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Martial Law and the advent of the Supreme Executive
Mike Whitney
...This is the context in which we should evaluate the push to use the
military in domestic affairs. Every change that has taken place within the
government has been designed for one purpose alone; to increase the power
of the president. If the congress chooses to overturn the Posse Comitatus
Act, they will have removed the last bit of rickety scaffolding that
protects the country from becoming a de facto military dictatorship. The
power to deploy t! roops within the nation is the power to use the military
against American citizens. It transforms the "people's army" into a direct
threat to the democracy it is supposed to serve. This is the essential
vision of the globalists who currently control all the levers of
state-power in Washington. They've now articulated their intention to use
any conceivable national tragedy to achieve their objective of colonizing
America through force of arms and establishing the supreme authority of the
president...

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The real insurgency, and the fake one
Xymphora
The latest story (or here) is that the Iraqi insurgents are using American
vehicles stolen in the United States in committing their attacks. This has
to remind you of the discovery that the insurgents were using Italian-made
hand guns manufactured without serial numbers, an order almost certainly
placed by some intelligence agency (it should also remind you of the
inconsistencies in the assassination of Nick Berg). The 'experts' claim
that the American vehicles are u! sed because they more easily fit in, but
that is obvious nonsense, as they stand out like a sore thumb...

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The Axis Enemy Series: Which Rogue Nation?
Andrea Howard, Axis of Logic
What do you call a Nation that is defiant of, and routinely violates
International Law; one who invokes International Law, only when it serves
its own interests, acting unilaterally when it does not? How is a Nation
defined when it demands accountability for other Nations while denying the
rest of the world the ability to ensure, and enforce, accountability upon
itself; when its military might is used to enforce its ideology and agenda,
basin! g its entire existence on the Rule of Coercion and Force? What do
you call a Nation that maintains and continues to pursue newer and better
Weapons of Mass Destruction; when it exports those weapons around the
world? (...)The US labels Nations that exhibit these actions as "Rogue
States." Ironic; the US defined the "Rogue Nation" concept and is now
defined by it.

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Cheney: Prepare for Decades of Mass Murder
Kurt Nimmo, Another Day in the Empire
It seems we, the people of the United States, will accept whatever nonsense
our rulers dispense, and without asking serious questions. For instance,
Bush, speaking before “a pro-democracy group,” as the New York Times
describes the National Endowment for Democracy, a subversive group that
specializes in meddling in the elections of other countries and installing
neolib sycophants, “used some of his toughest language… to assert that t!
he war in Iraq was vital to a crucial struggle against terrorists,” for
instance terrorists created by the CIA and its helpers in Afghanistan and
elsewhere...

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God Ordered Iraq War, Says Bush
Chris Floyd
I don't like to strike a personal note here, but for more than two years,
I've been getting angry emails from people about an article I wrote in June
2003: God's Errand Boy: The Revelation of St. George. The story, which
appeared in The Moscow Times and CounterPunch, was taken from a Haaretz
piece which told of Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas' report to his
colleagues of his recent summit with Bush and Sharon. Abbas said that Bush
declared: "God told me to strike at al! Qaeda and I struck them, and then
He instructed me to strike at Saddam, which I did, and now I am determined
to solve the problem in the Middle East. If you help me, I will act, and if
not, the elections will come and I will have to focus on them"...

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George Bush’s “Major Speech” Resets the Terror Trap!
A TvNewsLIES Analysis
On the morning of October 6th, George W. Bush made a not-for-prime time
“major” speech before a select group of supporters. For those unfamiliar
with the National Endowment for Democracy, rest assured that it is a highly
controversial, tax-supported group that tries to influence elections in
foreign countries. What a perfect audience for the President! The speech
was redundant and unremarkable, despite being hyped as significant’ and
high! ly important. There was little new rhetoric and not an iota of
comfort for a nation consumed with concern about the morass and turmoil in
Iraq. There was, however a concerted effort to capitalize on a strategy
that worked so well in the President’s rush to war in 2003: make them
afraid...

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Saddam's protocol chief a fraud?
Tim Fernholz
Haitham Rashid Wihaib came to Georgetown last year with horror stories
about Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, whom he said he served as
chief-of-protocol; stories he also told the British and American press.
There was only one problem: Wihaib may never have served Saddam , and most
likely never even met him. When Wihaib spoke at Georgetown in February 2005
at the invitation of the Lecture Fund, he was covered extensively in both
the Voice and the Hoya. In the student ne! wspapers, in his lecture and in
international media, he was presented as an authoritative source on
conditions in Iraq before and during the war. Now, new reports in the
London Evening Standard indicate that Wihaib is a fraud...

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Iraq’s constitutional referendum makes a mockery of democracy
Peter Symonds, WSWS
Iraq’s referendum on the draft constitution to be held on October 15 has
turned into a farce. Last Sunday, the US-backed ruling coalition of Kurdish
and Shiite fundamentalist parties amended the country’s electoral laws to
virtually guarantee a positive result. Under the transitional law drawn up
by US officials in 2003, originally to guarantee the support of Kurdish
parties, the referendum would be lost if a two-thirds majority in ! three
provinces voted no. Sunni organisations and parties have been encouraging
their supporters to register and to vote against the draft constitution,
making it quite possible that the document will be rejected...

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America or the Empire
Bush's Final Choice
RAMZY BAROUD
Deep down, U.S. President George W. Bush should grasp the seriousness of
his debacle. If true, then he must also appreciate the time element in
averting the worse-case scenario, which he, along with an increasingly
alienated number of ideologues are imposing on their country. Iraq is a
multifaceted disaster, and its calamitous effects are hurting America on
many levels. The number of U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq is creeping up to
the 2,000 mark. Th! e figure of those wounded and maimed -- some
permanently disabled -- is several folds higher...

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Iraq war costs could hit $570 billion US by 2010, troop levels not sustainable
AP
The U.S. administration is spending about $7 billion a month to wage the
war on terror and costs could total $570 billion by the end of 2010,
assuming troops are gradually brought home, a congressional report
estimates. The paper by the Congressional Research Service underscores how
the price tag has been gradually rising for the war in Iraq. A year ago,
the Pentagon was calculating its average monthly costs in that conflict at
belo! w $5 billion - an amount the research service said has now grown
close to $6 billion...

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Covert support of violence will return to haunt us
Mark Curtis
As bloodshed mounts each day in Iraq, what prospect is there that British
ministers will be held accountable for the illegal invasion and occupation
that triggered this carnage? If past precedents are anything to go by, not
much. But the likelihood is that, as in London earlier this summer, it will
be we who pay the price for that failure to hold our leaders to account...

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Destroying "rebuilt" bridges
Imad Khadduri , Free Iraq
A month ago: "U.S. Marine jets Tuesday attacked two bridges across the
Euphrates River near the Syrian border to prevent insurgents from moving
foreign fighters and munitions toward Baghdad and other cities, the U.S.
command said.
... A Marine statement said F/A-18 jets dropped bombs shortly after
midnight on two light bridges near Karabilah, about 185 miles west of
Baghdad."
Now, they have bombed eight bridges there: "US-led forces have bombed eight
bridges on the Euphrates River in western Iraq to stop insurgents using
them, US military spokesperson Major General Rick Lynch said Thursday"...

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British provocation in Basra
AMANECER DEL NUEVO SIGLO
On 20th September, British tanks backed by helicopters attacked a prison in
Basra, the main city in southern Iraq, in order to liberate two undercover
British military agents who had been detained the previous day by Iraqi
troops. After using armoured fighting vehicles to burst into the jail, the
British troops searched the building from “top to bottom” before forcing
Iraqi guards to disclose the whereabouts of the men at gunpoint. Finally,
they were found in ! a nearby house from which they were released. The
attackers, from the same squad as the two captured soldiers, used plastic
explosives to blow out the doors and windows of the house before launching
stun grenades at the militiamen who were guarding the two commandos. Five
civilians were shot dead during the British assault. The incident has
highlighted the deep mistrust between British troops and the new Iraqi
regime that they paradoxically helped instate...

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S.O.S
TO / UN
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS , ASSOCIATIONS AND COMMITTEES WORKING WITH
HUMAN RIGHTS
Haj Ali - Association of the Victioms of American Occupation Prisons
...The opinion of the Iraqi street, many of the Iraqi NGO including ours,
have found that when these organizations are cooperating with you by
sending you documents , pictures and many other details about what's going
on in Iraq of violations of the human rights done by the occupation forces
and the militias of partries in the government! who wear the uniform of the
army and police, while we didn't catch any responce from the UN and its
organizations. Pardon me Sir if I am talking so frankly, because you have
taught us that looking for human rights make us be frankly...

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Every day the news is horrible, every day Bush damages America more -- what
should we do?
Stewart Nusbaumer
...As we approach 2,000 dead in Iraq -- the real number is probably twice
that phony administration figure -- the commander’s mental instability
mixed with native stupidity continues to kill Americans. Throughout history
many have died for their leader’s vile yet sad deficiencies, now Americans.
More than nature’s hurricanes, what devastated the south were Bush
Administration’s policies: huge tax cuts for t! he wealthy, philosophical
disdain for government and indifference toward the poor. This primitive
ideology that sees the narrowest role for government and an unrestrained
one for private enterprise killed nearly a thousand Americans and destroyed
whole communities...

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A Response to Patrick Devenny
Kurt Nimmo, Another Day in the Empire
...Considering the above, is it possible al-Zarqawi is a CIA asset—or at
least a CIA (or British or Israeli intelligence) operative? Certainly. Is
there any definitively evidence he is? No. Is Alex Jones a crank for saying
al-Zarqawi may be an intelligence operative or at minimum a patsy? No. As
noted above, I believe al-Zarqawi is dead and his ghost lives on as a myth,
a refashioned Emmanuel Goldstein apparition designed to perpetuate the caus
b! elli of the Iraqi invasion and occupation. In fact, I will take this
assertion one step further and declare the al-Zarqawi Myth to be the
foundation of a neocon plan (well documented—all you need do is read
Israeli white papers) to splinter the Muslim Middle East, beginning with
sectarian violence and eventual civil war in Iraq...

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Ramadan Begins for World's Muslims
Professor Sam Hamod and Asim Khan
Religious authorities in the Muslim world have announced the beginning of
the holy month of Ramadan on Tuesday, October 4,2005. The three cities
which house Islam's most holy sites, the Haram al-Sharif in Makka, the
Mosque of the Prophet Muhammad in Madina and the Noble Sanctuary of the
Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, will start fasting on Tuesday (...) We say to
one another, Ramadan Kareem (blessings of Ramadan) to you readers and to
the world. AS! alamu Alaikum, Peace Be Upon You...

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Cheney warns of 'decades of war'
Jonathan Beale, BBC News
US Vice-President Dick Cheney has said that the US must be prepared to
fight the war on terror for decades. Addressing US military personnel, he
said that the only way terrorists would win was if the US lost its nerve
and abandoned Iraq and the Middle East. Mr Cheney is the latest senior
member of the US administration trying to bolster support for the war in
Iraq...

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GI Special 3C74: Political Prostitution - October 6, 2005
www.militaryproject.org
Once again our country has been weakened by political prostitution in the
form of so-called pork projects funded by the new highway bill; 6,371 pork
projects in all stain the pages of this bill. I am sure those who abused
their power to get such projects will see no shame in their egregious
actions. I wonder if these same Republicans and Democrats are thinking
about the soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines, who still today are figh!
ting without the equipment needed to be fully combat effective. Some
questions to ask: Have all of the Humvees been armored up to add protection
from improvised explosive devices or roadside bombs that have killed so
many?...

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Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Tuesday, 5 October 2005
Translated and/or compiled by Muhammad Abu Nasr, member, editorial board,
the Free Arab Voice. ( http://www.freearabvoice.org )
...Mafkarat al-Islam reported in a dispatch posted at5:22pm Mecca time
Wednesday afternoon, that US forces backed up with armor and other giant
vehicles had stormed seven mosques in ar-Ramadi, some 110km west of
Baghdad. The Americans reportedl threw worshippers out of the mosques,
arresting some of them. They then closed th! e mosques and declared them to
be US military encampments. No one was allowed to get within 1,000meters of
the buildings...

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Night And Fog Revisited
Is Harriet Miers a Closet Sadist?
Ted Rall
...Harriet Miers, Bush's nominee to succeed Sandra Day O'Connor on the
Supreme Court, replaced Gonzales in November 2004. Has she ever questioned
Gonzales' extreme and bizarre legal opinions justifying the torture,
indefinite detention and disappearing of countless innocent people? We
don't know. Her legal opinions have yet to be released and Senate
Republicans, in keeping with the Bush Administration's obsession with
keeping the people's bus! iness secret from the people, say they'll fight
to keep them shrouded by the night and fog...

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