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Thursday, March 09, 2006 Bigotry toward Muslims and Anti-Arab Racism Grow in US; Dubai and the Quran ========================================================================================== Tuesday, October 10, 2006 100 Tortured Each Day in Iraq Situation Worse than Under Saddam =========================================================================================== Wednesday, October 11, 2006 655,000 Dead in Iraq since Bush Invasion ===========================================================================================

Norway up in arms after author asserts Israel has lost right to exist By Assaf Uni, Haaretz Correspondent An article in a leading Norwegian newspaper last weekend lambasted Israel and Judaism and said Israel has lost its right to exist in its present form. Entitled "God's chosen people," the article by author Jostein Gaarder in Aftenposten is raising a storm in Norway. Gaarder, author of the book "Sophie's World," links the Israel Defense Forces' acts in Lebanon to Jewish history and foresees the coming dismantling of the state as it exists today, with the Jews becoming refugees. In an interview with Haaretz Gaarder said Thursday that he was misunderstood. "As John Kennedy declared in Germany 'I am a Berliner' ¬ I say now 'I am a Jew,'" he said. full report @ haaretz

A rouge nation operation

It’s why Indians and Pakistanis continue to quibble over Kashmir, and why Israelis and Palestinians can’t seem to see to eye to eye. But these are just the two most-publicized disputes over land. FP takes a look at the most important border conflicts the world forgot. Bolivia and Chile Brunei, China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam Canada and Denmark China and India Eritrea and Ethiopia the detail

What's Wrong With Calling Bush A Devil? By Jeff Cohen, AlterNet Posted on September 23, 2006, Printed on February 11, 2007 "Among those exercised (and exorcized) about Chavez' name-calling were some of the loudest name-callers in American media today -- including Rush Limbaugh and other rightwing talk hosts. Limbaugh tried to equate Chavez' remarks with the alleged Bush-bashing that comes from top U.S. Democrats. In case you've forgotten, it was Limbaugh who ridiculed Chelsea Clinton, then 13, as the "White House dog." full report @AlterNet

In Western Iraq, Insurgency Is Gaining..... does it still? the answer is yes

August 26, 2006 by Stephen Zunes There is increasing evidence that Israel instigated a disastrous war on Lebanon largely at the behest of the United States. The Bush administration was set on crippling Hezbollah, the radical Shiite political movement that maintains a sizable block of seats in the Lebanese parliament. Taking advantage of the country's democratic opening after the forced departure of Syrian troops last year, Hezbollah defied U.S. efforts to democratize the region on American terms. The populist party's unwillingness to disarm its militia as required by UN resolution – and the inability of the pro-Western Lebanese government to force them to do so – led the Bush administration to push Israel to take military action. full report @ antiwar.com