[...]
Assassinated or missing
1. Carlos Augusto Aumatrie (assassinated)
2. Juan Carlos Urbano Lugo (assassinated)
3. Jose Manuel Vilas Liñera (assassinated)
4. Omar Arturo Morales
5. Juan Jose Perez
6. Juan Ernesto Sanchez
7. Andres Bastidas Guedes
8. Jose Luis Rodriguez
9. Eduardo Jose Miranda
10. Julio Cesar Gomez
11. Rafael Tomas Pulido Marcano (APPEARED BADLY TORTURED)
12. Pedro Jose Sanchez Robles (assassinated)
13. William Alvarez Morales (assassinated)
[...]
A frameless glassware assembly attaching to body piercing studs. Design consisting of an elastomeric C-clip fixedly attached to one distal end of a metal arm, which is attached to a frameless glass lens assembly. Design allows for frameless eyeglass attachment to the eyebrow studs or to the nose studs of a user via the elastomeric C-clip. One embodiment allows the frameless glassware to attach to eyebrow studs and the second allows the frameless glassware to attach to a nose stud. Both designs are frameless and avoid side wire earpieces common to hold glassware to the face of a user.
I'd be petulant too, if my son were in a war that Bush started and can't finish whil[e] his kids are transmitting STD's in Argentina.Normally I don't make much out of remarks like this because I make them myself frequently. When I do it though, its done with a measure of jest which I attempt to convey to the reader rather than pure white hot ideological BDS hatred.
[...]The consequences of failure are unthinkable not only for us, the Iraqis, but also for all free people in the world with the American people foremost, whether they belong to this party or that. Never mind the chorus of America haters, and all the discordant din of international hypocrisy. This fight against terrorism is more just than the struggle against fascism and Nazism was. There can be no neutrals in this battle. The terrorists are worst than the fascists, these killers specializing in murdering and torturing the innocent are by far more heinous than any other kind of vermin. No decent human being can find any excuses for these zombies. Worst still, anybody who heaps invective against those confronting this inhuman evil, is almost as guilty as the beast himself. America was not always right, but this time by God, its fight is as just as the sun is bright in an Iraqi summer day. Anybody who cannot see this is as blind in heart as in sight[...]
[...]America seems to have become confused and loosing sight of the fundamentals of the issue and even who the real enemy is. Of course this was aided by a massive propaganda assault aimed directly at the American public from abroad and from within. Yet this is absolutely not a partisan issue. It is tragic that this matter is used for partisan purposes and for electoral considerations. When the ship of state starts sinking, it will take down everybody with it. You ask us Iraqis about this. And this is war, my friends. You can’t have half wars. In war you just have to go all the way. You either win or lose, and if you lose you are lost. In no other situation is this more true than this our war.
Democrat or republican, America has no option but to find a way to win this war. All real Americans must be as sure of that as all real Iraqis.
A family planning doctor told a patient that she had "something sinister" moving in her stomach and needed an exorcism to ward off evil spirits, a medical tribunal heard yesterday.H/T Expressus
Dr Joyce Pratt, 44, informed the young woman that she was being tormented by black magic and sent her away with crosses and stones to protect her. She also claimed to have visionary powers and told the patient that her mother was a witch who was planning to kill her, it was alleged.
Dr Pratt, who worked for the NHS Westside Contraceptive Services in Westminster, London, is accused of serious professional misconduct and was due to face a General Medical Council "fitness to practise" panel in Manchester yesterday.[...]
[...]The attack on the field on the edge of South Darfur appeared to be another sign that Darfur's violence was spreading across the region
"The government garrison guarding the oil field was totally destroyed," the National Redemption Front rebel group said in a statement. "Numerous soldiers, including high-ranking officers and generals, have surrendered," the rebels said, claiming to have shot down an army helicopter and to have captured a "substantial amount" of weapons and military vehicles.
A Sudanese military spokesman denied the army had surrendered, saying its troops had "inflicted heavy causalities on the rebels, who withdrew from the area." He spoke on condition of anonymity in line with official policy[...]
Researchers at UC Davis, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the University of Haifa in Israel have cloned a gene from wild wheat that increases the protein, zinc and iron content in the grain, potentially offering a solution to nutritional deficiencies affecting hundreds of millions of children around the world, the university announced.
Results from the study are reported in Friday’s issue of the journal Science...
DURING an inspection tour of a restaurant in Ahad Rufaidah by the Civil Defense, Staff Sergeant Sa’eed Mohammed Bin Shuwaih caught a Filipino worker urinating in a ketchup jerry can. The worker was caught in the presence of all the officials and he was handed over to the police after the municipality closed down the restaurant.H/T Stilettos in the Sand(who just made my blogroll)
[...]"You remember when they found Saddam Hussein in Iraq? A soldier walked over to a rug, lifted it and then found a trap-door and found him in there," Geller told Reuters.Roswell! Alien Invasions! Men in Black! Psychics! UFO's! Have we all suddenly stepped off the bus into "moron world" when a (supposedly) credible outfit like Reuters gives any inktime at all to stories like this?
"Well, I know that that soldier walked over to that rug because he got information from a 'remote viewer' from the United States."[...]
Iranian state television reported Monday that a plane crashed in Tehran, killing 28 members of the elite Revolutionary Guard, including high-ranking officers[...]
[...]But it's more than bias. Like every bum prediction, this one reflects an underlying flaw in understanding. In Reinhart's case, it's a very deep flaw, and it's this: she's completely missed the most salient development in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The flaw is perfectly evidenced in this accusation she's made against Israel:What is happening in the [Israeli-occupied] Territories is a process of slow and steady genocide. People die from being shot and killed, many die from their wounds—the number of wounded is enormous, it is in the tens of thousands. Often, people can not get medical treatment, so someone with a heart attack will die at a road block because they can not get to the hospital. There is a serious shortage of food, so there is malnutrition of children. The Palestinian society is dying—daily—and there is hardly any awareness of this in Israeli society.What's wrong with this picture? For a "dying society," subjected to "slow and steady genocide," Palestinians have enjoyed an astonishingly robust population growth. In the West Bank, the net population growth rate is 3.13%, and in Gaza it's 3.77%, compared to Israel's 1.2%. That's also much higher than the net growth rates of Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, and Egypt (CIA estimates for 2005). Life expectancy at birth is 72.3—at least five years above the Arab average, and higher than the same figure for Syria, Jordan, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia (Arab Human Development Report III, 2002 figures)[...]
[...]despite desperate efforts by the anti-Iraqi forces to keep citizens of Ramadi from providing valuable tips – efforts including murder, torture, and destroying phone lines and cell phone towers – the enemy is indeed wearing out its welcome in a city it once essentially owned[...]H/T to commenter 'E. T. Page' over at the Mudville Gazette
[...]Put it all together – the Forward Observation Bases, new Combat Operation Posts, new Observation Posts, tribal cooperation, ever more Iraqi army and police, better intelligence, and public works projects. There's no "stay the course" strategy here; the course changes as necessary and it's continually changed for the better. I believe we are winning the Battle of Ramadi. And if the enemy can be beaten here, he can be beaten anywhere.
A device for collecting flatus gas from a human or animal subject, the device comprising a gas-tight collecting tube 10 for insertion into the rectum of the subject and retaining means comprising a pair of O rings 18 locatable in the subject's inter-sphincter groove[...]Much more HERE
[...]Officers at 11:30 p.m. Sunday investigated reports of possible gunfire coming from the balcony of a Lampson Street residence in Esquimalt. A 43-year-old man was arrested and police seized nine improvised potato guns of various sizes.[...]H/T War on guns and Dr. Helen
[...]The Labor Department reported Wednesday that new applications filed for the work week ending Nov. 18, rose by a seasonally adjusted 12,000 to 321,000. The increase was bigger than many economists were expecting. They were forecasting new claims to clock in at about 310,000. [...]
[...]Venezuela says it produces about 3.3 million barrels a day, but many outside sources - including the IEA, Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, and the U.S. Energy Information Agency - put actual production closer to about 2.5 million barrels a day.[...]
The mayor of a small town in Brazil says his elderly constituents are much happier ever since he started handing out free Viagra through a program titled "Pinto Alegre" in Portuguese, or "Happy Penis" in English.
Joao de Souza Luz, mayor of Novo Santo Antonio, in the central state of Mato Grosso, said 68 men over the age of 60 had already signed up for the program, which was approved by the town's legislature.
"Since we started the free distribution of sexual stimulants, our elderly population changed. They're much happier," said Souza Luz[...]
...Although Nikkogen is a new company, our engineering skill base experience exceeds 125 years and is built on heavy engineering, electrical power station support, energy control system design, installation and maintenance.H/T Tim Worstall
We have a global license to manufacture/market zero-emission Prime Mover Systems that are designed to drive large electrical alternators to generate clean carbon-free electricity...
Police appealed again Wednesday morning for help identifying the body of a baby girl found a day earlier at a recycling plant in suburban West Palm Beach.
Preliminary autopsy results could not determine whether the child, named Baby Grace by detectives, was born alive, Palm Beach County sheriff's officials said. She appeared to have been carried to full term. Little else was known except that she was white and had black hair.
Anyone with information is asked to call detective Bob Falbe at 561-688-4147 or Crime Stoppers at 800-458-TIPS.[...]
Al Seyassah daily learned from authoritative sources in Beirut, that one of the editors of the Syrian National News Agency (SANA) placed a phone call to a pro-Syrian Lebanese newspaper at 3:05 pm on Tuesday. The caller inquired about the details of the assassination of Lebanese Minister for Industry Pierre Gemayel, raising eyebrows at the Lebanese newpaper. The timing of phone call was 55 minutes before the assassination was carried out.H/T Sandmonkey
Manila airport officials prevented a real life version of horror flick "Snakes on a Plane" this week when they stopped more than 130 reptiles, including poisonous cobras, from boarding a flight to Bangkok.[...]H/T Sandmonkey
[...]A blast of cold air is moving into the state this week, state emergency officials said.
Wind chills may drop into the 20s in parts of north Florida and high temperatures may only reach the 60s as far south as the Keys on Wednesday, state meteorologist Ben Nelson said.
Miami wasn't expected to even hit 70 on Wednesday, and low temperatures were expected to dive into the mid-40s.[...]
LIVE ammunition has been found lying in the doorway of a busy high street shop.H/T Tigerhawk
The .22 calibre short round bullet was found at the entrance of the 99p Stores in Walthamstow High Street on Wednesday morning, November 1.[...]
[...]"How can you feel safe when you are finding things like this on the street?[...]
[...]Police are treating the unattended ammunition as a crime. Mr Khan alerted them at 10.16am, and they arrived at his shop to pick up the bullet at 11.32am.
The Global Consciousness Project (http://noosphere.princeton.edu), Princeton University, runs a network of Random Event Generators (REGs) around the world, which record changes in randomness during global events. The results show that human consciousness can be measured to have a global effect on matter and energy during widely-watched events such as 9/11 and the Indian Ocean tsunami. There have also been measurable results during mass meditations and prayers.H/T Tigerhawk
The Zero Point Field or Quantum Field surrounds and is part of everything in the universe. It can be affected by human consciousness, as can be seen when simple observation of a subatomic particle's state...
[...]Mr. Mather said Shell has studied building a carbon capture facility at its Scotford upgrader east of Edmonton, which is being expanded to produce up to 155,000 barrels of synthetic oil a day.[...]
[...]Check all electrical outlets, including accessory outlets that may be mounted on patient beds, for cleanliness, physical integrity, and functionality. The IEEE standard 602-1996, section 4.2.2 advises that hospital-grade outlets be used and that they should be mounted with the ground pin or neutral blade up to assure that any metal that may drop between the plug and the wall will most likely contact an unenergized blade. (Specifications for “hospital-grade” connectors appear in UL498-2001, Supplement SD.)[...]
The Marines of 461 along with elements of Charlie Company of the Guam Army National Guard conducted a joint military training with the French unit based in Djibouti, on Oct. 31. The event marked the first time the United States and French military forces have worked together in a training exercise involving both air and ground forces in the Horn of Africa.US Navy assumes command of Camp Lemonier
[...]Consisting of about 1,500 U.S. and coalition personnel, the task force conducts operations and training to help host nations establish a secure environment while enabling regional stability.
The primary purpose of the camp is to support CTF-HOA's anti-terrorism operations here in the Horn of Africa to include Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen, said Fahey.
As Fischer moves on to his new assignment in Quantico, Va., he says Camp Lemonier's greatest achievement is its day-to-day operation.
“We're an anti-terrorism base, so our most important accomplishment is providing security and safety to Camp Lemonier each and every day,” he said.
Originally a French Foreign Legion post, the camp was later renovated by the U.S. CJTF-HOA later moved its headquarters from the flagship USS Mount Whitney to the East African facility. [...]
Germany's recent decision to continue participating in the "Enduring Freedom" campaign against international terrorism has caused some controversy, but for troops on naval patrol in Africa, it's business as usual.[...]
[...]While many Germans may be starting to question the usefulness of the "Enduring Freedom" campaign, the marines themselves are sure of their aims.
"We are here to fight international terrorism," says one soldier on the frigate "Schleswig Holstein."[...]
[...]Topping the list for possible repeal are: tax breaks for refinery expansion and for geological studies to help oil exploration, and a tax credit for drilling in this country rather than abroad.
An Oliver Springs fire department captain has been suspended following his arrest for allegedly using the Internet to solicit sex from a 15-year-old girl[...]
[...]charged with 22 counts of solicitation of a minor and one count each of statutory rape and especially aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor[...]
[...]rendezvous with the girl at a convenience store in Murfreesboro on Thursday but was met there instead by an undercover Tennessee Bureau Investigation agent[...]
[...]that for all their brilliant staffers, resources, and reputation for authenticity, they can be fooled, and it is left to investigative Web sites to shout foul. In the Lebanon war this past summer, celebrated newspapers and television stations worldwide carried pictures showing that Israel had targeted two International Red Cross ambulances — a fabrication of Hezbollah that investigative Web sites ultimately exposed.It should be the other way around.[...]
Syracuse University professor Arthur C. Brooks has written a book called Who Really Cares: The Surprising Truth About Compassionate Conservatism. His conclusions echo all of the other research I've seen:H/T TigerhawkThe book's basic findings are that conservatives who practice religion, live in traditional nuclear families and reject the notion that the government should engage in income redistribution are the most generous Americans, by any measure.Liberals tend to specialize in giving away other peoples' money.
Conversely, secular liberals who believe fervently in government entitlement programs give far less to charity. They want everyone's tax dollars to support charitable causes and are reluctant to write checks to those causes, even when governments don't provide them with enough money.
[L]iberals give less than conservatives in every way imaginable, including volunteer hours and donated blood.
You're pretty normal. Infact you're usually the sane voice of reason when everyone else is going crazy.
H/T Dr. Helen
[...]Rummy: Sure Chris. You see between now and the confirmation hearings I will be going back to Iraq on several occasions. The media normally just covers bad news from Iraq but this time they will have no choice. They will have to get soldiers reaction to my resignation and how they feel about their mission in Iraq. A great percentage of the soldiers really believe in their mission and the American people will see that. Oh and the confirmation hearings are a trap for the Democrats. You'd think they would have learned from the Justice Roberts hearings but I guess not.
ALR: Can you share with us what you foresee happening at the confirmation hearings?
Rummy: Oh its going to be great theater. The back seat drivers will finally have to go on record for what they think is the best course instead of always complaining that we just missed a turn.
[...]
[...]Each House may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two thirds, expel a member[...]Obviously, we can't get the 2/3 vote to boot Jefferson, BUT we can get a lot of democrats ON RECORD as having voted in favor of corruption.
| 611 | 1% | Scott Barron(D) |
| 1,091 | 1% | Regina Bartholomew(D) |
| 1,142 | 1% | Eric T. Bradley(R) |
| 19,972 | 22% | Karen Carter(D) |
| 11,052 | 12% | Troy "C" Carter(D) |
| 117 | 0% | Deven "D. C." Collins(D) |
| 659 | 1% | John Edwards(D) |
| 27,706 | 30% | William J. Jefferson(D) |
| 397 | 0% | Gregory W. "Rhumbline" Kahn(L) |
| 12,405 | 13% | Joseph "Joe" Lavigne(R) |
| 396 | 0% | M. V. "Vinny" Mendoza(D) |
| 16,621 | 18% | Derrick Shepherd(D) |
| 248 | 0% | Lawrence William "Lance" von Uhde, III(R) |
If you honor Democratic candidates with your vote today, in the first hundred hours of a Democratic Congress: We will restore civility, integrity, and fiscal responsibility to the House of Representatives. We will start by cleaning up Congress, breaking the link between lobbyists and legislation and commit to pay-as-you-go, no new deficit spending.[my note: riiight!!]
We will make our nation safer and we will begin by implementing the recommendations of the independent, bipartisan 9/11 Commission.
We will make our economy fairer, and we will begin by raising the minimum wage. We will not pass a pay raise for Congress until there is an increase in the minimum wage. [my note: is she promising a congressional pay raise here too?!?!]
We will make health care more affordable for all Americans[my note: i.e. massive tax increases], and we will begin by fixing the Medicare prescription drug program, putting seniors first by negotiating lower drug prices. We will also promote stem cell research to offer real hope to the millions of American families who suffer from devastating diseases.
We will broaden college opportunity, and we will begin by cutting interest rates for student loans in half.[my note: and raise taxes to compensate for this new give away]
We will energize America by achieving energy independence[my note: how?], and we will begin by rolling back the multi-billion dollar subsidies for Big Oil.[my note: so they scale back domestic exploration and research on alternatives right?]
We will guarantee a dignified retirement[my note: sounds a lot like more spending to me], and we will begin by fighting any attempt to privatize Social Security.
A man who reportedly believed Republicans were conspiring to steal today's election entered an Allentown polling site, signed in and proceeded to smash the screen of one of the electronic voting machines with a metal cat paperweight, poll volunteers said.H/T Pajamas Media
Michael Young, 43, of 375 Auburn St., will be charged with felony criminal mischief and tampering with voting machines, according to Ronald Manescu, chief of investigations for Allentown police[...]
US MILITARY ACTION AGAINST NORTH KOREA
The contract will expire at 100 if the United States conducts an overt military action against North Korea, either within or outside of North Korean territory, on or before 11:59:59pm ET on or before the date specified in the contract. The contract will expire at 0 if no overt military action is taken[...]
[...]Any military blockade undertaken by the United States against North Korea or any inspection of North Korean vessels conducted by the United States military will not be considered an overt military action[...]
This year we have a secret weapon of our own.
But it won’t work without your help.
We are looking for additional, dedicated, progressive-minded volunteers for a well-planned but very secret mission behind enemy lines.
We need volunteers from all counties who:
1. have never voted in an Ohio primary election
2. can dress (and talk) about issues from a conservative perspective
Please contact me directly at JOSEPH@PLUNDERBUND.COM for more information.
...a recent story involving a teenager who threatened her father with a hand grenade in an argument over paying for a mobile phone bill.
The father expressed surprise that his daughter had managed to get hold of a grenade from her friends, rather than simply use one of his own collection.
[...]I'm pleased to announce that as of this morning, the U.S. Marshals Service has concluded Operation FALCON III, an intensive week-long law enforcement campaign in which more than 10,700 fugitives, 1600 sex offenders, 971 of whom were unregistered, and 360 gang members, were arrested. Operation FALCON can also claim seizure of over 230 firearms.[...]
[...]Joined by federal, state, and local law enforcement, the Marshals Service leads Operation FALCON, targeting the worst of the worst fugitive felons in the country.[...]
A teen in Winter Park, Fla., was arrested on suspicion of selling about $800,000 worth of computers that did not exist on the online auction site eBay, Florida Department of Law Enforcement officials said.
Agents raided a Winter Park home on Aloma Road belonging to the parents of Thomas Thompson, 19, and took teen into custody Friday.
"Agents with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement said Thompson was selling high-end computer routers on eBay," Local 6's Louis Bolden said. "People were actually paying for them but he never delivered the goods -- ripping them off for about $800,000."[...]
November 2, 2006
Mr. XXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXX, FL XXXXX-XXXX
Dear Mr. XXXXXXXX:
Thank you for contacting me with your concerns regarding about commemorating the brave airline passengers, Thomas Burnett, Jeremy Glick, Mark Bingham and Todd Beamer, who sacrificed their lives to prevent an attack on the Capitol. Upon further research with other Members of Congress who may have already initiated action on this worthy cause, it is my hope that we may see greater recognition for these ordinary American heroes.
Thank you again for taking the time to write. Correspondence with my constituents is a very valuable source of information and is very helpful to me. I sincerely appreciate your input and hope that you will feel free to contact me anytime I may be of assistance to you. In addition, I invite you to visit
my website (http://wexler.house.gov) to help keep up with events in Washington and in South Florida.
With warm regards,
Robert Wexler
Member of Congress
Confirmation# 1000XXXX
October 31, 2006H/T Ray Robinson
MYTH 1: Secretary Rumsfeld ignored military advice to increase troop levels in Iraq.
FACTS: The opposite is true. Rather than ignoring the recommendations of senior military commanders, civilian leaders have relied heavily on their advice.
* In the early planning phases of the Iraq war, for example, although Secretary Rumsfeld was ready to approve plans to deploy up to 400,000 troops if needed, Gen. Tommy Franks, commander of U.S. Central Command, opted instead for a campaign emphasizing speed rather than mass[...]
MYTH 2: The Defense Department has pursued a “stay the course” strategy that does not allow for adjustments in strategy.
FACTS: The suggestion of a static and unyielding approach to Iraq fails to take into account continuous adjustments in strategy that have been made on the battlefield.
Some examples:
* The program for training and equipping the Iraqi army was revised substantially to stand up a force better suited to internal security and fighting terrorists.
* The Coalition Provisional Authority’s (CPA) initial plan to transfer sovereignty and hold elections was moved up to an earlier date, in response to the desire of the Iraqi people to take charge of their own country[...]
MYTH 3: The administration has been distracted from waging an effective war in Afghanistan by Iraq.
FACTS: Today there are more Coalition forces in Afghanistan than at any time since Operation Enduring Freedom began in 2001.
* In March 2003, the United States had about 9,500 troops in Afghanistan. Today, there are more than 21,000 U.S. forces either under U.S. or NATO command in Afghanistan or directly supporting missions there. Some 20,000 troops from 37 NATO and non-NATO nations are also committed to the effort[...]
MYTH 4: Violence in Iraq may have “cost more than 600,000 Iraqis their lives.”
FACTS: The study this figure is drawn from has been widely disputed.
* Steve Moore, ...[That] tally is wildly at odds with any numbers I have seen in that country. … [T]he key to the validity of cluster sampling is to use enough cluster points. … [T]he Johns Hopkins team says it used 47 cluster points for their sample of 1,849 interviews. This is astonishing: I wouldn't survey a junior high school, no less an entire country, using only 47 cluster points.”[...]
MYTH 5: U.S. Army Chief of Staff General Eric Shinseki was “fired,” “removed,” or “cashiered” after suggesting the need for more troops.
FACTS: This is demonstrably false.
* Gen. Shinseki was appointed to a four-year term as chief of staff of the Army and served his full term. When Gen. Shinseki made his oft-cited statement about troop levels in February 2003 during a congressional hearing, it was already well-known that his term would end six months later. Serving longer would have been extraordinary. The only two men to serve longer than four years in the entire 103-year history of the position have been Gen. Douglas MacArthur and Gen. George Marshall.
...In Vienna, however, the Russian unsealed the envelope with the nuclear blueprints and included a personal letter of his own to the Iranians. No matter what the CIA told him, he was going to hedge his bets. There was obviously something wrong with the blueprints - so he decided to mention that fact to the Iranians in his letter. They would certainly find flaws for themselves, and if he didn't tell them first, they would never want to deal with him again.H/T Strata Sphere
The Russian was thus warning the Iranians as carefully as he could that there was a flaw somewhere in the nuclear blueprints, and he could help them find it. At the same time, he was still going through with the CIA's operation in the only way he thought would work...
...DOE only confirmed that 20 experts from its national laboratory complex packaged 1.77 metric tons of low-enriched uranium and roughly 1,000 highly radioactive sources from a former Iraqi nuclear research facility...
...The Iraqi nuclear research complex where the materials came from "was once a central institution for Iraq's nuclear weapons program before being dismantled in the early 1990s, following the first Gulf War," according to federal officials...
...55,000 pounds of nuclear material and other sensitive equipment from Libya to Oak Ridge was just the "tip of the iceberg."...
...50 crates of parts and equipment associated with weapons work and four centrifuges, which are used in the production of weapons-grade uranium...
..."The first shipment contained designs, material and equipment determined by U.S. and British experts to be the most sensitive items in the Libyan nuclear weapons program," Abraham said. "All the ingredients were available for a weapons program to be developed."
Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham talks about centrifuge casings removed from Libya. The casings house the rotating machinery in a uranium enrichment centrifuge.
The January shipment also included four cylinders of uranium hexafluoride, which have already been inspected by the International Atomic Energy Agency and shipped to a facility in Ohio...
...reportedly, a ship transporting around 500 tons of material associated with Libya's weapons program is expected to dock at a port - possibly in North Carolina - later this month...
Among the dozens of documents in English were Iraqi reports written in the 1990’s and in 2002 for United Nations inspectors in charge of making sure Iraq abandoned its unconventional arms programs after the Persian Gulf war. Experts say that at the time, Mr. Hussein’s scientists were on the verge of building an atom bomb, as little as a year away.H/T Ace and Stop the ACLU
...I'm sorry, did the New York Times just put on the front page that IRAQ HAD A NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM AND WAS PLOTTING TO BUILD AN ATOMIC BOMB?
What? Wait a minute. The entire mantra of the war critics has been "no WMDs, no WMDs, no threat, no threat", for the past three years solid. Now we're being told that the Bush administration erred by making public information that could help any nation build an atomic bomb.
Let's go back and clarify: IRAQ HAD NUCLEAR WEAPONS PLANS SO ADVANCED AND DETAILED THAT ANY COUNTRY COULD HAVE USED THEM.
I think the Times editors are counting on this being spun as a "Boy, did Bush screw up" meme; the problem is, to do it, they have to knock down the "there was no threat in Iraq" meme, once and for all. Because obviously, Saddam could have sold this information to anybody, any other state, or any well-funded terrorist group that had publicly pledged to kill millions of Americans and had expressed interest in nuclear arms. You know, like, oh... al-Qaeda.
The New York Times just tore the heart out of the antiwar argument, and they are apparently completely oblivous to it.
The antiwar crowd is going to have to argue that the information somehow wasn't dangerous in the hands of Saddam Hussein, but was dangerous posted on the Internet. It doesn't work. It can't be both no threat to America and yet also somehow a threat to America once it's in the hands of Iran. Game, set, and match.
..."Of course Americans should vote Democrat," Jihad Jaara, a senior member of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades terror group and the infamous leader of the 2002 siege of Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity...
The National Democratic Party has spent $50,000 promoting a nominal Republican write-in candidate to succeed former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, a move the more prominent GOP campaign called a "desperate" effort to split the write-in vote...
...The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee spent more on the direct mail than Richardson has spent on his own campaign. In Federal Election Commission filings, the DCCC classifies the $50,000 expenditure as "opposition" mail...
...A spokeswoman for the DCCC declined to discuss its strategy...
...Trabelsi, who was sentenced in September 2003 to 10 years in prison for having planned a suicide attack on a military base, described in great detail how he and Bin Laden had used the statues as targets for shooting practice.H/T Gateway Pundit.
Documents found in Kabul after the fall of the Taliban attested to the influence exercised by Bin Laden and Al Qaeda on Mullah Mohammed Omar, head of the Taliban regime, which led him to decide to demolish the monuments...
Michael Stone, the most infamous hitman of the Northern Ireland conflict, has confessed to planning to murder Ken Livingstone. The former Loyalist assassin has revealed in an interview how he stalked London's Mayor when he was leader of the GLC in the Eighties.
He was within three days of carrying out the plan, he said, but it was called off because the operation had been penetrated by an informer...
...Stone says he viewed Mr Livingstone as "a legitimate target" because he was giving support and credibility to McGuinness and Adams. He says of the assassination plot: "One of my biggest regrets is that I had to call it off."
