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The coming years, like those of the present and the past, will see the continued spewing of fictionalized propaganda designed to manipulate the fears, hatreds, xenophobia and nationalistic tendencies of the population. The level of control over the masses and power over the nation in the years after 9/11 by corporatists intent on hijacking the country became, to them, a rousing success, thanks to the intense levels of fear and hatred engendered by the horrific events of (…)

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By FORWARD STAFF December 16, 2005
http://www.forward.com/main/printer-friendly.php?id=7020
In sharp contrast to the growing consensus of Jerusalem’s security and political establishment, President Bush argued this week that Israel’s safety depends on democratization of the Arab world.
"If you’re a supporter of Israel, I would strongly urge you to help other countries become democracies," President Bush declared Monday, in a major address defending American policy in Iraq (…)

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3186040,00.html
Arab MK: Israel ‘robbery of century’
Knesset Member Azmi Bishara in Lebanon: We are original inhabitants of Palestine, not ‘those who came from Poland, Russia; says Israelis should leave, take their democracy with them Ronny Shaked
Israel is the 20th century’s greatest robbery, carried out in broad daylight, Arab Knesset member Azmi Bishara (National Democratic Assembly) told a Lebanese audience last week during a speech at an (…)

holmgren@iinet.net.au
The real agenda behind the belated entry of Professor Steven Jones into the WTC demolition debate
Note: The hyperlinks from the original article are missing in this copy. The full article with links can be read at
THE DARK SIDE OF PROFESSOR STEVEN E. JONES
Copyright Gerard Holmgren Dec 17 2005. This work may be freely copied provided that it is not for commercial use. Please cite the author�s name, the date of publication, the web address where you found (…)

EU-USA: Rendition and removing refugees raise the same issue: Censored document reveals increased transit facilities for the USA to use EU airports to move people around the world
There has been an informal agreement between the EU and the USA that flights to and from the USA can stop-over in transit at EU airports since around 1998 (see EU docs no: 13554/97 and 6541/1/98). The USA requested these "facilities" into order to send people back to Africa, the Middle East and Asia. No figures (…)

By Justin Stares in Brussels and Philip Sherwell in Washington (Filed: 11/12/2005)
The European Union secretly allowed the United States to use transit facilities on European soil to transport "criminals" in 2003, according to a previously unpublished document. The revelation contradicts repeated EU denials that it knew of "rendition" flights by the CIA.
The EU agreed to give America access to facilities - presumably airports - in confidential talks in Athens during which the war on (…)

Sept 3, 1999
A careless mistake by Microsoft programmers has shown that special access codes for use by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) have been secretly built into all versions of the Windows operating system.
Computer-security specialists have been aware for two years that unusual features are contained inside a standard Windows driver used for security and encryption functions. The driver, called ADVAPI.DLL, enables and controls a range of security functions including the (…)

by Bob Nichols Project Censored Award Winner Correspondent, San Francisco Bay View newspaper
(Berkeley, California) - December 18, 2005 - Well, what do you know about that?
Bush’s radio speech Saturday, December 17, 2005, of course. It will be proclaimed as the same thing of one of the moves Hitler made in Germany to strengthen corporatist Nazi Germany. Yes, it is that big of a deal.
We [Leftists] have all said, time and time again, that "someone" has to tell the people, or we will be (…)

What more does anyone need? You do not negotiate with the devil. If the U.S. won’t act, maybe the world court will indict this rogue administration for crimes against humanity, war crimes, and violation of human rights and the Geneva Convention. How low can this country go? Feingold, time for full-court press. johnnybgood

As we approach Christmas Day, thoughts turn to mothers and infants and the joy, hope and magic of new human life. However we cannot ignore the reality in a First World-dominated world of about 55,000 avoidable deaths and about 35,000 under-5 year old infant deaths that will occur on this Christmas Day due to deprivation- and malnourishment-related causes.
More specifically, we should consider the mothers and infants of war-wracked countries and in particular the countries currently (…)