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Date: 15 September 2005 2005 |
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=== To read this newsletter online www.informationclearinghouse.info/ or snipurl.com/ayzc RSS FEED www.feedfire.com/site/rss.cgi?ChanContentId=001864 === Charge Him or Release Him Jose Padilla : U.S. Citizen Imprisoned Without Trial or Charges for 3 Years and 130 Days The Enablers By Chris Floyd The Bush Faction seized upon the congressional resolution as an “Enabling Act” justifying a broad range of unconstitutional measures, including torture, kidnappings, mass roundups, secret hearings, secret prisons, arrests without charge, indefinite detention, kangaroo courts, “extrajudicial killings” and, finally, aggressive war. === BAGHDAD – A suicide bomber killed 15 police commandos. Nine policemen were killed by suicide attackers. The bodies of six people shot dead were found in Baghdad. Three Shi’ite pilgrims were killed in northern Baghdad. KIRKUK – Two policemen were killed by IED. MOSUL – The preacher at a Shi’ite mosque was killed. BAQUBA – One policeman was killed by gunmen. LATIFIYA: A kidnapped, Shi’ite sheikh was found dead. HILLA – A senior official in the Shi’ite Dawa Party, was killed by gunmen. === Timeline: Surge of Iraq violence : Insurgents in Iraq have been launching almost hourly attacks on Iraqi and US military targets as well as civilians in a relentless wave of violence. This BBC News website shows where and when the attacks have been reported === Undeclared civil war in Iraq has been raging for months. Now it’s “official”: using the customary audio clip on a website, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi – who may or may not be a cipher, but is certainly the leader of Monotheism and Holy War, or al-Qaeda in the Land of the Two Rivers – has declared “all-out war” on Iraqi Shi’ites. === Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani strictly forbade reprisals by Shiites, saying, “If half of Iraq’s Shiites were killed, it would not lead to a sectarian war.” Sistani is keenly aware that the guerrilla strategy is to sucker the Shiites into attacking Sunni Arabs on a large scale, producing a civil war that would destabilize Iraq and give the Sunni guerrillas an open for making a coup and taking over. === Senior European experts warned that the Iraq war had stimulated a globalised process of radicalisation and recruitment into Islamist terror groups. === Sept. 11 was not an unprovoked, gratuitous act. It was a military operation researched and planned since at least 1996. – The assault was the culmination of a larger campaign, which forecast impact, planned for the enemy’s reaction, and was designed to gain the tactical upper hand. === The hunt for one of the missing young men of the Rahim family ended at a refrigerator truck in a hospital back lot. === In an attempt to lay the legal groundwork for asking the United States to withdraw its troops, an Iraqi National Assembly committee released a report Tuesday that said the presence of the American military prevents Iraq from becoming fully sovereign. === Chicago on Wednesday became the nation’s largest city to urge the Bush administration to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq at once. === Here’s a solid telltale sign that the invertebrates who run the D.C. Democratic Establishment are driving the Democratic Party into the ground. Iraq’s own President, Jalal Talabani, is now supporting a timetable for reducing American troops in his country, putting him ahead of most top tier Democrats. === A media watchdog criticized the U.S. military on Wednesday for consistently failing to investigate the killing of journalists in Iraq by its forces, and said the Pentagon was losing credibility as a result. === Article (44): DELETED. The removed text: All individuals have the right to enjoy the rights stated in international human rights agreements and treaties endorsed by Iraq that don’t run contrary to the principles and rules of this constitution. The reason: The United States reportedly sought its removal === All 21 detainees are being force-fed through their noses === Two days before the invasion of Iraq, four Catholic Workers from Ithaca (NY), in an act of non-violent civil resistance, entered a military recruiting center, read a statement, and carefully poured their own blood around the vestibule. If convicted, they face up to six years in prison and $250,000 in fines. === The two rival titans of the raging row over Iraq engaged in an intellectual prize fight in New York last night that quickly degenerated into knock-down, drag-out bar-room brawl. === British MP George Galloway v. Christopher Hitchens: A debate on the Iraq war moderated by Amy Goodman. Real Video. === In a primetime speech tonight from the flood zone, Bush will commit the federal government to what many predict will become the largest reconstruction effort ever on U.S. soil. Republicans said Karl Rove, the White House deputy chief of staff and Bush’s chief political adviser, is in charge of the reconstruction effort. === Reconstruction work after Katrina is going to be costly – and highly lucrative. === Bush‚s “vision‰ for New Orleans and the Katrina recovery effort is being slowly revealed, and unsurprisingly, it‚s a vision that‚s steeped in conservative ideologies of old that promise little help to actual victims Hurricane Katrina. === Lawmakers and watchdog groups worry that allowing federal employees to charge up to $250,000 on their government-issued credit cards for Hurricane Katrina-related expenses will lead to a repeat of past abuses. === Witt makes presence known in La.: Witt, who headed FEMA during the Clinton administration, has been hired by Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco (D) to help coordinate state and federal responses to the natural disaster. === Former FEMA Director, James L. Witt registered 9/13 to lobby for Allstate Insurance Company “To draft and introduce model legislation creating a natural disaster catastrophe fund.” === More than 100 tractor-trailers packed with water, ice and other critical hurricane-relief supplies have been sitting at an Air Force base in Montgomery, Ala., for nearly a week while the federal government pays $600 a day for each truck. === By which measures, precisely, do we lead the world? Caring for our countrymen? You jest. A first-class physical infrastructure? Tell that to New Orleans. === All political leaders sometimes parry with the truth, but with Bush the disconnections are systematic === Contains language that some may find objectionable. === The provincial governor says six people were killed in attacks by suspected Taliban rebels in Afghanistan’s southern Uruzgan province. === The officials said Sharon would also reaffirm Israel’s claim to all of Jerusalem as its “united and eternal capital.” === Video: Ariel Sharon: The Accused : The man who is now Israel’s Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, sent Lebanese militiamen into the Palestine refugee camps of Sabra and Shatilla. When they left 36 hours later at least 800 people lay dead after a rampage of murder, torture and rape. === Ever wonder why nine thousand Palestinians are behind bars and upwards of one quarter of Palestinian men have been detained by the occupiers? Perhaps the same reason the US detains Iraqis, ninety-nine percent of whom according to Ali Shalal al-Qaysi, the hooded Christlike Iraqi prisoner, are innocent. === The administration‚s reasons for holding Padilla have shifted in a way that doesn‚t inspire confidence. === Police seized seven Algerians as national security threats on Thursday, hours before the government unveiled new plans to hold terrorism suspects without charge for up to three months. === Moves to deport a US anti-war activist are a serious abuse of power. === US peace activist Scott Parkin, who was deported from Australia this morning after being deemed a threat to national security, would be welcome back in his homeland, the FBI says. === The US administration has embarked on a series of face-to-face meetings with world leaders at the UN summit to try to isolate Iran diplomatically over Iran’s push to expand its nuclear programme. === There is no doubt that we are living through a very disappointing period in world history === Controversy is raging in Paraguay , where the U.S. military is conducting secretive operations. 500 U.S. troops arrived in the country on July 1st with planes, weapons and ammunition. === Venezuelan activists facing trial for receiving money from a US-financed organisation to promote a vote against President Hugo Chavez last year, will get additional funding from the organisation, representatives say. === Pentagon Proposed Pretexts for Cuba Invasion in 1962: Operation Northwoods “may be the most corrupt plan ever created by the U.S. government.‰ === Frances Newton Died for Bush’s Sins: The 40-year-old black woman, executed by the death-obsessed state of Texas last night following a rejection by the US Supreme Court of her attorneys’ last-ditch appeal, and after the state’s craven and bloodthirsty “pardons and parole” board refused to recommend a stay to Gov. Rick Perry, hardly merited mention in the nation’s media, === U.S. lumber companies opposed to Canada’s subsidies have challenged the legality of the North American Free Trade Agreement, saying panels set up to settle the dispute overstep their authority and violate the U.S. Constitution. === ŒWhites Only‚ Sign and Padlock Placed on Bathroom Door === Flash presentation === I need your help to offset the costs associated with site hosting and bandwidth usage. If you find this site informative please help by clicking here === |
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