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=== News Update === Terrorism Reports 'Had Errors' WASHINGTON -- The United States state department said on Monday it will stop publishing annual statistics on terrorism activities after discrepancies were found last year in figures for the number of attacks and casualties. http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,6119,2-10-1462_1692224,00.html === Torture: The Dirty Business Torture is a multinational industry � but its headquarters is in the USA. In this programme Andrew Gilligan examines the CIA�s practice of abducting terrorist suspects and transferring them to states such as Egypt and Syria, where torture is routine. The programme also exposes the British government�s refusal to condemn the use of torture by the government of Uzbekistan, for the sake of the �evidence� it produces: 'selling our souls for dross', in the words of the former British ambassador. Click here to view. Real Video http://informationclearinghouse.info/article8580.htm http://snipurl.com/e43c === Rabbi, Man Wearing Swastika Trade Blows At Airport Note it was the Rabbi who first resorted to violence. http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/4392605/detail.html === Israel�s walls damage Christianity in the Holy Land Posted Apr 19, 2005 12:12 PM PST - Category: ISRAEL http://www.theunionleader.com/articles_showa.html?article=53533 === Pentagon: Guantanamo Inmates Yield 'Valuable' Data "Their day is coming. One day I will enjoy sucking their blood, although their blood is bitter, undrinkable." http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=domesticNews&storyID=8216259 === How Rich is Too Rich For Democracy? At what point does great wealth held in a few hands actually harm democracy, threatening to turn a democratic republic into an oligarchy? by Thom Hartmann It's a debate we haven't had freely and openly in this nation for nearly a century, and last week, by voting to end the Estate Tax, House Republicans tried to ensure that it wouldn't be had again in this generation. But it's a debate that's vital to the survival of democracy in America. http://informationclearinghouse.info/article8592.htm http://snipurl.com/e43e === Air Force Cadets Complain of Religious Harassment by Christian Evangelists Read carefully. This looks like another "cry wolf" by Israeli supporters. http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBPSBJFQ7E.html === Vatican told bishops to cover up sex abuse Lawyers point to a letter the Vatican sent to bishops in May 2001 clearly stating the 1962 instruction was in force until then. The letter is signed by Cardinal Ratzinger, the most powerful man in Rome beside the Pope and who heads the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith - the office which ran the Inquisition in the Middle Ages. http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,1020400,00.html === 9th Circuit OKs Suit Against Vatican Over Holocaust: Just in time for the picking of a new pope, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decided Monday that Holocaust survivors can pursue the Vatican Bank for profiting from a Nazi puppet regime. http://biz.yahoo.com/law/050419/013ad13cd912619796965d12db96f758.html?.v=1 http://snipurl.com/e44h === Evangelicals Cool to Bush's Focus on Social Security Accounts : ``How come he's not stumping across America defending marriage?'' said Burress, 63, an evangelical Christian and president of Citizens for Community Values in Ohio. ``Marriage is a whole lot more important than Social Security.' http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=aJGrWeqv.cFQ&refer=us http://snipurl.com/e44j === FBI Tells 911 Rescue Worker To 'Shut Up' Over Finding Airplane 'Black Boxes' A 911 rescue worker said this week he was told by FBI agents to "keep his mouth shut" about one of the "black boxes" found at ground zero, contradicting the official story that none of the flight and cockpit data recorders were ever recovered in the WTC wreckage. http://www.rense.com/general64/fbi.htm === Casualties of Colonial Wars: : To justify its continuing occupation of Iraq, Washington has endeavored to portray itself as the selfless protector of the Iraqi people who are menaced by ruthless terrorists. The corporate media has obliged. http://montages.blogspot.com/2005/04/casualties-of-colonial-wars-kenya-and.html http://snipurl.com/e43l === Marines Recount Dramatic Assault At Base Near Syria : The attack "demonstrates an extremely mature and capable insurgency," said Maj. John Reed, executive officer for the 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, which commands U.S. troops here. "It showed its ability to mass a very complex attack very quickly." http://informationclearinghouse.info/article8585.htm http://snipurl.com/e43j === 'The biggest corruption scandal in history.': In Iraq, allegations range from petty bribery to large-scale embezzlement, expropriation, profiteering and nepotism. The TI report says it could become "the biggest corruption scandal in history." http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0317/p06s01-wogi.html === The Bayoil Indictment -- the Real Scandal: The neo-con team is brazenly acting as if Saddam did something wrong in selling Iraqi oil in violation of the United Nations embargo that we insisted by kept on for a dozen years after the 1991 Gulf War. http://www.wanniski.com/showarticle.asp?articleid=4300 === You Call This Normal? The New York Times in Fallujah http://www.counterpunch.org/whitney04182005.html === Legislator Allegedly Mistreated by U.S. : "What happened to me represents an insult to the whole National Assembly that was elected by the Iraqi people. This shows that the democracy we are enjoying is fake. http://informationclearinghouse.info/article8591.htm http://snipurl.com/e43h === Soldiers' 'Wish Lists' Of Detainee Tactics Cited: Intelligence officials to develop a list including open-hand strikes, closed-fist strikes, using claustrophobic techniques and a number of "coercive" techniques such as striking with phone books, low-voltage electrocution and inducing muscle fatigue. http://informationclearinghouse.info/article8584.htm http://snipurl.com/e43k === Iraqis accuse leaders of fabricating hostage drama BAGHDAD, April 18 (Reuters) - Iraqis on Monday accused their new leaders of fabricating a hostage crisis for political ends and urged them instead to focus on tackling relentless violence and unemployment after two years of turmoil. http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/SIM833069.htm === At least12 people killed in Iraq violence: Resistance fighters opened fire on members of Iraq's National Guard in Khaldiya, west of Baghdad, killing five people and wounding four. In Baghdad, a suicide car bomber killed four National Guards in the Athamiya district http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200504/s1349031.htm http://snipurl.com/e43f === Two Iraqi generals were gunned down in separate attacks http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=13258 === A Math Lesson: The Killing of Nicola Calipari: According to the U.S. military, they fired warning shots within 2.7 seconds of flashing a warning light, and used "deadly force" 2.3 seconds after that. http://www.counterpunch.org/stephens04182005.html === Source: Moussaoui Offers to Plead Guilty : Zacarias Moussaoui, the only person in the United States charged in connection with the Sept. 11 attacks, is offering for a second time to plead guilty and a federal judge is evaluating whether to accept the plea, a legal source said Tuesday. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050419/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/moussaoui http://snipurl.com/e43x === Taliban kill eight Afghan soldiers, one driver http://paktribune.com/news/index.php?id=102134 === Israel's wall of hatred The Occupied Territories and the wall. Longstanding anti-Zionist and socialist Moshe Machover spoke to Matthew Cookson about the political situation in Israel today Right wing Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon is forcing Israeli settlers to move from the Gaza Strip. Why is this? http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/article.php4?article_id=6259 === Israel faces U.S. warning over plans to build 50 new homes in the West Bank: As Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon confirmed that he was postponing the start of withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=14395 http://snipurl.com/e446 === Wolfie's War on Poverty: Just wait till our oil companies' profits dip. You'll hear the sound of our tanks over there, and I don't mean gas tanks. http://villagevoice.com/blogs/bushbeat/archive/000851.php === Drive the Wolf back to BUSH! : �Wolfowitz will kill more people from his position at the World Bank than he has done at the Pentagon!� http://informationclearinghouse.info/article8590.htm === World terror risk 'on the rise' : Danger has risen in 31 nations, many of them in western Europe, insurance broker Aon says in a new risk map. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4457705.stm === Secret FBI Report Highlights Domestic Terror: A secret FBI report, obtained by ABC News, identifies 22 domestic terror organizations as the current subjects of 338 active FBI field investigations. http://www.abcnews.go.com/WNT/Investigation/story?id=681288&page=1 http://snipurl.com/e43z === In case you missed it?: WMD Plot Uncovered In East Texas: Three people linked to white supremacist and anti-government groups are in custody. At least one weapon of mass destruction - a sodium cyanide bomb capable of delivering a deadly gas cloud - has been seized in the Tyler area. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article5350.htm http://snipurl.com/e441 === Colin Powell's Former Chief Of Staff Calls John Bolton An "Abysmal" Pick To Be UN Ambassador http://informationclearinghouse.info/article8587.htm http://snipurl.com/e443 === Oklahoma City Bombing: Expert Analysis Posted Apr 19, 2005 09:21 AM PST - Category: COVER-UP/DECEPTIONS http://autarchic.tripod.com/files/okcbombing.html === FLASHBACK: OKC: Did The FBI Destroy Evidence? Posted Apr 19, 2005 09:20 AM PST - Category: COVER-UP/DECEPTIONS http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/02/12/national/main540266.shtml === OKC Bombshell Implicates Feds In Murrah Blast Posted Apr 19, 2005 09:16 AM PST - Category: COVER-UP/DECEPTIONS http://www.americanfreepress.net/html/okc_bombshell.html === The 1995 Oklahoma City Bombing - PROOF there were additional explosive charges Posted Apr 19, 2005 09:13 AM PST - Category: COVER-UP/DECEPTIONS http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/RANCHO/POLITICS/OK/bombs/bombs.html === Oklahoma City Bombing Questions Posted Apr 19, 2005 09:12 AM PST - Category: COVER-UP/DECEPTIONS http://www.stopcovertwar.com/McVeigh.html === Oklahoma Bombling Cover-Up Posted Apr 19, 2005 09:11 AM PST - Category: COVER-UP/DECEPTIONS http://www.apfn.org/apfn/okc_coverup.htm === Before You Mindlessly Tie Another Yellow Ribbon Round That Old Oak Tree: He died for our freedom? I wish someone would help me understand how killing innocent people in Iraq (and Afganistan) is keeping us free. http://informationclearinghouse.info/article8583.htm http://snipurl.com/e43p === Counter-Recruiting in the Red Zone : With the military�s enlistment numbers dropping and a �counter-recruitment� movement becoming increasingly active in college towns and major urban centers, the battle for the hearts and minds of possible enlistees is spreading to the more conservative parts of the country, where the military draws a substantial amount of recruits. http://informationclearinghouse.info/article8588.htm http://snipurl.com/e43q === Oregon Bill Would Require New Drivers to Automatically Register For Selective Service : House Bill 2575 would automatically register young men for Selective Service when they sign up for licenses or state identification cards. http://rncwatch.typepad.com/counterrecruiter/2005/04/oregon_bill_wou.html http://snipurl.com/e43r === National Guard Seeks to Pay $6M For Naming Rights of Major DC Sports Stadium: In its latest effort to boost the number of new recruits, the National Guard has reportedly signed a $6 million deal to buy the naming rights of Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium. http://rncwatch.typepad.com/counterrecruiter/2005/04/national_guard_.html http://snipurl.com/e43t === Video: Mosaic: World News Reports from Middle East TV For 04/18/05: 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/e447 === Rice to push democracy in Russia Putin to push democracy in the US. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4459287.stm === Outreach To Islam : Delays in launching U.S. effort: The Bush administration's outreach to the Islamic world is in no hurry. And it includes no Muslims. http://www.theunionleader.com/articles_showa.html?article=53518 http://snipurl.com/e44f === Almost 11 million children in developing countries die each year before the age of 5 : Most of them from causes that are preventable in wealthier countries, the World Bank said in a report released Sunday. http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGB3GHGSN7E.html === Homeland Security memo reveals terrorism records are being sanitized: The memo, issued on March 28 by a high-ranking official with DHS� Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE), essentially orders supervisors in the field to sanitize terrorism-related case files maintained in a major law-enforcement computer system called TECS http://narcosphere.narconews.com/story/2005/4/7/232329/3516 http://snipurl.com/e445 === Air Safety: Extending the No-Fly Zone : Aviation sources say the list has grown to more than 31,000, up from 19,000 last September. And a little noticed incident on April 8, involving a Dutch KLM 747 flight from Amsterdam to Mexico City, may result in the list being used even more aggressively. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1050224,00.html http://snipurl.com/e444 === Argentine 'dirty war' suspect convicted and sentenced to 640 years in prison: His trial was Spain's first under a law that says crimes against humanity can be tried in this country - even if they are alleged to have been committed elsewhere. http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/world/11432509.htm http://snipurl.com/e44a === Sudan says "abundant" oil found in war torn Darfur: Drilling for oil has begun in Sudan's troubled Darfur region after preliminary studies showed there were abundant quantities of oil, a spokesman for the country's Energy Ministry said. http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L18708185.htm === Riding the Real-Estate Tsunami: The housing bubble, like the dot-com boom before it, has temporarily masked a mess of economic contradictions. As a result, the second term of George W. Bush may hold some first-class Shakespearian surprises. http://www.tomdispatch.com/index.mhtml?emx=x&pid=2329 === Dow Chemical Buys Silence in Michigan: Union Carbide's (now Dow's) pesticide plant exposed a half million people to the gases. It remains the worst industrial accident of all time, with an estimated 7,000 deaths and 190,000 injuries the first few days and over 15,000 claims of deaths to date. http://www.counterpunch.org/mckenna04182005.html === Forty public policy groups have this in common: They seek to undermine the scientific consensus that humans are causing the earth to overheat. And they all get money from ExxonMobil. http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2005/05/some_like_it_hot.html http://snipurl.com/e44n === -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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