World-News

http://www.commondreams.org/news2007/0529-08.htm

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Injustice 5, Justice 4

The editors of The New York Times write: "The Supreme Court struck a blow for discrimination this week by stripping a key civil rights law of much of its potency. The majority opinion, by Justice Samuel Alito, forced an unreasonable reading on the law, and tossed aside long-standing precedents to rule in favor of an Alabama employer that had underpaid a female employee for years. The ruling is the latest indication that a court which once proudly stood up for the disadvantaged is increasingly protective of the powerful."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/053107B.shtml



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http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/05/29/1504/



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http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/05/29/1509/



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http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/05/29/1516/



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A Kenilworth woman has hit out at The Open Spaces Society for not supporting a previous fight against a mobile phone mast on Chase Lane in the town.

Louise Weetman of East Chase Farm says that the society was 'not interested' in their battle against a mast and says that residents of Crackley Lane are 'lucky' to have the support they do.

Plans for the HG3 mast were granted permission in December 2006 after perceived health risks could not justify the application being refused, according to Warwick District Council.

But at the time, Ms Weetman says that the small number of supporters fighting against the plans rendered their campaign futile in the eyes of planners.

She said: "We in Chase Lane are so few and had no such support therefore the application for a mast in our beautiful privately owned lane was approved.

"Ninety eight per cent of the residents did not want the mast in the location chosen in Chase Lane. To call these telephone companies a communication company is laughable the last thing they do is communicate with you.

"What is also amazing is that The Open Spaces Society were not interested in helping us with our campaign, now it effects their land they are willing to get involved.

"Kate Ashbrook, the site in Chase Lane is also an 'historic site where people enjoy quiet recreation. It will be an eyesore and will spoil the natural beauty of the area'.

"Where were you when we needed your support? Chase Lane residents put forward all the same arguments as those being put forward by the Crackley Lane residents.

"I wish Crackley Lane luck with their fight and if they win Chase Lane residents will feel vindicated that they were indeed victims of bully boy tactics by the telephone company, Kenilworth town councillors who approved and the planning officers simply because we were so few in numbers."

The Open Spaces Society announced its decision to join the campaign against the O2 mast which may be destined for Crackley Lane.

The society owns Parliament Piece in Kenilworth and is concerned that Warwick District Council has failed to so far consult the society as an adjoining landowner.

In 1999 the society leased the land to Warwick District Council under a 99-year lease, to manage for nature conservation, public recreation on foot, and as an important contribution to the landscape character of the area.

Protesters against the O2 mast on Crackley Lane turned out in force last week to demonstrate against the plans.

And on Wednesday, they joined together to submit a 400-signature petition to the district council. Neighbours in the locality are protesting about the proposed telephone mast that could be placed at the corner of Crackley Lane and Coventry Road.

The location would site the mast approximately 70m from nearby houses and about 70m from the tennis courts at Kenilworth Tennis Club. Protesters are asking district councilors to think about an alternative site.

Kenilworth town councillors are unanimous in their opposition Warwick District Council has yet to comment on this further.

All rights reserved ©2007 Johnston Press Digital Publishing

http://www.leamingtonspatoday.co.uk/viewarticle.aspx?articleid=2913059&sectionid=698

Die Kämpfe mit der sunnitischen Gruppe im Libanon zeigen, dass der Irak nun vom Ausbildungslager für islamistische Terroristen zu einem Exportland werden könnte.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/25/25378/1.html

A mobile phone giant behind a plan to construct a 28-metre mast has withdrawn the scheme.

Hutchison 3G UK Ltd submitted a plan to put up the tower in Gidding Road, Sawtry, near Peterborough, last month.

The company was seeking planning permission to site the temporary mast for a year.

However, officials from Hutchison 3G have now informed planning chiefs at Huntingdonshire District Council that they no longer want the application to be considered.

All rights reserved ©2007 Johnston Press Digital Publishing

http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news?articleid=2908814

Convinced that rules aimed at slowing climate change are inevitable, coal-fired power generators are reexamining construction plans, fund managers are raising billions of dollars to invest in projects to combat climate change, insurance firms are devising new products, and at least one utility has inserted a novel global-warming provision into its contract.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/052907P.shtml

"President Bush's detour in Iraq off the multilateral track adhered to throughout the Cold War years has caused a deep drop in American prestige abroad, requiring extensive repair by his successor, regardless of which party wins in 2008," writes Jules Witcover.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/052907O.shtml

"One of the basic rights that workers are supposed to enjoy, under both US law and international treaties to which we are a signatory, is the right of free association at the workplace, including the right to form a union. While workers do, in principle, have a right to form a union, this right has been largely undermined by management practices over the last quarter-century," write Dean Baker and Mary Beth Maxwell.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/052907L.shtml



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US military leaders in Iraq are increasingly convinced that most of the broad political goals President Bush laid out early this year in his announcement of a troop build-up will not be met this summer, and are instead seeking ways to redefine success.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/052907K.shtml



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Since last year, the military's embedding rules require that journalists obtain a signed consent from a wounded soldier before his or her image can be published. Images that put a face on the dead - that make them identifiable - are simply prohibited. Journalists say they are not allowed to cover the reality of war, and that "this has got little to do with the families or the soldiers, and everything to do with politics."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/052907J.shtml

http://action.freepress.net/ct/KdsrI1K1Na7a/

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250,000 Americans Urge the FCC: Use the Public Airwaves for the Public Good
http://www.commondreams.org/news2007/0604-09.htm



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http://www.xonio.com/news/news_26578691.html

Kommentar:

Der Not gehorchend gibt es viele Versuche, sich vor der Mobilfunkbestrahlung zu schützen. Wir wissen darüber zu wenig, zumal es - neben der technisch genutzten Hertz'schen Strahlung (elektromagnetische Transversalwellen) einen Strahlungsanteil gibt, der sich leider nicht abschirmen lässt. Den Versuch dazu kann jeder selber machen: Man legt einfach das eingeschaltete Handy in den häuslichen Mikrowellenherd, schliesst die Tür (Mikrowelle nicht einschalten) und ruft das Handy an. Bekanntlich ist der Mikrowellenherd ein Faraday-Käfig, in den keine elektromagnetische Strahlung rein und keine raus kommt - sonst würde ja die Hausfrau verstrahlt und sonst hätte das Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz gar keine Mikrowellenherde genehmigen dürfen.

Hier liegt übrigens ein weiteres verschwiegenes Problem: Das Bundsamt für Strahlenschutz hat sowohl die Mikrowellenherde als auch die Handys und ihre Basisstationen zugelassen hat. Was ist, wenn sich rumsprechen sollte, dass Handys im Mikrowellenherd klingeln? Verbieten sie dann die Mikrowellenherde oder doch lieber gleich die Mobiltelefone?

Aber wenn das Handy klingelt - probieren Sie es doch einfach mal aus - heisst das ja, dass die Mobilfunkstrahlung doch in den Faradayschen Käfig gelangt. Das gebietet die Logik und die Physik.

Also, wenn das Handy klingeln sollte, dann machen Sie sich klar, dass es einen Strahlungsanteil gibt, der ist nicht abschirmbar - weder durch gut gemeinte Metallfäden in Unterhosen noch durch einen technisch geprüften und für elektromagenische Wellen undurchdringlichen Faradaykäfig, auch nicht durch Metallwände usw. usw. Mehr dazu siehe http://www.buergerwelle.de/pdf/anzeige_11_02_06.pdf

Offensichtlich geht es bei der abzuwehrenden Gefährdung nicht um die abschirmbare elektromagnetische Strahlung, sondern um den auch immer vorhandenen Skalarwellenanteil. Aber: Skalarwellen lassen sich nicht abschirmen, sie tragen Energie, sind schneller als das Licht und werden nicht kleiner mit dem Abstandsquadrat. Skalarwellen sind nicht nur biologisch wirksam, sie werden - anders als der elektromagnetische Strahlungsanteil, von den Lebewesen genutzt: und zwar als Energiequelle und bei allen biologischen Kommunikationsvorgängen. Mehr dazu unter http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benutzer:Dr._Angelika_Schrodt#Skalarwellen

Technische Störfeuer in den biologischen Fenstern verwirken unsere Lebensgrundlagen, und zwar nicht nur die Spermienproduktion, sondern die Lebensgrundlage des gesamten Lebens auf unserem Planeten. Wann wird der lebensbejahende und fürsorgliche Teil der Menschheit diesem Treiben Einhalt gebieten? Es ist hoffentlich noch nicht zu spät dafür.

Dr. Angelika Schrodt

by Robert L. Borosage, TomPaine.com

It is now clear what we must do to end the Iraq war and hold both political parties accountable.

http://ga3.org/ct/t120pgF1pzTA/



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Robert+L.+Borosage

kleinezeitung.at vom 16.05.2007

von Bettina Kuzmicki

Leibnitzer Elternvereine machen gegen Mobilfunksendeanlagen in Nähe von Schulen und Kindergärten mobil. Gemeinsame Plattform geplant...

http://www.diagnose-funk.ch/aktuell/033ea298b81479d03/index.html#033ea299370d06103

suedkurier.de vom 19.05.2007

von Michael Nadrelli

Mobilfunkstrahlen machen auf Dauer krank, behaupten Kritiker. Nun gibt es einen neuen Verdacht gegen die Handytechnik: Laut einer Untersuchung der ...

http://www.diagnose-funk.ch/aktuell/033ea298b81479d03/index.html#033ea299370cf9f02

Common Dreams
by Stephen Lendman

05/28/07

Because both days are related, they’re discussed together. The first, Memorial Day, is commemorated on the last Monday in May and was first observed in 1866 and called Decoration Day beginning in 1868. Usage of Memorial Day wasn’t common until after WW II and wasn’t the holiday’s official name until federal law called it that in 1967. The day is an occasion to honor the nation’s men and women who died in military service to the country. … Both holidays wouldn’t be needed in a nation dedicated to peace, but one committed to perpetual war for an unattainable peace dishonors its youth in life and disingenuously honors those who died in imperial wars for conquest and plunder...

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/05/26/1467/



The paranoid and the dead

CounterPunch
by Col. Dan Smith

05/28/07

Every national holiday develops traditions that pass from generation to generation. Except for Armistice Day — now called Veterans Day — no holiday is observed with more melancholy than is Memorial Day. But this day, unlike, say, July Fourth, seems to have developed two traditions depending on whether or not the United States is at peace or the armed forces are in a hot war when the last weekend of May arrives...

http://www.counterpunch.org/smith05282007.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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LewRockwell.Com
by Per Bylund

05/29/07

How come we as humans always tend to realize the real risk of horrors tomorrow, but not understanding the horrors that are already upon us? We are not at the brink of an Orwellian police state — it is already here. The wars on drugs, terrorism, poverty, and Iraq aren’t approaching failure — they have failed, and failed good. People say we should learn from history or we might relive its horrors — history tends to repeat itself because we don’t know about it or consider our collective experience of sufficient importance. There is truth to these words, but why do we think people could learn from history when most of us regularly fail to identify the nature of the now? If we cannot even see what we’re in the midst of, then how can we expect to learn from the experience of previous years — or even previous generations?

http://www.lewrockwell.com/bylund/bylund19.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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AntiWar.Com
by Alan Bock

05/26/07

Even as the United States and Iran seem to be moving toward direct talks over the security situation in Iraq, the symbiotic relationship between President Bush and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is flourishing in ways that seem to guarantee continued hostility. President Bush in his al-Qaeda dominated news conference Thursday, did not neglect to mention that the administration will push the United Nations to adopt expanded economic and political sanctions against Iran, while Ahmadinejad announced that Iran will ‘never retreat, even one step,’ from its program of nuclear enrichment. These two were made for each other, each providing a foil for the other’s preference to conduct international relations through posturing and grievance-mongering...

http://www.antiwar.com/bock/?articleid=11030


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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Liberty For All
by Kevin Tuma

05/28/07

An Open Letter to Ron Paul: Mr. Paul, you have served the cause of individual liberty superbly, and honorably, in your role as the last living statesman remaining in the United States Congress. You have recently gone on to score great rhetorical victories-and achieve much fame in the public eye-in the debates, where you have so adroitly told the world The Emperor Has No Clothes...

http://www.libertyforall.net/?p=679


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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Reason
by Steve Chapman

05/28/07

For some people, the key to happiness is low standards. If you never expect much out of life, you will rarely be disappointed, and you will be content with outcomes that others would find unbearable. It’s a formula that is working quite satisfactorily for President Bush and many congressional Republicans in the controversy over the U.S. attorney firings. Monica Goodling, who was an aide to Atty. Gen. Alberto Gonzales, agreed to appear before a House committee only after pleading her right against self-incrimination and then getting a grant of immunity. Here’s a good rule of thumb: Innocent people who are prepared to tell the truth don’t take the Fifth. Despite her efforts to defend herself and her boss, she painted a picture that should have been thoroughly demoralizing to those on the administration’s side, not to mention everyone else...

http://www.reason.com/news/show/120412.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Goodling
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USA Today

05/28/07

The federal government recorded a $1.3 trillion loss last year — far more than the official $248 billion deficit — when corporate-style accounting standards are used, a USA TODAY analysis shows. The loss reflects a continued deterioration in the finances of Social Security and government retirement programs for civil servants and military personnel. The loss — equal to $11,434 per household — is more than Americans paid in income taxes in 2006...

http://tinyurl.com/2vc2tm


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„Drei Tage lang wurden aufgrund des Zuständigkeitsstreits zwischen Malta und Libyen illegale Einwanderer aus Afrika im Boot und dann festgeklammert an ein Netz herumgeschleppt, ohne sie an Bord zu lassen und sie mit Essen und Trinken zu versorgen Ein besonders dramatischer Vorfall beleuchtet den Umgang mit Menschen aus Afrika, die über das Mittelmeer in die Festung Europa gelangen wollen. An deren südlichen Meeresgrenzen mehren sich die Katastrophen und die Toten. Das Fischerboot Budafel aus Malta "rettete" am Mittwoch 27 afrikanische Schiffsbrüchige und zog die an die Käfige des Thunfischnetzes geklammerten Flüchtlinge drei Tage mit, ohne sie jedoch an Bord zu nehmen oder mit Wasser zu versorgen. Malta und Libyen, von wo die Flüchtlinge aus Ghana, Nigeria und Kamerun gestartet sind, weigerten sich, ihnen zu Hilfe zu kommen, und stritten um die Zuständigkeit. Nach drei Tagen wurden die Männer schließlich 60 Meilen vor der libyschen Küste von der italienischen Marine aufgenommen und in ein Auffanglager auf die Insel Lampedusa verbracht…“ Artikel von Florian Rötzer in telepolis vom 28.05.2007 http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/25/25377/1.html


Festung EU > Frontex

Frontex als Schrittmacher der EU-Innenpolitik

Die Grenzschutztruppe mit den Soforteinsatzteams entzieht sich weitgehend der Kontrolle des EU-Parlaments. Artikel von Christoph Marischka in telepolis vom 25.05.2007 http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/25/25359/1.html


Aus: LabourNet, 29. Mai 2007

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Fische sind wertvoller als Flüchtlinge

„Immer neue Dramen mit afrikanischen Bootsflüchtlingen vor Malta: Fischerboote lassen ertrinkende Flüchtlinge in ihren Netzen treiben, statt sie aufzunehmen, Regierungen streiten um Zuständigkeit. Schließlich sammelt ein Kriegsschiff Leichen ein…“ Artikel von Reiner Wandler in der taz vom 4.6.2007 http://www.taz.de/dx/2007/06/04/a0103.1/text


Still und heimlich. Abseits vom Medienrummel koordiniert die EU in Athen ihre Maßnahmen "zur Vermeidung unerwünschter Migration"

„Hinter geschlossenen Türen und weitgehend verschwiegen von der griechischen Presse fand von Mittwoch bis Freitag in Athen eine Tagung der Versammlung der Generaldirektoren und Leiter der Europäischen Migrationsbehörden. statt. Für Deutschland mit von der Partei, war Dr. Hans Dietrich von Loeffelholz, Leiter des Referats für ökonomische Aspekte der Migration im Deutschen Bundesamt für Migration. Nicht vertreten am Tisch der europäischen Runde waren die Betroffenen. Die standen am Donnerstagnachmittag stattdessen zu Hunderten vor dem von Sondereinheiten der Polizei abgeschirmten Athener Nobelhotel Titania…“ Artikel von Heike Schrader in telepolis vom 02.06.2007 http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/25/25413/1.html


Aus: LabourNet, 12. Juni 2007

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Massensterben an den europäischen Außengrenzen: Rettungsplan für Flüchtlinge gefordert

Die Flüchtlingshilfsorganisation Pro Asyl fordert die am 12. Juni in Luxemburg tagenden EU-Innenminister auf, einen umfassenden "Rettungsplan für Flüchtlinge" zu beschließen. Um "das Massensterben an den europäischen Außengrenzen" zu beenden, fordert Pro Asyl "eine Rückbesinnung auf Grundwerte" und "die Wiederherstellung rechtsstaatlicher Prinzipien". "Momentan herrscht auf See das Gesetz des Dschungels. Flüchtlinge ertrinken - EU-Staaten schauen zu und diskutieren die jeweilige Nichtzuständigkeit für die Rettung", meint Karl Kopp von Pro Asyl.

http://www.ngo-online.de/ganze_nachricht.php?H=N&Nr=16109



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From Rosemary R.



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

Diskussion "Einkommen als Menschenrecht" im ZDF-Nachtstudio
http://www.zdf.de/ZDFmediathek/inhalt/28/0,4070,5515164-5,00.html



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#Die Linkspartei.PDS: Pressemitteilungen

29. Mai 2007

Zum Vorhaben der CDU/CSU-Bundestagsfraktion, das Kindergeld künftig nur noch bis zum 18. Lebensjahr zu zahlen, erklärt das Mitglied des Parteivorstandes Rosemarie Hein:

Ist es Unverfrorenheit oder Ahnungslosigkeit, die Politiker aus dem konservativen Lager immer wieder zu solchen perfiden Umverteilungsvorschlägen greifen lässt? Während sie Besserverdienenden und großen Unternehmen immer neue Steuergeschenke zukommen lassen, sollen sich Kinder und Jugendliche quasi untereinander solidarisch verhalten. Den einen soll gegeben werden, was den anderen weggenommen wird. Wer solche Vorschläge macht, hat keine blasse Ahnung vom wirklichen Leben und den tatsächlichen Kosten für Schule und Ausbildung. Nicht nur, dass Ausbildung oder Studium die Auszubildenden und deren Eltern mehr kostet als durch das derzeitiges Kindergeld kompensiert wird, es gibt für die meisten Kosten überhaupt keine Ausgleichszahlungen. So gibt es vom 16. Lebensjahr an kein Geld mehr für Fahrtkosten, sind die Lehr- und Lernmittel in beträchtlichem Maße selbst zu tragen. Hinzu kommen verdeckte Studiengebühren wie zur Semesterrückmeldung, werden Studiengebühren in immer mehr Ländern eingeführt. Da ist der Verweis auf BaföG und Studienkredite einfach heuchlerisch, denn diese Gelder müssen zum Teil oder ganz zurückgezahlt werden, zumeist gerade in der Zeit, in der die Betroffenen laut Familienministerin eigentlich selbst Kinder bekommen sollten. Es wird Zeit, dass auch die Politiker von CDU und CSU sich mal wieder mit dem wirklichen Leben befassen.

http://sozialisten.de/presse/presseerklaerungen/view_html?zid=35744

http://www.tomdispatch.com/index.mhtml?pid=196017


From Information Clearing House

THE mother of David Hicks's two children visited her former partner in prison yesterday and, along with their son and daughter, has refused to describe the South Australian as a terrorist.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21804344-601,00.html


From Information Clearing House



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

The United States apparently violated international law in its military tribunals by using coercion to extract confessions and writing counter-terrorism laws that restrict immigration on questionable grounds, a U.N. investigator said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070526/pl_nm/un_rights_usa_dc_2



Bush administration removed and obfuscated human rights mechanisms - UN expert

Since September 11, Bush administration has removed or obfuscated mechanisms for the protection of rights enshrined in the US Constitution and international charters, according to UN Special Rapporteur.

http://pressesc.com/01180116454_Special_Rapporteur_US


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=terror+laws
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The creation of the Defense Department Africa Command, has heightened concerns among African countries and in the U.S. government over the militarization of U.S. foreign policy, according to a newly released study by the Congressional Research Service.

http://snipurl.com/1mgxi


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Africa+command

The United States is falsely accusing Tehran of supporting Iraqi militias in stoking violence in Iraq as a pretext for a military intervention in the Islamic republic, a leading British think-tank has said in a report.

http://snipurl.com/1mgx6


From Information Clearing House

The Innocent Bystander Fable teaches that every politician in America except the President of the United States has absolutely no power at all to stop or even slow down the escalation of the war in Iraq - an escalation that is expected to deploy "more than 200,000 [troops to Iraq] -- a record high number -- by the end of the year,"

http://snipurl.com/1mgx2


From Information Clearing House



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

"We help them in the day. They turn around at night and try to kill us."
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/05/27/news/delta.php



U.S Army Destroys a Mosque

Video

How the U.S. Helps Build A Resistance Movement In Iraq:
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=948_1180021171


From Information Clearing House

By Bill Noxid

We do not live in a Civilization, just the illusion of one. An illusion created by those who wish to enslave your mind, body, and soul. An illusion created to prevent you from seeing the chains around your ankles, the bag over your head, or the gag-ball in your mouth.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17783.htm



Proxy Wars: Lebanon under fire

Video

Is Fatah-al-Islam (in reality) a creation of the "Welch Club". This club is named for its godfather David Welch - the current assistant to the Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. He is the "point man" for the Bush administration and is guided by Eliot Abrams.

http://snipurl.com/1mgxn

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Bush's New Middle East

By Mike Whitney

It's hard to know what Bush hopes to accomplish by backing the bloody siege of the Nahr al-Bared refugee camp, but one thing is certain; things are never as they seem. In an interview on Democracy Now last week, investigative reporter Seymour Hersh stated that, Fatah al-Islam---the group of Sunni extremists inside the camp--were getting material support from the Saudis, the Bush administration and members of the Lebanese political establishment.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17788.htm



Lebanon Fatah Al-Islam

Video

Dr Fawaz Gerges joins a panel of experts as we unravel the web of Lebabon's political landscape.

http://snipurl.com/1mmvi


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=proxy+war
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By Bobby Ghosh/Baghdad

The Shi'ite militias that forced Azhour Ali Mohammed from her home in Baghdad's al-Dolai district last month shot her husband Amer dead before her eyes and torched all her worldly possessions. And the fear that the killers may come back for her and her two little children prevented her from mourning her husband. "I could not hold a proper wake for him," says the young widow. "He deserved at least that."

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17785.htm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWfIhFhelm8



Rep. Ron Paul interview on CNN Sunday Spotlight, May 27th, 2007 - May
27, 2007



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWfIhFhelm8


Informant: shane_digital



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Ron+Paul

by Nancy Levant

EEVS also creates ANOTHER vast federal database to verify the work eligibility of ALL American citizen job applicants. The system would contain extraordinary personal information on everyone who seeks or holds a job, and all of it keyed to a new biometric Social Security number. When this bill passes (and it will), every time we apply for a job, the Department of Homeland Security will determine our eligibility to work in OUR nation. In the essence of FACT, NO ONE will be able to work in the u.S. without DHS approval. And, guess what.....

http://www.newswithviews.com/Levant/nancy90.htm



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by Beverly Eakman

It is average Americans, not “experts,” who must draw a line as to what they will tolerate. Until that happens, all the psychologists, medications, counseling services, and screening instruments in the world will not be enough to prevent the “mad” rampages that increasingly define our era......

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Durch Anklicken dieses Links können Sie sich einen BBC Beitrag anhören zu „Mobile phone mast can damage your health“:
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In Folge der Sendung schnellten in London die IT-Aufträge schnurlose Systeme zu deinstallieren und dafür kabelgebundene Systeme zu installieren auf 40% aller Aufträge in die Höhe. Das gab es noch nie.

http://www.contractoruk.com/news/003268.html


Freundliche Grüsse,

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Enforcement actions by the EPA in the most recent five full fiscal years of the Bush Administration have fallen on four out of five key fronts compared to the last five years of the EPA under Clinton. EPA enforcement is down by about a quarter or more in terms of court filings, criminal investigations, civil fines and criminal penalties. The Justice Department has become reluctant to sue violators that refuse to settle.

Paying Less to Pollute: Environmental Enforcement Under the Bush.
http://www.environmentalintegrity.org/pub427.cfm

Published by Environmental Integrity Project.



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Scott Galindez: "This Memorial Day, nearly 1,000 more families will be visiting the graves of American soldiers killed in Iraq than a year ago. With death tolls over 100 for the last few months, I have to ask if over 400 new lives should be sacrificed, if the handwriting is already on the wall?"

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/052807Y.shtml



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Palm Oil Puts Squeeze on Endangered Orangutan

Bound hand and foot, disheveled orangutans caught raiding Borneo's oil palm crops silently await their fate as a small crowd of plantation workers gathers to watch. Lacking only handcuffs and fingerprinting to complete the atmosphere of a criminal bust, such "ape evictions" have become part of life for Asia's endangered red apes.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/053007EB.shtml



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VIDEO and text:
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Ron Paul on dissent in a time of war

Video

The true patriot is motivated by a sense of responsibility and out of self-interest for himself, his family, and the future of his country to resist government abuse of power. He rejects the notion that patriotism means obedience to the state.

http://snipurl.com/1mgx4

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Rethinking Patriotism
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/06/24/2060/



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The Sacramento Bee writes: " ... it seems more and more apparent that behind the US attorney scandal is a blatant effort of the Justice Department to tamper with the US election process, trumping up voter fraud as an issue to intimidate voters and suppress voting in the United States. This is a serious matter calling for investigation by an outside special counsel."

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Hearing horror stories about the manipulation of Iraq intelligence is like watching "The Exorcist" again and again: Each time, you see something new and laugh at the parts that used to make your hair go up straight.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/052807E.shtml



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"Future historians will shake their heads over how easily America was misled into war. The warning signs, the indications that we had a rogue administration determined to use 9/11 as an excuse for war, were there, for those willing to see them, right from the beginning - even before Mr. Bush began explicitly pushing for war with Iraq," writes Paul Krugman.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/052807D.shtml



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Staff Sgt. David Safstrom does not regret his previous tours in Iraq - not even a difficult second stint, when two comrades died while trying to capture insurgents. But now, on his third deployment in Iraq, he is no longer a believer in the mission. His views are echoed by most of his fellow soldiers in Delta Company.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/052807C.shtml

In defending the Iraq war, leading Republican presidential contenders are increasingly echoing words and phrases used by President Bush in the run-up to the war, reinforcing the misleading impression that Iraq was responsible for the September 11, 2001 attacks.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/052807A.shtml



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May 28 2007

by Lisa Jones, South Wales Echo

A FIGHT to keep a mobile phone mast from being put up in a rugby ground has been won.

Plans to erect the T-Mobile mast in the grounds of Glamorgan Wanderers Rugby Club, Ely, Cardiff, were shelved after its board of trustees opposed them.

Residents living near the ground in Stirling Road, Ely, were horrified by the prospect of having to live next to the 20.5-metre-high mast and organised a petition against it, collecting 168 names.

They were concerned it could put people’s health at risk and would be a blot on the landscape.

Representatives also voiced their concerns to club officials, who finally relented after its trustees’ meeting.

Derek Patterson, club secretary, said the club withdrew its support in response to opposition from residents.

He said: “There was a lot of concern expressed by the local residents.

“At the end of the day we decided in the interests of keeping good relations with the neighbours that we wouldn’t go ahead with it.

“It’s important to us to keep good relations. We didn’t want to antagonise anybody.”

Keith Bratcher, 56, a lorry driver of St Fagans Court, led the campaign.

He said: “It goes to show that if enough people stand up to be counted, the big boys can be taken down.

“They can’t ride roughshod over everybody.

“It hasn’t been proved that these masts are safe, but it would have altered the skyline completely.

“Nobody is entitled to a view but I’ve had mine for 25 years.

“It’s a wonderful achievement but I’m still keeping a close eye on the situation.”

Retired police officer Trevor Tibbles, 72, whose house is next to the club, said it was good news their concerns had been listened to.

“I’m highly delighted,” he said.

“It’s nice to see that somebody has listened.

“Sometimes you can protest as much as you like but it doesn’t change anything.

“We heard that the Glamorgan Wanderers trustees had put their foot down and said ‘no’. It wouldn’t have been in their best interests to alienate the people.”

A spokeswoman for Cardiff council confirmed that the plans to put up the mast at Glamorgan Wanderers RFC were withdrawn by T-Mobile before a planning committee meeting on Wednesday.

lisa.jones @wme.co.uk

© owned by or licensed to Western Mail & Echo Limited 2007

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(how like our own mighty opponents )

artjar

Interesting one!

http://www.injurywatch.co.uk/inbound/manx-doctors-concern-over-phone-masts-2857656

David


Manx doctors' concern over phone masts

von Conrad Murray

A medical practice is considering moving to new premises amid concerns about possible health risks posed by mobile phone masts on their building.

There are now five masts on the roof of the Health Centre in Village Walk, Onchan - two operated by Manx Telecom, the other three by Cable and Wireless. The doctors are still not convinced that emissions from the masts pose no risk to health. They are particularly concerned about possible risks to children.

The Island's Public Health consultant, Dr Paul Emmerson, said there was still no proof that exposure to electromagnetic radiation from the masts caused any illness.

GP Dr Jim McAllister said he would rather err on the side of caution.

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Ban for Manx mobile phone masts
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/3823636/

Morris County Daily Record

05/24/07

Bowing to President Bush, the Democratic-controlled Congress grudgingly approved fresh billions for the Iraq war Thursday night, minus the troop withdrawal timeline that drew his earlier veto. ‘The Iraqi government needs to show real progress in return for America’s continued support and sacrifice,’ said the commander in chief, and he warned that August could prove to be a bloody month for U.S. troops in Baghdad’s murderous neighborhoods...

http://tinyurl.com/2ddaws


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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This Shameful, Bi-partisan Betrayal - Democrats sell out troops
http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/3766673/

CNN

05/27/07

Claims of terrorism represented less than 0.01 percent of charges filed in recent years in immigration courts by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, according to a report issued Sunday by an independent research group. This comes despite the fact the Bush administration has repeatedly asserted that fighting terrorism is the central mission of DHS...

http://tinyurl.com/3xre8e


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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By Ellie Simmonds

Proposals to extend a mobile phone mast near Bicester town centre have sparked concern among councillors.

Mobile phone company Orange wants to replace a 15m mast on land off Alchester Terrace with a 20m one.

Bicester Town Council has decided to object to the plans. Councillor Nick Cotter, whose Bicester South ward includes the mast, said: "There are concerns about these masts."

He raised fears about so-called cancer clusters which, it has been alleged, occur around masts. He said: "Two of my kids go to St Mary's School and there's a huge great mast there. I just think we should find out more about these things."

Fellow councillor Les Sibley said: "We should ask for a risk assessment. We want to know what impact these masts will actually have on people's health."

But town clerk Anne Wilson said in a letter accompanying the application that Orange had claimed that its design of mast had already won local authority approval.

Newly-elected councillor Nicholas Mawerok said: "Orange coverage within Bicester isn't particularly strong. There are areas in some estates where you can't get any coverage whatsoever. The business community would probably welcome some coverage."

Councillors voted to pass their concerns on to Cherwell District Council, which will make a final decision on the plans.

© Copyright 2001-2007 Newsquest Media Group

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"Today's data suggest that during a 30-year period of economic expansion, a rising tide did not lift all boats," Morton said in a release accompanying the report, "Economic Mobility: Is the American Dream Alive and Well?"

http://snipurl.com/1mc7k


From Information Clearing House

With Jerry Falwell recently departing planet earth, ostensibly off to meet his maker, now is the time to examine the role Christian fundamentalism has played in American history since 9/11 - particularly on the policies of George W. Bush.

http://mwcnews.net/content/view/14722/26/



Savage Christians

Evangelist hit-man Jerry Falwell's career as a racist propagandist was excised from the record, following his death last week. The man who called the Civil Rights Act a "civil wrong" and preached that African Americans were the cursed descendants of Ham, is resurrected as a benign theologian.

http://snipurl.com/1mr6x


From Information Clearing House



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"The politics of fear" is being used, not only by terror groups, militias and dictatorships but, increasingly, by democratic governments, says Amnesty.

http://snipurl.com/1mc7b


From Information Clearing House

America has spent billions battling the drug industry in Bolivia, Colombia and Peru. And the result? Production as high as ever, street prices at a low, and the governments of the region in open revolt.

http://snipurl.com/1mc75


From Information Clearing House

The international community is in danger of repeating in Afghanistan the mistakes made in Iraq. Millions of Afghans have seen little material improvement in their lives since 2001, and most still live in desperate poverty.

http://paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?179345


From Information Clearing House

Scott Ritter, discusses the irrationality of Bush's Iraq policy, the Democrats betrayal of the Antiwar Left, Mitt Romney's fit over ABC News' reporting Cheney's leak of the finding authorizing CIA action against Iran, the pretext of Iran's nuclear program as the excuse to bomb them.

http://dissentradio.com/charles/awscottritter052507.mp3


From Information Clearing House



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The Bush administration has dismantled a special committee that was established last year to coordinate aggressive actions against Iran and Syria, according to State Department officials.

http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/05/26/america/diplo.1-62105.php


From Information Clearing House

Iran, embroiled in a row with Washington over its nuclear programme, has increased the amount of its oil export earnings in currencies other than US dollars to about 70 per cent, an Iranian official said yesterday.

http://snipurl.com/1mc6e


From Information Clearing House

Under the plan, pressure will be brought to bear on the Iranian economy by manipulating the country's currency and international financial transactions.

http://snipurl.com/1mc6c


From Information Clearing House

The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) received presidential approval for a covert operation in Iran aimed at destabilizing the Islamic Republic by "non-lethal" means.

http://snipurl.com/1mc69


From Information Clearing House

Press Conference

Video

Congressman Ron Paul and Michael Scheuer educate Rudy Giuliani on American foreign policy (May 24, 2007).

http://snipurl.com/1mc62



Activists Confront Giuliani Over 9/11

Video

An activist asks the former NYC mayor, "How do you sleep at night?"
http://video.wnbc.com/player/?id=112179


From Information Clearing House



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No amount of extenuation can minimize the fact that the Democrats, who were brought to power in Congress to end the war, have just signed on to another $120 billion for that war.

http://www.progressive.org/mag_wx052307


From Information Clearing House



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AMERICAN spending on Iraq and Afghanistan has eclipsed the cost of the Vietnam War, making the War on Terror the second most expensive conflict in United States' history.

http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=818542007


From Information Clearing House

By Mike Whitney

By capitulating to Bush, the Democratic Party has cut the ground out from beneath itself and hastened its own demise. Now, let's push the rusty hulk out of the road and go forward.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17771.htm



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Paul Craig Roberts

The Democrats are far from being alone in lacking the vision to see the abyss into which their cynicism is leading us. With the corporate media serving as propaganda ministry for the administration, Cheney will be able to whip up enough fear and anger to convince the American people that the use of nuclear weapons was imperative.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17773.htm



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By Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17772.htm

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Withdrawal symptoms
http://counterpunch.org/paupp05302007.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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Informant: John Murphy

Click:

http://tinyurl.com/3apkpf

Unter diesem Link macht das Stuttgarter Stadtmagazin eine Leserumfrage "Muss sich die Stadt im Kampf gegen den Mobilfunkmastenwildwuchs stärker einbringen?", und ein Chat ist auch gleich angeschlossen.

Im Anhang der Lift-Artikel dazu.
http://www.buergerwelle.de/pdf/der_politische_wille_fehlt.pdf


Mit freundlichen Grüßen
Für die Bürgerinitiative Stuttgart West
Peter Hensinger

HLV INFO 53/AT

28-05-2007

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From ufpj-news



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by Devvy

No matter the cost, I will not submit to the tyranny being pumped out of Washington, DC. I cannot. If I am reduced to rags, I will wear them with pride instead of shame because I valued a day at the ball park or hours in front of the television over freedom. You and I dear friends of liberty - we are facing the same challenges as those who shed their blood before us and we must not falter because the opposition is backed up by paid mercenaries. We are seeing victories in our fight as more and more states are standing up and saying no the the federal machine.......

http://www.newswithviews.com/Devvy/kidd273.htm



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by Edward Vieira, Ph.D., JD

The publication of National Security Presidential Directive 51 (Homeland Security Presidential Directive 20) on 9 May 2007, now available on the White House’s web site, represents another major stage in the devolution of the United States from a constitutional republic to a Caesaristic police state. Inadvertently, though, it exposes the primary danger to the continuation of its own power that the Establishment now fears. As well, it emphasizes the impossibility of any succor for the American people from the present “two” major political parties......

http://www.newswithviews.com/Vieira/edwin55.htm



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