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October 2004Osama bin Laden supports Bush ReelectionPosted: Sunday, October 31, 2004 The timely release of the Osama tape four days before Americans go to the voting booths should come as no surprise. Osama has been a central theme of the election campaign. The Bush administration has been preparing public opinion for the eventuality of a terrorist threat prior to the November 2 elections. Osama tapes have emerged periodically since 9/11 at critical "political moments". Moreover, since 9/11, there have been six code orange "high risk" terror alerts. Often associated with these and other terror alerts, a mysterious Al Qaeda, Osama or Al Zarqawi tape emerges. The Bush administration has in fact intimated on several occasions that a terror attack on America could take place prior to the elections. It had even set in motion formal procedures for canceling the elections in the case of a terror alert. Full Article : globalresearch.ca October Video Jihad Surprise: What's Wrong with This Picture? By J.J. Johnson, www.sierratimes.com And it came to pass when Osama said: "...You American people, my speech to you is the best way to avoid another conflict about the war and its reasons and results. I am telling you security is an important pillar of human life. And free people don't let go of their security, contrary to Bush's claims that we hate freedom...." Wait a minute - a speech... to me? Okay, before someone other than Cronkite yells "October Surprise"... a) Has anyone out there seen the ENTIRE transcript of the recent two video messages from Team Jihad? b) Why would a guy born with the name "Pearlman" (Azzan the American) pal up with a bunch of folks that live to kill his kind? c) Why is Bin Laden and Team Jihad all but throwing the election in W's direction? If someone has the FULL transcript, we'd sure like to see it here. Full Article : sierratimes.com Arafat possibly poisoned: doctors Posted: Sunday, October 31, 2004 Medical tests on the ailing Palestinian President, Yasser Arafat, have ruled out leukaemia or any other life-threatening condition. "The latest tests have found that President Arafat does not suffer from any life-threatening illness and what he has is curable," an aide, Nabil Abu Rdainah, said yesterday. Mr Arafat, 75, underwent tests and scans on Saturday at a French military hospital the day after being flown from his shell-battered compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Doctors are looking at a possible viral infection or poisoning, but the final test results will not be available until Wednesday. Full Article :smh.com.au -- Reprinted here Police terror sweeps across Haiti Posted: Sunday, October 31, 2004 UN looks on as slum-dwelling Aristide supporters are killed or thrown into jail without charge Reed Lindsay in Port-au-Prince The Observer UK The bodies had been whisked away but the dried pool of blood covering the dirt-floor dead end of a twisting alley was a chilling sign of what happened here last week. Residents in the National Fort district, which like most of Port-au-Prince's slums is a bastion of support for former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, gathered around the darkening blood the following day. Some, who were afraid to give their names, said policemen wearing black masks had shot and killed 12 people, then dragged their bodies away. At least three families have identified the bodies of relatives at the mortuary; others who have loved ones missing fear the worst. Full Article : observer.guardian.co.uk Latest News Posted: Sunday, October 31, 2004 ¤ Insurgent Rocket Kills 15 Iraqis in Tikrit-U.S. ¤ Oraganisers have estimated a turnout of 70,000 ¤ Hold Off Reacting to Osama's Tape? I Think Not. ¤ Ossama Bin Moore!! ¤ Israeli secret agents liquidate 310 Iraqi scientists ¤ October Surprise: Bush Dodges Major Scandals ¤ World trembles as Bush shapes up for four more years ¤ A look at U.S. military deaths in Iraq ¤ Double Voting Possible in Ohio, Florida ¤ Powell: We’re losing the war in Iraq ¤ Two state flyers spark cries of racism ¤ 'Racially-based suppression of the African-American vote' ¤ Arafat possibly poisoned: doctors ¤ Nigerian Strike to Target Oil Exports ¤ Arafat's Health Improving, Aides Say ¤ Weapons Remain Unaccounted for in Iraq ¤ Terrorism: Tale of the Tape ¤ British soldier found dead at Basra military base ¤ Meet a kinder, gentler terrorist ¤ Why "W" Has Lost My Vote ¤ Stupid People Love Bush ¤ Osama, My Pajama ¤ The ugly American way ¤ Will Osama Help W.? ¤ Bin Laden, master of propaganda ¤ Bush wins boost from terror tape ¤ The winner is... US conservatism ¤ To the bitter end ¤ Major assault heralded as US artillery pounds Falluja ¤ Police terror sweeps across Haiti ¤ Halliburton Got Deal Despite Complaints ¤ Terrorist Tape, Political Angst ¤ Bin Laden's re-emergence ignites rhetoric three days ahead of U.S. vote ¤ Hawking to lead anti-war protest on election day ¤ No justification for insurgency in Iraq: Powell ¤ Bin Laden Releases New Videotape ¤ The eternal circle of the Iraqi insurgency ¤ Tapping terrorism ¤ Attacks Kill Nine Marines In Iraq ¤ Pentagon Extends Tours of Duty for About 6,500 U.S. Soldiers ¤ Endorsing Neo-Craziness? ¤ For a Scary Halloween, Read the Duelfer Report ¤ Halloween Tidings From the 'War on Terror' ¤ The coming war ¤ Over 100,000 Iraqi deaths since war ¤ Japan confirms identity of beheaded man ¤ US forces take major losses across Iraq Latest News Posted: Saturday, October 30, 2004 ¤ 8 US marines killed near Falluja ¤ Witnesses say Iraqi forces fired on civilians ¤ Turkish truck driver killed in Mosul ¤ Uzbekistan and Bush Hypocrisies ¤ Standing at the Graves of Iraq ¤ Landscape of Fear ¤ Osama's Offer ¤ Bush, Ba'ath and Beyond ¤ Strangling Cuba's Economy ¤ Bush Win Would Mean Dark Times ¤ The Most Tragic Victims of the Iraq War ¤ The End of an Error? ¤ U.S. Planes, Artillery Strike Iraq's Falluja ¤ Historians dissect war in Iraq ¤ ACM statement on voting systems ¤ Bush Seeks Limit to Suits Over Voting Rights ¤ Thousands protest in Rome against Iraq war ¤ The Shameful Politicizing of the bin Laden Tape by the Bush Campaign ¤ Bin Laden tape: Your reaction ¤ Bush administration is most corrupt in US history ¤ WHO the hell supports such murderous people like bin Laden? ¤ China, Iran sign biggest oil & gas deal ¤ Ten Questions for bin Laden ¤ Terribly Convenient Timing: Osama bin Laden: He's Back ¤ Palestinians: IDF kills 12-year-old boy in Jenin ¤ Election Day Terror Drills ¤ Italians rally for troop withdrawal ¤ By Our Hand And In Your Name: 100,000 Dead Iraqi's ¤ Car Bomb Kills 7, Injures 19 in Baghdad ¤ For Shame, America ¤ Cheney oil firm faces UK inquiry ¤ Oil prices blight US growth hopes ¤ The second battle of Algiers ¤ Bush campaign hurt by missing arms and Halliburton inquiry ¤ Down With Democracy ¤ Election Day ¤ A War We Can't Win ¤ The Al Qaqaa Explosives ¤ Fighting erupts in Somalia ¤ Osama's Election Editorial ¤ For Bush, Too Late for Honesty Latest News Posted: Friday, October 29, 2004 ¤ Carlyle Covers Up ¤ Despite the Lies about Iraq and the Resulting Disaster... ¤ Weapons for the Taking in Iraq ¤ US occupation through Iraqi eyes ¤ Wounded in Iraq survive, but cost is high ¤ In Russia, Ironies of the War on Terror ¤ U.S. Gearing Up for Fallujah Showdown ¤ Cheney Calls Iraq, Afghan Wars Brilliant ¤ The Latest Bin Laden Video Tape A Fraud? ¤ Osama bin Con-Job Flashback ¤ The Fake bin Laden Video Tape ¤ Blood will have blood ¤ 100,000 Iraqi civilians dead, says study ¤ FBI investigates how Iraq contracts were given to Halliburton ¤ Eminem song puts Bush in the dock ¤ And if it's a tie? Expect 'stark raving mad chaos'. For a month ¤ Welcome to the wacky world of the US Senate elections ¤ Ailing Arafat Flown to Hospital in Paris ¤ Blair signs new EU Constitution ¤ Newspapers as undecided as their readers over choice for president ¤ US troops refused requests to protect explosives store ¤ IAEA Says It Warned U.S. About Explosives ¤ FBI Glossed Over Abu Ghraib Abuses ¤ Pass Now, Investigate Later ¤ No Apology for Putin ¤ Squaddies criticise American forces for 'ruining things' ¤ Humans: a short history ¤ Bush? Kerry? Fuggedaboutit. ¤ Homeland Security Agents Visit Toy Store ¤ Nuclear watchdog insists Iraq explosives taken after US invasion ¤ Bad News Dogs Bush As Election Nears ¤ Report puts Falluja civilian toll at 600 ¤ Iraqi group: Civilian toll over 37,000 ¤ Twin bomb blasts rock southern Thailand ¤ ABC, Fox air tape by purported terrorist Latest News Posted: Thursday, October 28, 2004 ¤ Lyrics - 'Mosh' by Eminem ¤ US, Iran and the Iraqi election game ¤ The WMD-lite scandal ¤ Militant group claims to have killed 11 Iraqi guardsmen ¤ The Gas is Ours ¤ They Didn't Sign Up for Suicide Missions ¤ Jon Stewart vs. the Political Pundits ¤ The Great Delusion ¤ Looking Tough ¤ The Iraq Inspections Worked, Lies Have Consequences ¤ Ugly, Tasteless, Terrifying and Wild... Count Me In! ¤ The world waits: Bush or Kerry? ¤ 179 countries vote against the blockade at the UN ¤ Bush voted "Movie Villain of the Year" ¤ Eyewitness News Video May Be Linked to Missing Explosives in Iraq ¤ Broward scurrying to replace ballots ¤ In 1999, candidate Bush spoke of wanting to invade Iraq if elected ¤ UN rights expert: Israel 'killed' peace plan ¤ Excess 100,000 deaths since Iraq invasion ¤ FBI Investigating Halliburton Contracts ¤ At least 15 dead in Thai bombing ¤ Siberian mine blast kills 13 ¤ Republicans are accused of scaring off voters ¤ Americans prepare for the 'final assault' on rebel stronghold ¤ Russia tied to Iraq's missing arms ¤ Iraq says “impossible” explosives taken before regime fall ¤ The US holds the key to paying off Blair’s debts ¤ Provincial Capital Near Falluja Is Rapidly Slipping Into Chaos ¤ Iraqi police placed in the firing line without weapons ¤ Putin's unchallenged imperialism moves to Ukraine ¤ Bush's Imprudent Foreign Policy ¤ World Safety ¤ No Change in US Torture Policy – Amnesty ¤ Postal Experts Hunt for Missing Ballots in Florida ¤ Concern mounts as Arafat's health deteriorates sharply ¤ Child Abuse 'Rises with Intifada' ¤ US bombing kills Fallujans ¤ Arafat's failing health triggers concern One Hundred Forty Funerals, and the Rest is History Posted: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 A 17-day Israeli onslaught in northern Gaza left in its wake nearly 140 dead, one-third of them children. The newest tragedy to visit the impoverished strip, was neither the first, nor will it be the last. But, in many ways, it was reminiscent of the invasion of Jenin in April 2002. There too, hundreds of people were killed and maimed, and thousands more were left grief-stricken, homeless and defenseless. Those who understand the depth of the tragedy – unhampered by the desensitising Arabic media and dehumanising Western counterpart – may often wonder why such blatant state terrorism would compel no serious response, especially from those who endlessly decry poor human rights records of countries far superior to Israel in their respect for international law and human rights treaties. "I understand the politics of it all," a friend wrote as Israel announced its 'redeployment' in northern Gaza, "but what really bothers me is the benign response of average people everywhere. How callous have we become?" Full Article : ramallahonline.com Latest News Posted: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 ¤ Bulgegate ¤ One for Oil and Oil for One ¤ Amnesty: US 'War on Terror' Mentality Leads to Torture ¤ Bush Website Blocked Outside US ¤ Cuba move triggers war of words ¤ Ex-Guantanamo detainees sue US officials ¤ Africans not falling for Bush's charity ¤ One Hundred Forty Funerals, and the Rest is History ¤ No Longer Unknowable: Falluja's April Civilian Toll is 600 ¤ Oil Wars And US Imperialism ¤ The Terrorism of War and Occupation ¤ Abu Masaab al-Zarqawi formerlly unknown. ¤ Sharon wins historic Gaza vote ¤ That rare thing: drama at the EU ¤ Great expectations ¤ Cuba ends consumer use of US dollar ¤ Thatcher turns up at court in bid to block coup-plot questions ¤ Negligent US forces to blame for massacre of recruits, says Allawi ¤ Army Won 't Shorten Combat Tours in Iraq ¤ Outside View: Picking on U.S. Muslims ¤ Born in America, adopted abroad ¤ For Bush, Lies Are Truth, Truth Are Lies ¤ Scary Nights ¤ The Morality Of Weapons Systems ¤ Will There Be a War Against the World After November 2? ¤ New Quake Rattles Northern Japan, Felt in Tokyo ¤ Iraq transfers war crimes? ¤ Zarqawi the Terror Monster: But Does He Really Exist? ¤ Six killed in Algeria violence ¤ Film exposes US links with Saddam in days of infamy ¤ Halliburton says profit in Iraq is weak ¤ Only the Terrorists Learned Their Lessons ¤ Mean streets ¤ Limitations of democracy ¤ A servile embedded media ¤ Thailand 'risks revolt' after Muslim deaths ¤ BBC: Patriotism skews US media Latest News Posted: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 ¤ The Chicken Salad Election ¤ War on Dissent ¤ After the Fall ¤ I Need a President - Again ¤ Grandmother Confronts Cheney on Iraq ¤ Risk of Massive Voter Disenfranchisement ¤ At least 84 killed in Thai demo ¤ New Florida vote scandal feared ¤ The Colonial Precedent ¤ Elected on Friday, Killed on Saturday ¤ U.S.-Led Afghan Coalition Critcized ¤ Zarqawi the Terror Monster: But Does He Really Exist? ¤ Atrocities in Iraq and Afghanistan ¤ Secret Plans and October Surprises ¤ The Anti-Empire Report: Fear Factors ¤ The Religion of George W. Bush ¤ Increase In War Funding Sought ¤ U.N. Envoy Warns Against U.S. Attack on Fallouja ¤ U.S. Action Bars Right of Some Captured in Iraq ¤ "Explosive" Revelations ¤ Bombshell for Bush: 350 tons of explosives go missing in Iraq ¤ Foreign Policy ¤ A Wildly Exaggerated Threat ¤ Rumsfeld 'ignored Fallujah warnings' ¤ Dollar Fall Gathers Momentum ¤ Jewish Group Hacks DC, NYC & NJ Indy Media ¤ US troop withdrawal to stabilise Iraq: France ¤ First the Back-Door Draft, Now the Foot-in-the-Door Draft ¤ Arabs no longer want ‘devil they know’ in White House ¤ US promises aid to win war on terror ¤ Why the Vietnam War Still Matters ¤ I Think He Can, I Think He Can ¤ Palestinians pick through remains after raid ¤ US aircraft strike Falluja ¤ US: Iraq captives not POW's ¤ Calm returns after bloody Thai protest ¤ Mbeki turns Aids row into race issue ¤ Death Toll From Japan Earthquakes Rises Latest News Posted: Monday, October 25, 2004 ¤ Iraq Govt. Says Has Not Suspended Falluja Talks ¤ Cuba to End Circulation of U.S. Dollar Nov. 8 ¤ Dollar claws back losses on profit-taking ¤ China Dumps Dollars For Oil & Gold ¤ On Kerry, Bush and bin Laden ¤ We Are the Reason Bush Gets Away With It ¤ Vote For Me, Suckers ¤ Flip Flop on the Flu ¤ How the Settlers' Movement Have Infiltrated the IDF ¤ The Government You Deserve ¤ Israeli raid on Gaza kills 16 ¤ The Death of the Bill of Rights in America ¤ Oil backs off a bit ¤ Powell declares North Korea a 'terrorist state' ¤ An Illustration of Terrorism Made in Israel ¤ 12 Palestinians Killed in Israeli Raid ¤ 13 Palestinians Killed in Israeli Raid ¤ Attack continues on Gaza refugee camp ¤ Massacre of 50 Iraqi soldiers ¤ Chaos, murder and mayhem ¤ Results leave Karzai one step from victory ¤ Bush exploits suffering of 9/11, says Carter ¤ Car Bomb Kills 3 Near Australian Embassy ¤ Massacre at Baquba ¤ The Creaky Coalition ¤ Huge Cache of Explosives Vanished From Site in Iraq ¤ Prewar intelligence predicted Iraqi insurgency ¤ Bombs ¤ Iraq purging tens of thousands of police officers for corruption ¤ Spinning Iraqi Opinion at Taxpayer Expense ¤ Gaining control of Russian oil ¤ Iran Plays by the Rules – No Fair! ¤ Bush's Crimes ¤ Blair is a foreign hostage too ¤ The age of anxiety ¤ Commander in Chief ¤ Don’t get beheaded ¤ Crude Oil Reaches Record on Norwegian Oil-Rig Labor Dispute ¤ Attackers target US convoy in Baghdad ¤ Bush: No proof of pre-election attack Latest News Posted: Sunday, October 24, 2004 ¤ U.S. diplomat killed in Baghdad attack ¤ MASSIVE SELL OFF OF US DOLLAR ¤ Number of US Troops Wounded in Iraq War Tops 8,000 ¤ Candidates use fables to convey terror ¤ Iraqis file thousands of claims against U.S. forces ¤ 16 Killed in Algeria Rebel Attack ¤ Karzai Wins Majority in Afghan Election ¤ 6 Said Killed in Fallujah Target Bombing ¤ 'This isn't a presidency, it's a forgery' ¤ Non-Americans dread Bush ¤ Memo Lets CIA Take Detainees Out of Iraq ¤ Gaza settlements under heavy mortar fire; 2 Palestinians killed ¤ Death Toll Now 21 In Earthquakes In Japan ¤ One Third of Reserves Fail to Report for Duty ¤ Dumb show ¤ Bushmen who rule the world ¤ Central Bank stops supporting dollar ¤ The "War on Terror" as Defined by 1984's Emmanuel Goldstein ¤ Powell Rejects North Korean Demand on U.S. ¤ 'Our boys are being used like puppets' ¤ Iraq: 26 killed on horrific day of violence ¤ Storm season leaves Spice Island in ruins ¤ Why Tony would vote for Dubya ¤ Secret report: terrorism spreading across Iraq ¤ Memo Lets CIA Take Detainees Out of Iraq ¤ Chaos Inside The Triangle Of Death ¤ Flame-throwers used at Beslan siege ¤ Black Watch will not blindly follow US orders ¤ The Lethal Game That Knows No Boundaries ¤ Big guns come out for a final assault ¤ Biggest legal battle in US election history looms ¤ Afghan suicide blast toll rises ¤ Iran criticizes EU nuclear proposal as 'unbalanced' ¤ Iran rejects European nuclear offer ¤ 50 Iraqi Soldiers Found Shot to Death ¤ U.S. State Dept. Officer Killed in Iraq ¤ Who benefits from "Anti-semitism" ? ¤ Cheney Conjures a Worse World Had Kerry Led It ¤ Car Bombings Kill 17 Iraqis; Attack Injures 6 U.S. Soldiers Globalization Not New: look at the Slave Trade Posted: Saturday, October 23, 2004 The following is a keynote speech delivered by famed computer scientist Philip Emeagwali on September 18, 2004, at the Pan-African Conference on Globalization, Washington DC. Globalization – or the ability of many people, ideas and technology to move from country to country – is not new. In Africa, it was initiated by the slave trade and given impetus by colonialism and Christian missionaries. The early missionaries saw African culture and religion as a deadly adversary and as an evil that had to be eliminated. In 1876, a 27-year-old missionary named Mary Slessor emigrated from Scotland to spend the rest of her life in Nigeria. For her efforts in trying to convert the people of Nigeria, Mary Slessor's photograph appears on Scotland's ten pound note, and her name can be found on schools, hospitals and roads in Nigeria. The introduction to Mary Slessor's biography, titled: "White Queen of the Cannibals" is revealing: "On the west coast of Africa is the country of Nigeria. The chief city is Calabar," said Mother Slessor. "It is a dark country because the light of the Gospel is not shining brightly there. Black people live there. Many of these are cannibals who eat other people." "They're bad people, aren't they, Mother?" asked little Susan. "Yes, they are bad, because no one has told them about Jesus, the Saviour from sin, or showed them what is right and what is wrong." These opening words clearly show that Mary Slessor came to Africa on a mission to indoctrinate us with Christian theology. She told us we worshipped an inferior god and that we belonged to an inferior race. She worked to expel what she described as "savagism" from our culture and heritage and to encourage European "civilization" to take root in Africa. We accepted the mission schools which were established to enlighten us, without questioning the unforeseen costs of our so-called education. These mission schools plundered our children's self-esteem by teaching them that, as Africans they were inherently "bad people." Our children grew up not wanting to be citizens of Africa. Instead, their education fostered the colonial ideal that they would be better off becoming citizens of the colonizing nations. I speak of the price Africans have paid for their education and "enlightenment" from personal experience. I was born "Chukwurah," but my missionary schoolteachers insisted I drop my "heathen" name. The prefix "Chukwu" in my name is the Igbo word for "God." Yet, somehow, the missionaries insisted that "Chukwurah" was a name befitting a godless pagan. The Catholic Church renamed me "Philip," and Saint Philip became my patron and protector, replacing God, after whom I was named. I have to argue that something more than a name has been lost. Something central to my heritage has been stripped away. This denial of our past is the very antithesis of a good education. Our names represent not only our heritage, but connect us to our parents and past. As parents, the names we choose for our children reflect our dreams for their future and our perceptions of the treasures they represent to us. My indoctrination went far deeper than just a name. The missionary school tried to teach me that saints make better role models than scientists. I was taught to write in a new language. As a result, I became literate in English but remain illiterate in Igbo – my native tongue. I learned Latin – a dead language I would never use in the modern world – because it was the official language of the Catholic Church, which owned the schools I attended. Today, there are more French speakers in Africa than there are in France. There are more English speakers in Nigeria than there are in the United Kingdom. There are more Portuguese speakers in Mozambique than there are in Portugal. The Organization of African Unity never approved an African language as one of its official languages. We won the battle of decolonizing our continent, but we lost the war on decolonizing our minds. Many acknowledge that globalization shapes the future, but few acknowledge that it shaped history, or at least the world's perception of it. Fewer acknowledge that globalization is a two-way street. Africa was a colony, but it is also a key contributor to many other cultures, and the cornerstone of today's society. The world's views tend to overshadow and dismiss the value and aspirations of colonized people. Again, I must impart my own experiences to illustrate this point. I grew up serving as an altar boy to an Irish priest. I wanted to become a priest, but ended up becoming a scientist. Religion is based on faith, while science is based on fact and reason – and science is neutral to race. Unfortunately, scientists are not neutral to race. Take, for example, the origin of AIDS, an international disease. According to scientific records, the first person to die from AIDS was a 25-year-old sailor named David Carr, of Manchester, England. Carr died on August 31, 1959, and because the disease that killed him was then unknown, his tissue samples were saved for future analysis. The "unknown disease" that killed David Carr was reported in The Lancet on October 29, 1960. On July 7, 1990, The Lancet retested those old tissue samples taken from David Carr and reconfirmed that he had died of AIDS. Based upon scientific reason, researchers should have deduced that AIDS originated in England, and that David Carr sailed to Africa where he spread the AIDS virus. Instead, the white scientific community condemned the British authors of those revealing articles for daring to propose that an Englishman was the first known AIDS patient. If these scientists were neutral to race, their data should have led them to the conclusion that Patient Zero lived in England. If these scientists were neutral to race, they should have concluded that AIDS had spread from England to Africa, to Asia, and to America. Instead, they proposed the theory that AIDS originated in Africa. Even history has degraded our African roots. We come to the United States and learn a history filtered through the eyes of white historians. And we learn history filtered through the eyes of Hollywood movie producers. Some of us complained that Hollywood is sending its distorted message around this globalized world. Some of us complained that Hollywood is a cultural propaganda machine used to advance white supremacy. George Bush understood Hollywood was a propaganda machine that could be used in his war against terrorism. Shortly after the 9/11 bombing of New York City, Bush invited Hollywood moguls to the White House and solicited their support in his war against terrorism. Some will even argue that schools play a significant role as federal indoctrination centers used to convince children during their formative years that whites are superior to other races. Fela Kuti, who detested indoctrination, titled one of his musical albums: "Teacher Don't Teach Me Nonsense." It scares me that an entire generation of African children is growing up brainwashed by Hollywood's interpretation and promotion of American heroes. Our children are growing up idolizing American heroes with whom they cannot personally identify. We need to tell our children our own stories from our own perspective. We need to decolonize our thinking and examine the underlying truths in more than just movies. We need to apply the same principles to history and science, as depicted in textbooks. Look at African science stories that were retold by European historians; they were re-centered around Europe. The earliest pioneers of science lived in Africa, but European historians relocated them to Greece. Science and technology are gifts ancient Africa gave to our modern world. Yet, our history and science textbooks, for example, have ignored the contributions of Imhotep, the father of medicine and designer of one of the ancient pyramids. The word "science" is derived from the Latin word "scientia" or "possession of knowledge." We know, however, that knowledge is not the exclusive preserve of one race, but of all races. By definition, knowledge is the totality of what is known to humanity. Knowledge is a body of information and truth, and the set of principles acquired by mankind over the ages. Knowledge is akin to a quilt, the latter consisting of several layers held together by stitched designs and comprising patches of many colors. The oldest patch on the quilt of science belongs to the African named Imhotep. He was the world's first recorded scientist, according to the prolific American science writer Isaac Asimov. The oldest patch on the quilt of mathematics belongs to another African named Ahmes. Isaac Asimov also credited Ahmes as being the world's first author of a mathematics textbook. Therefore, a study of history of science is an effort to stitch together a quilt that has life, texture and color. African historians must insert the patches of information omitted from books written by European historians. There are many examples of the mark Africans have made on world history. Americans are surprised when I tell them Africans built both Washington's White House and Capitol. According to the US Treasury Department, 450 of the 650 workers who built the White House and the Capitol were African slaves. Because the White House and Capitol are the two most visible symbols of American democracy, it is important to inform all schoolchildren in our globalized world that these institutions are the results of the sweat and toil of mostly African workers. This must also be an acknowledgement of the debt America owes Africa. Similarly, discussions of globalization should credit those Africans who left the continent and helped build other nations throughout the world – most nations on Earth. Africans who have made contributions in Australia, in Russia, and in Europe must be acknowledged so our children can have heroes with African roots - so they can know their own roots and be proud of them. The enormous contributions of Africans to the development and progress of other nations has gone unacknowledged. We have yet to acknowledge, for example, that St. Augustine, who wrote the greatest spiritual autobiography of all time, called "Confessions of St. Augustine," was an African; that three Africans became pope; that Africans have lived in Europe since the time of the Roman Empire; that Septimus Severus, an Emperor of Rome, was an African; and that the reason Beethoven was called "The Black Spaniard" was because he was a mulatto of African descent. Why are we reluctant to acknowledge the contributions and legacies of our African ancestors? We cannot inspire our children to look toward the future without first reminding them of their ancestors' contributions. Look at the long struggle of African Australians, who recently became citizens with rights on their native continent. Africans have been living in Australia for 50,000 years. Yet, African Australians were granted Australian citizenship just 37 years ago, in 1967. According to CNN, African Australians were not recognized as human beings prior to 1967. They "were governed under flora and fauna laws." African Australians were, in essence, governed by plant and animal laws. For many years, African Australians were described as the "invisible people." In fact, the first whites to settle in Australia named it the "land empty of people." The contributions of Africans to Russia must be reclaimed. Russia's most celebrated author, A.S.(Aleksandr Sergeyevich) Pushkin, told us he was of African descent. Pushkin's great-grandfather was brought to Russia as a slave. Russians proclaim Pushkin as their "national poet," the "patriarch of Russian literature" and the "Father of the Russian language." In essence, Pushkin is to Russia what Shakespeare is to Britain. Yet Africans who have read the complete works of Shakespeare are not likely to have read a single book by Pushkin. I was asked to share today the story behind my supercomputer discovery. It would require several books to tell the whole story, but I will share a short one that I have never told anyone. The journey of discovery to my supercomputer was a titanic, one-man struggle. It was like climbing Mount Everest. On many occasions I felt like giving up. Because I was traumatized by the racism I had encountered in science, I maintained a self-imposed silence on the supercomputer discovery that is my claim to fame. I will share with you a supercomputing insight that even the experts in my field did not know then and do not know now. In the 1980s, supercomputers could perform only millions of calculations per second and, therefore, their timers were designed to measure only millions of calculations per second. But I was performing billions of calculations per second and unknowingly attempting to time it with a supercomputer timer, which was designed to measure millions of calculations per second. I assumed my timer could measure one-billionth of a second. It took me two years to realize my timer was off a thousandfold. I was operating beyond a supercomputer's limitations, but I did not know it. The supercomputer designers did not expect their timers to be used to measure calculations at that rate. I almost gave up because I could not time and reproduce my calculations which, in turn, meant I could not share them, two years earlier, with the world. After years of research, my supercomputer's timer was the only thing stopping me from getting the recognition I deserved. I realized the timer was wrong, but I could not explain why. I spent two years mulling over why the timer was wrong. It took two long and lonely years to discover why I could not time my calculations. My 3.1 billion calculations per second, which were then the world's fastest, were simply too fast for the supercomputer's timer. What I learned from that experience was not to quit when faced with an insurmountable obstacle – and that believing in yourself makes all the difference. I learned to take a step backward and evaluate the options: Should I go through, above, under, or around the obstacle? Quitting, I decided, was not an option. Indeed, the old saying is true: When the going gets tough, the tough get going. Looking back, I learned that most limitations in life are self-imposed. You have to make things happen, not just watch things happen. To succeed, you must constantly reject complacency. I learned I could set high objectives and goals and achieve them. The secret to my success is that I am constantly striving for continuous improvements in my life and that I am never satisfied with my achievements. The myth that a genius must have above-average intelligence is just that, a myth. Geniuses are people who learn to create their own positive reinforcements when their experiments yield negative results. Perseverance is the key. My goal was to go beyond the known, to a territory no one had ever reached. I learned that if you want success badly enough and believe in yourself, then you can attain your goals and become anything you want in life. The greatest challenge in your life is to look deep within yourself to see the greatness that is inside you, and those around you. The history books may deprive African children of the heroes with whom they can identify, but in striving for your own goals, you can become that hero for them – and your own hero, too. I once believed my supercomputer discovery was more important than the journey that got me there. I now understand the journey to discovery is more important than the discovery itself; that the journey also requires a belief in your own abilities. I learned that no matter how often you fall down, or how hard you fall down, what is most important is that you rise up and continue until you reach your goal. It's true, some heroes are never recognized, but what's important is that they recognize themselves. It is that belief in yourself, that focus, and that inner conviction that you are on the right path, that will get you through life's obstacles. If we can give our children pride in their past, then we can show them what they can be and give them the self-respect that will make them succeed. Emeagwali helped give birth to the supercomputer – the technology that spawned the Internet. He won the 1989 Gordon Bell Prize, which has been dubbed the "Nobel Prize of Supercomputing." Reprinted from: www.blackcommentator.com/110/110_globalization.html Latest News Posted: Saturday, October 23, 2004 ¤ Globalization Not New: look at the Slave Trade ¤ Fighting the War on Terra ¤ Bush's blinkers ¤ Off the telepromter: Is George W. Bush a man of his words? ¤ Bush for dummies ¤ Saboteurs Bomb Iraqi Pipelines to Baghdad ¤ Army officer sues U.S. for deployment ¤ Israelis strongly support Bush win ¤ Settler Runs Over Three Schoolgirls in West Bank ¤ U.N.: Hundreds of Palestinians Homeless ¤ Suicide bombers kill 22 Iraqis ¤ Brazil Reacts Angrily to Report on Nukes ¤ Is Lesser Evilism a Compromise with Evil? ¤ Presidents express concern about Ivory Coast ¤ Aftershocks Strike Fear After Japan Quake Kills 14 ¤ Iraqi guards die in blast near US base ¤ 800 U.S.: Soldiers Failed to Report for Duty ¤ Bush, Kerry take similar approach to war in Iraq ¤ Bin Laden's Illusions – and Ours ¤ Understanding Pro-war Christians' Indifference to Civilian Deaths ¤ State terminates deal for voting machines ¤ Battle to stop e-voting steps up ¤ Integrity of Florida E-Voting in Doubt ¤ Betrayers of Freedom ¤ Fighting Communism ¤ Bush Backers Believe Propaganda ¤ 6.8 Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Japan ¤ The Unknown Soldiers ¤ CIA withdraws Iraq WMD claim ¤ No shooting please, we're British ¤ Israel May Have Iran in Its Sights ¤ U.S., Iraqi Forces Detain Sunni Muslim Cleric ¤ UN Declines to Train Iraqis for Saddam Trial ¤ Clare Short accuses Blair of misleading Britain over case for war ¤ Bush backs Belarus sanctions ¤ Iraqi Children Warned to Avoid Soldiers ¤ Two Iraqi Children Killed in Car, U.S. Blamed ¤ Halliburton angers Nigerian MPs in 'bribes' hearing Chavez Frias pledges to fight corruption Posted: Friday, October 22, 2004 President Hugo Chavez Frias pledges to fight corruption on US$700-a-month Unabashed, Chavez Frias (who earns only US$700 a month) says that those who call themselves Chavez supporters should be like him and seek not what their country can give to them but what they can give to Venezuela's future prosperity ... "We should all give an example of selflessness and sacrifice." Chavez says: "Let's fight to the death against corruption ... I don't have a house or a car, nor do I want one ... when I leave this job I'll sling my hammock somewhere. ... I don't have a farm or cattle." Full Article : vheadline.com Chavez Declares "Fight To The Death" Against Corruption In Venezuela Tranparency International placed Venezuela in the low rank of 114 of 146 countries surveyed. The non-governmental corruption watchdog reported that oil producing countries in particular consistenly rank low in transparency scores. "In these countries, the oil sector is plagued by revenues vanishing into the pockets of western oil executives, middlemen and local officials," writes Peter Eigen, Chairman of Transparency International. Chavez on many occasions addressed both the problem of corruption and excessive bureaucracy in Venezuela and earlier this month even announced an "efficiency mission" to deal with both problems that Chavez said can be traced to decades of rule by the political parties currently opposing him. "Undoubtedly there is corruption in Venezuela," President Chavez said in an interview with Mexico's "La Jornada" newspaper in August. "We have a culture of corruption created for half century, in fact it has been carried out by these members of the Democratic Coordinator, the ADECOS and the COPEYANOS who became rich," Chavez said. Full Article : venezuelanalysis.com Strong evidence as Mau Mau file suit against UK Posted: Friday, October 22, 2004 Plans by Mau Mau veterans to sue the British government for reparations have gathered momentum following the completion of the first stage of collecting evidence from former freedom fighters. Nearly 100 former freedom fighters have recorded statements detailing a shocking catalogue of injuries, deaths and injustices meted by colonial forces in the 1950s, The Standard has established. And excitement is building up among members of a team preparing the case, following the impending publication of the first book ever detailing the brutal torture of Mau Mau fighters by the colonial government. Full Article : eastandard.net Latest News Posted: Friday, October 22, 2004 ¤ Faith-Based Deceptions ¤ Killing for Christ ¤ George W. 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The War and Globalization ¤ Bolivia a Year After the October Insurrection ¤ Who's Insensitive to Gays? Start with the Cheneys ¤ America's Hidden Vote ¤ To Be Silenced, Or Not to Be: That is the Question ¤ Haitian Priest Jailed Indefinitely for 40 Cent Crime ¤ Bush Running to be National Pastor ¤ Witness says CIA oversaw abuse at Abu Ghraib ¤ 2 Iraqi national guards, 1 woman killed in Baghdad ¤ At least 4 die in Baghdad bus attack ¤ Soldiers Pay ¤ Hoon confirms Iraq troop movement ¤ Bush Backers Steadfast on Saddam, WMD ¤ Couple protests war with display ¤ Silenced By The President ¤ Aftermath Of Last Week’s Editorial Endorsement ¤ The Truth About Beslan “Too Scary” to Reveal ¤ 'When the only thing that's left is fear' ¤ Israel kills four more Palestinians ¤ US now wants more troops in Iraq ¤ Several dead in Baghdad bus attack ¤ Abducted care chief refused to walk out on Iraq ¤ A schoolgirl riddled with bullets. And no one is to blame ¤ Falluja in their sights ¤ Soldier says Abu Ghraib interrogators told him to stage mock electrocution ¤ Commander relieved of duty in Iraq ¤ Bin Laden's al Qaeda control questioned ¤ Bush Predicted No Iraq Casualties, Robertson Says ¤ 148 Trapped Chinese Coal Miners Feared Dead ¤ Car Bomb Explodes in Central Baghdad ¤ Blair denies bailing out Bush charge ¤ Deadly typhoon to kill dozens in Japan ¤ Twin Samarra blasts hit US convoy ¤ Lebanese PM quits amid political crisis ¤ The world has lost Iraq's oil ¤ Holding Up a Mirror to the Face of U.S. “Exceptionalism” ¤ Exaggerations, distortions and good old-fashioned lies ¤ Sunni clerics urge boycott of Iraq elections in wake of Fallujah siege ¤ Exposing Potent Pot Myths ¤ Voter registration workers cry foul ¤ US Soldier Admits Jail Abuse In Iraq Latest News Posted: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 ¤ 300 Iraqi soldiers abandon unit in Samarra ¤ Acquittal proves Zim critics wrong ¤ Family of six killed in Fallujah rocket attack ¤ By the thousands, soldiers 50 and older are being deployed ¤ A Bullet Fired for Every Palestinian Child ¤ The Art of Stealing Elections ¤ STEALING A NATION: The Plight of Diego Garcia ¤ No Flu Vaccine Shortage in Congress ¤ No casualties? White House disputes Robertson comment ¤ SA, Israel sign trade accord amid protests ¤ U.S. Lifts Arms Embargo on Haiti as Tensions Mount ¤ Africa must steer clear of GM crops ¤ 'Ignorant' Americans will re-elect 'liar' Bush ¤ Delusions of Empire ¤ French racism report causes controversy ¤ Israel moves to impede UN relief to Palestinians ¤ Israel more corrupt, third year running, says corruption index ¤ Sinclair Broadcasting’s Long History of Deception ¤ An Engineered Excuse for Killing Iraqis ¤ Chin up - and don't mention the war ¤ A nation of 50 states, but only a dozen will affect election ¤ Military flashes more steel in Iraq: Will it work? ¤ Marines Vent Frustration in Western Iraq ¤ Hans off Iraq! ¤ The Empire Exposed ¤ Better mutiny than 'suicide' ¤ Rewarding Bad Behavior ¤ Gallipoli For Dummies ¤ Bush and Kerry dance to the tune of Ariel Sharon ¤ Kerry Tries to Out-Sharon Bush ¤ The 9/11 secret in the CIA's back pocket ¤ Iraqi pipeline to Turkey set ablaze ¤ 3 soldiers, 4 militants killed in S Waziristan ¤ Car bomb strikes US military convoy ¤ British-Iraqi aid worker abducted ¤ Israel Dismantling Palestinian Society, Culture ¤ The Unfeeling President ¤ Garnier QC leads MP group in quest to impeach the PM ¤ American Multinational Firms Stealing Iraqi Grain Seeds It took Jon Stewart to gun down Crossfire Posted: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 Last Friday afternoon, when comedian Jon Stewart called CNN Crossfire co-host Tucker Carlson a body part exclusive to men, maybe half a million viewers finally saw an honest moment on this program. Too bad. While it was not the first time ever on TV that the American media punditocracy was ripped for its failures, it was probably the most satisfying. That's because it was live, and Stewart confronted the enemy head-on, instead of mocking it from his Daily Show perch where he anchors his celebrated "fake news" program. No wonder more than a million people have downloaded video of the exchange. (Try onegoodmove.org or mediamatters.org.) In fact, due to traffic, some websites crashed. 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Who, Exactly? ¤ BBC under fire for 'false reality' ¤ Iraq says 'come and get us' to Western oil companies ¤ Scary Ads Take Campaign to a Grim New Level ¤ Israelis quit Gaza after killing 138 ¤ Reservist who refused mission calls mother from Iraq, pleads for help ¤ Star Wars deal places US missiles on UK soil ¤ Churches hit in new wave of Iraq bombings ¤ Elsewhere, 9 Iraqi police officers killed in ambush ¤ Indymedia Seizure Signals Clampdown on Dissent ¤ 'They want Zarqawi. They can't kill him so they're killing us' ¤ 129 Palestinians killed during IDF's Gaza raid ¤ Israeli Tanks Enter Camp in Southern Gaza ¤ Jeb Bush Ignored Felon List Advice ¤ 'All of us refused to go' ¤ Anti-war Americans apologise for Iraq ¤ Battles rage around besieged Falluja ¤ Nine policemen killed in ambush ¤ Bush worries about son, calls Michael Moore ´slimeball´ ¤ Blair is 'using our troops to boost Bush' ¤ How the U.S. Got Caught in a Trap of Its Own Making ¤ Bush signs global anti-Semitism law ¤ Guide to age ¤ the meeting that could have changed the history of Iraq ¤ What are these buses doing at a bomb facility ? Latest News Posted: Saturday, October 16, 2004 ¤ Kerry Out-Hawks Bush ¤ Unmerciful Judge, Merry Executioners ¤ Desolation and Vengeance ¤ About the Bush Bulge ¤ How to Effect Regime Change and Expand the Empire ¤ America, Imagine This! ¤ The Flu Vaccine Question ¤ Dick Cheney's El Salvador ¤ When History Looks Back ¤ Blacks Didn't Get the Vote by Voting ¤ Che Guevara's Daughter Voices Cuban ¤ Voter registration cards found in car ¤ 'Sharon is a butcher' ¤ Bush Needs a Terrorist Attack to Win ¤ Florida Sets Touch-Screen Recounts Rule ¤ This war on terrorism is bogus ¤ Fox moves to fire accuser ¤ Car Bomb Kills Four U.S. Troops in Iraq ¤ A Desperate White House ¤ 'Dream team' ¤ Haiti on alert as tensions rise ¤ Crude oil touches $55 U.S. a barrel ¤ Several killed in attacks across Iraq ¤ The War of Error ¤ Doubts about US morale in Iraq ¤ Unit Refused Iraq Mission, Military Says ¤ 2 Miss. soldiers among 5 reassigned ¤ Why is war-torn Iraq giving $190,000 to Toys R Us? ¤ Army pulls back from Gaza leaving 100 Palestinians dead ¤ An American scapegoat in London ¤ Haiti mob violence overwhelms peace force ¤ The secret dam ¤ US pounds Fallujah in ground and air assault ¤ Opposition leader cleared of treason by Zimbabwe court ¤ Hatred, fear reign after 'liberation' ¤ Unannounced U.S. searches in Iraq find nobody home in rebel towns ¤ Another Dubious Slam Dunk ¤ The Prime Minister has become the main international prop for George Bush ¤ U.S. Embassy Staffers Urged to Leave Haiti ¤ Five Churches, Hospital Bombed in Baghdad ¤ Two U.S. Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan ¤ Moore's Pre-Election TV Special Nixed ¤ Blasts ring out across central Baghdad ¤ Car bomb kills many Iraqis ¤ Palestinian killed as Israel redeploys Why Do Bush and Kerry Fear Hugo Chavez? Posted: Friday, October 15, 2004 By Katherine Lahey The US government and Presidential candidate John Kerry have announced that President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, is a threat to the United States. What is most ironic is that while using a different framework through which to analyze this statement, this is true. The vision of Hugo Chavez and the strong community organizing of the Venezuelan people little by little destroys the corrupt, imperialist, and repressive vision and practice of the US government and its capacity to intervene in the affairs of the people, minimizing their efforts to control the beloved nation called Venezuela. In fact, it transforms their framework while resisting it- that is why recently Colin Powell announced after the referendum that the US, while in "disagreement" over policies and ideology, will find ways in which to cooperate with the Venezuelan government. The work of the people makes it even more impossible for the US government to execute its plan to rule by a foreign hand, buying officials within while foreign banks come to partake in the fruits of the capitalist machine of globalization that has destroyed so many lives and so many countries. However, they continue to sing the cry of threat and danger, their fingers pointed toward Hugo Chavez, the leader of the resistance against neoliberalism and imperialism. Full Article : counterpunch.org The Venezuelan "Threat" Posted: Friday, October 15, 2004 Why Do Bush and Kerry Fear Hugo Chavez? By Katherine Lahey The US government and Presidential candidate John Kerry have announced that President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, is a threat to the United States. What is most ironic is that while using a different framework through which to analyze this statement, this is true. The vision of Hugo Chavez and the strong community organizing of the Venezuelan people little by little destroys the corrupt, imperialist, and repressive vision and practice of the US government and its capacity to intervene in the affairs of the people, minimizing their efforts to control the beloved nation called Venezuela. In fact, it transforms their framework while resisting it- that is why recently Colin Powell announced after the referendum that the US, while in "disagreement" over policies and ideology, will find ways in which to cooperate with the Venezuelan government. The work of the people makes it even more impossible for the US government to execute its plan to rule by a foreign hand, buying officials within while foreign banks come to partake in the fruits of the capitalist machine of globalization that has destroyed so many lives and so many countries. However, they continue to sing the cry of threat and danger, their fingers pointed toward Hugo Chavez, the leader of the resistance against neoliberalism and imperialism. Full Article : counterpunch.org Latest News Posted: Friday, October 15, 2004 ¤ Reparations in Reverse ¤ Zarqawi - Bush's man for all seasons ¤ America's losing war on goods piracy ¤ Platoon defies orders in Iraq ¤ The Brownshirting of America ¤ Empire of Insanity ¤ Why Do Bush and Kerry Fear Hugo Chavez? ¤ The Masterminds of Torture, Humiliation and Abuse ¤ Bush's Best is Not Good Enough ¤ Voter Registration Problem ¤ Palestinian children are not terrorists ¤ UN criticizes Israel for human rights violations in territories ¤ Car Bomb Explodes in Baghdad, Killing 10 ¤ Comparing Iraq and Afghanistan ¤ 59 Reasons Why Bush Sucks ¤ 'It's good to be king' ¤ 'What George W. Bush honestly does not know' ¤ ''We know wher |