A Voice from the American Gulag
Al-Arian reflects on past three years
In only his second interview since being arrested exactly three years ago on terrorism-related charges, former USF professor Sami Al- Arian discusses his trial, the conditions of his incarceration and the suffering his family has endured.
by Ryan Blackburn
February 20, 2006
“I woke up and said to myself, ‘They’re here,’” Nahla Al-Arian said.
She and her husband, still asleep in bed, frantically tried to dress themselves as the officers shouted for them to open the door.
After numerous threats to break it down, Nahla opened the door. Several FBI officers rushed in, some brandishing their weapons.
“The first thing I saw was a gun in my face,” Nahla said.
The Woman At The Edge of the Abyss
Link: http://www.rense.com/general66/spainw.htm
The Woman At The
Edge Of The Abyss
By Douglas Herman
6-20-5
Who was she? Does anyone know? Did any New York newspaper ever identify her? Yet she remains indelible in the photograph, her image forever poised at the brink, appearing almost calm although her fear must have been overpowering. She stands at the edge of an abyss, her arm grasping a wrecked window frame while her foot slips perilously close to space. Befitting the moment, her image grows indistinct the more one tries to focus.
ED NOTE: One of those bits and pieces that really makes a difference.
Please do view this link.
How can she be where she is, five minutes before the towers fell?
The Franklin Affair and the Terror Enigma
Link: http://www.antiwar.com/blog/index.php?id=P2069
The Franklin Affair and the Terror Enigma
from antiwar.com
ED NOTE: The alligations of Israeli domestic spying have not been posted here as they are news, but this piece with source links is excellent reading to begin to understand the degree to which our government tolerates interference in our domestic affairs by an allied government.
The recent arrest of Pentagon analyst Larry Franklin on charges that he handed over vital U.S. secrets to Israel recalls the wave of stories about Israeli spies in the U.S. in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
