*THIRD PARTIES*

Nader gets his meeting with Kerry
www.wsws.org/articles/2004/may2004/nade-m22.shtml



*911 TRUTH*

Ex-New York Mayor Giuliani booed at 9/11 hearing/Myth confronts reality:
www.wsws.org/articles/2004/may2004/comm-m22.shtml

(Q: Why is 911 Truth the most important issue for
activists? A: When enough people realize how the Coup occurred on 9/11/01 we will reach the point where we can effectively fight them.)



*NICK BERG EXECUTION*

More medical experts dispute the video beheading:
www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/FE22Ak03.html



*BUSH*

Coping with the witless Bush (Intervention Magazine; found @ Rense):
tinyurl.com/2cg4y




*ISRAEL*

IDF destroys Rafah zoo (Independent UK; thanks Jeff S.):
tinyurl.com/33p8s

For the second time in the past two weeks Israelis in a moving van have been detained near a U.S. nuclear facility.
www.madcowprod.com/
www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/052204/geo_15672724.shtml




*IRAQ*

More on the wedding party the US military attacked, killing 40 (Independent UK; Thanks Jeff S.):
tinyurl.com/3ancj

US troops out of control in Iraq (Independent UK;
found @ Rense):
tinyurl.com/2cnzc

Rumsfeld bans camera phones at military bases in Iraq:
news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,9643950%5E401,00.html



*TORTURE-GATE*

Justice department memos explained how to skip
prisoner rights (NY Times):
tinyurl.com/3dmdg

"...On Jan. 25, 2002, Alberto R. Gonzales, the White House counsel, in a memorandum to President Bush, said that the Justice Department's advice was sound and that Mr. Bush should declare the Taliban as well as Al Qaeda outside the coverage of the Geneva Conventions..."

(Note that Gonzales, the lawyer for the Guantanamo Bay concentration camp, is widely considered to be Bush's next choice for SUPREME COURT.)


General Sanchez visited interrogations:
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48229-2004May22.html

Sanchez linked to abuse (thanks Jeff S):
www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,3858,4930228-103550,00.html


Military takes action against Abu Ghraib witness:
tinyurl.com/225h9

Leaked Red Cross report about abuses of Iraqi
prisoners:
globalresearch.ca/articles/ICR405B.html

US tortured Iraqis for fun, not results. (Reuters; found @ Rense):
tinyurl.com/2p9fg




*CIVIL LIBERTIES*

Teacher fired for student's anti-war poetry (found @ Rense):
tinyurl.com/2j9he

Glasgow university professor was CIA (found @
legitgov.org):
www.sundayherald.com/42162



*SUSTAINABLE ENERGY*

Rooftop turbine a breakthrough in wind power
(Independent UK; found @ Rense):
tinyurl.com/27vp2



*REPRODUCTIVE CHOICE*

FDA rejects emergency over-the-counter contraceptives (thanks Mark T.):
www.thetruthaboutgeorge.com/women/index.html




*FOOD*

Thoughts on shrimp (found @ Rense):
www.worldwatch.org/pubs/goodstuff/shrimp/


peace,
Scott


p.s. as always skim-reading is recommended.

p.p.s. I send out these news links because I think the Bush Regime is fighting an Info War against the US public as intensely as what they are doing in Afghanistan with guns and tanks. Processing and distributing information is the best tactic activists can employ right now to stop them.