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by Jeremy R. Hammond -- World News Trust

  Dec. 3, 2006 -- Iran has begun operation of a group of uranium enrichment centrifuges, thus violating a legally binding demand by the United Nations Security Council that Iran suspend such activities until the international community is confident that the country’s nuclear program “is for exclusively peaceful purposes,” an op-ed in The New York Times reported Saturday.

  Iran’s response was that a suspension would abrogate its rights under the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty -– even though under international law, it has temporarily surrendered these rights by violating the obligations that condition them.[1]

William Chirolas

  Oct. 25, 2006 -- Today’s reading included an LA Times article by Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, titled “New voting systems, rules may spell trouble at polls -- Election analysts expect complications,"  which listed out the types of problems that could be expected to cause voters to distrust the reported result of an election (perhaps coming soon in 2006 when the GOP keep control of Congress despite being in desperate shape per the pre-election polls) -- “Unproven electronic voting machines, stricter voter identification requirements in many states, new databases and partisan disputes over registration campaigns.”

  by Kathyn Stone - World News Trust

  Sept. 27, 2006 -- The Child Protection Centre of Baghdad and the Iraq Freedom Congress hosted a day of art and play for children in Baghdad, despite onging violence and serious security concerns and roads blocked for the trial of Saddam Hussein. The exhibition of childrens’ artwork was titled “Children First: Iraqi and Japanese childrens’ paintings for love and peace.”

Baghdad children enjoyed time together drawing and playing on Sept. 24 at an event hosted by the Child Protection Centre and the Iraq Freedom Congress. Along with the daily risk of violence, mental health professionals say Iraqi children suffer from depression and stress due to chronic fear and few opportunities to leave their homes for recreation. Photo provided by Iraq Freedom Congress.

   Iraq Freedom Congress and Unions Pledge to Overcome Both Sectarian Violence and U.S. Intervention

   Kathlyn Stone -- World News Trust

  Sept. 9, 2006 -- Samir Adil, president of the Iraq Freedom Congress, outlined plans for an international day of protest Sept. 24, the forth anniversary of the day that the Bush Administration decided to invade Iraq. The IFC’s aim is to return safety and security to Iraq through a secular resistance movement.

  Kathlyn Stone -- World News Trust

  A 48-hour strike led by oil and gas workers in Basra, Iraq, last week signals a growing impatience with the U.S. occupation of Iraq, said a spokesperson for the Iraq Freedom Congress. The strike shut down the country's main refined oil pipeline.