces are holding a record 17,000 men and women - most without being formally charged - and those in Iraqi-controlled jails live often in deplorable conditions, officials said. http://informationclearinghouse.info/article8505.htm http://snipurl.com/dy9m === US accused of seizing Iraqi women to force fugitive relatives to give up : US soldiers seized a mother and daughter from their home in Baghdad two weeks ago and allegedly left a note on the gate: "Be a man Muhammad Mukhlif and give yourself up and then we will release your sisters. Otherwise they will spend a long time in detention." http://informationclearinghouse.info/article8507.htm http://snipurl.com/dy9o === Talabani endorses foreign troop presence : Iraq's new president Jalal Talabani has restated his support for a continued US and Australian military presence in Iraq, one day after large demonstrations demanding US troops leave the country. http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-04/11/content_2814609.htm http://snipurl.com/dy9q === Saddam may yet be the ultimate survivor: An idea being floated in Baghdad is that if Saddam's punishment was jail for life, rather than the execution he is widely assumed to face, the Sunni minority who enjoyed power and prosperity while he controlled Iraq might save face and break with the insurgents. http://informationclearinghouse.info/article8504.htm http://snipurl.com/dy9r === Three suicide car bomber outside a US military base : In other unrest, a Turkish truck driver was killed in a roadside bombing near the northern refinery town of Baiji. An Iraqi Kurdish engineer working with the US military was kidnapped in Balad north of Baghdad. The bullet-riddled bodies of three Iraqis were found in nearby al-Dujail http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=40246 === Mosul, a member of the provincial council shot dead: Ajil Muhsin Ajil was in his car near the Mosul General Hospital on Sunday when a group of armed men leaped out of another car parked nearby and shot him. His driver was also killed. http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/846DA47F-2969-4423-8944-1BCAFC9F34AC.htm http://snipurl.com/dy9j === Car bombs hit US military targets: Aljazeera reports that five car bombs have hit US military targets in the western Iraqi city of al-Qaim near the border with Syria, wounding at least two US soldiers. http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/846DA47F-2969-4423-8944-1BCAFC9F34AC.htm http://snipurl.com/dy9j === U.S. Civilian Kidnapped in Iraq, Embassy Reports: An American civilian working for a contractor on a foreign aid project in Iraq has been kidnapped, officials at the U.S. Embassy here reported Monday. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43621-2005Apr11.html http://snipurl.com/dy9l === War�s Toll on U.S. Military Gear May Be $8B a Year The war in Iraq is burning through U.S. military equipment at five to 10 times the peacetime training rate, and the services will have to spend $13 billion to $18 billion to replace it, congressional budget experts say. http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?F=772587&C=america === IMF says that surging demand and falling supply could spark 'permanent oil shock': The worldfaces "a permanent oil shock" and will have toadjust to sustained high prices in the next two decades, the International Monetary Fund said yesterday in the starkest official warning yet about the long-term outlook for energy supplies. http://news.ft.com/cms/s/afe1b4f8-a7ca-11d9-9744-00000e2511c8.html http://snipurl.com/dya1 === The Price of Oil and the Bush Dollar: Don't Blame the Oil Sheikh's http://counterpunch.com/lindorff04092005.html === US mulls seven bases in Afghanistan : The US army plans to establish seven military bases in Afghanistan, US army Corps of Engineers Col. John B.O'dowd told reporters in Kabul on Monday. http://www.iribnews.ir/Full_en.asp?news_id=190030&n=31 === Warlords get away with murder in Afghanistan: LAWLESSNESS: An assault on workers with Doctors Without Borders last year highlights that the central government is unable to control much of the country http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2005/04/11/2003250029 http://snipurl.com/dy9t === US warns Philippines south could become �new Afghanistan�: The United States has expressed concern about militant training activity on Mindanao in the southern Philippines, warning that the rebellion-torn southern region could become the �next Afghanistan�. http://snipurl.com/dy9f === Syria completes troop pullout: At the weekend, the final large detachments of Syrian heavy armoured divisions were pulling back across the border from their positions in the eastern Bekaa Valley, so bringing to a close almost 30 years of Syrian military presence. http://snipurl.com/dy9d === Sharon: Atmosphere in Israel looks like eve of civil war : Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, in an interview broadcast by NBC News on Monday, spoke of the growing threat of violence by extreme-right Jewish activists in Israel ahead of the disengagement plan. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/563286.html === Shin Beth chief warns of new intifada: The outgoing chief of Israel's main domestic security Shin Beth agency has warned that a third intifada or uprising is in the offing and that violence on a large scale could break out in months. http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/A9F0483E-824D-4EF5-94F2-D20460B31560.htm http://snipurl.com/dya9 === Israeli occupation forces raid Nablus: The troops have begun to demolish a house, a Palestinian official told Aljazeera. The troops also told reporters to leave the area. http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/BDE8C2FC-423D-4B1C-9CBB-39D5D4CC4B8F.htm http://snipurl.com/dyab === Israel Termed A 'Nuclear Power' By US Officials: Their publicly terming Israel a nuclear power on a par with India and Pakistan might be a sign that the US perceives of nuclear issues as too serious to condone the double standards it employs freely on other issues. http://globalpolitician.com/articledes.asp?ID=581&cid=2&sid=1 === Israeli expert: "Holocaust fatigue" is a mental illness "It would appear that MP Tamihere is in urgent need of psychological assistance to increase his ability to deal with the sad history and reality of life on the planet Earth during the past century, an absolutely necessary quality for anyone who desires to serve as a public representative. In that respect, 'Holocaust fatigue' is simply a new form of mental illness, which is a condition which should disqualify him from public service," said Dr Zuroff. http://www.nbr.co.nz/home/column_article.asp?id=11754&cid=15&cname=Politics === Oil, Geopolitics, and the Coming War with Iran By Michael T. Klare As the United States gears up for an attack on Iran, one thing is certain: the Bush administration will never mention oil as a reason for going to war. As in the case of Iraq, weapons of mass destruction (WMD) will be cited as the principal justification for an American assault. http://informationclearinghouse.info/article8509.htm http://snipurl.com/dy9g === UK: Could the election be won by fraud? : The postal voting system makes Britain look like a banana republic, says a judge. Yet Labour favours it and has ignored warnings of fraud. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-1562417,00.html http://snipurl.com/dyag === UK: Labour activists had 'vote-rigging factory' to hijack postal votes: Beneath the veneer of an apparently democratic local election campaign the battle to control areas of Birmingham involved allegations of death threats, intimidation and bribery. http://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/04/05/nvote105.xml http://snipurl.com/dyak === Venezuela: Revolution in Progress: Today is the third anniversary of the failed coup attempt to overthrow democratically elected Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez. We speak with filmmaker Matt O'Neil about his new documentary, "Venezuela: Revolution in Progress." http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/04/11/143230 === �Venezuela represents hope�: This week of solidarity will mark the third anniversary of the defeat of a US-backed coup against Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, whose government is leading a process is implementing wide-ranging changes to eradicate poverty and build up institutions of popular power. In Australia, solidarity events are being organised by the Venezuela Solidarity Network. http://informationclearinghouse.info/article8510.htm http://snipurl.com/dyan === Brazil: Army Worries Foreign Powers May Eye Amazon : A spokesman for the US Southern Command, which covers Latin America, said Brazil had every right to plan to defend territory but the United States posed no threat. http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/30313/story.htm === Inquiries of Top Lobbyist Shine Unwelcome Light in Congress: Jack Abramoff, one of Washington's most powerful and best-paid lobbyists, needed $100,000 in a hurry. http://snipurl.com/dyao === The business of influence in Washington: Drug companies fund group battling AARP http://snipurl.com/dyap === US will block Brown campaign to beat poverty with gold sale : Gordon Brown's year-long anti-poverty crusade is in jeopardy this week, as the US prepares to block his plans for a sale of International Monetary Fund gold reserves to raise cash for debt relief. http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,6903,1455844,00.html http://snipurl.com/dyal === -muslim voice- ___________________________________ BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW -- No virus found in this outgoing message. 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