OpEdNews - Diary: NOW | A DETAINEE'S REVELATIONS

"... a rarely seen intimate view of a detainee's life inside the prisons of the "war on terror. His disturbing story, airing Friday, December 29, 2006, at 8:30 p.m. on PBS, alleges moments of kidnapping, torture, and murder. "

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DIANE'S NEWS CLIPS begins here :)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> Excerpted from: http://www.truthout.org NOW | A DETAINEE'S REVELATIONS http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/122806U.shtml British citizen Moazzam Begg, who spent three years in captivity at American detention facilities in Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, gives NOW a rarely seen intimate view of a detainee's life inside the prisons of the "war on terror." --- Former Bush Interior Secretary Takes Job as Attorney for Shell http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/122806T.shtml Months after she resigned her cabinet post as President Bush's interior secretary, Gale Norton is back as a key legal advisor for Royal Dutch Shell PLC. --- Ice Shelf Collapse Sends Chill http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/122806EA.shtml An ancient ice shelf has cracked off northern Ellesmere Island, creating an enormous 66-square-kilometer ice island and leaving a trail of icy blocks in its wake. --- Ex-Gitmo Detainee Held Again After Book Critical of Pakistan http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/122806M.shtml In his chronicle of life as an inmate at Guantanamo Bay, Afghan writer Abdul Rahim Muslim Dost describes his three years of humiliating detention for alleged ties to al-Qaeda. Now, he has lost his liberty again - this time believed jailed by the Pakistani intelligence service for the book's fierce criticism of the agency's role in the US-led war on terrorist groups. --- William Rivers Pitt | A Sentinel in Time http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/122806A.shtml "Everything we have endured these last six years - the death, the horror, the fear, the anger - was born that afternoon in Washington, DC," writes William Rivers Pitt. "We have already suffered myriad consequences because of it - the shame of Abu Ghraib; the lingering fear of blue skies and airplanes; the ebb tide of freedom as rights become privileges too easily withheld, the bottomless sorrow stitched into nearly three thousand folded American flags while taps played to the wind - and it is a bleak certainty that further suffering born on that day lies in wait." --- Euro to Overtake US Dollar http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/122806E.shtml The value of euro notes in circulation is this month likely to exceed the value of circulating dollar notes, according to calculations by the Financial Times. Converted at Wednesday's exchange rates, the euro took the lead in October. --- Ten Simple Things You Can Do to Go Green http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/122806EB.shtml Laurie David, who produced Al Gore's documentary about global warming, "An Inconvenient Truth," says saving the planet isn't about everyone doing everything: "It's about everyone doing something." --- Many Soldiers Call Troop Surge a Bad Idea http://snipurl.com/162fu --- US Government Pressures Banks to Stop Dealing With Iran http://snipurl.com/15ylx --- Timothy Garton Ash | Reality Strikes Back http://snipurl.com/162fm --- Le Monde | An Imperfect Trial http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/122806G.shtml Le Monde evaluates the trial and pending execution of Saddam Hussein. --- Ex-Maine Lawmaker Plans Anti-War Offensive http://snipurl.com/162ft --- A Fight to the Finish for Women http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/122806WA.shtml Divorce and lost earning time could put living standards in a free-fall late in life. --- Jack Blatherwick, PhD | Memorization, Standardized Tests, and Official Policy http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/122806K.shtml _________________________________ Submitted by: http://eddiestinson@gmail.com THE ENDURING LEGACY OF GERALD R. FORD Chris Floyd Yes, it was Gerald R. Ford who took those famously amoral and criminally incompetent backroom operators, Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney, out of the lower quadrants of the twisted bowels of the Nixon White House and raised them to the highest levels of American government, where, in one form or another, overtly and covertly, they have inflicted their primitive ideology and violent psychodramas on the nation, and the world, for more than three decades. But Ford's enduring legacy is in no way exhausted by the glories of his bloodthirsty political progeny. For the sad occasion of the statesman's death is certainly a most appropriate time to recall what is probably his greatest geopolitical masterstroke: the green-lighting of Indonesia's 1975 invasion of East Timor -- an act of state-sponsored terrorism that killed more than 200,000 people. True, George W. Bush has now far surpassed that genocidal benchmark, setting new standards of pointless and barbaric mass murder in Iraq -- but only with the help of Fordians Cheney and Rumsfeld! I first wrote about the pivotal role that Ford, along with Henry Kissinger (currently the chief outside adviser to the White House, according to Cheney -- hey, it's like the Nixon-Ford era never ended!), back in 2001, just after the release of declassified documents which had been gathered and published by the invaluable National Security Archive [snip] Continued >> http://www.uruknet.info?p=29352 _________________________________ Excerpted from: http://rawstory.com Novak: McCain's push for troop 'surge' may be backfiring http://snipurl.com/162hk --- Sen. Johnson improves after brain surgery: aides http://snipurl.com/162hx --- CNN: Is GOP Rep. 'fueling' Oklahoma City bombing conspiracy theories? http://snipurl.com/162i0 --- Video: Bush Sr., Jeb praise Ford, get peppered with political questions http://snipurl.com/162i2 --- Iraq Study Group Mulled Year-Old Spam http://snipurl.com/162i7 _________________________________ Submitted by: http://madams12@earthlink.net Excerpts from Saddam's letter to the Iraqi people by AP published December 28, 2006 http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200661227053 _________________________________ http://jablankfort@earthlink.net THE EVIL OF COLLABORATION by Kim Petersen Excerpt: The Treason of Siniora "Siniora is the "leader" known for weeping in front of Arab dignitaries while Zionist forces bombed Lebanon. The banker cum prime minister, whose policies help massively indebt Lebanon and leave it at the mercy of neoliberal sharks like the International Monetary Fund and the Paris Club, is awaiting a bailout from the treacherous George Bush administration in the United States (after all it was US secretary-of-state Condoleezza Rice who held off calls for a ceasefire so Israeli aggressors could finish what they had started). The Washington Post reports a $1 billion dollar "aid" package. Almost $500 million of the "aid" is earmarked for "Lebanon's military and police to help strengthen the security forces " to help the beleaguered Lebanese government." [1] The Post does not mention why the Lebanese regime is beleaguered and by who. The Lebanese government is beleaguered by its own people (particularly by a coalition of Maronites and Shi'a), a people impoverished by neoliberal policies and suffering the ravages of war caused by the same countries that Siniora has been cozying up to. And what is the intention of the "aid" giving regimes? The Post answers: "The package is part of an effort by the United States, France, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and others to shore up the Lebanese security forces so they can eventually extend their control over the entire country." Let's see: We destroy you from inside and outside, then we give "aid" with the string attached that you acquiesce to puppets of your foreign masters. This would be a surrender of sovereignty. ....................snip.................... Since the infrastructure of Lebanon has been leveled and farms littered with cluster bombs, why is so much "aid" going to guns instead of food and rebuilding? The US is the country that gave a green light for the Zionist army to devastate Lebanon, that held back the United Nations from acting to halt the violence. Why would the Lebanese government collaborate with such a nefarious entity that seeks to undermine Lebanese society for it and its client state's selfish interest?" [snip] Continued >> http://www.dissidentvoice.org/Dec06/Petersen27.htm _________________________________ Excerpted from: http://www.alternet.org Throw the Bums Out and Change Direction By Jim Hightower, Hightower Lowdown The voters had their way: Now there are reasons to be cheerful -- and vigilant -- about a Democratic Congress. Read more >> http://www.alternet.org/stories/45677/ --- Charlie Rangel v. George Bush [VIDEO] By Evan Derkacz ... An interview. >> ............................................................. http://www.alternet.org/blogs/video/45980/ _________________________________ .ron corvuswire@verizon.net The Ivy League Dissects the Neocon Cabal ... by Thomas J. DiLorenzo ...................snip.................... "Speaking Lies for Power Professor Norton explains why so much of what Straussians write especially with regard to Lincoln, in my experience is so diametrically opposed to actual, documented history. Strauss's method and the method of his followers is to pick a book or document and read and re-read it until an interpretation can be concocted that uses the book to support their political preferences. They tend to ignore all other interpretations of the same books and documents and all other scholarship on the topic in general a decidedly unscholarly approach. Straussian critics have long recognized that they "refuse to read the work of other scholars," writes Norton, while they organize campaigns of character assassination and harassment against other academics who disagree with their unique and often bizarre interpretations. (See the Thomas Landess article in the LRC archives about the Straussian assault on the late Mel Bradford.) The effect of all this, says Norton, is to prevent the circulation of ideas, and to "preserve the powerful against criticism." In other words, their purpose is to produce propaganda to help prop up the Republican Party and its statist/imperialist policies. It is exactly the opposite of the honorable tradition of "speaking truth to power"; it is hiding the truth from the public in order to accumulate and abuse power." Full article: http://www.lewrockwell.com/dilorenzo/dilorenzo80.html _________________________________ Dry red wines high in tannins have a greater protective effect than less tannic wines and may help people live longer by protecting against heart disease, according to a study by Queen Mary's William Harvey Research Institute. Tannins are compounds extracted from the seeds, skins, and stems of grapes that give red wines their characteristic dry, full taste, reported CBS News. Full Story >> http://snipurl.com/162ju _________________________________ http://www.billmon.org | http://www.samefacts.com | http://www.kevinsites.net _________________________________ COOKING THE EASY WAY At one time or other, we've all found ourselves with an almost empty refrigerator and bare cupboards. But that doesn't mean you have to rush to the grocery. You just need to be creative. You can get ideas at Cooking By Numbers. Use the list to select the ingredients you have on hand. Then click Find Recipes. You'll get a list showing you what you can (or can almost) make. There are some interesting cooking ideas here. There's also a little bit of cheeky humor. And, depending on what exactly is in your refrigerator, you may want to go to the grocery store anyway! TO VISIT TODAY'S COOL SITE, GO HERE: http://www.cookingbynumbers.com Be sure to listen to me Monday through Friday. Use my map to find me near you http://www.komando.com/listen/index.aspx _________________________________ eHEALTHY NEWS Measles Vaccine Undeniably Linked to Autism - If this sounds like medical heresy to you then you will certainly want to review the compelling evidence for this important finding. http://snipurl.com/15z3v --- A Humorous Look at Global Warming - Take a break and have a laugh with this short Will Ferrell sketch about global warming, as described by President Bush. http://snipurl.com/15z42 _________________________________ VIDEO: Robots Are Blue 7:58 In the future, where robots live and work among humans. one man is faced with a man-robot dilemma. http://snipurl.com/15z4d _________________________________ NationalGeographic.com http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/pod/ _________________________________ NASA Astronomy picture of the day http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html _________________________________ It is better to be bold than too circumspect, because fortune is of a sex which likes not a tardy wooer and repulses all who are not ardent. ~ Machiavelli