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:: Saturday, March 01, 2003 ::
'Spy files' suit draws national attention DENVER -- Sister Antonia Anthony has blocked streets in Washington to protest the International Monetary Fund and criticized living conditions in Mexico's poverty-stricken Chiapas Province. That makes the 74-year-old Franciscan nun a ''criminal extremist,'' according to her Denver police file. Anthony's case is one of the thousands of disputed cases that have streamed out of the local police headquarters after a civil liberties group sued to open up the department's ''spy files.'' :: Dataghost 11:58 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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DEMOCRACY NOW! LEARNS THE PENTAGON IS ASKING HUMANITARIAN GROUPS FOR GLOBAL POSITIONING COORDINATES OF CIVILIAN SITES IN IRAQ, SUCH AS WATER TREATMENT FACILITIES AND POWER PLANTS: IS IT TO BOMB THEM OR SAVE THEM? Tape: President Bush, speaking at the American Enterprise Institute on Feb. 26, 2003, about the humanitarian plans for Iraq. Jeremy Scahill reports from Baghdad. :: Dataghost 11:57 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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US reporters condemn Pentagon press controls Senior US war reporters have launched a scathing attack on new rules issued by the Pentagon detailing how the media will be allowed to cover any conflict in Iraq. Veteran US war correspondents say that while the rules appear to offer unprecedented freedom to report the facts, on closer scrutiny the US military could enforce draconian restrictions on coverage of any operations in the region. :: Dataghost 11:56 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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THE RIGHT TO SELF DEFENSE The elites of nations who needed to go to war for one reason or another always had to deceive its citizenry on the moral imperative and justification for going to war. :: Dataghost 11:55 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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The Village Voice: Nation: Nat Hentoff: Ashcroft Out of Control by Nat Hentoff Many of the new security measures proposed by our government in the name of fighting the "war on terror" are not temporary. They are permanent changes to our laws. Even the measures that, on the surface, appear to have been adopted only as long as the war on terror lasts, could be with us indefinitely. Because, as Homeland Security director Tom Ridge himself has warned, terrorism is a "permanent condition to which America must . . . adjust." —American Civil Liberties Union, January 29 :: Dataghost 11:54 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Censorship: The Bush Junta Raids The Library We know that the media are nothing more than the mouthpiece of the Bush regime. In short, Americans in increasing numbers are taking notice, that the media are censored and are propagandizing the news. :: Dataghost 11:53 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Israeli businessman held in US prison for smuggling missile parts LOS ANGELES Israeli businessman David Menashe is being held in a federal prison here on charges that he tried to smuggle missile parts into the United States without declaring their proper value and contents to US Customs inspectors. :: Dataghost 11:52 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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CBC News:Arrest could lead to bin Laden: CCISS OTTAWA - A Canadian expert on terrorist networks says the arrest of a top al-Qaeda member in Pakistan suggests the U.S. may be closer to cornering Osama bin Laden. On Saturday, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed was picked up during an early-morning raid on a house in Pakistan. He's accused of being the man who came up with the idea to have passenger planes used as missiles in an attack against the United States on Sept. 11, 2001. :: Dataghost 9:29 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Charlotte Observer | 03/01/2003 | Hezbollah aid case brings life sentence Mohamad Hammoud, one of two Lebanese brothers convicted in Charlotte of conspiring to aid Middle Eastern terrorists, on Friday was handed what amounts to a life sentence. U.S. District Judge Graham Mullen sentenced Hammoud, 29, to the maximum punishment: 155 years in prison. Hammoud was the first person tried in the United States under a 1996 federal law banning material support to terrorist organizations.
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Pentagon lists 24 crimes eligible for tribunals -- The Washington Times The Pentagon yesterday released a list of 24 crimes for which detainees in the war on terrorism may be tried by military tribunals. The list includes offenses that could be lodged against Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein and his commanders should they order the use of weapons of mass destruction or position civilians in or near military targets in the event of a U.S.-led invasion. :: Dataghost 9:21 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Homeland Protection: Bomb Vest and Briefcase Bomb Training Device's These pictures are very interesting in that the explosives can be easily concealed. Also notice the nails and hardware added to the explosive devices and the cell phone in the brief case. Pictures of bombs currently being used by suicide bombers in Israel. :: Dataghost 9:19 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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BBC NEWS | UK | Setback for Gulf deployment Only half of the RAF jets due to move to the Gulf have yet reached their destination, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed. The rest are stuck at bases in Cyprus and Britain because Muslim countries have refused to allow them to fly over. :: Dataghost 9:17 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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LinuxUser & Developer - Free Software Matters - Microsoftens - Microsft putting back doors into software so that the US can monitor other gov't entities transmissions??? There's plenty of uneasiness in Redmond, Washington, these days. Microsoft has begun to internalize the recognition that the next, and quite probably final, period of its existence will be dominated by competition with free software. That competition presents challenges the monopoly has never faced before, and already it has become necessary, at what Microsoft hopes is still an early stage in the confrontation, to take steps that no other competitor has ever had the power to force. :: Dataghost 9:15 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Why Does Bush Push to Silence Free Speech? Bush administration fears that opposition voices might begin to ask, "Who are the real aggressors, the greater threats to peace, the most dangerous terrorists?" Once a person is able to hear all sides and is informed, the answers cannot be controlled by government propaganda. :: Dataghost 9:09 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Did Saddam Hussein Gas His Own People? No doubt, Saddam has mistreated Kurds during his rule. But it's misleading to say, so simply and without context, that he killed his own people by gassing 5,000 Kurds at Halabja. :: Dataghost 9:08 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Bill Moyers Interview With Joseph Wilson was the Deputy Chief of Mission, the acting ambassador at the US Embassy in Iraq 12 years ago :: Dataghost 9:08 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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What Can 'Refashioning The Middle East' Really Mean? s the whole mad enterprise driven by Israel's well-placed friends in the US government who imagine that destroying what remains of a major Arab country will be to Israel's advantage? :: Dataghost 9:07 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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As you've likely heard by now, the Agency is mounting a surge particularly directed at the UN Security Council (UNSC) members (minus US and GBR of course) for insights as to how to membership is reacting to the on-going debate RE: Iraq, plans to vote on any related resolutions, what related policies/ negotiating positions they may be considering, alliances/ dependencies, etc - the whole gamut of information that could give US policymakers an edge in obtaining results favourable to US goals or to head off surprises. In RT, that means a QRC surge effort to revive/ create efforts against UNSC members Angola, Cameroon, Chile, Bulgaria and Guinea, as well as extra focus on Pakistan UN matters. We've also asked ALL RT topi's to emphasise and make sure they pay attention to existing non-UNSC member UN-related and domestic comms for anything useful related to the UNSC deliberations/ debates/ votes. We have a lot of special UN-related diplomatic coverage (various UN delegations) from countries not sitting on the UNSC right now that could contribute related perspectives/ insights/ whatever. We recognise that we can't afford to ignore this possible source. We'd appreciate your support in getting the word to your analysts who might have similar, more in-direct access to valuable information from accesses in your product lines. I suspect that you'll be hearing more along these lines in formal channels - especially as this effort will probably peak (at least for this specific focus) in the middle of next week, following the SecState's presentation to the UNSC.
(Wow...totally wild...caught with their proverbial pants down...hahaha) :: Dataghost 9:07 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Revealed: US dirty tricks to win vote on Iraq war The United States is conducting a secret 'dirty tricks' campaign against UN Security Council delegations in New York as part of its battle to win votes in favour of war against Iraq. Details of the aggressive surveillance operation, which involves interception of the home and office telephones and the emails of UN delegates in New York, are revealed in a document leaked to The Observer. The disclosures were made in a memorandum written by a top official at the National Security Agency - the US body which intercepts communications around the world - and circulated to both senior agents in his organisation and to a friendly foreign intelligence agency asking for its input. The memo describes orders to staff at the agency, whose work is clouded in secrecy, to step up its surveillance operations 'particularly directed at... UN Security Council Members (minus US and GBR, of course)' to provide up-to-the-minute intelligence for Bush officials on the voting intentions of UN members regarding the issue of Iraq. :: Dataghost 9:02 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Bomb factory found in eastern Afghanistan KABUL, March 1 (AFP) - Coalition troops hunting extremists in eastern Afghanistan unearthed a bomb-making factory while searching buildings near the residence of a senior government official, the US military said Saturday. A statement issued from Bagram air base, north of Kabul, the headquarters of US military operations in Afghanistan, said soldiers discovered an arsenal of improvised weapons near the main city of Jalalabad. :: Dataghost 5:25 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Yahoo! News - Sept. 11 Suspect May Be Interrogated Overseas-U.S. :: Dataghost 5:24 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Israel's Grand Design: Leaders Crave Area from Egypt to Iraq Nearly 34 years ago, an America-firster used The American Mercury magazine to warn of the danger posed by Zionism and its rule of Washington and the Mideast. John Henshaw wrote this article shortly after Israel laid claim to the annexed land during 1967 Arab-Israeli war. This article first appeared in the spring of 1968. :: Dataghost 5:18 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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top humanitarian official in Iraq: at least 10 million people may starve BAGHDAD, Feb. 27 -- The United Nations' top humanitarian official in Iraq said today that civilians could face "extremely grave" conditions if U.S. forces attack, warning that at least 10 million people could run out of food within six weeks of the start of hostilities if they did not receive emergency aid. The official, Ramiro Lopes da Silva, said the Iraqi population's near-total dependence on government food rations means the United Nations and the United States would have to mount a massive and immediate humanitarian relief operation to prevent widespread starvation. Although plans call for the U.S. military to stockpile 3 million daily rations and the U.N. World Food Program to store food for 900,000 people for 10 weeks, he said those efforts would not be sufficient to satisfy the need. :: Dataghost 5:17 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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FBI Warns of Attacks Set Off by Iraq War FBI officials said the nationwide contingency plan includes an intensive effort to locate and monitor -- and in some cases keep under surveillance and detain -- potentially thousands of Iraqis who have come to the U.S. :: Dataghost 5:16 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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A selfish, superstitious empire..." Remarkable, really. Opposition to the coming war, and increasingly to the Bush administration itself, is global, powerful, and deepening. Just note Naomi Klein's brief summary of acts of resistance in a recent column in the Toronto Globe and Mail where she calls for serious thought about what kinds of ever more active resistance should be taken to stop this war: :: Dataghost 5:16 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Bush Selects Zionist U.S. General Jay Gardner To Run Iraq While the S.F. Chronicle lauds this general turned "humantarian" the general's past roles as one of the key leaders of JINSA and longtime advocate of using the U.S. military to support Zionism has been removed from the JINSA site. The Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA), a cabal of Jewish American military officers who have long advocated putting Israel's security needs before those of the United States, has removed most all links to JINSA positions which may embarass the Bush administrations drive to appoint General Gardner as the U.S. installed dictator of "liberated" Iraq. :: Dataghost 5:15 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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The Black Commentator - In the Time of Disappeared People - Issue 31 The Bush men have obviously been pondering the imposition of Permanent National Emergency for as long as they have been planning Permanent War. The discovery of a draft of the so-called Patriot Act II, rushed forward by Bush's national security conspirators in January for review by their allies on Capitol Hill, presents the public with a warning of - but not a defense against - a cunningly devised blueprint for the modern, total police state. Combined with the Patriot I, enacted immediately after September 11 by a nearly unanimous Congress, and through gross distortions of existing conspiracy laws plus the catch-22s of secrecy, Patriot II is the perfect tool to "disappear" any number of human beings for any reason to any place for any length of time. :: Dataghost 5:14 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Missing U.S.-Iraq History Before George W. Bush gives the final order to invade Iraq -- a nation that has not threatened the United States -- the American people might want a few facts about the real history of U.S.-Iraq relations. Missing chapters from 1980 to the present would be crucial in judging Bush’s case for war. :: Dataghost 5:13 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Newsweek's Iraq Report Falls on Deaf Ears You gotta hand it to America's mass media: When war hangs in the balance, they sure know how to bury a story.
After devoting thousands of network hours and oceans of ink to stories about "weapons of mass destruction" in Iraq, major U.S. news outlets did little but yawn in the days after the March 3 issue of Newsweek published an exclusive report on the subject – a piece headlined "The Defector's Secrets." It's hard to imagine how any journalist on the war beat could read the article's lead without doing a double take: "Hussein Kamel, the highest-ranking Iraqi official ever to defect from Saddam Hussein's inner circle, told CIA and British intelligence officers and U.N. inspectors in the summer of 1995 that after the Gulf War, Iraq destroyed all its chemical and biological weapons stocks and the missiles to deliver them." :: Dataghost 5:12 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Turkey rejects U.S. troops :: Dataghost 5:11 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Coalition Drops First Leaflets in Northern Iraq UNITED STATES EUROPEAN COMMAND -- INCIRLIK AIR BASE, TURKEY -- For the first time, coalition aircraft enforcing the no-fly zone in northern Iraq dropped informational leaflets near Iraqi anti-aircraft-artillery batteries at approximately 8:45 a.m. EST. :: Dataghost 5:06 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Troops depart Kentucky for Mideast as war looms Almost 5,000 troops from the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell were deployed to the Middle East this week -- a move that one analyst called a sign that war is imminent. And at Fort Knox, 140 soldiers from the 233rd Transportation Company left yesterday.
''This is one of those 'really, no kidding' deployments people have been waiting for,'' Patrick Garrett, an associate analyst with Alexandria, Va.-based GlobalSecurity.org, said of the 101st Airborne's departure. :: Dataghost 5:04 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Strides in technology magnify info war potential Imagine Iraqi commanders getting misleading text messages on their cell phones. They appear to contain orders from Saddam Hussein but are actually sent by the U.S. military in disguise, directing Iraqi troops to a trap. Or how about a radar that confuses the Iraqi air defense system by showing U.S. bombers in the wrong locations, or heading in the wrong direction? Although "information operations" have been tools of warfare for centuries, the Internet and other technologies are boosting their capabilities - and the stakes. :: Dataghost 4:43 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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An Iraqi Division Moves South One of Iraq's Republican Guard divisions has started to pull out of the northern part of the country and is moving south, Pentagon officials said Thursday, signaling that President Saddam Hussein may be taking up defensive positions for a possible U.S. invasion. :: Dataghost 4:42 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Ankara delays parliamentary vote on deal over US troops The Turkish parliament has decided to delay until tomorrow a vote on the deployment of 62,000 US troops for the opening of a vital second front in a likely war against neighbouring Iraq. :: Dataghost 4:42 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Activity Seen at N. Korean Nuclear Plant U.S. observers are unsure whether Pyongyang has begun reprocessing plutonium that could be used to make bombs :: Dataghost 4:41 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Riddle of 'Baghdad's batteries' Arran Frood investigates what could have been the very first batteries and how these important archaeological and technological artefacts are now at risk from the impending war in Iraq. :: Dataghost 1:19 AM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Smallpox: Congress Attempts to Solve Smallpox Compensation Dilemma WASHINGTON — Public health experts said this week that the single largest factor preventing implementation of the U.S. smallpox immunization plan is the lack of compensation for those sickened by the vaccine, but legislation is now being drafted to address the problem, according to congressional sources (see GSN, Feb. 26). :: Dataghost 1:11 AM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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North Korea: Reprocessing Plant Could Restart on “Short Notice” Following news accounts yesterday that North Korea has restarted its nuclear reactor at Yongbyon, U.S. officials said yesterday that Pyongyang has reactivated a steam plant linked to North Korea’s nuclear spent-fuel reprocessing facility, Reuters reported (see GSN, Feb. 27). :: Dataghost 1:11 AM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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IRAQ'S AL-SAMOUD: A MISSILE WITH GREAT POSSIBILITIES :: Dataghost 1:09 AM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Behind the Iraq Dossier Hoax: Intelligence Was Cooked in Israel According to media accounts, the 10 Downing Street "dossier," cited favorably by U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell in his disastrous Feb. 5 report to the United Nations Security Council, was plagiarized from an American graduate school paper, based on information more than a decade old. The scandal that erupted when the Blair dossier hoax hit the press, seriously undermined the credibility of those war party advocates of an immediate Anglo-American invasion of Iraq. As Lyndon LaRouche wrote, Powell was set up by a gang of public relations flacks who can't think straight. :: Dataghost 1:08 AM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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'Second Superpower' Jams Up the Works of New Mideast War The struggle over war or peace, in mid-February, effected a paradigm shift in world politics. On one side, the "last remaining superpower" and its teetering British sidekick, scorning anti-war demonstrations of tens of millions worldwide and growing resistance among other nations, signalled imperially that its patience is running out, and that it intends a new UN resolution to justify a pre-emptive war on Iraq in the coming weeks. On the other side is what a Feb. 17 New York Times editorial called a second superpower—mobilized world opinion. :: Dataghost 1:08 AM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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In the Aftermath of January 28th, by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr. Following is Mr. LaRouche's keynote address to the Presidents' Day Weekend conference of the International Caucus of Labor Committees and Schiller Institute, in Reston, Virginia on Feb. 15. The session was chaired by Nancy Spannaus, and Mr. LaRouche was introduced by Schiller Institute Vice Chairwoman Amelia Boynton Robinson. A version with graphics is available to subscribers to Electronic Intelligence Weekly. See also the transcript of the following question-and-answer period. :: Dataghost 1:07 AM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Extreme weather on the rise, likely to get worse, says report :: Dataghost 12:48 AM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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CBC News:Chrétien says regime change not part of UN objective in Iraq :: Dataghost 12:23 AM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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CBC News:Blix calls Iraqi decision 'significant disarmament' :: Dataghost 12:22 AM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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U.S. Places Three Chechen Groups on Terrorist List - from Tampa Bay Online :: Dataghost 12:13 AM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Radioactive Material Stolen in Nigeria :: Dataghost 12:13 AM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Hezbollah Official Shot Dead in Beirut :: Dataghost 12:12 AM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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CNN.com - Envelopes with white powder sent to four GOP lawmakers - Feb. 28, 2003 :: Dataghost 12:12 AM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Herald Sun: Saddam's chemical belt: report [01mar03] :: Dataghost 12:12 AM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Reuters AlertNet - Western jets hit Iraqi targets anew, U.S. says :: Dataghost 12:11 AM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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U.S. Officials: Baghdad Guards Have Chemical Weapons :: Dataghost 12:11 AM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Iraq Scud boss poisoned :: Dataghost 12:10 AM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Herald Sun: Al-Qaeda planning 'dirty' bomb: Blair [01mar03] :: Dataghost 12:10 AM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Al-Qaeda suspects may face military tribunal :: Dataghost 12:09 AM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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US expands its military presence around globe From the Pankisi Gorge in the former Soviet republic of Georgia to the so-called "tri-border area" joining Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay, thousands of US troops, most of them special operations forces, have been dispersed around the globe. :: Dataghost 12:07 AM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Winning a war and losing the world :: Dataghost 12:07 AM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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U.S. Arm-twisting Over Iraq War :: Dataghost 12:07 AM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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How The Press Has Buried The Truth Of Iraqi Disarmament :: Dataghost 12:06 AM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Iraqi Star Witness Said Weapons Were Destroyed :: Dataghost 12:06 AM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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U.S. Diplomat's Letter of Resignation The following is the text of John Brady Kiesling's letter of resignation to Secretary of State Colin L. Powell. Mr. Kiesling is a career diplomat who has served in United States embassies from Tel Aviv to Casablanca to Yerevan. :: Dataghost 12:06 AM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Secret, Scary Plans There's nothing wrong with planning, or with brandishing a stick to get Kim Jong Il's attention. But several factions in the administration are serious about a military strike if diplomacy fails, and since the White House is unwilling to try diplomacy in any meaningful way, it probably will fail. The upshot is a growing possibility that President Bush could reluctantly order such a strike this summer, risking another Korean war. :: Dataghost 12:05 AM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Finger on trigger: US warns North Korea :: Dataghost 12:05 AM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Russia Warns of Iraq War Resolution Veto :: Dataghost 12:05 AM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Robert Fisk: America uses Israel's words to justify occupation :: Dataghost 12:04 AM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Israel and the US War on Iraq :: Dataghost 12:04 AM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Forget democracy: this is a war for security :: Dataghost 12:04 AM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Traces of poison :: Dataghost 12:03 AM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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O'REILLY THREATENS DISSENTERS :: Dataghost 12:02 AM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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10 obvious, but overlooked, questions on Iraq :: Dataghost 12:02 AM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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ZDNet |UK| - News - Story - Pentagon database to spy on Americans :: Dataghost 12:01 AM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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FBI acknowledges its plane is circling Indiana town :: Dataghost 12:01 AM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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'Spy files' suit draws national attention :: Dataghost 12:01 AM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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DEMOCRACY NOW! LEARNS THE PENTAGON IS ASKING HUMANITARIAN GROUPS FOR GLOBAL POSITIONING COORDINATES OF CIVILIAN SITES IN IRAQ, SUCH AS WATER TREATMENT FACILITIES AND POWER PLANTS: IS IT TO BOMB THEM OR SAVE THEM? :: Dataghost 12:01 AM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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When a government lies to its people :: Dataghost 12:00 AM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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US reporters condemn Pentagon press controls :: Dataghost 12:00 AM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com:: Friday, February 28, 2003 ::
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Two veteran war correspondents: Chris Hedges of The New York Times, and Robert Fisk of the London Independent, discuss the Pentagons plans to censor the press during an Iraqi invasion. this IS A MUST LISTEN INTERVIEW :: Dataghost 11:59 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Weapons of Mass Amnesia :: Dataghost 11:59 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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:: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 ::audblog audio post :: Dataghost 11:51 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Islamist Website: An Imminent Terrorist Attack (Possibly by Al-Qa'ida) Within "About Ten Days" (Apparently in the U.S.) :: Dataghost 8:23 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Herald Sun: US may raid 'human shield' areas [27feb03] :: Dataghost 8:22 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Terrorists warn of cyanide plot - theage.com.au :: Dataghost 8:21 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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MILF Steps up Attacks in South :: Dataghost 8:21 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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US logs 2,000 Iraqi elite on secret database - FEB 27, 2003 :: Dataghost 8:20 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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CBS News | Transcript: Saddam Hussein Interview, Pt. 1 | February 26, 2003 19:23:27 :: Dataghost 8:20 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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CBS News | Transcript: Saddam Hussein Interview, Part 2 | February 26, 2003 19:44:27 :: Dataghost 8:20 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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CBS News | Transcript: Saddam Interview, Part 3 | February 26, 2003 19:44:27 :: Dataghost 8:19 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Iraqi police take up positions around Baghdad in readiness drill :: Dataghost 8:19 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Iran confirms complete closure of Iraqi border :: Dataghost 8:18 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com:: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 ::
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A Journal of Alternative News - George W Bush and the American Empire :: Dataghost 7:49 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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CBC News:U.S. delivers blunt message on Iraq to world capitals :: Dataghost 6:58 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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SHAPE News: NATO AWACS to Patrol Skies over Turkey :: Dataghost 6:44 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Arab states call for specific definition for terrorism :: The Terrorism Research Center :: :: Dataghost 6:42 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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ABCNEWS.com : New Terror Leader in U.S. Sights :: Dataghost 6:41 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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BBC NEWS | Europe | The mystery of Stalin's death His political life as a dictator who dominated millions has been minutely dissected over the decades. But his last days continue to provoke speculation and argument. Did he die of natural causes following a brain haemorrhage or was Stalin killed because he was about to plunge the Soviet Union into a war its people were in no position to fight? :: Dataghost 6:29 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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icBirmingham - 'My family could die in Iraq war' :: Dataghost 6:28 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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The Facts About Rebellion Which political leader made war on his own people, killing 262,000 of them, burning their cities, destroying their food supply and placing the survivors under military occupation? If your answer is Saddam Hussein, you're wrong. The answer is Abraham Lincoln. :: Dataghost 6:20 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Exploding toy planes - the next threat to Israeli security? - Jane's International Security News On Sunday 16 February, the Zaytoun neighbourhood east of Gaza City was rocked by an explosion that killed six members of the Hamas military wing, the Izz Eddin Al-Qassam Brigades, and wounded a seventh, writes Mohammed Najib. Early reports suggested the blast was caused by a car bomb which had detonated next to the group. However, a Hamas spokesman in Gaza told JTIC that the men had been killed while preparing to test an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that exploded next to them without warning. :: Dataghost 6:18 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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BBC NEWS | Middle East | Nationalists join Sharon coalition The Likud Party of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has reached a tentative coalition agreement with the right-wing National Union Party (NUP).
The deal, if finalised, would increase Mr Sharon's majority in the Knesset to eight votes, and would swing his cabinet further to the right. :: Dataghost 6:17 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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NTI: Global Security Newswire - Tuesday, February 25, 2003 Jordan: A “Few Hundred” U.S. Troops to Staff Patriot Batteries
The United States will send a “few hundred” troops to Jordan to help operate three Patriot missile interceptor batteries deployed there, Jordanian Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb said yesterday (see GSN, Feb. 6). :: Dataghost 6:15 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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NTI: Global Security Newswire - Tuesday, February 25, 2003 Iraq I: U.S. Says One Question Left: Will the U.N. Support a Certain War?
Two competing proposals on Iraq were introduced yesterday to the U.N. Security Council, but U.S. officials indicated that the United States would go to war regardless of how the council votes on the resolution. The sole outstanding issue for the Bush administration was whether the council would support the war or cast itself into irrelevance, officials said (see GSN, Feb. 24). :: Dataghost 6:14 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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NTI: Global Security Newswire - Tuesday, February 25, 2003 Iraq: Top Iraqi Weapons Official Studied WMD Warfare in the United States
By David Ruppe
Global Security Newswire
WASHINGTON — An Iraqi officer described as the “father” of Iraq’s chemical weapon development program received offensive and defensive chemical, biological and radiological warfare tactics instruction from the U.S. Army in the early 1960s, according to U.S. sources (see GSN, Jan. 28). :: Dataghost 6:13 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Kuwaiti: Iraq Targeting Border Police :: Dataghost 6:10 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Sify News: al Qaeda to attack US troops: Report The United States' troops in Afghanistan are likely to face an offensive this spring from the revived Taliban and al Qaeda forces based in Pakistan with the support of Inter-Services Intelligence(ISI), a report said. Many intelligence officers in the Pakistan army have started using Taliban to extend the country's influence in Afghanistan, the Washington Post in an editorial said, adding that the US should make clear to President Pervez Musharraf that such actions cannot be tolerated. :: Dataghost 6:09 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Iraq to 'outsource' counterattacks | csmonitor.com Baghdad is using embassies to forge ties with extremist groups to attack US facilities, say Filipino officials. :: Dataghost 6:08 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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New Scientist Iraqi radio station may be US 'black' propaganda :: Dataghost 6:07 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Reuters | Latest Financial News / Full News Coverage Turkey Edging Open Door to 62,000 U.S. Troops :: Dataghost 6:06 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Yahoo! News - Iraq Allows CBS Broadcast of Saddam Interview :: Dataghost 6:04 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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PANIC ATTACK: WAR AGAINST... IMMIGRANT TERRORISTS OR IRAQI DESERT PEASANTS :: Dataghost 5:24 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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CNN AND PSYOPS Military personnel from the Fourth Psychological Operations Group based at Fort Bragg, in North Carolina, have until recently been working in CNN's hq in Atlanta. CNN is up in arms about our report in the last issue of CounterPunch concerning the findings of the Dutch journalist, Abe de Vries about the presence of US Army personnel at CNN, owned by Time-Warner. We cited an article by de Vries which appeared on February 21 in the reputable Dutch daily newspaper Trouw, originally translated into English and placed on the web by Emperor's Clothes. De Vries reported that a handful of military personnel from the Third Psychological Operations Battalion, part of the airmobile Fourth Psychological Operations Group based at Fort Bragg, in North Carolina, had worked in CNN's hq in Atlanta. :: Dataghost 5:16 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Sweden Providing Platform for U.S. Officials Cowed by Bush Intimidated US bureaucrats regain their voice as protected guests of a
genuinely democratic regime. STOCKHOLM - Blaine Williams hasn't stopped grinning since he arrived in Sweden two weeks ago. Several times a day he'll approach a complete stranger, offer a handshake and a smile, introduce himself as a former CIA analyst from America, and proceed to tell the bewildered Swede all the things he knows that directly contradict President George W. Bush's declarations about Saddam Hussein's intentions and capabilities. :: Dataghost 5:07 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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U.S. Officials Say U.N. Future At Stake in Vote "You are not going to decide whether there is war in Iraq or not," the diplomat said U.S. officials told him. "That decision is ours, and we have already made it. It is already final. The only question now is whether the council will go along with it or not." :: Dataghost 5:05 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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The "Don't Know" Crowd The fact is, the people in the Bush administration who want to go to war with Iraq wanted to go to war with Iraq before Sept. 11. As a matter of fact, they wanted to go to war with Iraq before George Bush was even elected president. That's a matter of record. :: Dataghost 5:04 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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USATODAY.com - N. Korea accuses the U.S. of aerial intrusion :: Dataghost 5:04 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Allies hushed up weapons' destruction THE highest-ranking defector ever to turn informant on Saddam Hussein’s government told United Nations weapons inspectors in 1995 that Iraq had destroyed all its chemical and biological weapons stocks after the Gulf war. :: Dataghost 5:02 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Conflict and Catchphrases :: Dataghost 5:01 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Jewish media myths leading us toward World War III Lately I have involved myself in topics about which I seem to offend partisans on both sides of the same question. As a journalist, this gives me great satisfaction, because true objectivity demands constructive criticism of both sides of any given issue, and in this I often succeed. But as a human being, it frustrates me that everybody from all points of the political spectrum can be so blindly biased; so unwilling to admit their own faults; so profoundly dense not to see that other people's arguments are often the same as their own though couched in different terms; so lacking in understanding, empathy, and fairness; so selfishly parochial as a new unprecedented worldwide disaster closes in on us. :: Dataghost 4:57 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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ReliefWeb: China: Earthquake Information Bulletin No. 3 :: Dataghost 4:48 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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USGS Earthquake Hazards Program: Earthquake Report: SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA :: Dataghost 4:47 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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USGS Earthquake Hazards Program: Earthquake Report: JAVA, INDONESIA :: Dataghost 4:47 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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USGS Earthquake Hazards Program: Earthquake Report: SOUTHEAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN :: Dataghost 4:46 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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USGS Earthquake Hazards Program: Earthquake Report: VANUATU ISLANDS :: Dataghost 4:46 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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USGS Earthquake Hazards Program: Earthquake Report: SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA :: Dataghost 4:45 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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USGS Earthquake Hazards Program: Earthquake Report: SOUTHERN XINJIANG, CHINA :: Dataghost 4:45 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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USGS Earthquake Hazards Program: Earthquake Report: SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA :: Dataghost 4:44 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Iraq - US Forces Order of Battle - 25 February 2003 The trrop quote is now up to 141,000 deployed...It's still not totally accurate, but it's closer than it was in times previous when this info was posted...-Ed. :: Dataghost 4:43 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Military planners draw from 1991 war WASHINGTON -- As they geared up for the Persian Gulf War of 1991, American military planners couldn't believe their good fortune. Along the border between Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, Saddam Hussein's army dug in for an attack but did nothing to disrupt allied preparations to deliver it. The dictator simply watched and waited as a half-million troops trained for combat and millions of tons of ammunition and supplies were assembled to support them. :: Dataghost 4:42 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Banned Missile Might Well Be Used in a War WASHINGTON -- The Al-Samoud 2 missiles that weapons inspectors have ordered Iraq to destroy would probably be among the first weapons fired by Saddam Hussein to slow or stop a U.S. invasion, military experts say. :: Dataghost 4:41 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com:: Monday, February 24, 2003 ::
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Middle East Newsline - KUWAIT, YEMEN PREPARE TO SIGN SECURITY ACCORD :: Dataghost 7:18 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Middle East Newsline - PALESTINIANS CONTINUE KASSAM ATTACKS ON ISRAEL...(Remember when I said to watch for Palestinians firing off rockets back 4 months ago?? Here it is!...-Ed.) :: Dataghost 7:18 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Middle East Newsline - KUWAIT RECEIVES BAHRAINI FRIGATE :: Dataghost 7:17 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Security alert for US troops in the Philippines after attack threats ZAMBOANGA (Philippines) Feb 24 - Security was stepped up Monday in this southern Philippines city amid threats of attacks by an Al-Qaeda linked band of Muslim militants against US soldiers taking part in counter-terrorism training here, officials said. Marines were dispatched to guard a Roman Catholic shrine previously bombed by the Abu Sayyaf group in November, while road blocks were erected for weapons searches.
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The Manila Times Internet Edition | TOP STORIES > Abu lets loose 50 suicide bombers in Mindanao THE military in Mindanao is on the highest alert level after receiving reports that the Abu Sayyaf has sent 50 of its guerrillas on suicide bombing missions. The alert level has been raised also because of a threat of retaliatory attacks by Moro Islamic Liberation Front rebels who were driven from their lairs in Central Mindanao by a military offensive two weeks ago, Armed Forces Chief of Staff Gen. Dionisio Santiago said yesterday. :: Dataghost 7:13 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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UN team to check Iraqi disposal of chemical, biological arms for first time BAGHDAD, Feb 24 (AFP) - UN officials in Baghdad said Monday that biological and chemical weapons specialists would arrive this weekend to check Iraqi claims to have destroyed thousands of tonnes of toxic agents such as anthrax and VX. UN spokesman Hiro Ueki confirmed that "a technical team is coming on March 2," but would not give further details. :: Dataghost 7:12 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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albawaba.com: Two Iranians use Japan as base for terror financing activities Two Iranian expatriates residing in Japan have been accused of funneling 398 million Japanese yen ($3.3 million) overseas to individuals and organizations involved in weapons development and terrorist activities. :: Dataghost 7:12 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Reuters AlertNet - Kuwait holds 3 for planning attacks on U.S. forces KUWAIT, Feb 24 (Reuters) - Kuwait said on Monday its security forces had arrested three Kuwaitis for allegedly planning attacks on U.S. forces training in the Gulf state for a possible war on neighbouring Iraq.
An Interior Ministry official told the state-run news agency KUNA that arms and ammunition were seized during the arrests. :: Dataghost 7:10 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Middle East Newsline - REPORT: SAUDIS TRANSFER $500M TO AL QAIDA - WASHINGTON [MENL] -- Saudi Arabia is said to have transferred $500 million to Al Qaida over the past decade. A report submitted to the United Nations asserts that the Saudi funds represent the most important source of financing for Al Qaida. The study said Riyad, pressured by leading officials, has failed to stop the flow of money to Al Qaida in wake of the Sept. 11, 2001 suicide attacks on New York and Washington. :: Dataghost 7:10 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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USATODAY.com - Afghan official: Bin Laden, Mullah Omar still alive KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Osama bin Laden and Mullah Mohammed Omar, former leader of the Taliban movement, may be hiding out in the mountainous regions along the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan, the Afghan foreign minister said Monday. :: Dataghost 7:08 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Iraqi Drones May Target U.S. Cities - Here's some laughable fiction!! WASHINGTON — Iraq could be planning a chemical or biological attack on American cities through the use of remote-controlled "drone" planes equipped with GPS tracking maps, according to U.S. intelligence. The information about Iraq's unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) program has caused a "real concern" among defense personnel, senior U.S. officials tell Fox News. They're worried that these vehicles have already been, or could be, transported inside the United States to be used in an attack, although there is no proof that this has happened...(If this were true, who do you think that the Iraqis got this technology from??? Seems the US government ought to feel responsible for their own demise, seeing that they sell this stuff to the highest bidders...It's their own damned fault...they need to stop whining and 'fess up to their own stupidity...and then crawl under a rock somewhere!!..-Ed.) :: Dataghost 7:07 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Double Standards: Iraq, Israel And The United Nations Israel ignores the United Nations and has weapons of mass destruction. So why all the fuss about Iraq? SOON after invading Kuwait in 1990, Saddam Hussein realised that he had made a mistake. Contrary to his expectations, the world would not after all allow his land-grab to stand. The United States was girding for war. He therefore began to cast around for a face-saving exit. One of the first ideas he came up with was “linkage”. Why not trade a withdrawal from Kuwait for Israel's withdrawal from the territories it had occupied in 1967? Linkage got nowhere. But as the world debates the merits of another American-led war against Mr Hussein, the idea has returned in a new form. Israel has violated countless UN resolutions and amassed weapons of mass destruction, say those who oppose this war. Why then is Iraq singled out for yet more punishment while the Israelis get off scot-free? :: Dataghost 6:17 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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US plans total war against N. Korea WHILE the White House continues its public war of words with North Korea, a battle plan is already being laid in secret by military strategists at the Pentagon. Until now leader Kim Jong Il’s increasingly flamboyant and frightening game of international brinkmanship has only attracted condemnation from the Bush administration. But behind the scenes, American strategists are now weighing up the option of a pre-emptive military strike against North Korea as the rogue Stalinist state forges ahead with its plans to build a nuclear arsenal - threatening not only a "domino effect" of nuclear proliferation in east Asia but also a strike against the very heart of America. :: Dataghost 6:16 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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On the global warpath Let's see, the Los Angeles Times reported yesterday that those 1,700 US military types heading for the Philippines to fight a savage little war are actually going to be 3,000 strong. And then the President announced that he was shipping a military contingent of 150 off to Colombia to hunt for those downed "civilian employees" in rebel hands. All in all, it looks like a good week for war and that's without even counting Iraq. :: Dataghost 6:15 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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This is TREASON! A reader comments: This is so... "shameful" is such a weak word...I wish there were a way we could get information like this out to the entire U.S. military, that is, the cannon fodder-- the fresh-faced kids who join up and as we speak are over there waiting for the starting gun to go off, still telling the cameras that they are there to defend us and our country, really thinking these are wars about our freedom and security. Is there ONE military man or woman or family member, especially of ones that'll never make it home, who wouldn't be outraged beyond words if they found out the truth Hersh tells here-- that while our guys were risking having their brains blown out, the honchos were merrily whisking al-Qaeda and even bin Laden's family out of harm's way? :: Dataghost 6:14 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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House Bill 253 - Authorizes Governor of New Mexico to impose curfews and seizure of all firearms in the event of an emergency. House Bill 253 - Authorizes Governor of New Mexico to impose curfews and seizure of all firearms in the event of an emergency. (Hmmm, strike another victory for the War Powers Act...How does it feel to be living in a state of MARTIAL LAW???) :: Dataghost 6:12 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Sending American Troops to Their Deaths in Iraq?, by Morgan Strong The real cost of a war with Iraq to the American people may be incalculable in ways we have not considered. When we invade Iraq this time, unlike the last, we could sustain far more casualties than we did in Desert Storm. Iraq’s Army may have folded quickly in Kuwait, but they will be defending their homes and families from an invader this time and might not give in so easily. :: Dataghost 6:05 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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US Released al-Qaeda Terrorists To Pakistan WASHINGTON: Playing a "losing game", the US allowed many Interservice Intelligence (ISI) agents it had captured during the war on terror in Afghanistan to go back to Pakistan and they took with them thousands of al-Qaeda terrorists, who later spread into Pakistan and Jammu and Kashmir, media reports said. :: Dataghost 6:04 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Friends of Liberty - U.S. to Abandon Seoul, South Korea: TOTAL U.S. NEWS BLACKOUT The U.S. "mainstream media" continues its blackout on disturbing military and diplomatic moves on the Korean peninsula. Recently, EtherZone.com via this writer brought to U.S. attention the Pentagon's discussion of troop withdrawals and/or repositioning in South Korea. The news initially broke via South Korea's MBC news network, prompting heated denials from Defense Secretary Don Rumsfeld and spokespersons at the Pentagon. Articles running in South Korean newspapers and Web sites were reversed, obviously at the behest of the Pentagon, and it appeared for a few days that MBC broadcasting had egg on its face.
(Now where do you think these military trrops will be deployed to next...I shouldn't need to state the obvious...-Ed.) :: Dataghost 6:03 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Perle Warns: UN Veto Will Not Stop US Attack On Iraq, Syria Could Be Second Target DUBAI, Feb 23 (AFP) - The United States will attack Iraq even if France uses its veto to block a new resolution in the UN Security Council, top Pentagon adviser Richard Perle said in an interview published Sunday. The Bush administration hawk also indicated that after overthrowing Iraqi President Saddam Hussein Washington might set its sights on Syria's Bashar al-Assad. (Hahaha...Syria as a second target? Logistically speaking, troop alignments would be much better poised to hit into Iran...Let's face facts, the Iranian-Russian military technology/Caspian Sea Oil Exploratory Rights deal signed back in March of 2001 should be of greater concern to the US...-Ed.) :: Dataghost 6:01 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Gergan Says: Bush May Be Religious Fanatic. David Gergen is the about last person Washington looks to for outlandish, strident judgments about the political scene. Especially about the dim son of his old boss and great pal, George H. W. Bush. But now, appearing on CNBC, Mr. Conventional Wisdom Gergen had described Dubya, with obvious shock and dismay, as a "radical" right-winger who may well be operating under fanatic religious delusions of grandeur. :: Dataghost 5:52 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Two men driving Bush into war Lurking in the background behind Bush, his Vice-President, Dick Cheney, and Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld are the people propelling US policy. (In the words of Dana Carvey's character known as "the Church Lady"...' Who's that working in the background? Could it be....SATAN?'...-Ed.) :: Dataghost 5:51 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Federal judge in Boston rejects lawsuit seeking to bar president from launching war on Iraq BOSTON (AP) A federal judge on Monday threw out a lawsuit that raised constitutional concerns in seeking an injunction to bar President Bush from launching war against Iraq.
The lawsuit, filed earlier this month by six Democratic members of Congress and three unidentified service members and their parents, maintained that only Congress has the constitutional authority to declare war...(It looks like there a few individuals in positions of power that still have some backbone...-Ed.) :: Dataghost 5:49 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Turkey's motivations for supporting a U.S.-led war in Iraq (PINR) -- Despite the fact that nearly 90 percent of its population is opposed to war in Iraq, the Turkish government has offered support to Washington's attempt to remove Saddam Hussein from power. There are several reasons for Ankara's decision. Turkey has reluctantly come to accept that a U.S. attack on Iraq is likely. By not cooperating with the demands of the United States in the event of such a war, Turkey's long-term political and economic interests could be greatly damaged. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, leader of the majority Justice and Development Party (AK), explained Turkey's position: "If one is left out of the equation at the start of the operation, it may not be possible to be in a position to control developments at the end of the operation. … Turkey's long-term interests and even security could be in jeopardy."
(Note: If bribery doesn't work, it certainly appears that extortion and racketeering does still have its desired effect!...-Ed.) :: Dataghost 5:47 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Germany, France, Russia Submit Iraq Plan BERLIN (AP) - French President Jacques Chirac announced that France, Germany and Russia have submitted a proposal Monday in the United Nations for step-by-step disarmament of Iraq, part of a European drive to counter U.S. pressure for military action. :: Dataghost 5:45 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Bush Magic Turns Medicines Into Munitions Rumsfeld told Congress he has asked COW head George W. Bush to sign a special waiver allowing American forces to use biochemical weapons against Iraqi troops and civilians in the upcoming stampede into Iraq, UPI reports. What's more, the COW chemicals would be launched unilaterally, as part of the standard Rules of Engagement--and not merely in retaliation for an attack with similar weapons by Saddam. :: Dataghost 5:44 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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I am an orthodox Jew who is opposed to Zionism. I am shocked and horrified at the latest allegations of mutilation and desecration of
murdered Palestinian civilians at the hands of the Zionist occupation forces. No human possessed of a modicum of moral character could possibly condone the criminal actions perpetrated by the Zionists, least of all authentic Jews. If you have not had the opportunity to do so, may I suggest you visit the following web sites which lay out the authentic Jewish position, based on the Torah and Prophets and Sages, concerning Palestine. :: Dataghost 5:43 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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CBS News | Saddam Defiant On Missiles | February 24, 2003 17:09:28 (CBS) In an exclusive interview with CBS News Anchor Dan Rather, Saddam Hussein denied Iraq's al-Samoud missiles were in violation of United Nations mandates, and indicated that he will resist U.N. demands that they be destroyed. Saddam also challenged President Bush to a debate. :: Dataghost 5:43 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Bush seeks to bypass weapons system tests & required legall testing WASHINGTON - The Bush administration is proposing to exempt the Pentagon's controversial missile defense system from the real-world operational testing legally required of every new weapons system so that it can be deployed by 2004. Buried in President Bush's 2004 budget, in dry, bureaucratic language, is a request to rewrite a law designed to prevent the production and fielding of weapons systems that don't work. If the provision is enacted, it would be the first time a major weapons system was formally exempted from the testing requirement. :: Dataghost 5:42 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Wife to Alleged Jewish Terrorist To Testify Against Husband in Islamic School Bomb Plot TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - The wife of a podiatrist charged in a plot to blow up a Muslim gathering place has agreed to cooperate with federal prosecutors in a plea bargain, officials said Monday. Robert Goldstein and his wife, Kristi Goldstein, are accused of planning to blow up an Islamic education center in St. Petersburg. Goldstein, who is Jewish, is described in court documents as seeking to retaliate for the Sept. 11 attacks and the Arab-Israeli conflict. :: Dataghost 5:40 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Guerrillas of the Week
GNN talks with a human shield in Baghdad... :: Dataghost 5:39 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Here's the Shakin' Report :: Dataghost 5:37 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
Looks like there's plenty of rockin' in the Far East. How much more we'll have before days' end will remain to be seen. Here's the latest updates from the US Geological Survey's Near real-time earthquake hazard center...
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USGS Earthquake Hazards Program: Earthquake Report: GREECE-ALBANIA BORDER REGION :: Dataghost 5:34 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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USGS Earthquake Hazards Program: Earthquake Report: SOUTHERN XINJIANG, CHINA :: Dataghost 5:34 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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USGS Earthquake Hazards Program: Earthquake Report: SOUTHERN XINJIANG, CHINA :: Dataghost 5:33 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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USGS Earthquake Hazards Program: Earthquake Report: BALI SEA :: Dataghost 5:33 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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USGS Earthquake Hazards Program: Earthquake Report: RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS :: Dataghost 5:32 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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USGS Earthquake Hazards Program: Earthquake Report: MINAHASSA PENINSULA, SULAWESI :: Dataghost 5:31 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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USGS Earthquake Hazards Program: Earthquake Report: FOX ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS :: Dataghost 5:31 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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USGS Earthquake Hazards Program: Earthquake Report: FOX ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS :: Dataghost 5:30 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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USGS Earthquake Hazards Program: Earthquake Report: SOUTHERN XINJIANG, CHINA :: Dataghost 5:30 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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CBC News:U.S., U.K. say Iraq missed chance to disarm NEW YORK - Iraq has missed its final opportunity to disarm peacefully, the United States and Britain are expected to tell the United Nations on Monday. :: Dataghost 5:25 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Sci-Fi War Uniforms? It was the ultimate laboratory experiment. Prof. Ned Thomas and eight scientists from MIT last month traded in their white coats for military outfits at Fort Polk, La. :: Dataghost 5:19 PM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com:: Sunday, February 23, 2003 ::
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IsThatLegal? Real estate attorneys are government informants. In most places that I know of, a real estate closing is handled by a "closing attorney" or "settlement attorney," typically (although not invariably) hired by the seller, often from a list of approved attorneys supplied by the company that's supplying the title insurance for the deal. Real estate is not my field, mind you, but the quick research I did this evening tells me that the closing attorney typically represents one of the parties to the deal (usually the seller), and in some places and circumstances represents both buyer and seller. :: Dataghost 3:47 AM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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The Henry L. Stimson Center - US War in Iraq Could Push Race for Nuclear Arms The mixed review of Iraq's performance by U.N. chief inspector Hans Blix on Friday widens divisions in the Security Council and reaffirms the Bush administration's march toward war. Brutish choices now face the American public and the international community. If Saddam Hussein succeeds in retaining his deadly stockpiles of germs and poison gas, the United States and the United Nations will invite more proliferation, starting in North Korea. But even if U.S. forces succeed quickly in separating Saddam from his weapons of mass destruction, the war could accelerate proliferation. :: Dataghost 12:47 AM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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The Henry L. Stimson Center - China and Missile Defense: Managing U.S.-PRC Strategic Relations As the United States has considered options for a missile defense system, it was natural enough to focus first on gaining the acquiescence of Russia, its ABM Treaty partner. But the result is that China has been insufficiently taken into account. Unless greater attention is now directed to the PRC's possible reaction to missile defense-and to the potentially significant implications of that reaction for U.S. national security-the substantial achievements gained in bilateral relations over the years could be eroded. :: Dataghost 12:46 AM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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CBC News:U.S. wants UN to hold Iraq vote by mid-March :: Dataghost 12:36 AM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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N.M. May Go On Record Opposing U.S.A Patriot Act Proposed memorials in the state Senate and House would put the New Mexico Legislature on record as opposing the U.S.A. Patriot Act. The legislation would urge state police not to conduct surveillance of people or groups for activities protected by the First Amendment. :: Dataghost 12:31 AM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Israeli journalists warned they are terrorist targets Activists of terror organizations are planning an attack on two Israeli journalists, security establishment sources have said. The journalists, who cover Arab affairs in the territories, have been warned by the security establishment and police that people in the West Bank have targeted them. :: Dataghost 12:30 AM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Revealed: 17 British firms armed Saddam with his weapons SEVENTEEN British companies who supplied Iraq with nuclear, biological, chemical, rocket and conventional weapons technology are to be investigated and could face prosecution following a Sunday Herald investigation. One of the companies is Inter national Military Services, a part of the Ministry of Defence, which sold rocket technology to Iraq. The companies were named by Iraq in a 12,000 page dossier submitted to the UN in December. The Security Council agreed to US requests to censor 8000 pages -- including sections naming western businesses which aided Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programme.
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US offers India $2.5b on Iraq NEW DELHI: Soliciting India’s support for an attack on Iraq, the United States has offered to dish out $2.5 billion which Baghdad currently owes the Indian government. India has also been offered a major chunk of the reconstruction-of-Iraq pie after war, taking into account the fact that India Railways and construction companies had worked in Iraq earlier, said a news report carried by a national daily, “The Asian Age,” here on Saturday. :: Dataghost 12:28 AM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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NY Daily News - News - Grammy stars free to sing out on war Get ready for antiwar protests at tomorrow night's Grammy Awards ceremony. Despite a report that CBS executives had considered blocking politically outspoken rockers, the network said last night it would not pull the plug on anyone protesting a war against Iraq. :: Dataghost 12:27 AM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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BBC NEWS | Middle East | UN gets 'last chance' on Iraq
President George W Bush has confirmed that the US and its allies will present a new resolution on Iraq to the UN Security Council next week. :: Dataghost 12:25 AM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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BBC NEWS | Middle East | Kurds living in fear of war The Kurds of northern Iraq are bracing themselves to be caught up once again in the tides of a war which offers both risks and chances, but over whose course they will have little control. :: Dataghost 12:25 AM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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BBC NEWS | Middle East | Iran gives UN nuclear pledge Iran has agreed to provide early information about any plans to build new nuclear facilities, the head of the UN's nuclear watchdog has said. :: Dataghost 12:24 AM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Destroying missiles would be to 'sign death warrant', says Iraq An increasingly cornered Iraq complained yesterday it might be signing its own death warrant if it obeyed a United Nations order to destroy dozens of missiles at the moment the US is poised to lead an invasion. "They want us to destroy them at a time when we are threatened daily," said Owayed Ahmed Ali, the director of the Ibn al-Haithem plant, which produces the al-Samoud missiles, after another visit by UN weapons inspectors.
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albawaba.com: Report: Anthony Zinni to meet two Iraqi generals in Athens Retired U.S. general Anthony Zinni will meet two Iraqi generals in Athens next Wednesday as part of EU attempts to avoid a war with Iraq, a major Greek Sunday newspaper reported. To Vima, one of Greece's most authoritative newspapers, said in an early copy obtained by Reuters on Saturday that military officials from other Middle Eastern states, including Libya, would attend the meeting organized by Greek authorities. :: Dataghost 12:16 AM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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U.S. May Move Troops to Turkey Next Week WASHINGTON, Feb 22, 2003 (AP Online via COMTEX) -- The United States hopes to begin moving troops and equipment into Turkey as early as this week, preparing for an expected second front in a possible war with Iraq, Pentagon officials said Saturday. They confirmed a tentative agreement on U.S. aid to Turkey, whose parliament could vote on the deal Tuesday. A Turkish official said the deal involved $5 billion in grants and $10 billion in loan guarantees from the United States. :: Dataghost 12:15 AM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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U.S. Bombs Iraqi Communications Sites WASHINGTON, Feb 22, 2003 (AP Online via COMTEX) -- American warplanes bombed military communications sites in southern Iraq Saturday after the Iraqis fired anti-aircraft guns at U.S. planes, U.S. Central Command said. Around 2:45 p.m. EST, the U.S. planes bombed six cable relay sites between Al Kut, about 95 miles southeast of Baghdad, and Basra, about 245 miles southeast of Baghdad, Central Command said in a statement. The airstrikes came after Iraqis fired anti-aircraft artillery at U.S. warplanes patrolling the no-fly zone over southern Iraq, the statement said. :: Dataghost 12:14 AM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Newsday.com - Alleged Jihad Member Denies Allegations BEIT LAHIA, Gaza Strip -- One of eight people indicted in Florida for terrorism-related charges denied the allegations Saturday, saying he had visited the United States several times and had nothing against Americans. On Thursday, a 50-count indictment was unsealed against computer engineering professor Sami al-Arian -- on paid leave from the University of South Florida -- and seven other alleged members of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Al-Arian allegedly ran Islamic Jihad's operations in the United States. :: Dataghost 12:12 AM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Yahoo! News - Agencies Warn of Lone Terrorists WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 — The possibility of war with Iraq could unleash acts of anti-American violence in the United States or overseas by individual extremists who do not belong to Al Qaeda or other Middle Eastern terrorist groups but sympathize with their grievances, intelligence and law enforcement officials say. :: Dataghost 12:12 AM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Newspaper: Texas Tech Professor Carried Plague on Airlines - from Tampa Bay Online LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) - The Texas Tech University researcher accused of lying to the FBI about missing vials of plague bacteria repeatedly carried live samples of the germ aboard commercial airliners, a newspaper reported. Thomas Butler's attorney, Floyd Holder, told the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal that the professor imported plague about 60 times over the past 30 years, but said his method of transporting the specimens was "absolutely safe."
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No Bombs Found on Qatar Plane After Threat-TV DUBAI (Reuters) - A Qatar Airways plane made an emergency landing at Damascus International Airport on Saturday following a bomb threat but security forces found no explosives on board in an immediate search, al Jazeera television said. The Qatari ambassador to Syria, Abdullah al-Hamar, told al Jazeera that the Doha to London flight, with an unspecified number of passengers on board, was forced to land in Damascus after a female European passenger claimed there was a bomb on board.
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Iran expels warlord's family Iran has quietly ordered the family of Gulbaddin Hekmatyar, the renegade Afghan warlord, to leave the country in an effort to sever its ties to an individual linked to global terrorism, as it seeks a role in a postwar Iraq, a senior Pakistani official said. The official, citing intelligence information, said that one of Mr Hekmatyar's wives and her children, believed to be his last family members still in Iran, were ordered to leave earlier this month. Other officials said the rest of Mr Hekmatyar's relatives were now in Afghanistan.
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Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | We are ready to fight, says Rumsfeld :: Dataghost 12:06 AM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Councilman Nate Holden said it is important for the United States to receive support from its allies and not wage a unilateral war in Iraq. LOS ANGELES -- A divided Los Angeles City Council has approved a resolution condemning war against Iraq and urging the Bush administration to exhaust all diplomatic options before committing the nation's troops.
The council voted nine-to-four Friday in favor of the resolution. Supporters of the measure gave impassioned speeches that received cheers from hundreds of peace activists who packed the council's downtown chambers. Mayor James Hahn signed the resolution. :: Dataghost 12:03 AM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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Are The No-Fly Zones Legal ? The two no-fly zones over Iraq were imposed by the US, Britain and France after the Gulf War, in what was described as a humanitarian effort to protect Shi'a Muslims in the south and Kurds in the north. The no-fly zones were not authorised by the UN and they are not specifically sanctioned by any Security Council resolution. France no longer takes part in policing the no-fly zones, and the US and the UK are now alone in the Security Council in insisting that their frequent bombing of Iraqi targets is covered by international law. :: Dataghost 12:03 AM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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ReliefWeb: Heavy rains hit refugees in Pakistan, but bring hope to drought-ridden Afghanistan :: Dataghost 12:01 AM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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USGS Earthquake Hazards Program: Earthquake Report: FRANCE :: Dataghost 12:00 AM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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USGS Earthquake Hazards Program: Earthquake Report: SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Southern California has been rockin' today...magnitude 5.4 through to 3.0...8 of them! :: Dataghost 12:00 AM[+] ::worlds_end.blogspot.com
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