FalloutStories related to 11 Sept 2001. |
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'This nation is about to embark upon the first test of a revolutionary doctrine applied in an extraordinary way at an unfortunate time. The doctrine of preemption -- the idea that the United States or any other nation can legitimately attack a nation that is not imminently threatening but may be threatening in the future -- is a radical new twist on the traditional idea of self defense. It appears to be in contravention of international law and the UN Charter. And it is being tested at a time of world-wide terrorism, making many countries around the globe wonder if they will soon be on our -- or some other nation's -- hit list.' -U.S. Senator Robert Byrd, Feb. 12, 2003 |
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'It was bad enough for the U.S. to have endured the intelligence failures that led to Sept. 11; it's another thing to know that 18 months, billions of dollars and untold numbers of bombs later that Osama bin Laden and most of his top advisers remain on the loose. This failure ought to be thrown daily in Mr. Bush's face, but he has diverted attention to Iraq, where the United States is about to make a mistake of historic proportions.' -Jeffrey Simpson in The Globe and Mail, 18 Feb 2003 |
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The Republican-led House stands by the Patriot Act, fending off an effort to roll back a section of the controversial law allowing authorities to investigate people's reading habits at bookstores and libraries. [Wired News] . .< 11:38:23 PM  >C.I.A. Officer Critiques Terror Policy The scalding new book by an anonymous current Central Intelligence Agency officer sees little hope in the ideas of either left or right. [New York Times: Arts] . .< 7:17:07 PM >My mother the terrorist The USA Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has reportedly confirmed issuing orders last month to immigration inspectors at six USA airports (LAX, JFK, EWR, IAD, ORD, and DTW) to give special scrutiny to "all travelers of Pakistani descent, including U.S. citizens," according to several independent reports. The nature of the... [The Practical Nomad] . .< 6:14:29 PM >Church minister slams Blair and Bush at funeral of Scottish soldier A church minister has used the funeral of a teenage Scots soldier killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq to launch an embittered attack on the politicians who called the country to war. . .< 6:08:22 PM >Key point about the Senate report on... Key point about the Senate report on the CIA. They should disclose that they did a deal with the White House that the investigation would not look at them. In other words, everything they're saying about the CIA probably fully applies to the President. If so, then the solution is clear, vote him out of office in November. [Scripting News] . .< 6:06:26 PM >NTY: Pentagon Says Bush Records of Service Were Destroyed Military records that could help establish President Bush's whereabouts during his disputed service in the Texas Air National Guard more than 30 years ago have been inadvertently destroyed, according to the Pentagon.
It said the payroll records of "numerous service members," including former First Lt. Bush, had been ruined in 1996 and 1997 by the Defense Finance and Accounting Service during a project to salvage deteriorating microfilm. No back-up paper copies could be found, it added in notices dated June 25.
A third source, an official who works under ISI's director, Lieutenant General Ehsan ul-Haq, informed tnr that the Pakistanis "have been told at every level that apprehension or killing of HVTs before [the] election is [an] absolute must." What's more, this source claims that Bush administration officials have told their Pakistani counterparts they have a date in mind for announcing this achievement: "The last ten days of July deadline has been given repeatedly by visitors to Islamabad and during [ul-Haq's] meetings in Washington." Says McCormack: "I'm aware of no such comment." But according to this ISI official, a White House aide told ul-Haq last spring that "it would be best if the arrest or killing of [any] HVT were announced on twenty-six, twenty-seven, or twenty-eight July"--the first three days of the Democratic National Convention in Boston. "The victims of your callous misbehaviour were from one of our staunch allies in Operation Enduring Freedom and were your comrades-in-arms," he wrote. This cowboy really has not shame. It think we should celebrate his decision to sue by repeating as often as possible the quotes which violated his privacy. This guy dropped a bomb against orders that killed four people and he is worried about his privacy. . .< 12:48:38 AM >Al-Qaeda 'targeting US election' US Homeland Security chief Tom Ridge warns al-Qaeda is intent on disrupting the US presidential elections. [BBC News | World | UK Edition] . .< 12:48:18 AM >Former conservative PM tells US to "butt out" of Australian politics (AFP) AFP - A former Liberal prime minister has called on the United States government to stay out of Australian politics after comments by US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage on Labor's Iraq policy. [Yahoo! News - World] . .< 12:39:09 AM >Blix Made Last-Minute Plea to Blair on Iraq -Paper LONDON (Reuters) - Former U.N. arms inspector Hans Blix pleaded with British Prime Minister Tony Blair for more time to find weapons of mass destruction before the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, the Financial Times reported on Friday. [Reuters: World] . .< 12:38:37 AM >Defectors' Reports on Iraq Arms Were Embellished, Exile Asserts The dramatic stories defectors offered the Bush administration about Iraq's illicit weapons remain unproven. [New York Times: International] . .< 12:37:10 AM >Iraq errors were CIA's fault, says Senate World: Senate report does not address White House responsibility for the debacle over Iraq's WMD. [Guardian Unlimited] What a joke. |
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