bismi-lLahi-rRahmani-rRahiem
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
=== News Update ===
FLASHBACK: Bush rallies support by linking Iraq to Sept 11
Posted Jun 18, 2005 10:03 AM PST - Category: COVER-UP/DECEPTIONS
http://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/10/09/wirq09.xml
Another one of the lies that sent your kids off to war. Bush himself has since admitted there was no evidence to link Iraq to 9-11.
http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/bushsaddam.html
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Amnesty Condemns Guantanamo Expansion Plans
LONDON, June 18, 2005 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) - Amnesty International has condemned the Bush administration?s decision to expand its infamous Guantanamo detention camp, dashing hopes that the notorious facility would be shut down.
"The administration's announcement that it is to expand the prison is the wrong decision and will fuel worldwide concern over the stories of torture and ill-treatment, religious humiliation and arbitrary detention that are seeping from the facility," the London-based human rights watchdog said in a press release on its Web site.
http://www.islamonline.net/English/News/2005-06/18/article02.shtml
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Close the prison at Guantanamo Bay
The Montreal Gazette
When Amnesty International called Guantanamo Bay detention camp "the gulag of our times" last month, the Bush administration finally began to face up to the fact to the rest of the world, the prison camp so conveniently located offshore is an indictment of the U.S. justice system.
Even for countries that allied themselves with the U.S.-led war on terrorism, Guantanamo Bay has become a daily reminder of how horribly wrong things can go, no matter how noble the cause, when normal protections under law are systematically subverted.
http://www.canada.com/montreal/montrealgazette/news/editorial/story.html?id=1c5e150c-806f-4a5b-943f-0399593eac5d
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Shut Down Guantánamo
Dear Friend,
It's time to shut down the prison camp at Guantánamo Bay once and for all. Guantánamo has become a symbol world-wide of the Bush Administration's arrogant disregard for the most basic of human rights. In a hard-hitting editorial on Sunday, June 5, The New York Times wrote: "The best thing Washington can now do about this national shame is to shut it down. It is a propaganda gift to America's enemies; an embarrassment to our allies; a damaging repudiation of the American justice system; and a highly effective recruiting tool for Islamic radicals, including future terrorists."*
To find out more about Guantánamo and CCR's other cases go to www.ccr-ny.org
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Memo: Pentagon Concerned About Legality of Interrogation Techniques
The interrogation techniques used at Guantanamo Bay Detention Center in 2002 triggered concerns among senior Pentagon officials that they could face criminal prosecution under U.S. anti-torture laws
http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/print?id=852458
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The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) hit back at a U.S. Republican report
A confidential ICRC memorandum which appeared in the New York Times last November accused the U.S. military of tactics 'tantamount to torture' on prisoners at Guantanamo Bay ? an accusation rejected by the Pentagon.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20050617-0801-usa-redcross.html
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We are all complicit in these vile acts of torture
But what can we do about it?
What can we do? What can we do when an American president dispatches "suspects" to third countries where they will be stripped, wired up, electrocuted, ripped open and tortured until they wish they had never been born? Continue
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article9194.htm
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Racism, Lynching, Slavery ? Pillars of the American Dream
The US this year, will spend $450 billion on ways to potentially kill every man, woman and child on the planet, that is half of the world?s arms expenditure by one nation, doesn?t that sound like a war mongering nation.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article9184.htm
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Analyst blames Israel for Iraq war
Jewish lawmakers expressed anger at a former CIA analyst who told a U.S. House of Representatives panel that Israel was responsible for the Iraq war.
http://www.jta.org/brknews.asp?id=148177
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Dean Condemns 'Anti-Semitic Literature'
A handful of people at Democratic National Headquarters distributed material critical of Israel during a public forum questioning the Bush administration's Iraq policy, drawing an angry response and charges of anti-Semitism from party chairman Howard Dean on Friday.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article9185.htm
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Iraq - The Trail of Disinformation
WE WERE LIED INTO THE WAR. THAT IS A FACT. NOW IT IS TIME TO FINDOUT WHERE ALL THE FAKE DOCUMENTS THAT SUPPORTED THAT LIE WERE COMING FROM.
http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/trailofdisinformation.html
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FLASHBACK: Transcript of Powell's U.N. presentation
Posted Jun 18, 2005 09:22 AM PST - Category: COVER-UP/DECEPTIONS
Not one single claim made by Powell to the UN turned out to be accurate.
http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/02/05/sprj.irq.powell.transcript.06/index.html
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Facing facts in Iraq
In a report to the council, Gelb was scathing about America efforts to train an Iraqi army. ''If you ask any Iraqi leader, they will tell you these people can't fight. They just aren't trained. And yet we're cranking them out like rabbits." As for plans to train a 10 division Iraqi army by next year, Gelb was scathing. ''It became very apparent to me that these 10 divisions were to fight some future war against Iran. It had nothing to do, nothing to do," with taking Iraq over from the Americans and fighting the insurgents.
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2005/06/17/facing_factsin_iraq/
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Paper trail mounts
Highly classified documents leaked in Britain appear to provide new evidence that President Bush and his national security team decided to invade Iraq much earlier than they have acknowledged and marched to war without dwelling on the potential perils.
http://www.sunherald.com/mld/thesunherald/news/world/11925683.htm
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Bush: Pulling Out of Iraq Not an Option
President Bush said Saturday that pulling out of Iraq now is not an option, rejecting calls by some lawmakers and many people asked in polls to start bringing U.S. troops home.
Bush just announced that we live in a dictatorship after all. Even when caught lying to send your kids off to die in a war, his reponse to demands to end that war is effectively "FUCK ALL OF YOU!"
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050618/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush
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FLASHBACK: White man's burden
The war in Iraq was conceived by 25 neoconservative intellectuals, most of them Jewish, who are pushing President Bush to change the course of history. Two of them, journalists William Kristol and Charles Krauthammer, say it's possible. But another journalist, Thomas Friedman (not part of the group), is skeptical
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=280279
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How America is fighting Iraq war on two fronts
When in November last year US troops once again laid siege to Fallujah, according to Naomi Klein, they included a new tactic: "eliminating doctors, journalists and clerics who had drawn public attention to the civilian casualties the first time around. According to The New York Times the Fallujah General Hospital was selected as an early target. It was placed under American military control to prevent its staff reporting on civilian dead and wounded.
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/opinion/2005/June/opinion_June35.xml§ion=opinion&col =
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IN THE LIES THAT LED TO WAR IN IRAQ, SOME ARE JUST TOO SILLY TO HAVE EVER BEEN BELIEVED.
Posted Jun 18, 2005 09:37 AM PST - Category: COVER-UP/DECEPTIONS
One has to wonder at how NewsMax reported the story of "EbolaPox" with a straight face.
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2002/9/10/95544.shtml
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New Secret British Government Memos Show Blair Hand Wringing Over Bush's Iraq war plans
``U.S. scrambling to establish a link between Iraq and al-Qaida is so far frankly unconvincing,'' Ricketts says in the memo. ``For Iraq, `regime change' does not stack up. It sounds like a grudge between Bush and Saddam.'' Continued
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article9192.htm
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Memos suggest Blair's government exaggerated intelligence about Saddam's alleged WMDs
A July 21 briefing paper given to British officials preparing for a July 23 meeting with Blair says: ``Time will be required to prepare public opinion in the UK that it is necessary to take military action against Saddam Hussein.'' Continue
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article9193.htm
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Democratic Members of House Judiciary Committee.
Meeting on Downing St. Memo and Iraq War
Rep. John Conyers, House Judiciary Cmte. Ranking Member, chairs a meeting on the Downing Street Memo and pre-Iraq War intelligence. Witnesses include former ambassador Joe Wilson, CIA analyst Ray McGovern, Cindy Sheehan, mother of a fallen American soldier, and constitu-tional lawyer John Bonifaz. Click here to view. Real Video
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article9160.htm
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British documents portray determined U.S. march to war
- Highly classified documents leaked in Britain appear to provide new evidence that President Bush and his national security team decided to invade Iraq much earlier than they have acknowledged and marched to war without dwelling on the potential perils.
http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/11923118.htm
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In case you missed it: ?F*** Saddam,? Bush said. ?We?re taking him out.?March 2002
Using the unsavory Saddam Hussein as a foil, Bush was unleashing hell on the Iraqis.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article2835.htm
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FLASHBACK: the secret cabal which spun for Blair
Britain ran a covert 'dirty tricks' operation designed specifically to produce misleading intelligence that Saddam had weapons of mass destruction to give the UK a justifiable excuse to wage war on Iraq. Operation Rockingham, established by the Defence Intelligence Staff within the Ministry of Defence in 1991, was set up to 'cherry-pick' intelligence proving an active Iraqi WMD programme and to ignore and quash intelligence which indicated that Saddam's stockpiles had been destroyed or wound down.
http://www.sundayherald.com/34491
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In case you missed it: Blair planned Iraq war from start
For the secret documents ? seen by The Sunday Times ? reveal that on that Tuesday in 2002: Blair was right from the outset committed to supporting US plans for ?regime change? in Iraq.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article8710.htm
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Norman Solomon: The Killing Street Memo
While some Americans are exposing the deception for the latest war, others steadily lay the groundwork for the next one.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article9183.htm
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Reclaiming Our Democracy, Our Country, and Our Soul. Keeping the Downing Street Drums Beating.
Posted Jun 18, 2005 09:59 AM PST - Category: CURRENT EVENTS
http://opednews.com/wade_061805_reclaiming.htm
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In Case You Missed It
Interview with Gen. Hussein Kamel, head of Iraq's weapons programme:
"I ordered destruction of all chemical weapons. All weapons - biological, chemical, missile, nuclear were destroyed" (22 August 1995) Continue
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article9188.htm
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70% to 90% of Iraq Prisoners 'Arrested by Mistake'
The US is trying to justify its continuing torture policy with the claim that they are torturing people who "deserve" it. Yet the facts are that the majority of people being tortured have been kidnapped and sold to the US for the bounty money! They are not terrorists when they go in, although one should not be surprised if they are terrorists when they get out.
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0511-04.htm
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Rice reins in neo-conservatives on Iraq
WASHINGTON, June 15 (UPI) -- As the wave of suicide terror bombings continues unabated with no improvement in sight, Iraq has already imposed a significant sea change on the Bush administration.
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=671
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Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Thursday, 16 June 2005 :
- Resistance bomb blasts US armored column near al-Qa?im Thursday afternoon
- al-Khalidiyah, Resistance ambushes US column Thursday afternoon
- al-Baghdadi, Resistance barrage pounds US base Thursday morning
- Resistance ambushes US patrol near as-Saqlawiyah Thursday afternoon, Early morning bomb targets US patrol in al-Fallujah
- Resistance ambushes joint US-Iraqi puppet patrol in Abu Ghurayb, Resistance martyrdom car bombing in as-Salikh Thursday morning
- Iraqi puppet officials Ahmad Chelebi, Muwaffaq ar-Rabi?i meet Ariel Sharon in secret visit to occupied Palestine
- Resistance martyrdom car bomber blasts US column in Mosul late Thursday morning
- Resistance ambush leaves 14 puppet ?al-Husayn Brigade? troops dead one day after sectarian raids on Sunni residents of al-Hillah
- Resistance ambushes US fuel convoy in ad-Dulu?iyah Thursday afternoon
- Resistance bombards US camp near Bayji Thursday afternoon
- Two Bulgarian occupation troops reported killed in accident in ad-Diwaniyah
http://www.albasrah.net/moqawama/english/0605/iraqiresistancereport_160605.htm
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Suicide car bomb kills 14 Iraqi soldiers
Quoting witnesses, the agency said the attack had been apparently targeted at an Iraqi army patrol near the Iraqi Islamic Party headquarters in Fallujah, west of Baghdad.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1403520,001300180001.htm
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Nine coalition troops killed in Iraq
Nine troops from the U.S.-led multinational forces were killed Saturday in a mortar attack in the troubled city of Fallujah west of the capital.
http://news.webindia123.com/news/showdetails.asp?id=89637&cat=World
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Two US soldiers killed in Baghdad shootout
Two US Army soldiers were killed and one was wounded during a small arms skirmish with insurgents while transporting a detainee north of Baghdad, the military said today.
http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/story.asp?j=146648202&p=y466489x8
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Another Two Marines Killed In Action
Two Marines assigned to 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), were killed in action June 16 when their vehicle hit an improvised explosive device.
http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/Casualty_Report.asp?CasualtyReport=20050623.txt
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US-Iraqi troops battles militants in western Iraq
The US military has no reports about civilian casualties as a result of the operation, the statement said. However, medical sources in Qaim Hospital said, " Some of the victims were children, women and elderly residents, the medics told Xinhua, adding that five of the 12 bodies were members of one family.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-06/18/content_3102300.htm
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WRAPUP 3-U.S. planes drop 500 lb bombs in Iraq operation
BAGHDAD, June 17 (Reuters) - U.S. F-16 fighter planes dropped a series of 500 lb (220 kg) bombs on insurgent targets in western Iraq overnight as the U.S. military launched a heavy offensive against rebels near the Syrian border.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L17589494.htm
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PM could face Iraq prosecution
PRIME Minister John Howard could face criminal prosecution overseas for Australia's role in the Iraq war, an international lawyer says.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,15639337%255E1702,00.html
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Army: Captain won't be charged in deaths
An Army captain investigated for allegedly ordering his troops to kill suspected Iraqi insurgents in retaliation for a deadly U.S. base attack will not be prosecuted, Army officials said Friday.
http://www.adn.com/24hour/nation/story/2490901p-10837724c.html
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An Insider's Troubling Account of the U.S. Role in Iraq
Mr. Diamond contends that the postwar troubles in Iraq - a bloody and unrelenting insurgency, the creation of a new breeding ground for terrorists and metastasizing ethnic and religious tensions - are the result of "gross negligence" on the part of a Bush administration that rushed to war.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article9182.htm
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Taliban attack Afghan district, capture 18
Taliban guerrillas attacked an Afghan district capital for a second straight night and took 18 policemen prisoner, a day after detaining more than a dozen people, police said on Saturday.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050618/wl_nm/afghan_taliban_dc
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U.S. criticizes Pakistan on Taliban leaders
The outgoing U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan has suggested that Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar has been hiding in Pakistan and sharply criticized Islamabad's failure to act against Taliban leaders.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050618/ts_nm/afghan_usa_pakistan_dc
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Pakistani tribesmen vow to oust US from region
Thousands of Pakistani tribesmen have vowed to fight US forces as they marked the first death anniversary of a slain militant leader in a tribal region near Afghanistan
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050618/wl_sthasia_afp/pakistanafghanistanusattacksqaeda
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Uzbek Ministries Tied To Killings in Crackdown Received U.S. Aid
Uzbek law enforcement and security ministries implicated by witnesses in the deadly crackdown in the city of Andijon last month have for years received training and equipment from counterterrorism programs run by the United States, according to American officials and Congressional records.
http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050618/ZNYT03/506180421
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The US are continuing to make a case against Iran, can we expect a new 9/11 soon?
Reports issued at the beginning of this month claimed that terrorists were hiding in Iran and that maybe al-Zarqawi was one of them. In the last couple of days news reports have been promoting the idea that Osama bin Laden may also be there! But of course these reports can not be verified, however the information comes from sources that we are supposed to believe. But would the prescence of bin Laden and al-Zarqawi in Iran be enough to support an attack? We think not. We believe that there will be one more step before the Bush administration feel that they have "sold" the idea sufficiently, another 9/11.
http://www.profindpages.com/news/2005/06/16/MN983.htm
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FLASHBACK: America's Ministry Of Propaganda Exposed
Posted Jun 18, 2005 11:57 AM PST - Category: COVER-UP/DECEPTIONS
http://www.rense.com/general44/minis.htm
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Will the CIA let Posada spill the bean
"We are going to hit a Cuban airplane," said Luis Posada in Caracas, Venezuela, according to a recently declassified CIA document. On October 6 1976, just days later, Cubana Airline flight 455 exploded off the coast of Barbados, killing all 73 passengers.
http://www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=37840
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The proof is in the documents: The CIA was involved in the April 12 coup d'etat against President Hugo Chavez Frias
http://www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=37984
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Fr Reagan official says American citizens are complicit in war crimes...
Posted Jun 17, 2005 08:52 PM PST - Category: CURRENT EVENTS
Present company excluded, of course.
http://www.lewrockwell.com/roberts/roberts107.html
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SILENCE OF POSSIBLE IMPEACHMENT IN MSM-MEDIA
The Washington Post editors ? having already dismissed the British documents about the Iraq War as boring and irrelevant news ? are now turning to the next tactic for silencing any remaining dissent, consigning those who won't go along with the "official oppinion" for the time being.
http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/forum.cgi?read=73285
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Tribune Columnist Causes Controversy Over Presidential Election Fraud Story
Robert Koehler likes to ask tough questions and tackle issues ignored by the press. When he asked if the 2004 Presidential election was stolen, it created a rift in the Chicago Tribune newsroom, providing an example about the sad state of media affairs existing today.
http://www.globalnewsmatrix.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1434
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Did George W. Bush steal America's 2004 election?
Posted Jun 18, 2005 08:24 AM PST - Category: VOTE FRAUD
The man lied to send your kids off to die in a war. Think stealing an election is beneath a man like that?
http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/19/2005/1318
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Film: "George Bush is a Liar!"
Posted Jun 17, 2005 02:45 PM PST - Category: CURRENT EVENTS
http://homepage.mac.com/bhughes2/iMovieTheater138.html
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