Tuesday, April 01, 2003

How to Help A donor's guide to aid for Iraq. Nick Cater untangles the politics and logistics of choosing which aid agency to support. [Guardian Unlimited] 7:55:37 PM    comment []

Microsoft Developers Network Offers RSS News Feed Tim Ewald: "MSDN finally has official RSS feeds!" Excellent. [Scripting News] RSS at MSDN! If you read no other spec this year... Outbound from Seattle... RSS vs. Blogging Accessing raw XML messages from an ASP.NET Web Service Bringing Web services to MSDN Back in the saddle 2003-04-01 - RSS at MSDN! MSDN finally has official RSS feeds! Here are the URIs: Recently published on all of MSDN Visual Basic .NET Visual C# .NET Visual C++ .NET Visual Studio .NET .NET Framework XML Web Services 7:46:30 PM    comment []

The True Human Cost in US War in Iraq: The Tragic Loss of American Citizens Serving Their Country Coalition Troop Casualties, POWs, MIAs. The names of U.S. troop casualties, provided by relatives or military officials. Totals: 46 dead, 16 missing and seven captured. In some cases, families have released names before the military. [Associated Press war headlines via GoUpstate.com] 7:43:55 PM    comment []

United Kingdom Promotes Continued United Nations Leadership Role in Iraq UK hopes for UN Iraq role. The UK proposes a UN summit to help organise the running of post-war Iraq - seemingly at odds with the US policy. [BBC News | Front Page | UK Edition] 7:41:03 PM    comment []

Wi-Fi Netwroking News Publishes New URL WiFiNetNews.com. Welcome to the new home of Wi-Fi Networking News. The site is now hosted on my own hardware, which might allow me more flexibility in the future, and it's running using Movable Type, an excellent Web log system that meets my needs for publishing this site. Please check out the search interface at right, which is substantially improved over my old improvised Google link. As always, feedback is welcome, as well as bug reports. The old 80211b.weblogger.com or wi-fi.weblogger.com URL will continue to redirect indefinitely to the right location for archived postings and the home page.... [Wi-Fi Networking News] 7:34:48 PM    comment []

Wall Street Journal Report on Wi-Fi WSJ Report for Free. Yesterday's detailed Wall Street Journal article on Wi-Fi is available for free: Yahoo News has the report through syndicaiton in two chunks: part 1, part 2.... [Wi-Fi Networking News] 7:31:40 PM    comment []

Globalvision News Feed Global Vision News Network Feed: http://www.gvnews.net/feed/hl-crisis.shtml  Crisis Wire Humanitarian Situation Worsening <p>The war in Iraq has taken centre stage for the world's attention. The daily bombings of the country's infrastructure and the heavy toll on human life are now the pre-occupation of the world media ...   This war is real and there are victims! <p>We are afraid we have to present the photograph of this dead child. It was sent to us by a reader who got it from Al Jazeera sources.</p><p>We have taken this decision not because we are necrophil ...   Whose International Law? <p>My reaction was mixed when UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan ordered the UN weapons inspectors and the UN personnel handling the Iraq oil-for-food programme out of Iraq in the face of intended Anglo ...     Response to Iraq War: An American intern's observations <p>As an American living in Ghana, I am confronted every day with questions regarding the war in Iraq. People ask me for my opinion. I respond by stressing that I do not support the actions of my gov ...   Last of Human Shields Arrive Home <p>&quot;Life is a gift and I may die any minute -- that's the lesson I learnt,&quot; said Ridwana Jooma, one of the last group of 20 South African 'human shields' to return home from Iraq on Tuesday ...     Faint Comfort: Bush Still Needs the UN <p>The worst has come to pass. The US has launched an illegal war against Iraq, an offensive war not sanctioned by the United Nations charter, nor by a UN Security Council resolution.</p><p>Not that ... GVNews.Net Crisis Capsule: http://www.gvnews.net/html/cc.html  THE CRISIS REPORT  Dr. Sahib el-Hakim UK: The Missing Rebels A key reason Iraqis have not risen up against Saddam Hussein is that hundreds of thousands were "disappeared" the last time they did.... more  NEED TO KNOW   War Reports from GVNews.Net TURKEY: Powell in Turkey To Talk Iraq, Mend Fences As U.S. troops face unexpectedly strong resistance in Iraq, Turkey’s reluctant military assistance appears increasingly important and Secretary of State Colin Powell will be trying to mend fences and discuss how to fortify the U.S.-led war.... more   ---ASIA TIMES: From Liberation War to Jihad   ---RFE/RL: Putin -- Iraq Crisis Worst Conflict Since Cold War   ---ARAB NEWS: Can Anyone Firing at You Be Friendly?   ---EURASIANET: Tehran Walks on Thin Ice As War Rages across Border   ---ASIA TIMES: Russia Warns of Iraqi Fallout   ---MOSCOW TIMES: A Dozen ‘Saddam Husseins’ in Russia’s Dagestan   ---TURKISH DAILY NEWS: Turkish ‘Street’ May Be Turning Anti-American   ---DAILY STAR: Lebanon’s President Rips Washington’s Warning to Damascus   ---GULF NEWS: Pressure Grows on Arab Governments   ---ISRAEL INSIDER: Israel’s New FM Given Deadline To Stop Terror   ---OUTLOOK INDIA: An Empire of Corpses?   ---PACIFIC NEWS SERVICE: For China, Iraq Conflict Is America's War   ---ARAB NEWS: Jordanians Claim God’s Will Stronger Than U.S. Weaponry   ---BUSINESS DAY: Africa Agrees to Disagree on Iraq  THE DAILY WORLD South Korea calls on the U.S. to organize a multilateral forum at an early date to resolve North Korea's nuclear issue.... more KOREA: Seoul Backs Multilateral Role on North ISRAEL: Diplomacy Seems Likely Only after War LIBERIA: Rebels Abduct over 1,000 Refugees PERU: Latin Americans Ambivalent on Democracy  GLOBAL OP-ED USA: Ignore German History at Your Own Peril They say that those who do not learn the lessons of history are doomed to repeat them. Germans today remember the events and the lessons of 70 years ago when democracy failed. Will Americans pay heed? JAPAN: The United Nations -- More Relevant Than Ever TURKEY: Why Europe is Against This War S AFRICA: Villagers Need a Say in Bush's Global Village PAKISTAN: Confronting the U.S.-Led Aggression JORDAN: The 'Palestinization' of Iraq LEBANON: U.N. Hampered by Annan’s Weak Leadership KOREA: North Korea Next? Not Likely JAPAN: Japan -- Superpower in Waiting PAKISTAN: Where is Pakistan's Share in $70 billion Pie? JORDAN: Bush, Blair Discount Wounded Arab Pride USA: Russia Arms Sales to Iraq Suggest Broader Goals USA: U.S. Must Rethink Failed N. Korea Strategy ISRAEL: Why the Anti-Saddam Uprising Hasn’t Arisen SAUDI ARABIA: Colonization in the 21st Century USA: A Familiar Future for Iraq 7:24:23 PM    comment []

The Mouse is Mightier Than the Cruise Missle Exclusive: ‘God’s Will is Stronger Than US Weaponry’ [ArabNews: World] 8:40:08 AM    comment []

Controversial Michael Moore Continues to Speak Out Oscar Winner Michael Moore Targets Bush and bin Laden [CommonDreams NewsWire] 8:31:56 AM    comment []

Legality of Depleted Uranium Weapons Challenged US Forces' Use of Depleted Uranium Weapons is 'Illegal' [CommonDreams NewsWire] 8:29:23 AM    comment []

Memory of Vietnam Lurks in the Background The Resemblance to Vietnam War Can't Be Overlooked [CommonDreams NewsWire] 8:27:59 AM    comment []

Quality Control and Customer Service Delivery Issues Concerning Precision-Guided Missles U.S. Precision Weapons Have Failure Rate. The U.S. military is fighting perhaps the most accurate air war in history, with most of the 8,000 precision-guided bombs and missiles loosed on Iraq blasting their intended targets. [Associated Press war headlines via GoUpstate.com] 8:24:51 AM    comment []

Are They Really Asking: "How Many Iraqi Children Will Need to Die to Satisfy US Revenge for 9/11?" TV Captures Images of Iraqi Children. Their faces shine with innocence and raw pain, captured on television footage and in photographs that testify to the price paid by Iraqi children for adults waging war. [Associated Press war headlines via GoUpstate.com] 8:21:51 AM    comment []

Temple of Moon God in 6,000 Year Old Ancient City of Ur, Birthplace of Civilization, Encircled by US Troops Troops Stationed Near Ancient City of Ur. Burrowed in the sweltering desert, U.S. infantrymen ring a stark temple of a moon god and the sand-swept ruins of a city where 6,000 years ago civilization first budded and from which, it is said, three great religions blossomed. [Associated Press war headlines via GoUpstate.com] 8:10:12 AM    comment []

War Improves Volunteer Spirit for National Service Around the World Iraq War Boosts Militants' Recruiting. Riding a wave of anti-American sentiment, outlawed Islamic extremist organizations that were routed by the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan in 2001 are making a comeback. [Associated Press war headlines via GoUpstate.com] 8:04:55 AM    comment []

Geraldo Rivera Claims Former NBC Friends are Stabbing Him in the Back Rivera Dismisses Iraq Ejection Reports. Dismissing reports that he's been ejected from Iraq for revealing tactical information about the 101st Airborne Division, reporter Geraldo Rivera said he plans to ride with U.S. troops into Baghdad. [Associated Press war headlines via GoUpstate.com] 8:02:32 AM    comment []

Possible Suicide Bomber Threat Rationalizes Death of 7 Iraqi Civilians U.S.: Troops Killed at Least 7 Civilians. U.S. soldiers shot and killed at least seven Iraqi women and children at a checkpoint in southern Iraq in an episode that reflected the military's nervousness over the danger of suicide attacks. The U.S. military said the soldiers opened fire Monday when the driver of the van failed to stop as ordered. [Associated Press war headlines via GoUpstate.com] 7:58:04 AM    comment []

The Awe of Victory, the Shock of Defeat: Iraq's Olympic HDQTRS Bombed Saddam's Palace, Olympic Compound Bombed. Allied warplanes and missiles blasted targets in Baghdad overnight, including Iraq's Olympic headquarters, one of Saddam Hussein's palaces, and what was believed to be an Air Force officers club. [Associated Press war headlines via GoUpstate.com] 7:53:32 AM    comment []

National Geographic Comments on Firing Their Pulizter Prize Winning Reporter Peter Arnett National Geographic Fires Peter Arnett [National Geographic News] 7:51:06 AM    comment []

UN Secretary General Annan Meets Arab Leaders Annan meets with Arab countries for talks on situation in Iraq [UN News Service: UN Affairs, Secretary General] 7:48:50 AM    comment []

Iraqi Widow Comments on Pro-Democracy Husband's Death by Tomahawk Cruise Missle Dead Iraqi Would Have Loved Democracy [Disinformation] 7:46:40 AM    comment []

Newsweek Reports US War Plan Being Questioned A Plan Under Attack [Newsweek] 7:40:16 AM    comment []

Syria Supply Chain to Iraq Adds to Complexity of Iraqi War Syria Supplies Iraq With Military Systems Amid War [Middle East Newsline] 7:37:44 AM    comment []

United Nations War Crimes Tribunal Sentences Two Croations UN tribunal sentences two Bosnian Croats for war crimes [UN News Service: Law, Crime, Prevention] 7:36:09 AM    comment []

Microsoft XP updates Wi-Fi Security Microsoft Delivers Wi-Fi Update For XP. Microsoft Delivers Wi-Fi Update For XP [InfoWorld: Top News] 7:34:07 AM    comment []

Was Arnett Fired for Telling the Truth? arnett claims failure war plans. Peter Arnett: "US War plan failed" Update: Arnett was just fired, and has apologized for his "misjudgement". [Adam Curry: Adam Curry's Weblog] 7:31:54 AM    comment []

Walter Cronkite's Point of View on Arnett's Termination from National Geographic cronkite on arnett. Walter Cronkite: "Mr. Arnett's firing is more than a personal setback. With him gone from the airwaves, Americans have lost an eye on Baghdad that had proved a valuable addition to our knowledge of a mysterious enemy." [Adam Curry: Adam Curry's Weblog] 7:30:27 AM    comment []

Pravda Reports Coalition Friendly Fire Death Rate in Iraq Non-Combat Losses Break Records [Pravda.RU:Main] 7:27:26 AM    comment []

Microsoft Wi-Fi Protected Access Repairs 802.11 Broken Encryption Microsoft releases Windows update to handle Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA): WPA fixes the broken encryption and integrity model in 802.11a, b, and g (WEP + other details), and is the interim step on the road to 802.11i, a slightly broader set of standards of which WPA is a subset. By including support in the operating system, Microsoft has taken the onus off all Wi-Fi equipment makers who want to enable WPA but don't want to rewrite all their client software. Of course, this is a Windows XP/2000 and/or NDIS 5.1-only solution, from what I can tell, but it's a big step. (This is the first report, from News.com; more details expected later today.) [80211b News] 7:22:38 AM    comment []