Thomas KnappThree journalists dead in US strikes....more info!Wed Apr 9 14:40:20 2003204.189.23.144NEWS1) Three journalists dead in US strikes Washington Post"U.S. troops fired a tank round today at the 18-story Palestine Hotel in central Baghdad that houses most foreign journalists, killing two cameramen and wounding three others, two of them seriously. A reporter for the pan-Arab network al-Jazeera was killed earlier in the day in a U.S. strike on its bureau here." (04/09/03) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59837-2003Apr8.html -- 2) Dems eye Halliburton probe Guardian Unlimited [UK] "Dick Cheney's former company may have received favored treatment in winning hundreds of millions of dollars in Defense Department contracts .... Questioning why Halliburton's KBR subsidiary received the work despite investigations that showed previous overcharges, Reps. Henry Waxman of California and John Dingell of Michigan asked [GAO] on Tuesday to investigate the company's Pentagon business." [Editor's note: Halliburton is not Cheney's "former" company -- he is receiving an annual salary of about $1 million from the firm while serving in the White House] (04/09/03) http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,1282,-2543878,00.html -- 3) Elephant mounts rescue operation Sydney Morning Herald [Australia] "An elephant has launched an extraordinary rescue operation, opening a gate with her trunk to free antelopes being held at a camp near Empangeni in the east of South Africa .... a private game capture company had rounded up the antelope to relocate them for a breeding program. The team were settling in for the night when a herd of 11 elephant approached ..." (04/09/03) http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/08/1049567683578.html -- 4) Israelis kill 5, wound 50 in Gaza attack Ha'aretz "Israel Air Force helicopter gunships fired missiles at a car in Gaza City after sundown yesterday, killing five people and wounding around 50. The attack took place in Gaza City's Zeitoun neighborhood, known as a Hamas stronghold, and targeted Sa'id Arabid, one of the leaders of the organization's military wing. Arabid and one of his aides, Ashraf Halabi, were killed." (04/09/03) http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=282040 -- 5) Turk general faces tough choice in Iraq Washington Post "Turkey considers Kurdish control of the Iraqi oil fields a security threat, and if the Kurds enter either city, Ozkok will face the most important decision of his 44-year military career: whether to order an invasion of northern Iraq that could lead to clashes between his troops and those of the United States and its Kurdish allies." (04/09/03) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59162-2003Apr8.html -- 6) Victim disarmers fight to maintain Jim Crow for gun owners Tennessean "Groups [claiming to represent] the [Tennessee's] restaurants, hotels and motels are not terribly happy about a new proposal that would allow people with gun permits to carry their weapons into places where alcoholic beverages are served, even though they would be prohibited from drinking. The bill is the No. 1 priority of two groups of gun enthusiasts seeking to relax the state's weapons laws ..." (04/08/03) http://tennessean.com/government/archives/03/04/31307120.shtml -- 7) Manila sets US exercises in rebel stronghold Reuters "The Philippines will hold a joint military exercise with U.S. troops in the Sulu islands, a stronghold of Muslim rebels in the southern Philippines .... The joint exercise was due to start earlier this year but was delayed by controversy over whether the American soldiers would fight the rebels directly, in violation of a Philippine constitutional ban on combat by foreign troops." (04/09/03) http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?storyID=2532266 -- 8) Three guilty in bombing campaign The Scotsman [UK] "Three members of a Real IRA cell have been convicted of plotting a campaign of terror in Britain. ... The five members of the Real IRA cell will be sentenced today for their part in plotting a bombing campaign intended to take life, maim and destroy property." (04/09/03) http://www.thescotsman.co.uk/index.cfm?id=413882003 -- 9) Parties weigh in on Iraq war WorldNetDaily "Most Americans know where Republicans and Democrats stand on the war in Iraq, but few have heard views on the war expressed by the plethora of other, smaller political parties. Accepted as the nation's third-largest organized political party, the Libertarian Party generally advocates a military policy of non-interventionism unless such intervention is directly tied to American security." (04/09/03) http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=31944 -- 10) Philip Morris notches temporary victory Fox News "[A] Chicago judge temporarily blocked part of a multibillion-dollar award [Philip Morris] was ordered to pay, after being found to have deceived customers into thinking 'light' cigarettes were safer than regular cigarettes." (04/08/03) http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,83564,00.html -- 11) Schiff seeks judge's removal Las Vegas Review Journal "Antitax activist Irwin Schiff and his attorneys have filed a motion seeking to remove a judge from Schiff's federal tax case in Las Vegas. [They] argue that U.S. Senior District Judge Lloyd George demonstrated bias when he issued a temporary restraining order last month preventing Schiff from distributing his book, 'The Federal Mafia: How the Government Illegally Imposes and Unlawfully Collects Income Taxes.'" (04/08/03) http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2003/Apr-08-Tue-2003/news/21060464.html TEMP SHORT URL: http://tinyurl.com/94kh -- 12) Police may be tested in killer case CNN "Speculation that a serial killer stalking southern Louisiana could be gaining the trust of his victims by wearing a uniform has prompted calls for police officers to undergo DNA testing. Authorities say there have been no signs of forced entry where the victims were murdered or abducted. That has led to speculation the murderer could be ... a man using a uniform to get to the women." (04/08/03) http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/South/04/08/serial.killings.ap/ -- 13) Kermit rolls a j -- film at 4:20 Ananova [UK] "An animated clip of Kermit the Frog rolling a cannabis joint is being circulated by email in Chile. ... The email is believed to have been created as a joke but advertiser Paula Rojas says it could damage the image of the children's character." (04/08/03) http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_768702.html -- 14) Afghanistan again top heroin source Washington Times "Afghanistan has re-emerged as the world's leading producer of opium poppies, the source of heroin, with cultivation spreading throughout the country's remote regions despite a ban by Afghan President Hamid Karzai, federal authorities say. Under the now-defunct Taliban, Afghanistan controlled 80 percent of the heroin sold in Europe ..." (04/08/03) http://washingtontimes.com/national/20030408-83935464.htm -- 15) Iraqi dissident typifies leadership concerns Newsday "One of the top Iraqi opposition leaders, and one of the most controversial, returned to Iraq this week in what many say is a bid to become its leader, despite deep divisions in the U.S. government over his future role. ... Chalabi was tried and convicted in absentia in Jordan for bank fraud, a development he dismissed as an Iraqi- backed plot against him." (04/08/03) http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/nywochal083212798apr08,0,3027387.story TEMP SHORT URL: http://tinyurl.com/94kj -- 16) Syria now top US target for "regime change" Telegraph [UK] "One of the main subjects on the agenda of the Belfast summit yesterday was Syria, the Pentagon's next likely target for 'regime change' amid suspicions it allowed Saddam Hussein to transfer weapons of mass destruction within its borders .... US officials are also convinced that Mr Assad has actively collaborated with Saddam ..."(04/08/03) http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/04/08/wsyria08.xml/ TEMP SHORT URL: http://tinyurl.com/94kk -- 17) Ridge wants more anti-terror money for states Fox News "The Bush administration wants to change the way federal security money is allocated so more flows to the states facing the greatest threat of terrorist attack, Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge said Tuesday, [adding that] the administration will propose changing the formula for dispersing hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal aid ..." (04/08/03) http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,83602,00.html -- 18) Security Council fails on North Korea statement USA Today "The major Security Council powers failed to agree on a statement condemning North Korea's nuclear program because of opposition from China ... diplomats said. China said Tuesday the Security Council has no business discussing North Korea's nuclear program. ... the five permanent council members -- the United States, Russia, China, Britain and France -- met at France's U.N. Mission to discuss the situation." (04/08/03) http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/20030408unsecuritycouncilnkoreastatement_x.htm TEMP SHORT URL: http://tinyurl.com/94km -- 19) Ousted judges keep pensions Chicago Sun Times "Former Cook County Judge Oliver Spurlock was thrown off the bench two years ago ... after being accused of sexually harassing female prosecutors, but he got to keep his pension worth nearly $54,000 a year. Spurlock is among nine disgraced judges collecting annual pensions worth as much as $138,000 each after leaving the bench under a cloud of unethical behavior." (04/08/03) http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-pension08.html -- 20) Killing a child: "I did what I had to do" Sydney Morning Herald [Australia] "When a young Iraqi boy stooped to pick up a rocket propelled grenade off the body of a dead paramilitary, US Army Private Nick Boggs made his decision. He unloaded machinegun fire and the boy, whom he puts at about 10 years old, fell dead on a garbage-strewn stretch of waste land at Karbala. ... although he has no regrets about opening fire, it is clear he'd rather it wasn't a child he killed." (04/08/03) http://smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/08/1049567660897.html -----ADVERTISEMENT---------------------------------------------------- WE'VE GOT GREAT PREMIUMS FOR OUR DONORS! Books by L. Neil Smith and Vin Suprynowicz Web subscriptions to Education Freedom Press E-booklets from Rational Review Press http://www.rationalreview.com/news/premiums.html ----------------------------------------------------ADVERTISEMENT----- COMMENTARY 21) Son of (Uncle) Sam WorldNetDaily by Ilana Mercer "William Rusher of the Claremont Institute is right. There is an ideological war between Bush's social democrats, known as neoconservatives, and those of us who stand on the Old Right, namely paleoconservatives and paleolibertarians. Rusher, however, is not about to tell his readers what it is about the set of policies which neoconservatives support that makes them global social democrats or rank leftists." (04/09/03) http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=31949 -- 22) You shouldn't live so long Reason by Ronald Bailey "Fresh off its proposed ban on all human cloning, the President's Council on Bioethics is now considering whether or not it is ethical to pursue biomedical research aimed at extending human life spans. Last month the Council met to discuss the staff working paper 'Age- Retardation: Scientific Possibilities and Moral Challenges.'" (04/09/03) http://www.reason.com/rb/rb040903.shtml -- 23) Operation Hubris LewRockwell.Com by Christopher Manion "Long before 9-11, the attack on Iraq has been the paramount goal of a powerful and ultimately successful group inside and outside of the US government. Grim determination, not debate and compromise, was their method. ... debate was contemptuously denounced as a sign of 'going wobbly,' of 'navel contemplation,' or, when all else failed, of despicable ethnic bias." (04/09/03) http://www.lewrockwell.com/manion/manion25.html -- 24) GOP should give spending cuts a chance Cato Institute by Veronique de Rugy and Tad DeHaven "Almost 10 years after the GOP swept into Congress, it is evident that the self-proclaimed party of limited government has become the party of _unlimited_ spending. The GOP Congress has delivered three of the top five largest spending sprees in American history -- the other two occurred during World War II." (04/09/03) http://www.cato.org/dailys/04-09-03.html -- 25) King George returns AntiWar.Com by Justin Raimondo "Imperialist chic is in bloom on the left as well as the right, with weepy liberals like Michael Ignatieff joining neoconservatives Max Boot and Dinesh D'Souza in hailing the American Caesar. ... It's a measure of the new shamelessness. No idea is too obscene as to not enjoy its momentary fashion, not even the repeal of the American Revolution." (04/09/03) http://www.antiwar.com/justin/j040903.html -- 26) Scramble for Central Asia bases Asia Times by Stephen Blank "It is clear that the foreign air and other bases in Central Asia are connected to phenomena beyond the region. Chinese elites see America's presence there as possibly betokening a future 'encirclement' of China. Russia's military-political elites ... also see the American bases as a threat to vital Russian interests and have responded by coercing Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan into granting Moscow air bases in their territories." (04/09/03) http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Central_Asia/ED09Ag01.html --27) On to Damascus? WorldNetDaily by Pat Buchanan"Tony Blair has assured his countrymen the United States does not intend to attack Syria or Iran. Colin Powell has assured the Muslim world the United States does not intend to attack Syria or Iran. But did the British prime minister or U.S. secretary of state clear their statements with Richard Perle? For the War Party has blood in its nostrils and is headed for Damascus." (04/09/03) http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=31953 --28) The price of incremental lawlessness Sierra Times by Carl F. Worden"The citizens who make up the militias are often accused of wanting to overthrow the Government of the United States. That's just not true. The Government of the United States, as defined by the Constitution, has already been overthrown, and the relatively bloodless revolution began in the form of incremental lawlessness." (04/08/03) http://www.sierratimes.com/03/04/08/carlworden.htm --29) There's a place I call home Liberty For All by Juanita Ramirez"We will do this happily for fair pay for fair services. We will never be your slaves. I know, you are laughing at this because you think we already are and don't know it. You will get the last gulp of your own blood if you think that. Historically and theologically it has always been so. You cannot prevail against free will and those of us who just want a place to call home." (04/08/03) http://www.libertyforall.net/2003/archive/march30/home.html --30) Killing the messengers CounterPunch by David Lindorff"When it comes to the killing of three journalists by American troops in two separate incidents in Baghdad over the last 24 hours, there really are only two alternatives .... Either the U.S. is targeting journalists to punish those who are reporting honestly about the horrors of the war ... or else these were simply the kinds of
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