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Released: October 5, 2001 What America Stands For and Why the Terrorists Hate Us Terrorists vs. America By Michael S. Berliner Like many Americans, I've been trying to find occasional respite from the horrors of September 11. And like many Americans, I found it through the video rental store. My wife and I watched a delightful Australian movie called "The Dish." Having seen part of it two months ago on an airplane, I thought it would be just what the situation called for: an absorbing, benevolent and inspiring story that would remind me that evil doesn't dominate. And it worked ...

AIRO, Oct. 7 — With the American air raids striking Afghanistan after dark, long after government offices in the Middle East were closed, initial official Arab reactions were somewhat muted. But throughout the region, Arabs and other Muslims were glued to Al Jazeera television, the widely watched satellite station based in Qatar, which broadcast over and over its dramatic tape of Osama bin Laden, pitting the struggle of Islam against the West. Mr. bin Laden's stark challenge to the United States, which he pronounced a target for all true Muslims because of its alleged killing of Iraqi civilians and ...

Police: Elian Ruling Expected Thursday From Appeals Court in Atlanta Wednesday, May 31, 2000 By Patrick Reyna MIAMI — A ruling in the Elian Gonzalez case is expected Thursday from a federal appeals court in Atlanta, police said Wednesday. Miami police had requested advance notice of the decision to prepare for possible protests from the Cuban-American community. "It's confirmed. There's going to be an announcement of the decision tomorrow sometime, probably in the morning," spokesman Lt. Bill Schwartz said Wednesday night in a telephone interview with The Associated Press. The 6-year-old Cuban boy, who was forcibly taken from the home ...

Court to release Elian ruling Thursday - report Updated 10:48 PM ET May 31, 2000 MIAMI (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court is expected to release a ruling Thursday on a petition from the Miami relatives of Cuban shipwreck survivor Elian Gonzalez to force a political asylum hearing for the boy, a Miami television station reported Wednesday. Citing unidentified sources, WSVN-TV, the Miami Fox affiliate said the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta was expected to issue its decision on whether Elian, who survived a migrant smuggling boat disaster in which his mother and 10 others died, should ...

Dr. Peikoff's speech from the May 10 rally in front of the Federal Building in Los Angeles, CA, is available as an MP3 file for download at peikoff.com As a teaser, I am reposting the following excerpts from his speech: Keynote address by Dr. Leonard Peikoff, Executor of the Estate of Ayn Rand and spokesman for petition-signers across U.S. Some advance excerpts: “Totalitarianism – the total control of every thought and action – is the essence both of Communism and of Nazism. Its cause is not any ‘paranoia’ of Castro, but collectivism, the idea that society is superior to the ...

AMERICANS TO KEEP ELIAN FREE – PROTEST RALLY AT NOON TODAY (5/10) IN FRONT OF FEDERAL BUILDING IN WESTWOOD. WE WELCOME PRESS/RADIO/TV. Keynote address by Dr. Leonard Peikoff, Executor of the Estate of Ayn Rand and spokesman for petition-signers across U.S. Some advance excerpts: “Totalitarianism – the total control of every thought and action – is the essence both of Communism and of Nazism. Its cause is not any ‘paranoia’ of Castro, but collectivism, the idea that society is superior to the individual, and that the state is its voice. On this view, every citizen – Soviet, Nazi, or other ...

5-year-old found on inner tube 2 other Cuban rafters survive but 11 feared dead at sea LISA ARTHUR, BRUCE TAYLOR SEEMAN and ELAINE DE VALLE larthur@herald.com A 5-year-old boy found clinging to an inner tube three miles at sea on Thursday morning was among three survivors of a boating catastrophe that may have killed 11 refugees fleeing Cuba, the Coast Guard said. The boy, rescued off Fort Lauderdale, was listed in stable condition. After he was pulled from the water, searchers found the body of a woman who apparently had been tied to the inner tube but broke free. ``The ...

Panel: Lift Some Cuba Sanctions WASHINGTON (AP) - A House Appropriations subcommittee voted to lift sanctions on sales of food and medicine to Cuba, rekindling a thorny political issue for Republicans in Florida. Legislation added to an agricultural spending bill would license such sales so long as they are not subsidized by the U.S. government. But the legislation's chances for final passage could be complicated by the furor over Elian Gonzalez, the 6-year-old boy that the Clinton administration is seeking to return to his father in Cuba over the objections of his American relatives.

Demonstrations Across the U.S. to Keep Elián Free in America The intellectual battle for Elián's rights is not over-- thousands of Americans will be holding demonstrations on Wednesday, May 10th, 2000 outside the Federal Buildings of major American cities. Mission: Elián's right to his own life is the fundamental issue in this case, and this issue is being covered up by the false alternative of "family values" versus "anti-Castro politics". The goal of this demonstration is to make Americans aware that the moral thing to do is the American thing to do: protect Elián's right to his own life by ...

Demonstrations Across the U.S. to Keep Elián Free in America The intellectual battle for Elián's rights is not over-- thousands of Americans will be holding demonstrations on Wednesday, May 10th, 2000 outside the Federal Buildings of major American cities. Mission: Elián's right to his own life is the fundamental issue in this case, and this issue is being covered up by the false alternative of "family values" versus "anti-Castro politics". The goal of this demonstration is to make Americans aware that the moral thing to do is the American thing to do: protect Elián's right to his own life by ...

AS YOU KNOW PROFESSOR LEONARD PEIKOFF WILL BE MAKING A PERSONAL APPEARANCE AT THE PROTEST TO KEEP ELIAN FREE IN MIAMI THIS SATURDAY, 15 ARPIL 2000 IN MIAMI. THIS IS AN EVENT YOU DO NOT WANT TO MISS! LEONARD PEIKOFF IS AWESOME! BELOW IS A SMALL TASTE OF WHAT YOU WILL BE HEARING: A SIN TO DEPORT ELIÁN By Leonard Peikoff It would be a sin to deport Elián Gonzalez. To send a child to rot in the prison of Cuba for the alleged sake of his own well-being is criminal hypocrisy. To send him there in order to preserve ...