bismi-lLahi-rRahmani-rRahiem In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
=== News Update === Let them eat bombs A report to the UN human rights commission in Geneva has concluded that Iraqi children were actually better off under Saddam Hussein than they are now. By Terry Jones This, of course, comes as a bitter blow for all those of us who, like George Bush and Tony Blair, honestly believe that children thrive best when we drop bombs on them from a great height, destroy their cities and blow up hospitals, schools and power stations. http://informationclearinghouse.info/article8519.htm http://snipurl.com/dyxw === 'Bush's mushroom cloud regime' "We know that he (Saddam Hussein) has the infrastructure, nuclear scientists to make a nuclear weapon. And we know that when the inspectors assessed this after the Gulf War, he was far, far closer to a crude nuclear device than anybody thought, maybe six months from a crude nuclear device. The problem here is that there will always be some uncertainty about how quickly he can acquire nuclear weapons. But we don't want the smoking gun to be a mushroom cloud." -- Condoleezza Rice statement to Wolf Blitzer, September 8, 2002, hyping Bush's war. G. W. Bush loved that remark so much he repeated it in a later speech he made. In an October 7, 2002 speech, Bush summarized the justification for war against Saddam Hussein: "America must not ignore the threat gathering against us. Facing clear evidence of peril, we cannot wait for the final proof -- the smoking gun -- that could come in the form of a mushroom cloud." http://www.smirkingchimp.com/article.php?sid=20665&mode=nested&order=0 === Onward Christian Soldiers . . . toward a theocratic judiciary Isn't it amazing that the same people who so decried a theocracy in other nations are working so hard to create one here. http://www.onlinejournal.com/Commentary/041205Seesholtz/041205seesholtz.html === High School To Pay Student Informants For Tips On Campus Crime Just like the NAZIs did. http://www.wftv.com/news/4366400/detail.html === Regime Change Was an Immoral Excuse for War: President Bush�s true reason for invading Iraq � regime change � was a poor and immoral excuse for initiating a conflict that has killed and maimed tens of thousands of innocent people � many more innocent people, in fact, than died on 9/11. http://www.fff.org/comment/com0504c.asp === US opposes amnesty for Iraqis who kill US soldiers http://snipurl.com/dyy3 === War Crimes: A Report on United States War Crimes Against Iraq to the Commission of Inquiry for the International War Crimes Tribunal http://deoxy.org/wc/wc-preface.htm === U.S. Has No Exit Strategy for Iraq, Rumsfeld Says http://snipurl.com/dyy5 === Iraq's government faces old nemeses, deadly demands : If it's to survive at all, the government must swiftly demonstrate its independence from Washington. http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Front_Page.html === Napoleonic Overreach in Iraq In 1804, the Pope was summoned to Paris to crown Napoleon Bonaparte as Emperor of France. At the climax of the coronation, however, Napoleon snatched the crown from the Pope's hands and crowned himself. The episode reeks of Napoleon's hubris, but it wouldn't be his greatest demonstration of imperial overreach. http://mparent7777.blog-city.com/read/1195800.htm === Militants kill one, wound three in Baghdad as Rumsfeld visits;: Militants ambushed a convoy carrying Iraq's deputy interior minister Tuesday, killing a bodyguard and wounding the deputy's son and two other people, an official in the ministry said. http://snipurl.com/dyy2 === Many Iraqis killed in US air attack Seven children, six women and three old men were among the dead. "Well, that's what they GET for having weapons of mass destruction! What? They DIDN'T? Umm, okay, ... Well, that's what they GET for 9-11. No kidding? No connection? Mossad?!? Sheesh. Okay, okay, ummmm, Well, that's what they GET for helping Al Qaeda? NO, huh? They're Mossad TOO? Well, dammit, why DID we just kill six women, and three old men? You don't know? Christ on a crutch, don;t that make us look like jerks, killing six women, and three old men, and we don;t have a real reason!!!" http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/09413EAB-D8E4-4C03-A52C-BD7118AC9946.htm === 20 Iraqi civilians killed in US air attack: Seven children, six women and three old men were among the dead, witnesses said, while the injured included 13 children, seven women and elderly men. http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/09413EAB-D8E4-4C03-A52C-BD7118AC9946.htm http://snipurl.com/dyxz === Large-Scale Assault Is Second Within 2 Weeks; Contractor Abducted BAGHDAD, April 11 -- Insurgents claiming links to al Qaeda tried to overrun a U.S. Marine base near the Syrian border Monday using gunmen, suicide car bombs and a firetruck loaded with explosives, U.S. and Iraqi officials said. http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A43621-2005Apr11?language=printer === Suicide Car Bomber Kills 5 Iraqi Civilians: Iraqi officials said a suicide car bomber killed five civilians Tuesday in an attack targeting a U.S. convoy in Mosul http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/4370275/detail.html http://snipurl.com/dyy0 === Three killed, over 20 injured in car bomb in Iraq's Samarra : A suicide car bombing occurred on Monday evening in Iraq's Samarra, north of Baghdad, killing three Iraqis and wounding more than 20 others, said reports reaching here from the restive city. http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-04/12/content_2816461.htm http://snipurl.com/dyy1 === Polish Defense Minister: Poland wants to withdraw its 1,700 troops from Iraq early next year, the defense minister said Tuesday. http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/news/apress_041205_polandiraq.html === US appears to have fought war for oil and lost it By Ian Rutledge According to the former head of ExxonMobil's Gulf operations, "Iraqi exiles approached us saying, you can have our oil if we can get back in there", the Bush administration decided to use its overwhelming military might to create a pliant - and dependable - oil protectorate in the Middle East and achieve that essential "opening" of the Gulf oilfields. http://informationclearinghouse.info/article8522.htm http://snipurl.com/dyxy === US audit probes possible Halliburton $212m overcharge: Halliburton, the Houston-based oil services company, may have overcharged the US government by $212m (�113m, �165m) for work in Iraq, according to portions of Pentagon audits released on Monday. http://informationclearinghouse.info/article8513.htm http://snipurl.com/dyy6 === Report criticizes Halliburton's work : Serious cost overruns and a "poor performance" have plagued Halliburton's continuing $1.2 billion contract to repair Iraq's vital southern oil fields, a new U.S. State Department report says. http://www.iht.com/bin/print_ipub.php?file=/articles/2005/04/12/news/halliburton.html http://snipurl.com/dyy7 === Torture Air, Incorporated: It appears that Dick Cheney himself gave the greenlight for the kidnapping and torture scenario. http://www.counterpunch.com/stclair04092005.html === Transcripts of tribunals detail stories of Guantanamo detainees: In one case, according to court documents, a judge blurted out: ''I don't care about international law." http://informationclearinghouse.info/article8515.htm http://snipurl.com/dyy8 === Ex-Intel Chief Blasts Bolton at Hearing: A former chief of the State Department's bureau of intelligence and research castigated John R. Bolton on Tuesday as a "kiss-up, kick-down sort of guy" who abused analysts who disagreed with his views of Cuba's weapons capabilities. http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=662969 === ISRAELIS were 9-11 short sale stock buyers, betting on WTC terror strikes, story killed... "Between August 26 and September 11, 2001, a group of speculators, identified by the American Securities and Exchange Commission as Israeli citizens, sold "short" a list of 38 stocks that could reasonably be expected to fall in value as a result of the pending attacks. These speculators operated out of the Toronto, Canada and Frankfurt, Germany, stock exchanges and their profits were specifically stated to be "in the millions of dollars." On 9-11, someone made a huge fortune short-selling stocks affected by the attacks, including airlines. The media proclaimed that tracing the short-sells would lead to the 9-11 perpetrators. When it actually did, the media clammed up. http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2005/04/315296.shtml === UK TERROR TRIAL FINDS NO TERROR: Not guilty of conspiracy to poison London with ricin Another frame-up collapses. http://www.globalsecurity.org/org/nsn/nsn-050411.htm === UK Terror Trial Finds No Terror: Not guilty of conspiracy to poison London with ricin http://www.globalsecurity.org/org/nsn/nsn-050411.htm === The Armageddon Man: A comprehensive look at John Bolton's career reveals a man who champions extremism in the service of expediency. http://alternet.org/story/21730/ === Negroponte Used CIA Back Channels to Defy Congress : Papers illustrate Negroponte's Contra role - show intelligence nominee was active in US effort. http://informationclearinghouse.info/article8520.htm http://snipurl.com/dyyl === On the Wrong Side of History The New York Times wonders why it has lost the public's trust, then toally misses the reason why. http://world.mediamonitors.net/content/view/full/14158/ === German ruling says Dresden was a holocaust German prosecutors have provoked outrage by ruling that the 1945 RAF bombing of Dresden can legally be termed a "holocaust". "THAT'S A COPYRIGHT VIOLATION, YOU ANTI-SEMITE YOU!!!!" http://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/04/12/wdres12.xml === The Division or Demolition of the Al-Aqsa Mosque Now, after the Intifada has been halted, the settlers have found that the time has come to invade Al-Aqsa; and why not? Their spiritual father, Ariel Sharon, had already marched into Al-Aqsa provoking the Intifada. This is the deranged terrorist logic of the Likud leader which is still acted upon even within his internationally hailed plan to withdraw from the Gaza strip, engulfing as much territory as possible from the West Bank. This is the logic of terrorism with an American and Israeli twist that indicts Arabs since it is based on the Torah-military ideology, which totally ignores, despises and denies the existence of the other including the latter's most elementary rights like the respect of holy sites. http://english.daralhayat.com/opinion/OPED/04-2005/Article-20050411-3114807b-c0a8-10ed-001a-1411594ff5ad/story.html === The new anti-Semitism? Goldhagen's piece, "The Globalisation of anti-Semitism," is one of the latest contributions to a growing body of reports by American and Israeli journalists and research centers purporting to show that a powerful new strain of racism is sweeping the globe. None of the authors is as disinterested as he claims: each hopes to silence criticism of both Israel and the muscular Zionist lobby groups within Washington that support Israel. More proof that Israel NEEDS (and therefore has a motive to create) anti-semitism. http://www.iviews.com/Articles/articles.asp?ref=IV0504-2670 === Bush calls for halt to new settlements as Sharon warns of 'civil war' in Israel http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=628584 http://snipurl.com/dyyb === Sharon rejects US settlements warning: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has rejected a warning from US President George Bush not to expand West Bank settlements, saying Israel will continue its hold on areas it considers of strategic importance. http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/BA0395BF-070A-4F69-9FF8-92CD5F6C1ADF.htm http://snipurl.com/dyyc === Bush Should Lay Down the Law on Settlements: Sharon Must Be Told That U.S. Cannot Support Violations of International Humanitarian Law http://hrw.org/english/docs/2005/04/11/isrlpa10462.htm http://snipurl.com/dyyd === A Palestinian prison-state?: Sharon will spring his Generous Offer: Gaza plus 60-75 percent of the West Bank and a symbolic presence in East Jerusalem. Sounds OK, But it will lock the Palestinians into the cantonized entity toward which Sharon has been tirelessly and openly working this past quarter century. It will be a new apartheid. http://informationclearinghouse.info/article8514.htm http://snipurl.com/dyye === Jewish settlers in Hebron wreak havoc on Palestinian neighbors: Settlers demolished part of the house with sledgehammers, working under the noses of soldiers posted on top of the structure. Israeli police officers who arrived at the scene were pelted with stones and eggs, and five people were arrested but later released, a police spokesman said. http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/news/world/11373733.htm http://snipurl.com/dyyf === Philippine military calls situation in Mindanao alarming : The Philippine military said on Monday that "terrorist" activities in Mindanao have reached the alarming level, and that "lack of resources" is preventing the military from dealing with the terrorists decisively. http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-04/11/content_2814695.htm http://snipurl.com/dyym === House of Saud re-embraces totalitarianism: Residents of the tiny provincial capital of Saudi Arabia's northernmost province last week witnessed a grisly scene in the main public square: the corpses of three militants tied to poles, on top of which were placed their severed heads. http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/GD12Ak01.html === Bank says Saudi's top field in decline: Speculation over the actual size of Saudi Arabia's oil reserves is reaching fever pitch as a major bank says the kingdom's - and the world's - biggest field, Gharwar, is in irreversible decline. http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/08B97BCF-7BE6-4F1D-A846-7ACB9B0F8894.htm http://snipurl.com/dyyn === Watchdog backs Egypt torture claims: The Egyptian Supreme Council for Human Rights (ESCHR), a state-backed organisation set up last year, gave credence in its first annual report to widespread allegations of torture by Egyptian police and security forces. http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200504/s1342224.htm === CSIS grilled Canadian teen in Cuba, shared info with U.S. : Canada's spy agency admits it shared information it obtained from a Canadian teen being held as an enemy combatant at Guantanamo Bay with American intelligence services, documents show. http://www.mytelus.com/news/article.do?pageID=ontario_home&articleID=1892624 http://snipurl.com/dyyo === "Breathtaking" poll sees defeat for Canada Liberals: Canada's minority Liberal government is heading for defeat at the hands of the Conservatives after more than 11 years in power, a dramatic new poll is predicting. http://snipurl.com/dyyp === 'Bomb-plot' Cuban crosses into US : A Cuban exile, accused by President Fidel Castro Havana of plotting to kill him, is preparing to apply for asylum in the United States, his lawyer says. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4436079.stm === Fugitive Cuban exile to seek asylum in U.S., says he worked with CIA:� A Cuban exile accused of plotting to assassinate Fidel Castro and wanted by Venezuela on charges of blowing up a Cuban airliner in 1976 is in the United States, his attorney said Monday. http://snipurl.com/dyyr === Tehran to take legal action against U.S. for funding Iran opposition: "Our country and the regime are stable enough not to be disturbed by such measures. However, such acts are against international norms and law. The foreign ministry will take necessary legal action" against Washington, he said. http://www.tehrantimes.com/Description.asp?Da=4/12/2005&Cat=2&Num=003 http://snipurl.com/dyyj === Video: Mosaic: World News Reports from Middle East TV For 04/11/05: 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/dyyh === U.S. drug imports from Canada called terrorist threat Prescription drug imports from Canada and elsewhere could become a tool for terrorists and efforts to legalize them should stop now, said a report Monday from former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani. I think I need a new catagory here titled, "UNBELIEVABLE WHORE-TO-CORPORATIONS BULLSHIT!" http://www.canada.com/vancouver/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=0e90698f-31d1-48e4-8086-a07a04f08a0a === Moscoso obtained $4 million for pardoning Posada and his accomplices: Posada Carriles used false documents provided by the US embassy in Panama to leave that country. http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2005/abril/vier8/16posada-i.html === Mary Shaw: Mind Control and the American Media: The U.S. mainstream media are frequently accused by the right of being too liberal. But consider the following. http://informationclearinghouse.info/article8517.htm http://snipurl.com/dyyu === Greg Palast: Give it back, George: 'Did Wyly coyotes' ill-gotten loot buy White House?' http://informationclearinghouse.info/article8516.htm http://snipurl.com/dyyw === In theocracy they trust: Christian right leaders denounced separation of church and state and prayed for a judge's deliverance to Satan. And their Capitol Hill allies were right there with them. http://informationclearinghouse.info/article8521.htm http://snipurl.com/dyyz == Religion now more a part of politics : Talk of faith, values is nearly omnipresent : Forty-five years ago, John F. Kennedy was elected president only after reassuring skeptical voters that his Catholicism did not mean the pope would be dictating American foreign and domestic policy from Rome. http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?%2Fbase%2Fnews%2F111313620039460.xml http://snipurl.com/dyz1 === James Kennedy's Christian Crusade: TV Evangelist's ministerial and media empire claim US a 'Christian nation', don't believe in the separation of church and state, and aims to extend political reach http://www.mediatransparency.com/recipients/coralridge.htm === Jesus, the talking doll version Looks like the "Talking James Brolin" dall wasn't selling, so new costume, new voice box, new market. http://money.cnn.com/2005/04/12/news/midcaps/jesus_dolls/index.htm?cnn=yes === Senators May Have Blown Cover of CIA Agent Committee Chairman Richard Lugar, R-Ind., and Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., both mentioned a name, Fulton Armstrong, that had not previously come up in public accounts of the intelligence flap. http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4930339,00.html === DeLay Fundraising Plied Special Interests : Tom DeLay routinely solicited donations by identifying legislative actions that prospective givers wanted, from video gambling to lawsuit limits, memos show. http://snipurl.com/dyyx === Higher Prices, Stagnant Wages Produce Pay Cut for US Workers: Inflation has outpaced the rise in salaries for the first time in 14 years. And workers are paying a bigger share of the cost of their healthcare. http://informationclearinghouse.info/article8518.htm http://snipurl.com/dyyy === Trade Deficit Hits All-Time High in February: The U.S. trade deficit, exacerbated by surging imports of oil and textiles, soared to an all-time high of $61.04 billion in February. http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBIDBM3G7E.html === -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: 266.9.6 - Release Date: 11/04/2005 ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Would you Help a Child in need? It is easier than you think. 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