2006-06-09 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://infowars.com/articles/bb/high_hopes_for_drone_in_la_skies.htm High hopes for drone in LA skies Peter Bowes / BBC | June 7 2006 Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), commonly known as drone aircraft, are about to be launched for the first time by the police in Los Angeles. UAVs have long been used by the military in … Read more
2006-06-09 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://mediamatters.org/items/200605260016 “Media Matters”; by Jamison Foser Summary: The defining issue of our time is not the Iraq war. It is not the “global war on terror.” It is not our inability (or unwillingness) to ensure that all Americans have access to affordable health care. Nor is it immigration, outsourcing, … Read more
2006-06-09 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/724693.html IAEA: Iran slowing enrichment; Ahmadinejad says ready to talk By The Associated Press A report by the U.N. nuclear agency made available to The Associated Press on Thursday shows Iran has slowed nuclear enrichment work over the past month but continues experiments with the technology that world powers … Read more
2006-06-09 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/printer_8790.shtml From Capitol Hill Blue THE RANT Field commanders tell Pentagon Iraq war ‘is lost’ By DOUG THOMPSON Jun 5, 2006, 07:13 Military commanders in the field in Iraq admit in private reports to the Pentagon the war “is lost” and that the U.S. military is unable to stem … Read more
2006-06-09 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=50406 Saturday, May 27, 2006 ON THE HOME FRONT ‘Ranger’ who boasted of murdering Iraqi civilians debunked by Army Man claiming soldiers ‘plow[ed] down entire families’ also kicked out of anti-war vet group for being fraud Posted: May 27, 2006 5:45 p.m. Eastern © 2006 WorldNetDaily.com The U.S. Army … Read more
2006-06-09 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2006/670/670p24.htm US soldiers: Iraq massacre not exception Coral Wynter & Jim McIlroy, Caracas The response of the Pentagon and White House to the massacre of more than 20 Iraqi civilians by US marines in Haditha last year has followed a familiar pattern. Official investigations into the incident were finally … Read more
2006-06-09 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://prisonplanet.com/articles/june2006/070606_b_Absurd.htm Canada Terror Plot Grows More Absurd Kurt Nimmo | June 7 2006 Bizarre is the only way to explain it. “One member of an alleged al Qaeda-inspired terror ring arrested in Canada last weekend faces the accusation that he sought to behead Prime Minister Stephen Harper,” reports SwissInfo. … Read more
2006-06-09 Richard Moore ——————————————————– Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 05:02:25 -0400 From: Greg Palast <•••@••.•••> Subject: UNREPORTED: THE ZARQAWI INVITATION by Greg Palast They got him — the big, bad, beheading berserker in Iraq. But, something’s gone unreported in all the glee over getting Zarqawi Š who invited him into Iraq in the first place? … Read more
2006-06-07 Richard Moore In this article we see a microcosm both of traditional British imperialist policies and of British propaganda. The violence in Iraq has been intentionally created by the occupying forces, and is then blamed on ‘sectarian violence’. Just as happened in Ireland, and in every other place the British have occupied. rkm ———– … Read more
2006-06-07 Richard Moore This article reminds me of a line from “The Importance of Being Earnest” (Oscar Wilde)….Lady Bracknell says, “I know my son has wronged you, but I’ve decided to forgive him.” rkm —————– Original source URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/5053006.stm Troops cleared over Iraq drowning Three soldiers have been found not guilty of the manslaughter of … Read more
2006-06-07 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/terrorism/story/0,,1790443,00.html Officials admit doubts over chemical plot Intelligence behind terror raid questioned as proof remains elusive Richard Norton-Taylor and Vikram Dodd Monday June 5, 2006 Guardian Counter-terrorism officials conceded yesterday that lethal chemical devices they feared had been stored at an east London house raided on Friday may never … Read more
2006-06-07 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=33489 Inter Press Service News Agency Wednesday, June 07, 2006 05:57 GMT IRAQ: Ramadi Becomes Another Fallujah Brian Conley AMMAN, Jun 5 (IPS) – These days, Ramadi is nearly impossible to enter. Against the backdrop of the Haditha massacre, IPS has received reports of civilians killed by snipers, and … Read more
2006-06-07 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://wcbstv.com/national/topstories_story_157220748.html Jun 6, 2006 9:00 pm US/Eastern Iran Says Western Proposal ‘Positive’ (AP) TEHRAN, Iran Iran and the United States had a rare moment of agreement Tuesday, using similar language to describe “positive steps” toward an accord on a package of incentives aimed at persuading Tehran to suspend uranium … Read more
2006-06-06 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.alternet.org/story/36899/ When AWOL Is the Only Way Out By Peter Laufer, AlterNet Posted on June 2, 2006, Printed on June 6, 2006 The following text is an excerpt from Peter Laufer’s new book, “Mission Rejected: U.S. Soldiers Who Say No to Iraq” (Chelsea Green, 2006). “We was going along … Read more
2006-06-06 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,1791164,00.html Pentagon’s interrogation manual dodges Geneva ban Julian Borger in Washington Tuesday June 6, 2006 Guardian The Pentagon is drafting a new rulebook for military interrogators which omits the Geneva convention ban on “humiliating and degrading treatment”, it was reported yesterday. According to the Los Angeles Times, the army … Read more
2006-06-06 Richard Moore ——————————————————– To: “PIR” <•••@••.•••> Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2006 11:47:17 +0100 From: •••@••.••• Subject: [PIR] AL-Hilal-318E-The children of Guantanamo Bay In the Name of Allah, Most Beneficent, Most Merciful WE ARE AGAINST ALL KINDS AND FORMS OF TERRORISM AND EXTREMISM ZAAL-HILALAZ A MUSLIM WHO HAS ACCEPTED THE SERVITUDE TO ALLAH WOULD NEVER … Read more
2006-06-06 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/02/AR2006060201410.html BACK TO THE BUNKER By William M. Arkin Sunday, June 4, 2006; B01 On Monday, June 19, about 4,000 government workers representing more than 50 federal agencies from the State Department to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission will say goodbye to their families and set off for dozens … Read more
2006-06-06 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.nybooks.com/articles/19092 Power Grab By Elizabeth Drew George W. Bush 1. During the presidency of George W. Bush, the White House has made an unprecedented reach for power. It has systematically attempted to defy, control, or threaten the institutions that could challenge it: Congress, the courts, and the press. It … Read more
2006-06-06 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/060506B.shtml The Abominations of War From My Lai to Haditha By Cindy Sheehan t r u t h o u t | Perspective Monday 05 June 2006 This is the most difficult article that I have ever had to write, but I have to write it anyway, unfortunately. I … Read more
2006-06-05 Richard Moore The delivery of three tonnes of ammonium nitrate to a group suspected of plotting terrorist attacks in southern Ontario was part of an undercover police sting operation, the Toronto Star has learned. This ‘terrorist’ incident in Ontario, like the ‘suicide bombings’ in London last July 7, has all he earmarks of a … Read more
2006-06-05 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002613009 Press Accounts Suggest Possible Military ‘Cover-up’ in Ishagi Killings By Greg Mitchell Published: June 03, 2006 1:40 PM ET updated Sunday NEW YORK The U.S military said Saturday it had found no wrongdoing in the March 15 raid on a home in Ishaqi that left nine Iraqi civilians … Read more
2006-06-04 Richard Moore How convenient this ‘terrorist plot’ is for the hate mongers. — It was not clear whether the group ever had possession of the chemicals, or whether authorities may have had a role in arranging for the shipment or transporting the material. Original source URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/04/world/americas/04toronto.html June 4, 2006 17 Held in Plot … Read more
2006-06-04 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/04/world/middleeast/04iran.html June 4, 2006 A Talk at Lunch That Shifted the Stance on Iran By HELENE COOPER and DAVID E. SANGER WASHINGTON, June 3 ‹ On a Tuesday afternoon two months ago, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice sat down to a small lunch in President Bush’s private dining room … Read more
2006-06-04 Richard Moore USA out-flanked in Eurasia energy politics? William Engdahl* June 3, 2006 Curiously and quietly the United States is being out-flanked in its now-obvious strategy of controlling major oil and energy sources of the Persian Gulf, Central Asia Caspian Basin, Africa and beyond. The US’s global energy control strategy, it’s now clear to … Read more
2006-06-03 Richard Moore Iran: A week that shook the world rkm http://cyberjournal.org Permit me to offer a humble analogy, comparing earthquakes to geopolitics. With an earthquake, the fault line is the focus of the event, but it’s what happen on the two sides of the fault line — extending for many miles — that is … Read more
2006-06-03 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/june2006/010606iranstrike.htm Former CIA Analyst Says Iran Strike Set For June Or July McGovern: Staged terror attacks across Europe, US “probable” in order to justify invasion Paul Joseph Watson/Prison Planet.com | June 1 2006 Former CIA analyst and Presidential advisor Ray McGovern, fresh from his heated public confrontation with Donald … Read more
2006-06-03 Richard Moore ³…the handling of the matter by the senior Marine commanders in Haditha, and whether officers and enlisted personnel tried to cover up what happened or missed signs suggesting that the civilian killings were not accidental, has become a major element of the investigation by an Army general into the entire episode.² Original … Read more
2006-06-03 Richard Moore ——————————————————– From: “Westaway” <•••@••.•••> To: “Westaway” <•••@••.•••> Subject: [Peace-l] Stockwell Day, Toronto & “Obsession” Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2006 23:54:07 -0700 <begin forward> Alfred Lambremont Webre, JD, MEd ICIS-Institute for Cooperation in Space 3339 West 41 Avenue Vancouver, B.C. V6N3E5 CANADA TEL: 604-733-8134 FAX: 604-733-8135 Email: <mailto:•••@••.•••>•••@••.••• ICIS: <http://www.peaceinspace.com>http://www.peaceinspace.com EXOPOLITICS: <http://www.exopolitics.com>http://www.exopolitics.com CAMPAIGN: … Read more
2006-06-03 Richard Moore ——————————————————– From: “Westaway” <•••@••.•••> To: “Westaway” <•••@••.•••> Subject: Eyewitness account of US-backed “student” violence in Merida, Venezuela Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2006 22:51:35 -0700 from an email correspondent ********************* Begin forwarded message: From: circulo bolivariano <<mailto:•••@••.•••>•••@••.•••> Date: June 1, 2006 7:28:39 PM PDT (CA) Subject: Eyewitness account of US-backed “student” violence in … Read more
2006-06-03 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5042592.stm Iran unmoved by nuclear pressure Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said Tehran will not abandon its right to nuclear technology under Western pressure, local media say. His statement comes a day after six world powers agreed proposals in Vienna to persuade Iran to halt its research. But US … Read more
2006-06-03 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/01/world/01cnd-nations.html June 1, 2006 Blix Says U.S. Impedes Efforts to Curb A-Arms By WARREN HOGE UNITED NATIONS, June 1 ‹ Hans Blix, the former chief United Nations weapons inspector, said today that American unwillingness to cooperate in international arms agreements was undermining the effectiveness of efforts to curb nuclear … Read more
2006-06-03 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=11633 Osama¹s tape: Latest of U.S. fabrications 6/2/2006 6:00:00 PM GMT Advertisement In an audiotape attributed to Al Qaeda chief leader, Saudi dissident Osama Bin Laden said that Zacarias Moussaoui – the only person convicted in the U.S. for the Sept. 11 attacks, wasn¹t involved in the operation. “He … Read more
2006-06-02 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060531/ts_nm/nuclear_elbaradei_dc ElBaradei: Iran not an immediate nuclear threat By Thom Akeman Tue May 30, 9:19 PM ET Iran does not pose an immediate nuclear threat and the world must act cautiously to avoid repeating mistakes made with Iraq and North Korea, the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency … Read more
2006-06-02 Richard Moore Ask anyone in Washington, London or Tel Aviv if they can cite any phrase uttered by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the chances are high they will say he wants Israel “wiped off the map”. …The remarks are not out of context. They are wrong, pure and simple. Ahmadinejad never said them. ——————————————————– Original … Read more
2006-06-02 Richard Moore “I can say unambiguously that all the agreements from yesterday’s meetings rule out, in any circumstances, the use of military force,” the Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, was quoted as saying by Moscow’s RIA news agency. ——————————————————– Original source URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/iran/story/0,,1788821,00.html Iran proposal ‘excludes use of force’ Mark Tran and agencies Friday … Read more
2006-06-02 Richard Moore ——————————————————– Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 17:21:35 -0400 (EDT) From: Greg Palast <•••@••.•••> Subject: Lay Convicted, Bush Walks (and Ahnold Gets Lay’d) Lay Convicted, Bush Walks (and Ahnold Gets Lay’d) Special For Truthout Wednesday, May 24, 2006 by Greg Palast Don’t kid yourself. If you think the conviction of Ken Lay means … Read more
2006-06-02 Richard Moore The scandal is front-page news in the US, with some commentators suggesting it could prove a tipping point for public opinion over the war in Iraq. It appears to have caught the US administration off guard, with the White House yesterday conceding that the first the president, George Bush, knew of Haditha … Read more
2006-06-02 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5039420.stm New ‘Iraq massacre’ tape emerges New footage The BBC has uncovered new video evidence that US forces may have been responsible for the deliberate killing of 11 innocent Iraqi civilians. The video appears to challenge the US military’s account of events that took place in the town of … Read more
2006-06-02 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.securitycouncilreport.org/site/c.glKWLeMTIsG/b.1714863/k.8808/June_2006BRIran.htm Expected Council Action In June, Iran will almost certainly be on the Council’s agenda again. As forecast last month, a draft resolution was introduced by France and the UK and, at press time, negotiations are still ongoing. Adoption in June now seems likely. Follow up action also seems … Read more
2006-06-02 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5037678.stm Powers agree Iran nuclear package Six major world powers have agreed a package combining incentives and penalties to try to induce Iran to curb its nuclear programme. UK Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett said the international community was willing to resume talks with Iran if it halted sensitive nuclear … Read more