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Ties With Terror: Western-Al-Qaeda Relations in the Post-Cold War Period

27-04-2007 21:43

The attached audio file of Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed was recorded at Rep. Cynthia McKinney's congressional briefing — The 9/11 Commission Report One Year Later, A Citizens' Response: Did the Commission Get it Right? on July 22nd, 2005. The following essay was originally submitted as part of the record for the congressional briefing.

The complete transcript and submitted written material from McKinney's briefing is available as a PDF and audio rcordings were available on radio.indymedia.org but this server is currently out of action. However a high quality video of the briefing is available in 3 parts:

Part One - 696Mb avi: Introduction by Verna Avery Brown, Opening Remarks by Cynthia McKinney, blessing by pastor Rebecca West, a critique of the 911 Commission Report read by Lorie Van Auken, accompanied by Monica Gabrielle and Mindy Kleinberg, further critique by John Judge, followed by ex-CIA analyst Mel Goodman's criticism of the very structure of the Commission, Paul Thompson examines NORAD/FAA response, Nafeez Ahmed examines the "al Qaeda" links, John Newman discusses Omar Saeed Sheikh, Marilynn Rosenthal dicusses prior knowledge (forewarnings) - approx. 3.5 hours
Part Two - 697Mb avi: Ann Norton's history of the Neocons and Leo Strauss, Peter Dale Scott on 9/11 and Deep Politics, Nafeez Ahmed extends the theme - examing the Muj specifically, Wayne Smith discusses International Law, Bob McIlvaine discusses his attempts to make a difference after the loss of his son, (the next segments focus on Civil Liberties - comments from Jumana Musa - Amnesty International, Elaine Cassel - Civil Rights lawyer, Rebecca Daugherty on Freedom of the Press), Mel Goodman criticizes the "Intelligence Reform" followed by McGovern - approx. 4 hours
Part Three - 348Mb avi: Former high-level CIA analyst Ray McGovern further demolishes the Commission, ex-CIA analyst David MacMichael gives a short history of useless Commissions, John Nutter talks about Covert ops, concluding remarks by McKinney - approx. 1 hour

Thanks to 911 Blogger for making this material available: Video: McKinney's 2005 Congressional Briefing | Nafeez Ahmed - "Ties With Terror: The Continuity of Western-Al-Qaeda Relations in the Post-Cold War Period".

See also this recording from 2006, Nafeez Ahmed "International Terrorism: The Secret History" and the War on Terror topic.

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Queen's Market Supporters Picket St Modwen Meeting

27-04-2007 16:13

Friends of Queen's Market, who oppose the development plans for London's most ethnically diverse market, next to Upton Park tube station2727, today leafleted shareholders attending the annual meeting of developers St Modwen at Ironmongers' Hall in the City of London today.

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Big Issue Magazine Seller Calls Police to Arrest Young Muslim Girl

27-04-2007 13:11

A young Muslim girl was arrested by police outside Sainsburys in Ladbroke Grove at noon on 27 April after being accused of illegally selling the Big Issue magazine on private property and "stealing money" from another Big Issue seller.

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Election Circus Comes to Town! Brummagem Star issue 1

27-04-2007 11:42

Roll Up! Roll Up! The political equivalent of Billy Smart's Circus with be in your area! Clowns to the Left and Jokers to the Right, can the rest please stay in line and do as you are told. Thank you and have a nice day.

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Solidarity With John Bowden

27-04-2007 09:31

Take a few minutes to help support a prisoner.

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Oslo: the police is raiding the blitz looking for explosives

27-04-2007 01:03

The police has closed the road around blitz and raided the place looking for explosives

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Blitz in Oslo raided by the police

26-04-2007 23:58

The police in Oslo, Norway, has stormed and raided the autonomous centre Blitz after the anti-nato demos thursday.
According to the police they were looking for "explosives".

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Oslo, demonstration against nato updates: all people is being released.

26-04-2007 23:26

all the demonstrators are being released.

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BAE Systems in Bristol occupied this morning

26-04-2007 21:49

A number of activists acting independently got into the BAE Systems site in Filton, Bristol, this morning, and briefly occupied an office, hanging a banner out of the window.

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solidarity to the demonstrators arrested today

26-04-2007 21:44

Demonstrations in Oslo against the Nato meeting: more the 100 people arrested.

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HBOS Plc AGM Brighton - Evicted Family Petition Executive Directors For Help

26-04-2007 21:33

Yesterday, (25th April) the evicted houseboat – ‘Shalom’ Family of seven, from Wales, called on banking giant HBOS PLC at their AGM which was being held at the Brighton Dome. A simple message, asking for ‘help’, was conveyed to the Crest Nicholson ‘major shareholder’, and a letter of petition was received by bank staff.

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anti NATO demo oslo

26-04-2007 20:44

Nato foreign ministers having an unofficial dinner on the docks of Oslo, outside demonstrators beat their drums and let the the ministers hear their slogans as they arrive.

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Kopi Berlin Radical Space to be auctioned off

26-04-2007 16:50

KOPI BERLIN CENTRE:
ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE SPACE under attack
Auction of Köpi by order of the court on May 8th

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Updates from the anti nato demonstrations in Oslo

26-04-2007 14:26

We are going to be streaming updates from the demonstrations in program today from 18:00 local time.
Adress is

http://icecast.freeteam.nl:80/oslo.

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new north london occupied social centre

26-04-2007 13:07

the old mountview theatre school site in crouch end is opening its doors to the public on sunday the 29th april after being abandoned by the drama school now based in wood green. the new social centre benefits from a small theatre, which can be converted for cinema nights, as well as exhibition space, large workshop spaces, a bar and kitchen, and residential area.

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UK majority favours ‘pathway into citizenship’ for illegal immigrants

25-04-2007 22:59

Two out of three (66%) British people believe undocumented migrants who have been in the UK for more than four years and who work and pay taxes should be allowed to stay and not be called illegal. Two-thirds (67%) also believe asylum seekers should be allowed to work.
The findings come in an ORB poll commissioned by Strangers into Citizens, a broad-based campaign by the country’s largest alliance of civic institutions, the Citizen Organising Foundation.

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Baghdad : This Wall is their Grave - Stop the walls; stop the occupation!

25-04-2007 21:46

Plans for Al-Adhamiyah confirm that the US occupation and its puppets in Iraq can build nothing but open-air prisons. It will fail

No military strategy can impose on the Iraqi people an occupation it overwhelmingly refuses. Its resistance is national and continues

What kind of government walls-in its own people? One desperate and illegitimate, tied to the fate of a defeated occupation

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Trial of 3 Smash Edo Protesters Ajourned

25-04-2007 21:08

The trial of three anti arms trade protesters in court since Monday 23rd April has been postponed.

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Oxford councillors express doubts over plans to destroy tranquil meadow

25-04-2007 20:34

Today's meeting of the Oxford Strategic Development Control Committee (SDCC) was inconclusive. Plans to destroy the tranquil wildlife haven, Warneford Meadow, have been delayed while councillors seek further clarification from the applicants. This could take months, and gives environmental campaigners a chance to focus their energies on the ongoing application for Town Green status for the Meadow.

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Save Moseley Road Baths

25-04-2007 19:29

Moseley Road baths in Balsall Heath will be 100 years old on October 30th this year. They were given to the residents of Balsall Heath along with a library in return for the people’s agreement to become part of the City of Birmingham. They are a fine example of how important public baths were at that time, indeed for many they were more than just a place to swim, they had baths to wash in. The Baths housed a first class and a second class men’s pool and lots of cast iron slipper baths for people to bathe in, women in those days did not swim!