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White House to Review 9/11 Report Before Release The White House will vet "line by line" the report of an independent commission investigating the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks before it is publicly released, the commission chairman said on Sunday. [Petition to Senate to Investigate Oddities of 9/11
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White House has final say on 9/11 report The White House will have the final say on the text of a report examining whether the Sept. 11 attacks could have been prevented and will also determine when the report will be released.

U.S. Could've Stopped 9/11 Attacks, Panel Chief Says The terrorist strikes of Sept. 11, 2001, could have been prevented had the United States government acted sooner to dismantle Al Qaeda and responded more quickly to other terrorist threats, the chairman of the commission investigating the attacks said today, even as the White House sought to dispel the notion that the attacks were avoidable.

Uneven Response Seen on Terror in Summer of 2001 A review of the Bush regime's deliberations and actions in the summer of 2001, based on interviews with current and former officials and an examination of the preliminary findings of the commission, shows that the White House's impulse to deal more forcefully with terrorist threats within the United States peaked July 5 and then leveled off until Sept. 11. [Note: Bush's *month-long* vacation in Crawford was in AUGUST.] The review shows that over that summer, with terror warnings mounting, the government's response was often scattered and inconsistent as the new dictatorship struggled to develop a comprehensive strategy for combating Al Qaeda and other terror organizations. The warnings during the summer were more dire and more specific than generally recognized. Descriptions of the threat were communicated repeatedly to the highest levels within the White House. In more than 40 briefings, Mr. Bush was told by George J. Tenet, the director of central intelligence, of threats involving Al Qaeda. [What *was* Dictator Bush doing on his *month-long* vacation, in August of 2001? Planning for the best way to get the 'Patriot' Act passed in the aftermath of the impending Al Qaeda attacks? Deciding on how to blow through the Clinton surplus for Halliburton, with impunity? The Bush-Cheney PNAC crew was certainly NOT working on thwarting the impending terrorist attacks, which permitted the Bush dictatorship to survive.]

Odigo says workers were warned of attack Odigo, the instant messaging service, says that two of its workers received messages two hours before the Twin Towers attack on September 11 predicting the attack would happen, and the company has been cooperating with Israeli and American law enforcement, including the FBI, in trying to find the original sender of the message predicting the attack. Micha Macover, CEO of the company, said the two workers received the messages and immediately after the terror attack informed the company's management, which immediately contacted the Israeli security services, which brought in the FBI. [And, we haven't heard a *single* word about this incident in the U.S. mainstream media in two and a half years. Why?]

Cheney is running a shadow government, claims Watergate aide In the latest political blockbuster, John Dean accuses Dictator Bush and Dick Cheney of wilfully misleading Congress over the nature of the threat posed by Saddam Hussein before the war in Iraq, and of "stonewalling" over inquiries into the events of September 11. "When it comes to dealing with dissenters and those willing to speak the truth," said Mr Dean, "this administration is putting Nixon to shame."

Condi Rice's other wake-up call Former Sen. Gary Hart says he, too, warned Rice about an imminent terror attack on two occasions before 9/11. Richard Clarke was not the only national security expert who warned Condoleezza Rice, Donald Rumsfeld and other Bush regime officials about terrorist threats before 9/11. Former Senator Gary Hart also directly told senior Bush officials loudly and clearly that, in his words, "The terrorists are coming, the terrorists are coming."

Ex-FBI woman says Rice lied London: US officials knew months before September 11, 2001, that al-Qaeda planned to use aircraft to commit a terrorist attack, a former FBI translator has told a British newspaper. A claim by Dictator George Bush's National Security Adviser, Condoleezza Rice, that there had been no such warnings was "an outrageous lie", Sibel Edmonds told The Independent. She said she had provided information about her claims to the US commission investigating the September 11 attacks. [*See: 'I saw papers that show US knew al-Qa'ida would attack cities with aeroplanes' Whistleblower the White House wants to silence speaks to The Independent]

Framework of Clarke's Book Is Bolstered Former White House counterterrorism chief Richard A. Clarke's criticism of Dictator Bush's terrorism 'policy' has been corroborated by a number of other former officials, congressional and commission investigators, and by Bush's admission in the 2003 Bob Woodward book "Bush at War" that he "didn't feel that sense of urgency" about Osama bin Laden before the attacks occurred. ...Indeed, the declassified 838-page report of the 2002 congressional inquiry includes many passages that appear to bolster the arguments Clarke has made.

The Mystery Deepens (The New York Times) "The Bush administration's handling of the bipartisan commission investigating the 9/11 tragedy grows worse — and more oddly self-destructive — with each passing day. Following its earlier attempts to withhold documents from the panel and then to deny its members vital testimony, we now learn that President [sic] Bush's staff has been withholding thousands of pages of Clinton administration papers as well. Bill Clinton authorized the release of nearly 11,000 pages of files on his administration's antiterrorism efforts for use by the commission. But aides to Mr. Clinton said the White House, which now has control of the papers, vetoed the transfer of over three-quarters of them. The White House held the documents for more than six weeks, apparently without notifying the commission, and might have kept them indefinitely if Bruce Lindsey, the general counsel of Mr. Clinton's presidential foundation, had not publicly complained this week. Yesterday the commission said the White House had agreed to allow its lawyers to review the withheld documents, but without guaranteeing any would be released."

Thanks to the Idiot Usurper: Spread of Bin Laden Ideology Cited Iraq Invasion Said to Alter Dynamics of Local Militants --The U.S.-led invasion of Iraq has accelerated the spread of Osama bin Laden's anti-Americanism among once local Islamic militant movements, increasing danger to the United States as the al Qaeda network is becoming less able to mount attacks, according to senior intelligence officials at the CIA and State Department. At the same time, the Sunni Triangle has become a training ground for foreign Islamic jihadists who are slipping into Iraq to join former Saddam Hussein loyalists to test themselves against U.S. and occupation forces, these officials say.

Bush and Blair made secret pact for Iraq war · Decision came nine days after 9/11 · Ex-ambassador reveals discussion --Dictator George Bush first asked Tony Blair to support the removal of Saddam Hussein from power at a private White House dinner nine days after the terror attacks of 11 September, 2001. According to Sir Christopher Meyer, the former British Ambassador to Washington, who was at the dinner when Blair became the first foreign leader to visit America after 11 September, Blair told Bush he should not get distracted from the war on terror's initial goal - dealing with the Taliban and al-Qaeda in Afghanistan. Bush, claims Meyer, replied by saying: 'I agree with you, Tony. We must deal with this first. But when we have dealt with Afghanistan, we must come back to Iraq.' Regime change was already US policy.

Powell admits Iraq evidence mistake US Secretary of State Colin Powell has admitted that evidence he submitted to the United Nations to justify war on Iraq may have been wrong. In February last year he told the UN Security Council that Iraq had developed mobile laboratories for making biological weapons. On Friday he conceded that information "appears not to be... that solid".

Lugar Says U.S. May Need to Delay Iraq Handover The Bush dictatorship may have to consider extending its June 30 deadline for the transfer of sovereignty in Iraq or risk seeing the country lapse into civil war, the head of the U.S. Senate's foreign relations panel said on Sunday.

More US troops may be needed in Iraq - key senator The United States may need to bolster its troop presence in Iraq and extend the deadline for transfer to Iraqi rule, amid an insurgency that could lead to civil war, a leading Republican lawmaker said on Sunday.

Iraq's top Shiite cleric refuses to meet Bremer A spokesman for the Iraq's top Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Sistani, rejected any contact between the Ayatollah and Amerikan occupiers, UAE's al-Bayan newspaper said on its website Saturday, quoting Abdolmehdi Karbalaei, the Ayatollah's spokesman.

U.S. military deaths in Iraq reach 610 471 Americans have died since the Moron Bush declared the 'end of major combat' --The American military death toll in Iraq reached 610 on Sunday with the reports that seven U.S. soldiers died in fighting in the Baghdad neighborhood of Sadr City, two Marines died in dangerous Anbar province and that one soldier was killed near Najaf.

Poisoned? Shocking report reveals local troops may be victims of America's high-tech weapons --Four soldiers from a New York Army National Guard company serving in Iraq are contaminated with radiation likely caused by dust from depleted uranium shells fired by U.S. troops, a Daily News investigation has found.

Bush Loyalists Pack Iraq Press Office Inside the marble-floored palace hall that serves as the press office of the U.S.-led occupation, Republican Party operatives lead a team of Amerikans who promote mostly good news about Iraq. One-third of the U.S. civilian workers in the press office have GOP ties, running an enterprise that critics see as an outpost of Bush's re-selection effort with Iraq a top concern.

Modern Mercenaries on the Iraqi Frontier ...Such is the corporate but still consummately dangerous world of "security" or "risk management" firms that have struck gold in the lawless frontiers of Iraq. They are hired by private and government contractors, by the media, and by the Coalition Provisional Authority itself to provide protection from the bullets and bombs that still make up so much of daily life there. It was one of the largest of these firms, Blackwater U.S.A., that lost four employees in a horrific ambush in the central city of Fallujah last week.

Violent Disturbances Rack Iraq From Baghdad to Southern Cities Iraq was wracked today by its most violent civil disturbances since the occupation started, with a coordinated Shiite uprising spreading across the country, from the slums of Baghdad to several cities in the south.

Shiite cleric declares support for armed resistance Angry demonstrations erupted into full blown gun-battles Sunday as rallies for a firebrand anti-Occupation Shiite cleric left 24 dead and over 100 wounded sparking concern of a civil war among some Iraqi Governing Council officials. Hussein Ali, a Shiite cleric from Sadr City lounged under a shady tree a few steps from where about 1000 demonstrators gathered chanting "Death to America," and "Bush is a son of bitch." Ali said he began to support the insurgency because the "Americans are imposing their ideas on us with arms."

Iraqi cleric urges action against U.S. Sadr tells followers to 'strike them where you meet them' 11:53 p.m. ET April 02, 2004 --An influential Shiite Muslim cleric whose newspaper was shuttered for printing inflammatory articles called Friday for his followers to strike back at officials and appointees of the U.S.-led occupation authority. "I and my followers of the believers have come under attack from the occupiers, imperialism and the appointees," Moqtada Sadr said in a sermon in the southern town of Kufa, outside the holy city of Najaf. "Be on the utmost readiness, and strike them where you meet them." On Wednesday, thousands of Sadr's followers crossed the Jumhuriya Bridge that spans the Tigris River and past the heavily protected compound where the occupation authority is based. "Just say the word, Moqtada, and we'll resume the 1920 revolution," they chanted, invoking an uprising against British rule. Another chant vowed, "Today is peaceful, tomorrow is military."

An Iraqi man armed with a Kalashnikov rifle takes cover after clashes broke out with U.S. forces in the impoverished Baghdad suburb of Al Sadr City April 4, 2004. REUTERS/Ceerwan Aziz

US army in deadly Baghdad militia clash Seven US soldiers were killed and two dozen wounded in clashes with the militia of Shiite firebrand cleric Moqtada Sadr in Baghdad yesterday. The soldiers died in a battle for control of police and public buildings with Mr Sadr's militia, the Mehdi Army, in the impoverished Shiite suburb of Sadr City.

30 Die as U.S.-Led Troops Battle Shi'ites in Iraq Open warfare between U.S.-led forces and radical Shi'ite militiamen left at least nine occupation troops and 21 Iraqis dead, officials said on Monday, raising the specter of a new front in the Iraq conflict.

Shooting kills 4 Salvadorans, 14 Iraqis Gunmen opened fire on the Spanish garrison near the holy city of Najaf on Sunday during a huge demonstration by followers of an anti-Amerikan Shiite Muslim cleric. Four Salvadoran soldiers and at least 14 Iraqis died, and more than 130 people were wounded.

10 U.S. Troops Killed in Iraqi Violence Supporters of an anti-Amerikan cleric rioted in four Iraqi cities Sunday, killing eight U.S. troops and one Salvadoran soldier in the worst unrest since the spasm of looting and arson immediately after the fall of Saddam Hussein.

Seven wounded in Iraq suicide blast A suicide bomber has blown up his vehicle beside US soldiers 'keeping order' [?!?] at a mass protest in the Iraqi city of Kirkuk. Two US soldiers and five Iraqi civilians were wounded in the blast, police say. Torhan Abdul Rahman, Kirkuk's police chief, said three of the wounded Iraqis were children.

Suburban police chief gunned down in Iraq The police chief of a Baghdad suburb was shot to death Saturday morning after leaving his home in the Iraqi capital, less than 24 hours after another police chief was gunned down in southern Iraq.

US tanks crush Iraqi protesters: police At least two followers of Shiite Muslim radical leader Moqtada Sadr have been killed after throwing themselves in front of US tanks during a demonstration in central Baghdad.

Anti-Amerikan Voices Get Louder Across Iraq The people who burned and kicked the corpses of four Amerikan mercenaries in the Iraqi town of Falluja this week were not armed resistance fighters or foreign fighters. Children joined in as jubilant crowds played with the charred bodies, dragging them like trophies through the streets of a town overwhelmed by hatred for the occupying forces. Those who participated in the brutality may represent just a tiny minority of Iraqis, but across the country anti-Amerikan voices are getting louder and more insistent.

US Promises Overwhelming Response to Iraq Killings U.S. troops Thursday promised an "overwhelming" response to brutal killings in the Iraqi town of Falluja and vowed to hunt down those who shot four American mercenaries and mutilated their bodies.

U.S. Muslims Seek Pentagon Probe of Iraq Photo U.S. Muslims called for a Pentagon probe of a photograph circulating on the Internet that showing an Amerikan soldier apparently mocking an Iraqi child.

Sovereignty or 'sovereignty' The recently signed interim constitution is really designed to make sure the upper hand is stamped 'U.S.' --by Carolyn Eisenberg "The Bush administration's commitment to restore sovereignty to the Iraqi people on June 30 is as illusory as Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction. ...[The] 'Law of Administration for the State of Iraq for the Transitional Period' is a deceptive document designed to obscure continued U.S. control. It sets forth elaborate arrangements for a 'transitional government' that will come into effect some time after Dec. 31, but specifies neither a structure nor a method of selection for the Iraqi body that will supposedly exercise 'full sovereignty' after June 30."

Mired in a Mirage --by Maureen Dowd "By holding back documents, officials, information, images and the sight of returning military coffins, by twisting and exaggerating facts to fit story lines, by demonizing anyone who disagrees with its version of reality, this administration strives to create an optical delusion... The administration does not want to admit the extent of anti-American hatred among Iraqis. And even if some of the perpetrators are outsiders, they could never succeed without the active help of Iraqis... Mr. Bush also likes to brag that the Taliban is no longer in power. But the Taliban roots are deep. At least a third of Afghanistan is still so dicey that voters there cannot be registered, and the Kabul government has postponed June elections."

Official: Afghans, U.S. to Attack Al Qaeda Fighters Afghan and U.S. forces will soon launch an attack on al Qaeda militants who fled from an offensive in Pakistan's tribal lands into Afghanistan, an Afghan official said Sunday.

Marines may patrol key waterway The United States is considering deploying Marines and special operations forces on high speed vessels along the Straits of Malacca to flush out 'terrorists' in one of the world's busiest waterways. The potential deployment of US forces along the narrow straits straddling Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia would be part of Washington's new counterterrorism initiative to 'help' Southeast Asia, said Admiral Thomas Fargo, the top US military commander in the Asia-Pacific region.

Malaysia rejects US sea patrols Malaysia has rejected a proposal that the United States help patrol one of the world's busiest waterways. America's top military commander in the region said Washington intended to use US forces to counter possible 'terrorism' in the Straits of Malacca [?!?].

U.S. Fingerprint Plan Dismays Foreigners Expanded U.S. plans to fingerprint and photograph millions of foreigners upon entry got cautious support from most nations, but travelers were frustrated.

U.S. Moves to Protect Trains, Buses A warning that [Bush-created] terrorists might strike trains and buses in major U.S. cities using bombs concealed in bags or luggage has the nation's transit systems ratcheting up security measures.

New York's Emergency Plan Stalled Two-and-a-half years after the World Trade Center attack, a plan to improve the city's handling of emergencies is incomplete because of bureaucratic delays and infighting between the police and fire departments. "Police want to be in charge of everything," said New York City Deputy Fire Chief Nick Visconti, who represents chiefs for the Uniformed Fire Officers Association. "We're supposed to play nice in the sandbox. That seldom works because there's egos involved."

Parts of U.S.-Canadian Border Disappear in Brush A small agency responsible for marking and maintaining the expansive border between the United States and Canada has fallen so far behind it may never catch up without more money and resources. The agency, the International Boundary Commission, has warned that border markers are deteriorating and parts of the border are becoming overgrown by trees and brush to the point that the border's location could be lost in some areas.

It's Kerry over Bush by 12 points Seven months before the election, Democratic Sen. John Kerry has a 12-point lead over Republican Dictator Bush in Minnesota, according to the latest Star Tribune Minnesota Poll.

RNC opens assault on anti-Bush groups Complaint filed with FEC alleges collusion [?!?] with Kerry campaign --The Republican National Committee launched a wide-ranging legal assault Wednesday on more than two dozen political groups working to defeat Dictator Bush. The committee says the groups are part of an "unprecedented criminal enterprise" [?!?] to circumvent federal campaign laws and pour illegal soft money contributions into the 2004 race. [OMG!!! Well, it takes one to recognise one, doesn't it? The Republicans STOLE the 2000 election in a coup d'etat, lied their way into an illegal and immoral W-ar; KNEW, at minimum, about the impending September 11th terrorist attacks and did NOTHING to stop them (at most, did/knew a WHOLE LOT MORE with bin Laden); released the name of a C.I.A. agent in an illegal, disgusting act of 'revenge'; poisoned the environment at the behest of the corpora-terrorists, day by day; blew through Bill Clinton's $200 billion SURPLUS and created a $5.2 trillion (and counting) DEFICIT for Halliburton and Exxon-Mobil; and they DARE to call anti-Bush groups members of an 'unprecedented criminal enterprise' ????!!! The members of the Bush dictatorship need to be tried for TREASON, with all penalties for that crime on the table.]

Bush attacks environment 'scare stories' Secret email gives advice on denying climate change --George W. Bush's campaign workers have hit on an age-old political tactic to deal with the tricky subject of global warming - deny, and deny aggressively. The Observer has obtained a remarkable email sent to the press secretaries of all Republican congressmen advising them what to say when questioned on the environment in the run-up to November's election. The advice: tell them everything's rosy. It tells them how global warming has not been proved, air quality is 'getting better', the world's forests are 'spreading, not deadening', oil reserves are 'increasing, not decreasing', and the 'world's water is cleaner and reaching more people'. Probably the most influential voice behind the memo is Frank Luntz, a leading MSNBC 'analyst' and chief GOP whore ['Republican Party strategist'].

Kerry: Bush Plan Would Cost $6 Trillion Democrat John Kerry is launching a campaign to contrast his economic strategy with the $6 trillion in unpaid spending that he says Dictator Bush has proposed over the next 10 years.

Kerry Camp Hits Bush for 'Drunken Sailor' Spending Democrat John Kerry, back in full campaign mode after shoulder surgery and a vacation, opened a new front on Sunday in his election-year battle with Dictator Bush over the U.S. economy and soaring federal budget deficits.

Fewer Say Bush Is Serving Middle Class As he approaches the November s-election, Dictator Bush has shed a good part of the "compassionate conservative" image he cultivated during the 2000 election, a Washington Post poll has found. Forty-four percent now believe Bush cares most about serving upper-income people, an increase from 31 percent in September 1999 and 39 percent in July 2000. Forty-one percent believe Bush cares equally about all people, with small numbers saying he favors the poor or the middle class.

Food-stamp inquiries go to India Ohio congresswoman wants feds to halt states' outsourcing --The Bush dictatorship should bar states from letting workers in other countries answer phone inquiries about the federal food-stamp program, Ohio Democratic congresswoman, Rep. Marcy Kaptur, maintains.

Detroit schools to cut 3,200 jobs Detroit Public Schools officials announced Thursday the district would lay off 3,200 school employees, including 900 teachers, by July 1.

3 Students Face U-Md. Action For Shouting at Cheney Speech Vice pResident's Wife Addressed Policy Forum --Three University of Maryland students are facing disciplinary action for an incident in which they shouted questions and comments to Lynne Cheney, the vice pResident's wife, during a public forum at the school. There was no open microphone at Cheney's Feb. 29 appearance on the College Park campus, and guests had been told to 'submit questions for her in writing.' [**** 'submitting questions for her in writing' so Lynne Cheney's team of GOP whores can 'screen' them.]

MLK's Sister Says He Foresaw Own Death Christine King Farris clearly remembers a sermon that her brother, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., gave soon before his assassination 36 years ago. "It was very touching and piercing to me, so much so that I had to leave the choir loft and go outside and shed a tear," Farris said.

UK firm tried HIV drug on orphans GlaxoSmithKline embroiled in scandal in which babies and children were allegedly used as 'laboratory animals' --Orphans and babies as young as three months old have been used as guinea pigs in potentially dangerous medical experiments sponsored by pharmaceutical companies, an Observer investigation has revealed. Most experiments were funded by federal agencies like the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Until now Glaxo's role had not emerged. [Why aren't the GlaxoSmithKline terrorists who approved of these experiments on trial for attempted murder?]

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Prosecutors Investigating Whether Bush Officials Lied About Leak of C.I.A. Agent's Name Prosecutors Are Said to Have Expanded Inquiry Into Leak of C.I.A. Officer's Name --Prosecutors investigating whether someone in the Bush administration improperly disclosed the identity of a C.I.A. officer have expanded their inquiry to examine whether White House officials lied to investigators or mishandled classified information related to the case, lawyers involved in the case and government officials say.

Bush Aides Block Clinton's Papers From 9/11 Panel The commission investigating the Sept. 11 attacks said on Thursday that it was pressing the White House to explain why the Bush dictatorship had blocked thousands of pages of classified foreign policy and counterterrorism documents from former President Bill Clinton's White House files from being turned over to the panel's investigators.

Top Focus Before 9/11 Wasn't on Terrorism Rice Speech Cited Missile Defense --On Sept. 11, 2001, national security adviser Condoleezza Rice was scheduled to outline a Bush dictatorship policy that would address "the threats and problems of today and the day after, not the world of yesterday" -- but the focus was largely on missile defense, not terrorism from Islamic radicals. The address was designed to promote missile defense [?!?] as the cornerstone of a new national security strategy, and contained no mention of al Qaeda, Osama bin Laden or Islamic extremist groups, according to former U.S. officials who have seen the text.

Clarke: 9/11 might have been prevented Intelligence coordination could have been crucial, ex-aide says --Richard Clarke, Dictator Bush’s former chief counterterrorism adviser, said Wednesday it was possible that he and his team could have prevented the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks if the Bush regime had paid more attention to Osama bin Laden and his al-Qaida terror network.

'I saw papers that show US knew al-Qa'ida would attack cities with aeroplanes' Whistleblower the White House wants to silence speaks to The Independent --A former translator for the FBI with top-secret security clearance says she has provided information to the panel investigating the 11 September attacks which proves senior officials knew of al-Qa'ida's plans to attack the US with aircraft months before the strikes happened. She said the claim by the National Security Adviser, Condoleezza Rice, that there was no such information was "an outrageous lie". Sibel Edmonds said she spent more than three hours in a closed session with the commission's investigators providing information that was circulating within the FBI in the spring and summer of 2001 suggesting that an attack using aircraft was just months away and the terrorists were in place. The Bush dictatorship, meanwhile, has sought to silence her and has obtained a gagging order from a court by citing the rarely used "state secrets privilege".

FBI informant revealed 9-11 plot in April 2001 2 D.C. agents filed report that al-Qaida planned suicide attacks involving planes --A former FBI employee recently briefed the 9-11 Commission about a tip he says he and two agents got from an intelligence asset outlining the 9-11 attacks -- four months before they happened. In April 2001, the long-time FBI source is said to have told two counterterrorism agents from the Washington field office that al-Qaida planned to carry out terrorist attacks in major U.S. cities, including New York, using planes and suicide operatives. The other cities named were Chicago and Los Angeles.

9/11 Widows Skillfully Applied the Power of a Question: Why? Americans just tuning in to the work of the commission investigating the attacks may not have heard of Kristen Breitweiser, Mindy Kleinberg, Lorie Van Auken and Patty Casazza, "the Jersey girls." But on Capitol Hill, these suburban women are gaining prominence as savvy World Trade Center widows who came to Washington, as part of a core group of politically active relatives of Sept. 11 victims, and prodded Congress and a recalcitrant White House to create the panel that this week brought official Washington to its knees. ...For every battle they have won, though, the families have lost others. The commission rejected their calls to subpoena classified intelligence briefings and to fire its executive director, Philip D. Zelikow, who co-wrote a book with Ms. Rice.

Documents Related to Cheney Case Ordered Released A federal judge ordered several government agencies to release documents related to an energy policy task force led by Vice pResident Dick Cheney. In an opinion released late on Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman ordered seven government agencies including the Department of Energy, Department of the Interior and Bureau of Land Management to hand over pertinent documents by June 1. [Prediction: The Bush dictatorship will unleash a Weapon of Mass Distraction on the American people and Homeland Suckyourity will need to go to 'orange' or 'red' alert by June 1.]

Powell concedes trusted intelligence not solid Secretary of State Colin Powell conceded Friday that his presentation to the United Nations alleging that trailers were used for Iraqi weapons of mass destruction might have been wrong.

Germans accuse US over Iraq weapons claim An Iraqi defector nicknamed Curveball who wrongly claimed that Saddam Hussein had mobile chemical weapons factories was last night at the centre of a bitter row between the CIA and Germany's intelligence agency. German officials said that they had warned American colleagues well before the Iraq war that Curveball's information was not credible - but the warning was ignored.

More attacks in Iraq day after grisly display of abuse A roadside bomb injured three American troops on Thursday near Fallujah, a day after the grisly killing and mutilation of four American mercenaries in the city. The top U.S. dictator in Iraq said the deaths would not go unpunished.

Fallujah horror points to rising anti-Amerikan rage The horrific killing and dismemberment of Amerikan mercenaries from North Carolina ['civilian contractors'] in the Iraqi rebel town of Fallujah was evidence of mounting anti-US rage and a serious blow to occupation efforts to control the "Sunni Triangle".

Al-Qaeda targets UK muslims in new terror campaign One of al-Qaeda’s top officials has ordered the killing of Muslim leaders if they co-operate with intelligence services and the police to thwart terrorist attacks.

New Islamic terrorist groups taking root, official warns A new cadre of untested Islamic militants is emerging to take the place of leaders in Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida network, the senior State Department counterterrorism official told a House International Relations subcommittee Thursday.

U.S. Transit Systems Increasing Security A warning that terrorists might strike trains and buses in major U.S. cities using bombs concealed in bags or luggage has the nation's transit systems ratcheting up security measures.

U.S. warns of summer bomb plots in major cities Due to the immoral and insane policies of the world's number one terrorist, George W. Bush: Terrorists might try to bomb buses and rail lines in major U.S. cities this summer, according to a government bulletin issued to law enforcement officials nationwide.

Millions More Travelers to U.S. to Face Fingerprints and Photos The Department of Homeland Security announced on Friday that it planned to require travelers from 27 industrialized nations, including longtime allies like Britain, France, Germany, Spain, Japan and Australia, to be photographed and electronically fingerprinted when they arrive in the United States.

TSA eyes RFID boarding passes to track airline passengers Privacy groups view the idea as a 'nightmare' for civil liberties The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is examining the use of RFID-tagged airline boarding passes that could allow passenger tracking within airports, a proposal some privacy advocates called a potentially "outrageous" violation of civil liberties.

White House refuses to let adviser testify on Medicare drug costs Citing executive privilege, the White House refused to allow Dictator Bush's chief health-policy adviser, Douglas Badger, to testify Thursday before the House Ways and Means Committee about early regime estimates that the new Medicare prescription-drug benefit would be far more costly than many lawmakers believed when they voted for it.

Senators Fault Mercury Pollution Proposal Forty-five senators and 10 state attorneys general asked the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday to withdraw its proposal on how to regulate mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants and replace it with a more stringent proposal. The agency said in December that it would abandon a Clinton administration plan in favor of a market system that would let plants buy and sell the rights to emit mercury.

A Toxic Cover-up? A government whistle-blower says the Bush dictatorship covered up the reasons for a toxic coal slurry spill in Appalachia that ranks among the worst environmental disasters in U.S. history. Jack Spadaro states that political appointees in the Department of Labor whitewashed a report that said an energy company that had contributed to the Republican Party was responsible for the 300-million gallon spill.

FDA: Mad cow feed rules OK for now Regulations revised in January may be enacted soon --The Bush dictatorship won't make additional changes to rules on cattle feed unless additional cases of mad cow disease are found in the United States, a senior official said Friday.

Florida Senate plan would ban paper recounts with electronic 'voting' machines South Floridians pushing for a touch-screen 'voting' paper trail are steamed about a state Senate proposal that they say runs counter to their cause. Tucked into the 90-page proposal (SB 3004) is a decree that "a manual recount may not be conducted of undervotes on touch-screen machines," which are used in South Florida's three big counties.

Bill would exempt electronic votes from manual recount The Florida law that requires a manual recount in close elections would not apply to ballots cast on paperless electronic voting machines under a bill endorsed by a state Senate committee Wednesday. U.S. Rep. Robert Wexler, D-Delray Beach, who has filed two lawsuits challenging paperless voting, called the proposed change "blatantly unconstitutional."

Bush Campaign Tops Goal of Record $170 Million Dictator Bush's re[s]election campaign has exceeded its fund-raising goal of $170 million nearly five months ahead of schedule, cementing its cash advantage over Democrat John Kerry in the hard-fought presidential race, Bush campaign officials said on Friday.

Bush Outspends Democrats 2-To-1 on Air Just a month into his advertising campaign, Dictator Bush has poured about $40 million into television and radio commercials that highlight his record and criticize John Kerr's, outspending Democrats 2-to-1.

Teen threatens to kill Bush E-mail message: 'I'm going to blow up the White House' A 17-year-old high school student from upstate New York faces up to a year in jail for threatening to kill Dictator Bush and attack the White House. "I'm going to blow up the White House and Kill you and your family," John Fellows admitted he wrote in an e-mail message. "You're a stupid peace [sic] of [excrement] and deserve to Die!!!"

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Bodies mutilated in Iraq attack Four contractors working for the US army have been killed and their bodies mutilated in the Iraqi city of Falluja. The group were shot and burnt in their cars, before a cheering crowd dismembered the corpses and hung two of them from a bridge.

Iraqis Drag U.S. Corpses Through Streets Jubilant residents dragged the charred corpses of four American contractors [working for the U.S. Army] through the streets Wednesday and hanged them from the bridge spanning the Euphrates River. Five American soldiers died in a roadside bombing nearby.

Jubilant Iraqis abuse bodies; bomb kills 5 GIs Jubilant residents dragged the charred corpses of four foreign contractors - one a woman, at least one an American - through the streets Wednesday and hanged them from the bridge spanning the Euphrates River. In Baghdad, Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt said the four killed in Fallujah were contractors working with the U.S. dictatorship. He did not say what they were doing in the city. Five American soldiers died in a roadside bombing nearby. The four contract workers for the U.S.-led occupation were killed in a rebel ambush of their SUVs in Fallujah, a Sunni Triangle city about 35 miles west of Baghdad and scene of some of the worst violence on both sides of the conflict since the beginning of the Amerikan occupation a year ago.

4 From U.S. Killed in Brutal Assault by a Mob of Iraqis Four Americans working for a security company were ambushed and killed Wednesday, and an enraged mob then jubilantly dragged the burned bodies through the streets of downtown Falluja, hanging at least two corpses from a bridge over the Euphrates River. Less than 15 miles away, in the same area of the increasingly violent Sunni Triangle, five American soldiers were killed when a roadside bomb ripped through their armored personnel carrier. "Viva mujahedeen!" shouted Said Khalaf, a taxi driver. "Long live the resistance!" Nearby, a boy no older than 10 ground his heel into a burned head. "Where is Bush?" the boy yelled. "Let him come here and see this!" Masked men gathered around him, punching their fists into the air. The streets filled with hundreds of people. "Falluja is the graveyard of Americans!" they chanted.

4 Killed in Iraq Worked for N.C. Firm The four civilians who were killed and dragged through the streets of an Iraqi town Wednesday worked for a North Carolina subcontractor that is providing security in a hostile area of Iraq.

Attacks against U.S.-led occupation forces on rise Latest bombings kill 2, injure 8 --A suicide bombing outside the house of a police chief killed the attacker and wounded seven others Tuesday. Elsewhere, a U.S. soldier died in a bomb blast, and Spanish soldiers and Iraqi police quelled a riot by jobseekers. Attacks against U.S.-led occupation forces have increased in the past week, Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt said. He said there has been an average of 26 attacks daily, an increase of about six from recent weeks.

Medical evacuations in Iraq war hit 18,000 In the first year of war in Iraq, the military has made 18,004 medical evacuations during 'Operation Iraqi Freedom' [sic] , the Pentagon's top health official told Congress Tuesday.

U.S. Vows to Stay Course in Iraq The United States vowed on Wednesday to stay the course in Iraq after three Amerikan contractors were killed in an ambush and their bodies dragged through the streets of Falluja.

This Isn't America --by Paul Krugman "Last week an opinion piece in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz about the killing of Sheik Ahmed Yassin said, 'This isn't America; the government did not invent intelligence material nor exaggerate the description of the threat to justify their attack.' So even in Israel, George Bush's America has become a byword for deception and abuse of power. And the administration's reaction to Richard Clarke's 'Against All Enemies' provides more evidence of something rotten in the state of our government... Where will it end?" [A must read]

Never mind the torture and political prisoners, he's Bush's man Islam Karimov, who has ruled the impoverished republic of Uzbekistan as a dictator for 15 years, may well be the cruellest, accused of torture of opponents, muzzling freedom of speech and jailing up to 6,500 political prisoners. Mr Karimov, 66, has rarely troubled with elections [just like Bush himself]. After opening an air base to the US military for the war against the Taliban, he was thanked with a visit to the White House. Despite the human rights abuses in his one-party state, Mr Karimov looks likely to stay as the Bush regime's man in central Asia.

US Marine reinforcements join Afghan al Qaeda hunt The first of 2,000 U.S. Marine reinforcements have arrived in Afghanistan to help the 13,500 U.S.-led troops already there intensify the hunt for al Qaeda and Taliban fugitives and boost security ahead of 'elections.'

Aristide launches kidnap lawsuit Ousted Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide has filed a lawsuit against unnamed French and US officials, accusing them of kidnapping him.

EU Rules on Airline Passenger Data The European Parliament on Wednesday said it was illegal for the United States to force European airlines to provide data on arriving passengers and threatened to go to court to block an agreement that calls for the information sharing. The vote came a day after European Union ministers overcame similar privacy concerns and agreed to give their own law enforcement authorities access to more limited passenger data.

US blamed over death row Mexicans The International Court of Justice at The Hague has ruled that the US violated the rights of 51 Mexicans on death row in American prisons. The court found that the prisoners did not receive a fair trial because they were not told of their rights to consular assistance.

Court: U.S. Violated Mexicans' Rights THE HAGUE, Netherlands - The International Court of Justice ruled Wednesday that the United States violated the rights of 51 Mexicans on death row and ordered their cases be reviewed.

Liberal Voices Get New Home on Radio Dial Air America, which has raised more than $20 million, has grand plans for buying stations, or at least all of the broadcast time on stations, in more than a dozen cities by year's end. Many are in Ohio, Florida and other states considered battlegrounds in the presidential election. But since the media ownership rules were eased in the mid-1990's, much of the broadcast spectrum is owned by a handful of companies.

Martha Stewart Lawyers Seek New Trial Martha Stewart requested a new trial Wednesday, saying one of the jurors who convicted her failed to disclose a checkered past that includes an arrest on assault charges.

George Soros Hit With Glue, Water in Ukraine, Interfax Says Billionaire financier George Soros had glue and water thrown on him by two unidentified people ahead of a human rights forum in Kiev, the Interfax news service reported.

President [sic] Commemorates 23rd Anniversary of Botched Reagan Shooting Which Nearly Begat A Gloriously Elongated George H.W. Bush Reign "Statement by the President [sic] --THE PRESIDENT [sic]: ...Twenty-three years ago today, at almost this very moment, a brave bullet was making its way across a stretch of dirty DC sidewalk, headed right into the geriatric chestal region of America's recently-elected President, Ronald Wilson Reagan. And friends, never was the expression 'Guns Don't Kill People' more true than on that very day." [Humor, but note actual newsclipping from The Houston Post, dated March 31, 1981. The righthand sidebar article is titled: "Bush's son was to dine with suspect's brother." Yes, the Hinkley family had a friendly relationship with the Bush family; Osama bin Laden enjoyed a fruitful business relationship with Carlyle Group. The Bushes are able to rely on dedicated friends for the seedier tasks, such as assassinations and large-scale acts of terrorism, with virtually *no* questions asked.]

Electronic Ballots May Have Altered Race Outcome Orange County registrar says incorrect electronic ballots may have altered a race's outcome, but says results will be certified today. Although some Orange County voters cast the wrong electronic ballots in the March 2 primary, potentially altering the outcome of one race for a Democratic Party post, Registrar Steve Rodermund said he will certify the results of the election today. In a report circulated late Monday to the Board of Supervisors, Rodermund acknowledged for the first time that his office's failures could have affected a race — and gave ammunition to critics of electronic voting.

U.S. Weapons Hunt Shifts Focus to 'Intent' in Iraq The U.S. search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq will continue despite the failure so far to find them but the mission will also investigate whether Saddam Hussein intended to develop [?!?] such weapons, the chief U.S. arms hunter said on Tuesday. [Does David Letterman write their material, or what?]

Iraq Contracts Give Halliburton Headaches Halliburton Co. has reaped as much as $6 billion in contracts from the U.S. invasion of Iraq, but improprieties in those military contracts have also given Vice pResident Dick Cheney's former company high-profile headaches.

Security firms and mercenaries coining it in Iraq An army of thousands of mercenaries has appeared in Iraq's major cities, many of them former British and American soldiers. They have been hired by the occupying Anglo-American authorities and by dozens of companies who fear for the lives of their employees. Many of the armed Britons are former SAS soldiers, while heavily armed South Africans are also working for the occupation. There are serious doubts even within the occupying power about the US's choice to send Chilean mercenaries, many trained during General Augusto Pinochet's vicious dictatorship, to guard Baghdad airport.

U.S. Soldier Killed in Iraq Explosion One U.S. soldier was killed and a second wounded in a roadside bomb explosion west of Baghdad on Tuesday, the U.S. military said.

Soldiers of Misfortune At Bottom Rung of Poverty, More Homeless Veterans Seeking Help --Robert Slay, 52, is a veteran of the Vietnam War era, and one of a growing number of aging soldiers who find themselves at the bottom rung of poverty. Despite a Bush regime goal to end homelessness [?!? Yeah, right!] in the United States by 2012, surveys are reporting more people asking local governments and charitable organizations for food and shelter.

Shooting Stars U.S. Military Takes First Step Towards Weapons in Space For all of human history, people have looked at the stars with a sense of wonder. More recently, some U.S. military planners have looked skyward and seen something very different — the next battlefield.

Military Recruiters May Get Campus Access The House moved Tuesday to deny defense-related funding to universities that don't provide ROTC programs and military recruiters equal access to their campuses. Opponents said the bill was an assault on university policies banning gay discrimination.

Former Sec of State Albright worried Bush is fueling terrorists' hate Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright told a crowd at the Yale Divinity School Tuesday that she is concerned Dictator Bush is fueling the hate of terrorist organizations.

Threats Prompt Searches of U.S. Planes and Trains Bomb threats against three U.S. passenger jets and two Amtrak trains triggered extensive security checks on Tuesday but no explosives were found, authorities said.

British Police Seize 8 in Terror Sweep Police arrested eight men and seized half a ton of ammonium nitrate, a fertilizer compound used in the Oklahoma City bombing, in raids by hundreds of officers — one of the biggest anti-terrorism operations in Britain since the Sept. 11 attacks.

Condoleezza Rice to Testify In Public, Under Oath Condoleezza Rice will apparently testify after all. A dictatorship official said the White House will 'let' the national security adviser testify in public under oath before the commission investigating the 9/11 attacks.

Hill pressure tipped the balance on Rice GOP lawmakers told White House stance 'untenable' Dictator Bush’s decision yesterday to allow his national security adviser, Condoleezza Rice, to testify publicly and under oath before an independent panel investigating the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks was prompted at least in part by concerns among senior lawmakers in the House Republican caucus. They had come to feel that the White House position had become politically untenable, The Hill learned.

DeLay dismisses stepping down Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-sociopath-Texas) yesterday dismissed reports that he has discussed stepping aside if indicted. Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle is investigating whether Texans for a Republican Majority (TRMPAC), a political action committee that DeLay fathered but never ran, illegally raised corporate money for political campaigns.

Whackjob Miller: Sept. 11 investigation energizes terrorists U.S. Sen. [and 'Democratic' wackjob traitor] Zell Miller is questioning the usefulness of a panel investigating the terrorist attacks of 2001, arguing its public quarrels with the Bush dictatorship could "energize our enemies and demoralize our troops."

Supreme Court Allows Border Search of Gas Tanks A unanimous U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that agents at the border can take apart and search a vehicle's gas tank for drugs or contraband without violating constitutional privacy rights.

White House Threatens to Veto Highway Bill The White House on Tuesday threatened to veto a massive House highway spending bill, rejecting efforts by House GOP leaders to find common ground between the regime's demand for 'fiscal discipline' [?!? Iraq/Halliburton? Hello?] and lawmaker pleas for more road-building money.

House barely kills Democratic drive to restrict tax cuts The House killed a Democratic drive Tuesday to make it tougher for lawmakers to reduce taxes, as Republicans by the slimmest of margins rescued Dictator Bush's tax-cutting agenda from an embarrassing rebuke. The 209-209 tally – one shy of the majority Democrats needed to prevail – came only after the chamber's GOP leaders held the roll call open an extra 23 minutes so they could coax several Republicans to switch their votes.

Retail Gasoline Rises to Another Record, AAA Says With the summer driving season still two months away, Americans kept digging deeper into their pockets at the pumps.

Summer U.S. gas shortage feared Exxon-Mobil's profiteering ['Tight gasoline inventories and overburdened refining capacity'] will spark shortages in the United States this summer, sending prices soaring to record highs and perhaps leading to 1970s-era lineups at U.S. pumps, an American oil expert said yesterday at a conference on security of North American energy supplies.

White House Blames Congress for Gas Prices Americans would not be paying high prices for gasoline if the Congress had passed Dictator Bush's proposed energy package three years ago, a spokesman said Tuesday as the regime faced criticism from Democratic rival John Kerry. [*See: January 29, 2004 Exxon Mobil 4Q profit up 63% Irving-based Exxon Mobil Corp. said its quarterly profit jumped 63 percent, helped by a tax settlement gain and higher prices for crude oil and natural gas, while annual earnings for 2003 rose to a record high.]

Bush Mining Regulatory Change Is Denounced Tales of floods and flattened peaks and of homes swept away or devalued in central Appalachia were laid out Tuesday by opponents to the Bush dictatorship's plan to ease a buffer-zone regulation protecting streams from coal mining operations.

Replacement Workers Okayed A federal judge has ruled Caterpillar can use temporary replacement workers if there is a work stoppage. The law bars the use of temporary replacement workers in the case of a work stoppage.

9/11 Panel Likely to Conclude 9/11 Attacks Could Have Been Prevented "NEWSWEEK reporting in fresh editions; The 9/11 commission is likely to conclude the attacks could have been prevented by the simple act of sharing information. In Phoenix in July 2001, an FBI agent wrote a memo warning that some young Arabs taking flying lessons might be terrorists. Had that warning made it to Clarke's counterterror shop, airlines might have begun bolting cockpit doors."

9-11 Commission to Ask Condoleezza Rice to Testify Under Oath Two Democratic senators, Edward Kennedy and Charles Schumer, planned to introduce formal resolution in the Senate calling on Rice to testify under oath. The White House did not allow a recording to be made of what Rice said when she met privately with commissioners for 4 hours in February.

Experts See No Law Barring Rice Testimony There is no ironclad legal doctrine buttressing National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice's refusal to testify publicly before the panel investigating the Sept. 11 attacks, law experts said Monday.

Rice Rejects Public Testimony to 9/11 Panel The head of the commission investigating the Sept. 11 attacks urged Condoleezza Rice on Sunday to testify before it in public but the White House national security adviser repeated her refusal to do so.

Poll: Bush credibility down Dictator Bush's credibility rating is down since his former counterterrorism chief went public last week with accusations that Bush minimized the al-Qaeda threat to focus on getting rid of Iraq's Saddam Hussein, according to a USA TODAY/CNN/Gallup Poll. The Bush regime did not do all it could to prevent the attacks, 54% say, and 53% say the White House is covering up something about its handling of intelligence before Sept. 11. [*See USA TODAY/CNN/Gallup Poll results]

Shifts from bin Laden hunt evoke questions In 2002, troops from the 5th Special Forces Group who specialize in the Middle East were pulled out of the hunt for Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan to prepare for their next assignment: Iraq.

Clarke book flying off almost all S.D. shelves Even 3,000 miles outside the Washington Beltway, "Against All Enemies: Inside America's War on Terror" is a must-read. That is, if you can find a copy. Over the weekend, most local Barnes & Noble stores were out. The few copies at the Borders in Mission Valley were being held for customers who called ahead. Even the Controversial Bookstore on University Avenue in San Diego didn't have any copies...

US arms hunter to tell Congress no Iraqi WMD found The new chief U.S. weapons hunter in Iraq will tell lawmakers this week in his first congressional briefings that his teams have not found any banned arms, but it is too early to reach conclusions and the search will continue, U.S. officials said on Monday.

US now looking to install a PM in Iraq The United States wants to transfer power in Iraq to a hand-picked prime minister, abandoning plans for an expansion of the current 25-member governing council, coalition officials in Baghdad say.

Reporter Apologizes for Iraq Coverage (Editor & Publisher) "...[O]ne might expect at least a few mea culpas related to the release of false information on the Iraq threat before and after the war. This has not happened so far, with President [sic] Bush on Wednesday going so far as to joke about the missing weapons of mass destruction at a correspondents dinner in Washington. While the major media, from The New York Times on down, has largely remained silent about their own failings in this area, a young columnist for a small paper in Fredericksburg, Va., has stepped forward. 'The media are finished with their big blowouts on the anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, and there is one thing they forgot to say: We're sorry,' Rick Mercier wrote, in a column published Sunday in The Free Lance-Star."

A Look at U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq As of Monday, March 29, 589 U.S. service members have died since the beginning of military operations in Iraq a year ago, according to the Department of Defense. Of those, 398 died as a result of hostile action and 191 died of non-hostile causes, the department said.

IED Kills One Soldier A 13th COSCOM soldier is dead and one is injured as the result of an improvised explosive device attack near Al-Habbaniya at approximately 10:30 a.m.

U.S. Soldier Killed in Iraq Bomb Blast A bomb exploded near a U.S. military convoy west of Baghdad on Monday, killing an American soldier, a U.S. official said.

U.S. soldiers kill four resistance fighters in Mosul U.S. soldiers in the northern city of Mosul shot and killed four rebels suspected of involvement in attacks in the region, the military said Monday. Two American soldiers were wounded in the firefight.

U.S. Mulls Discipline in Iraq Friendly Fire Deaths A U.S. Marine Corps general will consider possible disciplinary action against a ground-based Marine air controller faulted in the most deadly U.S. "friendly fire" incident in the Iraq war, officials said on Monday.

Lapse Blamed for Iraq Friendly Fire Deaths The worst "friendly fire" incident of the Iraq war (March 23, 2003) was triggered by a Marine air controller who mistakenly cleared Air Force attack planes to shoot at U.S. positions, killing as many as 10 Marines, officials said Monday.

Demonstrators Swarm Around Rove's Home Several hundred people stormed the small yard of Dictator Bush's chief political strategist, Karl ['Goebbels'] Rove, yesterday afternoon, pounding on his windows, shoving signs at others and challenging Rove to talk to them about a bill that deals with educational opportunities for immigrants. [Great! The Fascist goons on Rove's payroll pounded on windows to stop the counting of the votes in Miami Dade in November of 2000 for the Bush/Rove/Baker Botts' coup d'etat. No one complained about that window-pounding though, right?]

Europeans unite against Bush Several European politicians are coming together in an effort to throw Bush out of office, on "behalf of Europe and the world". A new European campaign against Bush will be launched in a couple of weeks. The founder is the former vice president of the Young Liberals in Norway, Knud E. Berthelsen, and he has joined forces with politicians all over Europe for one reason: "We cannot just sit back and watch Bush destroy the whole world. If there is only one political issue that we all agree on in Europe, it's this one," Berthelsen said to TV 2 Nettavisen.

Senate considers requiring paper receipts for voter Legislation that would require electronic voting machines to produce paper records of ballots is pending in the Senate, while House leadership and Gov. Robert Ehrlich's administration agree it may be too late to make any changes in time for the November presidential s-election.

Nader draws donations from Bush's supporters Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader is receiving a little help from his friends — and from George W. Bush's friends. Nearly 10 percent of contributors who have given Nader at least $250 have a history of supporting the Republican dictator, national GOP candidates or the party, according to computer-assisted review of financial records.

Gasoline Price Hits Record High The average price U.S. consumers pay for gasoline hit a record high on Monday, increasing 1.5 cents over the last week to $1.758 a gallon, the government said.

Kerry would press OPEC, boost renewable energy Retail gasoline prices have risen by more than 11 percent to a record high under Dictator George W. Bush and must be reined in by pressuring OPEC to produce more crude oil, aides to Democratic presidential hopeful John Kerry said on Monday.

New Look at Boy's Sentence in Boatyard Fire At the order of a federal appeals court, a Federal District Court judge in Portland, Me., has reopened the sentencing hearing for a boy who as a 14-year-old in 2002 set fire to a boatyard containing an engine that belonged to former President George Bush and was sentenced to 30 months in a maximum security juvenile prison.

Trials Challenging Abortion Law Open A new federal law banning certain types of abortions is unconstitutional and threatens most late-term abortions, a lawyer for plaintiffs said at the start of one of three trials on the law getting under way Monday.

D.C. Knew of Lead Problems In 2002 Timing of Emails Contradicts Claims --Emails show officials knew of water contamination months before public. Senior D.C. government officials knew that the city's water contained unsafe levels of lead 15 months before the public learned of the problem but failed to flag the issue as a major concern, according to internal documents that contradict the account provided recently by top managers.

U.N. Warns About Ocean 'Dead Zones' So-called "dead zones," oxygen-starved areas of the world's oceans that are devoid of fish, top the list of emerging environmental challenges, the United Nations Environment Program warned Monday in its global overview.

Investigators to probe INC member Ahmad Chalabi's use of US money: report The investigative branch of the US Congress is looking into whether Iraqi National Congress leader Ahmad Chalabi broke the law in using US money to attempt to sway US opinion in favor of ousting Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.

Occupiers spend millions on private army of security men An army of thousands of mercenaries has appeared in Iraq's major cities, many of them former British and American soldiers hired by the occupying Anglo-American authorities and by dozens of companies who fear for the lives of their employees. There are serious doubts even within the occupying power about America's choice to send Chilean mercenaries, many trained during General Pinochet's vicious dictatorship, to guard Baghdad airport. included in the regular body count put out by the occupation authorities, which may account for the persistent suspicion among Iraqis that the US is underestimating its figures of military dead and wounded. Casualties among the mercenaries are not included in the regular body count put out by the occupation authorities, which may account for the persistent suspicion among Iraqis that the US is underestimating its figures of military dead and wounded.

Britain's secret army in Iraq: thousands of armed security men who answer to nobody So many British security firms are cashing in on the violence in Iraq that armed private security men now outnumber most of the national army contingents in the country. Thousands of former soldiers and police officers from Britain, the US, Australia and South Africa are earning wages as high as £600 a day to protect Western officials, oil company executives and construction firm bosses in Iraq.

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