NYMHM: the Atrocity Illustrations; Ten Chapters to Jihad; A Drug War Heads North

Wed Aug 22 14:53:43 PDT 2007

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 NEWS YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED * August 22, 2007 * Vol. 6, No. 34

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QUOTED: 

   "Politically, neo-Nazi groups are not a big force. But 
   worryingly, they reflect widely held views across society."

   -- Hate-crimes analyst Alexander Verkhovsky, on Russia's
   surge of anti-immigrant violence (see "Fascism," below).  

CONTENTS:

   *Top Stories*
     Ten chapters to jihad
     The atrocity illustrations
     Hate crimes and the homeless

   *Religion*
     The gospel of intolerance

   *Fascism*
     A neo-Nazi resurgence tests speech limits

   *Drugs & Society*
     Mexico's drug war crosses the border

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 TOP STORIES
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 > Ten Chapters to Jihad

   A military manual put together by Taliban militants and clerics
   shows how organized the group really is, and underlines its 
   geographic power base along the southern Pakistani border.

   The 10-chapter manual, "Military Teachings for the Preparation 
   of Mujahedeen," is a how-to manual that ...

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 > The Atrocity Illustrations

   An advocacy group called Waging Peace wants to submit "evidence" 
   of crimes against humanity witnessed by Sudanese children who 
   say Arabic Janjaweed militants, backed by government troops, 
   killed their families and torched their villages in Darfur. 

   A group of child refugees drew pictures when asked to describe
   the atrocities their witnessed. Arguing that children's memories 
   are more reliable than ...

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 > Hate Crimes and the Homeless 

   Violent street attacks on the homeless have multiplied across 
   America in recent years, prompting lawmakers in six states, 
   including California, to introduce legislation that would label
   such attacks hate crimes and punish people accordingly. 

   According to a 2006 report from the National Coalition for the 
   Homeless, the number of rapes, beatings and murders has jumped 
   to 142 countrywide from 36 such assaults recorded in ... 

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 RELIGION
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 > The Gospel of Intolerance

   Whether it's Jews against Christians, Christians against Muslims, 
   or Iraqi sects against each other, religious intolerance is 
   thriving, sometimes with deadly results. 

   The Yedizi community, an ancient, minority Kurdish ethnic-
   religious group in Iraq, faces near-annihilation following a 
   coordinated carpet bombing attack carried out by al-Qaeda 
   operatives last week in ...

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 FASCISM
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 > A Neo-Nazi Resurgence Tests Speech Limits  

   From a grisly "execution" video to clashes over protest rallies,
   officials and ideologues tread dangerous ground as neo-Nazi 
   activists seek to push their agenda in Europe and the 
   United States. 

   In Russia, a student was arrested for posting a video that 
   appears to document the execution-style beheading and shooting 
   of two purported Central Asian immigrants. 

   The Guardian reports that racist and neo-Nazi crimes in Russia
   are up 22 percent compared to last year ... 

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 DRUGS & SOCIETY
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 > Mexico's Drug War Crosses Borders

   Driven by America's insatiable appetite for cocaine, marijuana
   and other narcotics, Mexican drug cartels have increasingly 
   transformed U.S. border towns into scenes of violence, 
   kidnappings and corruption, reports the Los Angeles Times. 

   The El Paso Times reports that drug cartels are increasingly 
   recruiting U.S. citizens to their networks, including Horizon 
   High School students in El Paso who were recently ...

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Editors: Julia Scott, Josh Wilson
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