*MARTIAL LAW, US*

Michel Chossoduvsky: Why has John Kerry remained Mum on the Issue of Postponing the Elections?
globalresearch.ca/articles/CHO407D.html

Terror on Election Day (thanks Boris):
www.villagevoice.com/issues/0428/mondo7.php



*TORTURE-GATE*

'Secret film shows Iraq prisoners sodomised' (Rense):
news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp

Seymour Hersch: "The boys were sodomised with the cameras rolling, and the worst part is the soundtrack, of the boys shrieking. And this is your government at war."



*IRAQ's PUPPET GOVERNMENT*

Witnesses say Allawi shot prisoners in cold blood (Registration required; thanks Liz):
tinyurl.com/3lhnx



*PALESTINE LIBERATION*

Vanishing the Palestinians (thanks Liz):
www.counterpunch.org/karmi07172004.html



*DEMOCRATIC PARTY*

Democratic candidate Kerry vows to maintain US troops in Iraq for years:
www.wsws.org/articles/2004/jul2004/kerr-j17.shtml

"...Kerry is reassuring the US ruling elite, including the far-right elements who now back Bush, that he can be trusted to carry forward the US conquest and occupation of Iraq..."

Kerry Backs Much of Pre-Emption Doctrine (thanks Lee):
tinyurl.com/7x2sr



*CIVIL LIBERTIES*

Interviews Of Muslims To Broaden (Washington Post; Rense):
tinyurl.com/53gx8


Florida citizens to help catch "terrorists" (legitgov.org):
www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,125598,00.html

"Law enforcement officials in central Florida are planning to train cable repairmen, exterminators and apartment managers to report signs of terrorism inside their clients’ homes..."



*GLOBAL WARMING*

Oceans becoming more acidic which contributes to global warming (Rense):
seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/182395_oceansink16.html



*INTERNATIONAL LAW*


US House wants aid cut to countries that hand Americans to war crime courts (legitgov.org):
www.cbc.ca/cp/world/040715/w071572.html



*ASTRONOMY*

The Bubble:
antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap040716.html



peace,
NJS