*CONSPIRACY vs. COINCIDENCE THEORY*

Michael Parenti--Conspiracy Phobia on the Left (tx Webfairy):
www.leftgatekeepers.com/articles/conspiracyphobia.htm



*PROPAGANDA: 'AL QAEDA'*

From the BBC: How the US created "al Qaeda" (Rense):
www.rense.com/general61/aaq.htm



*CIVIL LIBERTIES/HUMAN RIGHTS*

US mulls permanent detentions for those it has no evidence against:
snipurl.com/bpzd

"...The Defence Department - which holds at least 500 prisoners in Guantanamo Bay - plans to ask the US Congress for $25 million to build a 200-bed prison to hold detainees who are unlikely to ever go through a military tribunal for lack of evidence, defence officials told the newspaper..."


The Empire Post--US mulls permanent detentions:
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41475-2005Jan1.html

"Administration officials are preparing long-range plans for indefinitely imprisoning suspected terrorists whom they do not want to set free or turn over to courts in the United States or other countries, according to intelligence, defense and diplomatic officials..."


Daniel Pipes argues for concentration camps for Muslims:
www.rense.com/general61/pipes.htm




*ASIAN TSUNAMI*

The role of US criminal negligence on a global scale:
www.iacenter.org/

(click on "briefs" from the center frame of the home page.)

"...A mere half million dollars could have provided an early warning system that could have saved thousands of lives..."


Geologist gave repeated warnings of coming earthquake (legitgov.org):
www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-1422669,00.html


(Repost.) Michel Chossoduvsky--Foreknowledge of a Natural Disaster:
globalresearch.ca/articles/CHO412C.html

"The US Military and the State Department were given advanced warning. America's Navy base on the island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean was notified..."


"The US base in the region was mysteriously untouched....Now, instead of blaming 'Al Queada' they are blaming 'God.' The rest of the plot is unchanged. (The Webfairy)"



Surfer rode a big wave (Rense):
snipurl.com/bpzp





*BIOWARFARE*

The next worst thing:
snipurl.com/bpzq

"...and Fort Detrick, Maryland, once the home of America's secret bioweapons program, is about to break ground on two new high-tech biodefense centers..."



*MILITARY SPENDING*

Heather Wokusch--Stingy? Not with WMD and war:
www.dissidentvoice.org/Dec2004/Wokusch1231.htm



*DICTATOR BUSH*

Bush doesn't go to Church:
snipurl.com/b4q0



*ISRAEL*

UN asks Israel to stop violating Lebanese airspace:
snipurl.com/bpkr



*US CAPITALISM*

US Air's bold new idea--their employees work for free:
www.counterpunch.org/lindorff12312004.html



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