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Torture, Murder, Cover-Up Exposed in ‘Suicide’ of Federal Prisoner. Page 6. MERRY CHRISTMAS WEEKLY NEWSPAPER: DO NOT DELAY—DATE MAILED: 12-19-03 What are economic forecasters predicting for 2004 and how much should we listen? Pages 10-11. The Inside Scoop On Saddam’s Recent Capture. AmericanFreePressAmericanFreePress Page 4. VOLUME III NUMBER 52 DECEMBER 29, 2003 www.americanfreepress.net $1.50 EACH U.S. ‘Drug Rebellion’ Growing Outrage over high prices spurs states to assert constitutional rights By Fred Lingel Finally, Wise Men Come to White House . n a heartening display of citizenship, representa- FOR 11 YEARS, THERE WAS NO ROOM ON THE WHITE HOUSE GROUNDS FOR A NATIVITY SCENE. But thanks to tives of a dozen states met in Atlanta Dec. 11 to the persistence of a group of dedicated people, spearheaded by E.Stanley Rittenhouse, lobbyist for the now- explore ways to obtain drugs from Canada at an defunct Liberty Lobby, visitors from around the world can now enjoy viewing it as part of the Christmas average price reduction of 67 percent, although Pageant of Peace. Following a court order in 1973, which banned the Nativity scene, Stan’s Committee to Iimporting the medicines is currently illegal under feder- Restore Our Religious Heritage in the U.S.A., took up the cause. al law, thanks to the drug lobby. In 1984, the Supreme Court said the Christ Child could return to the White House. But the Interior The states’ rights rebellion began in Springfield, Department said it would have to be privately funded. The cost was estimated at $10,000. Stan, head of the Mass. (American Free Press, Dec. 22, 2003). Springfield committee, called a wealthy friend who agreed to pay for the life-size Nativity Scene as a gift. When he went has been buying drugs from Canada via the Internet to purchase it through a Catholic book store, a lady clerk told him the price would exceed $9,000. She asked since July and is expected to save $3.5 million in 2003. what the purchase was for. Rittenhouse told her President Ronald Reagan wanted it restored at the White In Atlanta, state officials met with five Canadian drug House. companies to discuss how to obtain the medicines for Apparently overcome with the Christmas spirit, the clerk lowered the price to $3,300, and since that time, their citizens. that Nativity Scene has graced the grounds every Christmas, like a beaming star in the East. (See STATES WANT TO KNOW, Page 3) Sharon’s Wall a Threat to All Religious Groups The Inside Scoop: • Year End Wrap Up from the Editor: Page 2 ‘Annexation by appropriation’ ruins world’s holiest cities for everyone • News You May Have Missed: Page 2. • America First Party update: Page 3. By Christopher Bollyn Israeli military occupation, has become a Christian ghetto–separated from its hinterland and Jerusalem. • Saddam confidant turned informer? Page 4. he Israeli “separation barrier” is the culmina- Bethlehem has become an open-air prison, like the • Spotlight on Congress: Porkfest 2004. Page 8. tion of Ariel Sharon’s long-planned settlement Gaza Strip, surrounded by an Israeli-built electrified • Congressional vote tally on Medicare reform. Page 9. scheme to appropriate vast amounts of Pales- wall–an atrocity paid for by the U.S. taxpayers and sup- • Beware military-industrial complex. Page 10. tinian land and water resources and impoverish ported by the U.S. government. • Debt, Federal Reserve keep us enslaved. Page 11. Tthe non-Jewish population to the point of expulsion. The tall and ugly electrified wall being built around • Lobbyists, scalawags infest Bush appointees. Page 12. Bethlehem this Christmas, like most other Pales- the town of Bethlehem and its famous Church of the tinian towns and villages, under “closure” of the harsh (See WILL WORLD, Page 14) • Ron Paul: Lasting peace hard to achieve. Page 14. • UN accuses Israel of starving Palestinians. Page 14. BULLETIN! American Free Press will be taking next week off for Christmas and no issue will be • Milosevic accuses America of war crimes. Page 15. mailed out. The next issue will be expanded and mailed on Jan. 2, 2004. • The Ryan Report. AFP’s Page 17. 2 AMERICAN FREE PRESS • December 29, 2003 Tancredo Calls for Ridge Resignation (A compilation of significant news items U.S. BULLDOZES GROVES. 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The United have scoured cities for people willing to sell their the Americas. Pennsylvania Avenue SE, Washington, D.C. 20003. States would start another war, alone if neces- kidneys.