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Saddam planned to deploy 'camels of mass destruction'
Post Date: 2006-03-26 23:21:43 by A K A Stone
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Saddam Hussein planned to use "camels of mass destruction" as weapons to defend Iraq, loading them with bombs and directing them towards invading forces. The animals were part of a plan to arm and equip foreign insurgents drawn up by the dictator shortly before the American-led invasion three years ago, reveals a 37-page report, captured after the fall of Baghdad and just released by the Pentagon. It is part of a cache of thousands of documents that the United States Department of Defence says it does not have the resources to translate. British soldier in Iraq British soldier in Iraq Earlier this month, the Pentagon released copies in the original Arabic onto the internet in ...
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Post Date: 2006-03-25 23:20:01 by RickyJ
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Mother who gave birth after failed abortion 'has no grounds' to sue NHS for Ł250,000
Post Date: 2006-03-21 01:05:32 by A K A Stone
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A WOMAN suing a hospital after giving birth to a baby girl despite having an abortion was given no guarantees that the termination would be successful, a court heard yesterday. Stacy Dow, 21, of Perth, has launched a £250,000 civil damages claim against Tayside University Hospitals NHS Trust for the "financial burden" of raising her daughter Jayde, who she had when she was 16. Miss Dow decided to have an abortion when she became pregnant with twins. But a few months later she discovered she was still pregnant with one of the twins, by which time a second abortion was too late. Miss Dow is said to have suffered "distress and anxiety" from the discovery of her ...
In Bad Times, Girls Become Financial Assets
Post Date: 2006-03-19 17:01:35 by A K A Stone
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SILALI, Kenya — Soitanae Ole Kyoiogo watched helplessly as his treasured cows dropped dead in the drought, one after another, until only two survived from a herd of 50. Desperate to feed his family, he turned to the only source of wealth he had left: his daughters, ages 8 and 9. The 47-year-old Masai father arranged to marry the girls to a pair of local men in exchange for three cows per child, plus some blankets and cash. ADVERTISEMENT It's one of the saddest side effects so far of an East African drought that has killed dozens and is threatening millions more with hunger. Child welfare advocates in Kenya report a sharp rise in forced early marriages, particularly among Masai ...
U.S., Iraqi officials take sides on civil war debate
Post Date: 2006-03-19 16:58:05 by A K A Stone
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BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- On the third anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, officials from the war-torn nation and the United States differed on whether there is all-out civil war there. Former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi told the BBC that recent sectarian violence is a sure sign of a nation at war with itself. "We are losing each day as an average 50 to 60 people throughout the country, if not more. If this is not civil war, then God knows what civil war is," he said. Although conditions have not passed the "point of no return," he said, if that point is reached, fragile efforts to build a new government "will not only fall apart but sectarianism will ...
Veterans back from Iraq with stories to tell
Post Date: 2006-03-19 16:54:17 by A K A Stone
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he heat, which is like living under a french-fry lamp, like standing in front of the world's biggest hair dryer, like sitting in a sealed car on the hottest summer day in Washington with the heater blasting and someone throwing sand in your face. The mud, which follows the hot season, cold, slimy, sticky mud that makes you wish it would turn hot again. The green that erupts after a spring rain and astounds you the first time you see it. The blue of the timeless sky above and beyond all the troubles. The black of the inky desert night, thickly dusted with stars and galaxies. The eyes of the children. These are some of the things they remember from their service in Iraq. War: In their own ...
About 8,000 US marines to move to Guam from Okinawa
Post Date: 2006-03-15 17:04:43 by A K A Stone
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WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US military will move around 8,000 marines from Okinawa to Guam by 2012 as part of an agreement on the realignment of US forces there, a Pentagon spokesman said. ADVERTISEMENT The number of marines to be relocated is about 1,000 more than the Pentagon originally estimated when it signed an agreement on October 29 with Japan regarding the US military presence in Japan, said Lieutenant Colonel Brian Maka. "Upon further analysis, it looks like ... roughly the number is going to be about 8,000 (marines)," he said. The United States estimates the move will cost around 10 billion dollars, and wants Japan to pick up 75 percent of it, he said. The move also will ...
Chinese military trains in West
Post Date: 2006-03-15 17:03:34 by A K A Stone
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China is stepping up military training in Latin America because of a law that limits U.S. military support to nations in the region, the general in charge of the U.S. Southern Command told Congress yesterday. Gen. Bantz J. Craddock, who oversees U.S. military activities in the region, said a lack of engagement on the part of the United States has benefited China. "If we are not there and we can't provide this opportunity, someone else will," Gen. Craddock told the Senate Armed Services Committee. "Other nations are moving in. The People's Republic of China has made many offers, and now we are seeing those who formerly would come to the United States going to China." The ...
The Real Butchers Of Serbia: Clinton, Clark, NATO Slobo death media spin intensifies, speculation rife that Milosevic was going to call Clinton as witness
Post Date: 2006-03-15 17:01:39 by A K A Stone
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The media coverage of Slobodan Milosevic's death has branched off into two distinct contexts. One is the desperate scramble to spin evidence and testimony suggesting Slobo was murdered and the other revolves around discussion that Milosevic was knocked off because he was about to call Bill Clinton as a witness at the Hague. The consequence of 'The Butcher Of Serbia's' death remains the same. The only man in a position to legally implicate the real butchers of Serbia, Clark and Clinton, in war crimes that all but wiped an entire race off the map, is silenced. Today both Milosevic's son and his wife went public to say that in their opinion Slobo was deliberately poisoned by the cocktail of ...
A Continent Splits Apart
Post Date: 2006-03-15 16:57:07 by A K A Stone
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Normally new rivers, seas and mountains are born in slow motion. The Afar Triangle near the Horn of Africa is another story. A new ocean is forming there with staggering speed -- at least by geological standards. Africa will eventually lose its horn. Geologist Dereje Ayalew and his colleagues from Addis Ababa University were amazed -- and frightened. They had only just stepped out of their helicopter onto the desert plains of central Ethiopia when the ground began to shake under their feet. The pilot shouted for the scientists to get back to the helicopter. And then it happened: the Earth split open. Crevices began racing toward the researchers like a zipper opening up. After a few ...
Tribunal Had Warnings on Milosevic Drugs
Post Date: 2006-03-14 16:34:04 by A K A Stone
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Slobodan Milosevic had regular access to drugs and alcohol smuggled into his prison cell, yet the U.N. war crimes tribunal failed to take action despite warnings, tribunal officials said Tuesday. ADVERTISEMENT Two officials told The Associated Press the unit's prison warden had cautioned the tribunal president and registrar that as a result, Milosevic's health could not be guaranteed. Nevertheless, they said, no action was taken to tighten supervision. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because of the tribunal's strict confidentiality rules. The officials, who had access to confidential reports on Milosevic's incarceration, were countering allegations ...
UN PUSHES FOR GLOBAL TAXES INTERNATIONALIST SCHEME PROPOSED BY KOFI ANNAN
Post Date: 2006-03-14 14:25:25 by A K A Stone
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April 15 is once again approaching and with it the necessity of filling out your tax return. It is a good time to reflect on the taxes you do pay—and especially on the taxes you may soon be forced to pay. Throughout the year you paid federal taxes through withholding, including Social Security payroll taxes. You also paid state income taxes, unless you’re fortunate enough to live in Texas or another state without an income tax. You paid local property taxes. You paid local sales taxes and numerous miscellaneous taxes on your vehicles and gasoline and so many other things. Like most people, you probably feel taxed to death by all these layers of taxes. Well, hold on to your ...
Milosevic's Son Says Father Was 'Killed'
Post Date: 2006-03-14 10:09:35 by A K A Stone
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Slobodan Milosevic's son alleged Tuesday that his father had been "killed," while a U.N. war crimes tribunal official said the court had been told that the late Serb leader had regular access to unprescribed medication and alcohol smuggled into his prison cell. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the tribunal's strict confidentiality rules, told The Associated Press that the unit's prison warden had told the court that he could no longer guarantee Milosevic's health. The official said prison authorities repeatedly found banned material in his cell, including alcohol and unprescribed drugs. Warden Timothy McFadden refused interview requests and U.N. ...
Cindy Sheehan Again 'Manhandled' By Police As She Is Targeted As Bush Public Enemy No. 1 Freedom Of Speech Gone
Post Date: 2006-03-12 21:23:37 by Coral Snake
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Cindy Sheehan Again 'Manhandled' By Police As She Is Targeted As Bush Public Enemy No. 1 Freedom Of Speech Gone By Greg Szymanski 3-12-6 The facts behind this week's arrest of Cindy Sheehan are not completely clear, but it appears she was arrested for merely standing outside a public building in peaceful protest, not being a nuisance or acting in an offensive manner. But in today's political climate offensive, according to Bush minions, means anything contrary to the Bush party line, a line Sheehan again crossed like she did when she was hauled out of the House gallery at the State of the Union Address for wearing an anti-war tee-shirt. This time at a U.N. Tuesday protest in New York, ...
World Mum While Belarus Dictator Brutalizes Nation Why Is The World Silent? While Belarusian Dictator Lukashenka Brutalizes His People?
Post Date: 2006-03-12 21:12:58 by Coral Snake
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World Mum While Belarus Dictator Brutalizes Nation Why Is The World Silent? While Belarusian Dictator Lukashenka Brutalizes His People? 3-12-6 Belarus is the last European nation whose people are still suffering under the brutal grip and painful isolation caused by dictator, Alyaksandr Lukashenka. On March 19th, the day of our presidential elections, we finally have some degree of hope that freedom and Light will prevail over brutality and darkness, but we are certain that the Lukashenka regime is capable of anything to prevent that from happening. Numerous times over a long period of time, we have tried to inform the world about the plight of our people. President Bush has referred to ...
Slobodan Milosevic found dead in prison cell
Post Date: 2006-03-11 11:15:00 by A K A Stone
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AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - Slobodan Milosevic, the former Yugoslav leader, who was branded “the butcher of the Balkans” and was on trial for war crimes after orchestrating a decade of bloodshed during the breakup of his country, was found dead Saturday in his prison cell. He was 64. Milosevic, who suffered chronic heart ailments and high blood pressure, apparently died of natural causes and was found in his bed, the U.N. tribunal said, without giving an exact time of death. He had been examined by doctors following his frequent complaints of fatigue or ill health that delayed his trial, but the tribunal could not immediately say when he last underwent a medical checkup. All ...
Bush says diplomacy way to tackle Iran
Post Date: 2006-03-10 19:23:46 by A K A Stone
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush on Friday called Iran a "grave national security concern," but said he sought a diplomatic way to cap its nuclear goals. A hard-line Iranian cleric told a Friday prayers congregation in Tehran earlier that Bush was using the nuclear issue to further his goal of overthrowing the Islamic Republic. The United Nations Security Council, which has the power to impose sanctions on Iran but is unlikely to do so soon, has begun to tackle Iran's case after the U.N. nuclear watchdog sent the 15 members a report on Wednesday saying it could not verify that Iran's atomic activities were peaceful. The five council powers with veto rights ...
Nigerian militants attack fuel tanker, kill 5
Post Date: 2006-03-09 20:18:57 by A K A Stone
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LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigerian militants killed four soldiers and one policeman in an unsuccessful attempt to capture a fuel tanker in the southern delta, military officials said on Thursday. The militants, who are holding three foreign hostages, said they killed seven soldiers in a 45-minute firefight with troops on Wednesday evening, but a Navy spokesman said only four soldiers and one policeman died. "There was an attempt by militants to seize the tanker and there was an exchange of fire. They are probably running out of fuel in their camps," the spokesman said. The militants, who say they are fighting for more local control over the delta's oil resources, had earlier described ...
U.N. issues report on world water supplies
Post Date: 2006-03-09 20:13:43 by A K A Stone
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UNITED NATIONS, March 9 (UPI) -- The United Nation's World Water Development Report says nearly 20 percent of the Earth's population lacks access to safe drinking water. The report released Thursday says water-borne diseases killed more than 3 million people during 2002 and blames failed policies, a lack of resources and environmental changes for the problem. The study calls for better leadership if a goal of halving the proportion of people without proper access to safe water by 2015 is to be achieved, the BBC reported. The findings of what's called the most comprehensive assessment to date of the world's freshwater supplies will be outlined next week during the World Water Forum in ...
Israel will have to act on Iran if UN can't
Post Date: 2006-03-08 10:19:34 by A K A Stone
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row Bodies found garrotted in Iraq Political storms unabated in Bush New Orleans trip VIDEO: Talks held on the UAE ports deal VIDEO: Tight security after India blast PICTURES: Palestinian Funeral PICTURES: Champions League Soccer Highlights MORE By Louis Charbonneau BERLIN (Reuters) - If the U.N. Security Council is incapable of taking action to stop Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, Israel will have no choice but to defend itself, Israel's defense minister said on Wednesday. Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz was asked whether Israel was ready to use military action if the Security Council proved unable to act against what Israel and the West believe is a covert Iranian nuclear weapons ...
Russia denies Iran atom offer
Post Date: 2006-03-08 07:49:22 by A K A Stone
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VIENNA - Russia today backed away from what EU diplomats said was a proposal to let Iran do some atomic research if it agreed to refrain from enriching uranium on an industrial scale for 7-9 years. Russia abandoned the informal proposal, aimed at finding a compromise to the crisis over Iran's nuclear programme, after Western rejection of the idea. The United States and the European Union want Iran to shelve all work to enrich uranium because of suspicions that Tehran is secretly trying to make nuclear weapons. US Vice President Dick Cheney said today that Iran would be stopped from getting atomic bombs and faced "meaningful consequences" if it persists in defying calls to stop ...
Global Eye
Post Date: 2006-03-08 07:47:07 by A K A Stone
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Two weeks ago, an obscure, unelected, Republican-appointed official in California decided the future of the world. That future -- at least for the next several years -- will be an accelerating nightmare of war, corruption, repression, atrocity and terror. That's because the loyal apparatchik has, with the stroke of a pen, guaranteed the perpetuation of the Bush faction in power in 2008 and beyond. One of the few certainties in modern U.S. politics is that no Democrat can win the presidency without carrying California. Thanks to the Electoral College system set up by the Founding Oligarchs to keep the low-born rabble from voting directly for president, the big haul of California's electoral ...
Privacy fear as Google plans 'super database'
Post Date: 2006-03-08 07:41:20 by A K A Stone
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GOOGLE, the internet giant, is planning a massive online facility that could store copies of users' hard drives - a move set to spark alarm among civil liberties campaigners. Plans for the "GDrive", previously the subject of rumour among computer experts, were revealed accidentally after notes in a slideshow were wrongly published on Google's site. The device would create a mirror image of data stored on consumers' computer hard drives, letting users search data stored on other computers via Google accounts. While offering more convenient access to data, the service will stoke debate about the dangers of storing so much personal data on Google systems. Google recently squared up ...
Bird flu a bigger challenge than AIDS, warns WHO
Post Date: 2006-03-08 07:35:44 by A K A Stone
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By Alexander Higgins, Geneva THE lethal strain of bird flu poses a greater challenge to the world than any infectious disease, including AIDS, and has cost 300 million farmers over $10 billion in its spread through poultry around the world, the World Health Organisation said yesterday. Scientists also are increasingly worried that the H5N1 strain could mutate into a form easily passed between humans, triggering a global pandemic. It already is unprecedented as an animal illness in its rapid expansion. Since February, the virus has spread to birds in 17 countries in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Middle East, said the WHO's Dr Margaret Chan, citing UN Food and Agriculture Organisation ...
Iran Threatens U.S. With 'Harm and Pain'
Post Date: 2006-03-08 07:32:55 by A K A Stone
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VIENNA, Austria (AP) -- Iran threatened the United States with "harm and pain" on Wednesday for its role in hauling Tehran before the U.N. Security Council over its suspect nuclear program. "The United States has the power to cause harm and pain," said a statement meant for delivery at the International Atomic Energy Agency's 35-nation board meeting on Tehran's refusal to freeze uranium enrichment. "But the United States is also susceptible to harm and pain. So if that is the path that the U.S. wishes to choose, let the ball roll." © 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. ...
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