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    Prof Sparks Controversy Over 9/11


    'A Little Matter of Genocide' - Ward L. Churchill


    Jews-Only Land Sales Further Manipulated by Israelis


    Israeli Govt Surreptitiously Takes Over More Palestinians Jerusalem Lands


    CIA To More Directly 'Oversee' Palestinians


    Putin's Russia: Back to the Middle East


    EU Wants to 'Boost Image' in Israel!


    Sharon Invokes Holocaust To Justify Israeli Policies


    More U.S. Money To Israel in guise of 'Gaza Withdrawal'


    Still More Israeli Repression in Jerusalem


    Another Major Israel-Turkey Arms Deal


    A property theft that must not be allowed


    Border Police plans to destroy Arab neighborhood in J'lem


    Sharon Does Davos


    A Rigged Occupation 'Election'


    Israelis use barrier and 55-year-old law to quietly seize Palestinians' land


    Senator Biden Quite Publicly Warns Iran of WAR


    The Real Crisis is Global Warming, Not S S


    More Pressure To Bring AlJazeera Down
    Closing it outright would be more than the Royal Qataris want to risk. Cutting it back substantially or pressuring/censoring it's content more than ... more

    Soros Finally Admits Kerry 'Flawed Candidate'


    The Handover: Restoration of Iraqi sovereignty - or Alice in Wonderland?
    The Handover: Restoration of Iraqi sovereignty - or Alice in Wonderland? By Robert Fisk Jun 30, 2004, 29 June 2004 So in the end, America's enemies ... more

    Axis of Logic Articles on Middle East


    An Iron Wall of Colonization
    An Iron Wall of Colonization Fantasies and realities about the prospects for peace between Israelis and Palestinians By Saree Makdisi The recent ... more

    THE STALEMATE - by Uri Avnery
    THE STALEMATE by Uri Avnery, 29.1.05 Perhaps the second intifada has come to an end. Perhaps the cease-fire in the Gaza Strip will develop in ... more

    ABC News on Israeli-Palestinian Conflict


    New 'Crescent of Shiite Power'
    Shiite Ascent Unsettles Iraq's Sunni Neighbors The Associated Press Saturday 29 January 2005 Sunni Arabs concerned over a 'Shiite cresce ... more

    Sharon and Abbas to Summit
    Just days after the MER Newsflash that Abu Mazen and the reconstituted PA were about to accept 'the Sharon Plan' coms the announcement that Sharon and ... more

    Hamas on the March - Fatah Opens Fire


    Survey Finds Deep Divisions in Iraq
    Survey Finds Deep Divisions in Iraq Zogby International

    Fish on the Iraq Vote
    This Election Will Change the World. But Not in the Way the Americans Imagined By Robert Fisk The Independent U.K. Saturday 29 Januar ... more

    U.S. A Declining Power - CIA Report
    The Report doesn't focus on how much the Bush era has pushed the U.S. further and faster in the direction of decline; others will have to fill in thos ... more

    'Jews Only' Land Sales To Get New Legal Methodology


    Sharon sees `historic breakthrough' with Palestinians


    Israelis Just Don't Get It


    Two Die in Election-Eve Attack on U.S. Embassy in Baghdad
    Two Die in Election-Eve Attack on U.S. Embassy in Baghdad The Associated Press Saturday 29 January 2005 BAGHDAD (AP) - A rocket or m ... more

    Davos Focuses on Iraq and Terrorism


    Zhao Paid Dearly For Doing Things Right


    Saudis Under Pressure Will Push Fake Voting While Keeping Power in the Royal Court


    False Optimism Portrayed By Media About Palestinians


    Hamas Fights Fatah As Civil War Inches Closer


    Americans Loosing As Insurgents Escalate Even Further


    U.S. Baghdad Embassy Hit!


    Hamas Wins Big - Abbas and Fatah Put On Notice
    Abu Abbas has already agreed -- one of those little things he did in order to get himself elected and get his main challenger off the ballot -- to 'pa ... more

    The Children of Iraq - Pictures


    Maggie Snubbed - No Honorary Deree from Oxford


    Hamas wins local elections in Gaza
    Hamas wins local elections in Gaza JPost Staff and AP, THE JERUSALEM POST Jan. 28, 2005 www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/Sho ... more

    Chalabi Rises Again


    Yossi Beilin on the world's Jews


    Israelis announce suspension of military activites in Gaza and parts of West Bank


    Hamas Wins Big in Gaza
    Even as Abu Abbas 'deploys' his US and UK trained and paid troops in Gaza...the vote there has gone to Hamas even bigger than expected. This on the d ... more

    Abdullah Warns Against Dangers of Divided Iraq


    Bush Finally Clearly Says U.S. Will Leave Iraq 'if asked'


    Capturing Zarqawi Makes Headlines Just In Advance of Vote


    State Dept Expanding to the Mall in Guise of 'Think Tank'


    US Troops Almost Alone Promoting Iraqi Election


    Strongman Allawi prepares to tough it out


    Upbeat Sharon
    Sharon's real goal is probably to push Abu Abbas right over the edge -- either he becomes Israel's cop and enforces an end to the Palestinian Intifada ... more

    Feith Leaving - AP Report
    January 27, 2005 Rumsfeld's Top Policy Adviser to Quit By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Filed at 8:50 a.m. ET WASHINGTON (AP) -- Defense Secretary Donald H. ... more

    Friedman on Bush - No Hope In Europe Unless he Shuts Up
    LBN-POLITICAL BRIEFING by Thomas L. Friedman: Having spent the last 10 days traveling to Britain, France, Germany and Switzerland, I have one small su ... more

    Sharon Twists Abu Mazen To Accept Bantustans
    Sharon to Pardon PA Official Who Planned School Bus Bombing Arutz-7 News: Thursday, January 27, 2005 Prime Minister Ariel Sh ... more

    Strom Thurmonds's Black Daughter Comes Out of the Shadows


    Abbas Tries To Ban Guns Other than the P.A.
    It's been a long-standing demand of both Israel and the U.S. to the P.A. -- 'disarm' everyone else other than the P.A. which 'we' will arm and control ... more

    Top U.S.Commander Expresses Public Doubts About Iraqi Forces
    Top U.S. Commander: Iraq Forces Not Ready The Associated Press Wednesday 26 January 2005 BAGHDAD - The top American commander in Iraq on Wed ... more

    Feith Departing


    Iran and the Bomb
    How History Turns. Israel's Destruction of Osirak in 1981 convinced the Iranians to build much of their program in total secret and underground. The ... more

    Secret U.S. Military Bases in Israel
    US book exposes secret US military presence in Israel William Arkin: The US Army has at least five bases in Israel, including one at Ben Gurion Ai ... more

    Bush Roots In Muderous Kin in Ireland


    U.S. Troops Exhausted



    Plans for Massive Israeli Land-grab in East Jerusalem Come to Light

    The Palestine Monitor A PNGO Information Clearinghouse UPDATE Plans for Massive Israeli Land-grab in East Jerusalem Come to Light 27 January 2005 ... more

    Senator Byrd - Why NO on Condi Rice Nomination
    Standing for the Founding Principles of the Republic By U.S. Senator Robert C. Byrd CommonDreams.org Tuesday 25 January 2005 Rem ... more

    Seymour Hersh - We've Been Taken Over By A Cult


    U.N. Report Calls for Help to Ease U.S. Budget and Trade Deficits
    U.N. Report Calls for Help to Ease U.S. Budget and Trade Deficits By Elizabeth Becker The New York Times Wednesday 26 January 2005 WASHING ... more

    Anti-Davos


    Combating anti-Semitism


    Israeli Intellectuals Do Some Soul Searching


    The Last Big Fence To Imprison Gaza
    Israeli Troops will remain to seal off Gaza from Egypt just as all of Gaza is sealed off, essentially imprisoned, from not only Israel but the rest of ... more

    Israel Takes Bold new Steps To Hold All of Jerusalem and Push More Palestinians Out


    Scalia for Chief Writes SLATE


    Chomsky Interview on Iraq in The Independent


    China Signals Big Turn from U.S. Dollar


    Few Expat Iraqis Register To Vote in American Election


    Cheney Too Attends Holocaust Ceremonies


    Sharon Invokes Holocaust To Blast Israel's Critics


    Justice Scala Challenges 'Fools for Christ'
    Scalia's advice Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said Saturday that people of faith should not fear being viewed by "educated circles" as "fo ... more

    Top Journalists Come Down Hard on Corporate News - 'Blind Eye on Foreign News?"


    Wolfowitz Declares War A Terrible Thing
    Wolfowitz on war Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz said this week that President Bush's second administration will stay focused on counter ... more

    Wolfowitz Commemorates Holocaust at U.N. for U.S. and Israel


    Chomsky: It's the Oil Stupid!
    Noam Chomsky: 'Controlling the oil in Iraq puts America in a strong position to exert influence on the world' The Monday Interview: Professor of ling ... more

    Blair, Bush, Iraq
    Even as the Americans say their troops are going to stay in Iran strong as now at least for the next few years, even as the American Congress is set t ... more

    Bush Goes For Blacks
    Racing to get in front of the cameras today George Bush held one of his rare news conferences just after the devastating news that it was the worst da ... more

    Bush Admin LIES Finally Loudly Denouced on Senate Floor


    Palestine ghost haunts UN Commemoration of Camp Liberation
    Palestine ghost haunts UN Commemoration of Camp Liberation By Mazin Qumsiyeh, PhD* Kofi Annan reminded the UN in a special session to commemorate t ... more

    Israelis End 'Targeted Killings'...for now


    Senate 9 Hour Debate about Rice, War, and Bush


    Ban on Jewish 'Extremist' Groups Called for By Russian Nationalists


    Info and Facts about Palestine - AlJazeera Special Report


    Abbas In Coordination with Israel Now Brings in 'Palestinian' Bulldozers


    Temporary Truce Based on Time-Limit and Conditions
    The 'new truce' puts two other parties in the forefront and under pressure -- the new PA of Abu Abbas and the 'new' government of Sharon-Peres. ... more

    US Deficit and 'War Spending' Soar


    Psychological and Propaganda Battle to Escalate - Israeli Army Arming Again


    NYC Subway Line Out for 5 Years!!


    Sharon Wanted To Shell Palestinian Towns Mercilessly


    Europe Steps Up Further Anti 'Militant Muslim' Efforts


    Now US-Iraqi Regime Faces More Public Torture Charges


    Don't Call The Collaborator A Collaborator


    Sharon's Own Likud Leadership Calling for Civil Disobedience


    Israelis To Reconstitute Psyc Warfare Against Palestinians


    Israel National Anthem Plays for First Time at U.N. General Assembly


    Mossad Chief Says Iran This Year Reaches Point of No Return


    Further Apartheid Restrictions for Palestinians


    US Factions Fight Over Iran Policy


    Palestinian Police Face the Enemy Within
    Palestinian Police Face the Enemy Within By Laura King The Los Angeles Times Sunday 23 January 2005 Gaza City - Abu Salim, an ea ... more

    Israel to U.S.: Press Syria in Order to Aid Abbas
    Israel to U.S.: Press Syria in Order to Aid Abbas By Aluf Benn, Arnon Regular, and Amos Harel Haaretz Israel plans to ask the United States t ... more

    King George
    King George By Uri Avnery Avnery News Saturday 22 January 2005 When King George V died, we got a day off from school as a sign o ... more

    Israel Seizes Palestinian Land in Jerusalem Cut Off by Barrier


    Saudi Religious Estabishment In A Quandary - Points Fighters to Iraq


    Israelis Using Old Tactics To Take New Lands, especially in crucial Jerusalem area


    Arab Birthrate Down and Israelis Make A Point to Quietly Cheer


    Woman Mayor #1 in Palestine


    Brainwashing America


    After Iraqi election, key dilemma looms


    Turkey Supports Iraqi Insurgents, US Supports PKK!


    Demonize to Colonize by Ramsey Clark
    Demonize to Colonize by Ramsey Clark, Covert Action Quarterly, Spring 2004 “In the determination of any criminal charge ... everyone shall be entitl ... more

    Let's Attack Iran!


    Central Banks Betting Against Dollar and Bush


    Global Ecological Catastrophe Looming Soon


    Hillary Declares Country On Brink of Economic Collapse


    Will Bush Quit Iraq?
    January 19, 2005 We Aren't Dealing With Rationality Will Bush Quit Iraq? By ALEXANDER COCKBURN "Any appearance of a permanent occupation o ... more

    Occupied Palestine and Iraq - 24 Jan
    Palestinians agree to halt attacks Militant groups have agreed to halt their attacks as they near a final ceasefire deal with Palestinian leader ... more

    Iran dismisses 'stupid US threat'
    Iran dismisses 'stupid US threat' - 24 Jan Iran said that a US military strike against it would be a strategic blunder, but brushed aside tough ... more

    60th Auswitz Remembrance at U.N.


    Set-Up To Make Abu Mazen Look Good?


    The Invasion of Falluja: A Study in the Subversion of Truth
    The Invasion of Falluja: A Study in the Subversion of Truth by Mary Trotochaud and Rick McDowell 01/23/05 "Peacework" -- The illegal invasion, occ ... more

    In One Night, Iraqi Turns From Friend to Foe
    In One Night, Iraqi Turns From Friend to Foe Man Who Supported U.S. Occupation Calls Americans 'the Devil' After Alleged Raid on His House By Jack ... more

    Settler Mission Impossible


    The Last Palestinian
    Volume 52, Number 2 · February 10, 2005 The Last Palestinian By Hussein Agha, Robert Malley 1. Much as his political ascent gave shape to the conte ... more

    Aba Mazen in the pages of The New York Review of Books and Ha'aretz
    The last Palestinian Palestinian exhaustion Ariel Sharon has won the current round of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. His goal, an a ... more

    Abbas in the Shadow of Arafat


    Abbas Follows Israeli and U.S. Orders More Than Ever


    Chilly World Reception for Bush Doctrine


    Pentagon Spying and Secret Operation Expanding Without Congressional Oversight


    Terror Threats Foreseen Back in 1970s resulting from U.S. policies


    Former Israeli Justice Minister Condemns Sharon Govt For Massive Unprecedented Palestinian Property Theft


    Pentagon Spies and Special Ops Expanding Worldwide


    Cheney, 9/11, and the Case Against the VP


    Injustice and stupidity in Jerusalem - Ha'aretz
    w w w . h a a r e t z . c o m Last update - 01:31 21/01/2005 Injustice and stupidity in Jerusalem In July 2004, Israel's cabinet adopted a decision ... more

    $50 Million for Osama!


    Freedom's New Ring: War on Terror Recast
    Freedom's New Ring: War on Terror Recast By Roger Cohen The International Herald Tribune Saturday 22 January 2005 New York - When w ... more

    Britain 'argues against Iran attack'


    Europe vs. America - Tony Judt
    Europe vs. America By Tony Judt The New York Review of Books 10 February 2005 Issue By T.R. Reid Penguin, 305 pp., $25.95 By Jere ... more

    Syria, Iran, everyone is in Bush's crosshairs - Patrick Seale
    Syria, Iran, everyone is in Bush's crosshairs By Patrick Seale 01/22/05 "Daily Star" --In recent days Washington has been awash with speculation th ... more

    Iraqi Election "surprise"?


    Bush Sr Steps Forward To Tone Down Bush Jr


    Jewish Groups Charge Harrassment at Columbia U


    Jewish Neocons Control Washington


    Washington's War Party - Feith, et. al.
    Georgie Anne Geyer, Universal Press Syndicate April 23, 2004 WASHINGTON -- It would be strange if it were not so, well, "Washington." The American ... more

    Neocon Victory in Washington
    Los Angeles Times Bush Pulls 'Neocons' Out of the Shadows Sat Jan 22, 7:55 AM ET By Doyle McManus Times Staff Writer WASHINGTON — In the unending ... more

    Zbig and Scowcroft Point at Israel - Kondracke Points At Them
    January 11, 2005 Bush Is Right To Push Jan. 30 Elections in Iraq By Mort Kondracke As Iraq's Jan. 30 elections approach, a dense gloom is descending ... more

    Bush Speech Not a Sign of Policy Shift, Officials Say


    Bush's War on Words


    The 'Salvador' Option In Iraq


    US Admits Fewer Countries 'Helping' in Iraq


    The Iraqi In Or Out Debate


    Jewish Land Grab Jerusalem
    Even as the U.S. and Israel corner Mahmoud Abbas and the new P.A. into doing their police work for them and stopping the Intifada, the settlements go ... more

    Horrific Pictures Family Killed by U.S. Troops


    Arabs Say U.S. Rhetoric Rings Hollow


    Protestors Won - Though Not By Force


    Muslims Unable to Celebrate Eid in Washington this year


    Truman's Inaugural Address


    Abbas and Israel Deploy Forces in Gaza


    US Loosing In Iraq - Military Options All Bad


    Bush's anti-tyranny drive to be tested quickly


    Israel Forcing Abbas To End Intifada


    FBI Software Hell


    U.S. Adds Israel to the Iran Equation
    U.S. Adds Israel to the Iran Equation By Paul Richter The Los Angeles Times Friday 21 January 2005 The Jewish state 'might well deci ... more

    Dresden parliament in uproar at neo-Nazi outburst


    Abbas Makes Hamas An Offer Trying To Prevent Civil War While Ending Intifada


    US Looking and Preparing Its Way Out of Exploding Iraq


    Bad Feelings About Bush Inaugural Address


    Europe in Shock and Awe that Americans Reelected Bush
    LBN-POLITICAL BRIEFING by Thomas L. Friedman: Watching George Bush's second inaugural from a bistro in Paris is like watching the Red Sox win the Worl ... more

    Cheney Warns Iran Israel Might Strike First


    27x 'Freedom' in 21 minute Inaugural Speech


    Israeli Army Chief 'Approves' PA Police to Control Gaza
    Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz, who approved the Palestinian deployment after officers from both sides held a rare meeting on Wednesday, said ef ... more

    Abbas Tries to respond to Israeli and U.S. Demands - Situation Tenuous and Explosive


    Bush Doctrine - LATimes


    Abbas CIA trained Israeli armed PA Army Cautiously Moves to Control Gaza


    Master of Delusion - Covering the Bush Inaugural


    The dangers of silencing Saudi dissent


    Musharraf Lets US and UK Prepare for Iran using Pakistan


    Israel and Iran


    No Doubt Bush


    Bush and the Battle of the Tyrants


    The President's 'Ideals'


    The Times on Bush's Mission to End Tyranny Worldwide


    Iranian Blogger Responds to Bush


    Air Marshals Flying Blind


    The Anti-Empire Report - 20 January 2005
    The Anti-Empire Report, No. 17 January 20, 2005 by William Blum Freedom means knowing how big your cage is On Ja ... more

    Redford Sundance Film 'Festival of Dissent'


    BRITS MOCK BUSH INAUGURATION PLEDGE
    Editors of major London newspapers wasted no time mocking President Bush's inauguration address. Assorted splash headlines will greet readers on Frid ... more

    Praying Hillary


    Iranian President Calls U.S. Bluff


    Abbas and Shaath Move To End Intifada under US instructions and Israeli demands


    Police State Realities in Washington on Inauguration Day


    Public Space Along Parade Route at Issue


    Lawsuit Filed Over Availability Of Tickets


    Gaza - Who Is Really In Charge?
    Who's in charge here? By Amira Hass The Israeli intelligence officials and those who quote them in the press are right when they say that it's not A ... more

    Why the Hawks Are Circling Over Iran


    Rice Quick To Rise to Israel over Iran


    No Way But Down for US Dollar


    Pope Calls for Christian Unity
    It's too ominously close to the calls for Muslim Unity and Jewish Unity...if you know what we mean...

    Boston Nuke Bomb Threat


    Iranians View Recent Press Stories and Govt Comments as Psychological Campaign Against Them


    Tsunami was Great Opportunity to Show America's Best Says Rice


    British 'Abuse and Sexual Humiliation' Photos


    Dems OK Rice with a Snip


    Orgy of Scandals, Fraud, and Lies in Bush Washington


    US Covert Ops in Iran


    Hersh on Democracy Now


    World Very Anxious About Bush Four More Years


    In Iraqi Vote, the Writing Isn't on the Wall


    Missiles and Fighter Jets Dominate Washington for First Time


    Anti-US Attitudes Widespread Worldwide


    Iraqis Want Out Before Election


    Why the Japanese Internment Still Matters
    Why the Japanese Internment Still Matters by Daniel Pipes New York Sun December 28, 2004 www.danielpipes.org/article/2309 For years, it has been m ... more

    Mass Hypnosis in the Middle East


    Horrendous in Gaza
    Departing head of UN refugee agency decries conditions in Gaza as horrendous Genevieve Cora Fraser, The Electronic Intifada, 18 January 2005 Khan Yun ... more

    'Enough' in Egypt - Wash Post Editorial


    Abbas Complies with Israeli demands but dares not fight militants


    Iranian Military Warns It Can and Will Fight Back


    US official confirms Allawi shot six dead
    US official confirms Allawi shot six dead 01/18/05 "SMH" -- A former Jordanian government minister has ... more

    Mideast Tensions Are Getting Personal on Campus at Columbia
    NYTimes - January 18, 2005 Mideast Tensions Are Getting Personal on Campus at Columbia By N. R. KLEINFIELD As students resume classes at Columbia Un ... more

    Palestinian Refugees -- Compromise Possible?


    China builds up strategic sea lanes


    Rice Makes 'Personal Commitment' to M E Peace


    Palestinians Inch Closer to Civil War


    Even Before Inaugural...but well after the election... Washington Downgrades 'Terrorist Threat'


    U.S. Sanctions Chinese Firms for Aiding Iran


    Abbas Meets With U.S. Official then heads to Gaza


    Japanese Foreboding At China's Rise


    No WMD After All -- After the $1billion Search


    Readying To Attack Iran


    Fearful US TV networks censor more shows


    Hotel Journalism Gives American Troops a Free Hand
    Hotel Journalism Gives American Troops a Free Hand As the Press Shelters Indoors By Robert Fisk The Independent U.K. Monday 17 J ... more

    Abbas Orders Stop To Attacks on Israel


    Kerry Finally Speaks Up About the Vote... A Little


    Abu Mazen Orders 'Security Services' To Prevent Attacks on Israel


    King Mubarak Declares He Will Not Give Up the Egyptian Throne


    Sharon Declares Super War on Palestinian Resistance


    Kennedy on Bush's Vietnam


    Pentagon Plan for SUPER GAY SEX BOMB


    U.S. conducts secret missions inside Iran


    Israelis lift army restraints in Gaza


    US and Israel further prepare to destroy Iran's weapons
    Report: U.S. Conducting Secret Missions inside Iran Reuters Sunday 16 January 2005 WASHINGTON - The United States has been conducting secret rec ... more

    Barbra Interviews George


    Israel's Channel 2


    Israeli Journalists Further Threaten Syria, Iran, et. al.


    Further Destruction of Gaza Ahead before 'Settlement Withdrawal'


    Independent Palestinian Election Commission Resigns


    Analysis / Israel doesn't have time to wait for Abbas


    Honeymoon Ended Before the Marriage


    Palestinian Public Opinion


    Letter of Resignation from the Jewish People,
    Letter of Resignation from the Jewish People By Bertell Ollman ---------------- "Sometimes we must interfere. When human lives are endangered, wh ... more

    Gonzales' Unbelievable Argument
    Gonzales' Unbelievable Argument By Alan Berlow Salon.com Thursday 14 January 2005 The attorney general nominee claims he and the ... more

    The Normalization of Horror
    The Normalization of Horror By Ted Rall CommonDreams.org Wednesday 12 January 2004 American gulags become permanent. New Yo ... more

    A Global Gulag to Hide the War on Terror's Dirty Secrets
    A Global Gulag to Hide the War on Terror's Dirty Secrets By Jonathan Steele The Guardian U.K. Friday 14 January 2005 Bush is now ... more

    PLO's 'Legal Unit' Being Closed
    THe PLO's 'Legal Unit' was a little too independent of the PA and a little too critical of the Israelis and the U.S. Under Abu Mazen it's being quick ... more

    Iraq a New Terror Breeding Ground
    Iraq a New Terror Breeding Ground By Dana Priest The Washington Post Thursday 13 January 2005 War created a haven, CIA advisers ... more

    The Media's New Cold War
    The Media's New Cold War By Stephen F. Cohen The Nation 31 January 2005 Issue Thirteen years after the end of the Soviet Union, ... more

    The Critical Battle for Iraq's Energy
    The Critical Battle for Iraq's Energy By Karl Vick The Washington Post Saturday 15 January 2005 Attacks by saboteurs cripple inf ... more

    Babylon Wrecked by War
    Babylon Wrecked by War By Rory McCarthy and Maev Kennedy The Guardian U.K. Saturday 15 January 2005 U.S.-led forces leave a trail ... more

    How a Flying Carpet Took Me Back in Time - Until I Landed in Baghdad
    How a Flying Carpet Took Me Back in Time - Until I Landed in Baghdad By Robert Fisk The Independent U.K. Saturday 15 January 2005 Th ... more

    Can't Live With; Can't Live Without


    What the World Wants from America - NYTimes


    NYTimes Editorial: Double Blow to Peace


    Abbas Takes office amidst Battles and Deaths


    Death Fears Haunt Iraq Elections


    Growing anxiety in US ruling circles over Iraq debacle
    Growing anxiety in US ruling circles over Iraq debacleNew York Times calls for postponing January 30 electionBy Patrick Martin14 January 2005Voicing t ... more

    Abbas Appeals to legacy of Arafat to win votes


    Crisis Already As Abbas Sworn in


    Israelis Debate How Hard To Pressure Abbas


    Bush - Hollow Accountability


    Powell Blames Abbas Demands Clamp Down


    Former British Foreign Secretary Tells U.S. To Leave Iraq After Election


    Months of War Ruined Centuries of Heritage


    New Generation of Terrorists Generated by Iraq War


    Babylon Wrecked by U.S. War


    Getting Rather and CBS News
    Few remember now that just a few days before the story that has publicly brought CBS News to its knees it was CBS Evening news that first broadcast th ... more

    Asali Sees 'Hope' in Arafat's Death


    Asali Pushes Abu Mazen and the 'Roadmap'


    Blowback - New Missiles to Syria
    Last year the Israelis bombed Syria for the first time in decades, and 'buzzed' the Presidential Palace near Damascus to make their point. Now in his ... more

    Israelis Push Abu Mazen Hard To Be Their Top Cop


    Karni Attack Shows Motivation and Daring of Ongoing Intifada


    Sharon Cuts All Ties With Abbas - Arafat in a Suit


    Soros to spend more millions to 'counter' conservative ideas


    Protestors In Saudi Arabia Get the Lash and Prison


    CIA Techniques Come to Air Travel


    No More Internet for Them


    Cost of Inaugural in the Age of Osama


    SEX BOMB prepared by pentagon


    Bush Urged to Seize the Moment on Mid-East Peace


    More Pentagon Dissent About Iraq


    Don't Buy Americans Say Europeans Et. Al.


    Abbas links himself and future to Old 'Roadmap'


    Drones Now Protect Sharon


    Israel to Destroy Hundreds More Palestinian Refugee Homes As Part of 'Gaza Withdrawal'


    Russia and Syria About to Close Arms Deal


    Iran's Missile Threat


    Pictures Worth A Thousand Words of Hatred


    The Real Reality Ahead


    Israelis Seek Legal Recognition Not Real Peace


    Touchy subject of royal links with Nazi Germany


    Foreign Troops Out Says Indonesia


    Russia Publicly Warned About Selling Missiles to Syria


    Prince Harry and the Swastika


    Global Reaction to 'Palestinian Election'


    Kaballah Leader Makes 'Holocaust Slur'


    WMD Search Officially Finally Over


    CBS DownFall - Just the Tip of the Iceberg


    Kid Rock Booted from Bush Twin Festivities


    Israel's 'Master Plan' Published in Arabic in Lebanon


    Top Israeli Again Warns About Nukes of Iran on the way


    Halliburton - Now Making Money In 'Axis of Evil' Iran
    Halliburton wins gas contract in Iran SPECIAL TO WORLD TRIBUNE.COM Tuesday, January 11, 2005 Iran has awarded a U.S. energy firm a contract to devel ... more

    Israel's excuses are running out


    Israelis Policies Beginning to Work
    New study: Palestinian birth rate dropping, emigration on the rise SPECIAL TO WORLD TRIBUNE.COM Tuesday, January 11, 2005 A new U.S.-financed study ... more

    L.A. Times: Is Al Qaeda Just a Bush Boogeyman?
    L.A. Times: Is Al Qaeda Just a Bush Boogeyman? by ROBERT SCHEER January 11, 2005 Is it conceivable that Al Qaeda, as defined by President Bush as ... more

    CIA and Military Beat/Torture Iraqi Prisoners
    CIA, SEALs beat prisoners in Iraq, witness says Associated Press 01/11/05 -- San Diego — A former U.S. Navy SEAL says he saw fellow SEALs and CIA of ... more

    US Regime Gives Cash To Reporters to Cover Press Conferences
    http://news.ft.com/cms/s/a3828a0c-6346-11d9-bec2-00000e2511c8.html

    Bush, Osama and Israel
    Bush, Osama and Israel Concealing Causes and Consequences By William A. Cook 01/10/05 "Counterpunch.org" -- As we approach the crowning of our Empe ... more

    Paying the Media...
    And they say the media isn't bought and paid for... Monday 10 January 2005 @ 09:50 An interesting tidbit from David Corn at The Nation: It was a rare ... more

    Avneri Predicts Intifada III
    "Give Me Some Credit!" Mazen vs. Barghouti ......... by Uri Avnery December 01, 2004 Gush Shalom Printer Friendly Version EMail Article to a Frien ... more

    Anger Still Flowing From Destroyed Fallujah


    Why Hot, WASPy Chicks Love Jews


    The Secret Lives of Just About Everybody


    Crosses Banned from Inaugural - Weapons Could Be Hidden


    Destruction of Falluja Further Revealed


    de Borchgrave on the Muslims


    U.S. Threats To Take Out Mecca?
    Has U.S. threatened to vaporize Mecca? Intelligence expert says nuke option is reason bin Laden has been quiet Posted: January 7, 2005 1:00 a.m. Easte ... more

    MEMRI's Influence


    More Big Chill for the Media when Big Politics is involved


    Iraq - Coming Apart at the Seams


    Pig-headed Bush Will Declare Victory in Iraq Come What May
    *LBN-POLITICAL BRIEFING By MAUREEN DOWD: The president prides himself on being a pig-headed guy. He is determined to win in Iraq even if he is not win ... more

    Wrapping Prisoners In Israeli Flags - Literally and Figuratively


    David Fromkin On the Middle East Map Past and Present
    *LBN-POLITICAL BRIEFING By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN: After Saddam Hussein seized neighboring Kuwait in 1990, the historian David Fromkin published an essay ... more

    Paying Propaganda Columnists


    More Assassination Squads for Iraq
    It's really a further 'copying' of Israeli policies and tactics in the Middle East; though the U.S. and its various regimes have employed assassinatio ... more

    24-Hour Curfew in Musharraf's Pakistan


    Carter Used to Warn Abbas


    The AP Feed on the Palestinian Election


    CIA et. al. shopping for new blood, lots of it


    Gigi Geyer on the Palestinian Election
    PERFECTION AN UNREALISTIC GOAL FOR PALESTINIAN ELECTION WASHINGTON -- This Sunday's elections in the Palestinian territories actually look promising. ... more

    Pakistan Uses Washington Meeting To Deter India/Israel with Threat of Nuclear War


    US Money to Abbas to buy loyalty
    U.S. FUNDS SEEK TO WIN OVER INSURGENCY LEADERS RAMALLAH [MENL - 8 January 2005] -- The Palestinian leadership has received millions of dollars from ... more

    Israeli settlers call for civil disobedience against evacuation
    Israeli settlers call for civil disobedience against evacuation SPECIAL TO WORLD TRIBUNE.COM Thursday, December 23, 2004 JERUSALEM – Israel faces th ... more

    The Other Tsunami


    American Gulag


    Low-Flying US Spy Planes Spotted Over Iran Nuke Sites
    Iran: U.S. spy planes spotted over nuke sites SPECIAL TO WORLD TRIBUNE.COM Tuesday, January 4, 2005 Iran has reported flights by U.S. military aircr ... more

    'Zionism Has Exhausted Itself'
    'Zionism Has Exhausted Itself': An Interview with Amos Elon "Maybe the young people at the news desk are right: Amos Elon doesn't interest anyone he ... more

    Christian Zionism: Road Map to Armageddon?
    Christian Zionism: Road Map to Armageddon? Ayoon wa Azan (Don't Know Much) Jihad Al Khazen Al-Hayat 2005/01/7 No matter how deep I de ... more

    Ziad Asali Fronts for Abu Mazen and PA
    On the road to a viable, independent Palestine Ziad Asali The harmony and adroitness displayed by the Palestinian leadership in reaction to the drama ... more

    What Osama Has Done to America's Inauguration Day


    Wash Post Hoagland on the Palestine Election


    Dennis Ross on 'Palestinian Stirrings'


    Commanding General: Expect 'Spectacular Attacks' in Iraq


    Abbas Abruptly Cancels Jerusalem Visit with Israeli Security


    Israel Pushed U.S. To Invade and Occupy Iraq


    We Are All Torturers Now


    Abbas Pledges to Walk Arafat's Path, but Goes Extra Mile


    Total 4-Star General Review of Iraq


    Saudi Arabia way low on Tsunami aid
    Flushed with petrodollars from high oil prices and near the region devastated the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia failed once again to show basic understandin ... more

    Abbas Playing Israel's Game


    Rewarding Barghouti for Not Running...


    Electoral College Results Challenged as rarely before


    Abbas Declares Sharon His 'Parnter for Peace'


    7 Killed in Gaza's Strawberry Fields
    The Palestine Monitor A PNGO Information Clearinghouse UPDATE Seven Palestinian Children Killed in Strawberry Fields by Israeli Anti-Personnel Shell ... more

    Information Overload Major Cause of Stress


    Australian terror suspect alleges he was tortured while detained in Egypt


    Bush Tsunami Gambit Dissolves Into U.N. Takeover


    U.S. Army Reserve Becoming 'Broken Force' - Mercenary Soldiers Criticizes Top General


    Sharon and Abu Mazen - Narrow Shoulders


    US troops 'laughed as Iraqi died'


    Winds of Change Pushing Across Egypt


    Richard Gere Speak For The World And Tells Palestinians to Vote!
    Oh my oh my. Just shows how nutty the world has really become. Handsome actor no doubt. And that's just where he should leave things! more

    Israelis Shoot More Journalists And Nobody Cares


    Marwan was threatened out; Mustapha they let keep running
    Marwan Barghouti, in Israeli prison, was a serious threat -- he was forced out. Hamas the movement was a serious threat -- in this case the Israelis ... more

    Israeli media silent on IDF shooting of Channel 10 cameraman in Gaza


    Giving the Palestinian False Hopes and Something to do


    Abu Mazen never mentions his 'Oslo'


    UN Fronts for the Occupied Elections


    'Exploiting' Turkey Further Awaits


    Sharon's #2 says Abu Mazen's Comments 'Intolerable'


    Gaza Could Become like 'Southern Lebanon'


    David Frum - Bush, the best hope for peace


    Anti-Jewish Anti-Semitism Rising Further


    Britons rank Israel 'worst country'


    Jailing Them Forever - No Trial Not Enough Evidence
    Long-Term Plan Sought for Terror Suspects By Dana Priest The Washington Post Sunday 02 January 2005 Administration officials a ... more

    Abbas Assails 'Zionist Enemy' for first time publicly in advance of election


    US 'Advisors' Now for Iraq - Omens of Vietnam...in reverse


    Israeli Tanks Kill 7 Days Before Abbas 'Election'


    Baghdad Region Governor and Body Guards Assassinated


    Tsunami: Turning Point for the World?


    Abu Musab al-Zarqawi reportedly arrested in Iraq


    Abbas Again Says 1948 Refugees Will One Day Return to their Homes


    Refugees Will 'Return One Day' Insists Abbas


    Massive Army Revolt Against Gaza 'Withdrawal' Threatened
    Orthodox officers lead military revolt against Israeli withdrawal SPECIAL TO WORLD TRIBUNE.COM January, January 3, 2005 TEL AVIV — The planned Is ... more

    Chomsky on 'Civilization vs Barbarism' at end of year 2004
    > 'Civilization' vs. 'Barbarism': An Interview with NorAm Chomsky > > "It's not correct that the media haven't reported the war crimes. They often rep ... more

    Jewish Settlers Vow Historic Defiance


    Abbas Pledges "Right of Return", "return to their homes"
    In recent days Mahmoud Abbas has publicly pledged to uphold all that Yasser Arafat did, to defend the militants and never turn on them, and to uphold ... more

    Israel's Fifth Columnists
    >The American Conservative >> January 17, 2005 >> >> >> Fifth Columnists >> >> by Taki >> >> They were originally Falangist sympathizers inside Madrid ... more

    Once Again Peres As 'Super Minister' Outside the Law


    Kerry and Chums Wants Another Shot


    Saving Kofi but not the U.N.


    Israel's Latest 'Unity' Government


    The Plan to 'Disengage' from and 'Politically Assassinate' Abu Mazen


    Mossad Wants Double Money For War Years Ahead


    Israel's 'Palestinian State'
    Palestinian state as Israeli demand Azmi Bishara It is pointless to ask why the British prime minister or why the chief executive of the ... more

    'Axis of Evil' Tops Bush's Second-Term Agenda
    'Axis of Evil' Tops Bush's Second-Term Agenda By ANNE GEARAN, AP WASHINGTON (Jan. 1) - The three countries U.S. President George W. Bush called an "a ... more

    America's Alhurra - $100 million to propaganda Arabs from VA


    American On The Move - 5 Parts Wash Times


    Abbas Promises to Protect Gunmen Militants


    Allawi Threatens: Harming Iraq and its people is not allowed


    Abbas' Meeting With Gunman Raises Questions


    400,000 Dead in Indonesia Alone!?


    Gift King - Justice Clarence Thomas


    Kerry Actually Won Says Jesse Jackson
    ‘We Will Not Faint’ Jesse Jackson on why he thinks John Kerry really won the election WEB EXCLUSIVE By Susannah Meadows Newsweek Updated: 2:13 p.m. ET ... more

    The Possible Cost of the Rush from the Dollar?
    December 31, 2004Grimacing our wayFrom the Commentary sectionThe U.S. government spends about $10 billion a year on travel. Some 70,000 employees are ... more

    More Pentagon Shake-Ups, Leaks, Disinformation?


    'Stingy' West


    Bush Undermines U.N. With 'Aid Coalition'


    Report - Freeze: Pentagon not talking to Israelis after China standoff
    Freeze: Pentagon not talking to Israelis after China standoff SPECIAL TO WORLD TRIBUNE.COM Thursday, December 30, 2004 Israel has failed to end a cr ... more

    Israel talks of pullout from West Bank - Very Misleading Al-Jazeera headline


    Olmert Plays the 'Hope' Card Again
    In advance of the partial and carefully controlled Palestinian election, the Israelis keep toying with world 'hopes' using Ehud Olmert, as they have b ... more
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