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		<title>By: Life Covarage</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/19/crs-report/comment-page-4/#comment-1460944</link>
		<dc:creator>Life Covarage</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2007 07:38:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Life Covarage...&lt;/strong&gt;

wallet revile neuron Sanskritize hammering:chubbiest Life Covarage http://www.tucsonwildlife.org/# ...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Life Covarage&#8230;</strong></p>
<p>wallet revile neuron Sanskritize hammering:chubbiest Life Covarage <a href="http://www.tucsonwildlife.org/#" rel="nofollow">http://www.tucsonwildlife.org/#</a> &#8230;<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1460944', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Tracy</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/19/crs-report/comment-page-4/#comment-416858</link>
		<dc:creator>Tracy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2006 20:15:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;The poor/middle working class people â€œWORLDWIDEâ€ are fed up with your racist,right wing, top down (trickle down) econonmic policies and privilegeâ€¦&quot;

I AM middle class boy!  Unless you consider 55k upperclass.  The middle class IS NOT liberal FYI.

&quot;Look to the â€œSouthern hemisphereâ€ and Asiaâ€¦&quot;

If those countries follow Hugo ChÃ¡vez&#039;s lead the U.S. will have an even worse illegal immigration problem in the future...guranteed.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;The poor/middle working class people â€œWORLDWIDEâ€ are fed up with your racist,right wing, top down (trickle down) econonmic policies and privilegeâ€¦&#8221;</p>
<p>I AM middle class boy!  Unless you consider 55k upperclass.  The middle class IS NOT liberal FYI.</p>
<p>&#8220;Look to the â€œSouthern hemisphereâ€ and Asiaâ€¦&#8221;</p>
<p>If those countries follow Hugo ChÃ¡vez&#8217;s lead the U.S. will have an even worse illegal immigration problem in the future&#8230;guranteed.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=416858', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Tracy</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/19/crs-report/comment-page-3/#comment-416846</link>
		<dc:creator>Tracy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2006 20:04:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;If this were Bill Clintonâ€™s White House your scuzzy beeotch a*s would be screaming IMPEACHMENT, IMPALING, and DISEMBOWLMENT&quot;

Clinton already engaged in warrantless wiretapps without getting a court order even after the fact.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20051222-122610-7772r.htm

The Republicans knew that it was necessary for the security of the U.S. and didn&#039;t disagree.

&quot;â€¦youâ€™re a slimy, double-standard, racist, privileged, Al Cracka hypocritical beeotchâ€¦&quot;

Do you write your own gangster rap lyrics or are you a wanna-be 50 cent writer?  LOL!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;If this were Bill Clintonâ€™s White House your scuzzy beeotch a*s would be screaming IMPEACHMENT, IMPALING, and DISEMBOWLMENT&#8221;</p>
<p>Clinton already engaged in warrantless wiretapps without getting a court order even after the fact.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20051222-122610-7772r.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20051222-122610-7772r.htm</a></p>
<p>The Republicans knew that it was necessary for the security of the U.S. and didn&#8217;t disagree.</p>
<p>&#8220;â€¦youâ€™re a slimy, double-standard, racist, privileged, Al Cracka hypocritical beeotchâ€¦&#8221;</p>
<p>Do you write your own gangster rap lyrics or are you a wanna-be 50 cent writer?  LOL!<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=416846', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Tracy</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/19/crs-report/comment-page-3/#comment-416812</link>
		<dc:creator>Tracy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2006 19:43:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#145

&quot;Forgive me if I defer to the legal acumen of the Florida Supreme Court&quot;

Their vote was right down party lines as well and in case you don&#039;t remember the Supreme Court trumphs all courts especially if their rulings are regarded as BS...which it was.  The U.S. Supreme Court wasn&#039;t going to let some local state court decide the fate of the nation while election laws were being broken.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#145</p>
<p>&#8220;Forgive me if I defer to the legal acumen of the Florida Supreme Court&#8221;</p>
<p>Their vote was right down party lines as well and in case you don&#8217;t remember the Supreme Court trumphs all courts especially if their rulings are regarded as BS&#8230;which it was.  The U.S. Supreme Court wasn&#8217;t going to let some local state court decide the fate of the nation while election laws were being broken.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=416812', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Tracy</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/19/crs-report/comment-page-3/#comment-416803</link>
		<dc:creator>Tracy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2006 19:38:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Anyone can dream&quot;

And you are doing just that.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Anyone can dream&#8221;</p>
<p>And you are doing just that.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=416803', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: big papa</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/19/crs-report/comment-page-3/#comment-416461</link>
		<dc:creator>big papa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2006 15:27:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>That would be hard to do consider you are in the minority and donâ€™t have organizational or intellectual capacity to do it.

Comment by Tracy #131

T&#039;rashy,

The poor/middle working class people &quot;WORLDWIDE&quot; are fed up with your racist,right wing, top down (trickle down) econonmic policies and privilege...

They will rise up against you, and you will either become politically neutered, or high profile targets...

Your days are numbered either way...

As for me I am merely one of many...

Look to the &quot;Southern hemisphere&quot; and Asia...

Open your narrow blowhole...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That would be hard to do consider you are in the minority and donâ€™t have organizational or intellectual capacity to do it.</p>
<p>Comment by Tracy #131</p>
<p>T&#8217;rashy,</p>
<p>The poor/middle working class people &#8220;WORLDWIDE&#8221; are fed up with your racist,right wing, top down (trickle down) econonmic policies and privilege&#8230;</p>
<p>They will rise up against you, and you will either become politically neutered, or high profile targets&#8230;</p>
<p>Your days are numbered either way&#8230;</p>
<p>As for me I am merely one of many&#8230;</p>
<p>Look to the &#8220;Southern hemisphere&#8221; and Asia&#8230;</p>
<p>Open your narrow blowhole&#8230;<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=416461', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: big papa</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/19/crs-report/comment-page-3/#comment-416443</link>
		<dc:creator>big papa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2006 15:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Just because te CRS questions the legality doesnâ€™t mean that the government should just hop to and start an investigation by involving the Justice Department.

Comment by Tracy #142

T&#039;rashy,

If this were Bill Clinton&#039;s White House your scuzzy beeotch a*s would be screaming IMPEACHMENT, IMPALING, and DISEMBOWLMENT...

This is why you&#039;re so hated, and deserve to be eradicated...

...you&#039;re a slimy, double-standard, racist, privileged, Al Cracka hypocritical beeotch...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just because te CRS questions the legality doesnâ€™t mean that the government should just hop to and start an investigation by involving the Justice Department.</p>
<p>Comment by Tracy #142</p>
<p>T&#8217;rashy,</p>
<p>If this were Bill Clinton&#8217;s White House your scuzzy beeotch a*s would be screaming IMPEACHMENT, IMPALING, and DISEMBOWLMENT&#8230;</p>
<p>This is why you&#8217;re so hated, and deserve to be eradicated&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8230;you&#8217;re a slimy, double-standard, racist, privileged, Al Cracka hypocritical beeotch&#8230;<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=416443', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: big papa</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/19/crs-report/comment-page-3/#comment-416441</link>
		<dc:creator>big papa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2006 15:07:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If the Democrats were not involved in breaking Florida election laws we would have never had a problem and you liberal whinners know it.

Comment by Tracy #130

T&#039;rashy,

Forgive me if I defer to the legal acumen of the Florida Supreme Court, (instead of some treasonous, ignorant inbred, racist, right wing sperm receptacle), which upheld the recount but were summarily overruled by the hahahaha &quot;conservative&quot; (states rights advocates) at the Supreme Court- along partisan lines...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If the Democrats were not involved in breaking Florida election laws we would have never had a problem and you liberal whinners know it.</p>
<p>Comment by Tracy #130</p>
<p>T&#8217;rashy,</p>
<p>Forgive me if I defer to the legal acumen of the Florida Supreme Court, (instead of some treasonous, ignorant inbred, racist, right wing sperm receptacle), which upheld the recount but were summarily overruled by the hahahaha &#8220;conservative&#8221; (states rights advocates) at the Supreme Court- along partisan lines&#8230;<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=416441', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: big papa</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/19/crs-report/comment-page-3/#comment-416438</link>
		<dc:creator>big papa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2006 15:03:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You know I may disagree with you on just about every point, but for you to make physical threats that you couldnâ€™t possibly keep is pathetic. 

Comment by Tracy #131

T&#039;rashy,

Patience is a virtue...

Anyone can dream...

No you can&#039;t take that away...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You know I may disagree with you on just about every point, but for you to make physical threats that you couldnâ€™t possibly keep is pathetic. </p>
<p>Comment by Tracy #131</p>
<p>T&#8217;rashy,</p>
<p>Patience is a virtue&#8230;</p>
<p>Anyone can dream&#8230;</p>
<p>No you can&#8217;t take that away&#8230;<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=416438', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Bruce Gorton</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/19/crs-report/comment-page-3/#comment-415840</link>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Gorton</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2006 23:58:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Speaking as a South African, I have no faith in commisions of enquiry doing anything concrete about anything, ever. Don&#039;t waste your time and money with them, go straight to the cops.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Speaking as a South African, I have no faith in commisions of enquiry doing anything concrete about anything, ever. Don&#8217;t waste your time and money with them, go straight to the cops.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=415840', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Tracy</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/19/crs-report/comment-page-3/#comment-415558</link>
		<dc:creator>Tracy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2006 18:47:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;The report does indeed indicate guilt, which should mean the issue should get taken over by the law enforcement arm of the government.&quot;

Just because te CRS questions the legality doesn&#039;t mean that the government should just hop to and start an investigation by involving the Justice Department.  A formal Congressional inquiry should be conducted first in order to make the determination if a indictment is necessary by getting all the facts out first.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;The report does indeed indicate guilt, which should mean the issue should get taken over by the law enforcement arm of the government.&#8221;</p>
<p>Just because te CRS questions the legality doesn&#8217;t mean that the government should just hop to and start an investigation by involving the Justice Department.  A formal Congressional inquiry should be conducted first in order to make the determination if a indictment is necessary by getting all the facts out first.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=415558', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Bruce Gorton</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/19/crs-report/comment-page-3/#comment-415244</link>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Gorton</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2006 12:52:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>That is because 6the argument is over whether the report indicates guilt or not, not whether it concludes on such guilt.

The report does indeed indicate guilt, which should mean the issue should get taken over by the law enforcement arm of the government. It should be treat as a criminal investigation, investigated further as such, and taken to court and a jury. That these are government officials should not protect them from the legal process.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That is because 6the argument is over whether the report indicates guilt or not, not whether it concludes on such guilt.</p>
<p>The report does indeed indicate guilt, which should mean the issue should get taken over by the law enforcement arm of the government. It should be treat as a criminal investigation, investigated further as such, and taken to court and a jury. That these are government officials should not protect them from the legal process.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=415244', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Tracy</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/19/crs-report/comment-page-3/#comment-414837</link>
		<dc:creator>Tracy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2006 06:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#133

&quot;Absolute terms, only get to be applied if it has gone to court and been concluded upon.&quot;

Which is why I can&#039;t understand why so many have made up their mind that the law has been broken when the CRS isn&#039;t the authority to make that determination.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#133</p>
<p>&#8220;Absolute terms, only get to be applied if it has gone to court and been concluded upon.&#8221;</p>
<p>Which is why I can&#8217;t understand why so many have made up their mind that the law has been broken when the CRS isn&#8217;t the authority to make that determination.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=414837', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Bruce Gorton</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/19/crs-report/comment-page-3/#comment-414112</link>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Gorton</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2006 20:52:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Those don&#039;t exactly sound like the words of a man who is frightened of getting caught any time soon. In fact it sounds a bit like someone who thinks he can dictate terms.

Vote someone in who will squash that bug.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Those don&#8217;t exactly sound like the words of a man who is frightened of getting caught any time soon. In fact it sounds a bit like someone who thinks he can dictate terms.</p>
<p>Vote someone in who will squash that bug.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=414112', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: fancyred</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/19/crs-report/comment-page-3/#comment-413968</link>
		<dc:creator>fancyred</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2006 19:31:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Full text: &#039;Bin Laden tape&#039;
 
  
An audiotape purported to be from Osama Bin Laden has been broadcast by the pan-Arab al-Arabiya and al-Jazeera satellite channels. In the tape the voice offers conditional reconciliation with Europe.

The following is the text of the tape as broadcast by al-Arabiya:

Praise be to Almighty God; Peace and prayers be upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and companions.

This is a message to our neighbours north of the Mediterranean, containing a reconciliation initiative as a response to their positive reactions. 

Praise be to God; praise be to God; praise be to God who created heaven and earth with justice and who allowed the oppressed to punish the oppressor in the same way.

Peace upon those who followed the right path: 

&#039;Oppression kills the oppressors&#039;

In my hands there is a message to remind you that justice is a duty towards those whom you love and those whom you do not. And people&#039;s rights will not be harmed if the opponent speaks out about them.

The greatest rule of safety is justice, and stopping injustice and aggression. It was said: Oppression kills the oppressors and the hotbed of injustice is evil. The situation in occupied Palestine is an example. What happened on 11 September [2001] and 11 March [the Madrid train bombings] is your commodity that was returned to you.

It is known that security is a pressing necessity for all mankind. We do not agree that you should monopolise it only for yourselves. Also, vigilant people do not allow their politicians to tamper with their security. 

Having said this, we would like to inform you that labelling us and our acts as terrorism is also a description of you and of your acts. Reaction comes at the same level as the original action. Our acts are reaction to your own acts, which are represented by the destruction and killing of our kinfolk in Afghanistan, Iraq and Palestine. 

The act that horrified the world; that is, the killing of the old, handicapped [Hamas spiritual leader] Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, may God have mercy on him, is sufficient evidence. 

We pledge to God that we will punish America for him, God willing. 

Which religion considers your killed ones innocent and our killed ones worthless? And which principle considers your blood real blood and our blood water? Reciprocal treatment is fair and the one who starts injustice bears greater blame.

&#039;Bloodsuckers&#039;

As for your politicians and those who have followed their path, who insist on ignoring the real problem of occupying the entirety of Palestine and exaggerate lies and falsification regarding our right in defence and resistance, they do not respect themselves. 

They also disdain the blood and minds of peoples. This is because their falsification increases the shedding of your blood instead of sparing it.

Moreover, the examining of the developments that have been taking place, in terms of killings in our countries and your countries, will make clear an important fact; namely, that injustice is inflicted on us and on you by your politicians, who send your sons - although you are opposed to this - to our countries to kill and be killed. 

Therefore, it is in both sides&#039; interest to curb the plans of those who shed the blood of peoples for their narrow personal interest and subservience to the White House gang. 

  The Zionist lobby is one of the most dangerous and most difficult figures of this group. God willing, we are determined to fight them. 
 
We must take into consideration that this war brings billions of dollars in profit to the major companies, whether it be those that produce weapons or those that contribute to reconstruction, such as the Halliburton Company, its sisters and daughters. 

Based on this, it is very clear who is the one benefiting from igniting this war and from the shedding of blood. It is the warlords, the bloodsuckers, who are steering the world policy from behind a curtain.

As for President Bush, the leaders who are revolving in his orbit, the leading media companies and the United Nations, which makes laws for relations between the masters of veto and the slaves of the General Assembly, these are only some of the tools used to deceive and exploit peoples. 

All these pose a fatal threat to the whole world. 

The Zionist lobby is one of the most dangerous and most difficult figures of this group. God willing, we are determined to fight them.

&#039;Reconciliation initiative&#039;

Based on the above, and in order to deny war merchants a chance and in response to the positive interaction shown by recent events and opinion polls, which indicate that most European peoples want peace, I ask honest people, especially ulema, preachers and merchants, to form a permanent committee to enlighten European peoples of the justice of our causes, above all Palestine. They can make use of the huge potential of the media. 

  The door of reconciliation is open for three months of the date of announcing this statement. 
 
I also offer a reconciliation initiative to them, whose essence is our commitment to stopping operations against every country that commits itself to not attacking Muslims or interfering in their affairs - including the US conspiracy on the greater Muslim world. 

This reconciliation can be renewed once the period signed by the first government expires and a second government is formed with the consent of both parties. 

The reconciliation will start with the departure of its last soldier from our country.

The door of reconciliation is open for three months of the date of announcing this statement.

For those who reject reconciliation and want war, we are ready. 

As for those who want reconciliation, we have given them a chance. Stop shedding our blood so as to preserve your blood. It is in your hands to apply this easy, yet difficult, formula. You know that the situation will expand and increase if you delay things. 

If this happens, do not blame us - blame yourselves. 

A rational person does not relinquish his security, money and children to please the liar of the White House. 

Had he been truthful about his claim for peace, he would not describe the person who ripped open pregnant women in Sabra and Shatila [reference to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon] and the destroyer of the capitulation process [reference to the Palestinian-Israeli peace process] as a man of peace. 

  Reality proves our truthfulness and his [George Bush&#039;s] lie. 
 
He also would not have lied to people and said that we hate freedom and kill for the sake of killing. Reality proves our truthfulness and his lie.

The killing of the Russians was after their invasion of Afghanistan and Chechnya; the killing of Europeans was after their invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan; and the killing of Americans on the day of New York [reference to 11 September] was after their support of the Jews in Palestine and their invasion of the Arabian Peninsula. 

Also, killing them in Somalia was after their invasion of it in Operation Restore Hope. We made them leave without hope, praise be to God. 

It is said that prevention is better than cure. A happy person is he who learns a lesson from the experience of others. 

Heeding right is better than persisting in falsehood. 

Peace be upon those who follow guidance. 

BBC Monitoring, based in Caversham in southern England, selects and translates information from radio, television, press, news agencies and the Internet from 150 countries in more than 70 languages.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Full text: &#8216;Bin Laden tape&#8217;</p>
<p>An audiotape purported to be from Osama Bin Laden has been broadcast by the pan-Arab al-Arabiya and al-Jazeera satellite channels. In the tape the voice offers conditional reconciliation with Europe.</p>
<p>The following is the text of the tape as broadcast by al-Arabiya:</p>
<p>Praise be to Almighty God; Peace and prayers be upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and companions.</p>
<p>This is a message to our neighbours north of the Mediterranean, containing a reconciliation initiative as a response to their positive reactions. </p>
<p>Praise be to God; praise be to God; praise be to God who created heaven and earth with justice and who allowed the oppressed to punish the oppressor in the same way.</p>
<p>Peace upon those who followed the right path: </p>
<p>&#8216;Oppression kills the oppressors&#8217;</p>
<p>In my hands there is a message to remind you that justice is a duty towards those whom you love and those whom you do not. And people&#8217;s rights will not be harmed if the opponent speaks out about them.</p>
<p>The greatest rule of safety is justice, and stopping injustice and aggression. It was said: Oppression kills the oppressors and the hotbed of injustice is evil. The situation in occupied Palestine is an example. What happened on 11 September [2001] and 11 March [the Madrid train bombings] is your commodity that was returned to you.</p>
<p>It is known that security is a pressing necessity for all mankind. We do not agree that you should monopolise it only for yourselves. Also, vigilant people do not allow their politicians to tamper with their security. </p>
<p>Having said this, we would like to inform you that labelling us and our acts as terrorism is also a description of you and of your acts. Reaction comes at the same level as the original action. Our acts are reaction to your own acts, which are represented by the destruction and killing of our kinfolk in Afghanistan, Iraq and Palestine. </p>
<p>The act that horrified the world; that is, the killing of the old, handicapped [Hamas spiritual leader] Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, may God have mercy on him, is sufficient evidence. </p>
<p>We pledge to God that we will punish America for him, God willing. </p>
<p>Which religion considers your killed ones innocent and our killed ones worthless? And which principle considers your blood real blood and our blood water? Reciprocal treatment is fair and the one who starts injustice bears greater blame.</p>
<p>&#8216;Bloodsuckers&#8217;</p>
<p>As for your politicians and those who have followed their path, who insist on ignoring the real problem of occupying the entirety of Palestine and exaggerate lies and falsification regarding our right in defence and resistance, they do not respect themselves. </p>
<p>They also disdain the blood and minds of peoples. This is because their falsification increases the shedding of your blood instead of sparing it.</p>
<p>Moreover, the examining of the developments that have been taking place, in terms of killings in our countries and your countries, will make clear an important fact; namely, that injustice is inflicted on us and on you by your politicians, who send your sons &#8211; although you are opposed to this &#8211; to our countries to kill and be killed. </p>
<p>Therefore, it is in both sides&#8217; interest to curb the plans of those who shed the blood of peoples for their narrow personal interest and subservience to the White House gang. </p>
<p>  The Zionist lobby is one of the most dangerous and most difficult figures of this group. God willing, we are determined to fight them. </p>
<p>We must take into consideration that this war brings billions of dollars in profit to the major companies, whether it be those that produce weapons or those that contribute to reconstruction, such as the Halliburton Company, its sisters and daughters. </p>
<p>Based on this, it is very clear who is the one benefiting from igniting this war and from the shedding of blood. It is the warlords, the bloodsuckers, who are steering the world policy from behind a curtain.</p>
<p>As for President Bush, the leaders who are revolving in his orbit, the leading media companies and the United Nations, which makes laws for relations between the masters of veto and the slaves of the General Assembly, these are only some of the tools used to deceive and exploit peoples. </p>
<p>All these pose a fatal threat to the whole world. </p>
<p>The Zionist lobby is one of the most dangerous and most difficult figures of this group. God willing, we are determined to fight them.</p>
<p>&#8216;Reconciliation initiative&#8217;</p>
<p>Based on the above, and in order to deny war merchants a chance and in response to the positive interaction shown by recent events and opinion polls, which indicate that most European peoples want peace, I ask honest people, especially ulema, preachers and merchants, to form a permanent committee to enlighten European peoples of the justice of our causes, above all Palestine. They can make use of the huge potential of the media. </p>
<p>  The door of reconciliation is open for three months of the date of announcing this statement. </p>
<p>I also offer a reconciliation initiative to them, whose essence is our commitment to stopping operations against every country that commits itself to not attacking Muslims or interfering in their affairs &#8211; including the US conspiracy on the greater Muslim world. </p>
<p>This reconciliation can be renewed once the period signed by the first government expires and a second government is formed with the consent of both parties. </p>
<p>The reconciliation will start with the departure of its last soldier from our country.</p>
<p>The door of reconciliation is open for three months of the date of announcing this statement.</p>
<p>For those who reject reconciliation and want war, we are ready. </p>
<p>As for those who want reconciliation, we have given them a chance. Stop shedding our blood so as to preserve your blood. It is in your hands to apply this easy, yet difficult, formula. You know that the situation will expand and increase if you delay things. </p>
<p>If this happens, do not blame us &#8211; blame yourselves. </p>
<p>A rational person does not relinquish his security, money and children to please the liar of the White House. </p>
<p>Had he been truthful about his claim for peace, he would not describe the person who ripped open pregnant women in Sabra and Shatila [reference to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon] and the destroyer of the capitulation process [reference to the Palestinian-Israeli peace process] as a man of peace. </p>
<p>  Reality proves our truthfulness and his [George Bush's] lie. </p>
<p>He also would not have lied to people and said that we hate freedom and kill for the sake of killing. Reality proves our truthfulness and his lie.</p>
<p>The killing of the Russians was after their invasion of Afghanistan and Chechnya; the killing of Europeans was after their invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan; and the killing of Americans on the day of New York [reference to 11 September] was after their support of the Jews in Palestine and their invasion of the Arabian Peninsula. </p>
<p>Also, killing them in Somalia was after their invasion of it in Operation Restore Hope. We made them leave without hope, praise be to God. </p>
<p>It is said that prevention is better than cure. A happy person is he who learns a lesson from the experience of others. </p>
<p>Heeding right is better than persisting in falsehood. </p>
<p>Peace be upon those who follow guidance. </p>
<p>BBC Monitoring, based in Caversham in southern England, selects and translates information from radio, television, press, news agencies and the Internet from 150 countries in more than 70 languages.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=413968', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2006 19:27:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#32, Bin Laden didn&#039;t exactly call for a truce!  What he said was that he has in the works of attacking the U.S. home land and would consider calling for a truce if we would pull out of Iraq and Afghanistan.  That isn&#039;t exactly asking for a truce.  It is either we pull out of Iraq and Afganistan or we WILL be Attacked again on our on soil.  If you think he can&#039;t do it, think about the parts of our borders which are not protected.  IT would not take much to slip a vial of chemical&#039;s accross those borders and let it rip.  It could look like perfume or even a medicine bottle.  Wouldn&#039;t take much.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#32, Bin Laden didn&#8217;t exactly call for a truce!  What he said was that he has in the works of attacking the U.S. home land and would consider calling for a truce if we would pull out of Iraq and Afghanistan.  That isn&#8217;t exactly asking for a truce.  It is either we pull out of Iraq and Afganistan or we WILL be Attacked again on our on soil.  If you think he can&#8217;t do it, think about the parts of our borders which are not protected.  IT would not take much to slip a vial of chemical&#8217;s accross those borders and let it rip.  It could look like perfume or even a medicine bottle.  Wouldn&#8217;t take much.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=413954', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/19/crs-report/comment-page-3/#comment-413937</link>
		<dc:creator>fancyred</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2006 19:18:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey Tracy, when did Congress declare War?  Bush declared war.  When did being able to &quot;declare&quot; war change from Congress to the President?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey Tracy, when did Congress declare War?  Bush declared war.  When did being able to &#8220;declare&#8221; war change from Congress to the President?<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=413937', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<dc:creator>fancyred</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2006 19:14:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;I don&#039;t think this congress has the ethics of a dog.  I don&#039;t think they will even consider investigating Bush for the laws he has broken.  Heck, if he had a blowjob by Monica then lied about it, they would say he was just being a man.&lt;/strong&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>I don&#8217;t think this congress has the ethics of a dog.  I don&#8217;t think they will even consider investigating Bush for the laws he has broken.  Heck, if he had a blowjob by Monica then lied about it, they would say he was just being a man.</strong><a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=413928', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: MATTHEW</title>
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		<dc:creator>MATTHEW</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2006 18:58:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I agree completely with statement #8 by kindness and think that Bush is completely out of the loop on a lot of decisions if not entirely,the man is a complete idiot and incapable of making a decision on anything other than what kind of pretzels he&#039;s going to choke on.Am reading Al Franken&#039;s The Truth with jokes and am beginning to realize we have not been told the truth since the chimp took office.These people will stop at nothing to screw this country and it&#039;s citizens including their own ilk if it will further their agenda,including the likes of i-right-i and all these other trolls that have put this idiot on a pedestal so they don&#039;t have to kneel down to blow em.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree completely with statement #8 by kindness and think that Bush is completely out of the loop on a lot of decisions if not entirely,the man is a complete idiot and incapable of making a decision on anything other than what kind of pretzels he&#8217;s going to choke on.Am reading Al Franken&#8217;s The Truth with jokes and am beginning to realize we have not been told the truth since the chimp took office.These people will stop at nothing to screw this country and it&#8217;s citizens including their own ilk if it will further their agenda,including the likes of i-right-i and all these other trolls that have put this idiot on a pedestal so they don&#8217;t have to kneel down to blow em.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=413899', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Bruce Gorton</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bruce Gorton</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2006 18:51:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Tracy

It is clear that back when Stalin ruled Russia, where you would have stood on big brother watching over you. This isn&#039;t just an issue of laws, it is an issue of &quot;Do we want big brother to be watching?&quot; 

It is also an issue of &quot;Is the president above the law?&quot; Clearly you feel he is. 

Oh, and as a former audit clerk, I just want to point out that when reporting conclusions reached by an audit team (in RSA, where auditing actually means something) you don&#039;t phrase it in absolute terms. Absolute terms, only get to be applied if it has gone to court and been concluded upon. This is also why in RSA our reporters make extensive use of the word &quot;Alleged.&quot;

I would imagine the USA isn&#039;t so different with regards to its legalese.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tracy</p>
<p>It is clear that back when Stalin ruled Russia, where you would have stood on big brother watching over you. This isn&#8217;t just an issue of laws, it is an issue of &#8220;Do we want big brother to be watching?&#8221; </p>
<p>It is also an issue of &#8220;Is the president above the law?&#8221; Clearly you feel he is. </p>
<p>Oh, and as a former audit clerk, I just want to point out that when reporting conclusions reached by an audit team (in RSA, where auditing actually means something) you don&#8217;t phrase it in absolute terms. Absolute terms, only get to be applied if it has gone to court and been concluded upon. This is also why in RSA our reporters make extensive use of the word &#8220;Alleged.&#8221;</p>
<p>I would imagine the USA isn&#8217;t so different with regards to its legalese.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=413890', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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