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What the 9/11 commission report ignores: the CIA-Al Qaeda connection WSWS : News & Analysis : North America
What the 9/11 commission report ignores: the CIA-Al Qaeda connection
By the editorial board
24 July 2004
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The report of the national commission investigating the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, released July 22, is a lengthy document that deserves careful study. It will be the subject of extended analysis on the World Socialist Web Site. But it is already possible, on...
Posted: Sat, Jul 24, 2004 7:26pm PDT
Boston DNC - "free speech zone"? Pics of Boston's protest cage...
Posted: Sat, Jul 24, 2004 6:10pm PDT
City of Sacramento May Revise "Parade" Ordinance The City of Sacramento is considering revising a local ordinance criminalizing the posession of everday household items at public gatherings....
Posted: Sat, Jul 24, 2004 10:53am PDT
7/23 Cardenas Case Update, Grand Jury Hearings Continue The Cardenas Grand Jury will reconvene to continue to hear the
testimony of Michael Walker on Monday 7-26 beginning at 9:00 am at
the Old Superior Court Building, located at 161 North First Street,
Department 22, Third Floor, San Jose, CA. Walker is the state
Narcotics Agent who shot Rudy Cardenas in the back on 2-17-04....
Posted: Sat, Jul 24, 2004 12:36am PDT
FBI Launch Anarchist Dragnet The FBI has targeted anarchists in New York, Boston, Denver, Lawrence, Kansas City, Topeka, and Kirksville (Missouri), asking questions about the upcoming Democratic and Republican National Conventions. FBI agents raided homes in Denver and arrested two anarchists for "failure to pay bike tickets" and "failure to appear in court"....
Posted: Fri, Jul 23, 2004 12:34pm PDT
FBI target activists and raid homes in the Midwest It was communicated to us, that two houses in Denver had been raided by the FBI and that at least two people had been arrested. Their charges and situations are not at this time known to us. We do know that they were asked questions about the upcoming election events including the Democratic and Republican National Conventions, as well as questions about "ABC"....
Posted: Fri, Jul 23, 2004 9:03am PDT
NAACP backs Mumia: Case Strong, Movement a Mess The NAACP, after years of ducking taking a public stand on the case of Pennsylvania death row prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal, voted on an "emergency resolution" near the end of its annual convention in Philadelphia Thursday to call for a new trial for the black journalist/activist, and to urge local NAACP chapters to work toward that goal....
Posted: Thu, Jul 22, 2004 10:24am PDT
Farouk Abdel-Muhti: Palestinian Freedom Fighter Called For Unity Moments Before He Died Palestinian freedom fighter Farouk Abdel-Muhti, died Wednesday, apparently of a heart attack, after giving a speech in Philadelphia. He was 57 years old. His death comes just three months after he was released from jail where he was detained for two years without charge. We hear a recording of his last words as well as an address he gave on the night he was released from prison and we speak with his son Tariq and his fiancee and longtime friend Sharin Chiorazzo who was with him when he died....
Posted: Thu, Jul 22, 2004 9:29am PDT
June 8 biotech/Reclaim the Commons protesters face steep charges and need your support!!! We need your help! Please support June 8 arrestees! Pack the courtrooms and call, fax, and write SF DA Kamala Harris, SF Mayor Gavin Newsom, and SF Supervisors....
Posted: Thu, Jul 22, 2004 4:37am PDT
Update and Schedule of Cardenas Grand Jury The schedule of the Grand Jury is as follows: Wed. 7-21 will be a part of a day with only a couple of witnesses. Thurs 7-22 will be a full day, Friday will be off and back on Monday and Tuesday 7-26 & 7-27. The DA hopes to conclude by Tuesday of next week....
Posted: Wed, Jul 21, 2004 12:24am PDT
Blue Bloc Strikes Subway. Crazy Cop Plants Pipe Bomb If an anarchist got caught with firecrackers it would probably make the front page. Don’t let them bury this story....
Posted: Tue, Jul 20, 2004 9:12pm PDT
Cat and Mouse Game On June 1st I was evicted, arrested, jailed, and banned from the Reservation, all without a warrant or court order. Then the judge gives my house to the thief and prevents me from getting my things....
Posted: Tue, Jul 20, 2004 8:22pm PDT
June 8th Biotech protest arrestees need your help!! New District Attorney in San Francisco: Kamala Harris is threatening to charge fines up to $350, give possible jail time or community service to the reclaim the commons protesters who were protesting the biotech industry on June 8th....
Posted: Tue, Jul 20, 2004 9:18am PDT
NAACP reaffirms opposition to death penalty BE IT RESOLVED that the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People reiterates its strong opposition to the death penalty; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the NAACP calls on its units throughout the United States and the world to support the international call for Mumia Abu-Jamal to be released from death row......
Posted: Mon, Jul 19, 2004 2:00pm PDT
Iraqi prime minister accused of murdering detainees In an exclusive report in the Sydney Morning Herald and Age newspapers, two Iraqi men claim to have witnessed Iyad Allawi, the US-installed Iraqi interim prime minister, murder six handcuffed and blindfolded prisoners. The summary executions allegedly occurred in mid-June, while Allawi was visiting the Al-Amariyah security center in Baghdad....
Posted: Sun, Jul 18, 2004 10:07pm PDT
Al-Qaeda is recruiting. Al-Qaeda may be recruiting local police officers....
Posted: Sun, Jul 18, 2004 6:59pm PDT
CYA crisis in Chino facility! Black youth face death threats and families denied visits! CYA authorities minimize the seriousness of threats to incarcerated youth at the Chino facility! Situation grave!...
Posted: Sun, Jul 18, 2004 2:36pm PDT
Fault Lines Issue 2: G8 Summit Hides on Private Island In Occupied Brunswick, site of several demonstrations opposing the 2004 G8 Summit in South Georgia, police and military units not only outnumbered protesters by a factor of 50 to one(!), there were more of them than actual Brunswick residents. Funny thing is, the Summit wasn’t even taking place in Brunswick....
Posted: Sun, Jul 18, 2004 11:02am PDT
Fault Lines Issue 2: Mass. Crackdown A protester is arrested for refusing to show identification to a federal officer. An MIT alumna is arrested for leafleting the entrance of this year’s commencement. A college student who dressed as an Abu Ghraib prisoner is accused of falsifying a bomb threat, charged with felonies and required to undergo psychological evaluation. Eight housing activists who enter an abandoned building during a protest are held at gunpoint and charged with multiple felonies....
Posted: Sun, Jul 18, 2004 10:50am PDT
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