Middle East

"The Woolsey proposals and the JTA report are not US policy. Both efforts will be vigorously opposed by civil libertarians and educators who understand the dangers inherent in using such tactics to limit freedoms and stifle an open educational system. At the same time, however, it is important to recognize the threat they pose and the extent to which, at least among some extreme currents, anti-Saudi propaganda has become a tool to smear critics and target efforts to build ties between Saudis and Americans."

The pre-Iraqi War intelligence was “fixed around the policy,” according to the Downing St. Memos. The perjury case of Irving “Scooter” Libby, Dick Cheney’s gofer, is only one small piece of the scheme to lie the country into war. Special Counsel Fitzgerald failed to use a conspiracy count against Libby, but he didn’t hesitate to do so in the Khaled Dumeisi case. Why the double standard? The Congress must get to the bottom of this cover-up.

"...while the New York Times is busily clucking at deceptive prewar maneuvers by Dick Cheney’s office, the Times refuses to own up to how effectively the Cheney operation gained its support, from page-one stories about WMDs to editorials assisting Washington’s war makers."

"It’s time to realize we are not democrats or republicans. We are the tax paying citizens of the United States of America and these people WORK FOR US. It’s time to hold them all accountable. Down to the last dime and the last drop of blood."

"If “terrorism in Africa” is a major problem then it is critical to define the term and apply the definition consistently. None of the “terrorist and security experts”, like their American, Israeli or British counterparts can define it, as they will themselves be incriminated by those definitions."

"It is obvious to every Palestinian child that Sharon’s government wants to keep the West Bank, and wants a Palestinian state in Gaza Strip only. Those holding the Palestinian card must know this as every child does, and must work to turn the card into the just cause of a people."

"Fortunately, the Arab League seems to wake up after a long lethargy. In Baghdad, M. Amru Moussa invited all the Iraqi groups to show more responsibility towards the political process."

"Canadians must "stand together shoulder to shoulder to fight intolerance and injustice in society" as the recent non-Muslim victim of no-fly listing in Canada wrote above. Hopefully, this will happen before more Canadians are victimized by our elected government."