It took five years, the deaths of 4,100 US soldiers, and the wounding of 30,000 more to make Iraq safe for Exxon. It is the inescapable open question since the reasons given by President Bush for the invasion and occupation did not exist, neither the weapons of mass destruction nor Saddam Hussein’s ties to Al Qaeda and the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
The New York Times reported last week that several Western oil companies, including ExxonMobil, Shell, Total, BP, and Chevron, are about to sign no-bid contracts with the Iraqi government. Western oil had a significant stake in Iraqi oil for much of the last century until the government nationalized the industry in 1972. The Associated Press quoted Oppenheimer & Co. analyst Fadel Gheit as saying he believed the contracts were a first step toward production-sharing agreements. “These companies are in it for the money, not to make friends,” Gheit said.
Thousands of people held a silent rally on Saturday in İstanbul to protest recent coup attempts by the military through several institutions that have resorted to anti-democratic practices.
More than 20,000 people gathered in İstanbul's historical Tünel neighborhood at 5 p.m. on Saturday to raise their voices against anti-democratic initiatives. The rally, which came in the wake of a ruling by the Constitutional Court that annulled constitutional amendments that would have lifted a long-standing ban on the Muslim headscarf on university campuses, was planned in cooperation with such nongovernmental organizations as the Young Civilians, Küresel Eylem Grubu (Global Action Group), the Association of Human Rights and Solidarity for Oppressed Peoples (MAZLUM-DER), Irkçılığa ve Milliyetçiliğe Dur De (Say Stop to Racism and Nationalism), Lambda -- a gay rights association -- and the Movement for Political Horizons (SUH).
by Lewis Seiler and Dan Hamburg In short, we are living in an on-going state of emergency whose exact limits are unknown, on the basis of a controversial deep event — 9/11 — that is still largely a mystery. - UC Professor Emeritus Peter Dale Scott
Unhindered by a neutered Congress and a compliant Court, President Bush has six months remaining to pursue his agenda of expanding the war in the Middle East and ensuring the continuation of the Global War on Terror (GWOT) beyond his tenure in office.
The current administration has taken unto itself unprecedented, nearly hegemonic powers since the events of 9/11. On that day, George W. Bush issued his “Declaration of Emergency by Reason of Certain Terrorist Attacks” under the authority of the National Emergencies Act. This declaration, which can be rescinded by joint resolution of Congress, has instead been extended six times. In 2007, the declaration was strengthened with the issuance of National Security Presidential Directive 51 (NSPD-51) which gave the president the authority to do whatever he deems necessary in a vaguely defined “catastrophic emergency” including everything from canceling elections to suspending the Constitution to launching a nuclear attack.
Kompleks Perkampungan An-Nur ini akan merupakan sebuah perkampungan Islam yang mendukung konsep hablumminallah wahablumminannas. Selain daripada membangunkan tempat kediaman, perkampungan ini akan juga menyediakan prasarana yang lengkap dan menzahirkan persekitaran yang kondusif untuk membolehkan orang Islam yang bermastautin di situ mendalami ilmu agama disamping menunaikan tuntutan fardu ain dan fardu kifayah bagi menjadi orang mukmin yang beriman dan bertakwa terhadap kebesaran Allah Subhanahuwataala.
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Sumbangan Derma
Agensi Kerajaan, sektor korporat dan orang ramai boleh menyampaikan sumbangan melalui 2 kaedah berikut:-
1. Cek Berpalang atau Money Order atas nama “Future Global Network Foundation” dan poskan ke alamat berikut:-
FUTURE GLOBAL NETWORK FOUNDATION
Aras 1, Blok Persidangan Alafanda Kompleks Anjung Rahmat Batu 6, Jalan Gombak 53100 Kuala Lumpur
2. Mendepositkan terus ke dalam akaun bank “Future Global Network Foundation”. Butir-butir akaun dan maklumat bank adalah seperti berikut:-
No. Akaun: 12-113-01-003041-2
Nama bank: Bank Islam Malaysia Berhad
Alamat bank: Lot 254/255, Jalan Bandar 12 Taman Melawati 53100 Kuala Lumpur
The New York Times reported last week that several Western oil companies, including ExxonMobil, Shell, Total, BP, and Chevron, are about to sign no-bid contracts with the Iraqi government. Western oil had a significant stake in Iraqi oil for much of the last century until the government nationalized the industry in 1972. The Associated Press quoted Oppenheimer & Co. analyst Fadel Gheit as saying he believed the contracts were a first step toward production-sharing agreements. “These companies are in it for the money, not to make friends,” Gheit said.
More than 20,000 people gathered in İstanbul's historical Tünel neighborhood at 5 p.m. on Saturday to raise their voices against anti-democratic initiatives. The rally, which came in the wake of a ruling by the Constitutional Court that annulled constitutional amendments that would have lifted a long-standing ban on the Muslim headscarf on university campuses, was planned in cooperation with such nongovernmental organizations as the Young Civilians, Küresel Eylem Grubu (Global Action Group), the Association of Human Rights and Solidarity for Oppressed Peoples (MAZLUM-DER), Irkçılığa ve Milliyetçiliğe Dur De (Say Stop to Racism and Nationalism), Lambda -- a gay rights association -- and the Movement for Political Horizons (SUH). 
The current administration has taken unto itself unprecedented, nearly hegemonic powers since the events of 9/11. On that day, George W. Bush issued his “Declaration of Emergency by Reason of Certain Terrorist Attacks” under the authority of the National Emergencies Act. This declaration, which can be rescinded by joint resolution of Congress, has instead been extended six times. In 2007, the declaration was strengthened with the issuance of National Security Presidential Directive 51 (NSPD-51) which gave the president the authority to do whatever he deems necessary in a vaguely defined “catastrophic emergency” including everything from canceling elections to suspending the Constitution to launching a nuclear attack.
