bismi-lLahi-rRahmani-rRahiem
In the Name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
=== News Update ===
Mubarak Warns Against Hanging Saddam
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Egypt's president came out strongly against hanging Saddam Hussein, saying in remarks published Thursday that it could make Iraq explode into more violence. But Iraq's prime minister said the execution could take place by the end of the year.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6205294,00.html
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'Iraq: Legacy of Hate' : The Lost Generation
'Iraq: The Lost Generation' opens a window onto the hidden world of Iraqi youth, revealing the brutalisation and psychological trauma of living under military occupation. It reveals how the people with whom the future of Iraq rests, are reacting with anger, aggression and, in some cases, violence.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15559.htm
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Iraq disaster warning
An attack on Iran will not be an invasion with ground troops. We don't have enough of those left to invade Ruritania. It will be a "package" of air and missile strikes, by U.S. forces or Israel. - The Democrats taking either or both Houses of Congress, if it happens, will not make any difference. They would rather have the Republicans start and lose another war than prevent a national disaster. Politics comes first and the country second.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15568.htm
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I doubt there is guilt
The Democratic Party has been all but dead for years as a meaningful national alternative. The party has no recognized national leader. It has no cause, no fire in the belly. It has been largely silent for six years while Bush rampaged through the world and literally peed on American liberties like a grotesquely-smirking, small-town sheriff.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15563.htm
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With Hand on Heart: Pelosi Admits Israel Comes First
Despite the fact that AIPAC was recently busted for spying on the United States, Pelosi, along with many other top bureaucrats from Washington, gushed effusions of praise on the foreign power. "There are those who contend that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is all about Israel's occupation of the West Bank and Gaza," Pelosi said as she rallied AIPAC loyalists. "This is absolute nonsense. In truth, the history of the conflict is not over occupation, and never has been: it is over the fundamental right of Israel to exist."
Apparently Pelosi has never asked Palestinians what they think of Israel's brutality.
http://www.antiwar.com/orig/jfrank.php?articleid=6157
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Will Cheney be next to go?
Did President George W. Bush lie at a press conference about the Democratic sweep of Congress? Worse, did he lie twice?
When did he NOT lie?
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061110/OPINION02/611100358/1070
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Cheney in a Box
The Democrats didn’t win anything; that’s all hogwash. Bush was buried beneath an avalanche of bad news. It was a carefully-coordinated coup intended to install “adults” (like Robert Gates) in positions of power, change the policy in Iraq, and remove Rumsfeld and Cheney from office.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15566.htm
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Coalition of Antiwar, Veteran Groups Launching National Movement to Impeach Bush and Cheney
On Saturday, a coalition of groups are meeting near Independence Hall in Philadelphia to announce plans to mobilize a national movement to impeach President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney. Audio and transcript
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15571.htm
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Exclusive: Charges Sought Against Rumsfeld Over Prison Abuse
A lawsuit in Germany will seek a criminal prosecution of the outgoing Defense Secretary and other U.S. officials for their alleged role in abuses at Abu Ghraib and Gitmo
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15569.htm
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Fighting empire: An interview with former US Attorney General Ramsey Clark
Just government is a commitment to fulfil human need wherever it exists and prevent violence wherever it threatens. The present US administration is the antithesis of that.
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/print/2006/819/intrvw.htm
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U.S. vote embarrasses allies
America's rejection of President George W. Bush's Iraq policy is a slap in the face for his allies, but it may give Prime Minister Tony Blair a chance to improve his standing at home by discussing exit options.
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=1661102006
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Iraqi health minister: ‘150,000 civilians killed in war’
A stunning new death count emerged Thursday, as Iraq's health minister estimated 150,000 civilians have been killed in the war -- about three times previously accepted estimates.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15565.htm
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At least 24 killed in ongoing U.S. occupation of Iraq
Three American soldiers were killed in two separate incidents in Iraq, the military said on Friday.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/RAS044312.htm
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Staggering New Bill For Iraq?
The U.S. armed services have requested a $160 billion supplemental appropriation to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in the remainder of fiscal year 2007
http://tinyurl.com/yh3a6b
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Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Thursday, 9 November 2006.
- Resistance bomb blasts American column west of al-Hadithah Thursday morning leaving one US soldier reported killed.
- US air strike destroys house in Hit; American troops take over another house in Hit, throwing residents out.
- US soldier reported killed by Resistance sharpshooter's bullet in ad-Dulu'iyah Thursday morning.
- Resistance bomb rips through US supply convoy south of 'Anah Thursday morning.
- Resistance fighters shoot down unmanned spy plane over al-Hadithah during intermittent fighting with US troops Thursday.
- Resistance bomb blasts puppet “National Guard” patrol in al-Fallujah midday Thursday.
- Resistance mortars pound US base near al-Fallujah Wednsday.
- Resistance blasts US headquarters in Baghdad's al-Kazimiyah district with mortars.
- Resistance fighters kill puppet police officer in northern Tikrit Wednesday.
- Resistance bomb targets puppet police in Bayji Wednesday.
- Resistance blasts joint US-Iraqi puppet army base near Ba'qubah Thursday morning.
http://www.albasrah.net/pages/mod.php?mod=art&lapage=../en_articles_2006/1106/iraqiresistancereport_091106.htm
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Israel accused of 'state terrorism'
Riyad Mansour, the Palestinian UN observer, told an emergency UN Security Council meeting on Thursday: "This is terrorism, this is state terrorism. "These are war crimes for which the perpetrators must be held accountable under international law."
http://tinyurl.com/y5k5sl
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UN: Israeli Occupation Forces killed 116 children in 2006
UNICEF says 17 children killed in Gaza, and 2 in West Bank so far in November, 40 killed in July
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3326618,00.html
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The Killing of Civilians in Beit Hanun is a War Crime (B'Tselem)
Israeli artillery shells struck a residential neighborhood in Beit Hanun, Gaza Strip, early Wednesday morning, killing 18 civilians, including 7 minors, and wounding some 40 others. The Israeli military contended that the artillery fire was aimed at the place from which Qassam rockets were fired at Ashkelon yesterday, an area about half a kilometer from where the shells actually landed. The IDF said that human or technical error caused the shells to strike the houses. The Minister of Defense has ordered an investigation into the incident.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article5988.shtml
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USA to prove they are Israel's bitch before the UN
USA to try and halt condemnation of Israel at the UN
Qatar - the only Arab nation represented on this UN body - has proposed a motion condemning Israel and ordering a ceasefire. Many doubt that it will be successful because of opposition by the United States.
http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2006/noviembre/vier10/47onu.html
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Nightmare in Beit Hanoun - How Gaza Offends Us All
An opened jaw with yellowed teeth gaped out of its bloodied shroud. The rest of the head parts were wrapped in a plastic bag placed atop the jaw and nostrils, as if to be close to the place to which it once belonged.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15561.htm
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South Africa's Tutu blasts Israeli 'atrocity' in Gaza (AFP)
JOHANNESBURG, Nov 9 2006-- South African Nobel laureate Desmond Tutu condemned an Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip
which killed 18 people as an atrocity Thursday, saying "security does not come from the barrel of a gun."
http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net
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Kahane supporters praise Gaza killings as 'holy'
Supporters of assassinated rabbi Meir Kahane hold ceremony to commemorate killed rabbi, say 'holy canon' fired shells at family in Beit Hanoun in which 18 Palestinians died on Wednesday
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/1,7340,L-3326400,00.html
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Cleric Details CIA Abduction, Egyptian Torture
In an account smuggled out of prison, a radical Muslim cleric has detailed how he was kidnapped by the CIA from this northern Italian city and flown to Cairo, where he was tortured for months with electric shocks and shackled to an iron rack known as "the Bride."
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15560.htm
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Sweden Violated Torture Ban in CIA Rendition
The United Nations’ ruling that Sweden violated the global torture ban in its involvement in the CIA transfer of an asylum seeker to Egypt is an important step toward establishing accountability for European governments complicit in illegal US renditions, Human Rights Watch said today.
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/11/09/sweden14548.htm
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The CIA, the MCA, and Detainee Abuse
Everyone knows that after the crime, comes the cover-up. In this case, the government is not only taking aggressive steps to prevent its crimes from coming to light, it has also tried to ensure that when and if these crimes come to public attention, the perpetrators are protected from punishment.
http://writ.lp.findlaw.com/mariner/20061108.html
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Homeland Security Creates Terrorism Score for Travelers
What's your terrorism quotient? U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents will know with a newly announced Automated Targeting System, a data mining system which will use the Treasury's watch list (.pdf), data provided to it by the airlines, your I-94 form and other data sources to compute your terrorism risk when you cross the border.
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2006/11/homeland_securi.html
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18,000 votes in U.S. House race may be lost
Thousands of votes were either not counted or not cast in Sarasota's nationally watched congressional race.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/politics/elections/15965769.htm
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Video shows LA police beating suspect
The video shows two officers punching William Cardenas in the face while he struggles. David Willis reports from Los Angeles. - Viewers may find the footage in this report disturbing
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15572.htm
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Venezuela's Chavez applauds Rumsfeld's resignation, says Bush should quit too
Chavez pointed to the strong gains by Democrats in U.S. congressional elections and called it a "reprisal vote" against Bush's policies and the Iraq war. The leftist leader beamed as he read aloud a news report of Rumsfeld's resignation.
http://tinyurl.com/ydczy3
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