UN Report: Anti-Terror War Still Losing:

The worldwide war on terror is still on the lose-side, as al-Qaeda is still posing as big a threat as ever, according to an alarming United Nations report...

http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=38557


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Tony Eastley / Radio National

AUSTRALIA (August 23, 2004) -- "A report in today's Fairfax newspapers claims Prime Minister John Howard was repeatedly warned that going to war in Iraq would inflame extremism and increase the risk of terrorist recruitment. Mr Howard was given the warnings verbally and in written reports according to unnamed intelligence sources quoted in the Sydney Morning Herald. The Prime Minister has repeatedly told Australians that the war in Iraq would not increase the threat of terrorism against Australia and in fact would diminish the threat." A transcript of the Monday morning broadcast is available at:

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Das Böse kann überall lauern: Die Verhinderung von Terroranschlägen kann in Panikmache umschlagen, also mit dem Ziel von Terroristen konvergieren...

http://www.telepolis.de/tp/deutsch/special/auf/18122/1.html

http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0819-13.htm


Informant: kevcross5

by Cathy Young

Hawaii Reporter

08/19/04

In this brave new world of global terrorism, the issue of reliable border control has acquired a new urgency. Yet there are also well-founded concerns that in the effort to keep out malefactors we will sacrifice so many of our liberties and alienate so many people around the world that the terrorists, to use a well-worn phrase, will indeed have won. The debate on safety vs. privacy, particularly in airline travel, has been raging for years, ever since the airports first installed metal detectors and luggage screening...

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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

by Andrew Cohen

TruthOut

08/16/04

'Never mind,' the feds now say to Yaser Esam Hamdi, the alleged enemy combatant whose case was decided in June by the U.S. Supreme Court. Never mind that we threw you into the brig and then fought like wildcats to deprive you of fundamental constitutional rights. Never mind that we told federal judges that you were a dangerous enemy of the United States. Now, it seems, the government is negotiating with Hamdi's attorneys for his release from confinement.

According to reports, Hamdi would renounce his U.S. citizenship, move to Saudi Arabia and accept some travel restrictions, as well as some monitoring by Saudi officials, in exchange for his freedom. In addition, he may have to agree not to file a civil rights lawsuit against the federal government...

http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/081804X.shtml


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

by Amy Goodman

Democracy Now

08/17/04

Interview with Chalmers Johnson: "I've spent a fair amount of time traveling in Indonesia. It's the world's largest Islamic country. ... Four or five years ago, 80% of the population were pro-American. It was one of the easiest places on earth to visit. Now 80% of the public distrusts the United States and is sympathetic to al Qaeda. T-shirts with pictures of Osama bin Laden are common on any kid in Jakarta today. Only George Bush could have brought about such a disastrous outcome."

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/08/17/1354236


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

The last thing the United States needs in this part of the world is one more enemy. Yet last week, all indications were that the Bush administration was marching straight into a confrontation with Iran...

http://www.gulfnews.com/Articles/Opinion2.asp?ArticleID=129191


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