*911 TRUTH: MEDIA INDOCTRINATION*

Counterpunch CONTINUES to sell the official story of 9/11:
www.counterpunch.org/shahid01012005.html

"...When the nineteen hijackers struck all hell broke lose..."

(Sure. Right. The case against the official story of 9/11 is blown apart. Meanwhile, the anti-war movement inexplicably still regards Counterpunch with respect.)


Polluters of US perceptions:
snipurl.com/bqsx

"...America was, indeed, attacked by 19 criminals who purported to espouse Islam..."

(Sure. Right!)



*BLOGOSPHERE*

Blogs are on the rise (tx Nico):
news.google.com/news

(Thanks Counterpunch, et al!)



*911 TRUTH*

German engineers reexamine 9/11, concluding it was a scam:
home.debitel.net/user/andreas.bunkahle/defaulte.htm

(Repost.) The South Tower hit. Did CNN show a real plane or doctored video?
nineeleven2001.t35.com/images/ua175-10.swf


Research from Gerard Holmgren arguing no plane hit the Pentagon:
www.whatreallyhappened.com/WTCDEMO/wot/holmgren/index.html


Detainee in 9/11 probe deported to Algeria (tx Nico):
www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20050101-9999-7m1samir.html

"It looks, like they wanna get rid of another witness (nico)".



*ALBERTO GONZALEZ*

Gonzales Torture Memo Controversy Builds (legitgov.org):
snipurl.com/br49



*COUP D'ETAT 2004*

Christopher Bollyn--Pollsters, media implicated in vote fraud:
www.americanfreepress.net/html/ballot_scamming.html



*TERROR: LASERS (tx Nico)*

Lasers the new means of conducting terror?
us.rediff.com/news/2005/jan/01us.htm


Northrop, UDI work together on laser weapon:
washington.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2004/12/06/daily3.html

Saying laser weapon technology will become a reality in the near future, Northrop Grumman and Arlington-based United Defense Industries have agreed to partner on developing a laser armed combat vehicle.



*ASIAN TSUNAMI: US MILITARY RESPONSE*

US military aid role a first in Indonesia:
snipurl.com/bqt3

Indonesian Army operations in Aceh to continue:
snipurl.com/bqt9



*GUANTANAMO BAY*

US plans permanent Guantanamo jails (legitgov.org):
snipurl.com/brdd



*AFGHANISTAN*

US military hints at staying in Afghanistan for decades (legitgov.org):
snipurl.com/brde



*ASIAN TSUNAMI: WARNINGS*

NY Times warns of conspiracy theories regarding the tsunami:
portland.indymedia.org/en/2005/01/307232.shtml

Was the Christmas/Boxing Day 2004 Earthquake-Tsunami event caused by seismic warfare?
www.ecologynews.com/ecologynews103.html

US had advance warning, says Canadian professor (legitgov.org):
1. snipurl.com/brdb
2. www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp


The Asian tsunami: why there were no warnings
www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jan2005/warn-j03.shtml

(Huh? The US military base was evidently warned...)



*ASIAN TSUNAMI: HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE*

South Asia disaster appeal: White House tries to cover up Bush's moment of truth
www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jan2005/bush-j04.shtml


CSFH Urges Responsible Giving in the Wake of Tsunami Tragedy:
www.stopfundinghate.org/



*IRAQ: RESISTANCE*

Iraq's intelligence chief says there are 200,000 insurgents (legitgov.org):
www.turkishpress.com/news.asp

"...Past US military assessments on the insurgency's size have been revised upwards from 5,000 to 20,000 full and part-time members, in the last half year, most recently in October..."


Iraq deadlier as insurgency gains strength:
www.suntimes.com/output/iraq/cst-nws-iraq31.html

"U.S. forces in Iraq suffered 348 deaths in the last four months, the worst death toll since the invasion..."



*IRAQ*

Racism as prelude to war crimes:
uruknet.info/

Iraq's defence minister hints at election delay (legitgov.org):
news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm

Iraq torture investigators reveal scores of new cases:
uruknet.info/

Chemical weapons used in Iraq:
uruknet.info/



*ISRAEL*

Dispossessed all over again:
www.brushtail.com.au/july_04_on/dispossessed_again.html



*IMPERIALISM*

The failure of empire:
uruknet.info/



*BALTIMORE IMC*

(how much value is this?) Wikipedia and credibility:
baltimore.indymedia.org/otherpress/display/1081/index.php



*CULTURE: ARTIE SHAW, RIP*

Artie Shaw: a remarkable twentieth-century American life
www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jan2005/shaw-j04.shtml



*ASTRONOMY*

The Pleiades:
antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap050103.html

Milky Way illustrated:
antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap050104.html



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groups.yahoo.com/group/News_Junkie_GP/