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OREO 07 04 08
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Newsstories of interest:
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** = Important [in this edition: 1 ]
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MH = Misleading Headline [in this edition: ]
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1 DISORDER
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__MISS PETTIGROAN DIES FOR A DAY # 2__
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** Firings and Dismay After [Esmin Elizabeth Green]'s Death
at Hospital
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/02/AR2008070202799.html
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"the hospital's records contrasted with the account cap-
tured on video."
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"The agency [the Health and Hospitals Corp] that runs...
[New York] city's public hospitals responded by firing six
staff members involved --including a director of psychiatry
and an on-duty physician"
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Mayor Bloomberg: "Does it say anything about our society?"
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YOU BETCHA!
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Executive director of the NY Civil Liberties Union: "This
is evidence of a
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profound [wazzat? PROFOUND]
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lack of respect for the humanity of people."
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THE SUPERPOWER'S PERMANENT WAR ON THE WORLD IS THE
RESULT OF ITS EVIL PEOPLE'S USUALLY UNSEEN NATURE!
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Editorial | The Imprecise Meaning of War
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/03/opinion/03thu3.html
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"companies ripping off taxpayers in...[The Superpower's]
Iraq and Afghanistan wars may never be fully prosecuted.
This is because the...conflicts are not declared wars."
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AH, WHAT A SLY DOG BU$H IS !
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The Struggles of Detroit Ensnare Its Workers
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/03/business/03auto.html?ref=business&pagewanted=all
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"“It’s very scary. We’d been led to believe we’d have a
future. Now they pull the rug out from under us."
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Steelworkers Merge With British Union [Unite the Union]
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/03/us/03union.html
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Why? "the growing power of global capital."
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Unite the Union:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unite_the_Union
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Lawsuit Leads to Release of Immigrant | In Jail, She Was
Denied Timely Medical Care
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/02/AR2008070203505.html
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See OREO 05 11 08 | DISORDER | __MAJOR EXPOSE__ | "System
of Neglect | As Tighter Immigration Policies Strain Fede-
ral Agencies, The Detainees in Their Care Often Pay a Heavy
Cost"
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http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/O-r-e-o/message/408
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Secret report: biofuel caused food crisis | Internal World
Bank study delivers blow to energy drive
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/jul/03/biofuels.renewableenergy
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"Biofuels have forced global food prices up by 75% --far
more than previously estimated-- according to a confiden-
tial World Bank report obtained by the Guardian."
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"Senior development sources believe the report, completed
in April, has not been published to avoid embarrassing...
Bush."
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THE BANK, LIKE UNO AND IMF,
IS A TOOL OF THE SUPERPOWER
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It knows which side of the bread the butter's on.
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2 AFRICA
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DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
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International court orders Congolese warlord freed
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http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080702/D91LV8NG1.html
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"The [UNO] gave prosecutors many documents only on the con-
dition they remain confidential."
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"Prosecutors acknowledge that about half of the more than
200 documents they are withholding contain evidence that
could help support Lubanga's innocence or mitigate his
guilt."
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"a fair trial of the accused [Thomas Lubanga] is impossible,
and the entire justification for his detention has been re-
moved."
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THE UNO, LIKE IMF AND BANK,
IS A TOOL OF THE SUPERPOWER
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It knows which side of the bread the butter's on.
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3 ASIA
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THE BU$H PLAN (IRAQ)
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[House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform] Ques-
tions State Dept. Role in Iraq Oil Deal[s]
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/03/world/middleeast/03kurdistan.html?pagewanted=all
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"Disclosure of...contracts has provided substantial fuel
to critics of the Iraq war, both in the United States and
abroad, who contend that the enormous Iraqi oil reserves
were a motivation for the American-led invasion —-an asser-
tion the administration has repeatedly denied."
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NO BLOOD FOR OIL
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IT IS TO LAUGH !
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A
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Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Monday, 30 June 2008
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http://www.albasrah.net/en_articles_2008/0708/iraqiresistancereport_300608.htm
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Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Tuesday, 1 July 2008
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http://www.albasrah.net/en_articles_2008/0708/iraqiresistancereport_010708.htm
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Item 3: US troops reportedly execute two west-Baghdad youths
in front of their family
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"troops belonging to a unit called the 'Dirty Division'
raided the home where the youths
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‘Uthman ‘Abd al-Wahid al-Qadiri
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and his cousin
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Harith Zuhayr
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lived
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late on the afternoon of Saturday, 28 June."
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Dirty Division?
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See Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Saturday, 2 April
2005 | Item 3 | "Battle rages in al-Hadithah late Friday
afternoon"
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"Fierce fighting broke out in al-Hadithah at 5pm Friday
afternoon between Iraqi Resistance forces and a detach-
ment of US Marines known as the 'dirty division'"
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"[An Iraqi Resistance source] said, “just so that they
know that we’re not afraid of their names, like the
‘dirty division[,]’ we today presented them with 16 of
their soldiers dead or wounded."
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Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Wednesday, 2 July 2008
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http://www.albasrah.net/en_articles_2008/0708/iraqiresistancereport_020708.htm
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Item 5 | US rockets Baghdad neighborhood [al-‘Amil] late
Tuesday night
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"the attack...roused local residents to take to the streets
to protest the American assault. Local residents marched
to the US base [in the neighborhood] chanting angry slogans
and denouncing the attack. The US responded with an apolo-
gy"
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THE BU$H PLAN (AFGHANISTAN)
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Pentagon extends tour of Marines in Afghanistan
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080703/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_afghanistan_marines
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"after insisting for months the unit would come home on
time."
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Attacks, bombs kill 14 in Afghanistan
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http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/world/4761773/attacks-bombs-kill-14-afghanistan
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"attackers tossed a grenade into a [puppet] police post in
Panjwayi district...Kandahar province and then opened fire
into the building, killing eight [puppet] policemen" "two
are still missing"
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And "three [puppet] policemen were killed and two were
wounded...in the...province of Ghazni when their vehicle
was" IEDed.
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Image:Kandahar districts.png:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Kandahar_districts.png
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Ghazni Province:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghazni_Province
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THE BU$H PLAN (PAKISTAN)
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Offensive in Tribal Area Criticized by Key Pakistani Poli-
ticians
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/02/AR2008070203037_pf.html
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"In recent weeks, Pakistan had been attempting to broker
peace deals in the same region that its forces are now
attacking."
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FAKE PEACE DEALS
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REPUBLIC OF KOREA
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Candlelight Actions Unabated in Seoul
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July 3, 2008 | From bottom: Item 2
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http://www.kcna.co.jp/index-e.htm
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"More than 50,000 Catholic believers and citizens from all
walks of life in south Korea launched a candlelight action
against the American beef import in Seoul on June 30."
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"At least 100 priests of the Catholic Priests' Association
for Justice went on a hunger strike from that night after
pitching tents at the plaza [of the City Office]."
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4 EUROPE
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BELARUS
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Dozens injured in bomb blast at Belarus concert
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http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/world/4761242/dozens-injured-bomb-blast-belarus-concert
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"there was no immediate indication who was responsible for
the attack at the Independence Day concert late Thursday."
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However, the last paragraph of the newsstory indicates who
is ultimately responsible:
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"The United States regards Belarus as 'the last dictator-
ship in Europe.'"
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RUSSIAN FEDERATION
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Lawyers Press Russian Case Against a U.S. Bank [Bank of New
York Mellon]
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/04/business/worldbusiness/04bony.html
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"bank...failed to supervise suspect Russian accounts at a
time when the rush to privatize formerly state-owned assets
...resulted in widespread criticism of insider deals and
[duh] possible corruption."
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and now:
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Speech at a Meeting of the Council of Legislators [on cor-
ruption]
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http://www.kremlin.ru/eng/speeches/2008/07/02/1815_type82912type84779_203503.shtml
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"It is clear that corruption in our country is a genuine,
[>] systemic evil which we must fight against."
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UK
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Intelligence chief Alex Allan unconscious for four days
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article4266396.ece
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"does not have an intelligence background."
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THEREFORE
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"chairman of the Cabinet Office Joint Intelligence Commit-
tee."
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5 LATAM
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CUBA
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REFLECTIONS BY FIDEL | The McCain Tour and the Manifest
Destiny of the U. S. Fourth Fleet
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http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2008/julio/mier2/reflexion.html
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6 SUPERPOWER
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Utah is going to a 4-day workweek to save energy
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080703/ap_on_re_us/four_day_workweek
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Gov bureaucrats "will put in 10-hour days, Monday through
Thursday"
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7 $$$$
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Oil surges to new highs above $145 a barrel; US pump prices
at record near $4.10 a gallon
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080703/oil_prices.html
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Asia stocks edge lower as oil above $145
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http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/world/4761824/asia-stocks-edge-lower-oil-145
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"Japan's Nikkei share average fell for a 12th day in a row,
the longest string of losses in 54 years"
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Employers Cut Workers for a Sixth Month [in a Row]
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/04/business/04jobs.html
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"62,000 jobs disappeared in June"
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"Businesses cut 52,000 more workers in May and April than
the government first thought [= reported]"
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Eyes on Inflation, European [Central] Bank Raises Rate
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/04/business/worldbusiness/04euro.html
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"Central banks in Sweden and Norway also raised rates this
week"
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How Lehman Brothers Veered Off Course | Investment Bank
Prided Itself on Real Estate Expertise
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/02/AR2008070203343_pf.html
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"Because it prided itself on real estate expertise --it
helped popularize real estate-backed securities in the
early 1970s-- and investment prowess, Lehman risked far
bigger proportions of its own capital doing deals than
its major competitors did."
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FOOLS AND MONEY ARE SOON PARTED
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