*911 TRUTH*

"They call it a Contingency Plan. I call it a Rehearsal. (Webfairy)"
www.mdw.army.mil/news/Contingency_Planning.html

Be sure to see these images.
www.mdw.army.mil/news/news_photos/Contingency_Planning_Photos.html


The Coincidence Theorist's Guide to 9/11:
tinyurl.com/4e7vx

911 Truth Candidate John Buchanan freed (legitgov.org):
inn.globalfreepress.com/modules/news/article.php

"...and the case was greatly helped by the torrent of 9/11 supporters' phone calls and emails that flooded the judge and DA's office..."


Chaim Kupferberg--The 'official' operative clique for the next 9/11? (thanks Liz):
tinyurl.com/587aa



*CIVIL LIBERTIES*

The mock Guantanamo trials. The pre-emptive Strike on the Rule of Law:
www.counterpunch.org/whitney08162004.html



*POLICE STATE, US*

Specter of a police state. FBI "anti-terror" task force targets Bush administration opponents:
www.wsws.org/articles/2004/aug2004/fbi-a18.shtml


Kurt Nimmo--The creation of a domestic secret police. Porter Goss and the "Preventive Direct Action" in America (thanks Liz):
kurtnimmo.com/blog/index.php

"...No checks and balances, however, will be forthcoming under the Bushcons, who harbor a desire to subvert and eventually do away with representative democracy, as the Straussian philosophy demands..."


Government to Take Over Watch-List Screening (thanks Liz):
www.nytimes.com/2004/08/17/politics/17nofly.html


Border agents' powers to grow (thanks Liz):
seattlepi.nwsource.com/attack/185774_border11.html

"They will get authority to deport many illegal aliens without hearings..."


Mayor Bloomberg suggests First Amendment is a privelige that can be revoked at any time (thanks Carolyn):
tinyurl.com/42wd5


De Facto dictatorship in the US:
www.rense.com/general56/defacto.htm




*US ECONOMY*

Big Business the real winner in Bush's economy (Rense):
tinyurl.com/547k4



*POLICE STATE, IRAQ*

Iraqi police threaten to kill reporters (legitgov.org):
tinyurl.com/44d2y

Reuters photographer shot in leg during Najaf fighting (legitgov.org):
tinyurl.com/6pun4

Now Iraqis know what it is like to live under democracy (Rense):
tinyurl.com/6cbde

Norway: "anti-terror" investigation exposes US-backed torture in northern Iraq:
www.wsws.org/articles/2004/aug2004/krek-a18.shtml





*IRAQ*

Police fire at reporters as US tanks approach a shrine (legitgov.org):
tinyurl.com/5w7j9

Taken at gunpoint, US journalist and his interpreter are missing in Iraq (legitgov.org):
tinyurl.com/4vbbv


Iraqi human shields flock to Najaf (thanks Liz):
tinyurl.com/6k5va



*ISRAEL*

Sharon allows 1,000 more settler homes in the West Bank:
tinyurl.com/7x7dt




*US 'ELECTIONS'*

Are Blacks in Florida being intimidated from voting (Rense)?
www.nytimes.com/2004/08/16/opinion/16herbert.html



*THIRD PARTIES*

Cowardice is not a strategy (thanks Liz):
lefthook.org/Politics/Alam081604.html




*VENEZUELA*

CIA-backed opposition suffers defeat in Venezuelan referendum:
www.wsws.org/articles/2004/aug2004/chav-a17.shtml



*FOOD*

Hungry world must eat less meat (Rense):
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3559542.stm



*ANIMALS*

Escaped slaughterhouse cows find sanctuary in NY (Rense):
tinyurl.com/54er6


peace,
NJS


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