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To: steve harris who wrote (4571)	8/7/2005 3:50:17 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9838

Mayoral Candidate Resorts to Erotica (NYC Democrat to have go-go dancers at fundraiser) 8/7/05 \| AP With his campaign for city council going no place fast, Victor Bernace felt he needed something special to spark interest in his next fund-raiser. How about exotic dancers? The New York Democrat said Saturday he plans to have bikini-clad go-go dancers and men in nothing but briefs at a "Havana Night" campaign party next month at a Manhattan nightclub. There will be no nudity at the $20-per-head event, Bernace said, but he promised "a sexy, erotic show." "I'm throwing a fun event. Most politicians — I've been to their fund-raisers, and they are boring," he said. "People can go with a standard politician who will disappear into the woodwork. I'm trying to be part of the next generation." Bernace, a Harvard-trained lawyer who makes a living representing cab drivers, is trying for the third time to unseat an incumbent in a working-class district in northern Manhattan. Asked if he thought a risque event might offend some voters, Bernace said he wasn't concerned and suggested the event might help get young men interested in politics. "I'm not running for mayor in a small, old-time religious town in Utah. I'm running in New York City," he said. "I might as well try to energize a different base."

To: steve harris who wrote (4571)	8/7/2005 4:13:32 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 9838

I thought the libs said gitmo was the worst place in the world.....AI was for dismantling Gitmo before they were against it;-) Amnesty International Opposes Shifting Guantanomo Bay Detainees to Afghanistan RedNova ^ \| 8/7/2005 \| Xinhua News Agency - CEIS KABUL, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Amnesty International, the world recognized watchdog, has strongly opposed the US decision to transfer Afghan detainees from Guantanamo Bay prison to Afghanistan, a press release of the right agency received here Saturday said. "Guantanamo Bay detainees who are returned to Afghanistan may be at risk of torture, ill-treatment and other human right abuses, " the London-based watchdog warned in the statement. The statement issued after the announcement of Washington to hand over some 110 Afghan detainees languishing at the notorious US Naval base detention center of Guantanamo Bay over the past three and half years on charge of alleged links with Taliban and al-Qaida networks. US administration would also adopt similar approach with detainees from Saudi Arabia and Yemen and send them to their homeland for further trial. The US has so far released over 200 Afghan detainees from Guantanamo Bay after prosecution and punishment, but this time would hand the prisoners over to their government for interrogation. Afghan President Hamid Karzai in his meeting with President Bush in Washington last May suggested the hand over of all Afghan detainees to Afghan administration but the US leader rejected the request at that time. Amnesty International in its press release also said that the US State Department Report for Afghanistan in 2004 reported that prisoners were beaten, tortured or denied adequate food in the post- war nation. "The US should close Guantanamo and either charge the detainees under US law or release them," the statement quoted Sharon Critoph, North America researcher at Amnesty International, as saying. Source: Xinhua News Agency - CEIS