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item 1 Eternal Capitol Peace Vigil
Did you resolve to spend at least 2 hours this year in public witness against the wars?
http://www.dfalink.com/search_events_re
=item 2 the war tapes 06MAR2007
=item 3 Apalachicola Riverkeeper Membership Meet, Ivory-Billed Woodpecker, Music by APALACH 08MAR2007
=item 4 Women's Friendship Day Pace Benefit 12MAR2007
item 5 Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys 12MAR2007
=item 6 Caribbean Dinner / Concert / Auction Extravaganza Benefit for the “Lion Steel” Leon High School’s Steel Drum Band 13MAR2007
=item 7 Department of Peace Campaign Presents “The Secret” 16MAR2006
=item 8 WeMoon Spirit to have yard sale and musical jam session 17MAR2007
=item 9 Florida Big Bend Green Living & Energy Expo 2007.17MAR2007
=item 10 4th Iraq War Anniversary Lake Ella Luminaries 19MAR2007
Tallahasseeans Who Believe It's Time To Come Home
HELP IS NEEDED
item 11 Florida Planned Parenthood Lobby Days 19/21MAR2007
=item 12 Earth Day Open House 20MAR2007/20APR2007
item 13 Rally for Democracy in Tallahassee 21MAR2007
item 14 Werkmeister Conference: On the Origin of Species 23-24MAR2007
=item 15 Beyond Iraq: Building an Agenda for a Culture of Peace in Florida
item 16 Science and Superstition 27MAR2007
item 17 Chubby Carrier & the Bayou Swamp Band 30MAR2007
item 18 The Great Silent Grandmother Gathering 13MAY2007
item 19 Apalachee Tortoise Newspaper Needs Articles
item 20 Environment Florida
Environment Florida is the new home of Florida PIRG's environmental work.
http://www.environmentflorida.org
item 21 Tallahassee Zydeco & Cajun Association page
http://www.mudbugbash.com
item 22 Tallahassee Progressive Center Page with Events
http://www.progressivecenter.org
item 23 Slow Food Tallahassee
http://www.slowfoodtallahassee.org/Dire
item 24 Heart of the Earth Friday Night Move Schedule
http://www.heartoftheearth.org/cale
item 25 WEMOONSPIRT Programs
http://www.wemoonspirit.com/programs1.h
item 26 Apalachee Tortoise
http://www.apalacheetortoise.com
item 27 Tallahassee Democrat's Calender
http://www.tallahassee.com/calendar
item 28 Tallahassee Film Society.
http://www.tallahasseefilms.com/
item 29 CPE STUFF
+ VEGAN COOKING CLASS - yup, the class you've all been waiting for is finally here. Learn the Soul veg secretes from the master chefs themselves. Wednesday afternoons (weekly), 3:30 to 5:30 at the International Student Center.
+ Student Farmworker Alliance - Shameless plug here. The SFA crew is working with a national
movement to bring attention to the roll McDonald's plays in farmworker poverty in central Florida. Puppets, zines, and various culture jamming. Meetings Wednesdays at 9pm, Bellamy 004.
CPE Meeting - Please be at the meeting this week. Between Michael Parenti and the Black Power Week events and the catalog, this meeting will be critical for decisive action and updates. Thursday night at 7pm in the Micco Room. Feel free to call me if you need directions 954-655-7993.
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item 1 Eternal Capitol Vigil Sunday & Thursday
PLEASE make a commitment to join this public witness against war one Thursday or one
Sunday ONCE A YEAR
Join the Tallahassee Network for Justice and Peace, Veterans for Peace, Vietnam Veterans
Against the War, Military Families Speak Out, Gold Star Families for Peace, Code Pink Sundays 12:30-2:30
Thursdays 4:00-6:00
in front of the Old Capitol, corner of Apalachee Parkway and Monroe Street. Park off Calhoun behind the flag.
"Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction."
--Dick Cheney, August 26, 2002
"Right now, Iraq is expanding and improving facilities that were used for the production of
biological weapons." --George W. Bush, September 12, 2002
"Intelligence leaves no doubt that Iraq continues to possess and conceal lethal weapons."
--George W. Bush, March 18, 2003
"For bureaucratic reasons, we settled on one issue, weapons of mass destruction (as justification
for invading Iraq) because it was the one reason everyone could agree on." --Paul Wolfowitz,
May 28, 2003
"But for those who say we haven't found the banned manufacturing devices or banned weapons, they're wrong, we found them.." --George W. Bush, May 30, 2003
"Five days or five weeks or five months, but it certainly isn't going to last any longer than that."
"I don't do quagmires." D Rumsfeld
"Weeks rather than months." D Cheney
"I can't tell you how many days or weeks. But by historical standards, this will be a short war." R Pearle
The War Built On Lies:
THEY LIED TO US THEN THEY'RE LYING TO US NOW
BUSH LIED; CHENEY LIED; RUMSFELD LIED; POWELL LIED; THEY ARE ALL LIARS;
AND THEY THINK YOU ARE TOO DUMB TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE. BUSH LIES -
PEOPLE DIE
Sundays 12:30 to 2:30.
Thursdays 4:00 to 6:00
=item 2 the war tapes 06MAR2007
The War Tapes
Tuesday, March 6, 7 pm
Leon County Collins Library,
2nd floor conference room.
Sponsored by Tallahassee National Organization for Women with Democracy for America to commemorate 4th anniversary of the Iraqi War.
No admission charge.
Director Deborah Scranton gave three National Guardsman digital cameras and instruction
before they deployed to Iraq. What follows is their point of view before, during, and after.
Winner, best documentary, Tribeca Film Festival, 2006. 97 mins. English/Arabic
FMI, contact TallahNOW @aol.com, 847-6299.
=item 3 Apalachicola Riverkeeper Membership Meet, Ivory-Billed Woodpecker, Music
by APALACH 08MAR2007
Membership Meeting
Open To The Public
Thursday March 8th, 2007
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
The Dixie Theatre
21 Avenue E, Apalachicola, Fl
6:00 pm Dinner
7:00 pm Program Begins
Membership Meeting and Annual Board Elections
Noted Ornithologist: Todd Engstrom
Ivory-Billed Woodpecker
Featured Music APALACH
www.ApalachicolaRiverkeeper.org
Riverkeeper@ApalachicolaRiverkeeper.org
(850) 653-8936
=item 4 Women's Friendship Day Pace Benefit 12MAR2007
March 12th, Women's Friendship Day - Ten Thousand Villages (a non-profit store) in Market
Square is hosting a Women's Friendship Day. Entertainment and chair massages while you shop!
10% of proceeds to benefit the PACE Center for Girls.
Lindsey Billesbach <lzmarie15@yahoo.com>
item 5 Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys 12MAR2007
Mon. Mar. 12 Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys
8-11 pm
Wilson's BBQ & Soul Food Cuisine
325 N. Bronough St.; 575-3554
(across from the round Holiday Inn on West Tennessee St.)
Cost: $20 public ($15 for TAZACA members; $10 for students)
http://www.mamouplayboys.com
zydeco-jan@comcast.net
=item 6 Caribbean Dinner / Concert / Auction Extravaganza Benefit for the “Lion Steel”
Leon High School’s Steel Drum Band 13MAR2007
Caribbean Dinner / Concert / Auction Extravaganza
Steel Drum Band (Leon High School's "Lion Steel")
This is a fundraiser for the High School Steel Drum Band so they can replace ailing old instruments.
Leon High School Cafeteria
Tuesday, March 13th at 6:00pm
Tickets $15.00 per person
Tickets available from the Leon Steel Drum Music Director. Call the High School at 488-1971 and ask to speak with or leave a voice message for David Knapp. Sell out likely so we can only say that there may be tickets available at the door.
Food by The Black Bean Cuban Cuisine, Parents of Leon Steel Drum Students, and Adult Steel Drum Class Students
Performances by Lion Steel Band and small ensembles
With an auction of retired steel drums converted into art
FMI
Ed Oaksford <etoaksford@earthlink.net>
=item 7 Department of Peace Campaign Presents “The Secret” 16MAR2006
Dinner will be for sale thanks to Taste Buds starting at 6:00 and the movie begins at 7:30. All
proceeds from dinner will go towards the Department of Peace Campaign. Please plan on joining
the fun and bring a friend. If you haven't seen The Secret - you are in for a treat. Also, everyone
knows you can't go wrong with food from Taste
http://www.tallahassee.com/apps/pbcs.dl
Unitarian Universalist Church - 2810 Meridian Road.
Cindy Landis Bigbie, Ph.D.
OPI@tallynet.com
=item 8 WeMoon Spirit to have yard sale and musical jam session 17MAR2007
On 17 March 2007 WeMoon Spirit will change its luck with a rent party consisting of a
yard sale and musical jam session. The yard sale is from 8AM-1PM. The music will start at 1PM.
WeMoon is located at 1816 Mahan Drive between Mahan Preschool and the United
Church in Tallahassee.
WeMoon Spirit is a non profit organization that is devoted to the growth of all women,
physically, emotionally, and spiritually. It hosts classes including dance, Chinese meditation, and
yoga, and encourages women to express themselves as students and teachers.
On Saturday, 17 March, we invite you to come to our yard sale, where you will find
gently experienced items, from clothing to cookware. Those of you who are interested in having
a space should call Janis David at (850) 251-2192..The cost per space is $10.
Throughout the morning and early afternoon there will be dancers and jugglers for your
entertainment. There will be food, drink, and a bake sale. If you want to bring something for the
bake sale, please contact Amy X at yellowcauldron@yahoo.co.uk.
At 1PM attention will turn toward WeMoon's main building, the Oasis, where all will be
welcome to join in for a musical jam session. All musicians are welcome, no matter what level of
expertise. All who enjoy music are welcome.
.
Throughout the day, WeMoon will be asking for contributions to help us raise funds to run the organization. This is our fund raiser to collect funds that will help us pay our rent and
utilities. All donations great and small will be greatly appreciated.
FMI
Jan Rosenberg 580-9889 or
Sandi Lodge
spiralwoman@hotmail.com
=item 9 Florida Big Bend Green Living & Energy Expo 2007.17MAR2007
Florida Big Bend Green Living & Energy Expo 2007. Riversprings Middle School,
Crawfordville. Discover hundreds of products and services that promote sustainability. Over 20
workshops, over 50 exhibitors, kids' activities, music, food, art, silent auction, door prizes. Get
tips on how to make your home energy efficient. Check out latest in hybrid and alternative
vehicles. Learn how organic foods can make a difference for your family.
8am-5pm. 17MAR2007
http://www.greenlivingenergyexpo.co
Free admission.
850-926- 3931.
=item 10 4th Iraq War Anniversary Lake Ella Luminaries 19MAR2007
Tallahasseeans Who Believe It's Time To Come Home
Regarding the luminary bags:
At the meeting we agreed to write the first name and the age of each soldier on the bag. I have
begun distributing the bags, asking each person to do 100 names. If you plan to attend the event, it would be helpful to also fill the bags with sand and bring them to the event ready to be placed.
The event will be from 7 to 9 p.m. We will probably start placing the bags around noon on
Monday. I want to be done early so that we can get on the 6 o'clock news. We will begin lighting the luminaries at 6 p.m. Sunset is around 7:30. At 9 p.m. we will start cleaning up.
Lydia Vickers of CodePink plans to commemorate this 4th year anniversary with events all
weekend:
Friday: movies at the Progressive Center
Saturday: "A Day of Education About The Costs of The War in Iraq" and reading of names of the
dead-all day at Bloxham Park which is in the Chain of Parks to the right of the Farmer's Market on Park Street.
Sunday: Peace Vigil at regular time (12L30-2:30) in front of the Old Capitol
Tallahasseeans Who Believe It's Time To Come Home will encircle Lake Ella with 3200
+/- Luminaries, Monday, March 19.
If you would like to get involved contact:
Su Ecenia
secenia@comcast.net
668-2755 / 545-3869
item 11 Florida Planned Parenthood Lobby Days 19/21MAR2007
March 19th - 21st, 2007
As we begin a new year and prepare for the 2007 Legislative Session, we wanted to urge all of our activists and supporters to participate in the 2007 Florida Planned Parenthood Lobby Days
in Tallahassee, Florida from March 19th through the 21st!
We will be meeting with Legislators about our pro-active bills - The Prevention First Act
and the Parent's Right to Know Act, holding press conferences, and urging the new leadership in
the Legislature to stand up for women's health.
This year's Lobby Days will be bigger and better than ever before!
FMISign up to attend Lobby Days now! Just send an email to Planned Parenthood
helen.strain@fappa.org
Visit the web address below to tell your friends about this.
http://www.ppaction.org/join-forward.ht
If you received this message from a friend, you can sign up for Florida Association of Planned
Parenthood Affiliates at:
http://www.ppaction.org/FAPPA/join.h
=item 12 Earth Day Open House 20MAR2007/20APR2007
Join Integrative Healthcare for Earth Day Open House Events at our New Location!
Tuesday, March 20th 11:00-2:00 (the official UN Earth Day) and Friday, April 20th 3:00-5:00 PM (Official US Earth Day is April 22nd). Both events will feature healthy snacks, tour of our
services, drawing for prizes, seated massage, Acupressure (EFT) group teaching sessions, an
exhibit of Mandalas and much more.
This is our new address: 2016 Delta Blvd., Suite 100, Tallahassee, FL 32303,
located on the north side of town one block off John Knox Rd. between N. Meridian and the
Tallahassee Mall.
IHC will now be open 5 days a week!
In response to your requests we will be open Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 8:30 5:00
(closed 12:30-2:00 for lunch), and now we will add Tuesday and Thursday 12:30 4:30 with
"EB" Borger, Nurse Practitioner.
item 13 Rally for Democracy in Tallahassee 21MAR2007
Rally For Democracy
Wednesday, March 21, 2007, 3-5PM
Old State Capitol
Monroe Street at Apalachee Parkway
Tell Lawmakers you want a verifiable audit trail to protect your vote and preserve our
Democracy! Five Cities Democratic Club of Volusia County is sponsoring a rally to sway the
debate in Tallahassee. Please forward this email to your lists.
We are looking for co-sponsors to help defray the costs of the public address system.
All public officials are invited.
Contact Info:
Charley Wiggins: (386) 424-0605
Danielle Neetz: (386) 295-7513
or email Charley at: cww295@cfl.rr.com
item 14 Werkmeister Conference: On the Origin of Species 23-24MAR2007
http://tinyurl.com/yocxel
Werkmeister Conference: On the Origin of Species
(Sponsored by the William H. and Lucyle T. Werkmeister Endowment Fund) March 23-24, 2007
Conference Theme:
150 Years on the Origin of Species (see announcement at
http://www.fsu.edu/~philo/new%20site/su
The Origin of Species by the English naturalist Charles Darwin is one of the most important
scientific books ever written. First published in 1859, its 150th anniversary will be in 2009, the
year in which we will also celebrate the 200th anniversary of Darwin's birth. This year's Werkmeister Conference on the Origin of Species will lay the foundation for the Cambridge
Companion to the Origin of Species, to be edited by Robert J. Richards and Michael Ruse.
Participants will be presenting first drafts of the papers to be included in the Companion,
and this is reflected not only in the excellence and qualifications of the participants, but also in the broad scope of the material, looking in detail at all parts of the Origin, as well as at pertinent
external questions from rhetoric to religion and on to the very nature of the various editions of the great work.
=item 15 Beyond Iraq: Building an Agenda for a Culture of Peace in Florida
2007 Annual Meeting of the Florida Coalition for Peace & Justice 23-24MAR2007
Friday & Saturday, March 23-24
Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida
Pre-registration is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED
Registration Fees are as follows: (if you are not a current member of FCPJ, please add $5.00)
Friday night only: $15 (includes Peacemaker Reception)
Saturday only: $25 (includes Saturday Lunch)
Friday and Saturday: $35 (includes Peacemaker Reception and Saturday Lunch)
FMI
bob@fcpj.org
http://tinyurl.com/2w79k2
http://tinyurl.com/ypnupw
item 16 Science and Superstition 27MAR2007
Eddie Tabash of California, attorney and well-known speaker/debater will present
"Science and Superstition," March 27, at the Leon Country Library, March 27th, 6 to 8:45 P.M.
=item Amiri Barka 28MAR2007
Amiri Barka speaks at CPE’s Black Power Week.
http://www.amiribaraka.com/bio.html
8:00 pm 28 March 2007
Union Ballroom
FMI
sgacpe@admin.fsu.edu
item 17 Chubby Carrier & the Bayou Swamp Band 30MAR2007
Fri. March 30 Chubby Carrier & the Bayou Swamp Band
BBC http://www.bradfordvilleblues.com
9:30 pm until
Cost: $12 in advance; $15 day of show ($12 for TAZACA members at the door)
FMI
zydeco-jan@comcast.net
=item 18 The Great Silent Grandmother Gathering 13MAY2007
The women of Ohio, U.S.A., call upon the women of the world, from day-old babies to
our most senior elders, to stand with us on May 13, 2007, to save the world. Our project is based
on Sharon Mehdi's book The Great Silent Grandmother Gathering. If you don't know the story, a
summary of the original version is on the website
www.standingwomen.org
If you think it is appropriate, please send this message on to all of the women throughout
the world who you think might like to join us. We will be standing for the world's children and
grandchildren, and for the seven generations beyond them.
We dream of a world where all of our children have safe drinking water, clean air to breathe, and
enough food to eat. A world where they have access to a basic education to develop their minds
and healthcare to nurture their growing bodies. A world where they have a warm, safe, and
loving place to call home. A world where they don't live in fear of violence--in their home, in
their neighborhood, in their school, or in their world. This is the world of which we dream. This
is the cause for which we will stand.
If you share this dream, please stand with us for five minutes of silence at 1 p.m. your
local time on May 13, 2007, in your local park, school yard, gathering place, or any place you deem appropriate, to signify your agreement with this statement. We ask you to invite the men and boys who you care about to join you. We ask that you bring bells to ring at 1 p.m. to signify the beginning of the five minutes of silence and to ring again to signify the end of the period of
silence.
item 19 Apalachee Tortoise Newspaper Needs Articles
The Apalachee Tortoise free, progressive, monthly newspaper is interested in well
researched articles about social justice issues, environmental issues, community issues, spiritual
issues, small business, health (particularly alternative health issues) and the arts. We particularly
cover issues and people who are not covered by the mainstream media. Our 5,000-circulation
paper is distributed in Leon and Wakulla County.
Articles should be from 250-800 words long. If possible, also electronically submit pictures and
captions..
Louise Ritchie
Editor, Apalachee Tortoise
LouiseRitchie@aol.com
Link#1 Who's Lesley Blackner?
Meet the woman whose ideas are hated by every business group in Florida.
http://tinyurl.com/2rcqmf
HELP SAVE WHAT'S LEFT OF FLORIDA...
LET THE PEOPLE VOTE to control growth!
Help put HOMETOWN DEMOCRACY on the 2008 ballot
Please download and SIGN THE PETITION !
http://www.FloridaHometownDemocrac
PO Box 636, New Smyrna Beach, FL 32170-0636.
Link#2 US asks us to pick up litter while city is in ruins, says mayor of Baghdad:
Baghdad's mayor lashed out at the United States yesterday - for spending huge sums on projects
to collect rubbish and plant trees while his devastated war-torn city struggles without electricity.
http://snipurl.com/1by6i
link#3 Robert Fisk: How easy it is to put hatred on a map
Our guilt in this sectarian game is obvious. We want to divide our potential enemies
Why are we trying to divide up the peoples of the Middle East? Why are we trying to chop them up, make them different, remind them - constantly, insidiously, viciously, cruelly - of their divisions, of their suspicions, of their capacity for mutual hatred? Is this just our casual racism? Or is there something darker in our Western souls?
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/fis
link#4 HOW BARACK OBAMA LEARNED TO LOVE ISRAEL
On March 2, Democratic presidential hopeful Senator Barack Obama gave a speech that proved that when it came to supporting Israel he is "as strong as Clinton, as supportive as Bush, as friendly as Giuliani" in the words of one Israeli journalist. Obama blamed Palestinians for
the failure of peace efforts and uttered no criticism of Israeli policies. Yet once upon a time Obama supported Palestinian rights and an even-handed US approach to solving the conflict. EI co-founder Ali Abunimah who has met the candidate half a dozen times over a decade
analyzes the speech and traces Obama's path into the hardline pro-Israel camp.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/articl
link#5 Cheney on the Loose: Why was a PR Trip Across the World Cloaked in Secrecy?
And It Sure Provides Media Distraction From the Cheney Lies and Treason Revealed at the Libby Trial
http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/analy
link#6 "Incompetence, neglect, profligacy, isolation, malfeasance, even a textbook
psychosis of clinical disconnect -- all are reaching critical mass at government's highest levels. Every day, it seems, we read another disclosure of scandalous failure."
http://tinyurl.com/2bpy2v
link#7 Next six months critical to US's effort in Iraq... again?
Top US officers say Iraq must be turned around or else face a Vietnam-style collapse, though
such timetables have been given before.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0301/p99s
link#8 The Non-thinking Enemy
A GREAT ARTICLE!!! DOUBLE PLUS GOOD!!
http://tinyurl.com/376ted
link#9 Hypocrisy in The Middle East By Congressman Ron Paul
The tired assertion that America "supports democracy" in the Middle East is increasingly
transparent. It was false 50 years ago, when we supported and funded the hated Shah of Iran to
prevent nationalization of Iranian oil, and it's false today when we back an unelected military
dictator in Pakistan- just to name two examples.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.inf
link#10 No More Encores for Iran
By Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich:
For the second time in little over 50 years, Iranians are about to witness yet another assault on
their country by the United States.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.inf
link#11 The Bipartisan Empire
by Robert Jensen, TomPaine.com
The alternative to swaggering generalissimo Bush seems to be a group of kinder, gentler
imperialists.
http://tinyurl.com/yv7scp
link#12 "You and I and the Next War"
By Uri Avnery
For many months now, our media have been voicing dark warnings about Iran almost daily.
Within a few years they are going to have the capability to carry out a "Second Holocaust", as
well as the will to do so. The picture is of a crazy country, headed by a Second Hitler, who is
prepared to have Iran annihilated if this is the price of wiping Israel off the map.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.inf
link#13 Chalabi Surges Back to Prominence
Elizabeth Sullivan, The Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH)
. ...Yet there's one bad penny who just keeps coming up, and up and up: Ahmad Chalabi, the
wily Iraqi exile banker who cozied up to Iranian intelligence under the very nose of the CIA and
then helped land us in war with Iraq through intelligence misinformation. Incredibly, Chalabi
now is in charge of the Iraqi government's civilian liaison for the "surge." He's Iraqi Prime
Minister Nouri al-Maliki's new right-hand man -- a role that should give every planner at the
Pentagon pause -- running what the Wall Street Journal calls the "popular committee for
mobilizing the people." (...) Chalabi's prominence says that Iran doesn't have to be invited into
Iraq. It's already there. Chalabi's dual games with the CIA and Iranian intelligence go back at
least to March 3, 1995...
Http://www.uruknet.de/?p=30951
link#14 Air America: Compounding the War Crime in Iraq
Chris Floyd, Empire Burlesque
Late Saturday, the US Air Force launched a series of bombing raids on southeast Baghdad.
This is absolutely shameful, that the US is bombing from the air a civilian city that it militarily
occupies. You can't possibly do that without killing innocent civilians, as at Ramadi the other
day. It is a war crime. US citizens should protest and write their congressional representatives.
It is also the worst possible counter-insurgency tactic anyone could ever have imagined. You
bomb people, they hate you. The bombing appears to have knocked out what little electricity
some parts of Baghdad were still getting...
http://www.uruknet.de/?p=30949
link#15 Iraqis are People, too
Cindy Sheehan, CommonDreams.org
. ...Another one of our fellow Americans had this to say about civilian casualties: "You have
to look at who's doing the killing," said Neal Crawford, a restaurant manager in Suttons Bay,
Mich., who guessed that about 10,000 Iraqis had been killed. "If these people are dying
because a roadside bomb goes off or if there's an insurgent attack in a marketplace, it's an
unfortunate circumstance of war people die." This comment also ignores the fact that the
occupation of Iraq is a war of choice that never should have been waged. No insurgency
existed before American troops were forced to roll their tanks into a country that was filled
with innocent people (...) In the article from the AP the median number of Iraqis killed that
those polled guessed was: 9890. A recent very scientific (yes, science does work, George)
study put the median Iraqi death toll at 655,000, and my contacts in Iraq, including the Sheik
who spoke yesterday claim that it is well over one million. An equivalent amount of Americans
would exceed ten million! I don't think that anyone would call that an "unfortunate
circumstance of war."...
http://www.uruknet.de/?p=30962
link#16 So, who is the terrorist?
Sabbah's blog
Over 5,000 Palestinians killed by the Israeli army since 2000. Since the outbreak of the
second Palestinian Intifada in September 2000, until late January 2007, the Israeli army has
killed 5,050 Palestinian men, women and children, wounded 49,760 others and detained
10,4000 others. 351 Palestinian women have been killed, 150 patients have died at
checkpoints and 66 others have been killed due to beating by Israeli settlers. 36 medical staff
have been killed, 9 members of the press, and 220 sportsmen (...) According to B'Tselem (The
Israeli Information Center for Human Rights) for the same period, 704 Israeli civilians and 316
Israeli occupation forces were killed by the Palestinians. Still wondering who is the terrorist?...
http://www.uruknet.de/?p=30959
link#17 Iraqi minorities suffer most
Nidhal Laithi, Azzaman
Iraq for long has been a mosaic of religions, sects and ethnic minorities. Church spires,
mosque minarets and conical structures of Yazidi shrines have for centuries adorned the
skyline of several towns and villages in northern Iraq. But this mosaic is under threat and very
soon the country might be emptied of its religious and ethnic minorities thanks to the
consequences of U.S.-led 2003 invasion of the country. Visitors to the northern city of Mosul,
currently one of the most restive areas in Iraq, were amazed by its mosaic. In this city and its
outlying villages lived peacefully together Christians with their different denominations,
Shebeks a group of Shiite Kurds - Turkmen, Yazidis amid majority Arabs and Kurds. But the
city is quickly losing its mosaic character. Most Christians have left the city known for its
numerous ancient churches and monasteries some of them dating to the early decades of the
birth of Christianity...
http://www.uruknet.de/?p=30983
link#18 Who Ordered the Assassination of Dr. David Kelly?
MICHEL CHOSSUDOVSKY, Global Research
The BBC has become embroiled in a yet another set of media distortions regarding the death
of British government weapons inspector Dr. David Kelly in 2003. Kelly died in mysterious
circumstances in the woods near his home in Oxfordshire. Kelly was Britain's foremost expert
on biological weapons, with direct access to WMD intelligence on Iraq. In the months leading
up to his death, he had become increasingly skeptical regarding Iraq's alleged WMDs. "It was
Dr Kelly who exposed claims by President George Bush, Tony Blair and Colin Powell that
mobile biological warfare units had been found in Iraq as false."...
http://www.uruknet.de/?p=30972
link#19 Apartheid looks like this
By Jonathan Cook, The Electronic Intifada, 23 February 2007
The scene: a military checkpoint deep in Palestinian territory in the West Bank. A tall, thin elderly man, walking stick in hand, makes a detour past the line of Palestinians, many of them young men, waiting obediently behind concrete barriers for permission from an Israeli
soldier to leave one Palestinian area, the city of Nablus, to enter another Palestinian area, the neighbouring village of Huwara. The long queue is moving slowly, the soldier taking his time to check each person's papers. The old man heads off purposefully down a parallel but empty lane reserved for vehicle inspections. A young soldier controlling the human traffic spots him and orders him back in line. The old man stops, fixes the soldier with a stare and refuses.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/articl
link#20 'Exodus' of Iraq's ancient minorities
Patrick Cockburn, Independent
Iraq's minorities, some of the oldest communities in the world, are being driven from the
country by a wave of violence against them because they are identified with the occupation
and easy targets for kidnappers and death squads. A "huge exodus" is now taking place,
according to a report by Minority Rights Group International. The UN High Commissioner for
Refugees says 30 per cent of the 1.8 million Iraqis who have fled to Jordan, Syria and
elsewhere come from the minorities. The Christians, who have lived in Iraq for 2,000 years,
survived the Muslim invasion in the 7th century and the Mongol onslaught in the 13th but are
now being eradicated as their churches are bombed and members of their faith hunted down
and killed along with other minority faiths. The report, <>Assimilation, Exodus, Eradication:
Iraq's minority communities since 2003, written by Preti Taneja, says that half of the minority
communities in Iraq, once 10 per cent of the total population, have fled...
http://www.uruknet.de/?p=30945
link#21 Iraqi Kids After The Invasion
I was talking with an Iraqi psychiatrist about cases of kids traumatized by the war and terror wave that is ravaging Iraq, the doctor told me that the number of the Iraqi kids who suffered of different types of psycho problems since the US invasion till now is increasing rapidly. He said, " If I receied five patients in my clinic every day, be sure one of them is a kid, which means I receive no less than 60 kids per a month." The doctor was talking about Iraqi girl whose only 9 yr old but she is in panic all the time and all of a sudden she might start screaming without any reason if she is at home or at school. The reason of her case is that while she was heading home from her school she has seen some gunmen kidnapping a kid after beating him severely and she was stuck between but survived by a miracle...
http://www.uruknet.de/?p=30981
link#22 How the war on terror made the world a more terrifying place
New figures show dramatic rise in terror attacks worldwide since the invasion of Iraq
Innocent people across the world are now paying the price of the "Iraq effect", with the loss of
hundreds of lives directly linked to the invasion and occupation by American and British forces.
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/mid
link#23 Walter Cronkite: Iraq War a "Disaster"
Walter Cronkite weighs in on the situation in Iraq stating: "We should have gotten out a long
time ago. This is a mistake, this entire war there, it's a disaster. And the earlier we get out, the
better. It's a terrible disaster. Look at the loss of lives of our young Americans there and those
who have been maimed for life, for what purpose? No purpose we can define."
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/02280
link#24 MEDIA ALERT: IRAQ CIVILIAN SUFFERING - THE MEDIA SILENCE
MEDIA LENS: Correcting for the distorted vision of the corporate media
In all the endless coverage of the American "surge" committing 20,000 extra troops to the
war in Iraq, there has been barely a word about the likely consequences for the civilian
population. A report in the Lancet medical journal last year estimated that, as of July 2006,
655,000 Iraqis had died as a result of the US-UK invasion - one in seven families had lost a
household member. In the Independent earlier this month, Les Roberts, co-author of the
Lancet report, suggested that Britain and America may have triggered "an episode more
deadly than the Rwandan genocide" in Iraq. (Roberts, 'Iraq's death toll is far worse than our
leaders admit,' The Independent, February 14, 2007). In an exchange with a Media Lens
reader, Roberts explained his reasoning. "The Fordam University assessment put the
[Rwandan] death toll at ~6-700000, that is the only quantitative assessment that I have
seen... and I was there so I do not use the comparison lightly." (Roberts, Media Lens message
board, February 18, 2007) The media's response to Roberts's claim? Complete silence. No
other national UK press outlet has since mentioned his comparison with Rwanda. And yet, as
we have noted elsewhere, when Roberts made similar observations on mass killings in Congo
in the 1990s, he was widely quoted by press and politicians...
http://www.uruknet.de/?p=30975
link#25 Bush Revenge
...With Bush revenge, though all Iraq's wealths have been drained by the US and its allies
for more than four years now, more han 650,000 Iraqi killed in this war, regardless of the
missing and handicaps or those who are left with psycho problems or homeless, all of that was
not enough. To revenge for one man, an entire country with more than 26 million has to be
destroyed completely and its leader has to be slaughter for the eyes of Bush, the father, like
a sheep and still Bush the son is not happy. Can Mr.Bush tell us what does he want from the
Iraqis and what they should do so that he would be totally convinced that he had revenged
for his father and that his mission was accomplished and he is the best avenger in the history?
Is it not enough for Bush all this Iraqi blood had been shed for the sake of his father? and to
submit Iraq on golden dish to Iran...
http://www.uruknet.de/?p=30970
link#26 US Turnabout?
Gradually but emphatically the facts of the U.S. policy of first igniting the sectarian divide in Iraq
then playing the emerging sectarian protagonists against each other are unfolding by the day to
reveal the context as well as the real goals of the American strategy in the occupied country.
http://www.counterpunch.org/nasser02282
link#27 Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic"
An interview with Chalmers Johnson
In his new book, CIA analyst, distinguished scholar, and best-selling author Chalmers Johnson
argues that US military and economic overreach may actually lead to the nation's collapse as a
constitutional republic. It's the last volume in his Blowback trilogy, following the best-selling
"Blowback" and "The Sorrows of Empire." In those two, Johnson argued American clandestine
and military activity has led to un-intended, but direct disaster here in the United States..
http://www.informationclearinghouse.inf
link#28 These Orchestrated Attacks on Chavez Are a Travesty
By George Galloway
A social revolution is taking place in Venezuela. No wonder the neocons and their friends are
determined to discredit it.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.inf
link#29 False quotes shake up terror trial:
The mystery of how and why a government wiretap summary falsely attributed anti-Jewish slurs
to officials of a Muslim charity remained unanswered Tuesday as federal prosecutors pledged to
look into the matter.?
http://snipurl.com/1bnl7
link#30 It Can Happen Here
By Joe Conason, Thomas Dunne Books
In light of the series of laws passed in Congress and precedents set by the Bush administration,
people have good reason to doubt the future of democracy and the rule of law in America.
http://www.alternet.org/rights/482
link#31 Florida lobbyist directory. We wanted to give Floridians the opportunity to readily
and easily navigate a website where lobbyist and principle information was available in an easy-to-use format.
We felt the online excuse for information provided by the Florida Legislature was inadequate, difficult to navigate, and lacked cross-tabulation of principles and their lobbyists.
Our service is free and requires no sort of registration. Again, this is our effort to increase awareness and provide our fellow citizens access to the information they need to know.
www.floridalobbyistdirectory.com
to see for yourself.
Link#32 Woman Colonel Urges Troops to Refuse Orders if US Attacks Iran
Adding to the chorus of women leaders demanding that President Bush retreat from the
possibility of war against Iran, retired Army Reserves Colonel and former high-ranking diplomat
Mary Wright asked military personnel to refuse potentially imminent orders to attack Iran
http://www.msmagazine.com/news/uswirest
link#33 Walter Reed patients told to keep quiet
Soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center's Medical Hold Unit say they have been told they
will wake up at 6 a.m. every morning and have their rooms ready for inspection at 7 a.m., and
that they must not speak to the media.
"Some soldiers believe this is a form of punishment for the trouble soldiers caused by talking to
the media," one Medical Hold Unit soldier said, speaking on the condition of anonymity.
It is unusual for soldiers to have daily inspections after Basic Training.
Soldiers say their sergeant major gathered troops at 6 p.m. Monday to tell them they must follow
their chain of command when asking for help with their medical evaluation paperwork, or when
they spot mold, mice or other problems in their quarters.
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2007/02/T
link#34 Military chiefs give US six months to win Iraq war
ú Violence expected to rise after UK withdrawal
ú Troop numbers too low
ú Coalition is 'disintegrating'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/stor
