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Politics : WAR on Terror. Will it engulf the Entire Middle East? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Scoobah who wrote (14439)	7/26/2006 1:38:09 PM
From: Chas.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 32591

This is a global war against the Radical Islamic Fascist's of the Middle East... they started it, they have defined it... Europe has not yet figured it out...sad. America has not yet figured it out...sadder yet. Israel has it figured out but is holding back... A lot of it has to do with Oil and self interest... We have to educate them or destroy them... I think destroying them may be the best option... Regards

To: Scoobah who wrote (14439)	7/26/2006 1:49:40 PM
From: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 32591

Deal will unlock massive Nazi archives on Holocaust Last Updated Wed, 26 Jul 2006 09:13:01 EDT The Associated Press Germany, Israel and the United States signed an agreement on Wednesday opening to researchers an archive of millions of Nazi files describing how the Holocaust was carried out. The accord was reached in April by the 11-nation governing body of the International Tracing Service, the arm of the International Committee of the Red Cross that oversees the archive in the western German town of Bad Arolsen. Britain and four other nations also signed the accord, and three others are expected to do so later. "Those who suffered from the Holocaust will welcome access to these archives as they hope to answer long-standing and agonizing questions about the fate of family members and family property," said U.S. Ambassador William Timken Jr. The agreement broadens access to the files, which have been available only to Holocaust victims and some immediate family members. Under the provisions of a 1955 treaty, third parties have been able to access the archives only with the written consent of a victim. The protocol still needs to be ratified by most of the 11 signatory states before the archives can be opened. Survivors, relatives of victims wanted stories told Aging Holocaust survivors and victims' families had pressed for the change, arguing that the histories of their loved ones could otherwise be lost. Germany had initially said giving open access to the files by Holocaust researchers would violate its privacy laws, but it dropped its objection earlier in 2006. German Deputy Foreign Minister Guenter Gloser called the process "long and sometimes cumbersome," but said the result represented a "big success for researchers." "For Germany, the signing underlines the importance it attaches to dealing with the past," he said. There is no concrete timeline on when access will be broadened to journalists and other researchers once the protocol is signed, but German Justice Minister Brigitte Zypries has said she hoped the process would be completed by Dec. 31. Documents contain meticulous details The Nazis were meticulous, documenting everything from the mundane, like how many meals a forced labourer received, to the horrific in describing in painstaking detail the deaths of prisoners in concentration camps. Much inside the cabinets is simple, solemn fact, such as a name on a concentration camp death list. Others of the archive's 30 million documents relate to mental illness, homosexuality, medical treatment and even the presence of head lice. The International Tracing Service was founded after World War II to trace missing persons. Later, survivors eligible for compensation applied to the archive for documentary evidence of their mistreatment. cbc.ca © The Canadian Press, 2006