FalloutStories related to 11 Sept 2001. |
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4/11/2004; 1:26:41 |
| NYT Endorses Kerry for President: |
| "There is no denying that this race is mainly about Mr. Bush's disastrous tenure. Nearly four years ago, after the Supreme Court awarded him the presidency, Mr. Bush came into office amid popular expectation that he would acknowledge his lack of a mandate by sticking close to the center. Instead, he turned the government over to the radical right." "We look back on the past four years with hearts nearly breaking, both for the lives unnecessarily lost and for the opportunities so casually wasted. Time and again, history invited George W. Bush to play a heroic role, and time and again he chose the wrong course. We believe that with John Kerry as president, the nation will do better." -- New York Times 17 Oct, 2004 |
| Reckless Administration May Reap Disastrous Consequences: |
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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 |
| On the road to losing the peace : |
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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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[Via Scripting News] British Ex-Guantanamo Detainees Sue Rumsfeld  < 2:42:40 AM>. .WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Four British former inmates of the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay sued Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and others Wednesday saying they were tortured in violation of U.S. and international law. [Via Reuters: World] Sue him and then try him for war crimes. Bush website blocked outside US < 2:37:08 AM>. .People based outside the US have been unable to visit the re-election website of President Bush. [Via BBC News | World | UK Edition] The blocking of browsers sited outside the US began in the early hours of Monday morning. Since then people outside the US trying to browse the site get a message saying they are not authorised to view it. The blocking does not appear to be due to an attack by vandals or malicious hackers, but as a result of a policy decision by the Bush camp. As of this writing it's working in Canada. Guantanamo four plan to sue US < 2:34:27 AM>. .Four British men held at Guantanamo Bay for nearly three years are to sue the US government. [Via BBC News | World | UK Edition] 4 Iraqis Tell of Looting at Munitions Site in '03 < 2:33:26 AM>. .Looters stormed Al Qaqaa just days after U.S. troops swept through on their way to Baghdad in early April 2003. [Via New York Times: International] 'Two witnesses were employees of Al Qaqaa - one a chemical engineer and the other a mechanic - and the third was a former employee, a chemist, who had come back to retrieve his records, determined to keep them out of American hands. The mechanic, Ahmed Saleh Mezher, said employees asked the Americans to protect the site but were told this was not the soldiers' responsibility.'
"And free people are free to make mistakes and commit crimes and do bad things." Intelligence Report to Assess Threat Posed by Terrorists < 2:28:44 AM>. .The report could address whether the Iraq war has increased or decreased the foreign terrorist threat to the U.S. [Via New York Times: International] But in that memorandum, administration officials acknowledged, the agency proposed "factual corrections" to assertions included in a draft fact sheet prepared by the White House titled "America Is Safer Without Saddam Hussein." Unfortunately the report won't be ready until after the election. Dozens of newspapers shift allegiance to Democrat camp < 2:19:12 AM>. .Growing number of American newspapers admit they have been wrong to endorse George Bush. [Via Guardian Unlimited World Latest] Four years ago the Chicago Sun-Times endorsed George Bush for president. On Sunday, it became one of a growing number of American newspapers to admit they had got it wrong. At least 37 newspapers which backed Mr Bush in 2000 have switched sides to John Kerry. A Sun-Times editorial listed a number of reasons for withdrawing its support from Mr Bush. The administration, it said, had been "wilfully and woefully unprepared to face" the insurgency in Iraq. The Bush tax cuts for the wealthy were "a costly misstep in a time of war" and the paper was concerned by the secrecy of Mr Bush's "subordinates such as Dick Cheney and John Ashcroft". Mr Kerry, the paper said, acknowledged that the "United States is a world leader, not a rogue state". Finally waking up. Let's hope it's not too late. |
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