> > From: Tom Feeley <[log in to unmask]> > Date: 2007/03/22 to PM 11:17:11 CET > To: [log in to unmask] > Ämne: ICH: Deaths In Iraq Have Reached 1 Million > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Information Clearing House Newsletter > Deaths In Iraq Have Reached 1 Million > 22nd March 2007 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Excessive partiality for one foreign nation, and excessive dislike of another, cause > those whom they actuate to see danger only on one side, and serve to veil and even > second the arts of influence on the other. Real patriots, who may resist the intrigues > of the favorite, are liable to become suspected and odious; while its tools and dupes > usurp the applause and confidence of the people, to surrender their interests.":George > Washington (1732-1799) Founding Father, 1st US President, 'Father of the Country' > -Source: Farewell Address, September 17, 1796, Ref: George Washington: A Collection, > W.B. Allen, ed. (521) > > = > "The spirit of encroachment tends to consolidate the powers of all the departments > in one, and thus to create whatever the form of government, a real despotism. A just > estimate of that love of power, and proneness to abuse it, which predominates in > the human heart is sufficient to satisfy us of the truth of this position.":George > Washington - (1732-1799) Founding Father, 1st US President, 'Father of the Country' > - Source: Farewell Address, September 17, 1796, Ref: George Washington: A Collection, > W.B. Allen, ed. (521) > > === > > Click here for text only version of the site (great for dialup users)! > > http://www.ichblog.eu/text/ [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=f74676bab.0.oufcw6bab.iqnuv6bab.11761&ts=S0230&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ichblog.eu%2Ftext%2F] > > === > > Read this newsletter onlinehttp://tinyurl.com/dy6yy [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=f74676bab.0.pufcw6bab.iqnuv6bab.11761&ts=S0230&p=http%3A%2F%2Ftinyurl.com%2Fdy6yy] > > === > Number Of Iraqi Civilians Slaughtered In America's War On Iraq - At Least 655,000 > + + > http://tinyurl.com/usq4x [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=f74676bab.0.rufcw6bab.iqnuv6bab.11761&ts=S0230&p=http%3A%2F%2Ftinyurl.com%2Fusq4x] > > Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America'sWar > On Iraq 3,228 > http://icasualties.org/oif/ [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=f74676bab.0.tufcw6bab.iqnuv6bab.11761&ts=S0230&p=http%3A%2F%2Ficasualties.org%2Foif%2F] > > The War in Iraq Costs > $410,521,892,678 > > See the cost in your community > http://nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=182 [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=f74676bab.0.uufcw6bab.iqnuv6bab.11761&ts=S0230&p=http%3A%2F%2Fnationalpriorities.org%2Findex.php%3Foption%3Dcom_wrapper%26Itemid%3D182] > > === > Deaths In Iraq Have Reached 1 Million: : > > On the fourth anniversary of the invasion by Allied troops, an Australian scientist > insisted the true death toll dwarfed previous estimates. > http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17388.htm [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=f74676bab.0.oth576bab.iqnuv6bab.11761&ts=S0230&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.informationclearinghouse.info%2Farticle17388.htm] > > === > > Thrown To The Assassins > > By David Case > > They cheered the U.S. invasion; they offered to help, signed on as translators, risked > everything they had to work for the United States. But when they had to run for their > lives, America slammed the door. > http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17385.htm [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=f74676bab.0.pth576bab.iqnuv6bab.11761&ts=S0230&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.informationclearinghouse.info%2Farticle17385.htm] > > === > > The Upcoming Iraq War Funding Bill > > HON. RON PAUL OF TEXAS > > Only with the complicity of Congress have we become a nation of pre-emptive war, > secret military tribunals, torture, rejection of habeas corpus, warrantless searches, > undue government secrecy, extraordinary renditions, and uncontrollable spying on > the American people. The greatest danger we face is ourselves. > http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17384.htm [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=f74676bab.0.qth576bab.iqnuv6bab.11761&ts=S0230&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.informationclearinghouse.info%2Farticle17384.htm] > > === > > White Hot Rage > > By Cindy Sheehan > > I have long suspected that Blackwater Security and L. Paul Bremer (what's his nickname? > Scooter? Pookie?) were responsible for the insurgency in Iraq and subsequently the > death of my son, Casey. I am reading Jeremy Scahill's new book: Blackwater and it > is doing nothing to decrease my suspicions, only confirm them. > http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17389.htm [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=f74676bab.0.rth576bab.iqnuv6bab.11761&ts=S0230&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.informationclearinghouse.info%2Farticle17389.htm] > > === > > FBI Violations May Number 3,000, Official Says > > By R. Jeffrey Smith > > The Justice Department's inspector general told a committee of angry House members > yesterday that the FBI may have violated the law or government policies as many as > 3,000 times since 2003 as agents secretly collected the telephone, bank and credit > card records of U.S. citizens and foreign nationals residing here. > http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17383.htm [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=f74676bab.0.sth576bab.iqnuv6bab.11761&ts=S0230&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.informationclearinghouse.info%2Farticle17383.htm] > > === > > Gaza Strip > > Video Documentary > > Gaza Strip, is an extraordinary and painful journey into the lives of Palestinians > in the Gaza Strip struggling with the day-to-day trials of the Israeli occupation. > Filmed in verité style and without narration, Gaza Strip at last gives voice to a > population largely ignored by mainstream media. Click to view > http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17386.htm [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=f74676bab.0.tth576bab.iqnuv6bab.11761&ts=S0230&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.informationclearinghouse.info%2Farticle17386.htm] > > === > > At least 19 killed in another bloody day of U.S. occupation: > > Clashes erupted when members of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's Mehdi army attacked > the headquarters of the rival Shi'ite Fadhila party in the southern city of Basra. > http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17722026/ [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=f74676bab.0.uth576bab.iqnuv6bab.11761&ts=S0230&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.msnbc.msn.com%2Fid%2F17722026%2F] > > === > > US soldier sentenced over Iraq rape : > > http://snipurl.com/1drgc [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=f74676bab.0.vth576bab.iqnuv6bab.11761&ts=S0230&p=http%3A%2F%2Fsnipurl.com%2F1drgc] > > === > > ABC (Under)counting Iraqi Dead: > > Top ABC anchors are minimizing the death toll. > http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=3064 [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=f74676bab.0.wth576bab.iqnuv6bab.11761&ts=S0230&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fair.org%2Findex.php%3Fpage%3D3064] > > === > > This is a must watch: Video: Final Countdown for Baghdad's Children: > > Baghdad's last refuge for orphaned and traumatised children is in danger of closing > later this month when it finally runs out of funds. > http://www.guardian.co.uk/video/page/0,,2038665,00.html [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=f74676bab.0.xth576bab.iqnuv6bab.11761&ts=S0230&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.guardian.co.uk%2Fvideo%2Fpage%2F0%2C%2C2038665%2C00.html] > > === > > Remembering Rufina Amaya: > > The New York Times Magazine in a 2005 article (May 01) revealed that the Iraqi counterinsurgency > was being advised by an American who led the Special Forces in El Salvador in the > 1980s. > http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17387.htm [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=f74676bab.0.yth576bab.iqnuv6bab.11761&ts=S0230&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.informationclearinghouse.info%2Farticle17387.htm] > > === > > Sadr aide held over killing of U.S. soldiers: > > U.S. forces have captured a senior aide to anti-American Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr > over the killing of five U.S. soldiers in the Iraqi holy city of Kerbala in January, > the U.S. military said on Thursday. > http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=2972322 [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=f74676bab.0.zth576bab.iqnuv6bab.11761&ts=S0230&p=http%3A%2F%2Fabcnews.go.com%2FUS%2FwireStory%3Fid%3D2972322] > > === > > Iraq 'talking to militant groups' : > > Talks are taking place between the Iraqi government and some insurgent groups, a > senior Iraqi official says. > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6475407.stm [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=f74676bab.0.9th576bab.iqnuv6bab.11761&ts=S0230&p=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2F2%2Fhi%2Fmiddle_east%2F6475407.stm] > > === > > Raw video: UN chief ducks for cover after blast in occupied Baghdad: > > A rocket attack disrupted a press conference with U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon > and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Malik; The rocket hit within 50 yards of the press > conference, but no one was injured. > http://snipurl.com/1drgn [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=f74676bab.0.8th576bab.iqnuv6bab.11761&ts=S0230&p=http%3A%2F%2Fsnipurl.com%2F1drgn] > > === > > Democrats Seek Votes On Iraq Pullout: > > House Democratic Leaders Struggle to Find Votes to Order U.S. Pullout From Iraq > http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=nation_world&id=5136995 [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=f74676bab.0.7th576bab.iqnuv6bab.11761&ts=S0230&p=http%3A%2F%2Fabclocal.go.com%2Fkabc%2Fstory%3Fsection%3Dnation_world%26id%3D5136995] > > === > > Wars will Cost Trillions to US People: > > The cost of the wars unleashed by President George W. Bush´s government could exceed > $1 trillion by the end of his term of office, a study predicted on Wednesday. > http://snipurl.com/1drgo [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=f74676bab.0.6th576bab.iqnuv6bab.11761&ts=S0230&p=http%3A%2F%2Fsnipurl.com%2F1drgo] > > === > > Think the Nation's Debt Doesn't Affect You? Think Again: > > In addition to borrowing from the world's poorest countries, Bush & Co. are secretly > confiscating your hard-earned dollars to support their out-of-control spending habits. > http://www.alternet.org/story/49418/ [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=f74676bab.0.5th576bab.iqnuv6bab.11761&ts=S0230&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alternet.org%2Fstory%2F49418%2F] > > === > > Bush's war fuels highest level of defense spending since WWII : > > As the Iraq war enters a fifth year, the conflict that President Bush's aides once > said would all but pay for itself with oil revenues is fueling the highest level > of defense spending since World War II. > http://www.capitolhillblue.com/cm/content/view/303/159/ [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=f74676bab.0.4th576bab.iqnuv6bab.11761&ts=S0230&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.capitolhillblue.com%2Fcm%2Fcontent%2Fview%2F303%2F159%2F] > > === > > Iraq as a weapons lab: > > For the neocons of this administration, as a friend said to me recently, Iraq was > to be a laboratory that would reveal the face of imperial America. > http://www.tomdispatch.com/index.mhtml?pid=1338 [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=f74676bab.0.auh576bab.iqnuv6bab.11761&ts=S0230&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tomdispatch.com%2Findex.mhtml%3Fpid%3D1338] > > === > > Pledge To Impeach: Video; > > http://snipurl.com/1drgs [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=f74676bab.0.buh576bab.iqnuv6bab.11761&ts=S0230&p=http%3A%2F%2Fsnipurl.com%2F1drgs] > > === > > British MP George Galloway on the Doha Debates: Video: > > George Galloway debating against the motion that Iraq needs a new dictator to bring > stability. > http://snipurl.com/1drgu [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=f74676bab.0.cuh576bab.iqnuv6bab.11761&ts=S0230&p=http%3A%2F%2Fsnipurl.com%2F1drgu] > > === > > US struggles to avert Turkish intervention in northern Iraq: > > Ankara claims Kurdish rebels preparing attacks > http://www.guardian.co.uk/turkey/story/0,,2040626,00.html [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=f74676bab.0.duh576bab.iqnuv6bab.11761&ts=S0230&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.guardian.co.uk%2Fturkey%2Fstory%2F0%2C%2C2040626%2C00.html] > > === > > Officials: 135 Killed In Pakistan Clash: > > http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/03/22/terror/main2595344.shtml [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=f74676bab.0.euh576bab.iqnuv6bab.11761&ts=S0230&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Fstories%2F2007%2F03%2F22%2Fterror%2Fmain2595344.shtml] > > === > > Musharraf faces `revolution': > > Crowd calls president `Bush's dog' as opposition builds after judge's ouster > http://www.thestar.com/article/194808 [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=f74676bab.0.fuh576bab.iqnuv6bab.11761&ts=S0230&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thestar.com%2Farticle%2F194808] > > === > > Musharraf at the Exit: > > After eight years of military rule it appears that the Pakistani people have had > enough. > http://snipurl.com/1drgy [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=f74676bab.0.guh576bab.iqnuv6bab.11761&ts=S0230&p=http%3A%2F%2Fsnipurl.com%2F1drgy] > > === > > 40 militants, 3 police killed in S Afghanistan : > > Forty three persons including 40 insurgents have been killed since eruption of conflict > between Taliban fighters and government troops in Afghanistan's southern Helmand > province early Thursday morning, a local official said. > http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-03/22/content_5883059.htm [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=f74676bab.0.huh576bab.iqnuv6bab.11761&ts=S0230&p=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.xinhuanet.com%2Fenglish%2F2007-03%2F22%2Fcontent_5883059.htm] > > === > > 59% of US Adults Think Iran Is Helping Shiites in Iraq by Providing Weapons: > > 32% favor bombing Iran if this is proven to be true. > http://snipurl.com/1drh0 [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=f74676bab.0.iuh576bab.iqnuv6bab.11761&ts=S0230&p=http%3A%2F%2Fsnipurl.com%2F1drh0] > > === > > Burns cautions Congress against pursuing with Iran legislation > > A senior Bush Administration official has cautioned Congress against passing any > legislation on Iran that will make matters difficult for the allies of the United > States especially at a time when Washington has been trying to wean countries, including > India, away from any business deals with Tehran. > http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/001200703221211.htm [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=f74676bab.0.juh576bab.iqnuv6bab.11761&ts=S0230&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hindu.com%2Fthehindu%2Fholnus%2F001200703221211.htm] > > === > > Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline would help Tehran''s nuke projects: US : > > Visiting US Energy Secretary Samuel W Bodman Thursday said Washington was against > the proposed gas pipeline project between India, Pakistan and Iran as this would > enable Tehran's nuclear weaponisation programme. > http://www.kuna.net.kw/Home/Story.aspx?Language=en&DSNO=964191 [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=f74676bab.0.kuh576bab.iqnuv6bab.11761&ts=S0230&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kuna.net.kw%2FHome%2FStory.aspx%3FLanguage%3Den%26DSNO%3D964191] > > === > > India warns Pak of pulling out of IPI pipeline project : > > India has threatened to walk out of the $7 billion Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline > project if Islamabad did not bring down the fee it wants to charge for allowing flow > of natural gas from Iran to India. > http://snipurl.com/1drh3 [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=f74676bab.0.luh576bab.iqnuv6bab.11761&ts=S0230&p=http%3A%2F%2Fsnipurl.com%2F1drh3] > > === > > Bolton says U.S. blocked Israel truce : > > The United States resisted calls for an immediate cease-fire between Israel and Lebanon > last summer, former U.S. Ambassador John Bolton said. > http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/43076.html [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=f74676bab.0.muh576bab.iqnuv6bab.11761&ts=S0230&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.earthtimes.org%2Farticles%2Fshow%2F43076.html] > > === > > Gaza Strip virtually 'imprisoned': UN rights expert: > > A UN human rights expert on Thursday accused Israel of turning the Gaza Strip into > a virtual prison under an apartheid-like occupation of Palestinian territories. > http://snipurl.com/1drh4 [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=f74676bab.0.nuh576bab.iqnuv6bab.11761&ts=S0230&p=http%3A%2F%2Fsnipurl.com%2F1drh4] > > === > > Palestinians reject Quartet demands : > > Representatives of the new Palestinian unity government have said they will reject > the Middle East Quartet's offer to reinstate direct aid in return for a renunciation > of violence and recognition of Israel. > http://snipurl.com/1drh6 [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=f74676bab.0.ouh576bab.iqnuv6bab.11761&ts=S0230&p=http%3A%2F%2Fsnipurl.com%2F1drh6] > > === > > Palestinian government gains EU's confidence: > > A top European Union envoy met with a senior member of the new Palestinian government, > as the EU joined the United States in ending a year of ostracism and leaving Israel > increasingly isolated in its demand for a total boycott of the Hamas-Fatah coalition. > http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/03/22/news/pals.php [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=f74676bab.0.puh576bab.iqnuv6bab.11761&ts=S0230&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iht.com%2Farticles%2F2007%2F03%2F22%2Fnews%2Fpals.php] > > === > > Karen Kwiatkowski: Our Mad Mad Mad Mad Vice President Speaks: > > The Cheney speech to AIPAC - reassuring militant rightwingers in Israel and the US > that America is leaning forward on Iran, and that we are never leaving Iraq - was > filled with honesty and conviction, and gives us a clear window into the administration's > thinking. > http://snipurl.com/1drh7 [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=f74676bab.0.quh576bab.iqnuv6bab.11761&ts=S0230&p=http%3A%2F%2Fsnipurl.com%2F1drh7] > > === > > Professor Sami Al-Arian Enters 54th Day of Hunger Strike: > > Sami Al-Arian is in dire condition. The jailed Palestinian professor has lost over > 50 pounds as he enters the 54th day of a hunger strike to protest the circumstances > of his continued imprisonment. DN speaks with his wife, Nahla Al-Arian. > http://www.palestinechronicle.com/story-03210761914.htm [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=f74676bab.0.ruh576bab.iqnuv6bab.11761&ts=S0230&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.palestinechronicle.com%2Fstory-03210761914.htm] > > === > > US tones down Egypt democratic requirements: > > US State Department spokesman says Washington will not intervene in Egypt's domestic > political event. > http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=20080 [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=f74676bab.0.suh576bab.iqnuv6bab.11761&ts=S0230&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.middle-east-online.com%2Fenglish%2F%3Fid%3D20080] > > === > > Detainee abuse in CIA secret prisons documented in ICRC report : > > Detainees held in secret prisons operated by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) > throughout the globe were subject to abuse and sleep deprivation, according to a > confidential report prepared by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) > http://snipurl.com/1drha [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=f74676bab.0.tuh576bab.iqnuv6bab.11761&ts=S0230&p=http%3A%2F%2Fsnipurl.com%2F1drha] > > === > > Amnesty urges governments not to cooperate with US military trials: > > The human rights group Amnesty International has called on foreign governments not > to cooperate with United States military trials of Guantanamo Bay detainees. > http://snipurl.com/1drhb [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=f74676bab.0.uuh576bab.iqnuv6bab.11761&ts=S0230&p=http%3A%2F%2Fsnipurl.com%2F1drhb] > > === > > UK: Three arrested over July 7 bombings: > > Three men were today arrested in connection with the July 7 London bombings, which > killed 52 commuters on the capital's public transport system. > http://www.guardian.co.uk/terrorism/story/0,,2040618,00.html [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=f74676bab.0.vuh576bab.iqnuv6bab.11761&ts=S0230&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.guardian.co.uk%2Fterrorism%2Fstory%2F0%2C%2C2040618%2C00.html] > > === > > UK: Cameron stands encircled by zealous Anglo-neocons: > > An influential coterie of Tory MPs is bent on a foreign policy driven not by Britain's > interests, but those of the US and Israel > http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2039547,00.html [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=f74676bab.0.wuh576bab.iqnuv6bab.11761&ts=S0230&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.guardian.co.uk%2Fcomment%2Fstory%2F0%2C%2C2039547%2C00.html] > > === > > Former CIA official supports Professor's claim that official 9/11 Islamist conspiracy > theory are lies: > > Although the 9/11 truth movement was long ignored by the U.S. government and the > mainstream media, recent polls have shown that (as Time magazine has acknowledged) > the rejection of the official theory has become "a mainstream political phenomenon." > http://snipurl.com/1drhe [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=f74676bab.0.xuh576bab.iqnuv6bab.11761&ts=S0230&p=http%3A%2F%2Fsnipurl.com%2F1drhe] > > === > > N Korea envoy walks away from talks ; > > Six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear programme have broken down with the chief > North Korean and Russian negotiators both heading home from the Beijing meeting. > http://snipurl.com/1drhh [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=f74676bab.0.yuh576bab.iqnuv6bab.11761&ts=S0230&p=http%3A%2F%2Fsnipurl.com%2F1drhh] > > === > > Who Will Explode the Next Nuclear Bomb? : > > In this documentary produced for the BBC World Service, defense expert Robert Hutchinson > looks at the nuclear crisis in North Korea, and at diplomatic moves to curb it. > http://www.thechangingworld.org/ [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=f74676bab.0.zuh576bab.iqnuv6bab.11761&ts=S0230&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thechangingworld.org%2F] > > === > > Remembering Puerto Rico's Ponce Massacre: > > On March 21st, 1937, 19 people were killed and more than one hundred wounded when > police opened fire on a demonstration calling for independence from the United States. > The day is considered a defining event in Puerto Rico's history of struggle against > US domination. > http://snipurl.com/1drhl [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=f74676bab.0.9uh576bab.iqnuv6bab.11761&ts=S0230&p=http%3A%2F%2Fsnipurl.com%2F1drhl] > > === > > Senate Panel Joins House Subcommittee in Authorizing Subpoenas : > > A Senate panel probing the firing of eight U.S. attorneys joined a House subcommittee > in authorizing subpoenas to compel testimony by Karl Rove, President George W. Bush's > top political adviser, and other White House officials. > http://snipurl.com/1drho [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=f74676bab.0.8uh576bab.iqnuv6bab.11761&ts=S0230&p=http%3A%2F%2Fsnipurl.com%2F1drho] > > === > > Prosecutor Says Bush Appointees Interfered With Tobacco Case: > > The leader of the Justice Department team that prosecuted a landmark lawsuit against > tobacco companies said yesterday that Bush administration political appointees repeatedly > ordered her to take steps that weakened the government's racketeering case. > http://snipurl.com/1drhr [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=f74676bab.0.7uh576bab.iqnuv6bab.11761&ts=S0230&p=http%3A%2F%2Fsnipurl.com%2F1drhr] > > === > > Demoted U.S. attorney protested office shutdown, loss of resources : > > A U.S. attorney targeted by convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff complained to his superiors > in Washington about losing investigative resources little more than a month before > his demotion. > http://snipurl.com/1drhs [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=f74676bab.0.6uh576bab.iqnuv6bab.11761&ts=S0230&p=http%3A%2F%2Fsnipurl.com%2F1drhs] > > === > > Reduced sentence in works for Abramoff: > > Former Republican super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff, sentenced to almost six years in > prison for his fraudulent purchase of a South Florida gambling fleet, can receive > a reduced sentence if he continues to assist prosecutors in a far-reaching Washington > public corruption probe, federal officials said Wednesday. > http://snipurl.com/1drht [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=f74676bab.0.5uh576bab.iqnuv6bab.11761&ts=S0230&p=http%3A%2F%2Fsnipurl.com%2F1drht] > > === > > Bill offers temporary legal status to undocumented immigrants: > > Bipartisan legislation to be unveiled Thursday in the House of Representatives would > offer temporary legal status to millions of undocumented immigrants but would require > them to leave the country before they could be eligible for permanent residency and > U.S. citizenship. > http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/16948243.htm [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=f74676bab.0.4uh576bab.iqnuv6bab.11761&ts=S0230&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.realcities.com%2Fmld%2Fkrwashington%2F16948243.htm] > > === > > In case you missed it: Michael Parenti -- Some Labor History! > > 5 Minute Video: > http://snipurl.com/1drhu [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=f74676bab.0.avh576bab.iqnuv6bab.11761&ts=S0230&p=http%3A%2F%2Fsnipurl.com%2F1drhu] > > === > > Free Trade Enslaving Poor Countries: > > The new free trade agreements being signed up between rich and poor countries are > proving far more damaging to the poor than anything envisaged within WTO talks, Oxfam > said in a report Tuesday > http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=37010 [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=f74676bab.0.bvh576bab.iqnuv6bab.11761&ts=S0230&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ipsnews.net%2Fnews.asp%3Fidnews%3D37010] > > === > > Let us work towards > > Peace & Joy > > Tom Feeley > === > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Quick Links... > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Website [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=f74676bab.0.fwfcw6bab.iqnuv6bab.11761&ts=S0230&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.informationclearinghouse.info%2F] > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Contact Information > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > phone: 952-516-2145 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Forward this email to a friend > http://ui.constantcontact.com/sa/fwtf.jsp?m=1101581137416&[log in to unmask]&a=1101588791173 > > > This email was sent to [log in to unmask], > by [log in to unmask] > > Update Profile/Email Address > http://ui.constantcontact.com/d.jsp?p=oo&m=1101581137416&ea=corneliushamelberg%40bredband.net&se=11761&t=1101588791173&lang=en&reason=F > > Instant removal with SafeUnsubscribe(TM) > http://ui.constantcontact.com/d.jsp?p=un&m=1101581137416&ea=corneliushamelberg%40bredband.net&se=11761&t=1101588791173&lang=en&reason=F > > Privacy Policy: > http://ui.constantcontact.com/roving/CCPrivacyPolicy.jsp > > > Powered by > Constant Contact(R) > www.constantcontact.com > > > Information Clearing House | Po Box 365 | Imperial Beach | CA | 91933 > ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤