The Man Who Knew Too Much? A Convenient Suicide in a Libyan Prison
Benjamin Davis
Little noted thusfar by the newspapers of record in the United States, Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi, the al-Qaeda operative tortured for the United States by the Egyptian secret police, died in a Libyan prison this past weekend of what has been called a “suicide.” For those who only vaguely remember al-Libi’s name, al-Libi is the al-Qaeda person picked up at an al-Qaeda training camp in Afghanistan and extraordinarily rendered to Egypt to be tortur ed at the United States behest. Al-Libi is the one reported to have linked al-Qaeda to Saddam Hussein in a false confession that was the result of this torture that Saddam Hussein was training al-Qaeda in bomb making, poisons, and deadly gases….
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Video: Zardari says Osama was an “Operator” for the United States
Infowars
In the interview here, NBC’s David Gregory completely ignores Pakistan president Asif Ali Zadari when he declares that Osama bin Laden was an “operator” for the United States. Gregory wants to know if Zadari believes Osama is alive. He wants to know why Pakistan has not gone after Bin Laden….
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Taliban are growing in strength in Kandahar
Chris Sands, Foreign Correspondent
The Taliban are gaining strength in Kandahar province, their southern heartland, as frustration with the US-led occupation and state corruption mounts, local politicians have warned. As 21,000 extra American troops begin to arrive in the country and the fighting season gets firmly underway, there is real concern among Afghans on the front line that violence will escalate. Speaking during a visit to Kabul, a delegation of provincial council memb ers and other community leaders from Kandahar said the insurgency was winning over many Afghans disaffected with life under foreign occupation….
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Pope Snub Upsets Gaza Christians
Pope Snub Upsets Gaza Christians By Motasem Dalloul, IOL Correspondent
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…Monsignor Mussalam was more vocal and critical. “Your voice must be louder and louder and you must deal with the Holy Land far from the greed of the Europeans, but from the eye of humanity and the eye of sanctity,” he stressed. “Western countries are the reason behind the creation of Israel which was built on the bodies, lands and worship places of the Palestinians,” fumed the Christian clergyman. “It is true that not all of them are Catholics, but all of them are Christians and so they are under your word,” he said, addressing his words to Pope Benedict. “You must tell them that they have to facilitate our return to the occupied lands. Don’t forget that the origin of your current position is from Palestine and your faith is originated from Palestine as Jesus who came with Christianity is from Palestine.”…
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The hidden hand of Dick Cheney
Out of office, he continues to push his tortured version of reality — and his vision of an imperial presidency — and there are signs he is succeeding.
Juan Cole
Dick Cheney is out there. He is defending torture, dissing Colin Powell, and genuflecting before radio personality Rush Limbaugh as the high priest of what’s left of conservatism. His refusal to go quietly, unlike his much-reviled boss, is risky. He was a laugh line more than once at Saturday’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner. But the media’s focus on the sheer spectacle of the ex-veep’s antics, and on the Republican vs. Democrat feud he’s stoking, underestimates the way Cheney’s principles still inform many of the country’s most crucial policies…
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Sun in Tel Aviv and Fire in Gaza
Kawther Salam
Sun in Tel Aviv and Fire in Gaza) is a daily protest on the other side of the “Tel Aviv Beach ” farce at the Donau Kanal here in Vienna, which takes place under the auspices of Major Dr. Michael Häupl, 2009_03_06-150awho won the last election with the voices of the Arab and Muslim Communities. The protest is also in memory of the Palestinian victims who were murdered during the so-called “Operation Cast Lead” and their surviving families, who are still jailed in Gaza turned i nto a concentration camp after the world turned the back on them. The pro-Palestinian protest activities will continue on the Donau Kanal until the end of summer of 2009….
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Ahmadinejad leads election poll by big margin
PressTV
A recent poll shows the Iranian president’s popularity has grown among the electorate, while support for his rival, Mir-Hossein Mousavi has remained unchanged. The opinion poll was conducted in Tehran as well as 29 other provincial capitals and 32 important cities on May 3-4. The poll indicates that 58.6% will cast their ballots in favor of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, while some 21.9% will vote for Mousavi, the pro-administration website, Rajanews, reported. The report did no t include any further details about the organization that conducted the poll or the number of people who were surveyed…
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Israeli Tactics to Seize Al-Quds Properties
Khaled Amayreh
He says that his lineage goes back to Tamim al-Dari, a companion of Prophet Mohammed (peace and blessings be upon him), who arrived from the Arabian Peninsula and settled in the Al-Khalil region around 650 A.D. “Without the slightest exaggeration, I can solemnly testify that my roots in this land are deeper than the roots of 99.99% of Israeli Jews, the very people who are now claiming we don’t belong here and who are trying to expel us from this land, our land,” h e told IslamOnline.net…
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