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To: Geoff Altman who wrote (10120)	7/31/2006 2:28:20 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 14758

France: Israel Not Doing Enough, Iran ‘Stabilizing Element’ Arutz Sheva Israel Broadcasting Network ^ \| 2006-07-31 \| Hana Levi Julian French leaders praised Iran and disparaged Israel on Monday in two separate news conferences held in Beirut and in the Paris area. Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin told reporters at the news conference in France that Israel’s willingness to suspend its air strikes on Hizbullah terror targets was “only a first step, but still not enough.” De Villepin maintained that the “cessation of the aerial attacks is insufficient in light of the situation in Lebanon.” At the news conference held in Beirut, French Foreign Minister Phillippe Douste-Blazy praised Iran as a “stabilizing force in the Middle East.” Douste-Blazy told reporters that Iran "is an outstanding country with great people and an honorable civilization. It has a crucial role in the region.” Iran is the primary patron of the Hizbullah terror organization, which has fired close to 1,800 Katyusha missiles at northern Israeli communities in the past 20 days, killing 19 civilians and injuring hundreds more. Iran has armed Hizbullah with long-range rockets equipped with warheads containing more than 100 kg. of explosive material and little metal balls designed to wound large numbers of people and create maximum damage. Hizbullah started the current war with Israel with a major attack on July 12th in which terrorists kidnapped two IDF soldiers, killed four others and fired Katyusha rockets at Israeli towns along the northern border. Four other soldiers were killed in their tank by a mine when they set off in pursuit of their kidnapped colleagues. Iran also continues to refuse to end its uranium enrichment program, in direct violation of international law. Ongoing efforts by the international community to convince Iran to end the program, which is a precursor to the development of a nuclear weapon, have been fruitless thus far.

To: Geoff Altman who wrote (10120)	7/31/2006 2:38:21 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 14758

(muslim) Doctor charged in drive-by shooting of bicyclist team4news.com

To: Geoff Altman who wrote (10120)	8/1/2006 10:00:21 AM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 14758

Gitmo Guards Endure Attacks From Inmates The Washington Times ^ \| August 1, 2006 \| John Solomon washtimes.com The prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay during the war on terror have attacked their military guards hundreds of times, turning broken toilet parts, utensils and radios into makeshift weapons, Pentagon reports say. Incident reports reviewed by the Associated Press indicate Military Police guards are routinely head-butted, spat upon and doused by "cocktails" of feces, urine, vomit and semen collected in meal cups by the prisoners. The guards have been repeatedly grabbed, punched or assaulted by prisoners who reach through the small "bean holes" used to deliver food and blankets through cell doors, the reports say. Serious assaults requiring medical attention, however, are rare, the reports indicate. Guards stationed at Guantanamo describe a tense atmosphere in which prisoners often orchestrate violence in hopes of unnerving their captors, especially with attacks using bodily fluids. "I mean, seeing a human being act that way, it's terrifying. ... You are constantly watching before you take your next step to see if something is about to happen," Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer Mack D. Keen told AP. "You see little signs. They kind of show their hand every once in a while. They'll take their Koran, and they'll cover it up," he said. "When you see a group of detainees taking their Koran and putting it away, you know something is about to happen." Since its creation in early 2002, the U.S. detention camp on Cuba's coast has been a controversial symbol of the Bush administration's war on terror, bringing accusations of prisoner mistreatment, debates on civil rights and a landmark legal battle to win rights for the detainees.