Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
For the Sake of Our Children
Sat Mar 5, 2005 18:33
64.140.159.69
For the Sake of Our Children
by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
>From the beginning of American history our greatest political leaders - Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, John Adams and Andrew Jackson - have warned America against allowing large corporations to dominate our political systems and our lives.
http://207.44.245.159/article8203.htm
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None Us Are Free - If One Of Us Is Chained.
A Must Watch Flash Presentation.
Watch It Now!
http://207.44.245.159/article8199.htm
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Bush a hypocrite to lecture Putin
BY ANDREW GREELEY
Suppose that Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Canada and announced that the United States was retreating from its principles of freedom since the World Trade Center attack. The United States, he might have said, has denied due process of law to some American citizens. It has established a concentration camp in Cuba. It has tortured prisoners, indeed often and in many places. It denies aliens the right to trial by jury -- indeed, it acts like the only ones who have Mr. Jefferson's inalienable rights are American citizens, and not always.
http://207.44.245.159/article8200.htm
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Seven Iraqi soldiers killed in attacks; curfew in Samarra:
Seven Iraqi soldiers were killed in various attacks on Saturday, security sources said, as a daytime curfew was imposed in the restive town of Samarra
http://tinyurl.com/4v4hj
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Bulgarian soldier killed in Iraq shootout:
A Bulgarian soldier was killed in a shootout with insurgents near the central Iraqi city of Diwaniya, the Defence Ministry in Sofia said.
http://tinyurl.com/4nrqr
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Five U.S. Soldiers Killed in Iraq, One Wounded, Military Says
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=a4GIIFrKGros&refer=top_world_news
http://tinyurl.com/4k6ev
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'I just want to survive and go home with all my body parts' :
The daily drip of US casualties passes almost unnoticed now, a footnote to the wider slaughter of Iraqis
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1430376,00.html
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US attack against Italians in Baghdad was deliberate: companion :
"Giuliana had information, and the US military did not want her to survive," he added.
http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=38029
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US troops kill rescuer as Italian hostage is plucked to safety in Iraq :
American soldiers in Iraq opened fire on a car carrying an Italian journalist who had just been freed by kidnappers last night, injuring the woman and killing an Italian secret service agent who tried to protect her.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1431126,00.html?gusrc=rss
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Italian agent killed at U.S. checkpoint in Baghdad had negotiated release of previous hostages:
Nicola Calipari was a veteran Italian secret service agent and practiced negotiator who had helped return two hostages kidnapped in Iraq home to their loved ones in Italy.
http://cbsnewyork.com/international/Italy-AgentProfile-ai/resources_news_html
http://tinyurl.com/6xnyd
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Berlusconi stunned by US shooting at Italian journalist in Iraq :
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said Friday he was stunned that the newly released Italian female journalist Giuliana Sgrena was shot and wounded by US soldiers in Baghdad, and demanded an explanation from Washington.
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200503/05/eng20050305_175637.html
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Bush calls Italy's Berlusconi with regrets:
US President George W. Bush called Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to express his regrets after shots fired by US soldiers killed an Italian secret service agent outside Baghdad, the White House said Friday
http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=38023
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Five Killed in Afghanistan Gunbattle
A gunbattle between U.S.-led coalition forces and militants in eastern Afghanistan left three militants and two civilians dead, the U.S. military said Saturday.
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=553739
Ramadi Madness: Video shows U.S. soldier kicking a wounded, cuffed prisoner.
U.S. army investigators found no cause to charge anyone with abuse, army documents released Friday showed.
http://207.44.245.159/article8202.htm
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Newly Released Army Documents Detail Ongoing Abuse of Detainees by U.S. Forces :
"Ramadi Madness" DVD of Abuses Was Destroyed by Soldiers Under Investigation
http://www.aclu.org/SafeandFree/SafeandFree.cfm?ID=17652&c=206
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A Few Words From A "Liberated" Iraqi:
We do not hate America for its “freedom or democracy”. We don’t hate America. We hate the crimes, the destructions, and the devastation committed by America against the innocent people in our country.
http://207.44.245.159/article8201.htm
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Blair still took us to war on a lie :
To insist that the ends now justify the means is morally disgraceful
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1431009,00.html
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Former Sen. Boschwitz nominated to be Ambassador to the United Nations' Commission on Human Rights:
He said he would try to steer the Commission on Human Rights in a direction more favorable to the United States.
http://www.kstp.com/article/stories/S6759.html?cat=1
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Assad announces Lebanon troop withdrawal :
The Syrian president, Bashar Assad announced today that Syria will move its troops in Lebanon to the country's eastern region, to be followed by a withdrawal to the Syrian-Lebanese border
http://www.guardian.co.uk/syria/story/0,13031,1431405,00.html
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Assad says Mideast peace impossible without return of occupied lands:
In a speech to parliament , he said: "Peace in our region will never be achieved unless our land that is occupied is returned to us.
http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=38050
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Lebanese troops deploy near Syrian intelligence office :
The deployment near the symbol of Syrian power in the Lebanese capital came ahead of a speech by Syrian President Bashar Assad (bah-SHAHR' AH'-sahd). He's expected to announce a pullback of Syrian forces in the country.
http://tinyurl.com/6odck
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90 Iraqi weapons inspection sites looted or razed: UN :
About 90 sites in Iraq containing dual-use equipment and materials that can be used for either peaceful ends or acquiring weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) have been looted or razed, a UN panel said on Friday.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-03/05/content_2653346.htm
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Nuclear row: Iran warns of oil crisis:
Iran's top nuclear official has warned the US and Europe of the danger of an oil crisis if Tehran is sent before the UN Security Council over its nuclear programme.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/12F91023-623A-4C63-BE0A-B88A97BE55C6.htm
http://tinyurl.com/6lm3n
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Iran weary of protracted nuclear talks :
Europeans should focus on the element of "time", Rowhani said, because Iran will not tolerate prolonged talks.
http://www.iribnews.ir/Full_en.asp?news_id=188347&n=11
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US may help Iranian activists:
Washington is considering a more aggressive effort to foster opposition inside Iran and seeking ways to use new funds to support activists without exposing them to the risk of arrest.
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/stdn/std/World/GC05Wd02.html
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This web site represents the effort of one person.
I need your help to offset the costs associated with site hosting and bandwidth usage. If you find this site informative please help by clicking here
http://207.44.245.159/support.htm
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Noam Chomskey: Promoting democracy in Middle East:
A genuine threat is that in recent years the US has dispatched more than 100 advanced jet bombers to Israel, with loud announcements that they are capable of bombing Iran — updated versions of the planes that Israel used to bomb the Iraqi nuclear reactor in 1981.
http://tinyurl.com/66q8t
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Why Israel Really Fears Iranian Nukes:
Tehran's acquisition of a nuclear device would have an enormous political fallout that dramatically change the political map of the Middle East to Israel's disadvantage.
http://www.antiwar.com/orig/howard.php?articleid=5076
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Israel's Third Wall:
We’ve all heard that when they met at Sharm el-Sheikh on February 8, Mahmoud Abbas and Ariel Sharon agreed to “stop the violence in a historic agreement that signals the end of the Intifada.” During the following two-and-a-half weeks, the Israeli army observed the “cease fire” by killing seven more Palestinians, three of them children.
http://www.dissidentvoice.org/Mar05/Brooks0303.htm
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Jihad denies leadership involved in Tel Aviv bombing :
A senior Islamic Jihad leader denied on Saturday the group's leadership had any involvement in a Tel Aviv night club bombing which killed five Israelis and wounded 50 others.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-03/05/content_2654660.htm
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62% of Israelis think Prime Minister Sharon is corrupt
http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?sid=839172676e7059f7
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Iraqi newspaper condemns US arrest of journalist :
An Iraqi mainstream newspaper on Saturday condemned the arrest of its journalist by US forces.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-03/05/content_2655732.htm
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Analysts see bin Laden, Zarqawi as independent operators: report :
"Zarqawi may be a partner (of bin Laden) or a competitor, but it is not like they are close and in a binding relationship," a senior intelligence officials was quoted as saying.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-03/05/content_2655844.htm
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Thousands March in Haitian Slums :
The march in the Bel-Air neighborhood of Port-au-Prince was the second pro-Aristide demonstration in five days. On Monday, Haitian police opened fire on a demonstration and killed at least three Aristide supporters.
http://www.metronews.ca/reuters_international.asp?id=59774
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In Haiti, 'hunger in dark places' is real ... and ignored:
U.S. media, rights groups silent on country's torment
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/editorial/outlook/3069064
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Chavez makes U.S. murder plot claim:
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says he has evidence the United States was planning to assassinate him, an allegation the U.S. government earlier dismissed as "wild".
http://tinyurl.com/6waqy
===
Greenfield Spy Was Trained in Soviet Russia — U.S.:
A Greenfield truck driver accused of offering to sell the names of U.S. intelligence agents to the Iraqi government received espionage training in Russia about 30 years ago, authorities say.
http://www.mosnews.com/news/2005/03/05/greenfieldspyrus.shtml
===
>From Gloucester to Afghanistan: the making of a shoe bomber :
Saajid Badat this week pleaded guilty to plotting to blow up a plane. What drove this quiet football fan to thoughts of terror?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1430964,00.html
===
Key Iraq wound: Brain trauma:
A growing number of U.S. troops whose body armor helped them survive bomb and rocket attacks are suffering brain damage as a result of the blasts. It's a type of injury some military doctors say has become the signature wound of the Iraq war.
http://tinyurl.com/4jkcs
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Number of black Army recruits declining:
The Army strains to meet recruiting goals in part because black volunteers have fallen 41 percent ---- from 23.5 percent of recruits in fiscal 2000 down steadily to 13.9 percent in the first four months of fiscal 2005.
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2005/03/05/news/columnists/philpott/3405184934.txt
http://tinyurl.com/6c8qn
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Helen Thomas: Recalls nearly 45 years as White House correspondent :
Helen Thomas had a front row seat to history unfolding before her eyes, but she said the current administration is making her wish she was blind.
http://www.troyrecord.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=14087628&BRD=1170&PAG=461&dept_id=7021&rfi=6
http://tinyurl.com/4aa5e
===
Christian Right Regroups for a New Attack:
Religious conservatives momentarily have shifted their attention away from the stalled campaign to ban same-sex marriage and instead are concentrating on getting behind a bill that would allow religious leaders to openly endorse political candidates.
http://villagevoice.com/news/0510,webmondo,61772,6.html
===
Peace & Joy
Tom Feeley
===
Liberty can not be preserved without general knowledge among people." (August 1765) John Adams
by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
>From the beginning of American history our greatest political leaders - Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, John Adams and Andrew Jackson - have warned America against allowing large corporations to dominate our political systems and our lives.
http://207.44.245.159/article8203.htm
==================================
===
None Us Are Free - If One Of Us Is Chained.
A Must Watch Flash Presentation.
Watch It Now!
http://207.44.245.159/article8199.htm
===
Bush a hypocrite to lecture Putin
BY ANDREW GREELEY
Suppose that Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Canada and announced that the United States was retreating from its principles of freedom since the World Trade Center attack. The United States, he might have said, has denied due process of law to some American citizens. It has established a concentration camp in Cuba. It has tortured prisoners, indeed often and in many places. It denies aliens the right to trial by jury -- indeed, it acts like the only ones who have Mr. Jefferson's inalienable rights are American citizens, and not always.
http://207.44.245.159/article8200.htm
===
Seven Iraqi soldiers killed in attacks; curfew in Samarra:
Seven Iraqi soldiers were killed in various attacks on Saturday, security sources said, as a daytime curfew was imposed in the restive town of Samarra
http://tinyurl.com/4v4hj
===
Bulgarian soldier killed in Iraq shootout:
A Bulgarian soldier was killed in a shootout with insurgents near the central Iraqi city of Diwaniya, the Defence Ministry in Sofia said.
http://tinyurl.com/4nrqr
===
Five U.S. Soldiers Killed in Iraq, One Wounded, Military Says
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=a4GIIFrKGros&refer=top_world_news
http://tinyurl.com/4k6ev
===
'I just want to survive and go home with all my body parts' :
The daily drip of US casualties passes almost unnoticed now, a footnote to the wider slaughter of Iraqis
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1430376,00.html
===
US attack against Italians in Baghdad was deliberate: companion :
"Giuliana had information, and the US military did not want her to survive," he added.
http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=38029
===
US troops kill rescuer as Italian hostage is plucked to safety in Iraq :
American soldiers in Iraq opened fire on a car carrying an Italian journalist who had just been freed by kidnappers last night, injuring the woman and killing an Italian secret service agent who tried to protect her.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1431126,00.html?gusrc=rss
===
Italian agent killed at U.S. checkpoint in Baghdad had negotiated release of previous hostages:
Nicola Calipari was a veteran Italian secret service agent and practiced negotiator who had helped return two hostages kidnapped in Iraq home to their loved ones in Italy.
http://cbsnewyork.com/international/Italy-AgentProfile-ai/resources_news_html
http://tinyurl.com/6xnyd
===
Berlusconi stunned by US shooting at Italian journalist in Iraq :
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said Friday he was stunned that the newly released Italian female journalist Giuliana Sgrena was shot and wounded by US soldiers in Baghdad, and demanded an explanation from Washington.
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200503/05/eng20050305_175637.html
===
Bush calls Italy's Berlusconi with regrets:
US President George W. Bush called Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to express his regrets after shots fired by US soldiers killed an Italian secret service agent outside Baghdad, the White House said Friday
http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=38023
===
Five Killed in Afghanistan Gunbattle
A gunbattle between U.S.-led coalition forces and militants in eastern Afghanistan left three militants and two civilians dead, the U.S. military said Saturday.
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=553739
Ramadi Madness: Video shows U.S. soldier kicking a wounded, cuffed prisoner.
U.S. army investigators found no cause to charge anyone with abuse, army documents released Friday showed.
http://207.44.245.159/article8202.htm
===
Newly Released Army Documents Detail Ongoing Abuse of Detainees by U.S. Forces :
"Ramadi Madness" DVD of Abuses Was Destroyed by Soldiers Under Investigation
http://www.aclu.org/SafeandFree/SafeandFree.cfm?ID=17652&c=206
===
A Few Words From A "Liberated" Iraqi:
We do not hate America for its “freedom or democracy”. We don’t hate America. We hate the crimes, the destructions, and the devastation committed by America against the innocent people in our country.
http://207.44.245.159/article8201.htm
===
Blair still took us to war on a lie :
To insist that the ends now justify the means is morally disgraceful
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1431009,00.html
===
Former Sen. Boschwitz nominated to be Ambassador to the United Nations' Commission on Human Rights:
He said he would try to steer the Commission on Human Rights in a direction more favorable to the United States.
http://www.kstp.com/article/stories/S6759.html?cat=1
===
Assad announces Lebanon troop withdrawal :
The Syrian president, Bashar Assad announced today that Syria will move its troops in Lebanon to the country's eastern region, to be followed by a withdrawal to the Syrian-Lebanese border
http://www.guardian.co.uk/syria/story/0,13031,1431405,00.html
===
Assad says Mideast peace impossible without return of occupied lands:
In a speech to parliament , he said: "Peace in our region will never be achieved unless our land that is occupied is returned to us.
http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=38050
===
Lebanese troops deploy near Syrian intelligence office :
The deployment near the symbol of Syrian power in the Lebanese capital came ahead of a speech by Syrian President Bashar Assad (bah-SHAHR' AH'-sahd). He's expected to announce a pullback of Syrian forces in the country.
http://tinyurl.com/6odck
===
90 Iraqi weapons inspection sites looted or razed: UN :
About 90 sites in Iraq containing dual-use equipment and materials that can be used for either peaceful ends or acquiring weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) have been looted or razed, a UN panel said on Friday.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-03/05/content_2653346.htm
===
Nuclear row: Iran warns of oil crisis:
Iran's top nuclear official has warned the US and Europe of the danger of an oil crisis if Tehran is sent before the UN Security Council over its nuclear programme.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/12F91023-623A-4C63-BE0A-B88A97BE55C6.htm
http://tinyurl.com/6lm3n
===
Iran weary of protracted nuclear talks :
Europeans should focus on the element of "time", Rowhani said, because Iran will not tolerate prolonged talks.
http://www.iribnews.ir/Full_en.asp?news_id=188347&n=11
===
US may help Iranian activists:
Washington is considering a more aggressive effort to foster opposition inside Iran and seeking ways to use new funds to support activists without exposing them to the risk of arrest.
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/stdn/std/World/GC05Wd02.html
===
This web site represents the effort of one person.
I need your help to offset the costs associated with site hosting and bandwidth usage. If you find this site informative please help by clicking here
http://207.44.245.159/support.htm
===
Noam Chomskey: Promoting democracy in Middle East:
A genuine threat is that in recent years the US has dispatched more than 100 advanced jet bombers to Israel, with loud announcements that they are capable of bombing Iran — updated versions of the planes that Israel used to bomb the Iraqi nuclear reactor in 1981.
http://tinyurl.com/66q8t
===
Why Israel Really Fears Iranian Nukes:
Tehran's acquisition of a nuclear device would have an enormous political fallout that dramatically change the political map of the Middle East to Israel's disadvantage.
http://www.antiwar.com/orig/howard.php?articleid=5076
===
Israel's Third Wall:
We’ve all heard that when they met at Sharm el-Sheikh on February 8, Mahmoud Abbas and Ariel Sharon agreed to “stop the violence in a historic agreement that signals the end of the Intifada.” During the following two-and-a-half weeks, the Israeli army observed the “cease fire” by killing seven more Palestinians, three of them children.
http://www.dissidentvoice.org/Mar05/Brooks0303.htm
===
Jihad denies leadership involved in Tel Aviv bombing :
A senior Islamic Jihad leader denied on Saturday the group's leadership had any involvement in a Tel Aviv night club bombing which killed five Israelis and wounded 50 others.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-03/05/content_2654660.htm
===
62% of Israelis think Prime Minister Sharon is corrupt
http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?sid=839172676e7059f7
===
Iraqi newspaper condemns US arrest of journalist :
An Iraqi mainstream newspaper on Saturday condemned the arrest of its journalist by US forces.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-03/05/content_2655732.htm
===
Analysts see bin Laden, Zarqawi as independent operators: report :
"Zarqawi may be a partner (of bin Laden) or a competitor, but it is not like they are close and in a binding relationship," a senior intelligence officials was quoted as saying.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-03/05/content_2655844.htm
===
Thousands March in Haitian Slums :
The march in the Bel-Air neighborhood of Port-au-Prince was the second pro-Aristide demonstration in five days. On Monday, Haitian police opened fire on a demonstration and killed at least three Aristide supporters.
http://www.metronews.ca/reuters_international.asp?id=59774
===
In Haiti, 'hunger in dark places' is real ... and ignored:
U.S. media, rights groups silent on country's torment
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/editorial/outlook/3069064
===
Chavez makes U.S. murder plot claim:
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says he has evidence the United States was planning to assassinate him, an allegation the U.S. government earlier dismissed as "wild".
http://tinyurl.com/6waqy
===
Greenfield Spy Was Trained in Soviet Russia — U.S.:
A Greenfield truck driver accused of offering to sell the names of U.S. intelligence agents to the Iraqi government received espionage training in Russia about 30 years ago, authorities say.
http://www.mosnews.com/news/2005/03/05/greenfieldspyrus.shtml
===
>From Gloucester to Afghanistan: the making of a shoe bomber :
Saajid Badat this week pleaded guilty to plotting to blow up a plane. What drove this quiet football fan to thoughts of terror?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1430964,00.html
===
Key Iraq wound: Brain trauma:
A growing number of U.S. troops whose body armor helped them survive bomb and rocket attacks are suffering brain damage as a result of the blasts. It's a type of injury some military doctors say has become the signature wound of the Iraq war.
http://tinyurl.com/4jkcs
===
Number of black Army recruits declining:
The Army strains to meet recruiting goals in part because black volunteers have fallen 41 percent ---- from 23.5 percent of recruits in fiscal 2000 down steadily to 13.9 percent in the first four months of fiscal 2005.
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2005/03/05/news/columnists/philpott/3405184934.txt
http://tinyurl.com/6c8qn
===
Helen Thomas: Recalls nearly 45 years as White House correspondent :
Helen Thomas had a front row seat to history unfolding before her eyes, but she said the current administration is making her wish she was blind.
http://www.troyrecord.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=14087628&BRD=1170&PAG=461&dept_id=7021&rfi=6
http://tinyurl.com/4aa5e
===
Christian Right Regroups for a New Attack:
Religious conservatives momentarily have shifted their attention away from the stalled campaign to ban same-sex marriage and instead are concentrating on getting behind a bill that would allow religious leaders to openly endorse political candidates.
http://villagevoice.com/news/0510,webmondo,61772,6.html
===
Peace & Joy
Tom Feeley
===
Liberty can not be preserved without general knowledge among people." (August 1765) John Adams
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