*911 TRUTH: FLIGHT 93 FICTION*

... and kiss the official UA 93 theory good-bye! (tx Nico):
1. tinyurl.com/3qo4g
2. www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php



*ALBERTO GONZALES*

Supporting torture is not Gonzales' greatest sin:
www.counterpunch.org/foley01062005.html

"Focusing on torture as the main objection to Alberto Gonzales' taking over as Attorney General distracts us from his greater sin: his attempt to give the president the power to imprison Americans incommunicado and indefinitely, without recourse to courts or lawyers..."



*ISRAEL*

Israel's forgotten tsunami:
uruknet.info/

"Between Christmas Day and Monday, 03 January 2005, Israeli forces killed 23 Palestinians, demolished ten houses, confiscated more Palestinian land and built more Jewish settlements. While the world's attention has been on the impact of the Tsunami earthquake in Asia, Israeli war machine is in full swing against the Palestinians..."

"One child, a 13-year-old Ahmed al-Mughayer was killed while feeding his pigeons. His sister 16 years old Asma was killed while she was collecting her clothes of the drying line. Each of them was shot with a single bullet to the head on the roof terrace of their home in Rafah..."

Omar Barghouti--Palestinian elections under occupation:
www.counterpunch.org/barghouti01072005.html



*IRAQ: DEATH SQUADS?*

US considers elite hit squads for Iraq (legitgov.org):
snipurl.com/bvq8

‘The Salvador Option’
The Pentagon may put Special-Forces-led assassination or kidnapping teams in Iraq
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6802629/site/newsweek/




*IRAQ: TRAGEDY*

Tsunami disaster highlights corporate media hypocrisy:
baltimorechronicle.com/010605Phillips.shtml

"...Surely the loss of life from war in Iraq is as significant a meseeba as the Indian Ocean tsunami, yet where is the US corporate media coverage of thousands of dead and homeless in Iraq?..."


Us drops 500 lb bomb on the wrong house, killing five (legitgov.org):
snipurl.com/bvq9



*IRAQ: PUPPET GOVERNMENT*

American public should be worried over US monitoring of Iraqis:
world.mediamonitors.net/content/view/full/12383/

"...citizens of Fallujah will soon have retinal scans taken and identification cards issued in order to track them in their own city by foreign occupiers....The surveillance and tracking of Iraqi citizens in Iraq may very well portend the future of American citizens in America..."



*IRAQ: TROOPS*

Army may expect more tours from part-timers:
www.news-leader.com/today/0107-Armymayexp-269137.html

Army Sergeant may refuse return to Iraq, says he was ordered to shoot children:
bellaciao.org/en/article.php3



*ASIAN TSUNAMI*

Egypt newspaper claims the tsunami may have been triggered from a US/Iranian nuke experiment:
tinyurl.com/6smh8


Survivors leave ghost Indian island to animals (tx Lee):
snipurl.com/bvqa

"We had to leave the dogs and pigs behind, they were howling when we left," Dhar said. "Our first priority was human beings..."



*EARTHQUAKES: MILITARY WEAPON*

First Tsunami-making bomb developed in WWII:
www.rense.com/general61/tteenu.htm



*OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBING*

New evidence implicates US government in OKB disaster (Rense):
www.americanfreepress.net/html/okc_bombshell.html



*COUP D'ETAT 2004*

Ohio letter seeks illegal contributions (legitgov.org):
snipurl.com/bvc5



*CIVIL LIBERTIES*

Green Bay police begin fingerprinting at traffic stops:
www.prisonplanet.com/Pages/Jan05/080105fingerprinting.html



*RACISM: PORTLAND, ORE*

Protesting racism in south west Portland:
portland.indymedia.org/en/2005/01/307605.shtml



*LEONARD PELTIER*

NW Regional Leonard Peltier statement:
portland.indymedia.org/en/2005/01/307548.shtml



*IRAQ: MARGARET HASSAN*

The strange kidnapping of Margaret Hassan:
uruknet.info/



*TENNIS*

Federer wins Doha, a warm-up tournament for the Australian Open (which Fed won in 2004):
www.atptennis.com/en/newsandscores/news/2005/doha_saturday.asp




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groups.yahoo.com/group/News_Junkie_GP/