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Tuesday, April 13, 2004
BY DAVID WOOD
Penn Live, PA
WASHINGTON - In a broadside fired at the conduct of the war in Iraq, a
senior Army strategist has accused the Bush administration of seeking to win
"quickly and on the cheap" while ignoring the more critical strategic aim of
creating a stable, democratic nation…
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Ashcroft slammed over Sept 11
Reuters, UK - 4-13-04
By
Alan Elsner. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The US Justice Department under Attorney
General John Ashcroft failed in 2001 to treat counterterrorism ... |
Staff Report Portrays a Divided and Backward Pre-9/11 FBI
New York Times, NY - 4-13-04
By DAVID STOUT. WASHINGTON, April 13 — In the years before
Sept. 11, 2001, the Federal Bureau of Investigation was almost at war ...
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"In response to the escalating
violence in Iraq, President Bush is delaying the return home of 25,000 troops
and will actually add reinforcements to the south. Then in a symbolic gesture he
pulled down the mission accomplished banner, put on a flight suit, walked
backwards to a jet fighter and flew it in reverse off an aircraft carrier."
—Tina Fey on Saturday Night Live
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Disturbing News
2 soldiers, 7 contractors are the latest Iraq missing
Baltimore Sun, MD - 4-13-04
...
One employee of Kellogg, Brown & Root, a Halliburton subsidiary, was killed
in addition to the seven others missing or held hostage. ...
Japanese minister cancels Iraq
visit - report
Reuters, India - 4-13-04
By Elaine
Lies and George Nishiyama. TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's defence minister
cancelled on Tuesday a visit to Japanese troops in ...
Hostage crisis torments Japan
BBC
News, UK - 4-13-04
The
relatives of three Japanese taken hostage in Iraq are reported to be
physically and emotionally exhausted after contradictory reports on their
loved ones ...
4 Italian civilians said missing in Iraq
Penn
Live, PA - 4-13-04
... China
hasn't contributed troops to the US-led military force in Iraq and it was
unclear why the seven were there. The official Xinhua ...
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Panel: FBI Weak on Terror Threat Response
AP -
4-13-04
The FBI failed
miserably over several years to reorganize and respond to a steadily growing
threat of terrorism, and Attorney General John Ashcroft rejected an appeal
from the agency for more funding on the day before al-Qaida struck, the
commission investigating the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks said Tuesday.
FDA: Some Mexican Candy Contains Lead
AP -
Mon Apr 12,
3:01 PM ET
Children
shouldn't eat certain candy imported from Mexico because it may be
contaminated with small amounts of lead, the Food and Drug Administration
said Friday.
Iraqi clerics say coalition 'must pay' for crisis
CNN
International, United States - 4-13-04
... making
this month the deadliest one since the war in Iraq began in March 2003. With
April not yet half over, at least 73 US troops have been killed in hostile
...
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"Rupert Murdoch, the owner of
Fox News, has announced that he will support President Bush's reelection.
Really? It's so hard to tell from the news coverage." Jay Leno
Republican Shenanigans
Halliburton's Role in Iraq -- from Meals to Oil
Reuters -
Mon Apr 12, 5:49
PM ET
Texas company
Halliburton, which has seven workers missing in Iraq, is the U.S. military's
biggest contractor there, responsible for everything from preparing meals for
U.S. troops to repairing Iraq's oil infrastructure.
Scalia Apologizes for Recording Erasure
AP -
Mon Apr 12, 4:40
PM ET
Supreme Court
Justice Antonin Scalia has apologized for an incident last week in which a U.S.
marshal erased reporters' recordings of a speech Scalia gave to high school
students.
Republican Party Chairman under investigation
Anchorage
Daily News, AK - 4-13-04
The state attorney general's office is investigating possible ethics law
violations by Republican Party Chairman Randy Ruedrich when he worked last year
as one ...
Republican Party has new headquarters
Puerto Rico
Wow, Puerto Rico - 4-13-04
SAN JUAN (AP) – For the first time, the local committee of the United States
Republican Party will have an official headquarters in Puerto Rico, which will
...
GOP committee agrees to pay fine in campaign investigation
News
Journal, TX - 4-13-04
AUSTIN, Texas -- The National Republican Congressional Committee has agreed to
pay a $280,000 fine for misusing corporate money for issues ads in the 2000
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Upstate
man takes issue with GOP pin made in China
(Columbia-AP)
April 12, 2004 -- An Upstate man is taking issue with the state GOP sending pins
made in China to the party faithful. House candidate Robley T Moore wrote state
Republican Party Chairman Katon Dawson about the pins given out so members could
show pride in the party.
Bunning apologizes for 'joke' about rival
Republican U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning, at a recent GOP event, told diners that state
Sen. Daniel Mongiardo, his likely opponent in the November election, looks like
one of Saddam Hussein's sons.
"We will, in fact, be greeted
as liberators." - Vice President Dick Cheney, March 16, 2003
Lisa,
This was sent to me by a friend
who wrote it as she got off the phone with a friend of hers who had called to
tell her that her youngest son was being sent to Iraq. The authors name is
Jeanne Butler of Midland, Texas.
I Weep
I weep for the Soldier.
My tears fall like rain.
I weep for their families who may
Never see them again.
I weep for the Mother
Empty arms, broken hearts.
I weep for the wives,
Their lives torn apart.
I weep for the children,
Their lives forever changed.
I weep for their sadness,
I weep for their pain.
I weep for the soldier.
I weep for their plight.
I weep over the coffins,
Hidden from sight.
I weep for our country.
For the freedoms we've lost.
I weep for the future,
When I think of the cost....
I weep for the innocent,
Caught up in the fight.
I weep for their agony,
With no solution in sight.
Jeanne Butler
Midland, Texas
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Military News
Buried Veterans Records Now on Web
AP -
Mon Apr 12,
7:18 PM ET
Sally Naporlee
turned to the Department of Veterans Affairs to find out more about her
grandfather, who served during World War I.
US commander requests two brigades amid violence
Fresno
Bee, CA - 4-13-04
... Top US military commanders in Iraq on Monday acknowledged serious
shortcomings in efforts to establish new Iraqi security forces and said the
program is being ...
14,000 more US troops may go to Iraq
Bradenton
Herald, FL -4-13-04
... while the coalition controlled pockets within Iraq, the rebels ... John
Abizaid, the head of US Central Command ... teleconference Monday how many
more troops would be ...
US soldier killed as US troops head toward Najaf
Boston
Herald, MA -4-13-04
NAJAF, Iraq - Gunmen attacked a large convoy of US troops heading toward
Najaf with ... The US military has vowed to capture a radical
Shiite cleric, Muqtada al ...
US troops deploy outside Najaf, one soldier killed;
helicopter ...
San Francisco
Chronicle, CA -4-13-04
...
The recent burst of violence has exposed weaknesses in Iraq's US-trained
security ... effort to toughen the Iraqi forces, Abizaid said the US
military will reach ...
Assorted News
Experts See Drawbacks to GOP Convention in NY
Reuters -
Mon
Apr 12,10:10 PM ET
The Republican
Party's hope that its convention in New York would highlight a nation healed
after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks could backfire as the White House comes
under fire for its handling of the crisis and the war in Iraq, strategists
said on Monday.
Bush to Hold News Conference Tuesday Night
Reuters -
Mon
Apr 12, 7:23 PM ET
President Bush
will hold his first formal press conference of the year on Tuesday to
discuss the situation in Iraq, where U.S. forces are battling both Sunni and
Shi'ite Muslim insurgents, the White House said.
Iraq Said to Need Political Not Military
Solution
Macon Area
Online, GA - 4-13-04
...
He complained of confusion over whether US military should keep order in
Falluja or ... of its most competent allies, like the British, in Iraq's
least troublesome ...
Bush, Kerry ad spending surges, but results muted
Fort Wayne
Journal Gazette, IN - 3 hours ago
... The Republican National Convention begins at the end of August in New
York City. But Clymer said the early ads were not necessarily a waste. ...
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Media Backtalk
Washington Post - 4-13-04
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In fact Randi Rhodes is one of the most popular radio personalities in her
market regularly beating Rush Limbaugh in his own town -- Palm Beach Fla.
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Administration's house of cards tumbling down
Baltimore
Sun, MD - Apr 12, 2004
Iraq More Damaging to Bush Future Than 9/11 Memo
Reuters -
Mon
Apr 12, 3:07 PM ET
The
deteriorating situation in Iraq poses much more of a threat for President
Bush's re-election hopes than the tempest caused by release of an August
2001 briefing paper on the al Qaeda threat, political consultants and
analysts said on Monday.
Bush Bumps 'Idol'
Washington
Post - 4-13-04
Fox announced yesterday it is postponing the hugely popular reality show to
air Bush's third prime-time news conference of his presidency. ...
Russia Urges Citizens to Leave Iraq After Kidnappings
(Update1)
Bloomberg - 4-13-04
April 13 (Bloomberg) -- Russia today urged all of its citizens in Iraq to
leave the country after unidentified captors released eight employees of a
Russian ...
Bush predicts CIA, FBI revamp
ABC
Online, Australia -4-13-04
American President George W Bush has signalled the US intelligence agencies
face major reforms as a result of the September 11 commission hearings.
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Gov't Looking for Tiffany
Globe Owner
Guardian, UK - Apr
2, 2004
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department is looking for the owner of a
Tiffany globe paperweight at the center of an investigation into FBI agents
taking ...
Business News
EchoStar Warns It May Drop CNN in Dispute
AP -
Mon Apr
12,10:06 PM ET
Sean Hannity's One-Sided History
BusinessWeek Online -
4-13-04
Hospital bills spin out of control
USATODAY.com -
Tue Apr 13, 7:13 AM ET
US Retail Sales Log Unexpectedly Big Rise
Reuters -
4-13-04
Hackers lurk through holes in hot spots
USATODAY.com -
Tue Apr 13, 7:13 AM ET
Merrill Lynch's Profit Nearly Doubles
Reuters -
4-13-04
Microsoft Settles InterTrust Suit
Reuters -
Mon
Apr 12, 6:15 PM ET
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"Any junior imperialist knows
the first thing you do when you conquer someone's country is to buy the loyalty
of its existing armed forces, government and police. Otherwise you will have
armies of angry, unemployed potential rebels roaming the streets -- Iraq today
being Exhibit A." Toronto Sun's Eric Margolis
Whistleblower the White House wants to silence speaks to The Independent
By Andrew Buncombe
in Washington
A former translator for the FBI with top-secret security clearance says she has
provided information to the panel investigating the 11 September attacks which
proves senior officials knew of al-Qa'ida's plans to attack the US with aircraft
months before the strikes happened…
"On Tuesday the Alabama State
Senate voted to make whiskey the official state spirit. This replaces Alabama's
old official state spirit: racism." —Jimmy Fallon, Saturday Night Live's
"Weekend Update"
Odd News
Research: Pig Manure Can Become Crude Oil
AP -
Tue Apr 13, 2:17
AM ET
A University of
Illinois research team is working on turning pig manure into a form of crude oil
that could be refined to heat homes or generate electricity.
Niagara Falls survivor plans to leap into record books with
longest free fall
Mon Apr 12, 1:39
PM ET
CANTON TOWNSHIP,
Mich. (AP) - A former Michigan man who lived to tell about a plunge over Niagara
Falls said Monday he is planning another stunt.
Man pays one million dollars online for lucky mobile phone number
Tue Apr 13, 6:22
AM ET
An online buyer
has paid nine million yuan (1.1 million dollars) for a cell phone number on a
Chinese auction site, state press reports.
Nudists Upset About Proposed Dorms
4-13-04
Beach bums here could receive far
too much exposure if a proposed pair of high-rise dorms are built on the cliffs
above a world-famous nude beach.
Canadian Antlers Seen Putting Spring in Canine Step
Reuters -
Mon Apr 12, 2:05
PM ET
Hurt by export bans after the
discovery of brain-wasting diseases in elk and more recently in cattle, Canadian
elk farmers have found a new market: they're going to the dogs.
Dead Candidate Wins Votes in Indonesia
4-13-04
A candidate in last week's
legislative elections in Indonesia won nearly 800 votes despite having died
three months ago, poll officials said.
Dogs Maintain Pickup Rights in Tennessee
4-13-04
After much howling in the
Legislature, senators decided that dogs can continue riding free in the backs of
pickup trucks.
Aussie Outback Tests Adventurers' Resolve
4-13-04
Canoes and snow shoes may not be
at the top of most peoples' list of stuff to take to the Australian Outback. But
two adventurers took both. The canoes got them into trouble, the snow shoes
helped get them out.
Mobile Phone Explodes in Hong Kong
4-13-04
A mobile phone exploded Tuesday
and slightly injured the man who had been talking into it, local broadcasters
reported.
Iowa K-9 Is Top Dog in Sniffing Out Drugs
4-13-04
J.R. is the
nation's top dog in sniffing out drugs.
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Here is an interesting
blog from the creator of the Bush mosaic I posted the other day
http://www.matrixmasters.com/world/usnews/WarPresidentMosaicStory.html
Slopes of Mt. Cotopaxi,
Ecuador.
Peace.