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The Syrian government has strongly
condemned the United States for
conducting an illegal military incursion
into its territory over the weekend,
reportedly killing civilians including four
children. The action signals an apparent
expansion of a controversial new Bush
administration policy authorizing such
cross-border raids as part of the so-
called “war on terror”. US forces have
staged at least 19 raids inside Pakistan
since August, most recently on Monday
when a missile attack by unmanned
“drone” aircraft left 20 dead.
The White House argues that border
regions in Syria and Pakistan harbor
terrorist enclaves, and that the
condemned the United States for
conducting an illegal military incursion
into its territory over the weekend,
reportedly killing civilians including four
children. The action signals an apparent
expansion of a controversial new Bush
administration policy authorizing such
cross-border raids as part of the so-
called “war on terror”. US forces have
staged at least 19 raids inside Pakistan
since August, most recently on Monday
when a missile attack by unmanned
“drone” aircraft left 20 dead.
The White House argues that border
regions in Syria and Pakistan harbor
terrorist enclaves, and that the
governments in Damascus and Islamabad
have failed to curtail activities that
threaten US forces. The repeated missile
strikes against suspected al Qaeda
encampments in North and South
Waziristan in Pakistan, along the border
with Afghanistan, prompted the Pakistani
government to summon the US
ambassador to the foreign ministry on
Wednesday. According to a statement
released by the ministry, “It was
emphasized that such attacks were a
violation of Pakistan’s sovereignty and
should be stopped immediately.”
Ambassador Anne Patterson was
previously summoned to receive an
official protest in early September, after
have failed to curtail activities that
threaten US forces. The repeated missile
strikes against suspected al Qaeda
encampments in North and South
Waziristan in Pakistan, along the border
with Afghanistan, prompted the Pakistani
government to summon the US
ambassador to the foreign ministry on
Wednesday. According to a statement
released by the ministry, “It was
emphasized that such attacks were a
violation of Pakistan’s sovereignty and
should be stopped immediately.”
Ambassador Anne Patterson was
previously summoned to receive an
official protest in early September, after
a commando raid on Pakistani
territory much like the action inside
Syria on Sunday. Pakistani officials
stress that the raids and the civilian
casualties only reinforce resistance
among the tribal inhabitants of the
remote, mountainous border region
where US intelligence believes
Osama bin Laden is living.
Mohammed Sadiq, a spokesman for
the Pakistani foreign ministry, said
“The drone attacks have negative
repercussions when the Pakistani
government tries to get the support
of the people in the tribal area. They
are not helping meet the objectives
of the war on terror.” it's all true
territory much like the action inside
Syria on Sunday. Pakistani officials
stress that the raids and the civilian
casualties only reinforce resistance
among the tribal inhabitants of the
remote, mountainous border region
where US intelligence believes
Osama bin Laden is living.
Mohammed Sadiq, a spokesman for
the Pakistani foreign ministry, said
“The drone attacks have negative
repercussions when the Pakistani
government tries to get the support
of the people in the tribal area. They
are not helping meet the objectives
of the war on terror.” it's all true
US Military Forces Become Illegal Aliens in Pakistan, Syria
The United States is ranked 36th in
the new edition of the international
Press Freedom Index, a report
published annually by Paris-based
advocacy group Reporters Sans
Frontieres, which monitors
conditions for journalists in 173
countries. Topping the index for
2008 were Iceland, Luxembourg,
Norway, Estonia and Finland, while
Cuba, Burma, Turkmenistan, North
Korea, and Eritrea were the lowest
ranked nations.
The report notes that all of the
countries ranked in the top 20 on
the index are parliamentary
democracies that are not currently
engaged in conflicts beyond their
borders. RSF warned that even
economically prosperous nations such
as the US and Israel fall short on
press freedoms when they become
involved in foreign military actions.
Regarding the US and Israel, the
report says, “Destabilized and
defensive, the leading democracies
are gradually eroding the space for
freedoms.” On conditions outside its
own territory, the US ranked 119th,
according to the report. it's all true
the new edition of the international
Press Freedom Index, a report
published annually by Paris-based
advocacy group Reporters Sans
Frontieres, which monitors
conditions for journalists in 173
countries. Topping the index for
2008 were Iceland, Luxembourg,
Norway, Estonia and Finland, while
Cuba, Burma, Turkmenistan, North
Korea, and Eritrea were the lowest
ranked nations.
The report notes that all of the
countries ranked in the top 20 on
the index are parliamentary
democracies that are not currently
engaged in conflicts beyond their
borders. RSF warned that even
economically prosperous nations such
as the US and Israel fall short on
press freedoms when they become
involved in foreign military actions.
Regarding the US and Israel, the
report says, “Destabilized and
defensive, the leading democracies
are gradually eroding the space for
freedoms.” On conditions outside its
own territory, the US ranked 119th,
according to the report. it's all true
Freedom of Press
Fails to Impress
Fails to Impress
Scientists have discovered alarming new
evidence that melting permafrost on land
and on the seabed is accelerating the
release of methane, a greenhouse gas 20
times more potent than carbon dioxide,
into the atmosphere. Researchers
aboard a laboratory vessel in the Siberian
Arctic observed methane “chimneys”
where the gas bubbled up to the surface
from vast underground stores that have
accumulated over centuries through the
natural decay of plant and animal matter.
The expedition documented local
concentrations of methane up to 10,000
times higher than normal.
Climatologists have hypothesized that
enormous quantities of methane, which
have remained frozen beneath Arctic ice
for thousands of years, are beginning to
be released as warming sea and air
temperatures rapidly erode the
permafrost. Research has shown that
atmospheric methane levels have risen
steadily since 2006, after a relatively
stable period lasting about seven years.
Scientists believe that sudden releases of
methane in the past have resulted in
dramatic climate changes, including
increased sea levels and mass extinctions
of species. The prospect that melting
Arctic permafrost would lead to
significant methane releases was
evidence that melting permafrost on land
and on the seabed is accelerating the
release of methane, a greenhouse gas 20
times more potent than carbon dioxide,
into the atmosphere. Researchers
aboard a laboratory vessel in the Siberian
Arctic observed methane “chimneys”
where the gas bubbled up to the surface
from vast underground stores that have
accumulated over centuries through the
natural decay of plant and animal matter.
The expedition documented local
concentrations of methane up to 10,000
times higher than normal.
Climatologists have hypothesized that
enormous quantities of methane, which
have remained frozen beneath Arctic ice
for thousands of years, are beginning to
be released as warming sea and air
temperatures rapidly erode the
permafrost. Research has shown that
atmospheric methane levels have risen
steadily since 2006, after a relatively
stable period lasting about seven years.
Scientists believe that sudden releases of
methane in the past have resulted in
dramatic climate changes, including
increased sea levels and mass extinctions
of species. The prospect that melting
Arctic permafrost would lead to
significant methane releases was
previously reported by redstateupdate in
June 2006.
Researchers around the world were
puzzled when methane levels rose by 28
million tons between June 2006 and
October 2007. Atmospheric methane
has more than doubled since the
industrial revolution, and recent data
show that there is currently more than
5.6 billion tons of methane in the air.
Scientists estimate the amount of
methane locked beneath the Arctic
permafrost to be many billions of tons,
exceeding the carbon stored in all of the
world’s coal deposits.
Professor Orjan Gustafsson of
Stockholm University, who led the
expedition to the Siberian Arctic, told
the Independent newspaper, “The
conventional thought has been that the
permafrost ‘lid’ on the sub-sea sediments
on the Siberian shelf should cap and hold
the massive reservoirs of shallow
methane deposits in place. The growing
evidence for release of methane in this
inaccessible region may suggest that the
permafrost lid is starting to get
perforated and thus leak methane.” The
disappearance of summer sea ice is also
thought to be accelerating the warming
trend in the Arctic Ocean. it's all true
June 2006.
Researchers around the world were
puzzled when methane levels rose by 28
million tons between June 2006 and
October 2007. Atmospheric methane
has more than doubled since the
industrial revolution, and recent data
show that there is currently more than
5.6 billion tons of methane in the air.
Scientists estimate the amount of
methane locked beneath the Arctic
permafrost to be many billions of tons,
exceeding the carbon stored in all of the
world’s coal deposits.
Professor Orjan Gustafsson of
Stockholm University, who led the
expedition to the Siberian Arctic, told
the Independent newspaper, “The
conventional thought has been that the
permafrost ‘lid’ on the sub-sea sediments
on the Siberian shelf should cap and hold
the massive reservoirs of shallow
methane deposits in place. The growing
evidence for release of methane in this
inaccessible region may suggest that the
permafrost lid is starting to get
perforated and thus leak methane.” The
disappearance of summer sea ice is also
thought to be accelerating the warming
trend in the Arctic Ocean. it's all true
Methane Warnings More Than Just Hot Air
The government sponsored
mortgage guarantee company
Freddie Mac hired a Republican
consulting firm in 2005 to lobby
against a bill that would have
provided stronger regulations
governing both Freddie Mac and
Fannie Mae. The company, DCI,
a Republican consulting and
lobbying firm, was paid $2 million
to attempt to persuade a group
of Republican senators to not
support the tighter regulations.
The campaign organized by DCI
included newspaper articles,
television segments and
orchestrated phone calls from
prominent business people who
opposed regulating the giant
government sponsored mortgage
firms. Opponents of the law said
the new regulations would
restrict the housing boom that
was occurring 3 years ago. The
bill, which came before the
Senate Banking, Housing and
Urban Affairs, was sponsored by
Republican Chuck Hagel (R-NE)
and was opposed by all of the
Democrats on the committee.
DCI was hired to undermine the
support of 17 Republicans on the
committee. At the time, Hagel
and his colleges wrote a letter to
the Senate Majority Leader
warning, “ If effective regulatory
reform legislation…is not enacted
this year, American taxpayer will
continue to be exposed to the
enormous risk that Fannie Mae
and Freddie Mac pose.”
In the end, the measure did not
garner Republican support, and
had no support from committee
Democrats; it died never being
voted upon. it's all true
mortgage guarantee company
Freddie Mac hired a Republican
consulting firm in 2005 to lobby
against a bill that would have
provided stronger regulations
governing both Freddie Mac and
Fannie Mae. The company, DCI,
a Republican consulting and
lobbying firm, was paid $2 million
to attempt to persuade a group
of Republican senators to not
support the tighter regulations.
The campaign organized by DCI
included newspaper articles,
television segments and
orchestrated phone calls from
prominent business people who
opposed regulating the giant
government sponsored mortgage
firms. Opponents of the law said
the new regulations would
restrict the housing boom that
was occurring 3 years ago. The
bill, which came before the
Senate Banking, Housing and
Urban Affairs, was sponsored by
Republican Chuck Hagel (R-NE)
and was opposed by all of the
Democrats on the committee.
DCI was hired to undermine the
support of 17 Republicans on the
committee. At the time, Hagel
and his colleges wrote a letter to
the Senate Majority Leader
warning, “ If effective regulatory
reform legislation…is not enacted
this year, American taxpayer will
continue to be exposed to the
enormous risk that Fannie Mae
and Freddie Mac pose.”
In the end, the measure did not
garner Republican support, and
had no support from committee
Democrats; it died never being
voted upon. it's all true
Following rules that were established
more than a year ago, the Department
of Homeland Security will begin to take
over the process of analyzing data about
air travelers procured by airlines to
decide which passengers will be deemed
to be a terror risk and not allowed to fly
in the US and internationally. The
change will affect the more than 2
million air travelers who board domestic
and international flights in the US every
day.
Air travelers will be required to provide
their full name, date of birth and gender
to board an airplane in the US for the
first time under the new regulation. The
new pre-departure rules require airlines
to request these personal identifiers
from travelers at the time they make a
reservation and transmit this and all
additional manifest information on
more than a year ago, the Department
of Homeland Security will begin to take
over the process of analyzing data about
air travelers procured by airlines to
decide which passengers will be deemed
to be a terror risk and not allowed to fly
in the US and internationally. The
change will affect the more than 2
million air travelers who board domestic
and international flights in the US every
day.
Air travelers will be required to provide
their full name, date of birth and gender
to board an airplane in the US for the
first time under the new regulation. The
new pre-departure rules require airlines
to request these personal identifiers
from travelers at the time they make a
reservation and transmit this and all
additional manifest information on
passengers to the Travel Security
Administration. The TSA will then
decide which passengers will be able to
board the airplane and travel to their
destinations.
Department of Homeland security
Secretary Michael Chertoff warned in a
press conference announcing the new
rules, “If you don’t provide the data,
then you are going to put yourself in a
position where you are probably going
to be a selectee” for additional and
more intrusive screening.
The TSA said that it will retain the
information that it receives from the
airlines for a week in the majority of
cases, but it will store the travel records
that seem to match a name on the
government’s secret no-fly list for
99 years. it's all true
Administration. The TSA will then
decide which passengers will be able to
board the airplane and travel to their
destinations.
Department of Homeland security
Secretary Michael Chertoff warned in a
press conference announcing the new
rules, “If you don’t provide the data,
then you are going to put yourself in a
position where you are probably going
to be a selectee” for additional and
more intrusive screening.
The TSA said that it will retain the
information that it receives from the
airlines for a week in the majority of
cases, but it will store the travel records
that seem to match a name on the
government’s secret no-fly list for
99 years. it's all true
In spite of recent court rulings requiring
some states to reestablish the voting
rights of citizens who were thrown off
the voter registration rolls, aggressive
voter registration purges by local party
politicians who control states' voter
registration rolls and autocratic
implementation of specific components
of the federal Help America Vote Act
have combined to create a situation as
Americans head to the voting booth
next week where many voters will be
unable to vote and others' right to vote
will be questioned by party officials.
In the majority of the cases, the voter
disenfranchisement and voter
suppression that will take place in 2008
will occur in minority and marginalized
communities.
Systematized voter registration purges
have been documented in Michigan,
some states to reestablish the voting
rights of citizens who were thrown off
the voter registration rolls, aggressive
voter registration purges by local party
politicians who control states' voter
registration rolls and autocratic
implementation of specific components
of the federal Help America Vote Act
have combined to create a situation as
Americans head to the voting booth
next week where many voters will be
unable to vote and others' right to vote
will be questioned by party officials.
In the majority of the cases, the voter
disenfranchisement and voter
suppression that will take place in 2008
will occur in minority and marginalized
communities.
Systematized voter registration purges
have been documented in Michigan,
Colorado,Georgia, Indiana, Louisiana,
Ohio and Nevada. In Michigan, a panel
of federal judges ruled that 5,500 voters
had been illegally removed from the
state’s voting rolls and ordered that
these voters’ rights be reestablished.
Michigan was found to have purged
these voters too close to the date of
the election. Federal rules disallow
purges within 90 days before elections.
While it is true that these voters’ rights
will be reestablished, voter purges
carried out by Michigan and other states,
have taken away millions of American's
right to vote. Rolling Stone Magazine
reported recently that more than 1
million voters had their right to vote
taken away by the Colorado Secretary of
State who embarked on a massive voter
registration purge in 2005. Since that
time, 19.6 percent of Colorado
Ohio and Nevada. In Michigan, a panel
of federal judges ruled that 5,500 voters
had been illegally removed from the
state’s voting rolls and ordered that
these voters’ rights be reestablished.
Michigan was found to have purged
these voters too close to the date of
the election. Federal rules disallow
purges within 90 days before elections.
While it is true that these voters’ rights
will be reestablished, voter purges
carried out by Michigan and other states,
have taken away millions of American's
right to vote. Rolling Stone Magazine
reported recently that more than 1
million voters had their right to vote
taken away by the Colorado Secretary of
State who embarked on a massive voter
registration purge in 2005. Since that
time, 19.6 percent of Colorado
residents, one in five of the state’s
voters, have been removed from the
voting rolls. Rolling Stone said that
at least 10 million voters have been
scrubbed from voting rolls nation-
wide since the last presidential
election in 2006.
In addition to voter purging,
aggressive implementation of the
Help America Vote Act, which allows
voters to be challenged at polling
places by party workers if a voter’s
identification does not match the
way it is recorded on federal
databases, has been used in recent
elections to limit voter participation.
Election day voter challenges of
this type have the effect of
disenfranchising the one in ten
citizens who do not carry a
government ID. it's all true
voters, have been removed from the
voting rolls. Rolling Stone said that
at least 10 million voters have been
scrubbed from voting rolls nation-
wide since the last presidential
election in 2006.
In addition to voter purging,
aggressive implementation of the
Help America Vote Act, which allows
voters to be challenged at polling
places by party workers if a voter’s
identification does not match the
way it is recorded on federal
databases, has been used in recent
elections to limit voter participation.
Election day voter challenges of
this type have the effect of
disenfranchising the one in ten
citizens who do not carry a
government ID. it's all true
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Election Machinery Provides Opportunity for Voting Chicanery
Freddie Mac Lobby
Warned Senate of
Dangerous Regulations
Warned Senate of
Dangerous Regulations
Federal No-Fly-List Vetting Prepares For Takeoff
...What we need is more
priority."
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