Court Won't Hear Zundel's Appeal
By KIRK MAKIN
JUSTICE REPORTER
UPDATED AT 9:39 PM EDT Tuesday, May. 11, 2004
Holocaust denier Ernst Zundel could spend as long as five more years in solitary confinement, after an Ontario Court of Appeal decision that it cannot hear his challenge to a federal anti-terrorism law.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com
Zündel Calls Jewish Leaders to Testify at Deportation Hearing
By RON CSILLAG Staff Reporter
LEADERS from Canada's two main Jewish organizations could find out this week whether they must testify at the deportation hearing of Holocaust denier Ernst Zündel.
http://www.fpp.co.uk
"We Created Terror Among the Arabs"
The Deir Yassin Massacre
By WILLIAM MARTIN
On April 9, 1948, members of the underground Jewish terrorist group, the Irgun, or IZL, led by Menachem Begin, who was to become the Israeli prime minister in 1977, entered the peaceful Arab village of Deir Yassin, massacred 250 men, women, children and the elderly, and stuffed many of the bodies down wells. There were also reports of rapes and mutilations. The Irgun was joined by the Jewish terrorist group, the Stern Gang, led by Yitzhak Shamir, who subsequently succeeded Begin as prime minister of Israel in the early '80s, and also by the Haganah, the militia under the control of David Ben Gurian. The Irgun, the Stern Gang and the Haganah later joined to form the Israeli Defense Force. Their tactics have not changed.
http://www.counterpunch.com
Anti-Semitic Calls in France Staged
The head of French friends of Israel’s Likud Party admitted staging anti-Semitic phone calls to himself.
Alex Moise received a two-month suspended sentence and a $1,000 fine from a Paris court Thursday for giving a false statement and for wasting the court’s time. Moise filed a complaint in January claiming he had received anti-Semitic phone calls and threats but later admitted that he himself had made the calls. Describing Moise as a “friend and a serious worker for the community,” Sammy Ghozlan, president of the Bureau For Vigilance Against Anti-Semitism, told JTA he is “shocked that a community leader would do something like this in the current climate.”
http://www.jta.org
Nick Berg Decapitation Video Declared "A Fraud" by Medical Doctor
The first casualty of war is the truth and this one has been no exception. La Voz de Aztlan obtained a copy of the video showing the beheading of American Nick Berg of Philadelphia and immediately something very odd was readily apparent. Not only were the purported screams of Nick Berg not in synchrony with the decapitation but their was also a total lack of blood spurting out as his jugular and other veins and arteries were being cut.
http://www.aztlan.net
The Wise Course: Withdraw from Iraq
By Paul Findley
Misguided by the arrogance of military power and a dangerous vision of imperial destiny, President George W. Bush and a compliant Congress have led America into a bloody abyss that gets deeper and bloodier with each passing day.
http://www.ihr.org
IHR Director Mark Weber Appeared as a Guest Friday Morning, May 7, on the “Free American” Radio Show.
The hour-long call-in show, hosted by Clay Douglas, is broadcast on Friday morning from 6:00 to 7:00 a.m., West coast time, or 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. on the East Coast.
http://freeamerican.com
Protester Arrested Over Holocaust Images
May 13 2004
An animal rights protester who defied a ban on publicly displaying graphic images of holocaust victims and animal slaughterhouse scenes has been arrested during a demonstration in Birmingham, police have said.
http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk
The Missing People-Shredder
The horror of one of Saddam's execution methods made a powerful pro-war rallying cry - but the evidence suggests it never existed
Brendan O'Neill
Wednesday February 25, 2004
The Guardian
Forget the no-show of Saddam Hussein's WMD. Ask instead what happened to Saddam's "people shredder", into which his son Qusay reportedly fed opponents of the Ba'athist regime.
http://www.guardian.co.uk
The Missing Saurer Gas Truck.
Down memory lane of the Holocaust
Calgary author David Albahari pens a chilling tale of two SS officers' death drive
By DAWN WALTON
Wednesday, May 12, 2004 - Page R1
CALGARY -- David Albahari says some facts are difficult to read.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com
The Diesel Gas Chambers: Myth Within A Myth
by Friedrich Paul Berg
* Paper presented to the 1983 International Revisionist Conference.
In any trial of even the most ordinary murder, one can expect an abundance of information about the murder weapon, including a detailed description of the weapon and how it was used. Surely, with regard to murder as novel and as bestially spectacular as the alleged mass-murder of millions of Jews in gas chambers, one would be given far more information. Surely, the postwar trials involving those monstrously amazing gas chambers would provide the most extensive and precise documentation possible regarding such unconventional murder weapons. But no, that is not what one finds at all. Although there is a vast literature, based in part on those trials, including many "eyewitness accounts" and "documentaries" covering the most diverse aspects of the holocaust story, nonetheless, as far as the actual mechanics of the extermination process are concerned, about all one ever finds is an occasional short and vague description.
http://www.ihr.org
A Time for Truth
Posted: May 12, 2004
1:00 a.m. Eastern
© 2004 Creators Syndicate, Inc.
With pictures of the sadistic sexual abuse of Iraqis in Abu Ghraib prison still spilling out onto the front pages, it is not too early to draw some conclusions.
http://www.worldnetdaily.com
Torture on the Homefront
America's Long History of Prison Abuse
By CHRISTOPHER REED
For a nation founded on slavery and genocide, Americans retain an astonishingly enduring faith in their continuing righteousness. They are sounding this note again as the prison torture scandal continues in Iraq.
http://www.counterpunch.com
Secret US Jails Hold 10,000
13.05.2004
By ANDREW BUNCOMBE and KIM SENGUPTA
WASHINGTON - Almost 10,000 prisoners from President George W. Bush's so-called war on terror are being held around the world in secretive American-run jails and interrogation centres similar to the notorious Abu Ghraib Prison.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz
Presidential Push Fails to Quell GOP Fear of Patriot Act
By Alexander Bolton
A group of libertarian-minded Republicans in Congress is blocking President Bush’s effort to strengthen domestic counterterrorism laws and reauthorize the USA Patriot Act, which the president has made one of his top domestic priorities this year.
http://www.hillnews.com
Meltdown in Iraq
by George Hunsinger
One year after "Mission Accomplished" was proclaimed by President Bush, America may have lost the war in Iraq. Insurgency, instability and social chaos, the familiar problems dogging the occupation, were exacerbated in April by mutiny, collapsing authority and military deadlock. Then came the devastating revelations of atrocity – first in the brutal siege of Fallujah, then in the unspeakable photographs of torture from the Abu Ghraib prison. The occupation has reached the point of meltdown.
http://www.antiwar.com
Israeli Link Possible in US Torture Techniques
In exchange for interrogation training, did Washington award security contracts?
By Ali Abunimah
Special to The Daily Star
Tuesday, May 11, 2004
CHICAGO, Illinois: The head of the American defense contracting firm implicated in the torture of Iraqis at Abu Ghraib prison has close ties to Israel and visited an Israeli "anti-terror" training camp in the occupied West Bank earlier this year.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb
The Israeli Torture Template
Rape, Feces and Urine-Dipped Cloth Sacks
By WAYNE MADSEN
With mounting evidence that a shadowy group of former Israeli Defense Force and General Security Service (Shin Bet) Arabic-speaking interrogators were hired by the Pentagon under a classified "carve out" sub-contract to brutally interrogate Iraqi prisoners at Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison, one only needs to examine the record of abuse of Palestinian and Lebanese prisoners in Israel to understand what Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld meant, when referring to new, yet to be released photos and videos, he said, "if these images are released to the public, obviously its going to make matters worse."
http://www.counterpunch.org
UK Forces Taught Torture Methods
David Leigh
Saturday May 8, 2004
The Guardian
The sexual humiliation of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison was not an invention of maverick guards, but part of a system of ill-treatment and degradation used by special forces soldiers that is now being disseminated among ordinary troops and contractors who do not know what they are doing, according to British military sources.
http://www.guardian.co.uk
CIA 'Held al-Qaida Suspects Under Water'
13/05/2004 - 14:51:49
The CIA has used harsh interrogation techniques against high-level al-Qaida figures, including forcibly submerging them under water until they fear they will drown, it was reported today.
http://breakingnews.iol.ie
Who is John Israel?
He could be one of the secret masterminds behind the Abu Ghraib outrage
by Justin Raimondo
The blithering, the blathering, the pontification, and the grandstanding – that about describes the Senate Armed Services Committee hearings on the Abu Ghraib filth-fest. The Democrats were so hot to link Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld directly to the scandal, and the Republicans were so busy defending their man (and the war) that neither bothered much to mention the key culprits, as identified in the Taguba report:
http://www.antiwar.com
German Defence Ministry Summons Professor Over Torture Remarks
BERLIN (AFP) May 12, 2004
Germany's defence ministry said Wednesday it would summon a teacher at a Munich military academy who said that torture was a "legitimate" tool to fight terrorism, and was considering taking action.
http://www.spacewar.com
Rabbis Criticize Motive for Evangelical Support for Israel, Express Deep Worry
2004-05-12 / Associated Press /
Prominent Israeli rabbis are for the first time speaking out against Israel's profitable alliance with evangelical Christians in the United States, who have funneled tens of millions of dollars to the Jewish state.
http://www.etaiwannews.com
Palestinians Score Political Points With Christian Groups
By Ori Nir
May 7, 2004
WASHINGTON Palestinian activists in the United States and abroad are ratcheting up the pressure on Israel with a new campaign highlighting the negative impact of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's security policies on Christians in East Jerusalem and the West Bank.
http://forward.com
Israel’s Failed Assassination Attempt on U.S. Ambassador Documented
By Andrew I. Killgore
Had Mossad, Israel’s secret intelligence organization, succeeded, it would have been the perfect crimethe crime of the century. The plan was breathtaking in concept: to assassinate the American ambassador to Lebanon, in Lebanon, with American weapons, intended for Israeli’s defense only. Everything about it would point to Lebanon as the culprit.
http://www.wrmea.com
Two Men Arrested After High-Speed Chase in Tennessee
The Associated Press
ERWIN, Tenn. -- Two Israeli men who led the Unicoi County sheriff on a high-speed chase in a rented moving truck were placed under arrest and are being investigated by the FBI, local officials said.
http://www.heraldtribune.com
'Mover' is Son of Top Likud Official
May 12--Venice,FL.
by Daniel Hopsicker
The leader of the two Israelis arrested after leading police on a high speed chase in a moving van last Saturday in rural Tennessee is the son of the spokesman for the Likud Party of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, the MadCowMorningNews has learned.
http://www.madcowprod.com
US to Announce Sanctions Against Syria
By MELISSA RADLER
The Bush administration will announce sanctions against Syria in the coming days, a prominent Jewish leader said Wednesday.
http://www.jpost.com
US Chose Bad Time to Impose Syria Sanctions-Arabs
Wed May 12, 2004 11:46 AM ET
By Lin Noueihed
BEIRUT (Reuters) - The United States, battling a prisoner abuse scandal and insurgency in Iraq, could not have chosen a worse time to slap new sanctions on Syria, Arabs said Wednesday.
http://www.reuters.com
Records: U.S. Embraced Alleged Nazi Sympathizers
WASHINGTON (AP) The FBI and other U.S. agencies ignored the murky pasts of alleged Nazi collaborators living in the United States because the government saw them as useful during the Cold War, according to newly released records.
http://www.usatoday.com
Take Roma Children Away from Parents, Says Envoy
By Stephen Castle in Brussels
14 May 2004
The European Commission's envoy to Slovakia was yesterday given a formal rebuke for suggesting that Roma children should be removed from their parents to ensure they learnt "normal social values".
http://news.independent.co.uk
Parties Alarmed by BNP Election Threat
Matthew Taylor
Thursday May 13, 2004
The Guardian
Senior politicians from the three main parties have held a series of private meetings amid growing anxiety about the threat posed by the far-right British National party in next month's local and European elections.
http://www.worldnetdaily.com
BNP to Make Record Gains in Elections, Warn MPs
By Marie Woolf and Ian Herbert
13 May 2004
The British National Party could make unprecedented gains in next month's elections, including its first European MP and member of the London Assembly, MPs from all parties are warning.
http://news.independent.co.uk
Shock at Huge Increase in BNP Election Candidates
Rob Waugh
THE far-Right British National Party has sent shock waves across the region's political landscape by fielding 101 candidates for next month's local elections in Yorkshire.
The number is more than twice last year's figure and brought immediate fears that significant damage could be done to community relations in Yorkshire's racially-diverse towns and cities.
http://www.yorkshiretoday.co.uk
BNP Unveils its Election Weapon Women
By Ian Herbert and Marie Woolf
14 May 2004
Political activists fighting the British National Party in next month's local and European elections were focusing yesterday on its new weapon - female candidates.
http://news.independent.co.uk
How many in the Department of Education?
Some Federal Workers Have Fake Degrees
GAO says dozens of employees have bogus diplomas
The Associated Press
Updated: 10:38 a.m. ET May 11, 2004
WASHINGTON - At least 28 senior-level federal employees in eight agencies have bogus college degrees, including three managers at the office that oversees nuclear weapons safety, congressional investigators have found.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com
California County to Defy e-Voting Ban
Last modified: May 12, 2004, 7:25 PM PDT
By Robert Lemos
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
San Bernardino County plans to defy an order issued by California's secretary of state and use its electronic voting machines in the November election, according to a county statement released this week.
The order, issued April 30 by Secretary of State Kevin Shelley, banned Diebold touch screens in four California counties and decertified touch screen voting machines in 10 other counties until new security measures are put in place. Coming six months before the presidential election, the order has brought strong reactions from several California counties.
http://news.com.com
Voting Machine Business Stormy for Diebold
NORTH CANTON, Ohio (AP) -- After the Florida punch-card debacle hurt the credibility of the last presidential election, ATM maker Diebold Inc. decided it should expand into electronic voting.
"In November of 2000, I was embarrassed for this country," said Walden W. O'Dell, Diebold's chairman and chief executive.
http://www.cnn.com
The Killer Vaccines
An Honest Physician Warns of Serious Dangers
An important message to NewsMax readers:
Dr. Russell Blaylock
Vaccines routinely given to millions of children and adults can be very dangerous to your health, a respected neurosurgeon warns.
http://www.newsmaxstore.com
Abramovich Second in Russian Billionaire List
13/05/2004 - 19:18:04
More billionaires, including Chelsea boss Roman Abramovich, are based in Moscow than any other city in the world, Forbes magazine’s Russian edition said today, listing 33 billionaires who either live in the Russian capital or amassed their fortunes there.
http://212.2.162.45
More Than 5,000 Blasts an Hour Shake Ukraine
By Aleksandar Vasovic in Melitopol, Ukraine
09 May 2004
Thousands of Ukrainians were waiting for permission to return to their homes yesterday after ammunition explosions at a military depot showered parts of south-eastern Ukraine with shells and shrapnel for three days.
http://news.independent.co.uk
The Threat of Rising Interest Rates
by Gary North
Gold is down. Stocks are down. Bonds are down.
What’s going on here?
http://www.lewrockwell.com
Bankrupt China Becomes Economic Threat
Posted May 12, 2004
By Christopher Whalen
Financial and political analysts have been predicting the demise of China's economic miracle for months now, but the latest policy shift by the Federal Reserve toward a more restrictive interest-rate posture has caused the alarm bells to ring from Hong Kong to Wall Street. The rebound of the dollar that began in February has taken the pressure off other central banks, particularly the Bank of Japan, to sop up the fiat greenbacks printed by the Fed, thus placing added upward pressure on U.S. interest rates. By no accident, April was the worst month for emerging market debt in years.
http://www.insightmag.com
World's "Oldest" Wooden Musical Instruments Pipe a Tune in Ireland
Mon May 10, 2:00 AM ET
DUBLIN (AFP) - Archaeologists are dancing with delight after discovering a set of musical pipes believed to have been used 4,000 years ago by pre-historic man in Ireland -- likely making them the world's oldest wooden instruments according to experts.
http://story.news.yahoo.com
Library of Alexandria Discovered
By Dr David Whitehouse
BBC News Online science editor
Archaeologists have found what they believe to be the site of the Library of Alexandria, often described as the world's first major seat of learning.
A Polish-Egyptian team has excavated parts of the Bruchion region of the Mediterranean city and discovered what look like lecture halls or auditoria.
Two thousand years ago, the library housed works by the greatest thinkers and writers of the ancient world.
http://news.bbc.co.uk
There's life on the edge
Tiny Organisms Exist in the Most Extreme Environments, and They May Help Us Generate Power and Clean Up Pollution
Simon Hadlington reports
12 May 2004
In Phillip Wright's laboratory, there is a large silver cabinet resembling a fashionable fridge. Inside, rows of fluorescent light tubes shine down on ranks of conical flasks containing a bright green, murky fluid. It looks like something Fungus the Bogeyman might enjoy for supper. In fact, this green soup could one day be at the forefront of a new energy economy. Feed it industrial waste, and it can produce hydrogen.
http://news.independent.co.uk
Namibia Sends Out Farm 'Requests'
The Namibian government has taken the first steps in its plan to acquire white-owned farmland.
At least three farm owners are reported to have received letters asking them to enter into negotiations for the purchase of their land.
http://news.bbc.co.uk
Having Babies Seen As 'Patriotic Duty' in Australia
By Patrick Goodenough
CNSNews.com Pacific Rim Bureau Chief
May 12, 2004
Pacific Rim Bureau (CNSNews.com) - The Australian government is risking the ire of population-control advocates by urging -- and offering incentives for -- citizens to have more children.
Announcing the conservative government's federal budget, Treasurer Peter Costello, the minister responsible for economic and fiscal policy, unveiled a "family-friendly" $13.3-billion package that for five years starting in June will pay couples $2,000 for each new baby born.
http://www.cnsnews.com
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