IOF
Kills a Palestinian, Critically Wounds His Wife, Arrests His Brother in Jenin
International Press Center, July 9, 2003
JENIN, Palestine, July 9, 2003, (IPC+ Agencies)-- A Palestinian civilian
was killed late Tuesday and his wife was critically wounded while his brother
arrested by Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed the family house in Barqeen
town, western Jenin City. Eiad Shalameesh, 28, was shot dead with live bullets
in the neck, hand and the leg while his wife Kholood was critically wounded after
being shot in the head.
Fatah
Rejects PM’s Resignation Over Prisoners
Arab News, July 9, 2003
GAZA CITY, 9 July 2003 — The Fatah Central Committee unanimously rejected
Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmud Abbas’ resignation yesterday over his
handling of policies toward Israel, a senior Fatah official and committee member
said. The official, who asked not to be named, told AFP that Abbas submitted his
resignation earlier the same day in a letter to Palestinian President Yasser Arafat,
who heads the PLO’s mainstream Fatah party.
Palestinian
PM offers to quit
BBC, July 9, 2003
Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas has threatened to stand down, in a sign
of rising tensions within the Palestinian leadership. Mr Abbas - widely known
as Abu Mazen - also tendered his resignation from the ruling body of Yasser Arafat's
Fatah movement.
U.S.
Seeks to Ease Palestinian Crisis
The Guardian, July 9, 2003
JERUSALEM (AP) - U.S. Middle East envoy John Wolf met with a top Palestinian official
Wednesday to try to ease a crisis within the Palestinian leadership that prompted
Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas to threaten to quit, a diplomat said. In Washington,
meanwhile, a senior U.S. official said the government would grant $20 million
to the Palestinian Authority, but bypassing Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.
IOF
and Jewish Settlers Participate in Seizing Palestinian Land
International Press Center, July 9, 2003
HEBRON, Palestine, July 08, 2003, (IPC + Agencies)- - Israeli occupation forces
participated Tuesday with the armed Jewish settlers in seizing vast areas of Palestinian
arable land in the West Bank city of Hebron. Israeli military bulldozers have
been razing, for the second day, Palestinian land near the (illegitimate) Jewish
settlement of "Kiriat Araba’", east of Hebron, Mr. Abdelhadi Hantash, a
member of the Arab Committee to Protect Land, said.
Four
Internationals Arrested at Peace Camp
International Solidarity Movement, July 9, 2003
[ARRABONY, Jenin Region] Four international volunteers with the International
Solidarity Movement were arrested today while maintaining a presence at the peace
camp set up by Arrabony villagers and the ISM to protest the confiscation of Palestinian
land for the Apartheid Wall.
Shin
Bet arrests four members of Islamic Jihad terror cell
Haaretz, July 9, 2003
The Shin Bet security service announced Wednesday that it recently arrested four
Palestinian members of an Islamic Jihad cell, on suspicion of carrying out a series
of terror attacks against Israeli targets. The four - named as Akram Oynat, Samir
Murjan, Jaser Assad and Zuheib Gavati - are all in their early 20s and come from
various West Bank villages.
U.S.
presses Israel on outposts and prisoners
Haaretz, July 9, 2003
U.S. envoy John Wolf, assigned by President George Bush to monitor the progress
of the road map, has told Israel to speed up the removal of illegal outposts.
The Americans told the Israelis that by their count, a total of one outpost has
been removed because of all the new outposts raised after each old one is evacuated.
PLO
Rejects Israeli ‘Fragmental’ Approach to Implement ‘Roadmap’
Palestine Media Center, July 8, 2003
‘President Arafat Has Absolute Right to Free Movement’ -- The Palestinian
leadership on Monday rejected all Israeli attempts to dictate preconditions and
to deal on a piece-by-piece basis with the implementation of Israel’s obligations
according to the “roadmap” peace plan, and reaffirmed its commitment
to the unified national agreement on Hudna (truce).
Memos
show Liberty attack was an error
Haaretz, July 9, 2003
WASHINGTON - New documents released this week by America's National Security Agency
support Israel's version of a long-festering controversy between the two countries:
Israel's shelling of an American spy ship, the USS Liberty, off the coast of Gaza
during the 1967 Six-Day War.
CIA
former director and Israel Nuclear weapons
Arabic News, July 9, 2003
The former Director of the American Central Intelligence Agency, CIA, Stansfield
Turner called for putting the Israeli nuclear arsenal under the international
supervision and to put pressure Israel to disarm its nuclear weapons.
Adam
Shapiro calls for Palestinian civil resistance: ‘No peace can be achieved
with occupation’
The Star, July 6, 2003
Being dubbed as the "Jewish Taliban" by New York Post columnist Andrea Peyser
didn’t change Adam Shapiro’s firm stance against the Israeli occupation
of the Palestinian Territories. -- By Ghassan Joha, Star Staff Writer
JORDAN (Star) - Being dubbed as the "Jewish Taliban" by New York Post columnist
Andrea Peyser didn’t change Adam Shapiro’s firm stance against the
Israeli occupation of the Palestinian Territories. Undeterred by the campaign
against him, the 32-year-old Shapiro described how he never felt so committed
to humanity as he does now.
Attacks
will continue, Jihad cell warns
Haaretz, July 9, 2003
An Islamic Jihad cell in Jenin yesterday claimed responsibility for Monday night's
attack on Moshav Kfar Yavetz, which killed 63-year-old Mazal Afari, and announced
that the attacks would continue until Israel frees all Palestinian prisoners.
Hamas'
Yassin: truce still stands, but 'patience is limited'
Haaretz, July 9, 2003
The spiritual leader of Hamas reaffirmed Wednesday the militant group's commitment
to a temporary cease-fire with Israel but warned "our patience has its limits."
After talks with Egyptian envoys trying to reinforce the three-month truce, Sheikh
Ahmed Yassin warned that Israel's unwillingness to free thousands of Palestinian
prisoners could undermine the cease-fire.
CIA
prepares to resume role as peace monitor
Daily Star, July 9, 2003
Agency’s efforts to help PA security services rein in militant groups also
created more potent threat to Israelis -- BEIRUT: The US Central Intelligence
Agency played a vital part in building cooperation and some degree of trust
between the Israeli and Palestinian security establishments until the Al-Aqsa
intifada erupted in late September 2000 and shattered what had been an important
pillar of the Oslo peace process. Now the CIA, which managed to keep some channels
open despite being caught in the crossfire during 33 months of carnage,
is back, taking a central role in overseeing the implementation of the so-called
“road map.” [Lengthy background article on CIA-PA relations]
IOF
Shoot Dead Father of Three in Northern West Bank
Palestine Media Center, July 9, 2003
7,000 Palestinian Detainees in Israeli Jails: ICRC -- July 9, 2003 - Israeli
occupation soldiers shot dead a Palestinian man, a father of three children, and
critically wounded his wife in Burqin village, near the northern West Bank town
of Jenin, on Wednesday during a raid to arrest his brother, a local Fatah activist,
Palestinian security sources and witnesses said....The sources said that moments
later IOF soldiers fired at the neighboring home of the activist’s 27-year-old
brother, Iyad, who they said was shot and killed while looking out a window. They
added that the man’s wife was shot in the head and seriously wounded.
Hamdan:
Hamas will not drop its weapons
Palestinian Information Center, July 9, 2003
Beirut - Osama Hamdan, the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, representative
in Lebanon, has affirmed that his Movement would not drop or surrender its weapons.
Hamas
to Egptian intelligence official: Our patience has limits
Palestinian Information Center, July 9, 2003
Occupied Jerusalem - In an effort to avert a possible collapse of the fragile
truce between Israel and Palestinians, Egypt has resumed its mediation efforts
in Gaza for the purpose of reasserting the three-week truce, now endangered by
increasing Israeli incursions into Palestinian population centers.
U.S.
OKs Aid to Palestinian Authority
The Guardian, July 9, 2003
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Bush administration has cleared the way for $20 million
in direct U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority, a step reflecting its
support for Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas' leadership, a U.S. official said Wednesday.
US
point man for Mideast peace
Christian Science Monitor, July 9, 2003
Ambassador John Wolf is setting up shop in Jerusalem to monitor the progress of
the road map. -- JERUSALEM – He's low-profile, he's tough, and he's already
proving himself effective at getting the Israelis and the Palestinians to make
peace. Meet John Wolf, a career US diplomat assigned to monitor the implementation
of the latest Middle East peace plan, the US-backed road map.
Bush
plans direct aid to PA gov't
Haaretz, July 9, 2003
WASHINGTON - In a break with long-standing American policy, the Bush administration
plans soon to provide the first direct aid to the Palestinian Authority. The aim
of the assistance is to bolster new Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas and
reinforce the chances of success for the shaky peace process.
US
to Pressure Israel on Palestinian Prisoners
VOA News, July 9, 2003
Israel radio says the United States will ask Israel to release more Palestinian
prisoners in a bid to ease pressure on Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas.
The report says President Bush's envoy to the region, John Wolf, will press the
U.S. request at a meeting Wednesday, with Israel's Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz.
Israel radio says the U.S. envoy will also ask Israel to tear down more unauthorized
Jewish settler outposts in the West Bank.
Palestinian
amnesty is thorny issue for both sides
Christian Science Monitor, July 9, 2003
BUREIJ REFUGEE CAMP, GAZA STRIP – After two weeks of tentative steps toward
calm and reconciliation, Israelis and Palestinians have found themselves on a
collision course over the highly sensitive issue of Palestinian prisoners.
Palestinian
Americans support latest truce and peace efforts in the Middle East
International Press Center, July 9, 2003
PAC calls for releasing of all Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails -- CHICAGO,
July 7, 2003-- The Palestinian American Congress National Office an organization
representing Palestinian Americans and based in the United States issued a statement
on last Monday in support to the truce and peace efforts in the Middle East.
Hear
Palestine July 9, 2003
Hear Palestine
NEWS: Jenin: Resident Killed, His Wife Critically Wounded in Burqin Village /
Nablus: Israeli Soldiers Besiege Commercial Building in City / Settlers Continue
Attacks on Residents of Borin Village / Hebron: Settlers Force Farmers to leave
their Land / Collective Suicide Attempt in 'Qadomim' Prison / State of Tension
in 'Ofer' Prison
Occupation
Chronicle Events in Palestine July 9, 2003
Palestine Media Center
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) killed a Palestinian man, a father of three, and
critically wounded his wife in Burqin village, in the northern West Bank. IOF
also shelled residential neighborhoods in the southern Gaza Strip town of Khan
Younis.
PA
official: Abbas government will fall unless Israel makes more concessions
Jerusalem Post, July 9, 2003
An aid to PM Mahmoud Abbas warned yesterday that the Abbas' government would collapse,
unless Israel immediately took measures to ease living conditions for the Palestinian
population, ease the closure and release a substantial number of prisoners including
members of Hamas and Islamic Jihad.
Palestinian
rift surfaces over prisoner releases
Financial Times, July 9, 2003
Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian prime minister, was reported on Tuesday night to
have submitted his resignation from the central committee of Fatah, the mainstream
secular faction, as differences surfaced on obtaining the release of prisoners
held by Israel.
Palestinian
PM threatens to quit
Al-Bawaba, July 8, 2003
Fatah central committee unanimously rejected Palestinian prime minister Mahmud
Abbas's resignation Tuesday over his handling of policies toward Israel, a senior
Fatah official and committee member said, according to AFP.
Abbas
Quits Fatah
Al-Hayat, July 9, 2003
Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas resigned from a key body of the mainstream
Fatah movement today, a senior Palestinian source said, reflecting a split over
negotiations with Israel.
Analysis
/ Doing the Fatah shuffle
Haaretz, July 9, 2003
The background to the crisis in the Palestinian government, with Prime Minister
Mahmoud Abbas threatening to resign and quitting the Fatah Central Committee,
is actually the declining influence of the Fatah movement leadership. Yasser Arafat,
who chaired the discussions that peaked in the crisis on Monday night and Abbas'
resignation last night, stayed quiet. He didn't come out openly against Abbas,
but he did not defend him, either.
Truce
Might Not Last
Al-Hayat, July 9, 2003
A truce with Israel is faced by "many obstacles" and will not last unless Israel
frees all Palestinian prisoners, a leader of Hamas warned Tuesday. "I don't think
the truce will last for long because (Israeli Prime Minister Ariel) Sharon has
not abided by its provisions," Moussa Abu Marzouk, deputy head of the Hamas Politburo,
said.
Sheikh
Yassin: Hamas still committed to truce
Al-Bawaba, July 9, 2003
The spiritual leader and founder of Hamas reaffirmed Wednesday his movement's
commitment to the truce with Israel but warned "our patience has its limits."
Fatah
backs off from ousting Abbas
The Guardian, July 9, 2003
Mahmoud Abbas survived a showdown with his most powerful critics yesterday after
threatening to quit as Palestinian prime minister and offering his resignation
from the central committee of Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement.
Abbas
Resigns From Fatah Central Committee
Islam Online, July 9, 2003
Abbas came under harsh criticism over his approach with Israel -- GAZA CITY, July
9 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) - Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmmoud
Abbas has resigned from the Fatah party central committee, a Palestinian senior
official said Tuesday night, July 8. Abbas presented his letter of resignation
to Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, who has yet to say whether he accepted
it, said the official, who requested anonymity.
Palestinian
PM threatens to resign amid tensions over talks with Israel
Jordan Times, July 9, 2003
PALESTINIAN PRIME Minister Mahmoud Abbas threatened to quit as premier and resigned
from a key body of Yasser Arafat's Fateh movement Tuesday, a senior Palestinian
source said, reflecting turmoil within the Palestinian leadership over negotiations
with Israel.
Palestinian
premier faces revolt as bomber breaks truce
The Independent, July 9, 2003
The Palestinian Prime Minister, Abu Mazen, was facing a rebellion from the Fatah
ruling party yesterday over his handling of peace negotiations with Israel. Confusion
reigned, both in the backrooms of Palestinian politics and on the ground, after
one Israeli woman was killed in the first suicide bombing since militant groups
agreed to a ceasefire - and what appeared to be a renegade cell of the Islamic
Jihad militant group claimed responsibility.
Israel’s
Failure to Release Detainees Creates Palestinian Crisis
Palestine Media Center, July 9, 2003
Fatah Central Committee Unanimously Rejects PM Abbas’ Resignation
-- July 9, 2003 - Israeli government’s selective and fragmental policy to
implement Israel’s obligations stipulated by the “roadmap” to
Palestinian – Israeli peace has led to a crisis, which threatened Tuesday
the survival of the Palestinian government of Prime Minister Mahmud Abbas as well
as the Palestinian – Israeli talks on the US-sponsored “roadmap”
peace plan.
Fatah
leaders dismiss Abbas’ resignation as “tempest in teacup”
Palestinian Information Center, July 9, 2003
Occupied Jerusalem - Fatah leaders on Wednesday dismissed the resignation of PA
Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas from the group’s Central Committee as a tempest
in a teacup. Several Fatah members demanded that Abbas present to the legislative
council a clear and detailed strategy for the negotiations with Israel that is
based on parity rather than budging to Israeli dictates.
The
pressure is on
Ariga, July 9, 2003
Mahmoud Abbas's power struggle in Fatah with Yasser Arafat, and Israel losing
patience with the hudna because of the bombing in Kfar Yavitz and its tightfisted
approach to the prisoner release issue, has brought American pressure to bear
on both sides.
Background/Bush's
Right Stuff: can it save Abbas and peace?
Haaretz, July 9, 2003
With so many irons in so many unbanked fires, can Bush succeed where one after
another of his predecessors failed - bringing an end to six score years of Arab
Jewish conflict? -- A little over two months ago, U.S. President George W. Bush,
dashing and plainly delighted in a sea-green flight suit, flew onto an aircraft
carrier to declare an end to major combat in his war against Saddam Hussein.
World
Bank: Intifada caused 38% plunge in PA GNP
Globes, July 9, 2003
The poverty rate, defined as less than $2.10 a day in income, was almost 60% of
the population, compared with 21% on the eve of the intifada. -- The Palestinian
GNP was 38% lower in 2002 than in 1999, according to a World Bank report on the
impact of the first 27 months of the intifada.
Israel
asks ABC to can a program
Sydney Morning Herald, July 10, 2003
The Israeli ambassador will meet the ABC managing director in a fortnight in an
attempt to persuade him not to show a controversial BBC documentary which alleges
Israel has weapons of mass destruction. The ambassador, Gabby Levy, said yesterday
that he was in "no way" trying to censor the national broadcaster.
Refugees
question roadmap as springboard to right of return
The Star, July 6, 2003
By Anouck Bronee, Special to the Star JORDAN (Star) - "All the efforts
made towards peace are useless"; those are the words echoing these days among
the vast majority of Palestinians living in Amman’s refugee camps. When
asked to what extent they trust that Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas
will be able implement the roadmap peace plan, the refugees replied dejectedly
"the roadmap is a waste of time, we do not believe peace can be achieved."
Court
refuses to issue interim order to halt IDF `assassinations'
Haaretz, July 9, 2003
The High Court of Justice refused yesterday to issue an interim injunction preventing
the government from carrying out its policy of targeted assassinations on "ticking
bombs" until the court makes a final ruling on a petition on the matter....The
court also discussed Tuesday the legality of the "advance warning" orders that
have replaced the "neighbor practice," which used civilians as human shields during
IDF operations.
Hearing
at High Court of Justice on the petition against the State of Israel’s policy
of assassinations
Public Committee Against Torture in Israel , July 8, 2003
At a hearing held today at the High Court of Justice on the petition filed by
the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel and LAW against the State of Israel’s
policy of assassinations: The Court denied the petitioners’ request for
an interim injunction prohibiting the assassinations and granted the State 60
days to reply to the arguments presented by the petitioners including the opinion
of Professor Antonio Cassese, a world- renowned expert on International Humanitarian
Law that determines that the assassinations are war crimes.
Report
from from Qalqiliya Checkpoint
International Solidarity Movement, July 9, 2003
Qalqilia, Alex, 9 Jul 03 -- MORNING CHECKPOINT: 6 ISM members arrived at approximately
10:00 to find a relatively smooth flow of people. After about 2 hours They were
approached by two young soldiers, the junior of which told them, in English, that
they had to leave.
Workshop
in Gaza on PA closure of private radio stations
Palestinian Information Center, July 9, 2003
Gaza - Participants in a workshop on “private radio stations in the Gaza
Strip” have recommended the introduction of a law regulating work of those
stations and binding all parties to respect media freedom.
PA
money used in Zionist projects
Palestinian Information Center, July 9, 2003
Occupied Jerusalem - Zionist cabinet minister Meir Shitrit has acknowledged that
his government was spending Palestinian Authority assets in financing a number
of projects. Shitrit, answering a parliamentary query by Arab MP Abdul Malek Al-Dahamsha,
said that the PA money, frozen by the Zionist entity, was being used in refining
the West Bank and Gaza Strip sewerage water.
PA
official TV returns to entertainment programs
Palestinian Information Center, July 9, 2003
Ramallah - Senior Zionist officials have expressed satisfaction over the “positive
changes” recently introduced in the Palestinian Authority’s media
namely the absence of provocation against “Israel”. They particularly
pointed to the absence of scenes that depicted Zionist occupation army practices
in the Palestinian lands from the PA official TV screens and the return of classic
music and entertainment serials in their place.
Budget
cuts amount to NIS 8b budget supplement
Globes, July 9, 2003
Knesset Finance Committee economic advisor Smadar Elhanani discovered the spending
increase. -- Almost every budget item recently cut has actually been found to
have increased in net terms, compared with the budget originally approved in January.
The extra budget amounts to at least NIS 8 billion.
Opposition
growing to Labor-Peretz merger
Jerusalem Post, July 9, 2003
The proposed merger between the Labor Party and Histadrut Labor Federation Chairman
Amir Peretz's Am Ehad faction appeared less certain on Wednesday after senior
officials in Peretz's expressed opposition to combining with Labor.
Poraz
halts immigration of `lost tribe' from India
Haaretz, July 9, 2003
Interior Minister Avraham Poraz last week ordered a halt to the immigration of
members of a 5,000-strong community in northern India, which believes it is one
of the lost tribes of Israel. Israel has allowed several dozen members of the
Bnei Menashe community to immigrate to Israel every year, on condition that they
undergo Orthodox conversion on arrival.
Lifer
claims prison authorities used his account to pay other inmates' fines
Haaretz, July 9, 2003
Karim Younas, an Israeli Arab serving a life sentence at Shata prison for security
related convictions, yesterday appealed to Nazareth District Court, demanding
the prison chief warden return NIS 3,000 taken from his account to cover fines
imposed on others prisoners. The Adalah human rights group filed a petition on
the prisoner's behalf.
Outpost
settler charges IDF with `unlawful destruction'
Haaretz, July 9, 2003
The Supreme Court yesterday issued a temproary injunction against the IDF acting
against an outpost near Karnei Shomron until the court decides on a petition presented
by a settler who uses the land to graze his goats.
MK
to be quizzed under warning in double-vote probe
Haaretz, July 9, 2003
Likud MK Michael Gorolovsky is to be questioned Thursday under warning at national
fraud squad headquarters in Bat Yam, over the alleged double voting by lawmakers
during last month's ballot on the government's emergency economic plan. Gorlovsky
has admitted to voting in place of fellow Likud MK Gilad Erdan, saying he was
"tired" and "confused" at the time of the ballot.
Parole
board rejects Avrushmi's request for early release
Haaretz, July 9, 2003
The Prison Service parole board rejected Wednesday a request for early release
submitted by Yona Avrushmi, who killed Emil Grunzweig and wounded nine others
when he threw a grenade during a Peace Now demonstration in Jerusalem in 1983.
The board met to review Avrushmi's parole after a three-justice Supreme Court
panel overturned a Tel Aviv District Court decision in October to grant him early
release.
Israel
on board for Galileo
Globes, July 8, 2003
The European Space Agency will probably allow Israel to participate in the Galileo
Project. -- Last week, in an extraordinary move, two Israeli ministries united
to support one decision in principle: to expedite Israel’s participation
in the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Galileo Project.
Netanyahu:
IAI will be state controlled after IPO
Globes, July 9, 2003
20% of Israel Aircraft Industries is scheduled to be issued on the TASE in early
2004. -- Minister of Finance Benjamin Netanyahu has decided that the state will
retain its controlling interest in Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) in the initial
period following its IPO. 20% of IAI, Israel’s largest defense contractor,
is due to be sold on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE), probably in early 2004.
Al-Assad
confers with Larsen: Syria did not ask to be included in the Roadmap
Arabic News, July 9, 2003
President Bashar al - Assad received in Damascus yesterday evening the special
envoy for Peace Process in the Middle East Terry Rod Larsen and the accompanying
delegation regarding the roadmap to peace. Al - Assad stressed that Syria didn't
demand from any side to be included in the roadmap because the Syrian track depends
on Madrid reference, related Security Council's resolutions and "Land for Peace"
principle.
IAEA
expects Iran to okay strict inspection
Haaretz, July 9, 2003
FRANKFURT - The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog said yesterday he
expected Iran to eventually sign a UN protocol permitting more intrusive nuclear
inspections to prove it is not secretly making atomic weapons.
Jordanian
terror suspects claim innocence - and torture
Haaretz, July 9, 2003
AMMAN - Five suspected terrorists pleaded innocent yesterday to killing a U.S.
aid worker as part of an alleged plot to launch numerous terrorist attacks on
Americans and Israelis in Jordan. The suspects' earlier confessions had been extracted
using torture, their lawyers told the military court during a 30-minute hearing.
German
economist warns against trade liberalization
Daily Star, July 9, 2003
Reduction of tariffs could increase deficit -- A leading German economist warned
Monday that the total liberalization of trade in Lebanon will have a negative
impact on economic growth and government revenues. “Once the Euro-Med partnership
agreement becomes effective, Lebanon’s gross domestic product may reach
low levels and even zero percent growth,” said Bernd Lucke, a professor
of economics at Hamburg University in Germany, and member of the EU sponsored
FEMISE network.
Morning
radio co-host sues station that fired her
Greenville News (SC), July 7, 2003
A former Upstate radio personality says she was fired for opposing the U.S. invasion
of Iraq, according to a lawsuit filed Monday. Roxanne Cordonier, who went by the
name Roxanne Walker on the air at WMYI-FM/MY 102.5 in Greenville, alleges she
was belittled, reprimanded and ultimately fired on April 17 for disagreeing with
her co-hosts on the "Love and Hudson" show.
MI6
chief briefed BBC over Iraq arms fears
The Observer, July 6, 2003
Iran and Syria 'greater danger than Saddam' · Blair stakes reputation on row over
weapons dossier -- The head of MI6, Sir Richard Dearlove, secretly briefed senior
BBC executives on Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction before the Today
programme claimed Number 10 had 'sexed up' part of the evidence.
9/11
Commission Says U.S. Agencies Slow Its Inquiry
New York Times, July 9, 2003
WASHINGTON, July 8 — The federal commission investigating the Sept. 11 terror
attacks said today that its work was being hampered by the failure of executive
branch agencies, especially the Pentagon and the Justice Department, to respond
quickly to requests for documents and testimony. The panel also said the failure
of the Bush administration to allow officials to be interviewed without the presence
of government colleagues could impede its investigation, with the commission's
chairman suggesting today that the situation amounted to "intimidation" of the
witnesses.
House
Approves $368B Defense Bill
The Guardian, July 9, 2003
WASHINGTON (AP) - In approving a $368.7 billion defense spending bill, the House
sought to make sure older weapons systems that have proven their value aren't
prematurely discarded in the transition to a more mobile, high-tech fighting force.
Marking
Independence, U.S. Muslims Defend Civil Rights
Islam Online, July 9, 2003
DALLAS, July 9 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) - The Islamic Society of
North America (ISNA) seized the opportunity of the U.S. celebration of its independence
day on July 4 by holding a conference to send an abundantly clear message that
the Islam is part of the American mosaic.
