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To: steve harris who wrote (7074)	5/31/2006 8:36:07 AM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 9838

Afghan lawmakers speak out on U.S. crash yahoo ^ \| 5/31/2006 \| AMIR SHAH KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghanistan's parliament has approved a motion calling for the government to prosecute the U.S. soldiers responsible for a deadly road crash that sparked the worst riots in Kabul in years, officials said Wednesday. news.yahoo.com If this is really what they want to happen because of a traffic accident, pull all of our troops out and let the chips fall where they may!

To: steve harris who wrote (7074)	5/31/2006 11:47:44 AM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9838

Injured Vet Sues Michael Moore For $85 Million WBZ TV Boston ^ \| 05/31/06 \| CBS4Boston cbs4boston.com (CBS4) MIDDLEBORO A local veteran who lost parts of both of his arms in Iraq, is suing filmmaker Michael Moore. Sgt. Peter Damon says Moore recycled old news footage of Damon, and used it in a way that made him seem anti-war. The snip-it appears in Moore’s film "Fahrenheit 9/11." Sgt. Peter Damon, a father of two from Middleboro, strongly supports the war effort in Iraq and never agreed to appear in Moore’s movie. According to the New York Post, he is now suing for $85 million. Damon was interviewed by NBC in 2003 while being treated at Walter Reed Army Hospital. The interview was about a new painkiller being used on injured soldiers. Damon says he did not express any views on the war itself in that interview. Michael Moore used a clip from that interview in "Fahrenheit 9/11." It shows Damon lying on a gurney, saying he feels like he’s being "crushed in a vice." The scene appears in a sequence that talks about how the government is abandoning veterans. You may recall Peter Damon threw out the first pitch at Fenway Park after returning home to Middleboro. The non-profit group Homes For Our Troops also built a home for the Damon family, specially designed for Peter’s physical needs. The NY Post says the lawsuit also names NBC, Miramax, and other production companies.

To: steve harris who wrote (7074)	5/31/2006 1:22:45 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 9838

Perhaps Arafat's wife can help out.....she has a generous pension of $22,000,000.00 per year for life: debka.com Hamas says it can't pay salaries AP ^ \| 5/31/6 The Hamas-led Palestinian government does not have enough money to pay tens of thousands of employees, the finance minister said Wednesday, pulling back from a pledge to begin paying long-overdue salaries to all workers in the coming days. The announcement raised the possibility of new unrest in the impoverished Palestinian areas. In a surprise announcement, Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said Tuesday the government planned to begin paying the workers. On Wednesday, however, Finance Minister Omar Abdel Razek said the government has raised enough money in tax revenues to pay just 40,000 workers. He said only the lowest wage earners, those who earn up to 1,500 shekels ($333, or €260) a month, would receive a one month salary. People earning more than that will have to wait, he said. The salary payment promises to bring a small measure of relief to the impoverished Palestinian territories. But the exclusion of nearly three-quarters of the work force threatened to breed more discontent. "When we have enough money for the rest, we will pay. We don't know when," Abdel Razek said. Bassam Zakarna, head of the Palestinian Authority employees' union, criticized the government for paying only some of the salaries. "The government is not solving the problem, or even part of the problem. On the contrary, it is creating a new problem," he said. Most of the workers eligible to be paid are members of the security forces, which are dominated by President Mahmoud Abbas' rival Fatah movement. The decision to pay the forces may be a way for Hamas to reduce tension or buy the loyalty of the armed men. Reflecting the desperate situation, a senior Hamas official tried to smuggle about $800,000 (€620,000) into Gaza recently, but the money was confiscated at the Egyptian border. Abdel Razek said the money had been turned over to his ministry. He said that cash, together with donations and tax collections, will cover the salary payments.

To: steve harris who wrote (7074)	6/1/2006 8:39:39 AM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 9838

No more standards! California battle brews Nowhere is this contradiction more evident than in California. This year, 47,000 high school students, 10 percent of the high school population, have not passed the exit examinations required to graduate from high school. They can still enroll in many colleges, although they are no longer eligible for state tuition grants. State Sen. Deborah Ortiz, D-Sacramento, has proposed legislation to change that. "As long as the opportunity to go to college exists for students without a diploma, qualifying students from poor or low-income families should remain entitled to college financial aid," Ortiz said. detnews.com

To: steve harris who wrote (7074)	6/1/2006 9:54:58 AM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9838

Reid reverses course on boxing tickets AP ^ \| 6/1/06 \| AP Staff msnbc.msn.com WASHINGTON - Reversing course, Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid’s office acknowledged Wednesday night he misstated the ethics rules governing his acceptance of free boxing tickets and has decided to avoid taking such gifts in the future. The Nevada senator still believes it was “entirely permissible” for him to accept ringside seats for three professional boxing matches in 2004 and 2005 from the Nevada Athletic Commission but has nonetheless decided to avoid doing so in the future, his office said.