Daily Archives: July 1, 2007 »
Pentagon’s Psychic Vision Revisited
By Sharon Weinberger Some people believe he’s part of an elaborate government plot that abducts and harasses innocent civilians. Some view him as a military visionary. With his interest in parapsychology and near death
Read More »US warned of Glasgow attack 2 weeks ago – report
Ynet Security official says Washington received warnings of possible terror attacks against airports in Scotland two weeks ago. US security officials received warnings two weeks ago of a possible terror attack against “airport infrastructure
Read More »UK smoking ban is just the start. Could your home be next?
The man behind the ban on smoking in pubs and enclosed public spaces hasn’t finished yet. He wants to extend prohibition to private homes. Jonathan Owen reports on a smoking revolution The Independent From
Read More »MPs to demand inquiry into abuse of prisoners in Iraq
By Andrew Johnson An influential committee of MPs meets tomorrow to decide on holding a full inquiry into whether the Attorney General’s office or the MoD gave soldiers the green light to abuse detainees
Read More »Civilians Die In U.S.-NATO Air Assault In Afghanistan
By Griff Witte and Javed Hamdard Just a week after Afghan President Hamid Karzai chastised international forces for being “careless,” Afghan officials reported Saturday that possibly 100 or more civilians had been killed in
Read More »How Cheney abused his power in war on terror
By Tim Shipman Vice-President Dick Cheney was personally responsible for American policies that subjected terrorist suspects to cruelty and denied them the right to a fair trial, according to revelations from senior US government
Read More »Fifth terrorist suspect arrested in Britain
A person was arrested in the British city of Liverpool in connection with the attempted car bomb attacks in London and Glasgow, police reported Sunday, bringing the total number of suspects detained to five.
Read More »Military judge stands by Guantanamo dismissal
DAVID McFADDEN A military judge has refused a Pentagon request to reconsider his dismissal of charges against a Guantanamo Bay detainee accused of killing an American soldier in Afghanistan. The judge, Army Col. Peter
Read More »Another NSA Whistleblower Speaks Out
By David Swanson RINF Alternative News A former member of U.S. military intelligence has decided to reveal what she knows about warrantless spying on Americans and about the fixing of intelligence in the leadup
Read More »NASA Scientist Finds a New Way to the Center of the Earth
NASA/JPL Humans have yet to see Earth’s center, as did the characters in Jules Verne’s science fiction classic, ‘Journey to the Center of the Earth.’ But a new NASA study proposes a novel technique
Read More »U.S. soldiers held in Iraqi killings
JOSHUA PARTLOW Two American soldiers, including one from Laredo, were charged with the premeditated murders of three Iraqis in separate incidents south of Baghdad over the past three months, the U.S. military said Saturday.Army
Read More »Schools Biometric Company Linked To Gitmo
By Mick Meaney RINF Alternative News VeriCool, one of the companies responsible for fingerprinting thousands of British school children, has been linked to inhumane detention centres, Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib. A startling development
Read More »‘Up to 80 civilians dead’ after US air strikes in Afghanistan
Witnesses claim a village in British-run Helmand was bombed for three hours after the Taliban attempted to ambush a US-Afghan army convoy Jason Burke Sunday July 1, 2007 The Observer Air strikes in the
Read More »Syrian newspaper: Blair’s ‘hands smeared with innocents’ blood’
Haaretz A state-run Syrian newspaper on Saturday lambasted Tony’s Blair’s appointment as a special Middle East envoy, saying a man with “hands smeared with innocents’ blood” cannot be a peace envoy.Shortly after stepping down
Read More »Oz airlines to collect fingerprints
The US wants to match passengers’ details against a terrorist database By Steve Creedy AUSTRALIAN airlines will be required to collect fingerprints from customers travelling to the US so they can be matched against
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