Lars Akerhaug interviews Haj Ali-al-qaysi Haj Ali-al-Qaysi, the cloaked prisoner at Abu Ghraib"They made me stand on a box with a robe on my head and arms straight out in the air. They told me they would give me electric shocks. I did not believe them. Then they took two wires and stuck them into my body. I felt like my eyeballs were falling out. Then I fell to the ground."This is the story of Haj Ali al-Qaysi, the person whose photo was seen all over the world with a black robe as the pictures from Abu Ghraib were revealed. Before his troubles began with the Americans, Ali worked as a mukhtar, that is, a village chief, in his village in the Abu Ghraib district. He used to lecture in mosques; harvest dates and run a parking lot next to the local mosque.Today, Haj Ali is far from a … [read more]

Chianciano conference with Iraqis postponed, int`l gathering convenedOn September 10 the meeting of the organising committee of the international conference in Chianciano "Leave Iraq in peace – support the legitimate resistance of the Iraqi people" took place in Rome. Beside the presidential committee of the Italian Free Iraq Committees delegates from Spain, Turkey, Germany and Austria were present. Following resolution was approved unanimously:Despite the protest of a very broad front comprising democratic and anti-militarist personalities, movements and parties, despite the hunger strike which is still running, the government of Berlusconi-Fini-Pisanu continues to negate the visas for the exponents of the Iraqi opposition. They thus maintain their pact of subordination to the Bush … [read more]

Class and race bias unmaskedby LeiLani Dowell and John Catalinotto[This article summarizes some of the more extensive coverage found at www.workers.org -- the web site of Workers World newspaper]As of Sept. 6 the immediate horror of the suffering of over 100,000 New Orleans residents, almost all African American and all poor, has come to a pause. The tasks remain of counting and identifying the estimated 10,000 dead and resettling 1.5 million Gulf Coast residents displaced by a combination of a natural disaster and the government`s criminal negligence.Hurricane Katrina`s 200 km/hour winds struck land Aug. 28 and blew down Biloxi, Mississippi. They blew out windows and destroyed roofs all over New Orleans. A day later, after the worst seemed to be over, New Orleans` Lake Pontchartrain … [read more]

المركز الثقاÙ?ÙŠ العربي النمساوي ومعسكر القوى المناهضة للإمبريالية المقاومة مستمرة، التضامن أيضا!الوÙ?د التضامني "شقوق Ù?ÙŠ الجدار" يعود من الأراضي الÙ?لسطينيةعاد يوم 28 آب (أغسطس) الوÙ?د التضامني "شقوق Ù?ÙŠ الجدار" من Ù?لسطين … [read more]

اللجنة الأمريكية الشمالية لمناهضة الصهيونية والإمبريالية"كارثة من صنع البشر"! هكذا وصÙ?ت قائدة الدعاية الصهيونية والإمبريالية الأمريكية، صحيÙ?Ø© النيويورك تايمز، الكارثة التي حلت بساحل الخليج الأمريكي. حتى وسائل … [read more]

معسكر القوى المناهضة للإمبريالية - ترجمة: دجلة وحيد - شبكة البصرةأسيسي Ù?ÙŠ 4 سيبتمبر/إيلول 2005 رÙ?ضت المحكمة الإيطالية تدخل أعضاء الكونجرس الأمريكي الـ 44 وأكدت على شرعية حملة الـ 10 يورو المساندة للمقاومة العراقية. نظرت … [read more]

اللجنة المصرية لمناهضة الاستعمار والصهيونية قال الرئيس مبارك Ù?ÙŠ مؤتمره الانتخابي بالمنيا : لن اسمح بإلغاء نسبة 50% عمال ÙˆÙ?لاحين Ù?ÙŠ جميع المجالس النيابية .. لن ألغي حقوق العمال والÙ?لاحين ما دمت حيا برغم مطالبة … [read more]

القاهرة Ù€ القدس العربي Ù€ من خالد الشاميرئيس لجنة انتخابية يروي لـ القدس العربي اساليب تدخلات باشوات الحزب الحاكم طغت الازمة القضائية Ù?ÙŠ الانتخابات المصرية علي القضايا السياسية والاقتصادية التي كان Ù…Ù?ترضا ان تتصدر … [read more]

الحركة المصرية من أجل التغيير -"ÙƒÙ?ايـهالحركة المصرية من أجل التغيير لا للتمديد .. لا للتوريث (كـــــــــــــــــــــÙ?ايه) بيـــان إلى الأمة لقد كانت الانتخابات الرئاسية على رأس مطالبنا التي نادينا بها Ù?ÙŠ … [read more]

نادي Ù?لسطين العربي دعوة لتظاهرة Ù?ÙŠ الذكرى السنوية الخامسة لانطلاقة الانتÙ?اضة الÙ?لسطينيةبسم الله الرحمن الرحيمأيتها الأخوات والإخوة…Ù?ÙŠ الثامن والعشرين من هذا الشهر تدخل الانتÙ?اضة الÙ?لسطينية عامها السادس بعد … [read more]

Campaign 10 Euro for the Iraqi resistance ruled legalOn September 3 the court of inquiry of Perugia, Italy, annulated the sequestration warrant against Emanuele Fanesi, militant of the Anti-imperialist Camp, who holds the bank account of the campaign "10 Euro for the Iraqi resistance". His computer and all documents related to this bank account sequestrated by the political police DIGOS on June 30 must be returned to him.The court argued that there is not sufficient evidence to sustain the prosecutor´s claim of "membership in an organisation with the aim of (international) terrorism" (…§270 bis of the penal code).This is a scattering defeat for both the American party in Italy and the US itself. They have been trying to criminalise the Anti-imperialist Camp since the beginning of the … [read more]

International Solidarity Delegation to Palestine successfully concludedAn International Solidarity Delegation headed by the Antiimperialist Camp was travelling through Palestine from August 14 to 28. Main purpose of the delegation named "Cracks in the Wall" was to convey a message of solidarity to the Palestinian peoples struggle and the resistance movement in its entirety thus opposing the accusations of terrorism. During the trip the delegation had the possibility to meet with representatives of almost every organisation of the Palestinian resistance. Among them were the General Secretary of the PFLP, Ahmed Saadat in Jericho prison, the leader of the political wing of Hamas in the West Bank, Scheikh Hassan Abu Yussuf, and also the leader of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, Zacharia … [read more]

By: Hisham Bustani*(The original Arabic Version was published in Al-Adab Magazine, Issue 6/7 2005, pages 107-109)Some will say: "a dreamer", "his mind is still there in the 1950s ad 60s", "unrealistic" and "roaming outside history".* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *I was provoked by the proceedings of the "Seminar on the Future of the Syrian-Lebanese Relations" published in the last issue of Al-Adab(1)! And since all the participants are "Syrians" (Hussien Al-Oudat, Michelle Kilo, Omar Ameralay and Yasin Haj-Salih), and intellectuals; I was surprised by the amount of misinformation presented, and basing political analysis on it, as if taking an opposing position against a certain Arab regime (in this case: the Syrian regime), requires adopting automatically the Arab saying: "My Enemy`s enemy … [read more]

by Iraqi Association of the Victims of American Occupation Prisons The Association of the Victims of American Occupation Prisons (1h1050 NGO) was founded by Haj Ali, the former mayor of Abu Ghraib and the victim of US torture depicted on the photograph with the hood and the electrodes.in the name of Allah, most gracious, most mercifulwe have honoured the sons of Adam; provided them with transport on land and sea; given them for sustenance things good and pure; and conferred on them special favours, above a great part of our creation. (israa` / 70)Give them their rights……immediately! The occupation forces in Iraq declared two days ago about releasing one thousand (1000) Iraqi detainees who were in the occupation prisons. In addition to the mentioned, we clarify the following:1. Several … [read more]

Call to action from August 31 onwardsThe question of the negated visas for the Iraqi exponents of the opposition to the occupation hit the headlines of all the Italian news outlets. We consider this already as a small success given the fact that before one could only hear about the "financing of Iraqi terrorism". This is first of all thanks to the Italian Free Iraq Committees (Iraq Libero) as well as the international coalition organising the conference of 1-2 October "Leave Iraq in peace – support the legitimate resistance of the Iraq people". Their protest letter to the Italian Foreign Minister Gianfranco Fini has acquired the support of hundreds of people among which influential personalities from the world of culture, science, literature and even from the church. Still dozens of … [read more]

Bagram prisoner to testify about torture in US jailI am a student of Kandahar university and study Islamic law and social studies. We appreciate your struggle and specially your support for Iraq and Muslim community. Also I read that you organize a international conference for Iraq resistance support in Rome in October and there will be Abu Gharib prisoners also speak. It is good. I am one of the victim of imperialism in Afghanistan. In October 2004 there were big demonstration against local government and American in Kandahar, we join it and many student participated. The police killed a lot. Me a long with other people arrested by police and kept in Kandahar jail for three months. In January we were shifted to Bagram, they blame us have relation with the opposition, they tortured us … [read more]

Negation of visas for IraqisTo the Secretary General of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affaire, Paolo Pucci di Benisichi; To the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs Gianfranco FiniThe Committees Free Iraq together with a series of Italian and international promoters have been organising an international conference under the motto ࢅ€…œLeave Iraq in peace ࢅ€" support the legitimate resistance of the Iraqi peopleࢅ€…? scheduled for 1-2 October in Italy.Among those having accepted our invitation are outstanding representatives of the Iraqi civil society like: Sheikh Jawad al KHALESI, leader of the Iraqi National Foundation Congress; Ayatollah Ahmed al BAGHDADI; Salah al MUKHTAR, former Iraqi ambassador to India and Vietnam; Sheikh Hassan al ZARGANI, international … [read more]

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Emergency campaign to defend Iraqi resistance conference Communiquàƒ…© of the organising committee of the International Conference ࢅ€…œLeave Iraq in Peace ࢅ€" Support the Legitimate Popular Resistanceࢅ€…?www.iraqiresistance.infoItalian government negates visas for Peace and Resistance conference After having submitted an official request to the Italian embassy in Baghdad as well as to the Foreign Ministry in Rome in the morning of August 1 we received a message saying that ࢅ€…œno problem for the visasࢅ€…? asking us even for details to proceed. Then the letter of the 44 US congress members became known. While the activities of the organising committee of the conference ࢅ€…œLeave Iraq in Peace ࢅ€" Support the … [read more]

the crimes of the occupation forces and their puppets against Iraqi women must become publicMuslims all over the world were shocked when they heard of Fatima´s Letter from Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. Although we have not got any concrete information we believe that there are many Fatimas in Iraq. These Fatimas shall not longer be in the shade.In all wars rape and sexual abuse is part of the special warfare. By this dirty practice the enemy does not merely aim to destroy the mind of the victim but the values of the entire society. Soldiers and security forces do not rape and torture women just for pleasure. They were trained to apply sexual violence to humiliate the whole society. This weapon of special warfare has been used in many wars since the Vietnam war; nowadays it is used … [read more]