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Conflict..
Jewish settler fires on and wounds Palestinian citizen
Palestinian Information Center 2003-07-26
Al-Khalil - One of the Jewish armed settlers in the Jewish suburb in the West Bank city of Al-Khalil last night fired at and wounded a Palestinian citizen. Zionist military sources as usual claimed that the Jewish armed settler opened fire at the Palestinian, who carries German nationality, after suspecting that he might be a commando.
IOF Arrests Two Palestinian Children in Gaza, Attacks Workers at "Erez" Crossing
International Press Center 2003-07-26
GAZA, Palestine, July 26, 2003 (IPC)-- Israeli occupation forces arrested Friday two Palestinian children at "Abu Huli" Israeli military checkpoint, dividing Gaza Strip northern parts from its southern ones. Eyewitnesses told IPC correspondent, Israeli occupation soldiers, stationed at the said checkpoint arrested Yusef, 11, and Mohammed Al Najaar, 12, while they were cycling. In Beit Hanoun City, massive troops of Israeli occupation soldiers physically attacked Friday a great number of Palestinian workers on their way home at Beit Hanoun Israeli military checkpoint, known as "Erez".
Breaking News: IOF raids, arrest two in Hebron
International Press Center 2003-07-26
19:00 -- Israeli Occupation Forces within a breaking-into and searching campaign arrest today dawn two Palestinian citizens from Hebron..12:00-- Israeli occupation forces blocked Al Kafriat junction, southern Tulkarim City, conducting a thorough search campaign among civilians' vehicles, IPC...
Palestinian Family Isolated Behind The Separation Wall
International Solidarity Movement 2003-07-26
[Jayyous, QALQILIYA] On July 28, there will be an action in Jayyous to deliver food to a Palestinian family cut off from the village by the security wall, called the "Apartheid Wall" by Palestinians, that is currently under construction by Israeli construction crews in the occupied West Bank.
Israel Restricts Access for Muslims to Aqsa
Arab News 2003-07-26
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, 26 July 2003 — Israeli police restricted access for Muslims yesterday to a Jerusalem site holy to both Jews and Muslims, fearing protests by Palestinians against a decision to allow visits by Israelis and foreign tourists. Police have banned men under the age of 40 from what Jews know as Temple Mount and Muslims as Haram Al-Sharif, or the Noble Sanctuary.
Population of Jewish Settlers Grows Despite Peace Efforts
Palestine Media Center 2003-07-26
The population of Jewish settlers in the occupied Palestinian territory grew by more than 5,000 in the first half of 2003, despite US-backed peace plan, known as the “roadmap”, which requires an end to constructions at settlements, Israel admitted on Thursday. Palestinian Information Minister Nabil Amre said the continued growth of Israeli settlements undermined peace efforts and added: “It means there is no hope for the birth of the Palestinian state.”
35 Settlers a day: US Media ignores Israeli violations of Road Map
Palestine Media Watch 2003-07-24
PMWATCH - July 26, 2003 -- The American Press is making a lot of fuss about whether Palestinians are meeting their obligations under the Road Map. However, as column after column of commentary rattles on about "Palestinian violence", Israel is literally confiscating the land of the West Bank, acre by acre, day after day, in flagrant violation of the spirit and the letter of the Road Map.
Occupation authorities plan building new residential units near Al-Quds
Palestinian Information Center 2003-07-26
Occupied Jerusalem - Zionist occupation authorities have published new tenders for building huge residential units on Palestinian lands to the northwest of occupied Jerusalem. Issa Samandar, coordinator of the committee in defense of lands, said that the so-called “Land of Israel Department” had offered lucrative tenders and advertisements inviting adult settlers in the Haradar settlement, who resided in that settlement after 1st May 2000, to lease what the ads called government property in the “Judea and Samaria” (West Bank) areas for 98 years.
Hamas terrorist indicted for French Hill bus bombing
Jerusalem Post 2003-07-26
The Beit El Military Court on Thursday indicted Samir al-Atrash, 25, of Shuafat, a member of the seven-man Hamas terror cell in Hebron headed by Basel Kawasmeh that was responsible for the bus bombing at Jerusalem's French Hill intersection in May which killed 7.
Occupation Chronicle Events in Palestine July 26, 2003
Palestine Media Center 2003-07-26
Israeli Occupation Forces 9IOF) killed a Palestinian child and wounded his two sisters near the northern West Bank town of Jenin. IOF also killed a Palestinian-Israeli Bedouin in southern Israel. Meanwhile, IOF prevented thousands of Palestinians under the age of 40 from attending Friday prayers at al-Aqsa mosque in occupied east Jerusalem. IOF Detain 2 Children in Central Gaza. IOF Raid Salem Village, Detain 4 Palestinians.
IOF Shoot Dead Two Palestinians, Including a Six-Year-old Child
Palestine Media Center 2003-07-26
Israel Prevents Worshipers From Attending Friday’s Prayers at Al-Aqsa -- July 26, 2003 - Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) on Friday shot dead a Palestinian child at a military checkpoint, near the northern West Bank town of Jenin, one day after Israeli border police soldiers killed a Palestinian-Israeli Bedouin man in southern Israel.
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Diplomacy..
Israel Defies Bush, Claims Separation Wall "Necessity"
Islam Online 2003-07-26
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, July 26 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) – In clear and immediate defiance of U.S. President George Bush’s criticism of the controversial Israeli separation wall now under construction in the West Bank, an Israeli official claimed Saturday, July 26, it was a "necessity."..."It is a shame that President Bush did not use the correct term security fence," argued the Israeli official. "Israel is not constructing a wall -- it's the Palestinians who use that term in a bid to persuade the world it's some sort of Berlin Wall. "This fence is a necessity and not a choice. Sharon will explain that to President Bush when he meets him" in Washington Tuesday, July 29, the official alleged.
PM to seek gov't approval Sunday for release of 100 prisoners
Ha'aretz 2003-07-26
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will seek the government’s approval Sunday for the release of 100 Hamas and Jihad prisoners held in Israel. These prisoners are in addition to the 500 already agreed to be released. At first, the government discussion was to be held after Sharon’s upcoming trip to Washington on Tuesday. However, the discussion was moved forward to Sunday in order to enable Sharon to present the move as a confidence-building measure aimed at strengthening Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Abu Mazen.
Israel Offers 2 Towns to Palestinians
New York Times 2003-07-26
JERUSALEM (AP) -- A top Palestinian official expressed hope Saturday that Israel's easing of restrictions on movement by Palestinians is a first step toward faster implementation of the ``road map'' peace plan. As Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas met with President Bush in Washington on Friday, Israel announced it would transfer two West Bank towns to Palestinian control and remove three roadblocks in Palestinian areas.
White House offers Abbas warm words but no promises
Daily Star 2003-07-26
President reiterates demand for end of violence -- US President George W. Bush gave a sympathetic hearing Friday to Mahmoud Abbas’ appeal for wide-ranging Israeli concessions, but told the Palestinian prime minister that all “terrorist” activity must stop first. Welcomed to the White House for the first time as a partner in the peace process, Abbas warned that hostilities won’t end “if Israel continues to grab Palestinian land.”
Bush Criticizes Israeli Fence
Washington Post 2003-07-26
President Bush criticized Israel's efforts to build a fence separating Palestinians and Israelis on the West Bank yesterday, saying it is "a problem" that makes it "very difficult to develop confidence between the Palestinians and Israel." Bush made the relatively rare complaint about Israeli policies after meeting with Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas at the White House. But he tempered his remarks by making it clear that many other issues of concern to Palestinians -- such as Israeli settlement expansion in Palestinian territories -- cannot be addressed until there is a "firm and continued commitment to fight terror" by the Palestinians.
U.S. reverses its position on Hamas
Washington Times 2003-07-26
The Bush administration, in a gesture to visiting Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas, softened its stance on the militant group Hamas yesterday, saying it could survive if it transformed into a purely political organization.
Israel Offers to Remove 3 Roadblocks
The Guardian 2003-07-26
JERUSALEM (AP) - With the Palestinian prime minister in Washington, Israel promised to remove three major roadblocks and give the Palestinians control over two more West Bank cities - continuing cautious moves under the shadow of claims that militants kidnapped or killed an Israeli soldier.
Ranteesi: Betting on Bush is like betting on a mirage
Palestinian Information Center 2003-07-26
Gaza- Dr. Abdul Aziz Ranteesi, political bureau member of the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, has described those betting on American president George Bush to save them from Zionist premier Ariel Sharon as those betting on a mirage. Commenting on the Bush meeting with Palestinian Authority premier Mahmoud Abbas in the White House, he said that Bush was whole-heartedly Zionist.
The Israeli-Palestinian Roadmap: What a Settlement Freeze Means and Why it Matters
International Crisis Group 2003-07-25
Israeli settlement expansion in the Palestinian occupied territories is endangering the viability of the Roadmap and, most importantly, of the two-state solution that forms the core of President Bush’s stated vision. ICG urges the U.S. government and other members of the Quartet to clearly define the terms of a genuine settlement freeze and monitor its implementation through a joint Israeli/Quartet committee led by the U.S.
US increases aid to Palestinian Authority
Financial Times 2003-07-26
President George W. Bush on Friday attacked Israel's construction of a wall through the entire West Bank and promised more financial help for Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian prime minister, at their first meeting at the White House....Mr Bush announced the establishment of a Joint Palestine Economic Development Group and said he would send John Snow, Treasury secretary, and Don Evans, commerce secretary, to the region after the summer to find ways to develop jobs and growth.
Talks with Bush boost Palestinian leader
The Guardian 2003-07-26
President George Bush hosted a Palestinian prime minister at the White House for the first time in his presidency yesterday in a visit designed to quicken a sluggish peace process and shore up the authority of his guest. The visit by the Palestinian leader, Mahmoud Abbas, marks the second round of diplomacy since Mr Bush launched his road map for a Palestinian state at a meeting in Jordan last month. The Israeli prime minister, Ariel Sharon, a frequent caller at the White House, arrives in Washington next Tuesday.
Bush: The Wall Is An Obstacle To Building Trust
Al-Hayat 2003-07-26
In a step to support the Palestinian PM Mahmoud Abbas (aka Abu Mazen) and to stress the U.S.'s commitment to the Roadmap, President George W. Bush, after receiving Abbas at the White House for the first time yesterday, described the "security wall" Israel is building as a "problem" because, "it is so difficult to build the trust between Palestinians and Israelis with a wall that encircles the West Bank."
Bush Criticizes Israeli Security Wall
Arab News 2003-07-26
WASHINGTON, 26 July 2003 — President George W. Bush said yesterday he had a “problem” with an Israeli security wall cutting through the West Bank, as he threw open the doors of the White House for the first time to Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas. But the killing of a four-year-old Palestinian boy and wounding of his six- and seven-year-old sisters by machinegun fire at a West Bank roadblock embarrassed Israel before the Bush-Abbas meeting.
Bush Promises to ‘Seek Solutions’ to Abbas’ ‘Concerns’
Palestine Media Center 2003-07-26
Palestinians Will Wait to See How Things Develop on Ground: PNA -- US President George W. Bush said he had a “problem” with the Israeli separation fence cutting through the West Bank, would like to see a halt in construction of Jewish settlements, but opposed releasing Palestinian detainees “who would then commit terrorist actions,” as he threw open the doors of the White House for the first time to Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmud Abbas on Friday.
Abbas wins White House red carpet
BBC 2003-07-26
The mere presence of Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas in the White House - and his warm welcome from President George Bush - is as significant a development as what was said publicly by the two men. It marks the first time a Palestinian leader has been given the red carpet treatment during the Bush presidency.
Transcript: Bush and Mahmoud Abbas' press conference at the White House
Arabic News 2003-07-26
Following is the transcript of Geaorge W. Bush and Mahmoud Abbas' press conference at the White House on July 25...
Israel Offers More to Palestinians
The Guardian 2003-07-26
JERUSALEM (AP) - A top Palestinian official expressed hope Saturday that Israel's easing of restrictions on movement by Palestinians is a first step toward faster implementation of the ``road map'' peace plan. As Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas met with President Bush in Washington on Friday, Israel announced it would transfer two West Bank towns to Palestinian control and remove three roadblocks in Palestinian areas.
Mubarak: Only Sharon can solve Israeli-Palestinian crisis
Ha'aretz 2003-07-26
ALEXANDRIA - The Middle East crisis can be solved only by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said Saturday ahead of Sharon's upcoming visit to Washington. "Even with the violence (continuing in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories,) Sharon is the only one who can now solve the crisis," Mubarak told an annual gathering of youth and college students in the Mediterranean seaside city of Alexandria, 200 Kilometers north of Cairo.
Bush, With Palestinian Prime Minister, Urges Compromise
New York Times 2003-07-26
wASHINGTON, July 25 — President Bush received the new Palestinian prime minister at the White House today for the first time, and he used the occasion to signal to both Palestinians and Israelis that he would push them toward tough decisions for peace.
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Government..
PA to 'absorb' Palestinian terrorists
Jerusalem Post 2003-07-25
Members of the Aksa Martyrs Brigades, and even militants loyal to Islamic Jihad and Hamas, might soon be swapping their martyrs' headbands for Palestinian Authority security forces uniforms. With a tacit approval from the Israeli security establishment, PA officials are working to recruit members of fringe terrorist cells who have frequently violated the cease-fire into some of the dozen or so PA security forces in exchange for a guarantee of a de facto immunity from arrest and targeted killings by Israel.
PNA Satisfied with Results of PM Abbas Talks in Washington
International Press Center 2003-07-26
PALESTINE, July 26, 2003 (IPC +Agencies)-- Mohammed Dahlan, Palestinian Interior Security Minister, voiced his content over the result of talks with the American administration and described the visit of the Palestinian delegation, headed by Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen), to Washington as fruitful. Dahlan made clear that the US administration sympathized with the Palestinians. On his part, Nabil Amr, Palestinian Information Minister, in an interview with Al Jazeera Satellite channel, said that PM Abu Mazen expressed, in a phone call, his comfort over the talks with President Bush.
Health Minister Denounces Latest MM Report
International Press Center 2003-07-26
GAZA, Palestine, July 26, 2003 (IPC + WAFA) - - Dr. Kamal Al Shrafi, Palestinian Minister of Health, denounced Friday the latest report by the Médecins du Monde (Doctors of the World) organization, in which they considered the Palestinian bombing attacks inside Israel as "crimes"....The Minister refused the justifications of the organization and replied that such a humanitarian organization should not interfere in the resistance actions of an occupied people, and by talking about that in its report, it turns into a biased opinion, serving the goals of the occupation.
New protesting parents: The government took our children
Jerusalem Post 2003-07-24
Another group of parents has set up camp by a government building, this time outside the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, claiming that office removed children from their custody without consent. The group, called the Organization for Babes in Captivity (OBC), comprises 987 families of parents and grandparents who lost custody of children.
Searches continue for missing IDF soldier Oleg Shaichat
Ha'aretz 2003-07-26
Searches continued Saturday morning for missing IDF soldier Oleg Shaichat, albeit on a smaller scale than the searches during the week. According to Israel Radio, 500 policemen and volunteers took part in the searches, which are focusing on a specific area near the site where he was last reported seen. Police called upon the public to help search for Shaichat....While it is not known whether Oleg Shaichat was in fact kidnapped, police searching for him said Friday that they are increasingly convinced that the disappearance is linked to Palestinian militants.
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Human
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Israeli Court: ISM not a security risk
International Solidarity Movement 2003-07-25
Activists released on bail -- Rejecting the claims of the Israeli government prosecution, Judge Gabriel Kling ruled yesterday that three international peace activists do not represent a "security risk" to the state of Israel. Continuing that "to protest is not illegal," Kling’s statement appears to set a hopeful precedent in the case of three. Primarily, it allows them to be released on bail, until their next hearing, which will come before the Israeli High Court in October. At that point, the courts will again consider the claim of the Ministry of the Interior that the three represent a security risk and should be deported immediatly.
IOF Violates Right to Worship Despite Calm Situations
International Press Center 2003-07-26
RAMALLAH, Palestine, July 26, 2003 (IPC + Agencies)-- Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stepped up the pace of its violation of freedom of religions and right to worship against Muslim Palestinians this week, according to a report published by a Palestinian human rights organization (LAW)....Meanwhile, the same procedures continued, but in the city of Hebron, where IOF soldiers sealed the area around the holy Ibrahimi mosque and prevented any Palestinian from accessing or reaching the mosque, while they freely allowed Jewish settlers to pray in there.
Tear Down That Wall, Mr. Sharon
International Solidarity Movement 2003-07-26
In 1989 a wall came crashing down in Berlin, destroyed by the powerful desire for peace. Around the world, we felt the injustice of imprisoning a city with a concrete barricade, barbed wire, and guards instructed to shoot to kill. Fifteen years later, another wall is going up. The power of peace will take this wall down, too. This week. This week, the Palestinian communities of the West Bank, joined by international activists from across the globe as well as within Israel, will no longer wait for a man deafened by a lifetime of warfare to listen.
Four Palestinian female prisoners on hunger strike
Palestinian Information Center 2003-07-26
Bethlehem - Palestinian detainee Amna Mona, who represents the female detainees at the Zionist Ramle prison, has declared a hunger strike to bring to four the total number of female prisoners on hungers strike in that jail....Detainee Etaf Ulayan has been on hunger strike for 15 days to protest her solitary confinement for 22 days and to object to beatings by prison jailers.
Solidarity sit-in with oldest serving Palestinian detainee
Palestinian Information Center 2003-07-26
Nablus - A number of representatives of Islamic and national forces along with committees and institutions catering for affairs of Palestinian prisoners has taken part in a solidarity sit-in with the oldest serving Palestinian detainee in Zionist jails.The sit-in was organized on the 26th anniversary of arresting Saeed Utba, 52, which took place on 29/7/1977. The sit-in was staged in front of the UNRWA offices in Nablus as participants hoisted his photos and handed UNRWA officials a memo addressed to the UN Secretary General’s representative in the occupied territories Terry Larsen.
ISM: Activists released/House occupied / Roadblock removed
International Solidarity Movement 2003-07-25
1) ISM not a security risk: Activists released on bail / 2) Soldiers occupy house in Qusin, Nablus / 3) Third roadblock cleared by activists in Jenin
Palestinian detainees in Beer Sheba threaten hunger strike
Palestinian Information Center 2003-07-26
Beer Sheba - Palestinian detainees in the Zionist desert prison of Beer Sheba have threatened to launch an open-ended hunger strike to protest the administration’s insistence on its humiliating measures against them. The detainees issued a statement explaining that they would adopt a number of protest measures to end the humiliating phenomenon of bodily search.
PSR Polls among Palestinian Refugees
Palestinian Centre for Policy and Survey Research 2003-07-18
Based on several previous surveys showing that the overwhelming majority of the refugees (more than 95%) insist on maintaining the "right of return" as a sacred right that can never be given up, PSR surveys sought to find out how refugees would behave once they have obtained that right and how they would react under various likely conditions and circumstances of the permanent settlement.
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Economy..
Sheetrit aims for 25% capital gains tax
Ha'aretz 2003-07-25
Capital gains tax should be upped from the current 15 percent to 25 percent as of January 2004, according to a proposal that Minister in the Finance Ministry Meir Sheetrit plans to raise when the cabinet starts discussing the 2004 budget next month.
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People..
Donkey power is king on restricted West Bank
Christian Science Monitor 2003-07-22
Palestinians are turning to donkeys to skirt roadblocks, making the animals one of the West Bank's hottest commodities. -- DHAHIRIYAH AND HALHUL, WEST BANK – Ayed Samamri sniffs the goaty fug of hay and dung, and grins. Around him, the Dhahiriyah animal market - a braying, bleating festival of capitalism - is booming. The gravel lot is thick with men haggling over sheep, scrutinizing horses' teeth, eyeing gangly young camels.
Anti-road map book makes 'NY Times' best-sellers list
Jerusalem Post 2003-07-23
Beyond Iraq: The Next Move, a book that claims Israel is being used as a pawn to pay the appeasement bill for the US war in Iraq, has reached The New York Times best-sellers list. Published in April by US evangelical author Mike Evans, founder of the Jerusalem Prayer Team (www.jerusalemprayerteam.org), the book made news in June by briefly ranking second between Harry Potter and Hillary Clinton on Amazon's best-sellers list.
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International..
Arabs unanimous on WTO recommendations
Daily Star 2003-07-26
Level of cooperation shown could stimulate trade - Ministers display solidarity in bid to consolidate regional bargaining power -- Arab ministers demonstrated an unprecedented level of cooperation on Friday, wrapping up two days of meetings held in Beirut ahead of the 2005 World Trade Organization (WTO) ministers’ conference. “Arab ministers have agreed to coordinate their trade positions on several key issues,” said Mervat Tallawy, executive secretary of the Beirut-based United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA).
Christian Zionists criticized by fellow believers for campaigning against Mideast "road map"
New Jersey.com 2003-07-24
NEW YORK (AP) -- As Israelis and Palestinians take faltering steps toward ending violence in the Mideast, Christian groups watching from the United States have adopted sharply different stances on the peace plan backed by President Bush. The majority of churches -- Roman Catholic, Orthodox, mainline Protestant and some evangelical groups -- generally welcome the three-step plan called the "road map," which envisions the creation of a Palestinian state by 2005.
Nuns sentenced to jail time
Denver Post 2003-07-26
A federal judge today sent three nuns to prison for an October 2002 act of civil disobedience at a Weld County missile silo -- but for lesser sentences than government prosecutors had requested. Though he said he disagreed with those who have called the nuns heroes for breaking into the site to protest nuclear weapons, the sisters did not deserve sentences of six to eight years in prison, Judge Bob Blackburn ruled.
Poll of Arab American & Jewish American Opinion Finds Strong Backing for Road Map, Settlement Freeze
Arab American Institute 2003-07-26
AAI and Americans for Peace Now have released the results of a survey of Arab American and Jewish American opinion about the Bush Administration’s Middle East policies and Israeli-Palestinian peace process issues. The survey was conducted by Zogby International in late June through early July 2003. The poll found strong support in both communities for the Road Map to Middle East peace, a freeze on Israeli settlement expansion in the occupied territories, a two-state solution, and an end to Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza.
Biased Subcommittee Hearing on “Wahhabism” Paints American Muslims as Suspect
Arab American Institute 2003-07-26
On Thursday, June 26, 2003, the Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism and Homeland Security of the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing entitled, "Terrorism: Growing Wahhabi Influence in the United States." Stephen Schwartz and Alex Alexiev, the only featured speakers on the second panel of this hearing, are both vocal anti-Arab and Muslim American critics whose writings and statements display a consistently misinformed and hurtful tone.
Game: George W. Bush Credibility Twister
Democratic Party 2003-07-26
In his state of the Union address, Prsident Bush told us that Iraq tried to buy uranium from Africa. But that claim was false...see if you can untangle the truth.
New Merle Haggard Tune Blasts US Media Coverage of Iraq War
Common Dreams 2003-07-26
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A new Merle Haggard song that's critical of the media's coverage of the war in Iraq is garnering so much attention that it's being rushed to thousands of radio stations around the country, a spokesman for the country singer said Thursday....Haggard sings, "Suddenly it's over, the war is finally done/Soldiers in the desert sand still clinging to a gun/No one is the winner and everyone must lose/Suddenly the war's over, that's the news."
Computer Voting Is Open to Easy Fraud, Experts Say
New York Times 2003-07-24
The software that runs many high-tech voting machines contains serious flaws that would allow voters to cast extra votes and permit poll workers to alter ballots without being detected, computer security researchers said yesterday. "We found some stunning, stunning flaws," said Aviel D. Rubin, technical director of the Information Security Institute at Johns Hopkins University, who led a team that examined the software from Diebold Election Systems, which has about 33,000 voting machines operating in the United States.
How To Rig An Election In The United States
Scoop.NZ 2003-07-08
The story you are about to read is in this writer's view the biggest political scandal in American history, if not global history. And it is being broken today here in New Zealand. This story cuts to the bone the machinery of democracy in America today. Democracy is the only protection we have against despotic and arbitrary government, and this story is deeply disturbing.
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