NYMHM: Your words betray you; brave new security tech; oil of Iraq

Wed Aug 15 16:12:38 PDT 2007

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 NEWS YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED * August 15, 2007 * Vol. 6, No. 33

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QUOTED: 

   "I'll tell you what, Marc. Someone in the shop that day saw you
   reading something, and thought it looked suspicious enough to call
   us about ... Like I said, there's no problem. We'd just like to 
   get to the bottom of this. Now if we can't, then you may have a 
   problem. And you don't want that."

   -- FBI agent Clay Trippi, as recounted by Atlanta bookstore 
   employee Marc Schultz (see "Top Stories," below).  

CONTENTS:

   *Top Stories*
     Khatami's losing hand
     For a soldier's father, deportation
     Your words betray you

   *War & Terrorism*
     Security state's brave new tech

   *Labor*
     Domestic workers abused worldwide

   *Petroleum Politics*
     Iraq's oil fields open for business (soon)

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 TOP STORIES
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 > Khatmai's Losing Hand

   Former Iranian President Mohammed Khatami announced he will 
   not run for president in the 2009 election, despite his popularity 
   as a reformist candidate, following a scandal over an incident 
   in Italy when he shook hands with a woman. 

   Such handshakes are generally forbidden in Islam except for 
   between family members. Khatami denied the incident took place 
   even as a video circulated  ...  

   GET THE WHOLE STORY: 

   http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004364.html

 > For a Soldier's Father, Deportation

   When Pfc. Armando Soriano was killed in Iraq, his mother 
   benefited from a loophole on immigration law that allows 
   soldiers' family members to apply for legal residency. But the 
   rules work on a case-by-case basis, and his father, who has been
   in the U.S. illegally since 1999, faces deportation because ...

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   http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004365.html

 > Your Words Betray You

   Marc Shultz couldn't quite recall what he brought into the 
   coffeeshop that Saturday morning, the day the last Harry Potter
   book hit the shelves. But as a worker at a local bookstore, a
   cup of coffee was a mandatory prelude to what would surely be 
   a hectic day. 

   In his hand, it turned out, was a printout of an article -- a 
   bit of media criticism to start the day and accompany his ritual 
   caffeine boost. This he later recounted to the FBI agents who
   quizzed him at length on ...

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   http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004366.html

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 WAR & TERRORISM
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 > Security State's Brave New Tech

   The U.S. and Britain have been developing elaborate new tools 
   to identify and subdue would-be terrorists at home and abroad. 

   The Department of Homeland Security is developing a non-lethal 
   weapon that emits a dazzling beam of light to incapacitate any
   suspect for a period of time. 

   According to USA Today, the device has been dubbed the "puke-ray"
   for its tendency to induce nausea and vomiting. Rights groups 
   worry it will be used not on terrorists but on Mexican immigrants 
   crossing the border at night. 

   Others worry that the instruments could enter the black market, 
   forcing law enforcement to defend themselves against  ...

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   http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004367.html

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 LABOR
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 > Domestic Workers Abused Worldwide

   Hundreds of domestic workers commit suicide in Bahrain every 
   year rather than return to their families in debt, according to 
   rights groups and Western observers.

   The workers, mostly women from Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and 
   Sri Lanka, take out huge loans to pay their way to Bahrain, lured
   by the promise of good jobs and decent wage, according to 
   Gulf News.  

   But the jobs turn out to be lower quality, and the pay a fraction
   of what they expected. Broke and often abused by their employers, 
   they cannot return home and often choose to ...

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 PETROLEUM POLITICS
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 > Iraq's Oil Fields Open for Business (Soon)

   Iraq is cautiously opening its oil fields to foreign and domestic
   investment, but is trying to do it on their own terms. 

   In September, Iraq's parliament is expected to ratify a law 
   allowing Western countries to invest in Iraqi oil fields. The
   country is believed to have oil reserves of 115 million barrels,
   half of them unexplored. 

   From now on, all previous oil contracts will be reviewed with an
   eye toward spreading the country's oil wealth evenly among ...

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   http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004369.html

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Editors: Julia Scott, Josh Wilson
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