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Oregon Veterans for Peace Chapters Condemn Corvallis Islamic Center Arson Attack

“Hate in response to hate does not foster the healing process.” - Bart Bolger, president of the Corvallis Veterans For Peace chapter

(CORVALLIS) - All five Oregon chapters of Veterans For Peace condemn the arson fire attack on the Salman Al-Farisi Islamic Center in Corvallis, Oregon early Sunday morning.

This attack, an apparent retaliation for the alleged plot by a 19-year-old student, must be investigated as a hate crime.

Road to Hope Kidnapping Statement of Events

Reviewing the recent abduction of Gaza activists from Libya.

(ATHENS) - Before my statement I feel compelled to clear up a misunderstanding about my role in the Road to Hope Convoy. I am not an organizer nor an original leader of the convoy.

I became a leader shortly after joining the convoy, about three weeks after it departed London. This became necessary due to the convoy reaching significant levels of internal crisis.

AK-47 and the M-16

Peasants and villagers fighting in Vietnam in 1967, according to tactics articulated by Mao, were killing eight hundred Americans a month. How?

(CLEVELAND) - When the M-16 was introduced to the war effort in Vietnam, it largely failed. What fired well in the Southern California desert did not endure the tropics of Vietnam. An AK-47 can be immersed in water and it will still fire.

Kalashnikov later stated that he wishes he'd designed a refrigerator, instead of the world's most widely manufactured combat rifle.

Gilad Atzmon and The Orient House Ensemble

It is a full decade since the Israeli alto saxophonist Gilad Atzmon established his quartet the Orient House Ensemble.

(LONDON) - His close musical confrere Robert Wyatt has called him "a seriously funny writer and the wittiest musician since Ronnie Scott".

Atzmon maintains a deep empathy and uncompromising support for the Palestinian people, to whom he dedicates his performances and for whom he constantly campaigns and fundraisers.

Western Media Frightened of the `F` Word in its Israeli Context

“Israeli democracy is mainly for decoration, like a tree grown for its beauty, not to bear fruit.” - Yossi Sarid Ha’aretz

(LONDON) - There is a debate in Israel about whether the Zionist state is on the slippery slope to fascism or is already fascist.

As far as I am aware the mainstream Western media has not drawn any attention to this.

Fast for Release Of the Gaza Convoy Ten

Remember, this convoy would not be so critical if it wasn't for those suffering severe malnutrition and deprivation of medical care due to the blockade on Gaza.

(GLASGOW, UK) - A fast will take place Sunday for the immediate release and return to the Libyan port of Derna of those held in Piraeus by the Greek authorities.

They were abducted on Tuesday evening from the Derna port in Libya by the captain after a disagreement... over payment.

May Aung San Suu Kyi`s Light Shine on Tel Aviv and onto Berlin

(CLERMONT, Fla.) - Hours before her anticipated release scores of supporters gathered near the home of Nobel Peace Prize laureate pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, hoping to see her in her first few minutes of freedom after seven years of house detention under Myanmar's ruling generals.

Aung San Suu Kyi swept to victory in the 1990 election by a landslide on top of the National League for Democracy party, but the military refused to hand over power and clamped down on opponents.

UPDATE: Gaza Road to Hope Convoy Members Arrested in Greece

The captain of the Strofades IV however, may be charged.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Writer Lauren Booth has received contact from the Road to Hope Convoy members and the news may be looking up.

Booth said, "The convoy members who were abducted then detained in Greece have been released following examination of video footage. The captain has been arrested."

Which `Human` Rights do You Call For?

(TEHRAN) - One of my close friends is suffering from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, a severe mental illness which has almost paralyzed his entire life.

Psychiatrists in Iran recommend his going abroad to pursue his treatment; however, he was financially unable to afford the expenses of such a solution and remained in Iran.

The Torturers Revisited

The US administration continues to deny that torture is torture. “Let there be no doubt, the United States does not torture and it will not torture,” says Harold Koh, legal adviser at the US State Department.

(BAHRAIN) - The Trial is a novel by Franz Kafka, first published in 1925.

One of Kafka’s best-known works, it tells the story of a man arrested and prosecuted by a remote, inaccessible authority, with the nature of his crime never revealed either to him or the reader.