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Politics : Bush Administration's Media Manipulation--MediaGate? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (7908)	7/12/2006 2:56:59 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9838

An instructor at the University of Wisconsin who has said he believes U.S. officials orchestrated the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, will be allowed to teach a course on Islam, the school says. msnbc.msn.com

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (7908)	7/13/2006 8:32:52 AM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9838

But releasing hundreds of palis for a few soldiers is entirely "proportionate"?!?! France Says Israeli War Acts "Disproportionate" AlterNet ^ \| 07/13/2006 \| Reuters PARIS, July 13 (Reuters) - Israel's strikes in Lebanon, including the bombardment of Beirut airport, were "a disproportionate act of war", French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy said on Thursday. Israeli aircraft attacked Beirut airport and killed 22 civilians in strikes in south Lebanon on Thursday, widening its reprisals after Lebanese Hizbollah guerrillas captured two soldiers in a border clash on Wednesday. "For several hours, there has been a bombardment of an airport of an entirely sovereign country, a friend of France ... this is a disproportionate act of war," Douste-Blazy told Europe 1 radio station. Douste-Blazy also condemned Hizbollah's firing of rockets into northern Israel and the kidnapping of the soldiers, saying these were "irresponsible acts". "The only solution is a return to reason by both sides," he said. "We are calling for a lowering of tensions," he said. France supported "Lebanon's demand for a referral to the United Nations Security Council as soon as possible", he said, adding the risk of a regional war "absolutely" existed.

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (7908)	7/13/2006 12:20:16 PM
From: Skywatcher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9838

Abramoff and 4 Others Sued by Tribe Over Casino Closing By Rick Lyman The New York Times Thursday 13 July 2006 Houston - An Indian tribe sued the former superlobbyist Jack Abramoff and Ralph Reed, a candidate for lieutenant governor in Georgia, on Wednesday, seeking millions of dollars in lost revenues from a casino that the Texas tribe said had been fraudulently closed. The suit, in Federal District Court in Austin, says Mr. Abramoff, Mr. Reed and three other men mounted a fake religiously themed moral crusade in 2001 to defeat a bill in the Texas Legislature that would have legalized gambling in Indian casinos. Their real motive, the suit adds, was to promote the gambling interests of a tribe in Louisiana that was paying them to represent its interest in a competing casino. Two former Congressional aides who pleaded guilty to corruption charges along with Mr. Abramoff were also named in the suit: Michael Scanlon, who worked for the former House majority leader Tom DeLay of Texas; and Neil Volz, formerly on the staff of Representative Bob Ney of Ohio. Jon Van Horne, who worked with Mr. Abramoff at his lobbying firm in Washington, was also named. "This case chronicles Jack Abramoff and his associates' greed, corruption and deceit and their devastating impact on Texas's oldest recognized Indian tribe," said the suit, filed by the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas. The tribe, whose 4,594-acre reservation is 75 miles northeast of here, was forced to close its sole casino in 2002 by a federal court order. Lawyers for the tribe said the closing had devastating economic effects on the community, including the loss of several hundred jobs. Mr. Reed, who faces a Republican primary in Georgia on Tuesday, has previously denied ever working on behalf of a casino or accepting money from a casino company, saying all of his actions were aimed at stalling the spread of gambling. A spokeswoman for Mr. Reed, Lisa Baron, said the suit was without merit. "The illegal casino violated Texas and federal law and was ordered closed by a federal judge," Ms. Baron said. "As a longtime opponent of casino gambling, Ralph was happy to work with Texas pro-family citizens to close it." Mr. Abramoff declined to comment, said a spokesman, Andrew Blum. The Louisiana-Coushatta tribe, Mr. Abramoff and Mr. Scanlon's original clients, sued the two in November 2004, accusing them of overcharging for work never done. Fred Petti, a lawyer in Phoenix for the Texas tribe, said the tribe wanted compensation for all its lost gambling revenues since the casino closing. The figure, Mr. Petti said, would certainly run "in the tens of millions of dollars, and perhaps into the hundreds of millions of dollars." Mr. Abramoff became one of the most powerful and connected lobbyists before a corruption scandal involving free trips and other gifts for elected officials led to his guilty pleas in January and a promise to cooperate with investigators. Mr. Reed, whose ties with Mr. Abramoff have become a thorny issue in his campaign, was executive director of the Christian Coalition in the 1990's and started his consulting firm, Campaign Strategies, before making this run for office. Beyond the Alabama-Coushatta casino, the suit says, the defendants conspired to pit tribes against one another, defrauding one at the behest of another before trying to persuade the victim to hire them to retaliate. -------