Legal Activists of Color: UK Government Considers Ethnic, Religion-Based Airport Screening

Ali Desai, a British Muslim police superintendent, said: "What you are suggesting is that we should have a new offence in this country called 'travelling while Asian.'"

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salon.com

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/08/15/states/index_np.html

Salon's shameful six

There was Florida in 2000 and Ohio in 2004. Here are the six states where vote suppression could cost voters their voice -- and Democrats the election -- in 2006.

By Art Levine

to read article go to www.salon.com

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http://www.independent.co.uk/

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/fisk/article1219260.ece

Desert of Trapped Corpses Testifies to Israel's Failure
by Robert Fisk

Independent (UK)
August 15, 2006

© Copyright 2006
Independent News and Media Limited

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http://www.counterpunch.org/fisk08152006.html - Fisk, A Victory for Hizbollah, Syria and Iran

also see - http://news.independent.co.uk/world/fisk/article1219457.ece

The Independent (UK)

Robert Fisk: It's left to Assad to tell the truth

Published: 16 August 2006

In the sparse Baathist drawing rooms of Damascus, reality often seems a long way away. But it was a sign of the times that President Bashar al-Assad was able to bring the great and the good of Damascus to their feet by the simple token of telling the truth - which no other Arab leader has chosen to do these past five weeks: that the Lebanese Hizbollah guerrilla army has, in effect, won this round of their war with Israel.

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www.SoldierSayNo.blogspot.com.

Veterans and War Resisters Enjoy Solidarity Picnic
on US-Canada Border

by Gerry Condon Aug. 14, 2006

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truthout - http://www.truthout.org/index.htm

Lt. Watada's Mother:
My Son Needs Your Support

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/081506R.shtml

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APPENDIX TO ILLEGAL WEAPONS IN LEBANON
http://indexresearch.blogspot.com/2006/08/appendix-to-illegal-weapons-in-lebanon.html
(Update: 15.08.06)

and

APPENDIX II: INDEX ON WEAPONS IN LEBANON: WAR CRIMES IN LEBANON AND PALESTINE
(update 16.08.06)

http://indexresearch.blogspot.com/2006/08/appendix-ii-index-on-weapons-in.html

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courtesy Time's Up - http://www.times-up.org/calendar/detail.php?calendarid=986

Title: The Peoples Public Forum Date: Thursday, August 17th, 2006 Time: 7:00 PM Location: St. Mark Church, at E. 10th St. & 2nd Ave. Summary: Voice your opinion on the citys newly proposed lawrestricting cyclists and pedestrians right to publiclyassemble and speak.

also see - http://www.times-up.org/ (TAKE ACTION AGAINST NYPD'S PROPOSED PARADE RULE!)

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http://declarationofpeace.org/

The Declaration of Peace Week of Nonviolent Action Across the United States and in Washington, DC

September 21-28, 2006

http://declarationofpeace.org/take-action

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Democracy Now! 8/14/06

http://www.democracynow.org/

No Shelters, No Sirens for Israel's Arab Citizens

While hundreds of thousands of Israelis have taken refuge in bomb shelters, many Arab-Israelis in say they have had no such protection. They say they have been left on their own, thereby exposing some of Israel's worst inequalities. We go to Haifa to speak with the director of an Advocacy Center for Arab Citizens and to a Jewish Israeli who lives in an Arab town in Northern Israel and wrote a book about her journey across the Jewish Arab divide.

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UN Human Rights Council Condemns Israel

On Friday the United Nations Human Rights Council condemned Israel for violating human rights and international humanitarian law in its military operations in Lebanon. The council voted to send a high-level commission to the area to investigate the "systematic targeting and killing" of Lebanese civilians by Israel. This is UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Louise Arbour Louise Arbour: "The deaths of hundreds of civilians in documented and corroborated incidents, involving either random or targeted attacks on civilian vehicles or buildings, strongly suggest the indiscriminate use of force." Amnesty International and other groups criticized the UN Human Rights Council for not also condemning Hezbollah's attacks on Israeli civilians.

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/14/1358247

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Israeli Drones Fired At Refugee Convoy, Killing Seven

Israeli drones also fired missiles at a convoy of hundreds of cars fleeing Southern Lebanon. At least seven people were killed, including a Lebanese Red Cross worker. 36 others were wounded. The head of the Lebanese Red Cross accused Israel of breaking the Geneva Conventions by attacking civilians and Red Cross vehicles. The United Nations said Israel bombed the convoy even though it had granted it permission to leave southern Lebanon. Another Red Cross ambulance was bombed earlier in the day near Tyre.

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* Seymour Hersh: U.S. Helped Plan Israeli War Plans, Cheney "Convinced"
Assault on Lebanon Could Serve as Prelude to Preemptive Attack on Iran *

Listen/Watch/Read
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/14/1358255

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Yesterday'S DEMOCRACY NOW!:

* EXCLUSIVE: Haitian Political Prisoner So Anne Released After Over 2 Years
in Haitian Jail *

Listen/Watch/Read
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/15/1326250

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* Headlines for August 15, 2006 *

- Israeli Cluster Bombs Continue to Kill and Injure Civilians

- Over 1,000 Iraqi Police Officers Resign in Fallujah
- Six Journalists Killed In Iraq Over Past Two Weeks

- Violations Committed by Military Recruiters Increase by 50%

Listen/Watch/Read
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/15/1326238

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Fisk: How London's Terror Scare Looks From Beirut

http://www.counterpunch.org/fisk08122006.html

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Fisk: As the 6am ceasefire takes effect...the Real War Begins

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/fisk/article1219037.ece

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0814-01.htm

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Girl Power: Girls' Education, Sexual Behavior and AIDS in Africa
http://www.commondreams.org/news2006/0814-10.htm

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Democracy Now!

Report: US To Deliver Israel New Cluster Munitions

Meanwhile, the New York Times is reporting the Bush administration is set to approve an Israeli request to speed delivery of missiles armed with cluster munitions. State Department officials are reportedly trying to delay the approval amid concerns of a diplomatic fallout over likely civilian casualties. The M-26 rockets carry hundreds of grenade-like bomblets that explode over a wide area. Israel says it needs them to strike Hezbollah missile launchers. Cluster sales were momentarily suspended during the Reagan administration following disclosures Israel used them against civilian targets during its first invasion of Lebanon in 1982. Last month, Human Rights Watch said Israel is shelling civilian areas with US-made cluster bombs in violation of international law. According to the group, a cluster bombing of the village of Bilda killed one civilian and wounded twelve others, including seven children. US officials say Israel will likely get the rockets but will be told: to "be careful."

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/11/1343245

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to read more about the GBU-28 -- 5, 000-pound laser-guided bomb that uses a 4, 400-pound penetrating warhead and contains 630 pounds of high explosives

click here - http://www.irmep.org/ (5/1/2005 Policy Research Note Release)

to read more about The Katyusha Rocket "Multiple Rocket Launcher" BM-21

click here - http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/katyusha.htm

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The New York Times

Weapons

Israel Asks U.S. to Ship Rockets With Wide Blast

By DAVID S. CLOUD

Published: August 11, 2006

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 - Israel has asked the Bush administration to speed delivery of short-range antipersonnel rockets armed with cluster munitions...

The request for M-26 artillery rockets, which are fired in barrages and carry hundreds of grenade-like bomblets that scatter and explode over a broad area, is likely to be approved shortly...

But some State Department officials have sought to delay the approval because of concerns over the likelihood of civilian casualties, and the diplomatic repercussions. The rockets, while they would be very effective against hidden missile launchers... are fired by the dozen and could be expected to cause civilian casualties if used against targets in populated areas...

click here to read - http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0811-08.htm

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Wednesday, August 16th, 2006
Headlines for August 16, 2006

Lebanon Oil Spill "Biggest Environmental Problem" in the Mideast
Meanwhile, an official working on the clean-up of the massive oil spill off Lebanon's coast said Tuesday Lebanon is dealing with the biggest environmental problem in the Mediterranean. More than 15,000 tons of oil have leaked into the sea following Israel's attack on a power station last month.

Wael Hmaidan, coordinator of Lebanon's Oil Spill Working Group: "This is not only a problem for Lebanon. It is a regional problem. It is the biggest environment problem in the Mediterranean Sea and is similar to the biggest oil spills around the world."

Peace Activists Shot By Israeli Troops in Palestinian Village
In the Occupied Territories, two activists with the International Solidarity Movement remain hospitalized after coming under fire from the Israeli military. Rina Klauman of Denmark and Lymor Goldstein, an Israeli, were shot Friday as they took part in a demonstration in the West Bank village of Bilin. They were among a group of Arabs, Israelis and foreign nationals protesting the confiscation of the village's farmland by Israel's separation barrier.

UK Government Considers Ethnic, Religion-Based Airport Screening

The British government is reportedly considering an airport screening system that would include identifying passengers by their ethnic or religious background. The idea is drawing criticism from Arab and Muslim groups who claim they'll inevitably come under the most scrutiny. Some British police officials are also criticizing the measure. Ali Desai, a British Muslim police superintendent, said: "What you are suggesting is that we should have a new offence in this country called 'travelling while Asian.'"