breaking_news ... A new Book documents Bush's Iraq war strategy,which will be available in book stores next week. "President Bush secretly ordered a war plan drawn up against Iraq less than two months after U.S. forces attacked Afghanistan and was so worried the decision would cause a furor he did not tell everyone on his national security team," 040416 ... ??? *** http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4756962/ *** 040416 ... kx21 I Link:- Secret_War_plan... 040417 ... somebody 911 commissioner: 'I've received threats' Gorelick says she won't step down; FBI investigating http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/04/17/gorelick.threats/index.html 040418 ... ... Blather Link- The_Truth About 'the Wall':- Bureaucratic_walls... 040418 ... ferret is difficult, they don't make it as flimsy as they used to. 040418 ... grendel problem is, in this country, when news breaks, we can count on the gaggle of whores we call our domestic media to fix it before we have to see any unpleasant details In the US, the only way i can get news that isn't sanitized for George Bush's protection is to go to CBC, BBC and occasionally some of the harder to read foreign language press sites, cause the knee-pad wearing, softball-throwing sell-outs who comprise the american newsmedia are typically too busy trying to get me to pay attention to some bullshit manufactured celebrity scandal 040419 ... kx21 *** The wonderful Window_dressing *** 040419 ... kx21 *** Breaking_News *** The Size of * Black_hole *:- Najaf is now bigger than Falluja!!! 040426 ... kx21 * Intelligence_estimate * Expansion / Growth Rate of the Black_hole from 14 April 2004 to 26 April 2004 (12 Days):- Falluja (11%) & Najar (57%)... Copyright 2004 kx21.com 040426 ... ? Najaf (57%)... 040426 ... ? * International_legitimacy * *** * The M ("Mother"?) of Violation *** US sets limits to Iraqi self-rule Why_NOT? 040426 ... kx21 *** * Iraq's 911 or US' Political_suicide? *** Given *** * The Shock_and_Awe *** U.S. planes, artillery pound targets in Fallujah / Najaf http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4824213/ 040428 ... . April 29 2004:- * Fallujah: The_Return_of_the_King.. * 040429 ... somebody May 1, 2004: Italy demos 'win hostage safety' http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3675893.stm iLink- * The_Test_of_will * - Italians- The Kidnappers' 'blackmail' 040501 ... ... * Moment_of_truth * Iraqis Hail Falluja 'Victory' as U.S. Changes Tack 27 minutes ago Iraq Attacks Kill 4 U.S. Service Members 31 minutes ago U.S. Death_Toll:- More than 140 (136 + 4) in April 2004 040501 ... ........ Saudi attackers dragged victim to a school 2 Americans, 2 Britons, Australian killed in terror attack "Free Forign_Flies Operation" in Saudi Arabia? 040502 ... ? * Free Foreign_Flies Operation * 040502 ... . http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4877691/ 040502 ... ........ Al-Sadr Forces Attack U.S. Convoy in Iraq 1 hour, 37 minutes ago NAJAF, Iraq - Shiite militiamen attacked a U.S. convoy in southern Iraq (news - web sites), killing two soldiers and setting vehicles on fire, even as mediators were trying Sunday to find a resolution to the U.S. standoff with the militia's leader. Two other American soldiers were killed in Baghdad http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040502/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq&cid=540&ncid=716 040502 ... kx21 * The_Reversal of Moment_of_truth * May 2 2004:- L. Paul Bremer, the U.S. administrator in Iraq "Takes back" a statement he made more than six months before the Sept. 11 attacks that ************************************ the Bush administration was "paying no attention" to terrorism. ************************************ 040502 ... ??? * 911 / White_House's_911 * 040502 ... ......... "The_sage_of_Omaha" Tycoon aids Kerry White House bid Investor Warren Buffett, the world's second richest man, is to help Senator John Kerry's campaign to remove President Bush from the White House. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3679627.stm 040503 ... i Foreigners' Role in Iraq Insurgency Small 6 minutes ago U.S. officials have for months publicly promoted the notion that foreign fighters and terrorists are playing a major role in the anti-American insurgency in Fallujah and the rest of Iraq. By blaming foreigners, U.S. authorities hope to quash the idea that Iraqis are rising up against military occupation and frame the conflict as part of the wider war on terror. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040503/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_foreign_fighters&cid=540&ncid=1480 040503 ... notme spin spin spin i hear insurgents i say resistance 040503 ... .......... * Free_foreign_flies_operations * 51 minutes ago The U.S. ambassador:- Americans: Go home. We cannot protect you. 040503 ... ........... * Deeply_sorry * US "deeply sorry" over Iraq abuse: Rice 4 minutes ago WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States is "deeply sorry" for the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by its soldiers, White House national security adviser Condoleezza Rice told al-Arabiya television in an interview. "We are deeply sorry for what has happened to these people, and what the families must be feeling. It's just not right. And we will get to the bottom of what happened," she said in the exchange, which was recorded on Monday. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20040504/pl_afp/us_iraq_prisoners_rice&cid=1521&ncid=1480 040504 ... ........... * US Human_Rights Annual Report * US postpones report on its rights record 1 hour, 19 minutes ago The annual report "Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: The US Record" was to have been released Wednesday. Its release "has been postponed for technical reasons that have held up completion of the report," the State Department said in a statement. 040504 ... kx21 * The_tip_of_the_iceberg * Bush Apologizes for Iraqi Prisoner Abuses 6 minutes ago "I was sorry for the humiliation suffered by the Iraqi prisoners, and the humiliation suffered by their families." 040506 ... ???????????? The Iceberg:- The humiliation suffered by ALL Iraqis... 040506 ... somebody * UK / Blaie Fantasy Sadistic_abuses * LATEST: Red Cross detailed alleged abuse of Iraqis to Tony Blair in February. Downing Street has confirmed it received a Red Cross report on alleged abuses by UK troops on Iraqi prisoners in February. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3697223.stm 040508 ... kx21 * Abuse_Photons * 48 minutes ago Bush Sees New Abuse Photos With 'Disgust'... 040510 ... kx21 * Abuse_Photos * 48 minutes ago Bush Sees New Abuse Photos With 'Disgust'... 040510 ... ... * Live_Vote * Poll: Bush Job Rating Dips, Support for War Down Reuters - 2 hours ago The CNN/USA Today/Gallup Poll found Bush's approval rating had dipped to 46 percent, down from 52 percent a month earlier. Bush ... 040510 ... i * The_Return_of_the_King * 11 May, 2004, 16:01 GMT 17:01 UK US to hand Saddam back to Iraqis US-led forces will hand over Saddam_Hussein to Iraqi authorities by 30 June, according to a top lawyer in charge of co-ordinating his trial. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3705005.stm 040511 ... .............. * The latest nationwide opinion Poll * For the first time:- a majority of Americans now believe the Iraq war was not worth fighting. http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40140000/gif/_40140195_us_poll_gra416.gif http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3703751.stm 040511 ... . * iLink: Live_Vote * 040511 ... kx21 * "Cut_and_Run" is now "Real" * 9_min_ago_US_does_not_stay_where_not_welcome 47_minutes_ago_US_will_leave_IRAQ_if_requested... 040514 ... somebody Price of gas hits 23-year high $2 a gallon seen as 'sustainable' norm Updated: 5:25 a.m. ET May 15, 2004 Oil and gasoline prices vaulted into record territory this week, pushing pump prices to the front of the election-year political agenda while raising fears that global demand for oil will have consumers paying $2 a gallon or more for gas for the foreseeable future. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4985430/ 040515 ... May152004 *** * May 15,2004 *** Poll: Bush Job Approval Hits New Low Sat May 15,10:19 PM ET http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=694&ncid=716&e=6&u=/ap/20040516/ap_on_el_pr/bush_approval * Live_Vote * 040516 ... May162004 * May 16, 2004 * US troops to stay in Iraq after June 30 handover: Bush 2 hours, 4 minutes ago BAGHDAD, (AFP) - President George W. Bush has vowed US troops will stay in Iraq after the June 30 handover of power to Iraqis, as new and potentially damaging allegations emerged on US military guidelines for interrogating prisoners in Iraqi jails. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20040516/wl_afp/iraq_worldwrap&cid=1512&ncid=1473 040516 ... May162004 Powell Says U.S. Troops to Stay 3 minutes ago "They need our troops there for some considerable time in the future." http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20040516/ts_nm/iraq_dc&cid=564&ncid=1480 040516 ... May162004 In policy reversal, US signals possible acceptance of theocracy in Iraq 39 minutes ago WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States signaled its readiness to put up with an Islamic theocracy in future sovereign Iraq, with Secretary of State Colin Powell saying the US administration "will have to accept" any government created as a result of free and fair elections there. The remark, made in an interview with NBC television, marked a policy reversal for the administration of President George W. Bush, which up to now had vowed to fight tooth and nail any attempt by Iraqi Shiite leaders to follow in the footsteps of their brethren in Iran. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20040516/wl_afp/us_iraq_iran_religion_040516113506&e=2 040516 ... iMay162004 iLink: The_M_Reversal 040516 ... iMay162004 new_deeply_sorry_vs_old_offensive_operation 040516 ... May162004 Israel 'to step up demolitions' 16 May, 2004, 10:04 GMT 11:04 UK Scores of Palestinian homes have been reduced to rubble The Israeli army has said it plans to destroy hundreds more homes in the Gaza Strip, after Israel's Supreme Court said demolitions could go ahead. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3718529.stm 040516 ... iMay162004 * iLink * Live_systematic_terrorist_acts_on_Earth 040516 ... May162004 Iraq clashes near Shia shrines 16 May, 2004, 12:08 GMT 13:08 UK Clashes occurred close to the Iman Hussein holy site US troops have clashed with militiamen in Iraq's holy city of Karbala, with American tanks passing near two of the most important sites of Shia Islam. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3718249.stm 040516 ... May162004 * The_real_Fog_of_World_War_III * "We can make them (Americans) use their rifles against us or we can make them build our country, it's your choice," FALLUJAH, Iraq - A former Saddam Hussein-era general appointed by the Americans to lead an Iraqi security force in the rebellious Sunni stronghold of Falluja... http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&e=3&u=/ap/20040516/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_fallujah 040516 ... ................ * i.e. The_images_of_Americans * 040516 ... May162004 --- Lawmakers Told of POW Abuse Months Ago 46 minutes ago HAGERSTOWN, Md. - Two months before pictures of Iraqi prisoner abuse became public, the family of one accused soldier wrote to 14 members of Congress that "something went wrong" involving "mistreatment of POWs" at Abu Ghraib prison. Separately, a suspended Army officer in Iraq wrote to Republican Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania that he was being unfairly punished after "pictures of naked prisoners" were discovered. He sent the letter six weeks before the CBS program "60 Minutes II" first broadcast photographs of the prisoners on April 28. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=512&ncid=716&e=1&u=/ap/20040517/ap_on_go_co/prisoner_abuse 040516 ... iMay162004 Secret Operation for Prisoner / POW Interrogation:- "Grab_whom_you_must_and_do_what_you_want" 040516 ... May172004 Car bomb kills Iraqi governing council leader: political sources 16 minutes ago BAGHDAD (AFP) - The current head of the US-appointed Iraqi Governing Council, Ezzedine Salim, was killed in a car-bomb explosion, Iraqi politicians said. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20040517/ts_afp/iraq_us_blast_council&cid=1503&ncid=1480 040517 ... May172004 * Iraq car bomb slaying sends oil price to new high Mon May 17, 5:36 PM ET NEW YORK (AFP) - New York's main crude oil contract shot to a record high after a car bomb slayed the head of the Iraqi Governing Council, deepening concerns over Middle East security. Light, sweet crude for delivery in June rose 17 cents to finish at 41.55 dollars a barrel, the highest settlement in the 21-year history of the contract on the New York Mercantile Exchange. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20040517/bs_afp/oil_price_040517213635&e=1 040517 ... May182004 * May 18, 2004 * US soldier alleges cover-up in prison abuse 2 hours, 15 minutes ago WASHINGTON (AFP) - A member of US military intelligence said that the army tried to cover up the extent of detainee abuse in Iraq , a US television network reported. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1521&e=4&u=/afp/20040518/pl_afp/us_iraq_prisoners_040518231124 040518 ... iMay232004 "Live_systematic_terrorist_acts_on_Earth" AP: 5,558 Iraqi civilians killed under occupation The Associated Press Updated: 5:08 p.m. ET May 23, 2004 040523 ... Jun012004 * June 01, 2004 * Crude futures touch record-high of $42 a barrel Oil surges after weekend Saudi terrorist attack http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5098489/ 040601 ... . http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Art/BUSINESS/040506/Gas_price_consumption.gif 040601 ... iJun022004 * June 02, 2004 * Gunmen in Riyadh open fire on Americans Americans urged to leave Saudi Arabia. In Washington Tuesday, U.S. State Department spokesman Richard Boucher reiterated his government's advice that Americans leave Saudi Arabia. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5113003/ 040602 ... Jun02004 Italian Hostages Shown Alive on Arab TV 9 minutes ago ROME - Weeks after their capture, three Italian hostages taken hostage in Iraq were shown on a video broadcast Wednesday on an Arab television station. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040602/ap_on_re_mi_ea/italy_iraq_hostages&cid=540&ncid=1480 040602 ... Jun032004 3 June, 2004, 14:41 GMT 15:41 UK CIA chief George Tenet steps down CIA director George Tenet has tendered his resignation to the White House, citing "personal reasons". http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3774089.stm 040603 ... Jun042004 Fri Jun 4, 7:34 PM ET's "Be_on_notice" US /UK's "M Offer" to Iraq- * Cut_and_run * US, Britain offer Iraq right to send troops home 040604 ... ferret there is no news today and it is not raining. 040604 ... Jun092004 Japanese Man Sues Gov't for Kidnapping 30 minutes ago TOKYO - A Japanese activist who was briefly held captive in Iraq has sued his own government, saying its decision to send troops to the region angered his kidnappers and was to blame for his ordeal. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040609/ap_on_re_as/japan_iraq_hostage&cid=516&ncid=1480 040609 ... Jun162004 * Regime_Change - Bush Administration * 26 Ex-U.S. Diplomats Urge Bush's Ouster Wed Jun 16, 6:48 PM ET http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040616/ap_on_el_pr/diplomats_statement_4 040616 ... iJun202004 Sadr invited to Iraqi conference 20 June, 2004, 21:05 GMT 22:05 UK The committee preparing next month's Iraqi national conference says it has invited the radical Shia cleric, Moqtada Sadr, to take part. It is not clear whether Mr Sadr has accepted http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3824445.stm 040620 what's it to you? who go blather from