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September 2006September 30, 2006 NewsPosted: Saturday, September 30, 2006 ¤ Bad faith and the destruction of Palestine ¤ Iraq situation dire, says Straw ¤ 'Why Do Sunnis Kill Shiites? ... They All Look The Same To Me' ¤ Why British government conceals true casualty figures in Afghanistan, Iraq? ¤ Where are all the dead Taliban? ¤ Two Palestinian boys killed by an Israeli drone while cycling ¤ Chavez ally surges in Ecuadorean race ¤ Over 800 attacks every week in Iraq ¤ The clan instinct is universal ¤ Gonzales cautions judges against second-guessing the president ¤ Venezuela says U.S. is harboring terrorists ¤ Torturer-in-Chief ¤ How George Bush Admitted His War Crimes ¤ The Anatomy of a Massacre ¤ A Portrait of Bush as a Victim of His Own Certitude ¤ Bush faces wave of challenges to terror law ¤ Kabul suicide bombing leaves 12 dead ¤ Bush challenges "misimpressions" about Iraq September 28, 2006 News Posted: Friday, September 29, 2006 ¤ Bombing of Gaza power plant war crime ¤ Controversial group wins public relations contract in Iraq ¤ U.S., Syria spar and Rice calls for sanctions ¤ Reading the Gas Pump Numbers ¤ For God's Sake ¤ The Murderers of Democracy ¤ The Human Catastrophe of Gaza Is a Time Bomb ¤ Reporter Bob Woodward Says Bush Misleads on Iraq ¤ Carter: U.S. in more danger of terrorism ¤ Dumb and dumber ¤ How did we sink so low in just 6 years? ¤ Venezuela: Let the grave-diggers dig their own globalized graves ¤ Thai coup leaders choose interim premier ¤ Cowards, Traitors and the American People Who Enable Them ¤ Terrorists Fear el Diablo ¤ Republicans Hell-Bent on Passing Bush Torture Bill ¤ Drowning in Stupid ¤ Pakistan Targeted by U.S. Bluster Bombs ¤ Who are the Sheeple? ¤ Dumbed-down intelligence ¤ Israel restricts 'foreign' Palestinians ¤ First friction between UN peacekeepers, Israeli troops in Lebanon ¤ A TIMELINE OF OIL AND VIOLENCE ¤ U.S. INTERESTS IN THE CENTRAL ASIAN REPUBLICS ¤ Israel's Population Secret ¤ U.S. soldiers' overseas votes ripe for fraud ¤ Israel threatens Gaza invasion ¤ Blair pinched speech from The Grapes of Wrath ¤ Pres Bush Might Bomb Iran for Israel ¤ Lawbreaker and torturer -- that's America, loud and proud. ¤ Devil Can't Compare to Bush, Politician Says ¤ Mini-gulags, hired guns and lobbyists ¤ Russia in threat to turn off gas to US giants ¤ 7-Eleven drops Citgo gasoline; cites Chavez ¤ A Broken, De-Humanized Military in Iraq ¤ palestine gaza beach israel Video ¤ Economy Booming for Billionaires ¤ Another Bungled UN Mission ¤ America Has Just Lost Two More Wars ¤ Britain becomes 'never, never land' as personal debt runs out of control ¤ The Good News about Lying to Americans ¤ Observations on death tolls ¤ Let's talk about those bodies in Baghdad ¤ Another Hideous US Crime against Humanity in Iraq ¤ US General: Suicide attacks in Iraq all time high ¤ Where are the voices? ¤ "Thank You For Not Putting a Bomb in Your Luggage" September 26, 2006 News Posted: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 ¤ President Hologram ¤ The United States of Barbarism ¤ Rice calls for sanctions against Syria ¤ We Have No Friends In Iraq ¤ Exit Polls, Media Literacy and American Propaganda ¤ The "Newsweek Cover" Story ¤ Power crimes ¤ Human Rights Watch still denying Lebanon the right to defend itself ¤ Chemicals Within Us ¤ CONDI LIES to Rebut Clinton ¤ New Orleans is Back ... Without Blacks ¤ The Danger of Methamphetime Registries ¤ Judicial Complicity in US War Crimes ¤ Going to War to Save His Own Ass? ¤ If It's Election Season, It Must Be Time for a Terror Alert ¤ The American Mind ¤ Nasrallah's popularity climbs to new heights ¤ Propriety and Paranoia in the Empire ¤ Democrats defend 'our president' against international criticism ¤ It's Not Race or Class -- It's Race and Class ¤ Iran's gulf of misunderstanding with US Iran's gulf of misunderstanding with US Posted: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 The US and Iran almost never speak to each other. "It's the most unusual relationship we have with any country in the world," explains US Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns. "It's been 27 years since we've had a normal diplomatic, social and political relationship. And so for instance I am one of the people responsible for Iran in our government and yet I have never met an Iranian government official in my 25-year career." Full Article : news.bbc.co.uk The Devil and Mr. Bush Posted: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 Love him, hate him, fear him, revere him, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez is an elected world leader whose fiery criticisms of US foreign policy can't simply be ignored or ridiculed. Maybe Chávez did himself, his larger alternative agenda and his country a disservice by treating the UN podium as the set of his weekly TV show at home. His "The Devil is Mr. Bush" riff--an obviously allegorical one if you ask me--delivered with an actor's dramatic flair and a good deal of humor risked drowning out other important messages he did deliver. For example, how many know that he laid out an innovative four-point program to renew and reform the UN--and spoke eloquently about how and why this "era is giving birth to a heart"? For sure, the speech was far from a model of diplomatic rhetoric. But that didn't seem to bother the scores of experienced delegate-diplomats in the hall, who greeted Chávez's speech with wild applause. (When Bush spoke the day before, the General Assembly's hall sounded like a morgue.) That reaction, as an incisive Washington Post article points out, shows that Chávez's words, while "harsh...in many ways...merely expressed in bolder terms what a number of other world leaders and foreign diplomats believe." Moreover, to be fair, how much diplomatic tact does Chávez owe to a President whose administration supported a coup against him? Full Article : commondreams.org Democrats defend "our president" against international criticism The pretense that the Democratic Party represents some sort of opposition to the Bush administration was punctured again last week when leading Democrats vociferously condemned the anti-Bush speech given by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to the United Nations General Assembly. Chavez, who narrowly escaped being murdered in a US-backed military coup in 2002, denounced President Bush personally as "the devil" and criticized American foreign policy as militaristic and imperialist. He told reporters afterwards that Bush was not a legitimate president because he "stole the elections," and "he is therefore a dictator." Full Article : wsws.org Anger at U.S. Policies More Strident at U.N. UNITED NATIONS -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad grabbed headlines last week by blasting U.S. policies from the dais of the U.N. General Assembly. But while their words were harsh, in many ways they merely expressed in bolder terms what a number of other world leaders and foreign diplomats believe. Full Article : washingtonpost.com The Sound & The Fury TIME: Why do you attack President George W. Bush with such jolting language? CHAVEZ: I believe words have great weight, and I want people to know exactly what I mean. I'm not attacking President Bush; I'm simply counterattacking. Bush has been attacking the world, and not just with words--with bombs. When I say these things I believe I'm speaking for many people, because they too believe this moment is our opportunity to stop the threat of a U.S. empire that uses the U.N. to justify its aggression against half the world. In Bush's speech to the U.N., he sounded as if he wants to be master of the world. I changed my original speech after reading his. Full Article : time.com What's Wrong With Calling Bush A Devil? Across the U.S. political and media spectrum, there was wide agreement yesterday: Name-calling and personal attacks are bad for national and global dialogue. Prompting the unity were Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez' comments that President Bush was the devil incarnate, "El Diablo." Full Article : venezuelanalysis.com Is Bush A Devil? During a recent visit to the United States, I heard a woman say that she felt Vice President Dick Cheney was an evil man. Her sister, with a different view of the world situation, said she felt all Arabs were evil. For the past few years President George W. Bush has been speaking of an axis of evil in the world. And, just a few days ago, President Chávez of Venezuela said President Bush is a devil. Let me first of all share my personal opinion on the matter of evil. I don’t believe there are evil people. There are people who do bad things (I don’t like the word “evil”), but that doesn’t make them bad. I have done bad things in my life. Everyone has. That doesn’t make us bad people. Full Article : 21stcenturysocialism.com Anger at U.S. Policies More Strident at U.N. Posted: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 UNITED NATIONS -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad grabbed headlines last week by blasting U.S. policies from the dais of the U.N. General Assembly. But while their words were harsh, in many ways they merely expressed in bolder terms what a number of other world leaders and foreign diplomats believe. Full Article : washingtonpost.com September 25, 2006 News Posted: Monday, September 25, 2006 ¤ White House admits Iraq fuels extremism ¤ Cloak of secrecy hides abuse in Afghanistan ¤ Why Pakistan Gets A Nuclear Pass ¤ 'Threats' to Venezuelan minister provoke war of words with US ¤ Venezuela rejects US apologies ¤ The Most Dangerous Place in the World? ¤ Human Rights Watch: Still Missing the Point ¤ Is the Bush Administration Itching to Nuke Iran? ¤ Defending Chavez on FoxNews ¤ Media Tall Tales for the Next War ¤ The Devil and Mr. Bush ¤ Now, Oil-Rich Leaders Mock Bush Team ¤ Crisis Is Upon Us ¤ Army Warns Rumsfeld It's Billions Short ¤ In Palestine, a War on Children ¤ Russians Admit Reporting Lies on Chechnya ¤ Big News: The War Failed ¤ Making Sense II ¤ The Cheney Cabal ¤ What's Wrong With Calling Bush A Devil? ¤ 'Chavez's verbal attacks should not affect relations' ¤ Military interventions in the Third World ¤ The Sound & The Fury ¤ Iraq For Sale: The War Profiteers ¤ President Hologram and the Triumph of Public Relations ¤ American morality scam ¤ Kofi Annan leaves UN in deep crisis ¤ Meanwhile in Baghdad Waste Headed for a Third World Bin Posted: Sunday, September 24, 2006 The Panamanian flagged ship Probo Koala unloaded more than 550 tonnes of toxic waste at Abidjan port in Cote d'Ivoire a month back. Emissions from that toxic waste have killed seven people and poisoned thousands. Full Article : ipsnews.net Control the Dictionary, Control the World Posted: Sunday, September 24, 2006 Clinton tried to fudge the truth when he claimed he'd "never had sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky," but he felt he could get away with that language because, in his mind, he defined "sexual relations" as referring to vaginal intercourse. Bush, with a straight face, tells us that he has never authorized torture, and he thinks he can get away with that lie because the public is mostly unaware that his administration has totally altered the definition of "torture." Full Article : crisispapers.org September 24, 2006 News Posted: Sunday, September 24, 2006 ¤ List of accusations of GIs in Iraq stuns experts ¤ Secrets in the Mountains of Afghanistan ¤ The Real Friends of Terror ¤ Lack of health insurance kills six times as many Americans each year as 9/11 did. ¤ Western nations foil bid to declare Israel nuke 'threat' ¤ Authorities detain Venezuelan foreign minister at New York airport ¤ 37 dead as Sunni bombers target Shia ¤ Anti-war protests in Manchester ¤ Musharraf's comments rattle Pakistanis ¤ 19 killed in Iraq attacks as Ramadan begins ¤ The Bushes & the Truth About Iran ¤ Bush will kill me: Chavez ¤ The Darfur Smokescreen ¤ Mexico's Two Presidents ¤ The Axis of Lesser Evilism ¤ Fellow Travelers at the Crossroads for Terrorism ¤ Bush Seeks Immunity for Violating War Crimes Act ¤ Who benefits from the Afghan Opium Trade? ¤ Many hopefuls keep Bush ties under wraps ¤ Mental disorders plague US war veterans ¤ Stuff happens again in Baghdad ¤ Take your torture and go, George ¤ Quitting Iraq With "Honor" Impossible ¤ US makes formal apology for detaining Venezuelan foreign minister ¤ Spy chiefs to probe 'Osama is dead' claim September 23, 2006 News Posted: Saturday, September 23, 2006 ¤ Civilian Deaths Soar to Record High in Iraq ¤ How Israel is Engineering the "Clash of Civilizations" ¤ When Journalists Threaten to Sue ¤ America's War on Terrorism Should Begin at Home ¤ Hezbollah's Rockets and Civilian Casualties ¤ Republic of Fear ¤ Keep a Cool Head ¤ At least 23 die as driverless train crashes into maintenance truck ¤ Explosion kills at least 37 in Baghdad ¤ Berming Baghdad ¤ US-Iran Shootout Is Inevitable ¤ As Crazy as It Sounds ¤ More Bush Diplomacy ¤ Hezbollah leader appears in public ¤ Chavez to Double Energy Subsidies to Needy in U.S. ¤ Fiery Chávez Aims For a Global Role ¤ 'War Tapes' sheds new light on Iraq ¤ Ahmadinejad: Zionists different from Jews ¤ Hugo Chavez: Welcome Here ¤ Osama bin Laden is dead: French paper ¤ France to probe bin Laden death report leak ¤ Fallujah again in the line of US fire ¤ Venezuela Says Police Cut Off Chavez Speech, N.Y. Post Reports ¤ Venezuelan Government To Launch International 9/11 Investigation ¤ A Courageous Man Speaks Out ¤ Iraq is Bush's Reflection Pond ¤ How Israel's 'new anti-Semitism' is leading to nuclear Holocaust ¤ Why we are really in Iraq ¤ The Bushes & the Truth About Iran ¤ Bushfraud Diversion ¤ The Hungarian prime minister has been remarkably honest this week... ¤ Democracy is harder than western flip-flops make out ¤ Dozens die in Baghdad blast ¤ Exploitation of 9/11 Was Shameful ¤ Nothing the Americans Do Stops the Slide into Despair ¤ The Power of Public Opinion ¤ "Devil" in the Details ¤ Illusion and Reality ¤ More Evidence "al-Qaeda" is a CIA-ISI Contrivance ¤ AP Propaganda About Iraq ¤ The Zarqawi affair, part 9 of 15 ¤ Chavez' Comments - Strategy Or Ravings? Chavez' Comments - Strategy Or Ravings? Posted: Friday, September 22, 2006 You'd think George Bush would get down on his knees and kiss Hugo Chavez's behind. Not only has Chavez delivered cheap oil to the Bronx and other poor communities in the United States. And not only did he offer to bring aid to the victims of Katrina. In my interview with the president of Venezuela on March 28, he made Bush the following astonishing offer: Chavez would drop the price of oil to $50 a barrel, "not too high, a fair price," he said -- a third less than the $75 a barrel for oil recently posted on the spot market. That would bring down the price at the pump by about a buck, from $3 to $2 a gallon. Full Article : trinicenter.com Venezuelan Government To Launch International 9/11 Investigation Billionaire philanthropist Jimmy Walter and WTC survivor William Rodriguez this week embarked on a groundbreaking trip to Caracas Venezuela in which they met with with the President of the Assembly and will soon meet with Venezuelan President himself Hugo Chavez in anticipation of an official Venezuelan government investigation into 9/11. Neil Cavuto Says Poor Americans Who Accept Heating Oil From Hugo Chavez are Committing Treason Neil Cavuto was livid and about to burst a blood vessel today (September 21, 2006) over Hugo Chavez's plan to sell heating oil at discount prices to low income residents of New York City. (Chavez also plans to donate 100 gallons of heating oil to 12,000 rural Alaskans, which, curiously, Cavuto didn't mention.) Avoiding obvious questions like why U.S. oil companies don't donate oil to our poor, or why it is that people in this country can't afford to heat their homes, Cavuto, wearing an American flag on his lapel, instead targeted his fellow citizens and insinuated that they are committing treason for accepting Chavez's offer. Bolivian leader defends his drug policy Drug-resistant TB on the rise in U.S. Posted: Friday, September 22, 2006 Deadliest strain brought in by visitors from other countries, officials say Full Article : msnbc.msn.com U.S. threatened to bomb Pakistan after 9/11 Posted: Friday, September 22, 2006 Musharraf: U.S. Threatened Pakistan (CBS) President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan tells Steve Kroft that after 9/11, the U.S. threatened to bomb his country if it didn't help America's war on terrorism. Full Article : cbsnews.com U.S. threatened to bomb Pakistan after 9/11: Musharraf Full Article : boston.com September 21, 2006 News Posted: Thursday, September 21, 2006 Bush Rages: 'I am not Beelzebub, Lord of Sulfur' My oh my, has Hugo Chavez caused a furor. Looking at the news reports filed in the last 24 hours, one would think that he snuck a dirty-bomb into the United Nations rather than gave a speech. In fact, the plucky Chavez may have delivered the finest 30 minute presentation that august assembly has ever heard. In that short span of time he publicly throttled the Global Emperor in front of 6 billion people and left his bruised and bloodied carcass splattered across the canvas like Roberto Duran in Round 9 of the middleweight championship match.... "No mas, no mas no mas"... In any case, Bush was not missed at the UN massacre yesterday. Chavez held-forth like a preacher at a brothel; scattering the bodies and kicking open the windows to let the sunlight in. He delivered one, ferocious roundhouse punch after another.... Boom, boom, boom...until the crowd rose in a thunderous 5 minute ovation. (which was carefully omitted from the TV coverage) ¤ Iran says nuclear programme is peaceful ¤ Torture in Iraq 'worse than under Saddam' ¤ How Western rubbish is destroying Africa ¤ Nearly 6,600 civilians killed in Iraq in two months: UN ¤ Italians leave Iraq, more bodies found in Baghdad ¤ US threatened to bomb Pakistan after 9/11 ¤ Bush would send troops inside Pakistan to catch bin Laden ¤ Six Questions for Dr. Emile A. Nakhleh on the CIA and the Iraq War ¤ No Nation Should Have Superiority Over Others ¤ What Israeli Police Documents Reveal About the Occupation of Palestine ¤ Doublespeak in the War on Terror ¤ Is it the PR, or the Policy? ¤ Chavez's Anti-US Fervor ¤ Iran Has Called the West's Bluff on the Nuclear Standoff ¤ Chavez's Oil Gift, Part II ¤ Before Sticking Your Foot in Your Mouth, Talk to Me ¤ "DVD Of The Resistance" Video ¤ Pakistan rejects Bush threat ¤ Billionaires only occupy Forbes 400 list ¤ Several dead in Israeli raids on Gaza ¤ The Paradise Of The Grave ¤ Bush Desperate To Legislate Mengele Style Torture ¤ We're Not Going To Iran ¤ Where the Terrorists Come From ¤ Insurgency Gains Alarming Support Among Iraq's Sunni Muslims 103FM Hall of Fame and Music Awards 2006 Posted: Thursday, September 21, 2006 The race for the most awards seemed to be between popular local Chutney and Bhangra singer, 103FM radio personality Anil Bheem and the well loved Chutney crossover artiste, Rikki Jai, both of whom received three awards each at the 103FM Hall of Fame and Music Awards 2006. This year the crowd participation was very commendable and the award categories were numerous ranging from the Best Male and Female Artiste categories to the Most Popular Song and the People's Choice Awards. Awards were presented for music produced during the October 2004 to September 2005 period and judged via popular survey calculations. Artistes and producers were acknowledged for their ingenuity in adapting traditional Indian music to local and modern sounds and creating new stylistic sounds which have grown within recent times to be cherished all over the world. Internationally renowned sitarist Mungal Patasar began the twin ceremony with a piece on the sitar instrument - one of the more popular surviving instruments coming out of India - and was accompanied by a classical guitarist and tablaist on the tabla drums. Full Article : triniview.com Pope says anti-Islam quotes not his own views Posted: Thursday, September 21, 2006 Pope Benedict said on Wednesday that his use of medieval quotes portraying a violent Islam did not reflect his views and were misunderstood, but he did not give the clear apology still demanded by many Muslims. Full Article : reuters.myway.com September 20, 2006 News Posted: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 ¤ The inhumane folly of our interventionist machismo ¤ What Made Israel Burn Lebanon, Again? ¤ Hugo Chavez's Address to the United Nations ¤ At U.N., Chavez calls Bush 'the devil' ¤ Venezuela coup linked to Bush team Flashback ¤ Bush’s Rose Garden Debacle ¤ US Citizens at Risk for Military-Weapons Testing ¤ IAEA Fears the "Iraq Scenario" in Nuclear Dispute with Tehran ¤ Israel Cluster Bomb Use in Lebanon 'Outrageous': UN ¤ Full text of President Ahmadinejad's speech at General Assembly ¤ Police evidence to indict President of Israel on sex charges ¤ War Is Horrible, but . . ¤ Why Bush Will Become the Textbooks' Worst President ¤ The Hollow Media Promise of Digital Technology ¤ Neocon fantasy, Iraqi reality ¤ Rendering Unto Syria ¤ How Many Hitlers Can You Have at Once? ¤ Judge throws out Zuma corruption charges ¤ Scientists hail Lucy's daughter ¤ Israelis in Iraq : Could Their Target Be Iran? ¤ Iraqi captive died with 93 injuries ¤ Killing the Fourth: Bush Blames Your Cellphone ¤ From Bad To Worse ¤ Human Dignity Lessons for George W. Bush ¤ The Zarqawi affair, part 7 of 15 Hugo Chavez's Address to the United Nations Posted: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 By Hugo Chavez Address to the UN New York - September 20, 2006 First, and with all respect, I highly recommend this book by Noam Chomsky, one of the most prestigious intellectuals in America and the world, Chomsky. One of his most recent works: Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance (The American Empire Project). [Waves the book in front of General Assembly.] It's an excellent work to understand what's happened in the world in the 20th Century, what's currently happening, and the greatest threat on this planet; the hegemonic pretension of the North American imperialism endangers the human race's survival. We continue warning about this danger and calling on the very same U.S. people and the world to stop this threat, which resembles the Sword of Damocles over our heads. I had considered reading from this book, but for the sake of time, I shall just leave it as a recommendation. It reads easily. It's a very good book. I'm sure, Madam, you are familiar with it. The book is in English, in Russian, in Arabic, in German. I think that the first people who should read this book are our brothers and sisters in the United States, because their threat is in their own house. The devil is right at home. The devil -- the devil, himself, is right in the house. And the devil came here yesterday. (APPLAUSE) Yesterday, the devil came here. Right here. Right here. And it smells of sulfur still today, this table that I am now standing in front of. Yesterday, ladies and gentlemen, from this rostrum, the president of the United States, the gentleman to whom I refer as the devil, came here, talking as if he owned the world. Truly. As the owner of the world. I think we could call a psychiatrist to analyze yesterday's statement made by the president of the United States. As the spokesman of imperialism, he came to share his nostrums, to try to preserve the current pattern of domination, exploitation and pillage of the peoples of the world. An Alfred Hitchcock movie could use it as a scenario. I would even propose a title: "The Devil's Recipe." As Chomsky says here, clearly and in depth, the American empire is doing all it can to consolidate its system of domination. And we cannot allow them to do that. We cannot allow world dictatorship to be consolidated. The world parent's statement -- cynical, hypocritical, full of this imperial hypocrisy from the need they have to control everything. They say they want to impose a democratic model. But that's their democratic model. It's the false democracy of elites, and, I would say, a very original democracy that's imposed by weapons and bombs and firing weapons. What a strange democracy. Aristotle might not recognize it or others who are at the root of democracy. What type of democracy do you impose with marines and bombs? The president of the United States, yesterday, said to us, right here, in this room, and I'm quoting, "Anywhere you look, you hear extremists telling you can escape from poverty and recover your dignity through violence, terror and martyrdom." Wherever he looks, he sees extremists. And you, my brother -- he looks at your color, and he says, oh, there's an extremist. Evo Morales, the worthy president of Bolivia, looks like an extremist to him. The imperialists see extremists everywhere. It's not that we are extremists. It's that the world is waking up. It's waking up all over. And people are standing up. I have the feeling, dear world dictator, that you are going to live the rest of your days as a nightmare because the rest of us are standing up, all those who are rising up against American imperialism, who are shouting for equality, for respect, for the sovereignty of nations. Yes, you can call us extremists, but we are rising up against the empire, against the model of domination. The president then -- and this he said himself, he said: "I have come to speak directly to the populations in the Middle East, to tell them that my country wants peace." That's true. If we walk in the streets of the Bronx, if we walk around New York, Washington, San Diego, in any city, San Antonio, San Francisco, and we ask individuals, the citizens of the United States, what does this country want? Does it want peace? They'll say yes. But the government doesn't want peace. The government of the United States doesn't want peace. It wants to exploit its system of exploitation, of pillage, of hegemony through war. It wants peace. But what's happening in Iraq? What happened in Lebanon? In Palestine? What's happening? What's happened over the last 100 years in Latin America and in the world? And now threatening Venezuela -- new threats against Venezuela, against Iran? He spoke to the people of Lebanon. Many of you, he said, have seen how your homes and communities were caught in the crossfire. How cynical can you get? What a capacity to lie shamefacedly. The bombs in Beirut with millimetric precision? Is this crossfire? He's thinking of a western, when people would shoot from the hip and somebody would be caught in the crossfire. This is imperialist, fascist, assassin, genocidal, the empire and Israel firing on the people of Palestine and Lebanon. That is what happened. And now we hear, "We're suffering because we see homes destroyed.' The president of the United States came to talk to the peoples -- to the peoples of the world. He came to say -- I brought some documents with me, because this morning I was reading some statements, and I see that he talked to the people of Afghanistan, the people of Lebanon, the people of Iran. And he addressed all these peoples directly. And you can wonder, just as the president of the United States addresses those peoples of the world, what would those peoples of the world tell him if they were given the floor? What would they have to say? And I think I have some inkling of what the peoples of the south, the oppressed people think. They would say, "Yankee imperialist, go home." I think that is what those people would say if they were given the microphone and if they could speak with one voice to the American imperialists. And that is why, Madam President, my colleagues, my friends, last year we came here to this same hall as we have been doing for the past eight years, and we said something that has now been confirmed -- fully, fully confirmed. I don't think anybody in this room could defend the system. Let's accept -- let's be honest. The U.N. system, born after the Second World War, collapsed. It's worthless. Oh, yes, it's good to bring us together once a year, see each other, make statements and prepare all kinds of long documents, and listen to good speeches, like Evo's yesterday, or President Lula's. Yes, it's good for that. And there are a lot of speeches, and we've heard lots from the president of Sri Lanka, for instance, and the president of Chile. But we, the assembly, have been turned into a merely deliberative organ. We have no power, no power to make any impact on the terrible situation in the world. And that is why Venezuela once again proposes, here, today, September 20th, that we re-establish the United Nations. Last year, Madam, we made four modest proposals that we felt to be crucially important. We have to assume the responsibility, our heads of state, our ambassadors, our representatives, and we have to discuss it. The first is expansion, and Lula talked about this yesterday right here: The Security Council’s expansion, both regarding its permanent and non-permanent categories. New developed and developing countries, the Third World, must be given access as new permanent members. That's step one. Second, effective methods to address and resolve world conflicts, transparent decisions. Point three, the immediate suppression -- and that is something everyone's calling for -- of the anti-democratic mechanism known as the veto, the veto on decisions of the Security Council. Let me give you a recent example. The immoral veto of the United States allowed the Israelis, with impunity, to destroy Lebanon. Right in front of all of us as we stood there watching, a resolution in the council was prevented. Fourthly, we have to strengthen, as we've always said, the role and the powers of the secretary general of the United Nations. Yesterday, the secretary general practically gave us his speech of farewell. And he recognized that over the last 10 years, things have just gotten more complicated; hunger, poverty, violence, human rights violations have just worsened. That is the tremendous consequence of the collapse of the United Nations system and American hegemonistic pretensions. Madam, Venezuela a few years ago decided to wage this battle within the United Nations by recognizing the United Nations, as members of it that we are, and lending it our voice, our thinking. Our voice is an independent voice to represent the dignity and the search for peace and the reformulation of the international system; to denounce persecution and aggression of hegemonistic forces on the planet. This is how Venezuela has presented itself. Bolivar's home has sought a nonpermanent seat on the Security Council. Let's see. Well, there's been an open attack by the U.S. government, an immoral attack, to try and prevent Venezuela from being freely elected to a post in the Security Council. The imperium is afraid of truth, is afraid of independent voices. It calls us extremists, but they are the extremists. And I would like to thank all the countries that have kindly announced their support for Venezuela, even though the ballot is a secret one and there's no need to announce things. But since the imperium has attacked, openly, they strengthened the convictions of many countries. And their support strengthens us. Mercosur, as a bloc, has expressed its support, our brothers in Mercosur. Venezuela, with Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, is a full member of Mercosur. And many other Latin American countries, CARICOM, Bolivia have expressed their support for Venezuela. The Arab League, the full Arab League has voiced its support. And I am immensely grateful to the Arab world, to our Arab brothers, our Caribbean brothers, the African Union. Almost all of Africa has expressed its support for Venezuela and countries such as Russia or China and many others. I thank you all warmly on behalf of Venezuela, on behalf of our people, and on behalf of the truth, because Venezuela, with a seat on the Security Council, will be expressing not only Venezuela's thoughts, but it will also be the voice of all the peoples of the world, and we will defend dignity and truth. Over and above all of this, Madam President, I think there are reasons to be optimistic. A poet would have said "helplessly optimistic," because over and above the wars and the bombs and the aggressive and the preventive war and the destruction of entire peoples, one can see that a new era is dawning. As Silvio Rodriguez says, the era is giving birth to a heart. There are alternative ways of thinking. There are young people who think differently. And this has already been seen within the space of a mere decade. It was shown that the end of history was a totally false assumption, and the same was shown about Pax Americana and the establishment of the capitalist neo-liberal world. It has been shown, this system, to generate mere poverty. Who believes in it now? What we now have to do is define the future of the world. Dawn is breaking out all over. You can see it in Africa and Europe and Latin America and Oceania. I want to emphasize that optimistic vision. We have to strengthen ourselves, our will to do battle, our awareness. We have to build a new and better world. Venezuela joins that struggle, and that's why we are threatened. The U.S. has already planned, financed and set in motion a coup in Venezuela, and it continues to support coup attempts in Venezuela and elsewhere. President Michelle Bachelet reminded us just a moment ago of the horrendous assassination of the former foreign minister, Orlando Letelier. And I would just add one thing: Those who perpetrated this crime are free. And that other event where an American citizen also died were American themselves. They were CIA killers, terrorists. And we must recall in this room that in just a few days there will be another anniversary. Thirty years will have passed from this other horrendous terrorist attack on the Cuban plane, where 73 innocents, in a Cubana de Aviacion airliner, died. And where is the biggest terrorist of this continent who took the responsibility for blowing up the plane? He spent a few years in jail in Venezuela. Thanks to CIA and then government officials, he was allowed to escape, and he lives here in this country, protected by the government. And he was convicted. He has confessed to his crime. But the U.S. government has double standards. It protects terrorism when it wants to. And this is to say that Venezuela is fully committed to combating terrorism and violence. And we are one of the people who are fighting for peace. Luis Posada Carriles is the name of that terrorist who is protected here. And other tremendously corrupt people who escaped from Venezuela are also living here under protection: a group that bombed various embassies, that assassinated people during the coup. They kidnapped me and they were going to kill me, but I think God reached down and our people came out into the streets and the army was too, and so I'm here today. But these people who led that coup are here today in this country protected by the American government. And I accuse the American government of protecting terrorists and of having a completely cynical discourse. We mentioned Cuba. Yes, we were just there a few days ago. We just came from there happily. And there you see another era born. The Summit of the 15, the Summit of the Nonaligned, adopted a historic resolution. This is the outcome document. Don't worry, I'm not going to read it. But you have a whole set of resolutions here that were adopted after open debate in a transparent matter -- more than 50 heads of state. Havana was the capital of the south for a few weeks, and we have now launched, once again, the group of the nonaligned with new momentum. And if there is anything I could ask all of you here, my companions, my brothers and sisters, it is to please lend your good will to lend momentum to the Nonaligned Movement for the birth of the new era, to prevent hegemony and prevent further advances of imperialism. And as you know, Fidel Castro is the president of the nonaligned for the next three years, and we can trust him to lead the charge very efficiently. Unfortunately they thought, "Oh, Fidel was going to die." But they're going to be disappointed because he didn't. And he's not only alive, he's back in his green fatigues, and he's now presiding the nonaligned. So, my dear colleagues, Madam President, a new, strong movement has been born, a movement of the south. We are men and women of the south. With this document, with these ideas, with these criticisms, I'm now closing my file. I'm taking the book with me. And, don't forget, I'm recommending it very warmly and very humbly to all of you. We want ideas to save our planet, to save the planet from the imperialist threat. And hopefully in this very century, in not too long a time, we will see this, we will see this new era, and for our children and our grandchildren a world of peace based on the fundamental principles of the United Nations, but a renewed United Nations. And maybe we have to change location. Maybe we have to put the United Nations somewhere else; maybe a city of the south. We've proposed Venezuela. You know that my personal doctor had to stay in the plane. The chief of security had to be left in a locked plane. Neither of these gentlemen was allowed to arrive and attend the U.N. meeting. This is another abuse and another abuse of power on the part of the Devil. It smells of sulfur here, but God is with us and I embrace you all. May God bless us all. Good day to you. [FOLLOWING THIS SPEECH, PRESIDENT HUGO CHAVEZ RECEIVED A FIVE MINUTES STANDING OVATION.] Israel Cluster Bomb Use in Lebanon 'Outrageous': UN Posted: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 BEIRUT - Israel scattered at least 350,000 unexploded cluster bomblets on south Lebanon in its war with Hizbollah, mostly when the conflict was all but over, leaving a deadly legacy for civilians, U.N. officials said on Tuesday. "The outrageous fact is that nearly all of these munitions were fired in the last three to four days of the war," David Shearer, the United Nations humanitarian coordinator in Lebanon, told a news conference in Beirut. Full Article : commondreams.org September 19, 2006 News Posted: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 ¤ Thai military claims control after coup ¤ 150 injured as Hungarians riot over PM's lies ¤ Pope has joined US crusade, says Iran ¤ Somali president escapes car bomb suicide attack ¤ Hurricane Gordon Nears The Azores; Could Hit Europe ¤ The children killed in a war the world doesn't want to know about ¤ Bush lays out Mideast peace plan at U.N. ¤ Outrageous and Dishonest ¤ The Ineptitude on Iran, by Numbers ¤ Angry demonstrators burn effigy of pope in Iraq ¤ Bush's Useful Idiots ¤ UK police deny De Menezes charge ¤ Iraqi Oil and Production Sharing Agreements ¤ Canada in Haiti ¤ The Great Hair Gel and Toothpaste Scare ¤ US vs. Iran (II) ¤ The Hussein Trial and Imperial Tribunals ¤ Ideology as a Façade for Criminality ¤ US: Halliburton Unit Risked Civilian Lives ¤ `Lied' all the time, Hungarian PM confesses ¤ Judge, Jury, and Torturer ¤ Appetite for Oil Fuels America's Warmongering ¤ A Hole by Any Other Name is Still Just a Hole ¤ West Won't Win Afghan War ¤ The Longer the War, the Larger the Lie ¤ Whoever Designed the Universe Made a Right Mess of Religion ¤ Sick to Death of Bush ¤ Bush's Bulldog Hughes Says Geneva Conventions Need Clarification ¤ Control the Dictionary, Control the World ¤ Bush's Evasion ¤ Uncovering the Truth about the Death of David Kelly ¤ Israel - can't keep its grubby little hands off other people's lands ¤ Ten anti-Castro "journalists" in South Florida on US government payroll ¤ Iran, Venezuela cement anti-U.S. front ¤ Military coup tumbles Thailand's Thaksin ¤ Iraq: Trying to spin the unspinnable ¤ Iran tells U.N. nuclear program peaceful ¤ Venezuela tightens Iran links with trade pacts ¤ I Was A PR Intern in Iraq ¤ Canadians Fault U.S. for Its Role in Torture Case ¤ Bush Demands Lebanese Commit Suicide ¤ U.S. Are Conducting Military Operations Inside Iran ¤ Bush and Iran president to face off ¤ UN condemns Israeli cluster bomb use ¤ Time: This is how US will attack Iran Moonlight Gathering Highlights Colourism Posted: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 This past weekend, the Moonlight Gathering was held in Blue Basin Park in Diego Martin. Held in an open space in the alluring ambience created by the big bright moon, the Moonlight Gathering featured poetry, singing, drumming and dialogue. The Moonlight Gathering was created to be a free-flowing, relaxed forum for creative expression in all its various manifestations. Among those sharing their expressions was poetess Akilah Riley, singer Jossette Thomas, Collis Duranty, Mohammed, Jervae Caesar, and Sista Ava. The Jaramogi Cultural Drummers from Fondes Amandes in St Anns, lead ably by Maximilia Jaramogi, provided powerful rhythms throughout the night. The genesis of the Moonlight Gathering occurred about 3-4 years ago, when a small group of us grew tired of the lack of availability of forums in which we could express our various talents and views. There was a scarcity of events and activities that spoke of our history and our experiences in the social space. Oral traditions are a powerful aspect of African cultural traditions and given the talented array of poets, drummers, singers, actors, and artists within our informal network we decided to create our own forum. Full Article : triniview.com Canadians Fault U.S. for Its Role in Torture Case Posted: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 OTTAWA, Sept. 18 — A government commission on Monday exonerated a Canadian computer engineer of any ties to terrorism and issued a scathing report that faulted Canada and the United States for his deportation four years ago to Syria, where he was imprisoned and tortured. Full Article : nytimes.com The following is the speech given by Pope Benedict XVI ... Posted: Monday, September 18, 2006 Faith, reason and the university: memories and reflections Following is the speech given by Pope Benedict XVI at the University of Regensburg in Germany on September 12 Full Article : guardian.co.uk September 16, 2006 News Posted: Sunday, September 17, 2006 ¤ Noam Chomsky on the origins of terrorism ¤ The American Military's Cult of Cruelty ¤ Popular resistance from Caracas to Cairo ¤ The US Addiction to War, Mayhem and Madness ¤ Extraordinary Rendition, Torture and Disappearances in the "War on Terror" ¤ Why I hate America ¤ Afghanistan body count raises skepticism ¤ Bush reaffirms hard line approach to Iran ¤ Neocon Iran Nuke Lies “Outrageous” and “Dishonest” ¤ Is There Still a Terrorist Threat? ¤ One Million Ways to Die ¤ GM: The cover-up ¤ It's the drink talking ¤ New evidence suggests America fermented sectarian hatred in Iraq ¤ The Hariri Assassination Investigation ¤ Defense and oil company executives reap windfalls from Iraq war ¤ Retroactive Immunity? ¤ The hysteria of the looming defeat ¤ Who Blew Off Bin Laden? ¤ Bush Says Powell’s Criticism Is ‘Unacceptable’ ¤ Spreading Freedom ¤ Bush Unscripted ¤ Losing Hearts and Minds in Afghanistan ¤ Bush and Latin America ¤ The Insecurity of Immorality ¤ A Bavarian Provocation ¤ Afghanistan body count raises skepticism ¤ About those faked Beirut photos... ¤ Bush says U.S. is in Iraq because of 9-11 ¤ Genocide in Gaza ¤ Help! Peacemongers! ¤ General Puff ¤ What did Bush know about 9/11 and when did he know it? ¤ Nothing left to say but 'I told you so' ¤ Suicide bombers kill 21 in Kirkuk ¤ So Guantanamo wasn't needed after all ¤ Series of bomb blasts kill 4 in Thailand ¤ Claiming fraud, Mexico left names own 'president' September 15, 2006 News Posted: Friday, September 15, 2006 ¤ No News Is Slow News ¤ Five Palestinian security officers shot dead in Gaza ¤ China rips U.S. claims on weapons sales ¤ Coaxing the unwilling ¤ There is more than one triangle of resistance ¤ U.S. to Bush: Get yourself a good lawyer ¤ CIA Learned in '02 That Bin Laden Had No Iraq Ties ¤ Palestinian children in Israeli prison ¤ Judge Says Saddam Not "Dictator" ¤ 100 bodies found in Baghdad ¤ General Puff ¤ Lost in the Bush Spin Cycle ¤ The Cesspool ¤ Call It What It Is - Bush Wants to Torture People ¤ How Bush made of the last remaining superpower a banana republic ¤ Iraq suicide bomber kills US troops Sarin attack mastermind faces execution Posted: Friday, September 15, 2006 The mastermind of poison gas attacks on Tokyo's subway system in 1995 looks set to face the death penalty. Japan's Supreme Court has thrown out a final appeal by the lawyers for cult leader Shoko Asahara. Full Article : abc.net.au Indians offered a cash bonus to marry beneath their caste Posted: Friday, September 15, 2006 THE Indian Government is offering 50,000 rupees (£580) to higher-caste people who marry spouses from the lowest castes in its latest controversial effort to dismantle the ancient Hindu social hierarchy. The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment made the proposal yesterday amid a growing controversy over plans to expand quotas for lower-caste students at schools and universities. The scheme is already under attack, with conservatives saying it will trigger social chaos and liberals arguing that few will accept the offer — and fewer will receive the funds. The proposed bonus is a small fortune in a country where average annual income per capita is £280, and where official corruption is rampant. Full Article : timesonline.co.uk Pope's speech stirs Muslim anger Posted: Friday, September 15, 2006 Muslim religious leaders have accused Pope Benedict XVI of quoting anti-Islamic remarks during a speech at a German university this week. Questioning the concept of holy war, he quoted a 14th-Century Christian emperor who said Muhammad had brought the world only "evil and inhuman" things. Full Article : news.bbc.co.uk September 14, 2006 News Posted: Thursday, September 14, 2006 IAEA protests "erroneous" U.S. report on Iran U.N. inspectors have protested to the U.S. government and a Congressional committee about a report on Iran's nuclear work, calling parts of it "outrageous and dishonest," according to a letter obtained by Reuters. UN attacks US nuclear report on Iran The UN's nuclear watchdog has made a stinging attack on the US Congress over an "outrageous and dishonest" report on Iran's nuclear programme. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said that the congressional report published last month contained "erroneous, misleading and unsubstantiated information", and that it took "strong exception" to "incorrect and misleading" claims in the report that the IAEA was covering up some of its doubts about Iran's nuclear intentions. ¤ Washington Post Hires Top Bush Speechwriter ¤ Ah, Those Conspiracy Theories ¤ Administration Shows Its Colors on September 11 ¤ The best (PR) war ever ¤ UN Honors Racist Dictator Who Boils People Alive ¤ Jon Stewart: Friend of Democracy ¤ Ironic Accuracy: Rumsfeld gets it Exactly Backwards ¤ Katie and Rush and the face of corporate news ¤ Syria, US shrouded in the fog of war Blair hit by Lebanon backlash as minister admits ceasefire 'mistake' The war lasted 34 days. It left 1,393 people dead. Another 5,350 injured. And more than 1,150,000 displaced, of whom 215,413 are still homeless. The damage amounts to more than £2.6bn. Exactly one month after it ended, a Foreign Office minister admits that Tony Blair should have called for a ceasefire ¤ Hizbollah rocket attacks on Israelis 'war crimes' ¤ Israel's Use of American Cluster Bombs ¤ A Conspiracy to Silence ¤ What Media Democracy Looks Like ¤ Amnesty International Accuses Hizbollah of "War Crimes" ¤ Chavez vows aid for Iran against attack ¤ U.S. Criticizes China Weapons Sales ¤ Pope criticised over Islam remarks ¤ Hezbollah rejects war crimes claims ¤ Pentagon concludes US defeated in key Iraqi province ¤ Who was behind the attack on the US embassy in Syria? ¤ Terrorist democracy? ¤ Bush's Dark 9/11 Speech Calls for More Wars ¤ The Zarqawi affair, part 3 of 15 ¤ The Modern Successor to the Slave Trade ¤ Non-Aligned Movement demands Israeli military withdrawal from Gaza ¤ Path to 9/11 Obscures Real Terror Network IAEA protests 'erroneous' U.S. report on Iran Posted: Thursday, September 14, 2006 U.N. inspectors have protested to the U.S. government and a Congressional committee about a report on Iran's nuclear work, calling parts of it "outrageous and dishonest," according to a letter obtained by Reuters. Full Article : news.yahoo.com September 13, 2006 News Posted: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 ¤ Syria Says US Behind Attack On Own Embassy ¤ Stampede at Yemen election rally kills 51 ¤ Money, Myth and Misinformation in the War on Terror ¤ Who Did 911 - OBL, Bush Or Mossad? The Evidence ¤ Two gunmen open fire at Montreal college ¤ Meanwhile in Baghdad... ¤ Two Axioms of 9/11 ¤ Venezuela’s promising future ¤ Sixty bodies found in Baghdad in 24 hours ¤ The Experts Say: It's a Police State ¤ The Signs Of Coming US Collapse Appear ¤ Theory that U.S. orchestrated Sept. 11 attacks 'not absurd' ¤ A New Video on the 9/11 Attacks ¤ The Real Link Between 9/11 and Iraq (Finally) Revealed ¤ 65 tortured bodies found around Baghdad ¤ We fired more than a million cluster bombs in Lebanon ¤ Torture yield plenty of intelligence -- bad intelligence ¤ 50 killed in widespread Afghan violence ¤ Mexican officials to burn ballots ¥ Getting rid of the evidence ¤ Bush Uses 9/11 Speech to Promote More Killing in Iraq ¤ Five Years Later: I Am Still Angry ¤ Meanwhile the forgotten, forsaken Gaza is dying Two gunmen open fire at Montreal college Posted: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 Two gunman dressed in black trenchcoats or capes opened fire on students inside a Montreal college today in chilling echoes of the Columbine school massacre. Local police have confirmed to Times Online that one of the gunmen shot himself dead and the other was killed at the scene by police marksmen. There were conflicting details on the injured, but unofficial reports suggest that four people were killed. Police will confirm the casualty figures at a press confernce later today. Full Article : timesonline.co.uk Syria Says US Behind Attack On Own Embassy Posted: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 Senior Syrian government official have accused the US of being behind Tuesday's assault on its own embassy in downtown Damascus. A Baath party official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, told WorldNetDaily, "We in the government are 100 percent sure America was behind this attack, which is not the same as other attacks by Islamic groups." Full Article : allheadlinenews.com Who Did 911 - OBL, Bush Or Mossad? The Evidence Posted: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 Another year has passed by since the September 11, 2001 attacks on the U.S. What has been gradually happening is that more and more the initial mainstream media version of what happened on that gruesome day is proving to be less true. Increasing credible and respected people such as scientists, ex-governmental officials, religious leaders, journalists and others are PUBLICLY coming out with information that refutes the mainstream media version of events. What is more interesting is that besides being called "kooks" and the information presented being called "conspiracy theories", the substance of the new information debunking mainstream media is going unchallenged! The new information about 911 and the ones presenting it are being called all kinds of names but the information being presented is not being challenged or proven in anyway to be false. Full Article : rense.com PNM's Women's League 49th Annual Conference Posted: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 The PNM's National Women's League 49th Annual Conference took place on Sunday 10th September, 2006 in the Assembly Hall at the Chaguanas Junior Secondary School. Members of the league as well as invited guests were all dressed in white which created a pretty picture when gathered close together but was still impossible to deflect the tremendous heat of the full room. Full Article : triniview.com September 12, 2006 News Posted: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 ¤ Britain's Role in the Israeli-Hezbollah War ¤ The Moral Bankruptcy of Israel's Founding Idea ¤ The Day That Changed Everything Wasn't 9/11 ¤ Three US embassy attackers killed in Syria ¤ Violence kills six civilians, policeman, four gunmen in Iraq ¤ Bomb Kills 7 in Southeastern Turkey ¤ Bush: Saddam was not responsible for 9/11 ¤ Third to Half of Americans Still Link Saddam, 9/11 ¤ UN urges Nato crackdown on Afghan opium ¤ Interrogating 9/11: No Theory, Just Facts ¤ Bush is Our Failure-In-Chief ¤ The Other Side of the Wall ¤ This Hole in the Ground ¤ Was 9/11 Good for the Nation? ¤ What lies beneath ¤ Understanding Why Iraq Is a Disaster ¤ Slipped His Moorings ¤ U.S. says nuclear double-standard on Iran justified ¤ The five-year-old war on terror is as bloated and unfocused ¤ School Kids Looked Bush in the Eye on 9/11 ¤ Bush's Phony War ¤ Bush's Orwellian campaign ¤ Levin Reads Details of Bush Lies Into Senate Record ¤ Lie by Lie ¤ U.S. Spends More on Education, Gets Worse Results ¤ Most Embarrassing Piece Of Propaganda Ever? ¤ China Replaces U.S. As World's Largest Exporter ¤ The Bogeyman Industry ¤ This war is just beginning, Bush insists ¤ Pariah ¤ For unknown reasons they killed their pimp. ¤ The Zarqawi affair, part 1 of 15 ¤ Interview with Huda Ghalyia ¤ Facts American people should know ¤ Let us now praise OIL (Our Iraqi Liberators) Sugar Craft and Cake Exhibition 2006 Posted: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 The National Flour Mills of Trinidad and Tobago presented a two day sugar craft and cake exhibition themed "In My Garden", at the St. John's Ambulance Hall, Woodbrook, Port of Spain on Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th September, 2006. The TriniView.com crew visited the exhibition on Saturday and was pleased to witness the great artistry and skill of the sugar craft and cake designers on site. Full Article : triniview.com September 11, 2006 News Posted: Monday, September 11, 2006 ¤ Chavez Announces Single 'Revolutionary' Party for 2007 ¤ Annals of Liberation: The Noble Fruits of 9/11 ¤ Lapdog Blair Gets an Earful in Beirut ¤ Even a Bag-Lady Can Teach Bush About Human Rights ¤ Where We Stand Now ¤ An End to Our Illusion ¤ Five Years After 9/11: Drop the War Metaphor ¤ Protest Disrupts Blair's Lebanon Press Conference ¤ Fallujah Under Threat Yet Again ¤ Death Threats Against Lancet's Haiti Human Rights Investigator ¤ The End of the "End of History" ¤ Blair's visit to Beirut sparks backlash ¤ Is American Democracy Too Feeble To Deal With 9/11? ¤ Mom, apple pie and al Qaeda ¤ Behind the Selling of a “Crockumentary” ¤ Rockefeller: Bush Duped Public On Iraq ¤ CIA still hiding 'ghost' captives ¤ Men are smarter than women, study says ¤ Bush confesses to war crimes ¤ Every 2 Seconds A Child Dies of Starvation, But Who Cares... ¤ Political humor of the day ¤ Let Them Eat Candy ¤ 9/11 - The inevitable consequence of our choices ¤ No Mercy ¤ Why the Numbers Don't Add Up in Iraq Chavez Announces Single 'Revolutionary' Party for 2007 Posted: Monday, September 11, 2006 Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez proposed the formation of a single united political party of the "Bolivarian Revolution" yesterday, to be formed in 2007, once he has won this year's December Presidential elections. The announcement was made during yesterday's swearing-in of Chavez's electoral campaign batallones (battalions) and pelotones (platoons) in a massive march and rally of hundreds of thousands of Chavez supporters in Bolivar Avenue in Caracas. Opposition candidate Manuel Rosales also held a large demonstration in the state of Tachira, yesterday. Full Article : venezuelanalysis.com Moscow "kicks US's ass" in Central Asia Posted: Sunday, September 10, 2006 When President Vladimir Putin in his State of the Union speech last year called the collapse of the Soviet Union "the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the 20th century", cold warriors on both sides of the Atlantic pounced on the statement as fresh evidence of Russia's imperial ambitions. Very few were prepared to accept Putin's statement at face value - a powerful articulation of an incontrovertible fact from the Russian point of view. The fact remains that half a million Soviet citizens perished during the painful transition, and 50 million people were displaced. Last week, on the anniversary of the August 19 coup that led to the disbandment of the Soviet Union, public opinion in Russia looked back at the events 15 years ago as a crude power struggle devoid of any high principles. Full Article : kavkazcenter.com September 10, 2006 News Posted: Sunday, September 10, 2006 ¤ Zimbabwe and Pan-African Liberation ¤ Palestinians forced to scavenge for food on rubbish dumps ¤ War-Mongering America Terrorizes the World ¤ America's Ideologue in Chief ¤ Here were 32,000 Muslims saying they were proud to be Americans ¤ Iraq's Alleged Al-Qaeda Ties Were Disputed Before War ¤ Halliburton Fraud Lawsuit Details Super Bowl Party ¤ Suicide car bombing kills 8 soldiers in Afghan capital ¤ Israeli doctors witness first-hand the humanitarian disaster in Gaza ¤ Israeli PM hails Blair as a 'true friend' ¤ U.S. Paid 10 Journalists for Anti-Castro Reports ¤ The myth of fair elections in America ¤ Why 'Victory' in First Phase of War on Terror Unravelled ¤ The Colbert Factor ¤ Tailoring the Case Against Iran ¤ Dead Babies and Nazi Propaganda ¤ Bush: "It's Hard to Connect Iraq and War on Terror!" ¤ Saddam 'had no link to al-Qaeda' ¤ Bush the Pitiful ¤ The World's View of the US 'War on Terror' ¤ U.S. count of Baghdad deaths excludes car bombs, mortar attacks ¤ 62,006 - the number killed in the 'war on terror' ¤ How US merchants of fear sparked a $130bn bonanza ¤ There's something in the air ¤ Poisonous clouds of pollution spread after Israel air strike ¤ 9/11 Patsies Make Bin Laden Video Cameo Appearance ¤ Wag the Osama - Fake 911 Confession Tape ¤ Revealed: new plot to oust Blair ¤ US accused of covert operations in Somalia ¤ Afghan governor killed by suicide bomber ¤ Five killed in Baghdad blast ¤ ABC 9-11 Docu-Fraud ¤ A Mickey Mouse 9/11 from ABC ¤ State of Chutzpah ¤ Was 9/11 an inside job? ¤ The Meeting ¤ Mexican court fuels voter doubt ¤ Israeli acts of kindness ¤ Old lies wrapped up in newer desperation, hubris, arrogance and bigotry ¤ Bush War Crimes: The Nuremburg Precedent ¤ Remedial Reading: The Al Qaeda Connection ¤ I don’t see dead people Saddam 'had no link to al-Qaeda' Posted: Saturday, September 9, 2006 Iraq war justifications laid bare The Senate Intelligence Committee has found no evidence of links between the regime of Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda. Full Article : news.bbc.co.uk Saddam 'had no link to al-Qaeda' There is no evidence of formal links between Iraqi ex-leader Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda leaders prior to the 2003 war, a US Senate report says. Full Article : news.bbc.co.uk Panel finds no prewar Iraq-Qaeda link Democrats said the data showed that top administration officials, including Bush, U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, misled the public to drum up support for war in Iraq by alleging a link between Saddam and the militant network. "Today's reports show that the administration's repeated allegations of a past, present and future relationship between al Qaeda and Iraq were wrong and intended to exploit the deep sense of insecurity among Americans in the immediate aftermath of the September 11th attacks," said Sen. John Rockefeller of West Virginia, the panel's ranking Democrat. Full Article : news.scotsman.com Senate: Saddam Saw al-Qaida As Threat September 8, 2006 News Posted: Friday, September 8, 2006 ¤ one whopper after another - gov't feeds US lies ¤ Senate report: No Saddam, al-Qaida link ¤ Rumsfeld's Other Failed War ¤ This repetitious publicity glorifies terrorism as a weapon of war ¤ Reporter Greg Palast faces Homeland Security charges ¤ Mastermind Theater: Al-Qaeda Video Awards ¤ Do You Feel Safer? ¤ Gaza is Dying ¤ Judge Says, No Clowning Around Our WMDs! ¤ Lie by Lie...by Lie! Bush Tells a Whopper about Zubaydah ¤ Bush and Bin Laden locked in an embrace ¤ 31 dead in Indian bombings ¤ 'Gaza is a jail ¤ Mexico landslides kill 14 ¤ Many killed in Kabul blast ¤ As Others See U.S. -- The "War on Terror" ¤ Moral Insanity ¤ Eight killed as Iraq Shi'ites converge on festival ¤ Lebanon a Warm-up for U.S.-Iran Clash: Russian Diplomat ¤ Chavez Vehemently Denies Venezuela Harbors Arab Terrorists ¤ Zimbabwe and Pan-African Liberation ¤ Tony Blair: go now Chavez Vehemently Denies Venezuela Harbors Arab Terrorists Posted: Thursday, September 7, 2006 Caracas , Venezuela, September 6, 2006 -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez accused US Southern Command General John Bantz Craddock of trying to destabilise Venezuela, yesterday, after Craddock said that Arab terrorists were training in the country. Bantz Craddock made the comments in an interview with the Colombian magazine Poder (Power). He said that there was, "significant evidence of extremist contacts the full length of the northern range of the Andes [near the Colombian border], and without a doubt they exist in Margarita [Venezuelan Island in the Caribbean Sea]." Full Article : venezuelanalysis.com September 7, 2006 News Posted: Thursday, September 7, 2006 ¤ The Torturer's Apprentice ¤ Protecting Our Torturers ¤ Five Years After and We Still Don't Know ¤ Ethnic Cleansing in New Orleans ¤ How Human Rights Watch lost its way in Lebanon ¤ What Dropoff? August Death Total in Baghdad Morgue Triples ¤ Book says CIA tried to provoke Saddam to war ¤ Goodbye To Air America ¤ Delirious Rhetoric ¤ Out for the Count ¤ Peddling "The Path to 9/11" to Kids ¤ The Fraud in Mexico ¤ Why Bush Really Came Clean About the CIA's Secret Torture Prisons ¤ The battle is personal: keep Brown out ¤ Katie Couric's Plan to Nuke Iran ¤ Deceit About Iraq: "Things Related and Not" ¤ Snakes On a Plane, Bush in the White House ¤ France rejects "war on terror" ¤ False Flag Operations ¤ BUSH LIES ABOUT RAMZI BIN AL SHIBH, ABU ZUBAYDAH AND TORTURE: ¤ Did you See the Israeli Assassines Bloody Carnage on the Gaza Strip? Bush admits the CIA runs secret prisons Posted: Thursday, September 7, 2006 WASHINGTON - President Bush on Wednesday acknowledged for the first time that the CIA runs secret prisons overseas and said tough interrogation forced terrorist leaders to reveal plots to attack the United States and its allies. Full Article : news.yahoo.com September 6, 2006 News Posted: Wednesday, September 6, 2006 ¤ The Next Phase of the Middle East War ¤ Bush Admits, Defends Secret CIA Prisons ¤ Fascists Under the Bed ¤ Iraq to take control of armed forces ¤ Six killed in 24 hours of Gaza violence ¤ Lebanese soldiers killed in explosion ¤ "The Ceasefire Can't Work" ¤ Ahmadinejad Criticizes US ¤ Anderson Cooper's CIA Secret ¤ Israeli-US Strategy: Lebanon and Iran ¤ New York meeting scores U.S.-Israeli war crimes ¤ Katie Couric’s Big Day ¤ Hezbollah will rebuild Southern Lebanon faster than Bushco... ¤ Who really blew up the twin towers? ¤ Beware The Rise Of The Fourth Reich ¤ Minister quits in protest at Blair ¤ Seven MPs resign posts over Blair departure ¤ Afghanistan: High on Opium, Not Democracy ¤ New 'winning strategy', same old war ¤ US Losing Control Of Iraq Fast ¤ 12,000 US Dead, 25,000 Badly Wounded In Iraq? ¤ Planet of the Arabs ¤ U.S. Threatens to Revoke Trade Preferences ¤ The Gaza Maze ¤ Politics of the Zoo ¤ Death of the Mexican Presidency ¤ Fall Preview ¤ Israel pounds Gaza with fresh air strikes To Protect Lebanon, Sue Israel for War Crimes Posted: Wednesday, September 6, 2006 Against all odds, Ehud Olmert and Hassan Nasrallah are finally on the same page. On the one hand, we have Nasrallah admitting that he never would have ordered the detention of two Israeli soldiers if he knew that it would lead to a major outbreak of hostilities. The Hezbollah leader had no intention of igniting a war -- he simply wanted to arrange a prisoner exchange. And from Olmert, we have a pretty clear statement that the war had nothing to do with releasing the two Israeli captives. In fact, the invasion was a pre-planned event with very specific goals and a battle plan ready to go at the slightest provocation. Full Article : uruknet.info September 5, 2006 News Posted: Tuesday, September 5, 2006 ¤ Another fatal day in the 'war on terror' ¤ Israel: Annan's help not needed in prisoner swap ¤ The continuing misuses of fear ¤ There is desperation in the air ¤ Bolton: Mission Accomplished? ¤ 'America's aggression is fuelling extremism' ¤ Spinning the Troop Levels in Iraq ¤ Inconvenient Truth That Can't be Ignored ¤ Don't be fooled by this reform: the IMF is still the rich world's viceroy ¤ Bush's Hezbollah hangover ¤ Severe drought hits US farmers ¤ A CASE OF HISTORY ABUSE ¤ Four dead in Lebanon 'assassination' bid ¤ Three Palestinians killed in Gaza ¤ Empire in the Mirror ¤ New Al Qaeda Video More CIA Black Op Propaganda ¤ U.S. Losing Control Fast Genocide in Gaza Posted: Tuesday, September 5, 2006 A genocide is taking place in Gaza. This morning, 2 September, another three citizens of Gaza were killed and a whole family wounded in Beit Hanoun. This is the morning reap, before the end of day many more will be massacred. An average of eight Palestinian die daily in the Israeli attacks on the Strip. Most of them are children. Hundreds are maimed, wounded and paralyzed. Full Article : informationclearinghouse.info September 4, 2006 News Posted: Monday, September 4, 2006 ¤ The war on terror, five years on ¤ Bush's performance has been poor ¤ Genocide in Gaza ¤ "You don't see, you don't feel, and you don't look" ¤ Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin killed by stingray ¤ The War Is Lost ¤ Breaking The Silence Video ¤ Behind the Curtain of the new "Good War" ¤ More US dead in Iraq/Afghanistan than 9/11 ¤ Israel formally annexes 14% of northern Bethlehem ¤ A little detail on the arrest of the Al Qaeda no. 2 ¤ Uncanny ¤ I think this is 38 ¤ The List of 38 #2's ¤ Meanwhile in Mexico ¤ Turning Rubble into Rhetoric ¤ 33 bodies found scattered across Baghdad ¤ 'Infallibility, power and ego' ¤ What If Canada Kidnapped George Bush? ¤ Dear Dubya: Help's on the Way! ¤ The Brainwashing Media Australian 'crocodile hunter' Steve Irwin killed by stingray Posted: Monday, September 4, 2006 SYDNEY (AFP) - World-renowned "crocodile hunter" and television environmentalist Steve Irwin has died following a stingray attack in northeastern Australia, local government sources said. Full Article : news.yahoo.com Holocaust Industry - Interview Posted: Monday, September 4, 2006 RNP reporter Jill Bolstridge interviews Professor Norman Finkelstein, author of the controversial book The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering. The son of Holocaust survivors, Finkelstein is a sharp critic of Israel and of US foreign policy. RNP: What compelled you to write Holocaust Industry? N.F: Basically, there were three reasons. One, I’ve been involved in the Israel/Palestine conflict for a long time. It was obvious to anybody who was involved that the Nazi Holocaust was constantly being evoked and exploited in order to justify Israel’s violations of human rights. And, more currently, from a political point of view, to expose the lies and the misuse and the exploitation of the Nazi Holocaust. That was the political motive; it was the main motive. From a historical point of view, it seemed to me that there were many lessons that could be learned from the Nazi Holocaust, but those lessons were being obscured and distorted by the way that the Nazi Holocaust was being taught and being promoted by the United States. And finally, there was a personal reason. Both my parents survived the Nazi Holocaust, and I felt they deserved better than what it has been reduced to by the Holocaust industry. Full Article : ricenpeas.com September 3, 2006 News Posted: Sunday, September 3, 2006 Holocaust Industry? What compelled you to write Holocaust Industry? Basically, there were three reasons. One, I've been involved in the Israel/Palestine conflict for a long time. It was obvious to anybody who was involved that the Nazi Holocaust was constantly being evoked and exploited in order to justify Israel's violations of human rights. And, more currently, from a political point of view, to expose the lies and the misuse and the exploitation of the Nazi Holocaust. ¤ Bush Contradicts Pentagon, No Civil War in Iraq ¤ Ethnic attacks soaring in Iraq ¤ 'White House wages war against reality' ¤ A letter to Rummy ¤ Israel Plans for War With Iran and Syria ¤ Continuing War Crimes While the world focused on Lebanon, the Israeli government inflicted more suffering on Palestine, especially in Gaza. July was the deadliest month since October 2004. The percentage of deaths rose 222% from the month before, injuries over 200%. The Palestinian Monitoring Group reports at least 151 people were killed between June 25, when an Israeli soldier was kidnapped, and August 8. Of these, 138 were civilians and about 45 children. This surge compares with the former highest monthly total of 166 in October 2004. Other sources, including the PLO, put the total closer to 200. ¤ War is not a solution for terrorism ¤ Gaza's Darkness ¤ Their View of the World is Through a Bombsight ¤ It’s the American Way or the Highway ¤ A new drumbeat for war ¤ George Bush loses five middle east wars ¤ 'Why did Blair send my teenage son to fight an illegal and dishonest war?' ¤ Michael Coren and the "Limited Pain" of Nuking Iran ¤ Genocide in Gaza 'Made in USA': Hezbollah Turning Rubble into Rhetoric Posted: Sunday, September 3, 2006 With war's debris as backdrop, Hezbollah seeks to stoke anti-U.S. sentiment and gain Lebanese support by Mohamad Bazzi HARET HREIK, Lebanon - Hezbollah has a message for everyone entering this south Beirut neighborhood: The devastation all around was "Made in USA." Full Article : commondreams.org Independence Day Celebrations 2006 Posted: Sunday, September 3, 2006 A wide cross-section of the nation came out in their red, white and black to celebrate Independence Day on Thursday 31st August, 2006. This year marked the 44th anniversary of this event and was celebrated by thousands ranging from the very young to the very old. Members of the public came early to the Queen's Park Savannah to witness the very formal Independence Day march. The dignitaries arrived one after the other ending with the arrival of the President of Trinidad and Tobago, His Excellency, George Maxwell Richards. Full Article : triniview.com The Annual Oshun Festival at Salybia Posted: Sunday, September 3, 2006 From as early as six in the morning followers of Orisa (Olorisa) and members of the Spiritual Baptist community started gathering on the Salybia beach to celebrate the Annual Oshun Festival. The Oshun Festival has its recent ties to the Osun River (sometimes spelt Oshun) which flows southwards through the central Yorubaland in southwestern Nigeria into the Lagos lagoon. The annual traditional worship at the Osun Shrine takes place near the Osun River at Osogbo in August. Full Article : triniview.com September 2, 2006 News Posted: Saturday, September 2, 2006 ¤ The Emperor Has Been Exposed, But Not to All, and Not Enough One of the faults of academics (I speak as one of them) is that we tend to imagine that having demonstrated some fact to our own satisfaction, and to that of those we respect, we can move on, job done, to the next illumination of fact without tarrying to convince those we consider ignorant. If this pertains to our colleagues who seem unable to grasp our wisdom, it applies much more to the benighted masses who, so long as they remain outside the campus gates and are unable to affect tenure and promotion decisions, don't bother us much. Why waste time popularizing what we ourselves already know so well, challenging ignorance in the spirit of altruistic compassion, when we can be devoting our time to career-advancing research? ¤ US-Russia Pipeline Geopolitics: The War of Words over Energy ¤ New Orleans; Lessons From Hezbollah ¤ A THOUSAND NINE-ELEVENS ¤ All the news that fits the Bush agenda ¤ Bomb hits oil pipeline south of Baghdad ¤ No Concrete Proof Iran Nuclear Program Is Military UN nuclear inspectors have found no "concrete proof" that Iran's nuclear program is of a military nature, a senior official close to the UN nuclear agency said Thursday. "Inspectors have not uncovered any concrete proof that Iran's nuclear program is of a military nature," the official told reporters on condition of anonymity. ¤ Whoops! Bolton's Bad Three years ago, in deciding to adhere to an Additional Protocol to their Safeguards Agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency in advance of its ratification, the Iranians voluntarily "declared" certain activities many months before they were obligated to do so under their existing Safeguards Agreement. And, on 27 April, 2006, the Iranians informed the IAEA that it was "fully prepared" to continue voluntarily adhering to the Additional Protocol in advance of its ratification "provided" Iran's IAEA "dossier" remained "within the framework" of the IAEA. ¤ The Wrong Ism And The Wrong History ¤ Iraqis expand Baghdad security operation ¤ Blanket Immunity from War Crimes ¤ If It Looks Like a Landmine, Smells Like a Landmine... ¤ On terrorism, Bush maligns history and our intelligence ¤ 'Rewriting the wrong side of history... And the Liberal Media™ that allows it' ¤ Opium cultivation rose 59 percent in Afghanistan this year, U.N. says ¤ Palestinians killed in Gaza attack The Feast of Santa Rosa Posted: Saturday, September 2, 2006 The Feast of Santa Rosa is an historic event that has survived centuries. It begun during the era when the Spanish colonial government decided to use the old Capuchin Mission grounds in Arima to establish Mission grounds for the indigenous people of Trinidad in 1785. The holiday of Santa Rosa de Lima, which commemorated the Peruvian saint, Santa Rosa, for being the first person in the Americas to be canonized as a saint was first celebrated in Trinidad in 1786 which was the 200th year anniversary of its celebration in other New World territories. Full Article : triniview.com September 1, 2006 News Posted: Friday, September 1, 2006 ¤ A British Harbinger of American Defeat ¤ Killing in the Name of Democracy ¤ Blasts Kill at Least 72 in Baghdad ¤ Iraq WMD inspector accuses Govt of cover up ¤ Iraqi Weapons cover-up revealed ¤ Bush vs. Ahmadinejad: A TV Debate We'll Never See ¤ How Israel Casts Its Dark Shadow Over Horn of Africa ¤ Why the U.S. Is Holding Its Fire on Iran ¤ Pentagon moves toward monitoring media ¤ Another lie on Iraq ¤ Iraq letter 'suppressed' lack of WMD evidence ¤ Positive Press on Iraq Is Aim of U.S. Contract ¤ Galloway says Israel poisoning West ¤ Israel's deceptions as a way of life ¤ Hizbullah's victory has transformed the Middle East ¤ Israel warns of terror attacks ¤ The Life and Crimes of a Global Goebbels ¤ Behind the plan to bomb Iran ¤ Iran ignores USA and doubles heavy water production ¤ Kofi Annan visit provokes angry protests in Beirut ¤ British Ministry Of Truth Wants To Prosecute American Bloggers ¤ Deception as a Way of Life Israeli Myths ¤ Oh What Tangled Webs We Weave... ¤ Naquib Mahfouz, 9/11 and the Cruelty of Memory ¤ DECEPTION |
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