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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Once a government is committed to the principle
of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is
down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of
terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear:
Harry S Truman <BR><BR>=<BR><BR>We should never forget that everything Adolf
Hitler did in Germany was "legal" and everything the Hungarian freedom fighters
did in Hungary was "illegal." ~Martin Luther King, Jr., "Letter from Birmingham
Jail," Why We Can't Wait, 1963<BR><BR>=<BR><BR>Never do anything against
conscience even if the state demands it: Albert Einstein<BR><BR>=<BR><BR>As long
as the world shall last there will be wrongs, and if no man objected and no man
rebelled, those wrongs would last forever: Clarence
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Kurdish Fighters Killed in Northern Iraq: <BR><BR>Gunmen ambushed a convoy of
Kurdish militiamen as they traveled to the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on
Wednesday, killing three and wounding nine, hospital sources in the nearby town
of Arbil said.<BR><A
href="http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=6908494">http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=6908494</A><BR><BR><A
href="http://snipurl.com/avlw">http://snipurl.com/avlw</A><BR><BR>===<BR><BR>Mosul:
Two killed in attack on deputy Iraqi governor convoy : <BR><BR>A convoy of
Nineveh province's deputy governor came under fire Wednesday in Iraq's northern
city of Mosul, killing one of his bodyguards and a member of the Interior
Ministry special forces, the deputy governor said.<BR><A
href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-11/24/content_2257291.htm">http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-11/24/content_2257291.htm</A><BR><BR>===<BR><BR>Two
dead in Kirkuk as ''Zarqawi'' slams Muslim scholars : <BR><BR>Gunmen in the
northern city of Kirkuk attacked Iraqi National Guard forces, killing one
soldier and a civilian in the drive-by shooting, the US military said
Wednesday.<BR><A
href="http://www.albawaba.com/news/index.php3?sid=289523&lang=e&dir=news">http://www.albawaba.com/news/index.php3?sid=289523&lang=e&dir=news</A><BR><BR><A
href="http://snipurl.com/avlx">http://snipurl.com/avlx</A><BR><BR>===<BR><BR>Two
killed in Baghdad suicide car bomb: <BR><BR>Suicide car bomb attack kills two in
Kharkh district of western Baghdad, person filming explosion arrested.<BR><A
href="http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=11978">http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=11978</A><BR><BR>===<BR><BR>Blast
Kills Two U.S. Soldiers in Afghanistan: <BR><BR>Two U.S. soldiers were killed
and one wounded on Wednesday in a blast caused by an improvised bomb while they
were on patrol in central Afghanistan, the U.S. military said.<BR><A
href="http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=6908624">http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=6908624</A><BR><BR><A
href="http://snipurl.com/avly">http://snipurl.com/avly</A><BR><BR>===<BR><BR>Afghanistan:
5 US soldiers killed in Nangarhar explosion : <BR><BR>According to Radio Tehran,
these soldiers were killed when a US tank was destroyed by a landmine explosion.
Iindependent sources have not confirmed this claim.<BR><A
href="http://www.paktribune.com/news/index.php?id=84439">http://www.paktribune.com/news/index.php?id=84439</A><BR><BR>===<BR><BR>Fallujah:
Witnesses say US forces killed unarmed civilians: <BR><BR>A large number of
people including children were killed by American snipers. US forces refused
repeated calls for medical aid for injured civilians, they said.<BR><A
href="http://207.44.245.159/article7361.htm">http://207.44.245.159/article7361.htm</A><BR><BR>===<BR><BR>Frayed
nerves on Baghdad streets leading to `friendly-fire' incidents: <BR><BR>In a
sign of the hair-trigger nerves on the streets of Baghdad, U.S. troops and Iraqi
police sometimes mistakenly fire at cars carrying friendly foreign-security
contractors, even setting off helter-skelter gunfights.<BR><A
href="http://207.44.245.159/article7362.htm">http://207.44.245.159/article7362.htm</A><BR><BR>===<BR><BR>Rebels'
killings intensify in Mosul : <BR><BR>Iraq Insurgents are kidnapping and killing
Iraqi soldiers and national guardsmen with shocking regularity in Mosul, the
third-largest city in Iraq and the scene of a ferocious insurgent uprising two
weeks ago that followed the U.S.-led invasion of Falluja.<BR><A
href="http://www.iht.com/bin/print_ipub.php?file=/articles/2004/11/23/news/mosul.html">http://www.iht.com/bin/print_ipub.php?file=/articles/2004/11/23/news/mosul.html</A><BR><BR><A
href="http://snipurl.com/avm0">http://snipurl.com/avm0</A><BR><BR>===<BR><BR>Iraqi
Journalist Tells of U.S. Captivity: <BR><BR>An Iraqi journalist who stayed in
Fallujah to report on the battle for his hometown says he and hundreds of other
civilians who eventually turned themselves in to escape the violence suffered
tough, sometimes humiliating, treatment from American and Iraqi guards.<BR><A
href="http://www.sanluisobispo.com/mld/sanluisobispo/news/world/10256509.htm">http://www.sanluisobispo.com/mld/sanluisobispo/news/world/10256509.htm</A><BR><BR><A
href="http://snipurl.com/avm1">http://snipurl.com/avm1</A><BR><BR>===<BR><BR>Dead-Check
in Falluja: <BR><BR>"What does the American public think happens when they tell
us to assault a city?" one of them said. "Marines don't shoot rainbows out of
our asses. We *ucking kill people." <BR><A
href="http://207.44.245.159/article7359.htm">http://207.44.245.159/article7359.htm</A><BR><BR>===<BR><BR>Shoot
the Messenger : <BR><BR>When Darrin Mortenson, a former embed for a California
paper, defended the NBC reporter who videotaped a U.S. Marine in Fallujah
executing an injured insurgent, he got a lot of hate mail. "Go back to Iraq with
a target on your back," wrote one.<BR><A
href="http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/columns/pressingissues_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000725240">http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/columns/pressingissues_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000725240</A><BR><BR><A
href="http://snipurl.com/avm2">http://snipurl.com/avm2</A><BR><BR>===<BR><BR>Medics
testify to Fallujah's horrors: <BR><BR>The first time Jose Ramirez saw a human
body ripped apart by a rocket, it took hours for him to regain his composure.
Nothing in his training as a Navy medical corpsman had prepared him for the
sight of the dead Marine brought in September to the military field hospital
outside Fallujah.<BR><A
href="http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6570940/">http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6570940/</A><BR><BR>===<BR><BR>Woman
dies after seeing soldier son's body: <BR><BR>A woman who collapsed and died
hours after viewing the body of her son killed while serving in Iraq suffered a
heart attack, authorities said.<BR><A
href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apus_story.asp?category=1110&slug=BRF Soldier Mom's Death">http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apus_story.asp?category=1110&slug=BRF%20Soldier%20Mom's%20Death</A><BR><BR>===<BR><BR>Tom
Hayden: How to End the Iraq War: <BR><BR>Instead of assuming that the Bush
administration has an "exit strategy", the movement needs to force our
government to exit. The strategy must be to deny the U.S. occupation funding,
political standing, sufficient troops, and alliances necessary to their strategy
for dominance.<BR><A
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<BR><BR>A Formula for Perpetual War: <BR><BR>George Bush has declared war on
"international terrorism," and Putin and Sharon have eagerly joined up, using
that war as an excuse to justify any act of oppression. By treating militant
forces as criminals and responding only with force, the three leaders are
guaranteeing that the "war on terrorism" will have no end.<BR><A
href="http://www.wrmea.com/archives/November_2004/0411006.html">http://www.wrmea.com/archives/November_2004/0411006.html</A><BR><BR>===<BR><BR>Video:
Israeli Soldiers Going In For The Kill: <BR><BR>A 13 year old Palestinian school
girl is about to die.<BR><A
href="http://207.44.245.159/article7363.htm">http://207.44.245.159/article7363.htm</A><BR><BR>===<BR><BR>Israeli
officer: I was right to shoot 13-year-old child : <BR><BR>An Israeli army
officer who repeatedly shot a 13-year-old Palestinian girl in Gaza dismissed a
warning from another soldier that she was a child by saying he would have killed
her even if she was three years old.<BR><A
href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,1358173,00.html">http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,1358173,00.html</A><BR><BR>===<BR><BR>IDF
chief: probe of killing of girl, 13, was 'grave failure' : <BR><BR>According to
witness accounts by soldiers serving in the area, after the girl was mortally
wounded by troops firing from the Girit outpost near Rafah, the commander of a
Givati infantry company at the site fired an entire magazine of automatic fire
at her prone body.<BR><A
href="http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/505715.html">http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/505715.html</A><BR><BR>===<BR><BR>Abbas
supports Arafat path: <BR><BR>"We will not fall silent until our right of return
is exercised and the plight of the refugees is solved," he added.<BR><A
href="http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,11483087%5E1702,00.html">http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,11483087%255E1702,00.html</A><BR><BR><A
href="http://snipurl.com/avm5">http://snipurl.com/avm5</A><BR><BR>===<BR><BR>Former
Israeli army chief Rafael Eitan drowns: <BR><BR>Eitan, who became an outspoken
rightist politician who once said Arabs should be placed in a bottle like
drugged cockroaches, was swept into stormy seas at the Ashdod port on
Tuesday<BR><A
href="http://www.swisspolitics.org/en/news/index.php?section=int&page=news_inhalt&news_id=5357493">http://www.swisspolitics.org/en/news/index.php?section=int&page=news_inhalt&news_id=5357493</A><BR><BR><A
href="http://snipurl.com/avm6">http://snipurl.com/avm6</A><BR><BR>===<BR><BR>Video:
Mosaic: World News Reports from Middle East TV For 11/23/04: <BR><BR>The
nation's only uncensored compilation of daily television news reports from more
than 15 countries in the Middle East. QuickTime Video.<BR><A
href="http://snipurl.com/avm7">http://snipurl.com/avm7</A><BR><BR>===<BR><BR>UK:
Home Office 'linked to discredited claim of al-Qa'ida plot': <BR><BR>Supporters
of David Blunkett were accused of trying to exploit public fears in an attempt
to help the Government introduce anti-terrorism legislation.<BR><A
href="http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/story.jsp?story=586062">http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/story.jsp?story=586062</A><BR><BR>===<BR><BR>US
rejects Ukraine poll result <BR><BR>Sarah Left, George Wright and
agencies<BR><BR>A supporter of Viktor Yanukovich waves a blue flag as a
Yushchenko supporter drives past in a car decorated with orange ribbons in
central Kiev, Ukraine. Photograph: Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP<BR><A
href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/ukraine/story/0,15569,1358483,00.html">http://www.guardian.co.uk/ukraine/story/0,15569,1358483,00.html</A><BR><BR>===
<BR><BR>The US secretary of state, Colin Powell, today said his government
refused to accept the results of the Ukrainian presidential election, which has
been marred by reports of widespread electoral fraud.<BR><BR>Ukraine political
crisis deepens<BR><BR>Declared victor seeks talks with opponent; U.S. rejects
vote results<BR><A
href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6374820/">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6374820/</A><BR><BR>===<BR><BR>Chavez
visit to Spain sparks coup controversy: <BR><BR>Venezuelan President Hugo
Chavez's fence-mending visit to Spain sparked political uproar on Tuesday when
Madrid for the first time backed his allegations that the former Spanish
government backed a coup against him.<BR><A
href="http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L23375923.htm">http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L23375923.htm</A><BR><BR>===<BR><BR>U.S.
kept quiet on Chávez plot: <BR><BR>The U.S. government knew of an imminent plot
to oust Venezuela's leftist president, Hugo Chávez, in the weeks prior to a 2002
military coup that briefly unseated him, newly released CIA documents show,
despite White House claims to the contrary a week after the putsch.<BR><A
href="http://www.nynewsday.com/news/nationworld/world/ny-wovene244053424nov24,0,5440783.story?coll=ny-worldnews-headlines">http://www.nynewsday.com/news/nationworld/world/ny-wovene244053424nov24,0,5440783.story?coll=ny-worldnews-headlines</A><BR><BR><A
href="http://snipurl.com/avm8">http://snipurl.com/avm8</A><BR><BR>===<BR><BR>U.S.
Media Miss Rumsfeld's 'Dirty Wars' Talk : <BR><BR>If three, five, or 10 years
from now, Latin America returns to the military dictatorships and ''dirty wars''
of its all-too-recent past, analysts may point to the past week's conference in
Quito of the hemisphere's defence ministers -- and particularly Pentagon chief
Donald Rumsfeld's role in it -- as a milestone in that journey.<BR><A
href="http://www.ipsnews.net/africa/interna.asp?idnews=26410">http://www.ipsnews.net/africa/interna.asp?idnews=26410</A><BR><BR>===<BR><BR>Rumsfeld
in Nicaragua : The reason?: Fallujah and SAM-7s.: <BR><BR>It is unlikely that
the peoples of Latin America are likely to ignore the experience of Iraq, of
Fallujah. They may well consider it simple prudence to prepare adequately for
armed resistance to the coming aggressions being planned against them by the
government of the United States and its local allies in the region.<BR><A
href="http://207.44.245.159/article7360.htm">http://207.44.245.159/article7360.htm</A><BR><BR>===<BR><BR>Economic
`Armageddon' predicted:<BR><BR> Stephen Roach, the chief economist at
investment banking giant Morgan Stanley, has a public reputation for being
bearish. His prediction: America has no better than a 10 percent chance of
avoiding economic ``armageddon.''<BR><A
href="http://207.44.245.159/article7364.htm">http://207.44.245.159/article7364.htm</A><BR><BR>===<BR><BR>Krugman:
Economic Crisis a Question of When, Not If:<BR><BR> The economic policies
of President Bush have set the country on a dangerous course that will likely
end in crisis, Princeton economics professor Paul Krugman told Reuters in an
interview.<BR><A
href="http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=6888422">http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=6888422</A><BR><BR>===<BR><BR>China:
The hunt for friends, and oil: <BR><BR>The Chinese Dragon is flexing its muscles
in its Central Asian back yard. It is conducting major trade and business deals,
searching for oil and resources and building infrastructure to ensure a stable,
friendly environment. Russia and the US are watching closely.<BR><A
href="http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/FK23Ad03.html">http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/FK23Ad03.html</A><BR><BR>===<BR><BR>China-ASEAN
new trade agreements: <BR><BR>A major step to Asian integration<BR><A
href="http://english.eastday.com/eastday/englishedition/business/userobject1ai672063.html">http://english.eastday.com/eastday/englishedition/business/userobject1ai672063.html</A><BR><BR><A
href="http://snipurl.com/avmb">http://snipurl.com/avmb</A><BR><BR>===<BR><BR>Congress
Funds Psychological Tests for Kids : <BR><BR>One of the nation's leading medical
groups, the Association of American Physicians & Surgeons (AAPS), decried a
move by the U.S. Senate to join with the House in funding a federal program AAPS
says will lead to mandatory psychological testing of every child in America -
without the consent of parents.<BR><A
href="http://newsmax.com/archives/articles/2004/11/22/215244.shtml">http://newsmax.com/archives/articles/2004/11/22/215244.shtml</A><BR><BR>===<BR><BR>Bush
Wayne - A " Caped Crusader" in a comic book world. <BR><A
href="http://207.44.245.159/article7344.htm">http://207.44.245.159/article7344.htm</A><BR><BR>===<BR>Liberty
can not be preserved without general knowledge among people." (August 1765) John
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