bismi-lLahi-rRahmani-rRahiem In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
=== News Update === "This is barbarism" "Why, even if I was guilty, would they do this?" An Egyptian-born teacher imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for the past 3 1/2 years recently convinced the U.S. military he is not an enemy combatant, but what he claimed to be: a pro-democracy English teacher swept up when the military seized fighters and suspected terrorists from the battlefields of Afghanistan. Sami Al-Laithi said that as a result of his detention at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, he is now confined to a wheelchair with two broken vertebrae. He said military personnel and interrogators stomped on his back, dropped him on the floor and repeatedly forced his neck forward soon after his arrival at the prison. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article9778.htm http://snipurl.com/gytu === About 3000 Muslims guard Al-Aqsa Mosque - extremist Jews plan to attack sacred compound JERUSALEM: Hundreds of Muslims gathered in Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque to stave off any attempt by extremist Jews to storm the compound, with thousands of Israeli police on high alert in the holy city. As many as 3,000 Muslim worshippers converged on the site following appeals from Muslim religious leaders to foil a planned demonstration by extremist Jews opposed to Israel's pullout from the Gaza Strip. http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=17626 === Malevolent fantasy of Islam - an article exposing the anti Muslim agenda of historian Bernard Lewis Bolkenstein might have been surprised to find himself identified with proletarian internationalism: in the early 1990s he was the first politician in the Netherlands, a country which had been associated with tolerance, to assert that the values of Muslim immigrants were incompatible with those of his country. http://mondediplo.com/2005/08/16lewis === JERUSALEM, A VERY SHORT HISTORY For more than 1300 years (638-1948 AD) Muslims brought Jerusalem peace, prosperity and a level of religious tolerance second-to-none in world history. This long period was interrupted twice -- by a century of aggression, bloodshed and intolerance that marked the Crusades (1099-1187 A.D.), and some 30 years of British occupation (1917-1948). The Muslims called their bloodless takeover of the city Al-Fath, meaning literally the opening -- that is, an opening up of the city to adherents of all religions. The Muslims not only practiced freedom of religion, but also spread justice and peace, liberating the city from secular Roman tyrants as well as curbing the self-destructive behaviour and mutual persecution of Christian and Jewish religious fanatics. Full text is posted: http://www.canadianislamiccongress.com/docs/jerusalem.php === Hiroshima, Nagasaki & Christian morality: If terrorism is the massacre of innocents to break the will of rulers, were not Hiroshima and Nagasaki terrorism on a colossal scale? http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article9763.htm http://snipurl.com/gyus === Killing Women and Children First The 60th anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki should remind us that so long as the worlds most powerful nations continue to target citiesinnocent civilianswith nuclear weapons, our condemnations of terror will ring hollow. http://www.godspy.com/reviews/Killing-Women-and-Children-First-Hiroshima-and-Nagasaki-by-John-Zmirak.cfm === A Democracy In Name Only Taibbi exposes the spectacular corruption of the current Republican Congress in a shocking, maddening and revelatory report in this month's Rolling Stone magazine. Luckily, Taibbi has an expert tour guide: maverick Independent congressman and soon-to-be-Senator Bernie Sanders. Taibbi charts how over one month Sanders introduces four amendments, all of which pass floor votes by comfortable margins. None of them become law. "How Tom DeLay and his cronies subvert the popular will," could have been story's subhead. http://www.thenation.com/blogs/outrage?bid=13&pid=12899 === Cindy Sheenan: Without Internet, U.S. Would Be a Fascist State Cindy Sheehan, the woman whose soldier son was killed in Iraq and who is now camping by a road in Crawford, Texas demanding a meeting with President Bush, on Wednesday thanked a group of antiwar bloggers for supporting her, saying that without the Internet, America would be a "fascist state." http://www.nationalreview.com/york/york200508111811.asp === Wasting America's morality: The American people must awaken, throw the neoconservatives out of office and elect different leaders who truly seek a return to these fundamental values. http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=1849 http://snipurl.com/gyuq === Mickey Z. : Helen Keller: Not Blind to War Crimes : Keller's critique of the government propaganda campaign to stir up Americans to support U.S. intervention in the war remains more germane than ever. "Every modern war has had its root in exploitation" Keller said. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article9769.htm http://snipurl.com/gyut === Larry Silverstein, WTC 7, and the 9/11 Demolition Posted Aug 14, 2005 10:27 PM PST - Category: 911 http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/cutter.html === Failing in Iraq The goal of establishing an American colony in the Middle East has fallen on hard-times The New World Order, built on the rubble of Falluja and on the tortured victims of Abu Ghraib, is being progressively dismantled by the grit and resolve of the Iraqi resistance fighting to restore their nation's sovereignty and independence. It appears increasingly likely that their struggle will succeed. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article9776.htm http://snipurl.com/gytv === Fable of the Emperor and the Grieving Mother While the message of the grieving mother encamped in front of the Emperors castle did not move the hard heart of the Emperor, it did indeed miraculously resound through the empire, and the populace did indeed begin to question with her whether her son had died in vain and whether the Emperors war had been no more than tragic folly. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article9760.htm http://snipurl.com/gyty === Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Sunday, 14 August 2005 : - Resistance car bomb blasts US patrol Sunday afternoon, ar Ramadi - US Marine spokesman discloses request to double US forces in al-Anbar Province to try to regain control there after Resistance seizes whole cities. - Three US troops reported killed in farm road bombing in as-Saqlawiyah late Sunday afternoon - Four US troops reported killed in roadside bombing Sunday morning, al Fallujah - Resistance bombing in ar-Rutbah kills at least one US soldier - Two US troops reported killed in roadside bombing in at-Taji Sunday morning - US American soldier killed Saturday, Americans find body of US soldier shot to death in Baghdad Friday - Two US troops reported killed in late Sunday afternoon bombing, Salman Bak - Pro-American Shii sectarian Badr Brigades take over Sunni mosque pressing drive to stir sectarian divisions in Iraq, As Suwayah - Three US troops reported killed in car bombing early Sunday, Tuz Khurmatu - Resistance fighters ambush US mercenary vehicle early Sunday, Mosul - Bodies of 19 Badr Brigade gunmen found executed, Tall 'Afar http://www.albasrah.net/en_articles_2005/0805/iraqiresistancereport_140805.htm === Iraq bombs, shooting kill six US troops Six US soldiers died in roadside bombings and a shooting, the US military said, as lawmakers tried to persuade Sunni Arabs to accept federalism provisions in the draft constitution that is due on Monday. http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/F401FABB-0C7A-495B-85E5-FB067649EB36.htm === Roadside bomb kills four Iraqi soldiers in Fallujah : The bomb was detonated at around 7 a.m. (GMT 0300) when Iraqi security forces were patrolling in the center of the city http://english.people.com.cn/200508/15/eng20050815_202530.html http://snipurl.com/gyu1 === Three 278th soldiers killed in Iraq, 1 wounded: The soldiers were investigating a possible rocket that had been fired near their base when their vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device. http://www.volunteertv.com/Global/story.asp?S=3724002&nav=4QcIdLiu http://snipurl.com/gyv6 === Cindy Sheehan Confronts Judith Miller's War "Cindy has drawn a line in the sand for George Bush. In doing so, she has energized tens of thousands of peace activists and tens of millions of Americans. By now, it should be clear that Sheehan is speaking for the silent majority of Americans who want some straight answers from Bush instead of bumper sticker slogans." http://usa.mediamonitors.net/content/view/full/17749 === Bush will `go on with life' : Defends refusal to meet protester http://www.al.com/news/birminghamnews/wire.ssf?/base/news/1124011285247770.xml&coll=2 http://snipurl.com/gyuf === Bush losing way in war on terror: THEY have been admirers of the president since the attacks of September 11, 2001, but now some of George W Bushs staunchest supporters are accusing him of losing his way in the war on terror. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-1734194,00.html http://snipurl.com/gyug === Bush's economic invasion of Iraq: U.S. corporations march into Baghdad, at the expense of self-determination. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article9767.htm http://snipurl.com/gyuh === Doubt on war grows in U.S.: Even supporters say the effort isn't worth loss of American lives http://fairuse.1accesshost.com/news2/trib004.html http://snipurl.com/gyui === It's now about getting out of the Iraq mess: At is one thing to send in the troops, waving the flag, another to bring them home, mission accomplished. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article9770.htm http://snipurl.com/gyuj === Decorated Marine Accused Of Opening Fire On Noisy Crowd: A Marine who won high praise for his service in Iraq will undergo psychological evaluation at Bridgewater State Hospital after being accused of firing a shotgun into a crowd of people outside his apartment. http://www.turnto10.com/news/4854168/detail.html === Iraq veteran arrested in killing 20-year-old suspect in double shooting had requested treatment for stress disorder http://snipurl.com/gyvj === A book review of "The Question of Zion", author Jacqueline Rose see: http://books.guardian.co.uk/reviews/politicsphilosophyandsociety/0,,1529941,00.html === This is not a withdrawal from Palestinian land -- just a redeployment of forces 'This is not a withdrawal from Palestinian land -- just a redeployment of forces; government giving up direct control over people.' FULL ARTICLE AT: http://www.alternet.org/story/24047/ === Meanwhile, Israel grabs the rest of Jerusalem : Israeli actions in occupied East Jerusalem indicate that Israel's unilaterally imposed disengagement was never meant to start a peace process, but rather to end one. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article9768.htm http://snipurl.com/gyuw === Palestinians urged to temper festivities: As Israel has begun its unilateral withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, a number of Palestinian intellectuals have urged the Palestinian Authority and resistance groups to tone down celebrations and pay attention to Israel's expansion in the West Bank. http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/6409735D-B963-49E6-B409-568F1F738731.htm http://snipurl.com/gyux === Settlers defiant, Israeli army moves in: Defiant Jewish settlers have blocked the gates of Gaza's most hardline settlements, preventing soldiers from delivering 48-hour eviction notices as Israel began its pullout from the coastal territory. http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/7488DB6B-3B1A-4D77-83F4-EF3D97263E47.htm http://snipurl.com/gyuy === Compensation if you are displaced, unless you are Palestinian: While US-taxpayers foot the bill for the so-called pull-out, virtually no attention is being paid to Palestinians whose property has been demolished over the years by the Israeli military and settlers, not to mention those who were deprived of their homeland since 1948. http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article4086.shtml http://snipurl.com/gyuz === Paul Craig Roberts : Get Ready for World War III VP Cheney has already ordered the U.S. Strategic Command to come up with plans to strike Iran with tactical nuclear weapons. http://www.antiwar.com/roberts/?articleid=6936 === Charles Mercieca: Ultimate Goal of Corporations in America: Gaining Control of Universities: If you were to find colleges and universities in the USA talking to students about the hazards of war, that would be a rare exception. US big corporations, particularly those linked with the war industry are trying to portray the fighting of wars as a sign or patriotism and bravery! http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article9764.htm http://snipurl.com/gyuv === -muslim voice- ___________________________________ BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.10.10/73 - Release Date: 15/08/2005 ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/TXWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- All views expressed herein belong to the individuals concerned and do not in any way reflect the official views of Hidayahnet unless sanctioned or approved otherwise. 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