April 2008
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Critics Cost Muslim Educator Her Dream School
"...The conflict tapped into a well of post-9/11 anxieties. But Ms. Almontaser’s downfall was not merely the result of a spontaneous outcry by concerned parents and neighborhood activists. It was also the work of a growing and organized movement to stop Muslim citizens who are seeking an expanded role in American public life. The fight against the school, participants in the effort say, was only an early skirmish in a broader, national struggle..."
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Battle in Brooklyn | A Principal’s Rise and Fall
Critics Cost Muslim Educator Her Dream School
By ANDREA ELLIOTT
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/28/nyregion/28school.html
Debbie Almontaser dreamed of starting a public school like no other in New York City. Children of Arab descent would join students of other ethnicities, learning Arabic together. By graduation, they would be fluent in the language and groomed for the country’s elite colleges. They would be ready, in Ms. Almontaser’s words, to become “ambassadors of peace and hope.”
1992: Discovery Channel Gulf War Special (Have you seen this?!)
In this 1992 documentary, members of PNAC, the NSA and the CFR admit that liberating Kuwait wasn't the only reason for Gulf War I. A much bigger idea was in mind.
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Scott Ritter Warns of Impending Strike(s) Against Iran on Democracy Now
Monday April 28, 2008
Scott Ritter tells Amy Goodman that he believes a military strike on Iran is in the works and that he fears it could spiral out of control.
(2 Minutes - .6 Meg)
Scott Ritter: By Releasing Intel, US Endorses Israel’s Illegal Bombing of Alleged Syrian Nuke Site
The head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog group, Mohamed ElBaradei, has criticized the United States for withholding intelligence that it says showed the construction of a nuclear reactor in Syria that Israel bombed in September. The International Atomic Energy Agency chief was critical of both the US delay in releasing the information and of Israel’s bombing of the site before the IAEA could inspect it. We speak with former UN weapons inspector in Iraq, Scott Ritter. [includes rush transcript]
http://www.democracynow.org/2008/4/28/un_nuclear_watchdog_chief_blasts_us
Cindy Sheehan at Impeach on the Beach calls for new 9/11 investigation on No Lies Radio - formally enters race against Pelosi!
Coming Up Tuesday, April 29th at: 7pm Pacific - 10pm Eastern - 02:00 GMT
Listen to our Impeach on the Beach Show - San Francisco Style
Cindy Sheehan Interviewed by No Lies Radio...Formally enters race for Speaker Pelosi's Congressional Seat...She calls for Impeachment of both Bush and Cheney and for a new 9/11 Investigation...
Hundreds of activists spell out "Impeach" with their bodies on the beach as a helicopter flies over to photograph it. Great enthusiastic crowd including many 911 truthers. Hear Cindy's interview, Gitmo man on the beach interview, and the sounds and flavor of this traditional San Francisco Beach Impeach Event.
9/11 "Wall Of Heroes" To Include Sick Cops
Congratulations to the Zadroga family, and to the others as well. - Jon
NY Post: City Will Honor 8 Officers Who Succumbed To Illnesses Related To Ground Zero Dust
Source: cbsnews.com
NEW YORK, April 28, 2008
(CBS) New York City's 9/11 "Wall Of Heroes" will now include names of police officers who died well after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
The city will honor eight officers who succumbed to illnesses related to working amid the toxic debris at ground zero, the New York Post reports.
Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly and Mayor Michael Bloomberg will preside over a May 9 ceremony paying tribute to eight fallen officers who died from a litany of diseases linked to their work at the site of the World Trade Center, the Post reports.
One of those officers will be Det. James Zadroga, who died of a respiratory disease in 2006 after spending more than 400 hours sifting through the smoldering ruins at ground zero.
"It’s a bittersweet victory," Joseph Zadroga, James's father, told CBS News.com.
Former Guantanamo prosecutor says trials tainted (Reuters)
Former Guantanamo prosecutor says trials tainted
By Jane Sutton
GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - The former chief prosecutor for the Guantanamo war crimes tribunals testified on Monday that the tribunals were tainted by political influence and evidence obtained through prisoner abuse.
Air Force Col. Moe Davis, who quit the war court last year, said political appointees and higher-ranking officers pushed prosecutors to file charges before trial rules were even written.
A supposedly impartial legal adviser demanded they pursue cases where the defendant "had blood on his hands" because those would excite the public more than mundane cases against document forgers and al Qaeda facilitators, Davis said.
He said the pressure ramped up after "high-value" prisoners with alleged ties to the September 11 plot were moved to Guantanamo from secret CIA custody shortly before the 2006 U.S. congressional elections and amid the ongoing U.S. presidential campaigns.
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Robert Steele on the Drug War
"This is a very serious movie and I volunteered to appear in it."
- Robert Steele, from his review of the documentary American
Drug War: The Last White Hope on Amazon.com:
http://www.amazon.com/American-Drug-last-white-hope/dp/B0015XASZ8
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Smoking Gun: VA Boss Grilled on Military Suicide Cover-Ups
Senator Patty Murray questions Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs Gordon
Mansfield about emails concerning the cover-up of veteran suicide rates.
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JStreetPAC is the first and only federal Political Action Committee established to explicitly promote meaningful American leadership to end the Arab-Israeli and Palestinian-Israel conflicts peacefully and diplomatically.
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RALLY FOR THE NYC 9/11 BALLOT INITIATIVE - Wednesday, April 30th - NYC
RALLY FOR THE NYC 9/11 BALLOT INITIATIVE
When: Wednesday April 30, 7:30 pm
Where: St. Mark's Church, 2nd Avenue @ 10th Street
Suggested donation: $15 - sliding scale accepted
The New York City 9/11 Ballot Initiative Campaign, a citizens based organization, whose goal is the creation of an independent commission to lead a new investigation into the tragedy of 9/11, will be holding a rally on Wednesday, April 30th at 7:30 PM at St. Mark's Church in the Bowery. The campaign hopes to put the issue of a new investigation of 9/11 on the November 2008 NYC ballot as a public referendum. Visit www.nyc911initiative.org for full campaign details.