Newly disclosed documents show U.S. Defense Department tracked anti-Iraq war activities

An anti-terrorist database used by the Defense Department in an effort to prevent attacks on military installations included intelligence tips about antiwar planning meetings held at churches, libraries, college campuses and other locations, newly disclosed documents show.

One tip in the database in February 2005, for instance, noted that "a church service for peace" would be held in the New York City area the next month. Another entry noted that antiwar protesters would be holding "nonviolence training" sessions at unidentified churches in Brooklyn and Manhattan.

The Defense Department said it tightened its procedures this year to ensure that only material related to actual terrorist threats - and not peaceable First Amendment activity - was included in the database.

The head of the office that runs the database, known as Talon, said Monday that material on antiwar protests should not have been collected in the first place. "I don't want it, we shouldn't have had it, not interested in it," said Daniel Baur, acting director of the counterintelligence field-activity unit, which runs the Talon program at the Defense Department. "I don't want to deal with it."

Source: International Herald Tribune
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Cheney calls 'water-boarding' a valuable interrogation tool

WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney has confirmed that U.S. interrogators subjected captured senior al Qaeda suspects to a controversial interrogation technique called ''water-boarding,'' which creates a sensation of drowning.

Cheney indicated that the Bush administration doesn't regard water-boarding as torture and allows the CIA to use it. ''It's a no-brainer for me,'' Cheney said at one point in an interview.

Cheney's comments, in a White House interview on Tuesday with a conservative radio talk show host, appeared to reflect the Bush administration's view that the president has the constitutional power to do whatever he deems necessary to fight terrorism.

The U.S. Army, senior Republican lawmakers, human rights experts and many experts on the laws of war, however, consider water-boarding cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment that is banned by U.S. law and by international treaties that prohibit torture. Some intelligence professionals argue that it often provides false or misleading information because many subjects will tell their interrogators what they think they want to hear to make the water-boarding stop.

GOP SENATORS FIGHT IT

Republican Sens. John Warner of Virginia, John McCain of Arizona and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina have said that a law Bush signed last month prohibits water-boarding. The three are the sponsors of the Military Commissions Act, which authorized the administration to continue its interrogations of enemy combatants.

Graham, a military lawyer who serves in the Air Force Reserve, reaffirmed that view in an interview last week with McClatchy Newspapers.

''Water-boarding, in my opinion, would cause extreme physical and psychological pain and suffering, and it very much could run afoul of the War Crimes Act,'' he said, referring to a 1996 law. ``It could very much open people up to prosecution under the War Crimes Act, as well as be a violation of the Detainees Treatment Act.''

A revised U.S. Army Field Manual published last month bans water-boarding as ``cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment.''

''There is a disconnect between the president and the vice president and on the other side leading proponents from their own party and leading experts on the laws of war,'' said Neal Sonnett, the chairman of the American Bar Association's Task Force on Enemy Combatants.

CHENEY INTERVIEWED

The radio interview Tuesday was the first time that a senior Bush administration official has confirmed that U.S. interrogators used water-boarding against important al Qaeda suspects, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged chief architect of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Mohammed was captured in Pakistan on March 1, 2003, and turned over to the CIA.

Water-boarding involves holding a person's head under water or pouring water on cloth or cellophane placed over the nose and mouth to simulate drowning until the subject agrees to talk or confess.

Lee Ann McBride, a spokeswoman for Cheney, denied that Cheney confirmed that U.S. interrogators used water-boarding or endorsed the technique.

''What the vice president was referring to was an interrogation program without torture,'' she said. ``The vice president never goes into what may or may not be techniques or methods of questioning.''

`A VALUABLE TOOL'

In the interview on Tuesday, Scott Hennen of WDAY Radio in Fargo, N.D., told Cheney that listeners had asked him to ``let the vice president know that if it takes dunking a terrorist in water, we're all for it, if it saves American lives.''

''Again, this debate seems a little silly given the threat we face, would you agree?'' Hennen said.

''I do agree,'' Cheney replied, according to a transcript of the interview released Wednesday. ``And I think the terrorist threat, for example, with respect to our ability to interrogate high-value detainees like Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, that's been a very important tool that we've had to be able to secure the nation.''

Cheney added that Mohammed had provided ``enormously valuable information about how many [al Qaeda members] there are, about how they plan, what their training processes are and so forth. We've learned a lot. We need to be able to continue that.''

''Would you agree that a dunk in water is a no-brainer if it can save lives?'' asked Hennen.

'It's a no-brainer for me, but for a while there, I was criticized as being the vice president `for torture.' We don't torture. That's not what we're involved in,'' Cheney replied. ``We live up to our obligations in international treaties that we're party to and so forth. But the fact is, you can have a fairly robust interrogation program without torture, and we need to be able to do that.''

CIA spokeswoman Michelle Neff said, ``While we do not discuss specific interrogation methods, the techniques we use have been reviewed by the Department of Justice and are in keeping with our laws and treaty obligations. We neither conduct nor condone torture.''

McClatchy Washington Bureau correspondents James Rosen and Marisa Taylor contributed to this report.

Olbermann slams GOP for imitating terror tactics

From an month to two month out, we are finally back reporting on news around the world.. Today Olbermann slams GOP for imitating terror tactics:

Republicans are using terror tactics in an attempt to gain votes, says Keith Olbermann. A new political advertisement sponsored by the Republican National Committee hopes that voters' fear will increase votes for Republican Candidates. The advertisement shows images of Osama bin Laden with only the sounds of a ticking time bomb.

In his commentary, Olbermann's explains how Republicans use propaganda of fear in a way that imitates the propaganda video releases from terrorists organizations

Bill Clinton Destroys Chris Wallace And FOX news

A few days ago, Bill Clinton was interviewed by Fox news, see how Bill Clinton gets blamed for 9-11.

Olbermann tells it like it is

An interesting note from Olbermann: See what he has to say

Rights activists raise political killings at UN

The killings of scores of left-wing activists in the Philippines have been brought before the UN in a bid to put international pressure on President Gloria Arroyo to do more to stop the attacks, human rights advocates said yesterday.

Representatives of five Philippine left-wing groups are attending a conference of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva to encourage diplomats and foreign rights advocates to condemn the killings, allegedly carried out by government forces, they said.

"International pressure might at least put a stop to these increasing numbers of political killings," Edelina de la Paz, head of the prominent local human rights group Karapatan, told a Manila forum on the issue.

Source: GulfNews
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Blair 'turned blind eye to Iraq intelligence' in Bush meeting

Tony Blair turned "a blind eye to intelligence" and failed to challenge George Bush over claims that Saddam Hussein was developing nuclear weapons, according to new claims published this week.

A note of a private meeting between Mr Blair and President Bush in January 2003 shows that Tony Blair failed to confront Mr Bush when he claimed Saddam Hussein had tried to buy aluminium tubes for nuclear weapons production.

Mr Blair did not contradict the President despite having received "private briefings" which indicated that the aluminium tubes were more likely to be for conventional weapons, according to the new edition of a book by the international lawyer Philippe Sands published tomorrow. The claims in a new US edition of the book, Lawless World, will raise fresh questions about whether Mr Blair played a secondary role to President Bush.

Source: London Independant

Venezuela rejects US apologies

Venezuela has made a formal complaint to the US authorities and the United Nations after its foreign minister was detained at a New York airport.

The US state department has apologised to Nicolas Maduro who was detained for 90 minutes at New York's JFK airport as he travelled home.

He had been attending this week's UN General Assembly meeting.

He said he was verbally abused and strip-searched in what he said was a "flagrant breach of international law".

President Hugo Chavez described Mr Maduro's detention as a provocation.

Source: BBC News
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Thousands peacefully protest in Budapest against Hungarian PM

Tens of thousands of people have rallied peacefully in Budapest in the biggest demonstration so far against Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany over his admission that he lied to the electorate.

An estimated 30,000 to 40,000 demonstrators calling for Mr Gyurcsany's resignation gathered outside the huge neo-Gothic parliament, where protests have been held for the past week.

But there was no repeat of the violence which marred earlier rallies and put riot police on full alert.

Mr Gyurcsany was unmoved, saying he will stay in power and pledging to implement the painful tax rises and spending cuts that have caused his government's popularity to plummet to 25 per cent in recent polls from 40 per cent at April's election.

"I will continue on because I still have much to do here," Mr Gyurcsany told German magazine Focus in an interview.

Demonstrators carrying Hungarian flags and singing patriotic songs said they would stay the course in hoping they could eventually force out the 45-year-old millionaire Socialist.

Source: ABC Austrialia News Online

France looks into Osama bin Laden death report

President Jacques Chirac said Saturday that information contained in a leaked intelligence document raising the possibility that Osama bin Laden may have died of typhoid in Pakistan last month is "in no way whatsoever confirmed."

Chirac said he was "a bit surprised" at the leak and has asked Defense Minister Michele Alliot-Marie to probe how a document from a French foreign intelligence service was published in the French press.

The regional newspaper l'Est Republicain on Saturday printed what it described as a copy of a confidential document from the DGSE intelligence service citing an uncorroborated report from Saudi secret services that the leader of the al-Qaeda terror network had died.

Source: International Herald Tribune
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North Korea 'makes weapon pledge'

North Korea has said it plans to increase the amount of plutonium it extracts for use in nuclear weapons, according to a US scholar.

Selig Harrison said North Korean officials had told him they would unload nuclear fuel rods from the Yongbyon reactor by the year's end.

Mr Harrison said Pyongyang wants "to use Yongbyon as leverage" to get bilateral talks with the US.

The US insists the nuclear issue can only be addressed in six-party talks.

Pyongyang walked out of multilateral negotiations with the US, China, Russia, Japan and South Korea late last year in protest at US financial sanctions.

Source: BBC News

London bombing victims 'let down'

The emergency response to the London bombings on 7 July last year was flawed, a Home Office report based on the experiences of victims has found.

The government praises the bravery of emergency workers but says procedures in areas including communications and medical treatment need to be improved.

It highlights the need to quickly set up reception and assistance centres.

Source: BBC News
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Lahoud: It is time for Israel to abide by all UN resolutions

It is time for Israel to take responsibility and abide by United Nations resolutions, Lebanese President Emile Lahoud said Thursday in his address to the UN General Assembly.

Lahoud called the Israel Defense Forces' 34-day operation on southern Lebanon a "barbaric aggression," and said "this savagery did not weaken our people's resolve."

"It is time to ask Israel to finally abide by past and current UN resolutions," Lahoud said. The president also called on the international community to "safeguard" resolution 1701, which led to the cease-fire between IDF troops and Hezbollah guerillas, though he accused the United Nations of having been "powerless to stop slaughter of the war."

Source: Haaretz
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CIA ‘refused to operate’ secret jails

The Bush administration had to empty its secret prisons and transfer terror suspects to the military-run detention centre at Guantánamo this month in part because CIA interrogators had refused to carry out further interrogations and run the secret facilities, according to former CIA officials and people close to the programme.

The former officials said the CIA interrogators’ refusal was a factor in forcing the Bush administration to act earlier than it might have wished.

Source: FT.COM
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Bush, Republicans forge terrorism interrogation deal

President Bush bowed to pressure from leading senators in his Republican party on Thursday, revising a bill for interrogating terrorism suspects that critics had said would allow abusive treatment.

The deal between the White House and the three Senate heavyweights ended days of negotiations and appeared to clear the way for Congress to pass legislation setting up trials for foreign suspects at the U.S. naval facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Source: Reuters
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America is alienating rest of world: Powell

The former US secretary of state Colin Powell has accused the White House of pursuing policies in the "war on terror" that have put America out of step with the rest of the world.

In a rare public breach with the administration, Mr Powell told an audience in Norfolk, Virginia, on Tuesday that he opposed White House plans to redefine America's commitment to sections of the Geneva convention protecting detainees from torture and degrading treatment.

Source: Guardian Unlimited
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Zuma's corruption trial collapses

Corruption charges against former South African Deputy President Jacob Zuma have been dismissed - boosting his chances of running for president.

The judge threw out the case after the prosecution said it was not ready to proceed, setting off celebrations by Mr Zuma's supporters in the courtroom.

Mr Zuma was sacked last year in connection with a 1999 arms deal. He was cleared of rape earlier this year.

Source: BBC News Worldwide
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Decision for Darfur peacekeepers

African Union leaders are meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York to decide on the fate of its 7,000-strong Darfur force.

The mandate of the mission expires at the end of the month. It is thought a three-month extension may be agreed, despite their failure to end violence.

Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir has reiterated his opposition to moves to turn the force into one led by the UN.

Source: BBC News Worldwide
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Thai coup leader to install new PM in two weeks

Thailand's military coup leaders will choose a new prime minister within two weeks and step back from power, army chief General Sonthi Boonyaratglin said on Wednesday.

Speaking less than 24 hours after leading a bloodless coup to oust billionaire Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Sonthi also said it would take a year to produce a new constitution leading to a fresh general election.

Source: Reuters
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US may ban sale of cluster bombs to Israel

The discovery of hundreds of US-made cluster bombs among the tens of thousands of unexploded munitions carpeting the south of Lebanon, has led to calls on Washington to impose a moratorium on sales of the weapons to Israel.

Bomb disposal experts are working around the clock to clear the lethal leftovers after Israel fired 1.2 million bomblets in the last three days of the war. The pods containing the 650 bomblets, which burst apart at a pre-determined height, have a failure rate of up to 30 per cent, leaving clear evidence of their American origin.

Source: Independent Online
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Thai Army Seizes Power

For the first time since democracy and civilian rule was restored to Thailand in 1992, troops backed by tanks took control of the premier’s office in Bangkok yesterday. Witnesses outside Government House in central Bangkok said forces loyal to military commander Lt. Gen. Sonthi Boonyaratglin had taken control of the building in a bloodless coup.

Gen. Sonthi met late yesterday with the king after declaring that he had staged a coup against Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.

Gen. Sonthi and the leaders of the navy and the air force met for more than two hours with the highly influential King Bhumibol Adulyadej at his palace immediately after announcing the coup, a palace official said.

Source: Arab News
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Edited:
The Following Article from the Independent Online explains the reason behind why there was a coup against the Prime Minister.
Source: Independent Online

Chavez greets Iranian ally Ahmadinejad

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Caracas Sunday for talks with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, a fellow critic of the United States who strongly defends Iran's controversial nuclear program.

Ahmadinejad, who was warmly greeted by Chavez after landing outside Caracas, will hold two days of talks with his Venezuelan counterpart and sign agreements on energy.

"We have a common thinking, common interests," Ahmadinejad said after his arrival. "We must be united to accomplish these ideas, to reach the objective of peace and justice in the world."

Source: Turkish Press
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Olbermann's choice of video clips from Bush's press conference

Olbermann's choice of video clips from Bush's press conference, on Friday 15th Sept, followed by some analysis by George Washington Univ. Law Professor Jonathan Turley.

Keith Olbermann asks Jonathan Turley if Bush could be trying to retroactively protect himself from possible war crimes charges by demanding that new interpretations of the Geneva Conventions Common Article 3 be set into law prior to the midterm elections.

Security Analysis of the Diebold AccuVote-TS Voting Machine

Is this how President Bush won his second term, This paper presents a fully independent security study of a Diebold AccuVote-TS voting machine, including its hardware and software. We obtained the machine from a private party. Analysis of the machine, in light of real election procedures, shows that it is vulnerable to extremely serious attacks. For example, an attacker who gets physical access to a machine or its removable memory card for as little as one minute could install malicious code; malicious code on a machine could steal votes undetectably, modifying all records, logs, and counters to be consistent with the fraudulent vote count it creates. An attacker could also create malicious code that spreads automatically and silently from machine to machine during normal election activities — a voting-machine virus. We have constructed working demonstrations of these attacks in our lab. Mitigating these threats will require changes to the voting machine's hardware and software and the adoption of more rigorous election procedures.

Video:


Source: Princeton University

Israel blames mistake in map for strike on UN post in Lebanon

Israel said on Friday that its air force accidentally struck a United Nations position in southern Lebanon during its recent war with the radical Hezbollah movement, because of an inaccurate map which failed to clearly position the UN base.

Four UN staff members from China, Canada, Finland and Austria died in the July 25 airstrike in the southern Lebanese town of Khiam.

Source: Khaleej Times
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Pressure mounts on Olmert to quit

Similar to America with Senate Armed Services Committee and President Bush, Israel's former military chief launched a devastating attack on the country's leadership on Thursday, calling for the prime minister and the top general to quit over failings in the Lebanon war.
The challenge from Moshe Ya'alon, who was Israel's chief of staff until June last year, comes as several senior figures, including the prime minister, the president and the justice minister, face accusations in a series of embarrassing scandals over corruption and impropriety.

"Going to war was scandalous, and he is directly responsible for that. The war's management was a failure and he is responsible for that, He was warned and did not heed the warnings. Therefore he must resign."

Source: Mail&Guardian
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Rebuff for Bush on terror trials in a Senate test

In a surprising move, The Senate Armed Services Committee defied President George W. Bush on Thursday, with four Republicans joining Democrats in approving a plan for the trial and interrogation of terrorism suspects that the White House has rejected as unacceptable. Even more surprising Colin Powell, Bush's former secretary of state, sided with the senators, saying in a letter that the president's plan to redefine the Geneva Conventions would encourage the world to "doubt the moral basis of our fight against terrorism," and "put our own troops at risk."

Source: International Herald Tribune
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Darfur genocide - Latest estimates say up to 255,000 may have died

The Hollywood actor George Clooney yesterday warned the UN security council that Darfur would become the scene of the "first genocide of the 21st century". He mentioned the following chilling words to the UN

"After September 30, you won't need the UN,You will simply need men with shovels and bleached white linen and headstones."

Source: Guardian Unlimited
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Edited: I have added this news, to include the video for George Clooney and what he is said

Who Suffers - Gazans go unpaid, and children go hungry

Just as the titles say, who suffers when Palestinian Authority funds have been cut off by Israel, the United States and the European Union after Hamas won the legislative elections on Jan. 25. All that happens is the citizens are going hungry.

For the last week, Zidan Abu Reziq has been sleeping outside, next to his plantings on a small square of sand he expropriated.

The Abu Reziqs, like many of the large, destitute refugee families in this shrapneled, tumbledown slum, need to plant to eat. They took the land and planted it with vegetables, an investment of about $50, most of the money that the United Nations Relief and Works Agency gave them to buy school uniforms for the children.

Source: International Herald Tribune
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Lebanon to sue Israel over oil spill caused by war bombing

After the conflict of the terrible Lebanon and Israel conflict, it now looks like Lebanon is going to sue Israel over oil spills caused by Israel Air Force's bombing of a power station. The spill has been described as Lebanon's worst-ever environmental disaster, and experts say it could take up to a year to clean it up.

"This is our right, and we believe they [the Israelis] have transgressed international law... they violated it," Environment Minister Yacoub Sarraf said.

Source: Haaretz
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President Bush, A Chilling View....

When asked tough questions about torture and illegal, secret prisons by Matt Lauer, Bush evades the question, tries to intimidate Matt Lauer, poking his finger at him aggressively, then avoids the question and goes straight to fearmongering. See the video here:

Theory that U.S. orchestrated Sept. 11 attacks 'not absurd': Venezuela

It doesn't seem that people with alternative views to September 11 are conspiracy theorist and hollywood actors, but now President Hugo Chavez from Venezuela.
CANOE CNews reports that:

President Hugo Chavez said Tuesday that it's at least plausible that the U.S. government was involved in the Sept. 11 attacks.

Chavez did not specifically accuse the U.S. government of having a hand in the Sept. 11 attacks, but rather suggested that theories of U.S. involvement bear examination.

Source: CANOE CNews

What is plain to see is that September the 11th will always be debated on, The 9/11 Commission report simply does not answer the whole questions, and with fan made documentary like 'Loose Change', there are some questions that need answering..

Faith's friction....

This is a nice article, A Tampa woman who lost eight relatives in the September 11 attacks converts to Islam. For the whole story see: Tampabay News

CNN Propaganda Piece?

The following is a it's live video of an attack on a 911 memorial service in Afghanistan, on CNN. It shows CNN reporter - Anderson Cooper in Afghanistan talking to the public, but strangely all the troops rush off screen and man their battlements. And then they cut to the troops firing at an unseen enemy. Here is the video:

When searching forAnderson Cooper I came onto this site: The secret CIA past of CNN's Anderson Cooper.
This got me thinking, if you want to promote fear to the general public and show that terrorist are still out that, then what the best thing you can do? The video shown is strange, it too screams of 'setup'...
Another Site has this report as well: Rense.com

The following can best sums it up from Hsing Lee

We're supposed to believe that the Taliban was good enough to allow Cooper the time to give his set up on live TV before they started firing, and we're also supposed to believe that CNN just happened to have cameras perfectly positioned and ready to record the American soldiers firing those bigass guns at an enemy that we never get to actually see.

U.S. foes gather in Cuba as non-aligned summit begins

I had found this news article which I found surprising:

The world's developing nations need to band together to promote balance in an unjust world, Cuba's foreign minister said Monday in opening a week-long summit of non-aligned nations in Havana.

Felipe Perez Roque said current global and political problems highlight the need for unity in the movement, originally developed during the Cold War.

"Today we can affirm … that the movement is more necessary than ever," Perez Roque said in Havana, which is hosting the summit of the Non-aligned Movement (NAM), a 116-member organization made up of mostly developing countries from Africa, Asia and Latin America.

and

The countries in the NAM, which has almost as many members as the United Nations, account for more than half of the world's population.

To read more on this story see: Full Story on CBC News

If this was setup, this would strike a blow to US and EU, another form of power coming from countries which President Bush labelled the 'axis of evil'.

Such questions I ask myself are:

• Would such a bold move lead us into a third world war?
• Would the reign of America over the free world loosen up a bit
• Would Oil from Saudi Arabia be compromised?
• Would US be involved in False Flag opertion?

One can only pray things do not go even worse then they are already are.

September 11 - 5 Years Later....

Today marks the five year anniversay of September 11th. President Bush began two days of marking the fifth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks by paying tribute Sunday to the victims of the tragedy.

He layed wreaths of red, white and blue flowers at New York City's Ground Zero, attended a prayer service at the nearby St. Paul's Chapel and visited a firehouse and its adjacent memorial museum near the site where the Twin Towers once stood.

"Laura and I approach tomorrow with a heavy heart," Bush said later. "It's hard not to think about people who lost their lives on Sept. 11th, 2001. I vowed that I'm never going to forget the lessons of that day."

Source: Sky News

Interestingly the rescue workers and local residents are still suffering health problems five years on from the 9/11 terror attacks on the World Trade Centre.The air in lower Manhattan was polluted with toxic dust after the devastating strikes on the Twin Towers. A new study by the Mount Sinai Medical Centre found nearly 70% of those who responded after the attack later suffered breathing problem.

Pressure group Beyond Ground Zero said the government should take responsibility and help some 40,000 affected people.

"The government must take responsibility now because people are sick," said organiser Leah Geronimo.

Source: Sky News

Labour members defect to Lib Dems over Lebanon

Margaret Beckett has suffered a mass defection of Labour party members in her Derby constituency over the government's stance on the crisis in Lebanon.

Thirty-seven members of her constituency party have left for the Liberal Democrats in what appears to be a carefully managed coup for Sir Menzies Campbell's party.
The defectors are predominantly Muslims of Pakistani origin and the principle reason behind their move is the crisis in Lebanon.

Is Labour crumbling? Will the next general election see The Tory's or Liberal come to power, more importantly will the UK still be behind America?

Click here to see the full story: Guardian Unlimited

Israel abused Palestinians under 'Shadow of War'

This was posted on Reuters on the 29th August 2006. An Israeli human rights group has accused the country's military of a surge in abuses against Palestinians in the West Bank over the past two months, when media attention was turned to conflicts in Gaza and Lebanon. B'Tselem, an independent body that monitors Israeli actions in the Palestinian territories, said it had gathered evidence of a "substantial increase" in the beating, abuse and humiliation of Palestinians by Israeli soldiers and border police.

Here is the full news: Reuters News

'No Saddam link to Iraq al-Qaeda'

It official now, the finding is contained in a 2005 CIA report released by the Senate's Intelligence Committee on Friday.

"There is no evidence of formal links between Iraqi ex-leader Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda leaders in Iraq prior to the 2003 war, a US Senate report says."

Will this bring down President Bush? Are we seeing what happening to Prime minister Blair, now happening to President Bush. This confirms that we invade the allies forces invaded Iraq illegally, so will this mean that both Prime minister and President be brought to justice? I think not. It is food for thoughts, and seeing how the next few days turn out for the American people. Most of them not having faith in the government.
Here is food for though though, the last President was kicked out after having an affair, and this President still in power, even though he brought USA and UK into an illegal war, is this right?
After thinking about this, Did Clinton do a worse thing than President Bush?

Scary thought huh!

Read more on this from: BBC News

Is Anti-Semitism back?

Yesterday on the news, Sky News, BBC reported on the rise of Anti-Semitism in the UK. It has been reported that since the Israel conflict with Lebanon, 'asian'’ groups have targeted British Jews. One thing that Sky News and BBC News do not report is the question of when 'Left wing activists' and 'Muslim' criticise Israel for it harsh attack, does this necessary mean they are being Anti-Semitic? Quite rightly British Jews should not be attacked due to Israel actions in the Middle East. But the flipside is to say when speaking out of a state who seems to be attacking it's neighbours, then people shouldn't be afraid to voice their opinion in fear of being labelled 'Anti-Semitic'

Source: Sky News (Video)

New Bin Laden '9/11 video' tape surfaced today

Just 4 days until September 11th, a new tape has appeared from Al-Jazeera. The footage is suppose to show Bin Laden (Which is does) meeting with Ramzi Binalshibh and Mohammed Atef. When watching the footage, it shows the 'terrorist' training in marital art, now call me silly, but why was they doing high kicks? What was the point of showing this in the film.
Of course such a tape appearing can only be good news from President Bush, as fear will be instilled in the american people, terrorist are still around and the US is still the target. What would the result be, by taking away more freedom from the American people, as we live in a 'climate of fear'
Source: BBC News

Tony Blair - Standing down...

Today Tony Blair confirmed he will be stepping down in 12 months time. Will he go out with a bang or not? One thing in his statement in BBC was firstly he apologised to the british public over rows in the Labour Party

Here is the link on : Tony Blair Statement

Welcome to Freedom and CIA Secret Prisons

Welcome to my blog, this is the first blog I have ever written. This blog is all about looking at information from around the world, and seeing if the general population is really been told the true.

To start off with, I have been looking at the BBC News website, and seen this interesting article.


President George W Bush has admitted that the CIA has secret prisons holding terrorism suspects outside the US. Mr Bush also revealed that 14 key suspects had been moved to Guantanamo Bay.
Source: ABC Online

Other news regarding the CIA secret prison is The EU Lawmakers, who want to know where the location is of this prisons:

"The location of these prison camps must be made public," said German Socialist Wolfgang Kreissl-Doerfler, who sits on a special EU assembly committee investigating the CIA's alleged operation of secret prisons in Europe.

"We need to know if there has been any complicity in illegal acts by governments of EU countries or states seeking EU membership."
Source: International Herald Tribune

It would be interesting to see if US would disclose the CIA prison. To be totally honest I wouldn't hold breath of the location being disclosed.