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TWO DAYS AFTER

Symbolism v. Substance
Celebrating the end of the ugly Bush era is one thing. Celebrating the continuation of their policies with a different administration in the White House is quite another.
http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/19380

A Matter of Style
"The basic difference is going to be style," said Edward Walker, a former U.S. diplomat who is now a scholar at the Washington-based Middle East Institute.
http://www.freep.com/article/20081106/NEWS15/81106086



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WHAT IS RAHM EMANUEL?

Under the Hood
Emanuel's made it a point to cozy up to big business, making him one of the most effective corporate fundraisers in the Democratic Party. He's also a staunch advocate of Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories. . . . Emanuel's shinning moment came in 2006 as he helped funnel money and poured ground support into the offices of dozens of conservative Democrats, expanding his party's control of the House of Representatives. Emanuel, who supports the War on Terror, and expanding our presence in Afghanistan, worked hard to ensure that a Democratic House majority would not alter the course of US military objectives in the Middle East.
http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/19380

Son of Irgun Terrorist, a Hardline Zionist
Rahm Emanuel was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1959, the son of Benjamin Emanuel, a pediatrician who helped smuggle weapons to the Irgun, the Zionist militia of former Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin, in the 1940s. The Irgun carried out numerous terrorist attacks on Palestinian civilians including the bombing of Jerusalem's King David Hotel in 1946. . . . One of the most influential politicians and fundraisers in his party, Emanuel accompanied Obama to a meeting of AIPAC's executive board just after the Illinois senator had addressed the pro-Israel lobby's conference last June. . . . In Congress, Emanuel has been a consistent and vocal pro-Israel hardliner, sometimes more so than President Bush.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article9939.shtml

Top Recipient of Wall Street Money
Rep. Rahm Emanuel, the Illinois congressman who was an aide in the Clinton White House, was the top House recipient in the 2008 election cycle of contributions from hedge funds, private equity firms and the larger securities/investment industry
http://www.hawaiireporter.com/story.aspx?92ff77a3-e51f-4b6a-8f98-fc2b420a7f87



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AFGHANISTAN & PAKISTAN

The Beat Goes On: More Atrocity as Afghanistan Braces for Obama's Surge
The Democratic candidate's stated polices on the conflict dovetail exactly with those of Rove, Bush and McCain: Thousands of more troops. More military hardware. More drone missile strikes, not only in Afghanistan but in Pakistan as well.
http://www.uruknet.info/?p=m48559&hd=&size=1&l=e

Taliban Warns Obama Against Escalation
"Till the time American forces leave Afghanistan and Iraq, and till the US pressure on the Pakistan government is maintained, the change in America's leadership will be a meaningless thing."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7711068.stm

Pakistanis Skeptical About Obama
"Like every Pakistani, I feel scared of his intentions to attack our tribal areas."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7711068.stm



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IRAQ

Iraqis Worry About Obama
"We have seen nothing positive from any American president, and McCain and Obama are two faces of one coin, one policy."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20081105/wl_mcclatchy/3092953

Iraq Puppet Regime Confident Obama Won't Withdraw Troops Quickly
Obama has "reassured us that he would not take any drastic or dramatic decisions."
http://wiredispatch.com/news/?id=443331

Iraq Vet Calls on Antiwar Movement to Press Obama for Immediate Withdrawal
I'm very excited about what an Obama candidacy — or Obama presidency, the kind of racial unity it can bring, but I'm worried that people in this country believe he is truly going to be an antiwar president, and he's not. . . . If we want to see peace, the people need to get out and make that a reality. And they're going to do that by supporting service members refusing to deploy to Iraq. They're going to do that by opposing Barack Obama's narrative of Afghanistan as somehow being good.
http://www.democracynow.org/2008/11/5/iraq_vet_calls_on_antiwar_movement



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