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	Iraqi Political Groups Take Steps To Organize (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The group's political platform calls for a stable Iraq that respects all religions and ethnic groups and rejects the occupation and "all the laws and regulations that the people did not participate in forming." "We have a comprehensive political project that believes that change must come from within, not through foreign oppression," Shalash says.
		The group says it is willing to "cooperate and form an alliance with all our people's national, Pan-Arab, and Islamic forces" in order to enter the election with a unified broad-based front that "expresses the interests of the broadest social sectors" of Iraqi society.
		The Iraqi Arab Socialist Movement proclaims supports for political and religious freedom, freedom of the press, the return of the displaced to their homes and lands, support for Islam as the official religion, separation of the three branches of government, a condemnation of terrorism, and a national reconciliation program.
	www.aina.org /news/20040920134249.htm (1216 words)

	[ The New Iraq ]
		The group supports the idea of a federal Iraq, and is on good relations with other Assyrian and Kurdish groups present in northern Iraq, as well as with Shi'a leaders in southern Iraq.
		However, the group is considered "too radical for the CPA to deal with comfortably as an organization representing the Sunni community," according to an article in Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR) from 9 February 2004.
		Led by Faris Kahrdi, the group supports the return of the monarchy to Iraq and "views the change that took place on 14 July 1958, which removed the monarchy, as the beginning of the deterioration of political life in Iraq," London's "Al-Hayat" reported in October 2003.
	www.rferl.org /specials/IraqCrisis/specials-politicalgroups2.asp (6185 words)

	The Debate Over The “527” Political Groups
		In the present situation, these highly funded 527 groups are only constrained by their conscience and sense of decency. Based on some of the scathing ads put out by these groups, some of them are severely lacking in either of these qualities.
		Without a doubt, 527 groups have and will likely continue to have a major impact on this election. ; But not in quite the way you might think. It is natural to assume that the mega-funded Democrat leaning 527s would have savaged and shredded Bush to bits by now.
		Yet on the negative side, some of these large groups are highly influenced by a handful of billionaires who think they should be able to buy an election. ; And I must add that some of the 527 ads have been over the top, and have only served to further divide and polarize the electorate.
	www.profutures.com /article.php/293 (1635 words)

	Arab Gateway: the Iraqi opposition
		An umbrella organisation, nominally embracing all major opposition groups - though it is plagued by internal divisions and many view it as a vehicle for the ambitions of its leader, Dr Ahmad Chalabi.
		An alliance of opposition groups whose formation was reported by al-Zaman newspaper on 25 June 2002.
		Seven groups were chosen to receive American support under the Act: the INC, INA, CMM, SCIRI, PUK, KDP and the Islamic Movement of Kurdistan.
	www.al-bab.com /arab/countries/iraq/opposition.htm (1428 words)

	USATODAY.com - College political groups seeking members (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		After all, many of the college students were voting for the first time and aren't used to working for political parties.
		At Dartmouth College, where membership in the College Republicans group doubled from 150 to 300 students this semester, club president Jesse Roisin is busy finding new activities to keep new members interested.
		She said she was glad for a smaller crew of motivated political junkies.
	www.usatoday.com /news/politicselections/2004-12-16-college-politics_x.htm (696 words)

	Harold Walsby - The Political Groups (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		By placing the extreme Left-wing minority at or near the apex of the triangle we have put them "higher" in the scale of political opinion - in other words, we have implied that they are "Intellectuals".
		Thus the term "masses" does not necessarily exclude persons of the greatest intelligence though, for reasons which will become apparent in due course, it may be uncommon for such people to occupy the lowest intellectual level for very long.
		What we do suggest, however, is that our scale of political outlooks has a direct and close relationship with the growth of intellect, or rather, with an aspect of intellectual development - and the most important and significant aspect at that, namely: the qualitative development of intellect.
	www.gwiep.net /books/doi12.htm (1402 words)

	Iraq, 18 months after the military occupation, remains a focus of dispute and debate among a large number of political ...
		By highlighting the dangers of the ascendancy of Islamic fundamentalism or a civil war among religious and ethnic groups after the occupation forces leave, some groups question the wisdom of an immediate and unconditional end to the occupation.
		Political Islam and ethnic nationalism may appear to be an answer to capitalist darkness, tyranny and barbarism at the dawn of the 21st Century, but this is a desperate response that is equally dark, tyrannous and barbaric.
		It is an unforgivable mistake to ignore the removal of political and civil rights, or turn a blind eye to the arrest and torture of those who participate in or support the resistance (even those who when in power will have no hesitation in ordering the mass execution of the left).
	www.marxmail.org /resistance.htm (6014 words)

	USATODAY.com - FEC proposes plan to curb political groups (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		That is because it could expand the number of political groups that fall under the FEC's regulations.
		Any group that has as its "major purpose" the influencing of federal elections could be made subject to a contribution limit of $5,000 from an individual, rather than the unlimited contributions they now receive.
		A decision on whether to regulate the outside groups is expected in May. If the ruling goes against the groups, a court challenge is likely.
	www.usatoday.com /news/politicselections/2004-03-04-outside-groups-usat_x.htm (437 words)

	USATODAY.com - 'Outside' political groups full of party insiders (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		They argue that his presence as a strategist for groups that are spending tens of millions of dollars to boost Kerry is clear evidence of illegal coordination.
		The law forbids purportedly independent political groups from coordinating their plans and strategies with the party or candidates they support.
		The group was founded by Tony Feather, political director of Bush's 2000 campaign, and is closely linked to the DCI Group, a voter-contact firm that has contracts with the Bush re-election campaign and the Republican Party.
	www.usatoday.com /news/politicselections/nation/president/2004-06-27-shadow-usat_x.htm (1390 words)

	Iraqi political groupings and individuals
		Campaigned for liberal democracy, political reform, land reform, progressive taxation and workers' rights, with limited engagement with international issues (though it did organise protests against the Portsmouth treaty, 1948); was part of the national front of 1957 (see ICP notes).
		His group, now sometimes known as the National Democratic Movement was made into a member of the "group of seven" on 7May03 to work with the US authorities (largely on account of being dominated by Sunnis with a secular liberal outlook).
		Participated in "Group of 4" meetings (with INA, PUK and KDP) to coordinate opposition outside the framework of the INC; and established its dominance at the London conference of December 2002, reflected in the scale of its representation on the follow-up committee.
	middleeastreference.org.uk /iraqiopposition.html (11453 words)

	ituri: "covered in blood"
		His group recently obtained support from the Ugandans who attempted to put Commander Jerome in charge of a mixed security apparatus in Bunia just prior to the start of their withdrawal.
		The Hema ethnic group is divided in two sub-groups: the Gegere, also known as the Hema from the north, who speak Kilendu and the Hema, also know as Hema from the south, who speak Kihema.
		Hima are an ethnic group in Uganda often said to be related to Tutsi of Rwanda; Museveni is said to have had a Hima among his ancestors.
	www.hrw.org /reports/2003/ituri0703/DRC0703-04.htm (2806 words)

	A Concise Encyclopedia of the European Union --P-- (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The brainchild of the inter-war idealist Count Coudenhove-Kalergi, Pan-Europa was to be one of six peace-loving political groupings within the League of Nations (the others being the British empire, Pan-America, the USSR, China and Japan).
		The allegations were not untypical in Italian political circles and were strongly denied, but it was an uncomfortable start to the mission of introducing 'zero tolerance' to the conduct of the Community's affairs.
		Emphasis is given to the success of regional aid programmes, the voter-friendly role of 'subsidiarity', the supposedly overwhelming support for the EU among enlightened people and the bright prospects for growth and jobs.
	www.euro-know.org /dictionary/p.html (4039 words)

	Echo Online :: News :: Eastern's political groups debate
		Immediately following a question, the addressed group gave a two-minute response from the addressed group was given, as well as a 90-second rebuttal from the other two groups.
		None of the three groups were in favor of reinstating the draft, and the College Republicans and Vote Nader both mentioned that the recently defeated bill requiring military or civilian service, described by the College Republicans as a "scare tactic," was signed only by Democrats.
		The group also mentioned that Texas had one of the worst education ratings when Bush was governor.
	www.easternecho.com /cgi-bin/story.cgi?1758 (1642 words)

	RADICAL ISLAMIC POLITICAL GROUPS IN TURKEY
		A new ideological concept was developed by a group of right-wing intellectuals (Intellectuals' Hearth--Aidinlar Ocagi) and adopted by the military, "The Turkish-Islamic Synthesis" which, on its pragmatic side, represented an attempt to integrate Islamists and the nationalists.
		A chronological analysis of terrorist activity of Islamic groups shows that 1990 was probably the starting point for their offensive against the Turkish secular establishment: A professor, journalist, political scientist and writer were assassinated by Islamic Jihad and the Islamic Operation (or Action), the first time this name was used.
		The "Turkish-Islamist Synthesis" was a strategy adopted by the political and military establishment at the beginning of the 1980s to counter revolutionary sentiments--especially among Kurdish youth--with the traditional conservatism of tribal leaders and Islamic scholars.
	www.biu.ac.il /SOC/besa/meria/journal/1997/issue4/jv1n4a2.html (6269 words)

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		The group was primarily based in Iran from 1980, after Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein declared membership to the group as punishable by death.
		It was one of the first political groups to call for an Iraqi interim government after the fall of the Hussein regime.
		The group draws a strong base of support from the student population and is reportedly on good terms with Kurdistan Democratic Party head Barzani and Patriotic Union of Kurdistan chief Talabani.
	www.rferl.org /reports/iraq-report/2004/06/21-110604.asp (4767 words)

	Religious - political groups (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Religious - political groups follow up political aims.
		In opposite of political parties they follow up their aims not with the methods of democracy but with the methods of sectarianism, fanatism and indoctrination.
		The borders between political sectarianism and religious fanatism are flowing.
	www.religio.de /politik/epolitic.html (43 words)

	ABC News: College Political Groups Seeking Members (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		After Election, College Republican and Democrat Groups Scramble to Keep Membership Up Adam Dunston, 18, from Houston, Texas, center, and Andrew Heymann, 19, left, from Sarasota, Fla., look at T-shirts being given away after a meeting of the College Republican Club at Emory University in Atlanta, Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2004.
		Like politically minded college students everywhere, leaders of the College Republican Club at Emory are wondering how to keep membership up without the excitement of a presidential race.
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	abcnews.go.com /US/wireStory?id=336064 (708 words)

	Public Citizen \| Congress Watch \| Congress Watch - Congressional Leaders’ Soft Money Accounts Show Need for Campaign ...
		Of course, if a member of Congress has a 527 group with the same name as his or her leadership PAC and a second 527 group, it would be very difficult to find the second group.
		When 527 groups are organized they must file a statement of organization on IRS from 8871 that includes a description of their purpose.
		The address of the 527 group and leadership PAC are the same and the trustee of the 527 group was the communications director for Hatch's presidential exploratory committee.
	www.citizen.org /congress/campaign/issues/nonprofit/articles.cfm?ID=7188 (12002 words)

	American Civil Liberties Union : Documents Obtained by ACLU Expose FBI and Police Targeting of Political Groups
		In response to widespread complaints from students and political activists who said they were questioned by FBI agents in the months leading up to last summer’s political conventions, the ACLU filed FOIA requests in six states and the District of Columbia in December 2004 on behalf of more than 100 groups and individuals.
		The FOIAs seek two kinds of information: the actual FBI files of groups and individuals targeted for speaking out; and information about how the practices and funding structure of the task forces, known as JTTFs, may be encouraging rampant and unwarranted spying.
		The JTTF partnerships between the FBI and local police, in which local officers are "deputized" as federal agents, are intended to identify and monitor individuals and groups implicated in terrorism.
	www.aclu.org /SafeandFree/SafeandFree.cfm?ID=18258&c=282 (876 words)

	Spanish Civil War - Politics
		The Monarchist groups, which included Accion Espanola and Renovacion Espanola, supported the claim of the descendants of Queen Isabella II to the throne of Spain.
		The main Catalan political parties were the ERC (Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya), which was a Left Republican nationalist party founded in 1931, and the PSUC (Partido Socialista Unificado de Cataluna), the United Catalan Socialist Party, which was formed in 1936 from several Socialist and Communist groups.
		This was to prove highly significant as the Civil War progressed; as the other political parties declined in power the Communists were to exert more and more influence, especially in the Armed Forces.
	www.users.dircon.co.uk /%7Ewarden/scw/scwpolit.htm (750 words)

	Europarl - Political Groups on-line
		Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats
		Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
		Group of the Greens / European Free Alliance
	www.europarl.eu.int /groups/default_en.htm (40 words)

	FEC sets new restrictions on political groups - Politics - MSNBC.com
		The new law banned the national political parties and federal candidates from soliciting or spending soft money donations, but left open the question of whether the restrictions should apply to outside groups looking to influence elections.
		Democrats are hoping to use the outside groups for fall election activities to make up some of the financial advantage Republicans have enjoyed under the campaign finance law that took effect after the 2002 election.
		Americans for a Better Country, a Republican group that asked the FEC to decide Wednesday’s issue, said the ruling is restrictive but allows it to proceed with its plans to counter Democratic group spending in the fall election.
	msnbc.msn.com /id/4304959 (836 words)

	The Local Government (Assistants for Political Groups) (Remuneration) Order 1995
		This Order may be cited as the Local Government (Assistants for Political Groups) (Remuneration) Order 1995 and shall come into force on 19th October 1995.
		The amount specified for the purposes of section 9(3) of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (assistants for political groups) is £25,044.
		This Order, which applies in England, Wales and Scotland, revokes the Local Government (Assistants for Political Groups) (Remuneration) Order 1991, by which the amount of £22,842 was specified, and specifies £25,044 as the relevant amount.
	www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk /si/si1995/Uksi_19952456_en_1.htm (517 words)

	CNN.com - Key Republican blasts new FBI guidelines - June 1, 2002
		Earlier this week, Ashcroft announced that guidelines limiting domestic surveillance that were put in place by the Ford administration would be relaxed to allow FBI agents to attend public political meetings and scour Internet sites to obtain information about possible terrorist activities.
		Under the guidelines, named for then-Attorney General Edward Levi, the FBI could initiate such surveillance only if it had a reasonable suspicion that a crime was being planned.
		"Merely having the FBI go in and investigate political expression which might not be approved by a majority of the people, but which is protected by the First Amendment, comes awful close to the edge," said Sensenbrenner, a conservative normally aligned with the Bush administration.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/ALLPOLITICS/06/01/fbi.guidelines (609 words)

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