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Readings continued... becoming a variety of articles (and a few quizes) I find interesting and hope you do too.I hope to organize these pages soon, but for now I am just adding as I come across them. Page one got too long, so now we have page two, unfortunately in no particular order yet. |
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Wacky Iraqi Information Minister a Web StarWhile most of the press took al-Sahaf semi-seriously, and a lot of the public dismissed him simply as a brazen liar, many American and U.K. Web surfers perceived something else in his words: a unique brand of black humor in the face of overwhelming defeat. Article from Wired MagazineWeLoveTheIraqiInformationMinister.com A few quotes from him: "I triple guarantee you, there are no American soldiers in Baghdad." "they are nowhere near the airport ..they are lost in the desert...they can not read a compass...they are retarded." "Bush is a very stupid man. The American people are not stupid, they are very clever. I can't understand how such clever people came to elect such a stupid president." QuizesMap of Middle East U.S. Citizenship Tests Naturalization Test from the INS - long, but you can check answers as you go, and quit any time. This is a test of your knowledge of United States History and the structure of its government. It is designed to be used as a study guide. News
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US tax resisters willing to go to jail to avoid paying for warBill Ramsey, like millions of other Americans, reported his taxable income to the US government by the deadline. ---- "Either you're with us, or you're against us." -- George W. Bush.
Tim Robbins' invitation to Baseball Hall of fame is canceled when he criticizes Bush.Article from Detroit Free Press, April 15, 2003The president of the Baseball Hall of Fame scraps plans to celebrate the 15th anniversary of "Bull Durham," at the hall because two of its stars, Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon, have been outspoken critics of the war in Iraq. "As an American and as a baseball fan, I was dismayed to read your letter canceling my appearance at the Baseball Hall of Fame due to my public criticism of President Bush. |
Clinton blasts US approach to international affairsNEW YORK (AFP) - Former US President Bill Clinton blasted US foreign policy adopted in the wake of the September 11 attacks, arguing the United States cannot kill, jail or occupy all of its adversaries. From Yahoo News, April 15, 2003
The moral decline of a superpowerby Gunter Grass (translated from German)Article from International Herald Tribune, April 11, 2003 Excerpts: ... The words of the current American president - "Those who are not with us are against us" - weigh on current events with the resonance of barbaric times. It is hardly surprising that the rhetoric of the aggressor increasingly resembles that of his enemy. Religious fundamentalism leads both sides to abuse what belongs to all religions, taking the notion of God hostage in accordance with their own fanatical understanding. Even the passionate warnings of the Pope, who knows how lasting and devastating the disasters wrought by the mentality and actions of Christian crusaders have been, were unsuccessful. Disturbed and powerless, but also filled with anger, we are witnessing the moral decline of the world's only superpower, burdened by the knowledge that only one consequence of this organized madness is certain: Motivation for more terrorism is being provided, for more violence and counterviolence. ... ...
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Regarding the 2000 U.S. Presidential "election"None Dare Call It Treason
from The Nation. Equal Protection of Whom? From What? --- Supreme
Injustice: How the High Court Hijacked Election 2000, - Book by Alan M. Dershowitz
US exerts unusual pressure on group of terror suspectsPartially reprinted in Muslim News from the Wall Street Journal. [I originally read this in the Wall Street Journal, but their site is subscription only with no access to archives for non-subscribers, so I can't link. I am going to type the whole thing up and post it here, so please check back. The Muslim News excerpted the first few paragraphs only - Linda, April 15]By Scot J. Paltrow, March 4, 2003 The Justice Department has gone to unusual lengths to pressure a group of Yemeni-Americans to plead guilty to terrorism charges, an instance of increasing use of hardball tactics to secure convictions in such cases, some legal scholars say. Last week's guilty pleas came after the government threatened the defendants with "enemy combatant" status -- which meant their cases would
have been pulled out of court, and the men handed over to the military for
indefinite incommunicado confinement, according to prosecutors and defense
lawyers. Prosecutors also threatened to bring a new indictment that would
have included treason charges, which carry a potential death penalty, and
weapons charges which automatically would have added 30 years to prison
sentences, the lawyers said. The two defendants who pleaded guilty last
week face a maximum of 10 years in prison.
A bit more from Muslim News. |
Saddam key in early CIA plotBy Richard Sale, April 10, 2003UPI Intelligence Correspondent "U.S. forces in Baghdad might now be searching high and low for Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, but in the past Saddam was seen by U.S. intelligence services as a bulwark of anti-communism and they used him as their instrument for more than 40 years, according to former U.S. intelligence diplomats and intelligence officials. "While many have thought that Saddam first became involved with U.S. intelligence agencies at the start of the September 1980 Iran-Iraq war, his first contacts with U.S. officials date back to 1959, when he was part of a CIA-authorized six-man squad tasked with assassinating then Iraqi Prime Minister Gen. Abd al-Karim Qasim." The article from UPI. |
From the Desk of the PresidentFrom IAfrica.com - publishing from Cape Town and Zimbabwe: Satire? or is Saddam hiding out in Africa?
From the desk of Bob... (Robert G. Mugabe,
President of Zimbabwe) ----- To Regime Change page 1 - more readings |
