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Fifteen years ago, and exactly on 13 Feb. 1991, USA air forces bombed civilian shelter in Baghdad. The shelter was used to give peaceful place for children, women and elderly people in Al-Aameria district in Baghdad during the 1991 war against Iraq. The bombing was deliberate since, two special rockets were used; one made an opening in the reinforced concrete ceiling while the other penetrated through to give huge amount of fire into the shelter. The results was the brutal killing of about (…)

The world is unwittingly being used by the US (to continue its hegemony over it)
An Empire needs money to survive. All Empires in history have met their end when they ran out of money. Throughout history, Gold and Silver have been used to retain control of an Empire, either by producing and/or looting, in order to maintain an Empire’s tentacles. Bestowing of wealth by Gold, Silver and Land on those who controlled armies and people was a means of ensuring the Empire’s grip. The American (…)

I thought you should see the following, cross posted from "A Logical Voice" (http://logicvoice.blogspot.com):
Regular readers will know that we’ve been following the case of Richard Nolan Thomas II, here at "A Logical Voice".
You can view the original article on Richard Nolan Thoams II’s case here (http://www.nwmeridian.com/content/060210_01_p1.php ). All US citizens who would like an independent investigation into Richard’s case can sign the petition here. (…)

Dear friends,
The next women’s meeting of the European Preparatory Assembly will take place in Frankfurt on Friday 3.3.06 at 16 -18 am.
Some propositions for the agenda.
A) Discussion about the programme of the seminars of the feminist’s axe and the meanstraming of the seminars.
B)Proposal of the text for the Manifesto (or Appeal) for the Women Assembly, and
C) Preparation of the Women Assembly.
Unfortunately, Hugo Braun has told me that we will have no interpretation. That is (…)

INVITATION To the Women’s Assembly Of the 4th European Social Forum, Athens 4-7 May 2006 Dear friends in the women’s and feminist movement and women’s and feminist organisations, As you probably know, women are subject to attack by a holy alliance of conservatism, neoliberalism and the Vatican, which is sharpening sex discrimination and which has as its goal to erode or even abolish our hard-won rights.
And yet, at the same time, we have more than 200,000 women “emerging from the silence” (…)

The Grammy-winning Latin jazz percussionist Ray Barretto who had recently undergone heart surgery died today.
He was 76 years old.
George Rivera, a friend who has been serving as a spokesman, said Barretto died at 5 a.m. with his wife and two sons by his bedside at the Hackensack University Medical Center.
Barretto had undergone heart bypass surgery in January and was operated on again two weeks later after an artery burst.
Barretto was known for integrating the conga drum into jazz. (…)

H. Con. Res. 341: condemning the Government of Iran for violating its international nuclear nonproliferation obligations and expressing support for efforts to report Iran to the United Nations Security Council
Nays: Kucinich,Paul,Stark,Mcdermott Kucinich: House Bill Undermines Efforts For Peaceful Resolution To Iran Nuclear Situation H. Con. Res. 341 Will Undermine Efforts by Russia To Seek Peaceful Resolution To Standoff; Puts US On Dangerous Path
Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich (…)

Amidst his personal squalor we hear news Unitary DICK-tator Cheney is preparing to mount the bizarre defence that he , as poor dumb Bush’s executive officer, now has the authority to declassify intelligence , covertly distribute it to Scooter Libby and order that Libby leak said intelligence to members of the press , such as Judith Miller. The President of the United States has no authority to issue an executive order granting Libby or all the angels in heaven the authority to (…)

By DAVID STOUT
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 - The Senate Intelligence Committee decided today not to investigate President Bush’s domestic surveillance program, at least for the time being.
"I believe that such an investigation is currently unwarranted and would be detrimental to this highly classified program," Senator Pat Roberts, Republican of Kansas and chairman of the panel, said this afternoon following a closed session.
While Mr. Roberts’s announcement signaled that the administration’s (…)

US introduces radical new strategy
de Simon Tisdall, Ewen MacAskill and Richard Norton-Taylor
Concern is growing in Europe about US plans to involve governments in an expanded, all-out campaign against Islamist extremism from north Africa to south-east Asia, using beefed-up special forces, hi-tech weaponry and more intrusive surveillance and intelligence gathering.
The Pentagon plan, designed to fight what it describes as "The Long War", envisages "long-duration, complex operations (…)