Tuesday June 3rd 2008
- links page
Beam
Me Up, Scotty! ---
http://www.lewrockwell.com/kwiatkowski/kwiatkowski203.html
Must Read - A
quote...."The physical process of voting is a kinetic learning
experience – and what we learn is that we have done something – that we
have voiced our opinion. But one must recall the old dilemma, "If a
tree falls in the forest, and no one is around to hear it, does it make
a sound?" -- It takes two to produce sound – a vibration in a certain
frequency range and something that is sensitive and ideally responsive
to that particular vibration. Our government – whether viewed as the
dictator in chief, his trusty congress, or the executive, legislative,
or judicial bureaucracy – is simply not sensitive to our lever-pulling
or touch screen-touching vibrations. The 2004 elections of antiwar
candidates to Congress proved that once again, and we should have seen
it coming."
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US-Iraq
Security Talks Hit Snag; Mosul Police HQ Bombed, 55 Killed or Wounded
---
http://www.juancole.com/2008/06/us-iraq-security-talks-hit-snag-mosul.html
A quote...."Al-Hayat reports in Arabic that both Sunni and Shiite
Iraqis have united to reject the draft of a security agreement proposed
by the United States. A high-level Iraqi source told the pan-Arab
London daily that one point of dispute is that the US wants its troops
to have complete freedom of movement in the country, whereas the Iraqis
want it to be limited. The Americans are said to be seeking to retain
the right to dominate Iraqi air space up to 29,000 feet, and to gain
open access to the land, air and water of Iraq. The US wants to retain
the right to arrest and detain any Iraqi whom the US believes
represents a security threat. Washington desires the right to launch
military operations to chase terrorists without seeking Iraqi
government permission. The US wants immunity from prosecution in Iraqi
courts for American troops, contractors and corporations in Iraq."
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Australia
Bolts Iraq Over Bush's Lies ---
http://www.consortiumnews.com/2008/060308b.html
A quote...."Matilda is walzing home from Iraq, and the Australians are
lucky but chastened.
Share this article -- Lucky for having lost not one soldier in combat
of the 2,000 sent to join the “coalition of the willing” attack on Iraq
in March 2003. -- Chastened because Australian Prime Minister Kevin
Rudd is now pulling no punches in decrying the subservience of his
predecessor, John Howard, to Washington."
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Canada's
parliament votes to grant asylum to US war resisters
--- http://www.iraq-war.ru/article/166281
A quote...."Parliament on Tuesday voted to allow US resisters of the
Iraq war who fled to Canada to stay in this country, thus avoiding
military court-martial in the United States. -- The non-binding motion
passed 137 to 110, with support from all three opposition parties,
which hold a majority of seats in the House."
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Gates
wins no promises on Asia trip for help on Afghanistan
---
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/06/03/national/w061003D93.DTL
A quote...."Defense Secretary Robert Gates' Asia trip produced no
public commitment from other nations to help the U.S. in the war on
terror, especially in Afghanistan. -- With many countries under
pressure at home to withdraw troops out of harm's way, Gates was forced
to change strategies from a similar trip he took a year ago. This time
his appeal was more subtle and delivered in private." --
Translation - "You don't'ahh do want we
want, we break'a your face, we break'a your kids....you unnerrstanz??
-- mpg
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New
agreement lets US strike any country from inside Iraq
--- http://www.gulfnews.com/region/Iraq/10218150.html
A quote...."Baghdad: A proposed Iraqi-American security agreement will
include permanent American bases in the country, and the right for the
United States to strike, from within Iraqi territory, any country it
considers a threat to its national security, Gulf News has learned. "
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US-Iraq
security pact shapes up as major battle as Iraqi prime minister goes to
Iran for talks
---
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/06/03/africa/ME-GEN-Iraq-Security.php
A quote...."BAGHDAD: A proposed U.S.-Iraq security agreement is shaping
up as a major political battle between America and Iran, as the debate
over the future of troops here intensifies ahead of the fall U.S.
presidential election."
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Collateral
Damage ---
http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/174939/chris_hedges_war_and_occupation_american_style
A quote...."Troops, when they battle insurgent forces, as in Iraq, or
Gaza or Vietnam, are placed in "atrocity producing situations." Being
surrounded by a hostile population makes simple acts, such as going to
a store to buy a can of Coke, dangerous. The fear and stress push
troops to view everyone around them as the enemy. The hostility is
compounded when the enemy, as in Iraq, is elusive, shadowy and hard to
find. The rage soldiers feel after a roadside bomb explodes, killing or
maiming their comrades, is one that is easily directed, over time, to
innocent civilians who are seen to support the insurgents."
Also posted at LewRockwell
--- http://www.lewrockwell.com/engelhardt/engelhardt338.html
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Who’s
to pay for Iraq’s reconstruction, Iraqi or U.S. taxpayer?
---
http://www.azzaman.com/english/index.asp?fname=news%5C2008-05-25%5Ckurd.htm
A quote...."There have been calls in the U.S. Congress demanding Iraq
to pay for the post-war reconstruction from its oil revenues rather
than American taxpayers’ money. - Such calls were never made before.
U.S. legislators started mulling them when expenditures on the twin
wars of Iraq and Afghanistan skyrocketed to unreasonable levels. -
Demands like these are not only unacceptable but are in a sense meant
to punish Iraqis for the destruction and devastation U.S.-waged
invasion and occupation of their country has caused."
For more on this issue see....Making
the Victim Pay ---
http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/rapsheetarch/mpgrap-030408-031008#VICTIMPAY
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Khadr:
Ever More Questionable ---
http://www.truthout.org/article/khadr-ever-more-questionable
A quote...." During the six years that "enemy combatants" captured in
Afghanistan have been detained on this American base in Cuba, not a
single one has been tried. And on top of that, the most anticipated of
these trials - that of young Canadian Omar Khadr - has just undergone
another worrying rebound."
For
more on this issue see....The
Convenient Silence of Guantanamo Bay - 05-31-08 - mpg
http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/blotterminiblogs/theconvenientsilenceofgitmo-blog-mpg-053108
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Soldiers
Discuss Using "Drop Weapons" To Cover Up Killing Innocent Iraqi
Civilians
---
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/02/soldiers-discuss-using-dr_n_104682.html
Video - A
quote...."Several soldiers who have returned from combat zones talk
with the American News Project about what they say is the widespread
practice of using "drop weapons" to cover up the killing of innocent
civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan. We feature five veterans and current
members of Iraq Veterans Against the War, plus retired Lieutenant
Colonel Gary Solis, a Vietnam War veteran and legal scholar who taught
"Law of War" at West Point. Watch the video from ANP below:"
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A Moral Burden on U.S.
Soldiers --- http://www.fpif.org/fpiftxt/5264
A quote...."A fighter pilot would never cut the throat of an innocent
woman or child. However, the same pilot drops bombs into enemy
territory to kill enemy personnel, knowing he may also kill innocent
civilians. The luxury of a large distance between the bullet or a bomb
used to kill suspected enemies in Iraq is a luxury many of our soldiers
do not have."
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Palestinian
farmer defies Israeli settlement policy --
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rC68EMMN46A -- (YouTube - 3 min 4 sec -
Added: June 03, 2008)
Video - Since Annapolis,
Israel
has issued over 17,000 new tenders for housing units in Israeli
settlements in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. -- The
Palestinians say this is a policy that destroys any prospect of peace
and renders establishing a viable Palestinian state impossible."
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Israeli military
announces plan to uproot 440 olive trees from Naalin village
--- http://www.uruknet.de/?p=m44573&s1=h1
A quote...."In a town that has become the forefront of the Palestinian
non-violent resistance to the Israeli annexation Wall, the Palestinian
residents of Naalin received notice today that the Israeli military
plans to uproot hundreds of olive trees – the only source of revenue
for most villagers."
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Munich,
1938 ---
http://www.lewrockwell.com/buchanan/buchanan84.html
A quote...."When President Bush, before the Knesset, used the word
"appeasement" to label those who would negotiate with Iran's Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad, he invoked the most powerful analogy in any debate over
war and peace. -- No man wishes to be regarded as an "appeaser."
“The
Uprising: An Unauthorized Tour of the Populist Revolt Scaring Wall
Street and Washington”
---
http://www.democracynow.org/2008/6/3/uprising_an_unauthorized_tour_of_the
A quote...."As we continue to look at issues regarding the 2008
presidential race, we turn to political journalist and nationally
syndicated columnist, David Sirota. His first book, Hostile Takeover,
was a New York Times bestseller. His latest book, just published, is
The Uprising: An Unauthorized Tour of the Populist Revolt Scaring Wall
Street and Washington. [includes rush transcript]"
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The
New (no-bid, cost-plus) Flying Tigers ---
http://www.atlargely.com/2008/06/the-new-no-bid.html
Some quotes...."The Super-Tucano, while prop-driven and so looking a
bit antiquated, is not an obsolete aircraft but rather a
state-of-the-art COIN platform with similiar hi-tech sensors and
cockpit to the F-16. It's specifically designed to operate in Third
World locations with a minimum of logistical support - thus no jet
engines - and can be heavily armed." -- "The armament system can handle
a total of 1,500kg external loads in the form of weapons or
reconnaissance pods. Internal FNH 0.5in machine guns are capable of 950
rounds a minute, while external options include a GIAT M20A1 gun
capable of 650 rounds a minute or an HMP podded gun. Up to 10 115kg or
five 250kg bombs can be carried, or four LM70/19 unguided rocket pods.
Primary air-to-air armament is the Brazilian MAA-1 Piranha short-range
infrared guided missile, but versions of the Raytheon AIM-9 Sidewinder
and equivalents can also be carried."
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Spying
Telecoms Receive Billions in Government Contracts ---
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/06/spying-telecoms-receive-billions
A quote...."The telecoms who are being sued for their cooperation in
the government's illegal warrantless surveillance program have received
billions in government contracts. According to Washington Technology
magazine, Verizon received $1.3 billion, Sprint $839 million and
AT&T $505 million in federal prime contract revenue for fiscal
2007, for a total of $2.6 billion. While the companies have been
government contractors for a long time, it still represents a
significant increase in revenue." --
Also
posted at BLN
--- http://www.blacklistednews.com/view.asp?ID=6804
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Time
Warner Cable tries metering Internet use ---
http://www.blacklistednews.com/view.asp?ID=6800
A quote...."You're used to paying extra if you use up your cell phone
minutes, but will you be willing to pay extra if your home computer
goes over its Internet allowance? -- Time Warner Cable Inc. customers
-- and, later, others -- may have to, if the company's test of metered
Internet access is successful."
For more on this issue see....Attempts
to Control the Internet -
http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/weblists/attempttocontroltheinternet-weblist-mpg-053006
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U.S.
Economy, Bottom of the Ninth and Way Behind: --
http://www.opednews.com/articles/U-S--Economy--Bottom-of-th-by-Mike-Folkerth-080603-392.html
A quote...."The whole thing is a charade. The banking system has about
run its gamut. All the money has gravitated to the top players and
Middle America is reaching the point of no longer having any money to
be scammed out of. So, move along, nothing to see here, these people
are being phased out in favor of the improved cheap foreign labor
models."
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Beware the Moral Hazard
Trivializers --- http://mises.org/story/2987
A quote...."Central banks function as lenders of last resort, that is,
they lend money to financial firms and others who are unable to find
creditors on the market. The salient point is that they can provide
this service without any technical or economic limitations. Indeed, the
money they lend does not cost them anything at all. Central banks do
not have to borrow money; rather they make the money of the nation.
Because paper notes ("greenbacks") and electronic accounts
("liquidities") are virtually costless to make, it follows that the
amount central banks can lend is basically unlimited. This allows them
not only to provide virtually unlimited credit to governments and
similar institutions, but also to bail out market participants on the
verge of bankruptcy. Thus they can prevent financial contagions and
meltdowns."
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U.S.
commercial bankruptcies rise to record ---
http://www.blacklistednews.com/view.asp?ID=6814
A quote...."NEW YORK - U.S. commercial bankruptcies soared 46 percent
in May from a year ago and many more are expected as the slowing
economy chokes consumers and businesses, according to a bankruptcy
management firm. --
There were some 5,233 commercial bankruptcy cases last month, up from
3,589 in the year-ago period, according to AACER, a database of U.S.
bankruptcy statistics."
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Monday June 2nd 2008 -
links page
How Cheney
Outfoxed His Foes on Iran and EFPs ---
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42621
A quote...."For many months, the propaganda line that explosively
formed projectiles (EFPs) that could penetrate U.S. armoured vehicles
were coming straight from Iran has been embraced publicly by the entire
George W. Bush administration. But when that argument was proposed
internally by military officials in January 2007, it was attacked by
key administration officials as unsupported by the facts."
Also posted at Global
Research ---
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=9161
& ICH
---
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20032.htm
---
For more on this issue
see....Fake
Intel/Propaganda - IED's & EFP's
http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/weblists/fakeintell-weblist-mpg-090206#IEDS__EFPS
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Australian
PM attacks decision to join war in Iraq ---
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hlXAnA1C36Mo_bZ4_nRwmeGreimQD9129KL80
A quote...."CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Prime Minister Kevin Rudd
accused his predecessor of abusing intelligence information to justify
entering the Iraq war, saying Monday that the Australian people were
misled."
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Australia
withdraws troops from Iraq ---
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL0164801020080601
Related article - A quote...."NASSIRIYA, Iraq (Reuters) - About 500
Australian combat troops pulled out of their base in southern Iraq on
Sunday, fulfilling an election promise by Australian Prime Minister
Kevin Rudd to bring the soldiers home this year."
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Australia
ends combat service in Iraq
---
http://therealnews.com/t/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=1599&updaterx=2008-06-02+13%3A55%3A51
Video - Related video - A
quote...."AP: P.M. Kevin Rudd fulfills campaign promise, saying troops
in Iraq made Australia a terrorism target"
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New
Contracts Reflect Continued Presence in Iraq ---
http://www.truthout.org/article/long-term-contracts-show-plans-continued-iraq-occupation
A quote...."The depth of US involvement in Iraq and the difficulty the
next president will face in pulling personnel out of the country are
illustrated by a handful of new contract proposals made public in May.
The contracts call for new spending, from supplying mentors to
officials with Iraq's Defense and Interior ministries to establishing a
U.S.-marshal-type system to protect Iraqi courts. Contractors would
provide more than 100 linguists with secret clearances and deliver food
to Iraqi detainees at a new, U.S.-run prison."
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Iraq:
Death Toll - 'Above Highest Estimates' ---
http://www.countercurrents.org/jamail020608.htm
A quote...."BAQUBA, Jun 2 (IPS) - The real number of the dead is far
higher than even the highest declared in death tolls, many Iraqis say."
--
Also posted at IPS ---
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42618 ---
& Uruknet ---
http://www.uruknet.de/?p=m44539&s1=h1 ---
For more on this issue see....Fake
Intel / Propaganda - Iraq's Death Toll ---
http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/weblists/fakeintell-weblist-mpg-090206#IRAQDEATHS
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US/IRAQ:
"Enough Is Enough, It's Time to Get Out" ---
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42622
A quote...."SEATTLE, Jun 2 (IPS) - Dozens of veterans from the U.S.
occupation of Iraq converged in this west coast city over the weekend
to share stories of atrocities being committed daily in Iraq, in a
continuation of the "Winter Soldier" hearings held in Silver Spring,
Maryland in March."
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Pinning
the blame for 9/11 ---
http://www.opednews.com/maxwrite/linkframe.php?linkid=60690
Special Note - A quote...."Less than a mile from the mournful place in
Lower Manhattan where the World Trade Center came crashing to the
ground, in a hushed federal courthouse, a small band of Philadelphia
lawyers is prying loose secrets of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks.
-- It is here that the Cozen O'Connor law firm has filed an 812-page
lawsuit on behalf of U.S. and global insurance companies alleging that
Saudi Arabia and Saudi-backed Islamist charities nurtured and financed
al-Qaeda, the author of those deadly attacks."
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Our
nation's self-respect demands impeachment ---
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/365233_boyd01.html
A quote...."After his release, Sami al Haj arrived in Sudan and was
immediately rushed to a hospital by ambulance, weakened by his 438-day
hunger strike in Guantanamo. His message to our government: "Torture
does not stop terrorism, torture is terrorism." - The U.S. government
evidence against him says, "He was trained in the use of cameras by al
Jazeera News." --
Also posted at
CommonDreams
--- http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/06/01/9347/
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US
accused of holding terror suspects on prison ships ---
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jun/02/usa.humanrights
A quote...."The United States is operating "floating prisons" to house
those arrested in its war on terror, according to human rights lawyers,
who claim there has been an attempt to conceal the numbers and
whereabouts of detainees."
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Karzai
blames West for Afghan violence ---
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/world/story.html?id=511340c6-9ad0-45c6-b8c1-ca2e6f1d1394
A quote...."NEW DELHI, India - International forces in Afghanistan have
mismanaged the fight against the Taliban, leading to a rise in
violence, and now risk losing people's goodwill, President Hamid Karzai
told an Indian news channel. -- Karzai has often criticised the Western
conduct of the war in Afghanistan, saying civilian casualties must
stop. -- In turn, the president, who wants to stand for re-election
next year, is often criticised at home for being overly influenced by
the United States and Britain."
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Dogs
of War: Back to Africa ---
http://www.thought-criminal.org/article/node/1662
A quote...."A study published in spring 2007 by the Industrial College
of the Armed Forces noted that "Africa may do for the (private
military) industry in the next 20 years what Iraq has done in the past
four, provide a significant growth engine"
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Civil
groups to protest against US troops in Peru ---
http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/366372/cs/1/
A quote...."Lima, June 2 (Prensa Latina) Non-governmental organisations
in Peru have called for a general strike to protest against the
government's decision to allow US troops helping the civil
administration to carry arms."
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Putin
Calls U.S. `Frightening Monster,' Urges French Solidarity
---
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=adHBA_CS6GHg
A quote...."May 31 (Bloomberg) -- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin
compared the U.S. to a ``frightening monster'' and urged France to
distance itself from its American ally."
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New
High In U.S. Prison Numbers ---
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2008/02/28/ST2008022803016.html
A quote...."More than one in 100 adults in the United States is in jail
or prison, an all-time high that is costing state governments nearly
$50 billion a year and the federal government $5 billion more,
according to a report released yesterday. -- With more than 2.3 million
people behind bars, the United States leads the world in both the
number and percentage of residents it incarcerates, leaving
far-more-populous China a distant second, according to a study by the
nonpartisan Pew Center on the States."
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SITE red-faced as
Islamist 'Washington ruin' image turns out to be from Fallout 3 game
--- http://www.iraq-war.ru/article/166061
Some quotes...."SITE red-faced as Islamist 'Washington ruin' image
turns out to be from Fallout 3 game Tom Chivers – Telegraph.co.uk May
30, 2008 The SITE Intelligence Group said that the image, showing a
ruined Capitol Building in Washington, was created by extremists as
part of discussions about the feasibility of nuclear strikes against
the US and Britain. " -- "However, it has transpired that far from
being a detailed simulation created by terrorist masterminds, the
apocalyptic vision is in fact lifted from the computer game Fallout 3,
by US game designers Bethesda Softworks."
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Lebanon:
The Domino That Would Not Fall ---
http://www.palestinechronicle.com/view_article_details.php?id=13840
A quote...."To a large extent, whether by domino effect or otherwise,
the desired outcome has been achieved. The oil-rich Gulf countries,
Jordan, Egypt, Iraq, the Palestinian Authority and the countries of the
Magreb have all, to a greater or lesser degree, been “toppled.” There
are a few exceptions, such as Syria and maybe Yemen. The coveted prize
however, was always Lebanon. The United States, Israel and Saudi Arabia
– through their proxies in the ruling March 14 Coalition – have long
sought to bring it into the fold. -- But as the events of May
demonstrated, it was a prize not to be had."
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Hezbollah,
Israel make first steps to larger prisoner swap (Roundup)
---
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/news/article_1408665.php/Hezbollah_Israel_make_first_steps_to_larger_prisoner_swap__Roundup_
A quote...." Beirut - Lebanon's Hezbollah movement and Israel made
'initial steps' towards a larger prisoner swap that will include the
two Israeli soldiers snatched by the militant Shiite group in July
2006, a source close to the negotiations told Deutsche Presse-Agentur
dpa in Beirut."
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Palestinians
Trapped at Crossroads ---
http://www.palestinechronicle.com/view_article_details.php?id=13842
A quote...."Firing home-made primitive rockets at Israeli targets from
the Gaza Strip, the mass sweeping through the Palestinian – Egyptian
border crossing of Rafah in January and the series of ongoing peaceful
demonstrations at Gaza’s crossing points with Israel are not an
aggressive demonstration of self-confidence, but more a show of
defensive despair and weakness against the tight Israeli military
siege, as much as Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ threats to
resign are passive defensive reaction to the political siege imposed on
him by the United States and Israel, who so far fail to deliver on
their promises to bring about an agreement to create a Palestinian
state by the end of 2008."
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Bush’s
Anger is Unwise and Inappropriate ---
http://watchingamerica.com/News/1201/bushs-anger-is-unwise-and-inappropriate/
A quote...."Bush’s visit to the region, unwelcomed in the Arab street,
just came to an end. We hope to God that it’s the last before his
authority ends later this year. 2008 is the year that was featured in
his dull address, all of which dealt with the Palestinian problem. Or
rather, with the “Palestinian State,” that has apparently become
reinstated and will exist side by side with Israel. It is as if he was
paralyzing the Palestinians, or leading them into a wasteland, because
his delusions are simply unachievable. "
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Robert
Fisk: Horrors we have no choice but to forget
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/fisk/robert-fisk-horrors-we-have-no-choice-but-to-forget-837430.html
A quote...."I have a clear memory of a terrible crime that was
committed in southern Lebanon in 1978. Israeli soldiers, landing at
night on the beach near Sarafand – the city of Sarepta in antiquity –
were looking for "terrorists" and opened fire on a car load of female
Palestinian refugees."
Also
posted at ICH
--- http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20018.htm
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Bono
wants United States of Africa: newspaper ---
http://www.blacklistednews.com/view.asp?ID=6796
A quote...."Pop star and activist Bono has called for the creation of a
United States of Africa, saying that a pan-continental identity would
serve as a catalyst for resolving its conflicts. -- The U2 frontman,
who was in Japan to take part in a major development conference last
week, said that a United States of Africa "would be the dream" in the
long term."
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Washington
Planning to "Checkmate" Chavez ---
http://www.uruknet.de/?p=m44548&s1=h1
A quote...."So says Heinz Dieterich Steffan - German sociologist,
economist, political analyst and Hugo Chavez consultant who claims he
coined the phrase "21st century socialism" in the mid-1990s. He
currently teaches at the Autonomous Metropolitan University in Mexico
City and writes often on Latin American issues."
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Washington
cops getting semiautomatic rifles ---
http://www.blacklistednews.com/view.asp?ID=6772
A quote...."WASHINGTON -- Civil rights activists say the move to arm
District of Columbia Police Department patrol officers with
semiautomatic weapons is going overboard. -- Officers will be given
AR-15 rifles this summer as a way to combat dangerous criminals on the
streets, The Washington Post reported Saturday"
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William
E. Odom, 75; Military Adviser to 2 Administrations ---
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/31/AR2008053102193.html
A quote...."Among senior military people, he was probably the first to
consider the war in Iraq a misbegotten adventure," Brzezinski said
yesterday. "He believed that we're just stoking hostility to the United
States in that region and developing an opposition that cannot be
defeated by military means. He was very outspoken." -- Well before the
U.S.-led invasion in 2003, Gen. Odom warned that military action in
Iraq would be foolhardy and futile. He outlined his positions in The
Washington Post's Outlook section Feb. 11, 2007, in the essay "Victory
Is Not an Option." -- "The president's policy is based on illusions,
not realities," he wrote. "There never has been any right way to invade
and transform Iraq."
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Iran
Building 7 Refineries to Hike Capacity ---
http://www.farsnews.com/English/newstext.php?nn=8703121225
A quote...." TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran is constructing seven refineries in an
effort to boost its crude and gas refining capacity by more than 1.5
million barrels per day (bpd), a senior oil official said Saturday."
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Japan
continues climb out of lost decade ---
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/jun/02/japan.japan?gusrc=rss&feed=worldnews
A quote...."Having contributed little to world growth for more than 10
years as it suffered a "lost decade" of stagnation and deflation,
Japan, the world's second-largest economy, has quietly plugged itself
into Asia's expansion and is hopeful it has "decoupled" from the US.
And for a country that is totally dependent on imported oil, there is
also remarkably little panic about the recent highs in world oil
prices."
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Time
to End "Bernanke Panky?" ---
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kevin-phillips/time-to-end-bernanke-pank_b_104772.html
A quote...."Deplore as he must the current minor Internet buzz about
abolishing the Federal Reserve Board or impeaching its leaders, Fed
Chairman Ben Bernanke must have a grudging historical sense that 75
years ago, such chastisement might have been appropriate."
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Middle
East Countries About To Abandon Sinking Dollar ---
http://infowars.net/articles/june2008/020608Dollar.htm
A quote...."With the middle class in America on the ropes, and our
nation's currency in trouble — largely because of the greatest credit
expansion in the history of the world presided over by Mr. Greenspan
himself — now Greenspan has encouraged the Gulf countries to drop the
dollar. -- With the American dollar rapidly sinking in value as a
result of inflation, several nations that have traditionally tied the
value of their own currencies to the U.S. dollar will reportedly break
free in the months ahead."
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Sunday June 1st 2008 -
links page
No posts. - mpg
Saturday May 31st 2008
- links page
Manufactured
Reality: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back ---
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=9139
Must Read - A
quote...."In order to force a new reality upon any targeted populace,
the masters of the universe follow a simple strategy – they immediately
make things twice as bad as they intend to keep them, only to take one
step back after a short while, so that the new manufactured reality
will be easier to accept. This strategy holds constant from the
manipulation of oil prices to the military strategy to rule the world
by force."
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Pain
and Conscience ---
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20014.htm
Must Read - A
quote...."30/05/08 "ICH" -- -- It is evident that a
substantial majority of U.S. citizens are, in principle, opposed to the
most destructive governmental policies stemming from the nation’s
capital. These include, but are not limited to—the continuing war and
occupation of Iraq, as well as the pervasive consumer fraud that preys
upon the innocent and the unwary and causes them undue hardship. These
charges are born out by the abysmal approval rating of Congress and the
president. It is equally evident that the government, while pretending
to be sympathetic to these views, continues to carry forth those same
policies both at home and abroad. It does so without the consent of the
people and, therefore, it has abrogated its responsibility to them."
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After
Bobby Kennedy ---
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20015.htm
Must Read - A
quote...."30/05/08 "ICH" -- - In this season of 1968 nostalgia, one
anniversary
illuminates today. It is the rise and fall of Robert Kennedy, who would
have been elected president of the United States had he not been
assassinated in June 1968. Having travelled with Kennedy up to the
moment of his shooting at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles on 5
June, I heard The Speech many times. He would "return government to the
people" and bestow "dignity and justice" on the oppressed. "As Bernard
Shaw once said," he would say, "'Most men look at things as they are
and wonder why. I dream of things that never were and ask: Why not?'"
That was the signal to run back to the bus. It was fun until a hail of
bullets passed over our shoulders."
Also posted at CommonDreams
--- http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/05/31/9327/
& NewStatesman
---
http://www.newstatesman.com/north-america/2008/05/obama-pilger-mccain-kennedy
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McClellan
and the "Enablers" ---
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/timothy-karr/mcclellan-and-the-enabler_b_104399.html
A quote...."For all the press attention swirling around Scott
McClellan's explosive tell-all, there's a brewing back story that's
making Katie Couric and Charles Gibson squirm. And they're not alone.
-- Few were surprised that McClellan's book exposed a Bush
administration "political propaganda campaign" that mislead the
American public about the war in Iraq. Some question the former press
secretary's loyalty and timing, but no one -- with the obvious
exception of the White House and its apologists -- questions the
factual basis of his claim."
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Media
failures didn't stop when the war started ---
http://mediamatters.org/items/200805300009?f=h_top
A quote...."When excerpts from former White House press secretary Scott
McClellan's new book were made public this week, you might have
expected McClellan's claim that President Bush cannot remember whether
he has ever used cocaine to cause a stir. After all, Bush's alleged use
of the drug was one of the few negative stories about him the media had
any appetite for during the 2000 campaign."
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McCain
Reacts To McClellan: ‘Every Intelligence Agency In The World And Every
Assessment’ Said Iraq Had WMD
--- http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/29/mccain-mcclellan/
A quote...."In his new book, former White House press secretary Scott
McClellan charges that the Bush administration manipulated information
in a “propaganda” campaign before the Iraq war, making the faulty claim
that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction (WMD)."
Also posted at InfoWars
--- http://infowars.net/articles/may2008/300508McCain.htm
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McClellan
and the Media 'Enablers' ---
http://www.consortiumnews.com/2008/053108a.html
posted
at Consortiumnews
---
https://secure.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizations/consortiumnews/shop/custom.jsp?donate_page_KEY=2043
A quote...."No sooner had Bush’s ex-press secretary (now author) Scott
McClellan accused President Bush and his other former collaborators of
misleading our country into Iraq than the squeals of protest turned
into a mighty roar. -- I’m not talking about the vitriol directed
at him by former White House colleagues like Karl Rove and Ari
Fleischer. I’m talking about McClellan’s other erstwhile war
collaborators: the movers and shakers in corporate media."--
For more on this
issue see.Fake
Intel / Propaganda - Scott McClellan
http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/weblists/fakeintell-weblist-mpg-090206#MCCLELLAN_EXPOSE
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Iraqi
clerics against US bases
---
http://therealnews.com/t/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=1587&updaterx=2008-05-31+09%3A38%3A05
Video - Must View - A
quote...."The Bush administration will have a hard time extracting a
Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) from the government in Baghdad –
indefinitely stationing US military troops in the country just as in
Japan and South Korea. Muqtada al-Sadr wants any agreement to be
submitted to a national referendum. Grand Ayatollah Sistani has
recently been visited by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in Najaf. And he
practically ordered Maliki to call a national referendum. Now Ayatollah
Kazim al-Haeri – the 5th grand Ayatollah of Iraq - has issued a fatwa
against the agreement."
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Thousands
of Sadrists Protest Security Pact With US; Sistani Aide Demands
Parliament Vote
---
http://www.juancole.com/2008/05/thousands-of-sadrists-protest-security.html
Related article - Some quotes...."Al-Hayat says that those familiar
with the current draft of the agreement says that it speaks of
the establishment of 400 US
military sites and bases through the country, of legal immunity for
American troops and citizens, and an abrogation of any undertakings
previously made, to share in the reconstruction of the country."
-- "(On both the Iraqi and American side, this agreement is being
characterized as a mere understanding between two executives. It is not
being categorized as a treaty and there is no plan to submit it either
to the Iraqi parliament or to the US Congress. It seems that the Bush
team hopes it will take on the force of law just by virtue of existing
and having been signed by the two leaders.)"
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US
offers $3'000'000 brides to Iraqi MP for SOFA agreement
---
http://vineyardsaker.blogspot.com/2008/05/us-offers-3000000-brides-to-iraqi-mp.html
A quote...."Press TV reports: 'US bribing Iraqi MPs to sign deal' - The
US has offered bribes to Iraqi MPs to lure them into endorsing a
security deal that critics believe would make Iraq a US colony. -
Sources in Iraq's parliament told Press TV on Thursday that Washington
has offered three-million dollars in bribe to the lawmakers who sign
the "framework accord."
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US
paying allies to fight war in Iraq ---
http://www.opednews.com/maxwrite/linkframe.php?linkid=60604
A quote...." Over 180,000 payments, mostly since the war started in
2003, were made by the defense department to contractors for everything
from bottled water to vehicles to transportation services. -- In her
testimony, Ugone also revealed that $135 million were given to forces
from three countries UK, South Korea and Poland to facilitate their
participation in the war.
This is the
first time that the US has officially admitted paying its allies in the
so-called Coalition of the Willing that invaded Iraq in March 2003."
-- bold by webiste editor
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Privatising
war --- http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2008/899/focus.htm
A quote...."As quelling foreign populations becomes a staple of
warfare, private mercenary forces are increasingly relied upon as a
tool of foreign policy......" -- "There are now more than 50 private
security firms currently operating in Iraq and their number is likely
to increase, according to recent reports. Officially their function is
to protect vital facilities (from government buildings to oil wells)
and important persons (the US ambassador, for example). Some of these
companies have special information gathering and analysis departments
whose staff has access to state-of-the-art military and security
technologies. Global Risks is one such company. Charged with protecting
Baghdad International Airport, it has hired for this purpose 500
Nepalese and 500 Fijian soldiers who are apparently the cheapest of the
30 nationalities of mercenaries currently in Iraq."
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Depleted Uranium
has Destroyed the Genetic Future of Iraq ---
http://www.iraq-war.ru/article/165984
A quote....""More than ten times the amount of radiation released
during atmospheric testing of nuclear bombs has been released from DU
weaponry since 1991," said Leuren Moret, a U.S. nuclear scientist. "The
genetic future of the Iraqi people, for the most part, is destroyed.
The environment now is completely radioactive." -- Because DU has a
half-life of 4.5 billion years, the Middle East will, for all practical
purposes, be radioactive forever." --
For more on this issue see....The
Method - 05-07-07 - mpg ---
http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/blotterminiblogs/themethod-blog-mpg-050707
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An
Open Letter to Israeli Defense Minister, Ehud Barak ---
http://www.palestinechronicle.com/view_article_details.php?id=13836
A quote...."Where was the democratic nature of your state when your
heroic soldiers killed my daughter before the eyes of her friends at
the entrance to her school in Anata? Where were your democratic ideals
when you closed the investigation file into Abir's murder for lack of
sufficient evidence, this despite the fact that the crime is clear and
was committed in front of more than ten witnesses? Was Abir really a
threat to your soldiers, sir?" -- "I carry in my possession the weapons
with which Abir threatened those soldiers. I have in my hand her school
backpack, reinforced and armored, of course — the mechanical pencil she
had, laden with dangerous lead cartridges, and her math book in which
class she had a test the same day, which of course included detailed
instructions on how to prepare chemical weapons. In addition to all
this, she had a sharp ruler, which could for sure be used as a weapon
to stab someone. Lastly, I found in her possession two pieces of
chocolate that perhaps contained a bit of enriched uranium that would
have certainly brought devastation upon your state, if she hadn't been
tempted to take them in her hand for a taste seconds before she was
shot."
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The Convenient Silence
of Guantanamo Bay
05-31-08
mpg
Guantanamo
Bay judge relieved of duties after threatening to suspend proceedings
if prosecutors continued to withhold evidence
--- http://www.chycho.com/?q=node/1734
A quote...."The
military judge in the Omar Khadr trial in Guantanamo Bay has been
relieved of his duties, a move that Mr. Khadr's defence counsel implied
is a result of the judge siding with the defence on a number of
evidence-disclosure issues in the controversial military tribunal
case.”
There are those currently serving in
US military uniforms, who torture prisoners in the name of the American
people, obtain coerced confessions, fake evidence, initially refuse to
provide consul to their prisoners than later grudgingly do so, do not
recognize Habeas Corpus, or the Geneva Conventions, or the right
against self-incrimination, or a public trial.....and have as a final
indignity to this country's honor withheld evidence from the presiding
judge in the trial and when he demands that they present it in court to
him, they, in an act of supreme, uncaring, willful, arrogance simply
fire him. Sounds like a cover-up to this editor. (Probably
because it would show the US government’s and Bush's complicity with
9/11, or even the fact the defendants were innocent, but we'll never
know now, will we?)
This is not a mockery of justice; this is a mockery of show trials.
A word to the wise for all those in the US military participating in
these "interrogations" and "trials", if ANY of the evidence being withheld
or altered indicates US government complicity with 9/11, or would
support or imply in any way such a suspicion....all personnel who have
cooperated in withholding or altering such evidence would automatically
become an accessory after the fact in the murder of three thousand
Americans.
More importantly, tainting such evidence, creating any evidence,
suborning perjury or extracting false confessions from prisoners even
if it DOES NOT DIRECTLY INVOLVE U.S. government or administration
official’s complicity regarding 9/11...IN
AND OF ITSELF could be legally construed as obstruction of
justice and possibly make someone an accessory after the fact regarding
9/11 if it prevents the identification of the true perpetrators or the
facts involved.
This is true whether or not one was committing these acts under the
orders of higher officials.
It's especially true if these higher officials are implicated in any
way with the events of 9/11.
It has become obvious that Guantanamo Bay was set up not just to avoid
the law (all of them), but as Donald Rumsfeld is so fond of
saying "to control the flow of information". It is not a
coincidence that these prisoners were kept isolated, or that their
stories and facts were never verified by independent observers.
Nor is it a coincidence that Rumsfeld personally monitored
interrogations live through a high-speed video link. Nor that the
"evidence" or so-called various "confessions" of these prisoners have
been kept under wraps for five years now. Too late to be useful
in determining what really happened on 9/11. To late to be
crossed checked with each other and with the known facts.
The regime in Washington DC and those who followed their orders have
managed to prevent disclosure of what these prisoners really knew
about 9/11 for five long years and somehow managed to muddy the waters
to the point where we may never know who was really responsible for
that fateful day. They somehow managed to torture their prisoners
till they'd confess to crimes they couldn't possibly have committed,
tortured them till they wouldn't even be able to recognize their own
mothers, tortured them till they would sign or say anything their
torturers and their masters wanted them to say….absolutely anything,
and they did so while some who might have had actual knowledge of what
happened on 9/11 died while in their custody, conveniently silenced
forever.
It's something to think about. Everyone involved with Guantanamo
Bay should keep in mind there is NO statue of limitations on treason,
murder, conspiracy to commit murder or crimes against humanity. -
mpg
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Comcast
Is Hiring an Internet Snoop for the Feds ---
http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/05/comcast-wants-d.html
A quote...."Wanna tap e-mail, voice and Web traffic for the government?
Well, here's your chance. Comcast, the country's second-largest
Internet provider, is looking for an engineer to handle
"reconnaissance" and "analysis" of "subscriber intelligence" for the
company's "National Security Operations."
For more on this issue see....Attempts
to Control the Internet
http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/weblists/attempttocontroltheinternet-weblist-mpg-053006
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Russia's
GDP up 8.4% in April, 8.3% in January-April ---
http://en.rian.ru/business/20080527/108537555.html
A quote...."MOSCOW, May 27 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's GDP grew 8.4%
year-on-year in April and 8.3% in the first fourth months of 2008, a
deputy economics minister said on Tuesday."
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Kohn
Signals Wall Street May Get Permanent Access to Fed Loans
--- http://www.blacklistednews.com/view.asp?ID=6756
Special Note - A
quote...."Federal Reserve Board Vice Chairman Donald Kohn raised the
possibility of giving Wall Street securities firms permanent access to
loans from the central bank, as long as regulators tighten oversight of
the companies. -- Kohn also advocated continuing Fed auctions of funds
to commercial banks and loans of Treasuries to Wall Street dealers even
after markets stabilize. Such channels would stay open ``either on a
standby basis or operating at a very low level,'' he said in a speech
in New York yesterday.
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One
Nation Under Debt ---
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/hale-stewart/one-nation-under-debt_b_104445.html
Multiple Charts - A
quote...."One of the first trends I noticed with the latest US
expansion is the record amount of debt that was involved. Simply put --
this was a borrow and spend expansion like nobody's business. I'm not
the only one who has noticed:"
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See also....
The
cost of soaring public and private debt levels -
posted 05-28-08
---
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/cost-soaring-private-public-debt/story.aspx?
--- guid=%7B850A8114%2DC2BE%2D4C36%2DBC01%2DFB07DC75B45F%7D
See also....
U.S.
Fed to auction more loans to banks in June -
posted 05-28-08
---
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-05/30/content_8280153.htm
See also....
US
and European debt markets flash new warning signals -
posted 05-28-08
---
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2008/05/29/cndebt129.xml
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Friday May 30th 2008 -
links page
McClellan:
Bush ’secrectly declassified’ 2002 NIE on Iraq to selectively leak to
reporters.
---
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/29/mcclellan-bush-authorized-declassification-of-2002-nie-and-leak-of-valerie-plames-idenity/
A quote...."During his “Today” show appearance this morning with host
Meredith Viera, former press secretary Scott McClellan confirmed that
President Bush himself had authorized the leak of the 2002 National
Intelligence Estimate on Iraq:"
Also
posted at ICH
--- http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20007.htm
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Surprise,
Surprise: Bush Lied ---
http://www.consortiumnews.com/2008/052808.html
posted at Consortiumnews
---
https://secure.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizations/consortiumnews/shop/custom.jsp?donate_page_KEY=2043
A quote...."Some may view ex-White House press secretary Scott
McClellan’s new book as vindication for those who took grief – accused
of “derangement,” “treason” and a bunch of less-printable things – for
calling George W. Bush a liar over the past eight years. -- But the
more troubling point is that there has been little improvement in the
Washington political/media structure that failed to call Bush out on
his lies in a timely fashion."
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Scott
McClellan Apologizes for Bashing Richard Clarke ---
http://www.abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=4963452
A quote...."In an encounter last night in the lobby of a New York
hotel, former White House press secretary Scott McClellan apologized
for denouncing a former White House colleague, Richard Clarke, the
former counterterrorism adviser, after Clarke wrote a book highly
critical of the Bush administration in 2004."
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CNN/MSNBC
reporter: Corporate executives forced pro-Bush, pro-war narrative
---
http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/05/29/yellin/index.html
A quote...."Jessica Yellin -- currently a CNN correspondent who covered
the White House for ABC News and MSNBC in 2002 and 2003 -- was on with
Anderson Cooper last night discussing Scott McClellan's book, and made
one of the most significant admissions heard on television in quite
some time:"--
For more on this
issue see....Fake
Intel / Propaganda - Scott McClellan
---
http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/weblists/fakeintell-weblist-mpg-090206#MCCLELLAN_EXPOSE
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Leo
Strauss and the Neocon Lust for Terror ---
http://georgewashington2.blogspot.com/2008/05/strauss-and-neocon-lust-for-terror.html
A quote...."Leo Strauss is the father of the NeoConservative movement,
including many leaders of the current administration. Indeed, some of
the main neocon players were students of Strauss at the University of
Chicago, where he taught for many years. Strauss, born in Germany, was
an admirer of Italian fascists, Nazi Philosophers and Machiavelli.--
Strauss believed that a stable political order required an external
threat and that
if an
external threat did not exist, one should be manufactured." --
For more on this
issue see....Fake
Intel / Propaganda - Leo Strauss
---
http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/weblists/fakeintell-weblist-mpg-090206#LEO_STRAUSS
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Can
Truth Retain Its Independence? ---
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20013.htm
Must Read - A quote...."
30/05/08 "ICH' -- Justin Raimondo has
a good column
this morning on Antiwar.com -
http://www.antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=12918 --- It is
written as a fundraiser. But
what it shows is that journalists (and whistle-blowers) who tell the
truth in America are more likely to be pummeled than rewarded, whereas
those who lie for powerful interest groups live high on the hog.
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Marine says he
was ordered to delete Iraq photos ---
http://www.uruknet.de/?p=m44477&s1=h1
A quote...."CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (AP) — A Marine who took pictures of
Iraqi men, women and children killed by U.S. forces testified Thursday
that he deleted the photos under an officer's orders and later lied
repeatedly to investigators about what happened to the images."
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Phase
One, Cheney's
and Maliki's new war in Iraq - Friday round-up - 3 articles - [ Day 67
]
Iraqis
Protest Against US Military Deal ---
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/05/30/9298/
A quote...."Published on Friday, May 30, 2008 -- Thousands of
supporters of Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr demonstrated in Baghdad and
elsewhere in Iraq after Friday prayers to denounce a government deal
with Washington on US troop levels. -- Followers of the anti-US cleric
brandished placards outside mosques in their Sadr City Shiite
stronghold in the capital as security forces stepped up their presence
there.
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Thousands
of Iraqis rally against U.S. troop accord ---
http://www.reuters.com/article/featuredCrisis/idUSL30930038
A quote...."BAGHDAD, May 30 (Reuters) - Thousands of people heeded a
call from anti-American cleric Moqtada al-Sadr to protest talks between
Washington and Baghdad on keeping U.S. troops in Iraq beyond 2008, but
turnout on Friday was lower than past marches."
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A
Juan Cole Round Up ---
http://www.juancole.com/2008/05/suicide-bombers-kill-20-wound-dozens-in.html
A quote...."Friday, May 30, 2008 06:34:00 AM --
Tom
Engelhardt points out ---
http://tomdispatch.com/post/174937/cerf_and_navasky_the_mccain_touch
--- that "the U.S. military has, in the last two
months, fired at least 200 Hellfire missiles into the Iraqi capital,
according to
the
Washington Post, ---
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/22/AR2008052203869_pf.html
--- most of them into Sadr City, the vast, heavily
populated Shiite slum in east Baghdad. ("Just six" had been used in
Baghdad in the previous three months.)" -- Well no one is more happy
than I that US military casualties are way down in May. But apparently
it is because US troops didn't have to fight in Sadr City so much,
because we like bombed it back to the Stone Age, with all those
civilians densely packed in there. And no wonder the Mahdi Army
suddenly decided to let al-Maliki's troops in. 200 missiles is a lot of
missiles to rain down on your extended family.
Editor's
note : This ends any more
postings of "Phase One, Cheney's and Maliki's new war in Iraq" at
day 67. To sum up the activity so far....it was stated when the
attacks were first launched that "it would be a bloody couple of
months", it appears that was true. The results are as
follows. Well over a thousand civilians have been killed in Sadr
City alone and many more were injured courtesy of the US air force, a
truce was signed allowing the Mehdi army to possess only light weapons
but they're required to give up their heavy weapons (if Malik can find
them of course), also
the "Iraqi Army" will be allowed to patrol Sadr City without being
attacked, and finally that before any arrests are made of Mehdi party
members,
Maliki must first obtain warrants and follow normal judicial
procedures. (hardly likely but it's at least on record that he agreed.)
The situation is still in flux,
the elections which were scheduled to take place in October and in
which al-Sadr was expected to increase his share of seats in parliament
have been delayed (naturally) by one month. Also al-Sadr is
expected to continue mass protests up until the elections. If it looks
like he's gaining political momentum you can expect more arranged
attacks, assassinations and arrests by the US and Maliki against those
who support al-Sadr and his party. - mpg
Phase
One, Cheney's
and Maliki's new war in Iraq - Friday round-up - [ Day 67
]
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Guatemala
jails five for massacre ---
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7426800.stm
A quote...."A court in
Guatemala has
sentenced five former paramilitaries each to 780 years in prison
for the 1982 murder of 26 indigenous Mayan villagers. -- They received
the maximum sentence of 30 years for each of the murders which took
place during an infamous massacre of 177 women and children in Rio
Negro." - bold by website editor.
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Pentagon
fires Khadr judge ---
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=549763
A quote...."NEW YORK -- The U.S. Pentagon abruptly replaced the
military judge in the Omar Khadr case yesterday after he chastised the
prosecution at a recent Guantanamo Bay hearing. -- The chief judge of
the war crimes commission that is to try the Candian accused of
terrorism announced the change in an e-mail to a senior official." --
This is a national disgrace and a complete
sham. Military personnel who participate in this travesty may be
held personally liable later on, even ten or twenty years down the
road. Something they should seriously
think about. - mpg
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Lawyers
want 9/11 trial dismissed (and related articles) ---
http://www.911truth.org/article.php?story=20080530144953831
Related article - A quote...."SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Defense
lawyers accused the government of rushing the Sept. 11 defendants to
trial at Guantanamo to influence the U.S. presidential elections, and
asked the military judge to dismiss the case in a court filing obtained
Thursday by The Associated Press."
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The
bubble of all US bubbles ---
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Global_Economy/JE31Dj03.html
A quote...."Two great issues define this moment in America: war in Iraq
and economic turbulence dominate debates, fears and campaigns.
Optimistic pitches can be heard about the effectiveness of the "surge"
in Iraq and policy responses to subprime-driven economic pain."
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Pakistan
coalition has agreed to expel Musharraf: Sharif
---
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2008/May/subcontinent_May855.xml§ion=subcontinent&col=
A quote...."LAHORE, Pakistan - Pakistan's ruling
coalition has agreed to expel US-backed President Pervez Musharraf from
power, former prime minister Nawaz Sharif said on Wednesday."
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Try
Musharraf for treason: Sharif
---
http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=dc6d26c7-f08a-4e
---
31-b8f9-9ad71cb41c85&&Headline=Try+Musharraf+for+treason%3a+Sharif
A quote...."Former Pakistan prime minister and
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif has demanded
that President Musharraf be tried on treason charges and not allowed
any safe exit from the country."
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US['s]
terror drive stalled in political quagmire
[resistance] ---
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/JE31Df01.html
A quote...."A speech by former premier Nawaz Sharif on Youm-e-Takbeer
(the 10th anniversary of Pakistan's testing of a nuclear device on May
28, 1998) illustrates how anti-Americanism has become a tool of
politicians to mobilize the masses. He stated:
"I will not absolve [President
Pervez]
Musharraf from the accusations against him of devastating the country
by selling it to foreign powers, carrying out the Lal Masjid massacre,
incarcerating nuclear scientist Dr [Abdul Qadeer] Khan and superior
court judges and handing over innocent Pakistanis to American agencies
in return for dollars." -- *Nawaz
Sharif on Youm-e-Takbeer*, former premier of Pakistan
For
more on this issue see....It
Will Happen Every Single Time -
http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/rapsheetarch/mpgrap-122407-010108#EVERY_TIME
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Iranian
guardsmen die after clash with PJAK ---
http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=143180
A quote...."Three Iranian Revolutionary Guardsmen have died from wounds
sustained during a clash near the Turkish border with members of a
group linked to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), an Iranian
news agency has said." --
For more
on this issue see....US
Support of Terror - MEK - PKK - Others
---
http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/weblists/ussupportofterror-weblist-mpg-090306#MEK-PKK-OTHERS
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Gazans
wounded in border protest ---
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/E590B8A7-6468-49DB-9075-974B176DD255.htm
A quote...."At least 15 Palestinians have been wounded after Israeli
troops used gunfire to stop about 3,000 Hamas supporters from
approaching one of the Gaza Strip's main border crossings with Israel,
witnesses say."
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The Next
Fidel -- Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez bids to revive revolutionary Marxism.
--- http://www.amconmag.com/2008/2008_05_19/cover.html
Must Read -
a.k.a. -
The good,
the bad and the ugly. - mpg - A quote...."Viewed from the shanty
towns
that peer down on it from the surrounding hillsides, Caracas looks like
a caricature Latin American capital, with too much North American
influence of the wrong kind and too little of the right kind. Here,
spoiling a lovely steep valley, is the usual sad, globalized panorama
of ugly, uninteresting concrete towers, one of them absurdly crowned
with a huge Pepsi can. You might as well decorate the skyline with a
gigantic banana."
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Middle
classes losing faith in 'rude' police who go for soft targets instead
of the real criminals ---
http://infowars.net/articles/may2008/300508police.htm
A quote...." The middle classes have lost confidence in the police, a
stark report has warned. -- They fear they have been alienated by a
service which routinely targets ordinary people rather than serious
criminals, simply to fill Government crime quotas. -- The attitude of
some officers has also led to spiralling complaints about neglect of
duty and rudeness." --
We're all
little brown "towel heads" now. - mpg
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Fort
Detrick Scientists Themselves Think the Killer Anthrax Came from their
Facility
---
http://georgewashington2.blogspot.com/2008/05/new-development-in-anthrax.html
A quote...."Even experts at the U.S. bioweapons facility at Fort
Detrick think that the anthrax which was used in the 2001 attacks came
from their facility:
"In an e-mail
obtained by FOX News, scientists at Fort Detrick openly discussed how
the anthrax powder they were asked to analyze after the attacks was
nearly identical to that made by one of their colleagues.
"Then he said he had to look at a lot of samples
that the FBI had prepared ... to duplicate the letter material," the
e-mail reads. "Then the bombshell. He said that the best duplication of
the material was the stuff made by [name redacted]. He said that it was
almost exactly the same … his knees got shaky and he sputtered, 'But I
told the General we didn't make spore powder!'
"Indeed, 3 of the 4 suspects the FBI is investigating are employees of
Fort Detrick, which is run by the Army. --
Also posted at 911Truth
---
http://www.911truth.org/article.php?story=20080529140950426 ---
For more on this issue see....False
Flag Ops
---
http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/weblists/falseflagops-weblist-mpg-082006#ANTHRAX
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Scientists
Cast Doubt on Kennedy Bullet Analysis ---
http://www.opednews.com/maxwrite/linkframe.php?linkid=60565
A quote...."In a collision of 21st-century science and decades-old
conspiracy theories, a research team that includes a former top FBI
scientist is challenging the bullet analysis used by the government to
conclude that Lee Harvey Oswald alone shot the two bullets that struck
and killed President John F. Kennedy in 1963. -- The "evidence used to
rule out a second assassin is fundamentally flawed," concludes a new
article in the Annals of Applied Statistics written by former FBI lab
metallurgist William A. Tobin and Texas A&M University
researchers Cliff Spiegelman and William D. James."
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Dow
Chemical announces massive price increase ---
http://wsws.org/articles/2008/may2008/dow-m30.shtml
A quote...."Dow Chemical announced it would charge up to 20 percent
more for its products on May 28, citing spiraling price increases for
oil and other petrochemical inputs. This decision by Dow—a behemoth
with $54 billion in 2007 sales spread throughout numerous consumer
industries—is expected to substantially increase inflation, which is
already increasing rapidly in the US and throughout the world, cutting
into workers’ purchasing power." --
Watch
for increases from a whole host of other companies very soon, this will
allow inflation
to really hit the economy in about six months....right after the
elections. It must be one of them there "coincidences" of course.
- mpg
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Inflation
wipes out income gains in April - Spending is flat after adjusting for
0.2% increase in prices
---
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/inflation-wipes-out-income-gains/story.aspx?
--- guid=%7B2C005308%2DA4C7%2D406F%2D94A2%2D0031B06BD0FC%7D
A quote...."WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Inflation erased all the gains
in disposable personal income in April, while U.S. consumer spending
was flat after adjusting for higher prices, the Commerce Department
estimated Friday."
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Consumer
sentiment lowest since 1980 ---
http://money.cnn.com/2008/05/30/news/economy/consumer_sentiment/?postversion=2008053011
A quote...."Index of consumer confidence at its weakest level in nearly
28 years as rising prices and a slumping economy have made Americans
more cautious about spending."
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