bismi-lLahi-rRahmani-rRahiem In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
=== News Update === Freedom Of Speech, RIP Freedom of speech is dying an excruciating death. Watching it die is difficult enough, but knowing that, somehow, by my silence, I am complicit in the death, is unbearable. One thing is certain. I cannot stand by and do nothing. I cannot stand by and watch our freedoms die. I cannot stand by in tacit silence, while what's left of our freedom wriggles and squirms and gasps for air. There has got to be a mass resuscitation. There has got to be a way to breathe life back into our Bill of Rights. We are careening down a slippery slope into a disaster, the magnitude of which nobody has ever witnessed. You know I am right, don't you? You can feel it too, can't you? http://www.rense.com/general67/FRED.HTM === When Tyranny is Law Even a cursory analysis reveals that the main target of the proposed terror laws is the basic principles that ensure justice and fairness. Principles such as "due process, no crime without intent, innocent until proven guilty, habeas corpus, no self-incrimination, no ex post facto laws, the right to counsel, the right to remain silent, the right to see the evidence that incriminates and the right to confront one's accusers" are the first victims of these laws. These principles are the target because without doing away with them, acts such as racial profiling would be impossible and without that, singling out Muslims would not be easily legitimized in the public eyes. http://www.uruknet.info/?p=14930&hd=0&size=1&l=x === The Terrorist of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue It is no longer Osama bin Laden and his fanatical followers who pose the greatest threat to the future of this country. It is George W. Bush and his equally-fanatical, zoned-out legions who buy into his destructive, anti-American actions. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article9909.htm http://snipurl.com/h4yt === No Accountability: Excuse me. You want me to believe that you love a people who for 13 years we bombed and impoverished with sanctions so much that you will gladly spend 2,000 American lives to relieve them of a dictator the U.S. once supported? This is insane. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article9904.htm http://snipurl.com/h4zj === People torn to pieces, relatives scream - another week in the theme park of death Robert Fisk reports from beyond the Coalition's concrete walls There are now two Baghdads. One is the Green Zone, where US and Iraqi officials live in a protected realm; the other is the danger zone, where everyone else lives. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article9896.htm http://snipurl.com/h41v === Hypocrites and Liars Where are the pro-war people 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.informationclearinghouse.info/article9894.htm http://snipurl.com/h41w === Bush's Other Iraq Invasion: The Bush administration has succeeded in maintaining a stranglehold on issues such as public versus private ownership of resources, foreign access to Iraqi oil and U.S. control of the reconstruction effort -- all of which are still governed by administration policies http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article9911.htm http://snipurl.com/h4z6 === Mr Bush must start to tell America the truth : Given the awfulness of the situation, the least we are entitled to expect from the war's architects is some honesty. Instead the Bush team has peddled ludicrous optimism while surreptitiously rubbishing those who supported the war but are now worried about where it is going as wimps and turncoats. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article9907.htm http://snipurl.com/h4za === What the President isn't telling us Last Friday (Aug. 12) we heard again from the president that his policy in Iraq is to "complete the mission" aka to "stay the course." With the Vice President, Secretaries of State and Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff by his side at his Crawford, Texas ranch, the president explicitly rendered inoperative last month's statements from senior officials who implied that we were now on a "declare victory and withdraw" track, which is another way of saying, "We have done what's doable but now it's up to the Iraqis." http://www.courierpub.com/articles/2005/08/18/lincolncountyweekly/opinion/o3what.txt === Congress must probe whether president lied us into war: President Bush says the mission in Iraq is to spread democracy in the Middle East. It would be bizarrely ironic if the administration knowingly hoodwinked Americans and thereby subverted a basic tenet of democracy in the name of advancing it. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article9912.htm http://snipurl.com/h4zc === Time to Break the Silence What mythic view of American righteousness and omnipotence blurred the vision of Bush supporters when they bought a story that millions of people in the United States, Canada, France, England, Germany, India, Spain, Japan, Australia and elsewhere saw through from the start? http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0822-23.htm http://snipurl.com/h4zx === Leaderless on the left : Sheehan has revealed both the strength and the weakness of the left. We have a political agenda that can command considerable mainstream support; yet we do not have a political leadership willing or able to articulate those agendas. We wield political influence; we lack legislative power. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article9906.htm http://snipurl.com/h4zd === Under US noses, brutal insurgents rule Sunni citadel : For politicians and diplomats in Baghdad's fortified green zone the constitution is a means to stabilise Iraq and woo Sunni Arabs away from the rebellion. For Haditha, 140 miles north-west of the capital, whether a draft is agreed is irrelevant. Residents already have a set of laws and rules promulgated by insurgents. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article9905.htm http://snipurl.com/h4z7 === Bush to face protests as he defends Iraq policy : "Our troops know that ... if we do not confront these evil men abroad, we will have to face them one day in our own cities and streets, and they know that the safety and security of every American is at stake in this war," he said in his weekly radio address. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article9911.htm http://snipurl.com/h4z6 === Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Sunday, 21 August 2005 : - Resistance mounts repeated attacks on US troops in Rawah as fighting continues despite 37-day blockade on the city - Resistance bombards US headquarters in ar-Ramadi during meeting of high-ranking US commander with puppet governor - Six US troops reported killed in car bomb near al-Hadithah Sunday morning - Resistance bombards joint US-Iraqi puppet army headquarters near Jordan border - Four US troops reported killed in ambush on fuel convoy on Airport road early Sunday - Official in Iraqi puppet regime says 281 non-Iraqi prisoners are being held for Resistance activities - Resistance bomb blasts joint US-Iraqi puppet army column in eastern Baghdad Saturday evening - Resistance bomb blasts US column in Khan Bani Sad Sunday evening - Saturday afternoon Resistance bomb targets US column - Resistance ambushes truck convoy serving US occupation troops Sunday evening - Resistance ambushes US column; five US troops reported killed, Bayji - Foreign mercenary contractor killed in Resistance ambush in al-Iskandariyah - Four US troops reported killed in double bombing in al-Latifiyah Sunday afternoon - Resistance bombards Japanese base Sunday evening, al Amarah http://www.albasrah.net/en_articles_2005/0805/iraqiresistancereport_210805.htm === U.S. Soldier Killed By IED: A 20th Engineer Brigade (Combat)(Airborne) Soldier was killed Aug. 21 in Ad Dwar when his vehicle struck an improvised explosive device. http://www.mnf-iraq.com/Releases/Aug/050821d.htm http://snipurl.com/h4z1 === U.S. Soldier Killed by Iraq Roadside Bomb BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A U.S. soldier was killed Sunday when his vehicle struck a roadside bomb in northern Iraq, the military said. http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5224482,00.html === Iraq constitution submitted, but no vote held "pending points" need to be resolved within the next three days before a vote can be held, said Parliament speaker Hajim al-Hassani. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9005694/ === Iraqis divided on constitution as deadline looms : The ruling Shia delegation in Iraq's parliament said a new constitution had been agreed but MPs from the Sunni minority said they did not accept the draft. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article9915.htm http://snipurl.com/h4z3 === Sunnis pledge to vote down constitution 'conspiracy': Its a religious obligation to vote against the constitution because its the work of the occupiers, he said. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,7374-1745286,00.html http://snipurl.com/h4z4 === Sunnis appeal to the world community: A day before the deadline for the new constitution, Sunni Arabs appealed on Sunday to the United States to prevent Shi'ites and Kurds from pushing a draft through Parliament without their consent, warning it would only worsen the crisis in Iraq. http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1468622,001300180001.htm http://snipurl.com/h4z5 === Double standards don't help LONDON -- Sixty years ago this month Hiroshima and Nagasaki were devastated by the first nuclear bombs. The effects of these bombs on the civilian populations of these cities are a horrific reminder of why all governments need to redouble their efforts to prevent nuclear proliferation and to achieve nuclear disarmament. Unfortunately the threat of nuclear proliferation has increased rather than diminished, and the nuclear powers have been dilatory in attempting nuclear disarmament. http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/geted.pl5?eo20050818hc.htm === Illegal Occupation and Israeli Apartheid: Is disparity in media coverage between the United States and the rest of the world due to editors sympathetic to Zionism, or is it due to Palestinians' having brown skin and Jewish settlers' being European and American Ashkenazi (white)? http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article9903.htm http://snipurl.com/h4zn === You have to read Sharon's speech In his dry and declamatory way, Ariel Sharon turned the Israeli reality on its head this week. In the speech that he delivered to the nation, he did not apologize to the settlers (the truth is that they should be apologizing to the citizens of Israel, who were forced to pay - monetarily and in human terms - for the expensive adventure in Gaza). He spoke words of truth that no prime minister before him ever dared to say. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/614016.html === Gaza Stripped: But the Occupation Remains: Despite U.S. mainstream media reports that the 38-year-occupation of Palestinians within Gaza has "ended," the Israeli military still controls water, the Palestinians' passage through checkpoints and air space. http://www.counterpunch.com/nettnin08222005.html === Four murdered Palestinians not considered newsworthy during disengagement: Not only does the reaction to the shooting, the second such attack on Palestinians in recent weeks expose the hypocrisy of the Israeli military, but it also demonstrates the low priority the Western press gives to Palestinian suffering. http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article4115.shtml http://snipurl.com/h4zo === China: U.S. must not interfere in agreements with Israel : China demanded on Saturday that the United States not interfere in agreements under which it is to buy weapons from Israel. Beijing also commented on international tensions caused by Iranian nuclear projects. http://www.interfax.cn/showfeature.asp?aid=4823 http://snipurl.com/h4zq === Panorama unleashes vicious attack on Islam London, UK, August 22,2005 Last nights BBC Panorama documentary entitled A Question of Leadership, is the latest in a series of attacks on Muslim groups and organisations including Hizb ut-Tahrir, the Muslim Association of Britain, the Islamic Foundation, Islamic Forum Europe, the Ramadhan Foundation and the Islamic Society of Britain the common theme of such attacks is to pressure the Muslim community into renouncing certain Islamic values. Montreal Muslim News Network - http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net === G.I. Death Toll in Afghanistan Worst Since '01 Posted Aug 22, 2005 08:04 AM PST - Category: WAR/DRAFT http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/22/international/asia/22afghan.html?hp&ex=1124683200&en=d85f7ee5b8dc3f7a&ei=5094&partner=homepage === New Taliban proves to be formidable foe KABUL, Afghanistan - Nearly four years after a U.S.-led military intervention toppled them from power, the Taliban has re-emerged as a potent threat to stability in Afghanistan. http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/news/local/12438373.htm === The next World War starts in Iran There is no evidence that Iran has a nuclear weapons program. This is not a detail that you should expect to see in the western media. Of the hundreds of articles I've combed through on Iran only 1% to 2% even casually mention this salient fact. The reasons for this are fairly obvious to those who watched the media carefully build the case for war with Iraq based entirely on false information. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article9908.htm http://snipurl.com/h4yv === -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: 267.10.14/79 - Release Date: 22/08/2005 ------------------------ 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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