Daily News Updates

October U.S. Death Toll in Iraq Hits 101

Iraqi leader’s bodyguard wounded, TV presenter killed as violence surges again in Baghdad

British consulate in Basra to evacuate: Concerns over the safety of its staff - Stong indications that security is deteriorating badly

Iraq calls for UN to stay

Senator Kerry Tells Students To Study Hard Or They Will Be "Stuck In Iraq"

3rd Marine to Plead Guilty in Iraq Killing

Audit faults US training of Iraqis: Security woes hinder work in provinces

Army finds 7 incorrect war death reports

Iraq Is Not Vietnam: Division Not Unification

Iraq chaos silences calls for democracy in Syria

3 killed in second bomb attack in Baghdad’s Sadr City in 2 days

Sadr City: Restive Shia stronghold

2 NATO soldiers killed in Afghan bombing

Protesters Vow to Retake Oaxaca (Mexico) Center - After being driven from the city center by federal police after months of paralyzing demonstrations

Russian, U.S. Military Chiefs Ink Cooperation Pact

Breathtaking Pictures of Modern Day Israel On CDROM - Blow-out Sale!

IAF jets stage mock raids over Beirut's Hizbullah stronghold

IDF Troops kill two Hamas gunmen in Gaza

US Ambassador John Bolton Charges: Syria, Iran arming Hizbullah

IDF Chief of Staff Halutz slammed for promoting generals

Palestinian Authority Paper: Jews fan flames of evil

UN Charges: Arms still smuggled into Lebanon from Syria

Russia: UN peacekeepers unlikely to disarm Hizbullah

Hamas delegates in Egypt to discuss Shalit deal: Possible prisoner swap in exchange for kidnapped IDF soldier’s release

President Lula coasts to second term in Brazil

Divided Congress Awaits Brazil President

Turning point in battle against global warming

Blair urges world to unite on climate change

British Chancellor Brown seizes day to become minister for global warming - claims radical "Green" position

UN watchdog still hopes for successful Iran nuclear talks: Iran says it seeks only to produce electric power and not bombs

Russia Favors More Iran Nuclear Talks, Russian President Putin Tells Iran's President Ahmadinejad

PM Olmert has final word on Iran

U.S. Seeks Guarantees Russian NPP in Iran Will Not Advance Weapons Program

How the Mediterranean is turning into a barren sea

Russia Raises Afghanistan Drug Trafficking Issue With EU

What Are They Smoking? The Bush War on Afghan Drugs

Russia Becomes Largest Arms Seller to Third World

North Korea agrees to nuclear talks: agreed Tuesday to rejoin six-nation nuclear disarmament talks in a surprise diplomatic breakthrough

Shocking Poll: South Korean Youths Back North Korea if Attacked by United States

Police Stun Gun Kills Teen With Bible: A teenager carrying a Bible and shouting "I want Jesus" was shot twice with a police stun gun and later died at a St. Louis hospital -- Evidence of continued anti-Christian bias developing?

Monday, October 30, 2006

Election News 2006 - Entering Home Stretch

Bush Moves Toward Martial Law

Democrats Claim Momentum, GOP Mobilizes Base

Can Bush Dig Himself Out of a Hole? The war in Iraq is threatening to bury the presidency - "Americans are beginning to doubt both the moral basis of the Bush administration's fight against terrorism and its corporate invasion of Iraq"

Democratic majority ready to go to war over Iraq

Republicans facing 'electoral hurricane'

Bush rallies base to 'just say no': Yelled himself hoarse

Bush Works to Save GOP in Last Campaign

Bush confident Republicans will keep control of Congress

Democrats Push to Counter G.O.P. in Turnout Race

Absent Without Leave : Early voting may result in late election results - flood of absentee ballots could delay the results for weeks

Chairman of the Senate Democratic campaign, Senator Schumer, Confident of Democratic Majority

Former US president Carter helps a son in longshot Senate bid in Nevada

Bush insults & lies

"Stay The Course" Campaign Rhetoric Is A Victory For Iran And North Korea

Assassinate half of Congress, urges Web-radio hatemonger Hal Turner: 'If you re-elect people who have committed these wrongs against us … then we may have to simply kill them!'

Insurgent attacks kill more than two dozen Iraqi police, pilgrims, even a TV anchor

Bomb at Baghdad market kills 31 people, wounds more than 50: Cutting down men who gather there daily hoping to be hired as laborers

U.S. military death toll in during month of October Iraq climbs to 100

Audit finds missing U.S. weapons in Iraq: Nearly one of every 25 weapons the military bought for Iraqi security forces is missing

PM Blair accused of trying to 'privatise' war in Iraq

Iraq Failure Demands Recalibration of British Policy

Where Is The Unjust War Doctrine?

Older Vets Reach Out to Younger Troops

U.S. Army translator missing after being kidnapped in Iraq had broken military rules to marry an Iraqi woman and was visiting her when he was abducted

Brazil's president roars back to win vote

Mexican police move to retake southern city of Oaxaca

Over 300 prisoners may never leave Guantanamo

Guantánamo probers try ‘soft touch’ methods

"The President Knows More Than He Lets On" -- In the war on terror

St. Louis Named Most Dangerous U.S. City: As violent crime skyrockets

Breathtaking Pictures of Modern Day Israel On CDROM - Blow-out Sale!

Israel May Opt for a War With Syria

PM may actually let Abbas bring in new forces from Jordan

UN checking claim that the IDF used a uranium bomb in the Lebanon War

Reservists Report: No real war plan during Lebanon War

PM Olmert: Jewish Gaza evacuees need to be resettled

Defense Minister Peretz Warns Lieberman: Keep hands off IDF

PM Olmert 'sorry' for German boat incident

Many Israelis living abroad considering returning home

Qassam terror rocket lands near Ashkelon strategic facility

Israel's downfall? Two Nobel Prize laureates pessimistic about Israel's future

Holy war against gay pride parade

Great Britain signs Former V.P. Gore to sell climate case to Americans!

Sceptics scorn climate report prediction of global chaos

Punishing Winds Howl Across Northeast: Plunging thousands of homes into the dark and contributing to least two deaths

Secrecy and Security Zones: Prince Charles flies in to Pakistan

Startling Proof That Antichrist Will Come From House of Windsor: Either Prince Charles or one of his heirs

Non-Integrating States News - Iran

US, others to conduct Gulf naval manoeuvres off Iran

Iran criticizes U.S.-led nuke exercise: But the Foreign Ministry said the Islamic Republic's response would be "rational and wise"

Headline News Analysis: Huge U.S. Naval Strike Forces Now In Place Off Coast of Iran! Is this the "October Surprise" which Karl Rove has been promising the Republican faithful?

Warships deploy around Saudi Arabia oil facilities: Britain cites al-Qaida threat; U.S. naval forces on heightened alert

Iran lauds Russia, China for 'opening N-splits': Applauded China and Russia for their stance on its nuclear programme

Iran says no reason to suspend U-enrichment

Iran's Bushehr nuclear plant exempted in UN sanctions draft

Iran warns of fresh move on oil stocks

Islam, Terror and the Second Nuclear Age

Iran sounds an awful lot like Iraq: There is a disturbing sense of déjà vu in Washington's actions and rhetoric

Headline News Analysis: OH, NO! HERE WE GO AGIAIN -- U.S. "PSYOPS" PROPAGANDA USING SAME TACTICS AGAINST IRAN THAT THEY USED AGAINST IRAQ TO JUSTIFY AN INVASION!

Russia Led Arms Sales to Developing World in ’05: Figure included selling $700 million in surface-to-air missiles to Iran

China, Russia welcome Iran into the fold

China Military to Tour U.S. Bases

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48 warships in Japan navy's annual fleet review

US expects fresh North Korean nuclear test: Commander of US forces in South Korea says he expects North Korea to test a further nuclear device and more ballistic missiles in the future

North Korea is conducting intense military exercises after its nuclear test on October 9: Even tested five ground-to-air and air-to-air missiles last week - missile launches are a preparation for any military action the U.S. may be contemplating, such as bombing the North’s nuclear facilities

New World Order Plan: "A hair-raising nuclear confrontation in Korea may, towards the end of the period, threaten man's very survival." [Peter Lemesurier, "The Armageddon Script", p. 223]

Backsliding in Afghanistan: Bit by bit, the U.S. is losing control in the country because of a resurgent Taliban, drought and inadequate aid

New Details Emerge In Shocking Case of “Aborted” Baby Born Alive: Baby was reportedly born alive then intentionally killed by abortion clinic workers in July, in Hialeah, Florida

Britons 'could be microchipped like dogs in a decade'

October 29, 2006

North Korea beefs up counterintelligence following nuclear test

Movement Reportedly Seen at N.Korea Site: May indicate second nuclear test

: U.S. Mulls Defenses for Tokyo: U.S. is considering deploying its advanced Patriot missile defense system near Tokyo after North Korea's recent missile and nuclear tests

Washington ready to talk to North Korea: If Pyongyang agrees to return to six-nation dialogue

South Koreans accused of spying for North

Disgraced Pakistan Scientist Is Medically Stable: Gave weapons technology to North Korea and other nations

Blasé about torture: While American leaders say they do not torture prisoners, they do push for "an intensive interrogation system" — an euphemism for torture

Breathtaking Pictures of Modern Day Israel On CDROM - Blow-out Sale!

In praise of the Lebanon war: After dust has settled, war can rightly be called a success, for it stopped Unilateral Withdrawal Plan in its tracks

Israel's scandalous siege of Gaza

Egypt moves 5000 troops near Gaza border: To prevent Israeli troops from bombing smuggling tunnels

Palestinian Brings $2 Million in Cash to Gaza

Annan pushing for register of damage from West Bank fence

Was Lebanon a Weapon-Testing Ground for US, Iran? Was Israel testing new Depleted and Enriched Uranium Bombs?

Palestinian group says release of captured soldier imminent

So much for another kind of olive harvest: Editorial

Attorney General Mazuz to High Court: President Katsav should suspend himself

Palestinian's Abbas requests Jordanian PLO forces: To beef up his own forces - latest sign that rival Palestinian factions are girding up for a possible civil war

One divided by three is the only Iraq solution

Iraq is already a divided country: It makes little sense for the U.S. to try to put it back together

PM Blair facing two-front political attack on Iraq, Afghanistan policies

The agony of Iraq: More than three years after the fall of Saddam Hussein, Iraq grows more violent by the day and democracy remains a pipe dream

Bush & Blair: two leaders searching for a way out of Iraq, and finding none

U.S. military probes sniper threat in Baghdad

Is Iraqi PM playing on U.S. displeasure? -- Joint statement text

98th American military death for month recorded in Iraq

US airstrike kills women, children: Iraqi doctor claims

American soldier who was kidnapped this week in Baghdad had left his base to visit his secret Iraqi wife

Withdrawal Timetables? Depends on Who's Talking

Saddam's trial farce stumbles to climax

Iran (Persia) Foretold To March With Russia In Invasion of Israel

Non-Integrating States News - Iran

Iran sounds an awful lot like Iraq

PM Olmert slams world's inaction on Iran nukes

Iran Warns: US-led Persian Gulf exercise 'adventurous' -- Exercise set to begin October 30

Headline News Article: Huge U.S. Naval Strike Forces Now In Place Off Coast of Iran! Is this the "October Surprise" which Karl Rove has been promising the Republican faithful?

Iranian FM gives Syrian President Assad letter from Ahmadinejad

Election News 2006

Could Santa Claus come early this year… say, on November 8th? Editorial

GOP at a loss? Karl Rove has an 11th-hour plan to win: He taps government resources to boost candidates in need

Low blows put Bush back in contention

Losing the Home Front: The Bush Administration's War of the Images

Iraq war continues to dog Bush: could cost his Republican party control of the Congress

World takes little note of U.S. election

'The Google' lets Bush keep an eye on the ranch

Virginia Senate candidate Jim Webb: Democrats Will Provide Iraq Remedy

Throw them out: Election shaping up as the most exciting and important mid-term election in modern American history

Some candidates losing their cool near finish line: Gaffes can have big consequences at the voting booth

Aging George McGovern Still Campaigns for Peace

NATO forces inflict heavy Afghan losses

British Army's Afghan campaign is 'cuckoo'

Sublimal Sexual Art Hidden In Catholic Church Art For Centuries!

Roman Catholic Sex Scandal News

Pope Benedict XVI urges rebuilding of trust after sex scandals

Pope says wounds from sex abuse 'run deep'

Pope makes new call for religious dialogue

L.A. Catholic Clergy Sex Case Settled for $10M

Forced into runoff, Brazil's president turns up nationalist rhetoric

President Lula has edge before Brazil’s run-off election

Germany's Schroeder scorns Blair-Bush ties: Hampers Britain’s links with Europe

Vietnam War: The final word on the horror of war

Former Baptist Pastor Gets 11 Yrs. for Sex With Teen: Upstate New York

Saturday, October 28, 2006

Movement reportedly seen at North Korea nuclear site: Trying to determine if the communist country is planning a second test detonation

South Korean FM arrives in China amid North's nuke crisis

South Korea announces sanctions against North Korea

Saudi Arabia confirms threat to oil facilities

Oil prices fall despite terror alert in Gulf Region

OPEC to meet in Qatar on cut in output

Iran Doubles Nuke Enrichment Capacity

U.S. hails airborne laser as weapons milestone

U.S. journalist killed in Mexico: Near roadblocks set up by leftists pushing to topple a state governor

Election News 2006

U.S. evangelical support for Iraq war slipping: Poll is the latest bad domestic news for Bush and the Republicans about Iraq with just 12 days to go

Israel has nothing to fear from Dems in Congress: House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi

Soldiers Say They Support the Troops by Bringing Them Home: Active -duty soldiers protest

America In Iraq - See, Which Way The Wind Blows

Muslim-American voters turn backs on Bush: 42% of US Muslim voters surveyed identify themselves as Democrats while only 28% are Republicans

Eerie calm in Baghdad as Al Qaeda vows victory

Fiasco Then, Fiasco Now: Why Baghdad Will Keep Burning

Another eight US troops killed in Iraq

US should quit Iraq next year: Former President Carter

Partitioning of Iraq must not be an option: Would be an absolute debacle

US deadly raid on Sadr City angers Iraq PM: American forces raid Shiite militia bastion in Iraqi capital without Maliki’s authorization

Iraq PM says he's not 'America's Man' - ratcheting up his high-stakes and increasingly bitter dispute with the Bush administration

Iraqi PM, US envoy present united front: Maliki, Khalilzad agree on political timeline developed by Iraq's government with US support

Attacks on Iraqi police show security challenge

Women under attack in Iraq, Afghanistan

Australia keeps troops in Iraq for US sake

Iraq war excuse extracted under CIA torture

Death squad leader a hero to fellow militiamen

Audit faults Halliburton unit for shielding Iraq contract data

Germany suspends soldiers over Afghanistan skull scandal

Afghan civilian dead were 'human shields': NATO claims

More footage shown of German soldiers desecrating skulls in Afghanistan

Iraq's fate suppresses Syrian activists, calls for democracy

6 wounded by grenade in Indian Kashmir

Reward for California Arsonist Now at $500K

Breathtaking Pictures of Modern Day Israel On CDROM - Blow-out Sale!

British newspaper, The Independent, claims that Israel used Depleted Uranium munitions in Lebanon War! One earth penetrating weapon used enriched uranium rather than Depleted Uranium!

Abbas may dissolve Hamas government

Annan Demands of Lebanon: Disarm Hizbullah

Russia Admits: UN peacekeepers unlikely to disarm Hizbullah

Secretary Rice steps up pressure on Hizbullah to disarm

IDF general's car hijacked

Arab-Israeli kidnapped in Gaza

British PM Blair 'proud' to be a friend of the Jewish people

Germany Reiterates Charge: IAF jets fired shots over ship

What did Cheney mean? When he said dunking terrorism suspects in water during questioning was a "no-brainer." Human rights advocates state that he was endorsing a torture technique

Buses torched around Paris ahead of anniversary of riots

Bush Administration urged to begin 'talking to enemies' - Friends and foes alike call for direct lines of communication to enemy states, something the President has refused to do

Friday, October 27, 2006

Election 2006 News

The Year Of Playing Dirtier: Negative Ads Get Positively Surreal

Democrats Fear Disillusionment in Black Voters

Poll Reveals: Middle class voters abandoning GOP

With elections come plenty of ideas on war

Political Prestidigitation: The Illusion of a Two-Party System -- Reality tells us that both Democratic and Republican parties are just two parallel lanes in the track leading to power and wealth

Rumsfeld tells war critics to 'back off'

Feds to retrain autoworkers: Laid-off Michigan workers can get $6,000 grants; election timing questioned

Exxon Mobil Posts $10.49 Billion Profit in 3 Quarter Alone!

Exxon, Shell Exceed Profit Predictions as Prices Soared In 3rd Quarter: Oil profit madness continues

OPEC set to defend $60/barrel global minimum

China: Oil at any cost

Bush OKs 700-mile border fence on US/Mexico border

Doubts linger on feasibility of barrier

Border fence will leave Texas-size hole

NATO confirms at least 12 civilians killed in Afghan battles

NATO's role under fire after death toll mounts

Killer wildfire doubles to 24,000 acres: Governor Schwarzenegger declares state of emergency, four firefighters killed

'Devil winds' stoke fatal fire

Big ambitions may shrink to Operation "Cross Fingers"

Iraq is just a comma, not a death sentence: Bush's words gloss over the loss of 655,000 Iraqi civilians killed thus far, plus the unfolding tragedy of Depleted Uranium poisoning

Iraq reality check: At his news conference, Bush was candid about Baghdad's problems but reticent about their solutions

Losing the Home Front: The Bush Administration's War of the Images

Iraq is Post-Tet

Iraqi PM sees peace in 6 months - if U.S. cooperates

British troops in Iraq to be halved

Arab press gloomy over US Iraq plans

Kirkuk: a city at boiling point

Oil-rich Kirkuk could hold key to Iraq's future

The Occupation: War And Resistance In Iraq

Cheney endorses simulated drowning as torture technique

Climate Change: US economist's grim warning to Blair's Cabinet

Global Cooling Retraction Heats up Climate Change Debate: 31-year-old article in one of the nation's weekly newsmagazines predicted "catastrophic" results and a "grim reality" would be caused by a phenomenon that meteorologists called "global cooling"

NJ Supreme Court Says Legislature Must Weigh Same-Sex 'Marriage'

Breathtaking Pictures of Modern Day Israel On CDROM - Blow-out Sale!

Shalit's release: Hamas awaiting Israel's response

'Hamas doesn't want to destroy Israel': Javier Solana, the European Union's foreign policy chief

IDF kills at least 2 Palestinians in West Bank

Jewish Couple Nearly Lynched While Soldiers Stood By

Arab Shepherds Shoot Jewish Motorist, PA Police Shoot Reservist

PM, Eitan to meet on coalition expansion

Is Mahmoud Abbas planning a coup?

Spanish troops rotate into UN peacekeeping force

Russian Combat Engineers to Leave Lebanon in December

Palestinian group warns: Prepare for an attack inside Israel in retaliation for IDF operation into Gaza

Israeli State Comptroller out to get PM Olmert

More Developments in the Olmert Corruption Cases

Arab Interest in Emigration Out of Israel Soars

Iranian threat exaggerated: Nuke threat overestimated

Israel Beiteinu leader Lieberman urged taking a surprisingly soft stance on the nuclear threat from Iran

Russia Rejects UN Draft Resolution on Iran as Ineffective

Remains search could move off WTC site

India Buys 330 Russian Tanks: T-90S Main Battle Tanks (MBTs)

Man arrested after setting fire at Oregon church: Had spent five years in a psychiatric hospital after being convicted of killing his daughter

Nicaragua votes to outlaw abortion: Church-backed law to include 30-year jail terms

Wednesday, October 26, 2006

Huge U.S. Naval Strike Forces Now In Place Off Coast of Iran! Is President Bush about to attack Iran with air, naval, and ground forces? Is this the "October Surprise" which Karl Rove has been promising the Republican faithful?

US naval war games off the Iranian coastline: A provocation which could lead to War? Iran is suspicious these war games could be turned into a deliberately staged "Tonkin II"

Other News About Iran

U.S. Want Restrictions Imposed in Russian Nuclear Project in Iran’s Bushehr Nuclear Reactor

Russia opposes draft resolution on Iran sanctions

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4 U.S. Marines, 1 sailor killed in Iraq

Political Fallout

Bush tells Americans, ‘I’m not happy with Iraq’: Spoke 13 days before midterm elections

Bush on Iraq: “If We Can’t Win, I’ll Pull Us Out”

New tensions between U.S., Iraq: PM Al-Maliki continues to distance self from America's goals and strategy

U.S. troops on active duty call for Iraq withdrawal

Playing the numbers game with death

Bush Giving Up On Reconstructing Iraq

Overhead costs smother the U.S. rebuilding of Iraq

What Bush doesn't say speaks volumes - did not discuss the consequences of the Iraqi government missing assigned targets

Marine to Plead in Murder Case - expected to plead guilty to lesser charges and tell his account of what happened the night of April 26

Iraq better off under Saddam: Former United Nations chief weapons inspector Hans Blix also labels Iraqi War "a failure"

Denmark to keep troops in Iraq: PM Rasmussen

Iraqis fight over oil spoils

U.S. generals call for Democratic takeover: Disgusted with the leadership of the Iraq war, two retired generals say the GOP must go

Election 2006 News

How would Jesus vote? Tennessee Democrat Harold Ford Jr. goes after the GOP's faithful base in the state with the most white evangelicals in the nation

"W" to Cocky Democrats: Stop Measuring The Drapes

What Are U.S. Voters Thinking?

Not being Republican enough to sway voters - Independent voters are flocking to the Democrats ahead of next month's mid-term Congressional elections

Face the Nation: Demure Madonna and Anxious President

Lincoln Chafee, the only Republican US senator to vote against the Iraq war: Down in the polls and he didn't even vote for Bush - R.I. voters may oust Chafee, handing the Democrats one of six key seats needed to seize control of the Senate

Poll: Gov. Schwarzenegger Leads Angelides

Schwarzenegger camp "mines" consumer databases to target supporters

Republicans Struggling in Colorado

Dems Face Pressure if They Regain Senate

VP Cheney Warns: Don’t underestimate Hillary

Moral Collapse

NJ court grants gay couples equal marriage rights

Actual Court Ruling

Reaction to New Jersey gay marriage ruling

Right Wing Hopes for Boost From N.J. Ruling

Special Offer: America's Culture Slid Into The Moral Abyss By The Mid-Point of the 1990's

"Roar In Sodom" shows how America has become a modern-day Sodom!

Study warns U.S. of avian flu influenza perils

Higher learning, higher earnings: Census Data - Americans with college degrees earned nearly twice as much as high school graduates in 2004

Florida and Texas Execute Killers

Bush signing bill authorizing border fence along US - Mexico border

CIA tried to silence EU on torture flights

Breathtaking Pictures of Modern Day Israel On CDROM - Blow-out Sale!

EU foreign policy chief Solana: Minister warning of outpost evacuation? Says that Road Map still exists and must be implemented by both sides immediately

Israel en route to defense pact? Israeli membership in NATO has advantages and disadvantages

Reserve soldier wounded in Gaza battle

PM Olmert plans to add UTJ (United Torah Judaism Party) to his coalition

Germans Claim Israeli F-16s Fired at Warship Near Lebanon

IAF denies firing on German warship

Palestinian Authority Charges: Hamas smuggled millions in cash into Gaza to pay police

Chief of Staff: IDF Must Control Philadelphi Route - to prevent massive smuggling

Hamas Confirms: Deal for Kidnapped Soldier is Close

How to (really) fix the Israeli political system

Anti-Expulsion Road-Blocking Leader's Trial Begins Thursday

Venezuela and Guatemala pull out of contest for UN seat

Germany orders inquiry into Afghan skull photos

Russia, China Boycott U.S.-hosted Talks on Asia Security, North Korea Nuclear Program

South Korea takes first step in sanctions on north in retaliation for nuclear test

South Korea Warns: North can make 7 nuclear bombs

Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Iran Prophesied To March With Russia Against Israel

US naval war games off the Iranian coastline: A provocation which could lead to War? Iran is suspicious these war games could be turned into a deliberately staged "Tonkin II"

Russian roulette in Tehran: Russia more concerned about EU expansion, US 'subversion' than Iranian nukes

Warmth in Moscow; reality in Iran: Prime Minister Olmert received a very welcoming reception from President Putin, but only on the surface

"Then And Now Bible Map Atlas"

U.S. Says More GIs May Be Needed in Iraq

Redeploy US troops to Iraq's desert: Pull troops out of populated areas

Army is training advisors for Iraq: The mission signals the U.S. vision of its long-term role there

British Military wants Iraq pullout in a year: US official

Iraq agrees timeline to peace, US says

Bush officials: No plan for big Iraq strategy shift

Bombs, gun squads, burials ... one week in Iraq: Confirmation Camp Falcon ammunition dump was hit by insurgent rocket fire

From 'mission accomplished' to mission impossible for the Iraqis

Iraqi forces raid militia bastion - With US air support

For White House Iraq policy, change is good. Just not too much of it

News analysis: Iraqi realities undermine U.S. predictions

US "insists" Iraq disband Mehdi Army militia

The Exodus: 1.6m Iraqis have fled their country since the war

Iraq under fire and on the run

U.S. blames Iran, Syria for Iraq violence

Darker days loom after nuclear test: Experts fear a refugee crisis as North Korea's policies lead to aid cuts that worsen the woes of long-suffering citizens

South Korea's minister on North to resign

Election News 2006

President Bush's Evil vs Good Fruits

Elections could be most costly in US history: Will cost $2.6 billion

Some Voting Machines Chop Off Candidates' Names: Computer Glitch Affects Voters in 3 Jurisdictions; Error Cannot Be Fixed by Nov. 7

Bush Advisers Blitz Radio Airwaves

Democrats' Senate hopes lie with rural voters, poll finds: Missouri, Tennessee and Virginia races could be pivotal

Senate Could Be Evenly Split Once Again

Dick Morris: Elections Back To "Toss-up"

Republican base loses faith: As midterm elections near, polls show that some religious voters are stepping off the GOP bandwagon

Poll shows Muslims in U.S. lean to Democrats

Governor is blunt to Bush: Schwarzenegger sends a tart letter on pollution

Cheney Says Hillary Clinton Could Win Presidency

Speaker Hastert testifies in sex scandal probe

Disabled Iraq Vet Bringing the front line home to voters

Words get in the way for Bush in Iraq debate: Shift in rhetoric as a smokescreen to hide a failed Iraq policy from voters - "It shows political desperation" - Certain key words are banned

Climate Disaster Propaganda

Pacific islands to sink under global warming, forum warned

Climate change 'will threaten Britain's water supply'

Never mind altruism: 'Saving the earth' can mean big bucks

Gas-guzzler British drivers face up to £450 parking fee

Breathtaking Pictures of Modern Day Israel - Blow-out Sale!

'Syria increasing preparedness following IDF maneuvers'

General Halutz on surprise visit to Golan Heights: Army chief visits division 36 to inspect readiness of brigades located along northern border

Gaza gunmen free kidnapped AP photographer

Terrorists: Major attacks against Israel on their way: Terror leaders tell of 'imminent plans to strike from Gaza with rockets, suicide bombings and tunnels’

Labor Party Chairman/Defense Secretary Peretz expected to announce: We're staying in the Olmert coalition

European Union's foreign policy chief, Javier Solana, to visit Jersuallem first on ME tour

NATO: Israel ties must remain strong

PM Olmert faces bribery allegations

'Ariel Sharon best man for Israel Prize'

Germany in radical shake-up of military: Turning the Bundeswehr into an international intervention force

Nicaragua's 'grand canal' dream in sight - cutting a canal through Nicaragua to link the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, a Grand Canal" to dwarf Panama's

Hungary government firm after riots

Achtung! Germany drags homeschool kids to class: Authorities haul crying children away to avoid 'danger' from parental teachings

British Hospital admits to burning aborted babies in waste incinerator

Michael J. Fox Records Second Misleading Stem Cell Research Ad

Curb sought on counsel to Guantanamo Bay prisoners: US asks court to restrict talks with lawyers

Georgetown gets $20 million from prince promoting Islam: Just months later, university ejects evangelical Christians from campus

Drug bust at a trailer park in New Mexico turned up what appeared to be classified documents taken from the Los Alamos nuclear weapons laboratory

Bush sets mid-Nov. meeting with Big 3 Automakers

October 24, 2006

Dow Hits New High on Earnings Optimism

Bush to Trumpet Strength of the Economy

Bush Drops `Stay the Course' In Iraq Discussions to Emphasize Flexibility

US seeks to steady nerves on Iraq: War is in its most bloody phase since the invasion 3 1/2 years ago

Bombs, gun squads, burials ... one week in Iraq: Confirmation Camp Falcon ammunition dump was hit by insurgent rocket fire

GOP Senator Say Iraq Is Near Chaos: Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., complains

New Middle East: America's imminent departure from Iraq doesn't seem to concern Israel

Iraq: the people have their say. And it's bad news for Tony Blair

In a year, life in Iraq has darkened appallingly

Challenge in Iraq: A prolonged and disastrous civil war and even a wider regional war threatens

Iraq: 'You can't cut and run'

U.S. has milestones, not ultimatums, for Iraq

US seeks missing soldier, pressure builds on Bush

Cindy Sheehan Wants To Know: Is It Vietnam Yet?

Splitting Iraq into three- solution or fresh nightmare?

Shiite Militiamen Kill 4 Police Officers

U.S. Army Translator Soldier Missing in Baghdad

Despair of Baghdad turns into a life of shame in Damascus: Young women fleeing war and poverty fall prey to sex traffickers

Iran’s presence in Iraq

Non-Integrating States News -- Iran and North Korea

Speaking With The Enemy: Bush Administration refuses to conduct diplomacy directly with its enemies

International Atomic Energy Agency Director-General ElBaradei Urges Talks With North Korea and Iran

China not optimistic about early resumption of 6-way talks

World watches North Korea amid reports of possible compromise

Iran continues to expand activity to enrich uranium

More North Korea Nuclear Tests Worry Japan

U.S. confident all Asian nations will enforce U.N. resolution on North Korea

South Korea's apparent hesitance to pull plug on North Korea projects also has hidden motive

Bush's Nuclear Dual Standards: Colonial designs are either exasperated by the vulnerability of his foes or deterred by their lethal preparedness

U.N. Envoy Warns: Many follow U.S. example on treatment of prisoners

Election News 2006

Former Senator Daschle Predicts: Democrats will pick up seven U.S. Senate seats

Time to clean House, Senate: Throw the (GOP) bums out! Editorial

Democrat Pelosi Promises: NO Impeachment of President Bush -- Option is "off the table"

GOP losses could spark partisan warfare

Democratic gains could doom Bush's agenda

Rep. Murtha calls Iraq a 'failed policy wrapped in illusion' at banquet - Says "There is going to be a tidal wave Nov. 7. The House of Representatives is going to turn Democratic, big time"

Iraq Mayhem Makes Cut-And-Run Of Both Parties In US & UK

Policy or politics: Beware the leaks from the Baker war commission: Bush may be using Baker Commission to hint to voters that he is considering changes in Iraq policy

"Then And Now Bible Map Atlas"

Palestinian Gunmen kidnap AP photographer in Gaza

Hizballah reconstitutes its pre-war fortified lines and missile positions opposite Israel – plus installs the latest Iranian surveillance systems

Israeli Leaders’ Hollow Rhetoric: Playing up IDF's achievements in Lebanon War while trumpeting Iranian threat -- shores up government with "Minister For Strategic Threats"

Defense Minister Peretz: IDF will continue operations in the Gaza Strip

Gaza operation now: In coming days, Olmert will be called upon to decide on Gaza assault

New Cutting Edge Article: Israel Is Preparing For Another Imminent War! In the Gaza Strip!

Labor to vote on whether to quit gov't

Olmert's new buddy: Lieberman sees himself as the savior of Jewish homeland

Kadima Partyh planning civil marriage bill

Senior Military Intelligence officer declares: Syria's President Assad wants no peace and no war, just survival of his regime

Avian Bird Flu News

Whatever happened to bird flu? It's still around, infecting people in Asia and set to cause another bout of worry-inducing headlines in Europe this winter

Bird flu takes an increasing toll but the world escaped an immediate influenza pandemic: U.N. bird flu chief

More bird flu vaccine capacity urgently needed-WHO

World can't yet let down its guard on bird flu-UN

War in Sudan? Not Where the Oil Wealth Flows

British PM Blair calls for everyone to record DNA on databases

Hurricane Paul Threatens Baja California

FEMA Approves Quake Help for Hawaii

Second of two Florida Catholic priests charged with spending church money on gambling trips, rare coins and a girlfriend has surrendered to authorities

"Rape of the Soul" DVD reveals why Roman Catholic priests have been sexual predators for centuries: Sublimal Satanic Art Hidden In Catholic Church Art

October 23, 2006

U.S. gasoline prices dip

Russian President Putin makes energy pledge to EU - Promises that Russia would be a reliable and predictable oil and gas supplier

Election News 2006

Democrat Pelosi: NO Impeachment of President Bush -- Option is "off the table"

Republican Representative Foley singled out "hot" boys

Bush chides father for election remarks: Senior Bush said he hates to think what life would be like for his son if the Democrats win control of Congress

Senate power 'hanging by a thread'

The battlefield widens for House GOP seats: A tide of discontent has made a growing number of races competitive

Illinois Senator Obama says he may run for president

Obama's a big draw in Seattle; should Clinton be worried?

Voters hold a pistol: Will they pull trigger on GOP?

U.S. forces caught in crossfire on streets of 'capital of death' - Baghdad

Into the abyss of Baghdad

Six US soldiers killed in Iraq Sunday in 5 separate incidents – mostly in Baghdad

At least 15 police die as Iraqi bus convoy ambushed

Attacks Kill 44 in Iraq As Ramadan Ends

Will a Coup Unravel Iraq?

The crumbling Iraq

500,000 Iraqis make a new life in Syria

As doctors flee war-torn Iraq, so, too, must the sick and hurt

Britain must "hold nerve" in Iraq: Foreign Secretary Beckett

Blair gives Iraq 12 months to be ready for handover

Why are we here?

Iraq is no Vietnam – it's far worse than that

U.S. begins drafting new Iraq blueprint

Time to make an Aiken exit out of the Iraq mess: Declare victory and come home

Senior U.S. State Department official apologized for saying that the United States had acted with "arrogance" and "stupidity" in its campaign in Iraq

CBS: Corrupt Arms Deals Cost Iraq $800M

George Will Column: Four questions for James Baker's Iraq Study Group

Abu Ghraib hearing ends with call for court-martial for Lt. Col. Steven Jordan, the highest-ranking officer to be charged

Congressman blasts CNN for showing sniper death of U.S. soldier

'We have liberated Amara from the British. Basra next' -- NOTE the wording of the Plan: ".. the plan for the 'Modern World-State' would succeed in its third attempt (Third World War) and would come out of something that would occur in Basra, Iraq." ["The Globalists: The Power Elite Exposed", by Dr. Dennis Cuddy, p. 50.

Al-Qaeda to the Rescue: Most of us see al-Qaeda and the Bush régime as mutually supportive, and indeed necessary for one another's survival

Rise In Bribery Tests Integrity Along US/Mexico Border: Bribery of federal and local officials by Mexican smugglers is rising sharply

No further nuclear tests, North Korea tells China

China's interests go well beyond the nuclear issue

North Korean economy hard to gauge

Heavy influx of foreign-based Palestinian, Syrian, Iranian, Lebanese and Hizballah fighters swells Hamas strength for showdown

The coming Middle East war: Warning signs are everywhere, yet no one wishes to see

Israel admits using phosphorous shells in Lebanon: A controversial munition condemned by many human rights groups as they cause chemical burns and lead to undue suffering

Israeli Cabinet endorses U.S.-type presidential rule: Israel should scrap its parliamentary system, which tends to produce shaky coalition governments and quickly throw them out

Israel's Olmert nears wider coalition deal by adding a rightest party

Israeli war plan had no exit strategy

Israelis and Lebanese reach across war's divide

Saudis bring over to Jeddah hardline Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal for last-ditch try to avert Palestinian civil war

Palestinian PM Haniyeh pleads for Palestinian patience

IDF troops kill 7 Palestinian gunmen in northern Gaza

IDF Chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. Dan Halutz made a surprise visit to the 36th Division in the Golan Heights

State won't show letter on Lebanon war probe

Volcanic ash blankets Filipino villages

Panamanians overwhelmingly backed a plan on Sunday to give their famous 92-year-old canal its biggest-ever overhaul

32 killed in Afghan factional clashes

Egypt reaches to U.S. for a lifeline

Thai government to maintain martial law

Colombia increases police presence in rebel area

Germany's Former Chancellor Schroeder: Bush's Christian Faith Raised Suspicion - He was suspicious of President Bush's constant references to his Christian faith, and equates Fundamental Christianity with Fundamental Islam!

Archives: IF President Bush is taken down, he can drag Christianity down with him, discrediting us so badly we can be set up for prophesied persecution

Head of Episcopal Diocese OKs blessings for same-sex unions

Scalia Rips Judges on Abortion, Suicide

See a smoker in Omaha? Dial 9-1-1: Nebraska city imposes toughest enforcement policy in nation

October 22, 2006

Archives: IF President Bush is taken down, he can drag Christianity down with him, discrediting us so badly we can be set up for prophesied persecution

Election 2006 News

Barron's Magazine Shock! Republicans Will Hang On To Control Congress

Madam Speaker? Pelosi likes the sound: In line to lead the House if the Democrats win control, the Californian brings discipline, fundraising skill -- and a lightning-rod nature

Three states could swing Senate control

A possibly fatal flaw in GOP formula for success

Issue One: The war in Iraq

Bush gingerly attends 2 events: President aids fundraisers for candidates mired in controversy

Popular New Haven Police Officer struck by federal judge dies: Sport utility vehicle driven waqs by a federal judge who is a cousin of former President Bush

Lamont chasing Lieberman in Connecticut Senate race as time runs short

Alaska villagers living in bird flu's flight path: What has brought the Eskimos sustenance for generations now may carry the deadly virus into North America

New Cutting Edge Analysis Article: "Military Commissions Act of 2006" -- The Bill By Which America Will Die

Bush's family profits from 'No Child Left Behind' act

U.S. Sees Deadliest Month of '06 in Iraq

Pat Tillman's brother blasts Iraq war

A Coup Is In The Air: Rumors swirling that Maliki's government will soon be overthrown by a nationalist general or colonel or that he will resign in favor of an emergency "government of national salvation"

Top US Diplomat: We have shown stupidity and arrogance in Iraq

How Iraq came home to haunt America: Last week a tipping point was reached as political leaders inWashington and London began openly to think the unthinkable: that the war was lost

On the brink of failure: Even Bush knows U.S. can no longer keep on keepin' on

The week the war unravelled: Bush to 'refocus' Iraq strategy

Defeat looms for embattled Bush

Search for least-worst option in Iraq

Middle East fears partitioning of Iraq

Bush confers for second day with US generals on changes in Iraq tactics Saturday as lethal violence claims dozens of new Iraqi victims, 3 US Marines

Little apparent change after Bush reviews Iraq strategy with generals

Australia's Opposition foreign affairs spokesman Kevin Rudd: Iraq war bad for US international reputation

Poll: Iraqi Youth Want U.S. to Leave

Bush Tells Iraqis: You take over

Camp Pendleton Marine will plead guilty next week for his role in the killing of an Iraqi civilian last April: His attorney reveals

Bomber kills Iraqi shoppers despite Mecca peace call

Emphasis On British PM Tony Blair

'Godfather' is Blair's hope of escaping Iraq

Now we know what we know, why is Blair still in office? As more evidence of his role in the Iraq debacle emerges, it beggars belief that the Prime Minister hasn't been impeached

Blair's mistake was cozying up to Bush

Blair sets up six policy groups to safeguard legacy

"Then and Now Bible Map Atlas"

Syrian military instructors in Gaza for first time, there to impart Hizballah’s combat methods to Hamas terrorists – Israeli intelligence chiefs tell cabinet

The coming Middle East war: Warning signs are everywhere, yet no one wishes to see them

11 Kassam terror rockets fired over past three days

Italy to sell Lebanon sophisticated ground-to-air Aster 15 missiles to stop Israel’s aerial surveillance of hostile movements

Israel: Flights Over Lebanon to Continue

Palestinian Police Protest in Gaza City

Egyptian FM blames Hizbullah for summer's Lebanon war

IDF is beginning to accept that reoccupation of the Gaza-Egyptian border strip is unavoidable

Government Reform Bill May Determine Future of Coalition - Olmert is aware that a failure to obtain a ministerial majority for Avigdor Lieberman’s government reform bill will be a fatal blow to his fragile coalition

Ministers Urge Recapture Philadelphi Route: Amid incessant Qassam attacks and arms smuggling into tumultuous Gaza Strip

Internal Security Minister Dichter urges US pressure on Cairo over Gaza arms smuggling

Life in Gaza steadily worsens: Economic woes, violence worsen after Israeli withdrawal

Fatah activist killed by Hamas

15 Insurgents Killed in Afghanistan

Afghanistan, U.N. Appeal for Drought Aid

Non-Integrating States News - Iran

American Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group joins US build-up opposite Iran - Three naval task forces will be on station off Iran by October 21

Iran vows response to any sanctions levied on it because of its nuclear program

Israel must prepare for Iran to push the button - chief of staff Lt.-Gen. Dan Halutz declares

PM Olmert in Moscow: In no case will we reconcile with nuclear arms in Iranian hands. There is no margin for error here

Israel's Scalar Weapons System Provides For 100% Effective Missile Shield And Can "Dud" Every Nuclear Warhead In Iran's Arsenal!

Secretary Rice: No Chinese breakthrough in Pyongyang, Kim is bent on nuclear escalation

Aging Panama Canal in need of makeover

Up to 50,000 Indonesian families still lack shelter after May’s earthquake in Java: UN warns

More Human Remains Found at WTC Ground Zero

Secretary-General-designate pledges his commitment to deal with ‘daunting challenges’: Ban Ki-moon will take office when Kofi Annan steps down on 31 October

October 21, 2006

New Cutting Edge Analysis Article: "Military Commissions Act of 2006" -- The Bill By Which America Will Die!

Oil falls to new '06 lows

Geologist: Earth has lots and lots of oil

The EU talks as Russia flexes energy muscles: Russia has huge oil and gas reserves

Election News 2006

Boo!? An Inevitable October Surprise? In the Month Before Elections, a Glut of 'Gotcha' Stories

The genteel revolt that is remaking US policy on Iraq: Republican veterans push for end to interventionist approach

Senator Clinton, Challenger Spencer Hold Debate in New York: Hillary admits she has thought of running for President

Supreme Court upholds Arizona's photo ID law for elections

Orange County Republican leaders on Thursday called for the withdrawal of a GOP congressional candidate they believe sent a letter threatening Hispanic immigrant voters with arrest

Office of Orange County Congressional Candidate Raided

Bush: I Won't Change Strategy in Iraq

Tables turned on the GOP over Iraq issue - War no longer seen as "strength" issue

House Defense chair asks Pentagon to remove embedded CNN reporters

18 killed in fierce Iraq battles

Islamic Initiative on Iraq

U.S. forces kill suspected leading member of al-Qaida in Iraq as relative quiet returns to Iraq's south

Militias are spiraling into chaos

Top commander has arrived in D.C. for talks amid Iraq concerns

Bush sees his options in Iraq war evaporate

Endgame coming, ready or not

Secretary Rice says UN action on North Korea will help on Iran

A polite but firm rebuff for Rice: South Korea in no mood for her bluff and bluster and diplomatic double-talk

US reaffirms commitment to S. Korea

Saudi Arabia to halt gasoline import

Palestinian PM Haniyeh advisor says prisoner deal for captured IDF soldier Shalit is close

The coming Middle East war: Warning signs are everywhere, yet no one wishes to see them

France Warns: IAF sorties over Lebanon endanger truce

Gunmen fire on Haniyeh's motorcade: Hamas leader escapes injuries

Russia says Hizbullah used US arms during Lebanon War

The Second Lebanon War: Special Report

'Hizbullah still armed thanks to Syria'

Qassam terror rocket fired at Negev, 1 hurt in Sderot

Kremlin on Friday tried to explain away President Vladimir Putin's joke about rape charges

The Assassin's Mace: The Coming Together of Russia, China, Iran, to counter American power

Archives: PRESIDENT BUSH SEEMS TO BE DRIVING IRAN (PERSIA) INTO THE ARMS OF RUSSIA AND EUROPE, JUST AS PROPHECY FORETELLS!

China and Russia Striking the US where it hurts

US blunders on with China military-export rule

Friday, October 20, 2006

Chinese envoy hopeful on North Korea

Report: North Korean Leader Regrets Nuclear Test - Pyongyang offers to return to international nuclear talks if Washington backs off a campaign to financially isolate the country -- NOTE: Ignore this obvious Dialectic Tactic

North Korean General: 'War Is Inevitable'

Nobel Peace winner eyes microcredit for N. Korea: Willing to set up a bank in impoverished North Korea to aid its poor, adding that regional stability is enhanced by eliminating poverty

'We Are a Dangerous Country': Dianne Sawyer talks to North Korean Ambassador, and then the public

New World Order Plan: "A hair-raising nuclear confrontation in Korea may, towards the end of the period, threaten man's very survival." [Peter Lemesurier, "The Armageddon Script", p. 223]

Baghdad 'disheartening,' general says

Black October for US: Change in military tactics is making this one of the bloodiest months in Iraq

U.S. to Rethink Baghdad Peace Efforts: U.S. military acknowledged that its two-month drive to crush insurgent and militia violence in the Iraqi capital had fallen short

Bush Admits For First Time: Iraq 'Could Be' Vietnam All Over Again

White House Press Secretary Tony Snow defends Bush's Iraq-Vietnam comment

Al-Sadr's Shiite Militia Seizes Control of Southern Iraq City of Amarah: In one of the boldest acts of defiance yet by one of the country's powerful, unofficial armies

Bush Faces a Battery of Ugly Choices on War

Bush tries to impose new terms of victory: Fresh attempt to redefine what constitutes success is undermined within hours

Bush vows to win in Iraq at fundraiser for Senator Allen campaign

Farewell to arms signals Blair blunders

White House Nixes Partitioning Iraq

Thousands of U.S. troops held back from overseas duty because of their personal debt: Are so far in debt they are considered security risks

Saddam Genocide Trial Adjourned for 10 Days

Republican Sex Scandal

Foley will give Catholic archdiocese name of alleged abuser

Priest Denies Having Sex With Foley: Admits that he was naked in saunas and went skinny-dipping with Mark Foley decades ago when the former congressman was a boy in Florida

Special Offer: Catholic Priests and their vicitms are deliberately pre-conditioned by Satanic, erotic subliminal art hidden within official Church Art -- This hideous practice has been going on for centuries! "Rape of the Soul" reveals and shows this art

Speaker of the House Hastert advised of Foley's emails: Majority Leader Boehner testifies

Football Stadium Threat a Hoax, FBI Says

Election 2006 News

E-Voting Machines Are Ripe For Fraud and Can Lead To Stealing Elections! Former Bush -appointed chair of US Election Assistance Commission

A Loaves & Fishes/Holy Ghost Victory For The GOP In November?

Republican woes lead to feuding by conservatives

Remembering the fray: Bill Clinton tells Democrats to fight back

Congressional aide testifies in investigation of sex scandal that is hurting Republicans

GOP Calls for Withdrawal of California Candidate: Sent a letter threatening Hispanic immigrant voters with arrest - Candidate denies charge

How Republicans Hope to Hold the Senate: Party strategists increasingly afraid the Senate is slipping away

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Bush terror bill signing said to be a major victory: 'High-value' suspects could face trial in next few months

New Cutting Edge Analysis Article: "Military Commissions Act of 2006" -- The Bill By Which America Will Die!

Gunmen Kill 8 Civilians in Afghanistan

There is never going to be a NATO victory in Afghanistan

Millions of Indians die in poverty despite the country's new wealth

Iran will not back down on nuclear plans: President Ahmadinejad

Israel cannot survive: Ahmadinejad

China Promises Constructive Role on Iran

Fatah, Hamas agree to defuse internal violence

IDF armored vehicles left unguarded on Gaza border

Israel Warns Gaza Weapons Smuggling, Rocket Attacks Will Lead to 'Invasion' -- Israel Is Preparing For Another Imminent War!

UN: No decision to fire on IAF planes - Even though French peacekeepers are deployed with anti-aircraft capability

Vice Premier Shimon Peres has begun campaigning for the presidency in earnest

Post-Lebanon IDF is humbler

IDF Complains: Media hounded bereaved families

Qassam terror rocket lands near Ashkelon strategic facility

Annan Tells Lebanon: Disarm Hizbullah

PM Olmert: Palestinian moment of truth near

Scientists Say Hawaii Hit by Two Quakes -- Not just one -- A 6.7 and 6.0

Wal-Mart to sell $4 generic drugs in 14 more states

Murder Most Mysterious: The house of horror in New Orleans

NBC: Special won't show Madonna on cross

The Dow Jones industrial average crosses 12,000 for the first time

October 19, 2006

US military says 11 soldiers killed in Iraq yesterday

Bush admits Iraq-Vietnam similarity: Current level of killing could be compared with the infamous Tet Offensive in Vietnam "could be right"

Iraq a 'helluva mess': Former US Secretary of State James Baker exclaims

Eight soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division ordered to face court-martial: Facing murder charges stemming from service in Iraq, and two could get the death penalty for allegedly raping a 14-year-old and killing her and her family

Suicide car bombing in Mosul kills 12

A deadly Iraqi numbers game: Disputes figure of 655,000 dead, saying it was not credible

Death toll of 655,000 people calculation method 'correct: method of calculation was "tried and trusted'' and despite criticism from President George W. Bush was even used by the US government

Pinpointing 300 Millionth American but Not Iraqi Casualties

Iraq reality check: The cost in lives lost

Nine paradoxes of a lost war

The poison spreads in Iraq

Blair refuses to back down over "premature" withdrawal from Iraq

North Korea informs China of plan to conduct 3 more nuke tests

A Tell-Tale Little Nuke: US intelligence agencies had concluded that, according to atmospheric sampling, North Korea's test explosion was in fact powered by plutonium-239 -- Ramifications for Bush foreign policy are staggering!

Bush warns North Korea against selling nuclear arms -- NOTE: Echos of false threats of Saddam selling nukes to terrorists!

Rice holding 3-way talks in Seoul

Rice gets Japan's help, turns to South Korea, China

Russia, China Boycott U.S.-hosted Talks on Asia Security, North Korea Nuclear Program

U.S. Officials Deny Trading Georgia for Russia’s Support of North Korea Sanctions

Bush Declares: U.S. Will Stop North Korea Nuke Moves

North Korea: US Provokes Nuclear Crisis - Bush Administration created a "tool-kit" which would destabilize North Korea

From Sunshine To Sunset - Dialogue between the Koreas really taking a hit

Election 2006 News

Approval of Republicans at record low: NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll

Senator McCain jokes about suicide if Democrats win Senate

New Laws and Machines May Spell Voting Woes

FBI Yet to Find Evidence of Foley-Page Sexual Contact

Candidate replacing Florida's disgraced former Rep. Mark Foley on the ballot in next month's election has been barred from posting signs at polling places clarifying that votes for Foley will actually go to him

Karl Rove foresees GOP victory

Novak foresees Democrats winning 20 seats in Congress: Every event is being sucked down by "Foley Affair"

New Prime-Time TV Look for Elections - network evening-news programs are covering this year's midterm election campaign three times as heavily as they did in 2002

Bush's appearances revolve around core themes: The words are taxes and terrorism. The argument: Democrats are wrong on both

Iraqi PM hopes for Saddam death sentence soon: Verdict is expected as early as November 5, just two days before U.S. midterm elections!

Romney camp consulted with Mormon leaders: Massachusetts' Governor eyes nationwide network to aid White House bid

Global Terrorism = Global Dictatorship

U.S. says threat to NFL stadiums not credible: Homeland Security warned of "dirty bomb" threat to NFL stadiums but then said it did not believe the threat was "credible"

Archives: "Rumors of War" - Study of bogus Homeland Security warnings of the past and how some news headlines repeat regularly

No 'police state' for World Series games: Detroit police will beef up patrols, but won't set up a security perimeter around Comerica Park

Bush authorises harsh interrogation for terror suspects: Signs "Military Commissions Act of 2006"

BBC Poll: World against torture, Israel in favor

New World Order Understanding: "The secret societies were planning as far back as 1917 to invent an artificial threat ... in order to bring humanity together in a one-world government which they call the New World Order." [William Cooper, "Behold A Pale Horse", p. 27]

Kidnappers of Italian photojournalist have demanded Italy hand over an Afghan who converted to Christianity from Islam by midnight on Sunday in return for the hostage's release

Troops may stay in Afghanistan 20 years says British commander

Venezuela to continue its bid for UN seat

Venezuela Considers Purchase of Russian Transport Planes Following Snub from Spain

Blair warns Pakistan against hanging British national on November 1

Suicide boats attack harbour in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka Civil War turns pearl into a soldier state

Ethiopians fight Christian proselytizers

Federal judge has wiped out the criminal conviction of Enron Corp founder Kenneth L. Lay: Ruling that his July 5 death denied him the chance to appeal a Houston jury's fraud and conspiracy verdict

Moral Collapse

Feds Net 125 Nationwide in Kid-Porn Case

Suicide note leads New Orleans police to dismembered body: Couple had shared on the edge of the Quarter above a voodoo shop

Ex-Delphi execs face civil fraud charges: SEC says top financial officers used accounting schemes to hide supplier's troubled finances

Colorado Water Wars Include Spy Campaign

Prophetic Timing In God's Hands, Revolving Around Jerusalem

Israel Is Preparing For Another Imminent War!

Will Bush back Rice? In her call for a Palestinian State

Palestinian Minister Said Siyam Complains: Israel wants Gilad Shalit released for free

Analysis: Abbas's growing predicament

Israel Needs A President

Olmert backs Vice Premier Shimon Peres as next president: Replacing the disgraced Katsav

Archives - Remembering Peres' Call For Jerusalem -- "ISRAEL'S FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER PERES DROPS 'WORLD CAPITAL' BOMBSHELL: CALLS FOR HOLY PLACES OF JERUSALEM TO BE CONTROLLED BY UNITED NATIONS!"

PA Minister Charges: US trying to topple Hamas

IDF Returns to Gaza-Egypt Border, Destroys Smuggling Tunnels

Iran, Gaza, Lebanon and North Korea - It is becoming increasingly obvious that the IDF in the very near future will be compelled to launch a major ground incursion into Gaza

Hamas Arming for War Against the IDF in Gaza

"Red Color" Warning Alarm Direct to MKs' Cell Phones

PM Olmert to Russia's President Putin: Help resolve Iran crisis

Russian Nuclear Project in Iran to Be Exemption in UN Blockade

Parties and drugs in Tehran: Party goers in the Iranian capital are as fun loving as their western counterparts – drugs and alcohol are abundant

City Mayoral Candidate Assassinated in Russia’s Far East

October 18, 2006

U.S. military says 9 American troops killed in Iraq

Iraq a 'helluva mess': Former US Secretary of State James Baker exclaims

A radical change in US policy over Iraq after the November elections appeared increasingly likely: Bipartisan commission headed by a Bush family confidant (James Baker) will recommend an approach to Iran and Syria for help or a withdrawal to bases outside Iraq

The way out of Iraq -- partition -- Bush has so badly lied himself into a corner that he now needs the bipartisan "Iraq Study Group" (headed by the Bush family's fix-it man, former Secretary of State James Baker) to tell the American public that things are rapidly going south

U.S. military too strong to lose Iraq war: Rumsfeld defends

Bomb targeting Iraq government official kills 4

Threat rises for Iraqi Christians

U.S. troops patrol town battered by violence

Abu Ghraib jail officer 'allowed' abuses

Bush signs controversial anti-terrorism law

Secretary of State Rice reassures Japan amid fears of 2nd N.Korean test

Defiant North Korea may play plutonium card to raise stakes

North Korea plans series of nuclear tests

US intelligence has detected activity in at least three nuclear sites in North Korea

U.S. urges Seoul to get tough on N.K.

Impact of sanctions on N. Korea uncertain

Rice Vows 'Full Range' Defense of Japan

Where Have All The Peaceful Religions Gone?

Limited Iran sanctions gain support of the EU

US Marines join routine bilateral exercise

'Iran does not present a real danger to world peace': Russian Foreign Minister Segei Lavrov told Prime Minister Ehud Olmert just before Israeli PM was to meet Russian President Putin

Israel Is Preparing For Another Imminent War!

IDF embarks on major Gaza incursion

IDF nears Philadelphi route, kills Hamas members - Operation expanded

'Olmert should be tough with Putin': Likud MK Natan Sharansky

Syria: Olmert gov't one of Israel's weakest Prime Ministers

Olmert calls on Lebanese PM Siniora to make peace

Internal Security Minister Dichter Charges: Israeli Arabs helped Hizbullah

8 convicted in plot to kill Americans, Israelis

Hamas: We'll remain in power in spite of Abbas' threats

US Complains: Israel discriminating against Americans of Palestinian origin

President Katsav Tells Reporters: I am smiling because I know truth

Former justice minister Lapid: President Katsav should be pardoned

Poll: 66 percent believe Katsav has to go

PM Olmert favors non-party President

For Palestinians, this Ramadan is the worst ever

Judge Rules: NYC Open to Ground Zero Claims

Hawaii Quake Damage Hits $46 Million

Hawaii Hopes Quake Won't Hurt Tourism

Small Quake Rumbles North Calif. Coast

Ecuadorian candidates in dead heat

Colo. Schools Up Security After Deadly Shooting

US warplanes kill Taliban commander and up to 15 militants

October 17, 2006

Evidence of radiation from North Korea's claimed nuclear test has been found

North Korea Declares: Sanctions Are Declaration of War

South Korea aware of signs North Korea may be preparing 2nd nuke test

North Korea Defiant

One stop not on Rice's North Asia trip: Pyongyang

Iran rejects sanctions levied against North Korea

U.S. Rice Urges Russia, Asian Countries to Assist in Isolating North Korea

North Korea Put On Notice: The unanimous U.N. resolution isn't perfect, but it's a victory for U.S. diplomacy

Magnitude 6.5 undersea quake hits near Papua New Guinea, tsunami threat low

Venezuela blames fierce U.S. lobbying as Chavez government fails to win U.N. Security Council seat

Election News 2006

Cutting Edge Position On This Election

Don't mention the President: How Republicans hope to stay in power

In 'Cheney Country,' No. 2 is No. 1

As some GOP candidates fade, Republicans refocus monies and effort to likely winners

Bush and his conjurings

The GOP Must Give Voters a Clear Choice: Newt Gingrich says Republicans can still turn election around

Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid has been using campaign donations instead of his personal money to pay Christmas bonuses for the support staff

Saddam verdict likely on November 5: Two days before American elections

FBI Raids Lobbyists' Homes, Office: Agents are investigating whether Pennsylvania Republican Rep. Curt Weldon steered business to his daughter's firm

Secretary Rice's approving 'gay' remarks rankle GOP base

Archives: Concerned Women of America Warns That Bush's Gay Policy Is Identical To Clinton's

Bush aides called evangelicals 'nuts,' 'goofy': Former White House 'faith-based' official says political advisers mocked Christians

Archives: Warning - President Bush's 'Faith-Based" Program Is A Trojan Horse Designed To Weaken and Destroy The Church -- Posted March, 2001

Hopes for peace in Sri Lanka in tatters as 100 sailors killed when bomber rams convoy

Kofi Annan tells Eritrea to remove troops from border zone on Ethiopian border

UK troops pull out of Afghan region

PM Blair faces grilling on Iraq policy

Car bomb blasts kill 30 in Iraq

Brother of Saddam prosecutor fatally shot in front of his wife: Was among 60 Iraqis killed outside of Balad on Monday

The worst in Iraq is yet to come

2 Leading GOP Senators Want New Iraq Strategy - Sens. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska and John Warner of Virginia now speaking out

UK exiting Iraq 'sometime soon': It is becoming increasingly clear that the British want to pull out of Iraq altogether

Liberation at hand, Saddam tells countrymen

Iraqi guerillas say talks going on with US

Coalition death toll in Iraq officially reaches 3,000

U.S. Officials Undermine Baghdad, Leader Says: The prime minister tells Bush he's worried about calls for a deadline to bring order to Iraq

Bush Reassures Iraqi That There Is No Timetable for Withdrawal

U.S. panel mulls help of Iran, Syria on Iraq - 10-member commission headed by former Secretary of State James Baker

Saddam verdict likely on November 5: Two days before American elections

Iraq premier's visit to Turkey cancelled

Pentagon to resume forced anthrax vaccine program

Global Terrorism = Global Dictatorship

Bush to Sign Law for Tough Interrogation - Major victory for the President

Warming Up to Torture? Bill Clinton's call for court-approved 'torture warrants' hasn't drawn the same outcry as a similar proposal from a few years back

New York lawyer gets 28 months jail for aiding terrorism

Russia Demands U.S. Lift Sanctions Against Arms Exporter and Aircraft Maker: Sanctions levied against two Russian companies accused of making deals with Iran involving sensitive technology

UN force in Lebanon only to protect Israel, says top Shi'ite Muslim cleric

IDF Warns: Hamas trying to create 'balance of terror' with Israel

President Katsav told to quit over rape charge

PM Olmert seeks Arab axis of peace to counter Tehran

PM Olmert hopes for sympathetic ear in Russia: Teheran's nuclear march, and the fact that state-of-the-art Russian weaponry landed in Hizbullah's hands and was used to fight the IDF on table for discussion
Rubinstein says no to presidency should Katsav be forced from office

Defense Minister Peretz: 2 weeks to forced outpost evacuation

PA Survey Shows: Peace Still Far Off

Hamas Obtains Anti-Aircraft Weapons in Gaza

Hamas Warns 'Israel's tanks will be destroyed" - Southern front heats up and Hamas signals they are ready for all-out conflict Monday evening

Iranian President Ahmadinejad: Bush inspired by Satan

Russian Police Arrest Suspected Killers of Top Central Bank Manager Kozlov

Hawaii Still Hanging Loose After Quake: The state is `open for business' after its strongest temblor in 20 years

Taxpayer dollars support U.S.-Mexico merger plot: 'Continental future' promoted at elite, tax-funded American University center

Russia, U.S. Scientists Discover New Superheavy Element: Superheavy element, known as 118

FDA Is Set To Approve Milk, Meat From Clones

Monday, October 16, 2006

Earthquakes In Divers Places

Hawaiians Reeling From Strong Earthquake: Magnitude was 6.6

Past Earthquakes in Hawaii

Nearly as strong as the 1994 Northridge temblor — struck at 7:07 a.m. about 11 miles offshore from Kailua-Kona, a resort town on Hawaii's popular and sunny Kona Coast

100s Evacuated Amid Hawaii Aftershocks

Election 2006 News

GOP Running Against a Stiff Northern Wind: Its waning support in the Northeast could give Democrats a base for congressional control - political equivalent of a nor'easter is bearing down on Republicans from New England through Pennsylvania

White House Upbeat About GOP Prospects: Self-Assurance of Bush, Rove and Others Is Not Shared by Many in the Party -- almost inexplicably upbeat

In Final Weeks, G.O.P. Focuses on Best Bets

Hollywood’s Democrats Watch and Wait, Cautiously

Hillary Apologizes To Senator McCain For Aide's Comments About The Senator's Imprisonment During Vietnam War

Bill Clinton says Republican extremists divided country

Rep. Murtha Blasts GOP for Name-Calling

Doubts over Iraq drive a volatile U.S. campaign

Money Fuels Oil Tax Fight in California - Proposition 87 would tax companies drilling for oil in California until the state has generated $4 billion - Former V.P. Al Gore supporting the proposal

US politicians caught on internet candid cameras

Post-9/11 Security Standards Not Being Met at Uranium Facility: Energy officials say they currently can't follow the guidelines but reject terrorism concerns

EU, U.S. to sign air data deal: Giving U.S. law enforcement agencies easier access to air passenger data

NATO takes control of Afghan security - 12,000 American troops now under command of NATO!

5 Americans Killed in Iraq, Bringing Month’s Toll to 53

Panel to Seek Change on Iraq: Commission backed by Bush has agreed that 'stay the course' is not working, its leader says. A phased withdrawal is one option on the table

Revenge attacks grip town north of Baghdad

Car bomb kills 10 south of Baghdad

Violence empties schools in Iraq

Fewer Reporters Embedded in Iraq: Even as the conflict heats up on the streets of Baghdad and in the U.S. political campaign

Iraqi forces concern U.S. commander

Iraqi insurgent group invites negotiation

Saddam says victory at hand against US occupation -- Verdict expected in 3 weeks

Official Mutiny From Britain's Top General

A soldier fights back: Top British general Dannatt insisted that the operation, and the presence of over 8,000 British troops in the country, would have to end "soon" - or risk "breaking" the army - Rarely has a general had such an explosive impact so far beyond the battlefield

How army chief staged No 10 ambush: General Sir Richard Dannatt, new head of the army, knew what he was doing when he lit the touchpaper during an interview with a concerned mother

Shiites push for British troops to leave Basra

Evidence of radiation from North Korea's claimed nuclear test has been found

Russia Blasts U.S. Diplomats for Comparing North Korea to Khrushchev

Beating Bush at his own game

U.N.: N. Korea faces hungry winter

U.N. Security Council Condemns North Korean Nuclear Test -- During 5551st Meeting (PM)

World diplomats push for enforcing N Korea sanctions

Bolton presses for weapons ban: U.N. ambassador says China can strong-arm North Korea

Grim warning from North Korea: Has shocked and challenged the world by punching a big hole through the global nuclear order

North Korea Hopes for More Six-Party Talks on Nuclear Program — Russian Diplomat

Police Accuse Israeli President Katsav of Rape

Katsav faces slew of criminal charges: Katsav's attorney was "shocked by the fact that the police recommendations were so sweeping"

Attorney: President could be in jail for long time

President Katsav will not attend the ceremony marking the opening of the Knesset's winter session

Draft Sharansky for president: Likud MP would be able to restore Israel to moral high ground in community of nations

Olmert-Abbas summit unlikely, senior israeli official says

Hamas Accuses: America 'financing' Fatah

Hamas Obtains Anti-Aircraft Weapons in Gaza

Palestinian Infiltrators cross Dead Sea with 14 kg of heroin

IDF Cuts Off Northern Gaza in Response to Kassam terror rockets

Israeli Air Force Liquidates Three-Man Terror Cell

Arab Riots Near Jerusalem Protest Temple Mount Security Measure

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - "Palestine is the Front Line"

Pope makes four new saints at solemn ceremony