Freedompedia: THE FLM RESOURCE & INFORMATION DATABASE

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Freedompedia
THE FLM RESOURCE & INFORMATION DATABASE

Welcome Message from the FLM Leader

Welcome to Freedompedia - the Freedom Liberation Movement’s Resource and Information Database. This database is an important information source for all researchers, truth seekers and interested persons into the most important news and informationa from around the world affecting us all.

The subjects presented in this database are some of the most important issues pertinent to the aims and objectives of the FLM. I can guarantee that the information presented in Freedompedia will challenge the false view of the world many of us develop from watching the conformist and lying mainstream media.

I am sure you will find Freedompedia interesting and helpful and I commend it to you.


Regards,

Leader of the Freedom Liberation Movement

General introductory notes

1) Freedompedia presents information that is pertinent to the aims and goals of the FLM and of crucial importance to all peoples of the world concerned about their peace, security and freedom.
2) This document is incomplete and is being continually updated.
3) Information within each File is arranged in alphabetical order where possible, or else in order of importance.
4) One suggestion is to utilise the “Find” function, located under “Edit” on the menu bar in Microsoft Word, to search this database for key words.
5) People are welcome to suggest relevant and appropriate additions to this database.
6) Any other comments relating to the content of this database, or ways to improve it, are welcomed.
7) Please report dead links so that alternative links can be found.
8) The FLM has included its own comments in response to select issues presented below. These comments have been coloured red and any underlined words represent a web link to more information or another related article.
9) The FLM recommends that you keep hard copies of information where possible, particularly information that may be seen as “controversial” by the New World Order and its thought police. The Internet has been valuable as a medium for free speech and information dissemination, but it is not perfect. The thought police are actively trawling the Internet deleting undesirable information and attacking websites inconvenient to the international Establishment’s conformist propaganda line.
10) For those utilising Freedompedia, the FLM would appreciate if you would link to it directly on your website or at least give some form of acknowledgment to the FLM and our website.
11) This database was not updated fully between approximately 10 July and 24 July 2006; between late July to late September 2006; between approximately October 2006 to early March 2007; between approximately June 2007 to December 2007.
12) Date of latest version: 29 December 2007


INDEX

File 1 – World Events

AL QAEDA INFORMATION

AFGHANISTAN (and Pakistan):
America’s invasion (real reasons behind)
Background information on Afghanistan
Death tolls of America’s invasion of Afghanistan and the ongoing war
Organisations campaigning against, or highlighting the civilian victims of American bombing
Soviet Union in Afghanistan in the 1980s
Continuing American crimes in Afghanistan/Pakistan
Other crimes
Taliban news
Continuing resistance
Other news from Afghanistan (and Pakistan)

IRAQ
The death toll of America’s invasion of Iraq and the ongoing war
Related information on death tolls
Iraq resistance websites
Other information on Iraq’s “insurgency”
Veterans groups against the war in Iraq
Background information on Iraq
Information on the 1991 Gulf War
Other groups and websites
“Weapons of mass destruction” lies
Other American lies
Media lies
Opposition to Iraq war
Additional reports of interest
Saddam Hussein
Continuing resistance
Continuing resistance in Shiite south
Continuing resistance in Fallujah
Other Fallujah news
The slaughter of collaborators
The slaughter of media collaborators
Iraqis oppose foreign occupation
The right to resist
Iraq’s American puppets
The “liberated” Iraq - “freedom”, “democracy” and “better future”
State-sanctioned terrorism by the pro-American Shiites – Iraq is now worse than under Saddam Hussein
Other reports of Iraq’s “better future”
Other continuing American/British crimes in Iraq
American use of phosphorous chemical weapons
Kurdish crimes in Iraq
Other Kurdish news
“Democracy” fraud/ “Demonstration election” in Iraq
IRAQ – ADDITIONAL NEWS REPORTS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
Other Iraq news

ISRAEL/PALESTINE CONFLICT
Death tolls from the second Palestinian Intifada (Sept 2000 – Present)
Palestinian news
Organisations supporting the Palestinian cause
Websites of Palestinian armed groups
Palestinian human rights issues
Israeli peace groups
United Nations information regarding Israel/Palestine
Other information
Continuing Israeli crimes against the Palestinians
The major Israeli aggression against Gaza and Lebanon (from late June 2006)
Continuing Israeli crimes against the Palestinians [continued]
Other Israeli crimes
Palestinian resistance
“Right to resist”
Supplying Palestinians with weapons to defend themselves
Palestinian elections/US interference in
Hamas post-election
Hamas in control
Previous Hamas news
Other Hamas news
Fatah Party and Mahmoud Abbas work against Palestinians
“Palestinian state”
Illegal Israeli occupation of Palestine
Other news
Mainstream media deceptions over Palestine

Countries who are victims of American/Western imperialism or are resisting the American Empire

MUSLIMS IN GENERAL
The Danish newspaper and Muhammed caricatures
Western/Jewish cartoons insult Islam; then here’s cartoons to insult the Jews’ Holocaust

BELARUS
Western campaign against
Other news
CHINA
EGYPT
IRAN
News on Iran’s President
American/Western campaign against
Related/commentary
American/British terrorism/”destabilisation” operations
The coming war against Iran
Iran and Israel
Nuclear hypocrisy (U.S., Britain, Israel, Australia)
Other Iran news
LEBANON
The major Israeli aggression against Gaza and Lebanon (from late June to August 2006)
Commentary on Israel’s attack on Lebanon:
LIBYA
NORTH KOREA
PAKISTAN
RUSSIA
Russian region generally
Chechen resistance
SAUDI ARABIA
SUDAN
SYRIA
UKRAINE
YUGOSLAVIA
ZIMBABWE

CENTRAL/SOUTH AMERICA
South America in general
Argentian
Bolivia
Cuba
Ecuador
Panama
Peru
Mexico
Nicaragua
Venezuela

MORE AMERICAN IMPERIALISM
Canada
New Zealand

News from various American and Israeli puppet
BRITAIN
CANADA
COLOMBIA
GERMANY
ITALY
JORDAN
PAKISTAN
PARAGUAY
ROMANIA
News from other countries
SOMALIA

CHRISTIANITY IN GENERAL
Anti-Christian attacks
Da Vinci Code/”Gospel of Judas”
Other attacks


File 2 – New World Order

NEW WORLD ORDER TAKEOVER
Independent information on the NWO and the American Police State
Other information
The Police State/NWO takeover
Alternative and miscellaneous websites
Mind control

GLOBALISATION/WTO/IMF/WORLD BANK
World Bank news
Resistance to WTO

UNITED NATIONS
United Nations websites
Other UN issues:
Forgotten UN wars in support of American and Western imperialism:
Haiti
Congo
Darfur, Sudan
Agenda 21

WESTERN IMPERIALISM





File 3 – The United States

AMERICAN WARS, ATTACKS & INTERVENTIONS
American wars, invasions, attacks, interventions and interference
CIA = Third World Holocaust
American crimes in Vietnam
American terrorism
The American terrorism school: School of the Americas
America and torture (“we don’t do torture”)
American Police State
Peace activists arrested
American government spying on population (al la Gestapo)
American plans to rule the world
American censorship and silencing of critics
American Empire keeps expanding
American invasion of Africa continues
Corruption in American government
America’s weapons of mass destruction (nuclear hypocrisy)
So-called “democracy”

“WAR ON TERROR”
Criticisms of the “war on terror””
Amnesty International
United Nations
Continuing American crimes
Other American crimes round the world

OPPOSITION TO AMERICAN EMPIRE
Famous people against Bush
Arch-terrorist and criminal George Bush
American people against Bush
Neo-conservatives:
Bush administration suffers setbacks

“DEMOCRACY”
Opposition within the American population

GOVERNMENT RESOURCES

INSTITUTES/THINK TANKS
Right wing/neo-conservative “think tanks”
Other institutes

UNITED NATIONS AND THE UNITED STATES

GENERAL INFORMATION
Articles on America
The American Religious Right (Christian extremists, fundamentalists)
Related FLM articles

SEPTEMBER 11
Famous people who doubt official story:


File 4 – Australia

Australia becomes a Police State
Australia’s version of Britain’s fake “Ricin poison cell” (from January 2003)?
NSW Police State
Other State news
Australia joins America and its crimes
John Howard as American puppet
Australian imperialism (mini-invasions and occupations)
John Howard as American puppet
Australian imperialism (mini-invasions and occupations)
East Timor
Solomon Islands
Government censorship/suppression of information
Campaign against Muslims
Opposition to Police State
Radical Christian Right makes inroads into Australia
Media mocking Christianity
Other news


File 5 – Health & Medical Studies

Alternative health information
The truth on fluoride and fluoridation of water
Alternative medicine news
“Bird flu”
HIV/AIDS
American-style capitalist “health care”


File 6 – Media

Reports on the lying mainstream media
The Bill O’Reilly file
Media/movie/TV anti-Christian, anti-social campaign:
MEDIA CRITICS
ALTERNATIVE NEWS
MAINSTREAM MEDIA NETWORKS
Australian news
British news
International and major news networks
News from the Middle East
North American news networks
Other news


File 7 – Real & Suppressed History

COUNTRY REPORTS
Congo/Belgium
Hungary
Ireland
Israel
Kenya
Ukraine
Vietnam/Vietnam War

ANCIENT HISTORY
Mankind’s origins
Other ancient mysteries

MODERN HISTORY

WORLD WAR TWO
Some suppressed or forgotten history of WW2
Allied war crimes
Dresden Holocaust of February 1945
Atomic bombings
Holocaust studies
Information
Iran’s uncovering of truth
Suppression of facts
“Survivors”
David Irving
Other related WW2 information
Post-WW2 German history

WORLD WAR ONE

KOREAN WAR

OTHER INFORMATION

SUPRESSED INFORMATION RESOURCES


File 8 – Conspiratorial & Alternative Research
File 9 – Unexplained Phenomena & Paranormal Studies
File 10 – Miscellaneous People & Organisations

People that the FLM shares at least some common views with, or agrees with some of their views
William Blum
Pat Buchanan
Noam Chomsky
Robert Fisk
Eric Margolis
Michael Moore
John Pilger
Norman Finkelstein


File 11 – Information

HUMANITARIAN & HUMAN RIGHTS
Human rights watchdogs
Humanitarian organizations

GOVERNMENT INFORMATION

MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION
Famous books





File 1 – World Events


AL QAEDA INFORMATION

Osama bin Laden’s February 1998 declaration of war against America and Israel
Profile of Ayman al-Zawahiri (Osama bin Laden’s deputy)
Al-Farouq.com – an Al Qaeda website? (Note: This site is in Arabic and was in operation as of the 11 August 2005. The FLM doesn’t even know what it says and is mentioned here for purely research purposes)
“Bin Laden could be dead: terrorism expert”, 16/1/06
“Bin Laden: Where is he?”, 22/1/06
· “US rejects Osama’s truce offer”, 20/1/06 [FLM Comment: This continues the decades-old Western/Israeli strategy of refusing to negotiate with “terrorists”. This “no negotiation” stance has provoked terrorism and led to more attacks and especially more deadly attacks. The terrorists may well be saying in effect: “okay, if you won’t listen to us and our real grievances; if you won’t negotiate with us, then so be it. We’ll carry out the deadliest attacks against you and kill as many of you as we can, that’s your choice”.]
· “Bib Laden message: ‘I’m still here’”, 20/1/06
“In Tape, Al-Zawahri Blasts Cartoons”, 5/3/06 – “CAIRO, Egypt - Al-Qaida’s No. 2 leader Ayman al-Zawahri criticized the West for its insult to Islam's prophet, complaining in a video broadcast Sunday on Al-Jazeera that the Prophet Mohammed and Jesus “are not sacred anymore…The insults against Prophet Muhammad are not the result of freedom of opinion but because what is sacred has changed in this culture,” he said. “The Prophet Mohammed, prayers be upon him, and Jesus Christ, peace be upon him, are not sacred anymore, while Semites and the Holocaust and homosexuality have become sacred”. [FLM Comment: Wow, what can we say without being accused of supporting Al Qaeda? How ironic that the “evil” Al Qaeda’s deputy commander has defended Jesus and made reference to the very things the FLM and others have been saying: the Jewish-controlled media’s assault on both Islam and Christinaity and its non-stop pro-Homosexual movies and TV content. Further information is available in the FLM’s database on Jewish issues and its “Jews control the media” section.]
“Bin Laden accuses West of ‘crusader war’”, 24/4/06
“‘Bin Laden tape’ blasts Hamas treatment”, 24/4/06
“America’s back broken in Iraq: Zawahri”, 29/4/06
“Al-Qaida Calls For Overthrow Of Pakistan”, 29/4/06
“Rift Grows Between al-Qaida, Muslim Groups”, 29/4/06
“Al Qaeda video taunts Bush, Iran, Shiites”, 5/5/07
“Al Qaeda threatens ‘response’ to Rushdie’s knighthood”, 11/7/07 - Al Qaeda second-in-command Ayman al-Zawahiri said on Tuesday the group was preparing a “precise response” to Britain’s decision to knight author Salman Rushdie…“Why don’t they honour the British historian David Irving? The queen did not honour him because she cannot rebel against the Jews, who are her masters,” he said.


AFGHANISTAN (and Pakistan)

America’s invasion (real reasons behind):

“US planned war in Afghanistan long before September 11”
“The Deadly Pipeline War: US Afghan Policy Driven By Oil Interests”
“Trans-Afghan gas pipeline project likely in 2006”, 11/11/05

Background information on Afghanistan:

Maps of Afghanistan
CIA World Factbook – Afghanistan
Information from the Council on Foreign Relations:
The New Constitution
NATO in Afghanistan
Security situation

Death tolls of America’s invasion of Afghanistan and the ongoing war:

A database of civilians killed in Afghanistan by US bombing
“Afghan Portraits of Grief”
A database of American and Coalition casualties in Afghanistan

Organisations campaigning against, or highlighting the civilian victims of American bombing:

“September Eleventh Families for Peaceful Tomorrows”

Soviet Union in Afghanistan in the 1980s:

“Afghanistan: The Bear Trap” – an inside story of the Afghan Jihad against the Soviets. Note: Consider the parallel to the Americans in Afghanistan now.

Continuing American crimes in Afghanistan/Pakistan:

“No US charges over Afghan bodies”, 26/11/05 – “The bodies were burned for reasons of hygiene, the investigation found…” [FLM Comment: Now another parallel between America and the Nazis: the Germans burnt the bodies of Jews who died from disease outbreaks in internment and labour camps for reasons of hygiene. In the case of the Americans however, it is a pretty lame excuse.]
“Afghanistan full of night ambushes and dust storms”, 28/11/05
“The U.S. blocked “Afghan Massacre: Convoy of Death”?, 29/11/05
“US missiles blamed for 18 deaths on Pakistan border”, 13/1/06
“Pakistanis Condemn Purported CIA Attack”, 15/1/06
Related: Have the Leaders of America Lost Their Minds?;
“Pakistani Ruling Party Demands Apology”, 16/1/06
“Pakistan warns US over air strike”, 17/1/06
“Pakistan Tells U.S. Not to Repeat Attack”, 21/1/06
“Thousands Protest U.S. Airstrike in Pakistan”, 22/1/06
“Sympathy for al-Qaida Surges in Pakistan”, 22/1/06
“Pakistan seeks to quell anti-American sentiments”, 22/1/06
“Senate condemns Bajour attack”, 26/1/06
“Pakistanis ‘killed in US strike’”, 12/2/06
“US probes ‘friendly fire’ deaths”, 17/4/06
“Civilians injured ‘by US forces’”, 18/4/06
“Afghan police kill poppy farmers”, 10/5/06
“Concern mounts over civilian deaths in Afghanistan”, 23/5/06
“Afghans bury dead after U.S. airstrike killed dozens”, 23/5/06
· “Death Toll Higher in Afghan Airstrike”, 26/5/06
“US raid kills 50 Taleban, say officials”, 30/5/06 - Coalition warplanes bombed Taleban meeting in a mosque in southern Afghanistan yesterday, killing up to 50 suspected rebels, Afghan and the US-led coalition officials said.
“US troops shot into crowd, killed 3 Afghans – police”, 1/6/06
“‘Civilians dead’ in Nato assault”, 1/5/07
“Afghan civilian deaths are unacceptable: Karzai”, 3/5/07
“Children die in Afghan air raid”, 18/6/07
“NATO refuses to reconsider Afghan airstrikes”, 28/6/07
“Afghan Report of 50 Insurgents Killed Is Disputed; Others Say Civilians Died”, 26/7/07 - However, several residents of Musa Qala district have told reporters they believe almost all victims of the air strike were civilians. They say 16 civilians died in the bombing raid.
“Dozens of Afghan Civilians Die in Air Raids”, 27/7/07
“Aussie troops shoot children”, 2/8/07; Related: “Afghans on strike over our soldiers”, 5/8/07

Other crimes:

“Canadian row over Afghan ‘abuse’”, 24/4/07

Taliban news:

“Taliban issue decree urging death for Karzai”, 11/12/05
“U.S. troops talk to Afghans about Taliban”, 27/11/05
“Al Qaeda deputy praises Taleban gains in Afghanistan in new tape”, 11/12/05
“Taliban Growing in Afghanistan”, 12/12/05
“Afghan villagers riot after Police capture suspected Taliban”, 17/12/05
“Taleban head offered olive branch”, 8/1/06
“Afghan teacher beheaded, officials say”, 4/1/06
“Three schools set fire by Taliban in S. Afghanistan”, 9/1/06
“Taleban defector Khaksar killed”, 14/1/06
“Three more schools torched in Afghanistan”, 29/1/06
“Cash rewards for Taleban fighters”, 28/2/06
“In Helmand, the Taliban are everywhere and officials don’t sleep”, 12/3/06
“Pakistani Taliban take control of unruly tribal belt”, 21/3/06
“‘I have 600 suicide bombers waiting for your soldiers’”, 26/3/06
“School torched in southern Afghanistan, Taliban blamed”, 17/4/06
“Taliban regroup in Afghanistan”, 17/4/06
“Meeting Pakistan’s Taleban chief”, 20/4/06
“Another Girls School Torched In Afghanistan”, 17/5/06
“Taliban ‘captured fighter’ calls journos to deny reports”, 21/5/06
“Where Taliban Rules Again”, 24/6/06
“Large parts of Afghanistan under Taliban control: Omar”, 25/6/06
“Afghanistan crisis paves way for return of the Taliban”, 27/6/06
“More voices urge co-opting Taliban Some U.S. officials see inclusion as way to curb insurgency”, 15/10/06
“Inside the Taliban’s heart of darkness”, 22/5/07

Continuing resistance:

[FLM Comment: America should suffer the same resistance and attacks in Afghanistan as the Soviets did in the 1980s. The hypocrisy and double standard for America, in how it supported the anti-Soviet Jihad, is plain to see. Now with the tables turned, the talk is about “terrorism” and no one is allowed to support the Afghan anti-American Jihad. The FLM recommends people obtain the book, Ghost Wars: The Secret Histroy of the CIA, Afghanistan and bin Laden, from the Soviet invasion to September 10, 2001 by Steve Coll (Penguin Books, 2004). This book explains why America’s talk about “terrorism” and “insurgents” in Iraq and Afghanistan, and their complaints about “foreign fighters” infiltrating from neighbouring countries, is sheer hypocrisy that cannot be taken seriously. America supported against the Soviets in Afghanistan in the 1980s the very things it so complains about now in Afghanistan and Iraq.]

“[Four] British Soldiers Injured in Bomb Explosion in Northern Afghanistan”, 25/11/05
“Bomb Kills Swedish Soldier in Afghanistan”, 26/11/05
“Afghans Confront Surge in Violence”, 28/11/05 “Afghan violence resembles Iraqi methods”, 28/11/05
“The ‘enemy central’ province in Afghanistan”, 8/12/05
“Militants gun down pro-govt religious leader in Afghanistan”, 14/12/05 – “This is the ninth pro-government religious leader who was killed by militants over the past one year.”
“U.S. Soldier Killed in Afghanistan”, 15/12/05
“Norwegian ISAF unit escaped attack by suicide bomber”, 16/12/05
Two US soldiers wounded, 29/12/05
“Resistance to continue until US pullout: Omar”, 10/1/06
“One dead, three soldiers wounded in attack on Canadian convoy in Afghanistan”, 15/1/06
Related: “Afghan bomb kills Canadian envoy”, 15/1/06
“Afghan militants getting sophisticated arms”, 3/2/06
“Afghans flee scene of biggest battle in months”, 4/2/06
“U.S. service member killed in eastern Afghanistan”, 6/2/06
“Cartoon Protests Stoke Anti-American Mood”, 7/2/06
“Swedish soldiers attacked in Afghanistan”, 7/2/06
“UK troops help quell Afghan riot”, 7/2/06
“Afghan police kill seven as armed mob storms bases”, 9/2/06
“Four Canadian soldiers slightly wounded in roadside bombing in Afghanistan”, 9/2/06
“Taliban, al-Qaeda establish ‘Islamic state’ in NW Pak”, 12/2/06
Four US soldiers killed, 13/2/06
“Two Afghan intelligence agents abducted and killed”, 15/2/06
“Kabul to Islamabad: Crackdown on Taliban”, 18/2/06 [FLM Comment: America’s failure in Afghanistan continues as evidenced by “Kabul’s” plea to Pakistan as well as America’s desperation to “spread the security burden”. In other words, America and its puppet Kabul regime are saying “help us…please?”.]
“NATO troops come under attack in west Afghanistan”, 20/2/06
“DVD role in Afghan insurgency”, 21/2/06
“‘One killed in Afghan bomb blast”, 22/2/06
“Taliban fighters kill Afghan government official”, 23/2/06
· “Canadian patrol under attack in Afghanistan”, 26/2/06
“US soldier killed, two wounded, in Afghan clash”, 28/2/06
“Bagram prison escapee vows to fight Americans”, 28/2/06
“Suicide bomb wounds Canadian troops in Afghanistan”, 3/3/06
“Violence escalates in Afghanistan”, 4/3/06
“Fighting flares in southern Afghanistan”, 4/3/06
“Four die in Afghanistan explosion”, 4/3/06
“Canadian Soldier Injured in Kandahar”, 5/3/06 – “A militant hit a Canadian soldier on the head with an ax, seriously wounding him during a meeting of village elders in southern Afghanistan, the Canadian military said Sunday…Other Canadian soldiers at the meeting shot and killed the militant as the other Afghans fled, the military said. One of the villagers threw a grenade at the troops, who responded with small-arms fire and a rocket-propelled grenade. No one else was hurt in the fighting”.
“U.N. Engineer Killed in Afghanistan”, 6/3/06
“Hillier witnesses roadside blast”, 10/3/06
“US military planner sees Afghan violence escalating”, 11/3/06
“Four U.S. service members killed in IED strike”, 12/3/06
“Gunmen kill Afghanistan official”, 14/3/06
“Suicide bomber killed in attack on French convoy in Afghanistan”, 19/3/06
“Australian soldier injured in Afghanistan”, 24/3/06
“SERVICE MEMBERS KILLED, WOUNDED IN ACTION IN HELMAND PROVINCE”, 25/3/06
“Heavy fighting in south Afghanistan”, 26/3/06
“Australian casualty risk in Afghanistan increasing”, 28/3/06
“Clerics demand sharia trial for convert”, 27/3/06 – “America stop interference, [President] Karzai enforce justice, he should be punished,” one cleric told the crowd…The religious leaders called for protests across the country against the government and the West.
“Norwegian special forces engage Taliban in Afghanistan”, 27/3/06
· “Canadian soldiers hunker down after explosions rock Kandahar base”, 28/3/06
“Several dead in Afghan attacks”, 28/3/06
“U.S., Canadian soldiers die as Afghan violence surges”, 29/3/06
“Suicide bomber misses Canadian convoy”, 30/3/06
“Canadian soldier wounded Thursday in suicide attack in Afghanistan”, 30/3/06 - Around the same time as the bombing, suspected Taliban militants ambushed and killed a police chief and his brother in Helmand province - the region in which a violent gun battle killed a Canadian soldier Wednesday.
“Afghan police commander, district chief, 4 others killed”, 30/3/06
“Blasts rock Canadian base”, 31/3/06 - Later Friday morning, a Romanian Army convoy was hit with a roadside bomb not far from Kandahar. There was no word on casualties.
“Suicide Bomber, Afghan Lawmaker Killed”, 1/4/06
“Five US troops wounded in Afghan blast”, 1/4/06
“Four killed, US military supply trucks burned in Afghanistan”, 2/4/06
“US base attacked in Afghanistan”, 6/4/06
“Three Americans Injured In Afghan Suicide Attack”, 7/4/06 - A suicide car bomber in southern Afghanistan today lightly wounded two U.S. service members and one American civilian contractor…Afghan officials had said earlier two British soldiers were wounded in the incident.
“NATO base in western Afghan city attacked”, 8/4/06
“Suicide blast at Afghan army base”, 9/4/06
“US, Afghan troops kill six rebels in offensive”, 12/4/06 - Earlier on Wednesday, a roadside bomb hit a police vehicle in the southern province of Helmand, killing a policeman and wounding two, a provincial official said. Three British soldiers from a NATO-led peacekeeping force were wounded in a similar incident in the same province on Monday.
“Roadside bomb kills 3 Afghan policemen; attacker wounds 3 British soldiers”, 15/4/06
“Afghan district governor killed in ambush”, 15/4/06
“Beheaded ‘US spy’ found”, 16/4/06
“‘US agents’ executed in Pakistan”, 19/4/06
“Afghan history’s warning to UK troops”, 20/4/06
“Six police, U.S. soldier, killed in Afghan violence”, 21/4/06
“Afghan blast kills Canadian soldiers”, 22/4/06
“Fighting Escalates In Southern Afghanistan”, 23/4/06
“Taliban attacks on the rise”, 24/4/06
“Bomb Wounds 2 in Southern Afghanistan”, 1/5/06
“Afghan, bomber, killed in attack on Canadians”, 2/5/06
Reality cuts through propaganda; it’s resistance: ‘After the opium harvest, it’s jihad’, 3/5/06
“Suicide bombings escalate in Afghanistan”, 2/5/06
“Two Italian soldiers killed, four wounded by roadside bomb south of Kabul, military says”, 5/5/06
“Warlord Video May Signal Upsurge in Violence in Afghanistan”, 6/5/06
“Coalition base in Afghanistan attacked”, 13/5/06
“Two Canadians hit in Afghanistan blast”, 15/5/06
“Canada woman dies in Afghan raid”, 17/5/06
“US soldier dies in gunfight with Afghanistan militants”, 20/5/06
“Two French soldiers die in Afghan battle”, 20/5/06
· “Afghanistan gripped by worst fighting since 2001”, 21/5/06
“Firefights Kill 1 French, 16 Afghan Troops”, 21/5/06
“Soldier hurt in Afghan mine accident”, 22/5/06; Related: “Army vehicle bombed in Afghanistan”, 22/5/06
“British troops clash with Taliban fighters in Afghanistan”, 23/5/06
“Curfew in Kabul after deadly riot”, 29/5/06 - The Afghan government has imposed an overnight curfew in Kabul, following violent anti-US protests - the biggest since the fall of the Taleban in 2001. The riots began after a US military vehicle crashed into 12 cars in the Afghan capital, killing several people. People then started throwing stones, and some reports say US troops opened fire on the crowd…At least seven were killed in the shooting and the riots which followed.
“Dadullah claims control of southwestern Afghanistan”, 29/5/06 - The Taliban have regained control of all southwestern provinces of Afghanistan, Al Jazeera television quoted the group commander, Mullah Dadullah, as saying…Dadullah accused the United States of fighting Islam and Muslims. He condemned the US attack on civilians in southern Afghanistan and said that Washington viewed all Afghans as its enemies and therefore killed civilians. He held Afghan President Hamid Karzai responsible for the killings of civilians, saying that Karzai wanted foreign troops to stay in the country.
“5 Canadian soldiers wounded in Taliban ambush in southern Afghanistan”, 30/5/06
“Many Afghans resent foreigners’ presence”, 30/5/06
“Afghanistan’s new militant alliances”, 17/6/06
“Afghan police kill 7 comrades, defect to Taliban”, 5/6/06
“Taleban battle kills UK soldier”, 11/6/06
“Violence called worst since fall of Taliban”, 11/6/06
“Soldiers, rebels killed in Afghan clashes”, 14/6/06
“Major anti-Taliban operation under way in Afghanistan”, 15/6/06
“TWO COALITION SOLDIERS KILLED IN COMBAT OPERATIONS”, 14/6/06
“Aust soldier hurt in Afghanistan”, 16/6/06
“Afghan blast kills 2 soldiers”, 18/6/06
“More deadly violence in Afghanistan”, 21/6/06
“4 Canadian soldiers injured in Afghanistan”, 21/6/06
“Six killed in Afghanistan truck bomb blast”, 21/6/06
“Four US troops die in Afghanistan”, 22/6/06
“Two coalition troops, 45 Taliban killed in clash”, 25/6/06
“US-led force attacked near Kabul”, 26/6/06
“UK soldiers killed in Afghanistan”, 27/6/06
“We’ll beat you again, Afghans warn British”, 26/6/06
“3 German Soldiers Hurt In Attack In Afghanistan –Military”, 28/6/06
“Two British soldiers killed in Afghan attack”, 2/7/06
“Grenade attack on Canadian troops wounds 3 Afghan police”, 2/7/06
“For each Taliban you kill, I can find 20 more to fill his place”, 2/7/06
“UK soldier killed in Afghanistan”, 6/7/06
“Sixth British soldier killed as Taleban lay siege to base”, 6/7/06
“Taliban fighting with more sophistication: US-led coalition”, 22/7/06
“Hundreds of Taliban assault police post as violence sweeps across Afghanistan”, 24/7/06
“Leader of Afghan mujahideen dies”, 24/7/06 – Maulvi Yunis Khalis was a strong supporter of the Taleban and had been in hiding since declaring jihad (holy war) against US-led forces in 2003.
“Six Aussie troops wounded in Afghanistan”, 26/7/06
“Three British soldiers killed in Afghanistan ambush”, 1/8/06
“One Canadian Soldier Killed, Four Wounded in Afghanistan”, 3/8/06
“UK soldiers face difficult battle”, 7/9/06
“Nato struggles in Afghanistan”, 14/9/06
“Taliban lay plans for Islamic intifada”, 6/10/06
“Afghans ‘could switch allegiance’”, 8/10/06
“Afghan police killed by Taleban”, 6/5/07

Other news from Afghanistan (and Pakistan):

Stoking Afghanistan’s resistance, 22/10/05
“Afghan vote results delayed again for fraud inquiries”, 9/11/05
“Afghanistan: The war with no end”, 15/11/05
“Afghan army ‘stops Kabul blast’”, 26/11/05
“Karzai blames foreigners for decades of unrest”, 25/12/05 [FLM Comment: The “unnamed foreign power” Karzai is referring to should obviously be the United States. Who destroyed Afghanistan in the first place? Who supported “Muslim/Islamist extremists/militants” (the terms used now to demonise Muslim militants fighting American occupations) in their anti-Soviet war in the 1980s with billions of dollars and weapons? Who supported the radical Muslim militias who oppressed women, opposed education for women and overthrew the progressive Soviet-backed government, which was trying to bring Afghanistan into the 20th century with development and social reforms? The same people who then fought a destructive civil war in the 1990s once America declared victory over the Soviets and abandoned the country? America should be the country Karzai is referring to if he is being serious and truthful.]
“Afghan security barrier order worries foreigners”, 3/1/05
“Protest lodged with US-led forces in Afghanistan”, 10/1/06
“School set fire by militants in Afghanistan”, 21/2/06
“Mujahedeen of Afghan valley slow to warm to disarmament”, 27/2/06 [FLM Comment: This is an interesting report as it shows the arrogance of America and their historical deceptions. America supported anti-Soviet fighters in the 1980s, inflaming a war that saw one million killed, several million maimed and millions more left as refugees. Now they are battling anti-American fighters once America replaced the Soviet Union as the foreign occupier. However, America now suffers historical amnesia and expects everyone to accept American occupation, disarm nice and peacefully and calls anyone attacking them “terrorists”.]
“Armed men set on fire UN food trucks in Afghanistan”, 6/3/06
“Two tribesmen killed for allegedly spying for U.S.”, 13/3/06
“Afghanistan demands Pakistani cooperation”, 14/3/06
“U.S.: Violence to Increase in Afghanistan”, 3/4/06
“Army pleads for more troops after Afghanistan firefight”, 23/4/06
“Corruption eroding Afghan security”, 28/4/06
· “UN to increase presence in south Afghanistan”, 29/4/06
“French soldier killed In Afghanistan during mine removal”, 15/6/06
“UN report accuses Afghan MPs of torture and massacres”, 12/6/06
“Afghan Leader Losing Support”, 26/6/06
Eric Margolis: “Afghanistan: Time for Truth”, 18/9/06
“Islamabad faces suicide bomb call”, 6/4/07
Big surprise: “Afghan rebel leader says ends insurgency”, 19/7/07 - KABUL - A wanted rebel leader in Afghanistan, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, has declared a ceasefire against the government, a statement signed by Hekmatyar said.


IRAQ

REMEMBER FALLUJAH!
Related: 2000 killed in America’s November 2004 attack

The death toll of America’s invasion of Iraq and the ongoing war:

Study reveals between 21 700 – 55 000 Iraqi deaths by October 2003
Study reveals over 37 000 Iraqis killed between March and October 2003
Scientific study reveals 100 000 Iraq deaths by September 2004
· The Guardian: “100,000 Iraqi civilians dead, says study”
· Reuters: “Iraqi civilian deaths put at 100 000”
Reuters: “39,000 killed in continuing violence”, 12/7/05
UPI: “128,000 Iraqis killed 55% women & children”, 12/7/05
“No One Knows How Many Iraqis Have Died”, 10/3/06
“Iraqi death toll at least 50,000”, 25/6/06 - At least 50,000 Iraqis have died violently since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, according to statistics from the Baghdad morgue, the Iraqi Health Ministry and other agencies - a toll 20,000 higher than previously acknowledged by the Bush administration.
“At least 600,000 civilians killed in Iraq, study finds”, 12/10/06

Related information on death tolls:

A database of civilians killed in the American war in Iraq
A database of American & Coalition deaths in Iraq
Abdul Aziz al-Hakim: 80 000 Iraqis killed, 3/12/05
“George Bush: 30,000 Iraqis Killed In War”, 12/12/05

IRAQ INDEX: Tracking Reconstruction and Security in Post-Saddam Iraq

Iraq resistance websites:

“Information from occupied Iraq”
“The Iraqi resistance”
Website documenting Iraqi resistance, American crimes (in French)
“Iraqi Occupation and Resistance Report”
“Free Arab Voice”
US armoured vehicle destroyed by Iraqi resistance
Images of the Iraqi resistance
Interview with Dr. Mohammad al-Obaidi of the People’s Struggle Movement of Iraq

Other information on Iraq’s “insurgency”:

Wikipedia information on Iraqi insurgency
“Resistance: In the eye of the American hegemon” (from Swans Commentary)
“Iraq: Insurgency Goals” (from Council on Foreign Relations)
“Iraqi newspaper identifies insurgent groups”
“Who are the insurgents in Iraq?”, 5/10/05 [FLM Comment: Answer: you and I if your country (whether you’re in Australia, America, Europe or elsewhere) were invaded by a foreign power.]
“Militia and Militant Groups in Iraq”, 24/1/06

Veterans groups against the war in Iraq:

Iraq Veterans Against the War
Veterans Against The Iraq War

Background information on Iraq:

CIA World Factbook – Iraq
“Iraq Resource Center” (from Council on Foreign Relations)

Information on the 1991 Gulf War:

“International War Crimes Tribunal: United States War Crimes Against Iraq”

Other groups and websites:

Campaign Against Depleted Uranium
Electronic Iraq
Iraqi League
WORLD TRIBUNAL ON IRAQ, Istanbul, 23 – 27 June 2005
Dahr Jamail’s testimony to the World Tribunal on Iraq, 25/6/05

Extract: But this testimony is not about the indomitable spirit of the Iraqi people. About the dignity and strength of Iraqis, we need no testimony. This testimony is about ongoing violations of international law being committed by the occupiers of Iraq on a daily basis in regards to rampant torture, the neglect and obstruction of the health care sector and the ongoing failure to allow Iraqis to reconstruct their infrastructure.

“Weapons of mass destruction” lies:

· “Bush aide denies ties to fake Iraq-Niger”, 2/11/05 – “President George W. Bush’s national security adviser, Stephen Hadley, denied on Wednesday that he or his staff received fake documents in 2002 that showed Iraq was seeking uranium from Niger, a claim that formed part of the administration’s case for going to war.”
· “Senate to probe how case for war was made”, 3/11/05 – “Emboldened by last week’s indictment of former top White House aide I. Lewis Libby, Democrats Tuesday used an obscure parliamentary rule to capture the Senate floor. In doing so, they infuriated Republicans but won a timetable to complete a long-delayed Senate investigation of whether the White House manipulated the intelligence used to justify invading Iraq.”
· “Bush War Policy Is Now in Play”, 3/11/05 – “For months, the politics of the Iraq war have been frozen in place, with stalwart Republicans defending President Bush’s policy and most Democrats shunning a direct challenge. Now the ice has begun to crack. In the face of solidifying public opposition to the war, a mounting U.S. body count and a renewed focus on the faulty intelligence used to justify the war, Democratic lawmakers and candidates have sharpened their critique of the administration’s policy and, in some cases, urged a withdrawal of U.S. troops.”
· Bush regime’s lies over Iraq documented
· “Powell ‘disappointed’ by pre-Iraq war intelligence”, 18/12/05
· “Early doubts about uranium sale to Iraq”, 18/1/06
· “Powell’s Former Chief of Staff Lawrence Wilkerson Calls Pre-War Intelligence a ‘Hoax on the American People’ Tonight on PBS Program ‘NOW’”, 3/2/06
· “Lacking Biolabs, Trailers Carried Case for War”, 12/4/06 - A secret fact-finding mission to Iraq -- not made public until now -- had already concluded that the trailers had nothing to do with biological weapons. Leaders of the Pentagon-sponsored mission transmitted their unanimous findings to Washington in a field report on May 27, 2003, two days before the president's statement. The three-page field report and a 122-page final report three weeks later were stamped “secret” and shelved. Meanwhile, for nearly a year, administration and intelligence officials continued to publicly assert that the trailers were weapons factories. [FLM Comment: This is a very interesting report as it answers an unanswered question concerning the mobile labs issue, which was documented in Chapter One of the FLM’s book, Resistance: Opposing the American Empire. As stated on pages 93 & 94 of Resistance, the final report of the Iraq Survey Group (ISG) of September 2004 revealed that there were two investigations into the mobile labs in May 2003. One was the publicly released CIA report of 28 May 2003, which concluded that the labs were “probably” designed to produce biological weapons (BW) but still mentioned significant doubts, including the “cover story” that the labs were designed to produce hydrogen – which in fact was the case. A second investigation was also mentioned by the ISG report that contained stronger doubts over whether the labs were meant for BW production than was revealed in the publicly released CIA report. The ISG report didn’t mention if this second, more accurate, secret report was released before or after the CIA report of 28 May. This Washington Post report now reveals this second secret investigation released an interim report on 27 May - the day before the CIA released its report for public exposure (and hype) on 28 May. It’s also clear that this, until-now secret, second investigation is the one referred to in the ISG final report of September 2004 – and documented in Resistance, which was published August 2005. This is also further evidence that the Bush administration intentionally lied about the issue. Since the second, more realistic report – expressing strong doubts over the mobile labs story – was kept secret while the White House relied solely on the CIA’s 28 May 2003 report that conformed with the White House lies. This is also a further indictment of the CIA and how it acted as the White House’s propaganda machine – creating “facts” that fitted the White House’s allegations.]
· “‘Nation’ columnist: Powell fingers Cheney”, 12/4/06
· “White House knew there were no WMD: CIA”, 22/4/06
· “Ex-WMD Inspector: Politics Quashed Facts”, 13/5/06
· “Warnings on WMD ‘Fabricator’ Were Ignored, Ex-CIA Aide Says”, 25/6/06
· “50 percent of U.S. thinks Iraq had WMDs”, 25/7/06
· “Americans Still Peeved at Iraq WMD Reports”, 10/10/06
· “I was Bush's scapegoat: ex-CIA boss”, 28/4/07

Other American lies:

· “Pre-war CIA report questioned al Qaeda – Iraq ties”, 10/11/05
· “Al-Libi’s Tall Tales”, 10 November 2005 – “A CIA document obtained by NEWSWEEK provides further evidence that the U.S. intelligence community had serious doubts about information from a high-level Qaeda detainee before the Iraq war.”
· “Bush Was Set on Path to War, Memo by British Adviser Says”, 27/3/06 Related: “To assume I wanted war is just flat wrong”
“Bush-Blair Iraq war memo revealed”, 27/3/06
Serial liars at work: “Cheney asserts Iraq-al Qaeda link”, 6/4/07; But Pentagon says no: “No link between Iraq and al-Qaeda”, 7/4/07 “If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it.” - Joseph Goebbels

Media lies:

· “While America Slept”, 30/3/06 - Richard Cohen, the Washington Post columnist, declared on Thursday that President Bush "wanted war" in Iraq, and the White House case for it was mainly false. Yet, three years ago, Cohen wrote that "only a fool" could doubt the president and the need for war.

Opposition to Iraq war:

· “Cronkite: Time for U.S. to Leave Iraq”, 15/1/06
· “Majority of 32 Wisconsin Towns Vote for Iraq Pullout”, 5/4/06
· “Why Iraq Was a Mistake”, 9/4/06 - Former Lt. General Greg Newbold: “From 2000 until October 2002, I was a Marine Corps lieutenant general and director of operations for the Joint Chiefs of Staff. After 9/11, I was a witness and therefore a party to the actions that led us to the invasion of Iraq--an unnecessary war. Inside the military family, I made no secret of my view that the zealots' rationale for war made no sense. And I think I was outspoken enough to make those senior to me uncomfortable. But I now regret that I did not more openly challenge those who were determined to invade a country whose actions were peripheral to the real threat--al-Qaeda. I retired from the military four months before the invasion, in part because of my opposition to those who had used 9/11's tragedy to hijack our security policy…Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's recent statement that "we" made the "right strategic decisions" but made thousands of "tactical errors" is an outrage. It reflects an effort to obscure gross errors in strategy by shifting the blame for failure to those who have been resolute in fighting.”
· “Stop this terrible waste, grieving mothers tell Bush”, 16/5/06
· “The power of mom”, 24/5/06
· “Brit crowned at Cannes”, 29/5/06 - It was eighth time lucky for Loach with The Wind That Shakes The Barley, his powerful film about the early days of Ireland's struggle for independence from Britain, which the director acknowledged was a critique of today’s war in Iraq.
· “Opponents of Iraq war rally around Lt. Watada”, 26/6/06
· “Doctors demand Iraq troop withdrawal”, 2/10/06
· “Bring troops home from Iraq now: poll”, 9/10/06
“General seeks UK Iraq withdrawal”, 13/10/06
“I was wrong on Iraq”, 15/10/06
“Poll: Support for Iraq war at all-time low”, 17/10/06

Additional reports of interest:

· “Oil from Iraq: An Israeli pipedream?”, 16/4/03
· See; The war was about securing Iraq’s oil!
· But it was also for Israel
· Seymour M. Hersh: “Up in the air: Where is the Iraq war headed next?”, 28/11/05
· “The Invasion of Iraq: Dollar vs Euro”; see related article here.
· “Bush, Blair make mea culpas”, 26/5/06
· “Howard urged to release findings on war’s impact”, 25/9/06
· “Iraq a ‘helluva mess’: former US secretary of state”, 17/10/06

Saddam Hussein:

“Saddam denounces ‘comedy’ court”, 15/3/06
“Saddam’s lawyer attacks ‘sham’ trial”, 10/5/06

Continuing resistance:

“Pro-Saddam insurgents embracing holy war”, 28/11/05
“In Lebanon, Arab fighters are ready to die in Iraq”, 28/11/05
“Iraqi insurgents strong and could get stronger: study”, 1/12/05
“Complexity of Iraq insurgency helps it to survive”, 2/12/05
Ramadi: a city resisting the occupation, 2/12/05
“Ambush kills 19 Iraqi troops north of Baghdad”, 3/12/05
Related: “20 insurgents killed in Iraq”, 5/12/05 [FLM Comment: The media may report the bare “facts” but they do not explain what it actually means. The puppet Shiite government sent its militias into a Sunni town to take revenge for the previous resistance attack and killed 20 locals (another 75 were arrested). Who were those killed? Probably innocent people to be added to all the other tens of thousands of Sunnis killed, arrested and tortured by the American proxy army of Shiite and Kurdish puppets and traitors. This is sheer oppression. Recall that Saddam Hussein is charged with “massacring” people in a town in which he was almost assassinated: another revenge attack.]
“Iraq group says killed U.S. hostage – Web”, 8/12/05
“Iraq insurgents say election truce won’t last”, 16/12/05
“Sunni leaders split on how to oust U.S.”, 19/12/05 – “The other policy -- advocated by some politicians who performed well in Thursday’s elections -- is to continue the armed resistance, but no longer as a random expression of outrage or to make the country ungovernable. Rather, it would become a tool to pressure the United States into announcing a date for the withdrawal of its troops.”
“11 U.S. Troops Killed in One Day in Iraq”, 6/1/06
“Five US Marines killed in western Iraq”, 8/1/06
“Suicide bombers kill 28 at Iraqi [Interior] ministry”, 9/1/06
“Two U.S. Civilians Killed in Iraq”, 18/1/06
“US General Describes Insurgent Fight in Northern Iraq”, 20/1/06
“Attacks in Iraq jumped in 2005”, 22/1/06
“Roadside bomb kills 3 US soldiers”, 2/2/06
Related: “Five American Servicemen Killed in Iraq”, 2/2/06
“US forces battle al-Sadr militia in Baghdad”, 2/2/06
“Danish troops attacked twice by Iraqis angry about the Mohammed caricatures”, 6/2/06
“Iraq group says kills Iraqi commando general – Web”, 7/2/06
“Three Marines die in IED attack”, 7/2/06
“Report Says Number of Attacks by Insurgents in Iraq Increases”, 9/2/06
Security incidents in Iraq, Feb 12
Security incidents in Iraq, Feb 13
· “U.S.: Iraq attacks increase”, 17/2/06
“Civilian contractors: Invisible casualties of Iraq”, 23/2/06
“Attacks surge despite stringent security measures in Iraq”, 25/2/06 – “Two rockets exploded in the British Embassy compound in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone late Friday, causing minor injuries to two British workers, the U.S. military reported”.
“Pentagon report: Insurgent attacks hit postwar high”, 25/2/06
“Roadside bomb devices get smarter and deadlier”, 7/3/06
“More violence in Iraq; US tank crew safe”, 10/3/06 – “A US Abrams battle tank was set on fire by a powerful bomb in Baghdad. The military says the crew escaped unharmed. AP Television News footage shows the tank in flames, with its tracks blown off”.
“Two U.S. soldiers killed in western Iraq”, 15/3/06
· “Recruiting in Ramadi: Attacks, few applicants”, 28/3/06
“TWO MND-B SOLDIERS KILLED IN CENTRAL BAGHDAD”, 2/4/06
“Zarqawi replaced at head of Iraq resistance”, 2/4/06
“THREE MARINES, ONE SAILOR KILLED IN AL ANBAR PROVINCE”, 3/4/06
“Iraqi Shiite Mosque Toll Reaches 85”, 8/4/06 - Also Saturday, Sunni insurgents launched their strongest attack in six weeks against the Anbar provincial government headquarters in Ramadi, 75 miles west of Baghdad. There were no U.S. casualties, Marines said.
“U.S. reports death of 5 soldiers in Iraq”, 11/4/06
“Iraqi parliament chooses top leaders after months of deadlock; 5 U.S. soldiers killed”, 22/4/06
“Three dead in Iraq convoy attack”, 30/4/06
“3 U.S. Soldiers Killed in Iraq”, 5/5/06
“TWO SOLDIERS DIE IN HELICOPTER CRASH”, 15/5/06
“TWO MARINES DIE FROM ENEMY ACTION IN AL ANBAR”, 15/5/06
“Coalition troops face 600 insurgent attacks a week”, 1/6/06
“Al-Qaida in Iraq vows to continue holy war”, 8/6/06; Related: “Hamas mourns Zarqawi”, 9/6/06; “Zarqawi’s Family ‘Celebrates’ and Asks for His Body Back”, 9/6/06
“Hundreds of Iraqi soldiers deserting”, 10/6/06
“Followers of Shiite cleric protest Bush’s visit to Iraq”, 14/6/06 - Some 2,000 followers of a radical Shiite cleric staged a noisy demonstration Wednesday in Baghdad to protest the surprise visit to Iraq by President Bush. Protesters raised Iraqi flags and pictures of the anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr while chanting “Iraq is for Iraqis” and “No, to the occupation.” They also demanded the withdrawal of U.S.-led forces from Iraq as they marched through the northern neighborhood of Kazimiyah.
“Iranian consulate in Basra attacked by followers of Shiite cleric over TV show”, 14/6/06 - The fiercely anti-American al-Hassani is believed to have several thousand followers and emerged after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.
“Maliki calls on UK to free “innocent” detainees in Basra”, 20/6/06
“Iraq: US may be asked to leave”, 21/6/06
“Krekar honors al-Zarqawi”, 22/6/06 - “If I become free ... and I hope to be free to travel home to Iraq to fight the Americans, because they came to my country with soldiers and have destroyed my religion, my civilization, my culture and my country. If I had travel documents I would be in Iraq or have been killed now,” Krekar told Dagbladet.no.
“Analyst Says He Warned of Iraqi Resistance”, 27/6/06
“Al-Sadr condemns Iraqi PM's visit to U.S.”, 24/7/06 - Followers of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr on Monday denounced the Iraqi prime minister’s trip to Washington… “We want him to cut his visit and not to sign any paper leading to occupation forces remaining in Iraq,” the statement by the al-Sadr movement said.
“Iraq fugitive says old army bounced back”, 24/7/06
“U.S.: Sadr City again a militants’ haven”, 25/9/06
“U.S. Forces Face Heightened Violence in Iraq”, 15/10/06 - In four troubled provinces of Iraq, attacks on U.S. forces are now at an all-time high.
“Bombs and murders push Iraq further into the abyss”, 16/10/06 - An alliance of Sunni tribal sheikhs meeting nearby also distanced themselves from Al-Qaeda, but called for Saddam to be returned to power. Supporters waved portraits of Saddam and called for his release, calling him the “legitimate president”.
“As Allies Turn Foe, Disillusion Rises in Some G.I.’s”, 28/5/07

Continuing resistance in Shiite south:

“British soldier wounded in Basra bombing”, 19/1/06
“Bomb explosion sabotages British tank in Basra”, 24/1/06
“Bomb Targets Danish-Iraqi Military in Iraq”, 30/1/06
“British soldier shot dead in Iraq”, 30/1/06
“UK forces suffer 100th Iraq death”, 31/1/06
“Iraq Bombings Kill 24 People”, 20/2/06 – “The U.S. command said the American soldier was killed Monday by a roadside bomb southeast of Karbala, about 50 miles southeast of Baghdad”.
“Iraqi Province Cuts Off U.S. Forces”, 20/2/06
“Rockets fired at British base in Iraq”, 21/2/06
“Danish Soldiers Under Attack in Iraq”, 22/2/06
“Shiite leader cites U.S. in shrine blast”, 22/2/06
“Shiite shrine bombing sparks sectarian killings in Iraq”, 22/2/06 – “Waving the green flags of Islam and the national Iraqi colours, thousands of Shiites had earlier taken to the streets of Samarra, 125 kilometres (80 miles) north of Baghdad, vowing to punish those responsible for the attack. Shops closed and muezzins recited prayers from the loudspeakers of nearby mosques and blamed the United States for the turmoil, saying “God is Great, death to America which brought us terrorism”.
“Two killed, four wounded in Basra shooting; some victims reportedly Britons”, 6/3/06
“British troops under attack in road blast”, 6/3/06
“Danish troops attacked in Iraq, no casualties reported”, 13/3/06
“A roadside bomb struck a British patrol killing a civilian and wounding a British soldier in southern Basra 550 km (340 miles) south of Baghdad, the British military said”.
“Danish soldier killed by roadside bomb in Iraq”, 24/3/06
“Rival Shia groups unite against US after mosque raid”, 28/3/06
“Iraq Shi’ite ayatollah demands U.S. fire envoy”, 31/3/06
“Deadly explosions rock Baghdad and Basra as political process stalls”, 4/4/06 - In southern Iraq, gunmen killed one policeman and wounded another as the two were driving in the city of Basra, police said. Two mortar rounds exploded near the British consulate in Basra during a reception, causing no injuries but forcing the party to end early, an Associated Press reporter at the event said.
“Missile attacks, armed clashes with British forces in southern Iraq”, 4/4/06 - Unknown gunmen on Tuesday fired missiles at a British forces headquarters in Basra, southern Iraq, announced Basra Police Command sources on Tuesday. A Basra police spokesperson said the gunmen fired three Katyusha missiles on a hotel used as headquarters by the British forces in central Basra. In another incident, a British military patrol was attacked by unknown gunmen armed with rocket-propelled grenades and machineguns north of Basra city, said a spokesperson for the British forces.
“At least seven killed in Iraq car bomb blasts”, 12/4/06 - Two rockets hit the British military base at the Basra airport complex about 3am local time, but there were no damages or casualties.
“UK soldier dies after Iraq attack”, 16/4/06
“Blast kills 3 Italian soldiers, 1 Romanian in Iraq”, 27/4/06
“Sadr’s militants target Australian troops”, 29/4/06
“Iraq’s Shiites Now Chafe at American Presence”, 6/5/06
“Iraqis cheer chopper crash”, 6/5/06 - Four British servicemen are feared dead after a helicopter crashed in the southern Iraqi city of Basra. While Iraqis danced and cheered in the streets, a military spokeswoman confirmed the aircraft was hit by a missile and that there were casualties…Sky News footage showed locals celebrating the crash, dancing, and throwing stones at British troops attempting to reach the crash site as a plume of thick smoke rose behind them.
Related (1): “Troops feared dead in Basra crash”, 6/5/06 - But defence analysts argued that British soldiers in the area were facing an increasing threat. Ex-Commander of UK forces in Bosnia, Col Bob Stewart, said there was an “escalating situation” in Basra. “It seems to be the first missile attack against a British military helicopter. The threat has always been quite severe but it has got worse in recent months.” The BBC’s Jim Muir in Iraq said roadside bombs were common in the area but rocket attacks relatively rare. He said if it was confirmed a missile had hit the helicopter, it would be one of the most serious incidents since British forces deployed in Basra three years ago.
Related (2): “Iraqis, British Troops Spar After Crash”, 7/5/06 - BAGHDAD, Iraq - A British military helicopter apparently was hit by a missile Saturday and crashed in Basra, triggering a confrontation in which jubilant Iraqis pelted British troops with stones, hurled firebombs and shouted slogans in support of a radical Shiite Muslim cleric.
Related (3): “Five servicemen die as insurgents in Iraq bring down UK helicopter”, 7/5/06
Related (4): “How Basra riots turned bloody”, 7/5/06
· “Basra on the brink of exploding”, 7/5/06
“Two U.S. soldiers killed, one wounded in Iraq”, 8/5/06 - A roadside bomb exploded near a U.S. convoy on a road between Najaf and Karbala, two of the country's most sacred cities for religious Shiites. Witnesses reported casualties, but police could not immediately confirm that.
“Basra bloodshed shows Iraq’s Shi’ite south volatile”, 10/5/06
Two British soldiers fom 2nd Battalion the Royal Anglian Regiment were killed by a roadside bomb on 13 May 2006
“Iraq mortar attacks” - Iraqi insurgents have fired more than 30 mortar rounds at a British military camp, wounding four soldiers. Six British soldiers have now been killed and five wounded over the past nine days in Iraq.
“6 civilians, U.S. soldier killed in Iraq”, 16/5/06 - Suspected insurgents also fired rockets at the Shat al-Arab Hotel, headquarters of the British army in Basra, causing no casualties.
“Iraq undecided over security posts as violence persists”, 18/5/06 - Meanwhile in Abu Skher, a village near Najaf, an AFP correspondent saw what appeared to be a sports utility vehicle typically used by US contractors burning fiercely after it was hit by a roadside bomb.
NEAR NAJAF - A policeman was killed and three were wounded when a roadside bomb went off near a convoy of U.S. military and Iraqi police vehicles near the Shi'ite city of Najaf, 160 km south of Baghdad, police said.
BASRA - Gunmen wounded a military intelligence lieutenant- colonel and his driver in the southern city of Basra, an intelligence source said.
“Two British soldiers wounded in Basra attack - Defense Ministry”, 20/5/06
· “British soldiers hurt in Basra bombing and attack by mob”, 21/5/06
“Two British troops killed by roadside bomb in Basra”, 29/5/06
“Four Britons die in Iraq attacks”, 30/5/06
“Saudi fighters ‘are leading the surge in attacks on British troops’”, 31/5/06
“Zarqawi followers ‘vow revenge’”, 11/6/06 - Police in the southern town of Amara say five civilians were killed in a gun battle between British troops and insurgents on Saturday which left one British soldier wounded.
“Coalition troops to quit southern Iraq”, 19/6/06
· “British ‘helpless’ as violence rises in southern Iraq”, 25/6/06
· “The precision-made mine that has ‘killed 17 British troops’”, 25/6/06
“Car bomb strikes market in northern Iraq”, 3/7/06 - A roadside bomb also struck a British armored vehicle Monday morning near Amarah, 180 miles southeast of Baghdad, British spokeswoman Capt. Kelly Goodall said. Nobody was wounded but the vehicle was heavily damaged. The attack underscored the increasing danger facing coalition forces in predominantly Shiite southern Iraq, which has been relatively quiet during a more than three-year-old Sunni-led insurgency but has seen an increase in attacks in recent months. A self-styled Shiite Muslim insurgent group has pledged to fight American, British and other coalition forces but to spare Iraqi civilians and soldiers. “We have been patient enough and we have given the political process a chance,” the Islamic Resistance in Iraq - Abbas Brigades said in a videotape aired Sunday by a Lebanese TV station.
“Bombs and murders push Iraq further into the abyss”, 16/10/06 - Shiite militiamen blew apart a British embassy SUV with a rocket-propelled grenade in Basra, as night fell Sunni assassins killed the brother of the lead prosecutor in Saddam’s trial as he fled his home in the capital.
“As one woman comes home, two more die”, 6/4/07 [FLM Comment: This article from the British Daily Mail is interesting in that it shows three different viewpoints pertinent to the war in Iraq. The Daily Mail is clearly pushing the standard Establishment line of anti-Iranian propaganda scripted in 10 Downing Street, while the reader’s comments (see below) give the true feeling of the British people: anti-Tony Blair and anti-war. As for the Iraqis; well they are against the foreign occupation and support resistance attacks, as clearly shown in the article, much to the chagrin of the conformist, brain-dead media. The reader from France must have listened to too much of this conformist media propaganda that constantly repeated the White House line of Iraq being “liberated”.]
“Al-Sadr to followers: Fight Americans, not Iraqis”, 8/4/07 - A powerful and radical Shiite cleric implored his followers Sunday to stop killing Iraqis and focus their violent efforts on ousting American forces from the war-torn nation. Muqtada al-Sadr also called on Iraqi forces to join the insurgents in the battle against “the occupiers.”
“We’ll grab Harry and make Brits beg: Iraqi”, 29/4/07 – “Not only us, the Mahdi army [the Shia militia loyal to the radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr], will try to capture him, but every person who hates the British and the Americans, all the mujahideens in Iraq, the al-Qaeda, the Iranians - all will try to get him.”

Continuing resistance in Fallujah:

“Seven Iraqi soldiers killed in roadside bombings in [Fallujah]”, 27/11/05
· One year after being destroyed by a superpower, Fallujah is still resisting
· Marine killed during “combat operations” in Fallujah, 1/12/05
· Ten US Marines killed in Fallujah, 2/12/05
· More resistance in Fallujah, 12/12/05 – “FALLUJA - A suicide car bomber targeted a U.S. patrol as it passed through the city on Monday, killing himself and injuring one U.S. Marine, the U.S. military said.”
· “Terror reborn in Fallujah ruins”, 18/12/05 [FLM Comment: The “terror” obviously is the abundant terror inflicted by Americans on the population of not just Fallujah, but much of Iraq.]
· US marine killed during “combat operations” in Fallujah, 30/12/05
· Four Iraqi soldiers killed in Fallujah, 1/1/06 – “Local residents said that masked armed men attacked a U.S. military base last night in central Fallujah with gunfire and rocket propelled grenades. “Many attackers opened fire at the U.S. base, as gunfire and explosions could be heard across the city,” the witnesses said. Another U.S. military base, located two km east of Fallujah, was also attacked by rockets at about 10:30 p.m. (1930 GMT) on Saturday, the witnesses said.”
· Two Marines killed in Fallujah, 6/1/06
· “Insurgents clash with US troops in Fallujah”, 7/1/06
· “American journalist kidnapped in Iraq”, 7/1/06 – “In Fallujah, 37 miles (60 kilometers) west of the capital, residents said that violent armed clashes broke out Saturday between insurgents and joint U.S.-Iraqi forces. Eyewitnesses in the city told United Press International they saw American military helicopters hovering above the area and heard a series of explosions.”
· Three more US Marines killed in Fallujah, 8/1/06
· “Mortar rounds hit U.S. base in western Iraq”, 12/1/06 - Insurgents pounded a U.S. base with mortar rounds near the flash point city of Fallujah on Thursday, witnesses told Xinhua…”Unknown militants struck a U.S. military base near the Ameriyat al-Fallujah town, 7 km south of Fallujah”, the witnesses said on condition of anonymity. “Flames and black smoke rose over the base, said the local residents. The U.S. troops fired back randomly at the town, destroying a civilian car and wounding its driver, they said, adding that the U.S. troops also blocked the main road leading to the town. On Wednesday, the U.S. troops were apparently preparing for a military action as tensions rose in the city of Fallujah after insurgents intensified attacks against U.S. and Iraqi army forces.
· “Three die in Baghdad bomb, Iraqi government talks to begin”, 23/1/06 – “In Fallujah, insurgents launched a mortar attack on a US military base”
· “Gunmen attack US soldiers’ house in Fallujah”, 30/1/06
· Another Marine killed by Mujahideen resistance near Fallujah, 2/2/06
· “Update 5: Dual Baghdad Bombs Kill at least Seven”, 7/2/06 – “In Fallujah, a prominent Sunni Arab cleric was killed by a hail of gunfire from two passing cars as he walked to work on Tuesday, said Fallujah police chief, Brig. Hudairi al-Janabi. The motive for the attack was unknown, but last month Sheik Kamal Nazal welcomed Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari and U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad to the city 40 miles west of Baghdad. Iraq's Sunni Arab insurgents have previously targeted Iraqis deemed as collaborating with the country's U.S.-backed authorities”.
· “Two U.S. Marines killed in Iraqi bomb blast”, 10/2/06
· Two US Marines killed near Fallujah, 13/2/06
· “Car bomb hits US military patrol in Iraq’s Fallujah”, 14/2/06
· “MARINE, IRAQI SOLDIER, THREE IRAQIS KILLED IN IED BLAST”, 10/3/06
· “Twelve killed in attacks in Iraq”, 24/3/06 – “Earlier Friday, a suicide car-bomber blew himself up near a passing US convoy in the western city of Fallujah, wounding several soldiers, a police spokesman said”.
· “In Falluja, Iraqi forces riven by sectarianism”, 24/3/06
· “Many dead in Falluja and Najaf bombs”, 6/4/06 - A suicide car bomb also exploded near a joint patrol of Iraqi army and U.S. troops west of Baghdad, killing seven, one of them an Iraqi policeman, the Iraqi army said. The attack took place in Amiriyat al-Falluja area southwest of Falluja.
· “Iraqi Shiite Mosque Toll Reaches 85”, 8/4/06 - Three Iraqi soldiers were wounded in a clash with insurgents in Fallujah, about 30 miles east of Ramadi, police said.
· “Fierce fighting kills 10 people in Fallouja”, 6/4/06
· “More die in Iraq as Zarqawi backed by al Qaeda”, 13/4/06 - Earlier, gunmen on Thursday fired rockets and mortar rounds at a U.S. military base near the city of Fallujah, some 50 km west of Baghdad, witnesses said. [CNN reported that 15 marines were wounded] Meanwhile, local police in Fallujah said they found five bodies in a desert area south of the city.
· “Roadside bomb hits US troop near Fallujah”, 15/4/06
· “Iraq undecided over security posts as violence persists”, 18/5/06 - In other violence, four policemen were killed in clashes in Fallujah said Dr Mohammed Ismail of the the western town’s hospital. Clashes erupted after insurgents fired mortars at the US-protected seat of local government.
· FALLUJA, 20/6/06 - Gunmen killed Hudhairi Abbas, the deputy police chief of Falluja, 50 km (35 miles) west of Baghdad, police said. Monday's shooting prompted U.S. and Iraqi forces to impose a dawn-to-dusk vehicle curfew in Falluja on Tuesday.
· FALLUJA, 28/6/06 - Gunmen killed two policemen on Tuesday in the rebellious city of Falluja, 50 km (35 miles) west of Baghdad, police said.
· FALLUJA, 29/6/06 - An Iraqi army checkpoint in Falluja, 50 km (32 miles) west of Baghdad, came under mortar fire that killed two soldiers and wounded one, police said. When the soldiers returned fire, one civilian was killed and two wounded.
· FALLUJA, 5/7/06 - A police officer died from wounds he sustained after being attacked by gunmen on Tuesday in the city of Falluja, 50 km (35 miles) west of Baghdad, police said.
· “Bomber Attacks Iraqi Funeral, Killing 10”, 6/8/06 - Also Sunday, several U.S. Marines were wounded and a few vehicles were destroyed by a suicide car bombing in Anbar province, the U.S. military said without further details. Iraqi police said the attack was in Fallujah, a heavily guarded city 40 miles west of Baghdad.
· FALLUJA, 24/9/06 - Gunmen burst into the house of the head of the municiple council in Falluja, Najim Abdullah al-Isawi, killing him and his son, police said.
· FALLUJA, 11/10/06 - Gunmen killed a policeman in front of his house in the western city of Falluja, Falluja police said.
Clerics flee Fallujah to avoid assassination, 12/10/06
“Two years after U.S. assault on it, Fallujah returns to insurgent hands”, 8/11/06
“Fallujah loses 4th city council chairman to assassination”, 21/4/07 - The 65-year-old Sunni sheik was the only one who campaigned to take the helm of the Fallujah city council after three previous chairmen were gunned down by suspected Sunni insurgents.

Other Fallujah news:

“Returning Fallujans will face clampdown”, 5/12/04
Dahr Jamail: “Pacified” Fallujah”, 2/12/05

The slaughter of collaborators:

RAMADI - Gunmen killed Mukhaibir al-Alwani, a tribal leader and brother of the governor of Anbar province, in Ramadi, 110 km (68 miles) west of Baghdad, police and hospital sources said. At least 25 other people were killed in violence across Iraq, including three tribal sheiks slain in a drive-by shooting north of the capital. Related: “U.S. Counts on Sheiks to Help in Ramadi”, 21/2/06 [FLM Comment: This report shows why tribal leaders are being killed by the Muhahideen.]
“Police General, Two Guards Killed In Northern Iraq”, 19/2/06
“23 killed in series of attacks in Iraq”, 20/2/06 – “Meanwhile, five Iraqis were killed after their truck convoy carrying building materials came under rocket and automatic weapons fire close to the capital”.
“Security incidents in Iraq, Feb 22” – “FALLUJA - Three Iraqi contractors working for the U.S. army were abducted by gunmen in the town of Falluja, 50 km (32 miles) west of Baghdad”
· “Sunni tribes of Iraq's rebel bastion declare war on Zarqawi”, 5/3/06 [FLM Comment: This report appears highly dubious as the so-called tribal leader being quoted is probably a pro-government collaborator – the very people the Mujahideen are rightly killing, like the others that have been killed.]
“Sniper kills Iraqi army general”, 6/3/06 Related: “Iraqi forces probe general’s “strange” killing”, 7/3/06
“Workers from Iraq security firm kidnapped”, 8/3/06 [FLM Comment: This may have been a Shiite attack against Sunnis suspected of helping the resistance as this report states: “A high-level Interior Ministry official, contrary to an earlier report, said he knew of no Interior Ministry investigations into the security company, but said he had been investigating the firm’s sole client, the Iraqna cellphone company, for possible links to the Sunni Arab-led insurgency”.]
“American troops step up patrols in Baghdad”, 13/4/06 - Police in Basra found the bodies of two men who had just been kidnapped - an engineer and a translator working with British troops in the area. Another abducted engineer was still missing. A Foreign Ministry worker was kidnapped and a Health Ministry laborer was wounded in a shooting that killed her driver. A Housing Ministry employee also was wounded in a drive-by shooting. Gunmen killed a policeman who was driving his sons to school in Mosul. One of the sons also was killed and the other seriously wounded.
“US air strike kills 13 in Iraq: medics”, 4/5/06 - In other attacks, Brigadier General Mohammed Raza Abdellatiff, who was in charge of logistics for the Iraqi army in Baghdad, was shot dead as he was driving to work. Gunmen also killed a driver working with Baghdad's human rights ministry.
“Sunni who aided U.S. gunned down in Iraq”, 28/5/06 - The most significant killing involved Sheik Osama al-Jadaan, who was ambushed by gunmen as he was being driven in Baghdad's Mansour district, a predominantly Sunni Arab area. Al-Jadaan’s driver and one of his bodyguards also were killed, police Lt. Maitham Abdul Razzaq said. Al-Jadaan was a leader of the Karabila tribe, which has thousands of members in Anbar province, an insurgent hotbed stretching from west of Baghdad to the Syrian border. He had announced an agreement with the U.S.-backed Iraqi government to help security forces track down al-Qaida members and foreign fighters. U.S. troops also raised a scout force from al-Jadaan’s followers known as the “Desert Protectors” to help find insurgents living under the protection of a rival tribe in Qaim and a cluster of nearby towns in Anbar. U.S. officials described the area as a staging ground for smuggling weapons, ammunition and fighters into Iraq.
“22 Iraqi soldiers, civilians killed in Baquba”, 25/6/06
Clerics flee Fallujah to avoid assassination, 12/10/06
“Six tribal leaders among 50 killed in Iraq”, 25/6/07 - A suicide bomber killed six Iraqi tribal leaders opposed to al Qaeda when he blew himself up at a busy Baghdad hotel…
“Assassins kill 2 more tribal leaders in Baghdad”, 26/6/07 - Sheik Hamid Abdul Farhan al Shujairi, a Sunni, was shot in a mainly Sunni area of Baghdad, police said. He reportedly had attended a conference several weeks ago supporting the government and fighting insurgents.

The slaughter of media collaborators:

[FLM Comment: The Iraqi media American contractors are building are collaborators passing on American and Israeli propaganda and probably deserve to be targets of the resistance. This report gives further background as to why the resistance is rightly attacking Iraq’s new controlled, Westernised media.]

“Baghdad TV presenter killed by gunmen”, 10/3/06
“Gunmen kill Iraq state TV senior editor”
“Reuters’ Baghdad Chief Cites Growing Dangers In Iraq--As Giant Times Square Screen Honors 67 Slain Journalists”, 14/3/06
“Iraq militant group says it is watching journalists”, 25/3/06
“Brutal beheading of journalist who lived for unity”, 8/5/06
KHALISA, 8/5/06 - Two Iraqi journalists, who work for the Iraqi al-Nahrain satellite channel, were found dead with a single bullet to the head after they were kidnapped on Sunday in al-Khalisa, a town about 30 km south of Baghdad, police and employees of the channel said.
“Six more journalists killed in Iraq”, 9/5/06
“VOA’s Baghdad Bureau Still Closed After Six Months”, 23/5/06
“Insurgents kill pro-U.S. Iraqi journalist”, 14/6/06 - FALLUJAH, Iraq, June 14 (UPI) -- Iraqi insurgents in a car gunned down an Iraqi journalist who they had warned against publishing alleged pro-U.S. coalition articles in his newspaper.
Journalist killed, 10/10/06
“Death toll in Iraqi TV station attack reaches 11, two wounded”, 12/10/06
‘Almost every week there is an Iraqi journalist killed’, 12/10/06 – Extract: “It’s completely different for Western journalists working in Iraq. We live and work in compounds that are well defended. The surrounding walls are reinforced to protect against bomb blasts and the compounds are overseen by Western security companies, whose guards are former security forces. “When we are working we only really go to other compounds or the Green Zone, which is a huge compound in the middle of Baghdad where the Iraqi government and the British and American embassies are based. “Leaving the compound is very worrying. We have security advisers who tell us to restrict our movements and keep travel to a minimum. We don't just travel round to see what’s happening, it is too dangerous. [FLM Comment: This story explains clearly why the controlled mainstream media is presenting a false picture of Iraq to the world and is simply parroting government propaganda. This journalist admits that Western journalists do not travel anywhere and restrict their movemenets to American compounds where they are fed the government-military line.]
“Television journalist shot dead in Baghdad”, 14/10/06
“Iraqi New York Times journalist killed”, 13/7/07 - Gunmen killed an Iraqi journalist from The New York Times as he drove to work Friday, the third staffer of a Western news organization to be killed in the past two days.

Iraqis oppose foreign occupation:

“Baghdad protestors denounce ‘occupation’”, 18/4/03
· 83 Iraqi MPs out of 275 call for US withdrawal, 20 June 2005
· Iraqis support resistance against occupation, 22/10/05 – “Forty-five percent of Iraqis believe attacks on U.S. and British troops are justified, according to a secret poll said to have been commissioned by British defense leaders and cited by The Sunday Telegraph. Less than 1 percent of those polled believed that the forces were responsible for any improvement in security, according to poll figures. Eighty-two percent of those polled said they were “strongly opposed” to the presence of the troops.” [FLM Comment: Another report cited by the FLM suggested the figure supporting attacks on foreign troops was 55%.]
“Sunnis want US out of al-Anbar”, 1/12/05
· “Many Iraqi voters want coalition soldiers out”, 4/12/05
· “Iraqis disapprove of US presence: poll”, 13/12/05
“Iraqis want us out, says US general”, 26/12/05 [FLM Comment: The poll results of Iraqis cited in this report are surely under-estimating the level of opposition to the foreign occupation but it still shows the significant level of opposition in the country. The poll results could easily have been spun in favour of the American occupation, as in any poll, by the particular questions asked. For example, the results seem to support the American propaganda line of having withdrawal “conditional” on Iraqi security forces being able to “operate independently” of the US military and only when “security is restored” – whatever that means when you are resisting occupation. The lack of security is directly due to the invasion and occupation in the first place and the very presence of foreign troops in fuelling justified resistance. Would anyone accept the Germans in France in World War Two or the Soviets in Afghanistan in the 1980s using this same excuse? Of course not: resistance would be supported for as long as the foreign occupation continued.]
“Nearly half of Iraqis support attacks on U.S. troops, poll finds”, 30/1/06 – “According to the poll's findings, 47 percent of Iraqis approve of attacks on American forces, but there were large differences among ethnic and religious groups. Among Sunni Muslims, 88 percent said they approved of the attacks. That approval was found among 41 percent of Shiite Muslims and 16 percent of Kurds”.
“Baghdad anger at Bush’s undiplomatic palace”, 4/5/06
“Muqtada al-Sadr: Iraq Doesn’t Need International Help Any More”, 26/5/06
“Iraq: US may be asked to leave”, 21/6/06
“Sadr calls on foreign troops in Iraq to follow Japan out”, 21/6/06
“Insurgency Gains Alarming Support Among Iraq’s Sunni Muslims”, 20/9/06
“Poll: Iraqis Back Attacks on U.S. Troops”, 27/9/06
“Jubilant Iraqi captain scores political goal as well”, 31/8/07 - EMOTION swept Iraq to a fairytale Asian Cup win at Gelora Bung Karno stadium in Jakarta on Sunday night, but the joyous victory sprint of the match-winning captain, Younis Mahmoud, could not outpace the tragedies of his strife-torn nation…”I don't like the American people to be angry with me but I am very sorry the Americans invade Iraq, and I hope it will be very soon to get rid of the Americans.”

The right to resist:

“Iraqi leaders agree on timetable for foreign forces withdrawal”, 22/11/05 – “Leaders of Iraq’s sharply divided Shiites, Kurds and Sunnis have agreed there should be a timetable for the withdrawal of foreign troops from the country. Meeting in the Egyptian capital Cairo, they also agreed that although resistance was a right, all acts of terror should be condemned.” [FLM Comment: This is very important news that was avoided in the conformist mainstream media. See further in next report]
“Iraqi Leaders Call for Pullout Timetable”, 22/11/05 – “The communique condemned terrorism but was a clear acknowledgment of the Sunni position that insurgents should not be labelled as terrorists if they don’t target innocent civilians or institutions that provide for the welfare of Iraqis.”
“Iraqi tribal leader denounces Zarqawi”, 15/12/05 – “While denouncing Zarqawi’s murder of civilians, Mr Khalayleh says the insurgent leader has every right to resist the US occupation force in Iraq.” [FLM Comment: This is some “denouncement”; obviously these Jordanian tribal leaders have been coerced to plead allegiance to the American stooge and Zionist puppet that is the Jordanian king.]
“Saudi cleric sees U.S. collapsing, Muslim victory”, 5/5/06 - In a lecture that touched on the meaning of jihad, a leading Saudi cleric declared the United States is collapsing and Muslims must patiently await their ultimate victory. Jihad is now taking place in Afghanistan, “Palestine,” Iraq, Chechnya, Kashmir and the Philippines, he said…Fifty years ago, jihad was attributed only to a few individuals in Palestine, and in some other Muslims areas, he said, but “following the events of Afghanistan, the nation has embraced jihad. Young and old, men and women - everyone is talking about jihad.” Some young Muslims today, however, because of their “love for jihad,” are getting involved in conflicts that are not properly jihad, he said, adding “all these minor battles, which took place in certain Muslim countries, only delay the victory.” “This diverts the strife and calamity into the lands of the Muslims, instead of aiming them directly at the enemies,” he said.

Iraq’s American puppets:

“Talabani says he has assurances U.S. forces to stay as long as needed”, 4/3/06


The “liberated” Iraq - “freedom”, “democracy” and “better future”:

State-sanctioned terrorism by the pro-American Shiites – Iraq is now worse than under Saddam Hussein:

FLM Comment: News emerges almost every day confirming everything the FLM and the anti-war camp in general has been saying for years. Iraq has turned into another typical American hell-hole of warfare, killing, torture and abuse for no good reason save America’s unending drive to rule the world and protect its little pet nest of vipers called “Israel”. Why doesn’t the world unite (say the “United World Alliance” – UWA) to invade America to disarm that rogue nation, to prevent it being such a threat to the world and to bring to justice the many officials guilty of crimes around the world? Let’s then have years of killing and bombings throughout American cities with tens of thousands of Americans arrested to be tortured and abused in internment camps across the country. Let’s then develop death squads, maybe comprised of Latinos or some other ethnic group that can become a puppet of the occupying world force, to further suppress the population and crush any resistance to the new “sovereign” pro-UWA Washington government. Let’s then have the world’s media whitewash the whole thing with rosy propaganda that speaks of developing a better future for America and a peaceful, properly democratic country free from the crime-ridden cesspool that is the current American society. Of course, at least one million Americans have to be killed to equal the same proportion of Iraqis killed by America over the years. The wish list is a long one…

The new “free” Iraqi government, 5/11/05 – Iraqi Defense Minister: threatened that his troops would not hesitate to blow up houses of those who are labelled terrorists… “We will demolish their houses on their children and women’s heads, as we did before,” Dulaimi told a local TV in an interview, referring to an air strike on four houses late last month in the western Anbar province in which 40 people were killed. [FLM Comment: More evidence of State-sanctioned terrorism against Sunnis by the Shiite Iraq puppet regime.]
“Iraq officials acknowledge new detainee abuse”, 15/1105
“Discovery of abused Iraqi prisoners sparks outrage”, 16/11/05
“Secret death squads feared among Iraq’s commandos”, 17/11/05 [FLM Comment: These American puppet Shiite militias and death squads, including the so-called “Wolf Brigade”, are terrorising and oppressing Iraq’s Sunnis and deserve to be targeted by resistance attacks. They are apostate traitors to Iraq. Further information on this subject can be found in the FLM’s Database of the FLM’s weekly news roundups (now discontinued)]
“Relatives vow revenge on Iraqi torturers”, 20/11/05 – “The epitaph written on the mourning banners for Dhia al-Duleimi’s funeral service spoke of his death with defiant pride: “Martyred in action while fighting for the glorious Iraqi resistance, Fallujah, August 2005.”
“Frontline police of new Iraq are waging secret war of vengeance”, 20/11/05
“Iraqi detainees tell of torture”, 24/11/05
“Iraq abuse as bad now as under Saddam – former PM”, 26/11/05 [FLM Comment: Iyad Allawi, the former terrorist, CIA agent, WMD liar, American stooge and accused murderer is playing a political ploy here for the upcoming election. He also is partly wrong, although we know what he means. Iraq has clearly been worse since the US invasion than under Saddam Hussein - in terms people’s welfare, services, infrastructure, death, destruction, terrorism, torture and abuse.]
“Abuse of prisoners in Iraq widespread, officials say”, 28/11/05 – “Iraqi authorities have been torturing and abusing prisoners in jails across the country, current and former Iraqi officials charged.”
“Death squads don Iraqi uniforms”, 29/11/05 – “Shiite Muslim militia members have infiltrated Iraq’s police force and are carrying out sectarian killings under the color of law, according to documents and scores of interviews…Hundreds of accounts of Sunni killings and abductions by Iraqi men in uniform have emerged in recent weeks. The Baghdad morgue reports that dozens of bodies arrive at the same time on a weekly basis, including scores of corpses with wrists bound by police handcuffs. The Muslim Scholars Association, a Sunni organization, has compiled a library of grisly autopsy photos, lists of hundreds of missing and dead Sunnis and electronic recordings of testimonies by people who say they witnessed abuses by police officers affiliated with Shiite militias.”
“Killings Linked to Shiite Squads in Iraqi Police Force”, 29/11/05
Sunnis protest Shiite-led terrorism against them, 2/12/05 - In Baghdad, some Shiites joined hundreds of Sunni Muslims to denounce widespread arrests of suspected insurgents. They prayed together before a joint demonstration in a show of unity ahead of the potentially divisive elections. Men waved Iraqi flags and women dressed in black robes carried posters of their missing sons. Some held portraits of Sunni clerics who have been killed since the U.S. invasion.
“Iraqi general tells of prison torture horror”, 11/12/05 – “An Iraqi general formerly in charge of special forces said he witnessed horrific scenes of torture in Iraqi prisons and accused a Shiite militia of being responsible… Samarrai said the interior ministry chiefs were all members of SCIRI or the Shiite Dawa party and that the prisoners were “all Sunnis.” See related FLM comment.
“More secret Iraqi prison sites revealed”, 11/12/05
“Abuse Cited In 2nd Jail Operated by Iraqi Ministry”, 12/12/05
“Abuse alleged at Iraqi detention center”, 12/12/05
“Iranian-backed Shiite militias abused Iraqi prisoners: General”, 13/12/05
“US calls for sacking of Iraq’s interior minister over Sunni prisoner abuse”, 17/12/05 [FLM Comment: This continues the blatantly transparent and hypocritical ploy by the US to try and improve its image in the eyes of Sunnis. If the US wanted to remove the minister it would have but this game also serves to demonstrate that the puppet Iraqi government is independent from the US occupation (which of course it isn’t).]
“Sunnis on hit list”, 17/12/05 – “Shi’ite militia has drawn up plans to kill prominent Sunni leaders and eliminate a nascent Sunni political party, according to a document obtained by Asia Times Online from a person close to the Iraqi resistance. The document, which has not been officially acknowledged, carries the letterhead of the Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI), the political party of which the Badr Organization is the armed wing. The SCIRI is headed by Shi’ite cleric Abd al-Aziz al-Hakim, a leading contender to become Iraq’s next premier. Recently, a secret prison allegedly run by elements in the Iraqi Interior Ministry loyal to the SCIRI was discovered.”
“Sunni Arab leader condemns Iraqi police raids in Baghdad”, 29/1/06
“Iraq bomb kills 8; Sunni issues warning”, 1/2/06 – “Meanwhile, Sunni Arab political leader Tariq al-Hashimi demanded the dismissal of Interior Minister Bayan Jabr and his senior staff. He also called for sending Iraqi troops into Baghdad neighborhoods instead of Interior Ministry commandoes, who have been accused of arbitrarily detaining Sunni Arabs. Al-Hashimi also demanded the release of all detainees in Iraqi and U.S. custody, and the release of findings of an investigation into claims that Sunni Arab prisoners were mistreated in November in a jail run by the Interior Ministry in Baghdad’s Jadriyah neighborhood. “The government and the (U.S.-led) occupation forces have a chance to respond to these demands, but they should not take a long time,” said al-Hashimi, leader of one of two Sunni political parties in the Iraqi Accordance Front. “If our demands are not heard, we will call on all political parties to stage a mass civilian uprising across the country until security is restored.”
“Iraq Sunni bloc threatens revolt”, 1/2/06
“Sunni leader says Interior Ministry killed 24 Sunnis in Baghdad”, 4/2/06
“Iraqi police crack down in Sunni neighbourhoods”, 4/2/06
“Colonel: Soldiers can shoot to restrain rogue Iraqi special police”, 4/2/06
“Civil war warned after bodies found”, 5/2/06
“Sunnis build up their own militia in Iraq”, 6/2/06
“Iraq probing death squad claims”, 16/2/06
“Sunni clerics complain death squads targeting community members”
“Death squads connected to Iraqi Interior Ministry”, 21/2/06
Intermission (the Sunni response?): Shiite shrine destroyed; 75 Sunni mosques attacked, 22/2/06 “SAMARRA - A bomb attack shattered a sacred Shi'ite shrine in the town of Samarra, 100 km (62 miles) north of Baghdad. The blast ignited protests in several cities. BAGHDAD - At least 28 Sunni mosques and an office for the Iraqi Islamic Party in Baghdad were attacked by gunmen after the bomb blast in Samarra... Hussein al-Falluji, a leading Sunni politician, reported attacks on at least 75 Sunni mosques around the country with most in eastern Baghdad”. [FLM Comment: This shrine attack is yet another diversion from the real crimes of the American occupation of Iraq. Yet again, the media has swallowed the Bush administration line that “insurgents” are trying to start a “civil war” – a ridiculous claim heard now for virtually years. The attack, if it was carried out by Sunnis, was a direct response to the state-sanctioned and American-supported terrorism the puppet Baghdad Shiite regime has been committing against the Sunnis since they were given a measure of power by the US occupation – as documented above. There’s also no reason to doubt the possibility the bombing of the Shiite shrine was carried out by American or Israeli agents seeking to foment the very thing they are claiming – a “civil war”. UPDATES: 22/2/06: Iran’s Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, “held the occupying forces and the Zionists deployed in Iraq responsible” for the bombing; 24/2/06: Iran’s Ayatollah Mohammad Emami Kashani in Friday prayers said, “…agents of the Western arrogance, US leaders, Mossad, CIA and the Zionists would be blamed for this heinous crime forever”; 26/2/06: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, Iran’s supreme religious leader Ayatollah Ali Khameini and Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah have all blamed Israel for the bombing.]
“‘Sunni militants killed in Basra”, 23/2/06
“Gunmen attack house of Sunni cleric in Iraq”, 25/2/06
“Shiite Militias Roam Free Despite Curfew, Occupy Sunni Mosques”, 26/2/06
“Iraq Sunni clerics blame Shi’ites, US for violence”, 1/3/06
“Baghdad official who exposed executions flees”, 2/3/06
“In a first, Iraq executes 13 insurgents”, 9/3/06
“Death squads operate unchecked in Iraq: UN”, 22/3/06
“Militias Kill More Iraqis Than “Terrorists”: US Envoy”, 25/3/06
“40,000 Sunnis killed in Iraq during al-Jaafari’s tenure – report”, 6/4/06
“Threat of Shiite Militias Now Seen As Iraq’s Most Critical Challenge”, 8/4/06 - Shiite Muslim militias pose the greatest threat to security in many parts of Iraq, having killed more people in recent months than the Sunni Arab-led insurgency, and will likely present the most daunting and critical challenge for Iraq's new government, U.S. military and diplomatic officials say.
“Iraqi interior minister admits ‘death squads’ exist”, 12/4/06 - Iraq’s interior minister has acknowledged the existence of so-called death squads within certain security forces but denied any link with his own ministry. Bayan Jabr Solagh, in an interview with the BBC on Wednesday, pointed the finger at special security forces that provide protection for ministries and key installations, as well as the myriad private security companies in Iraq. Asked if there were unofficial death squads operating within these security forces, he replied: “Sometimes, yes, I can tell you... with these security companies it is not right... you do not know what they are doing…”
“US allies are behind the death squads and ethnic cleansing”, 14/4/06
“UN damns ‘illegal’ Iraq detention”, 21/4/06
“Alarmed by Raids, Neighbors Stand Guard in Iraq”, 9/5/06
“On Baghdad Patrol, a Vigilant Eye on Iraqi Police: U.S.-Trained Allies Are Often Suspects”, 15/5/06

Other reports of Iraq’s “better future”:

“Official US agency paints dire picture of ‘out-of-control’ Iraq”, 18/1/06
“Audit finds Iraq awash in fraud and waste”, 26/1/06
“Gunmen dressed as police kill 9 in Baghdad raid”, 29/3/06 - Around 30-40 bodies, many shot in the head and showing signs of torture, are being found on the streets of the capital every day, morgue officials say.
“US plots ‘new liberation of Baghdad’”, 16/4/06 - THE American military is planning a “second liberation of Baghdad” to be carried out with the Iraqi army when a new government is installed. Pacifying the lawless capital is regarded as essential to establishing the authority of the incoming government and preparing for a significant withdrawal of American troops…The battle for Baghdad is expected to entail a “carrot-and-stick” approach, offering the beleaguered population protection from sectarian violence in exchange for rooting out insurgent groups and Al-Qaeda.
“1,000 Iraqis at risk of nuclear contamination, says IAEA”, 25/4/06
“GAO deems 8 Iraqi provinces unstable”, 25/4/06
“Clashes Erupt Between Two Iraqi Army Units”, 12/5/06 - The Americans said one soldier from the Iraqi army's 1st Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 4th Division was killed and 12 were wounded in the attack. But Iraqi police 1st Lt. Ali Ibrahim said four were killed and three others wounded. He identified the soldiers as Kurdish but did not specify their unit. [FLM Comment: This report not only proves that the Iraqi security forces America has created in riven by sectarian divisions, but that it suppresses Iraqi military deaths to make things in Iraq appear better than they are.]
“Rights Under Assault In Iraq, U.N. Unit Says”, 24/5/06
“‘Wash Post’ Obtains Shocking Memo from U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Details Increasing Danger and Hardship”, 18/6/06
“Iraq torture ‘worse after Saddam’”, 21/9/06
“Thousands fleeing Iraq daily in ‘silent exodus’-UN”, 13/10/06
“Iraqis face ‘immense’ suffering”, 11/4/07
“Amnesty condemns Iraq executions”, 20/4/07
“US rebuilding projects in Iraq a list of failures”, 30/4/07

Other continuing American/British crimes in Iraq:

“1991: US bombers strike civilians in Baghdad”
“U.S. used banned weapons in Fallujah – Health ministry”, 3/3/05
· Middle East Online: “WTI: US caused more deaths in Iraq than Saddam”, 24/605
“Iraqi “Lost” Money Haunts Bremer: Report”, 7/7/05
Human Rights Watch: “New Accounts of Torture by US Troops”, 24/9/05 – the US treatment of prisoners in Iraq amounts to violations of international law and thus are war crimes
“US launches new offensive in Iraq”, 5/11/05
Iraqi refugees in own country flee brutal American destruction, 7 November 2005 – “Scores of terrified Iraqis fled the besieged town on Sunday, waving white flags and hauling their belongings.” [FLM Comment: Isn’t terrorism supposed to kill and terrorise people? By this definition America has committed plenty of terrorism in Iraq.]
“US army accidentally killed civilians”, 21/11/05 [FLM Comment: This is typical pro-American mainstream media propaganda. American soldiers “accidentally” kill civilians when they had no right to be there and the people didn’t deserve to be “accidentally” killed. Rather than say a car bomb “accidentally” killed civilians while targeting a US convoy, it will hype the civilian deaths and say it was “terrorism”.]
“‘Trophy’ video exposes private security contractors shooting up Iraqi drivers”, 27/11/05 [FLM Comment: This proves the real terrorists are the American and British invaders and occupiers of Iraq. It is justified to attack them and resist their presence.]
“Video prompts probes into security in Iraq”, 27/11/05 – “The [the airport to Baghdad] road has acquired the dubious distinction of being the most dangerous in the world because of the number of suicide attacks and ambushes carried out by insurgents against coalition troops. In one four-month period earlier this year, it was the scene of 150 attacks.” [FLM Comment: Any “probe” will likely be a whitewash and we can expect a minor news item in six months time announcing that “no wrong doing was found to have occurred…” However, the extract from the article is interesting: the fact that foreign occupation troops are randomly murdering or attempting to murder Iraqis driving on a road withing their own country doesn’t make the road “dangerous”. It is “dangerous” to foreign occupiers due to justified resistance attacks. The media propaganda continues…]
America’s attack on al-Qaim, 28/11/05
“U.S. Air Power Strikes Iraq Targets Daily”, 20/12/05
“Civilian toll from U.S. airstrikes hard to gauge”, 24/12/05
“U.S. Airstrike on House Enrages Iraqi Officials”, 3/1/06
“Eight bodies found after US air strike”, 4/1/06
“U.S. says bomb hit wrong house in Iraq”, 5/1/06
“U.S. troops raid Sunni cleric’s Iraq office”, 8/1/06 [FLM Comment: This is a grievous crime that the FLM condemns. It continues America’s brutal war against Iraq, its Sunni minority population and especially its Sunni religious leaders. The Association of Muslim Scholars (AMS) and its influential leader, Sheikh Harith al-Dhari, have been at the forefront of opposing America’s criminal invasion and occupation of Iraq and providing inspirational leadership to the countries Sunni population. The following is extracted from the FLM’s article, “Iraq update: The real heroes of Iraq”, dated 22 February 2005 and it best sums up the AMS and the American war against it: Another hero is Sheikh Harith al-Dhari, founder and leader of the highest Sunni religious authority in Iraq, the Association of Muslim Scholars (AMS). It was Sheikh al-Dhari who organised the inspirational relief efforts of Fallujah in April 2004 when the city was suffering its first major American attack. For a time, things looked grim for al-Dhari. America started a virtual war against the Sunni leadership in Iraq throughout 2004 on the suspicion that they had links with the “insurgency”, despite the fact that clerics in Saudi Arabia also supported the resistance. His son, himself a senior figure in the AMS, was arrested by US forces in August 2004 after expressing criticisms of the interim government. Then, his house was surrounded by US troops in November 2004. The AMS, and Sheikh al-Dhari, have withstood these attacks and remain at the head of Sunni leadership and unity in Iraq.]
Related: “US raid on Iraq mosque sparks Sunni anger”, 9/1/06
“US troops seize award-winning Iraqi journalist”, 9/1/06
“US troops build wall of sand around Iraqi town”, 10/1/06
Robert Fisk: 3000 – 4000 Iraqis killed every month, 18/1/06
“Documents Show Army Seized Wives As Tactic”, 27/1/06
“U.S. troops fire on Canadian envoy’s car in Iraq”, 1/2/06
“Foreign contractors kill two Iraqis in Kirkuk”, 7/2/06
“Siniyah: an Iraqi town that is now a prison”, 11/2/06
“Allegations of Abuse By British Soldiers In Iraq Surface In British Newspaper”, 12/2/06
“Iraq abuse video rocks Britain's military”, 13/2/06
Related: “Two more held over Iraq ‘abuse’ video”, 14/2/06
Security incidents in Iraq, Feb 12 – “RAMADI - Six insurgents were killed and another wounded on Saturday when U.S forces conducted an air strike in the city of Ramadi, 110 km (68 miles) west of Baghdad, the U.S military said on Sunday”.
“No surprises in the war on terror”, 13/2/06 [FLM Comment: Simpson is falsely making a connection between events in Iraq to the “war on terror”, which is the Bush administration’s tactic.]
“Iraq calls on US to hand over Iraqi detainees”, 16/2/06
“New photos of Abu Ghraib abuse threaten to inflame anger in Iraq”, 16/2/06
“British troops executed unarmed Iraqi”, 19/2/06
“U.S. troops kill three civilians west of Baghdad”, 19/2/06
“Over dozen civilians killed in a wave of violence in Iraq”, 23/2/06 – “Five Iraqis attempting to enter conflict-ridden Samarra, 110 kilometers north of Baghdad, were killed by a US army patrol on Thursday after a security cordon was placed on the city. An Iraqi police told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa that members of an Iraqi family were trying to get through one of the northern gates of the city when US troops opened fire on them and killed them”.
“14,000 DETAINED WITHOUT TRIAL”, 6/3/06
Amnesty International: “Beyond Abu Ghraib: detention and torture in Iraq”
· “Report: Iraqi Detainees Still Being Tortured”, 5/3/06
“British soldier quits army, accuses US troops of illegal tactics in Iraq”, 11/3/06
“Iraqis Say 11 People Killed in U.S. Raid”, 15/3/06
“U.S. presses assaults on guerrillas”, 17/3/06 [FLM Comment: This is more evidence that America’s criminal war in Iraq has failed – that US forces have to launch such large attacks almost three years after its invasion.] Related: “US-Iraqi assault seeks out rural rebels, but finds few”, 17/3/06]
“Iraqis Detail Deadly U.S. Marine Raid”, 20/3/06
“Probe begins into claims US soldiers killed Iraqi family”, 22/3/06
“US troops accused after crackdown on Iraqi militia leaves 20 dead at mosque”, 27/3/06 Related: “Amid confusion, Iraq Shi’ites accuse US troops”, 26/3/06; “Iraq minister says US, Iraqi troops killed 37”, 27/3/06; “Iraqis demand US cede control after mosque assault”, 28/3/06
“Contractors Won’t Face Charges In Iraq Shooting”, 28/3/06
“New Abu Ghraib pictures could fuel violence in Iraq”, 28/3/06
“Australian resident killed in Iraq”, 30/3/06 [FLM Comment: How ironic is this story? A university professor is killed by none other than “security contractors” – the real terrorists enforcing the American occupation of Iraq, constantly killing Iraqis at will. This time an Australian is killed and it makes news. It may be guessed that this person supported the invasion and the “liberation” of Iraq. As a further note, the man’s wife was reported to be distraught over the killing and saying that the killing was totally unjustified with his car sprayed by bullets. He is another innocent victim of the hell-hole of killing and warfare George Bush and the Zionist neo-cons created for no good reason in Iraq.]
“Car Bomb Kills 10 in Latest Iraq Violence”, 4/4/06 - U.S. Air Force F-15s and U.S. Navy F/A-18s provided close air support to troops fighting Iraqi insurgents north of the capital in Tikrit and Habaniyah and Fallujah west of Baghdad.
America’s modern-day “Night and Fog Decree”: “Iraqi prisoners vanishing in ‘black hole’”, 8/4/06 [FLM Comment: William L. Shirer in his famous The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (p.957) described Germany’s so-called Nacht und Nebel Erlass – the “Night and Fog Decree” of 1941: “This grotesque order, reserved for the unfortunate inhabitants of the conquered territories in the West, was issued by Hitler himself on December 7, 1941. It’s purpose, as the weird title indicates, was to seize persons “endangering German security” who were not to be immediately executed and make them vanish without trace into the night and fog of the unknown in Germany. No information was to be given their families as to their fate even when, as invariably occurred, it was merely a question of the place of burial in the Reich”. What has changed? The answer is nothing. That thousands of men and women, and even children, have been “disappeared” by conquering US forces in Afghanistan and Iraq is not in doubt. A recent report stated that 14 000 Iraqis were in American-led detention in Iraq alone. At least 100 Afghanis and Iraqis have been confirmed to have died due to torture, abuse and mistreatment while in American custody. These people were of course apparently “endangering American security”. Many other victims of American aggression and tyranny have probably gone undocumented. How many grieving families are their in America’s occupied Muslim countries? How many don’t even know the fate of their relatives? There must be too many to consider without becoming depressed and almost all of them are hidden by our conformist pro-American media.]
“Report finds US shooting of Reuters soundman unlawful”, 10/4/06
“3 Marines Lose Command In Civilian Deaths Case”, 10/4/06 - Three U.S. Marines have been relieved of their commands in connection with problems during their deployment to Iraq, including their battalion's actions during a firefight that left 15 Iraqi civilians dead. No charges have been filed against the three officers…
“US offers Babylon damage apology”, 14/4/06 - The 2,000 troops who were deployed there did immense damage as they set up camp amidst the ruins of old temples. A helicopter pad was constructed at the site. The vibration from landings led the roof of one building to collapse. The soldiers also filled their sandbags with archaeological artefacts, just because they were lying around and easy to pick up. The head of the Iraqi State Board for Heritage and Antiquities, Donny George, is angry and says the mess will take decades to sort out. [FLM Comment: An interesting documentary shown on The History Channel, part of the “Decoding the Past” series, explores whether the Old Testament, particularly the prophecies of Jeremiah and Daniel, foretold the Gulf War of 1991 and whether this was the destruction of Babylon foretold by these prophets. First, it should be pointed out that the documentary was a classic case of conformist media sophistry and propaganda. It removes all the real reasons and politics behind why America and Israel destroyed Saddam Hussein’s Iraq - their warmongering quest to control the Middle East - and discusses the Gulf War in neutral, historical Biblical-fulfilling prophesy, while naturally presenting Hussein as the bad guy. It is pointed out that, while the Babylonian Empire of King Nebuchadnezzar did fall shortly after Daniel’s prophecy, Babylon itself was not physically destroyed.

But then along comes Saddam Hussein who started the rebuilding of Babylon (i.e. archaeological research to uncover your past) and called himself the “new” Nebuchadnezzar – the ancient Mesopotamian leader who destroyed Jerusalem. One can imagine Israel, at least privately noting how history has turned a full circle in favour of the Jews: Old Testament prophecy “fulfilled”; the words of the prophets rising from the past; “Babylon” conquered and destroyed; further ensuring Israeli dominance over their once powerful enemies.

Was the destruction of Saddam Hussein’s Iraq by the fundamentalist-controlled America and Israel fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy? Well ask America and Israel. They are the ones, who with the power to launch war contrived one to ensure that such prophecy was fulfilled. Israelis overtly proclaim there domination of the Middle East (and Washington), consider Arabs to be sub-human animals and call for the creation of a “Greater Israel”. They are surely celebrating the over-turning of history on its head: here is little Israel, once invaded and dominated by greater Mesopotamian world powers, now ensuring the destruction of modern-day “Babylon”, i.e. Iraq. The Zionist domination of the world and their New World Order continues.]

“US assault on Fallujah leaves three Iraqi civilians dead”, 17/4/06
“Four UK soldiers tried for Iraqi death by drowning”, 24/4/06
“‘Hundreds’ involved in prisoner abuse”, 27/4/06
“U.S.’s Cultural Ignorance Fuels Iraq Insurgency”, 28/4/06
“‘Half million’ Iraqi refugees fled violence – VP”, 28/4/06
BAGHDAD, 2/5/06 - U.S. private security contractors on Tuesday shot dead an Iraqi ambulance crew member as the ambulance approached a site in northern Baghdad where the contractors’ armed vehicle had been disabled by a roadside bomb, a U.S. military spokesman said.
“US softens tactics in Iraq after British claims of trigger-happy troops”, 3/5/06
“Iraqi, 15, ‘drowned after soldiers forced him into canal’”, 3/5/06
“Pentagon report said to find killing of Iraqi civilians deliberate”, 17/5/06
“Inquiries may shed light on Iraqi civilian deaths”, 20/5/06 - Forthcoming military investigations into alleged war crimes in Iraq will show that a squad of U.S. Marines killed about 24 Iraqi civilians, including women and children, while on a patrol in Haditha in November - a higher number than first believed - and then gave inaccurate reports on the incident to their commanders, a congressional Republican said Friday.
“Jack Murtha: U.S. Deliberately Killed Innocent Civilians in WWII”, 25/5/06 - Congressman Jack Murtha, D-Penn., said Wednesday night that the U.S. military was deliberately and indiscriminately killing innocent civilians in Iraq - much the same way, he added, that American pilots did during World War II. Asked about his crusade to expose the alleged massacre of an Iraqi family in Haditha last November, Murtha told Fox News Radio's Alan Colmes: “When this comes out, it's going to be much worse than” the initial reports. Could the Haditha episode be characterized as “the indiscriminate, deliberate killing of civilians?” Colmes asked. “From everything I’ve seen,” said Murtha, “that’s exactly what it was. ... That’s exactly what happened in this particular case.”
“Investigation closes in on marines”, 26/5/06
“Iraqi ambassador claims US Marines ‘intentionally’ killed cousin”, 31/5/06
“Iraq rejects US probe clearing troops of killings”, 3/6/06
“Furor Grows Over Civilian Deaths”, 3/6/06
“Family proclaims innocence of man slain by Marines”, 3/6/06
“Iraqi civilians killed in training accident: US military”, 5/6/06
“Two Iraqi children among dead in US raid”, 12/6/06
“Iraq conflict fuels rise in global refugees: survey”, 15/6/06
“US soldiers accused of killing Iraqi farmers”, 21/6/06
“LIST OF ACCUSATIONS OF GIS IN IRAQ STUNS EXPERTS”, 23/6/06
“US raid sparks outrage among Iraqi Sunnis”, 24/6/06
“Iraqi cleric freed after U.S. raid”, 24/6/06
“US troops kill fewer Iraqis after new guidelines”, 25/6/06
“Two U.S. soldiers charged in killing of civilian near Ramadi”, 25/6/06
“1.3m people displaced in Iraq”, 27/6/06
“Rape and murder: five more US soldiers charged”, 10/7/06
“Prosecute troops, says coroner”, 16/10/06
“US investigating Falluja claims”, 6/7/07
Drop in an ocean of crimes: “2 U.S. Soldiers Charged With Murder”, 19/7/07
“US marine convicted of Iraqi murder”, 3/8/07
“US soldier guilty of girl’s rape, murder”, 4/8/07

American use of phosphorous chemical weapons:

The FLM’s Fallujah Part Two article of 19/11/04 [FLM Comment: The FLM reported the use of phosphorous weapons in Fallujah on the 19 November 2004 – one year before the rest of the world caught on and months before it appeared in the March-April 2005 issue of Field Artillery magazine. It was the discovery of this admission by Mark Kraft that John Pilger called “first-class investigative work” in an article originally dated 24/11/05. Can the FLM expect Pilger to praise us any time soon? Its better late than never for the rest of the world – even for those claiming to be uncovering the truths the mainstream media suppress.]
“U.S. used banned weapons in Fallujah – Health ministry”, 3/3/05
“US forces ‘used chemical weapons’ during assault on Fallujah”, 8/11/05
US army admitted it used white phosphorous rounds in Fallujah, 9/11/05
“US confirms white phosphorus use in Fallujah”, 16/11/05
“The US used chemical weapons in Iraq – and then lied about it”, 15/11/05 – “Did US troops use chemical weapons in Falluja? The answer is yes. The proof is not to be found in the documentary broadcast on Italian TV last week, which has generated gigabytes of hype on the internet. It’s a turkey, whose evidence that white phosphorus was fired at Iraqi troops is flimsy and circumstantial. But the bloggers debating it found the smoking gun.”
“Iraqis probes US phosphorous weapons”, 16/11/05
“Furore over ex-marine’s account of killing of civilians”, 20/11/05
Iraq used phosphorous “chemical weapons” against Kurds: For America it’s an okay conventional weapon, 24/11/05
Russia condemns American use of phosphorous in Iraq, 23/11/05
American use of phosphorus and napalm in Vietnam
“US attack ‘kills Iraqi children’”, 8/5/07

Kurdish crimes in Iraq:

“Israelis training Kurds in northern Iraq – report”, 1/12/05 [FLM Comment: This is an outrage and the Iraqi puppet regime should be condemned. Iran and Syria are continually condemned for “interfering” in Iraq but yet Israel – the true enemy of Muslims – is allowed to invade and interfere in Iraq.]
· “Kurds plan to invade South”, 28/12/05 [FLM Comment: The Kurds are the puppets of America and Israel and do not deserve their own land in Iraq, much less being allowed to invade and steal more Arab land from their rightful owners. They may claim to be taking back land they were expelled from decades ago, but who can ascertain whether these claims are legitimate now? The Kurds have caused trouble, insecurity and bloodshed in Iraq for decades with their never-ending insurgency against the internationally recognized government of Iraq. Ever since the American invasion, they have continued their warfare and killing against their Arab neighbours. They have also largely constituted the so-called “Iraqi national guard” that was helping the Americans attack and kill Sunnis and as this report makes clear, still comprise 90% of the “Iraqi” army in northern Iraq. The Israelis have been in northern Iraq training their puppets for a long time now, and ethnic cleansing, which the Israelis are very good at (think Palestinians), has been the result. For example, see this report: “Israelis training Kurds in northern Iraq – report”, dated 1/12/05. This was the FLM’s comment in relation to this article: “This is an outrage and the Iraqi puppet regime should be condemned. Iran and Syria are continually condemned for “interfering” in Iraq but yet Israel – the true enemy of Muslims – is allowed to invade and interfere in Iraq”. The United Nations, as early as 17 April 2003, was condemning the Kurdish ethnic cleansing of Arabs from northern Iraq. This was being done under the noses of the Americans who as the occupying power in Iraq were responsible under the Geneva Conventions to protect the local population. This thus constitutes a “grave breach” of Article 147 of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War. Human Rights Watch reported this as early as 15 April 2003. In one more example of how America and Israel run the world, nothing has been done about this and indeed, it will likely continue to occur.]
“Kurds Are Flocking to Kirkuk, Laying Claim to Land and Oil”, 29/12/05

Other Kurdish news:

“Jailed for criticising U.S.-puppets”, 13/1/06

“Democracy” fraud/ “Demonstration election” in Iraq:

“Witnesses Describe Ballot Fraud in Nineveh”, 5/11/05 – “The picture of voting irregularities and fear in Nineveh sketched out in these reports from non-Sunni sources collected by the U.S. military and civil society groups support the complaints about electoral fraud by Sunni political figures. And they belie the official portrayal of the referendum as a step toward political legitimacy and democratic development.”
“Secretive Iraqi cleric launches campaign”, 3/12/05 – [FLM Comment: This story concerns the Shiite leader, Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim. He had the following to say as extracted from the report: “We were the first to resist the American occupation when Iraq was occupied and we are now at the forefront of those who want independence for Iraq and ridding it of foreign presence.” However, al-Hakim repeated President Bush’s view that the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq is linked to the building of Iraqi security forces so they can maintain security on their own. “We will abide by that stand until Iraq becomes fully independent,” he said Saturday. He is an absolute stooge of America and is lying when he said, “we were the first to resist the American occupation”.]
“In Euphrates towns, Iraq’s Shi’ites weigh choices”, 4/12/05 [FLM Comment: This report is too good to be true and proves that Iyad Allawi must be America’s preferred puppet to take charge of Iraq. Therefore, the pro-American conformist media prints stories that are virtually electioneering material for Allawi. The same thing happened before the January election. The only Iraqi on the street that I saw interviewed on the TV news prior to that election said (roll eyes) that they were voting for Allawi. He received only 12% of the population, but not before some vote counting fraud pushed him initially up to 14%. Now this report, just before the next election, says that he is seen as a good alternative and has (rather amazingly) another interview of someone saying they will vote for Allawi. The Americans are getting nervous lest a government be elected that will ask America to leave the country. Having said that, most Iraqi Shiites are pro-American puppets that will probably “ask” the US to continue its occupation. Allawi doesn’t seem to be that popular after he was almost assassinated by a barrage of shoes while visiting Najaf, a city he authorised the US military to attack in August 2004.]
· “From slick ads to fatal gunfire, anything goes in Iraqi politics”, 11/12/05 [FLM Comment: This report confirms what the FLM has been saying for a long time: that Iyad Allawi is America’s preferred stooge with him described as a “White House favourite”. He is also surely receiving millions of dollars in funding from Washington to boost his campaign as is admitted in the report. See the report dated 4/12/05 above and the FLM’s comments.]
· “Bush praises Sunni vote decision”, 12/12/05
· “290,000 Israelis Eligible to Vote in Iraqi Election”, 12/12/05
· “Iraq militant group says won’t hit voting stations”, 13/12/05 [FLM Comment: The FLM agrees with and endorses this stance. If the Sunnis wish to vote then that is up to them, if only to get more Sunni representation into the sham and corrupt “political process” America has created in Iraq. But the anti-American Jihad should continue until the foreign occupiers leave.]
· “Bush describes Iraqi Vote As a Milestone”, 14/12/05
· “Iraqi elections vindicate war: Howard”, 16/12/05 [FLM Comment: Howard is a down-right liar. No sham rigged “election” to bring to power American stooges will justify the American terrorism in Iraq. The Soviets organised elections in Afghanistan in the 1980s but they were derided by US propaganda.]
· “Iraq Reports Some Complaints About Vote”, 16/12/05
· “Sunnis Call Election Results Fraudulent”, 20/12/05 – “Sunni Arabs on Tuesday challenged partial election results released a day earlier, calling them a “falsification of the will of the people” and saying evidence of fraud was abundant.”
· “Sunni, Secular Groups Demand New Vote”, 21/12/05
· “Sunnis in Iraq claim vote results were rigged”, 21/12/05
· “Chalabi’s defeat puts U.S. friends in quandary”, 22/12/05
· “Iraq parties unite to reject poll”, 22/12/05 [FLM Comment: Never has proof of the rigged, sham “democratic process” America has created in Iraq become so clear as in the last few days. The FLM stated this as long ago as January and February when the first rigged “election” was held, which ensured American stooges took power while allowing the media to mislead the world with their pro-American cheerleading.]
· “Iraqi Groups May Boycott New Legislature”, 22/12/05 [FLM Comment: The relevant extract from this story is as follows: “There was no one available for comment at the U.N. office in Baghdad, but a world body spokesman in New York rejected a review. “The U.N. is not going to conduct an independent review of the election results,” U.N. associate spokesman Robert Sullivan said.” This ought to say it all as far as the cowardly American lackey organisation that the United Nations is. The UN is controlled by the US and thus won’t utter a word of criticism concerning America’s criminal war and occupation in Iraq. The same goes for the fraudulent show elections created to divert the world’s attention from the ongoing war and occupation and give the puppet government of American stooges a fake façade of credibility. See further article here that confirms the FLM comments: “U.N. Official Says Iraq Vote Should Stand”, 28/12/05]
· “People of Fallujah demonstrate against Iraq vote results”, 25/12/05
· “Chalabi Lacks Votes Needed to Win Spot in Iraqi Assembly”, 27/12/05 – “However, Chalabi was among the politicians jockeying Monday ahead of meetings that have been scheduled in the Kurdish north this week to bring Shiite Muslims, Sunni Arabs, Kurds and others into post-election talks on forming the next government.” [FLM Comment: Poor Ahmed Chalabi, the “liberator” of Iraq. The man won 0.89% of the vote, which isn’t enough to secure a single seat in the National Assembly, but yet he is still “jockeying” for power? Either the Americans hate him so much that they rigged the election against him, or he is still favoured as a US stooge – hence this report suggesting he is still “jockeying” for a position, obviously with American support. This situation is laughable regarding the lying Chalabi, who should be in the dock alongside Bush administration war criminals for having created the genocide that has been America’s invasion.]
· “227 Iraqi ballot boxes tossed amid fraud”, 16/1/06
· “Report: Fraud Marred Iraq Elections”, 19/1/06 – “Numerous violations and reports of fraud marred Iraq’s Dec. 15 election, an international assessment team said in a report released Thursday, but it did not question the final results…The IECI also voided vote results from many polling stations where fraud was documented”. [FLM Comment: Despite reporting electoral fraud, the commission was basically a whitewash as revealed by the following extract: The mission gave no overall assessment on the likely integrity of the results, but said the elections’ legal framework, institutions, and procedures were “designed to meet international standards”. Additionally, the mainstream media has not made a big issue of this, if not ignored it entirely.]
· “Election results”
· “Kidnapped Iraqi police volunteers massacred”, 22/1/06 – “All the main parties have complained about the results, including the Shiite religious-based United Iraqi Alliance which topped the poll and won 128 of parliament's 275 seats.
The Alliance believes it should have won six to nine seats more, the Kurdish Alliance which won 53 seats believes it should have got four more, while the main Sunni Arab coalition -- the National Concord Front -- which won 44 seats says it was cheated of 11 more”.
· “US dials back the volume on ‘democracy’”, 8/3/06 [FLM Comment: See the FLM’s comments in the “Hamas post-election” section below in relation to America’s hypocrisy over “democracy”.]

IRAQ – ADDITIONAL NEWS REPORTS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER

December 2002

Robert Fisk: “We Are Being Set Up For A War Against Iraq”, 4/12/02

August 2004

· “MPs plan to impeach Blair over Iraq war record”, 26/8/04

March 2005

“Whistleblower Stoffel assassinated?”, 15/3/05
Iraq resistance report on killing of Dale Stoffel (1)
Iraq resistance report on killing of Dale Stoffel (2)

May 2005

“Iraqis Endure Worse Conditions Than Under Saddam, UN Survey Finds”, 18/5/05
“U.S. Offensive Causes Humanitarian Crisis, Nets Few Rebels”, 19/5/05

June 2005

“AP: Al-Sadr rejects Iraq politics”, 6/6/05
“Former CIA director calls for Iraq withdrawal”, 9/6/05
Dahr Jamail: “State Sponsored Civil War”, 10/6/05
“Building Iraq’s Army: Mission Improbable”, 10/6/05
· “Fuelling Resistance”: 23 000-strong Iraqi Union opposes privatisation, 20/6/05
· “Top general in Iraq says Cheney wrong on insurgents”, 23/6/05
· Dahr Jamail: “Censorship”, 23 June 2005
· “Rumsfeld: Iraq Insurgency Could Last Years”, 26/6/05

November 2005

· “Rebel cleric on the rise again, this time in political arena”, 4/11/05 – “Firebrand cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, whom U.S.-led coalition forces wanted captured or killed a year ago, could become Iraq’s political kingmaker, a behind-the-scenes force shaping the outcome of the country’s December elections. “Sadr’s movement is powerful in Iraq,” said Hazim Ali, a political analyst at Baghdad University’s International Studies Center. “I would expect him to be able to bring in at least 2 million votes.” Ten million Iraqis voted in the recent constitutional referendum.”
“Iraqi politicians condemn US offensive”, 7 November 2005
“UN chief calls for Iraq unity”, 13/11/05 [FLM Comment: What sort of “unity” Mr Annan? Unity is total opposition to an invasion that you said was “illegal” and a foreign occupation of your country; or “unity” in support of the American/Zionist occupation? I think Mr Annan’s strained facial expression betrayed his conflicting emotions – or is it a wince at the painful arm twisting behind his back by his American masters?]
“[Australian] troops may be asked to leave Iraq”, 18/11/05
“Iraq Sunni clerics urge U.S. boycott”, 26/11/05
“Pulling US troops would lead to ‘disater’ – Kissinger”, 27/11/05 [FLM Comment: A disaster for America maybe. This is the new self-serving spin being pumped out by the propaganda and lie machine: that an end to the occupation would lead to “disaster”. There must be an end to the occupation imediately. If America’s puppet Baghdad regime falls and is replaced, then that is an internal Iraqi issue.]

December 2005:

· “U.S. military plants stories in the Iraqi media”, 1/12/05
· Rep. John Murtha: Military Supports Call for Iraq Withdrawal, 1/12/05
· “Key nations in U.S.-led force in Iraq mulling withdrawals”, 1/12/05
· Ramadi is attacked, 2/12/05
· Peace and security when Americans leave, 2/12/05
· “New US recipe for Iraq victory”, 5/12/05 [FLM Comment: Look at the photo accompanying the story and see why people are fighting. The resistance against the American fascists in Iraq must never stop.]
· “Iraqi group want end to US operations”, 5/12/05
· “Training of Iraq Forces Suffers ‘Setback’”, 5/12/05
· “Defending Hussein, Clark Seeks to Set Historical Record Straight”, 6/12/05 [FLM Comment: Whether or not Saddam Hussein deserves to be put on trial is irrelevant to the issue that the real criminals are George Bush and his puppet Tony Blair. America has killed more Iraqis than Saddam Hussein and the bloody terrorism campaign that was the invasion of Iraq was an illegal war of aggression and war crime. All political and military leaders in the US and Britain should be arrested and tried for war crimes and a cavalcade of Iraqi victims of Western terrorism brought before the court to tell their harrowing stories.]
· “Iraq Violence Raises Doubts About Progress”, 8/12/05
· “Bush takes on Iraqi war critics”, 14/12/05 [FLM Comment: These same games were played after the January elections. People have to realise that nothing has changed and that this sham “demonstration election” means nothing.]
· “U.S. Allies Reducing Troop Levels in Iraq”, 27/12/05

January 2006:

· “Number of nations sending troops to Iraq declining”, 1/1/06
· “Iraqi clerics paid to write propaganda”, 3/1/06
Related: “Iraqi Sunnis Refute Report on US Bribing Scholars”, 2/1/06
· “Injuries, illnesses take more soldiers from battlefields than enemy fire”, 4/1/06
· “America’s waning clout in Iraq”, 5/1/06
· “US denies talking with ‘terrorists’ in Iraq”, 9/1/06
· “US Army its own worst enemy: British officer”, 12/1/06
· “Iraq Gunmen Strike Election Headquarters”, 17/1/06

February 2006:

· “Saddam evidence in short supply”, 6/2/06
· “Wedge tactic offers Sunnis key roles in army and police”, 10/2/06
· “Militant cleric wields influence with al-Jaafari”, 14/2/06
· “Danish Iraqi force to stay on, defence minister says”, 14/2/06
· “Sadr orders militia to protect Iraqi Sunni mosques”, 23/2/06
· “Analysis: Iraq Crisis Propels al-Sadr”, 26/2/06 – “Al-Sadr has also turned to hardline Sunni clerics who share his opposition to the U.S. presence in Iraq. Even before he returned home, al-Sadr’s movement then signed an agreement Saturday with the Sunni Association of Muslim Scholars to prohibit killing members of the two sects and banning attacks on each other’s mosques. A joint statement blamed the presence of American and other coalition forces for the sectarian crisis and urged them to withdraw as soon as possible...On his visit to Syria, al-Sadr praised Hamas’ victory in the Palestinian elections”. [FLM Comment: There seems to be some confusion whether Sadr’s Mahdi Army is genuinely “protecting” Sunni mosques or were involved in attacking them and then occupying them. See related report: “Shiite Militias Roam Free Despite Curfew, Occupy Sunni Mosques”, 26/2/06]

March 2006:

· “Military will keep planting articles in Iraq”
· “UK troops to quit Iraq by 2008, general says”, 7/3/06
· “8,000 desert during Iraq war”, 7/3/06
· “Neocon Advocates Civil War in Iraq as “Strategic” Policy”, 9/3/06 [FLM Comment: This report is nothing new as this prophetic report reveals: The Zionist conspiracy to divide the Arab states into small units. As of mid-March 2006 a buzz ran around the Internet about this report “revealing” the Zionist neo-conservatives’ plan to create a civil war in Iraq and tear the country apart. We note that the FLM has been saying this for years and stated as much in our 2004 book, The Real Axis of Evil.]
· “Sadr appeals for calm in Iraq”, 13/3/06
· “US ‘may want to keep Iraq bases’”, 15/3/06
· “Syria bolsters status of Iraqi cleric”, 24/3/06
· “Carroll praises insurgents in video”, 31/3/06; Related: “Carroll: Statements Made Under Threat”, 1/4/06

April 2006:

· “US leak of Zarqawi letter riles Israelis”, 9/4/06
· “Sex and money bought Iraq contracts”, 20/4/06
· “Commander: Contractors violating U.S. trafficking laws”, 23/4/06
· “Can a new government rescue Iraq?”, 23/4/06 [FLM Comment: Chalk this up as the latest “turning point” that will see Iraq “turn the corner” on the way to becoming a “stable/secure/peaceful democracy”.] Related; we picked it right!: “New govt a ‘turning point’ for Iraq, Bush says”, 2/5/06
· “Zarqawi’s men ‘fighting on’ in Iraq”, 26/4/06
· “Report: Extremists push for terror haven in Iraq”, 28/4/06 [FLM Comment: The latest propaganda has to make you laugh doesn’t it? I mean one of the reasons for invading Iraq was that it “sponsored terrorism” and was a “haven for terrorists”. Then when there is justified resistance to a foreign occupation, it is called “terrorism”. The continued occupation is justified due to the “instability” and “violence” – created by the occupation in the first place - and the foreign troops cannot leave otherwise Iraq will become a “haven for terrorists”. Better still, Iraq is becoming a “haven” while under (three years of) occupation! The viscous circle of propaganda is never ending.]

May 2006:

· “Bush turned down chances to kill Zarqawi: ex-CIA spy”, 1/5/06
· “Three US soldiers among 12 dead in Iraq unrest”, 5/5/06 - Six Iraqi civilians were killed and two wounded when gunmen opened fire on them from a passing car as they bought alcohol from a shop, an interior ministry official said. [FLM Comment: One wonders why America is so determined to challenge the conservative, traditional Islamic country of Iraq by the importation of “globalization” and the capitalist, greedy American economic system and all its ills. Iraqis, or rather Muslims in general, will keep resisting this anti-social, anti-Islamic filth that America is so keen to force onto the rest of the world.]
· “Polish minister calls for Iraq withdrawal timetable”, 8/5/06

Other Iraq news:

· “Video of Iraqi girl’s stoning released on internet”, 6/5/07


ISRAEL/PALESTINE CONFLICT

Death tolls from the second Palestinian Intifada (Sept 2000 – Present):

Palestinian death toll
Israeli death toll
Amnesty International report on killing of Israeli and Palestinian children
Remember the children

Palestinian news:

Palestine Media Center
Palestine News Agency
International Middle East Media Center
“Palestinians mark Arafat’s death”, 11/11/05

Organisations supporting the Palestinian cause:

A list of Palestinian organistaions
Electronic Intifada – “Publishes news, commentary, analysis, and reference materials about the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict from a Palestinian perspective.”
Palestine Monitor – Has “the responsibility of disseminating messages and unified responses to the local and foreign press about local developments coming from Palestinian civil society.”
The Palestinian Fallujah – Before America’s destruction of Iraq’s Fallujah, Israel destroyed another Fallujah (Faluja)
MIFTAH – “The Palestinian Initiative for the Promotion of Global Dialogue & Democracy”
Stop the Wall
Boycott - Divestment - Sanctions Campaign

Websites of Palestinian armed groups:

Palestinian Islamic Jihad
“Hamas: Negotiations a waste of time”, 22/10/05

Palestinian human rights issues:

Palestine Red Crescent Society
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Weekly Reports on Israeli Human Rights Violations
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights

Israeli peace groups:

“Peace Now” – “the largest extra-parliamentary movement in Israel, the country’s oldest peace movement and the only peace group to have a broad public base.”
B’Tselem – The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights

United Nations information regarding Israel/Palestine:

A selected list of United Nations resolutions relating to the Israeli/Palestinian conflict
One list of United Nations Security Council resolutions against Israel

Other information:

Israel created and funded Hamas

Continuing Israeli crimes against the Palestinians:

“Sabra and Shatila 20 years on”
Jewish gunman was no terrorist, Israel rules, 1/9/05
“Settler saboteurs target Palestinian olive trees”, 21/10/05
“Israeli clampdown amid rise in ‘sonic bombs’”, 1/11/05
“Medics condemn Gaza sonic booms”, 3/11/05
“Israeli soldiers shoot Palestinian boy, 13”, 3/11/05 – “Israeli soldiers shot and critically wounded a 13-year-old Palestinian boy today. The boy was shot in the Palestinian refugee town of Jenin as troops opened fire on a group of youths who the Israeli military said had been throwing stones. Live bullets struck the boy in the head and stomach, Palestinian medical officials said.”
“Jenin boy, shot by troops who mistook his toy gun for rifle, dies”, 5 November 2005
Unjustified murder of Palestinian, 10/11/05
“Not guilty. The Israeli captain who put 17 bullets into a Palestinian schoolgirl”, 16/11/05
“Israel fires missile into Gaza building – witnesses”, 4/12/05
Settlers suspected of cutting down 1000 Palestinian olive trees, 26/12/05
“Deputy PM Olmert: No limitations in Sharon’s war on Qassams”, 29/12/05
“Echo of Lebanon as Israel claims zone”, 30/12/05
“Israel hits Gaza targets”, 2/1/06
“Jewish terrorist may have fired on Palestinian teens near Nablus”, 6/1/06
“IDF says may impose closure on Jewish areas in Hebron”, 15/1/06 – “The settlers clashed with security forces for several days over a court order to evict eight Jewish families that have occupied Palestinian-owned stores in the Hebron marketplace…Peace Now Chairman Yariv Oppenheimer said Saturday that the IDF and police must issue a curfew in the Jewish settlement in Hebron for 48 hours if rioting against Palestinian residents and IDF troops does not cease”.
“IDF troops kill Palestinian mother, son in West Bank village”, 15/1/06 – “Roujib residents said soldiers fired at a house in the outskirts of the village, where they claim 20-year-old Fawzi Dwekat was standing guard with a rifle in the wake of arson attacks on his family's cars…Village sources said Dwekat's mother, Nawal, 55, heard the shots and came to see what had happened, and was killed by IDF fire. Dwekat's sister-in-law, 20, sustained serious injuries in the incident. A fourth person was also hurt in the shooting”.
“Israeli Army foils Jewish protestors”, 18/1/06
“Israel killed Yasser Arafat, says al-Assad”, 22/1/06
“Gaza militants killed in strike”, 5/2/06
“Israelis shoot eight militants in two days”, 8/2/06
“Row over siting of tolerance museum”, 9/2/06 [FLM Comment: How ironic is this report? Once again for the Jews it is only “tolerance” for Jews or Jewish issues.] Related: “Row over Israeli tolerance museum”, 17/2/06
“Israel unveils plan to encircle Palestinian state”, 8/2/06
“Settlers scrawl Mohammed insults on West Bank mosque”, 12/2/06
“Israel cuts Jordan Rift from rest of West Bank”, 13/2/06
“Disabled Jenin man shot by troops”, 15/2/06
“Israel orders new restrictions on Palestinians”, 19/2/06 [FLM Comment: The key extract from this report is as follows: “The measures were aimed at weakening Palestinian support for Hamas”. This is exactly how American and Israeli imperialism crushes, or at least tries to crush, any regime, no matter how popular and/or democratic, that they do not like or which opposes them. One good example was the massive campaign of terrorism America unleashed against the popular and democratically elected Sandinista government in Nicaragua in the 1980’s. The intention was to bring so much death, destruction and mayhem to Nicaragua that the population would get fed up with the government if only to end their suffering. Israel’s intention now against Hamas and the Palestinians is exactly the same – and it’s even freely acknowledged in the mainstream media.]
“Islamic Jihad leader killed”, 20/2/06
“Israeli army destroys US-funded public park in West Bank”, 22/2/06
“Israeli troops kill five Palestinians in refugee camp”, 24/2/06
“Gaza air strike targets rocket-launching cell”, 24/2/06
“Israel warplanes bomb northern Gaza after rockets fired”, 25/2/06
“SENIOR member of Israel's Kadima Party hinted that the future Palestinian Authority prime minister could be assassinated”
“Jihad leader killed in Gaza blast”, 2/3/06
“Militants, children killed in Gaza air strike”, 7/3/06
“Israeli: Incoming Hamas PM may be target”, 7/3/06
“Israel tightens grip on Jordan Valley”, 14/3/06
“Militants surrender after Israeli jail siege”, 15/3/06 Related: Amnesty International condemns Israeli raid
“Israeli air strike in Gaza kills 6”, 7/4/06
“Israel steps up shelling on Palestinian posts”, 9/4/06
“No medications for the Gaza Strip”, 11/4/06
“Israelis kill two gunmen in Gaza”, 12/4/06
“Settlers attack shepherds in Hebron”, 8/4/06
“Gaza families watch in awe and fear as Israelis pour in 300 shells a day”, 14/4/06; Related: “Palestinian and Israeli human rights organizations demand that Israel cease bombing of Gaza Strip”, 14/4/06; Related: “U.S. blocks UN draft pressing Israel to end attacks”, 14/4/06
“A little story about a little girl”, 14/4/06
“Israel blames Hamas for blast”, 18/4/06 [FLM Comment: Finally, the Palestinian retaliation to constant Israeli crimes has come with a suicide bombing that killed nine Israelis. The only surprise here is how long it took the Palestinians to strike back against Israel. The past few months - as adequately documented in the FLM’s Freedompedia database (see extract below) - has seen the same constant Israeli occupation and crimes against the Palestinians with no reprieve. Nothing has changed and if anything, it can be shown that Israel has been constantly assassinating Palestinian resistance leaders in what are probably attempts to provoke such an attack.

This Palestinian retaliation is fully understandable. 2006 alone up until the 17th April has seen 95 Palestinians killed and 373 wounded by Israeli occupation forces. In the same time fame only a mere six Israelis have been killed by Palestinians, to which can be added the nine killed here. That means that Israel has killed more than six times the number of Palestinians than the number of Israelis killed by Palestinians. This includes a suicide bombing on 30 March that killed 4 people. The last suicide bombing of note occurred on 5 December 2005 when 5 people were killed and 50 wounded.

None of this perspective concerning the massively lop-sided nature of the so-called Israeli-Palestinian “conflict” has been mentioned by biased and shallow media coverage - only the suicide bombing itself has been hyped. ABC news in Australia declared that Israel “struck back” when it raided a Palestinian factory (see related information below), when in fact it was the Palestinians who had “struck back”. With the bombing given major coverage, presented out of context with no explanation or perspective, the ignorant will receive an incorrect and unjustifiably negative impression of the Palestinian resistance.]
“Israel strikes Palestinian factory”, 18/4/06
“Palestinian youth killed by IDF shell in northern Gaza Strip”, 18/4/06
“Israel cracks down on Hamas”, 19/4/06
“Hebron settlers assault two female international aid workers”, 23/4/06
“Israelis shoot dead Gaza militant”, 24/4/06
“Palestinian killed by Israeli tank shell”, 24/4/06
“Israeli attack on Gaza kills one”, 27/4/06
“3-Year-Old Child’s Skull Crushed at Israeli Checkpoint”, 29/4/06
“Mourning a West Bank wife”, 2/5/06
“Five dead as Israelis strike Gaza”, 5/5/06
“Settlers Attack Children”, 6/5/06
“Hebron settler families evicted”, 7/5/06
“Eight Palestinians killed in IDF operations over weekend”, 7/5/06
“Extremist Colonisers Attack Citizens in Hebron”, 7/5/06
“Israel targets car in Gaza Strip”, 15/5/06
“Islamic Jihad leader dies in raid, says Israel”, 16/5/06
“Israeli air strike kills 4 Palestinians in Gaza”, 21/5/06 - Saturday’s missile strike, which medics say also killed a boy and his mother and grandmother, is the latest such attack since April, when an Israeli air strike killed an Islamic Jihad militant after a deadly suicide bombing by the group in Israel; Related: “Israeli airstrike kills senior militant in Gaza”, 20/5/06 - Palestinian sources also identified Al Dahdouh as a fatality and said three others were killed in the strike, a woman, her 4-year-old son, and the boy's grandmother.
“Israeli strike kills Gaza gunmen”, 30/5/06
“Palestinian views on travel curbs”, 1/6/06
“Air strike kills Gaza militants”, 5/6/06
“Hamas military wing calls off Israel truce”, 9/6/06 - Hamas militants called off a truce with Israel on Friday after a barrage of Israeli artillery shells tore into Palestinians at a beachside picnic in the Gaza Strip, killing seven civilians; Related: “Hamas militants vow to renew attacks on Israel”, 9/6/06; “Hamas calls off truce”; “Slaughter on the beach”, 11/6/06; “Beach deaths ‘not Israel's fault’”, 13/6/06; “Annan: Results of IDF probe into Gaza beach deaths are ‘strange’”, 14/6/06; “Shrapnel ‘proves shell was Israeli’”, 16/6/06 [FLM Comment: This is another despicable crime and act of terrorism committed by the terrorist nation of Israel against innocent Palestinians. This is another human sacrifice by the Jews to satisfy their evil mindset. Jesus Christ himself denounced the Jews for being murderers, liars and sons of the devil and nothing has changed after all these years (see John 8:44). The FLM condemns Israel in the harshest possible terms and calls on the international community to do so also.

Was this crime intentional? Of course. Why? To provoke Hamas into responding with suicide bombers. America and Israel – and their puppet, the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas - have done everything to topple the democratically elected Hamas-led Palestinian government. This includes constant attacks against Palestinian resistance leaders and the killing of innocent people – just review our database of Israeli crimes below. Since nothing to date has succeeded in provoking Hamas to renewing armed resistance, the terrorist Jews have escalated their violence to new levels of barbarism to secure what they crave: renewed Hamas attacks to then justify further attacks against the Palestinians and particularly Hamas. This crime again proves that Israel does not want peace and seeks continued warfare and killing to secure their total domination over not just Palestine, but the entire Middle East.

Since “international isolation” and sanctions have not worked to destroy the Hamas government, outright military action is needed, hence this horrible, murderous provocation. One can almost imagine the Israeli/American/media propagandist response when a glorious resistance fighter martyrs themselves in response to this heinous Jewish crime. This is probably why Hamas has been so reluctant to attack the occupiers until now. However, the bottom line is that Palestinian attacks on Israel are fully understandable. The time may have come to answer this crime with a response commensurate to the level of terrorism the Jewish occupiers of Palestine continually inflict on the Palestinians.]
“Extremist Coloniser Opens Fire at Workers, Wounding One”, 11/6/06
“Israel, Hamas edge closer toward broad fighting”, 12/6/06 - An Israeli airstrike has killed two Hamas militants while Palestinian militants bombarded southern Israel with homemade rockets, as a 16-month-old ceasefire unravelled and the two sides moved closer toward a broader conflict.
“Israelis arrest bus ‘lynch mob’”, 13/6/06
“Israeli missile attack kills 11”, 14/6/06
John Pilger: “Palestine: A war on children”, 15/6/06
“Israeli town strikes over rockets”, 20/6/06 - Just under 180 missiles have been fired into southern Israel over the last month. Casualties and injuries from the rocket attacks are rare, but people in Sderot say their quality of life has plummeted. The Israeli military has been firing more than 1,500 artillery shells into Gaza, targeting what it says are rocket-launching sites used by militants. It has also carried out a number of air strikes. About 20 Palestinians have been killed in recent weeks. Palestinian militants have vowed to continue firing rockets, saying they are responding to Israeli attacks. [FLM Comment: Comment is scarcely required for this extraordinary article, so blatant is it an example of gross Jewish chutzpah. By juxtaposing the facts presented in the relevant extract from the story above, one can see that the Israelis are the real terrorists. However, the real issue is the response by the town’s Jews. They go on “strike” in response to the Palestinians’ meagre, almost pathetic, response to the greater Israeli terrorism they constantly suffer and complain that their “quality of life has plummeted”. Perhaps the Jews can afford to go on strike, while the Palestinians must struggle to survive under oppressive Zionist tyranny.]
“Gaza air strike ‘kills children’”, 20/6/06; “Israeli air strike kills 3 children”, 21/6/06
“Second botched Israeli airstrike kills two”, 22/6/06
“Amnesty: Israel targeted civilians”, 21/11/06

The major Israeli aggression against Gaza and Lebanon (from late June 2006):

“Israel army launches Gaza assault”, 27/6/06; Related: “Gaza attack threat to Egypt national security: Muslim Brotherhood”, 27/6/06
· “Call for UN intervention as Palestinian ministers seized”, 29/6/06
“Residents flee in terror from rolling thunder”, 29/6/06
“UN aid chief warns Gaza is on the verge of humanitarian crisis”, 30/6/06
“Gaza assault ‘may be open-ended’”, 9/7/06
“Israel expands Gaza offensive after rocket fire”, 10/7/06
“Gaza on brink of humanitarian disaster”, 11/7/06
“World protests against Israeli raids”, 23/7/06

Continuing Israeli crimes against the Palestinians [continued]:

More Jewish child sacrifices: “Gaza: The children killed in a war the world doesn’t want to know about”, 19/9/06
“UN says Gaza crisis ‘intolerable’”, 26/9/06
“Relentless raids leave Gaza reeling”, 26/9/06
“Two Palestinians killed by Israel”, 9/10/06
“Far-right Israeli MP enters Aqsa mosque compound”, 10/10/06
“Palestinian killed by Israeli gunfire”, 11/10/06
“Rights group: Shin Bet denies vital treatment to Palestinians”, 12/10/06
“Nine die in air strikes on Gaza”, 13/10/06
“Two dead in Gaza shelling”, 15/10/06 - AN Israeli air raid on the Gaza Strip killed two Palestinian militants overnight as the Jewish state showed no let-up in its pounding of the territory that has seen 22 people killed in barely 48 hours.
“Deaths mount in Gazan offensive”, 5/11/06
“Israeli shelling kills 18 in Gaza”, 8/11/06; Related: “Wounded Gaza teenager mourns 13 family members”, 8/11/06; “Hamas threatens revenge after civilian massacre”, 9/11/06; “Aid agencies condemn Gaza carnage”, 9/11/06
“U.S. vetoes UN resolution condemning Israel on Gaza”, 11/11/06
“Israel fires missiles into Gaza”, 7/4/07
“Israel accused of prisoner abuse”, 6/5/07
“Palestinians ‘forced’ to leave Hebron”, 14/5/07
Red Cross condemns Israel: “Israel Jerusalem policy condemned”, 15/5/07
“Gaza hit by fresh Israeli strikes”, 18/5/07
“Israel airstrike one block from Palestinian PM’s house”, 24/5/07
“The twilight zone / ‘Now you are paralyzed, as we promised’” - “We have to make you do a little sports,” the Shin Bet interrogator said, launching four successive days of questioning accompanied by brutal physical torture. The result: Luwaii Ashqar can no longer stand on his feet. He sits in his wheelchair, dressed in a fashionable quasi-military suit, super-elegant, new Caterpillar-brand shoes on his paralyzed feet. ”I love this color,” he says about his uniform. “It’s the color of the soldiers who came to arrest me for the interrogation that did all this to me.”
“Twelve die in Israel Gaza raids”, 27/6/07
“Israeli Settlements Found to Grow Past Boundaries”, 7/7/07 - Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank use only 12 percent of the land allocated to them, but one-third of the territory they do use lies outside of their official jurisdictions, according to a new report released on Friday by Peace Now, an advocacy group.
‘FATHER CHRISTMAS’ BEATEN IN WEST BANK DEMO: ORGANISERS, 21/12/07 - Israeli guards beat five demonstrators, including one dressed as Father Christmas, during a protest on Friday against Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank, organisers said. About 50 Palestinian, Israeli and international peace activists attended the rally in the village of Um Salomona, near Bethlehem, the Biblical birthplace of Jesus that is preparing to celebrate Christmas.
· “Middle East: Israeli troops kill top Palestinian negotiator’s bodyguard”, 28/12/07

Other Israeli crimes:

“Secret British document accuses Israel”, 25/11/05; Related: Israel accuses Britain of being “pro-Palestinian”
“EU accuses Israel over Jerusalem”, 25/11/05
“Muslim officials to meet in Saudi Arabia to review Israeli boycott”, 7/3/06
“Israel drops militant trial plan”, 26/4/06
While West is enslaved by the Jewish “Holocaust”, the Palestinian Holocaust is nearly forgotten: “The great catastrophe”, 12/5/06 - In the last week of April 1948, combined Irgun-Haganah forces launched an offensive to drive the Palestinian people out of the beautiful port city of Jaffa, forcing the remaining inhabitants to flee by sea; many drowned in the process. My aunt Rose, a teenager at that time, survived the trip to begin her life in exile on the Lebanese coast. Each Palestinian refugee family grows up hearing again and again the stories of those final moments in Palestine, the decisions, the panic, as we live in the midst of their terrible consequences.
“Israeli Arabs: Nakba our Holocaust Day”, 16/5/06
Interview with Prof. Norman Finkelstein – “What they did was tell you to look at the record, look at the history and see that it supports their claims. Beginning in the late 1980s and 1990s the work of important Israeli historians as well as the documentary record of human rights organizations, Israel's record did not look as good as it once did. And it turned out that many of the things that people thought were the case when they came to Israel actually turned out not to be the case. Thus Israel's position both historically and in terms of its current human rights record, as that position became more indefensible - it was then that the charges of anti-Semitism began to be hurled with reckless abandon. Because there was no other way to respond to the charges of what Israel has done and is doing. It's wrong.”
“Olmert: ‘Not one refugee can return’”, 30/3/07

Palestinian resistance:

“Palestinian militants threaten to attack Jews abroad”, 17/4/06
“Palestinians back prisoner release call”, 27/6/06
“Hamas fighters end Israel truce”, 24/4/07

“Right to resist”:

AS CONFERENCE CONCLUDES, CIVIL SOCIETY GROUPS COMMITTO PROTECTION FORCE FOR PALESTINIANS
‘Declaration of Brasilia’ Asserts Right to Resist Occupation, 11/5/05
“Saudi ambassador comments on bombings”, 14/2/06 – “Still, he distinguished the suicide attacks carried out by Palestinian groups against Israel, saying the attacks were justified by groups like Hamas and Islamic Jihad as ‘legitimate means of war under occupation’”.

Supplying Palestinians with weapons to defend themselves:

“Russia may sell arms to Hamas”, 18/2/06 [FLM Comment: This extract says it all: “The announcement by Russia's Chief of General Staff, Yuri Baluyevsky, will outrage Israel”. Makes you wonder about these sorts of reports. There’s always pre-emptive media hype that Russia “may sell missiles to Syria”, or “Russia may sell weapons to Venezuela”. Now its Russia “may sell weapons” to the Palestinians (why is it to Hamas per se?) This always allows Israel to start the big campaign to strike down the deals with American support. There are never media reports or hype about America selling any amount of advanced weaponry to Israel over the decades. This has been an issue that has been beyond reproach or serious media commentary in the Western press, lest accusations of “anti-Semitism” be heard.]

Palestinian elections/US interference in:

“Hamas Wins Key Local Palestinian Elections”, 16/12/05
“US Congress backs resolution opposing Hamas role in Palestinian vote”, 17/12/05
“U.S. tells Israel it will shun PA gov’t that includes Hamas”, 23/1/06
“U.S. Spent $1.9 Million to Aid Fatah in Palestinian Election”, 23/1/06
“Hamas makes strong showing in Palestinian election”, 25/1/06
“Olmert: Israel won’t negotiate with Hamas”, 27/1/06 [See related FLM commentary here.]

Hamas post-election:

FLM Comment: George Bush has been declaring for years that his policy was to bring democracy to the Middle East (even though many countries already had democracy in one for or the other). Well, the Palestinians voted for Hamas; Lebanese in southern Lebanon voted for Hezbollah; Iran elected a fiercely anti-Israel president; Iraqis voted for a Shiite regime with close links to Iran; Pakistanis voted for a party (the MMA) that is fiercely anti-American and pro-Taliban; and the Muslim Brotherhood did well in Egyptian elections when allowed to run in tightly controlled elections by the pro-American stooge Egyptian dictator Mubarak. Of course, none of these elections matter since by “democracy” America means rigged “elections” where only suitably pro-American candidates “win”. This proves once again the supreme hypocrisy of America and why they are only interested in one thing: world power.

“Profile: Hamas’ Ismail Haniya”, 27/1/06
Profile: Hamas’ Mahmoud Zahhar”, 27/1/06
“Almost half of Israelis say talk to Hamas – poll”, 27/1/06
“Hamas leader likely to cut ties to Israel”, 27/1/06 – “Hamas leader Mahmoud Zahar has proposed a dramatic shift of Palestinian policy -- ending security cooperation with Israel, cutting most trade links with the Jewish state and refusing to engage with the “Christian-Zionist” U.S. administration”.
“Hamas to be asked to form new govt”, 27/1/06
“Bush warns U.S. may cut aid to Palestinians”, 28/1/06
“We will not be blackmailed, Hamas says”, 28/1/06
“Gaza protestors demand Abbas resign”, 28/1/06
“Gaza erupts over Hamas’ poll win”, 28/1/06
“Hamas ready to form Palestinian army”, 29/1/06 [FLM Comment: Hamas is exactly correct in these statements: form a unified Palestinian army like every country in the world has and which the invading Jews themselves formed when they stole Palestinian land in 1948 to create “Israel”. The Arab countries must now support the Palestinians and provide military assistance to build their army – just like America provides billions of dollars of military assistance to Israel every year.]
“Hamas faces European aid threat”, 29/1/06 [FLM Comment: The subject of this news item are the words of Germany’s leader, Angela Merkel. How blatant can her pro-Americanism and pro-Zionist beliefs be? How obvious an American/Israeli stooge can she be? The question is, will the other European leaders blindly follow the American/Israeli line? Or will they be independent, sensible and non-partisan and continue to deal fairly with the Palestinians?]
“World powers tell Hamas to change or lose aid”, 30/1/06
“Palestinian security forces in disarray”, 30/1/06
“Hamas must change now, Putin warns”, 2/2/06
“Arab states expected to speed aid to Palestinians”, 2/2/06
“Graveside visit signals Hamas support of Fatah”, 6/2/06
“Israel issues warning over Hamas”, 15/2/06
“Hamas lawmakers sworn in”, 18/2/06
“Palestinians ordered to return US aid”, 17/2/06
“Arab League may help Hamas”, 21/2/06 [FLM Comment: The Arab League “may” help Hamas? They were said to be “debating last night whether to defy the US”? What about “will definitely” help Hamas? How can America and Israel have so much power over the Arab countries that the Arab League is debating whether or not to support the democratically elected Palestinian government? This is the very thing that is wrong with the world and why there is resistance to the American Empire.]
“Hamas picks its PM”, 21/2/06
“Olmert: Despite Hamas victory, there’s still hope for peace talks”, 21/2/06
“US won’t support Hamas: Bush”, 22/2/06
“Iran offers Hamas financial aid”, 22/2/06
“Egypt to defy US Hamas boycott”, 23/2/06
“Saudis Reject U.S. Plan to Isolate Hamas”, 22/2/06
““Generous” Pledges Belittle Aid Threats: Hamas”, 25/2/06

Hamas in control:

“Hamas accuses US and Israel of plot to bring it down”, 16/2/06
“Hamas leader lists terms for recognizing Israel”, 26/2/06
“Palestinians welcome EU aid deal”, 27/2/06
“Hamas says no peace until Israel pulls out”, 4/3/06
“Hamas MPs curtail Abbas’ powers”, 6/3/06
“Stripped and humiliated: Hamas exacts revenge on its rival”, 8/3/06
“Hamas bid to sidestep US, Israeli blockade”, 13/3/06
“Visiting Hamas leaders reassured of Saudi support”, 11/3/06
“Yes we did suicide attacks, but we are not terrorists”, 28/3/06 – “So those who were oppressed in Europe are now the oppressors in Palestine,” he says. “They should know better. The Nazis tried to erase them and they survived. Now they try to erase us and we will survive. They of all people should know you can't erase a people.” Though he sits beneath portraits of Yasser Arafat and Mahmoud Abbas, he is contemptuous of their dealings with Israel, which brought only more misery for Palestinians. And he is contemptuous of the demands by the US and the Europeans that Hamas disavow terrorism and recognise Israel before there can be any contact or aid to a Hamas government. “What should we recognise? We are trapped in 62 separate enclaves on the West Bank. Our people are imprisoned in Gaza. We are killed and humiliated every day. What should we recognise? Our enslavement? This is the real terrorism. Let the Americans and Europeans keep their money. We don't need it. We will get our aid if we need it, from elsewhere.”
“Palestinian official criticizes U.S.”, 30/3/06 - Newly installed Palestinian Foreign Minister Mahmoud Zahar said the United States is biased toward Israel, guilty of crimes against Muslims and Arabs and is widening the rift with the Middle East.
“A just peace or no peace”, 31/3/06 - Do policymakers in Washington and Europe ever feel ashamed of their scandalous double standards? Before and since the Palestinian elections in January, they have continually insisted that Hamas comply with certain demands. They want us to recognise Israel, call off our resistance, and commit ourselves to whatever deals Israel and the Palestinian leadership reached in the past.
“Survey analyzes impact of Hamas victory in Lebanon”, 4/4/06
“Russia offers aid to Hamas”, 15/4/06
“Iran and Qatar bail out penniless Palestinians”, 18/4/06
“Crisis-hit Hamas accuses Abbas of clipping wings”, 17/4/06
“Hamas anger over Jordan boycott”, 19/4/06
“Hamas reveals new security force”, 20/4/06
“Gaza hospital fights for life after international aid cuts”, 24/4/06
“Hamas security force in action”, 25/4/06
“Palestinian Govt makes urgent funds appeal”, 26/4/06
“New Palestinian force launched over Abbas veto”, 27/4/06
“Wolfensohn bows out, critical of West’s stand on aid to Palestinians”, 3/5/06
“Israel frees up Palestinian funds”, 21/5/06
“Arabs ‘to break Hamas aid freeze’”, 12/11/06
“Hamas: No recognition of Israel”, 14/11/06

Hamas-Fatah war; Hamas takes control of Gaza, June 2007:

America and Israel wanted a Palestinian civil war; Fatah obliged: FLM Comment: As reported in Chapter Two of the FLM’s little-read book, Resistance: Opposing the American Empire, Mahmoud Abbas in September 2003 – when he was Palestinian Prime Minister – confirmed that there would be no security crackdown on Palestinian militant groups fighting Israel. This of course was at the height of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which flared in September 2000. He therefore confirmed that there would be no Palestinian civil war, which is exactly what America and Israel wanted.

Abbas resigned shortly afterwards citing “Israel’s unwillingness to implement its road map commitments and to undertake any constructive measures” and that the United States and the international community “did not exert sufficient influence on Israel to implement its commitments in the road map to push the peace process forward or to end its military escalation.” The fact that Israel was responsible for the failure of the so-called “road map” to peace and the downfall of Abbas was even confirmed by the Israeli army’s chief of staff.

But a lot has happened since then and Mahmoud Abbas and the Fatah movement that he leads changed drastically. Slowly, Abbas and Fatah transformed themselves into agents and stooges of America and Israel, especially when the rising power of Hamas among the Palestinian people became evident. A review of previous news articles and FLM comments below will clearly confirm. Eight months ago, Hamas rightly accused Fatah of being American and Israeli stooges after being frustrated by Fatah constantly working against the democratic Palestinian government ever since its election victory in January 2006.

America and Israel began funding Fatah and supplying it with weapons while cutting economic aid and diplomatic relations to the democratically-elected Hamas-led Palestinian government in an attempt to topple it.

In summary, Mahmoud Abbas and his Fatah party became traitors to the Palestinian people. They became stooges and agents of America and Israel and have happily acted as their proxy by attempting to bring down the democratically-elected Palestinian government by acting as virtual foreign-sponsored agents and insurgents. They are thus responsible for dividing the Palestinian people, weakening the Palestinian struggle and creating a damaging Palestinian civil war.

Hamas had every right to declare Fatah an illegal and criminal group and to take action against them the same way any legal police force would act against a criminal group. Hamas could then continue to work in the interests of the Palestinian people and continue the resistance against Israeli occupation on its own, without the traitorous and back-stabbing Fatah movement undermining its efforts.

However, Hamas has already indicated that it wants to continue cooperating with Fatah and Abbas in the interests of the Palestinian people – platitudes it has expressed many times in the past but that have never been reciprocated by Fatah. While Hamas works for the Palestinian people and seeks cooperation and unity, Fatah has only been interested in toppling Hamas and taking power back for themselves.

One can only hope that Fatah is truly more interested in Palestinian unity and cooperating with Hamas than of following American and Israel’s interests and their own greedy lust for power and corruption. Corruption of course was an unfortunate trait Fatah amply demonstrated during their many years in power and which the Palestinian people finally rejected by voting for Hamas.

“Mashaal: Hamas was ‘forced’ to take over Gaza Strip”, 15/6/07 - Earlier Friday, Hamas condemned the appointment of political independent Salam Fayyad as the new Palestinian Authority prime minister as a “coup.”
“Hunted by Hamas: he knew his time had come”, 16/6/07
Fatah answers the FLM’s question with a resounding no: “Fatah exact revenge in West Bank rampage”, 17/6/07 [FLM Comment: Well Fatah answered the FLM’s question asked in our last comments with a resounding no. While Hamas has always sought unity and cooperation to form a united Palestinian front to oppose Israel and even a unified Palestinian army, Fatah only seeks revenge, destruction and power. By their reaction, they prove the very thing that Hamas and the FLM accuses them of: acting as American and Israeli agents to divide and destroy the Palestinian movement and topple the popularly elected Hamas. America and Israel must be celebrating these events. Surely the population of the West Bank, which the madmen of Fatah now seem to control, will be outraged by their destructive behaviour, which includes attacking Hamas charities that have helped the Palestinian people. The coming weeks will be crucial and will be monitored closely.]
“Exposing the bitter truth of Gaza carnage”, 23/6/07 - Extract: The mainstream Israeli media is also beginning to question the status of Mr Abbas as an independent leader. Sever Plocker, an editor at the daily Yedioth Ahronot, wrote that the US, Europe and Israel encouraged Fatah to cling to power last year despite losing its mandate. “It is not very pleasant to admit it, but in the battle for control of the Gaza Strip, Hamas was in the right. Hamas is cruel, disgusting and filled with hatred for Israel, but it was victorious in democratic elections, and all it wanted was to reap the fruits of its victory. “Hamas did not ‘seize control’ of Gaza. It took the action needed to enforce its authority, disarming and destroying a militia that refused to bow to its authority.” [FLM Comment: This is so typical. It took an Israeli newspaper to admit the “biter truth”: that Hamas is in the right; that it won democratic elections; that Fatah have become agents of America and Israel by usurping power from the democratically elected, rightful Palestinian Hamas-led government. Now you can re-read the FLM’s comments of 16 June 2007 and see that this is exactly the point we made in response to this American-Israeli sponsored Palestinian civil war provoked by Fatah - their recalcitrant, disloyal and traitorous proxy.]
Hamas makes yet another offer to Fatah: “Hamas is ‘ready to talk’ to Fatah”, 25/6/07

Previous Hamas news:

“Hamas wins Gaza elections”, 28/1/05
“Hamas launches TV station in Gaza”, 9/1/06

Other Hamas news:

“Analysis: Hezbollah, IJ challenge Hamas”, 6/2/06
“The revolutionary matriarch of Hamas”, 14/3/06
· “Hamas’ stand: An official of the movement describes its goals for all of Palestine”, 20/7/07

Fatah Party and Mahmoud Abbas work against Palestinians:

“Fatah may not join Hamas government”, 28/1/06 [FLM Comment: Supporters of the Fatah party are obviously sore losers. All Palestinians must unite and support the new duly elected Palestinian government and help create an independent Palestinian nation and a national army to help defend against Israeli aggression.]
“Abbas ‘coup’ in the PLC outrages Hamas”, 14/2/06 [FLM Comment: Abbas and his Fatah party have proven themselves to be stooges of America and Israel, which also shows once again those countries hypocrisy over the issue of “democracy”. Abbas is not respecting the democratic process, which saw his party lose to Hamas, and his actions since the election are tantamount to an illegal coup and grab for undemocratic power. America and Israel, to show that their support for “democracy” goes beyond mere platitudes, must demand Abbas and his party abide by the democratic process and accept Hamas’ victory in the election. Better still, Fatah should work with Hamas to create a stable government with the welfare of the Palestinian people foremost on their minds rather than the greedy lust for power that they have displayed to date.]
“Recognise Israel or I quit, says Abbas”, 3/3/06 [FLM Comment: Then perhaps he should quit since he has shown himself to be a stooge of the U.S. and Israel.]
“Hamas accuses Abbas of stoking Palestinian tensions”, 25/4/06
“Palestinians march to civil war”, 26/5/06
“Hamas: Fatah acting as U.S. stooge”, 15/10/06
“The CIA and Fatah; Spies, Quislings and the Palestinian Authority”
The US financed the Palestinian Presidential Forces under control of Mahmoud Abbas with eighty million dollars. Not only that, but the war criminal of US General Keith Dayton also organize the training of these Palestinian troops. And beyond that, the European Union is financing the PA and paying part of the salaries of these troops.

[Hamas-Fatah war; Hamas takes control of Gaza, June 2007:]

“Mashaal: Hamas was ‘forced’ to take over Gaza Strip”, 15/6/07 - Earlier Friday, Hamas condemned the appointment of political independent Salam Fayyad as the new Palestinian Authority prime minister as a “coup.”
“Hunted by Hamas: he knew his time had come”, 16/6/07 - In the mid-1990s, the then Palestinian Authority leader, Yasser Arafat, ordered his security forces to crack down on the religious extremist Hamas movement, in a bid to curb its bloody terrorist attacks against Israel.

Leading this campaign in Gaza was a local Fatah strongman, Mohammed Dahlan.
Hundreds of Hamas supporters were detained without trial and many - including several members of the Palestinian Authority cabinet - say they were tortured.

It was evident that scores were already being settled when, in the wake of Hamas's victory in Palestinian Authority elections last year, some of its most hated Fatah foes began - one by one - to meet violent deaths in Gaza.

Al-Badhou, 32, the north Gaza commander of the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, was among a younger generation of Fatah leaders who decided to openly take up the cudgels. Unwisely, it turned out: many were dead before this week's final rout came.

One major cause of this week's escalation into open conflict was the decision by the Palestinian Authority president and Fatah leader, Mahmoud Abbas, to appoint Mohammed Dahlan to in effect command the security forces.

This was interpreted by Hamas as another attempt to void its election victory last year by depriving its elected ministers of any real control over the mainly Fatah-aligned security forces. Dahlan is also regarded by many Palestinians as a client of the US and Israel, which until this week were openly attempting to beef up his forces in Gaza to counteract Hamas.

“Palestinian state”:

“Israel finally agrees to give Palestinians control of border”, 16/11/05
“Border to open for Palestinians”, 26/11/05
“Israel tightens grip on Jordan Valley”, 14/3/06
“New Israel government to ‘reduce’ settlements”, 28/4/06
“The west must recognise that Israel's agenda is in conflict with its own”, 17/7/06

Illegal Israeli occupation of Palestine:

“Violent West Bank evacuation”, 2/2/06
“Israel ‘to make more withdrawals’”, 5/3/06
“Hamas warns Israel over border plan”, 11/3/06
“Israeli prime minister’s plan to draw borders creates fury”, 12/3/06
“Israelis buy E Jerusalem houses”, 3/4/06

Other news:

“Munich mastermind spurns Spielberg’s peace appeal”, 27/12/05
Related: Pro-Israeli neo-con moans about Spielberg’s movie “Munich”
“Munich”: Steven Spielberg”s latest sly propaganda venture
“Egypt troops killed at Gaza border”, 4/1/06
“Diskin: Shin Bet treats Jewish terror suspects less harshly”, 7/2/06
“Israeli jailed for helping bomber”, 8/5/07 [FLM Comment: There has always been suspicion as to whether at least some suicide bombings were not created or facilitated by Israel itself in order to justify further action against the Palestinians. This could be some evidence for this emerging.]

Mainstream media deceptions over Palestine:

This is an extract from an article by Robert Fisk on how the media provides a deceptive and biased coverage of the Palestinians:

This is only the tip of the semantic iceberg that has crashed into American journalism in the Middle East. Illegal Jewish settlements for Jews and Jews only on Arab land are clearly “colonies,” and we used to call them that. I cannot trace the moment when we started using the word “settlements.” But I can remember the moment around two years ago when the word “settlements” was replaced by “Jewish neighborhoods” — or even, in some cases, “outposts.”

Similarly, “occupied” Palestinian land was softened in many American media reports into “disputed” Palestinian land — just after then-Secretary of State Colin Powell, in 2001, instructed U.S. embassies in the Middle East to refer to the West Bank as “disputed” rather than “occupied” territory.

Then there is the “wall,” the massive concrete obstruction whose purpose, according to the Israeli authorities, is to prevent Palestinian suicide bombers from killing innocent Israelis. In this, it seems to have had some success. But it does not follow the line of Israel’s 1967 border and cuts deeply into Arab land. And all too often these days, journalists call it a “fence” rather than a “wall.” Or a “security barrier,” which is what Israel prefers them to say. For some of its length, we are told, it is not a wall at all — so we cannot call it a “wall,” even though the vast snake of concrete and steel that runs east of Jerusalem is higher than the old Berlin Wall.

The semantic effect of this journalistic obfuscation is clear. If Palestinian land is not occupied but merely part of a legal dispute that might be resolved in law courts or discussions over tea, then a Palestinian child who throws a stone at an Israeli soldier in this territory is clearly acting insanely.

If a Jewish colony built illegally on Arab land is simply a nice friendly “neighborhood,” then any Palestinian who attacks it must be carrying out a mindless terrorist act.
And surely there is no reason to protest a “fence” or a “security barrier” — words that conjure up the fence around a garden or the gate arm at the entrance to a private housing complex.

For Palestinians to object violently to any of these phenomena thus marks them as a generically vicious people. By our use of language, we condemn them.

Stating the obvious; just like stating that the Israel Lobby controls Washington: “BBC’s coverage favours Israelis over Palestinians”, 4/5/06 [FLM Comment: There is no real surprise here and we have been screaming the fact that the Western mainstream media is biased towards Israel from the rooftops for years. The BBC was shown to be biased towards America during the invasion of Iraq and the American media was similarly biased. What’s amazing about this issue is how Israel and Jews constantly whine whenever they see something in the Western media they perceive as being “biased” against Israel, when in fact the opposite has clearly been the case for decades.]

Humorous diversion: “Israel Intercepts Massive Palestinian Rock Shipment”



ISRAELI/JEWISH ISSUES

See the FLM’s Database on Israeli/Jewish issues


Countries who are victims of American/Western imperialism or are resisting the American Empire:


MUSLIMS IN GENERAL:

“Denmark to restrict radical imams”, 18/2/04 [FLM Comment: The Australian Howard government has recently implemented this practice in Australia.]
“The next holocaust”, 5/12/05 [FLM Comment: This has been the Jewish plan for decades. Launch terrorism and imperialism against Muslims and then when they fight back demonise them in the media and get your friend America to launch a “war on terror”. There are plenty of people being brainwashed by this American/Jewish plan.]
“Research reports fear of Muslims”, 10/1/06 [FLM Comment: It is disappointing to see how easily the media can brainwash the population.]
“Hamza ‘urged followers to murder’”, 11/1/06 – “Mr Perry said the cleric preached “intolerance, bigotry and hatred”, especially against Jewish people. “In the course of one lecture he accused the Jews of being blasphemous, traitors and dirty. This, because of the treachery, because of their blasphemy and filth, was why Hitler was sent into the world.” Mr Abu Hamza had also said Jews controlled the West and should be removed from the earth, Mr Perry said.”
“Abortion will lead to Muslim nation: MP”, 14/2/06
“German brothel ad angers Muslims”, 25/4/06
“Pell denies ignorance about Islam”, 5/5/06 [FLM Comment: We are deeply troubled at Cardinal Pell’s Kosher comments made, not coincidentally, while in the United States, the land that has violently invaded two Muslim countries and slaughteried tens of thousands of Muslims.]; Related: “Pell steps up war of words on Islam”, 6/6/06
“Saudi cleric sees U.S. collapsing, Muslim victory”, 5/5/06 - In a lecture that touched on the meaning of jihad, a leading Saudi cleric declared the United States is collapsing and Muslims must patiently await their ultimate victory. Jihad is now taking place in Afghanistan, “Palestine,” Iraq, Chechnya, Kashmir and the Philippines, he said…Fifty years ago, jihad was attributed only to a few individuals in Palestine, and in some other Muslims areas, he said, but “following the events of Afghanistan, the nation has embraced jihad. Young and old, men and women - everyone is talking about jihad.” Some young Muslims today, however, because of their “love for jihad,” are getting involved in conflicts that are not properly jihad, he said, adding “all these minor battles, which took place in certain Muslim countries, only delay the victory.” “This diverts the strife and calamity into the lands of the Muslims, instead of aiming them directly at the enemies,” he said.
“Video game ‘mods’ exploited by Islamists”, 5/5/06 [FLM Comment: As long as the video games present the Americans as the “good guys”, then we guess the games are okay?]
“‘Say no to porn’, say Jakarta protesters”, 21/5/06 [FLM Comment: Here we again have the “radical” Muslims leading the way where Christians in their own countries have meekly surrendered their societies to the degraded filth of the media/pornography industry.]
· Uri Avnery: “Muhammad’s Sword”, 23/9/06 – “The story about “spreading the faith by the sword” is an evil legend, one of the myths that grew up in Europe during the great wars against the Muslims - the reconquista of Spain by the Christians, the Crusades and the repulsion of the Turks, who almost conquered Vienna. I suspect that the German Pope, too, honestly believes in these fables. That means that the leader of the Catholic world, who is a Christian theologian in his own right, did not make the effort to study the history of other religions.”
“Immigration chief at odds with PM over assimilation”, 22/5/07 [FLM Comment: Have Jews assimilated into Australian society? Are they loyal to Australia or Israel? These questions are not even considered while the media and politicians continue their obsession with Muslims.]
“Swiss move to ban minarets”, 28/5/07 [FLM Commentary: If the Swiss banned synagogues and starts of david, then the FLM would not have a problem with this.]

The Danish newspaper and Muhammed caricatures:

ENTER THE IRANIAN HOLOCAUST CARTOON COMPETITION!

“Danes stunned by Muslim boycotts”, 2/2/06
“Europeans back Danes over press freedom”, 3/2/06
“Muslim cartoons prompt kidnapping, lay-offs”, 3/2/06
“Muslim protests over cartoons spread”, 3/2/06
“Vatican Reacts Against Insulting Cartoons”, 3/2/06

Related: “‘Beyond tasteless’ cartoon upsets US military”, 3/2/06
“Danish troops attacked twice by Iraqis angry about the Mohammed caricatures”, 6/2/06

FLM Comment: Has the hypocrisy ever dripped thicker from any issue than this one? Some points are as follows (updated 7/2/06):

1) Islam is still a religion and people do get offended. How many times has the FLM noted how the Jews are attacking Christianity with their media filth in America and therefore the whole world? Christians get offended as well - and so they should. So Muslims are offended.2) The hypocrisy over the European stance is so thick it’s unbelievable. The European nations are arresting and locking up acclaimed historians like David Irving. Where’s their free speech? The European press must pick and choose what constitutes “free speech”. Obviously anything that challenges Jews and their cherished “Holocaust” is not considered “free speech” – it’s a heinous crime that sees historians locked up. While the FLM absolutely believes in the right of free speech, this issue still goes beyond that as the cartoons were simply gratuitous insults at the very heart is Islam (i.e. Muhammed). You can argue against suicide bombers, or “terrorism” or, or the tactics of Islamic warriors resisting foreign occupations, but it is not necessary to insult the Islamic religion itself.
3) Oh, the poor US military is upset about a cartoon. So the Muslims are also upset about a cartoon. This can be compared to the European newspapers and their support for “press freedom”. What about “press freedom” for the Washington Post when it’s a cartoon that offends the US military? UPDATE, 1/4/06: The Australian government “condemns” a “tastless” cartoon about the Indonesian government.

4) Finally, why don’t European newspapers publish offensive cartoons or caricatures of a Jew? Could you imagine what would happen? The sky would fall on their heads. But it’s naturally okay in our world to attack, ridicule and smear Islam and Muslims, as well as Christianity - we see this occur every day, particularly from the American media, which is controlled by the Jews. It wouldn’t be surprising if the Danish newspaper is owned by Jews. UPDATE: Yes, it has been confirmed that Jews were responsible for this. The Cultural Editor of the Danish newspaper in question, Jyllands-Posten, is a certain Mr Flemming Rose and he could be Jewish (?) This is an extract from a report by the American Free Press:
“We know that Flemming Rose is a colleague and fellow of the Zionist Neo-Con Daniel Pipes. He has visited Pipes in Philadelphia and written a friendly biographical article which is featured on Daniel Pipes Danish website. As you know, Pipes is a radical Zionist of the most extreme sort - a hard-line Jabotinsky sort of Zionist. You know, the Iron Fist-Iron Brain, kind of Zionist - the kind that considers Ariel Sharon to be soft on the Palestinians. We know that there are radical Zionists among Danish Christians as there are millions of Christian Zionists in the USA. The real question is what does Flemming Rose believe?”

Further perspective here

5) There have been various defences of the cartoons. Someone pointed out that a British newspaper published a cartoon of Ariel Sharon as a wicked person. This is not the same thing as it does not denigrate the actual Jewish religion. The Zionist organisation, the Anti-Defamation League, pointed out that Arab newspapers publish anti-Israeli cartoons. Yes they do, but they are in response to Israeli crimes in Palestine and still do not actually insult and denigrate the Jewish religion.
6) The publication of the cartoons are a government/media psy-op intended to provoke stupid, over-the-top Muslim reactions, violence and even further terrorism. These Muslim responses will then receive saturation media coverage to further the Western anti-Muslim campaign, paving the way for war on Iran. This is part of the long-running campaign to provoke Muslim responses and terrorism. American and Israeli policies have been doing this for decades in the Middle East: constant provocations to generate a stupid response from Muslims and then they can take the high ground.

7) Further to the last point, it is absolutely no coincidence that right when the Muslims are reacting violently to the cartoons, the media is hyping Iran’s nuclear “threat” and the IAEA has referred Iran to the Security Council (as of 5 February 2006). The connection is clear…baddy Muslims rampaging violently across the world…how can “axis of evil” and Muslim Iran be allowed to have nuclear weapons?

“Cartoon Protests Stoke Anti-American Mood”, 7/2/06
“Muhammad cartoons ‘global crisis’”, 7/2/06 – “Anders Fogh Rasmussen said extremists seeking “a clash of cultures” were exploiting the dispute over the images, which first appeared in Denmark”. [FLM Comment: How rich is this comment? The publishers of the inflammatory cartoons – which have been shown to be either/or Jews and Zionists – were the ones doing this.]
“Tensions rise in Denmark-Iran row”, 7/2/06 [FLM Comment: This proves everything the FLM said in its comments above: that it is part of a propaganda campaign to generate anti-Muslim feeling for the coming war with Iraq. Denmark has troops in Iraq after all! They will certainly support America and Israel in another war against a Muslim country – Iran. Denmark and Norway, which also published the cartoons, are NATO members and the US wants NATO involved in its dirty wars for Israel.]
“Nigerian MPs burn Denmark’s flag”, 7/2/06
“Police kill Afghans amid cartoons rage”, 8/2/06
“US points finger at Iran, Syria over cartoon unrest”, 9/2/06
“Iran: U.S., Europe Should Pay for Drawings”, 11/2/06
“Leader of cartoon rally warns of ‘fire throughout the world’”, 12/2/06
“Danes told to leave Indonesia”, 13/2/06
“Leunig’s Iranian cartoon competition entry a ‘set up’”, 14/2/06
Related: “Leunig suspects pro-war hoaxers”, 14/2/06
The supreme hypocrisy of the ADL!
“Cleric Announces $1M Bounty on Cartoonist”, 17/2/06
“Cartoon protest turns deadly in Nigeria”, 19/2/06
“In Tape, Al-Zawahri Blasts Cartoons”, 5/3/06 – “CAIRO, Egypt - Al-Qaida’s No. 2 leader Ayman al-Zawahri criticized the West for its insult to Islam's prophet, complaining in a video broadcast Sunday on Al-Jazeera that the Prophet Mohammed and Jesus “are not sacred anymore…The insults against Prophet Muhammad are not the result of freedom of opinion but because what is sacred has changed in this culture,” he said. “The Prophet Mohammed, prayers be upon him, and Jesus Christ, peace be upon him, are not sacred anymore, while Semites and the Holocaust and homosexuality have become sacred”. [FLM Comment: Wow, what can we say without being accused of supporting Al Qaeda? How ironic that the “evil” Al Qaeda’s deputy commander has defended Jesus and made reference to the very things the FLM and others have been saying: the Jewish-controlled media’s assault on both Islam and Christinaity and its non-stop pro-Homosexual movies and TV content. Further information is available in the FLM’s database on Jewish issues and its “Jews control the media” section.]
“Opus Dei distances itself from Mohammed cartoon”, 16/4/06

Commentary:

Michael A. Hoffman II: Auschwitz is sacred, but not Muhammad

Western/Jewish cartoons insult Islam; then here’s cartoons to insult the Jews’ Holocaust:

FLM Comment: The FLM will not accept any criticise of our decision to publish these cartoons. We are exercising our right to free speech and freedom of expression!

“The west condemns any denial of the Jewish ‘Holocaust’ but it permits the insult of Islamic sanctities”.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, 7 February 2006


“Israel Launches SEO Contest Against Iran Holocaust Cartoons”, 7/2/06 [FLM Comment: The Chosen ones support “free speech” when it comes to insulting Islam but they are upset about Holocaust cartoons. Oh, and by the way…good cartoons!]

“The miracle of Anne Frank’s diary”
“Alice in Lampshade land”
“Tales of the Holohoax”
Holocaust cartoons
“Iran: Holocaust Cartoon Competition Attracts Over 5,000 Entries”, 24/7/06

Related news:

“Unholy alliance: Jihadists, Nazis; Officials see growing terror ties between radical Islam, skinheads”, 5/8/05
“Women as second class is another myth about Islam”, 23/2/06
“Animal rights group addresses Mideast conflict”, 1/4/06 – PETA’s president also addressed religious connotations of the animal rights issue, and citing the Quran, which she said preached kindness towards animals, and stated that all creatures of Allah are sentient beings, enough to attract our kindness, love, feelings, and compassion.

“Every kind of cruelty to animals is forbidden in Islam, which outlaws vivisection, beating of animals, branding them, and baiting animals to fight,” she said.

“The Prophet Muhammad preached compassion and kindness toward all living beings. He condemned those who branded animals, confined animals or tethered them to practice target shooting, and stated that is a great sin for man to imprison those animals who are in his power.

He said: ‘Whoever is kind to the creatures of God is kind to himself.’ He taught: ‘A good deed done to a beast is as good as doing good to a human being; while an act of cruelty to a beast is as bad as an act of cruelty to a human being.’”

Other information:

Amin al-Husayni – Grand Mufti of Jerusalem
http://www.kavkaz.org.uk/eng/


BELARUS

Western campaign against:

Evidence of American terrorism/ “destabilisation” operation against Belarus
“Belarus leader tightens grip in run-up to March poll”, 17/12/05
“U.S. Warns Belarus It Must Change Its Ways”, 4/1/06
“Belarus election unlikely to be fair: US”, 5/1/06
News update, 19/3/06:

On March 19, 2006 presidential elections took place in Belarus and were recognized as valid, free, open and transparent. According to the Central Election Commission, some 92.6 percent of voters took part in the presidential poll in Belarus…According to preliminary results of the vote count, incumbent president Alexander Lukashenko has had a convincing victory by winning 82.6 per cent of the vote. 6 percent of the electors voted in favor of Alexander Milinkevich, 2.3 percent of Alexander Kozulin, 3.5 percent of Sergei Gaidukevich.
[FLM Comment: American and the “West” tried hard to topple Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko. This was an attempted repeat of the coup tactics that toppled other governments in Ukraine (“Orange revolution”), Georgia (“Rose revolution”) and Lebanon (“Cedar revolution”) and bring to power another Western dupe in the shape of Alexander Milinkevich. Milinkevich is probably a Jew although he denies it. The FLM supports Mr Lukashenko and warmly congratulates him on his election victory. He is a patriotic leader defending Belarus’ independence and culture against “Western” (i.e. American) interference and the rampant American-Jewish New World Order that is enslaving the world into a hell-hole of “globalisation”, filthy American Hollywood-driven “culture”, warfare and abuse. How coincidental that the next report appears trying to tie Belarus into its forthcoming war against Iran.]

“Belarus accused of selling arms to Iran”, 20/3/06 [FLM Comment: Right at the moment the patriotic nationalist Lukashenko defeats an American Jewish stooge’s attempt to take over the country for the American New World Order and “globalisation”, American propaganda tries to link Belarus to its next war victim, Iran. No coincidence here.]
“Belarus poll rallies ‘must go on’”, 21/3/06
“Opposition leader urges supporters on in Belarus”, 21/3/06 [FLM Comment: Here they go. The Jewish population of Minsk is desperately trying to repeat the colour “revolutions” that brought to power pro-Western stooges in other Soviet Republics in recent years. One can only hope these people respect the democratic system and stop their silly games.]
“U.S. denounces Belarus vote results”, 21/3/06

Press release from the Belarus Embassy in the U.S, 23/3/06:

Correspondent: During this week the official representatives of the White House and the State Department have made a number of statements to the effect that the United States allegedly “cannot accept the results of the presidential elections” in Belarus. The Belarusian Foreign Ministry has been leaving these statements unanswered. Why?

The Press Secretary: Actually, there is nothing to comment here. The United States did not, does not and will not have a mandate to reject or recognize the elections results in other independent states. It is not up to the White House to determine who is going to be the President of Belarus. In our country the President is elected by the people, and not in the street, but at the polling stations. The Belarusian people have made their choice, and the United States has nothing to do with it, whether it likes it or not.

I want to underline the following: if the United States respects the Belarusian people, it must respect their choice as well.

Moreover, we cannot accept lecturing from the country which, in total violation of the OSCE principles, does not have direct presidential elections, and where those who get fewer votes than their rivals become presidents.

Nevertheless, I want to stress that responsible states should be above ideological and political biases and look forward acting for the benefit of their peoples. This is what the Belarusian side proceeds from. We confirm our readiness to interact with the US in the spheres where we have common interests, on the basis of equality and mutual respect.

Press release from the Belarus Embassy in the U.S, 24/3/06:

The European Union and the United States have responded to the election of President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko at the direct and general elections with a decision to impose restrictions toward a number of Belarusian officials.

It is difficult to comprehend the sense of this decision. Both the US and the EU had never questioned Mr. Lukashenko being the most popular leader in Belarus who leaves far behind all other contenders. It means that the people’s choice is not liked.

At the same time, the US and the EU continue to pronounce their interest in friendly relations with the Belarusian people. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs stresses once again: if the United States and the European Union respect the people of our country, they must respect the choice they have made.

Responding with restrictions to the people’s choice means rejecting the Belarusian citizens’ right to live in their country at their own discretion, not somebody else’s. This policy is not the best. Above all, it is a dead-end policy.

The Republic of Belarus reserves the right to undertake reciprocal actions.

“Belarussian police break up poll protest”, 26/3/06
“Belarusians rally to defy dictator”, 27/3/06 [FLM Comment: This report is interesting mainly as an example of extremely biased, American-friendly news.]
“How Lukashenko Won”, 27/3/06
“Belarus jails Lukashenko’s foes”, 28/3/06
“Belarus leader lost in the blue”, 4/4/06 - Mr Lukashenko has been seen just once since the day after he won a third term in an election condemned as a farce. [FLM Comment: Another extremely biased, pro-Western report.]

Other news:

“Belarus union moves forward”, 15/11/05
“Chavez forges ties with Belarus”, 25/7/06
“Venezuela, Belarus allie against ‘US imperialism’”, 26/7/06


CHINA

Eric Margolis: “Rummy Lectures the Chinese”, 24/10/05

“Pentagon ‘hedge’ strategy targets China”, 17/3/06
“Downer backs down over Falun Gong”, 4/4/06
“Pentagon alarm at Chinese build-up”, 25/5/06


EGYPT

“Suicide bombers strike peacekeepers in Egypt”, 26/4/06


IRAN

Iran’s President: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Iranian President’s website: http://www.president.ir/eng/

News on Iran’s President:

Der Speigel interview of Ahmadinejad, 30/5/06
“If Iran is ready to talk, the US must do so unconditionally”, 2/6/06 - Now we face a similar propaganda distortion of remarks by Iran’s president. Ask anyone in Washington, London or Tel Aviv if they can cite any phrase uttered by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the chances are high they will say he wants Israel “wiped off the map”. Again it is four short words, though the distortion is worse than in the Khrushchev case. The remarks are not out of context. They are wrong, pure and simple. Ahmadinejad never said them. Farsi speakers have pointed out that he was mistranslated. The Iranian president was quoting an ancient statement by Iran's first Islamist leader, the late Ayatollah Khomeini, that “this regime occupying Jerusalem must vanish from the page of time” just as the Shah's regime in Iran had vanished.
TEXT OF IRANIAN PRESIDENT MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD’S SPEECH TO THE UNITED NATIONS, 19 September 2006 – Extract: “All Divine prophets from the Prophet Adam (peace be upon him) to the Prophet Moses (peace be upon him), to the Prophet Jesus Christ (peace be upon him), to the Prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him), have all called humanity to monotheism, justice, brotherhood, love and compassion.” [FLM Comment: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gives a lesson in religious affairs here to all those twisted Zionist Christians who support Israel and its Christian and Jesus-hating Jews. As opposed to the Jesus-hating Jews, Islam regards Jesus as a revered prophet. Furthermore in relation to his reference to “decadence and corruption”, the reference may as well be to the filth, corruption and greed of the Jewish inspired and run American society and its rampant capitalism and of course to the number one corrupt and criminal country, Israel. Islam and true Christianity of course, is the total opposite of the soulless degeneracy of that criminal mafia masquerading as a “religion” – Judaism - and its adherents, whether they are Jews or apostate Israel-loving Zionist Christians.]

American/Western campaign against:

“Who is to Stop Them Invading Iran?”, 22-23/10/05
“Iraqi bomb know-how ‘from Iran’”, 4/11/05
“Annan delays Iran trip after row”, 4/11/05
“US says new evidence of Iran nuclear arms ambition”, 12/11/05
“Iran refuses to back down over nuclear program”, 4/12/05
“Pakistan to stand by Iran in case of US aggression: Kasuri”, 18/12/05
“US boycott targets arms sales to Iran”, 29/12/05
“Anger as Britain admits it was wrong to blame Iran for deaths in Iraq”, 5/1/06
“Straw rules out military action on Iran, but warns on UN referral”, 10/1/06
“Pressure mounts on defiant Iran”, 11/1/06
“Iran risking nuclear escalation: US”, 11/1/06
“Iran says to end atomic site checks if sent to UN”, 13/1/06
AIPAC beats drums of war against Iran
Related: “AIPAC on Trial”, 7-8/1/06 – “Never in the history of the United States had so many leading Congress members from both parties pledged their support for an organization under suspicion of spying, based only on information supplied by the suspect and in total ignorance of the federal prosecutor’s case. Contrary to the bipartisan Congressional support for AIPAC, a poll of likely voters found that 61 per cent believed that AIPAC should be asked to register as an agent of a foreign power and lose its tax exempt status.”
Jane’s Defence Weekly, Security News Briefs of 13/1/06 – “US consultancy claims Iran has built underground missile factories: Iran has created large-scale underground facilities for the manufacture of ballistic missiles and nuclear warheads, Iranian opposition groups have claimed. Speaking at a press conference on 21 November 2005, Alireza Jafarzadeh, president of the Washington-based Strategic Policy Consulting organisation, gave details of these facilities, which he said had been obtained via “sources inside Iran, who have been proven accurate in the past”.
“Nuclear chief gives Tehran UN ultimatum”, 18/1/06 – “THE chief international nuclear inspector has given Iran an ultimatum to come clean about its nuclear program or face political isolation, sanctions and ultimately military force”. [FLM Comment: Now the IAEA and its chief, El Baradei, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, is pandering to America and Israel by threatening “military force”. This is an outrage.]
“Israel’s new confidence in attack on Iran nukes”, 17/1/06
“Iran blasts ‘shameful’ Chirac nuclear warning”, 22/1/06
“Energy policy has US hostage: McCain”, 24/1/06 – “The US must explore alternate energy sources such as nuclear power to avoid being held hostage by Iran or by “wackos” in Venezuela, senator John McCain has argued”.
“Iraqi Cleric: Militia Would Defend Iran”, 22/1/06
“Leaders unite to make case against Iran”, 3/2/06
“Defiant Iran to ignore West’s threats”, 6/2/06
“Russia Warns Against Conflict With Iraq”, 6/2/06
“Ex-U.N. inspector: Iran's next: Ritter warns that another U.S. invasion in Mideast is imminent”, 6/2/06
“US prepares military blitz against Iran’s nuclear sites”, 12/2/06
“Poll: Americans nervous about Iran”, 13/2/06
Jane’s Security News Briefs, 17/2/06 - Iran’s conventional forces remain key to deterring potential threats: Key Points * Iran’s Western-influenced defence doctrine is focused on conventional forces and incorporates lessons learned from a range of post-Cold War conflicts. * Layered aerial and coastal defences make Iran a potentially prickly opponent and would require the US or Israel to invest considerable resources in offensive options. * The overstretched and exhausted US military will require a period of strategic reset if it is to undertake effective operations against Iran.
“Suicide Bombers Warn U.S., U.K. of Attacks”, 19/2/06
“Iran expanding nuclear program, says UN”, 1/3/06
“US says no rush for sanctions against Iran”, 5/3/06
· “Iran to spend millions foiling US ‘meddling’”, 14/3/06
“Take long hard look at Iraq, Iran warns US”, 18/3/06
“Russia Rejects U.N. Proposals on Iran”, 18/3/06
“US turns attention to al-Qaeda in Iran”, 22/3/06
“Tehran faces growing Kurdish opposition”, 3/4/06
“Concern over new Iran missile tests”, 4/4/06
“Bush won’t rule out Iran nuclear attack”, 19/4/06
“Ahmadinejad gives Bush a long lecture on Christian values”, 11/5/06
“Iran Target of Apparent Disinformation Ploy”, 22/5/06
CAUGHT RED-HANDED: MEDIA BACTRACKS ON IRAN’S ANTI-ISRAEL “THREAT”
“US ‘plans to topple Iran’s leadership’”, 9/8/07

Related/commentary:

Rep. Ron Paul: “The End of Dollar Hegemony”, 15/2/06
Eric Margolis: “Countdown over Iran”, 17/4/06

American/British terrorism/”destabilisation” operations:

British terrorism against Iran
Related: “Iraqi security officials: 17 British intelligence and military officers involved with the Tuesday terrorist bombings in Ahwaz” [FLM Comment: This was a report from an Iranian news website, but there was no clear link to the site. It confirms what is not covered by the pro-American Western media: that Britain is involved in terrorism in Iran.]
“Twenty-two killed at Iran border”, 17/3/06 - Gen Ahmadi-Moqaddam said US and British intelligence were behind the attack...Gen Ahmadi-Moqaddam said he had information indicating that US and UK intelligence services had held meetings with the gunmen. “The said intelligence services had instructed the local bandits on ways of undermining security in the region,” he said. “It seems that they are pursuing the same policy that they did in the Iraqi town of Samarra, that is, to provoke fighting between Shias and Sunnis.” [FLM Comment: More American and British terrorism/”destabilization” operations against Iran]
“‘Explosions strike’ Iranian city”, 8/5/06

The coming war against Iran:

John Pilger: “Iran: The Next War”, 13/2/06
“Attack on Iran could lead to Mid-East war”, 14/2/06
“Rice highlights fear of nuclear Iran to enlist Arabs”, 17/2/06
“Georgia denies US ‘putting out feelers’”, 20/2/06 [FLM Comment: This explains the advantage America gained in the so-called “velvet revolution” of November 2003, which saw the pro-Russian government replaced by a pro-Western/American regime.]
“Bolton warns Iran of ‘painful consequences’”, 5/3/06
“Why Iran’s oil bourse can’t break the buck”, 10/3/06
“Iran threatens new ‘killing fields’ in nuclear row”, 6/3/06
“‘US not doing enough to stop Iran’”, 10/3/06
“Britain breaks with the US over Iran”, 18/3/06
Yaalon fuels Iran strike debate: Former Israeli chief of staff General Moshe Yaalon commented recently that Israel has a military option with respect to Iran and that this must not be ruled out. JID’s Middle East correspondent reports from Jerusalem on the background to this significant comment. [Jane’s Intelligence Digest - first posted to http://jid.janes.com - 22 March 2006]
“US considers use of nuclear weapons against Iran”, 8/4/06
Related: “Alarm over report of Bush’s plans for Iran”, 11/4/06
“Iranians volunteer for ‘martyrdom missions’”, 16/4/06
“Iran-Israel Linkage By Bush Seen As Threat”, 21/4/06
“Russia Warns Against Threatening Iran”, 22/4/06
Physicists Letter to President Bush on “nuclear option”, April 17, 2006; “Petition by physicists on nuclear weapons policy, September 2005”
“Iran nuclear work ‘irreversible’”, 23/4/06
“Iran says US to be humiliated if it attacks”, 24/4/06
“Been there, done that: Talk of a U.S. strike on Iran is eerily reminiscent of the run-up to the Iraq war”, 23/4/06 - Zbigniew Brzezinski (national security advisor to President Carter from 1977 to 1981): But there are four compelling reasons against a preventive air attack on Iranian nuclear facilities…
“Iran leader issues warning to US”, 26/4/06
“UN has to act on Iran: Rice”, 28/4/06
“Iran complains to UN over US attack threat”, 2/5/06
“US will go for other states after Iran and Iraq, says Margolis”, 24/4/06
“US rejects surprise Iran letter”, 8/5/06
America rejects talks, peace again; seeks war instead: “US rejects call for talks with Iran”, 13/5/06; Related: “White House dismisses calls for direct Iran talks”, 14/5/06
“Brzezinski calls for direct talks: But U.S. pushes U.N. resolution with penalties, incentives”, 14/5/06
“Bolton: Iran regime can stay if ends arms pursuit”, 22/5/06
“Iran’s military plans for invasion by U.S.”, 31/5/06
“In 2003, U.S. Spurned Iran’s Offer of Dialogue”, 18/6/06
“Bush threatens Iran with ‘progressively stronger sanctions’”, 21/6/06
CALL THAT HUMILIALTION? No hoods. No electric shocks. No beatings. These Iranians clearly are a very uncivilised bunch, 31/3/07
Iran and Israel:

“Blair ‘revulsion’ at Iran remarks”, 27/10/05
“Israel Wants Iran Expelled From U.N.”, 27/10/05
Related: Syria wants Israel expelled from UN
“Iranians call for Israel’s destruction”, 29/10/05
“Iran’s leader suggests moving Israel to Europe”, 8/12/05
“Iran Holocaust remarks condemned”, 9/12/05
Sharon warmongers against Iran
“Top Iran cleric back’s president’s Holocaust remarks”, 16/12/05
“Pro-Israel Group Criticizes White House Policy on Iran”, 25/12/05
“Iran’s Ahmadinejad wants committee to investigate Holocaust”, 26/12/05
“Iran rejects Israel’s accusation on Tel Aviv bombing”, 21/1/06
“Iran says Israeli threats are a ‘childish game’”, 22/1/06
“European Jews want Iranian leader tried”
“Iran President Again Lashes Out at Israel”, 15/4/06
“Iran labels Israel ‘dying tree’”, 15/4/06
“Peres: ‘Ahmadinejad represents Satan’”, 15/4/06
“Iran’s leader calls on global propaganda campaign against Israel”, 16/4/06
“Threat of world war builds, Israel warns”, 19/4/06
“Iran President: Israel Is a ‘Fake Regime’”, 24/4/06
“Israel warns Iran against attack”, 9/5/06
“. . . nightmare”, 12/5/06 - At Israel’s National Day reception in Washington last week, an Israeli official, speaking privately and not for attribution said he believed Israel would strike first in the next “month or two or three” and that fighter bombers would not be involved as they were to take out Iraq’s Osirak nuclear reactor before it went critical in 1981. For Osirak, Israel used 14 F-15s and F-16s. This time, the Israeli said, it will be missiles. Cruise missiles?, we inquired. No, he replied, with a gesture of his hand that went up and down again.
What about pinpointing tunnel entrances to widely scattered Iranian nuclear facilities? The Israeli responded Israel has its own geo-stationary spy-in-the-sky satellite taking constant pictures of Iran with a resolution down to 70 centimeters: “We know far more than anyone realizes.”
Israel has developed some 100 Jericho-II medium-range ballistic missiles (which entered service in 1989). Jericho II’s range varies from 1,500 to 3,500 kilometers, depending on payload weight. They are deployed in underground caves and silos.
Israel has several satellites in orbit -- Ofeq-1 through Ofeq-5 -- that were launched by Shavit space launch vehicles (SLV). The first two stages of the Shavit were Jericho II missiles. There are unconfirmed reports of an upgraded Jericho-3 missile with a range of over 3,000 kilometers.
“Iran president: Israel doomed to ‘destruction’ by Lebanon”, 23/7/06
“Iran: Israel ‘will end like USSR’”, 12/12/06
· “Houses urges charges against Ahmadinejad” - The U.S. House of Representatives urged the U.N. Security Council to charge Iran’s president under genocide conventions. The non-binding resolution, initiated by Reps. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Steve Rothman (D-N.J.), passed Wednesday by 411-2. It cites an Oct. 27 speech in which Mahmoud Ahmadinejad allegedly called for Israel to be “wiped off the map” in its call for the Security Council to charge him under its 1948 convention for the prevention of genocide. Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) attempted to have read into the record alternate translations of Ahmadinejad's remarks that suggest the Iranian leader was calling Israel to come to an end through democratic means, and not through violence. ”I am unequivocal in my support for the security and survival of Israel, and I do have serious concerns with the remarks made by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of Iran,” said Kucinich, a long-shot candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination. “But I object to resolutions that lay the groundwork for an offensive, unprovoked war.” One of the alternate translations was by the Middle East Media Research Institute.Kucinich and Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas), a long-shot contender for the Republican presidential nomination, were the only votes against; Related: Iran’s President never said it: ‘Wiped off the Map’ – The Rumor of the Century; Related commentary by Juan Cole: Ahmadinejad: “I am not anti-Semitic”

Nuclear hypocrisy (U.S., Britain, Israel, Australia):

Israel: Israel may have between 100 and 200 nuclear warheads
Israel Crosses the Threshold: Senior Nixon Administration Officials Considered Confronting Israel over Nuclear Weapons in 1969 but President Nixon Declined
Australia: “PM encourages nuclear power debate”, 9/6/05
Australia: “Howard and Bush talk Iran sanctions”, 17/5/06; Related hypocrisy: “Howard flags N-power”, 17/5/06; “Nuclear power debate”
· US/Britain: “US conducts subcritical nuclear test”, 24/2/06
· US/Britain: “Focus: Britain’s secret nuclear blueprint”, 12/3/06
Israel: Israel and Iran: nuclear test cases: The condemnation by the US and other Western nations of Iran’s decision to resume uranium enrichment highlights the difference between the treatment of countries such as Iran that are within the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT) and suspected of developing nuclear weapons, and those outside the treaty - most notably, Israel - which already have nuclear arsenals, but are non-signatories. In signing the NPT Iran can be held responsible for non-compliance. Israel, however, has a well-established nuclear weapons programme and capability that, as a key US ally, avoids censure. [Jane’s Intelligence Digest - first posted to http://jid.janes.com - 22 March 2006]
Israel: “Iran, Syria blast Israel over nuclear programme”, 25/3/06
“Iran Defiantly Rejects New U.N. Demands”, 30/3/06
“If one side in a conflict goes nuclear, the other is bound to follow suit”, 4/4/06
“PM hints at need for nuclear power revamp”, 18/4/06
Israel: “Jordan king: Israel must disarm nukes”, 24/4/06 [FLM Comment: This is possibly the only sensible and correct thing this American/Zionist puppet has said in recent times.]
Brazil: “Brazil joins world’s nuclear club”, 6/5/06 [FLM Comment: Almost unnoticed; look at this example of nuclear hypocrisy.]
US: “House panel boosts Bush plan to build new nuclear warheads: Many arms control experts say idea is huge waste of money”, 20/5/06
Australia: “Nuclear energy debate”
Britain/France: “Britain, France sign deal to share nuclear expertise”, 10/6/06
Australia: “Nuclear debate a diversionary tactic: ALP”, 17/10/06
Australia: “PM sets nation on nuclear path”, 28/4/07

Other Iran news:

Iran Focus: “Iran’s military hails anniversary of U.S. embassy seizure”, 1/11/05
“Iran president in war charges call”, 26/11/05
Russia gives Iran weapons to defend against American and Israeli aggression, 2/12/05
“Iranian commander killed in crash”, 9/1/06 [FLM Comment: Could this have been an Israeli assassination?]
“Reports: Iranian president asks end to CNN ban”, 16/1/06
“Iran ‘has negative role in world’”, 3/2/06 [FLM Comment: America ran second in the poll on which country is viewed most negatively. Considering the enormous media propaganda campaign demonising Iran and portraying America positively, it is a remarkable result.]
“Iran: U.S., Europe Should Pay for Drawings”, 11/2/06
“Russians Find US Bigger Threat Than Iran — Poll”, 6/3/06
Iran President gets better and better; truly a great world leader: “Germans should stop feeling guilty: Ahmadinejad”, 27/4/06 [FLM Comment: In Australia, there is an on again/off again debate concerning how modern Australians and history should remember the rather deleterious impact the European settlement had on Australia’s Aboriginal people (native Australians). Those who believe Australians should not be at all guilty of past injustices against the Aboriginals – as expressed prominently by Prime Minister John Howard – say there should not be a “black armband” view of Australia’s past. That modern Australians have nothing to feel guilt about regarding past crimes and injustices committed by early settlers etc. If this is good enough for Australia, then why can’t the same principle apply to Germany? Why are Germans so hung up over World War 2? Why do they persist with their “black armband” view of their past? Mr Ahmadinejad is correct in his view and modern-day Germans should reflect on what he said. Better still, Germans should take a leaf out of Australia’s book and its refusal to accept a “black armband” view of its past.]
“Rock star greeting for Iran leader’s nuclear defiance”, 12/5/06
“Iranian president backs messianic cult”, 15/5/06
“Muslim leaders support Iran: Ahmadinejad says nuke talks won't be held under pressure”, 14/5/06 - The eight Islamic leaders - from Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Nigerian President Olesegun Obasanjo to Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz - released a statement at the end of the day supporting the rights of nations to develop nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.
“Iran activist ‘snubs White House’”, 25/7/06 - Iranian dissident Akbar Ganji declined to meet White House officials during a visit to the US, he has told the BBC. Mr Ganji said he had been invited to discuss the current situation in Iran. The White House declined to comment. He said he rejected the offer because he believed current US policies could not help promote democracy in Iran. In a speech last week in Washington DC, he also criticised US policy in Iraq, saying: “You cannot bring democracy to a country by attacking it”. He added that the war in Iraq had helped Islamic fundamentalism and hampered the democracy movement in the region.
“Iranians mark US embassy siege”, 4/11/06


LEBANON

“Bullets fly over hang glider incursion”, 23/11/05 – The incident came hours after Israeli Defense Force jets showered parts of Beirut with anti-Hezbollah leaflets. A leaflet copy provided by the military contained the text in Arabic: “To the Lebanese citizens, who protects Lebanon. Who is lying to you? Who is sending your children to a battle they are not ready for? Who wishes the return of the destruction? Who is the tool in the hand of his Syrian and Iranian masters?” Then in bold letters, it said: “Hezbollah is detrimental to Lebanon!” The message adds that Israel is determined to protect its citizens and its borders. The note was signed, “The State of Israel.” [FLM Comment: Why doesn’t Lebanon retaliate by shooting down the Israeli aircraft? Why is Israel allowed to conduct incursions into the air space of Arab countries? Imagine the response if Lebanese or Syrian aircraft flew over Israel?]
“Israeli planes hit Lebanon after rocket strike”, 28/12/05
“Lebanon Condemns Rocket Attack on Israel”, 28/12/05
Related: “Syria faces more Lebanon pressure”, 12/12/05 [FLM Comment: America and the Zionists have achieved their imperialistic goal of taking over Lebanon and turning it against its Muslim brother neighbours.]
“Israeli planes bomb southern Lebanon”, 4/2/06 [FLM Comment: And the “world” wants to dictate to Hamas that it must “disarm”, “renounce violence” and “accept Israel”? It should not be left to one militia to respond to Israeli aggression in the Middle East: the Arab countries themselves should be retaliating by attacking Israel. This incident proves that Israel is a murdering, criminal nation and why Hamas and Hezbollah are heroic resistance groups defending Muslims against its aggression. The FLM waits for the day when the Muslim countries of the world launch a massive Jihad to destroy Israel.]
“UN concerned at Lebanese arms shipments”, 15/2/06 – “The army said Jumblatt was incorrect and the weapons had been stocked inside Lebanon and shipped south to the “Lebanese resistance”. [FLM Comment: The Lebanese Druze leader, Walid Jumblatt, described as a “foe of Syria”, and worried about legitimate arms shipments to the Hezbollah resistance movement, is clearly a traitor to Lebanon and the Muslim anti-Israeli cause.]
“UN questions Lebanon about reports of arms to guerrillas”, 15/2/06
“Unseating Pro-Syrian President Sought”, 21/2/06
“Lebanon leaders close on fate of Palestinian arms”, 4/3/06 [FLM Comment: This report presents more evidence that Lebanon is being taken over by pro-Western dupes who are traitors to the Arab cause and resistance against Israel. The Syrian president was exactly correct in his comments, as revealed by the following extract from the report: “Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, speaking at a meeting of Arab political parties in Damascus, said he expected Syria's allies to come out on top at the Lebanese talks. “Either one is with or against the resistance (Hizbollah). I cannot see the nationalist and resistance side saying we accept to disband or damage relations with Syria,” Assad said”.]
“U.S. Freezes Lebanese Media’s Assets”, 23/3/06
“Hezbollah blasts UN call to settle Lebanon-Syria border”, 19/4/06
“Report: Israeli spy network in Lebanon uncovered”, 12/6/06

The major Israeli aggression against Gaza and Lebanon (from late June to August 2006):

FLM Comment: The whole world must be aware of the barbaric, senseless and grossly disproportionate acts of terrorism and murder Israel is inflicting on the Palestinians and Lebanon. Never has the true nature of the “Jewish state” of Israel been as clear as it is now, although the evil nature of the Jews has been apparent ever since they began their invasion of Palestine over a century ago to murder, terrorize, ethnically cleanse and steal Arab land. The terrible suffering Israel has inflicted on Lebanon has somewhat eclipsed the situation in Gaza, where the Palestinians are still suffering the same murderous Jewish terrorism they have endured for the past 60 years. The Jewish-controlled, pro-Israeli mainstream media is doing its best to hide the truth, but here is some perspective and commentary:

Photos of Israel’s terrorism against Lebanon

“Lebanon civilian deaths morally not same as terror victims – Bolton”, 17/7/06
“Why Israel is Destroying Lebanon”, 19/7/06
“Minister condemns Israeli action”, 22/7/06 - Foreign Office minister Kim Howells has criticised Israel’s bombardment of Lebanon, while on a visit to Beirut. He said Israel had not carried out “surgical strikes” and attacking the Lebanese nation was not the answer. Downing Street said the prime minister would stand by Mr Howell’s comments, adding the British government had “always urged restraint on Israel”.
“Lebanon’s two fighting forces”, 22/7/06
“World protests against Israeli raids”, 23/7/06
“UN appalled by Beirut devastation”, 23/7/06
“Israel bombing breaks humanitarian law: UN official”, 23/7/06 [Funny quote from a pro-Israeli stooge: “The Israeli Air Force has never deliberately targeted a large civlian population center, and its leaders have said its morality would not permit it to do so.” - Alan Dershowitz]
“UN says Lebanon in ‘major’ humanitarian crisis”, 23/7/06
“Iran president: Israel doomed to ‘destruction’ by Lebanon”, 23/7/06
“Online controversy over graffiti by Israeli kids”, 23/7/06 - In the public relations battle brewing on-line, there is a new eye to the center of the storm surrounding the war with Hizbullah - a series of photos showing Israeli children writing messages on shells meant for targets in Lebanon…the incident…which occurred on July 17 near the northern border. The mostly local children had been brought to see the shells by their parents. Although it remains unclear who encouraged them to write the messages, their colorful scribbles, including a Star of David, hearts, and “From Israel, with Love,” have appeared in dozens of blogs, or on-line journals, and on-line photo hosting sites.
Will NATO invade Lebanon to wage America and Israel’s war to disarm Israel’s foes?, 24/7/06: [FLM Comment: The FLM supports the sentiments expressed by National Vanguard here. This is also the real meaning behind Condoleezza Rice’s fake and duplicitous “diplomacy” mission to the Middle East: efforts to get another foreign intervention to wage war on behalf of America and Israel’s plans to dominate the Middle East. The truth was partly revealed by this report, which reported Rice as seeking a ““robust” international military force to try to oust Hezbollah forces from southern Lebanon”. This is what is occurring in Afghanistan at the moment with NATO and other American puppets like Canada and Australia fighting and dieing for America’s crusade against the Muslim world. It is the same Western and Zionist aggression and imperialism that will continue to shed blood for America and Israel’s drive to dominate the world. Remember when America and the West last invaded Lebanon in 1982 to help Israel in their previous act of aggression and terrorism against Lebanon? What did that achieve? The bombing of the US marines’ barracks with 241 deaths; many other bombings; the massacre of thousands of civilians by Israel and its Lebanese proxies; decades of bloodshed; the creation of Hezbollah; and the eventual defeat of both America and Israel in that country – to name a few consequences. Nothing has been learnt and the fact that Israel and America is so willing to repeat the process reveals their evil and murderous intent for what it is.]
“Fleeing civilian vehicles hit by Israeli missiles”, 24/7/06
“UK calls Israeli attacks ‘disproportionate’”, 24/7/06
“Iraqi Shi’ite militia ready to join fight”, 24/7/06
“Hezbollah envoy: War on Israel to widen”, 24/7/06
“Iraqis Find Rare Unity in Condemning Israel”, 24/7/06
“Lebanon’s civilian death toll reaches 400 as fighting intensifies”, 24/7/06
“War crimes warning as civilian deaths increase”, 25/7/06
“UN deaths add to pressure for ceasefire”, 26/7/06 - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said he had told UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan of his “deep sorrow” at the killing of the four UN observers, but voiced shock at Annan’s suggestion the attack was deliberate. “The prime minister said he would never fathom the thought that the mistake that was made would be categorised by the UN as an action that was done intentionally,” said a statement from Olmert’s office. Olmert said he would order an investigation. Annan had demanded Israel probe the “apparently deliberate targeting” of the UN post in the village of Khiam on Tuesday. China condemned the air raid, in which a Chinese national was killed. Its official Xinhua news agency said the other three observers were from Finland, Austria and Canada.
Israel Steals Page from Nazis' Lidice Strategy: “Ground invasion ruled out - for now”, 28/7/06 – “Another suggestion was that Israel would "wipe out" any Lebanese village from which Hizbullah rockets were fired.”
“As the shells fall around them, Hizbullah men await the Israelis”, 29/7/06
“Lebanese army stops Israeli helicopters landing”, 30/7/06
“Analysis: Another massacre in Qana”, 30/7/06
“Key Republican breaks with Bush on Mideast”, 31/7/06
“Lebanon’s PM thanks Hezbollah”, 31/7/06
“Israelis grapple with the high cost of Qana”, 1/8/06
“No peace without Hezbollah, says Beirut”, 4/8/06
“Jordanian king ‘enraged by war’”, 3/8/06
“Lebanon death toll ‘reaches 900’”, 3/8/06
“Israeli raids north of Beirut shock Christian residents”, 4/8/06
“Syria ‘ready for possible regional war’”, 6/8/06
“IDF general: Troops lacking food can steal from Lebanese stores”, 15/8/06
“Israeli use of cluster bombs immoral, UN official says”, 31/8/06 - The United Nations has accused Israel of using cluster bombs in the final phase of its conflict with Hezbollah, to scatter as many as 100,000 unexploded small bomblets across parts of Lebanon. The UN says an analysis by its experts has found the vast majority of Israeli attacks using cluster bombs occurred after it had already become clear that a UN resolution would stop the fighting. UN emergency relief co-ordinator Jan Egeland says this is the most disturbing aspect of their use. “What’s shocking and I would say, to me, completely immoral is that 90 per cent of the cluster bomb strikes occurred in the last 72 hours of the conflict, when we knew there would be a resolution, when we really knew there would be an end of this,” he said.
“Israel cluster bomb use in Lebanon “outrageous”: UN”, 19/9/06 - Israel scattered at least 350,000 unexploded cluster bomblets on south Lebanon in its war with Hizbollah, mostly when the conflict was all but over, leaving a deadly legacy for civilians, U.N. officials said on Tuesday. “The outrageous fact is that nearly all of these munitions were fired in the last three to four days of the war,” David Shearer, the United Nations humanitarian coordinator in Lebanon, told a news conference in Beirut.
“Half a million rally in support of Hezbollah”, 24/9/06
“Lebanon: We need missiles against IAF aircraft”, 25/9/06 - Lebanese Defense Minister Elias Murr said that the Lebanese army was in need of antiaircraft missiles and antitank missiles in order to defend his country “against the Israeli aggressiveness.”
“Lebanese PM appeals on the UN to stop Israeli violations”, 7/10/06
“Berri warns war on horizon unless Israel ends violations”, 12/10/06
Cluster bombs & land mines – Radio interview discusses Israel’s terrorism against Lebanon, 16/4/07
“Belgian Defense Minister: Israel must pay to clear cluster bombs in Lebanon”, 17/4/07

Commentary on Israel’s attack on Lebanon:

Patrick Buchanan: “Where are the Christians?”, 18/7/06 - Now, Israel’s rampage against a defenseless Lebanon – smashing airport runways, fuel tanks, power plants, gas stations, lighthouses, bridges, roads and the occasional refugee convoy – has exposed Bush's folly in subcontracting U.S. policy out to Tel Aviv, thus making Israel the custodian of our reputation and interests in the Middle East.
James Bovard: “Israel’s Prior Peacekeeping in Lebanon”, 18/7/06
Paul Craig Roberts: “We’re Being Set Up for Wider War in the Middle East”, 17/7/06; “The Shame of Being an American”, 22/7/06; & “US Complicit in Destruction of Lebanon”, 24/7/06
Joshua Frank: “Kidnapped in Israel or Captured in Lebanon?: Official justification for Israel's invasion on thin ice”, 25/7/06
Marjorie Cohn: “Willful Blindness”, 25/7/06 - US-provided Israeli bombs have killed nearly 400 Lebanese, the overwhelming majority innocent civilians. The bombing has displaced half a million people and caused an estimated $1 billion in damage. After Israeli orders that people in southern Lebanon evacuate their homes, several vehicles filled with evacuating Lebanese civilians were bombed by the Israeli military.

An Israeli helicopter fired a missile at a white minibus carrying 19 people fleeing Tairi. Three people were killed and several wounded. A green Mercedes with a family fleeing Mansuri was struck by an Israeli missile. Three lay dead, others severely injured. Eight-year-old Mahmoud Srour's face was burned beyond recognition. As Zein al-Abdin Zabit evacuated with his wife and four sons, his white Nissan was hit by an Israeli missile. "It's nothing more than revenge, revenge on civilians," Zabit said as he lay in bed with broken ribs.

Human Rights Watch confirmed yesterday that Israel is using artillery-delivered cluster munitions in populated areas of Lebanon. “Cluster munitions are unacceptably inaccurate and unreliable weapons when used around civilians,” said Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch. “They should never be used in populated areas.”

The use of cluster munitions in populated areas in Iraq caused more civilian casualties than any other factor in the US-led coalition’s major military operations in March and April 2003, killing and wounding more than 1,000 Iraqi civilians, HRW reported. HRW photographed US-produced/US-supplied cluster bombs among the arsenal of Israel Defense Forces artillery teams stationed on the Israeli-Lebanese border during a July 23 research visit.

Independent journalist Dahr Jamail reported that the Lebanese Ministry of Interior has confirmed the Israelis have used the incendiary white phosphorous gas. This is a chemical weapon, much like napalm, that can burn right down to the bone. The US military used white phosphorous in Fallujah, Iraq.
Israel Shamir: “Friends True and False”
Jonathan Cook: “Five Myths That Sanction Israel’s War Crimes”, 25/7/06 - Hundreds of dead in Lebanon, at least 1,000 severely injured and more than half a million refugees -- all because Israel is not ready to sit down at the negotiating table.
Sharat G. Lin: “Chronology of the Latest Crisis in the Middle East”, 25/7/06
“Who are the real terrorists in the Middle East?”, 26/7/06 - What exactly is being defended by the violence in Gaza and Lebanon? Is it the citizens of Israel or the nature of the Israeli state? I suggest the latter. Israel's statehood is based on an unjust ideology which causes indignity and suffering for those who are classified as non-Jewish by either a religious or ethnic test. To hide this primordial immorality, Israel fosters an image of victimhood. Provoking violence, consciously or unconsciously, against which one must defend oneself is a key feature of the victim-mentality. By perpetuating such a tragic cycle, Israel is a terrorist state like no other.
“‘Respecting Lebanon’s Sovereignty’: Foxman defames”, 31/7/06
“Morality is not on our side”, 1/8/06 – There’s practically a holy consensus right now that the war in the North is a just war and that morality is on our side. The bitter truth must be said: this holy consensus is based on short-range selective memory, an introverted worldview, and double standards. This war is not a just war. Israel is using excessive force without distinguishing between civilian population and enemy, whose sole purpose is extortion.
“Stop now, immediately”, 1/8/06
“Hizbullah’s attacks stem from Israeli incursions into Lebanon”, 1/8/06
· Robert Fisk: “A Nato-led force would be in Israel’s interests, but not Lebanon’s”, 1/8/06
“My Fellow Targets”, 5/8/06
· Robert Fisk: “This draft shows who is running America’s policy... Israel”, 7/8/06


LIBYA

Background information:

CIA World Factbook – Libya

US relations with:

“The United States and Libya, Part 2: The Qaddafi Era”
“US renews diplomatic ties with Libya”, 16/5/06


NORTH KOREA

Background information:

CIA World Factbook – North Korea

American/Western campaign against:

“North Korean threat exaggerated”
“The Hermit Kingdom” – “Tell the American people that you met the general. If the United States invades our country and starts a war, the People's Army will fight to the death and defend ourselves, taking appropriate revenge,”“General Bok said. Does the general think that the United States might attack North Korea? “We firmly believe that the United States will carry out its policies on our country even if they have to use military means,” the general said. And if the United States does invade, the general says his country is ready to use the ultimate weapon. “What we can say to you definitely right now is that we currently have nuclear weapons.”
“North Korea Says U.S. Does Not Have ‘Monopoly’ On Pre-Emptive Strike”, 21/3/06
“North Korea warns of pre-emptive strike on US”, 9/4/06

Nuclear hypocrisy over North Korea:

Israel and Nuclear Weapons


PAKISTAN

“Bhutto supporters riot”, 28/12/07 - The body of slain Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto arrived in her home town in southern Sindh province today as angry mobs took to the streets in several Pakistan cities after her assassination. At least 10 people were killed and dozens wounded in fierce clashes, the interior ministry said. FLM Comment: What is lacking in the coverage of Bhutto’s killing, with the usual round of condemnations, is what is lacking whenever such events occur: a lack of context or explanation. That Bhutto survived being a previous Prime Minister of Pakistan, brings a question to mind – what is different now? That Pakistan’s population has been radicalised by their near unanimous opposition to their pro-American stoog of a dictator, who has allowed America to invade a neighbouring Muslim country and attacked and killed his own people to satisfy American demands, isn’t mentioned. A dictator that ruled with American support simply because he became a “key ally in the war on terror”. Bush’s condemnation is particularly ridiculous when he said that the killing undermines the path to “democracy”. The only attack on democracy was when Musharraf staged a coup and became dictator. His dictatorship only survived as long as it did because he choose to become an American puppet, selling out his Muslim brethren and countrymen to satisfy his foreign master. This killing, like all other “terrorist” attacks, is simly another symptom of the disease America has given the world in its constant warmongering and imperialism. As for Bhutto, one would have thought that the attacks against her when she first returned to Pakistan, killing over a hundred people, would have rung alarm bells. But no, she suicidally continued her game of Russian Roulette in a country radicalised by the American and Musharraf’s war in the region.
Related: “Pakistan: Al-Qaeda claims Bhutto’s death”, 27/12/07


RUSSIA

“NATO to deploy peacemakers in Caucasus to oust Russia and encircle Iran”, 11/11/05
“Russia reins in ‘foreign influence’”, 6/12/05
From Jane’s Security News Briefing of 9/12/05 – “Russia gains a new Uzbek clientThe recently signed Russo-Uzbek Treaty is a mutual defence pact that provides for Russian assistance to Uzbekistan and quite possibly paves the way for Russian airbases there too. * A number of agreements recently signed with Central Asian energy companies gives Moscow control over Uzbek natural gas production, a major Uzbek export. * Moscow is propping up Islam Karimov’s authoritarian regime to solidify its strategic leverage and strengthen its natural gas cartel in Central Asia.”
“Report: Russian Official Worried Over Bases”, 19/12/05 – “Russia’s foreign spy chief said military forces from other countries deployed at bases along Russia’s periphery are a threat to the nation, a Russian news agency reported Monday.
In comments that appeared directed at U.S. forces deployed on bases in former Soviet countries, the Interfax news agency quoted Sergei Lebedev, head of the Foreign Intelligence Service, as saying that Russia no longer had a “main adversary” as during the Cold War. But “Russians cannot help but be concerned about new military bases and military contingents being deployed around our country,” he was quoted as saying.”
“Russia to take Syria’s side if conflict with U.S. arises – Russian MPs”, 20/12/05
“From fake rocks to dummy NGOs”, 2/2/06
“Russia Warns Against Conflict With Iraq”, 6/2/06
“Russian Leaders Reach Out to Rogue Regimes”, 11/2/06
“Russians Find US Bigger Threat Than Iran — Poll”, 6/3/06
“Reheating the Cold War”
“Russia Warns Against Threatening Iran”, 22/4/06
“Full circle as dissident now a Kremlin apologist”, 1/5/06
“Putin’s US bond in tatters as war of words hots up”, 12/5/06

Russian region generally:

“‘Color’ revolutions wane”, 7/3/06
“Former Soviet Dissident Accuses NATO of Trying to Deprive Russia of Sovereignty”, 28/4/06

Chechen resistance:

“7 Russian soldiers killed in Chechnya attacks”, 11/3/06

SAUDI ARABIA

Eric Margolis: “What’s next for Saudi Arabia”, 8/8/05 – this article provides information on the structure of the Saudi ruling class and the American (Bush and Republican) connections to it.


SUDAN

Darfur, the new American-French Protectorate
“Sudan bars Darfur atrocity probe”, 13/12/05
“Thousands flee as UN plans move on Darfur”, 6/2/06
“African Union endorses UN takeover of Darfur mission”, 11/3/06
“Sudan ‘blocks’ UN trip to Darfur”, 3/4/06
“Sudan rejects ‘colonial’ troops”, 20/6/06

Related:

“U.N. chopper carrying aid workers down in Darfur”, 25/1/06


SYRIA

Background:

Syrian Ba’ath Party

American/Western campaign against:

“Syria: Israel turning U.S. against us”, 19/10/05
“Syria: The Next Iraq”, 24/10/05
US Congressman Ron Paul: “We have been warned”, 26/10/05 – “Prepare for a broader war in the Middle East, as plans are being laid for the next U.S. led regime change–in Syria.”
“Wag the Damascus” – “Last year, U.S. intelligence agencies and military planners received instructions to prepare up-to-date target lists for Syria and to increase their preparations for potential military operations against Damascus.”
“U.S. severs most contacts with Syria”, 8/11/05 – “The United States has cut off nearly all contact with the Syrian government as the Bush administration steps up a campaign to weaken and isolate President Bashar Assad’s government, according to U.S. and Syrian officials…Some U.S. officials say privately that there is now an active debate about whether “regime change” should be a U.S. goal. Publicly, administration officials say that they want to see a change in labelling.”
“Is US planning an Iraq-style ‘regime change’ in Syria?”, 9/11/05 – “While publicly Bush administration officials say they just want to see a “change in behaviour” from Syria, The Boston Globe reported Tuesday that some of these officials are saying privately that there is an active debate about whether “regime change“ (the use of military force to remove the current Syrian administration) should be a US goal. The discussions come as the US has decided to cut off nearly all contact with the Syria, in an effort to “weaken and isolate” President Bashir Assad’s government.”
“Syria claims victory after UN Hariri probe deal”, 26/11/05
“Hariri witness says he was bribed”, 28/11/05 [FLM Comment: This is major news that should scuttle the UN/American campaign against Syria. One of the key UN witnesses has recanted and admitted he was nribed by the son of HAriri to implicate Syria. This proves it was all nothing but an American-led witch hunt and charade against Syria.]
“Hariri witness says he was bribed”, 28/11/05
“Syria: Hariri probe based on false testimony”, 2/12/05
“Syria faces more Lebanon pressure”, 12/12/05 [FLM Comment: America and the Zionists have achieved their imperialistic goal of taking over Lebanon and turning it against its Muslim brother neighbours.]
“Russia to take Syria’s side if conflict with U.S. arises – Russian MPs”, 20/12/05
“Khaddam forming exile govt”, 15/1/06 [FLM Comment: This is the real start of America’s campaign against Syria as it repeats the Iraqi exile opposition groups that America worked with prior to the invasion of Iraq. America must already be working with Khaddam and expect his group to produce more and more lies about Syria – just as Chalabi and Allawi did against Iraq.]
“UN Security Council calls on Syria to comply with Lebanon”, 24/1/06
“Bush promises full Hariri investigation”, 27/1/06

Other Syrian news:

“Syrian leader lashes out at Western criticism”, 10/11/05 – “It is not conceivable, admissible, acceptable for the international community … that Syria refuses to cooperate,” Chirac said in Paris.” [FLM Comment: Why didn’t he admonish the US like this when they were defying the “international community” to invade Iraq? Why can’t Syria take a leaf out of America’s book: “we will act unilaterally to protect our national interests”?]
David Duke in Syria to show support
“Syria denies any connection to Labanese mass graves”, 4/12/05 [FLM Comment: This in double standards at its worst. What about the 20 000 people killed by Israel’s invasion and the massacres carried out by pro-Israel militias? There is something seriously wrong with many Lebanese as it appears the country has been taken over by anti-Arab puppets of the West.]
“Syria, Lebanon vow ‘new page’ in relations”, 29/11/05
Syria bans Jews, 12/12/05 [FLM Comment: Syria is leading the way. Together with Iran, the Muslims are the world’s best hope to eliminate Jewish control over it.]
“Syria said mulling plan to cede Shaba Farms to Lebanon”, 20/12/05
“Syria opposition says US funding counterproductive”, 27/2/06

Syria and Israel:

“Syrian official: Syria will regain every inch of the Golan Heights”, 17/4/06

Commentary:

Eric Margolis: “Syria on the brink”, 7/11/05
“Behind Al Hariri killing”, 27/11/05


UKRAINE

Eric Margolis: “Ukraine: The Orange Revolution Devours it’s Young”, 3/10/05
“Orange Revolution leaders losing trust”, 4/11/05
“Exit polls show Yanukovych leading in Ukraine elections”, 27/3/06
“Ukraine’s liberal parties get chance to form coalition”, 28/3/06 – “President Viktor Yushchenko's arch-rival, Viktor Yanukovich, got his revenge when his pro-Russian Regions Party won the largest single share of the vote - 27 to 31 per cent - in parliamentary elections on Sunday. But the various liberal and Western-leaning parties could still form a coalition government if they rise above their squabbles and provide a comeback for the "Orange Princess", Yulia Tymoshenko, whom Mr Yushchenko sacked in September.”
“Ukraine braces for new coalition”, 28/3/06 - The party of Viktor Yanukovych has just under 30% - a strong comeback following his presidential election defeat…President Yushchenko's liberal Our Ukraine party is trailing in third place with 15%... But Mr Yushchenko's popularity has plunged following a year of political infighting and sluggish economic growth. [FLM Comment: The party of the pro-Western stooge, Yushchenko – the man who obviously did not ingest enough poison – is trounced in the election. The party of the pro-Russian, Yanukovych, received double the vote and is the most popular party in the country. Another defeat for Western interference and the so-called “Orange revolution” to follow up on the election results in Belarus. Of course, if the Ukraine had the same “first past the post” electoral system as Britain (that saw Tony Blair “win” the last British election), the pro-Russian party would have won the election. The only problem is that the pro-Western parties may still form a Coalition to rule the country – just like in Lebanon and Iraq. Yushchenko still has “hopes” of power despite his party receiving just 15% of the vote – now that is more like the rigged American system of “democracy”. Consider the sham “democracy” in Iraq where the American puppet Iyad Allawi “jockeyed” for the positon of prime minister despite his party receiving a paltry 1% or so of the votes – and he is still a member of the government.]

Other news:

“Russia university asks UN to ‘close’ Osrael”, 7/12/05


YUGOSLAVIA

NATO bombing of in 1999:

Edward S. Herman, “Real journalism versus propaganda”, 3/2/00
Howard Zinn, “The deadly sematics of NATO bombings”, 28/5/99
See a list of NATO bombing “blunders” and “mistakes” in Yugoslavia here

Kosovo:

“No evidence of genocide or ethnic cleansing in Kosovo”


ZIMBABWE

Western campaign against:

“Zimbabwe officials’ assets frozen”, 24/11/05
“Bush widens sanctions against Zimbabwe”, 24/11/05

Zimbabwe resists Western imperialism:

“Mugabe tells US ambassador to ‘go to hell’”, 9/11/05 – “President Robert Mugabe told the US ambassador to Zimbabwe to “go to hell” on Tuesday, after the envoy blamed the country’s economic and political crisis on mismanagement and corrupt rule. State media said the ambassador, Christopher Dell, risked expulsion from the southern African country for his “undiplomatic” criticism of the government in a public lecture.”
“Australia guilty of genocide: Mugabe”, 13/12/05


CENTRAL/SOUTH AMERICA:


South America in general:

“South America Shifting Left, Away From U.S.”, 19/12/05
“Leftist trio seals Americas pact”, 29/4/06
“Analysis: How the US ‘lost’ Latin America”, 3/5/06


Argentina:

“Argentina renews Falklands claim”, 2/4/07


Bolivia:

“South America Shifting Left, Away From U.S.”, 19/12/05 – “Morales and Chavez, along with more moderate leftist presidents in Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay, have risen to power in part by appealing to their peoples’ frustration with U.S. political, military and economic influence. Their success suggests how much goodwill the United States has lost in the region in recent years…The fight against drug trafficking has been a pretext for the U.S. government to install military bases ... and these policies will be revised,’’ Morales declared.”
“Morales slams US”, 21/12/05 – “Evo Morales, who won Bolivia’s presidential election vows to end a US campaign against coca growing, stepped up his criticism of American anti-drug policies on Monday, accusing Washington of using drug fighting efforts to militarise the region. The Bolivian leader, who has called his Movement Towards Socialism a “nightmare” for Washington, is an outspoken admirer of Cuban President Fidel Castro and Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez, both vocal critics of US policies. Morales thanked Cuba for providing an example for Latin America and said his victory would help spark the liberation of Bolivia and the region.”
“Morales’ Triumph Has Washington Concerned”, 26/12/05 [FLM Comment: Does anyone else apart from the FLM has this thought?: who the hell cares what Washington thinks? What is it always America’s concern to interfere in every country? And then why does the media always display this American fetish to report what America is saying and thinking about the internal affairs of a particular country? This is what American imperialism is all about and is what the FLM opposes.]
“New Bolivian President Vows to Take Action Against US”, 28/12/05
“Chavez hails Bolivian ally with energy, aid deals”, 3/1/06
“Bolivia leader in Madrid talks”, 4/1/06
“Deputies follow where Morales led”, 7/2/06


Cuba:

Background information:

CIA World Factbook – Cuba

Commentaries on Cuba and American accusations against it:

Document: “Is Cuba a terrorist nation?”
“Harboring Terrorists: Our Own List is Long”

American campaign against:

“Prize-winning Cuban Scientist Denied Visa”, 13/11/05
“US-Cuba row over mission blackout”, 14/6/06
“US tightens Cuba trade sanctions”, 11/10/06

Other news:

“JFK assassination ‘was Cuba plot’”, 4/1/06
“Havana builds screen to block U.S. messages”, 25/1/06


Ecuador

“Correa ‘wins Ecuador’s election’”, 28/11/06 - Mr Correa, who is close to Venezuela's anti-American President Hugo Chavez, said he will try to rejoin the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) which Ecuador left in 1992.


Panama:

Background information:

CIA World Factbook – Panama

US relations with:

Panama’s Lessons: A response to America’s invasion
American invasion was the “most violent event in Panamanian history”


Peru

“Garcia wins place in Peru run-off”, 3/5/06 - The election campaign was dominated by the rise of Mr Humala, a left-wing nationalist, but polls do not suggest he would be certain to win a run-off…An ally of Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez, has also promised to redistribute the country’s mineral wealth, and opposes a free-trade agreement with the US.
· “Peru’s leader is a lap dog of the US, claims Chavez”, 26/6/06 - The President-elect of Peru is a “lap dog” of Washington, Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez said in his latest salvo of insults directed at Alan Garcia. Mr Chavez also suggested that Mr Garcia’s nationalist rival, Ollanta Humala, was the true winner of Peru’s 4 June presidential runoff.


Mexico

“Attack brands Mexican candidate ‘a Chávez’”, 24/4/06


Nicaragua

“Ortega wins Nicaraguan election”, 8/11/06 - The US pledged to work with Nicaragua's leaders, if they back democracy…And Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, a firm opponent of US policy in Latin America, enthused: “Latin America is leaving forever its role as the backyard of the North American empire. Yankee go home!”…Mr Ortega has seen 16 years of conservative governments and says he wants an end to “savage capitalism”.

The return of Daniel Ortega

“Nicaragua’s Ortega Lashes Out at US”, 25/9/07 - Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has lashed out at the United States for criticizing Iran and North Korea for their nuclear programs. At the United Nations General Assembly Tuesday, Mr. Ortega asked what right the United States has to question a country that is seeking nuclear development for peaceful - or even military - purposes.He said the United States not only possesses the greatest nuclear arsenal in the world, but is the only country to use nuclear weapons on civilians - in the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II. The Nicaraguan leader said the best path for humanity is for nuclear weapons not to exist, and he called on the United States to take the first step in nuclear disarmament. Since taking office in January, Mr. Ortega has strengthened Nicaragua’s ties with countries critical of the United States such as Iran, North Korea and Venezuela.
“Nicaraguan Leader Rails at U.S. Hegemony”, 25/9/07 - “The presidents of the U.S. change. And they may come to office with the greatest of intentions and they may feel that they are doing good for humanity, but they fail to understand that they are no more than instruments of one more empire in a long list of empires that have been imposed on our planet,” Ortega said, waving his arms. The world is under “the most impressive, huge dictatorship that has existed - the empire of North America,” he said. An “imperialist minority is imposing global capitalism to impoverish us all and impose apartheid against Latin American immigrants and against African immigrants.”


Venezuela:

American campaign against:

Bush Targets Venezuela’s Chavez in Tough Speech, 6/11/05
John Pilger: “America’s new enemy”, 14/11/05
“Chavez says arms deal with Spain to go ahead despite U.S. objection”, 23/11/05
“Venezuela MPs accuse US of ‘plot’”, 14/12/05
“Chavez: Venezuela may not buy U.S. jets”, 10/1/06
“Energy policy has US hostage: McCain”, 24/1/06 – “The US must explore alternate energy sources such as nuclear power to avoid being held hostage by Iran or by “wackos” in Venezuela, senator John McCain has argued”.
“Venezuela tells McCain “go to hell” for wackos jibe”, 23/1/06
“Chavez Says He Will Jail U.S. Spies”, 27/1/06
“Rumsfeld Compares Venezuela’s Chavez to Hitler”, 2/2/06
“Venezuela defends Aljazeera tie-up”, 2/2/06
Jane’s Security News Briefs, 17/2/06 - Venezuela's oil for friends deal: Not content with using his country’s vast oil wealth to buoy support for his administration, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is now extending this strategy to international relations, in an effort to export his Bolivarian Revolution throughout the region. * This oil diplomacy has been directed largely against the US, as Chavez attempts to create a regional bloc to back his anti-US stance and forge links with China, Iran and India. * However, Chavez’s oil-based alliances are not deep-rooted and the lack of any real ideological affinity means that his oil friends would distance themselves at any serious sign of US displeasure, or a fall in oil prices.
“US bans arms sales to Venezuela”, 15/5/06
“US warns against Chavez ‘danger’”, 17/5/06
“Saab stops Venezuela arms sales”, 3/8/06

Other news:

“Venezuela sets up ‘CNN rival’”, 28/6/05
“Chavez embarrasses Bush with cheap fuel for US poor”, 24/11/05
“Chavez moves against US preachers”, 12/10/05
“Chavez hails Bolivian ally with energy, aid deals”, 3/1/06
· Chavez: “I have an obligation to fight a war against US imperialism”, 13/1/06
“Chavez Influence Growing”, 16/1/06
“Chavez taunts Bush, but Venezuela-US trade grows”, 28/1/06
“Venezuela expels US naval ‘spy’”, 2/2/06
“Venezuela ‘to buy more weapons’”, 5/2/06 – “Mr Chavez also likened US President George W Bush to the German Nazi leader, Adolf Hitler”.
“Chavez deadline for US preachers”, 12/2/06
“Chavez Calls U.S. Foreign Policy ‘Crazy’”, 17/2/06 – “Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez mocked Washington’s foreign policy as “crazy” Thursday for labeling his government as one of the region’s biggest dangers just days after making a diplomatic overture to mend frayed ties. “Are they crazy?” Chavez said, chuckling to reporters. “Could it be true what the people in the street are saying? That Chavez is driving them crazy?” [FLM Comment: One certainly cannot fault Chavez for his comments, considering the warmongering megalomaniacs that comprise the Bush regime. Additionally, believing that the Bush administration is full of “crazy” people is a shared opinion, as former Secretary of State Colin Powell would attest.]
“Venezuela Prepared to Stop U.S. Exports”, 26/2/06
“Venezuela marks coup anniversary”, 12/4/06
“Chavez warns US over Iran policy”, 14/5/06
‘$100 per barrel if U.S. hits Iran’, 14/5/06 - Chavez got a warm welcome to London by Livingstone, who commenced the meeting by claiming President Bush was running “a gangster regime.” “We salute you Mr. President,” Livingstone told Chavez. “Londoners stand with you, not with the oil companies and the oligarchs.”
“Chavez offers oil to Europe’s poor”, 14/5/06 - Last night Chavez also issued a taunting obituary for the ‘American empire’ on the eve of a visit where he will be shunned by Downing Street but welcomed by London Mayor Ken Livingststone. Chavez said in Vienna yesterday that the ‘final hours of the North American empire have arrived ... Now we have to say to the empire: “We're not afraid of you. You’re a paper tiger.”
“Fighting US imperialism at City Hall”, 15/5/06
“Bush the ‘biggest terrorist in the world today’”, 16/5/06 - Speaking on a private visit to London, the Venezuelan leader has thrown the accusation back at his accusers, calling the US an irrational empire and President George W Bush “the biggest terrorist in the world today”. “For that you would have to punish the Government of the United States which is practising terrorism,” he said. “It’s bombing whole towns, civilian populations, killing innocent people and women and children in Iraq.”
“Russian arms arrive in Venezuela”, 3/6/06 - The move is likely to worry the US, which regards Mr Chavez as a destabilising influence in the region.
“Chavez bid to counter Hollywood”, 4/6/06
“Chavez: U.S. support for Israel to lead to Holocaust”, 15/7/06
“Chavez forges ties with Belarus”, 25/7/06
“Chavez in Russia for arms deals”, 25/7/06
“Venezuela, Belarus allie against ‘US imperialism’”, 26/7/06
“Chavez: Bush ‘devil’; U.S. ‘on the way down’”, 21/9/06


MORE AMERICAN IMPERIALISM:

Canada:

“Don’t dictate to me, Canadian leader tells U.S.”, 14/12/05
“U.S. sub may have toured Canadian Artic Zone”, 19/12/05
“New Canadian PM rebuffs US envoy”, 26/1/06
Related(?): “U.S. troops fire on Canadian envoy’s car in Iraq”, 1/2/06

New Zealand:

“Lange’s secret papers reveal USA’s bully tactics”, 15/1/06


News from various American and Israeli puppets:


BRITAIN

The British Police State:

“Acts of defiance against war turned ordinary people into criminals”, 8/12/05
“Torture evidence illegal, court says”, 8/12/05
“MI6 agent named in torture scandal”, 28/12/05
“Defeat for Blair as peers refuse to give in over ID cards”, 24/1/06
“ID cards in two years as rebellion fails”, 14/2/06
“‘Tag all the foreigners’ - possible ID card sales pitch emerges”, 31/3/06
“Dirty bomb victims ‘may be shot’”, 14/5/06

Vassal State of the American Empire:

“Al-Qaeda cleric exposed as an MI5 double agent”, 25/3/04
House of Commons, 4:56pm: The moment Tony Blair lost his authority, 10 November 2005 – “Tony Blair’s personal authority was badly dented last night when he suffered a humiliating defeat over his plan to allow the police to detain suspected terrorists for up to 90 days without charge.” [FLM Comment: At least in Britain people are still trying to oppose the Police State and preserve their freedom, unlike in Australia where a One Party State sees the Opposition support virtually every measure of the American puppet Howard government.]
“Impeach Blair over Iraq: former British commander”, 10/1/06
“MPs back ban on glorifying terror”, 15/2/06
· “Britain ‘complicit’ in human rights abuses at Camp Delta”, 28/2/06
Alarm at UK Call on International Law, By Hannah K. Strange, UPI, 5 April 2006: ”Opposition politicians and human rights campaigners reacted with dismay Tuesday to British Defense Secretary John Reid's call for international laws, including the Geneva Conventions, to be redrawn to ensure states could counter global terrorism and undertake military interventions”.
“The Washington connection: Did Bush stick the knife into Jack Straw?”, 7/5/06
“Blair said to yield to US on speech”, 30/5/06

Related: Paul Craig Roberts, “Power Uber Alles”, 12/11/05

“Bomber attacked UK Muslim leaders”, 16/11/05
“Blair branded ‘Bush’s lapdog’”, 23/11/05
“Iraq war allies remain in step”, 21/3/06

Nuclear hypocrisy:

· “US conducts subcritical nuclear test”, 24/2/06
“Britain in hunt for new nuke”, 13/3/06

British crimes:

“Kenya rights group to sue Britain for colonial-era atrocities”, 5/5/06

Northern Ireland/IRA:

“IRA supporters disrupt parade, attack police”, 25/2/06

Other news:

“Imam praises London terror attack”, 13/2/06
“U.K. helped Israel get nuclear bomb”, 11/3/06
“Stop crying, Oasis singer tells UK troops”, 22/11/06
“Police poised to charge Blair’s top adviser”, 23/4/07


CANADA

· “Afghanistan is ‘our war’ too, Harper says”, 25/3/06
“Canada Suspends Aid to Hamas-Led Gov’t”, 29/3/06
“Support plummets for Afghan mission”, 6/5/06


COLOMBIA

“Colombia’s 41-year old conflict”, 15/11/05
“Colombia slams US for meddling in internal affairs”, 17/12/05 [FLM Comment: Playing the anti-American card is probably a ploy by the Colombian government for the up-coming election.]
“Mass graves uncovered in Colombia”, 6/5/07 - The government was told of the graves after a peace deal with the United Self-Defence Forces of Colombia (AUC). The right-wing paramilitary group has been blamed for many massacres.


GERMANY

FLM Comment: Unfortunately Germany has been firmly taken over by the Jews and America with Angela Merkel, their new lackey, in power. The former leader, Gerhard Schroeder, offered slight resistance to American control and interference, but this has now ended.

“Merkel calls for stronger US ties”, 23/11/05
“Israel orders two submarines at discount”, 6/12/05 [FLM Comment: This is so blatant that its obvious and it confirms what the FLM said previously regarding the new German leader, Angela Merkel: she is a stooge of America and Israel. A very sad day for German nationalism and independence. Why is no one criticising this arms deal unlike all the arms deals America criticises when they involve its enemies?]
“German leader seeks to regain trust at White House”, 13/1/06 [FLM Comment: The crawling of Germany’s new American puppet to her masters continues and is so blatant it is sickening. No one can be in any doubt that Germany, and much of Europe, is under American and Jewish control now that Merkel has proven herself to be such a craven stooge of America and the Zionists.]
More evidence that Merkel is an American puppet (and that even Schroeder was helping America attack Iraq)
“Hamas faces European aid threat”, 29/1/06 [FLM Comment: The subject of this news item are the words of Germany’s leader, Angela Merkel. How blatant can her pro-Americanism and pro-Zionist beliefs be? How obvious an American/Israeli stooge can she be? The question is, will the other European leaders blindly follow the American/Israeli line? Or will they be independent, sensible and non-partisan and continue to deal fairly with the Palestinians?]
“Iran as bad as Nazis: Merkel”, 5/2/06 [FLM Comment: This little German bitch is at it again. Sorry, there’s just no other way to describe this American/Israeli puppet.]
Germany's intelligence probe: Germany’s foreign intelligence service, the Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND), will be coming under rare scrutiny sometime in the next few weeks following disclosures that it provided important information to US forces on Saddam Hussein’s military dispositions before and during the invasion of Iraq in March 2003, even though Gerhard Schroeder, the then chancellor, was vehemently opposed to the war in public. [Jane’s Intelligence Digest - first posted to http://jid.janes.com - 22 March 2006]
“Germany ‘breaks Iran supply ring’”, 27/3/06 [FLM Comment: The heroic Germans – so controlled by America and the Jews – does America’s bidding by attacking Iranians. You can be guaranteed of German involvement when America goes to war against Iran.]
Iran President gets better and better; truly a great world leader: “Germans should stop feeling guilty: Ahmadinejad”, 27/4/06 [FLM Comment: In Australia, there is an on again/off again debate concerning how modern Australians and history should remember the rather deleterious impact the European settlement had on Australia’s Aboriginal people (native Australians). Those who believe Australians should not be at all guilty of past injustices against the Aboriginals – as expressed prominently by Prime Minister John Howard – say there should not be a “black armband” view of Australia’s past. That modern Australians have nothing to feel guilt about regarding past crimes and injustices committed by early settlers etc. If this is good enough for Australia, then why can’t the same principle apply to Germany? Why are Germans so hung up over World War 2? Why do they persist with their “black armband” view of their past? Mr Ahmadinejad is correct in his view and modern-day Germans should reflect on what he said. Better still, Germans should take a leaf out of Australia’s book and its refusal to accept a “black armband” view of its past.]
“Merkel: German Jews a ‘joy’” - Germany’s growing Jewish community is a source of “great joy,” Chancellor Angela Merkel said. “We are able to note with great joy that Jewish schools are thriving, synagogues are being built and, as of next fall, rabbis will be ordained,” Merkel said Thursday, addressing the American Jewish Committee’s 100th anniversary celebrations in Washington. [FLM Comment: Oh, this sick Jew-loving bitch is absolutely disgusting. What more can be said?]


ITALY

“Berlusconi disputes Prodi victory”, 12/4/06
“The way is clear: Berlusconi resigns as Italian PM”, 3/5/06


JORDAN

The Hotel and wedding bombings:

“Hotel blasts kill dozens in Jordan”, 10/11/05 [FLM Comment: Jordan is punished for being a puppet and lackey of America and Israel (here’s one example). The Jordanian government should be overthrown and all Jordanian puppets and collaborators of America and Israel tried as traitors to the Muslim people and cause. Or else, as with the Hariri assassination in Lebanon, it was possibly an Israeli operation as suspected by Jordanians]
Why Jordan? Robert Fisk gave the answer in an article from The Independent on 11 November 2005: “Well, partly because King Abdullah is so loyal a servant of President George Bush. Partly because his forces are training Iraqi soldiers. Partly because he is allowing US special forces to train those soldiers on his soil. Partly because Jordan has also become a rear echelon air base for US fighter-bombers, which are attacking cities in Iraq. And partly because Jordan, with its unconstitutional monarchy and its growing slums of Islamists in its largest cities, is the soft underbelly of “the West” in the Middle East. Since the death of his father, Jordanians and other Arabs have been asking whether the King can justify his existence in what was once called Transjordan…Jordan’s peace treaty with Israel is as unpopular as ever inside the country. The Radisson Hotel, one of the targets of Wednesday night’s attacks, was often used by Israeli visitors to Jordan. Because he is so popular in the West, because he speaks English better than he speaks Arabic, because he is the son of the Plucky Little King Mark I, King Hussein, because he was a graduate of Sandhurst, King Abdullah is a popular figure in Europe and America, welcome in Downing Street and the White House. But there are those in Jordan who do not wish him so well. Wednesday night’s attacks were a warning that the King might be safer in London than he is in Amman.”
“Israelis evacuated before Jordan bombings”, 10/11/05 [FLM Comment: Here is the proof that Israel was behind the attack. The Israeli spin machine then tried to cover the fact up]
The Israeli terrorist organization Mossad was responsible
FLM Flashback: America has a long history of bombing weddings and slaughtering innocent people with at least three recent incidents in Iraq, Fallujah and Afghanistan. But the criminal Bush can moan about how this wedding was bombed in Jordan: “the bombers killed innocent women and children, it struck me, Mr. Ambassador, that -- once again, that we face an enemy that has no heart, an enemy that is defiling a great religion, of Islam. Today -- yesterday in Jordan, Muslims died at the hands of these killers simply because they were in the wrong hotel, simply because they wanted to be with their families and enjoy life.” Must be speaking about yourself again, Mr President.
“Zarqawi: Jordanians not targeted”, 18/11/05

King Abdullah is an American/Jewish puppet:

“Jordan Cancels Antisemitic TV Series, Following Protest by 24 U.S. Rabbis”, 27/10/05
Jordan’s pro-U.S. stances fueling terror attacks”, 23/11/05
“Jordan’s king urges war on Islamic militancy”, 24/11/05 [FLM Comment: Jordan’s King is a traitor and an American/Jewish puppet and must be overthrown by the Jordanian people. How in heaven’s name can the Jordanian people support and believe his traitorous words? He should be supporting the Muslim resistance against American and Zionists invasions and occupations of neighbouring Muslim countries - not declaring some sort of a “war” on those fighting against American/Zionist aggression. The FLM declares King Abdullah to be a treasonable stooge of the US and Israel and endorses all efforts to overthrow him.]
“Jordan king: Israel must disarm nukes”, 24/4/06 [FLM Comment: This is possibly the only sensible and correct thing this American/Zionist puppet has said in recent times.]
“Jordan ‘arrests Hamas militants’”, 25/4/06
“‘Privatising’ the peace process”, 30/4/06 - More than a decade ago, Israel and Jordan signed a peace treaty. But it is cold peace - there is little trade or travel between the two countries. Among ordinary Jordanians, the treaty is deeply unpopular…But even he admits it has done little to change attitudes in Jordan towards Israel. “When you go out into the streets and speak to the average Jordanian citizen, he or she will start talking about the number of people that are being killed, the number of bombs that are being exploded and they will not tell you anything about the new jobs being established, about the total exports that have been boosted as a result. “Unfortunately, this is a conflict that has been taking place for quite some time. You cannot forget or expect people to forget that overnight.” Israel dreams of being accepted in the Middle East as just another country.


PAKISTAN

FLM Comment: Pakistan’s American puppet Pervez Musharraf has been attacking and killing his own people to satisfy American demands that it control “militants” and “extremists” in the country’s western regions who cross into Afghanistan to fight the American occupiers. Of course, when the Soviets occupied Afghanistan, America happily supported “militants” using Pakistan as a base to attack the Soviets. This is another example of an American double standard and hypocrisy.

“Pakistan’s militant Islamic groups”, 7/10/03
“Britain and Pakistan join forces against terror traffic”, 27/11/05
“Miscreants’ camp targeted in Kohlu”, 22/12/05
“Madrassas refuse to expel pupils”, 28/12/05
“Protest lodged with US-led forces in Afghanistan”, 10/1/06
“Foreign terror operatives to be flushed out: Musharraf”, 24/1/06 [FLM Comment: This American stooge must be talking about Americans then?]
“Pro-govt tribal chief killed”, 22/2/06
“49 Killed As Pakistani Forces Clash With Pro-Taliban Tribe”, 5/3/06 [FLM Comment: So, the American puppet Musharraf launches an attack against his own people to appease his master just when he visits. Why this person hasn’t already been assassinated by the Pakistanis is beyond comprehension.]
“About 30 militants, including foreigners, killed by Pakistan army near Afghan border”, 11/3/06
“Pakistan army takes on militants”, 5/4/06
“Al-Qaida Calls For Overthrow Of Pakistan”, 29/4/06
“Flier circulates seeking Musharraf’s death”, 7/5/06
“Pakistani Muslims burn effigies of Musharraf, ‘Uncle Sam’”, 14/7/07
“General labelled a Bush puppet”, 1/8/07 - IMRAN KHAN, the former Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician, has called on the President, Pervez Musharraf, to resign. “It is all over for him. He is sunk,” Mr Khan told London's Telegraph on Monday…Mr Khan said: “The longer Musharraf stays after this, the longer the backlash of extremism will last. The majority of Pakistanis, secular-minded or not, view Musharraf as an American puppet.”

Other news:

“US diplomat dies in Pakistan blasts”, 2/3/06


PARAGUAY

FLM Comment: Now the US has invaded South America with Paraguay being their new puppet.

Paraguay: America’s new puppet
“Secret Invasion: US Troops Steal into Paraguay”, 29/12/05


ROMANIA

Romania to set up US air base
“Romania demands proof of CIA prisons allegations”, 5/12/05


News from other countries:


SOMALIA

“Somalia Islamic courts warn against foreign troops”, 12/6/06
· “Somali Islamists celebrate victory over warlords”, 13/6/06
“Sanctions put on Somali warlords”, 13/6/06
“Militia drive out Somali warlords”, 15/6/06
“UN group backs Somalia government”, 15/6/06
“Foreign intervention in Somalia?”, 21/6/06
“‘Radical’ heads new Somali body”, 25/6/06


CHRISTIANITY IN GENERAL

“Dutchman builds modern Noah’s Ark”, 28/3/06 - Dutchman Johan Huibers is building a working replica of Noah's Ark as a testament to his Christian faith. [FLM Comment: One wonders whether this person is a true Christian as replicating an ancient Jewish story is hardly a demonstration of your Christianity.]

Anti-Christian attacks:

Note: See also the “Jews attacking Christianity” section of our Database on Israeli/Jewish Issues for further information.

FLM Comment: There is currently an unprecedented, well-organised campaign to attack and vilify Christianity. While true Christians will hopefully not be affected by it, the real intent of this campaign is to sow seeds of doubt in people “on the fence” - those who have not yet fully accepted belief in Christianity. There must be an active campaign to resist this attack and defend the religion the Western world was founded upon.

“‘War’ on Christians Is Alleged: Conference Depicts a Culture Hostile to Evangelical Beliefs”, 29/3/06
“NEW YORK INVESTIGATES SKATING RINK FOR PLAYING CHRISTIAN MUSIC”, 21/6/06
Is Harry Potter another anti-Christian attack?: “Going potty about paganism”, 15/7/07

Da Vinci Code/”Gospel of Judas”:

Note: In relation to the so-called Gospel of Judas, Christians need go no further than Galatians 1:6-9.

“Russian Orthodox Church Denounces the Da Vinci Code Movie”, 1/3/06 - The Russian Orthodox Church has a negative attitude towards the American bestseller The Da Vinci Code being made into a film, spokesman for the Moscow Patriarchate told RIA Novosti on Wednesday. “The book borders on blasphemy and is an insult to the feelings of believers, but that an image or a film is a much bigger insult,” Father Mikhail Dudko argues. As concerns The Da Vincu Code the Orthodox Church is in agreement with the Catholic Church, he added.
“Christian leaders’ Easter messages blast conspiracy theories”, 17/4/06 - In his Easter Sunday sermon, the Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams attacked conspiracy theories such as The Da Vinci Code and the so-called “Gospel of Judas”… Vatican priests also attacked The Da Vinci Code while in his first Easter Sunday sermon in St Peter’s Square, the Pope dismissed the “Gospel of Judas”.
“Russia’s Patriarch Condemns Gospel of Judas as Heresy”, 17/4/06 - Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexei II condemned what he scornfully described as “the so-called Gospel of Judas”, made public earlier this month, the Ekho Moskvy radio station reported. The controversial manuscript presents a different picture of the relationship between Jesus and his disciple Judas Iscariot, portraying the former as a friend, who acted on the orders of Jesus himself by betraying him.
“Opus Dei seeks ‘Da Vinci’ disclaimer”, 18/4/06 - The Catholic group Opus Dei says that putting a disclaimer on the film The Da Vinci Code, stressing that it is a work of fiction, would show respect toward the Church.
“Dan Brown wins again”, 21/4/06
“‘Da Vinci Code’ ad on church angers clergy”, 25/4/06
FLM Comment, 25/4/06: A special “Da Vinci Code” lottery scratchie was unveiled today on TV adds in Sydney, Australia. How many ways can our greedy money-makers cash in on this anti-Christian attack?
“Judge silent code in ‘Da Vinci Code’ ruling”, 27/4/06
“Director sees no sin in Da Vinci Code fiction”, 10/5/06
“India Catholics target Da Vinci”, 10/5/06
“Da Vinci code doubt”
“Da Vinci book ‘shows ignorance’”, 15/5/06
“Muslims join Da Vinci criticism”, 16/5/06
“Da Vinci film protests stepped up”, 16/5/06
“NSW cinema bans ‘Da Vinci Code’”, 19/5/06 [FLM Comment: The FLM applauds the decision of this cinema to defend their faith against the libelous, sinister, anti-Christian attack that is the movie “The Da Vinci Code”. It is good to see that at least one cinema is still in the hands of Christians and is therefore defying the constant anti-Christian, anti-society campaign of filth and degradation that constantly spews forth from Jewish-controlled Hollywood to poison and brainwash the masses. Christians, and independent Gentiles in general, must become more active in defying this non-stop campaign if filth and lies.

It is interesting that the cinema’s manager said that the “ban” “reflects the beliefs of the cinema’s owners”. Thank goodness that some decency and sanity still prevails in this world. A world that has become almost totally engulfed and subsumed in a hellhole of poisonous Hollywood/media lies and trash and American/Zionist wars and killing that only spreads this terrible filth further around the world – a world they seek to control.

If the so-called ban “reflects the beliefs of the cinema’s owners”, then the decision to make, advertise, hype and screen this blatant anti-Christian libel must reflect the “beliefs” – i.e. the anti-Christian hatred – of those people. And who are these people, the one carrying out this attack? The answer will always shock ignorant people who haven’t yet accepted the truth: Jews and their Gentile puppets and slaves who are willing to betray their race. For example, the screenplay for “The Da Vinci Code” was written by Akiva Goldsman – a Jew.

While their may be indignant protests against the cinema that they are restricting “free speech” and so forth, we must understand what “free speech” in today’s world really means. “Free speech” is the right to attack, slander and vilify Christianity and Islam whenever the Jewish-controlled media see fits, while at the same time the mildest criticism of Jews and Judaism is totally banned and condemned in the harshest possible terms. That is the central facet of the Orwellian New World Order we live in.]
“Row in India delays Da Vinci Code”, 19/5/06
Foxtel TV guide review for The History Channel documentary “Beyond The Da Vinci Code”: “Is it the greatest story ever told or the greatest story ever sold? A best selling novel by Dan Brown sparks a debate that could change Christianity forever”.
“THE JEWS BEHIND DA VINCI CODE”
“Da Vinci Code banned”

Other attacks:

“INDIA : VIOLENCE SCARS EASTER WEEK IN THREE STATES”, 17/4/06
“Bishops want animated pogo-riding pope banned”, 3/5/06
“Judge to San Diego: Move cross or pay fine”, 5/5/06; Related: “San Diego to Move Giant Cross”, 10/3/05
“Judge outlaws prison group's Bible program”, 3/6/06
“Episcopal Convention Condemns Bible as ‘Anti-Jewish’”, 15/6/06 [FLM Comment: There is a great sickness infecting the Earth and it is manifesting itself in the attacks that are constantly being hurled at Christianity and the power the anti-Christian Jews have over the affairs of nations. The Freedom Liberation Movement condemns the Episcopalians as evil apostates serving Satan and the Jews and undermining the teachings of Christianity and Jesus. The true evil of the Episcopalians anti-Christian attack is the fact that they have condemned the New Testament text itself and therefore the words of Jesus. This is unacceptable and represents an unprecedented attack on the very foundation of Christianity. It therefore appears that a so-called “Christian” group has now joined the Jewish-controlled media’s never-ending attack on Christianity (Da Vinci Code, Gospel of Judas, Hollywood etc.). These people must heed the warning of Revelation 22:18-19. The words of Jesus himself – condemning those who try to appear good on the outside but are full of evil inside – apply equally to the Episcopalians today as they did to the Pharisees in the days of Jesus (Matthew 23:27-28).]
“Church condemns Madonna’s crucifixion stunt”, 4/8/06; Related: “Madonna defends gig ‘crucifixion’”, 22/9/06
“Christians up in arms after Hindu attack”, 13/9/06
“Bishops condemn BBC abuse claim”, 1/10/06
“Chocolate Jesus bites the dust”, 1/4/07




File 2 – New World Order


NEW WORLD ORDER TAKEOVER

Independent information on the NWO and the American Police State:

Alex Jones:
Alex Jones’ Infowars
Alex Jones’ Prison Planet

“Federal Whistleblowers” – Tom Heneghan & Stew Webb
Darren Weeks.net


Other information:

“The Brotherhood and the Manipulation of Society”
“Bilderberg Found!” – “European Bilderberg hunters have found the hiding place of this secretive cabal at a posh resort in this charming little city 40 miles from Munich. Their annual meeting is May 5-8. Bilderberg is gathering at the Dorint Sofitel Seehotel Ueberfahrt, a five-star conference and business hotel with 188 luxury rooms. It is on a lake and near a golf course—typical Bilderberg requirements. High officials of the U.S. government and possibly a few congressional leaders will participate in three days of secret meetings to plan global policy. Heads of state and other high officials from Europe and Britain will participate, along with world financiers.”

The Police State/NWO takeover:

“I Have Seen Big Brother – And He Is Us” – Patriot Act requiring citizens to spy on one another (Act requires people to report “suspicious activity” regarding financial transactions)
Children are being “databased” for the NWO
“Hollywood Lobbies U.N. on Gun Control”, 21/1/06
“UN unveils plan to release untapped wealth of...$7 trillion (and solve the world's problems at a stroke)”, 30/1/06 – The most potent threats to life on earth - global warming, health pandemics, poverty and armed conflict - could be ended by moves that would unlock $7 trillion - $7,000,000,000,000 (£3.9trn) - of previously untapped wealth, the United Nations claims today. The price? An admission that the nation-state is an old-fashioned concept that has no role to play in a modern globalised world where financial markets have to be harnessed rather than simply condemned….Professor Stiglitz, the former chief economist of the World Bank and a staunch critic of the way globalisation harms the poor, said: “Globalisation has meant the closer integration of countries, and that in turn has meant a greater need for collective action. [FLM Comment: While Joseph Stiglitz has been a principled opponent of globalisation and its impact on the world’s poor, this proposal is for nothing less than a UN-led One World Government to supersede and usurp the sovereignty of nation-states.]

Alternative and miscellaneous websites:

· Clairewolf.com – a champion of freedom with a number of books available
LewRockwell.com – anti-state, anti-war information

Mind control:

“Psychiatry Ponders whether Extreme Bias Can Be an Illness”, 10/12/05


GLOBALISATION/WTO/IMF/WORLD BANK

Bretton Woods Project – a “watchdog to scrutinise and influence the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF)”
What’s wrong with the WTO?
“Brazil thwarts WTO deal: diplomats”, 18/12/05

World Bank news:

“Mass exodus of Bank senior staff”, 21/11/05
“Fury at Wolfowitz political appointee(2)”, 23/1/06 – “She is married to George Folsom, former head of the International Republican Institute, a rightwing think-tank linked to coup attempts in Haiti and Venezuela…Robert Dañino, general legal counsel has announced his departure, rumoured to be unhappy with Wolfowitz’s leadership”.

Resistance to WTO:

“Police tear gas WTO protesters, detain 900”, 18/12/05


UNITED NATIONS

United Nations websites:

United Nations Homepage
United Nations News Service
United Nations Security Council
United Nations General Assembly
Other main UN bodies
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Commission on Human Rights
United Nations Children Fund
International Court of Justice
International Atomic Energy Agency
World Health Organisation

Other UN issues:

A list of Security Council vetoes by all countries
“U.N. Replaces Discredited Rights Panel”, 27/3/06 – GENEVA - The discredited U.N. Human Rights Commission held its last meeting Monday before being replaced by a new body, ending a 60-year history in which some of the world's worst offenders often used their membership to protect one another from condemnation. [FLM Comment: The real reason the Human Rights Commission has been “discredited” and abolished is because it constantly and rightly denounced Israel for its human rights abuses of the Palestinians. The official reason is bogus as Israel has been one of the “world’s worst offenders” of human rights abusers over the decades, a shameful record that has been well documented and is in no doubt. This is why the UN has gone silent on Israel over the last few years – because the U.S. and Israel has been working to “discredit” the Commission and abolish it. Don’t expect the UN to say much more about Israel - one of the worst human rights offenders and criminal nations in the world - from now on.]
“21 Nations Seek U.N. Rights Council”, 3/4/06
“US criticises new UN rights body”, 10/5/06

Forgotten UN wars in support of American and Western imperialism:

Haiti:

“Four killed as U.N. troops, Haitains fight”, 15/11/05
“Canadian peacekeeper killed in Haiti”, 21/12/05
“Jordanian UN peacekeeper killed in Haiti”, 26/12/05
“Two UN soldiers killed in Haiti”, 18/1/06
“UN urges Haiti poll ‘fraud’ probe”, 16/2/06

Congo:

“Almost 60 fighters killed during DR Congo/UN operation”, 22/11/05
“UN, Congo troops capture militia town”, 25/12/05
“U.N. and Congolese troops battle Ugandan rebels”, 25/12/05
“Ugandan rebels kill UN peacekeeper”, 26/12/05
“Peacekeepers killed in DR Congo”, 23/1/06
“UN to shift more troops to Congo before election”, 1/4/06 - Hundreds of U.N.peacekeepers will be moved from Burundi to the Democratic Republic of Congo to help ensure stability as Congo prepares for its first democratic election in more than 40 years, the United Nations announced on Friday.
“U.N. battles to clear Congo militia ahead of polls”
“U.N. demands Congo rebels release peacekeepers”, 30/5/06

Darfur, Sudan:

Darfur, the new American-French Protectorate
“U.N. chopper carrying aid workers down in Darfur”, 25/1/06
“International force in Darfur must be African-led”, 25/1/06
“Sudan ‘blocks’ UN trip to Darfur”, 3/4/06


Agenda 21:

Official UN info on Agenda 21

Background information:

Agenda 21: Explanatory information
“Agenda 21 is the progression for a supra-national government” – The communitarian plan for reinventing a global government was adopted by the UN in 1992 at the Earth Summit. There were no public votes cast for or against it in any of the affected “free” nations. Average citizens were not consulted. In most free and democratic countries, the nation’s taxpayers (who pay for it) were never even told about it. The major media outlets were mostly silent while for thirteen years, the UN’s LA-21 laws have been imposed on all 166 member nations.
Agenda 21 research page

Depopulation news:

“Top Scientist Advocates Mass Culling 90% Of Human Population”


WESTERN IMPERIALISM

No mention of American/Western support: “Indonesian academics fight burning of books on 1965 coup”, 9/8/07 - Publishers, academics and activists are attempting to halt the burning of Indonesian school textbooks detailing a 1965 coup attempt and slaughter of more than 500,000 alleged communists…The military-sanctioned slaughter across the archipelago, involving many ordinary Indonesians murdering their innocent neighbours, is glossed over.



File 3 – The United States


AMERICAN WARS, ATTACKS & INTERVENTIONS

American wars, invasions, attacks, interventions and interference:

“House of War: The Pentagon and the Disastrous Rise of American Power”, 1/6/06 - James Carroll’s persuasive thesis in House of War is that “the Pentagon effect” is to blame. And that George W. Bush and his circle of neo-conservative advisers are best understood as a product of that phenomenon, which has profoundly shaped American society and policy since World War II. According to Carroll, the Pentagon is like a “metaphysical creature”, a self-perpetuating institution that sustains its near-limitless funding by systematically exaggerating foreign threats and scaring the hell out of American people. As guardian of the US’s ever-expanding arsenal, the Pentagon has assumed for itself an insidious influence over the nation’s industry, universities, media and government. It has contrived to ensure that since 1946, the US has spent more than $14 trillion on arms. For the Pentagon, 9/11 was “a gift from the gods”.

“Why Are Americans So Angry?”, 29/6/06 - The cost of war since 1945, and our military presence in over 100 countries, exceeds two trillion dollars in today’s dollars. The cost in higher taxes, debt, and persistent inflation is immeasurable. Likewise, the economic opportunities lost by diverting trillions of dollars into war is impossible to measure, but it is huge. Yet our presidents persist in picking fights with countries that pose no threat to us, refusing to participate in true diplomacy to resolve differences. Congress over the decades has never resisted the political pressures to send our troops abroad on missions that defy imagination.

A list of American military interventions since 1890
“Instances of Use of United States Forces Abroad, 1798 – 1993”
Overthrow: America’s Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq - “Regime change” did not begin with the administration of George W. Bush, but has been an integral part of U.S. foreign policy for more than one hundred years. Starting with the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy in 1893 and continuing through the Spanish-American War and the Cold War and into our own time, the United States has not hesitated to overthrow governments that stood in the way of its political and economic goals. The invasion of Iraq in 2003 is the latest, though perhaps not the last, example of the dangers inherent in these operations.

In Overthrow, Stephen Kinzer tells the stories of the audacious politicians, spies, military commanders, and business executives who took it upon themselves to depose monarchs, presidents, and prime ministers. He also shows that the U.S. government has often pursued these operations without understanding the countries involved; as a result, many of them have had disastrous long-term consequences.

In a compelling and provocative history that takes readers to fourteen countries, including Cuba, Iran, South Vietnam, Chile, and Iraq, Kinzer surveys modern American history from a new and often surprising perspective.

A list of American interventions in the Middle East since WW2:

Note: This list is not necessarily exhaustive and does not include long standing American policies like support for repressive regime and Israel.

1949: CIA backs military coup deposing elected government of Syria.

1953: CIA helps overthrow the democratically-elected Mossadeq government in Iran (which had nationalized the British oil company) leading to a quarter-century of dictatorial rule by the Shah, Mohammed Reza Pahlevi.

Related: Secret History: The CIA in Iran

1956: US cuts off promised funding for Aswan Dam in Egypt after Egypt receives Eastern bloc arms.

1956: Israel, Britain, and France invade Egypt. US does not support invasion, but the involvement of NATO allies severely diminishes Washington’s reputation in the region.

1958: US troops land in Lebanon to preserve “stability.”

1960s (early): US unsuccessfully attempts assassination of Iraqi leader, Abdul Karim Qassim.

1963: US reported to give Iraqi Ba’ath party (soon to be headed by Saddam Hussein) names of communists to murder, which they do with vigour.

1967: US blocks any effort in the Security Council to enforce SC Resolution 244, calling for Israeli withdrawal from territories occupied in the 1967 war.

1970: Civil war between Jordan and PLO. Israel and US prepare to intervene on side of Jordan if Syria backs PLO.

1972: US blocks Sadat’s efforts to reach a peace agreement with Egypt.

1973: US military aid enables Israel to turn the tide in war with Syria and Egypt.

1973-75: US supports Kurdish rebels in Iraq. When Iran reaches an agreement with Iraq in 1975 and seals the border, Iraq slaughters Kurds and US denies them refuge. Kissinger secretly explains that “covert action should not be confused with missionary work.”

1978-79: Iranians begin demonstrations against the Shah. US tells Shah it supports him “without reservation” and urges him to act forcefully. Until the last minute, US tries to organize military coup to save the Shah, but to no avail.

1979-88: US begins covert aid to Mujahideen in Afghanistan six months before Soviet invasion. Over the next decade US provides more than $3 billion in arms and aid.

1980-88: Iran-Iraq war. When Iraq invades Iran, the US opposes any Security Council action to condemn the invasion. US removes Iraq from its list of nations supporting terrorism and allows US arms to be transferred to Iraq. US lets Israel provide arms to Iran and in 1985 US provides arms directly (though secretly) to Iran. US provides intelligence information to Iraq. Iraq uses chemical weapons in 1984; US restores diplomatic relations with Iraq. 1987 US sends its navy into the Persian Gulf, taking Iraq’s side; an aggressive US ship shoots down an Iranian civilian airliner, killing 290.

1981, 1986: US holds military manoeuvres off the coast of Libya with the clear purpose of provoking Qaddafi. In 1981, a Libyan plane fires a missile and two Libyan planes were subsequently shot down. In 1986, Libya fires missiles that land far from any target and US attacks Libyan patrol boats, killing 72, and shore installations. When a bomb goes off in a Berlin nightclub, killing two, the US charges that Qaddafi was behind it (possibly true) and conducts major bombing raids in Libya, killing dozens of civilians, including Qaddafi’s adopted daughter.

1982: US gives “green light” to Israeli invasion of Lebanon, where more than 10,000 civilians were killed. US chooses not to invoke its laws prohibiting Israeli use of US weapons except in self-defence.

1983: US troops sent to Lebanon as part of a multinational peacekeeping force; intervene on one side of a civil war. Withdraw after suicide bombing of marine barracks.

1984: US-backed rebels in Afghanistan fire on civilian airliner.

1988: Saddam Hussein kills many thousands of his own Kurdish population and uses chemical weapons against them. The US increases its economic ties to Iraq.

1990-91: US rejects diplomatic settlement of the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait (for example, rebuffing any attempt to link the two regional occupations, of Kuwait and Palestine). US leads international coalition in war against Iraq. Civilian infrastructure targeted. To promote “stability” US refuses to aid uprisings by Shi’ites in the south and Kurds in the north, denying the rebels access to captured Iraqi weapons and refusing to prohibit Iraqi helicopter flights.

1991-: Devastating economic sanctions are imposed on Iraq. US and Britain block all attempts to lift them. Hundreds of thousands die. Though Security Council stated sanctions were to be lifted once Hussein’s programs to develop weapons of mass destruction were ended, Washington makes it known that the sanctions would remain as long as Saddam remains in power. Sanctions strengthen Saddam’s position.

Related: Shuna Lennon, “Sanctions, genocide, and war crimes”, Paper presented to the International Law Association on 29 February 2000

1993-: US launches missile attack on Iraq, claiming self-defence against an alleged assassination attempt on former president Bush two months earlier.

1998: US and U.K. bomb Iraq over weapons inspections, even though Security Council is just then meeting to discuss the matter.

1998: US destroys factory producing half of Sudan’s pharmaceutical supply, claiming retaliation for attacks on US embassies in Tanzania and Kenya and that factory was involved in chemical warfare. US later acknowledged there is no evidence for the chemical warfare charge.

“War Crimes in the Name of Freedom: 227 Years of Bloody Freedom on July 4th” – a look at American wars over the centuries
“Why the CIA is Airing its Dirty Laundry”, 25/6/07 - The CIA is about to publish its “book of skeletons,” as former director Bill Colby called the CIA’s history of abuses. Coups, assassinations, kidnappings, domestic spying, break-ins, illegal telephone taps — all of it past works, and mostly dribbled out in the press over the last thirty-years.

CIA = Third World Holocaust:

The Secret Wars of the CIA: lecture by John Stockwell, Part 1
The Secret Wars of the CIA: lecture by John Stockwell, Part 2
A review of Ralph McGehee’s Deadly Deceits (a CIA whistleblower)
“The CIA: America’s Premier International Terrorist Organisation”
“CIA a worldwide killing machine: Castro”, 2/7/07 - Ailing Cuban president Fidel Castro, in a new article published by Cuban press on Sunday, accused the US of having turned the CIA into a worldwide “killing machine”. US President George Bush “has implemented powerful and expensive intelligence and security superstructures and has turned all his air, sea and land forces into instruments of world power that bring war, injustice, hunger and death in every part of the globe”, Castro said.

American crimes in Vietnam:

““Tiger Force” and the Costs of Forgetting US Crimes in Vietnam”
US used poison gas in Vietnam
“The Vietnam War: Destroying the Village In Order to Save It”

Related:

· “My Lai massacre hero dies at 62”, 6/1/06

American terrorism:

· Operation Gladio: CIA terrorism in Western Europe
· “U.S. shows double standards and lack of respect for NGOs” – American war crimes in Fallujah and hypocrisy over Uzbekistan; Related: “EU policy on Uzbekistan hypocritical, says HRW”, 20/5/06
· Bush’s war of terror, cover up (Part 9), 18/10/05
· “How our governments use terrorism to control us”, 28/11/05
· “Terrorists in Miami, Oh My!”, 24/6/06
American “terror” hypocrisy over Luis Posada Carriles: “US blocks release of bomb suspect”, 6/10/06; “US appeal on Cuba militant ruling”, 6/4/07; and terrorist freed in the US: “Cuba militant freed on bail in US”, 19/4/07
“U.S. protects Iranian opposition group in Iraq”, 6/4/07 - An Iranian opposition group based in Iraq, despite being considered terrorists by the United States, continues to receive protection from the American military in the face of Iraqi pressure to leave the country.

The American terrorism school: School of the Americas:

· 20 000 protest against SOA

America and torture (“we don’t do torture”):

· “We don’t do torture’, CIA director testifies”, 17/3/05
· “US directive forbids torture”, 9/11/05 [FLM Note: This only applies to the US military, not the CIA?]– “US Vice President Dick Cheney has pressed Congress to exempt the intelligence agency from legislation sponsored by Senator John McCain that would ban “cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment of prisoners in the detention of the US Government”…

President George W Bush weighed in on Monday, saying he was working with Congress to “make it possible – more possible – to do our job…Anything we do to that end, in that effort, any activity we conduct, is within the law. We do not torture.”

· “Torture claims ‘forced US to cut terror charges’”, 25/11/05
· “German man says he was mistakenly held and tortured by US”, 7/12/05
Related: “CIA scandal deepens in Germany”, 9/12/05
“US ‘shifts’ position on torture”, 7/12/05
· “U.N. Says Ban on Torture Becoming Casualty”, 7/12/05
· “Polish probe into alleged CIA jails”, 10/12/05
· “CIA abduction claims ‘credible’”, 13/12/05
· “Understanding Torture”
· “Retired Special Forces LTC Recalls History of Torture Training in U.S. Military”
· Salman Rushdie: “Ugly phrase conceals an uglier truth”, 6/1/06
· “European govts knew of CIA torture ‘outsourcing’: report”, 25/1/06
· “Linking torture with Jesus’ message is a tragedy”, 26/1/06
· “Habib’s torture film ‘to aid other prisoners’”, 16/4/06
“MEPs reveal extent of CIA flights”, 26/4/06
“‘Hundreds’ involved in prisoner abuse”, 27/4/06
“Secret CIA flights: the number soars”, 28/4/06
“Pentagon set to drop Geneva convention”, 6/6/06
“No repeat over CIA flights urged”, 27/6/06
“TWO TERROR CASES EXPOSE BUSH’S DOUBLE STANDARDS”, 26/9/06- Four months after President Bush accused Syria of harbouring terrorist camps and organizations in June 2002, U.S. authorities secretly handed over to the Damascus regime a man suspected of having ties to a terrorist group. The awful story of what happened to Maher Arar, a Canadian citizen of Syrian descent, at the hands of Syria’s secret police has received a lot of attention since it broke last week. But the troubling contradictions between what the Bush administration says and what it does in its war on terror have not…In fact, the Bush administration has contradictory standards - one for people who are thought to be enemies of this country, such as Arar, and another for Posada, an accused terrorist, who is the enemy of its enemies.
“Bush to allow tough CIA interrogation”, 18/10/06
“I was tortured: Hicks”, 7/4/07
“Iranian envoy wounds ‘confirmed’”, 11/4/07

American Police State:

· USA PATRIOT Act
· Wikipedia entry on USA PATRIOT Act
· Comparison between Hitler’s Enabling Act and Bush’s Patriot Act
Related: Wikipedia entry on the German Enabling Act (of 23 March 1933)
Wikipedia entry on the “Reichstag Fire Decree”(of 28 February 1933)

· “Air Marshall kills American Airlines passenger”, 8/12/05 [FLM Comment: Like in Britain the American Police State has turned into a brutal murderous regime that kills people with impunity. The person was later found to be mentally ill and obviously didn’t have a bomb.]
· “Senate rejects reauthorization of USA Patriot Act”, 16/12/05
· “FBI Watched Activist Groups, New Files Show”, 20/12/05
· “Watch What You Read, Comrade!”
· “The lie detector you’ll never know is there”, 5/1/06
· “Computer chips get under skin of US enthusiasts”, 6/1/06
· “Feds after Google data”, 19/1/06 Related: “Google avoids surrendering search requests to government”, 17/3/06
· “ACLU accuses U.S. of using Patriot Act to block entry of foreign scholars”, 25/1/06 [FLM Comment: Robert Fisk was also denied entry to the US.]
· “Congress extends Patriot Act 5 weeks”, 2/2/06
· “Pay too much and you could raise the alarm”, 3/3/06
· “U.S. to put machine guns on Great Lakes cutters”, 15/3/06
· “Police Memos Say Arrest Tactics Calmed Protest”, 17/3/06
· “FBI goes to war against activists”, 28/3/06
· “Drone aircraft may prowl U.S. skies”, 31/3/06
· “Feds Try to Seize Gold From Suspects’ Teeth”, 7/4/06 - “I’ve been doing this for over 30 years and I have never heard of anything like this,” said Richard J. Troberman, a past president of the Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. “It sounds like Nazi Germany when they were removing the gold teeth from the bodies, but at least then they waited until they were dead.”
· “ISP snooping gaining support”, 14/4/06
· Bush out of control: “Bush challenges hundreds of laws”, 30/4/06
· “Abusing Homeland Authority (Excerpt)”, 15/5/06 (date of issue)
· Congress attacking the Internet
· “The Zero Tolerance Militarized Police State”, 20/6/06
· “Executed in U.S. may be awake as they suffocate”, 23/4/07

Peace activists arrested:

· “Activist Cindy Sheehan Arrested at Capitol”, 31/1/06
Related: “Police Apologize, Drop Charge Vs. Sheehan”, 1/2/06
· “Peace activist Sheehan arrested”, 7/3/06
· “4 arrested after sit-in over Iraq”, 3/4/06
· “Granny Peace Brigade Members Acquitted”, 27/4/06

American government spying on population (al la Gestapo):

· “Bush Authorized Domestic Spying”, 16/12/05
· “Bush Won’t Discuss Report of NSA Spying”, 17/12/05
· “Bush confirms he authorised domestic spy program”, 18/12/05
· “Cheney says Sept 11 attacks could have been averted with wiretaps”, 18/12/05
· “Bush says surveillance leak ‘shameful’”, 19/12/05
· “Spy Court Judge Quits In Protest”, 21/12/05
· “Key Democrat Says Spying Violated Law”, 5/1/06
· “Civil liberties groups sue to end surveillance”, 18/1/06
· “Specter Criticizes Rationale for Spying”, 5/2/06

American plans to rule the world:

· “US plans to ‘fight the net’ revealed”, 27/1/06; Related: “America’s war on the web”
· “Gates on censorship: resistance is useless”, 2/2/06 [FLM Comment: It’s amazing how the media always focuses on the politically-correct issue of China’s control of the internet, but the real and much more serious issue for the whole world is America’s plans to control the internet.]
· “US plans 20-year war on terror”, 6/2/06
· “US deploys elite forces worldwide to spearhead terrorism battle”, 24/4/06 [FLM Comment: The worldwide American Empire keeps expanding and resistance is required – on all levels – to prevent the American and (dare we say it) Zionist takeover of the world. This report is phenomenal in how it declares America’s intention to invade and infiltrate nations at will in order to control the world and eliminate its enemies, whether real or perceived.]
· “US insists on right to develop arms for outer space”, 13/6/06

American censorship and silencing of critics:

· “NASA climate scientist claims he’s been silenced”, 29/1/06
“Congress ‘made Wikipedia changes’”, 9/2/06
“Shamed climate spin doctor quits NASA”, 10/2/06
“Scientists muzzled for Bush election campaign”, 17/2/06
“Former surgeon general says he was muzzled”, 10/7/07

American Empire keeps expanding:

· “A ‘Big Four’ coalition emerging?”, 4/12/05
· “U.S. Navy boards suspected pirate ship”, 8/2/06
· “FBI Claims Puerto Rico Threat”, 11/2/06 – “FBI agents in Puerto Rico on Friday searched five homes and a business to thwart what the agency said was a “domestic terrorist attack” planned by militants favoring independence for the U.S. island territory”. [FLM Comment: Imagine a London Times report from 1776 stating, “The British military searched homes and disarmed illegal militias to prevent attacks by militants favouring American independence from Britain”? See related information here.]

American invasion of Africa continues:

· “Ghana to host US military base?”, 22/2/06

Related:

· “U.S. Reducing Troops In Iceland”, 16/3/06

Corruption in American government:

· “Sen. Reid calls US Congress ‘most corrupt in history’“, 18/12/05
· “Reid plans tour of ‘red states’ to discuss Republican scandals”, 29/12/05
· “Pelosi Wants Probe of ‘Corrupt Congress’”, 12/1/06
· “Former Lawmaker Gets 8+ Years for Bribery”, 4/3/06
· “Interior Secretary Gale Norton Resigns”, 10/3/06
· “Former Abramoff partner testifies on ties to GOP lawmakers”, 30/5/06
· “Boy sex scandal rocks Republicans”, 3/10/06
· “Agency investigating Rove's political operation”, 24/4/07

America’s weapons of mass destruction (nuclear hypocrisy):

· “US conducts subcritical nuclear test”, 24/2/06
· “Britain in hunt for new nuke”, 13/3/06

So-called “democracy”:

· “US dials back the volume on ‘democracy’”, 8/3/06


“WAR ON TERROR”

Criticisms of the “war on terror”:

Amnesty International:

“When Democracy Failed: The Warnings of History”
Amnesty International – “Security for whom? A Human Rights response”
Amnesty International 2005 annual report on the United States
“U.S. mocking world law over secret jails – Amnesty”, 5/12/05
“US rejects call to shut Guantanamo camp”, 17/2/06
“Anglican head criticises Guantanamo”, 6/3/06
“Amnesty says Iraq abuses continue”, 6/3/06
“West’s ‘terror deceptions’ rapped”, 23/5/06

United Nations:

“UN’s Robinson Says Human Rights Under Threat Since September 11”
· “U.N. Says Ban on Torture Becoming Casualty”, 7/12/05
“US attacks UN official on ‘jails’”, 8/12/05
“UN damns ‘illegal’ Iraq detention”, 21/4/06

Continuing American crimes:

· “Report: CIA operates secret prisons”, 2/11/05 – “Suspected terrorists in U.S. custody are being treated humanely, Bush administration officials said Wednesday after a report that American agents are holding prisoners in a worldwide network of secret facilities.”
· “Policies on Terrorism Suspects Come Under Fire”, 3/11/05 – “The Bush administration’s policies for holding and detaining suspected terrorists came under sharp scrutiny and criticism yesterday after disclosure that the CIA had set up covert prisons in several Eastern European democracies and other countries. The U.N. special rapporteur on torture said he would seek more information about the covert prisons, referred to in classified documents as “black sites.” Congressional Democrats and human rights groups warned that the secret system would damage the U.S. image overseas.”
· “U.S. Faces Scrutiny Over Secret Prisons”, 4/11/05 – “The International Committee of the Red Cross, the European Union and human rights groups said Thursday they would press the U.S. and European governments for information about the reported existence of secret prisons in Eastern Europe, where the CIA has detained top al Qaeda captives.”
· Bush wanted to bomb Al Jazeera [FLM Comment: While this refers to Al Jazeera’s main headquarters in Qatar, America did bomb Al Jazeera offices in both Afghanistan and Iraq. These were of course, ahem, war crimes.]
· “Cheney ‘created climate for US war crimes’”, 30/11/05 – “A leading aide to the former secretary of state Colin Powell has accused Vice-President Dick Cheney of creating the climate in which prisoner abuse could flourish, and implied that he might have committed war crimes.”
· “U.S. missile parts at Pakistan al Qaeda target site”, 4/12/05 – “Pakistani tribesmen on Sunday displayed parts of a U.S.-marked missile they said hit a house and killed two boys, evidence at odds with the government which says an explosion there killed a top al Qaeda commander.” [FLM Comment: We challenge anyone to explain how Reuters came up with this headline considering the substance of the reportt. More American terrorism and innocent people killed – this is Pakistan!]
· “US plans 20-year war on terror”, 6/2/06
“No surprises in the war on terror”, 13/2/06 [FLM Comment: Simpson is falsely making a connection between events in Iraq to the “war on terror”, which is the Bush administration’s tactic.]
“Report probes US custody deaths”, 21/2/06
“U.S. cast a wide net, and often came up empty, in war on terror”, 4/3/06
“US papers tell Guantanamo inmates’ stories”, 6/3/06
“14,000 DETAINED WITHOUT TRIAL”, 6/3/06
· “Report: Iraqi Detainees Still Being Tortured”, 5/3/06
“From the Guantánamo papers”, 8/3/06
“Revelations add to picture of US torture”, 20/3/06
“Guantanamo ‘unacceptable’: UK A-G”, 11/5/06
· “US court halts Guantanamo military trial”, 16/5/06
· “US confirms Guantanamo detainees committed suicide”, 11/6/06
· “Hicks suicide concerns”
“War Criminals, Beware”, 2/11/06
“US attacks target in Somalia”, 2/6/07

Other American crimes round the world:

“U.S. rejection of request for custody of Marines charged with rape sparks protests”, 17/1/06
“Rome prosecutors to charge U.S. soldier with murdering Italian agent in Iraq”, 17/1/06
“Revealed: the terror prison US is helping build in Morocco”, 12/2/06
“A Tank Shot and Its Echo”, 27/4/06 - On the morning of April 8, 2003, nearly 100 reporters and cameramen were in their second day of covering the firefight from balconies at the Palestine, on the east bank of the Tigris….When Gibson's tank gunner noticed a man with binoculars on a balcony across the river, he and other soldiers believed they had their spotter. With permission from his superiors, Gibson ordered the gunner to fire. A single high-explosive round slammed into the side of the hotel on the 14th floor, nearly severing Couso's left leg. Couso, a cameraman for Spain's Telecinco network, and Taras Protsyuk, a Ukrainian-born Reuters TV cameraman, died of their wounds.
“US ‘threatened to bomb’ Pakistan”, 22/9/06
“Kissinger’s extradition to Uruguay sought over Operation Condor”, 25/3/07
Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army

Other news:

· “US rejects Osama’s truce offer”, 20/1/06
· “Gay porn video rocks celebrated US army unit”, 25/2/06
· “Mentally ill, but fit to fight: US military accused”, 15/5/06


OPPOSITION TO AMERICAN EMPIRE

‘Vendetta’ a powerhouse – “In time, the question becomes: How bad does your government have to be before life as a terrorist — a killer of both the innocent and guilty in the pursuit of political change — is OK? While not many would rank America as being that bad yet, “V for Vendetta” seems to say that the answer is just a short trip down the slippery slope away”.

· “The Significance of Sino-Russian Exercises”, 14/9/05 – “…Russia and China participated in their first ever bilateral war games, dubbed Peace Mission 2005. The games were symbolic of the growing cooperation between the two powerful states. Since the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, which led to an increasingly influential role for Washington in Central Asia, Moscow and Beijing have drawn together under the common interest of preventing further U.S. influence in the region.”
· “Maradona joins Bush foes ahead of summit”, 4/11/05 – “As the US President, George Bush, prepares for a visit to South America this week, thousands of people in the region have been preparing to make sure he knows exactly what they think of him.”
“South Americans’ Discontent Portends a Chilly Reception for Bush”, 3/11/05 – “As President Bush prepares for a visit to South America this week, thousands of people in the region have been preparing to make sure he knows exactly what they think of him…In Argentina, where Bush will attend a Summit of the Americas conference Friday and Saturday, small bombs have been tossed at several American bank branches and chain stores, and soccer idol Diego Maradona has urged viewers of his popular TV talk show to join him in a protest to “say no to Bush” outside the meeting, being held in the seaside town of Mar del Plata…In Brazil, where Bush will meet Sunday with President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, thousands of protesters have stood outside the U.S. Embassy with signs labelling Bush “Public Enemy Number One.”
“Americas summit protest turns violent”, 4/11/05 – “Earlier in the day, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez led thousands of protesters in a rally against President Bush’s policies. Chavez, who U.S. leaders have said is a source of instability in the hemisphere, condemned what he called U.S. imperialism while demonstrators opposed to the Iraq war and U.S.-led trade policies called Bush a “fascist” and a “terrorist.” Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona also participated in the protest, wearing a T-shirt accusing Bush of war crimes.”
“Summit Protests Turn Violent in Argentina”, 4/11/05
“Thousands protest Bush in Argentina”, 5/11/05 – “Anti-U.S. demonstrations at the Americas Summit turned violent on Friday as protesters set fire to a bank, looted stores and battled riot police blocks from a luxury hotel where U.S. President George W. Bush met with regional leaders. The violence came hours after tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets shouting “Get out Bush!” in a peaceful protest against the U.S. leader, who is unpopular among many Latin Americans who oppose the Iraq war and his push for a regional free trade deal.”
“U.S. pulls out of Uzbekistan base after eviction”, 21/11/05
“Europe in Uproar Over CIA Operations”, 26/11/05
“Kidnapping, detention, torture: US “renditions” scandal embroils whole of Europe”, 2/12/05
Related: “Europe to be told to back off from CIA”, 5/12/05
“US civil rights group to sue CIA”, 3/12/05
“Bulgarians Want Limits on U.S. Military Bases”, 5/12/05
“South America Shifting Left, Away From U.S.”, 19/12/05 – “Morales and Chavez, along with more moderate leftist presidents in Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay, have risen to power in part by appealing to their peoples’ frustration with U.S. political, military and economic influence. Their success suggests how much goodwill the United States has lost in the region in recent years…The fight against drug trafficking has been a pretext for the U.S. government to install military bases ... and these policies will be revised,’’ Morales declared.”
“Shock, awe and Hobbes have backfired on America’s neocons”, 28/12/05
“UN calls for closure of military prison”, 14/2/06
Related: “US rejects call to shut Guantanamo camp”, 17/2/06
“Protests as US President arrives in India”, 2/3/06
“Imran Khan detained amid anti-Bush protests”, 4/3/06 – “Bush obviously agrees with Musharraf's version of democracy, which is to clamp down on anyone who protests against you,” Mr Khan said. “We wanted to hold a peaceful demonstration, it was our right.” Police later used batons to break up a small demonstration in Rawalpindi by workers from Mr Khan’s Tehreek-e-Insaaf, or Movement for Justice party, who were shouting: “Killer Bush, Go Back” and “Friend of Bush is a traitor”.
“Bush, Musharraf Renew Alliance”, 4/3/06 – “Anti-American sentiment runs deep in this Muslim county, inflamed by the U.S.-led wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and a U.S. missile strike in January in a village in northwestern Pakistan that killed 13 residents…A day after anti-U.S. protests across Pakistan, police detained former cricket star Imran Khan at his Islamabad home and arrested dozens of supporters from his opposition party to block a rally against Bush’s visit”.
“Indonesians Demand U.S. Pullout From Iraq”, 5/3/06 – “Thousands of Muslims rallied in front of the tightly guarded U.S. Embassy in Indonesia on Sunday, demanding American troops leave Iraq and Afghanistan and calling President Bush a terrorist”.
“The U.S. has run amok; former CIA analyst”, 10/3/06
“Japanese city ‘rejects US base’”, 12/3/06
“Bulgarians protest U.S. base deal”, 27/4/06
“Rice discusses Cyprus amid violent Greek protests”, 25/4/06 - About 2,000 protesters gathered in central Athens waving banners reading “Rice Go Home” and chanting anti-American slogans. When they tried to break a police cordon and reach the U.S. embassy, they were pushed back with teargas. Most of the leftist and anti-war activists turned back but a small group of self-styled anarchists continued to clash with police, retaliating with sticks, stones and petrol bombs and causing havoc in the city center. “This is an anti-war rally,” said protester Panayiotis Hiundis, 26, a school teacher. “We are not protesting just against Rice, but the imperialist, war-mongering U.S. government.” Greek leftists and peace activists usually protest against visits by senior U.S. officials. Former Secretary of State Colin Powell canceled a visit to the Athens 2004 Olympics for fear of violent protests. Despite having been NATO allies for decades, many Greeks are still angry at Washington for backing the far-right military junta that ruled Greece between 1967 and 1974.
“Bush snubs Norway’s premier”, 2/5/06
“S.Korea protesters fight police again over US base”, 5/5/06 - South Korean protesters clashed with police for the second day on Friday at a planned site for a new U.S. military base, leaving scores of people wounded, some seriously, officials and witnesses said…Friday's fight started outside the townships as about 1,500 anti-U.S. protesters and unionists regrouped overnight and began marching into the fenced-off site.
“Saudi cleric sees U.S. collapsing, Muslim victory”, 5/5/06 - In a lecture that touched on the meaning of jihad, a leading Saudi cleric declared the United States is collapsing and Muslims must patiently await their ultimate victory. Jihad is now taking place in Afghanistan, “Palestine,” Iraq, Chechnya, Kashmir and the Philippines, he said…Fifty years ago, jihad was attributed only to a few individuals in Palestine, and in some other Muslims areas, he said, but “following the events of Afghanistan, the nation has embraced jihad. Young and old, men and women - everyone is talking about jihad.” Some young Muslims today, however, because of their “love for jihad,” are getting involved in conflicts that are not properly jihad, he said, adding “all these minor battles, which took place in certain Muslim countries, only delay the victory.” “This diverts the strife and calamity into the lands of the Muslims, instead of aiming them directly at the enemies,” he said.
‘$100 per barrel if U.S. hits Iran’, 14/5/06 - Chavez got a warm welcome to London by Livingstone, who commenced the meeting by claiming President Bush was running “a gangster regime.” “We salute you Mr. President,” Livingstone told Chavez. “Londoners stand with you, not with the oil companies and the oligarchs.”
“Chavez offers oil to Europe’s poor”, 14/5/06 - Last night Chavez also issued a taunting obituary for the ‘American empire’ on the eve of a visit where he will be shunned by Downing Street but welcomed by London Mayor Ken Livingststone. Chavez said in Vienna yesterday that the ‘final hours of the North American empire have arrived ... Now we have to say to the empire: “We're not afraid of you. You’re a paper tiger.”
“Fighting US imperialism at City Hall”, 15/5/06
“Bush the ‘biggest terrorist in the world today’”, 16/5/06 - Speaking on a private visit to London, the Venezuelan leader has thrown the accusation back at his accusers, calling the US an irrational empire and President George W Bush “the biggest terrorist in the world today”. “For that you would have to punish the Government of the United States which is practising terrorism,” he said. “It’s bombing whole towns, civilian populations, killing innocent people and women and children in Iraq.”
“In S. Korea, a Stubborn Stand Against U.S. Military Presence”, 21/5/06
“US ‘biggest global peace threat’”, 14/6/06
“Austria’s Haider Says Bush Is a War Criminal”, 17/6/06
“Austrians Call U.S. President Bush Unpleasant”, 25/6/06
“Anger at U.S. Policies More Strident at U.N.”, 24/9/06
“Rice’s Lost Credibility”, 5/10/06
“Britons wary of Bush more than Kim Jong-il: poll”, 3/11/06
“Saudi king urges Arab states to unite against US interference”, 30/3/07
“US missile shield proposal rejected by Czech villagers”, 6/5/07
“Iranian President Ahmadinejad Leads Anti-U.S. Rally in Dubai”, 13/5/07
“Poll says distrust of U.S. is growing”, 27/6/07 - WASHINGTON - Unease with American foreign policy and President Bush has intensified in countries that are some of the closest U.S. allies and around the globe, while Russia and China also face growing international wariness, a survey released Wednesday said. Support for the U.S.-led war in Iraq, the NATO military action in Afghanistan and worldwide American efforts against terrorism have dropped since 2002, according to an international survey by the nonpartisan Pew Research Center. Views of the U.S. in much of the Muslim world remain particularly negative.
“General labelled a Bush puppet”, 1/8/07 - IMRAN KHAN, the former Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician, has called on the President, Pervez Musharraf, to resign. “It is all over for him. He is sunk,” Mr Khan told London's Telegraph on Monday…Mr Khan said: “The longer Musharraf stays after this, the longer the backlash of extremism will last. The majority of Pakistanis, secular-minded or not, view Musharraf as an American puppet.”

Famous people against Bush:

Author Stephen King against Bush administration: “I have serious problem with the current administration and with the idea that we have an ongoing war on terrorism that’s open-ended, and that any time the administration has problems with anybody that opposes their agenda all they have to do is wave that bloody 9-11 shirt and everybody's going to fall back into line”.
“Clooney takes on his dad’s battles”, 22/2/06 Related: “Clooney: I’m a proud traitor”, 25/2/06 [FLM Comment: Actor George Clooney against Bush administration.]
Actor Larry Hagman against George Bush: [from Wikipedia] “Like many other Hollywood folk, despite his Texan roots, Hagman derided George W. Bush before the Iraq War. At a signing for his book he said “A sad figure (Bush) - not too well educated, who doesn't get out of America much. He’s leading the country towards Fascism.”
“Neil Young, Son of Famed Reporter, Records “Impeach the President” Song”, 14/4/06; Related: “Rocker decries the war and the damage done”, 19/4/06
“Pearl Jam aim their guitars at the war”, 3/5/06
“Dixies show they’re still not chicken”, 4/6/06
“Time for an “Agonizing Reappraisal”
· “Labour agrees: Bush is crap”, 21/8/06
“Chavez: Bush ‘devil’; U.S. ‘on the way down’”, 21/9/06
“Sheehan threatens to run against Pelosi”, 9/7/07

Arch-terrorist and criminal George Bush:

George Bush: Zionist double agent; American traitor; Jew!

“Iraq Conflict Not Worth Fighting, Say Americans”, 5/11/05
“Ambushed: Why America turned on Dubbya”, 7/11/05
“Bush, GOP mired in political quicksand”, 9/11/05
More Bush lies
“Bush on the Constitution: ‘It’s just a goddamned piece of paper”, 9/12/05
· “Gore Says Witetapping Could Be Impeachable Offense”, 16/1/06
· “Sen. Clinton: House ‘has been run like a plantation’”, 17/1/06 – “Sen. Hillary Clinton on Monday blasted the Bush administration as “one of the worst” in U.S. history and compared the Republican-controlled House of Representatives to a plantation where dissenting voices are squelched”.
House Judiciary Democrats issue report alleging gross misconduct by Bush over Iraq
“Bush: ‘Fighting and Sacrifice’ Needed”, 18/3/06
“Former first lady’s donation aids son”, 23/3/06
“Bush likens ‘war on terror’ to WWIII”, 6/5/06

American people against Bush:

“Poll: Approval Ratings Compared”, 2/11/05
“Bush’s Popularity Reaches New Low”, 4/11/05
Zogby poll: Majority of likely voters support considering impeachmentover Iraq, 51-45 percent – “A new poll of likely voters by Zogby International has found that a majority of Americans support Congress considering the impeachment of President Bush if he “did not tell the truth about his reasons for going to war with Iraq…”
“Fox: President Bush’s Ratings Continue to Suffer”, 10/11/05
· “A Third of Americans Would Impeach Bush”, 20/12/05
· MSNBC poll on 27/12/05: 85% of 161 412 responses voted “Yes” to the question: “Do you believe President Bush’s actions justify impeachment?”

Live Vote


Do you believe President Bush’s actions justify impeachment?
* 161 412 responses








Yes, between the secret spying, the deceptions leading to war and more, there is plenty to justify putting him on trial.85%






No, like any president, he has made a few missteps, but nothing approaching “high crimes and misdemeanors.”5%






No, the man has done absolutely nothing wrong. Impeachment would just be a political lynching.8%






I don’t know.2%


Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10562904#survey
Time that the above was saved: Tuesday, 27/12/05, Approx. 4.00 PM Eastern Standard Time (Sydney, Australia)

· “More Americans favour impeaching Bush, poll says”, 25/1/06
· “Poll: Most think Bush is failing second term”, 27/1/06
· “Poll: Most disagree with Bush on Iraq”, 28/1/06
· “Poll: Bush Ratings At All-Time Low”, 27/2/06
“Near Paul Revere Country, Anti-Bush Cries Get Louder”, 25/3/06
“Poll Finds Bush Job Rating at New Low”, 11/4/06
“Bush’s approval ratings slide to new low”, 25/4/06
· “Republican right abandoning Bush”, 5/5/06
“Bush approval rating hits new low”, 8/5/06
“Conservative Christians Criticize Republicans”, 13/5/06
“Americans don't like President Bush personally much anymore, either”, 19/5/06
“Was the 2004 Election Stolen?”
“Bush’s approval drops to all-time low”, 12/10/06
“The Elephant in the Room: George W. Bush has the lowest presidential approval rating in a generation, and the leading Dems beat every major ’08 Republican. Coincidence?”, 5/5/07
“Much of US favors Bush impeachment: poll”, 6/7/07 - Nearly half of the US public wants President George W. Bush to face impeachment, and even more favor that fate for Vice President Dick Cheney, according to a poll out Friday. The survey by the American Research Group found that 45 percent support the US House of Representatives beginning impeachment proceedings against Bush, with 46 percent opposed, and a 54-40 split in favor when it comes to Cheney.
“Vermont town seeks Bush, Cheney arrests”, 28/12/07 - President Bush may soon have a new reason to avoid left-leaning Vermont: In one town, activists want him subject to arrest for war crimes. A group in Brattleboro is petitioning to put an item on a town meeting agenda in March that would make Bush and Vice President Cheney subject to arrest and indictment if they visit the southeastern Vermont community. “This petition is as radical as the Declaration of Independence, and it draws on that tradition in claiming a universal jurisdiction when governments fail to do what they're supposed to do,” said Kurt Daims, 54, a retired machinist leading the drive.

Neo-conservatives:

· “Colin Powell in four-letter neo-con ‘crazies’ row”, 12/9/04

Bush administration suffers setbacks:

· Congress defeats nuclear “bunker-busters”
· “Pentagon, intel pros tell Bush war cannot be won”, 30/11/05
· “Senators: Cheney Should Be Probed in Leak”, 12/2/06
“In state’s GOP heartland, questions; Many die-hard Republicans shaking their heads over Bush, war”, 20/3/06
“After grilling Bush, Helen Thomas gets thousands of flowers”, 31/3/06 - Thomas, the 85-year-old veteran White House journalist whose outspoken criticism of the Bush administration has drawn much hate mail from Bush supporters in recent years, said Friday that she was overwhelmed by the avalanche of roses.
“More Retired Generals Call for Rumsfeld’s Resignation”, 13/4/06
“Time for an “Agonizing Reappraisal”
“GAO Examines Signing Statement Cases”, 18/6/07
“Bush aides push for Iraq retreat”, 10/7/07

“DEMOCRACY”

· Edward S. Herman on “Demonstration Elections”

Opposition within the American population:

See no evil: The Blinding of America


GOVERNMENT RESOURCES

Central Intelligence Agency
CIA organisation
US Intelligence and Security Agencies
Defense Intelligence Agency
Department of Defense
Department of State
Federal Bureau of Investigation
The White House
US House of Representatives
US Senate


INSTITUTES/THINK TANKS:

Right wing/neo-conservative “think tanks”:

· Council on Foreign Relations
· American Enterprise Institute
· Hudson Institute
· Project for the New American Century

Other institutes:

· Cato Institute
· The Center for Public Integrity
· The Independent Institute
· The National Security Archive – a “research institute on international affairs, a library and archive of declassified U.S. documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act…”
· Federation of American Scientists – “dedicated to ending the worldwide arms race and avoiding the use of nuclear weapons for any purpose”
· NIRA’s World Directory of Think Tanks


UNITED NATIONS AND THE UNITED STATES

A list of United Nations resolutions the United States has voted against/vetoed


GENERAL INFORMATION

Area 51 photos and satellite information
Boycott American products!

Articles on America:

“Ground zilch: how Al-Qaeda defeated New York”, 5/9/05
“Why America can’t cope”, 12/9/05 – “There are deeper explanations for the New Orleans catastrophe than anyone has dared suggest…The roots lie in America’s deluded self-image”
“George Lucas attacks US cultural imperialism”, 24/3/06

The American Religious Right (Christian extremists, fundamentalists):

“Apocalypse Now” – American evangelicals, according to former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, “are the Israelis’ best friend in the whole world.”
What do you say to “Evangelical Zionists”?
· “‘Intelligent Design’ school board booted”, 9/11/05
· “Pat Robertson Warns Pennsylvania Town of Disaster”, 11/11/05
· “Prof. Critical of Creationism Resigns Post”, 7/12/05
· “District will abandon ‘intelligent design’”, 21/12/05
“Robertson Links Sharon, God’s Wrath”, 5/1/06 – “In Robertson’s broadcast from his Christian Broadcasting Network in Virginia Beach, the evangelist said he had personally prayed about a year ago with Sharon, whom he called “a very tender-hearted man and a good friend.” He said he was sad to see Sharon in this condition.”
Related: “Israel Suspends Contact With Pat Robertson”, 11/1/06 Related: “Robertson apologizes to Sharon’s son”, 13/1/06 [FLM Comment: Wow, there’s Jewish power for you and why they control American Christian leaders. It took the Jews only two days to have an American Evangelical crawling on his knees.]
“Among Evangelicals, A Kinship With Jews”, 8/1/06
“Evangelicals to launch ‘Christian AIPAC’”, 3/2/06
“Rise of megachurches may be dangerous, top cleric warns”, 23/2/06
“Top US evangelist targets Islam”, 14/3/06 [FLM Comment: How is this for a news story: “Outspoken organisation, the FLM, has accused Jews of planning world domination, and said some were “satanic”. On its website, the FLM said radical Jews and Zionists were inspired by “demonic power”. Mr Robertson is clearly becoming unstable and quite possibly is showing indications of senility. In this regard, he should receive sympathy rather than animosity.]

Related FLM articles:

“American Judeo-Christian Zionists exposed”, 19/1/06


SEPTEMBER 11

Related information from the FLM’s database on Israeli/Jewish issues:

Rev. Dr. Matt Hale: The Truth About 9-11: How Jewish Manipulation Killed Thousands

“Hijack ‘suspects’ alive and well”, 23/9/01
Questions about the official story
http://www.loosechange911.com/
FBI Tells 911 Rescue Worker To ‘Shut Up’ Over Finding Airplane ‘Black Boxes’
Did Jews have advanced warning of WTC attack?
Yes! “Odigo says workers were warned of attack”, 2/2/06
9-11 Commission avoids real reason for 911: US support for Israel
“Physicist says heat substance felled WTC”, 10/4/06
“Israeli-Zionist Conspiracy Hijacks 9/11 Lawsuit”
Dr. Crockett Grabe, Caltech and U. of Iowa: doubts official story

Famous people who doubt official story:

Actor Charlie Sheen: doubts official 911 story
Award winning director, producer and actor Ed Asner: doubts official 911 story
Sharon Stone supports Charlie Sheen’s statements

Other news:

“This guy ‘has betrayed public’s trust’ – Gov”, 16/3/06 – “Plans to rebuild Ground Zero, the gaping hole in lower Manhattan's resurgence, stalled again amid fury yesterday - leading Gov. Pataki to accuse developer Larry Silverstein of betraying New York”.
“Deal reached on Ground Zero plans”, 27/4/06
“Perle: Tenet trying to shift blame for 9/11”, 4/5/07






File 4 – Australia


Australia becomes a Police State:

“Howard secures approval for terror laws”, 2/11/05
“Terrorism law changes to thwart possible threat”, 2/11/05
“Terrorist threat timing a coincidence: PM”, 2/11/05
“Ruddock tables new anti-terrorism laws”, 3/11/05 – “The Federal Government’s counter-terrorism Bill has been introduced into the Parliament.
The Bill was delayed this week because of concerns raised by the state and territory leaders…That change is to deal with what John Howard called a potential terrorist threat…The definition of what constitutes incitement has been tightened addressing freedom of speech concerns. There will also be a review of the new laws by a former judge.”
“Howard rejects terrorism threat conspiracy claims”, 3/11/05 – The Federal Government has strongly rejected suggestions the warning of “specific intelligence” of a terrorist attack and the urgent legislation to deal with that threat is a political conspiracy…Some politicians have accused the Government of trying to divert attention from the industrial relations (IR) legislation that was also introduced into Parliament yesterday. Greens Senator Bob Brown has accused the Government of an outrageous abuse of the Parliament and of political manipulation. “The Prime Minister needed to concoct a situation to divert attention from the industrial relations legislation,” he said.
“Features of new anti-terror laws”, 3/11/05

A ban on organisations that advocate terrorism.
Terror suspects subject to control orders for up to 12 months. But the orders will be subject to court challenge.
Suspects can be held in preventative detention for up to 14 days without charge.
Seven-year jail terms for urging ill-will or hostility towards different groups.
Stronger offences for financing terrorism.
Stop, search and seizure powers to be used in airports and other commonwealth places to prevent or respond to terrorism.
Federal police given greater powers to seize information from businesses, airlines and journalists which could help in terrorism investigations.
Legal protection for use of security cameras at airports.
State police covered by state shoot-to-kill rules.

“Muslim group condemns anti-terrorism laws”, 5/11/05
“Turnbull urges review of sedition laws”, 5/11/05 – “Federal Coalition backbencher Malcolm Turnbull says the sedition provisions included in the new anti-terrorism laws are archaic and need revision. Civil libertarians, journalists and media providers have raised concerns about the provisions, which they fear could prevent criticism of the Government.”
“Govt to arm military with shoot-to-kill powers”, 6/11/05 – “Soldiers with shoot-to-kill powers could patrol Australian streets to help fight terrorism under laws being proposed by the Federal Government. Defence Minister Robert Hill will introduce the legislation to Parliament before Christmas and wants it passed early next year.”
“[Terror laws] Worst threat in our history, says libertarian”
“Writers Threatened by Australian Anti-Terror Laws”, 24/11/05 – “However the Australian Anti-Terrorism Laws, while not specifying Muslims, will in fact TARGET them because all 18 presently Government-proscribed organizations are Muslim. As with the “old” White Australia Policy and the “secret” New White Australia Policy, the Anti-Terrorism Laws will target Asians and Muslims by “secret executive interpretation”. Thus Australian Jews will be free to serve as soldiers in the illegally-occupied West Bank or Syrian territories and free to donate money towards illegal Israeli settlements - while a peaceful Muslim could face life imprisonment for a charitable donation at a mosque...”
“Senate passes counter-terrorism laws”, 6/12/05 [FLM Comment: That’s it. It’s a dark day for Australia with two significant developments – Australia entrenching the Police State and further conformation that we are also an undemocratic totalitarian One Party State with the Labor Federal Opposition actually supporting the laws.]
“Ozdowski urges checks on terrorism laws”, 7/12/05
“Australian bloggers muzzled”, 7/12/05
“Government considers ID card”, 29/12/05
“Phone tapping of non-suspects necessary: Ruddock”, 16/2/06
“Phone tap powers planned to widen”, 14/2/06
“Federal police consider ‘deprogramming’ terrorists”, 9/3/06
“Spoof PM site caught in crossfire”, 22/3/06 – “The parody website at johnhowardpm.org was set up by long-time satirist and social commentator, Richard Neville, and featured a soulful speech reflecting on the Iraq war. But the day after the site went live it was seemingly closed under government orders”.
“Phone-tapping bill on the way”, 30/3/06
· “Cabinet considers smart card”, 30/3/06
“Rocket launchers recommendation draws fire”, 13/4/06
“ASIO takes hunt for spies online”, 18/4/06
“ID cards to foil fraud, terrorism”, 26/4/06
A National ID card in disguise: “Cabinet approves smart card”, 26/4/06
See!: “Official: national card due by 2010”, 27/4/06 [Related: This is what Texe Marrs reported back in September 1996: “The new Beast 666 system will mandate that every man, woman, and child on planet Earth be issued a high tech, “Smart,” I.D. card, called a Universal Biometrics Card. The chilling system is slated to be fully in operation by the year 2000, to celebrate the dawn of the New Age Millennium.”]
“Bikie raid sees 14 guns seized”, 3/5/06 - Police have seized guns…and charged one man with 53 gun related offences during a series of evening raids on an as yet unnamed bikie gang in Sydney’s west. [FLM Comment: You can see the real reason for these raids was the continued disarmament of the population, under the guise of “law and order” and “crime fighting”.]
“Terrorism charge dropped”, 27/7/07 - All charges against Indian doctor Mohamed Haneef were dropped today in the Brisbane Magistrates Court.
“New secret search powers”, 1/8/07

Australia’s version of Britain’s fake “Ricin poison cell” (from January 2003)?:

[FLM Comment: The “War on Terror” keeps making the world “safer”]

“Arrests made in counter-terrorism raids”, 8/11/05 – “Police say that 15 arrests have been made during a series of counter-terrorism raids in Sydney and Melbourne early today. New South Wales Police Commissioner Moroney says more than 400 police officers have been involved in raids on 15 homes in south-western Sydney.”
“Howard suggests raids vindicate laws rush”, 8/11/05
“Keelty seeks suppression of terror allegations”, 8/11/05 [FLM Comment: This proves the “terror plot” is a fake government psy-op to scare the population into line and “justify” the recent new Police State anti-freedom measures]
FLM Comment on the Australian “terror plot”
“Suspects ‘stopped near reactor’”, 14/11/05
“Police claims raise new questions about “terrorist” raids in Australia”, 17/11/05

Flashback: Former CIA Analyst: Government May Be Manufacturing Fake Terrorism [FLM Comment: Obviously applicable to the Australia government as well]

NSW Police State:

“Secret ops: 324 a year in NSW”, 6/12/05 – “Of the controlled operations conducted by NSW Police 45 per cent resulted in arrests and charges. Other evidence and intelligence was gathered in four per cent of the operations, but 51 per cent produced a nil result.” [FLM Comment: The crucial issue here is that the majority of these sepcial operations resulted in “nil result”. Therefore, its unnecessary police power.]
“NSW to toughen laws after attack on lefesavers”, 11/12/05 [FLM Comment: Why does the government have to always “toughen” or “strengthen” laws after every single crime or shooting? Especially when that particular incident receives huge media coverage. What laws where there for years beforehand? This is a government plan to use every incident, after ensuring their media allies hype it, as an excuse to further the Police State.]
“Strong police presence curbs southern Sydney unrest”, 14/12/05 – “The NSW Parliament will be recalled tomorrow to pass tough new laws to enable police to crack down on rioters.”
“2,000 police lock down Sydney beaches”, 18/12/05
“Mao’s megaphones come to the streets of Sydney”, 1/8/07
Not far from truth: “Police email blunder: ‘arrest anybody’”, 2/8/07

Other State news:

“Tasmania to censor public library net access”, 11/12/05 [FLM Comment: This is a very worrying development towards to censorship and government control of information. It is understandable for some site like pornography to be blocked in public library computers but these measures will extend to any websites inconvenient to conformist “mainstream” society.]
“WA to trial satellite tracking of criminals”, 18/12/05

Australia joins America and its crimes:

“SAS cleared in Afghanistan incident”, 2/11/05 – “A review of Australian SAS soldiers’ involvement in an incident in Afghanistan in which 11 tribesmen were killed found they acted professionally, a Senate committee has heard.”
“I won’t be an Aussie”, 18/1/06 – “The world's most famous violinist, Nigel Kennedy, has abandoned plans to become an Australian citizen in protest at the country's role in the war in Iraq”.
“PM: troops to stay in Iraq”, 12/2/06
“200 more troops to Afghanistan”, 22/2/06
“Australian troops to remain in Iraq”, 13/3/06
“NATO mulls Australian alliance”, 28/4/06
“Australia and US restate alliance”, 17/5/06
“Iraqi minister’s guard killed by Aussies”, 22/6/06
“Soft-drink seller killed by Australian soldiers, Iraq claims”, 27/9/06

John Howard as American puppet:

FLM: “AMERICA DICTATES TO AUSTRALIAN PM JOHN HOWARD – HE FOLLOWS”, 5/2/06; Related: “US calls for AWB inquiry ‘worrying’”, 4/4/06

“Howard ‘following Bush on uranium’”, 6/3/06
“Australia ‘no lap-dog’ to US”, 19/6/06

Australian imperialism (mini-invasions and occupations):

East Timor:

“Gangs attack Aussie troops”, 7/8/07

Solomon Islands:

“8 AFP officers injured in Solomon Islands protest”, 18/4/06
“AFP requests military back-up in Solomons”, 19/4/06
“Curfew declared as mob hits Honiara streets”, 19/4/06
“Solomons unrest spreads”, 20/4/06
“More troops to be deployed: PM”, 21/4/06
“Solomon Islands’ PM quits”, 26/4/06
“Solomons PM wants envoy removed”, 2/5/06
“Downer condemns Solomons Cabinet decision”, 6/5/06
“Solomons PM lashes Australia”, 30/9/06 - Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has accused Australia of violating his nation's sovereignty following the arrest in Papua New Guinea of his country’s new attorney-general.

Government censorship/suppression of information:

“CSIRO scientists say Govt stifles debate”, 13/2/06
“Greenhouse critic says views cost him his job”, 13/2/06

Campaign against Muslims:

“Howard ‘fuelling Islamic radicalism’”, 26/12/05
“Abortion will lead to Muslim nation: MP”, 14/2/06
“PM inciting hatred, says cleric”, 21/2/06
Peter Costello rants against Muslims – “Mr Costello particularly singled out Muslims in his remarks, saying those who advocate extremism should move to countries where they feel more comfortable”. More here. [FLM Comment: How many Jews have dual citizenship in the US and are strong supporters of Israeli-Zionist aggression and extremism in the Middle East? The same may well apply in Australia where so many “extremists” support the greater aggression and crimes of America and Israel as opposed to the lesser crimes of those resisting their aggression.]
“Mufti to be ousted by Muslim leaders”, 4/4/06 - The Australian understands the push to depose the Egyptian-born Sheik Hilali from the position he has held since 1989 follows criticism levelled at him by the federal Government and Islamic leaders over his outspoken opposition to John Howard's hand-picked Muslim advisory board.
“MUSLIMS SHOULD BACK IRAN, AL HILALY SAYS”, 9/4/07 [FLM Comment: The FLM absolutely endorses the comments by Sheik al Hilaly and condemns any Australian Muslims who speak against his words on this matter. The FLM in fact cannot believe that there could be any Australian Muslims who would not support Iran against more warmongering and terrorism by America and Israel. Haven’t we just seen four years of American terrorism and killing of Muslims in Iraq? The same Zionist warmongers and killers who brought us Iraq and Afghanistan have been beating the war drums against Iran in a desperate drive for more war and power. This will only mean the massacre of more Muslims. Yet there are Australian Muslims who express opposition to al Hilaly and Iran? This is mind boggling. As for Sydney-based imam Khalil Shami, he even raises the schism between Sunnis and Shias in his eagerness to support Western aggression against Iran. America and Israel have done their best over the past four years to create civil war between Sunnis and Shias in Iraq in order to divert attention away from what is an illegal and immoral American war against Muslims. The FLM condemns imam Khalil Shami in the strongest possible terms.]
“Hilaly denies supporting terrorism”, 21/4/07; Related: “Sheik ‘committed no offence’”, 21/4/07

Opposition to Police State:

“Ex-premier slams IR, terror laws”, 8/5/06

Radical Christian Right makes inroads into Australia:

“Beware the religious invasion of our polity”, 17/4/05
“Graffiti attack on Friday First office”, 10/12/05

Media mocking Christianity:

“SBS drops South Park episode on the Pope”, 24/2/06

Other news:

“Christmas part of the Australian way, says bishop”, 12/12/05
“Australia ‘meaner’ under Howard”, 20/2/06
“David Hicks released”, 29/12/07 - David Hicks has been released from Yatala Prison. Looking calm and composed, the 32-year-old walked from Adelaide's Yatala Prison at 8.17 (CDT) and was escorted to a waiting car, bypassing the waiting media pack that had been keeping a round-the-clock vigil. FLM Comment: If David Hicks can somehow be construed as being a “criminal” – even if he did help the Taliban defend Afghanistan against a foreign invasion – then he is certainly a very minor criminal on the world stage. Noam Chomsky began his book, Pirates and Emperors, Old and New: International Terrorism in the Real World, with a great anecdote:

St. Augustine tells the story of a pirate captured by Alexander the Great, who asked him “how he dares molest the sea.” “How dare you molest the whole world?” the pirate replied: “Because I do it with a little ship only, I am called a thief; you, doing it with a great navy, are called an Emperor.”

The analogy is as apt today as when Alexander and his “civilized” Greeks were conquering the world and killing millions. Today, the leaders of America and Britain are the major world criminals – war criminals and terrorists - who should suffer the same fate, if there was any real justice in the world, as the Nazi leaders after World War 2. But of course in this Orwellian New World Order of American domination, where lies becomes truth, war becomes peace and a Police State becomes freedom, this will never occur.

The FLM welcomes and celebrates the release of David Hicks and hopes that he successfully re-enters society with no lasting effects from his horrendous ordeal with the American International terrorist regime.


File 5 – Health & Medical Issues


Alternative health information:

“Doctors are Dangerous” – research into natural ways of maintaining good health.
“Far-fetched excuse that a court flung out”, 2/3/06 – “Since 1993, the South Eastern Sydney Area Health Service has fought Ms King, 30, who was left a quadriplegic after an operation in 1989 at Prince of Wales Children's Hospital to remove a tumour resulted in her spine rotting from a chemotherapy overdose”.
The banning of vitamins: Codex Alimentarius: The Plan To Ban All Vitamins,Minerals, Herbs and Supplements

The truth on fluoride and fluoridation of water:

Database on fluoride information
“EPA Scientists & Workers Call for an End to Water Fluoridation Because of Cancer Risk”, 30/8/05
The Great Fluoride Scam
Fluoride Action Network
“Anti-fluoride campaigner warns residents of cancer link”, 25/4/06 - The people of Bendigo, in central Victoria, are being urged to demand health studies on the effects of fluoridated drinking water. Anti-fluoridation campaigner David McRae will be in Bendigo today discussing concerns about its use in water supplies. Fluoride has been added to Bendigo’s water since 2002, despite strong opposition to its introduction. Mr McRae, from the Victorian Fluoride Information Network, says fluoridated water is not reducing tooth decay and it has been linked to cancer. “The centre for cancer prevention at Harvard University released a study showing that boys and young in fluoridated towns get bone cancer at five times the rate of people who are not consuming fluoridated water,” Mr McRae said.
“City removes fluoride from water”, 13/9/06 - Fluoride will no longer be added to Del Rio’s drinking water. The Del Rio City Council made that decision Tuesday night after a presentation by John Morony, a retired college biology professor, who characterized fluoride as a poison and showed the council numerous research references that link fluoride to higher rates of cancer and other health hazards.
“Arguments drying up”, 21/3/07 [FLM Comment: Another doctor passes on establishment propaganda to convince people the mass poisoning of our water supply with fluoride is healthy.]

Alternative medicine news:

“Mexican clinics sell hope, questionable cures”, 8/2/06 – “On Thursday, the Santa Monica Health Institute -- the clinic where Coretta Scott King died last week -- was shut down by Mexican authorities. Mexican state officials said the clinic had been carrying out unproven treatments and unauthorized surgeries, employed people who were not properly trained, did not follow proper procedures for treating terminally ill patients and failed to meet sanitary requirements”. [FLM Comment: The New World Order starts its campaign to suppress alternative treatments that challenge the conventional money-making medical establishment. This story is interesting because it hypes the fact that a “terminally ill” patient dies in a non-conventional clinic before they received any treatment: “King, who had advanced ovarian cancer, died before getting any treatments at the Santa Monica Health Institute, a beachfront compound in Rosarito, about 16 miles south of San Diego, doctors at the clinic said”. So the clinic and its “unproven” treatments were not the cause: the person had “advanced ovarian cancer” and was seeking a last-ditch alternative treatment. How many patients die in conventional hospitals? People die in conventional hospitals every day but there is no outcry. But some people know the truth about the conventional money-making “treatments”: “Some hotel guests say their treatment has worked wonders. Tim Craney of Pueblo, Colorado, said he was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 1983 and has been visiting a Tijuana clinic for two years. He pays $200 a day for daily injections of vitamins and minerals. “I'm not convinced that chemotherapy is the way to go because it kills everything,” said Craney, 78. “Most people I know who have taken it are not alive”.]

“Bird flu”:

“Donald Rumsfeld makes $5m killing on bird flu drug”, 12/3/06

HIV/AIDS:

Why I Quit HIV

American-style capitalist “health care”:

“Giant US care franchise will visit Gran for $60”, 4/5/06




File 6 – Media


John Piler: “A news revolution has begun”, 24/11/05 – “The Indian writer Vandana Shiva has called for an “insurrection of subjugated knowledge”. The insurrection is well under way. In trying to make sense of a dangerous world, millions of people are turning away from the traditional sources of news and information and to the world wide web, convinced that mainstream journalism is the voice of rampant power. The great scandal of Iraq has accelerated this. In the United States, several senior broadcasters have confessed that had they challenged and exposed the lies told about Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction, instead of amplifying and justifying them, the invasion might not have happened.”

Pertinent flashback: FLM: “It’s time for an intellectual revolution”, 3/8/05

“Venezuela sets up ‘CNN rival’”, 28/6/05


Reports on the lying mainstream media:

· How the media brainwashes you: “Televisioning and the Non-Functional Citizen”
Media reads the same government propaganda script
· Robert Fisk: “Telling it like it isn’t”, 17/12/05
· “Columnist probed over alleged extortion”, 8/4/06
· “Bush ‘planted fake news stories on American TV’”, 29/5/06
“BARS, BROTHELS AND, ER, HAIRDRESSERS ON HIGH ALERT AS CREW CUTS LOOSE”, 7 July 2007 [FLM Comment: So the “smiling face of the US military” undertakes “a charm offensive designed to win the hearts and minds of nervous natives”. They can afford to smile while cocooned in the invulnerable spearhead of American terrorism and domination. The US aircraft carrier, USS Kitty Hawk, is visiting Australia, and the mainstream media has reacted exactly as one would expect from a media that cheerleads American imperialism with a constant war-friendly, pro-American and pro-war coverage. The media could not do better if it formed part of the Pentagon’s propaganda department. The media has debased itself with a typically fawning, salivating coverage of the exciting American war machine and its crew of simpletons and stooges of Washington’s war criminals.

The Americans should be met with mass protests, but a Police State in which protesters are treated as pseudo-terrorists has ensured an obedient population. Better still, the Americans should not be allowed to land here and Australia should be opposed to the bloody and unjust American wars that John Howard has readily joined. The FLM denounces these American killers and their war machines and urges Sydney-siders to similarly reject and despise them.]

The Bill O’Reilly file:

Bill threatens to unleash “Fox security” on caller and here
“The impenetrable fog of Bill O’Reilly”, 22/6/06


Media/movie/TV anti-Christian, anti-social campaign:

“Oh my god, they killed satire ... and religion defeats free speech”, 27/3/06 - WE have a new cartoon-blasphemy scandal. No, it's not Islamists burning down Kentucky Fried Chicken stores in Pakistan because a few Danish cartoonists had the gall to draw the prophet Mohammed. Now it's Scientology versus the popular and hilarious cartoon television program South Park. And the Scientologists, like the Islamists before them, are winning…It is also brave. It doesn't only skewer political ideology, it also aims square at religions. It has mocked Catholicism, Mormonism, evangelicalism and even featured a cartoon Mohammed as a superhero. [FLM Comment: Once again, we have more weasel words from a drone of the conformist mainstream media harping about “free speech”. What is one thing that this article doesn’t mention that South Park has “mocked”? Judaism and the Jews. How typical; and further proof that it is open season in the media to “mock” (i.e. insult, vilify, degrade) Christianity and Islam but not Judaism, while the media propagandaists discuss earnestly how “free speech” is being infringed upon. However, as soon as Jews are “mocked” all hell would break loose with charges of “anti-Semitism” and “hate speech” yelled from every rooftop.]
FLM article: “THE NEW BETRAYAL: THE ‘GOSPEL OF JUDAS’”, 8/4/06


MEDIA CRITICS:

FAIR: Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting
Medialens


ALTERNATIVE NEWS:

Inter Press Service News Agency
The New Standard
American Free Press
Capitol Hill Blue
“A site for truthseekers”


MAINSTREAM MEDIA NETWORKS

Australian news:

· ABC News
· The Australian
· Sydney Morning Herald
· The Daily Telegraph
· Sky News Australia

British news:

BBC News
The Independent
The Mirror
The Guardian
The Times

International and major news networks:

World News Network
Agence France-Presse
Ananova
Associated Press
Reuters

News from the Middle East:

Middle East Online
Al Jazeera
Islam Online

North American news networks:

CNN
FoxNews
Los Angeles Times
The New York Times
The Washington Post
USA Today
The Washington Times
Newsday
The Globe and Mail

Other news:

News from Africa
Database of thousands of newspapers from around the world







File 7 – Real & Suppressed History


COUNTRY REPORTS

Congo/Belgium:

King Leopold’s “Heart of Darkness” – How Belgian colonists killed 8 million natives and stole their wealth
Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, 1902 – a fictional account based on Conrad’s trip to the Congo, who was one of the first outsiders to see what was going on there

Hungary:

The Treaty of Trianon (1920) and the Dismemberment of Hungary
The text of the Treaty of Trianon
“From Hungary ‘56 to Iraq ‘06”, 23/6/06

Ireland:

The Mass Graves of Ireland: Forgotten history of the Irish Holocaust
“Ireland’s War of Independence: The chilling story of the Black and Tans”, 21/4/06

Israel:

· “Truman Overrode Strong State Department Warning Against Partitioning of Palestine in 1947”
Truman Adviser Recalls May 14,1948 US Decision to Recognize Israel

Kenya:

“Kenya rights group to sue Britain for colonial-era atrocities”, 5/5/06

Ukraine:

“Ukraine demands ‘genocide’ marked”, 25/11/05

Vietnam/Vietnam War:

Declassified documents prove “second” North Vietnamese attack in the Gulf of Tonkin on 4 August 1964 did not occur
“Vietnam Study, Casting Doubts, Remains Secret”, 31/10/05


ANCIENT HISTORY

Mankind’s origins:

Official website of Graham Hancock
Official website of Robert Bauval

Other ancient mysteries:

“Ancient Egyptians used helicopters and airplanes for battles?”, 11 November 2005


MODERN HISTORY

Noam Chomsky: “Reshaping History” – truths of the Vietnam War and the Israel/Palestinian conflict suppressed and distorted by the mainstream media (particularly the New York Times)


WORLD WAR TWO

Some suppressed or forgotten history of WW2 include:

History: The hidden truth of WWII
The world’s worst maritime disaster – the German liner Wilhem Gustloff
Related: The Swedish Dresden and Wilhelm Gustloff Commemoration Committee
Report on the “Czech reign of terror” against Sudeten Germans
German POWs used as slave labourers in the US
“New Evidence on the 1941 ‘Barbarossa’ Attack: Why Hitler Attacked Soviet Russia When He Did”
· “Discovery of Red Army phrasebook hints at Soviet plans to fight Hitler on British front”, 26/3/06
The dark side of the ‘Good War’: World War II myth obscures the widespread racism and gruesome atrocities committed by Allied and Axis powers.

Other news:

“Hitler wanted a bit of the Vatican in Berlin”, 23/1/06
“Dispute over Nazi archives”, 22/2/06 & “Dispute over Holocaust archive”, 21/2/06

Allied war crimes:

How more than 9 million Germans, both POW’s and civilians, died as a result of Allied starvation, expulsion and ethnic cleansing policies in the 5 years after WW2 ended
Documented American war crime – “execution” (murder) of German soldiers
A Legacy of Dead German Children – “Thousands of German children – many of them toddlers fleeing the Soviet advance – died in Danish refugee camps at the end of World War II.”
Allied war crimes 1941 – 1950
“Tragedy Finds Resting Place in Fort Douglas”, 11/11/02
“Rethinking the postwar expulsions”, 16/4/05
“Revealed: UK wartime torture camp”, 12/11/05
Massacre of Germans in the US after WW2
“Islands were invaded by Japanese, then hundreds died in US camps”, 9/12/05
“Britain ran torture camp after WW11: report”, 18/12/05
“The postwar photographs that British authorities tried to keep hidden”, 3/4/06
“Revealed: victims of UK’s cold war torture camp”, 3/4/06
“Bari Revisited: A Thesis By Curt Maynard” - If it would have shortened the war by a single year, Churchill was more than willing to “drench German cities in poison gas,” as revealed by a recently discovered June 1944 memo from Churchill to General Hastings Ismay.
“Veterans are flying on wrong heading”, 17/4/07 – They’re aiming to remove or rewrite a contentious Canadian War Museum display on the bombing of Germany, which claimed 10,000 RCAF air crew casualties and, if the museum has its facts right, 600,000 civilian lives.
“How three million Germans died after VE Day”, 18/4/07

Dresden Holocaust of February 1945:

Dresden Holocaust: ‘A Single Column of Flame’
David Irving’s Dresden database
WW2 censorship of war crimes: US used white phosphorus bombs against civilians in Dresden [Note: See Iraq section in File 1 for American use of phosphorous in Iraq]
“TV shatters the Dresden taboo”, 7/3/06

Atomic bombings:

George Weller’s report from Nagasaki suppressed by US military
Associated Press report on George Weller’s report
“Hiroshima and Nagasaki” – Excerpt from Ralph Raico’s book on Truman discussing the atomic bombings
Hiroshima atomic bomb unnecessary

Holocaust studies:

Database of Real History and Revisionist information

Robert Faurisson: Ecrits revisionnistes

Why is the Armenian genocide denied?

Information:

The Prop-Masters – Perpetrators of the holocaust against Christian Russia transform themselves into “survivors” of a holocaust.
“How legitimate is the list of “Holocaust” (Shoah) victims at the Yad Vashem website?”
“A Factual Appraisal of the “Holocaust” by the Red Cross”
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on the Holocaust
US Government crushes free speech: “holocaust denier” deported to Jewish clutches
“Expose of the year: ‘The Marketing of Evil’”, 2/8/05
Michael A. Hoffman II: “Holocaustianity: The state religion of the United States of America”, interview with Iranian Mehr News Agency, 4/1/06
“Revisionists only deny one aspect of Holocaust story: Butz”, 1/2/06
Michael A. Hoffman II: “Professor’s “Holocaust Denial” Sparks Uproar at N.W. University”, 7/2/06
“Assad: Shoah numbers exaggerated”, 28/3/06
“2 charged for Holocaust denial”, 18/4/06
“Creator of Internet Auschwitz rave clip on trial in Holland”, 22/5/06 – “1.1 million people were killed by the Nazis in Auschwitz-Birkenau during WWII, mostly European Jews”.

Iran’s uncovering of truth:

“Iran: Holocaust conference soon in Tehran”, 5/1/06
Prof. Arthur R. Butz: “Iran has the U.S.’s number”, 14/2/06 – “The principal obstacle to the propagation of revisionism is, simply, fear. At present, the entrenched legend is protected by a system of legal and extra-legal prohibitions (“taboos”). Nobody could dispute the truth of that statement in Europe, where laws in most countries specifically proscribe the expression of revisionist ideas as criminal offenses. For me, the most painful instance of that intellectual terror is the incarceration of my chemist friend Germar Rudolf, presently being held in solitary confinement in a maximum security prison near Stuttgart. His heinous crime? As a chemistry graduate student he did a forensic analysis of the walls of the alleged gas chambers, didn’t find the cyanide residues that ought to have been there and concluded they weren’t gas chambers. The lack of such forensic evidence is well known in the field. For example, in the Wall Street Journal of July 7, 2004, Timothy Ryback wrote that “there is little forensic evidence proving homicidal intent” in the ruins of Auschwitz.

The most recent Iranian development has come from Hamshahri, Iran’s largest newspaper. They will answer the offensive cartoons of Muhammad, defended in Europe in the name of freedom of expression, with a cartoon contest on the theme of the “Holocaust.” Let’s hear the Europeans preach “human rights” and “freedom” then! The cartoons will likely be criminal offenses throughout continental Europe and perhaps actionable in Britain as well. The hypocrisy is staggering”.
“Poland will not let Iran “research” Holocaust”, 17/2/06 – “WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's Foreign Minister Stefan Meller on Friday ruled out allowing any Iranian researchers to examine the scale of the Holocaust committed by the German Nazis on Polish soil during World War Two. Meller’s remarks came after repeated denials of the Jewish Holocaust by Iranian officials and their suggestions that more research is needed to establish the truth about what happened to European Jews. “Under no circumstances we should allow something like that to take place in Poland,” Meller told Polish news agency PAP. “It goes beyond all imaginable norms to question, even discuss or negotiate the issue.”
“Iran: Helmut Kohl agrees with Ahmadinejad on Holocaust”, 6/3/06 [FLM Comment: There is some doubt as to whether Kohl actually made these remarks. He is a honoured guest in Israel and as such is as much a Zionist puppet as any other German and Austrian leader.]
“Ahmadinejad: Investigate the Holocaust”, 16/6/06
“Tehran to hold Holocaust conference in October”, 25/6/06

Suppression of facts:

“Dispute over Nazi archives”, 22/2/06 & “Dispute over Holocaust archive”, 21/2/06
“A Holocaust Denial”, 25/3/06
“ICRC, Germany denying access to Holocaust archive”, 26/3/06
“Punctilious Nazi archive of death”, 16/5/06

“Survivors”:

“Survivor” of a gas chamber, 5/4/05
One better: Man twice survives Auschwitz gas chambers, 1/1/06
“Auschwitz escapee who alerted the world dies”, 1/4/06 - Mr Vrba fought with a partisan unit following his remarkable escape. [FLM Comment: Another wonderful “survivor” of an efficient, German-run “death camp”. As the report states, he was a Jewish insurgent/terrorist who posed a real “threat” to “security” and therefore, German forces had every right to hunt down and kill – just like American forces do in Afghanistan and Iraq. Many of the “insurgent/terrorist” groups in Europe (i.e “resistance” groups – if we are to turn modern propaganda on its head) were comprised of Jews and communists.]

David Irving:

“Prison sentence for Holocaust denial”, 21/2/06 Related: “Beauty queen causes chaos at hearing”, 21/2/06
“Irving case prompts Austria law debate”, 21/2/06
“Irving expands on Holocaust views”, 28/2/06

Related:

“Neo-Nazis in the Bundestag?”, 11/2/05
“Iran leader faces Holocaust case”, 22/2/06
“Google Censors Revisionist Videos”, 22/2/06
“Handcuffed to the memory of Hitler”, 22/2/06 – “Holocaust studies” developed into a huge industry, with dedicated chairs, institutes, and a proselytising drive to create Holocaust museums in every American city. This Holocaust industry amounts to a secular religion. Tony Blair's Government has encouraged establishing this cult through a wholly unnecessary Holocaust Day. The cult has its priesthood, ever ready with words of encouragement or censure from far away Los Angeles. And it has nasty sectarian jealousies, with some Jews resentful of any mention of persecuted gipsies or homosexuals, and the latter resentful of compensation paid to Jewish people. It has several articles of faith and taboos. In these circles, it is taboo even to broach the fact that, in the 20th century, communism happened to kill many times more people than Nazism. It is not done to query such vulgar, anti-Catholic presumptions as the alleged culpability of Pius XII for his supposed silence during that period. It is also not done even to refer to “the Holocaust industry”. The industry is also not very good at asking such questions as why we need to know, down to the last pornographic detail, everything that happened to Jewish people in Hitler's gruesome imperium, or whether there should be university courses in Holocaust tourism (management thereof)”.
“Germans should stop feeling guilty: Ahmadinejad”, 27/4/06
11 million!: “Students confront Holocaust”, 2/5/06
“Estonian Mayor Publishes Another Holocaust Denial Book”, 2/5/06

Other related WW2 information:

“Row over German plane designers”, 6/5/06
“This historian was a German nationalist who distorted history”, 15/9/06

Post-WW2 German history:

THE ALLIED LOOTING OF GERMAN GENIUS AFTER WW1 AND 2

Note: There is a great deal of hidden history in regards to post-war relations between the West and the Soviet Union. The simplistic history created is that the Soviets were responsible for all the problems however, as usual, there are two sides of the story. Some of the main points are as follows:

· America largely provoked the blockade of Berlin in 1948 after the Americans refused Soviet requests to inspect trains bound for West Berlin and passing through the Soviet occupation zone. Before that, the Western powers started the creation of an embryonic West German state as early as January 1947, which violated the agreements reached at Yalta. Some of this perspective can be read here.
· The Western powers created West Germany, in violation of previous agreements with the Soviets, before the Soviets created East Germany. In other words, the Soviets only created East Germany in response.
· The West created NATO before the Soviets created the Warsaw Pact alliance. In other words, the Soviets created the Warsaw Pact in response.
· America rejected a serious Soviet offer in 1952 to re-unify Germany as long as it stayed neutral in order to reduce East-West tensions. America wanted a separate West German state allied closely to NATO and itself and therefore rejected any chances of reducing tensions with the Soviet Union by doing the opposite.

WORLD WAR ONE:

· “Canadian soldiers frequently executed German fighters trying to surrender during WWI”, 22/9/06 - One of the country’s leading war historians has amassed disturbing evidence that German troops trying to surrender during the First World War were “frequently executed” by Canadian soldiers gripped by fear or hungry for revenge.

KOREAN WAR

NORTH KOREA ATTACKS: June 1950: Extract: The North was encouraged by its superior military balance, and an ill-advised statement in January 1950 by US Secretary of State Dean Acheson, which appeared to leave South Korea out of the US' military defence commitments. [FLM Comment: It seems that the Koreran War was provoked by America in the same manner that Saddam Hussein was duped into invading Kuwait in 1990.]

Related websites:

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation – official homepage
STOPtheNATO.org – Anti-NATO website


OTHER INFORMATION:

“Death Tolls for the Major Wars and Atrocities of the Twentieth Century”

Trasnintelligence.org – a database of suppressed knowledge


The Truth on Buddhism: “When the Dalai Lamas Ruled: Hell on Earth” [FLM Comment: Ignore some of the anti-Chinese propaganda that appears below the article]


SUPRESSED INFORMATION RESOURCES:

NOONTIDE PRESS – Database of suppressed books on Zionism, the “Jewish Question”, The Holocaust etc: “…publishing and distributing important, stimulating and often hard-to-find books, tapes and videos of outstanding value from a dissident, “politically incorrect” perspective.”





File 8 – Conspiratorial & Alternative Research

General:

Unexplained-Mysteries.com – “Your Gateway to the Paranormal”


Note: The FLM welcomes suggestions for content






File 9 – Unexplained Phenomena & Paranormal Studies


Cryptozoology:

‘“Bigfoot’ fever grips Malaysian rainforest”, 1/1/06







File 10 – Miscellaneous People & Organizations


People that the FLM shares at least some common views with, or agrees with some of their views:

William Blum:
· Killing Hope – Blum’s Anti-Empire Reports
· Blum’s books and essays
· Blum’s book: “Rogue State”

Pat Buchanan/The American Cause

Noam Chomsky

Chomsky on Beorge Bush and Tony Blair

David Duke

Robert Fisk (unofficial website containing his articles)

Articles by Robert Fisk:

· “No wonder al-jazeera was a target”, 26/11/05

Related information on Robert Fisk:

United States bars entry to Robert Fisk

Eric Margolis – International commentator & analyst

Articles by Eric Margolis:

“My fatwa’s bigger than your fatwa”, 29/8/05 – exposing “far right paranoia” against Venezuela’s Chavez and the “neoconservative lie factory”
“Big Brother is Watching and Listening to You”, 26/12/05
“US will go for other states after Iran and Iraq, says Margolis”, 24/4/06
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Michael Moore

John Pilger

Articles by John Pilger:

“Blair’s bombs: Tony Blair is unfit to be Prime Minister”, 25/7/05
“The Rise of the Democratic Police State”, 18/8/05
“From Suharto to Iraq: Nothing has changed”, 14/10/05
“The Epic Crime That Dares Not Speak Its Name”, 28/10/05
“The Quiet Death of Freedom”, 9/1/06
“The Secret War Against the Defenseless People of West Papua”
“The War Lovers”
“The real first casualty of war”, 24/4/06

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Norman Finkelstein









File 11 – Information


HUMANITARIAN & HUMAN RIGHTS:

Human rights watchdogs:

Amnesty International
Human Rights Watch

Humanitarian organizations:

Doctors Without Borders
Merlin
Oxfam
Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies


GOVERNMENT INFORMATION:

World Intelligence and Security Agencies

Private intelligence websites:

Global Security.org – “reliable security information”


MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION:

Famous books:

· “1984” by George Orwell
· “Fahrenheit 451” by Ron Bradbury