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27 June 2005
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Trillion Dollar War --Cheaper 'to pay Saddam to quit Iraq' 27 Jun 2005 Iraq and its aftermath will cost $1trillion - a million million dollars - it was claimed last night. The huge sum, equivalent to £548,000,000,000, was revealed as the US held secret meetings with rebels to end the fighting.
Iraq: The carve-up begins --As the costs of the Iraq occupation spiral, British and American oil companies meet in secret next week to carve up the country's oil reserves for themselves. --by Tom Burgis 23 Jun 2005 "The Iraq war has so far cost America and Britain £105billion. But the financial clawback is gathering pace as British and American oil giants work out how to get their hands on the estimated £3trillion worth of oil. Executives from BP, Shell, Exxon Mobil and Halliburton, Dick Cheney's old [and current] firm, are expected to congregate at the Paddington Hilton for a two-day chinwag with top-level officials from Iraq's oil ministry."
Holy convenience, Batman!! Unrest 'could double' oil price 27 Jun 2005 A warning of a possible near doubling in the cost of oil was issued yesterday as UK prices rose to more than £4 a gallon and the AA Motoring Trust said the price of diesel was approaching £5 a gallon.
Rumsfeld admits Iraqi resistance could last years; more violence likely 26 Jun 2005 Defense Secretary [war criminal] Donald Rumsfeld said Sunday he is bracing for even more violence in Iraq and acknowledged that the insurgency "could go on for any number of years."
Bush warns Blair he must boost UK forces 26 Jun 2005 Britain is coming under sustained pressure from American military chiefs to keep thousands of troops in Iraq - while going ahead with plans to boost the front line against a return to "civil war" in Afghanistan.
US Demands Japan Extend Tour of Its Troops In Iraq 26 Jun 2005 According to the Asahi Simbun newspaper, the US State Department, at the beginning of June, has demanded the Japanese Foreign Ministry extend the working period of the Japanese soldiers in Iraq whose period will be completed by the end of the month.
Bombing Attacks on Iraqi Forces Kill 38 in North --Four suicide bomb attacks struck Iraqi police and an army base in a 16-hour wave of violence in the northern city of Mosul on Saturday and Sunday, killing 38 people and wounding scores more.
Gunmen kill police colonel in Baghdad --Gunmen shot dead a high-ranking police officer in eastern Baghdad on Sunday, police said.
VIPs in Iraq get safer vehicles than soldiers 26 Jun 2005 When Defense Secretary [war criminal] Donald Rumsfeld visited Iraq last year to tour the Abu Ghraib prison camp, U.S. military officials did not rely on a government-issued Humvee to transport him safely on the ground. They turned to Halliburton, which lent them a rolling fortress of steel called the Rhino Runner.
U.S. Plans Expansion of Crowded Iraq Prisons 26 Jun 2005 Faced with a ballooning prison population, U.S. commanders in Iraq are building new detention facilities at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison and Camp Bucca near the Kuwaiti border and are developing a third major prison, in northern Iraq. [Cui bono? See: Halliburton to build new $30 mln Guantanamo prison 16 Jun 2005 A Halliburton Co. unit will build a new $30 million detention facility and security fence at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where the United States is holding about 520 foreign terrorism suspects, the Defense Department announced on Thursday. The announcement comes the same week that Vice pResident [and Halliburton whore] Dick Cheney and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld defended the torture facility after U.S. lawmakers said it had created an image problem for the United States.]
Rumsfeld Nixes Independent Panel on Guantanamo 26 Jun 2005 A new independent investigation of abuse allegations at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, "doesn't make sense," Defense Secretary [war criminal] Donald H. Rumsfeld said Sunday.
Center for Torture Victims speaks out against alleged torture by U.S. 26 Jun 2005 The Center for Victims of Torture is alarmed by reports that the United States may be among the nations using torture during interrogations, or may be sending prisoners to other countries for the purpose of torture... In letters to President [sic] Bush and to Minnesota's Congressional delegation, the center urges that evidence of U-S torture be the subject of an independent investigation along the lines of the Nine-Eleven Commission.
Scores of Muslim Men Jailed Without Charge 27 Jun 2005 Operating behind a wall of secrecy, the U.S. Department of Justice thrust scores of Muslim men living in the United States into a Kafkaesque world of indefinite detention without charge and baseless accusations of terrorist links, Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union said in a report released today.
UK government under fire over aid to Uzbekistan 27 Jun 2005 Ministers have come under fire for increasing financial aid payments to Uzbekistan despite the massacre of pro-democracy protesters by government forces in the Central Asian republic last month.
UK helped train massacre army 20 Jun 2005 British soldiers helped to train the army of Uzbekistan, which last month slaughtered hundreds of pro-democracy protesters, The Scotsman can reveal. Last year, about 150 British Army veterans of the Iraq war travelled to Uzbekistan to train with the army responsible for the killings. According to one independent witness, the British soldiers "shared tactics" with the Uzbeks.
British military hardware 'was used in Uzbek massacre' 26 May 2005 British military equipment was used in the massacre of hundreds of protesters in Uzbekistan, it was claimed today.
U.S. bars Spanish bid to question a Qaeda suspect 25 Jun 2005 The Bush regime has refused to allow the Spanish authorities to interview a man accused of being an a Qaeda operative whose testimony could be crucial to the prosecution of two men on trial here charged with helping to plan the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Spanish officials say. http://www.legitgov.org/9_1_1_oddities.html
U.S. plans radioactive project 27 Jun 2005 The Bush regime is planning the government's first production of plutonium 238 - a highly radioactive substance valued as a power source - since the Cold War, stirring debate over the risks and benefits of the deadly material... The program could cost $1.5 billion and generate more than 50,000 drums of hazardous and radioactive waste.
Military Might Draft XM Satellite Radio 26 Jun 2005 Customers of XM Satellite Radio Inc. aren't the only ones who appreciate its digital quality and nationwide coverage. The U.S. military might draft XM's service for homeland security purposes.
Newspaper: Calif. National Guard sets up state intelligence unit 26 Jun 2005 California's National Guard has set up a special intelligence unit intended to help local law enforcement deal with terrorist threats and integrate statewide investigations with international anti-terrorism initiatives, according to a newspaper report.
Crime-busting cameras: a US-city experiment --In conjunction with the US Department of Homeland Security, Chelsea, Mass., plans to install 27 hidden surveillance cameras, which will record 24 hours a day in various parts of town... Perhaps the most controversial area of monitoring is the proposed inclusion of private-sector cameras.
Chicago pairing surveillance cameras with gunshot recognition systems 26 Jun 2005 Chicago officials are using new technology that recognizes the sound of a gunshot within a two-block radius, pinpoints the source, turns a surveillance camera toward the shooter and places a 911 call. Officials can then track the shooter and dispatch officers to the scene.
Feds check passports against terror list 23 Jun 2005 The federal government plans to begin checking the name of everyone who applies for a U.S. passport against a list of suspected terrorists and their associates [?!?] , according to the State Department.
Ministers plan to sell your ID card details to raise cash 26 Jun 2005 Personal details of all 44 million adults living in Britain could be sold to private companies as part of government attempts to arrest spiralling costs for the new national identity card scheme, set to get the go-ahead this week. The Independent on Sunday can today reveal that ministers have opened talks with private firms to pass on personal details of UK citizens for an initial cost of £750 each.
Big brother is coming... ...and sooner than you think. Identity cards will become reality within three years as MPs vote to begin the process on Tuesday. But why? What will ID cards mean for ordinary citizens? Will they be weapons against terrorism, or sinister tools of the state? Andy McSmith, Political Editor, looks into the (near) future 26 Jun 2005 "On Tuesday, the government whips in the House of Commons will round up Labour MPs to restart the legislative process for introducing ID cards, against the combined opposition of the Tories, Liberal Democrats, some of the smaller parties and at least a dozen Labour rebels."
New Israeli system IDs terrorists without profiling 24 Jun 2005 An Israeli company has developed a system [SDS-VR-1000] to identify past and potential terrorists. The company said the system uses polygraph-like tools to identify insurgents — even when they do not have weapons — within three minutes. Executives said Israeli authorities have approved the system and would undergo testing later in 2005 in Israel at an unidentified U.S. airport.
Concerns arise over Bush's pick for EPA job --Lawyer works for firm that represents W.R. Grace, others 26 Jun 2005 Dictator Bush has nominated Granta Nakayama, a partner in a law firm whose clients include W.R. Grace, BP, Dow Chemical and DuPont, to lead the Environmental 'Protection' Agency's far-flung enforcement division.
Records show Democrats rejected for jobs --Lists Mention Donations, Bumper Stickers --Gov. [R-KY] Ernie Fletcher's administration investigated some applicants for merit jobs to determine their political loyalty, then acted against Democrats, according to internal records filed in court Friday. In one case, an applicant had Democratic bumper stickers, which was noted next to his name on a list of job seekers.
Geologists to look again for oil in Appalachian foothills 27 Jun 2005 A consortium of the U.S. Department of Energy, several states, 17 energy companies and an industry group plans an exhaustive study in search of new oil reserves beneath the Appalachian foothills.
Government Delayed Mad Cow Test Results for Months 27 Jun 2005 Although the Agribusiness ['Agriculture'] Department confirmed Friday that a cow that died last year was infected with mad cow disease, a test the agency conducted seven months ago indicated that the animal had the disease. The result was never publicly disclosed.
Bird Flu Outbreak in Japan 27 Jun 2005 Bird flu has been detected in chickens at a farm in north-eastern Japan, and restrictions have been imposed on shipments of poultry and eggs from the area, the government said yesterday. http://www.legitgov.org/flu_oddities.html
Bird flu virus detected in Japan 27 Jun 2005 The H5N2-type avian influenza virus has been detected in chickens at a poultry farm in Mitsukaido, east Japan's Ibaraki Prefecture. http://www.legitgov.org/flu_oddities.html
[26 June lead stories:] Report: U.S. secretly met with resistance --U.S. officials held secret talks in Iraq with the commanders of several Iraqi resistance groups recently in an attempt to open a dialogue with them, a British newspaper reported Sunday. The commanders "apparently came face to face" with four American officials during meetings on June 3 and June 13 at a summer villa near Balad, about 25 miles north of Baghdad, the Iraqi capital, according to The Sunday Times.
US 'in talks with Iraq with Iraq rebels' --Resistance fighters reveal secret face-to-face meetings 26 Jun 2005 ...After weeks of delicate negotiation involving a former Iraqi minister and senior tribal leaders, a small group of resistance commanders apparently came face to face with four American officials seeking to establish a dialogue with the men they regard as their enemies.
General admits to secret air war 26 Jun 2005 The American general who commanded allied air forces during the Iraq war appears to have admitted in a briefing to American and British officers that coalition aircraft waged a secret air war against Iraq from the middle of 2002, nine months before the invasion began.
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