bismi-lLahi-rRahmani-rRahiem
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
=== News Update ===
Real history of Islam and the West
The colonial crusade has been less violent but its impact has been more devastating than the medieval holy wars ..
READ FULL ARTICLE AT: http://www.iviews.com/Articles/articles.asp?ref=IC0512-2860
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Bush has equated Islamic radicalism with communism. Is the comparison sound? Is it wise?
In a series of recent speeches to the American people, President Bush has sought to equate the current terrorist threat with the 20th-century menace of communist totalitarianism. His case is that the terrorist challenge is global in scope, "evil" in nature, ruthless toward its foes, and eager to control every aspect of life and thought. Thus, he argues, the battle against terrorism demands nothing "less than a complete victory."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/02/AR2005120201308.html
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Racist, reactionary, Islamaphobic hat monger Nicolas Sarkozy starts to deport rioters from France
Nicolas Sarkozy, the French interior minister, says deportation orders against seven foreigners involved in rioting in France last month are in the process of being carried out.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/A5FA5880-28A4-4884-98E2-EEA45D9505BC.htm
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Muslim women complain about head-scarf removal at DMV
NEWARK, N.J. -- Despite a policy that allows motorists to wear religious head coverings in their driver license photos, some Muslim women complain that workers at the state Motor Vehicle Commission continue to require them to either remove their head scarfs or pull them back so that a substantial amount of hair is showing.
http://news.ibn.net/newsframe.asp?url=""
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9/11 Special Documentary
"The War On Terror Is Bogus"
?Was 9/11 more than just an attack? Could the Bush administration have had anything to gain from the attack? Two prominent European politicians, Michael Meacher and Andreas von B?express their serious doubts about the official version of the 9/11 story.?
Watch it online. Real video
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11222.htm
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9/11 story pulled (then restored)
We were amazed that a FOX affiliate had actually done a story on 9/11 that WASN'T a "tinfoil hat" hit piece. ...So amazed in fact that we linked to their website so other people could see for themselves. -Oh, but our amazement was short lived. Within days, the story was killed, the transcript removed from their website, the video links taken down, and all references in the archives were gone. POOF, just like that, it never existed.
http://www.stopthelie.com/911_story_pulled.html
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9/11: TWA Flight 800 Shrapnel Court Hearing
The evidence that could really shed light on exactly what happened to TWA 800 are the hundreds of metal fragments removed from the bodies of the passengers. But the FBI now claims to have lost every single one of those crucial pieces of evidence. Soon they will have their day in court to explain just how that happened.
http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/twashrapnel.php
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Today Iraq, Tomorrow the World:
According to the latest edition of the "Active Duty Military Personnel Strengths " published by the Defense Department?s Directorate for Information Operations and Reports (DIOR), the U.S. has troops in 142 countries
http://www.lewrockwell.com/vance/vance62.html
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War Crimes, USA :
If the United States is involved in committing war crimes, we as Americans have a responsibility to address that. I don?t think hiding from reality is a solution to the fact that no one likes to be told that they?re doing something wrong.
http://www.motherjones.com/interview/2005/12/war_crimes_usa.html
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A Cabal of Criminality
12/02/05 "ICH" -- -- The disaster in Iraq has continued to regress with the same velocity and intensity as when it first started, raging onwards in a classical resistance, guerilla-style form of urban warfare that usually befalls occupying invaders of alien lands, yet as 2005 ends and 2006 gets set to begin, in the minds of millions of Americans finally out of the hypnotic, denial-laced clouds of 9/11, the time has finally arrived to show ever-increasing animosity to a war that was lost the moment the first American boots entered Iraq. Nobody, after all, likes a loser, and nobody jumps on the bandwagon of a so-called superpower nation being bled, of both blood and treasure, by a resistance with one-billionth the financial resources and military might ? though possessing much more intelligence and patience ? of the nation it is slowly and calculatingly hemorrhaging.
FULL ARTICLE AT:
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11203.htm
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Has 'War' become a leading brand for United States? :
How Bush's imperial policies are being linked to economic woes and CEO angst in America
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/12/04/ING00G0OG61.DTL
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Free Abdel-Jabbar Hamdan:
Abdel-Jabbar Hamdan came to the United States more than 25 years ago, and has been proud to be called an American ever since. This confidence in the inherent beauty and justice of the United States was betrayed on the night of July 27th, 2004
http://www.freehamdan.com/home.html
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Bush's "Plan for Victory" Part I: Ethnic Cleansing and Stone Age Bombing
Public anger over the brutal and bloody U.S. occupation of Iraq continues to grow. Ruling class voices clamor for a plan that will deal with the current quagmire and potential disaster for the U.S. military.
http://rwor.org/a/026/bush-plan-for-victory.htm
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What Happened to Iraq's WMD
How politics corrupts intelligence
The politicization of the intelligence community allows the process of fixing intelligence around policy to become pervasive, and the increasingly polarized political climate in America prevents any real checks and balances through effective oversight, leaving Americans at the mercy of politicians who have placed partisan politics above the common good.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11211.htm
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Propaganda and bribery :
It seems such a tiny, insignificant thing. Why worry about planting a little propaganda and bribing a few journalists when your men in the field are dying day after day? "This is war," says the Pentagon. Yes indeed, adds the sonorous senator who chairs the armed services committee, "this is war". And in war, of course, anything goes (even including bombing al-Jazeera) because ... well, it's war, isn't it?
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11218.htm
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Hadley: Pentagon Propaganda In Iraq Continues :
On Sunday?s ABC This Week, Stephen Hadley acknowledged that President Bush has not yet ordered the shut-down of the Pentagon?s propaganda campaign in Iraq.
http://thinkprogress.org/2005/12/05/propaganda-hadley/
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Neoreality: Peak Oil And Iraq
What level of American casualties should be spent to keep America from economic and social collapse?
Why did the U.S. make war on Iraq? The official reasons - Iraq's alleged possession of weapons of mass destruction and its links with Al-Qaeda - have now been shown to be lies. What then were the real reasons?
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11213.htm
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Nuclear Iran? You bet!
Washington has joined the Middle East tussle, flaunting its public relations campaign; ?The War on Terror?, to justify another century of exploitation, resource-theft, and jack-boot subjugation of the native people. So, how does this relate to Iran?
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11215.htm
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THE NEW BOOM INDUSTRY: TORTURE
With CIA ?extraordinary rendition? flights stopping off at European airports and British intelligence agencies relying on information extracted by cruel methods, Western governments have embraced torture with terrifying ease. Neil Mackay investigates
http://www.sundayherald.com/53162
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The torture files :
CIA agents have broken ranks to reveal the 'cruel and inhuman' interrogation techniques they are ordered to use at secret prisons around the world, including freezing and near-drowning.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11223.htm
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Condoleezza Rice: Torture saves lives
Posted Dec 5, 2005 08:07 AM PST - Category: TORTURE SCANDAL
I'll bet Himmler said the same thing at some point.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-1905274,00.html#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=World
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Rumsfeld says media should be more accountable:
US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld on Monday was critical of US media coverage of the war in Iraq and said that the Pentagon should improve its approach with the media because the war is very much a "battle for peoples minds."
http://www.kuna.net.kw/Home/Story.aspx?Language=en&DSNO=794047
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"How can you say that you support the troops if you support the false ideas they may die for?"
Pfc. Tomas Young, 25 years old, was sent to Iraq last year with the Army's 1st Cavalry Division. He joined the military for college money to further his education and, in his own words, "to exact some form of retribution" on the perpetrators of 9/11. Two-and-a-half weeks into his tour of duty, Young was paralyzed from the chest down after being struck by an AK-47 round while sitting in an open truck bed. Since returning home, he has joined Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) and has become an outspoken critic of the war and occupation.
http://lefthook.org/Interviews/SeidmanYoung120505.html
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Where they hide the cash
We help rich individuals and companies to spirit away vast sums from the developing world
Five trillion dollars has been corruptly removed from the world's poorest countries and lodged permanently in the world's richest countries. That is the "conservative estimate" not of a leftwing anti-globalisation activist but of a leading American businessman and enthusiast for capitalism who has just completed a major study of how multinational corporations, wealthy individuals and unscrupulous governments are using the world's banking systems in ways that spread povert.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11217.htm
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Saddam says he's not afraid of execution; chaotic day ends
BAGHDAD (AP) ? Saddam Hussein told the judge at his trial Monday that "I am not afraid of execution" during an unruly court session in which the first witness took the stand and testified that the former president's agents carried out random arrests, torture and killings.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2005-12-05-saddam-trial_x.htm
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Saddam's Comments Highlight Unruly Session :
Saddam Hussein railed at the judge Monday, and the former president's lawyers briefly walked out of court before the first witness testified that Saddam's agents carried out random arrests, torture and killings in an Iraqi village
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5458055,00.html
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Saddam-era Iraqi prime minister dies in US custody :
Former Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Hamza al-Zubaidi, who was one of Saddam Hussein's most senior deputies in the early 1990s, died in U.S. detention last week, the U.S. military said on Monday.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=1373669
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Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Sunday, 4 December 2005
- Seven American troops reported killed in early morning battle with Resistance fighters in al-Fallujah.
- American soldier reported killed in roadside bombing southwest of al-Fallujah.
- Woman prisoner released in al-Qa?im, says many women being held in occupation prisons surreptitiously.
- Resistance car bomber leaves two US soldiers reported dead in eastern Baghdad.
- US warplanes raze four house in al-?Azim, killing 20 local people, mostly women and children.
- American soldier reported killed in roadside bombing southeast of Mosul.
http://www.albasrah.net/en_articles_2005/1205/iraqiresistancereport_041205.htm
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U.S. Soldier Killed in Baghdad .
A U.S. soldier was killed in Baghdad when his vehicle came upon a roadside bomb
http://tinyurl.com/9xqjv
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U.S. missile kills two children in Pakistan: Report :
Pakistani tribesmen on Sunday displayed parts of a U.S.-marked missile they said hit a house and killed two boys, evidence at odds with the government which says an explosion there killed a top al Qaeda commander.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11216.htm
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Afghanistan: Two Killed In Suicide Attack: Two U.S. Helicopters Downed : : .
Two US Chinook CH-47 helicopters were also forced to make emergency landings in the south of the country on Sunday injuring five American troops and an Afghan soldier, while in a separate attack, three US soldiers were injured when a roadside bomb exploded
http://tinyurl.com/alju5
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Afghanistan : Newly Elected MP Dies In Gun Battle:
A newly elected Afghan parliamentarian was killed on Sunday when a row about a fire in a woodyard erupted into a gun battle that left four men dead, according to official Afghan sources.
http://tinyurl.com/cl8cw
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Pakistani reporter kidnapped in troubled region:
Gunmen kidnapped a Pakistani reporter on Monday in a troubled border region where Pakistan says a top al Qaeda commander was killed in a blast last week, the man's brother and a government official said.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/ISL242726.htm
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JNF: Financing Racism and Apartheid d
Jewish National Fund's Violation of International and Domestic Law
http://www.livejournal.com/~mparent7777/4999090.html
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Suicide bomber kills 5 at Israeli mall:
Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack in Netanya, saying it was avenging Israel's recent killing of senior members of the militant group.
http://tinyurl.com/9efvg
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Tea For Two:
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon?the little teapot, short and stout?is making a comeback. He ditched the outdated threads of his radical Likud to prance in the open fields of peace with favorite "doves" like Shimon Peres.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11214.htm
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What? US considers exchanging Jewish spy for jailed Fatah leader ;
The United States is considering the possibility of releasing a Jewish spy in return for the release of jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti, Israeli media reported Monday.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-12/05/content_3880530.htm
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Drudge, Jerusalem Post sensationalize story about nuclear Iran:
An article in the Jerusalem Post trumpeted by the conservative Drudge Report grossly sensationalizes the comments of Mohamed El-Baradei, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
http://tinyurl.com/9ztuv
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A 'Big Four' coalition emerging?:
The Bush administration is quietly seeking to build with Britain, Japan and India a globe-spanning coalition system that can contain China, claims a leading neo-conservative thinker.
http://www.wpherald.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20051204-034200-4385r
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Russian Foreign Minister Acknowledges Growing Divergence With U.S.:
?We can come to the conclusion that in the whole complex of our (foreign) relations the weight of existing military and strategic links between Russia and the United States ... will be constantly declining,? Sergei Lavrov said.
http://www.mosnews.com/news/2005/12/05/moscowwashington.shtml
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800 secret CIA flights into and out of Europe
Amnesty International today revealed that six planes used by the CIA for renditions have made some 800 flights in or out of European airspace including 50 landings at Shannon airport in the Republic of Ireland.
http://news.amnesty.org/index/ENGAMR511982005
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Rice defends U.S. terrorism policy
Washington - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice tried to turn the tables on European critics of tough U.S. tactics in the war on terror Monday, maintaining that intelligence gathered by the CIA has saved European lives. Responding for the first time in detail to the outcry over reports of secret CIA-run prisons in European democracies, Mr. Rice said the United States "will use every lawful weapon to defeat these terrorists."
http://www.ymlp.com/pubarchive_show_message.php?montrealmuslimnews+6290
see also:
Shadowy CIA-linked plane landed in Canada: report
http://www.ymlp.com/pubarchive_show_message.php?montrealmuslimnews+6273
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Rice to claim Euro backing for CIA prisons :
Stung by what many US officials see as a two-faced approach by some allies, she will also call on European governments to argue more forcefully with their own citizens that co-operation with the CIA is vital for their security.
http://tinyurl.com/9xj2n
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CIA ghost flights over Canada:
Osama Moustafa Hassan Nasr was taken off the streets of Milan on Feb. 17, 2003, then flown to Ramstein Air Base in Germany ? considered U.S. territory ? and from there to Egypt where he was reportedly tortured.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11212.htm
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British Tory MP Blasts Extraordinary Rendition,
Says Britain Broke International Law and "Complicit in Torture" if Flights Passed Through UK
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/12/05/1455243
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9/11 Panel Cites Inadequate Security Steps :
The former Sept. 11 commission gave dismal grades Monday to the federal government's efforts to shore up national security and prevent another terror attack on the United States.
http://tinyurl.com/8q9bv
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FOX 9/11 News story - Pulled, Then Restored - Pulled, Then Restored ?
Posted Dec 5, 2005 08:17 AM PST - Category: 911
http://www.godlikeproductions.com/bbs/message.php?message=188185&mpage=1&topic=3&showdate=12/5/05
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US prepares to bypass United Nations AGAIN
The US is preparing for the possibility that it will have to deal with Iran's nuclear program without the assistance of the UN Security Council. In the past weeks the administration has been working with European and Japanese allies on a "menu" of sanctions that could be imposed on Iran even if the issue is not referred to the UN Security Council. According to well-placed sources in Washington, the sanctions being discussed are focused on trade issues, since almost half of Iran's trade is with Europe and Japan.
http://www.libertyforum.org/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=news_news&Number=294204500
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Senate Intelligence Committee stalling pre-war intelligence report
Following a surprising move early last month by Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D -NV), in which he shut down the Senate in an effort to force discussion on the inquiry, the Senate leadership established a six member bipartisan task force and set a Nov. 15 deadline for a progress report.
http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Senate_Intelligence_Committee_stalling_prewar_intelligence_1202.html
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Group to celebrate 'Judeo-Christian faith,' stump for court nominee
There is no such thing as "Judeo-Christian" faith, since one group is waiting for the Messiah while the other group thinks he has come and gone.
http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Group_to_celebrate_JudeoChristian_faith_stump_1205.html
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