bismi-lLahi-rRahmani-rRahiem
In the Name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
=== News Update ===
Islamophobia and Prejudice : Arar cleared at last, Looks forward to enjoying 'normal life'
An inexperienced RCMP anti-terrorism squad gave false information to American authorities -- tagging Maher Arar as an "Islamic extremist" -- which very likely set off a chain of events leading to his deportation and torture in Syria, an exhaustive inquiry has found.
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=a7d66769-ce98-4738-8cdc-38b29cb0156d
MMN Note: Here is the official press release from the Arar inquiry
http://www.ararcommission.ca/eng/ReleaseFinal_Sept18.pdf
And here is the full text of the inquiry report:
http://www.ararcommission.ca/eng/26.htm
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APOLOGIZE NOW TO ARAR AND AGREE TO COMPENSATION, SAYS NDP
OTTAWA – NDP Leader Jack Layton (Toronto Danforth) and Foreign Affairs Critic, Alexa McDonough (Halifax) today called on Prime Minister Stephen Harper to accept the findings of Mr. Justice Dennis O’Connor, apologize immediately to Maher Arar and his family, and agree to compensate them for their horrific ordeal.
http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net
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Canadian Was Tortured and Falsely Accused, Panel Says
Canadian intelligence officials passed false warnings and bad information to American agents about a Muslim Canadian citizen, after which U.S. authorities secretly whisked him to Syria, where he was tortured, a judicial report found Monday.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15021.htm
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The Guardian on the Pope : 'A man with little sympathy for other faiths'
Pope Benedict is being portrayed as a naive, shy scholar who has accidentally antagonised two major world faiths in a matter of months. In fact he is a shrewd and ruthless operator, argues Madeleine Bunting - and he's dangerous
http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,1875589,00.html
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Racist : The Jihad Against Muslims - When does criticism of Islam devolve into bigotry?
see: http://www.reason.com/0606/co.cy.the.shtml
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RACIST : BUSH MEETS WITH RADIO HOST WHO CALLED ISLAM RELIGION OF 'VIOLENT, BLOODTHIRSTY CRETINS'
SEE: http://mediamatters.org/items/200607200012
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An indictment of racial profiling
With the threat of international terrorism continuing to be the front and centre of the security agenda, the paradigm of racial profiling has once again surfaced in the debate over national security.
This argument, though clearly flawed, is having some effect. A recent poll of Canadians conducted by the Innovative Research Group revealed some startling information. According to the poll, slightly more than two in five Canadians believe that racial profiling should be used in the fight against terrorism. It seems that some are convinced that racial profiling is an effective security tool.
http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/news/letters/story.html?id=461de6c6-e5be-47db-b288-bc80b5da730c
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Operation Gladio Expert Studies 9/11
Swiss security studies (at Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETH)) researcher Daniele Ganser talks frankly about the possibilities of "Surprise", LIHOP, and MIHOP theories about 911. He and another prestigious Swiss University Professor, Albert A. Stahel (Military Acadamy, ETH Zurich) have suggested that US government insiders are the true perpetrators of the 911 attacks.
http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2006/09/346111.shtml
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Others seek answers, too
Justice O'Connor releases his report today, amid growing unease among Muslim and Arab citizens over allegations of Canadian complicity in detention abroad.
Since the tragic events of 9/11, many Muslims and Arabs have been living in a climate of fear and uncertainty. The draconian and hastily enacted Anti-Terrorism Act and questionable national security practices have had a profound effect on their psyche.
http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net
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Bush's Bulldog Hughes Says Geneva Conventions Need Clarification. For 57 Years the World Has Understood them Just Fine
http://www.ostroyreport.blogspot.com/#91806A
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Judge, jury, and torturer
``TRUST US. You're guilty. We're going to execute you, but we can't tell you why." That is how Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, characterized the Bush administration's recent proposal for a draconian new trial system to deal with accused terrorists.
http://tinyurl.com/oxuop
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Bush’s Cruel and Degrading Presidency
Washington is a moral swamp. When the chief executive can stand at the presidential podium and make an unabashed appeal for torture, then the American dream is dead.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15026.htm
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Rogue Nation - Time to change the course of U.S. history
It is time for the American people to take back their nation from irresponsible and lackluster special interest-motivated elected officials. Impeaching top members of the Bush administration may be in order.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15028.htm
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Senate Bills Would Allow for Lifelong Detention Without Trial, Torture Without Accountability
Both proposed bills in the Senate strip away the right to habeas corpus and cut back the ability of rape survivors of to hold their perpetrators accountable. We speak with Michael Ratner of the Center for Constitutional Rights.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15027.htm
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How Bush Rules: Torture and The Quest For Unfettered Power
The Bush administration’s new torture policy prompted the export of torture technique from Guantanamo to Abu Ghraib.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15023.htm
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Harry Reid : Not a single terrorist has been brought to justice
“Five years after September 11, not a single terrorist has been brought to justice under the President’s flawed policy.
http://democrats.senate.gov/newsroom/record.cfm?id=263124&
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List of countries describes as "Terrorist breeding grounds" increases
"Fragile" countries, whose deepening poverty puts them at risk from terrorism, armed conflict and epidemic disease, have jumped to 26 from 17 since the report was last issued in 2003.
http://tinyurl.com/k9fed
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Iraq : There is more than one triangle of resistance
What the occupiers of Iraq still refuse to accept is that the resistance is supported and protected by Iraqis.
http://tinyurl.com/lr4le
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British soldier admits Iraqi war crime
The guilty plea was entered as seven British soldiers went on trial in connection with events in Iraq.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15019.htm
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Iraq : U.S. Resorting to 'Collective Punishment'
Ahmad, a local doctor who withheld his last name for security purposes told IPS. "This city has been facing the worst of the American terror and destruction for more than two years now, and the world is silent."
http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=34756
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Kurdish party to get shut down in Iraq
The Iraqi government said Tuesday it will shut down all offices belonging to the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, around the country.
http://tinyurl.com/pcjo7
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At least 9 Killed As U.S. Occupation Continues
The United States military reported the deaths of two U.S. soldiers in two different attacks in Baghdad, one by small-arms fire and the other by a roadside bomb.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/KAM916348.htm
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3 American Soldiers Killed in Baghdad
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060919/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq
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Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Monday, 18 September 2006.
- Resistance source says six US Marines killed in three Resistance attacks in al-Hadithah on Monday.
- Tribal leaders in al-Anbar pledge loyalty to the Resistance, deny report circulated by Reuters and New York Times claiming tribal support for US effort against Resistance.
- Two US troops reported killed in bombing of US personnel carrier in Hit Monday.
- Patriotic Iraqi journalist re-arrested hours after her release, as efforts to repress media, conceal truth of Resistance struggle continue.
- Resistance bomb kills three foreign contractors, believed to be “Israelis” in ad-Durah Monday morning.
- Resistance car bomber blasts puppet army recruiting center in ar-Ramadi late Monday afternoon.
- Resistance bomb blasts US patrol in 'Anah Monday morning.
- Resistance bomb destroys US Humvee east of al-Qa'im Monday morning.
- Resistance mounds intense mortar attack on puppet “Interior Ministry Shock Troops” in Baghdad's al-Jihad district.
- Resistance bombards US base in at-Taji Sunday evening.
- Iraqi puppet police help Shi'i sectarian gunmen kidnap Sunnis from Baghdad mosque Sunday evening.
- Resistance blasts US-occupied al-Bakr Base with Katyusha rockets at dawn Monday.
- Resistance mortars blast US-Iraqi puppet army headquarters in al-Latifiyah.
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Afghanistan: Time for Truth
The respected European think-tank, Senlis Council, which focuses on Afghanistan, just reported the Taliban movement is "taking back Afghanistan" and now controls that nation's southern half.
This is an amazing departure from claims by the US and its NATO allies that they are steadily winning the war in Afghanistan. Or, more precisely, winning it again, since the Bush Administration claimed to have won total victory in Afghanistan in 2001. At the time, this column predicted that victory was an illusion and the war would resume in force in 4-5 years.
http://www.lewrockwell.com/margolis/margolis50.html
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Deepening catastrophe in Afghanistan
The Nato occupation of Afghanistan is facing growing resistance after almost five years. Jonathan Neale looks at the crisis facing US and British troops in the region
http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/article.php?article_id=9708
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IAEA exposes US committee's lies on Iran's nuclear programs
PLEASE SEE: http://www.wsws.org/articles/2006/sep2006/iran-s19.shtml
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Outrageous and dishonest
The IAEA formal complaint refutes the report's assertion that Iran is producing "weapons-grade" enriched uranium.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15030.htm
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What Would War Look Like?
A flurry of military maneuvers in the Middle East increases speculation that conflict with Iran is no longer quite so unthinkable. Here's how the U.S. would fight such a war--and the huge price it would have to pay to win it.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15020.htm
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Retired U.S. Col. Says U.S. Are Conducting Military Operations Inside Iran
Air Force Col. Sam Gardiner (Ret.) said, “We are conducting military operations inside Iran right now. The evidence is overwhelming.”
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15022.htm
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Israeli Diplomat Carrying Large Quantity Of Explosives Arrested In Argentina
Last week, (mid August 2006) a very serious event transpired at the Buenos Aires international airport which the local mainstream press did not however bring to the attention of the public. Today, Red Kalki, relying on reliable sources, brings this matter into the open.
http://signs-of-the-times.org/signs/editorials/signs20060914_IsraeliDiplomatCarryingLargeQuantityOfExplosivesArrestedInArgentina.php
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UN condemns Israeli cluster bomb use
The UN says it estimates that 350,000 unexploded cluster bomblets remain in southern Lebanon, leaving a deadly legacy for civilians.
http://tinyurl.com/lwvfk
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Gaza: The children killed in a war the world doesn't want to know about
Nayef Abu Snaima says his 14-year-old cousin Jihad had been sitting on the edge of an olive grove talking animatedly to him about what he would do when he grew up when he was killed instantly by an Israeli shell.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15029.htm
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Poll: Most Palestinians think Hamas shouldn't recognize Israel
According to a survey conducted by the Khalil Shikaki research institute in Ramallah at the end of last week, 67 percent of Palestinians believe Hamas should not recognize the state of Israel, while only 30 percent believe it should.
Of the 1,270 Palestinian adults that participated in the survey, 38 said they would vote for Hamas were elections held today, compared to the 39 percent who said they would vote for Hamas in a survey conducted by the institute three months ago.
Forty-one percent said they would vote for Fatah, compared to 39 percent three months ago.
Fifty-four percent of those polled said they were not pleased with the performance pf the Hamas government, while only 42 percent said they were satisfied.
Fifty-five percent said they were satisfied with Palestinian Chairman Mahmoud Abbas' performance.
Montreal Muslim News Network - http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net
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U.S. assailed for `protecting terrorists'
"[That's] a strange way to remember the victims of Sept. 11," Alarcón said at a news conference, noting both the plea bargain and bid to free Posada came on the fifth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the United States.
http://tinyurl.com/oo7ck
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Church experts say Pope is 'unrepentant'
Church experts have claimed that, far from having made a mistake, it is extremely unlikely that the Pope would have inflamed the feelings of so many Muslims without realising what he was doing.
http://tinyurl.com/pz4y7
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FBI triples its Capitol Hill corruption squads
There is so much political corruption on Capitol Hill that the FBI has had to triple the number of squads investigating lobbyists, lawmakers and influence peddlers, the New York Daily News has learned.
http://tinyurl.com/gzekj
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