I C H New Weapons Report Contradicts Prewar's: Fri Oct 3 18:25:54 2003 64.140.158.120 New Weapons Report Contradicts Prewar's: Thursday's report on the hunt for suspected Iraqi weapons of mass destruction contradicts some recent claims by the Bush administration. Other findings dispute prewar intelligence, or were known to U.N. inspectors before the war. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article4878.htm === 1,200 weapons inspectors spent 90 days in Iraq. The exercise cost $300m. And the number of weapons found? 0 http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article4877.htm === Bush seeks to widen Iraqi weapons hunt: Bush is seeking more than $600 million to continue the hunt for conclusive evidence that Hussein's government had an illegal weapons program. http://www.iht.com/articles/112292.htm === David Kay, led calls to oust Iraqi dictator: Even in 1994, after he had left the IAEA, Mr Kay was making arguments the Bush administration used to justify the war. http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=449407 === Why is it so hard for us to admit? : Why is it so hard for Americans to connect the dots, when it comes to the completely false foundation for the Bush Doctrine of Pre-emptive Aggression against Iraq? http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article4879.htm === The American Saddam: Bechtel program directors say the company has hired 69 Iraqi subcontractors and employs more than 27,000 people. But subcontracts to Iraqi firms were only worth $47 million by late September - out of a total of more than $1 billion. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article4875.htm === Halliburton's Iraq deal rises to $1.4B: The latest increase, a jump from the $1.25 billion figure posted two weeks ago, reflects higher costs for damage assessments and repairs. http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/apbiz_story.asp?category=1310&slug=Ha === Oil Officials to Be Invited to Iraq: As many as 60 foreign oil companies will be invited to a Baghdad conference to discuss ways of developing the country's oil resources. The meeting, scheduled for December, would be "a brainstorming session" for companies hungry for investment opportunities. http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/03/business/worldbusiness/03OIL.html?ex=1066192025&ei=1&en=8d17e4cbc92b1c70 === U.S. General Says Iraq Guerrillas More Lethal: "The enemy has evolved. It is a little bit more lethal, little bit more complex, little bit more sophisticated and in some cases a little bit more tenacious, " http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=3547519 === Terrorism laws open to abuse- Interpol: "There has been an overuse of terrorism laws to the disadvantage of ordinary citizens and travellers," said the secretary-general of the 181-nation police organization. http://www.thestar.ca/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1065132613056&call_page=TS_World&call_pageid=968332188854&call_pagepath=News/World&pubid=968163964505&StarSource=email === Betrayal Under Bush: No specific evidence links Rove to this incident, but the White House spokesman, Scott McClellan, convinced no one when he called the mention of Rove as a possible source "ridiculous." Rove has a long history of political dirty tricks. http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2003/10/01/betrayal_under_bush/ === CIA exposure scandal: NPR removes a section of transcript that reveals the White House had asked the Justice Department if they could wait a day, before directing the White House staff to preserve all phone and email records http://traprockpeace.org/npr_totenberg_oct_02_2003.html === US and Turkey to hit PKK: Turkey and the US have agreed on an action-plan to eradicate the Kurdish paramilitary group, the PKK. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3158686.stm === Israel bucks peace plan, expanding settlements: Israel announced Thursday it intended to build about 600 homes in three large West Bank settlements, a move that contradicts the Middle East peace plan. http://www.iht.com/articles/112297.htm === The Cost of Israeli Settlements: Israel's announcement yesterday that it would build 600 new homes in West Bank settlements is cause for despair. Since 1967, Israel has spent roughly $10 billion on the settlements. http://tinyurl.com/pl4c === Bomb Explodes at Polish Consulate in Istanbul http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_399461,00050003.htm === Bush announces slumber down under: Video- humor Australians count down the days in anticipation of our presidents visit Video- humor http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article4876.htm === California's Next Governor? Women Say Schwarzenegger Groped, Humiliated Them: According to the women's accounts, one of the incidents occurred in the 1970s, two in the 1980s, two in the 1990s and one in 2000. http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/recall/la-me-women2oct02,1,2313555.story?coll=la-home-headlines === Oil and gas running out much faster than expected, says study: Global reserves are 80 per cent smaller than had been thought, new forecasts suggest. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article4874.htm MORE ON THIS TOPIC http://tinyurl.com/pil5 === Iraq weapons search turns up zilch: CIA: The US-led team hunting for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq has not found any stockpiles of biological or chemical weapons, but will keep searching the country, CIA adviser David Kay said today. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/10/03/1064988370664.html MORE ON "DAVID KAY" http://tinyurl.com/pill === In case you missed it. David Kay's September surprise: When the president needed someone to hawk his "Iraq's weapons of mass destruction are an imminent threat to homeland security" thesis to the American people, David Kay was the man. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article4873.htm === Oh well! Not to worry: Images Of War It's not as if these liars and thieves killed white people. They are only "Arabs" after all. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article2604.htm === US Military Deaths In The Conquest Of Iraq: Here's the chart I'd like to see on the nightly news http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~stephan/USfatalities.html === September 11: Did Bush Welcome It?: At least 11 countries provided us with advance warning of the 9/11 attacks. Mossad agents came to Washington in August 2001 to alert the CIA and FBI about a cell of 200 terrorists said to be preparing a "big operation." Four of the 9/11 hijackers were on their list. But not one of them was detained or questioned. http://www.thehappyheretic.com/current.htm === 'Scandal' Has Media Digging – in the Wrong Place: In the past week, three major Iraq-related developments should have, in theory, caused lasting embarrassment to the Bush administration. But because none of these flaps touched on illegality, they have been treated as one-day stories. http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20031001/5548865s.htm === Former CIA Agent Lashes Out at White House For Blowing Colleague's Cover: Administration allies seek to discredit former ambassador Joseph Wilson as a partisan critic disregarding his commendation by President Bush Sr. for his heroism? in the 1991 Persian Gulf War we speak with former intelligence officer Larry Johnson who worked with Joseph Wilson?s wife, Valerie Plame, at the CIA. http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=03/10/02/158200 MORE ON THE 'CIA" http://tinyurl.com/pimb === Boy Genius or Turd Blossom? Profile Karl Rove http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,1053831,00.html === Neocons Are Now Part of the Sordid History of CIA Betrayal: : "Monkeying with the analysis process for political purposes is one thing; bad as that is, it isn't anything new, and is almost predictable," says one retired intelligence official. "But our own people blowing the cover of one of our own people? http://www.prospect.org/webfeatures/2003/10/vest-j-10-01.html MORE ON "NEOCONS" http://tinyurl.com/pimp === Momentum Builds For Oct. 25 Nat'l March On Washington http://www.internationalanswer.org/campaigns/o25/logistics.html === Liberty can not be preserved without general knowledge among people." (August 1765) John Adams WEB SITE: http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/ MIRROR HERE: http://informationclearinghouse.literati.org/ ARCHIVE: http://www.ymlp.com/pubarchive.php?feminine [LEAK-GATE] Wilson sees wife's `outing' as retaliation — LEAK-GATE, Fri Oct 3 21:42 [LEAK-GATE] Suspicion centers on Lewis Libby — LEAK-GATE, Fri Oct 3 22:20 [LEAK-GATE] Hunt for CIA-leak clues intensifies — LEAK-GATE, Fri Oct 3 22:40
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