bismi-lLahi-rRahmani-rRahiem
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
=== News Update ===
Punishing activists or pursuing terrorists? - American abduction of Ramzy Baroud in Brunei
Ramzy Baroud, who teaches mass communications at Curtin University of Technology in Malaysia and freelances for Asia Times Online, recently noticed he didn't have enough pages in his US passport for a trip to Dubai, where he was to participate in the 4th annual Arab Thought Foundation conference. So he added a stop at the American Embassy in Brunei to his pre-departure to-do list. As the veteran journalist found out after waiting more than three hours, the US government had him on a list of their own.
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Front_Page/GL10Aa01.html
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Thousands of Muslims Demonstrate in London against Terror Laws
London, UK, December 10, 2005 ? In an unprecedented show of unity, thousands of Muslims from across the UK marched from Parliament Square to Hyde Park to demonstrate against the oppressive anti-terror laws being introduced by the UK government. The demonstration, entitled "March for Iraq, Palestine, Kashmir, Chechnya?Before they make it a crime", was organised by the non-violent Islamic political group Hizb ut-Tahrir.
Montreal Muslim News Network - http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net
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The US has used torture for decades.
All that's new is the openness about it
In Iraq the dirty work is already being handed over to Iraqi death squads, trained by the US and supervised by commanders like Jim Steele, who prepared for the job by setting up similar units in El Salvador.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11271.htm
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Torture Degrades Us All
For those who think we live in an age of terror, it is intuitively appealing to believe that torturing one person to save many is the right thing to do. Discussion of torture should not be taboo, but arguments for it must withstand moral scrutiny.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11265.htm
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No torture? We can't guarantee it, says Rice :
THE row over treatment of terrorist suspects by the US showed no signs of abating yesterday as Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said she could give no guarantee that terrorism detainees would not be abused despite clear rules against torture.
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=2373312005
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DO YOU SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION? YOU'RE A TERRORIST SUSPECT!
Relinked in light of Bush's comment abnout the Constitution being a "goddamned piece of paper".
http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/FBIsuspect.html
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Bush on the Constitution: 'It's just a goddamned piece of paper'
I?ve talked to three people present for the meeting that day and they all confirm that the President of the United States called the Constitution ?a goddamned piece of paper.?
http://www.globalnewsmatrix.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3886
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Annals of Outrage III :
Here, is my latest attempt to guide you through the Bush Administration's most egregious corruption scandals. The information comes to us courtesy of the federal government's internal investigations into administration fraud, waste and abuse. The cronyism and corruption have hit a new low
http://www.thenation.com/blogs/edcut?bid=7&pid=41800
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Cost of the War in Iraq
Number Of Iraqi civilians Slaughtered In America's War 100,000 +
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article7170.htm
Number of U.S. Military Personnel Slaughtered In Bush's War 2142
http://icasualties.org/oif/
Iraq Body Count
http://www.iraqbodycount.org/
Cost of the War in Iraq : $225,516,172,976
http://costofwar.com/
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The War in Iraq: Aggression against children
Ali Ismaeel Abbas, aged 12, was sleeping when a missile completely destroyed his house and killed most of his family, leaving him orphan, with terrible burns and without arms.
http://www.politicalaffairs.net/article/articleview/2349/1/135/
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US abusing Iraq mandate, says UN
BAGHDAD: The US military is abusing its United Nations mandate in Iraq by detaining thousands of people without due process of law, a senior UN official said.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3502084a12,00.html
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From Creating Realities to Refusing Questions:
They know, that information is power. So they fabricate it (Niger uranium documents), disseminate it through the corporate press (Judith Miller), pay for positive spin in that "free press" (Armstrong Williams), stage favorable press briefing questions, set up "unrehearsed" encounters between the president and troops (October 2005 teleconference), buy positive press coverage of the U.S. occupation in the "free" Iraqi press
http://www.counterpunch.com/leupp12092005.html
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Ex-Iraq envoy questions war's worth :
BRITAIN'S former envoy to Iraq has conceded that the war may not have been worthwhile, in a BBC radio interview to be broadcast tonight.
http://tinyurl.com/7cggq
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Scott Ritter: Iraq war `deliberate deception'
see: http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/652/652p7b.htm
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Were looking for a few good refuseniks
Do our government's poorly paid contract killers deserve our "support" for blindly following orders?
If we are, as Jean-Paul Sartre posited, defined by our actions, most of the blame for the murder of more than 100,000 Iraqis belongs to our top government officials. But Bush's armchair warriors couldn't have invaded Iraq without a compliant and complicit United States military--one that, it should be noted, is all volunteer.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11264.htm
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Iraqi Shiites, Sunnis Issue Declaration for US Pullout
As the presence of foreign troops in Iraq is under debate, the largest Shiite and Sunni groups issued a declaration on Friday demanding a deadline announcement for the US pullout.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11272.htm
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If America Left Iraq
The case for cutting and running
At some point?whether sooner or later?U.S. troops will leave Iraq. I have spent much of the occupation reporting from Baghdad, Kirkuk, Mosul, Fallujah, and elsewhere in the country, and I can tell you that a growing majority of Iraqis would like it to be sooner.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11273.htm
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A war based on a lie based on torture
One of the key lies used by Bush to sell his immoral war in Iraq was the claim of links between Saddam Hussein's Ba'ath regime and Al Qaeda. For example, in February 2003, Bush claimed that :
Saddam Hussein has longstanding, direct and continuing ties to terrorist networks. Senior members of Iraqi intelligence and al Qaeda have met at least eight times since the early 1990s. Iraq has sent bomb-making and document forgery experts to work with al Qaeda. Iraq has also provided al Qaeda with chemical and biological weapons training.
And that :
We also know that Iraq is harboring a terrorist network headed by a senior al Qaeda terrorist planner. This network runs a poison and explosive training camp in northeast Iraq, and many of its leaders are known to be in Baghdad. The primary source for these claims was a high-level Al Qaeda captive named Ibn al-Shaykh
http://norightturn.blogspot.com/2005/12/war-based-on-lie-based-on-torture.html
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FLASHBACK: U.S. Confident Saddam Had Mobile WMD Lab
... until they were exposed as ballon inflators Iraq had purchased from Great Britain.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,87997,00.html
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FLAQSHBACK: Weapons-Grade Plutonium Possibly Found at Iraqi Nuke Complex
"Possibly", but "wasn't."
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,83821,00.html
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FLASHBACK: 'Huge' Suspected Chemical Weapons Plant Found in Iraq
This turned out to be agricultural pesticides.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,81935,00.html
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FLASHBACK: "Sarin, Mustard Gas Discovered Separately in Iraq
This story was never confirmed.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,120137,00.html
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Sarin, Mustard Gas Discovered Separately in Iraq
Another claim that turned out to be untrue.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,120137,00.html
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Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Friday, 9 December 2005
- US air raid leaves 14 civilians dead in apparent ?punishment? for aiding Resistance.
- US occupation closes mosques in city of al-Qa?im preventing Friday prayer services in city.
- Four US troops reported killed in high-yield bomb blast in ar-Ramadi early Friday.
- Powerful blast shakes British camp on al-Faw Peninsula.
- Resistance ambushes US patrol in al-Karmah at dawn sparking hour-long battle
- Resistance bomb in as-Sayyidiyah wounds US troops late Friday morning
- Resistance pounds US base in Samarra? with rockets mid-morning Friday
- Resistance blasts US base north of Tikrit with Katyusha rockets
- Powerful blast shakes British camp on al-Faw Peninsula
http://www.albasrah.net/en_articles_2005/1205/iraqiresistancereport_091205.htm
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Forces: U.S. & Coalition/Casualties
There have been 2,334 coalition deaths, 2,135 Americans, one Australian, 98 Britons, 13 Bulgarians, two Danes, two Dutch, two Estonians, one Hungarian, 26 Italians, one Kazakh, one Latvian, 17 Poles, one Salvadoran, three Slovaks, 11 Spaniards, two Thai and 18 Ukrainians in the war in Iraq as of December 9, 2005, according to a CNN count.
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/2005.03.html
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4 U.S. Troops Die in Separate Iraq Attacks
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Insurgents killed four American soldiers in separate attacks Saturday as violence mounted five days ahead of national elections. U.S. officials announced the release of 238 detainees but said the move was unrelated to demands by kidnappers of four Christian peace activists to free all prisoners.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/10/AR2005121000369_pf.html
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U.S. Soldier Killed In western Baghdad :
Two civilians were killed and another wounded in a car bomb attack aimed at U.S forces, witnesses and a hospital official said.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L10491369.htm
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2 U.S Soldier's Killed:
U.S.Soldier's were killed by small-arms fire in the Yusufiyah district southwest of Baghdad Dec. 10.
http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/Casualty_Report.asp?CasualtyReport=20051217.txt
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Another U.S. Soldier Killed By Small Arms Fire:
A U.S.Soldier was killed by small-arms fire while on patrol northwest of Baghdad Dec. 10
http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/Casualty_Report.asp?CasualtyReport=20051216.txt
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Another U.S. Soldier Killed By IED :
A U.S.Soldier was killed when a patrol struck an improvised explosive device in the Adhamiyah district of north Baghdad Dec. 10.
http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/Casualty_Report.asp?CasualtyReport=20051215.txt
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Family Upset Over Marine's Body Arriving As Freight:
In reality, many are arriving as freight on commercial airliners -- stuffed in the belly of a plane with suitcases and other cargo.
http://www.10news.com/news/5504608/detail.html
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Bolton now whining about criticism of war on terror:
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour said yesterday that the U.S.-led war on terror has undermined the global ban on torture. Her statement did not go over well with U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. John Bolton, who called Arbour's statement "inappropriate and illegitimate."
http://www.motherjones.com/mojoblog/archives/2005/12/bolton_now_whin.html
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U.S. Rebuffs Red Cross Request for Access to Detainees Held in Secret :
The United States said Friday that it would continue to deny the International Committee of the Red Cross access to "a very small, limited number" of prisoners who are held in secret around the world, saying they are terrorists being kept incommunicado for reasons of national security and are not guaranteed any rights under the Geneva Conventions.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11270.htm
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US government retreats on Padilla case:
The U.S. government, in an unusual retreat, urged a federal appeals court on Friday to set aside its ruling that allowed the United States to hold an American citizen as an enemy combatant without being charged.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11268.htm
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Fixing the rules of the game:
The Bush administration seems to be losing sight of the fact that the rules also say the majority party of the moment may not use its powers to strip citizens of their rights, politicize the judicial system or rig the election process to keep itself in office.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/12/05/opinion/edvoting.php
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London Helped Israel Develop Nukes: Documents
Papers reveal UK's nuclear aid to Israel
Fresh and apparently incriminating documents have come to light under the Freedom of Information Act on the way Britain helped Israel obtain its nuclear bomb 40 years ago, by selling it 20 tonnes of heavy water.
FULL ARTICLE AT
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,,1664142,00.html
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Israel threatens Gaza economic siege:
Israeli television quoted Shaul Mofaz, the defence minister, as having told Abbas that unless a crackdown on fighters begins by Sunday, Israel will re-designate two commercial terminals on the Gaza boundary as border crossings, which could choke off Palestinian trade.
http://tinyurl.com/anrd4
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UK 'covered up' Israeli nuke deal :
The government has been accused of covering up the sale of 20 tonnes of heavy water to Israel for its nuclear programme in the early 1950s.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4515708.stm
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Video: Israel's Secret Weapon :
Which country in the Middle East has undeclared nuclear weapons? :
This film is the story of the bomb, Vanunu and Israel's wall of silence
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article6558.htm
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Live Tracking of Mobile Phones Prompts Court Fights on Privacy:
Most Americans carry cellphones, but many may not know that government agencies can track their movements through the signals emanating from the handset.
http://tinyurl.com/87p9s
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Condoleezza Rice: Mind your own business
Insolence from US Secretary of State.
http://english.pravda.ru/mailbox/22/101/399/16592_Rice.html
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American hunger: Are scientists lying?
The basics: the Fed has surveyed 60,000 American families. It found 88.1% to be ?food secure? ? they don?t worry about getting food. But 11.9% are ?food insecure? ? sometimes they don?t know if they can afford food, but by doing without medications or delaying the rent they avoid hunger. That category is 13.5 million households. Finally 3.9%, or 4.4 million American households, sometimes go hungry for lack of money.
http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_julian_e_051209_american_hunger_3a_are.htm
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