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A CONGRESSMAN THREATENS TO " TAKE OUT " MECCA IF USA IS ATTACKED
The Colorado congressman, "Rep. Tom Tancredo ", told a radio show host, Pat Campbell, that the U.S. could "take out" Islamic holy sites if Muslim fundamentalist terrorists attacked the country with nuclear weapons. "You’re talking about bombing Mecca," Campbell said. "Yeah," Tancredo responded.
Mr. Tancredo statement is most radical, irresponsible and it shows how some extremist USA politicians think about the Islamic (…)

London, July 22: A man, said by passengers to be “Asian”, was pinned down on the floor of an Underground train at Stockwell station in south London today and shot through the head five times by plainclothes policemen hunting for the London bombers.
“This sort of thing happens only in Hollywood movies,” exclaimed a TV journalist.
It seems British Pakistanis determined to introduce suicide bombings in London are now up against a police shoot-to-kill policy.
Initial reports had suggested (…)

Guantanamo Inmates Declare Hunger Strike
By JOHN J. LUMPKIN
WASHINGTON (AP) - Some 50 prisoners at Guantanamo Bay have declared they are on a hunger strike, a Pentagon spokesman said Thursday.
They went on strike three days ago, spokesman Bryan Whitman said. Some have already begun eating again, he said. The spokesman said he did not know why they went on strike and said the health of the striking detainees is being monitored.
The Pentagon’s version of this incident contrasted (…)

Al-Qaeda gives European states month to quit Iraq
Abu Hafs al-Masri Brigades warn European nations to face London-style attacks if they do not quit Iraq.
By Habib Trabelsi - DUBAI
The Al-Qaeda terror network warned European nations to pull their troops out of Iraq within a month or face more attacks like the deadly London bombings, according to an Internet statement.
"This message is the final warning to European states. We want to give you a one-month deadline to bring your soldiers (…)

Peter Baker and Jim Vandehei, Washington Post
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Bush nominated federal appellate Judge John G. Roberts Jr. for the Supreme Court on Tuesday night, passing over several female candidates to replace the retiring Justice Sandra Day O’Connor in favor of a well-regarded litigator with conservative credentials and friends in both parties.
Bush introduced his choice for the nation’s 109th justice in a prime-time White House ceremony broadcast live on national (…)

Memo Becomes Focus in CIA Leak Probe
By BARRY SCHWEID
WASHINGTON (AP) - A State Department memo that has caught the attention of prosecutors describes a CIA officer’s role in sending her husband to Africa and disputes administration claims that Iraq was shopping for uranium, a retired department official said Tuesday.
The classified memo was sent to Air Force One just after former U.S. Ambassador Joseph Wilson went public with his assertions that the Bush administration overstated the (…)

While anti-gaming critics are busy worrying about a mod that sees two fictional characters engaging in consensual sex, a neo-Nazi organisation has released a game designed to promote racial divisions and encourage violent acts against members of ethnic minorities.
The PC first-person shooter is titled Ethnic Cleansing and is published by Resistance Records, which also distributes racist ’White Power’ music. Resistance Records is owned by the National Alliance, the biggest and most active (…)

WHAT BUSH DIDN’T TELL HIS SOLDIERS
By Peter Fredson
July 22, 2005
One wonders if President Bush told his soldiers about his (or Karl Rove’s) plans for world conquest before he sent them to make war on Iraqis.
For Instance did he inform his troops that:
He and his neocon friends had planned to go to war with Iraq before he even was selected to become President?
The Downing Street Memos revealed his intentions to make war long before he sought any kind of UN authorization to go to (…)

By Haaretz Service and News Agencies
Less than two weeks since the London terror attacks, the city’s Mayor Ken Livingstone has sparked controversy by defending the use of suicide bombers in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and charging that Israel had indiscriminately slaughtered Palestinians in acts that "border on crimes against humanity."
"Given that the Palestinians don’t have jet planes, don’t have tanks, they only have their bodies to use as weapons," Livingstone told Sky News in (…)

Nearly 25,000 civilians have died violently in Iraq since the US-led invasion in March 2003, a report says.
The dossier, based on media reports, says US-led forces were responsible for more than a third of the deaths.
The survey was carried out by the UK-based Iraq Body Count and Oxford Research Group - which includes academics and peace activists.
The Iraqi government criticised their conclusions, saying Iraqis were most at risk from terrorists who target them.
The Dossier on (…)