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bismi-lLahi-rRahmani-rRahiem In the Name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful === News Update === TARIQ RAMADAN: WHAT THE WEST CAN LEARN FROM ISLAM In late September, I finally received a response to the question I had been asking the Bush administration for more than two years: Why was my work visa revoked in late July 2004, just days before I was to take up a position as a professor of Islamic studies and the Henry Luce chair of religion, conflict, and peace building at the University of Notre Dame? Initially neither I nor the university was told why; officials only made a vague reference to a provision of the U.S. Patriot Act that allows the government to exclude foreign citizens who have "endorsed or espoused terrorism." Though the U.S. Department of Homeland Security eventually cleared me of all charges of links with terrorist groups, today it points to another reason to keep me out of the country: donations I made totaling approximately $900 to a Swiss Palestinian-support group that is now on the American blacklist. A letter I received from the American Embassy in Switzerland, where I hold citizenship, asserts that I "should reasonably have known" that the group had ties with Hamas. http://chronicle.com/errors.dir/noauthorization.php3?page=/weekly/v53/i24/24b00601.htm === Marxism and Islamophobia Bawer's views are highly critical of radical, fundamentalist Islam, but there seems to be some blurring of the distinction between Islam as a religion in general and those who are fundamentalists. There is also a spill over involving immigrants to Europe from Islamic countries. Bawer rejects the characterization of "racism" because he says he is actually criticizing religious views. This is a red herring as he also attacks people who are ethnically distinct from Europeans (many in the Muslim community), advocates mass deportations, and appears sympathetic to neo-Nazi fringe political parties. Here is what he says about his critics: "One of the most disgraceful developments of our time is that many Western authors and intellectuals who pride themselves on being liberals have effectively aligned themselves with an outrageously illiberal movement that rejects equal rights for women, that believes that gays and Jews should be executed, that supports the coldblooded murder of one's own children in the name of honor, etc., etc." http://politicalaffairs.net/article/articleview/4848/1/241/ === 9/11 : The Secret Service at Booker Elementary: The Dog That Did Not Bark With a supposedly unknown number of planes flying across the nation and crashing into buildings ... With the President's presence at Booker Elementary announced in the media three days in advance... With an airport just 4 miles away... How did the Secret Service KNOW Bush was not a target on 9-11? http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/9-11secretservice.html === An explosion of disbelief - fresh doubts over 9/11 A new film alleges the U.S. staged the 9/11 disaster to justify the Iraq war The official story of what happened on 9/11 never fails to shock. Four American airliners are hijacked by Osama Bin Laden's terrorists in an attack on the heart of the Western world on September 11, 2001. Nearly 3,000 ordinary, decent Americans die in the attacks, provoking the U.S. President George W. Bush to mount a global war on terror, which leads to the invasion of Iraq, with Britain in tow. Or that's how the official story goes. Yet today, more than five years on, this accepted version of what happened on 9/11 is being challenged by a 90-minute internet movie made for £1,500 on a cheap laptop by three young American men. The film is so popular that up to 100 million viewers have watched what is being dubbed the first internet blockbuster. http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23385010-details/An%20%20explosion%20of%20disbelief%20-%20fresh%20doubts%20over%20911/article.do === Arabs Fear the U.S. and Israel, Not Iran Less than one in four Arabs believe Iran should be pressured to halt its nuclear programme, while 61 percent, including majorities in all six countries, said Tehran had the right to pursue it even if, as most believe, the programme is designed to develop nuclear weapons. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17057.htm === Iraq's Death Toll is Far Worse Than Our Leaders Admit The US and Britain have triggered an episode more deadly than the Rwandan genocide. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17059.htm === From Protest to Resistance - March 17 - 4th Anniversary of the Invasion It's time to move from protest to resistance and force Congress to vote no to war funding. * Immediate, complete, and unconditional withdrawal from Iraq -- Out Now! * End colonial occupation & imperialist aggression from Africa to Asia, from Iraq to Palestine, to Afghanistan, to Haiti, to the Philippines, to Puerto Rico * No new wars against Iran, Syria, North Korea * Hands off Cuba, Venezuela, Bolivia, and Lebanon * Solidarity with immigrant workers and Katrina survivors * Stop the war at home - Stop racist police terror - Stop ICE raids * Military recruiters out of our schools and communities * No draft - Education, not war http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_23937.shtml === Web of Deceit : Saddam Hussein - The Trial You'll Never See Made for European television this film was never broadcast in North America. This is a must watch Video - A Barry Lando and Michel Despratx documentary . The horrifying truth is the extent to which we in the west have been complicit. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17053.htm === Surge Toward the Truth. "The American people are waiting for us to provide real leadership to show the way out of Iraq. My 12-point plan responds to that demand. This plan, - creates a peace process which will enable our troops to come home and stabilize Iraq. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17066.htm === This is War - Video 7 Minutes - Warning - This video should only be viewed by mature audience, "Do it in the name of God" http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17069.htm === For America's Sake - 5 Minute Video The conservative movement stands intellectually and morally bankrupt while Democrats talk about a "new direction" without convincing us they know the difference between a weather vane and a compass. The right story will set our course for a generation to come. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17067.htm === Before The Invasion, There Was Feith The most glaring distortion was Feith's indefensible reliance on a shaky, discredited report from a Czech intelligence agent that said 9/11 hijacker Mohammed Atta had a meeting with a top Iraqi diplomat in Prague five months before Sept. 11, 2001. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17065.htm === Helicopter in Iraq hit by sophisticated weapon U.S.: It was the first time the U.S. military had acknowledged that insurgents could be using sophisticated weapons to attack U.S. helicopters. Previously they have said that helicopters had been hit by only machine gunfire. http://snipurl.com/1a6c0 === In northern Iraq, another war looms While the world focuses on Baghdad's security, a series of bombings here may be the long-feared start of a second deadly war in Iraq this one between Kurds and Arabs, both with claims on a territory atop one of the world's largest oil reserves. http://snipurl.com/1a6c2 === A Trillion Dollar Military Budget? The president has sent Congress a proposed federal budget for fiscal year 2008 that would spend $967 billion on current military activities and past wars. That figure represents 44% of the federal funds budget and is $100 billion higher than the amount of money allocated for this year. http://www.fcnl.org/budget/index.htm === Al-Zawahri says Bush "Alcoholic Who Gambled on Iraq' "Bush suffers from an addictive personality, and was an alcoholic. I don't know his present condition ... but the one who examines his personality finds that he is addicted to two other faults lying and gambling, al-Zawahri said in the audiotape. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17056.htm === Russian Bear Growls At U.S. Hypocrisy The Arab world has welcomed President Putin's Middle East visit to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Jordan .Arab experts feel that the primary aim is to "send a message" to the US that Moscow has a key role to play in this vital region and that it is high time for Washington to give up its policies of domination and destruction. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17058.htm === Abusing The Profession Why hasn't there been more of an outcry from professional psychologists about the practice of torture in the 'war on terror' http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17060.htm === Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Tuesday, 13 February 2007. * US abandons base in al-Khalidiyah after just two days following incessant Resistance bombardment. * Two US troops reported wounded in Tuesday morning Resistance ambush in al-Khalidiyah. * Resistance car bomber targets puppet National Guard checkpoint. * Resistance bomb leaves two US troops dead north of al-Fallujah on Monday. * Resistance pounds US base in al-Fallujah with heavy mortars midday Tuesday. * Resistance attacks puppet army camp in northern al-Fallujah. * Puppet al-Anbar Salvation Council police raid cement factory, arrest employees west of ar-Ramadi. * Nine US troops reported killed in Resistance attacks in Baghdad Tuesday. * In shadow of Bush al-Malik security plan another mysterious car bomb explodes in Baghdad Tuesday. * Resistance marksman brings down two puppet Shock Troops in Baghdad Tuesday morning. * Resistance bomb targets pro-Iranian Jaysh al-Mahdi gunmen outside morgue in Baghdad. * Resistance sharpshooter kills puppet policeman in Samarra. * Puppet policeman killed in Samarra. * Resistance bomb wounds American soldiers in ad-Duluiyah. * Resistance bombards US base in al-Madain Tuesday afternoon. * Resistance blasts US base in al-Huwayjah with mortars midday Tuesday. * Iraqi Resistance forces continued their battles with British forces north of al-Basrah blasting the British bases in the middle of the city with rockets from time to time http://www.albasrah.net/pages/mod.php?mod=art&lapage=../en_articles_2007/0207/iraqiresistancereport_130207.htm === APARTHEID BEYOND THE GRAVE Despite the denials by Israel's main airline company, El Al, the fact remains that they allegedly refused to fly the body of a recently deceased Muslim woman on one of their flights to Israel. Why is it assumed that Muslims have no feelings? Why is it assumed that Muslims are bad parents? Why is it assumed that Muslims are terrorists? And now the newest question, why is it assumed that Muslims do not mourn deceased loved ones? http://www.uruknet.de/?p=m30629&hd=&size=1&l=e === Apartheid Israel: Israeli Arab couple petitions High Court after residency denied An Israeli Arab couple petitioned the High Court of Justice this week, asking it to issue a temporary injunction that would allow them to live in the predominately Jewish town of Rakefet. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/825948.html === Jerusalems apartheid tramway The road to hell is paved with good intentions, even in the holy city. This project has raised many urban and, more important, political objections. http://mondediplo.com/2007/02/08tramway === American money to the Palestinians? Not so fast "Early last week, I placed a hold on the $86 million," says New York Democrat Nita Lowey, a member of the powerful House Appropriations Committee . - This means, basically, that the money cannot be transferred to Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas. http://snipurl.com/1a6cm === Somalis flee mayhem of occupied Mogadishu "I am running away from the continuous mortar and rocket attacks," Mohamed said on Wednesday as her son played on an old mattress. "I have survived several attacks. I cannot continue staying here. http://mobile.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L14436169.htm === Uganda "peacekeepers" sent to "pacify" occupied Somali capital The 1,500 Ugandan peacekeepers pledged to the African Union force for Somalia will be deployed solely in the country's lawless capital Mogadishu, the peacekeeping mission said on Wednesday. http://mobile.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L14543736.htm === Australia: 'Gutless' Howard gags debate Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd has accused John Howard of lacking courage as the Labor leader called for a debate on Iraq foreign policy. http://snipurl.com/1a6d2 === US gets military base in Western Australia AUSTRALIA'S close defence alliance with the United States is to be further entrenched with the building of a new US military communications base at Geraldton in Western Australia. http://snipurl.com/1a6d6 === US ambassador defends Hicks process US ambassador Robert McCallum has described Guantanamo Bay detainees as ruthless fanatics who would kill Australians without "blinking an eye http://snipurl.com/1a6dv === EU endorses damning report on CIA The European parliament has approved a damning report on secret CIA flights, condemning member states which colluded in the operations. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/6360817.stm === THE "IRANIAN" 81MM MORTAR WEB PAGE IS A FAKE! Posted Feb 14, 2007 09:17 AM PST Category: COVER-UP/DECEPTIONS This web page is being waved around to "prove" that Iran does make 81mm mortar rounds like the one the US Government is trying to use to justify an invasion of Iran. Take a good look at the soldiers and weapons at the very top of the page. They look Iranian to you? And why does an Iranian company put together a web page where their own country is obscured from view on that world map? Check the spelling on the tabs. "Miscellancous"? "Caliber" uses the American spelling, rather than "Calibre." And Tehran is spelled "Tahran" on the contact page. This web page was assembled in a rush. Take a look at the page source in your browser. The images and directories on the server are all in ENGLISH. -muslim voice- ______________________________________ BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
