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OTHER NEWS
HEADLINES.
Howard
Zinn: Victory? There is a long history of imperial
powers, gloating over victories, becoming over-extended and
overconfident, as their citizens begin to get uneasy because their
day-to-day fundamental needs are being sacrificed for military glory
while their young are sent to die in wars. A Must Read
Pictures
at an Exhibition: Bread, Circuses, Uday and Qusay:
I wonder, does George Bush feel better
now about the alleged assassination attempt on his father? For Bush
Junior, killing people in Iraq is personal. "There's no doubt (that
Saddam) can't stand us," Bush said at a Republican fund-raising
event in Houston in September of 2002. "After all, this is the guy
that tried to kill my Dad at one time." A Must Read
The
Bully In The China Shop Toward the end of
the Korean War while the US with Un forces were still ravaging S
Korea, our General Dougles MacArthur requested authority to use
atomic weapons and submitted a list of targets for which he would
need 26 A-bombs. These requested A-bombs were to be employed against
North Korean and Chinese targets. A Must Read
The
Grey Lie: The grey lie does not need to be proven; fear of terrorism
has convinced a confused public that their government MUST keep
secrets in order to keep security. The question is never asked,
"Security for whom?"
Navy Chief Nominee May Have Killed Self: Oilman Colin McMillan, who was awaiting Senate confirmation
as Navy secretary, died from a single gunshot wound, and
investigators said Friday it might have been self-inflicted.
Murder
Most Foul: Israel Shamir, an Israeli
journalist provides an alternative view regarding the killing of
Saddam Hussein's sons and grandson.
FBI,
CIA failed to pick up 9/11 clues The Sept. 11 attacks
were preventable but went undetected because of communications
lapses between the FBI and CIA, which failed to share intelligence
related to two of the hijackers.
What
Congress Does Not Know about Enron and 9/11 In order to
give Enron one last desperate chance to complete the Taliban
pipeline and save itself from bankruptcy, senior levels of US
intelligence were ordered to keep their eyes shut and their
subordinates ignorant.
What David Kelly
knew: The
killing of Saddam's sons won't divert attention for long from the
specious reasons given for invading Iraq
Sycophant
May be US Tipster ‘‘They asked to stay in my house and
I could not refuse them. This is a disaster for me,’’ Zaidan told
his neighbour, Mukhlis Thahir Jubori.
Theft
Prelude to Terror?
Law enforcement agencies in five US
states reported the theft or disappearance of hundreds of official
uniforms, badges and ID cards in the first half of 2003, prompting
federal authorities to warn on Thursday that terrorists may be
seeking to acquire them for new attacks.
In case you missed it: Is
There Anything Left That Matters? What is the depth of the
American soul if we can allow destruction to be done in our name and
the name of "liberation" and never even demand an accounting of its
costs, both personal and public, when it is over?
Murkier
and Murkier: Did Dr Kelly commit suicide because he could no
longer tolerate the fact that the government he worked for had lied
in order to justify going to war? Or was he murdered because he was
about to expose the lies?
Key
allies are casualties of U.S. war on court: The United States, which has long lectured Latin
American countries on human rights abuses, is now pressuring a
number of those countries to sign bilateral agreements granting
immunity to U.S. citizens from prosecution by the new International
Criminal Court.
We'll
go it alone, SA tells US: The South African cabinet has
snubbed the United States government over its insistence on linking
military training assistance with indemnifying US service
people.
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