Yvonne Rice tells all!
| BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING THE TROOPS |
| Published: October 10, 2008, 1:01 am |
| Tags: Bush, Spies, Soldiers, U S, Disrespects, Nsa, Troops |
| a former U.S. Army Reserves Arab linguist, told ABC News the NSA was listening to the phone calls of U.S. military officers, journalists and aid workers overseas who were talking about "personal, private things with Americans who are not in any way, shape or form associated with anything to do with terrorism." David Murfee Faulk, a former U.S. |
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| Gulf States Lose Their Swagger Amid Regionwide Sell-Off |
| Published: October 10, 2008, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Gulf, States, Lose, Their, Swagger, Amid, Regionwide, Sell Off, Dubai, United States, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Carl Delfeld, Mohamed Alami, Abu Dhabi, Naeem Shares, Persian Gulf, Jiddah, Chartwell Partners, China, Eurasia Group Ltd, Kuwait, Mckinsey Amp Company, Opec |
| CAIRO, Oct. 9 -- The oil-rich princes and financial titans of the Persian Gulf went into the week touting their immunity from the financial turmoil of the West, but stock markets in the region ended it posting sharp losses. |
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| Gulf States Lose Their Swagger Amid Regionwide Sell-Off |
| Published: October 10, 2008, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Gulf, States, Lose, Their, Swagger, Amid, Regionwide, Sell Off, Dubai, United States, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Carl Delfeld, Mohamed Alami, Abu Dhabi, Naeem Shares, Persian Gulf, Jiddah, Chartwell Partners, China, Eurasia Group Ltd, Kuwait, Mckinsey Amp Company, Opec |
| CAIRO, Oct. 9 -- The oil-rich princes and financial titans of the Persian Gulf went into the week touting their immunity from the financial turmoil of the West, but stock markets in the region ended it posting sharp losses. |
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| Outrage Part II. |
| Published: October 9, 2008, 11:31 pm |
| Tags: Fisa, George Bush, Salon |
| two former Army Reserve Arab linguists for the National Security Agency have said that they routinely eavesdropped on and recorded and transcribed the private telephone calls of American citizens who had absolutely nothing to do with terrorism. The two former NSA employees, who came forward as part of journalist James |
| How Special |
| Published: October 9, 2008, 11:15 pm |
| Tags: Politics |
| a dash of politics. Local Arab Americans were bidding farewell to Rashid Khalidi, an internationally known scholar, critic of Israel and advocate for Palestinian rights, who was leaving town for a job in New York. A special tribute came from Khalidi's friend and frequent dinner companion, the young state Sen. Barack Obama. Speaking to the |
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| FISA, Revisited |
| Published: October 9, 2008, 9:54 pm |
| Tags: Fisa, Domestic Surveillance, Bush Administration |
| 31-year old US Army Reserves Arab linguist assigned to a special military program at the NSA's Back Hall at Fort Gordon from November 2001 to 2003. Kinne described the contents of the calls as "personal, private things with Americans who are not in any way, shape or form associated with anything to do with terrorism." She said US military |
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| Nokia 5800 XpressMusic offered in 7 countries by year-end, miss Christmas rush |
| Published: October 9, 2008, 7:50 pm |
| Tags: Music, Nokia, 5800 Xpressmusic, Sales |
| are India, Indonesia, United Arab Emirates, Hong Kong, Spain, Taiwan, and Russia. As it only be sold in few countries, it will miss the Christmas rush, where people crazily go shopping for Christmas present. But I think those 7 countries represent the highest Nokia market worldwide, so Nokia will only miss “a little of sales”. The |
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| NSA Eavesdropped on Americans (Including Phone Sex) |
| Published: October 9, 2008, 7:40 pm |
| Tags: Civil Liberties, George Bush, National Security |
| 31-year old US Army Reserves Arab linguist assigned to a special military program at the NSA’s Back Hall at Fort Gordon from November 2001 to 2003. Kinne described the contents of the calls as “personal, private things with Americans who are not in any way, shape or form associated with anything to do with terrorism.” They even |
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| Jewish extremists attempt pogrom against Arabs in Akka |
| Published: October 9, 2008, 5:59 pm |
| Tags: Khalid Amayreh |
| siege to and assaulted an Arab family home in downtown Akka Wednesday night, triggering widespread riots in the mixed Arab-Jewish coastal city in northern Palestine/Israel. The Jews... Click on the headlines to read the full story! |
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| They’re Listening |
| Published: October 9, 2008, 5:53 pm |
| Tags: Civil Liberties, Politics, Security, Nsa |
| operator, former Navy Arab linguist, David Murfee Faulk, 39, said he and his fellow intercept operators listened into hundreds of Americans picked up using phones in Baghdad’s Green Zone from late 2003 to November 2007. “Calling home to the United States, talking to their spouses, sometimes their girlfriends, sometimes one |
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| 33-story-high billboard displays awesome ads for a mile (hopefully) |
| Published: October 9, 2008, 5:33 pm |
| Tags: Buildings |
| When a company buys ad space on a billboard, it wants as many people to see its product as possible. A good billboard for that? The 'Podium' ad wall in Dubai: a 33-story-high LED display that can be seen from a mile away. The LED wall is planned for an upcoming commercial building, and its designers are working on building the wall so that it |
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| Disney Goes to the Middle East (Not Just Dubai) |
| Published: October 9, 2008, 5:14 pm |
| Tags: Media, Disney, Dubai, Mickey Mouse, The Last Of The Storytellers |
| first feature in Arabic will mark the start of an expansion drive by Disney execs into the region. Disney has big plans for the Middle East. The Arab world has a population of some 300 million people, and with two-thirds under age 30, the market is a natural for family-friendly Disney fare. Disney expects to announce two more |
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| ABCNews.com Paints Iraq Phone Surveillance As Little More Than Voyeuristic Eavesdropping |
| Published: October 9, 2008, 3:18 pm |
| Tags: Military, Surveillance, War On Terrorism, Brian Ross, Online Media, Abcnews Com |
| 31-year old US Army Reserves Arab linguist assigned to a special military program at the NSA's Back Hall at Fort Gordon from November 2001 to 2003. Kinne described the contents of the calls as "personal, private things with Americans who are not in any way, shape or form associated with anything to do with terrorism." [...] Another |
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| ABC Scoop Uses Radical Anti-War Activist as Eavesdropping Source |
| Published: October 9, 2008, 2:05 pm |
| Murfee Faulk was a Navy Arab linguist assigned to the NSA facility at Fort Gordon until a year ago. FAULK: Then, one of my co-workers went to a supervisor and said, but, sir, these are personal calls. The supervisor said, my orders were to transcribe everything. ROSS: Those were the same orders Arab linguist Adrienne Kinne says she got |
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| Michel Platini Attacks English Top-Flight Again |
| Published: October 9, 2008, 1:37 pm |
| Tags: Uk Football, Arsenal, Champions League, Chelsea, England, Football, Football Assosiation, Footy, La Liga, Liverpool, Manchester United, Michel, Platini, Premiership, Serie A, Soccer, Uefa |
| Do you want in Liverpool an Arab sheikh as president with one Brazilian coach and nine or 11 African players? Where is Liverpool in that? We have to make some rules. What is football? Football is a game and this game has become popular because of the identity. “You have to have identity, that is where football’s popularity |
