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Weathermen Terror Group Back to Wreak Havoc at RNC
Comment: The Post stupidly gives away the Bush game plan. If these people were indeed recently released for the express purpose of assuming leadership of the "anarchist" (government paid agent provocateurs) descending upon the GOP Convention who else but the Justice Dept could have authorized this action. Anyone who has been incarcerated for over 30 years must have been paroled on a capitol offense.

Abu Ghraib report faults top commanders
The Pentagon commission investigating abuse of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq will accuse top commanders of responsibility for disorganization in the command structure that led to wrongdoing at the prison, according to excerpts of the commission’s report obtained by NBC News.

Rumsfeld to Escape Abu Ghraib Blame From the Commission He Appointed
A commission appointed by US Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld is due to publish its report on the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal in Iraq. The panel was appointed by Mr Rumsfeld at the height of the scandal in May.

Rumsfeld Need Not Testify Over Iraq Abuse - Judge
A U.S military judge ruled on Tuesday that Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld could not be forced to testify in the court martial of a sergeant accused of abusing Iraqi prisoners.

Iraq Forces Advance on Najaf Shrine, Battle Rages
Iraqi security forces moved to within 400 meters (yards) of a holy shrine in Najaf on Tuesday, just hours after the government warned Shi'ite rebels inside they would be killed if they did not surrender.

Inside The Iman Ali Mosque In Najaf
Inside the shrine itself, there were no weapons to be seen, but there were hundreds of Mahdi Army supporters, some of them familiar faces from a demonstration one week ago in Baghdad. They were voluntary human shields, the youngest perhaps 8 years old, the oldest 70. Together, they marched around and chanted, turning an impromptu press photo op into a punk rock mosh pit.

Abu Ghraib whistleblower faces death threats
Relatives of the US soldier who sounded the alarm about abuse of Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib prison say they are living in protective custody because of death threats against them.

Journalist Killed in Iraq After Witnessing Bombing of Civilians
AN Iraqi freelance journalist working for Germany's ZDF television has been killed in the flashpoint city of Fallujah, the network said today.

Iraqi Forces May Raid Najaf's Holy Shrine Today, AP Reports
Iraqi troops may raid the holy Imam Ali Shrine in Najaf today in an attempt to force militants loyal to Shiite Muslim Cleric Moqtada al-Sadr out of the area, the Associated Press reported, citing Iraqi Defense Minister Hazem Shaalan.

US soldier sues over Iraq call-up
A veteran US soldier is suing the Defence Department over its plans to forcibly extend his reservist's contract and send him to Iraq.

Reuters photographer wounded in Najaf
An Iraqi photographer working for Reuters has been wounded during fighting in the holy city of Najaf, as journalists continue to resist increasingly violent threats from Iraqi police for them to leave the city.

Army to withhold some payments to Halliburton after all
The military will start withholding 15 percent of Halliburton's payments for feeding and housing the troops in Iraq on future invoices, the company said today.

57-year-old veteran called for duty
He’s 57 years old, afflicted with skin cancer, partially deaf and suffers from high blood pressure. But the U.S. Army still wants Master Sgt. Luis Jaime Treviño.

US journalist captured in Iraq
A French-American journalist has been captured in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriya.

Reservists Say War Makes Them Lose Jobs
Increasing numbers of National Guard and Reserve troops who have returned from war in Iraq and Afghanistan are encountering new battles with their civilian employers at home. Jobs were eliminated, benefits reduced and promotions forgotten.

US bombing kills Falluja civilians
Falluja medical sources report more civilian casualties from an air strike on the war-ravaged city.

Najaf police chief orders out journalists as US forces attack
JOURNALISTS were yesterday ordered out of the Iraqi holy city of Najaf, just as US forces began a new offensive against militants hiding out in a revered shrine

International Police Officers Wanted
The US Department of State is seeking federal agents, police and correctional officers to serve one-year terms with the United States Mission of the International Police Program in Iraq, Afghanistan, Kosovo, Liberia, and East Timor.

‘CIA recruiting US ex-commandos
The stated US policy is that no American troops are inside Pakistan pursuing Osama bin Laden’s Al Qaeda terrorists or advising local troops but ‘‘the reality is there are a load of contracts’’ with US agencies attracting veterans of special forces and other elite units to Pakistan, a report published in the Washington Times said.

Milestone of 1,000th U.S. Death in Iraq Looms for Bush
The United States faces a painful moment probably next month when its military deaths in Iraq are expected to surpass 1,000. It will also be a crucial moment for President Bush, who faces a presidential campaign in which Iraq is a central issue.

U.S. Military Wounded Numbers More Than 6,000
The U.S. war on terrorism has wounded about 6,120 soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Washington Post said.

Iraq 'ended nuclear aims in 1991'
The head of Iraq's nuclear programme under Saddam Hussein has said Iraq destroyed its nuclear weapons programme in 1991 and never restarted it.

Heat of Battle Takes Toll on U.S. Forces
Despite military efforts, troops are unable to avoid combat during summer. Health woes have sidelined some as temperatures near 130.

A fear of free speech
A few years back, a major Arab government took "mild" action against al-Jazeera: the then information minister issued a decree preventing our correspondent from attending official functions.

FBI raids local mosque
Imam and another leader of mosque on Albany's Central Avenue arrested in connection with a money-laundering scheme involving a shoulder-fired missile

Credibility cloud hangs over U.S. terror warnings
The Bush administration insists its terror warnings should be taken in deadly earnest, but many Americans feel political motives, faulty intelligence and the "cry wolf" factor may be clouding their credibility.

No End Date Set in Code Orange Marathon
More barriers go up that may never come down. Six-day work weeks with 12-hour days are the new norm for those guarding Congress. People in metropolitan New York and the capital are asked to be alert, today, tomorrow, indefinitely into the future.

OLD, OBSOLETE TERROR REPORTS = FAKE ALERT
Reports That Led to Terror Alert Were Years Old, Officials Say

Ridge Defends New Terror Threat Warning
Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge on Tuesday defended the decision to tighten security in New York and Washington even though the intelligence behind the latest terror warnings was as much as four years old.

Scandal-Tainted Army Unit Returns to U.S.
Army Reserve Unit at Center of Prison Abuse Scandal Returns From Iraq Without 7 Accused Members

Source: Terror attack to be in early September
The operative, described as "credible" by British intelligence, told his debriefers that the attack would take place "60 days before the presidential election" on Nov. 2, according to a former senior National Security Council official. On Sept. 2 President George W. Bush is expected to address the Republican National Convention at Madison Square Garden.

England's hearing: Abuses were 'for fun'
U.S. troops who abused Iraqis at Abu Ghraib prison did it "just for fun," a military investigator testified on Tuesday in a hearing for a female soldier photographed holding a naked Iraqi on a leash.

Guantanamo Detainees' Account Offers Most Detailed Allegations of Abuse
Three Britons who were held for more than two years at the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay are alleging, in a written account obtained by ABC News, that they were humiliated and brutally beaten while they were in U.S. custody.

The Path Of Evil
If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. - Sun Tzu

Fahrenheit 9/11 is Having "Devastating" Impact on Military Morale, Says Soldier Deployed Overseas
Mostly the comments are absolute shock at the close connections Moore makes between the Bush family and the Bin Laden family in Saudi Arabia. 'Bush looks really really REALLY corrupt in this film. I just don't know what to think anymore,' is a common comment to hear.

US report on prison abuse a 'whitewash'
"The authors of this 300-page whitewash say they found no 'systemic' problem - even though there were 94 documented cases of prisoner abuse, including some 40 deaths, 20 of them homicides; even though only four prisons of the 16 they visited had copies of the Geneva Conventions; even though Abu Ghraib was a cesspool with one shower for every 50 inmates; even though the military police were improperly involved in interrogations; even though young people plucked from civilian life were sent to guard prisoners - 50,000 of them in all - with no training," it said.

Idaho National Guard tells soldiers to stick to approved themes when dealing with media
The Idaho National Guard has issued a set of talking points for soldiers to use when speaking to the media, reminding them to focus on support for the war in Iraq and confidence in American troops.

No 10 admits Hutton cover-up
Downing Street admitted yesterday that MI6 embarked on an unprecedented cover-up after it withdrew intelligence supporting the Government's dossier on Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction because it was unreliable.

British intelligence lambasted over Iraq but Blair "not to blame"
An official British whitewash lambasted the state of pre-war intelligence on Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction but said Prime Minister Tony Blair had not deliberately misled the nation into going to war.

Whitewash on Intelligence Failures
The more we learn about the manipulation of intelligence leading to the war in Iraq, the more the finger points directly at the White House. Yesterday's appearance by the top Senators on the Intelligence Committee combined with the devastating report issued last week raised even more questions that need to be answered. Yet one thing is clear: the administration's attempt to directly funnel bad intelligence from the Pentagon to the White House has left Americans less safe than before.

The Islamic emirate of Fallujah
Taliban leader Mullah Omar, one of America's most wanted, would love it: it's the new Kandahar, the Afghan city that was once the Taliban stronghold. Under Sharia (Islamic) law: Fallujah is now totally under the control of the Sunni Iraqi resistance and their emirs (chieftains). More than 10,000 mujahideen armed to their teeth rule more than 500,000 people, just 50 kilometers west of Baghdad.

NATO Leaders Agree to Train Iraqi Forces
NATO leaders opened a summit Monday and agreed to help train Iraq's armed forces just hours after the new government in Baghdad took over sovereignty from the U.S.-led administration.

Canadian Youth: The 'evil empire' is next door
In a telephone poll of 500 teens aged 14 to 18, more than 40 per cent of respondents saw the U.S. as an evil global force. Among French-Canadians, that number jumped to 64 per cent.

Grange: Hostage-taking a 'poor strategy'
The Arabic-language television network Al-Jazeera broadcast a videotape Sunday of militants holding a man they identified as a U.S. Marine and threatened to kill unless the coalition releases Iraqi prisoners.

Theater: US hands over power in Iraq
Iraq's US-led administration this morning transferred sovereignty to the interim Iraqi government in a surprise move that came two days ahead of the scheduled June 30 handover date.

Family begs for marine's life
The family of a US Marine believed to be held by Islamic militants in Iraq has issued a plea for his captors to release him, US media reported on Monday.

Negroponte `looked the other way'
U.S. ambassador to Iraq under fire for rights record

U.S. Army re-examines deaths of Iraqi prisoners Some may have been exposed to heat, cold
The U.S. Army's inspector general and criminal division are investigating whether U.S. troops deliberately or negligently exposed Iraqi prisoners to extreme heat and cold in ways that contributed to deaths that have until now been attributed to natural or unknown causes.

'Al-Qaeda' is a Manufactured Intelligence Front
During the past weeks, two American hostages have been killed and decapitated in Iraq and in Saudi Arabia. The media say that these crimes were comitted by Islamic Terrorists.

Bush Looks to Europe for Help in Iraq
Criticized for his go-it-alone approach in Iraq, President Bush is trying to build a new consensus among allies wary of a U.S. leader whose policies are widely unpopular in Europe.

U.S. Kills as Many as 25 People in Fallujah Strike
Between 20 and 25 people died in a U.S. air strike today on a building in the Iraqi city of Fallujah that was suspected of being used as a safe house by a group linked to al-Qaeda, AFP said, citing the military.

Guantanamo Suicides Followed Arrival Of New General
Three months after a get-tough general took command of the Guantanamo Bay prison for terror suspects, prisoners began a flurry of suicide attempts.

Bushie backtracks on Iraq journos
In a sweeping apology to TV and print journalists covering Iraq, a contrite Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz said Thursday he was wrong in accusing them of sitting in their Baghdad hotels and publishing rumors.

US Covered Up Kim Abduction to Ensure South Korean Troop Dispatch
"Same decor, same orange jump suit. Victim looks already heavily sedated before beheading. Victim hated George Bush and US involvement in Iraq (why would Muslims kill him?). Korean government knew he was taken weeks before it was announced (or US prevented them from finding out, whichever is true). Is this merely a copycat killing or is it another Berg style psy-op?"

US Poll: 54% of Americans Say Iraq War a Mistake
A poll shows a big swing in U.S. public opinion against the war in Iraq this month, with a majority of Americans now saying they believe the United States made a mistake in sending troops to Iraq.

Bush Losing Support for Iraq War, Anti-Terror Policy
A new public-opinion poll shows President Bush is losing support for his handling of the fight against terrorism and the decision to invade Iraq.

Saddam’s Prison Letter
The captive Iraqi tells his family to ‘say hello to everyone’—and his lawyer claims that the former dictator’s human rights are being violated in jail

Sailors' release delayed in Iran
Talks are taking place to secure the release of the eight British sailors paraded blindfold on Iranian television and forced to make public confessions.

U.S. Said to Overstate Value of Guantánamo Detainees
For nearly two and a half years, American officials have maintained that locked within the steel-mesh cells of the military prison here are some of the world's most dangerous terrorists — "the worst of a very bad lot," Vice President Dick Cheney has called them.

South Korean Held in Iraq Pleads for Life
The Arab satellite TV network Al-Jazeera aired a videotape Sunday purportedly from al-Qaida-linked militants showing a South Korean hostage begging for his life and pleading with his government to withdraw troops from Iraq.

al-Qaida Head Justifies Targeting Johnson
The head of the al-Qaida cell that killed Paul M. Johnson Jr. justified targeting the American engineer in a message written before he himself was killed in a gunbattle with Saudi security forces.

Saudis Helped Al-Qaeda Abduct American
The al-Qaida cell behind Johnson's killing and a number of other recent attacks on Westerners in the kingdom detailed the abduction of the American, saying it was helped by sympathizers within the Saudi security forces.

Abu Ghraib must not be torn down, judge rules
As pretrial proceedings opened Monday for three of the seven U.S. soldiers charged in the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal, a military judge declared the facility a crime scene and ordered that it not be destroyed.

UK troops accused of mutilating Iraqi bodies
Military police are investigating claims that British soldiers mutilated the bodies of Iraqi insurgents after a firefight last month near the southern Iraqi town of Majar al Kabir.

Body of U.S. hostage in Saudi not found
Saudi Prince Salman bin Abdul Aziz said the body of Paul Johnson Jr., who was beheaded by his abductors Friday night, was still missing Saturday.

U.S. orders high-tech, non-lethal weapons for Iraq
Officials said the Pentagon plans to establish a science and technology program to develop alternative methods that can be used instead of deadly force to maintain order in civil-military and other operations.

Prime Minister of Terror: Who is Allawi?
On 30 June 2004, Mr. Iyad Allawi will switch his position from the Iraqi Governing Council (IGC) to be come the Iraq’s new Prime Minister in the new named Iraqi Interim Government (IIG), another creature of the U.S. Nothing will change for the Iraqi People. The Iraqi people are very sceptical and despised those expatriates the U.S. piggybacked to Baghdad. For Mr. Allawi and his clique, they will be richer and brutal. Mr. Allawi will appear on American TV screens as often as possible, simply to legitimise the occupation of Iraq.

US jailers likely to guard Saddam, under Iraqi legal custody
The United States and Iraq are close to a deal to transfer ousted dictator Saddam Hussein into Iraqi legal custody although he will remain under the lock and key of US wardens, a coalition source told AFP.

Iraqi Government May Impose Martial Law
The Iraqi government may impose martial law in parts of the country to fight insurgents after it takes over power from the U.S.-led occupation on June 30, the interim prime minister said.

O'Reilly: Iraqis are Primitive and Should be Bombed Again!
O'REILLY: Because look ... when 2 percent of the population feels that you're doing them a favor, just forget it, you're not going to win. You're not going to win. And I don't have any respect by and large for the Iraqi people at all. I have no respect for them. I think that they're a prehistoric group that is -- yeah, there's excuses.

U.S. Missiles Kill 20 Fallujah Residents
A U.S. military plane fired missiles Saturday into a residential neighborhood in Fallujah, killing at least 20 people and leveling houses in the restive Sunni Muslim city, police and residents said.

Israeli military 'working in Iraq'
Israeli military and intelligence operatives are active in Kurdish areas of Iran, Syria and Iraq, providing training for commando units and running covert operations that could further destabilise the entire region, according to a report in the New Yorker magazine.

Rumsfeld (Who Ordered the Torture) to Become New Head of the Investigation Into It
US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is expected to replace the two-star general investigating the prisoner abuse scandal at Iraq's Abu Ghraib jail with a more senior officer, The New York Times reports.

Rumsfeld 'told officers to take gloves off with Lindh'
John Walker Lindh, the so-called American Taliban, was stripped naked and tied to a stretcher during interrogation after the office of Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld ordered intelligence officers to "take the gloves off" when questioning him.

Lawyer says Saddam tortured
"This is blatant proof that the Iraqi president was subjected to physical and moral torture and violence," said Rashdan, who says Saddam's wife appointed him as lawyer shortly after the ex-leader's December 13 capture.

Justifying torture brings shame to U.S.
In a paper prepared last year under the direction of the Defence Department's chief counsel, the president of the United States was declared empowered to disregard U.S. and international law and order the torture of foreign prisoners.

Reagan Played Decisive Role in Saddam's Survival in Iran-Iraq War
As Americans mourn the passing of president Ronald Reagan, almost forgotten is the decisive part his administration played in the survival of Iraq's president Saddam Hussein through his eight year war with Iran.

Ex-C.I.A. Aides Say Iraq Leader Helped Agency in 90's Attacks
Iyad Allawi, now the designated prime minister of Iraq, ran an exile organization intent on deposing Saddam Hussein that sent agents into Baghdad in the early 1990's to plant bombs and sabotage government facilities under the direction of the C.I.A., several former intelligence officials say.

UN Rubber Stamps Puppet Government
Good Cop OKs Bad Cop Hand Picked Government in Iraq

Bush and Blair call for Nato role in Iraq
Mr Bush and Tony Blair, the British prime minister, both buoyed by this week's unanimous resolution at the UN authorizing the return of Iraqi sovereignty, discussed the possibilities of Nato participation in Iraq at a breakfast meeting on Wednesday.

Surveillance airship prepped for Iraq
The Army will soon test a 56,000-cubic-foot tethered aerostat surveillance system designed to provide constant monitoring of troops in Iraq.

U.S. force in Iraq to grow as Marine deployment pushed up General: Corps badly stretched
The Pentagon will increase the number of U.S. troops in Iraq to about 145,000 this summer, from the current 140,000, in recognition of the continued difficulty coalition forces are having in providing security leading up to the hand-over of political power to Iraqis on June 30.

Iraq's New President Takes World Stage at G8
President Bush, declaring that world leaders were "pulling" for Iraq's new president, discussed a possible NATO role in trying to stabilize the country at a Group of Eight summit Wednesday.

Ashcroft says Bush never approved abuse
The international ban against torturing prisoners of war does not necessarily apply to suspects detained in America's war on terror, Attorney General John Ashcroft told a Senate oversight committee Tuesday.

U.S. Sees Chance for Progress at U.N.
The Bush administration, expecting a quick vote on a U.N. resolution to confer legitimacy on the new interim Iraqi government, turned attention Monday to dealing with widespread unhappiness with its ambitious effort to promote democracy throughout the larger Middle East.

Iraq Violence Undermines Saddam Tribunal
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Fearing for his life, an American-educated Iraqi assigned to set up the court to try Saddam Hussein works from a secret office and rarely sleeps in the same bed twice.

Ron Paul: The Same Old Failed Policies in Iraq
Mr. Speaker, the more things change, the more they stay the same. Our allegiances to our allies and friends change constantly. For a decade, exiled Iraqi Ahmed Chalabi was our chosen leader-to-be in a new Iraq. Championed by Pentagon neocons and objected to by the State Department, Mr. Chalabi received more than 100 million U.S. taxpayer dollars as our man designated to be leader of a new Iraqi government.

Mercenaries worked for UK in Iraq - an investigative story
Mercenaries accused of planning a coup in an oil-rich African state also worked under contract for the British government providing security in Iraq, raising fears about the way highly sensitive security work is awarded.

The Abu Ghraib Scandal Cover-Up
Bush insists that 'a few American troops' dishonored the country. But prisoner abuse was more widespread, and some insiders believe that much remains hidden

Briefing Depicted Saudis as Enemies
Ultimatum Urged To Pentagon Board

Radiation level in Baghdad becomes life threatening
The US Armed Forces increased their use of depleted uranium weapons in Iraq six times. This resulted in radioactive contamination of a number of regions in Baghdad.

As Ashcroft Warns of Attack, Some Question Threat and Its Timing
The Bush administration said on Wednesday that it had credible intelligence suggesting that Al Qaeda is planning to attack the United States in the next several months, a period in which events like an international summit meeting and the two political conventions could offer tempting targets.

Analysts Say U.S. Threat Warning Is Back-Covering
A vague new U.S. warning that al Qaeda may be planning a massive attack smacks of political back-covering and campaigning, not just a call for heightened vigilance, analysts and former government officials say.

Terrorists on Ashcroft's 'Wanted List' Already in Jail
At least two of the terrorists identified by John Ashcroft as part of an 'Al-Qaeda cell' that is waiting to attack America this summer are already in jail.

Ashcroft: al-Qaida Close to New Attack
FBI and Justice Department officials Thursday defended their decision to warn the public about the potential for a devastating terrorist attack on America this summer, saying it was justified by intelligence and essential to avoid missteps that occurred before the Sept. 11 attacks.

Sum of all Fearmongering: Ridge Cites Credible Threat of New Terror Attacks
The United States has "credible" information of new terror attacks in the country in the coming months, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge said on Wednesday.

Major U.S. Cities Unaware of New Terror Plot
Officials in major U.S. cities from New York to Los Angeles said they had not been informed of any heightened security concern despite the government's announcement on Wednesday of possible domestic terror attacks in the coming months.

Bush calls for Saddam execution
US President George W Bush has said that the captured former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein should pay the "ultimate penalty" for his crimes.

Rape at Abu Ghraib
'We have daughters, husbands. For god's sake don't tell anyone.'

Drug causing GIs permanent brain damage
Six U.S. soldiers have been diagnosed by the military with permanent brain damage from an anti-malaria drug used in Iraq and Afghanistan, and health officials must reassess its safety, a U.S. senator said.

National Guard living in unprotected tents at Iraq base
Staff Sgt. Roosevelt McPherson of Raeford said in a series of e-mail messages from Forward Operating Base McKenzie near Samarra that the National Guard soldiers have nowhere to seek shelter from almost daily mortar attacks, The News & Observer reported Wednesday.

US asks private sector to ease bullet shortage

Prison Interrogations in Iraq Seen as Yielding Little Data on Rebels
The questioning of hundreds of Iraqi prisoners last fall in the newly established interrogation center at Abu Ghraib prison yielded very little valuable intelligence, according to civilian and military officials.

Military Families Mourn Daughters
20 Female Service Members Have Been Killed in Iraq

Gore: Rumsfeld, Rice, Tenet Should Resign
Al Gore delivered a blistering denunciation Wednesday of the Bush administration's "twisted values and atrocious policies" in Iraq and demanded the resignation of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, national security adviser Condoleezza Rice and CIA director George Tenet.

U.S. Agrees to al-Sadr Najaf Pullout Offer, Iraqi Official Says
The U.S.-led coalition has agreed to an offer by radical Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, who has led an uprising in the southern Iraqi cities, to withdraw his militia from Najaf, according to the country's national security adviser, Mouwafak al-Rubaie.

Blair tried to block US inquiry into WMD
Downing Street attempted to block the White House from holding a bipartisan inquiry into the failure to uncover weapons of mass destruction in Iraq because Tony Blair was in "denial" about the issue, a new book discloses today.

US paper apologises for WMD reports
The New York Times has admitted that information it published about Iraq's purported weapons of mass destruction programme was not supported.

Abuse of Captives More Widespread, Says Army Survey
The cases from Iraq date back to April 15, 2003, a few days after Saddam Hussein's statue was toppled in a Baghdad square, and they extend up to last month, when a prisoner detained by Navy commandos died in a suspected case of homicide blamed on "blunt force trauma to the torso and positional asphyxia."

ABC Airs Troops Posing With Body Photos
Photos of two American soldiers posing with thumbs up near a body packed in ice at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison were shown on ABC-TV.

Pentagon finds more pictures of Iraq abuses
The Pentagon informed a Senate committee Wednesday that it has located another disc of pictures of abuses of Iraqi prisoners, Senator John Warner said.

Rights Groups Say Abu Ghraib Abuses Extension of US Prison System
As US officials continue to insist that the actions of abusive soldiers at Abu Ghraib do not represent the character of the United States, human and civil rights groups are pointing to widespread physical and mental assaults endured by prisoners within the United States. Insisting the problem of prisoner abuse is well-documented and is endemic to the US prison system at home and abroad, such groups are challenging the American public and political figures to end human rights violations in Iraqi and US prisons.

US army attacked wedding party, say witnesses
41 Killed -- Mostly Women and Children

Bush Rushing to Show Iraq Handover Strategy
An interim Iraqi president, prime minister and other top ministers should be selected in the next two weeks, President Bush said on Wednesday as he prepared to lay out for the American public his strategy for handing sovereignty to Iraqis.

U.S. Soldiers Raid Chalabi's Home in Iraq
U.S. soldiers raided the home of America's one-time ally Ahmad Chalabi on Thursday and seized documents and computers. U.S. officials, meanwhile, disputed Iraqi claims that American aircraft bombed a wedding party, killing more than 40 people.

Berg Video Said Fake - Taped In Abu Ghraib Prison
There is now ample evidence that the video showing the decapitation of 26 year old Nicholas Berg of Philadelphia by purported Al Queda members is a complete fraud. The real Nick Berg may or may not be dead, but the heavily edited video is nothing but a fake.

Four arrested over the beheading of American Nicholas Berg
The 26-year-old businessman's decapitated body was reportedly found 10 days ago in Baghdad.

98% Chance That This is a Military-Industrial Complex Psyop
One would have to be totally blind to ignore the incredible stench of P2OG Pentagon theater in the case of Nick Berg. We've got Nick Berg in US custody for 13 days, a diplomat's email confirms this, the FBI admits it and the Iraqi puppet government confirms it.

Berg Died for Bush, Rumsfeld 'Sins' - Father
"My son died for the sins of George Bush and Donald Rumsfeld. This administration did this," Berg said in an interview with radio station KYW-AM.

Bizarre New Link In Berg Murder
As the family of slain American Nicholas Berg gathered Friday for a private memorial service, new details emerged about his contact with FBI terrorism investigators after Sept. 11, as well as his final days in Iraq.

Executioner wore gold ring - forbidden by Islam
Crucial clues into the masked men seen in the videotaped beheading of American Nicholas Berg may come from the tape itself, as well as Berg's body, federal investigators involved in the case say.

Caught in a lie - Diplomat's E-Mails Show Berg in Custody
Family members provided e-mails Thursday that say Nicholas Berg was held by the U.S. military before he was kidnapped and beheaded, but the government contends the messages were based on erroneous information.

Sick Romps at Porny Prison
Iraq's feared Abu Ghraib jail was one big sex romp - sometimes by candlelight with an audience watching, U.S. troops said yesterday.

US forces were taught torture techniques
Soldiers' accounts reveal widespread use of sleep deprivation and mock executions

US soldier 'details prisoner abuse'
THE first US soldier who will be court-martialled in the Iraqi prisoner abuse scandal has told military authorities how a group of guards joked and mocked naked prisoners, struck and kicked them and forced them to hit one another, the Los Angeles Times has reported.

"I know we cannot replace your loss, but we would like to offer a small apology in the form of $2,500 [for the collateral damage death of an Iraqi's daughter] so we can move on in friendship." - Capt. Kevin Coughlin (USMC) May 14, 2004 LA Times - Marines Walk Softly and Carry a Big Stack

"We've already had two prisoners die...but who cares? That's two less for me to worry about."
Long before the pictures taken inside Abu Ghraib circled the globe, there were warning signs that something had gone terribly wrong with the U.S.-run prison system in Iraq.

Berg's Father and Firm Were On A Right-Wing 'Enemies' List
Who Organised the Beheading of Nick Berg – and Why? This outrageous action is being condemned by Iraqis and Muslim scholars while it is also being used to encourage a desire for American retaliation.

Berg Decapitation Video Declared A Fraud By Doctor
The first casualty of war is the truth and this one has been no exception. La Voz de Aztlan obtained a copy of the video showing the beheading of American Nick Berg of Philadelphia and immediately something very odd was readily apparent. Not only were the purported screams of Nick Berg not in synchrony with the decapitation but their was also a total lack of blood spurting out as his jugular and other veins and arteries were being cut.

'They abused me and stole my dignity'
Iraqi was bound, beaten and forced to spend 18 days naked in cell

Rumsfeld Visits Abu Ghraib, Eye of Abuse Storm
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld visited Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison Thursday, flying into the eye of the storm over Americans torturing prisoners that has shredded Washington's credibility in Iraq.

Bloggers doubt Berg execution video
Revolting millions around the world, the video footage of an American citizen's execution has also raised numerous questions concerning its authenticity.

Beheading shocks Iraqis, who despair over violence
Most Baghdad residents yesterday condemned the beheading of a US civilian in Iraq, but many said his death was just the latest atrocity in a cycle of violence that is driving them to despair.

Iraqi politician wants US to quit jails-paper
An Iraqi tipped as possible president of an interim government has called for the United States to cede control of Iraq's prisons when the U.S.-led coalition hands over power in six weeks, Britain's Times newspaper said on Thursday.

Iraq congress members under investigation
Allegations include abduction, robbery, assault, car theft

Chalabi's fighters accused of lawlessness
Elements of Ahmad Chalabi's Pentagon-backed army have been accused by American troops of lawlessness.

Is Zarqawi Really the Culprit? Evidence tying an Al Qaeda-linked terrorist to the latest Iraqi bombings is murkier than U.S. officials are letting on

Fishy Circumstances and Flawed Timelines Surround American's Beheading
With several news outlets reporting that Berg's family is angry from the US government over their son's violent death and revelations that "Berg was detained by Iraqi police at a checkpoint in Mosul on March 24. He was turned over to U.S. officials and detained for 13 days" (in other words, he was detained by the US military just prior to his death) - (AP 5/11/04) we have to question what really happened and who was really behind Berg's horrific murder.

Pa. family angry with American government over son's brutal death
The family of an American civilian shown beheaded on an Islamic militant Web site huddled in in tears Tuesday after learning of the existence of the graphic videotape.

He had tried to come home just days before his capture
Mystery surrounds the circumstances in which Nick Berg ended up in the hands of his killers.

Why Did The US Take Custody Of Nick Berg?
Nick Berg spoke to his parents on March 24 and said he would return home March 30. But he was detained by Iraqi police at a checkpoint in Mosul on March 24. At some point during his 13-day detention, U.S. officials took custody of him, his father said, and he was not allowed to make phone calls or contact a lawyer.

Al CIA-da & Berg
Nick Berg was on his way out of Iraq. He had been released from the prison where he had been held for 13 days by Iraqi police for reasons he said he did not know. He had made his way from Mosul to his Baghdad hotel. He was finished with being an independent civilian contractor and was coming home to West Chester.

Nick Berg's Parents Say US Abandoned Him
As West Chester, Pa. mourns the brutal death of native son Nick Berg at the hands of Iraqi terrorists, his parents want to know why he was detained by the US military there and why he wasn't escorted out of Iraq after he was released.

Awful images change perception of the war
The video of a U.S. civilian being beheaded by Iraqi extremists represents a profound and disturbing shift in the Iraq conflict: Graphic images are humanizing the toll of the war, heightening emotions on both sides, say experts.

NeoCons use Nick Berg's murder to justify torture and more war
Indeed, you can't get much more barbaric than the filmed beheading of 26-year-old Nick Berg that splashed across a terrorist group's Web site yesterday.

Female GI In Abuse Photos Talks
Army Pfc. Lynndie England, seen worldwide in photographs that show her smiling and pointing at naked Iraqi prisoners, said she was ordered to pose for the photos, and felt "kind of weird" in doing so.

CBS to Air U.S. Soldier's Video Diary of Iraq Abuse
An American soldier's video diary showing her disdain for Iraqi detainees who died in her charge is to be broadcast by a U.S. network on Wednesday in a further escalation of the prisoner abuse scandal that has shaken the Bush administration and provoked world outrage.

Senators to See More Iraqi Abuse Photos
Senators are getting a look at more photos of American soldiers brutalizing Iraqi prisoners but won't have the authority to release the pictures that the Pentagon warns could deepen international fury over the abuses.

'Army boss wanted to Gitmo-ize Iraq prison'
The United States general who was in charge of Iraqi prisons last year when detainees were abused at Abu Ghraib said she resisted handing control of the facility to military intelligence but was overruled by superiors, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday.

Abuse of Iraqis 'well thought through'
The type of mistreatment Iraqi prisoners have suffered at the hands of US soldiers is unlikely to have occurred without the knowledge of higher authorities, say psychologists by contacted New Scientist - adding support to allegations that the abuse may have been condoned by superiors.

Bush administration has used 27 rationales for war in Iraq, study says
If it seems that there have been quite a few rationales for going to war in Iraq, that’s because there have been quite a few – 27, in fact, all floated between Sept. 12, 2001, and Oct. 11, 2002, according to a new study from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. All but four of the rationales originated with the administration of President George W. Bush.

Top brass 'picked man who ordered torture'
The creation of torture units was the consequence of orders by the Defence Department – headed by Secretary Donald Rumsfeld – to prise information out of prisoners.

Stripped and Beaten Unconscious
Iraqi cameraman recounts ordeal in US detention

Pentagon Examined Iraq Detention Centers
The U.S. military did a "top-level review" last fall of how its detention centers in Iraq were run, months before commanders first were told about the sexual humiliation and abuse of Iraqis that has created an international uproar, a Pentagon official said.

Bremer 'knew of abuse in November'
FORMER Iraqi human rights minister Abdel Basset Turki said today US overseer Paul Bremer knew in November that Iraqi prisoners were being abused in US detention centres.

Army Report: Numerous incidents of sadistic, blatant and wanton criminal abuses were inflicted on several detainees

Iraq prison abuse allegations continue
President Bush called Monday on Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to make sure that action was being taken against those responsible for "shameful, appalling acts" of abuse against Iraqi prisoners. The military said it had reprimanded seven officers in connection with the alleged abuses at Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad.

Soldiers' knuckles rapped in abuse case
The U.S. military announced the reprimands of seven people Monday -- its first punishments in the abuse of detainees at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison -- as the Pentagon moved to contain the growing political and diplomatic damage caused by graphic photographs and accounts of the prisoner mistreatment.

Civilians ID'd in abuse may face no charges
A legal loophole could allow four American civilian contractors allegedly involved in the abuse of Iraqi prisoners to escape punishment, US military officials and specialists said yesterday.

7 More GIs Reprimanded for Iraqi Abuse
Seven more U.S. soldiers have been reprimanded in the alleged abuse of Iraqi prisoners, and the U.S. officer who oversaw Baghdad's notorious Abu Ghraib prison suggested Monday that more may be involved.

French TV
Images of US helicopter killing Iraqis

American Control Muzzels Free Press
Editor-in-chief of U-S funded Iraqi newspaper quits

Italian PM wants news blackout on hostages

War Is Peace
Occupation Is Liberation

How Ahmed Chalabi conned the neocons
The hawks who launched the Iraq war believed the deal-making exile when he promised to build a secular democracy with close ties to Israel. Now the Israel deal is dead, he's cozying up to Iran - and his patrons look like they're on the way out.

US begins huge Iraq forces switch
The US has begun rotating its forces in Iraq in one of the largest movements of American troops since World War II.

Powell: No Smoking Gun Showing Terrorist Ties
Secretary of State Colin Powell acknowledged Thursday that he had seen no "smoking gun, concrete evidence" of ties between Saddam Hussein and the al-Qaida terror network, but insisted that Iraq had had dangerous weapons and needed to be disarmed by force.

The domination effect
Since the beginning of the war in Iraq, the US has sought not just to influence but to control all information, from both friend and foe

Chances of WMD find slipping: Hill
Defence Minister Robert Hill says the longer the search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq goes on, the less chance there is of finding them.

The weapons that weren't
U.S. investigators have closed their files on Iraq's chemical and nuclear program. Military forces assigned to the Iraq Survey Group are being diverted to other tasks. And David Kay, head of the Survey Group, is reportedly considering resigning.

White House 'distorted' Iraq threat
Bush administration officials "systematically misrepresented" the threat from Iraq's weapons of mass destruction in the run-up to war, according to a new report to be published on Thursday by a respected Washington think-tank.

US Troops Killed, Mutilated in Iraq
Iraqi teenagers dragged the bloody bodies of two American soldiers from a wrecked vehicle and pummeled them with concrete blocks Sunday, witnesses said, describing a burst of savagery in a city once safe for Americans. Another soldier was killed by a bomb and a U.S.-allied police chief was assassinated.

At least 17 U.S. troops have committed suicide in Iraq
Since April, the military says, at least 17 Americans _ 15 Army soldiers and two Marines _ have taken their own lives in Iraq. The true number is almost certainly higher.

Armies must stay in Iraq for at least four years
British and American Armed Forces are likely to remain in Iraq for at least another four years, even if they succeed in handing power to a transitional civil government next summer.

Despite Warnings, British Foreign Office Left British consulate in Istanbul exposed to a terrorist attack
As the Turkish authorities continued to question 18 suspects following the suicide bombing which left 30 dead and 450 injured last Thursday, questions were being asked about why Britain had not moved its consulate to a more secure part of the city, as the Americans had done

UK rejects French terror extradition
A British court has refused to extradite a suspected Islamic extremist to France to face charges in connection with terror attacks which left 10 people dead and injured 180 others.

Allies point the finger at Britain as al-Qaida's 'revolving door'
Investigators in Britain are privately at loggerheads with their US and continental European counterparts over claims that the UK was used as a pivotal base for Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida network in the run-up to the September 11 terror attacks.

Britain 'sheltering al-Qaeda leader'
A senior al-Qaeda leader is reportedly being looked after by British intelligence at a safe house in northern England - but security sources are denying the claim.

Backups alerted for Iraq duty
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld ordered an additional 15,000 Reserve and National Guard troops Wednesday to prepare for the possibility of yearlong duty in Iraq or Kuwait, rounding out a plan to rotate U.S. forces in the region by next spring.

Public Support for US Col Who Tortured, Staged Mock Execution of Prisoner
A US lieutenant colonel went before a military hearing in Iraq yesterday charged with beating an Iraqi detainee and staging a mock execution to scare information out of him.

U.S. blasts Iraqi rebel sites, triples border patrol
U.S. jets and helicopter gunships launched the biggest air operation in central Iraq since active combat ended, blasting suspected ambush sites and hideouts with 225-kilogram bombs Tuesday. Explosions rocked western Baghdad as American troops mounted fresh attacks against insurgents.

US keeps intelligence secret from British
The Americans are preventing the British and other key allies in the war on terrorism from seeing intelligence that could save lives, a US conference on military intelligence has been told.

US hid vital war data from allies
Australian officers were denied access to critical US intelligence during the Iraq war, potentially putting their lives at risk, under a policy described by a senior US Air Force intelligence officer as "damn silly".

UN: Biological, chemical attack 'a matter of time'
The threat was among several findings detailed in the report by the United Nations' al Qaeda and Taliban Sanctions Committee which also cited a shifting of the terror network's strategy, a move towards "softer" targets and a warning the group was working towards a biological or chemical attack.

US defies Moussaoui court ruling
The United States Government says it will not let a man charged in connection with the 11 September attacks question an alleged al-Qaeda leader

Niger: Straw accused of 'new deception'
Jack Straw stood accused of misleading the public over the threat from Iraq last night after he cited evidence that Saddam Hussein was trying to build a nuclear bomb without saying it was 12 years old.

White House Tries to Dismiss Iraq Claim as Campaign Issue
As part of their offensive, White House officials released new information to buttress Mr. Bush's claim, attacked the credibility of his Democratic critics and accused the news media of a "feeding frenzy."

Bush says his intelligence is "darn good"
President Bush defended the quality of intelligence he receives as "darn good" despite an uproar over disputed reports that Iraq tried to buy uranium from Africa for nuclear weapons.

Rumsfeld corrects testimony – twice
Swore he'd learned uranium charge bogus only 'days' ago

$1 Billion a Week
And that’s on the low side. So much for a ‘self-sustaining’ reconstruction. Parsing the real cost for U.S. taxpayers

White House 'lied about Saddam threat'
A former US intelligence official who served under the Bush administration in the build-up to the Iraq war accused the White House yesterday of lying about the threat posed by Saddam Hussein.

Iraq weapons 'unlikely to be found'
Senior UK Whitehall sources no longer believe weapons of mass destruction will be found in Iraq

Iraq war not about new arms evidence: Rumsfeld
The United States didn't declare war on Iraq because of new evidence of banned weapons, U.S. Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld said on Wednesday.

The Niger connection: what we know, what we don't know, and what we may never be told
The 'evidence' that Iraq sought uranium from Niger was crucial in persuading the public of the case for war * Letters suggesting Saddam Hussein was trying to buy uranium for use in a nuclear weapons program were exposed as forgeries in March

Blair may let US try UK terror suspects
Mr Blair has yet to decide whether to press the US to allow Moazzam Begg and Feroz Abbasi, the two suspected al-Qaeda terrorists, to face trial in the UK.

Iraqi Police Tell U.S. Troops -- Get Out of Town
Iraqi police in Falluja threatened to resign on Thursday unless the U.S. forces that trained them left town, saying the presence of American troops endangered their lives.

Bush Says Troops Must 'Stay the Course' in Iraq
President Bush said on Thursday repeated attacks on U.S. troops in Iraq meant they had to "remain tough" and "stay the course."

4 'jihad' defendants granted bail
Four men accused of being part of a "jihad network" were granted bail Wednesday. The move raises questions about allegations that they were Muslim warriors preparing to fight against U.S. allies overseas.

A Call for Help
American in Charge of Iraq Seeks Backup for Stretched U.S Troops

FBI: Al Qaeda has blank Saudi passports
Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network, whose operatives have used fraudulently obtained passports for international travel, has acquired stolen blank Saudi passports

U.S. Offers $25 Million Reward for Saddam's Capture
The United States is offering $25 million for any information that leads to the capture of ousted Iraqi president Saddam Hussein or proves that he is dead

Chalabi's fighters accused of lawlessness
Elements of Ahmad Chalabi's Pentagon-backed army have been accused by American troops of lawlessness.

Bush administration building a motley posse to keep peace in Iraq
Poland is sending 2,300 soldiers. Ukraine promises 1,800. Small bands of Macedonians and Albanians are already here. And Sri Lanka says it's ready to consider requests for help.

Kandahar berates Straw for a leftover life of gun law and broken promises
The Taliban are still a menacing presence in Kandahar province, travel is hazardous, corruption is endemic, opium production dominates economic life and a warlord, Gul Agha Sherzai, not the central government, is the provincial governor.

Oust foreigners, Afghans urged
Warlord vows to fight U.S. troops

US troops wounded in Iraq
At least eight US soldiers have been wounded in three separate attacks on troops in Iraq.

U.S. overseer in Iraq seeks reinforcements
The top American administrator in Iraq, confronting growing anti-U.S. anger and guerrilla-style attacks, is asking for more American troops and dozens of civilian officials to help speed up the restoration of order and public services.

Iraq raids are 'ugly business'
Operation nets innocent people and a few of the most wanted.

US widens postwar Iraq review
The Pentagon has sent a team of outside policy experts to conduct an independent review of postwar operations in Iraq amid growing criticism that the US failed to prepare adequately for occupation

Nuke program parts unearthed in Baghdad back yard
U.S. officials: Find is not smoking gun

Arrests as US troops 'abducted'
US forces have arrested three people as they conduct intensive searches for two American soldiers believed to have been abducted north of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.

UK ready to send more troops to Iraq
Britain is prepared to make more troops available for Iraq in order to contain the "obviously serious" security situation, Tony Blair, prime minister, said on Wednesday

Why were six soldiers left alone to face a rioting Iraqi mob?
There was no shortage of warning signals ahead of the killings. A separate confrontation between paratroopers and gunmen in Majar al-Kabir, which left eight wounded, occurred four hours earlier.

Pipeline sabotage adds to gloom over Iraqi oil exports
The long-awaited resumption of Iraqi oil exports turned into a disappointment for the Americans yesterday as saboteurs blew up a domestic oil pipeline, further disrupting efforts to bring fuel and power to Baghdad.

New blast hits Iraq fuel pipeline
Unknown assailants have attacked a pipeline in western Iraq near the border with Syria, an oil ministry official said yesterday, warning that such attacks could become a daily occurrence.

U.S. revises account of convoy strike
Officials now say Syrians may not have fired on U.S. troops during chase

Australia: Our troops suffer uranium sickness

U.S., British Forces Under Fire in Iraq
U.S. and British forces came under fire in Iraq on Tuesday, as security around the country's vital oil pipelines was beefed up after several explosions blamed on sabotage.

UK troops 'killed by civilians'
Six UK soldiers killed in Iraq were shot by civilians after weapons searches in homes turned into a bloody showdown

Six British Soldiers Killed in S. Iraq
Six British soldiers were killed in a police station in southern Iraq and eight were wounded in a nearby ambush Tuesday, marking the deadliest day of attacks on coalition forces since the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime.

Arming Iraq: A Chronology of U.S. Involvement

Expert Said to Tell Legislators He Was Pressed to Distort Some Evidence

Iraqis Suffer From Radiation Symptoms
Doctors Treat Dozens of Iraqis Every Day for Suspected Radiation Symptoms Near Nuclear Facility

Soldier: U.S. Army turns away burned children in need of help
"I have never seen in almost 14 years of Army experience anything that callous,"

Tired and depressed, GIs in Iraq want to go home
Feeling tired and depressed after being away from home for months, young US soldiers in Iraq say they are not peacekeepers and are ready to go home.

Foreign policy hawks in Bush administration see setbacks
The frustrating U.S. mission in Iraq - where American soldiers come under fire daily, chaos abounds and no weapons of mass destruction have been found so far - is beginning to clip the wings of the neoconservative hawks who pushed hardest for the war.

White House was warned of dubious intelligence used in speech, official says
king his case for war with Iraq, President Bush in his State of the Union address this year accused Saddam Hussein of trying to buy uranium from Africa even though the CIA had warned White House and other officials that the story didn't check out.

U.N. Report Sees 800 Qaeda Members at Large-Expert

Captured al-Qa'eda man was FBI spy
The American al-Qa'eda operative unmasked last week as having planned to bring down the Brooklyn Bridge was first detained in March, and has been used by the FBI for months as a double agent

He's Dead...Again!
Top Iraqis Believed Targeted in U.S. Strike -- DNA Tests Used to See If Hussein Among Dead

He's Alive: He's Surrendering!
American soldiers have allegedly been handed a letter from Saddam Hussein offering his terms of surrender

U.S. Announces Creation of New Iraq Army
US-led civil administrators announced the creation of a new Iraqi army Monday and said recruitment will begin next week, hoping to contain Iraqi anger over desperate unemployment and to curb a rash of attacks against U.S. forces.

Police investigating suspicious big-rig near Burbank Airport
Authorities on Monday investigated a suspicious big-rig parked near the Burbank Glendale Pasadena Airport, closing one runway and prohibiting passenger trains from stopping at the airport.

Netanyahu says Iraq-Israel oil line will open in near future
It won't be long when you will see Iraqi oil flowing to Haifa," the port city in northern Israel, Netanyahu told a group of British investors, declining to give a timetable

Report Cast Doubt on Iraq-Al Qaeda Connection
The National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq, which represented the consensus of the U.S. intelligence community, contained cautionary language about Iraq's connections with al Qaeda and warnings about the reliability of conflicting reports by Iraqi defectors and captured al Qaeda members about the ties

U.S. troops face depression, boredom, general malaise
"It's a brutal environment where you don't feel welcome or appreciated," said Spc. Raymond Bremen, 21 of the Bronx, N.Y. "It's just hostile, between the weather, the water, the food, the people. It's everything."

Gatecrashing the Royal Party No Problem: "Bin Laden in Drag" -- "unbelievably simple" way he got through security checks dressed as Osama bin Laden in a peach-coloured ballgown.

Everything Going as Planned: Afghanistan regains its title as world's biggest heroin dealer

Now Bush blames failure to find WMD on looters
In his weekly radio address yesterday, Mr Bush was forced to produce a new explanation of why the US has not found Iraq's alleged chemical and biological weapons. He told listeners that suspect sites had been looted in the closing days of Saddam Hussein's regime

US fears terrorists may have jet

The U.S. rejects Iraq's explanation for the seized trailers
Even though its own Army has such vehicles for filling weather balloons.

Woman and Child Killed in Western Iraq

Soldiers 'will create cycle of revenge'
MPs from across the political spectrum today reacted with shock and concern to revelations that trigger-happy US troops in Iraq regularly kill civilians.

US troops 'shoot civilians'
American soldiers in Iraq today make the astonishing admission that they regularly kill civilians

Where did the feisty Americans go?
It will be a question historians will debate perhaps for centuries to come.

Child sickness 'soars' in Iraq
The incidence of diseases such as cholera, dysentery and typhoid was 2.5 times higher this May than for the same month last year

Looting Leaves Iraq's Oil Industry in Ruins
Looting, sabotage and the continued lack of security at oil facilities are the most recent problems the industry and its American overseers must address in order to get petroleum flowing again, especially for export

Iraqis protest over oil jobs for Asians
Around 500 Iraqis demonstrated Monday in the southern capital of Basra against the employment of Asian oil workers by the US company Kellogg, Brown and Root (KBR)

U.S. Printing Saddam Banknotes
They have torn down his statues and peppered his portraits with bullet holes, but Iraq's interim U.S. rulers have been forced to print millions of new banknotes bearing the face of Saddam Hussein.

Bush Adamant Iraq Had Banned Weapons 'Program'
President Bush stated flatly on Monday that Iraq had a weapons of mass destruction program and rejected the idea of Washington's credibility being at stake in the search for banned arms

The truth, the whole truth and nothing but ...
When all three major US newsweeklies - Time, Newsweek and US News & World Report - run major features on the same day on possible government lying, you can bet you have the makings of a major scandal

Bush: 'We'll reveal the truth'
President Bush defended the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq on Thursday and pledged that "we'll reveal the truth" on Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction.

London Independent: Tony Blair, forged documents and the case for war

US prepares battle force to wipe out hardline Iraqi resistance
A force of more than 1,500 US troops, backed by tanks and armoured vehicles, is to take control of two towns near Baghdad that are thought to be sheltering Iraqi fighters still loyal to Saddam Hussein.

U.S. mobilizes for offensive against Saddam loyalists

U.S. to Lay Off 500,000 in Iraq
The layoffs will mean the loss of a government paycheck for roughly 1 in 10 Iraqi workers.

'Secret film shows Iraq prisoners sodomised'
"The boys were sodomised with the cameras rolling, and the worst part is the soundtrack, of the boys shrieking. And this is your government at war."

Does Reverse Speech Prove Berg Killed By US?
surfingtheapocalypse.com

S. Korean hostage beheaded in Iraq
Seoul condemns 'inhumane act' Vows to continue troop deployment

Islamist sites show US hostage Paul Johnson beheaded
DUBAI : Islamist websites showed gruesome pictures of US national Paul Johnson, who was taken hostage by Al-Qaeda gunmen in Saudi Arabia, beheaded.

Afghanistan: The Forgotten War
Justin Raimondo

Digital Watermarks Prove Berg and Abuse Cameras Were the Same?
PrisonPlanet.tv

At Least 50 Anomalies In Berg Videotape
Islam-Online Report

Nick Berg Archive
All the inconsistencies and the truth revealed
InfoWars

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The Torture Was Ordered
Staged Hegelian Bad Cop Torture

Horrific Photos of British Troops Abusing Iraqi Prisoners Emerge

PHOTOS POSTED
Hideous abuse of Iraqi Prisoners documented

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Leonard Leshuk - The Truth About Chemical Weapons
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The Bioterror Bible
Know what the Army lab knows about deadly germ agents

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Iraq's Arsenal
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White House dodging anthrax questions?
Administration charged with withholding info about Cipro incident

FBI Knows Who Did US Anthrax Attacks

Top Ten Fallacies About Bioterrorism

Experts: Don't vaccinate children!
Smallpox shot too risky for youngsters, even on voluntary basis

Smallpox jabs for 11m Americans
Under George Bush's plan, 500,000 soldiers will be vaccinated immediately.

Plan for Vaccinations Carries Risk of Infecting Other People
For about three weeks after a smallpox vaccination, the site on the upper arm can shed the live virus used in the vaccine and infect other people who come into contact with it, making some of them very ill.

Anti-smallpox plan calls for mass vaccinations
In hours, state would start setting up 935 clinics, report says

Minnesota has mass smallpox vaccine plan
Minnesota public health officials plan to vaccinate the state's 4.9 million people in less than a week if smallpox breaks out anywhere in the world.

Lining up for the Toxic Police State Inoculation
Poll: Two in Three Americans Say They're Willing to Get Smallpox Vaccine

Smallpox Education Campaign Under Way
Federal health officials are considering a national television ad campaign

Smallpox Shots Will Start Soon Under Bush Plan
President Bush intends to announce a plan on Friday to start vaccinating military personnel, health care and emergency workers against smallpox within weeks

Bush to make smallpox vaccinations available for all, mandatory for military
As a first step, the president will order military personnel to begin getting smallpox vaccinations and will launch a plan to offer the vaccine to emergency medical workers and response teams within weeks

Children as Guinea Pigs for CDC Smallpox Vaccination Test
Doctors in Cincinnati are among those planning an unprecedented clinical trial in which the smallpox vaccine will be tested in a small number of children

Doctors, nurses raise concerns over smallpox plan
Doctors and nurses expressed concern yesterday that a draft state plan to vaccinate health care workers for smallpox in case of a bioterrorist attack could exacerbate a more immediate problem: a staffing crisis that is shutting down beds in emergency rooms and on hospital wards.

Emergency Plan: Forced Mass Smallpox Vaccinations

CDC Has Plans To Force Deadly Smallpox Vaccine On The US
The CDC held a meeting in Atlanta on May 30, 2002 in which there were over 300 "invited guests" -- including the Head of the National Police Association and the Head of National Fireman's Association -- and will be conducting a series of meetings over the next two weeks to "solicit comments on the use of smallpox vaccine before and aftera potential smallpox outbreak or bioterroist attack."

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The Mystery of the Dead Scientists, Coincidence or Conspiracy?
It is a story worthy of a major conspiracy theory, the script for a James Bond movie, or a blueprint for a contrived episode of "The X Files".

621 Microbiologists Got Small Pox Vaccinations 1994-2001
Why would a smallpox vaccination be used to prevent lab exposure if they were not working with smallpox or monkeypox?

New Bio-Weapon? Black Pox-Ebola Pox In Pakistan
"the reason the micro-biologists were killed was indeed because they knew about the programs, the intent, and were likely to talk. It was also as a warning to others to continue assistance, with a tightly zipped mouth."

Smallpox epidemic spreading in Swabi
The smallpox epidemic is rapidly spreading in these parts of the province, but the district health department has failed to take any step to contain this deadly disease, Dawn learnt here on Saturday.

Michigan brain-disease deaths 'unusual, disturbing'
Two young men, ages 26 and 28, died last fall in the same Michigan hospital of a rare brain disease that occurs mainly in elderly people.

The Extremely Unfortunate Skull Valley Incident Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, Gulf War Illness and American Biological Warfare.

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WHO Warns Of Potential Afghan AIDS Disaster

Setting Us Up For Killer Flu
This will be a multileveled event. After the Killer Flu there will probably be other assaults upon us.

Patricia Doyle Update - Battelle, Alibek And Anthrax

The Red Mercury Nightmare and The Balance of Terror
Russia, Iraq threatened by nuclear strikes

Scalar Wars
The Brave New World of Scalar Electromagnetics

Chronology Of BioChem Attacks On Crops & Livestock 1915-2000

Biological And Chemical Weapons Programs - Who's Who

The Death of Life, Liberty, and Property?
State-By-State Tracking Emergency Health Powers Act

Wyoming rejects model health bill
Most states yet to act on measure boosting power of governor

Emergency powers gaining momentum
Measure looks to grant 'overly sweeping rights' to government

MEHPA Legislation in the States

The Droning of the Masses
Alex Jones Exposes how Vaccines are being used to make morons out of the masses along with unchecked geneocide on the weak or infirmed. Guests Dr. Len Horowitz & Amber Nikoley Click Here for realplayer audio.

Anthrax and the Agency
Thinking the Unthinkable

Up To 14 Microbiologists Now Dead As Connections Emerge
Rense

Was 'mastermind' really captured?
Taliban say he is still with them

London Independent: Mystery surrounds convenient arrest of the al-Qa'ida mastermind 'behind 11 September'

FLASHBACK: Khalid Shaikh Mohammed was killed last year according to the Asia Times!

Right Out of the Globalists' Script: Terrorists aim at Pearl Harbor
Terrorists linked to al Qaeda have targeted U.S. military facilities in Pearl Harbor, including nuclear-powered submarines and ships

Revealed: US dirty tricks to win vote on Iraq war
Secret document details American plan to bug phones and emails of key Security Council members

Hillary Backs Bush's War Plan
Two sides of the same coin

(Slightly More Subtle War Propaganda) Sheen: NBC Nervous About Anti-War Stance
Actor Martin Sheen said NBC executives fear his opposition to a U.S.-led war against Iraq will hurt his popular television show "The West Wing

Theatres in global anti-war protest
Stage actors across the globe are holding an international protest against a possible war with Iraq.

Assassins in Iraq
Undercover US agents, CIA operatives and special forces teams are already in place in and around the Iraqi capital

UK Hospitals and churches put on war footing
The Ministry of Defence has briefed the heads of England’s 28 strategic health authorities to identify regional burns and plastic surgery units near to airports to cope with victims of biological or chemical attack

Some British "human Shields" Flee Iraq, Cite Safety Fears
Some of the peace activists who went to Iraq to serve as human shields in the event of war returned home, fearing for their safety

Osama Not Created By US: Rumsfeld
"The charges that the United States created Osama bin Laden of course would not be correct. He is what he is. He is a terrorist and he is proud of it," Rumsfeld replied to a question regarding the US support to Osama during war against Soviet occupation in Afghanistan.

FLASHBACK: Bin Laden comes home to roost --His CIA ties are only the beginning of a woeful story

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People Frantically Trying to Insure Their Cars Against Terrorist Attacks
Homes and cars insured from terrorist, but not nuclear attacks

Russia threatens to veto resolution
The United States suffered a significant setback Friday in its attempts to win UN backing for military action in Iraq when Russia’s foreign minister said Moscow was prepared to veto a war resolution “in the interests of international stability.”

In Turkey, key base preps for US troops
Turkey is expected to vote Thursday to allow more than 60,000 US troops on its soil.

Virtual' War Protest Ties Up Senate Phones
Hundreds of thousands of opponents of war against Iraq called and faxed US leaders on Wednesday in a "virtual march on Washington," jamming the White House switchboard and many congressional telephone lines for several hours.

Iraqi Soldiers Defecting
Morale is low in the Iraqi army and many soldiers are preparing white flags of surrender, we are told by someone in northern Iraq who recently interviewed two defectors from Saddam Hussein's army.

UK taxpayers forced to pay millions for Iraq arms
The British taxpayer has unknowingly picked up huge bills for helping to arm Iraq before the last Gulf war

A Moron's Oxymoronic Newspeak Vow
"A liberated Iraq can show the power of freedom to transform that vital region, by bringing hope and progress into the lives of millions," Mr Bush said in a speech to the conservative American Enterprise Institute.

Sept 11 Suspect Moussaoui Wants to Torture Ashcroft
The Orwellian doublespeak/doublethink continues, so when Moussaoui says he wants to torture Ashcroft, everyone thinks "how awful." In reality, the US has admitted to police state tactics like refusal of representation, secret detentions, torture etc.

FLASHBACK: US now might have to consider what once was unthinkable, Dershowitz says

FLASHBACK: Among the alternative strategies under discussion are using drugs or pressure tactics, such as those employed occasionally by Israeli interrogators, to extract information. Another idea is extraditing the suspects to allied countries where security services sometimes employ threats to family members or resort to torture.

FLASHBACK: CIA 'TORTURED' TALIBAN POWS

Concern Grows Over French-U.S. Relations
Leaders of Chirac's Party Begin to Worry Over Damage to Relations With U.S.

In Your Face Propaganda from the Media-Miltiary-Industrial Complex
What a coincidence this Marine is on the show that all duped US teens are watching right now...

Mother of all bombs may be tested in Iraq war
The United States, if it goes to war with Iraq, intends to use a new monster weapon whose explosive punch is equivalent to a small nuclear device

Westerners taking on role of human shields
With a US-led war against Iraq looming, the group of Westerners who moved into the heavily guarded site yesterday placed themselves in the center of what has to be one of the biggest bull's-eyes in the capital

Bush Wants Up to $95 Billion to Cover Cost of War
The Bush administration is preparing supplemental spending requests totaling as much as $95 billion for a war with Iraq

Iraq reveals bomb with potential biological use
United Nations inspectors said on Tuesday Baghdad had begun to provide new information on its weapons of mass destruction, including a bomb that could contain biological agents.

US - French Slap Down
In an astonishing slap-down, the US envoy to France said any attempt by France to scupper military action would be seen as “very unfriendly”.

U.S. Lists Iraqis to Punish, or to Work With
United States intelligence officials have specifically identified more than 2,000 members of the Iraqi elite, including some to be captured as possible war criminals and many more the American military will try to turn against Saddam Hussein during any invasion, senior government officials said today.

Vaccine Contracts Awarded
The federal government awarded contracts to two companies yesterday to develop a safer smallpox vaccine -- one that might even be suitable for immuno-compromised people, such as those who have had organ transplants or are infected with the AIDS virus.

Old Arab Friends Turn Away From U.S.
Policies Toward Iraq and Palestinians Alienate Pro-American Generation

Saddam seen using proxy groups to attack the U.S.
Get Ready for the Demonization

US contracts to American companies for 'rebuilding' Iraq
Though a war on Iraq is yet to start, the US has decided to give contracts to repair and rebuild the country exclusively to American companies in the 'post-war' era, a report said on Sunday

U.S. Envoy Seeks Mexican Support on Iraq
In his first official speech as U.S. ambassador to Mexico, Tony Garza called on Mexico on Friday to prove its friendship by supporting the U.S. position on Iraq.

Report: Saddam refuses exile
Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein said he would refuse any offer of exile, even to avoid a war, telling CBS's "60 Minutes II" that he will die in his country to "maintain our honor."

Saddam Hussein, Reporter
After Exclusive CBS Interview, Iraqi Leader Quizzed Dan Rather

A war hero fears the start of World War III
Americans not inclined to examine the course of events, much less to study history, should take a look around in the next few weeks in case anyone ever asks them to explain the factors leading to World War III

New U.S.-British Resolution on Iraq Due Monday
A new U.S.-British resolution that would set the stage for war in Iraq by declaring Baghdad in violation of U.N. demands will be introduced Monday

The Hindu: India invited to join Afghan pipeline project
PP Commentary: 'Oh, that thing about them needing to invade Afghanistan to kick out the Taliban and install an oil pipeline is just a conspiracy theory'( so reported the BBC who said that "It would be more sensible to be considering a pipeline on the moon.") BBC then reported the announcement of the trans-Afghan pipeline 6 months later! It's just another one of those 'conspiracy theories' that turned out to be true.

France Opposes Second Iraq Resolution
France opposed a second U.N. Security Council resolution on Iraq for now, a French diplomatic source said Sunday

Blix: Iraqi's Have No Credibility

Preparing the Propagandists
Media Hustles to the Front
Roughly 200 reporters recently participated in combat-training boot camps

Former UK PM Warns of Iraq Disaster
Major, who sent tens of thousands of troops to the Gulf to help the United States kick Iraq's armed forces out of Kuwait, said on Sunday that the Iraqi president knew he was likely to be deposed or dead if a new war is launched

'Human Shields' Begin Deploying in Iraq
Seventeen foreigners bunked down Friday night at a Baghdad water purification plant as the first "human shields" to deploy in Iraq in preparation for a looming U.S.-led war

Double Standards: The mass media has feverishly plastered picture of Chirac at a nuclear plant with Saddam Hussein all over the front pages but the picture of Rumsfeld meeting Hussein to sell him chemical and biological weapons in 1983 has slipped down the memory hole.

Full U.S. Control Planned for Iraq
American Would Oversee Rebuilding

Washington Post: U.S. plans control of post-war Iraq
The Bush administration will assume full control of Iraq with an American civilian heading a post-war government if a U.S.-led invasion topples Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, The Washington Post has reported, citing U.S.
officials and other sources.

Black Hawk Helicopters Patrol DC Skies
Customs officials say the two Black Hawk helicopters, running patrols over Washington since the national threat level hit Code Orange, will be flying missions over the capital for the foreseeable future.

CBS EXECUTIVES WANT NO 'ANTI-WAR' STATEMENTS DURING GRAMMYS

Inspectors Call U.S. Tips 'Garbage'
While diplomatic maneuvering continues over Turkish bases and a new United Nations resolution, inside Iraq, U.N. arms inspectors are privately complaining about the quality of U.S. intelligence and accusing the United States of sending them on wild-goose chases.

U.S. Troops to Fight in Philippines
Part of the 3,000-strong force will help hunt down Muslim rebels noted for kidnappings. The mission is seen as a significant escalation.

The Defense Department has purchased 80,000 "escape masks"
The Defense Department has purchased 80,000 "escape masks" to protect employees and visitors against chemical and biological attacks and will begin distributing them next week at the Pentagon and 46 other leased buildings in the area

London Independent: Guilty of plotting September 11: the fanatic driven by hatred of America
Just take a step back and a deep breath. Do you really believe that this guy plotted the most sophisticated terrorist attack of all time? He must have also used powers of clairvoyance to predict the unprecedented NORAD stand down on 9/11. Try reading what a 72-hour panel of military and civilian expert pilots had to say about the military precision of this operation.

Homeland Security 'Ready Campaign' Unveiled
The Homeland Security Department unveiled a major new advertising campaign yesterday that uses television, radio, newspapers and billboards to urge Americans to prepare for possible terrorist attacks and educate themselves about the differences between chemical, biological and nuclear weapons

Pentagon Leaning Against Use Of E-Bomb Against Iraq
The new weapon -- known as the 'e-bomb,' for the high-velocity electromagnetic pulses it discharges -- hasn't yet been tested in battle. But some midlevel Air Force commanders have said that using such a weapon, which was long in development but veiled in secrecy, would give the US a decisive initial advantage in a war with Iraq.

MTV generation is getting in on the war preparations
MTV, along with PBS, A&E, the History Channel, Nickelodeon and others are among the non-news channels that have decided war is enough of a possibility that programming must address the subject, and contingency plans need to be drawn up.

Iraq war threat sparks Disney World jobs freeze
Walt Disney World theme park has frozen hiring as jitters over a potential war between the United States and Iraq slows travel

German minister slams US "war for oil" policy
A German cabinet minister has poured fuel on the flames of a transatlantic row over Iraq by saying the United States is
pursuing its own oil interests in its conflict with Baghdad.

Iranian-backed forces cross into Iraq
Iranian-backed Iraqi opposition forces have crossed into northern Iraq from Iran with the aim of securing the frontier in the event of war

US 'plans new nuclear weapons'
A leaked document suggests that Washington is beginning detailed planning for a new generation of smaller nuclear weapons

Official: 4,000 tons of narcotics is produced in Afghanistan
Head of Anti-Narcotics Headquarters in Khorassan province Hossein Ketabdar said here Tuesday that it is estimated that Afghanistan is producing 4,000 tons of narcotics annually.

Flashback: Hidden Agenda behind the "War on Terrorism":
US Bombing of Afghanistan restores Trade in Narcotics

CO: Anti-war protest turns ugly
Tear-gassing people with children in their arms and families trying to get to their cars...

Millions Protest Around the World.
Washington "Shrugs It Off."

March of millions in 600 cities
More than ten million people were expected to take to the streets in 600 cities yesterday as part of global demonstrations against a war in Iraq. The marches were expected to be the largest ever for a single cause and greater than at the height of the Vietnam War in the '60s

New protests planned in bid to bring Britain to a standstill
Anti-war coalition leaders, emboldened by the massive turnout at peace rallies in London and around the world, are planning to try to shut Britain down should Tony Blair defy public opinion and go to war without a UN resolution.

'One million US troops could die'
As many as a million casualties can be expected if Iraq uses anthrax against invading troops, according to the results of a simulation using Pentagon computer codes today.

Turkey Signals Delay in U.S. Troop Deployments
Turkey signaled on Monday it was delaying a decision urgently awaited by Washington this week on allowing American troops to deploy on Turkish soil for a possible invasion of Iraq.

Chirac: War Could Create A Number of "bin Ladens"

FT: Israel expects war in March

Spy reports 'given pro-war spin'
Briefings by the intelligence services have been manipulated by ministers to make a firmer case for war against Iraq

New tape of bin Laden accuses US
A new audio tape said to be of Osama bin Laden accused America yesterday of plotting to carve up the Middle East after a war against Iraq to create a "Greater Israel".

Rupert Murdoch argued strongly for a war with Iraq in an interview this week. Which might explain why his 175 editors around the world are backing it too
Their master's voice

Editors agree to censorship
More than 20 leading scientific journals have agreed to self-censor articles they believe could compromise national security, regardless of their scientific merit.

EU struggles for unity over Iraq
The UK and Spain are urging the European Union not to rule out the use of force against Iraq at a hastily arranged meeting on Monday in Brussels.

CIA 'sabotaged inspections and hid weapons details'
Senior democrats have accused the CIA of sabotaging weapons inspections in Iraq by refusing to co-operate fully with the UN and withholding crucial information about Saddam Hussein's arsenal

Secret UN paper predicts 1.5m Iraqi refugees
Nearly 1.5 million refugees and asylum seekers are likely to try to flee from Iraq, and 30% of the country's children under five "would be at risk of death from malnutrition" in the case of war on Iraq, according to a secret United Nations planning document.

False Alarm
Terror Alert Partly Based on Fabricated Information

Bad Tip May Have Helped Boost Alert
A senior government official said Friday the administration now believes some. of the information which led to upgrading the nation's terror threat level last week to orange, or high, was likely fabricated.

Non-Lethal Weapons=Chemical Warfare
The fuzzy ethics of nonlethal weapons

U.S. says report will justify war
U.S. officials say they are confident that a report today by the chief U.N. weapons inspectors will provide ample justification for a new Security Council resolution clearing the way for a war against Iraq.

Rumsfeld Won't Rule Out Nuclear Bomb Against Iraq
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on Thursday refused to rule out the U.S. use of nuclear weapons in a possible war with Iraq, while a leading senator told him such a move would trigger "a near-total breakdown" in American relations with the rest of the world.

Japan advises nationals to leave Iraq immediately
"We issued an evacuation advisory for Baghdad in addition to the evacuation advisory issued earlier on other areas of Iraq, as it is taking time for people to leave the country at its borders"

ANI: ISI sheltering Taliban along Pak-Afghan border US senators (the ISI is the CIA's Pakistani branch).

CIA 'sabotaged inspections and hid weapons details'
Senior democrats have accused the CIA of sabotaging weapons inspections in Iraq by refusing to co-operate fully with the UN and withholding crucial information about Saddam Hussein's arsenal.

Maintaining the Hysteria
"The government is putting out fake terror alerts to drive the public into a crazed panic" InfoWars Fake Terror Alert Archive

Hysteria runs riot; networks fuel the fear

The Enemy Within
What Really Happened on Sept 11th and Who Stands to Gain

Washington, London on Terror Attack Alert
In the British capital, troops and police patrolled Heathrow airport on Thursday in the largest security operation in the history of London's Metropolitan Police

Soda spill on lobby floor of FBI causes commotion
A disoriented man caused a stir Tuesday when he entered FBI headquarters in Oklahoma City and spilled a soft drink on the floor of the lobby.

Suit questions Bush's war powers
A lawsuit filed in federal court in Boston Thursday seeks to prevent President Bush from going to war against Iraq without congressional approval.

Gen. Franks Will Rule Iraq Immediately Following Saddam's Ouster

Living Under Terror Alert
National Guardsmen stand watch under the vaulted ceiling of New York City's Grand Central Terminal. Police with bomb-detecting dogs scan the crowd

Has the Threat Come Home?
U.S. Checks Reports That Saddam Has Operatives in America

Prison Planet Observation: The CIA certainly has Iraqi operatives in America - brought in by Clinton and Daddy Bush.

IHT: The huffers and puffers get help from bin Laden
Osama bin Laden came to the rescue of George W. Bush on Tuesday.

White House Publicizes Tape Hours Before Release
Powell delivered the news that the audiotape would be played on the Arab TV station al-Jazeera even before the news outlet said it had such a tape. "Be patient, it's coming," Powell responded.

Italy frees Pakistani terror suspects
Another hoaxed terror alert: Remember that 'Al-Qaeda cell' busted in a blaze of publicity in italy? Turns out there was no actual evidence against them, they're not an 'Al-Qaeda cell' and they have now been released.

CIA's Tenet: Terror Attack Imminent

Politics drove decision to raise alert level
Highly-placed sources within both the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Central Intelligence Agency tell Capitol Hill Blue that while “chatter” has increased in recent days, they have no hard evidence a new attack is forthcoming from Osama bin Laden’s al Qaeda terrorist network or any of the dozens of other terrorist groups currently monitored.

Duct tape sales rise amid terror fears
Americans have apparently heeded the U.S. government's advice to prepare for terror attacks, emptying hardware store shelves of duct tape.

NYT: Pass the Duct Tape

London Times: US prepares for life after a terrorist attack

Missile Launchers Positioned in D.C.
An increased level of protection for the region means you'll see missile launchers around the District to guard against the possibility of an air attack.

London Evening Standard: Bin Laden tape 'justifies attack'
Iqbal Sacrani, of the Moslem Council of Great Britain, said the tape failed to provide "any credible evidence" of a link between Iraq and al Qaeda. He said: "Whatever information does come out of the tape is nothing new - it has been repeated time and again by Bin Laden."