bismi-lLahi-rRahmani-rRahiem In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
=== News Update === Let's lecture the world on "Democracy" while we put our own citizens in jail without trial or charges. Charge Him or Release Him Jose Padilla : U.S. Citizen Imprisoned Without Trial or Charges for 2 Years and 296 Days === Why do silly Muslim-Americans think they're REAL Americans? The author believes political correctness has allowed Muslims to gain access to all of the major U.S. security agencies. "They've penetrated our institutions, but we have not penetrated theirs -- and that is a scary proposition," he says. http://americablog.blogspot.com/2005/03/why-do-silly-muslim-americans-think.html === How Bush Learned To Love the Bomb: United States President George W. Bush is talking tough about nukes in Iran and North Korea. But critics say by illegally testing and building nuclear weapons, the U.S. is fueling a new arms race http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/0,1518,348779,00.html http://snipurl.com/dqyy === Bush's hypocrisy truly unbearable: As Texas governor, George W. Bush presided over 152 executions, more than took place in the rest of the country combined. In at least a few of these cases, reasonable doubts were raised about the guilt of the condemned. http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20050329%2FOPINION%2F503290390%2F1015 http://snipurl.com/dqze === Scott Ritter: Neocons as Parasites: Former U.N. weapons inspector Scott Ritter says neocons are parasites "that latch onto democracy until it is no longer convenient." http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/21631/ === The Apartheid Wall Photo tour and presentation on the emerging ghetto of Qalqilyah (must see) http://www.rauhanpuolustajat.fi/qalqilia/1.html === Ambulances transport Israeli troops: THE Israeli army uses ambulances to move troops and weapons in operations against Palestinians, a violation of the Geneva Conventions http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,12698897^1702,00.html http://snipurl.com/dqz5 === Church land deal enrages Palestinians It involves a secret investor, a man gone into hiding, an embarrassed Patriarch and the future of Jerusalem. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4391323.stm === Social Psychology, Religious Belief, Censorship and the Holocaust The postulate to be presented here is that the Holocaust, the putative extermination of six million Jews during WWII, satisfies the criteria of the contagion, the heuristic and the commonplace. Details of these and the phantom and granfalloon phenomena were collected and summarized by A. R. Pratkanis, Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of California (1995). It is argued that Holocaust imagery and its associated philosophy displays religious characteristics, and this thesis may illustrate how a religion can evolve. Readers who balk at this 20th century heresy are reminded that it is perilously easy to distort history and if this scenario cannot be reviewed impartially then something is clearly amiss. http://www.heretical.com/science/socsci.html === Nuke the Holy Land--For World Peace "For decades American taxpayers have unwittingly provided the Jewish State with enough free 'expendable' munitions to crush the Palestinian people in their own country," wrote Joe Vialls, "and the Harpoon missile is classed as an expendable munition. What this means is that Harpoon falls into the same generic category as rifle bullets and hand grenades, so Washington went ahead and gifted the Jewish State with more than fifty nuclear-capable Harpoons." Certainly the average American taxpayer has long been duped into donating to the despots who rule the Middle East, not for any peaceful purposes really, as well as being held hostage by the policy-makers in Washington, D.C. who readily handcuff his paycheck. But funding a nuclear war--never mind the huge armament giveaways--without input from you and me is the ultimate in taxation without representation. http://www.strike-the-root.com/51/herman/herman9.html === Private convictions vs. public displays: Am I the only person in the United States getting fed up with moral exhibitionism? http://www.nwanews.com/story.php?paper=adg§ion=Editorial&storyid=112109 === Alma Mater As Big Brother: The government's plan is to track students individually and in full detail as they complete their post-secondary education. The threat to our students' privacy is of grave concern, and the government has not satisfactorily explained why it wants to collect individual information. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article8410.htm http://snipurl.com/dqzf === General approved extreme interrogation methods : The US administration has maintained any abuse was the result of improper individual action and was not sanctioned by leaders. http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1448282,00.html?gusrc=ticker-103704 http://snipurl.com/dqym === New Torture Memo Implicates Top US General: A newly released memo shows that US General Ricardo Sanchez authorized illegal interrogation techniques in Iraq just months before the Abu Ghraib abuses. Colin Powell, meanwhile, regrets misinforming the UN about Iraq WMDs. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article8406.htm http://snipurl.com/dqyn === Gen. Sanchez committed perjury when testifying before Congress: http://www.livejournal.com/users/insomnia/547941.html === Documents: ACLU Obtains September 2003 Memo Central to Abu Ghraib Story http://www.aclu.org/SafeandFree/SafeandFree.cfm?ID=17852&c=206 === Powell: "Some of this information was wrong" : Powell said he was "furious and angry" that he had been misinformed about Iraq's stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction when he laid out the case for war before the United Nations Security Council in February, 2003. http://snipurl.com/dqyp === Pentagon has clearer view of Iraq insurgency Military commanders say they have a better picture today than they did a year ago of the deadly insurgency in Iraq, thanks to better intelligence collection and analysis. The Pentagon estimates the enemy force at 12,000 to 20,000 fighters. It is a heterogenous grouping of Saddam Hussein loyalists, criminals and foreign terrorists led by Jordanian-born Abu Musab Zarqawi. http://www.washingtontimes.com/functions/print.php?StoryID=20050329-122716-9273r === Two Weeks In Falluja : They see absolutely no justification for this war and were constantly asking me to explain how the American people can support these acts against a civilian population. For the first time in my life, I was ashamed to be an American. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article8407.htm http://snipurl.com/dqyt === Number of People Held by US in Iraq Doubled in 5 Months . And, there are more allegations of prisoner abuse in detention facilities in Iraq and Afghanistan. http://www.kten.com/article.asp?id=7258 === Bush touts value of compromise to Iraqis WASHINGTON (AFP) - Praising compromise as a cornerstone of democracy, US President George W. Bush predicted that Iraqis will quickly overcome political tensions and form a new government. http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050329/pl_afp/usiraqbush === U.N.: Iraq kids suffer from malnutrition: Almost twice as many Iraqi children are suffering from malnutrition since the U.S.-led invasion toppled Saddam Hussein, a U.N. monitor said Monday. http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2005/03/30/un_iraq_kids_suffer_from_malnutrition/ http://snipurl.com/dqys === U.S. Soldier Is Killed in Iraq BAGHDAD, Iraq - A U.S. soldier was killed in a non-hostile incident in Iraq, the military said Tuesday. http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050329/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_soldier_killed === Seven Iraqis killed in attacks, Britain apologises for raiding Iraqi MP's home: Seven people were killed in attacks in central Iraq Wednesday, as the British army apologised for a raid in the southern port of Basra on the home of a new Iraqi MP. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1538&ncid=732&e=8&u=/afp/20050330/wl_uk_afp/iraqunrest http://snipurl.com/dqyj === Six Iraqis killed : Anti occupation forces have opened fire on a U.S. military patrol in Mosul and six people have been killed in a subsequent exchange of gunfire, including a woman and child, Iraqi police say. http://snipurl.com/dqyk === Two Iraqis killed in separate incidents: Iraqi security forces and US troops on Wednesday killed an Iraqi gunman in the town of Balad north of the Iraqi capital. http://www.kuna.net.kw/Home/Story.aspx?Language=en&DSNO=718389 http://snipurl.com/dqyl === 6 Iraqis Detained At Mexican Border: Authorities said six Iraqis were recently detained in Mexicali, Mexico, with false, altered or questionable passports. http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/4329897/detail.html === Iraqi anger at parliament stalemate Iraqis caught a rare glimpse of their new parliament in action yesterday but were left surprised and disgusted as legislators failed to make any progress in naming a government almost two months after January's elections. http://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/03/30/wirq30.xml === Memo Shows U.S. Inmate Interrogation Plans in Iraq WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. commander in Iraq authorized prisoner interrogation tactics more harsh than accepted Army practice, including using guard dogs to exploit "Arab fear of dogs," a memo made public on Tuesday showed. http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=8029639 === Pentagon reacts to prisoner abuse concerns The Bush administration on Tuesday set out to address the festering concerns about abusive treatment of detainees in US custody, laying out plans for a new code of conduct for investigating officers as well as expanded judicial rights for prisoners. http://news.ft.com/cms/s/701e948a-a09a-11d9-a3ba-00000e2511c8.html === U.S. Barred From Sending 13 Detainees Abroad A federal judge yesterday barred the Bush administration from transferring a group of detainees from the U.S. military prison in Cuba to the custody of foreign governments without first giving the prisoners a chance to challenge the move in court. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10997-2005Mar29.html === Federal judge rules in favor of Guantanamo detainees : A federal judge in Washington has barred the government from moving 13 Yemenis from Guantanamo Bay to other countries without at least 30 days notice. The judge says the prisoners need a chance to challenge the transfer. http://www.wavy.com/Global/story.asp?S=3144254&nav=23ii2Pmv === 38 Guantanamo detainees found eligible for release : Thirty-eight detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have been declared not to be �enemy combatants� and are therefore eligible for release, the Pentagon said Tuesday. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article8409.htm http://snipurl.com/dqyv === So many to torture, not enough time PENTAGON (AP) - According to figures from the Pentagon, the US is holding more than 10,000 prisoners in Iraq. That's more than double the number held in October. And, there are more allegations of prisoner abuse in detention facilities in Iraq andAfghanistan. http://mparent7777.blog-city.com/read/1166130.htm === Torture Suit by Detainee on Transfer to Syria Finds Support in Jet's Log: Maher Arar, a 35-year-old Canadian engineer, is suing the United States, saying American officials grabbed him in 2002 as he changed planes in New York and transported him to Syria where, he says, he was held for 10 months in a dank, tiny cell and brutally beaten with a metal cable. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article8409.htm http://snipurl.com/dqyv === Same Shit, Different Hemisphere How can a leader of a country who instituted a program that has taught almost two million former illiterates to read and write within a year be called a tyrant? How can a leader of a country who incorporated land reform that has been a huge success be called evil? How can a leader of a country who has been instrumental in eradicating diseases that once ravaged the nation be called troublesome? By having the name of Hugo Chavez; that�s how. http://www.countercurrents.org/ven-lagauche280305.htm === Culture of Life or Culture of Living Death? The mass mobilization and media circus surrounding the case of the unfortunate Terri Schiavo offer a rare view of current American culture and, in particular, of the "culture of life" that George W. Bush and the evangelical right wing are so fond of talking about. Right-wing Christians on the ground and right-wing Republicans in Congress have literally moved heaven and earth to save the life of a woman who has spent 15 years in a vegetative state and whose cerebral cortex is almost entirely gone. So far did this effort go that George W. Bush actually cut short a vacation at Crawford. http://www.counterpunch.com/mahajan03252005.html === Democracy Falls on Barren Ground Fairbanks, Alaska � THE hasty exit of President Askar Akayev of Kyrgyzstan from his capital, Bishkek, last week is being hailed with the same breathless exuberance that greeted Georgia's Rose Revolution in 2003 and the Orange Revolution that brought Viktor Yushchenko to the presidency of Ukraine in November. Democracy is on the march, we are told; yet another despot of the former Soviet world has been cast aside. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/29/opinion/29burkett.html?ei=5070&en=2e21a17c37283004&ex=1112763600&pagewanted=print&position === Jimmy Carter: Non-Proliferation Treaty needs push for renewal : Renewal talks for the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty are scheduled for May, yet the United States and other nuclear powers seem indifferent to its fate. http://www.madison.com/tct/opinion//index.php?ntid=34173&ntpid=3 === Pak refuses Rice's request for US access to AQ Khan: Pakistan rejected US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's request to allow Americans to question disgraced scientist AQ Khan over his alleged role in Iran's nuclear programme, a report said in Washington on Tuesday. http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1299217,00050001.htm === Carlyle Closes Record Capital-Raising: The Carlyle Group has completed the world's largest corporate buyout capital-raising at $10 billion to finance mega-sized deals on both sides of the Atlantic, the private equity firm said on Tuesday. http://snipurl.com/dqyz === In case you missed it?: Exposed: The Carlyle Group : I defy you to watch this 48 minute documentary and not be outraged about the depth of corruption and deceit within the highest ranks of our government. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article3995.htm http://snipurl.com/dqz1 === IDF fires outlawed Flachette shells in Gaza : Israel Defense Forces tanks stationed close to the Jabalya refugee camp in the Gaza Strip fired a number of outlawed Flachette shells Friday evening at a soccer field in the eastern section of the camp. Children and adults were playing there at the time, continued the sources, and nine Palestinians were injured. http://snipurl.com/dqz6 === New report reveals misery of Palestinian women's lives under occupation : Israeli and Palestinian authorities must take urgent steps to end the suffering of Palestinian women living under occupation and conflict, Amnesty International said today (31 March), as it published a new report on the issue. http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news/press/16028.shtml === Scott Ritter: Sleepwalking to disaster in Iran: The American media today is sleepwalking towards an American war with Iran with all of the incompetence and lack of integrity that it displayed during a similar path trodden during the buildup to our current war with Iraq. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article8408.htm http://snipurl.com/dqyh === Iran opens secret nuclear plant : Journalists have been allowed to accompany Iranian President Mohammad Khatami on his first official visit to the Natanz nuclear facility. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4394177.stm === Video: Mosaic: World News Reports from Middle East TV For 03/29/05: 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/dqz7 === U.S. Helped to Prepare the Way for Kyrgyzstan's Uprising BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, March 29 - Shortly before Kyrgyzstan's recent parliamentary elections, an opposition newspaper ran photographs of a palatial home under construction for the country's deeply unpopular president, Askar Akayev, helping set off widespread outrage and a popular revolt in this poor Central Asian country. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/30/international/asia/30kyrgyzstan.html?pagewanted=print&position === Take action on San Jose de Apartado massacre: In late February, eight members of the San Jose de Apartado Peace Community in northwest Colombia, most of them women and children, were massacred. Their assassins were identified by witnesses as members of the Colombian military. http://home.maryknoll.org/index.php?module=MKArticles&func=display&id=380&office=alert http://snipurl.com/dqz8 === Colombia: Twenty Thousand Children Under Age 5 Die Every Year: About 20,000 children less than five years old die every year in Colombia due to diseases that are preventable and curable according to the Panamerican Health Organization http://www.misna.org/news.asp?lng=1&id=131149 === Summit: Lula defends Venezuela from U.S.: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva emphatically supported neighboring Venezuela Tuesday in light in recent criticism from U.S. officials. http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20050329-064244-7937r.htm === Ukraine Thanks Cuba For Chernobyl Children Care: Cuba has treated 18,153 children victims of the radiation fallout from the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster, Ukraine's Health Minister Nykola Polischuk said on Tuesday. http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/30132/story.htm === Two-thirds of world's resources 'used up' : The human race is living beyond its means. A report backed by 1,360 scientists from 95 countries - some of them world leaders in their fields - today warns that the almost two-thirds of the natural machinery that supports life on Earth is being degraded by human pressure. http://www.guardian.co.uk/life/science/story/0,12996,1447921,00.html === Mahathir warns of a dollar catastrophe : SHARP-tongued Mahathir Mohamad, scourge of currency traders worldwide, has said the US dollar is headed for a 'catastrophe' and will never regain its old strength. http://www.thisislondon.com/news/business/articles/timid399280?source= http://snipurl.com/dqzb === Secret Service investigating removal of three from Bush visit : Because of a bumper sticker on their car that read: "No More Blood for Oil." http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/nation/20050329-1241-bushcolorado.html http://snipurl.com/dqzg === -muslim voice- ___________________________________ BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW -- No virus found in this outgoing message. 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