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In the Name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
=== News Update ===
In case you missed it: Afghan Massacre - The Convoy of Death
In Afghanistan, filmmaker Jamie Doran has
uncovered evidence of a massacre: Taliban
prisoners of war suffocated in containers, shot
in the desert under the watch of American troops.
The film has been broadcast on national
television in countries all over the world and
has been screened by the European parliament.
Human rights lawyers are calling for
investigation into whether U.S. forces are guilty
of war crimes. But no U.S. media outlet has broadcast the film.
It tells the story of thousands of prisoners who
surrendered to the US militarys Afghan allies
after the siege of Kunduz. According to
eyewitnesses, some three thousand of the
prisoners were forced into sealed containers and
loaded onto trucks for transport to Sheberghan
prison. Eyewitnesses say when the prisoners began
shouting for air, U.S.-allied Afghan soldiers
fired directly into the truck, killing many of
them. The rest suffered through an appalling road
trip lasting up to four days, so thirsty they
clawed at the skin of their fellow prisoners as
they licked perspiration and even drank blood from open wounds.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article3267.htm
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How the FBI framed a Muslim charity : Islamophobia and Racist
YET MORE evidence of the government's persecution
of Arabs and Muslims since September 11 has come to light.
More than five years ago, the Bush administration
shut down the Dallas-based Holy Land Foundation
for Relief and Development, the largest Muslim
charity in the U.S. The Feds labeled Holy Land a
"specially designated global terrorist" and
charged seven former foundation officials,
including six U.S. citizens, with funneling money
to overseas charities controlled by the
Palestinian group Hamas, which the U.S. also has
designated a terrorist organization.
Much of the government's case against Holy Land
was based on FBI "summaries" of thousands of
hours of classified wiretapped
conversationsincluding one of a 1996 conversation involving charity officials.
But in late February, lawyers for the foundation
revealed that much of the government's "official
summary" of that conversation appears to have been fabricated.
http://www.mpacuk.org/content/view/3446/34/
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Documents show new secretive US prison program
isolating Muslim, Middle Eastern prisoners -
Program in apparent violation of federal law
The US Department of Justice has implemented a
secretive new prison program segregating
"high-security-risk" Muslim and Middle Eastern
prisoners and tightly restricting their
communications with the outside world in apparent
violation of federal law, according to documents obtained by RAW STORY.
Documents obtained by RAW STORY show that the CMU
program, instituted Dec. 11, 2006 -- shortly
after the mid-term elections in which Democrats
won both chambers of Congress -- is being
implemented at Terre Haute Federal Correctional Institution in Indiana.
Under the CMU program, telephone communications
must be conducted using monitored phone lines, be
live-monitored by staff, are subject to
recording, and must be in English only. All
letters must be reviewed by staff prior to
delivery or sending. Visits must be non-contact
only, live-monitored, and subject to recording in English.
http://www.rawstory.com//news/2007/Documents_show_new_secretive_new_US_0216.html
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Bush has "near dictatorial power"
So apparently, the American Founders risked their
lives and fortunes in order to wage war against
Great Britain and declare independence from the
King -- all in order to vest "near dictatorial
power" in the American President in all matters
of foreign policy and national security. And, of
course, for the Michael Goldfarbs of the world,
"war" and "national security" -- and the "near
dictatorial power" vested in the President in
those areas -- now encompasses virtually every
government action, since scary and dangerous
Muslims are lurking everywhere, on every corner,
and the entire world is one big "battlefield" in
the "War on Terrorism," including U.S. soil.
http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2007/04/12/weekly_standard/index.html?source=email
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Occupation turf war sheds new light on the Nick
Berg case - US contractors tortured for talking to the FBI
The case of Donald Vance, an American citizen
secretly imprisoned by the US military in Iraq
after making accusations against an Iraqi-owned
security company for which he worked, has
revealing parallels with the 2004 disappearance
of Nick Berg, a US contractor whose murder is
officially attributed to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
<http://www.brushtail.com.au/nick_berg_hypothesis.html>The
Nicholas Berg execution:
A working hypothesis and a resolution for the orange jumpsuit mystery
23 May 2004
Why was Nick Berg wearing a US prison "jumpsuit"
when he was apparently executed on video by what
are claimed to be al-Qaeda-linked terrorists?
Something fishy there, but there was an elegant
explanation. This was my first work on the case, later elaborated by
<http://www.brushtail.com.au/july_04_on/berg_new_evidence.html>New
evidence and observations on the Berg case
18 July 2004
A close comparison of frames from the Berg video
and pictures from Abu Ghraib prison reveals more
evidence that the execution video was recorded in
the notorious prison complex. Also, a refinement
on the issue of the orange jumpsuit, which was
actually a two-piece US prison uniform. And for
an "off camera" view of a videotaped
interrogation like the one seen in the opening 13
seconds of the Berg execution video, see the
postscript to this piece. WARNING: disturbing images.
http://www.brushtail.com.au/july_06_on/occupation_turf_war.html
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Killing from on High
In reality, "Death from Above" means nothing less
than mass murder from 15,000 feet. It means daisy
cutters, bunker busters, cruise missiles, napalm,
and white phosphorous. It means depleted uranium
and cluster bombs littering the landscape for
decades. It means rubble, destruction, the
ruination of lives by the hundreds, by the
thousands and more. It means Dresden, Pearl
Harbor, Hiroshima, and Nagasaki. It means "shock
and awe." It means 9/11. It means more than space
allows me to explain, yet it's perfectly normal
for an American to slap a "Death from Above"
decal on his/her vehicle...right next to "support the troops" sticker.
http://www.pacificfreepress.com/content/view/1140/81/
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April 2007: The deadliest month of the Iraq occupation
We're more than a third of the way through April
now, and I haven't seen this actually reported in
the media anywhere, but unfortunately this has
been the deadliest month for the U.S.-led
coalition forces -- on an average daily basis --
of the four-year occupation of Iraq.
So far, according to icasualties.org, 47 American
troops and six British soliders have died in the
11 days of April so far -- an average of 4.82
coalition deaths every day. And -- looking at the
month to month statistics -- no month has been
that high since Baghdad fell on April 9, 2003.
http://www.attytood.com/2007/04/april_2007_the_deadliest_month_1.html
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An April Fool ?
April 11, 2007 - On April Fool's Day, 1st April,
Senator John McCain went for a stroll in
Baghdad's central, sprawling Shorja Market. There
were "encouraging signs", he said "progress" was
"evident". The man whose 2004 book is entitled:
"Why Courage Matters - The Way to a Braver Life",
wore body armour and was reported as accompanied
by one hundred soldiers, three Blackhawk
helicopters and two Apaches. The Iraq debate in
Congress "has an Alice in Wonderland quality
about it", he comments on his website (
http://www.mccain.senate.gov ). So did his market
visit, where the "warm" people even refused money
for his "souvenirs". Probably because a very
proud people would not take an invasion
supporter's cash if it was the last on the planet.
http://www.unobserver.com/
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Refugees Speak of Escape from Hell
"America is the reason why Iraq was invaded, so
we would like the American administration to give
aid to us refugees," she added. "I would like
people to read this and tell Bush to help us."
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=37302
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Payment sought in murder of Iraqi and Afghan civilians by US. occupation forces
The military has paid more than $32 million to
Iraqi and Afghan civilians for non-combat-related
killings, injuries and property damage. That
figure does not include condolence payments.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/world/4707769.html
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Kurdistan's Covert Back-Channels : Iraq Muslim 's Traitor
How an ex-Mossad chief, a German uberspy, and a
gaggle of top-dollar GOP lobbyists helped
Kurdistan snag 15 tons of $100 bills.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17524.htm
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Who's behind the attack in parliament?
Several other lawmakers also said they saw the
limbs, believed to be those of the bomber.
Earlier in the day, security officials used dogs
to check people entering the building in a rare
precaution apparently concerned that an attack might take place.
But a security scanner that checks pedestrians at
the entrance to the Green Zone near the
parliament building was not working Thursday, Abu
Bakr said. People were searched only by hand and
had to pass through metal detectors, he said.
La ballah! It didn't work on the very day a
suicide bomber got through? COME ON. Who did
this? El gringo, of course. And buddy Mehdi.
http://truth-about-iraqis2.blogspot.com/2007/04/whos-behind-attack-in-parliament.html
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Green Zone Down: Bomb Hits Parliament As Bush Moves to Make Baghdad a Prison
The Bush-McCain "surge" is working so well that
now the very heart of the American-installed,
American-protected Iraqi government has been
struck by a bomb, killing at least two
legislators, as the Washington Post, AP and the Guardian report.
http://www.chris-floyd.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1107&Itemid=135
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4 Years On, the Gap Between Iraq Policy and Practice Is Wide
WASHINGTON, April 11 Four years after the fall
of Baghdad, the White House is once again
struggling to solve an old problem: Who is in
charge of carrying out policy in Iraq?
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/12/world/middleeast/12policy.html?ex=1334030400&en=6000b64f9dc27a9f&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss
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Iraq policy 'spawned new terror'
The British and US policy towards Iraq has
"spawned new terror in the region", a think tank report has said.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/6542567.stm
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Troops accused of killing suspects
Corpses lay unclaimed in deserted streets of
central Baghdad yesterday and accusations of
extrajudicial execution hung over the US-trained
Iraqi Army after the most intensive gun battle in
the capital since the American military launched
its last-ditch security plan to prevent the collapse of the city.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article1642663.ece
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Thursday: 52 Iraqis Killed, 86 Wounded; Iraqi Parliament Suffers Bombing
A bomb at the Iraqi Parliament building in the
fortified Green Zone and another on a major
bridge shook Baghdad today and underscored
weaknesses in the security crackdown. Overall, at
least 52 Iraqis were killed and 86 injured during
violent attacks today. No foreign casualties were reported.
http://www.antiwar.com/updates/?articleid=10807
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Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Wednesday, 11 April 2007
* US admits two American troops killed in
Resistance attacks in Baghdad Tuesday, Wednesday.
* Explosion rocks area in al-Azamiyah Wednesday afternoon.
* Islamic Army spokesman: US, Iran behind many car bombings in Iraq.
* Resistance fighters assault puppet police
at checkpoint in al-Miqdadiyah Wednesday afternoon.
* Attacks target puppet police stations in al-Mawsil.
* British troops report clash with armed men in al-Basrah.
http://www.albasrah.net/pages/mod.php?mod=art&lapage=../en_articles_2007/0407/iraqiresistancereport2_110407.htm
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Afghani mass grave hides 400 dead
THE bodies of nearly 400 Afghan civilians killed
during the communist regime that ended in 1992
have been found in a mass grave in northeastern Afghanistan.
The grave was found by local farmers in a desert
just outside Faizabad, the capital town of the
remote Badakhshan province, deputy governor Shams-ul Rahman Shams said.
http://snipurl.com/1g9r7
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Two more Canadian soldiers killed in Afghanistan: Confirmed
Two Canadians have been killed and three injured
in Afghanistan, a military official at CFB Gagetown says.
http://snipurl.com/1g9r4
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Zionist War Crime : 68 women gave birth on
checkpoints, 33 infants and 4 women died
The Palestinian Independent Commission for
Citizens Rights (PICCR) reported that Israeli
troops stationed at hundreds of roadblocks in the
occupied territories barred dozens of pregnant
women from crossing the checkpoints while in
labor; 34 infants and four women died on their roadblocks.
The Commission reported that soldiers forced 68
pregnant women to give birth on road blocks after
barring them from crossing as they were being
transferred to hospitals and medical centers.
http://imemc.org/article/47767
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UN envoy on children says Israel broke international law in 2006 war in Lebanon
A UN envoy for children in conflict said Thursday
she had been horrified by the destruction of a
Lebanese village besieged by Israeli troops last
year, and that many of Israel's actions during
the war against Hezbollah had violated international law.
http://snipurl.com/1g9rp
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On Video: Palestinian As Human Shield
International law, including the Geneva
Conventions and Hague regulations, prohibits
placing civilians in harm's way during military operations.
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=3030769
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Ex-FBI boss blasts MI5's Ulster record
This is the first time that Freeh has so openly
criticised MI5, which worked closely with the FBI
in operations against the IRA while Freeh was FBI director.
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/article2442155.ece
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White House Can't Say If Lost E-Mails Include Firings
The Bush administration acknowledged that some
lost White House e-mails might have dealt with
the firing of eight U.S. attorneys, as a Senate
panel stepped up demands for more information on
the removal of the prosecutors.
http://snipurl.com/1g9s8
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Leahy Doubts Bush Aides on Lost E-Mails
President Bush's aides are lying about White
House e-mails sent on a Republican account that
might have been lost, Senate Judiciary Committee
Chairman Patrick Leahy suggested Thursday, vowing
to subpoena those documents if the administration fails to cough them up.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6552441,00.html
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Awful Truth About Hillary, Barack, John and Whitewash
This year, with their virtually identical
statements about "options" and "the table," the
leading Democratic presidential candidates -
Clinton, Obama and Edwards - have refused to rule
out any kind of attack on Iran. If you're not
shocked or outraged yet, consider this:
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17520.htm
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Rev Al Sharpton on FBI Tape - Drug Dealer &Snitch
A shocking FBI surveillance tape shows the Rev.
Al Sharpton discussing a major drug deal with an
undercover agent posing as a South American kingpin.
The black activist was offered thousands of
dollars as a cut for arranging bulk sales of
cocaine on the 1983 videotape, which will be
shown tonight on HBO's "Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel."
"I can get pure coke ... for about 35,000 a
kilo," says Victor Quintana, the FBI agent, as
Sharpton nods during the sting operation. "But I
gotta get, you know, more than one."
"Right," Sharpton replies.
http://www.strangecosmos.com/content/item/23284.html
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