Entries for July 2008

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Flight 93: cell phone call exposed

The Associated Press | Jul. 30, 2008
The CIA has confronted senior Pakistani officials with evidence showing that members of the country's spy service have deepened their ties with some militant groups responsible for a surge of violence in Afghanistan, possibly including the suicide bombing this month of the Indian Embassy in Kabul, The New York Times reported.

RawStory.com | Jul. 29, 2008
A neoconservative architect of President Bush's Iraq occupation could be preparing to personally reap the spoils of war, the Wall Street Journal reported.

By Jerome R. Corsi | WorldNetDaily.com | Jul. 28, 2008
The Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America is dead, says Robert A. Pastor, the American University professor who for more than a decade has been a major proponent of building a North American Community.

The Associated Press | Jul. 28, 2008
Police have stripped a New York City officer of his badge and gun after a video posted on YouTube showed him body-checking a bicyclist who was part of a Times Square demonstration.

By Steve Watson | Infowars.net | Jul. 29, 2008
You couldn’t make it up if you tried. Police in Ozark, Missouri repeatedly tased a critically injured sixteen year old boy after he “refused to comply with the officers”.

By Pallab Ghosh | BBC News | Jul. 28, 2008
The researchers say that vandalism of GM crop trials is holding back research in the area. Current legislation requires the exact location of GM crop trials to be publicly available. But according to those engaged in active research, that information is invariably used by anti-GM protesters to disrupt experiments.

The Associated Press | Jul. 28, 2008
More than 22,000 veterans have sought help from a special suicide hot line in its first year, and 1,221 suicides have been averted, the government says.

By Mark Greenblatt | KHOU-TV | Jul. 28, 2008
With a war in Iraq and fighting on the rise in Afghanistan, the struggle to bring in new U.S. Army recruits is heating up again. And Irving Gonzales, 18, got caught up in it all.

By Margaret Griffis | AntiWar.com | Jul. 28, 2008
Four female suicide bombers staged attacks in two different cities today, killing and wounding hundreds of Iraqis. One attack targeted religious pilgrims, while the other focused on political demonstrators. Overall, at least 87 Iraqis were killed and 288 more were wounded across the country. No Coalition deaths were reported.

Lewis Page | The Register | Jul. 28, 2008
A pair of doctors have said that British parents should have fewer children, because kids cause carbon emissions and climate change. The two medics suggest that choosing to have a third child is the same as buying a patio heater or driving a gas-guzzling car, and that GPs should advise their patients against it.

By Erin Rosa | Colorado Independent | Jul. 19, 2008
The U.S. Army and Colorado National Guard have announced intentions to reserve more than 500 hotel rooms for lodging during the Democratic National Convention, hinting at the number of military personnel that may be in Denver for the high-profile event that is expected to draw an estimated 50,000 protesters.

Simon Johnson | The Telegraph | Jul. 28, 2008
All passengers flying from British airports with departure lounges used by both domestic and international travellers face being fingerprinted from next year. The Home Office's Border and Immigration Agency has confirmed that it is considering forcing airport operators to introduce the measures to increase security.

WorldNetDaily.com | Jul. 26, 2008
A report from the federal Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States from Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Attack has painted a bleak picture for America under such attack: Electricity grids down, uncontrolled fires from exploding gas transport systems, no communication to summon firefighters and if they could come, no water to battle fires. All in city after city after city.

By Frosty Wooldridge | NewsWithViews.com | Jul. 24, 2008
Can you define inept? How about incompetent? Ever hear of the word bungling? What about The Peter Principle? Try this on for size: systemic corruption? Does Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac hit a nervous cord? What if you stored your money at IndyMac Bank? Last week, a plunging stock market, bank failure, thousands of mortgage foreclosures and accelerating job losses at United Air Lines as well as Ford and GM—set Americans on edge.