bismi-lLahi-rRahmani-rRahiem In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
=== News Update === The Bush administration's Top 40 Lies about war and terrorism Posted Aug 19, 2005 10:14 PM PST - Category: COVER-UP/DECEPTIONS http://citypages.com/databank/24/1182/article11417.asp === Video: "When people hear the president speak, frankly they think he's really stupid. But what people don't realize is that there's a genius behind the stupidity." http://www.collegehumor.com/movies/1599866/ === Menezes family rejects $1m offer The parents of the Brazilian man gunned down by police at London's Stockwell Tube station have reportedly turned down a one million US dollars compensation offer from Scotland Yard for his mistaken shooting. Good for them. Government should not be able to buy its way out of murder any more than you or I. http://www.guardian.co.uk/uklatest/story/0,1271,-5221720,00.html === The Trillion-Dollar War THE human cost of the more than 2,000 American military personnel killed and 14,500 wounded so far in Iraq and Afghanistan is all too apparent. But the financial toll is still largely hidden from public view and, like the suffering of those who have lost loved ones, will persist long after the fighting is over. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/20/opinion/20bilmes.html?ei=5088&en=e6862bfa8cf108c3&ex=1282190400&adxnnl=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&adxnnlx=1124573806-U5jfad === Former Head Of Pentagon's Depleted Uranium Project Says Thousands Of Troops Are Sick And Dying From Illegal DU Use And Military's Failure To Admit Responsibility After Maj. Doug Rokke went public in 1997 exposing the military's flawed DU program, his life has been threatened but he still continues to search for solutions in order to save the lives of those afflicted. http://www.arcticbeacon.com/articles/article/1518131/31934.htm === Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Friday, 19 August 2005 : - Nine Iraqi civilians killed when US helicopter rockets wedding party in Hit Thursday night - Resistance bomb kills seven US troops in troop carrier snooping on mosque services in al-Fallujah - Resistance denies involvement in Wednesday bombing of civilian taxi stop where 52 Iraqis died, blames Zionist and Crusader intelligence agents for the deadly blast, Baghdad - Puppet regime's "Defense Minister" admits 35 prisoners tortured to death, Baghdad - US troops storm al-Anbar University campus Friday evening - US admits 65-year-old prisoner died in custody, al Iskandariyah - Resistance bombards US base near Ba'qubah early Friday morning - Seven puppet police killed in clashes in Tikrit at dawn - US soldier reported killed in early morning Resistance bombing in Mosul - Resistance bombards Camp Bucca Friday morning http://www.albasrah.net/en_articles_2005/0805/iraqiresistancereport_190805.htm === This Movement Is True And Honest "Oust That Tyrant Bush And Have A True Democracy For Once" http://www.albasrah.net/en_articles_2005/0805/GI-Special-3C24-This-Movement-Is-True-And-Honest_200805.htm === Hypocrites and Liars I got an email the other day and it said, "Cindy if you didn't use so much profanity ... there's people on the fence that get offended. And you know what I said? "You know what? You know what, god damn it? How in the world is anybody still sitting on that fence? If you fall on the side that is pro-George and pro-war, you get your ass over to Iraq, and take the place of somebody who wants to come home. And if you fall on the side that is against this war and against George Bush, stand up and speak out. http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/082005X.shtml === A mother's vigil puts shame to an inaccessible president. In 1971, when the album Imagine came out, American soldiers were dying by the thousands in Vietnam. The title song on the album was so captivating that the other tunes didn't get much notice; however, one of them is surely among the greatest by John Lennon. It should become the soundtrack to The Cindy Sheehan Story: Courageous Mother Who Stopped the Bush War in Iraq http://www.memphisflyer.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=9963 === Russia: Putin Calls For Withdrawal Timetable For Iraq Russian President Vladimir Putin called yesterday for a timetable for pulling foreign troops out of Iraq. The Russian leader said many Iraqis view the foreign troops as "occupiers" and suggested the withdrawal will encourage insurgents to abandon violence in favor of contributing to the creation of the state. The United States was quick to reject his call, saying it is still too early for a pullout. http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2005/08/DF67D388-590F-4244-9A56-E435C4010F3D.html === US reject Russian call for Iraq troop pullout Posted Aug 20, 2005 08:38 AM PST - Category: CURRENT EVENTS Ready to go to war against Russia? That is where Bush is taking us. http://www.geo.tv/main_files/world.aspx?id=85884 === NEWSWEEK POLL: Sixty-One Percent of Americans Disapprove of the Way Pres. Bush is Handling Iraq Thirty-Eight Percent Say Troops Should be Brought Home in Less Than a Year; 12 Percent Say Now Sixty-Four Percent Say War Has Not Made Americans Safer http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050806/nysa006.html?.v=20 === Twin Cities turning deaf ear to political talk radio shows Locally, conservative-talk icon Rush Limbaugh's show has lost 43 percent of its audience among 25- to 54-year-olds in the past year. Sean Hannity's show is down a whopping 63 percent. http://startribune.com/stories/462/5569938.html === Murder and lies in London Given the latest revelations concerning what happened to Jean Charles de Menezes, revelations which show that the police lied about every aspect of the matter, and that Sir Ian Blair himself lied and appeared to attempt to cover up the lying by preventing an inquiry http://xymphora.blogspot.com/ === On September 26, 2005 a nation wide strike is being called for all students To protest the influence of the Military and Weapons Industries on Education, and the resulting wars that feed our kids as fodder to a system of profits created from intentionally created conflict. This is now entrenching, even in our high schools, with the "No Child Left Behind Act" forcing school systems to share personal data on students with the armed services. http://www.choicechanges.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=76&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0 === U of O professor accused of hosting anti-Semitic website Mr. Chossudovsky described himself as being of Jewish descent, and said he has relatives who were Holocaust victims. "I'm the first person to withdraw any kind of hate material directed against the Jewish people." He went on to defend the reprinted articles that have also sparked complaints, saying they are legitimate commentary representing views that are "anti-Zionist, not anti-Semitic." "It's an analysis of Israeli policy which we don't support," said Mr. Chossudovsky, an antiwar commentator and an outspoken critic of U.S. and Israeli policies. Israel still pushing the myth that opposition to Israel is anti-Semitic. http://www.canada.com/ottawa/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=daad3a9e-c2a0-48ea-9680-713f341e0d7a&page=2 === Amnesty calls for urgent measures to end settlers' impunity Four Palestinians were shot dead and two others were injured by an Israeli settler yesterday evening as they were returning home from their work at a factory in the Israeli settlement of Shilo, in the West Bank. http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article4109.shtml === -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: 267.10.13/78 - Release Date: 19/08/2005 ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. 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