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=== News Update ===
Dutch party tries to block Muslims from Cabinet
A far-right Dutch political party objected Thursday to the appointment of
two Muslims to the Cabinet because they have dual nationalities.
MMN Note: Western "democracies" harp on about the importance of Muslims
becoming integrated and even assimilated into society, but then every
effort is made - like the example below - to ensure that this does not take
place. The loyalty of Muslims are continually brought into question and are
being portrayed a some fifth column. And then people ask why Muslims are
so angry? Don't stick a knife in a person's back and then ask them how they
are feeling afterwards.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1170359867769&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
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This scapegoating is rolling back the gains of anti-racism
Anti-terror stunts and a barrage of propaganda are demonising Muslims and
making Islamophobia the acceptable face of racism
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2013207,00.html
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Information Warfare, Psy-ops and the Power of Myth
Just as 9-11 has been used to justify the enhanced powers of the unitary
president, the evisceration of civil liberties, and a permanent state of
war; so too, the bombing of the Golden Mosque, has been used to create a
fictional narrative of deeply ingrained sectarian animosity that has no
historical precedent. Both events need to be exposed by thorough and
independent investigations.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17078.htm
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Breakdown At The Iraq Lie Factory
President Bush must have been thinking, a heck of a lot easier five years
ago. Back in 2002, the president had a smoothly running lie factory humming
along in the Pentagon, producing reams of fake intelligence about Iraq, led
by Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Doug Feith and his Office of
Special Plans.
http://snipurl.com/1addd
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Who is Muqtada al-Sadr?
As Iraq dissolves into civil war, few men wield more power on its
bloodstained streets than Muqtada al-Sadr. In just four years, his potent
blend of Shia nationalism, enforced by the 70,000-strong Mehdi Army, has
made him a hero to millions - and put him top of America's hit list. But
does the future rest in his hands?
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17075.htm
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Auditors: Billions more may be wasted in Iraq
The U.S. government is at risk of squandering significantly more money in
an Iraq war and reconstruction effort that has already wasted or otherwise
overcharged taxpayers billions of dollars, federal investigators said today.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/4556507.html
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Iraq invasion plan 'delusional'
The commanders predicted that after the fighting was over there would be a
two- to three-month "stabilisation" phase, followed by an 18- to 24-month
"recovery" stage.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6364507.stm
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Governor: Don't send Iraqi refugees to Ohio
Gov. Ted Strickland on Wednesday had a message for President Bush: any plan
to relocate thousands of refugees uprooted by the Iraq war to the United
States shouldn't include Ohio
http://snipurl.com/1adcw
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US occupation forces kidnapped a six years old girl
- Haq Agency [more images] reported that US military bombed two houses in
Ramadi injuring three people and one child in a revenge operation from
civilians, after Iraqi resistance killed six occupation soldiers.
- Islamemo reported that US occupation forces kidnapped a six years old
girl in the first grade from her school when she was leaving the school to
her house in Habaniya city 20 kilometer west Fallujha.
Eyewitnesses said that Mariam Abduallah was put in a hamvee, when four men
tried to save her, occupation forces opened fire killing all the four men.
http://www.roadstoiraq.com/2007/02/15/us-occupation-forces-kidnapped-a-six-years-old-girl/
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Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Wednesday, 14 February 2007.
* US troops on patrol calmly shoot two Iraqi civilians Wednesday morning.
* American forces blow up family home near al-Hadithah Wednesday morning.
* Resistance bomb kills four puppet policemen in Hit Wednesday morning.
* Chief of puppet police for al-Anbar Province killed in Resistance car
bomb attack on al-Warrar puppet police station in ar-Ramadi Wednesday
afternoon.
* Al-Anbar Salvation Council puppet police rampage through streets of
al-Fallujah Tuesday, in show of force.
* In bid to rein in Iranian influence in Iraq, US forces raid notorious
Buratha Shii mosque in Baghdad before dawn Wednesday. American forces
release 12 Sunni torture victims from the sectarian shrine, find bodies of
six others who were tortured to death under direction of Iranian cleric
Jalal as-Saghir, member of US-installed Iraqi Parliament.
* Resistance fighters blast US Abrams tank in ad-Duluiyah Wednesday
evening. American troops open fire on passers by, killing two peasants,
wounding four.
* Four US troops reported killed in Resistance car bombing in al-Mawsil
midday Wednesday.
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Brutal Israeli ethnic cleansing of Bedouin near Jew-only colony
Israel Razes Bedouin Huts in West Bank
HATHALEEN, West Bank (AP) -- The Israeli army on Wednesday demolished seven
huts and tents belonging to Bedouin Arabs who live near Jewish settlements
in the southern West Bank, residents and the army said.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/02/14/international/i112742S35.DTL
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Zionist 'Systematic' Judaisation of Holy Land Continues
In his introduction to Before Their Diaspora, Walid Khalidi describes
Israel's application to "the newly occupied territories [1967] the very
policy of systematic colonization, pursued by the Zionists in Palestine
from the 1880s until 1948, that created the Palestine problem in the first
place." He notes "Between June and September 1967, it expelled across the
Jordan River some 250,000 inmates of the refugee camps located on the West
Bank and Gaza Strip."
http://umkahlil.blogspot.com/2007/02/zionist-systematic-judaisation-of-holy.html
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U.S. to shun all members of Palestinian unity govt
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The United States will boycott all Palestinian unity
government ministers, including non-Hamas members, unless international
demands on policy toward Israel are met, a Palestinian official and
diplomats said on Thursday.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/15/AR2007021500289.html?nav=ft_
see also:
http://www.forward.com/articles/as-capitals-cautiously-greet-palestinian-deal-isr/
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Apartheid Israel: Arab law student denied entry to Sharon Mall
Four law students at the Netanya College were refused entry at the city's
Sharon Mall on Tuesday because the security guards identified them as being
non-Jewish.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/826170.html
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Weekly Report: On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied
Palestinian Territory
22 Palestinian civilians, including 5 children, and an Israeli solidarity
activist, were wounded by IOF gunfire.
* IOF conducted 40 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West
Bank.
* IOF arrested 75 Palestinian civilians, including 10 children.
* IOF have continued to construct the Annexation Wall in the West Bank.
* IOF confiscated 44 donums[1] of land in Brouqin and Kufor al-Dik
villages near Nablus.
* IOF ordered 11 families in Ethan al-Zahiriya villages near Hebron to
leave their property.
* IOF conducted diggings in occupied Jerusalem.
* IOF have continued to impose a total siege on the OPT.
* IOF positioned at various checkpoints in the West Bank arrested 4
Palestinian civilians, including 3 children.
* The Gaza Strip has suffered from shortages in fuels and basic goods.
The full report is available online at:
http://www.pchrgaza.ps/files/W_report/English/2007/14-02-2007.htm
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Report blasts Afghan war as a failure
Canada and its allies in Afghanistan are waging a losing war against the
Taliban that's killed thousands of innocent civilians, harmed the
reputation of coalition forces and fuelled support for the insurgency in
the past year, says a new report on the conflict by the Senlis Council.
http://tinyurl.com/2sxyct
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Bush orders more U.S. troops to occupied Afghanistan
President George W. Bush said on Thursday 3,200 more U.S. troops being
deployed to Afghanistan will help NATO occupation forces launch a spring
offensive against the Taliban.
http://tinyurl.com/2vhoux
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Don't Do It, Mr. President
The moral of the story, Mr. Speaker, is this: if you dont have a nuke,
well threaten to attack you. If you do have a nuke, well leave you alone.
In fact, well probably subsidize you. What makes us think Iran does not
understand this?
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17071.htm
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Switzerland Approves Probe of CIA Flight
Switzerland on Wednesday followed Italy and Germany in raising the threat
of criminal prosecution of CIA operatives involved in anti-terrorism
operations in Europe.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6416237,00.html
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CIA sounded-out Italy about 'renditions' in 2001
The CIA spoke with Italy's spy chief about kidnapping terrorism suspects in
Italy and flying them abroad days after the Sept. 11 attacks, according to
testimony being used to prosecute U.S. and Italian agents.
http://tinyurl.com/39frzx
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EU nations censured over CIA 'torture' flights
THE European Parliament has approved a report admonishing 15 European
countries and Turkey for helping the CIA transport terrorism suspects held
in secret or for failing to co-operate in the Parliament's investigation of
the practice.
http://tinyurl.com/2nu32c
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US military tells Jack Bauer: Cut out the torture scenes ... or else!
The US military has appealed to the producers of 24 to tone down the
torture scenes because of the impact they are having both on troops in the
field and America's reputation abroad. Forget about Abu Ghraib, forget
about Guantanamo Bay, forget even that the White House has authorised
interrogation techniques that some classify as torture, that damned Jack
Bauer is giving us a bad name.
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article2264632.ece
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U.S. prison population projected to soar by 200,000 in five years
Get-tough policies that lock up offenders for longer sentences are
propelling a projected increase of nearly 200,000 in the U.S. prison
population in the next five years, according to a private study released
Wednesday.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/02/14/news/prison.php
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In case you missed it: Torture Inc. Americas Brutal Prisons; Video report
Savaged by dogs, Electrocuted With Cattle Prods, Burned By Toxic Chemicals,
Does such barbaric abuse inside U.S. jails explain the horrors that were
committed in Iraq?
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article8451.htm
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Mourning A Secret Australia
John Pilger describes another 'day of mourning' for the first inhabitants
of his homeland, Australia, which for many whites remains a secret country
behind the neo-conservative bluster of John Howard's government.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17080.htm
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How Corporations Continue to Rape The Worlds Poor
Vulture funds - as defined by the International Monetary Fund and Gordon
Brown amongst others - are companies which buy up the debt of poor nations
cheaply when it is about to be written off and then sue for the full value
of the debt plus interest - which might be ten times what they paid for it.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17070.htm
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UNICEF Report: UK and US children most disadvantaged in Western world
A new UNICEF report on children's well-being in rich countries found that
the UK and the US are the worst places to grow up while northern European
countries are the most children-friendly.
Despite being among the richest, Britain and the USA occupied the last two
places in the list, with the Netherlands, Sweden and Denmark taking the top
three slots.
The findings suggest that national wealth does not correspond directly to
quality of childhood: the Czech Republic, for example, outranked richer
countries like the USA, Japan or Germany.
http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,466443,00.html
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