*911: ENVIRONMENT*

Half of 911 WTC rescue workers' health suffering (Rense):
www.enn.com/news/2004-09-10/s_27108.asp



*911 TRUTH*

Petition to Congress, by many spooks playing both sides (APFN):
pogo.org/m/hsp/hsp-911commission-040913.pdf



*CORPORATE POWER*

Asbestos industry--corporate murder on a global scale
"You will know them by their trail of death"--an investigation into the asbestos industry
www.wsws.org/articles/2004/sep2004/asbe-s14.shtml



*TORTURE*

US troops face new torture claims (legitgov.org):
www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1304042,00.html

"Allegations that American soldiers routinely tortured and maltreated detainees have emerged from a third Iraqi city, renewing fears that abuse similar to that inflicted in Abu Ghraib jail in Baghdad has been systematic and widespread..."

Bush team knew of abuse at Guantanamo (legitgov.org):
tinyurl.com/5cg8b

Eight retired generals call for independent torture probe:
www.globalresearch.ca/articles/LOB409A.html



*IRAQ: US WAR CRIMES*

A daily toll of US atrocities in Iraq
www.wsws.org/articles/2004/sep2004/iraq-s14.shtml

"...One has to go back to the Vietnam War or to the atrocities carried out by Nazi armies in Europe to find a parallel for such a systematic slaughter of civilians..."


US gunships fire into a crowd; kills Iraqi civilians and journalist (thanks Liz):
www.informationclearinghouse.info/articlee6896.htm

US fires missiles into crowd (thanks Liz):
www.uruknet.info/

The Health Ministry said the worst casualties were in Baghdad, where 37
were killed, and in Tal Afar near the Syrian border where 51 people died.
tinyurl.com/3t8cw


US 'precision' strike destroys ambulances in Fallujah (Rense):
news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp



*IRAQ*

Iraq's occupiers accused of committing genocide (legitgov.org):
www.dawn.com/2004/09/11/int1.htm

Yahoo--car bomb kills at least 47 in Iraq (legitgov.org):
tinyurl.com/4z4z8



*GEORGE BUSH*

Bush's stirring words about war (thanks Penny):
www.dubyaspeak.com/war.shtml

Bush is the world's leading terrorist (thanks Liz):
www.uruknet.info/



*US 'ELECTIONS'*

Retired Vietnamese generals say Iraq war is why US election about Vietnam (thanks Liz):
www.uruknet.info/

"Americans, rich and powerful, have still not come to terms with their defeat at the hands of smaller, poorer people," said General Hoang Minh Thao, a respected historian of the Vietnamese army.



*ZIONISM*

The invasion of Iraq is an expansion of that of Palestine (thanks Liz):
www.uruknet.info/

"The Zionist occupation of Palestine is not merely an invasion motivated by material greed, but rather, it is a racist religious invasion that has no parallel in history, except for the crusades, attempting to destroy our existence..."



*HUMOR*

(Repost.) Bush Real State of the Union message
www.ebaumsworld.com/presaddress2.shtml



*ASTRONOMY*

The Cat's Eye nebula:
antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap040910.html



*ATHLETICS*

Yahoo slideshow featuring US Open champ Roger Federer. Many people think Federer is the world's greatest sportsman. (i like pic #30):
tinyurl.com/297ys


peace,
NJS


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