Check this shit out!

aight, I found a fly list serv that yall should check. it's called US Quagmire. it's a middle east commentary that doesn't allow Zionists on it. (much as I disrespect religion, 'specially Islam, I do enjoy anti-Zionists rants by Muslims. they always make me laugh!) check out these two articles, they are indicative of the crem de la crop, my opinion



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A Platform of Bigotry - BOB HERBERT on George Allen ; 2nd Iraq reort
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MA PA


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Check out this band: funny & cool
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Re: Impeachment Action: War Crimes Act - URGENT
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dorindamoreno


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Guest who is coming for Dinner ??
From:
raja chemayel


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Re: Lebanon, a Unique Example of Humanitarian Solidarity [D. Shearer
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dorindamoreno


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Haiti and Iraq
From:
Dahlia Wasfi


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"We just want to go back and live like we did before."
From:
KarimAG


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Silence in a Time of Torture is Complicity
From:
saima shah


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Iraqi Resistance Report: Thursday, 28 September 2006.
From:
abunasr1967


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A letter: How can we change this course of history
From:
saima shah


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Director of UNRWA, Toronto Oct 4.
From:
Susan Howard-Azzeh


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ISLAMIC OPPOSITION OF AL-IMAM ZAID (R)- CONSOLIDATING THE MUSLIM RAN
From:
The Street Mimbar


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Army chief to Bush: not enough money for Iraq war (The Guardian [UK
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Romi Elnagar


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Petition to hold war crimes trials
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A Platform of Bigotry - BOB HERBERT on George Allen ; 2nd Iraq reort

Posted by: "MA PA"
drymarc2003@yahoo.ca


drymarc2003



Thu Sep 28, 2006 6:37 am (PST)





A Platform of Bigotry - BOB HERBERT on George Allen ; 2nd Iraq reort, this time
from UN

by BOB HERBERT - The New York Times

Thursday Sep 28th, 2006



- Herbert: Allen’s Bigotry - Where are the voices of reason in the Republican
Party(the complete article)?



- Congress Rushing Off a Cliff: Democracy Loses - The New York Times Editorial and More



--> OP-ED COLUMNIST

A Platform of Bigotry

By BOB HERBERT

Published: September 28, 2006



George Allen, the clownish, Confederate-flag-loving senator from Virginia, has
apparently been scurrying around for many years, spreading his racially offensive
garbage like a dog that should be curbed. With harsh new allegations emerging daily,
it’s fair to ask:



Where are the voices of reason in the Republican Party — the nonbigoted voices? Why
haven’t we heard from them on this matter?

Continued:

http://mparent7777.livejournal.com/12831484.html



Congress Rushing Off a Cliff: Democracy Loses - The New York Times Editorial

http://mparent7777.livejournal.com/12831183.html



Second report on Iraq, this time from U.N.

http://mparent7777.livejournal.com/12830223.html



And More on Today's Newswire

http://mparent7777.livejournal.com/2006/09/28/



MARC PARENT

CRIMES AND CORRUPTIONS OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER NEWS

http://mparent7777.livejournal.com/ Homepage

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Check out this band: funny & cool

Posted by: "Karima4483@aol.com"
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Thu Sep 28, 2006 9:37 am (PST)







Perhaps the first artificial Zionist ever, Artie Fishel is a self-loving

Jewish Jazz musician wanting to bring down one of the greatest anti-Semitic

myths ever - that Jazz has its roots in the African-American culture. Instead,

Fishel want us to believe that is was born in the Jewish Ghettos of Eastern

Europe.

The Promised Band with Artie Fishel in the lead (also known as Gilad

Atzmon) is definitely one of the funniest bands ever. I had the great pleasure of

listening to them in London a few months ago myself. Check out the website,

play the game, listen to the samples - and don't miss the album launch on 18-21

of October in London!

_http://www.artiefishel.com/_ (http://www.artiefishel.com/)







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Re: Impeachment Action: War Crimes Act - URGENT

Posted by: "dorindamoreno"
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Thu Sep 28, 2006 9:45 am (PST)







Veterans For Peace wrote:



> Dear Veterans For Peace Impeachment Project Supporters,

>

> If you agree with the statement below, please send it to your

> representitives in Congress by following this link:

>

> http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizationsORG/vetsforpeace/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=5300


>

>

> Thank You,

>

> Chris Snively VFP National Office

>

> ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

>

> Tuesday, September 26, 2006

>

> To All Members of the United States Congress,

>

> In the past five years, since the horrific attacks of September 11,

> 2001, the people of our nation have been told time and time again that

> the world has changed, we have a new enemy and we must change to fight

> that enemy. This argument has been presented over and over to justify

> deviations from and at times dismissal of our nation's basic ideals.

>

> Veterans For Peace and millions of other U.S. citizens believe the

> time has come to return to our nation's core beliefs as called for by

> our Declaration of Independence and Constitution, the rule of law,

> justice and the recognition of all people's unalienable human and

> civil rights.

>

> Recent news reports indicate that the Bush administration is seeking

> legislation to eliminate key elements of the War Crimes Act. Veterans

> For Peace believes such an effort is an attempt by administration

> officials to protect themselves from prosecution, even as they

> prosecute enlisted men and women for actions committed under their

> command in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere.

>

> It is the highest form of hypocrisy to claim to support our troops

> while allowing the policy makers and planners of a war of choice, that

> we believe is illegal, immoral and unjust, to change existing law to

> protect themselves from prosecution for committing war crimes after

> ordering the troops to war. It is obvious that these officials are

> trying to change the law because they believe they have broken the

> law. How convenient for them that they have the power to persuade you

> to protect them. How inconvenient for the soldier on the ground who

> must follow their orders.

>

> Veterans For Peace vehemently insists that Congress

>

> (1) Reject any effort to weaken the 1996 War Crimes Act (USC §2441), and

>

> (2) Based on USC §2441 and Article II of the Constitution, which makes

>

> treaties ratified by the U.S. Senate the supreme law of the land,

> initiate impeachment proceedings against President Bush and

> Vice-President Cheney for the war crimes they have committed and for

> the treaties they have violated by the invasion and occupation of

> Iraq; including, but by no means limited to, waging a war of

> aggression, crimes against peace, and war crimes.

>

> Veterans For Peace reminds Congress that the Uniform Code of Military

> Justice already applies the Geneva Conventions to everyone in the U.S.

> military. The purpose of the War Crimes Act is to provide the same

> accountability to the military's civilian leaders. Gutting the War

> Crimes Act will exempt high government officials from the very war

> crimes charges they are now leveling against enlisted men and women

> and in some cases asking for the death penalty.

>

> It is easy to claim adherence to high ideals in times of prosperity

> and relative comfort. The test is in time of challenge and adversity.

> We face such times today. Will we live up to what we claim to be; land

> of the free and home of the brave? The American people as a whole must

> answer these questions but you are in elected positions to take a lead.

>

> Hold the Bush administration accountable for its actions. Support our

> troops. Do not create a double standard, one for the troops another

> for the administration. We have no Kings in the United States. No one

> is above the law. We have a President and he is a servant of the

> people. Even in times of war.

>

> Urgently,

>

> David Cline, President

>

> Veterans For Peace

>

> cc: All members of the U.S. Armed Forces

>

> All the American people

>





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Guest who is coming for Dinner ??

Posted by: "raja chemayel"
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chemayelraja



Thu Sep 28, 2006 10:23 am (PST)



Guest who is coming for Dinner ??

at the White house......





General Perverse Musharaf

and the Humid Karzay





One is a General who took over the power in a Coup ,as usual,

and the other was a CIA-Restaurant-owner who became a President.



One was threatened to be bombed into the stone ages

the other took over the Power ,

only after a actual bombing into the stone ages



Each knows that Ben Ladin is residing at his neighbour's

and each want to propagate democracy into the 16th.Century



Each is....... a partner for Peace......an ally against Terror

a true friend in the war against the extremist-Muslims

Actually a moderate,..........otherwise known as a castrate .



And yet ,

although having the same puppeteer ,

they disagreed !!

meaning that their Pupeteer must be an Idiot...





How come ??

has the war against Terror derailed ??

is democracy imported and imposed , not good enough ??

is the war in Iraq , not a success ??

is Saddam more popular now , than in 1995 ??

is Ben Ladin not a raw-model for anti-modernism ??

and the anti-weternism ??

Has BenLaden replaced Simon de Bolivar

and Ernesto Che Guevara ???



How come two Puppets do revolt ??against each other.......

or against the Puppeteer ??





I guess the fish served ,in the Whitehouse,would have been excellent

and that the only thing stinking around that Dinner-Table

would have been ,only, George .





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28.09.2006





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Re: Lebanon, a Unique Example of Humanitarian Solidarity [D. Shearer

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Communicator wrote:



> Lebanon, a unique example of humanitarian solidarity

>

> By David Shearer

> Commentary [for the Daily Star, Beirut]

> Tuesday, September 26, 2006

>

> I left Beirut last week feeling that in the few short months I was the

> United Nations humanitarian coordinator for Lebanon, I witnessed the

> Lebanese people in their very best light. Lebanon was my 11th

> assignment to a humanitarian emergency. It is from that perspective

> that I judge recent events in the country and how its people responded

> to the war with Israel.

>

> When I arrived in July, with the conflict raging, 1 million people -

> nearly a quarter of the country's population - were in flight, living

> in areas away from the fighting and the air and artillery assault on

> their communities, to the safety of Beirut, North Lebanon or Syria.

> Only weeks later, with the cessation of hostilities on August 14,

> these same people were on the move again, this time in a rush back to

> their homes, so many of which were unfortunately found damaged or

> destroyed.

>

> To my mind, the most intriguing thing about this large-scale migration

> was just how orderly and without incident it was. What other country

> could experience such a mass movement of its citizens in the heat of

> war and have virtually no incidence of hunger, malnutrition or deadly

> disease? In my experience, it's simply unprecedented.

>

> For our part, the UN agencies and non-governmental organizations gave

> help where needed - with food, water, medicine, tents, blankets and

> cooking utensils, even some psychological support. We were also able -

> thanks to our ability to communicate directly with the Israelis - to

> keep the humanitarian convoys moving. Some 80 trucks and two ships, in

> all, continued to deliver our relief supplies and those of the

> Lebanese government as well, even in the heat of war.

>

> But the true safety net in this emergency proved to be the Lebanese

> people, themselves. Regardless of religion or ethnic background,

> families, even whole communities, embraced those fleeing the fighting,

> taking them into their homes and feeding and caring for them. To my

> mind, this is what humanitarian assistance is all about, and the

> Lebanese people proved in their compassion to be a model for the world.

>

> It's now been just five weeks since the cessation of hostilities, and

> the humanitarian relief phase is pretty much over. For the most part

> all who needed food have been fed. Medicine chests in hospitals and

> clinics throughout the country are now full. And while water

> distribution in the South will continue for some weeks, government

> agencies, with the support of the UN and NGOs, are hard at work

> repairing critical storage tanks and water supply lines.

> http://www.dailystar.com.lb

>

> A few days ago I took a trip through South Lebanon. What was most

> amazing to me was to see how much of the reconstruction process is

> already under way. Lebanese communities have moved quickly to clean up

> the rubble of war. And dozens of government work crews could be seen

> strung all along the roadways, installing the new electrical lines and

> transformers that are quickly returning light and heat to communities

> and schools and that will power the generators and pumps to bring back

> regular supplies of water.

>

> The reconstruction process will not happen overnight, particularly

> given the large scale of destruction, and the lingering legacy of

> those 300,000-plus cluster-bomb sub-munitions that will continue to

> endanger lives and livelihoods for some time to come. But thanks to

> the $900 million committed to recovery by donors at the Stockholm

> conference in early September, and significant bilateral donations

> from Gulf countries and elsewhere, the government and municipalities

> will have the resources in hand for a well-planned recovery.

>

> Humanitarian relief efforts can sometimes drag on too long and

> overstay their need. This is one event in which the Lebanese people

> themselves helped speed the relief phase. Our job is done, and I take

> my leave, comfortable in the knowledge that the Lebanese government

> and its people, with the continuing assistance of UN development

> agencies and NGOs, are moving ahead confidently with the recovery

> process.

>

> On a personal note, it has been an honor and a privilege for me to

> work with the people of Lebanon in their time of crisis. They've

> taught me a lesson about compassion and solidarity in the face of

> turmoil. I have no doubt that their wonderful energy and sense of

> optimism will be the mortar for building a better country than the one

> that has been so painfully damaged.

>

> David Shearer was the UN humanitarian coordinator for Lebanon. He

> wrote this commentary for THE DAILY STAR.

>

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Haiti and Iraq

Posted by: "Dahlia Wasfi"
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Thu Sep 28, 2006 2:31 pm (PST)



Observations: Selective reporting

http://www.newstatesman.com/200610020020



The day after Haiti's elected president Jean-Bertrand Aristide was forced into exile
by US troops in 2004, the British press was unmoved. Aristide had it coming, the
Times thought, as he had been "increasingly despotic and erratic", while
the Independent called him "a bloody dictator" and the Telegraph noted his
"use of thugs to intimidate political opponents".



In a moment of unusual dissent, a letter in the London Review of Books by Peter
Hallward, now of Middlesex University, tried to put events in context. "People
with - generally tenuous - connections to Aristide's Lavalas party were probably
responsible for around 30 killings in all the years he was in office." Set this
against the 5,000 Lavalas supporters killed while Aristide was in exile from
1991-94, and the 50,000 deaths attributed to the Duvalier dictatorships.



Now we are learning more about bloodshed in Haiti. A study in the Lancet reports
that, during the 22-month rule of the US-backed interim government that followed
Aristide's departure, no fewer than 8,000 people were murdered in greater
Port-au-Prince alone. Of these, 22 per cent were killed by the police, 26 per cent
by anti-Aristide groups or the demobilised army, and 48 per cent by criminals. In
addition, 35,000 women and girls were raped or sexually assaulted.



Professor Royce Hutson of Wayne State University, who co-wrote the study, said:
"We didn't detect any Lavalas atrocities with regards to murder or sexual
assault. We did detect some physical assaults . . . and some threatening
behaviour."



In the entire US and British press three papers reported this: the Miami Herald, the
Independent and the Guardian, and for the Guardian the story became news only after
a letter to the Lancet challenged the report's credibility.



There is an echo here of the treatment given the October 2004 Lancet report that
found 100,000 excess Iraqi civilian deaths since the 2003 invasion. This was
dismissed at the time and has generally been ignored ever since, even though earlier
mortality studies in the Democratic Republic of Congo by the same lead author, Les
Roberts, and using the same methodology, were cited by the likes of Tony Blair and
Colin Powell.



Last February, Roberts returned to the subject of Iraq, this time estimating that
the civilian death toll there could have reached 200,000-300,000. Having examined
the media's preferred study, produced by the Iraq Body Count (IBC) website - which
puts the number of civilian deaths, based on reports by the media, at 43,000-48,000
- Roberts and colleagues found that "it cannot be more than 20 per cent
complete".



This prompted a debate, and in a June letter to IBC, Roberts described his team's
reaction to the website's most recent defence of its work: "We decided that it
was so devoid of credibility, and so laden with self-interest rather than the
interest of the Iraqis, it did not merit a response."



That judgement, from some of the world's leading epidemiologists, could hardly be
more damning. And hardly of less interest to the mainstream media, which ignored it.




David Edwards and David Cromwell edit http://www.medialens.org and are the authors
of "Guardians of Power: the myth of the liberal media" (Pluto Press)



http://www.newstatesman.com/200610020020



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