Günter Deckert Sentenced for Calling the Jews a Race
http://globalfire.tv
Horror of Dresden Bombing
Feb 13 2004
DRESDEN by Frederick Taylor. Bloomsbury, priced £20.
THE cataclysmic Allied bombing of Dresden in Germany on February 13 and 14, 1945, three months before the end of the Second World War, has become one of that conflict's most controversial episodes.
In the ensuing years, fact and myth have blended, creating a distorted picture of what happened in the ferocious air attack, which caused a firestorm, destroyed the city and killed tens of thousands of civilians.
http://icberkshire.icnetwork.co.uk
Was Dresden an Atrocity?
February 8, 2004
BY ART SHAY
"Dresden no longer exists in its entirety," wrote a sad 19-year-old resident of the city. "Its best and most beautiful places have been reduced to ashes. Its greatest palaces and streets where art and pomp competed for ascendancy, are heaps of stones. ...Its wealthiest ctizens have become poor, for what little was spared by the flames has now been taken from them... Whoever saw this Residence before, in full flower and glory, and looks at it now, would have to possess no heart were he not to be moved to the extreme by its present wretched circumstances, and stirred to tears of pity."
http://www.suntimes.com
Did the Allies Need to Incinerate Dresden?
This week marks the 59th anniversary of the attack
By Albert Weeks
Of the more than 14,000 major military conflicts in recorded history, World War II set a record for fatalities at 60 million lives. Also for the first time, civilian deaths far outnumbered those of soldiers: 41 million civilian to 19 million military deaths.
http://www.csmonitor.com
Destruction of the Monastery
It is 60 years since allied bombers destroyed the ancient Benedictine monastery at Monte Cassino, south of Rome.
http://news.bbc.co.uk
Legacy of Holocaust
Germany Welcomed after Soviet Occupation
Estonia's indifference to Nazi collaboration
Resident Gestapo interrogator casts pall on EU, NATO memberships
Anna Badkhen, Chronicle Staff Writer
Tallinn, Estonia -- When the United States stripped Michael Gorshkow of his American citizenship and forced him to leave his Florida home 18 months ago, a federal judge said there was no doubt Gorshkow had helped slaughter at least 3,000 Jewish men, women and children during the Nazi occupation of Eastern Europe.
http://www.sfgate.com
The Myth of the Morally Superior Yankee
by Thomas J. DiLorenzo
"Hillary Clinton is a museum-quality specimen of a Yankee – self-righteous, ruthless, self-aggrandizing"
~ Clyde Wilson
Being born and raised in Pennsylvania, I am a northerner but not a Yankee. The same is true of my friend Lew Rockwell, a native of Massachusetts who would qualify for membership in Sons of Union Veterans. The word "Yankee" gained popularity in the early to mid nineteenth century to describe a particular brand of New Englander: arrogant, hypocritical, unfriendly, condescending, intolerant, extremely self-righteous, and believing that he and his were God’s chosen people.
http://www.lewrockwell.com
At Last Reunited
By Jonathan M. Katz
ASSOCIATED PRESS
BNEI BRAK, Israel For nearly 60 years, Binyamin Shilon believed his sister was among the 6 million Jews killed by the Nazis during the Holocaust. Now he holds her in his arms and cries with joy.
http://www.washingtontimes.com
Stasi Files 'Hid Proof That Showed Doctor Was Nazi Murderer'
By Tony Paterson in Berlin
14 February 2004
Communist East Germany kept Rosemarie Albrecht's Nazi past a closely-guarded secret for40 years. Its regime showered the physician with awards and gave her the title "People's Doctor of Outstanding Merit". It never revealed her alleged role in Hitler's infamous "euthanasia" murders of the mentally handicapped.
http://news.independent.co.uk
Plan to Rebuild Vilnius Jewish Area Meets Opposition — From Local Jews
By Katka Krosnar
VILNIUS, Lithuania, Feb. 11 (JTA) A small memorial plaque in a quiet residential courtyard in the heart of Vilnius is the only hint of the rich Jewish life that once revolved here in the city once called the Jerusalem of the North.
http://www.jta.org
Israeli Intelligence Probe Asks: What Did We Know and When?
THE SITUATION
OFER SHELAH
TEL AVIV As a special Knesset investigative committee began drafting its report this week on Israeli intelligence leading up to the Iraq war, Israel's defense establishment found itself caught up in an unexpected debate over whether Israel had overstated the Iraqi threat, and why.
http://www.forward.com
Eyeballing Suspected Israeli Spies in Texas
http://cryptome.org
U.S. Preparing Guantanamo Bay for Haitian Refugees
Wed February 11, 2004 05:29 PM ET
By Alan Elsner
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is preparing a detention center at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba to house tens of thousands of refugees who may flee unrest in Haiti, officials in humanitarian organizations said on Wednesday.
http://www.reuters.com
FBI Asked to Downplay Forensic Bullet Analysis
13:55 11 February 04
NewScientist.com news service
Law enforcement authorities in the US have been asked to downgrade the significance of bullet analysis in court.
http://www.newscientist.com
Judge Ordered University to Turn Over Records of Anti-War Activists
Feds Win Right to War Protesters' Records
by Ryan Foley
Associated Press, 7 February 2004
www.globalresearch.ca 11 February 2004
DES MOINES, Iowa - In what may be the first subpoena of its kind in decades, a federal judge has ordered a university to turn over records about a gathering of anti-war activists.
http://globalresearch.ca
Fears as Afghan Opium Growth Hits All-Time High
GETHIN CHAMBERLAIN
DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENT
PRODUCTION of opium in Afghanistan surged to a record level last year as farmers in lawless provinces increased their output, threatening efforts to strengthen the government and establish a proper economy.
http://news.scotsman.com
A Cynical Manipulation
by Charley Reese
Following President Bush's hour-long interview with NBC's Tim Russert, we can now state conclusively that President Bush deliberately misled the American people and continues to do so.
http://antiwar.com
Pyongyang Gassed Prisoners, Papers Allege
SEOUL - Twice a month, truckloads of prisoners would arrive at No. 2 Daily Goods Plant at the February 8 Vinalon Complex and disappear into a secluded annexe about 6km from the main complex.
http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg
Voting Chaos Looms for American Election
By Steve Connor in Seattle
16 February 2004
The electronic voting system designed for the forthcoming American election is fundamentally flawed and could undermine the trustworthines of the entire US democratic process, a scientist has told the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
http://news.independent.co.uk
Yes, Jews do Engage in Anti-Semitic Behavior
By Edward I. Koch
Of all the anti-Semitic slurs, one of the most outrageous is that Jews secretly control the world.
This false and foolish accusation has been heard many times. In March, 1997, the black Muslim cleric, Louis Farrakhan, said on CNN's "Evans and Novak" that Jews "meet once a year or so in Hollywood or in Park Avenue to look at the trends of America and the world. And if there are trends they do not like, then they write scripts, they write movies, they write books. They do things to influence the trends. And that is why I intend to stay on this path until there's some change made. Black people are going to be free of Jewish control."
http://www.jewishworldreview.com
Immigration Agent Arrested For Harassing Flushing Hostess
by Liz Rhoades, Managing Editor
February 05, 2004
A Queens man, working for U.S. Immigration, has been arrested for harassing a Korean woman in Flushing, who was set to testify against her employers for involuntary servitude.
Nisim Yushuvayev of Flushing was arrested last Friday for obstructing an investigation and prosecution on allegations of involuntary servitude. He was set for an appearance in Brooklyn federal court.
Yushuvayev admitted to investigators that he helped Wun Kang and his wife, Kyongia, of Port Jefferson Station, who were previously charged in federal court with debt servitude regarding hostesses they used in their Flushing bar, The Renaissance, at 35-28 154th Street.
http://www.zwire.com
Jews Fear Racist Trend
By Barney Zwartz
Religion Editor
February 16, 2004
Anti-semitism is becoming more widespread in Australia, the Executive Council of Australian Jewry has claimed.
http://www.theage.com.au
And Uri Geller didn't see it coming!
Prominent Jews Targeted by Muslims and the Far Right
By Rajeev Syal
(Filed: 15/02/2004)
Prominent Jews in Britain are being targeted in a wave of anti-Semitic harassment by far-Right and Islamic fundamentalist organisations.
http://news.telegraph.co.uk
Opposition Parties Face Dilemma Pitting Free Press vs. Anti-Semitism
By Sylvie Briand
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
KIEV Ukraine's liberal and socialist opposition is in the center of a political storm after leaping to the defense of a newspaper ordered to shut down by a Kiev court for publishing anti-Semitic articles.
http://www.washtimes.com
Rights Group Investigating Professor’s News Interview
By Yunmi Choi, Daily Journal Staff
A political science professor who sparked a firestorm of controversy with what some say were anti-Semitic remarks at Foothill College could now be getting heat at the College of San Mateo, where he also teaches.
http://www.smdailyjournal.org
Former Holocaust Denier Wants to Atone
AP Feb. 14, 2004
An ultranationalist politician accused of making anti-Semitic remarks has promised to organize a pilgrimage to a Nazi death camp in an appeal for forgiveness of his past statements, a newspaper reported Saturday.
http://www.jpost.com
Greenspan: Fed Has Inordinate Power
News Release from Rep. Ron Paul, MD
by Rep. Ron Paul, MD
In a hearing before the House Financial Services committee yesterday, Congressman Ron Paul took the opportunity to ask Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan several pointed questions. Greenspan’s normal evasiveness was tested when Paul asked him directly whether Fed actions represent a threat to freedom and prosperity. Mr. Greenspan’s startling response: The Fed does indeed have “inordinate power” over the American economy.
http://www.lewrockwell.com
New Scholarship Created for Whites Only
Sunday, February 15, 2004 Posted: 6:46 PM EST (2346 GMT)
BRISTOL, Rhode Island (AP) -- A student group at Roger Williams University is offering a new scholarship for which only white students are eligible, a move they say is designed to protest affirmative action.
The application for the $250 award requires an essay on "why you are proud of your white heritage" and a recent picture to "confirm whiteness."
http://www.cnn.com
Scientists: Hard Heads a Key to Survival
Clubbing heads may have been part of mating rituals
By Marsha Walton
CNN
Friday, February 13, 2004 Posted: 10:55 AM EST (1555 GMT)
(CNN) -- Get it through your once-thick skull. Scientists say the bulky craniums of the human ancestor, homo erectus, may have helped the species survive some aggressive mating rituals.
After studying fossils in a region called Dragon Bone Hill in China, anthropologist Russell Ciochon of the University of Iowa concluded males of the species were clubbing one another over the head, probably to win females.
http://www.cnn.com
Concerns Over US Computer Voting
Richard Black
BBC Science correspondent
Two leading American experts on computer voting have warned that the forthcoming US presidential election could be more chaotic than the last.
They told a Seattle conference that the new systems may be less reliable than those used four years ago.
http://news.bbc.co.uk
Will Less Oil Mean Fewer Kids?
Anthropologist's model links declining energy supplies to reduced fertility
By Gabe Romain, Betterhumans Staff
2/13/2004
The predicted end to oil and natural gas supplies over the coming decades could lead to a steep drop in population growth, according to an anthropologist's model.
http://www.betterhumans.com
Reactor Makes Hydrogen in Your Hand
Coupled with a fuel cell, device could power a small home on alcohol and water
By Gabe Romain, Betterhumans Staff
2/12/2004 •
Credit: Lanny D. Schmidt
Power plant: A new reactor can turn ethanol from corn into hydrogen for fuel cells
A handheld hydrogen reactor has been developed that could power a small home on alcohol and water when coupled with a fuel cell.
http://www.betterhumans.com
http://www.wired.com
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