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US Vice-President Dick Cheney repeated assertions on Sunday on links between the former Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda despite a recent Senate intelligence committee report that concluded otherwise.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/1f27d8e4-4106-11db-827f-0000779e2340,_i_email=y.html



Cheney says debate is hurting war effort

Vice President Dick Cheney offered a veiled attack Sunday on critics of the administration's Iraq policy, saying the domestic debate over the war is emboldening adversaries who believe they can undermine the resolve of the American people.

http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/news/local/15489070.htm


From Information Clearing House

By Sheila Samples

We have been insulted and deceived, our courts dismantled, our Congress neutered, our children murdered in an illegal, genocidal war, our elections stolen, our tax dollars wasted. Today, we are stranded on our own rooftops, pleading for a November 2006 rescue.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14926.htm

By Tom Feeley

A mind set exists which allows us to think, that simply because we were born within these borders, we are somehow entitled to a enjoy a greater degree of respect and dignity than we are prepared to acknowledge are the birth right of all the worlds people.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14918.htm

By Elias Khoury

I stood before the ruins, and the tears flowed. No, it was before that scene that I stood, when the people carried the coffins walking over the rubble with the dust of death blanketing them. I couldn't feel the tears collecting at the edges of my eyes, burning them, before they fell on my cheeks. The dust covered us under the burning sun, the sweat trickling out of our pores and spreading over our bodies. I didn't realise I was crying when I did. I had never experienced weeping that came out of the whole body, mixing tears and sweat.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14930.htm

Paul Craig Roberts

I would be more confident of the survival of democracy and civil liberty in the United States if, on this fifth anniversary of the September 11 attacks, a majority of Americans were reading David Ray Griffin’s challenging new book, “Christian Faith and the Truth Behind 9/11.”

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14921.htm

Robert Scheer writes, "What we still don't know about 9/11 could kill us ... Instead of grappling with the thorny origins of that disaster, George Bush willfully turned the nation's attention and resources to a totally unrelated and disastrous imperial adventure in Iraq."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/091106I.shtml

In order to eliminate fear of the other - by definition a mysterious, multiform, and more or less anonymous other - further risks are taken that give birth to other fears: the risks of outrages to personal freedom and the fear of violence coming from those same states or empires that we had charged with protecting us," a prophecy Jean-Pierre Stroobants suggests has come true.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/091106H.shtml

Newspapers across the world have strongly criticized the US response to September 11, accusing the Bush administration of bungling its "war on terror" and squandering global goodwill by invading Iraq.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/091106G.shtml

Republicans are planning to spend the vast majority of their sizable financial war chest over the final 60 days of the campaign attacking Democratic House and Senate candidates over personal issues and local controversies, GOP officials said.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/091106E.shtml

The scope of domestic surveillance has steadily expanded since 9/11. But lawmakers and privacy experts complain of too little information on it.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/091106C.shtml

Jason Leopold writes, "9/11 gave the Bush administration the excuse they needed to execute a long-planned military strike against Iraq. President Bush and his cabinet duped Congress and the American people into believing the country had ties to al-Qaeda, and helped the terrorist organization plan the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon five years ago."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/091106A.shtml

"Alles noch einmal genau so"

Die Bush-Regierung versucht erneut, die Anschläge vom 11.9. auszubeuten. Obgleich alles schief gelaufen ist, sieht US-Vizepräsident Cheney nur Fortschritte.

http://www.telepolis.de/tp/r4/artikel/23/23527/1.html



Inside Job?

Fünf Jahre nach den Anschlägen vom 11. September 2001 ist in den USA eine beträchtliche Graswurzelbewegung entstanden, die Kreise der eigenen Regierung direkt für die Katastrophe verantwortlich macht.

http://www.telepolis.de/tp/r4/artikel/23/23524/1.html

Halbherzige Kritik

Merkel und Bundesinnenminister Schäuble distanzieren sich von Unrecht-Praktiken der Bush-Regierung, zu denen sie lange, auch als Oppositionspolitiker, geschwiegen haben.

http://www.telepolis.de/tp/r4/artikel/23/23530/1.html

Liberty For All
by J. Michael Bragg

"In the wake of the September 11th attacks, I am sure we all have experienced every conceivable emotion possible. I know I sure have. However, in the midst of anger, fear, and sorrow for those lost, there is a revival of sorts, of Patriotism, flag waving and love of country. It seems to me, though, that it will be short lived. I wonder why it took the worst attack on our soil in the history of our Nation to raise this Spirit? And, even more importantly, is blind Patriotism possibly more harmful than no Patriotism at all? I believe so... (written 10/17/01; posted 09/09/06)

http://www.libertyforall.net/?p=93


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Independent Institute
by Paul Sullivan

09/08/06

The 'war on terror' reads like a 'war on Islam' in the Muslim world. Why do Muslims have this perception? Perhaps because the U.S. is attacking Muslim countries and the U.S. media routinely link the term 'terrorism' with the word 'Islam.' Muslims worldwide can easily see this phenomenon on American news programs beamed into their countries via satellite TV. When violent acts are perpetrated by non-Islamic groups, their religions are not mentioned. Has any political leader affixed the term 'fascist' to any other religion lately?

http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=1810


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Upon receiving the news that they would be extended for at least four more months, a seasoned NCO on his second tour of duty with the 172nd Stryker Brigade in Iraq said, "I'd like to punch [Rumsfeld] in the gut. He treats us like we're not human. He acts like he's not destroying families."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/091006G.shtml

Annual survey shows that 77 percent of Europeans disapprove of the way Bush has handled international affairs, as compared with 56 percent who felt that way in a similar survey in 2002.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/091006B.shtml

The "war on terror" - and by terrorists - has directly killed a minimum of 62,006 people, created 4.5 million refugees and cost the US more than the sum needed to pay off the debts of every poor nation on earth. If estimates of other, unquantified, deaths - of insurgents, the Iraq military during the 2003 invasion, those not recorded individually by Western media, and those dying from wounds - are included, then the toll could reach as high as 180,000.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/091006A.shtml

Der ganz normale Ausnahmezustand. Antiterrorismus nach dem 11. 9. 2001: auf dem Weg in den präventiv-autoritären Sicherheits- und Überwachungsstaat

Artikel von Rolf Gössner in junge Welt vom 11.09.2006 http://www.jungewelt.de/2006/09-11/005.php


Bürger oder Feind?

Der ganz normale Ausnahmezustand. Seit den Anschlägen vom 11. September 2001 wird die Bundesrepublik von einem Vorsorge- und Wohlfahrtsstaat immer mehr zum Not- und Sicherheitsstaat umgebaut. Artikel von Albrecht von Lucke in Freitag vom 08.09.2006 http://www.freitag.de/2006/36/06360501.php


Freiheit statt Angst - Demo gegen Sicherheits- und Überwachungswahn

Neue Demo gegen den Überwachungsstaat im Herbst

„Bürgerrechtsgruppen rufen für den 20. Oktober zu einer weiteren Kundgebung gegen den "Sicherheits- und Überwachungswahn" in Bielefeld auf. Sie wollen mit der Demonstration vor der Verleihung der Big Brother Awards 2006 ein Zeichen für den Erhalt der Grundrechte auch in Zeiten der verstärkten Terrorismusbekämpfung setzen. "Nach den fehlgeschlagenen "Kofferbombenanschlägen" in Deutschland stehen weiter verschärfte Sicherheits- und Überwachungsbefugnisse auf der politischen Agenda", warnen die Organisatoren. Dabei bewirkt die zunehmende elektronische Erfassung und Überwachung der gesamten Bevölkerung ihrer Ansicht nach keinen verbesserten Schutz vor Kriminalität. Sie koste aber Millionen von Euro und gefährde die Privatsphäre Unschuldiger…“ Bericht mit vielen Links auf der Seite von Heise-Online vom 08.09.2006 http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/77953

Freiheit statt Angst - Demo gegen Sicherheits- und Überwachungswahn in Bielefeld am Freitag, den 20. Oktober ab 15 Uhr

„Der Überwachungswahn greift um sich. Staat und Unternehmen registrieren, überwachen und kontrollieren uns immer vollständiger. Egal, was wir tun, mit wem wir sprechen oder telefonieren, wohin wir uns bewegen oder fahren, mit wem wir befreundet sind, wofür wir uns interessieren, in welchen Gruppen wir engagiert sind - der "große Bruder" Staat und die "kleinen Brüder" aus der Wirtschaft wissen es immer genauer…“ Der Aufruf und weitere Informationen auf der Aktionsseite http://www.Freiheit-statt-Angst.de.vu


Erfolgreicher Schlag gegen die Privatsphäre

„Offenbar verlieren die deutschen Strafverfolgungsbehörden inzwischen auch den letzten Hauch von Rücksicht auf die Privatsphäre von Internetnutzern. Gestern beschlagnahmte die Polizei auf Anweisung der Staatsanwaltschaft Konstanz bundesweit bei sieben Internet-Server-Hosting-Providern mehr als zehn dedizierte Mietserver oder Teile davon, was deren weiteren Betrieb vorübergehend oder immer noch unmöglich macht. Und das, obwohl den Strafverfolgern vorab schon bekannt war, dass die beschlagnahmten Anonymisierungsserver keineswegs zur Sammlung von Indizien oder Beweisen taugen…“ Artikel von Tom Flex vom 08.09.2006 bei indymedia http://de.indymedia.org/2006/09/156671.shtml


Aus: LabourNet, 11. September 2006

http://tjh.elequity.com/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=1081



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http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=impeach

Act now to stop mountaintop removal coal-mining
http://www.heartwood.org/alerts.php


Informant: EF! Media Center

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,1867405,00.html


Informant: Lew Rockwell

http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/5094/


Informant: jensenmk

From ufpj-news

by Frosty Wooldridge

Remember this: if you walk into a stranger’s back yard, the guard dog will bark, bite and defend its turf for as long as you trespass. It’s no different in the Muslim world. We need to get out of the Middle East. Pay for their oil and get out of their lives and cultures. Better yet, Bush needs to spend $300 billion for alternative energy research which would allow us to vacate the Middle East for good.....

http://www.newswithviews.com/Wooldridge/frosty187.htm

Steven Yates

There is thus every reason to believe that dissolving national borders and working in the direction of a global state was on the agenda all along. The effort was intended to sail under the radar until it was too late; obviously, most Americans would reject it if they knew about it, since globalism both has and will mean a serious diminishing of the American standard of living through lost jobs; lowered wages; unchecked immigration; and massive debt.....

http://www.newswithviews.com/Yates/steven22.htm

by Byron Richards

Of course, Big Pharma pays out to be protected from the FDA’s enforcement actions, like paying the mob for protection. There is no other situation in government where an industry needing to be regulated gets to negotiate how they will be regulated. Big Pharma balks at their money being spent on review of their drug ads or monitoring their systems for tracking and reporting adverse events. Truthfulness and safety are very low list.....

http://www.newswithviews.com/Richards/byron8.htm

Konsumenteschützer raten, die Angebote der Mobilfunkunternehmen genau zu überprüfen. Wertkarten-Handy als Alternative für Kinder.

Ein Wertkarten-Handy als sinnvolle Alternative für Kinder und Jugendliche Der Wunsch nach einem eigenen Handy wird von Kindern immer häufiger geäußert und viele Eltern erfüllen dem Nachwuchs diesen auch. Die Mobilfunkunternehmen reagieren auf diese Entwicklung daher immer wieder mit neuen Angeboten.

„Im Zusammenhang mit diesen Angeboten ist es wichtig, nicht nur auf die Anschaffungskosten der Handys zu achten, sondern auch auf die laufenden Grundgebühren, Bindungsfristen und Tarifentgelte“, erklärt Konsumentenschutz-Landesrätin Verena Dunst.

Immer mehr Mobilfunkunternehmen würden eine Doppelstrategie verfolgen, um die Kosten der Erstanschaffung niedrig zu halten. Zum einen beträgt die Mindestvertragsdauer, in der Regel 18 und nicht länger 12 Monate. Gleichzeitig bieten immer mehr Handy-Netzbetreiber Tarife mit 0 Cent Optionen an.

Was dabei oft verschwiegen wird, ist die Tatsache, dass diese 0-Cent-Option meist nur für ausgewählte Netze gilt. Gespräche in andere Netze sind dafür aber umso teurer. Auch eine aktuelle Studie der Arbeiterkammer unterstreicht die Verschuldensproblematik durch Handys bei Jugendlichen. Ein Detail daraus besagt, dass knapp 60 Prozent der Fälle, in denen sich Jugendliche über ihre Grenzen hinaus verschulden, auf Handykosten zurückzuführen sind. „Eine Alternative dazu bieten sicherlich die sogenannten Wertkarten-Handys. Diese haben den Vorteil, dass Eltern die Kosten des Handytelefonierens besser im Auge behalten können“, rät Dunst.

Artikel vom 10.09.2006, 19:51 | KURIER |

© KURIER ONLINE bzw. KURIER - Wien, 2006

http://www.kurier.at/nachrichten/burgenland/27884.php

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Handy wird zur Schuldenfalle
http://www.volksblatt.at/index.php?id=11020&MP=61-157

Postchef Zumwinkel "hasst Manager, die mit dem Handy am Ohr herumlaufen" Bevorzugt persönliches Gespräch

Der oberste Lenker der Deutschen Post kann mit hektischen Managertypen wenig anfangen. "Ich hasse Manager, die ständig mit dem Handy am Ohr herumlaufen", sagte Klaus Zumwinkel dem Nachrichtenmagazin 'Focus' (kommende Ausgabe). Statt zu telefonieren bevorzugt der 62-Jährige das persönliche Gespräch: "Ich fühle mich am wohlsten, wenn mir jemand gegenüber sitzt", so Zumwinkel.

Da der gelbe Riese inzwischen weit mehr als die Hälfte des Umsatzes im Ausland erzielt, ist der Topmanager häufig auf Reisen - vor allem in den USA. Die Verbindungen wählt er dabei so, dass er keinen Arbeitstag verliert. Nachts schläft er im Jet, kommt morgens in Deutschland an und fährt gleich weiter in die Zentrale nach Bonn. "Dann dusche ich im Büro und der Tag geht los", sagte Zumwinkel. (as) [ Sonntag, 10.09.2006, 08:47 ]

Copyright 2006 Jupitermedia Corporation
All Rights Reserved.

http://de.internet.com/index.php?id=2045049&section=Marketing-News

Has Bolton been central to a multi-year-long neo-crazy conspiracy – falsifying intelligence, while suppressing all legitimate intelligence on nukes and chemical weapons – with the objective of selling pre-emptive war against Iraq, Iran, Syria, et al. to a gullible Congress and populance?

http://www.antiwar.com/prather/?articleid=9677


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Bolton

The homeland security market has an army of lobbyists working for its interests in Washington.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14909.htm

New Espionage Branch Delving Into CIA Territory
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14916.htm

The acknowledgement of a global network of 'black sites' has revealed the existence of a sinister two-tier system of interrogation.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14907.htm

DOZENS of key terror suspects are still being held in unknown locations, despite President George Bush’s declaration that the CIA is no longer operating secret jails.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/printFriendly/0,,1-524-2350485-3046,00.html


From Information Clearing House

This week, President Bush said that he had not and never would approve the use of torture. The C.I.A. declined to discuss the specifics of the case on the record. At F.B.I. headquarters, officials refused to publicly discuss the interrogation of Mr. Zubaydah, citing what they said were “operational sensitivities.”

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14915.htm

According to the report, Mr Zubaydah was interrogated in a secret safe-house in Thailand, where he was brought shortly after his capture in the early spring of 2002.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14914.htm

Video

Today, says Zinn, we have a president, who more than any before him, claims a special relationship with God. Zinn worries about an administration that deploys Christian zealotry to justify a war against terrorism, a war that in reality seems more about establishing a new beachhead in the oil-rich Middle East.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article8632.htm

By Patrick J. Buchanan

“Democracies don’t attack each other or threaten the peace,” said Bush. How does he then explain the War of 1812, when we went to war against Britain, when she was standing up to Napoleon? What about the War Between the States? Were not the seceding states democratic? What about the Boer War, begun by the Brits? What about World War I, fought between the world’s democracies, which also happened to be empires ruling subject peoples?

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14901.htm

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14910.htm

War-Mongering America Terrorizes the World
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14904.htm

After 2 1/2 years of reviewing pre-war intelligence behind closed doors, the lead Democrat on the Intelligence Committee, Senator John Rockefeller of West Virginia, who voted for the Iraq War, says the Bush administration pulled the wool over everyone's eyes.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/091006X.shtml

Geopolitische Strategen planen den neuen Kalten Krieg.
http://www.telepolis.de/tp/r4/artikel/23/23432/1.html

Abu Zubaydah, the first Osama bin Laden henchman captured by the United States after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, was bloodied and feverish when a CIA security team delivered him to a secret safe house in Thailand for interrogation in the early spring of 2002. The events that unfolded at the safe house over the next few weeks proved to be fateful for the Bush administration.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/091006Y.shtml

by Deanna Spingola

The First Amendment protects our freedom of speech and of the press. Absent the First Amendment, protestors could be silenced, the press could be censored, citizens could not criticize their government nor could they organize for social change. No rational individual would readily relinquish the vital freedoms of the First Amendment. But like the proverbial frog who remains in incrementally heated water, the masses will slowly surrender all of their freedoms without so much of a whimper.....

http://www.newswithviews.com/Spingola/deanna51.htm

http://www.omega-news.info/gesundheitsreform.pdf


Quelle:impf-report Newsletter Nr. 34/2006

The perverse obstinance of ABC/Disney in plowing ahead with their political hit piece on the Democratic party, "The Path to 9/11", will likely not only subject them to defamation suits from Bill Clinton himself, and from his cabinet officials that they smeared, they deserve to be prosecuted by the Federal Election Commission (F.E.C.) for campaign finance law violations. And if enough of us raise our voices, we can make it happen.

Although it was previewed only to hard core right wing ideologues (even Clinton was refused a request for an advance copy), enough has leaked out about its gross distortions of fact and malicious bias for there to be a mounting groundswell of condemnation of the planned broadcast, and demands that it be pulled entirely. Especially suspicious is the fact that the production, with a reported cost of $40 million dollars, is to be aired without commercials. And if that weren't bad enough, they are coordinating with the White House to let Bush give a speech right in the middle of the second installment.

In other words, ABC/Disney is providing to their extreme right wing pals a free, prime time, negative campaign commercial of 6 hours intended to influence the upcoming general election with less than 60 days to go. There could not a more blatant or gross violation of campaign advertising law. The production is so riddled with deliberate partisan bias, it cannot be repaired or redeemed. And most despicably of all, ABC/Disney is promoting their conflation of heinous lies as "the official true story".

ACTION PAGE: http://www.charleswsanders.org/petitions/pnum495.php

Please submit the action page above to send your personal message of complaint to the F.E.C., and all your members of Congress as well. And then if you want to do more, you can file an INDIVIDUAL formal written complaint against ABC/Disney following the instructions at the following link.

http://www.fec.gov/pages/brochures/complain.shtml

Mandatory compliance laws regulate every action of all federal candidates seeking membership to the United States House or Senate. Congressional and Senatorial campaigns can be shut down entirely if any improprieties are evidenced through any filing discrepancies. Acquiescence by the Federal Elections Commission with ABC's after the fact coup d'etat on the Clinton Administration can only be overcome by our voices. Let us flood the F.E.C. with complaints, and let THAT be the story.

Take action today to declare that the F.E.C. must not be allowed to play favorites with secret, big dollar contributors. As a United States Congressman, I will not ignore such tactics by broadcasters to perpetuate such contemptible and flagrant violations of law which serve to promote under-handed agendas to be foisted on the American public.

ACTION PAGE: http://www.charleswsanders.org/petitions/pnum495.php

This alert is brought to you through the activism of Charles W. Sanders, running for Congress from the 3rd district of OH, where there will be a special primary election this FRIDAY, September 15. Please consider making a contribution to his campaign if you have not done so already, so he can get his courageous call to action TV commercial as much exposure as possible.

VIDEO PAGE: http://www.charleswsanders.org/donations4a.php

When we find a representative brave enough to take strong stands we like on the critical issues of our time, shall we do everything we can to support him or not? Our only real chance to influence what our choices will be in the general election is by backing the best candidate in the primary process. Please encourage Charles to continue to stand up and fight for us any way you can.

Republicans are planning to spend the vast majority of their sizable financial war chest over the final 60 days of the campaign attacking Democratic House and Senate candidates over personal issues and local controversies, GOP officials said.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/091006Z.shtml

http://www.initiative-grundeinkommen.ch/content/event/index.htm
http://www.ak-grundeinkommen.de/

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Eine Frage der Werte
http://www.taz.de/pt/2006/09/08/a0150.1/text

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Zur Info: Eine sage und schreibe 12-tägige Veranstaltung zum Grundeinkommen findet vom 26.9.-7.10. in Basel statt.

Beste Grüße,
Katrin Mohr

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Subject: Veranstaltung in Basel
Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 13:43:43 +0200
From: daniel häni


Vom 26.9. bis 7.10. führt die „initiative grundeinkommen“ eine 12-tägige veranstaltungsreihe zum grundeinkommen im „unternehmen mitte“ in basel durch. verantwortlich zeichnen enno schmidt, künstler aus frankfurt, sowie daniel häni, unternehmer und kulturraumschaffender, basel.

dürfen wie sie bitten die veranstaltungsreihe in ihren terminplan aufzunehmen?

veranstaltung
http://www.initiative-grundeinkommen.ch/content/event/index.htm
programmheft pdf 2.4mb
http://www.initiative-grundeinkommen.ch/content/blog/ig_herbsttagung_book1.pdf

mit bestem dank

und offen auch für eine weitergehende zusammenarbeit

enno schmidt und daniel häni

p.s.

gerne machen wir sie auch auf unseren video-blog zum grundeinkommen aufmerksam:

http://www.grundeinkommen.tv


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"In the four months since the death of my son, Sgt. Matthew J. Fenton, from injuries suffered in Iraq, I have stated many times the horror of what I saw in the National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland." says John Fenton, "I believe that the time has arrived to tell the whole story of his death and the carnage that was inflicted on some of his fellow Marines. I do not find this easy to do, but as the death toll and injured number continues to climb, I cannot sit silently."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/090906G.shtml

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Father of fallen marine tells of 'kids with horrible injuries'
http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/5093/


Informant: jensenmk

From ufpj-news

"I've said to people we don't torture. And we don't. "That's what President Bush told Katie Couric. The president's statement here is beyond doublespeak and above spin. It's untrue, it's egregious. The Pentagon's backhanded, long-delayed and uncourageous acknowledgment that torture was used also repudiated what the president has been telling citizens for years. We've been lied to and we are still being lied to.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/090906E.shtml

New US policies on the treatment and interrogation of terrorism suspects outlined this week by the Bush administration mean that the military no longer will resort to harsh or extreme methods to obtain information - but that the CIA could.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/090906D.shtml

Max Blumenthal writes, "Less than 72 hours before ABC's 'The Path to 9/11' is scheduled to air, the network is suddenly under siege. On Tuesday, ABC was forced to concede that 'The Path to 9/11' is 'a dramatization, not a documentary.' The film deceptively invents scenes to depict former President Bill Clinton's handling of the Al Qaeda threat. Now, ABC claims to be is editing those false sequences to satisfy critics so the show can go on - even if it still remains a gross distortion of history."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/090906B.shtml

Shortly after the invasion of Afghanistan Donald Rumsfeld told his team to start planning for war in Iraq, but not to bother planning for a long stay, a high-ranking military official said in an interview.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/090906A.shtml

A decision will be made next Tuesday by the planning committee at County Hall, Haverfordwest, on whether to allow a 15m pole with Tetra antennae on top, at Crackwell Farm, The Ridgeway, Penally.

“There has been a lot of confusion as Airwave O2 have used a loophole in the planning system which allows masts to be erected at this height without full planning permission; the company just need to give a ‘prior notification of intention to develop’,” said one of the campaigners against the mast, Clr. Mrs. Ann Dassen.

“The county council are allowed to refuse permission, but the decision needs to be made and delivered within 56 days, otherwise the approval is given by default.

“What is equally worrying is that Airwave’s agent submitted this notification without waiting for any response to a pre-planning application letter they are obliged to send under Government and Telecom industry guidelines. Penally Community Council sent a strong letter of objection to the proposal and gave a list of neighbouring properties, who should also have been contacted, one of the most important being The Wheelabout operated by The Harriet Davis Trust.

“Luckily most close neighbours have now been made aware of the application by Pembrokeshire County Council’s planning department and I believe all have sent very strong letters of objection,” stated Clr. Mrs. Dassen.

The site proposed is only approximately 100m west of the original site (under appeal) and would be a fifth mast in such a very sensitive area, along a very short section of the well publicised Ritec Walk. “The most tragic part of this bombardment of applications and appeals, is that the whole future of a charity for severely disabled children is at stake,” continued Clr. Mrs. Dassen. “Written proof of this has been sent to all involved. Other sites have been identified, and tested by the police and found to be adequate, so why on earth does the vice-chairman of Airwave, Mr. Jeff Parris, not honour his promise to Mr. and Mrs. Davis and apply away from this area?

“We have to remain very patient and diligent in order to teach this big conglomerate that they will not win the day by bullying with their constant applications. Defending the rights of some of the most vulnerable children in our society is worth every letter, phone call and meeting necessary.

“We truly hope that the planning committee will refuse this latest application and all others submitted nearby. We are confident that the Planning Inspectorate in Cardiff will also take these matters very seriously and follow previous refusals, because of the number of masts there already and the close proximity of The Harriet Davis Trust property.

“May we thank the readers of the Tenby Observer for the letters they have written and ask as many supporters as possible to please attend next Tuesday’s planning meeting at 10 am at County Hall. Anyone needing transport, please fill in the list at Penally Post Office or telephone Ann Dassen on 01834 844957.”

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Informant: Amy Sasser

From ufpj-news

10 September 2006 | 00:42

MORE than 200 people are protesting over proposals to put a mobile phone mast in Felixstowe cemetery.

The site has been offered by town councillors as an alternative to another site, which was in the middle of a housing area.

But now the new site has generated anger among families living near the cemetery in Langley Avenue - and they are calling for telecommunications masts to be put up on the edges of towns, well away from homes and young children.

Suffolk Coastal councillors are recommended by officers to approve the mast for O2 when they meet on September 14.

So far around 30 letters of objection have been sent to the council, along with two petitions with a total of 215 signatures.

Resident Denise Bell, one of the organisers of the petition and protest campaign, said: “I know there is great concern about potential health hazards from these masts, especially when they are near homes.

“This may be in the cemetery but there are homes just across the field and the signals from the mast would come straight at the homes with nothing in between, no interruption at all. I don't think it is the right place to have it.”

In letters of objection, residents have voiced concern that low level radiation will adversely affect health, the mast would be ugly and result in the loss of property values, and it should be at least 750 metres from any properties.

They also said using the cemetery showed a total lack of respect for those buried there.

Five schools in the area have been asked for their comments.

The mast would stand 15 metres high and have six antennae, plus equipment cabinets in a compound, and be opposite the Deben High School playing field.

The mast would fill a gap in coverage for the 3G network to ensure people can use their phones whenever and wherever they are.

A report to councillors said the previous suggested O2 site in Grange Farm Avenue was only ten metres from homes, while the cemetery site was 100 metres from any home.

“The coverage area for which a need has been established is a significantly built up residential area with a number of schools within and close by,” said the report.

“There are very little opportunities within this highly built up residential area to site the mast a greater distance from houses and which also meet the technical constraints of the operator.”

What do you think of the mast plan? Write to Your Letters, Evening Star, 30 Lower Brook Street, Ipswich, IP4 1AN, or e-mail EveningStarLetters@eveningstar.co.uk

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