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February 2005 Archives Back to MER World Spotlight on Syria Gaza Out - But Different Reasons and Different Realities America's Half Trillon Dollar Crusade Defeating Fundamentalism - George Mason U Prof Lebanon's Shiites Enraged by Israel Aren't Leaving The remaking of al-Qaeda Crusader Pipes Keeps On Ticking fo the Neocons THE WORLD THROUGH THEIR EYES - The Economist THE WORLD THROUGH THEIR EYES Feb 24th 2005 With 150 channels to choose from, Arabs are arguing, comparing and questioning as never before. Will th ... more Rice Drops Plans for Visit to Egypt U.S. to Press Arab Nations to Pay Pledges Made to Palestinians Condi Matrix - Condoleezza Rice's Commanding Clothes Iraqis Protest Saturday 'Sabbath' Day Off It's a little remiscent of the blue and white striped flags the Americans tried to impose on Iraq during the days of the Paul Bremer-led Direct Occupa ... more Sharon Threatens Abbas Again 'Martyrdom Op' Shakes 'Peace Process' More Tales From Police State America - Artist Academic Gets Hit Hot Water for Syria PA Serves Israel and U.S. Says Latest Suicide Bomber Mubarak Bows to U.S. Pressure - But Little Real Will Come Of It PA Blames Hezbollah and Iran for Attack on Israelis 'Missing' - Thousands of Small Anti-Aircraft Missiles Analysis / The PA's new power structure Dangers on Baghdad's Haifa Street Haifa of course is now the name of a major Israeli city, albeit the only major city where there are still some of the original Palestinians living in ... more Syrians Lash Back at U.S. Hamas Tells Israel and PA What 'Truce' Requires Sharon's Settlements To Go Colleges and Universities - Who Really Runs Them? Plan Behind Orchestrated Campaign Against Syria Iraqi (U.S.)TV airs tape of purported Syrian intelligence officer involved in insurgency Why Are We Welcoming Bush The Torturer? Why are we welcoming this torturer? Europe is tacitly condoning the Bush regime's appalling practices Victoria Brittain 02/24/05 "The Guardian" - ... more Orchestrated Campaign Against Syria Phony Show Trials in U.S. Iraq Fingering Syria on American Iraqi T.V. U.S.-U.K. Rush To War - Preparations or Legal Defense Began Even Before the Invasion Began Revealed: the rush to war Richard Norton-Taylor 02/23/05 "The Guardian" - - The attorney general, Lord Goldsmith, warned less than two weeks before ... more Syria Prepares For the Coming Fights - Local and Regional Peres Under Investigation by Knesset Committee Under all the circumstances smells mightily like a right-wing vendetta against Peres. It's probably accurate that he was involved with the PA and tha ... more The Hunt for Hariri's Assassins Spreads to Australia Australians hunted over Hariri death Twelve people wanted over the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri are believed to be in ... more Did Israel Kill Hariri - Egyptian Newspaper Americans Expect US Will Stay in Iraq Egypt's Brutal Answer - Wash Post Editorial Did Israel Assassinate Hariri? Late Hariri`sconsultant: Hariri`s assassination by Mossad aimed at creating tension in Lebanon Tehran, Feb 15, IRNA -- Late Lebanese politician Rafi ... more Super Secret Death and Coup Squads to expand Israeli Pushes for NATO money, arms, even membership The headline is about the London conference -- the Israelis as usual determined to control it as much as they can and trying to predetermine its outco ... more Guardian Weblogs on Middle East Issues Bush 2002 Speech on Palestinian Statehood 500 million Christians urged to divest 500 million Christians urged to divest SAM SER, THE JERUSALEM POST Feb. 23, 2005 An organization representing up to half a billion Christians worldw ... more 'Immoral, Immoral' Shout the Rabbis What a travesty for Israel's Rabbinate -- they condemn kissing and condone killing. Israel Loosing PR War in High Schools Peace Within Reach Bush Tells Europeans Israel Finally 'Legally' Challenges International Court Ruling as 'Outdated' Peres Kept on Sharon Leash NATO Troops To Further Control Palestinians General Barak Viciously Attacks Both General Sharon and His Own Labor Party It's one of those rare public signs of just how convoluted today's political realities have become; and just how dangerous are the times immediately a ... more PNAC Neocons Want Bigger US Military for More War Open Letter A bipartisan group urges the congressional leadership to substantively increase the size of the Army and the Marines. 01/28/2005 12:00:00 ... more Lebanon's Hariri Killed To Make a 'Clean Break' Lebanon's Hariri Killed To Make a 'Clean Break' This article appears in the February 25, 2005 issue of Executive Intelligence Review. Lebanon's Hari ... more Washington: Robin Hood In Reverse Chalabi Continues To Watch Over Neocon Concerns In 'New Iraq' Chalabai Becomes Political Winner in Iraq By Jamie Tarabay The Associated Press Wednesday 23 February 2005 Chalabai may have lost bi ... more Hillary Knows Nothing About Iraq Says Incoming Iraqi P.M. Shaath and Erakat Finally Pushed Out 'Simply Ridiculous' Bush Taunts Europeans Sharon and Abbas Dance To Not Consumate IRAN - Guardian Special Report The 7 or 11 State 'Solution' Maybe seven states instead of 11 By Amira Hass 14 February 2005 The only logical way to read the Sharm al-Sheikh summit is in accordance with th ... more The Zionist Plan for the Middle East Egyptian paper - Israel is behind the assassination of Rafic Hariri Egyptian paper - Israel is behind the assassination of Rafic Hariri CAIRO, Feb. 20 (SANA) Egyptian ‘ al-Osbo’ newspaper stressed that Israel is the ... more Israel's Secret Agenda: Funding Arab Terrorism Israel's Secret Agenda: Funding Arab Terrorism Why would Israel provide covert support ... more Who Really Killed Rafik Hariri? Who killed Rafik Hariri? by Patrick Seale February 23, 2005 If Syria killed Rafik Hariri, Lebanon's former prime minister and mastermind of its re ... more Nearly A Billion for 8000 Jewish Settlers; Still Nothing for Millions of Palestinian Refugees Jewish Leaders Challenge Pope Again Bird Flu Pandemic Looms Far greater than the threats from terrorism and even anthrax or smallpox, looming now is a Bird Flu Pandemic for which the world is not prepared. more White Minority Still Rules in Post-Apartheid South Africa Saddam's Trial Finally Approaching? Palestinian Legislators Oppose Abu Mazen-Abu Ala Appointees Young Saudi-American Student Plots to Kill Bush Ironically this story which includes bugging and torturing hits the media at the same time the 'recorded phone converation' with pre-President Bush is ... more Big Hope for Middle East Peace Says U.N. Bush Talks The Talk About 'Palestinian State' Bush Uses 'Palestinian State' to Woe Europeans February 21, 2005TRANSCRIPTBush's Speech in BrusselsFollowing is a transcript of President Bush's speech in Brussels on Monday, as recorded by CQ Tra ... more Abu Mazen Forced By Legislators To Try Again to form Govt Palestinian Strategies America's Mexican Proxy Army Americans and rebels begin talks on timetable for withdrawal from Iraq What the Americans really want, and will try hard to get in exchange for what will be said to be some kind of 'withdrawal', is permanent military base ... more Iran Prepares for Attack Permanent U.S. Military Bases in Afghanistan and Iraq McCain Calls for Permanent Afghan Bases By STEPHEN GRAHAM Associated Press Writer 02/22/05 "AP" -- KABUL, Afghanistan - A senior American lawmaker ... more Terrible 'Abuses' and Murder by U.S. U.S. contractors in Iraq allege abusesFour men say they witnessed shooting of unarmed civiliansBy Lisa Myers & the NBC investigative unit02/15/05 "MSN ... more Israelis Act to Encircle East Jerusalem Israelis Act to Encircle East Jerusalem Enclaves in Arab Areas, Illegal Building Projects Seen Intended to Consolidate Control By John Ward Anderson ... more Israelis Act to Encircle East Jerusalem Jewish Orgs Respond to Wash Post 'Settlements' Article Lee Hamilton on 'The Threat' Iraq Resistance Report Talking with the Enemy Talking with the Enemy By Michael Ware Time Sunday 20 February 2005 Inside the secret dialogue between the U.S. and insurgents in ... more Turning Point for Anti-War Movement? A Turning Point for the Anti-War Movement? by Rick Jahnkow, Znet, February 19, 2005 Despite 2005 being the start of a second presidential term f ... more US Prepares for Possible Intervention in Syria and Lebanon From Baghdad to Beirut Pentagon Wants Useable Mini-Nukes Plundering Iraq's Heritage and Treasures Another Shameful Chapter in American History Chalabi and the Pentagon Neocons Try A Comeback With the CIA weakened, the Pentagon Neocons in Charge, and more war looming throughout the crucial Middle East Region, the attempt to bringn back Ahme ... more PsyWar Against Iran London Mayor Livingstone refuses to appologize to Jewish reporter Staterment on New Palestinian Government 'Reforms' Palestinian National Initiative Statement regarding the makeup of the new Palestinian cabinet The New Palestinian Government Program: No change, no ... more Time is running out, militant warns Shooting the ISM to make them go away PRESS RELEASE February 21, 2005 US Citizen Shot by Israeli Army to Arrive in Tel Aviv Thursday for Israeli Supreme Court Appeal On Thursday February ... more Bush took Hariri's death personally America's democracy of double standards won't work America's democracy of double standards won't workBy David HirstSpecial to The Daily StarMonday, February 21, 2005U.S. President George W. Bush has pr ... more Hillary Joins the Neo-Cons as she campaigns for President HILLARY JOINS NEO-CON WAR IN IRAQ Hillary Clinton, who hopes to become president, is on the Sunday morning talk shows saying that our troops mi ... more Iran Urges Islamic Alliance Against U.S. Japan Joins U.S. To Try to Block China The Return of the Draft? Rolling Stone Wash Post - 'Palestinian View' - Fawaz Georges Israeli spies, Syrian obsession and a peace that had to break - Fisk Israeli spies, Syrian obsession and a peace that had to break By Robert Fisk 15 February 2005 We knew something was coming. I had met an ol ... more Sharon Declares Israel To Keep The Real and Important Settlements Voice of America Bigger Voice - Iran Targeted Wash Post Calls for Jihad on Syria Target Syria Dean Seeks To Ban Media from his 'debate' with Perle CIA and FBI warn in Public Session More Terror Is Coming Sometime Somewhere Somehow New Shia Muslim Candidates for Power in Iraq CIA Now Links Terror Threat to IRAQ The Americans invaded Iraq supposedly because of its non-existent weapons of mass destruction; and in the process they hvae now created a seedbed of ' ... more CIA Warning About China's Military Power Israeli Army Chief Abruptly Booted by Sharon as Tensions Grow 'COMMON FRONT' - Syria and Iran Announce Egypt Offers Border Guards for Gaza Complying with U.S. and Israeli designs, the Egyptians continue to be well-paid for doing much they are 'asked' to do by Washington... Iran Threatens to Shoot Down U.S. Drones Did the U.S and Israel Kill Rafik al-Hariri? Did the U.S and Israel Kill Rafik al-Hariri? Isn’t it odd that a Palestinian, Ahmed Tayseer Abu Adas, would claim responsibility for killing forme ... more Brutal Al-Qaeda Attacks Loom -- U.N. Report Israelis Claim Iran Nuke Bomb Close London Mayor Refuses to Appologize for Jewish Remarks Anti-Syrian Mood and Mobs Escalate in Beirut More Pentagon Coverup of Realities in Iraq Another Example of What the U.S. means by 'freedom and democracy' in the Middle East Muzzling Al-Jazeera; Washington Steps Up The Pressure This is a goal the U.S. has pursued for some years now. Especially now that there ae U.S. Government funded media, and much of the rest of the Arab ... more Jerry Levin on Becoming a Christian Pacifist Activist --Valentine's Day 1985 Remembered-- (Malibu, California February 14, 2005) People I meet still ask, why this one time completely secular Jewish Amer ... more Harrari Assassinated in Massive Beirut Explosion Spy Planes Over Iran This is how things started with Iraq as well. Clearly the Americans and Israelis are preparing to take on Iran. They will likely do so after the nex ... more Meaningless Handshake - LATimes U.S. General, 'Security Coordinator', Heading to Middle East Here we go again -- but this time, implicitly making it clear what is going on is ending the Intifada more than anything else, a military General on t ... more Top CNN Exec Forced Out for Comments about Iraq War Germany Moves Again To Ban Far-Right Last time around the paid informers turned out to be doing the worst things; and the courts refused to sanction that. Nuclear Deterrence Middle East Style U.S. Spy Planes All Over Iran Iranians Defiant As U.S. Steps Up Rhetoric and Military Preparations Israel Downed 2 Syrian Migs last year Trying to Fire and Discredit Professor Churchill Tom Lantos Tells Arabs to Pay for PA Dems Demand End to 'Abu Ghraib Defense' Hizbollah Curses U.N. Call for It to Lay Down Arms London Mayor Calls Jewish Reporter 'War Criminal' Threats Not Stopping Countries Going to Nuke Weapons Abbas to 'Confront' 'Militants' in Gaza Al-Qaeda number two hits out at US in new audiotape Bloggers Impact CNN Chief Under Fire For Saying U.S. Killed Dozen Journalists CNN Chief Under Fire For Saying U.S. Killed Dozen Journalists MIAMI HERALD - Posted on Thu, Feb. 10, 2005 Blogger's news on news hits nerve CNN's chief news executive is under fire after comments he made at ... more What They Really Mean... What They Really Mean... By Norman Solomon Thursday 10 February 2005 Since the 1950s, many young Americans have first encountered ... more There Will Be No Peace Without Justice - Fisk There Will Be No Peace Without Justice- by Robert Fisk So, the Palestinians will end their occupation of Israel. No more will Palestinian tanks ... more Paranoia grips the U.S. capital The Israeli Palestinian Conflict and the spread of Empire and Desolation - Ronald Bleier Al-Qaeda number two hits out at US in new audiotape Generals Speak Out On Cause of Terrorism - However Obliquely Shopping Madness at IKEA Midnight Sale Now what does this say about 'Western' culture? No room in Gaza for faith in truce Israel Pushes U.S. and International Orgs to Pay for Palestinians to Compensate Israelis for Businesses, Homes, new 'Security' Arrangements Israel Tells EU to put Hezbollah on 'Terrorist' List 'Refuseniks' Won't Participate in 'Withdrawal' Arab Bank May Quit U.S. Many Warnings Preceeded 9/11 Sexual Torture Used Against the Muslims Another Holocaust Soap Scam Another Step Toward Palestinian Civil War Now the link is said to be between Sharon and Beilin! Simplistic and at times Ridiculous and propagandistic, such commentaries abound these day. But the idea that Ariel Sharon is leading the Israelis to ... more Shameful Outrageous Zionism - from an insider Pentagon Says War Plan for Iran is Just 'Routine' 'Burning Hell' Promised by Iran Changes at SALON.com Sharon Manuevers To Get Out of Gaza 'Quietly' Bush Warns Iran Again - No Nukes For You US Warns Europeans They're Not Tough Enough with Iran Iran Could Go Nuke If Pressed Khatemi Obliquely Warns Abdullah of Jordan Does His Thing for the U.S. 'Team America' Upsets North Koreans 'Team America' unsettles Team Kim in Pyongyang Special to World Tribune.com EAST-ASIA-INTEL.COM Wednesday, February 9, 2005 The caricature of North ... more Hashemite Regime To Reengage in West Bank Jordan to train PLO forces Special to World Tribune.com MIDDLE EAST NEWSLINE Monday, February 7, 2005 AMMAN – Jordan has agreed to train forces from ... more China Set to Lead in Nuclear Efforts Hollywood To the War Effort Snow blizzards sweep Holy Land as new Truce is announced Palestinian groups disown truce Journalist for America's AlHurra Killed With Son PENTAGON TV To Propagandize Americans Directly Iran Will Never Give Up Nuclear Technology - Khatami A China - U.S. Hotline US Wants Atomic Agency Head's Head President Rice?! Prof Churchill Gets Standing Ovation - Says U.S. Provoked 9/11 The Iraqi Woman in Congress's Balcony A few States of the Union back it was Ahmed Chalabi who was up there in the Balcony. This year... The Iran Channel - D.C. Located Halliburton and Iran - The odd Couple First Strike on Iran? Condi Dances Around Iran Condi Insists No Attack on Iraq Imminent TV's American Idol Trumps Bush State of the Union Address! THURSDAY • FEBRUARY 3, 2005 'AMERICAN IDOL' TOPS NETWORK COVERAGE FOR STATE OF UNION: The U.S broadcast TV audience would rather watch freaks sing out ... more Pentagon Neocon Feith Goes to Pakistan Again Top Iranian Condemns Bush Speech and Rhetoric Iran and Syria Reject 'Terrorism' Labels Major U.S. Companies Getting Out of Iran Speaking out about Israel to save the Jewish soul Speaking out about Israel to save the Jewish soul Cecilie Surasky 02/01/05 "Jordan Times" -- Every time a Gazan father faints as he watches his fa ... more Chomsky - The Future of Iraq and the US Occupation The Future of Iraq and the US Occupation: Noam Chomsky 02/02/05 "CounterPunch.org" -- Let's just imagine what the policies might be of an independe ... more Vote to Eat Some Just Voted for Food Inter Press Service Dahr Jamail BAGHDAD, Jan 31 (IPS) - Voting in Baghdad was linked with receipt of food rations, severa ... more Palestinian TV Toning Down Under Abu Mazen Iran Nuclear Program Permanent Say officials New Aid for Palestinians To Do As Told Bill Moyers: There is no tomorrow Bill Moyers: There is no tomorrow Bill Moyers January 30, 2005 MOYERS0130 One of the biggest changes in politics in my lifetime is that the delu ... more Naysayers tight-lipped since success of Iraq vote Finally something to agree with former Senator Jesse Helms about! Nightline's Town Hall On Iraqi Withdrawal? Tsunami Clinton Really Wants to be U.N. Secretary General Iraq - Closer to Civil War as Sunni Clerics Declare Vote Illegitimate Michael Moore Slams Dems while calling Condi's confirmation 'disgusting' Michael Moore Calls Condi Confirmation "Disgusting" A recent Web chat that famed fantasizer Michael Moore had with the U.K.'s Channel 4 was quite rev ... more Egyptian 'Peace Summit' UNITED STATES: Resist the empire! - From Down Under America - T.V. Fairyland CIA Corrects Itself on WMD CIA Corrects Itself on WMD A report, the first of its kind, says Baghdad ended its chemical weapons program in '91. By Greg Miller Times Staff Write ... more 1967 - U.S. Creates a Vietnam Election U.S. Encouraged by Vietnam Vote : Officials Cite 83% Turnout Despite Vietcong Terror by Peter Grose, Special to the New York Times (9/4/1967: p. 2 ... more Confrontation Ahead Between Occupiers and New 'Elected' Government in Iraq The Shiite Earthquake The Shiite Earthquake By Juan Cole Salon.com Tuesday 01 February 2005 With non-Sunni Muslims poised to take power for the first time, a ... more Climate Catastrophe Looms; and Long Before the S.S. 'Crisis' The Blame Game Israel Attorney General Orders Against Once Secret Cabinet Decision Once it became other than secret and being done quietly and surreptitiously, it became too hard to fully implement. But the Israelis have a long hist ... more Gorbachev: Iran Election 'Fake' Ayatollah Sistani Wins Najaf's Clerics Praise Iraqi Voters and Appear Confident That Shiites Will Gain Power By Edward Wong The New York Times Tuesday 01 February ... more 'Freed' Iraqis Still Waiting for the Wind of Change 'Freed' Iraqis Still Waiting for the Wind of Change By Robert Fisk The Independent U.K. Tuesday 01 February 2005 The gale tore into Baghda ... more Now, U.S. Must Get Out of Iraq's Way Now, U.S. Must Get Out of Iraq's Way By Robert Scheer The Los Angeles Times Tuesday 01 February 2005 After the excellent electio ... more Turner Compares Fox's Popularity to Hitler Bush 'Right on Iraq' Afterall Asks 'Liberal' Columnist 'Complete Nonsense' for U.S. Troops To Now Leave Says U.S. Occupation 'Interim Iraqi President' Israel Pushes PA To Be It's Police Force Once Again U.S. Occupied Iraqi 'interim President' earns his keep, insists U.S. Troops Must Stay Liberal Racism on Campus 'Israel Apartheid Week' at Toronto University Leading US Official Again Says Israel Might Attack Iran U.S. OFFICIAL: ISRAEL MIGHT ATTACK IRAN'S NUKE SITES Mon Jan 31 2005 02:44:11 ET American envoy John Bolton, the State Department's top international ... more Washington and London put out a 'maybe' about starting troop withdrawals from Iraq by end of year U.S., Britain have exit strategy: First troops out in late 2005 SPECIAL TO WORLD TRIBUNE.COM Monday, January 31, 2005 WASHINGTON – Britain and the U ... more Young American Students Not So High on First Amendment Bush's 'Resounding Success' in Iraq Guantanamo Procedures Unconstitutional Such things use to be called 'Kangaroo Courts' and 'gulags' for indefinite imprisonment without trial. At least this particular judge realizes that t ... more

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