By Mimi Hall, USA TODAY 10/24/07
WASHINGTON – The government’s terrorist watch list has swelled to more than 755,000 names, according to a new government report that has raised worries about the list’s effectiveness.(more…)
October 2007
Monthly Archive
Wed 24 Oct 2007
Wed 24 Oct 2007
Bush Regime Preaches Democracy, Proposes Tyranny
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By Paul Craig Roberts ICH 10/24/07
US citizens had best rethink the “war on terror” while they still have the liberty to do so. (more…)
Wed 24 Oct 2007
Why America Is Losing the War on Terror
I highly recommend the new book by David Cole and Jules Lobel, “Less Safe, Less Free: Why America Is Losing the War on Terror.” Cole and Lobel are law professors and Constitutional scholars. The writing is very accessible to the layperson. (more…)
Wed 24 Oct 2007
William Blum The Anti-Empire Report 10/01/07
I used to give thought to what historical time and place I would like to have lived in. Europe in the 1930s was usually my first choice. (more…)
Mon 22 Oct 2007
How Government Forfeitures are Shutting Down U.S.-Based Muslim Charities:
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Going After Terrorism’s Financiers Is the Right Strategy, But the Law Needs Reform
[Particularly relevant as the Holy Land Foundation verdict came down today.]
By JENNIFER VAN BERGEN from May 1st, 2006, Findlaw.com
The basic strategy of rooting out terrorism by targeting its financiers (more…)
Mon 22 Oct 2007
Holy Land trial ends in mistrial
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Monday, October 22, 2007 WFAA.com
Noon: You can see a huge celebration on the part of the Muslim community who see this as a victory. This is because the mistrial was pronounced. It will have to be tried again but if you look at how the jurors spoke to the judge and what they said, they had a resounding not guilty verdict on two of the defendants and on two more they couldn’t make up their minds.(more…)
Sun 21 Oct 2007
“Thank you. Thank you for the wonderful medical care you gave mother and the years that you extended her life and the quality of life that you gave and the time you gave us to spend with her. The dr.s that came after only went thru the process and did not care about he life. Thank you.”
Cheri-lee Waugh
Sun 21 Oct 2007
Inside out and upside down: Life at the “Communication Management Unit” of Terre Haute Federal Prison [This is the unit where Dr. Dhafir is being held.]
By Yassin Aref albanyweblog.com 10/21/07
(An imam who was targeted, wrongly convicted and sentenced to 15 years in a phony FBI sting operation) (more…)