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bismi-lLahi-rRahmani-rRahiem In the Name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful === News Update === Anti-American Feelings Soar as Muslim Society is Radicalised by War on Terror The War on Terror has radicalised Muslims around the world to unprecedented levels of anti-American feeling, according to the largest survey of Muslims ever to be conducted. Seven per cent believe that the events of 9/11 were completely justified. In Saudi Arabia, 79 per cent had an unfavourable view of the US. http://www.commondreams.org/headlines07/0221-05.htm === Muslims reflect on Holocaust Memorial Day The issue of the Holocaust Memorial Day has been a matter of heated debate between Muslim and Jewish communities for quite some time. This is not necessarily a bad thing. An honest and candid exchange of perspectives without exchange of accusations and slurs is long overdue. Many Muslims have decided to vote with their feet by not attending Holocaust Memorial Day not because they dispute or deny the fact that the Shoah, (Hebrew term for holocaust) did happen and that innocent Jews suffered a most cruel fate at the hands of the Nazis. That is an indubitable historic fact and an irrefutable crime against humanity. http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/paper/index.php?article=2851 === Evangelist tells students: Shun Muslims RALEIGH - A national Muslim advocacy group has rebuked the Wake County Public School system for allowing a Christian evangelist to speak at Enloe High School and distribute pamphlets denouncing Islam. http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/news/breaking_news/16757550.htm === Egyptian blogger jailed for insulting Islam Nabil, who used the blogger name Kareem Amer, had sharply criticised his college on his blog, which is in Arabic, calling it "the university of terrorism" and accusing it of suppressing free thought. http://www.guardian.co.uk/egypt/story/0,,2019064,00.html === What the World Trade Center Building Designers Said: Before and After 9/11 Before 9/11 : A previous analysis [by WTC building designers], carried out early in 1964, calculated that the towers would handle the impact of a 707 traveling at 600 mph without collapsing[2] After 9/11 : The engineer who said after the 1993 bombing that the towers could withstand a Boeing 707, Leslie Robertson, was not available for comment yesterday, a partner at his Manhattan firm said. We're going to hold off on speaking to the media, said the partner, Rick Zottola, at Leslie E. Robertson Associates. We'd like to reserve our first comments to our national security systems, F.B.I. and so on.[10] http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/february2007/210207designers.htm === Skepticism, Ideology and the 9/11 Controversy After years of stonewalling, the liberal media (and by this I mean avowedly left-leaning journals such as The Nation and The Progressive) have finally addressed the widespread skepticism surrounding the official version of the 9/11 attacks. To the surprise of much of their readership, however, both journals remain solidly skeptical of the skepticism, and instead have followed Popular Mechanic's lead in debunking and ridiculing the 911 Truth Movement. Ideology has nothing to do with it. 9-11 is a scandal that delegitimizes the entire government. Both parties are neck-deep in the deception. Yes, they will argue weith each other over global warming and gay marriage because those are controversies that are "safe" and ultimately harmless to the power structure as a whole. But 9-11? The lies used to trick us into wars? Those are scandals that damn the entire government. http://blog.uwinnipeg.ca/ius/archives/002639.html === Iraqi PM advices Mahdi Army leaders to hide in Iran, leaked letter The Iraqi Prime Minister advised the Mahdi Army leaders to hide in Iran, revealed a leaked letter from the office of the prime minister and posted online by the Kurdish website peyamner on Tuesday. A letter issued by the office of the Iraqi Prime Minister, Nuri al-Maliki, with the coordination of the Iraqi National Security Advisor, Muwaffaq al-Rabii, advices Muqtada al-Sadir to hide the leaders of his militants, the Mahdi Army, in the Islamic Republic of Iran, in case they are arrested or killed by the American forces. Al-Maliki, in his letter states, The current situation requires to keep the leaders of the Mahdi Army, who are affiliated to the organisation of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, away from the front line. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/14721 === Iraqis Are Running Out of Food Even the food system in Iraq is plagued by insecurities. Once a large agricultural exporter, Iraq's food supply has fallen apart under the U.S.-led occupation. http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/48227/ === Government forces kill 17 civilians in Baldruz / Haq Special Report. Our Haq correspondent reports that Government Froces have engaged in a new butchery adding one more to a series of others, namely the killing of 17 people from the inhabitants of Shahat Ali in the Baldruz region, on 21.2.07. And here are the names of the victims: 1) Fandi Jassem Kaheet and his sons Raad and Saad (shia) 2) Hadi Jassem Kaheet and his sons Amr and Adham (shia) 3) Radhee Kanan Kaheet (shia) 4) Al Raheem Kanan Kaheet (shia) 5) Tareq Rasheed Al Shaheen and his sons Ahmed and Raad (sunni) 6) Adel Rasheed Al Shaheen (sunni) 7) Saadoon Rasheed al Shaheen (sunni) 8) Arkan Nomi and three of his sons (sunni). The government forces accused the above victims of being terrorists and their list of names clearly indicates they belong to both sects sunnis and shias. The government forces however did not stop at this massacre. They in fact accused another 5 innocent people of having conducted the above massacres, blaming it on them... http://www.76news.net/ === Marines kill civilians, claim killing Iraq insurgents Four women, four children among 26 dead after US air strike levelled one city home in Ramadi. US marines fought a fierce six-hour gunbattle with insurgents in the western Iraqi city of Ramadi, a spokesman said Thursday, in a fight local people said left several civilians dead. Lieutenant Shawn Mercer said the clash erupted late Wednesday when gunmen attacked a unit of marines in the streets of east Ramadi with rifles and rocket-propelled grenades, triggering an intense exchange of fire (...) "We have no reports of civilian casualties and there were no coalition casualties," he said. Local people, however, showed an AFP photographer the body of an infant they said was killed in the strike, which levelled at least one city home. And both the head of civil defence in Ramadi, Salah al-Faraji, and the director of the general hospital, Dr Hafidh Ibrahim, said four women and four children were among a total of 26 dead recovered at the scene... http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=19713 === Second Iraqi woman in rape claim : The woman has accused Iraqi police officers of rape A second Iraqi woman has alleged that she was raped by Iraqi police when they stormed into her home at the northern city of Tel Afar. The latest allegation, in a videotape broadcast by Al Jazeera, comes just days after a Sunni woman accused Iraqi police of raping her, inflaming sectarian tensions in the conflict-ridden country. http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/8C033A2E-1C93-480C-9C14-186DE618D361.htm === Iraqi soldiers accused in second rape case BAGHDAD Four Iraqi soldiers have been accused of raping a 50-year-old Sunni woman and the attempted rape of her two daughters in the second allegation of sexual assault leveled against Iraqi forces this week, an official said Thursday. http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2007/02/apnewiraqrape070222/ === US occupation forces soldier pleads guilty to rape, murder of Iraqi child A SECOND US soldier has pleaded guilty to the gang rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl in Iraq and the killing of her family, it was reported today. http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21268245-38198,00.html === Tearful US soldier recounts rape of Iraqi girl FORT CAMPBELL, Ky., Feb 21 (Reuters) - A U.S. soldier under court-martial at a Kentucky military base broke down in tears on Wednesday as he described how he and others planned the rape of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl, murdered along with her family. http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N20239021.htm === US soldier pleads guilty to rape, murder A SECOND US soldier has pleaded guilty to the gang rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl in Iraq and the killing of her family, it was reported today. http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21268245-38198,00.html === US soldier recounts rape of Iraqi girl Fort Campbell - A US soldier under court-martial at a Kentucky military base broke down in tears on Wednesday as he described how he and others planned the rape of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl, murdered along with her family. http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=3&art_id=nw20070221183708584C816280 === Iraq remembers Samarra bombings Iraqis are marking the first anniversary of the bombings of the al-Askari Mosque in Samarra, one of the holiest Shia sites. The blasts triggered sectarian violence over the following days and threatened to plunge Iraq into civil war. The Samarra blasts traumatised Iraqis. "We still want to know what happened. Our city has taken care of the shrine for more than 1000 years. Nobody dared to touch it. Had anyone thought about how it will affect us," a Sunni Iraqi in Samarra wondered aloud. http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/A4FD65D8-3804-4D7D-853C-F1B8E8030B92.htm === U.S. occupation forces kill civilians Four women, four children among 26 dead after US air strike levelled one city home in Ramadi. http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=19713 === 4,000 troops will stay in Iraq 'for five years' At least 4,000 British troops will be serving in Iraq for another five years under current military planning despite the Prime Minister's pledge yesterday of substantial withdrawals http://snipurl.com/1b0n6 === Another U.S. helicopter shot down in Iraq A U.S. helicopter that crashed Wednesday north of Baghdad was shot down, the military said after initially stating that the chopper made a "hard landing.'' http://www.startribune.com/484/story/1016333.html === 9th U.S. helicopter crashes in Iraq A U.S. helicopter crashed in an area north of Baquba City, 65 km northeast of Baghdad, on Thursday. The helicopter went down in a clash between gunmen and U.S. troops, the report quoted witnesses as saying, without specifying location of the crash http://snipurl.com/1b0n8 === Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Wednesday, 21 February 2007 * Fighting rages in ar-Ramadi Wednesday night. * Resistance blasts puppet intelligence service offices in al-Fallujah area with Katyusha rockets midday Wednesday. * Four US troops reported killed in Resistance bombing in Anah Wednesday morning. * Resistance bomb targets puppet al-Anbar Salvation Council police. * Resistance blasts puppet police station in al-Baghdadi with mortars on Tuesday. * Resistance group reports shooting down US helicopter near Baghdad. * Resistance bomb targets puppet Shock Troop in al-Jadiriyah. * Car bomb strikes Baghdad district, reportedly killing Shii sectarian militiamen. * Resistance ambush leaves two puppet National Guards dead in Abu Ghurayb midday Wednesday. * Two US troops reported killed in Resistance ambush of US patrol in al-Mushahadah Wednesday morning. * Resistance bomb kills four puppet Iraqi National Guards in al-Madain. * Resistance fighters kill two puppet Shock Troops in al-Madain. * Resistance, local residents, repulse Jaysh al-Mahdi assault on Sunni quarters of al-Madain Tuesday evening. * New wave of US raids and arrests in Diyala Province second in 48 hours. * Two puppet Iraqi National Guard troops killed in Resistance mortar barrage. * Resistance pounds puppet army base with heavy mortars. * Resistance sharpshooter kills puppet policeman in al-Mawsil Wednesday morning. * Resistance attacks puppet police patrol in al-Mawsil Wednesday morning. * Car bomb explodes in an-Najaf. * Puppet official assassinated in as-Samawah as Jaysh al-Mahdi presses drive to take over city. http://www.albasrah.net/pages/mod.php?mod=art&lapage=../en_articles_2007/0207/iraqiresistancereport_210207.htm === Taliban 'in control' in Helmand Al Jazeera has uncovered evidence that Taliban fighters are now in effective control of large parts of a key province in southwest Afghanistan, despite recent claims by Nato that their bases had been destroyed. http://snipurl.com/1b0nb === 6,000 Taleban fighters preparing for offensive The Taleban has deployed 6,000 fighters in preparation for a spring offensive against government and foreign forces in Afghanistan, said the military leader of the Islamic milita that once ruled the country. http://snipurl.com/1b0nd === Three occupation force soldiers killed in Afghanistan The NATO-led occupation force in Afghanistan announced on Thursday the death of three of its soldiers in combat and non-combat operations in different parts of the country over the past 24 hours. http://www.kuna.net.kw/home/Story.aspx?Language=en&DSNO=954791 === U.S. can't stay for long in Afghanistan An Afghan warlord on a U.S. wanted list has said the United States does not have the capacity to stay for long in Afghanistan and he predicts it will pull out at the same time as it withdraws from Iraq. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070222/ts_nm/afghan_hekmatyar_dc === Italian prime minister quits over Afghan vote Prodi failed to win parliamentary endorsement of his decision to maintain Italian troops in Afghanistan, a loss attributed in part to desertions by members of his coalition who oppose continued cooperation with the U.S. military in Italy and abroad. http://snipurl.com/1b0ne === President Karzai pleads with Italy to remain in Afghanistan Karzai, whose own shaky grip on Afghanistan is under threat from resurgent Taliban rebels, also urged another key contributor to the 35,000-strong NATO security force, Canada, to stay the course. http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/22/asia/AS-GEN-Afghan-Italy.php === 2 groups ask court to stop transfer of Afghan prisoners Two human rights groups said Wednesday they are taking legal action to stop Canadian soldiers from handing over their prisoners in Kandahar to Afghan security forces. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2007/02/21/amnesty-action.html === U.S. IMAMS URGED TO DEDICATE KHUTBAS TO AL-AQSA MOSQUE (WASHINGTON D.C., 2/22/07) - The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is calling on North American Muslims and other people of conscience to help protect religious sites in Jerusalem reportedly threatened by an Israeli archeological dig near Al-Aqsa Mosque. North American imams are also being asked to discuss the importance of Jerusalem to Muslims in their khutbas (sermons) this Friday. URL: http://www.cair.com === Half of Palestinians in West Bank and Gaza malnourished Around 46 per cent of Gaza and West Bank households are "food insecure" or in danger of becoming so, according to a UN report on the impact of conflict and the global boycott of the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority. http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2293476.ece see also: Tycoon to launch right-wing party in Israel http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2290079.ece === Splits emerge between U.S. and Europe over aid for Palestinians The Russian foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, who has said that the United States and Europe should look for ways to engage Hamas, was pointed during a news conference about not threatening to continue the boycott if the new government did not recognize Israel. http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/02/22/news/diplo.php === Hamas political chief to travel to Moscow for talks Mashaal's trip would be his second to Moscow in a year. A high-level delegation met with Russian officials in March 2005 a trip that irked Israel, broke the international isolation of the militant group and was widely seen as a bid by President Vladimir Putin to activate Russia's role in the Middle East peace process. http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/22/europe/EU-GEN-Russia-Hamas.php === Hamas leader says embargo on Palestinians should be lifted The report said that since the start of the blockade in March 2006, poverty had risen to the extent that almost half of the 3.7 million people in the West Bank and Gaza Strip were liable to be short of food. http://snipurl.com/1b0nr === Israeli Arabs demand binational state A coalition of Arab community leaders in Israel has drafted a manifesto demanding the country's Jews share power in a binational state. http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/33378.html === Is this camel anti-semitic? http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/camel.wmv === Nuclear Secrets Vanunu And The Bomb Mordechai Vanunu was the man who was determined to tell the world about Israel's nuclear capabilities and, by doing so, created a world scandal. http://snipurl.com/1b0mz === 16 killed as mortar blasts rock occupied Mogadishu A WAVE of pre-dawn mortar attacks pounded Mogadishu and killed at least 16 people overnight in one of the most brutal bombardments since an Islamist movement was forced out of the Somali capital last month. http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21262052-38195,00.html === Two officials shot dead in occupied Somalia Two local officials in the increasingly chaotic Somali capital were shot dead by unidentified gunmen, the mayor of Mogadishu told local media on Thursday. http://snipurl.com/1b0nu === David Morse: Looking Beyond the Myth of Darfur Strange things are happening in Khartoum itself. President Omar al-Bashir, who came to power in a military coup in 1989, seems not fully in control, as factions within the oligarchy vie for power. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17150.htm === US Guantanamo ruling 'shocking AMNESTY International has criticised a decision by the US appeals court preventing foreign terror suspects from challenging their detentions at Guantanamo Bay in the US legal system http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21262097-38200,00.html === Chain up Cheney! Bring Hicks home! Sydney anti-war marchers defy police ban and reclaim the streets http://www.brushtail.com.au/july_06_on/chain_up_cheney.html === Canada denies racism : Feet held to fire over treatment of aboriginals, Arar GENEVA -- Canada has vigorously denied engaging in racial profiling in its fight against terrorism. A Canadian delegation appearing this week before a UN anti-racism committee has also given assurances that there won't be a repeat of the Maher Arar case. http://ottsun.canoe.ca/News/National/2007/02/22/3653678-sun.html === Rice's Middle East visit: Bullying and intimidation dressed up as diplomacy http://www.wsws.org/articles/2007/feb2007/rice-f22.shtml === -muslim voice- ______________________________________ BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
