Google’s Censors Reply At Last!
URUKNET
After more than ten days and many e-mails we sent, Google News replies at last:… We received numerous complaints from users about your site and after reviewing it we’ve found that we could no longer include it in Google News. We currently don’t include sites that are primarily news aggregators, and we weren’t able to find any stories on your site that weren’t from outside sources… 1) We thank The Google Team for their kind reply, however: 1) The Google Team does not say which kind of complaints they received and from whom; 2) The Google Team writes: “we weren’t able to find any stories on your site that weren’t from outside sources”. Probably The Google Team didn’t look up carefully since Uruknet publishes regularly original articles…; 3) The Google Team writes “We currently don’t include sites that are primarily news aggregators.” This is patently false because Google News does include a lot of websites that are primarily or exclusively news aggregators.

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Google: Kiss Freedom Goodbye
Gabriele Zamparini, The Cat’s Dream
Google’s censorship against Uruknet.info [see below, Google: Kiss Freedom Goodbye] and other anti-Zionist blogs and websites may better be understood by reading the following (…) In other words: first Corporate Amerika launches a war of aggression – the supreme international crime – against Iraq, using those notorious WMD that Iraq didn’t have against the civilian population and killing more than one million of human beings, making five millions more refugee. Now that Iraq is completely annihilated, the same Corporate Amerika censors what Iraq’s citizens say. Welcome to Politically Correctness’ World, much better than Disneyland!…

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Urgent – Attacking Shu’la Hospital in Baghdad
Dr. Omar Al-Kubaisy – Translated to English by Wafaa’ Al-Natheema
Today, Monday, May 5th, the Shu’la hospital in Karkh district was attacked. This hospital has been supporting a large popualtion in Shu’la city. There, the military operations and confrontations errupted between civilians in this neighborhood and the U.S. occupation and Iraqi forces under the banner of “eliminating the gangs of death and murder.” Historically, I am unaware of military operations targeting civilian hospitals!! The doctors as well as the director were being humuliated and beaten by, what unjustly called, the Iraqi army….

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It was necessary to destroy the family in order to save it
Whatever It Is, I’m Against It
From today’s press gaggle: HELEN THOMAS: Yesterday, according to The New York Times, we dropped a bomb on a home in Sadr City and burned alive a pregnant woman and her children. How long is the siege of Sadr — how long are we going to keep bombing Iraqis? DANA PEROXIDE: Well, I’m not aware of that particular report. I have not — I’ve not seen it. THOMAS: Well, it was pretty buried in the story. PERINO: Okay. Well, the operation against the militias in Sadr City will continue until they root them out. And that is expressly in order to protect people like you just mentioned. ….

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Israeli siege contaminates potable water in Gaza Strip
Palestinian Information Center
The spokesperson of the Gaza-based anti-siege popular committee Rami Abdo has warned on Tuesday that the Israeli blockade on Gaza Strip caused a sharp decrease in drinking water, putting lives of the 1.5 million Gazans at risk. In a statement he issued in Gaza city and a copy of which was obtained by the PIC, Abdo asserted that almost 70% of the Palestinian families in the tiny Strip were receiving potable water once every five days as a result of the siege, warning that the Israeli sanctions on Gaza had also affected maintenance of water networks and treatment of waste water…

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IOA imposes hermetic closure on West Bank, suspends prison visits
Palestinian Information Center
The Israeli occupation authority on Tuesday imposed a hermetic closure on the West Bank at the orders of war minister Ehud Barak that would extend till Friday. The Hebrew radio said that the closure was in light of celebrations commemorating the Remembrance Day for Israeli soldiers who were killed during wars. The order would bar Palestinians from entering Palestinian lands occupied in 1948 with the exception of “humanitarian aid as well as doctors, medical personnel and additional professional groups”…

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Gaza Strip Report 962: UNRWA STALL SHIPMENT OF HUMANITARIAN AID – TRUCKS CANNOT DELIVER WITHOUT FUEL
Hiyam Noir, PalestineFreeVoice
The United Nations Relief Agency for Palestinian Refugees UNRWA, will halt its humanitarian aid distribution to Gaza Strip on Monday evening,because of fuel shortage in Gaza Strip.UNWRA vehicles operating in Gaza Strip deliver aid to the residents of Gaza Strip. The suspension of humanitarian aid, including food aid, will effect over 650,000 Gaza Strip refugees.The Zionist Entity [Israel] has refused shipment of fuel for automobiles into Gaza Strip since 9 April, and the delivery of cooking gas and industrial fuel is also severely limited…

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Iraq Oil Ministry extends deadline for pipeline to and from Iran…
Iraq Oil Report
Iraq’s Oil Ministry has extended the deadline for companies to submit plans to design and supply the equipment for pipelines to and from Iran. The April 24 deadline for bids was moved to May 18, the ministry announced on its Web site Tuesday, Ben Lando reports for United Press International. The State Company for Oil Projects, a division of the ministry, is inviting international oil companies to offer bids detailing the design and engineering study and supplying of all equipment and materials except the pipelines itself. The project, which has been in the discussion phase for more than a year, is to ship Iraqi crude to Iran and in a separate line import refined products…

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JORDAN: Increased domestic violence among Iraqi refugees – IOM report
IRIN News
A study published in March by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) on the mental state of Iraqis in Jordan and Lebanon has pointed to mounting social and economic problems as the cause of increased domestic violence. “Most families prefer to sweep their problems under the carpet because [to them] reputation matters more than anything else,” said Shankul Kader from the Jordanian-Iraqi Brotherhood Society, a non-governmental organisation trying to help the Iraqi community in Jordan…

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Why John Yoo and Other Top Administration Lawyers Should be Investigated for War Crimes
Under U.S. Law Torture is Always Illegal
MARJORIE COHN
What does torture have in common with genocide, slavery, and wars of aggression? They are all jus cogens. Jus cogens is Latin for “higher law” or “compelling law.” This means that no country can ever pass a law that allows torture. There can be no immunity from criminal liability for violation of a jus cogens prohibition. The United States has always prohibited the use of torture in our Constitution, laws executive statements and judicial decisions. We have ratified three treaties that all outlaw torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. When the United States ratifies a treaty, it becomes part of the Supreme Law of the Land under the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution…

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Israeli President: Nuclear Iran would be ‘nightmare’; Israel must remain sole Mideast nuclear power
Saed Bannoura – IMEMC News Report
The Israeli President, Shimon Peres, stated Monday that “Iran is a danger not only for Israel but also for the rest of the world”, adding that if Iran were to get a nuclear weapon, it would be a “nightmare”. In his talk, he tacitly acknowledged that Israel is a nuclear power – something that was long denied by the Israeli state, but has recently been discreetly mentioned by Israeli leaders on a number of occasions. Peres has long been called the ‘father of Israel’s bomb’, having obtained help from the French government in the 1950s to build Israel’s nuclear reactor at Dimona…

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Iraqis forced to abandon farming
Ahmed Janabi, Aljazeera.net
Iraq has started to import vegetables for the first time in its modern history despite ample water, fertile land and a rich farming heritage stretching back to 6,000 years. The war, lack of resources and new market realities in post-Saddam Iraq are to be blamed for this break from tradition. A post-war free market system is pushing Iraqi farmers out of competition. Cheaper goods, such as Syrian vegetables, have flooded local markets. Hasan al-Shammari, a farmer from al-Latifiya, 40km south-west of Baghdad, said: “Traders looking for larger profit have destroyed our business, because they make more money when they import vegetables and the government is doing nothing to protect the Iraqi farmer.”…

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Unicef warns of Iraqis ‘at risk’
Clive Myrie, BBC News
A displaced Iraqi man sits outside a former military complex where he lives with his family after receiving humanitarian aid in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City
Unicef says fighting has damaged water supplies, posing health risks. It is increasingly hard for Iraqi aid workers to help tens of thousands of people caught up in fighting in Baghdad, according to Unicef. The Sadr City area of the capital has seen the worst clashes between government forces and Shia militia. The UN children’s agency says over 150,000 people there are having difficulty accessing clean water, food and other essential services…

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PCHR: Narratives Under Siege
International Solidarity Movement
In order to highlight the impact of the siege and closure of the Gaza Strip on the civilian population, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) is publishing a series of “Narratives Under Siege” on their website. These short articles are based on personal testimonies and experiences of life in the Gaza Strip, highlighting the restrictions, and violations, being imposed on the civilians of Gaza…

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“Locked by Robots”…
Layla Anwar, An Arab Woman Blues
This is the message I got from Blogger.com, Son of Joogle.com, the Godfather… “Your blog is locked. Blogger’s spam-prevention robots have detected that your blog has characteristics of a spam blog…Since you are an actual person reading this, your blog is probably not a spam blog. Automated spam detection is inherently fuzzy and we sincerely apologise for this false positive.
We received your unlock request on 02 May 2008. On behalf of the robots, we apologise for locking your non-spam blog. Please be patient while we take a look at your blog and verify that it is not spam.” On behalf of the robots, please accept our best wishes… on behalf of the robots, please accept “your freedom”, on behalf of the robots, if you spam us with your truth, we will wipe you out…

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Row over Hezbollah telecoms grid
Aljazeera.net
Lebanon’s government is to take legal action against a private communication network established in the country by Hezbollah, the Shia political organisation and armed group. Ghazi al-Aridi, Lebanon’s information minister, said on Tuesday that the cabinet has decided to pursue all those considered to be involved in the communication network. “Since it is illegal and constitutes a threat to the government’s sovereignty and its public properties, we will take legal action and prosecute anyone proven to be involved – either individuals, groups organisations or companies,” he said. Lebanon’s ruling bloc has been locked in a political battle with the Hezbollah-led opposition for the last 16 months. Hezbollah has admitted that it possesses its own communication network, but has refused to heed government calls to dismantle it….

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Iraqi civilians flee fighting in Baghdad militia stronghold
SELCAN HACAOGLU, Associated Press Writer
A rocket slammed into Baghdad’s city hall and another hit a downtown park Tuesday as more frightened civilians fled a Shiite militia stronghold where U.S.-led forces are locked in fierce street battles. The American push in the Sadr City district — launched after an Iraqi government crackdown on armed Shiite groups began in late March — is trying to weaken the militia grip in a key corner of Baghdad and disrupt rocket and mortar strikes on the U.S.-protected Green Zone….

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Al-Hajj says US wanted him to spy
Aljazeera.net
A celebration has been held in Sudan after the release of Sami al-Hajj, an Al Jazeera cameraman, from Guantanamo Bay, with hundreds of well-wishers in attendance. Civil society groups and the Al Jazeera television network organised the gathering in the capital, Khartoum, on Monday to mark his freedom. He addressed the rally and said that his US captors had hoped to turn him into a spy…

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they (Goograel) combat the sites that get SEO
Mary Rizzo, Peacepalestine
…In addition to illustrating the latest news and events listed on this Israel 60 mother of all blogs, we are optimizing this news and event blog as we do all news and feature content on the Israel News Agency. The Israel 60 Birthday Website will combat Palestine, Iran, Nazi and Syria sites which have started to attack Israel’s 60th birthday by enjoying a stronger search engine optimization (SEO) marketing and public relations ranking on Google and appearing throughout the Net using all of the tools of Web 2.0.”….

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Water crisis looming in Gaza due to Israeli blockade
Ma’an News
About 70% of families living in the Gaza Strip receive water once every five days, and 30% have access to water only once every week, says Rami Abdu the spokesperson of the Popular Committee for Countering the Siege on the Gaza Strip. In addition, the drinking water in Gaza has become unsafe. Abdu said that 65% of the water network in Gaza is unable to operate normally to Israel’s blockade of the Strip. He explained that due to the continuous closure of border crossings, the municipal councils of the Gaza Strip have been unable to import spare parts for water and sewage pumps and water treatment plants…

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Gaza death toll, humanitarian crisis escalates
Report, Al Mezan
The number of victims killed by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) has increased amid continued escalation of its attacks on, and incursions into, the Gaza Strip recently. According to Al Mezan Center’s monitoring and documentation, IOF stepped up their human rights violations and committed breaches of international humanitarian law (IHL) systematically in the Gaza Strip. According to Al Mezan’s statistics, 69 Palestinians have been killed by IOF in the Gaza Strip since the start of April 2008….

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Sadr wants peaceful talks, lawmaker says
UPI
A lawmaker with the political party of Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr said diplomatic means are the way to peaceful reconciliation in Iraq. Maha al-Dori with the Sadrist Movement said U.S. officials blamed Sadr loyalists for the instability in Basra and Baghdad recently. She rejected the notion in an interview with Al-Alam saying Sadr’s Mehdi Army targets only “occupation” forces in self-defense and not Iraqi national forces. Dori said she was sad to see some Iraqi lawmakers rejected a proposal by Iraqi Parliament Speaker Mahmoud al-Mashhadani and President Jalal Talabani to resolve the political crisis diplomatically…

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A long way from Home…
Layla Anwar, Arab Woman Blues II – Silent Reflections…
Do you have any idea what’s happening to the 4.5 million Iraqi refugees also known as DPs (displaced person. DP no. 354,670,890,1001,2003… DPs walking around with numbers and badges, carrying pieces of yellowed paper, application forms that they’ve shown over and over, old ID cards, expired passports, begging an administrator, supplicating an officer, knocking on NGOs doors only to hear what they’ve heard before ---sorry we can’t help you. Kawthar and her sister. Two orphaned women, the rest of the family has been murdered by the Mahdi Army, you know the Mahdi army don’t you?…

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ISRAEL’S 60 YEAR OLD LEGACY TO PALESTINE
Desertpeace
Rarely seen archival photographs alongside Palestinian survivors remembering the 1948 ‘ Nakba ‘ (Catastrophe), describing the expulsion from their land on which the suburbs of Tel Aviv have since been built and their subsequent struggles as refugees. Memories include the terror immediately prior to fleeing, the slow realisation that they would not be returning home soon, the struggle to rebuild their lives in cramped refugee camps, and the increased resistance that grew once the Israeli military pursued them to the refugee camps….

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IS GOOGLE ETHNIC CLEANSING THE INTERNET?
Desertpeace
In the past two days, the same number of pro-Palestinian Blogs were locked by Google…. accusing them of being Spam Blogs. They claim it is ‘Robots’ that are doing the dirty work…. I claim it is a very sophisticated, well organised cell of zionists at work. Robots don’t log into Blogs randomly and read entries…. as Google has been doing on a number of occasions this week. Google’s Blogsite, Blogspot, also insisted late last year that users log in using a gmail.com account…. Does this mean they are also logging in to our private emails? Sunday a Blog that is run by a young Arab Woman was locked. ArabWomanBlues @ Blogspot was just too much for Google to handle. Her beautiful daily selection of artwork was an eyesore to them…. Yesterday it was the turn of one of our resident journalists living in Gaza, Laila El-Haddad, A Mother From Gaza, also at Blogspot. Her writings about her beautiful children were also too much for Google to handle…. Palestinian children…

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Dozens of Iraqi police detained in operation
Waleed Ibrahim
Iraqi soldiers detained dozens of policemen and closed down a hospital suspected of treating Shi’ite militiamen in a Baghdad stronghold of cleric Moqtada al -Sadr’s Mehdi Army, Iraqi security officials said on Tuesday. Iraqi and U.S. security forces have been battling Mehdi Army fighters in Baghdad since late March. The upsurge in violence has underscored the fragility of Iraq’s security at a time when U.S. troops in the capital are reducing their numbers…

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Americans ‘stole my life from me’
Phil Sands, The National
Amer Samara’ae hates Americans. Not some Americans, not American soldiers, not American mercenaries, not the US president. He hates all Americans, something he learned to do during a year inside their Iraq prisons. “I was innocent and they took me and they stole my life from me,” he said. “I’m not a religious extremist; I never was. I hate them because they took everything. Do they think you’re just going to forget?”…”I was arrested in Baghdad while visiting a friend and then I was taken into the system,” he said. “They didn’t have any charges against me and one day in an interrogation they decided that I was giving weapons to the insurgents”…

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Admiral Mullen: US Will Stand by Israel for Next 1,000 Years
Jerusalem Post
…Concerning the Syrian nuclear faculty reportedly bombed by Israel and which the CIA said was being built with North Korean help, Mullen called the situation “troubling.” He went on to say that the US has “has been at Israel’s side for all of 60 years, it will be for the next 60 years, 100 years and 1,000 years. “With all its success, I am a tremendous admirer and have great respect for Israel,” he said, expressing particular admiration for establishing a state “representing democracy and freedom.”…

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Bush, Democrats seek to fund Iraq war into next administration
Bill Van Auken, WSWS
In a bid by the two major parties to prevent November’s presidential election from being turned into a referendum on the war in Iraq, the Bush administration and the Democratic leadership in Congress are both working to craft new war funding legislation that would pay for the fighting to continue at the present level well past January, when the next president takes office. According to media reports, the congressional Democrats are still debating how—not if—they will approve the money needed to continue the ongoing wars against the peoples of Iraq and Afghanistan….

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Gaza: Agriculture ministry: Poultry sector collapses after depletion of natural gas
Palestinian Information Center
The ministry of agriculture in Gaza warned Monday that the poultry and hatchery sector stopped completely because of the depletion of natural gas used for warming eggs and young chicken which threatens to deprive Gaza citizens from white meat after the red meat had already become scarce from the domestic food basket as a result of the closure of crossings for more than ten months. In a statement, assistant deputy minister of agriculture Dr. Ibrahim Al-Kudra stated that the natural gas needs of the poultry sector are estimated at 400 tons per month, as the Gaza Strip produces 10,000,000 birds…

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The Nakba – 60 Years of Dignity and Justice Denied
Ingrid Jaradat Gassner and Hazem Jamjoum
At the beginning of the 20th century, most Palestinians lived inside the borders of Palestine, which is now divided into Israel and the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. At that time, Palestine was one of several Arab territories that were part of the Ottoman Empire, and the indigenous Arab population aspired for independence and sovereignty. There was good reason for optimism because the British High Commissioner in Egypt had promised that Britain would support Arab independence in exchange for support of the Allied war effort to bring down the Ottoman regime (MacMahon-Hussein correspondence), and US President Woodrow Wilson had announced his doctrine of self-determination for the post-World War I order….

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Iraq backs off allegations on Iran as violence continues apace
LEILA FADEL AND SHASHANK BENGALI, McClatchy Newspapers
The Iraqi government seemed to distance itself from U.S. accusations towards Iran Sunday saying it would not be forced into conflict with its Shiite neighbor. And Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki ordered the formation of a committee to look into foreign intervention in Iraq. The government spokesman, Ali al-Dabbagh, told reporters Sunday that a committee was formed to find “tangible information” about foreign intervention, specifically Iran’s role in Iraq rather than “information based on speculation.”..

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Newly Unredacted Report Confirms Psychologists Supported Illegal Interrogations In Iraq and Afghanistan
ACLU
The American Civil Liberties Union announced today the release of newly unredacted documents from the Defense Department’s internal investigations into charges of detainee abuse. Uncensored documents from the Church Report, obtained as a result of the ACLU’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit, include new details exposing the role of psychologists in military interrogations. The documents also uncover new information about the failure of military medical personnel to report abuses at Abu Ghraib, the military’s use of unlawful interrogation methods subsequent to a directive that was ostensibly meant to end such practices, and detainee deaths in Afghanistan and Iraq…

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Death of 3 patients raise the number of siege victims to 145
Palestinian Information Center
Three more Gaza patients have died due to the IOF blockade that closed all crossings between the Gaza Strip and the outside world, the popular anti siege committee announced on Monday. Rami Abdo, the committee’s spokesman, said in a statement that lack of proper medical treatment coupled with the closure of all crossings had led to the death of those three patients a child and two old women. He quoted medical sources as saying that the 13-year-old child Ismahan Al-Jaal was suffering from brain tumor and was denied travel through Beit Hanun (Erez) crossing by the Israeli occupation authority…

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The Nakba – 60 Years of Dignity and Justice Denied
Ingrid Jaradat Gassner and Hazem Jamjoum
At the beginning of the 20th century, most Palestinians lived inside the borders of Palestine, which is now divided into Israel and the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. At that time, Palestine was one of several Arab territories that were part of the Ottoman Empire, and the indigenous Arab population aspired for independence and sovereignty. There was good reason for optimism because the British High Commissioner in Egypt had promised that Britain would support Arab independence in exchange for support of the Allied war effort to bring down the Ottoman regime (MacMahon-Hussein correspondence), and US President Woodrow Wilson had announced his doctrine of self-determination for the post-World War I order….

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WHY SOME MODERN DAY RABBIS SAY WHAT THEY DO
Desertpeace
Watch this video and see how they ‘learn’ the Scriptures in this modern age of ours… then you will understand how they come out with the views that are contrary to the actual ‘Law’….

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There is hope in Gaza
Miko Peled, The Electronic Intifada
Israel’s assault on the people of Gaza is so horrendous that it will not soon be forgotten. This vicious attempt by Israel to destroy an entire nation has tipped the scales for good and Zionism will forever be remembered as a blemish in the history of the Jewish people. The people of Gaza, however, give us hope and they will forever be remembered for their courage and resilience during these trying times. The people of Gaza, while being deprived of rights and resources, still find the inner strength and the belief in their destiny to send their children to school. There are close to 800,000 children living in Gaza; they make up more than half of the population…

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New Abu Ghraib Torture Claims Filed Against Military Contractors, According to Legal Team for Former ‘Ghost’ Detainee
PR Newswire (press release)
New torture claims have been leveled at two U.S. military contractors by a former Abu Ghraib “ghost” detainee who was wrongly imprisoned and later released without
charge, according to a lawsuit filed today in Los Angeles federal court by his U.S. legal team. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Emad Al-Janabi, a 43-year-old Iraqi blacksmith, who alleges that he was beaten and forced from his home by people in U.S. military uniforms and civilian clothing in September 2003. He was released from Abu Ghraib without charge in July 2004…

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Fatah “Security Forces” of “Smiles & Hopes” in Kahutz with Israeli Occupation on the WB – Israeli Killings and Destructions on Gaza Strip Continues
Hiyam Noir, PalestineFreeVoice
By 10 am on Sunday morning Israeli perpetrators left a Palestinian community in complete devastation.After more then eights hours of incursion, in which the Israelis killed and seriously wounded the residents,destroying homes and large areas of agricultural lands of Khuza’a in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip…

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Documents Confirm Psychologists Collaborated with “War on Terror” Torture Program
Tom Burghard
Newly declassified documents obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) from the Department of Defense (DoD) expose the role played by psychologists in the illegal interrogation of prisoners at CIA and Pentagon detention facilities in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. According to ACLU staff attorney Amrit Singh, The documents reveal that psychologists and medical personnel played a key role in sustaining prisoner abuse — a clear violation of their ethical and legal obligations. The documents only underscore the need for an independent investigation into responsibility for the systemic abuse of detainees held in U.S. custody abroad…

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Exiling Palestinians to Chile!!
Adib S Kawar, Palestine Think Tank
We cannot but thank those who arranged for Palestinian Arab refugees who were chased out of Iraq for finding for them a path out of the hell they found themselves in, namely a desert no man’s land between Iraq and Syria. I am not sure for how long they spent of their lives suffering the freezing winters and baking in the heat of long summers? The only place they found to take refuge in, Chile is the furthest away point in the world away from their homeland, Palestine. Palestinian Arab refugees are fighting to exercise their Right of Return to their Palestinian homes and land, while Arab regimes pay them lip service by echoing this demand just like parrots, and at the same time did all possible to help in re-uproot them from their refuge in Iraq, to find themselves in this no man’s land. Is there is no place in this fourteen million square kms wide Arab homeland that was wide enough to be able to give them temporary refuge, up till a time when their problem is solved and return to Palestine!!!…

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Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Monday, 5 May 2008
Translated and/or compiled by Muhammad Abu Nasr, member, editorial board, the Free Arab Voice. www.freearabvoice.org
In a dispatch posted at 7pm Baghdad time Monday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that Iraqi government troops raided the al-Hakim Hospital in the ash-Shu’lah area of Baghdad. Yaqen reported Dr. Yasin ‘Abd al-Hasan ar-Rukkabi, the Director of al-Hakim Hospital, as saying that the government forces ordered wounded and sick patients taken out of the facility and prevented the hospital from admitting any more injured persons for treatment….

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May 5, 2008: 48 Iraqis Killed, 104 Wounded
Margaret Griffis, Antiwar.com
At least 48 Iraqis were killed and 104 more were wounded in the latest attacks. Most of the violence occurred in and around Sadr City. No Coalition deaths were reported. Hospital sources in Sadr City reported six dead and 44 wounded in overnight violence. In Baghdad, six Iraqi soldiers were wounded during security operations….

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