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The Army is deliberately shortchanging troops on their disability retirement ratings to hold down costs, according to veterans' advocates, lawyers and services members, and the Inspector General has identified 87 problems in the system that need fixing.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/022507Y.shtml

By Juliette Astrup

CHANGES to Borough of Poole's planning rules mean applications for many mobile phone masts will never go before councillors.

Masts below 15 metres have "prior approval" status, a procedure where permission is deemed granted if the planning authority does not respond to the developer's application within 56 days.

Councillors used to have the facility to "red flag" these applications and bring them before the committee, usually when neighbours complained.

But last month it was agreed prior approval applications would be excluded from that process.

Peter Watson, head of planning, said the move had been made because these applications rarely came before committee for timing reasons. The date an application was submitted often meant the 56-day response deadline ran out before it could be scheduled for a meeting.

But Cllr Mike Brooke is fighting to have the decision reversed, and calling for extra planning meetings to make sure these applications have a chance to be heard.

"It removes the rights of the residents to see an open, transparent debate at committee," he said. "The decision will be made in a back office.

"It might be done in collaboration with a councillor, but the public won't get to see it."

He said he would be "calling in" the decision to be discussed at next month's scrutiny committee.

Steve Barker, of Sorrel Gardens, is leading a campaign against plans for a 12- metre mobile phone mast on the corner of Pinesprings Drive and Beechbank Avenue in Broadstone.

So far, 70 letters of complaint have been sent and 200 signatures gathered on a petition.

The 46-year-old IT development director said: "Residents feel this is one of the biggest planning issues affecting them. To downgrade it and remove these applications from the full democratic process can only be for the benefit of the planning committee rather than residents."

Mr Watson said the changes in the "red card" procedure simply formalised what was already being done.

He added: "Changes to the procedure ensure that informed decisions relating to mobile phone masts are always made within the correct time scales."

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http://www.thisisdorset.net/display.var.1217947.0.mast_planning_rules_shakeup.php
http://www.thisisbournemouth.co.uk/display.var.1217947.0.mast_planning_rules_shakeup.php

An eighth US attorney announced her resignation yesterday, the latest in a wave of forced departures of federal prosecutors who have clashed with the Justice Department over the death penalty and other issues.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/022507F.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=federal+prosecutors
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Gonzales

"There once was a young woman from a St. Louis suburb. She was an honor roll student, she played the violin, she donated blood and volunteered for American Heart Association walks. She elected to put off college for a while and joined the Army once out of school. She was LaVena Johnson, private first class, and she died near Balad, Iraq, on July 19, 2005, just eight days shy of her twentieth birthday. The tragedy of her story begins there," according to Philip Barron.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/022507E.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Pat+Tillman

"A day at Walter Reed Army Medical Center is an eye-opener - about our soldiers, our government generally and the Bush administration," says Ann McFeatters. "What I saw was not a lack of caring or quality medical care. But I found a soldier without his legs sent in four different directions for four forms over the course of a day. His exhausted wife, near tears, was pushing him in a wheelchair through ice."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/022507D.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Walter+Reed

Seymour Hersh berichtet, dass das Pentagon eine Arbeitsgruppe zur Vorbereitung eines möglichen Luftangriffs auf den Iran eingerichtet und die Nahost-Politik neu ausgerichtet habe.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/24/24717/1.html



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Seymour+Hersh

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6935451906479097836&hl=en


Informant: Ashley Smith

From ufpj-news



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=redress

Despite the Bush administration's insistence it has no plans to go to war with Iran, a Pentagon panel has been created to plan a bombing attack that could be implemented within 24 hours of getting the go-ahead from President George W. Bush, investigative reporter Seymour Hersh reports in the latest issue of The New Yorker magazine.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/022507Z.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Seymour+Hersh

http://www.centeronconscience.org/UAA/02232007.htm


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In der SZ vom 22.12.06 wurde berichtet, dass ein Programmierer sich den „Scherz“ erlaubt hatte, sich in einem Internet-Chatroom als „nächster Amokläufer aus München“ vorzustellen. Daraufhin hat die Staatsanwaltschaft sofort eine Wohnungsdurchsuchung und Beschlagnahmung der Computer dieses Mannes veranlasst.

Der Tatbestand: „STÖRUNG DES ÖFFENTLICHEN FRIEDENS“, der laut SZ-Bericht mit Freiheitsstrafen bis zu drei Jahren geahndet werden kann.

Meine provozierende Frage: ist es nicht viel mehr eine Störung des öffentlichen Friedens, wenn in der Nachbarschaft von Mobilfunksendeanlagen die Menschen massiv krank werden (siehe Bamberger Ärzteinitiative, Oberammergau, die vielen ‚Krebscluster’ in Deutschland, in unserem Kreis in Schäftlarn, Icking und Geretsried)?

1. Wie können wir die Staatsanwaltschaft dazu bringen, einzuschreiten?

2. Wie können wir die Bürgermeister dazu bringen, den Notstandsparagraphen des BGB anzuwenden, weil ‚Gefahr im Verzug’ ist, und die Sender abzuschalten?

3. Wie können wir diese Bürgermeister gegen die Rechtsaufsicht der Landratsämter (die wiederum vom Innenministerium beobachtet werden) unterstützen, damit dieser Beschluss Bestand hat?

Für rege Rückmeldungen bedanke ich mich im Voraus

Dr.-Ing. Hans Schmidt
1. Vorsitzender Bürgerinitiative Wolfratshausen zum Schutz vor Elektrosmog e.V.

According to Oklahoma bombing conspirator, ranking officials were involved in the attack.

http://www.sltrib.com/SEARCH/ci_5271117



Nichols says bombing was FBI op

The only surviving convicted criminal in the April 19, 1995, bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City is saying his co-conspirator, Timothy McVeigh, told him he was taking orders from a top FBI official in orchestrating the bombing.

http://www.deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,660197443,00.html


From Information Clearing House

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Nichols says bombing was FBI op
http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_5271117
http://www.deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,660197443,00.html


Informant: ranger116

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Call to reopen Oklahoma bomb case

The FBI man in charge of collecting evidence from the government building destroyed by the Oklahoma bomb has called for the case to be reopened.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/6275147.stm


From Information Clearing House

Some key arms makers - including the U.S., Russia, Israel and China - snubbed the conference of 49 nations. Of those attending, Poland, Romania and Japan did not approve the final text.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6435402,00.html



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=cluster+bombs

President George W. Bush's campaign to turn Iran into an economic pariah is being rebuffed from Spain to Malaysia as countries and companies pursue long-term agreements to tap into the world's second-largest reserves of oil and gas.

http://snipurl.com/1b91e


From Information Clearing House

The addition of a second aircraft carrier to its strike groups has fuelled the belief that America is gearing up for a fight with Iran. Not since the Iraq war in 2003 has America amassed so much fire power around the Gulf.

http://snipurl.com/1b76i


From Information Clearing House

A huge demonstration filled the streets of central London today, calling for all occupying troops to be withdrawn from Iraq, no replacement of Britain’s nuclear weapons system and no attack on Iran.

http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/article.php?article_id=10801


From Information Clearing House

President Bush should follow British Prime Minister Tony Blair's lead and start withdrawing troops from Iraq, former U.N. Ambassador Richard Holbrooke said Saturday.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6438256,00.html


From Information Clearing House

"They killed our colleagues, closed so many newspapers, arrested hundreds of us and now they are shooting at our hearts by raiding our headquarters. This is the freedom of speech we received."

http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=36694


From Information Clearing House

By Mark H. Gaffney

If we have the courage to face the fact that our nation has descended into a swamp of corruption and evil, perhaps we can still salvage the future for ourselves and our children. We should draw strength from the knowledge that the 9/11 nightmare, bad as it was, might have been even worse.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17162.htm



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Mark+H.+Gaffney

By Marina Hyde

The former Iraqi regime spokesman's boasts seem almost prophetic. Unlike the prime minister's deluded declarations.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17167.htm

By Con Coughlin in Tel Aviv

Israel is negotiating with the United States for permission to fly over Iraq as part of a plan to attack Iran's nuclear facilities, The Daily Telegraph can reveal.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17166.htm

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Israel Wants to Fly Over Iraq to Bomb Iran

Israel is negotiating with the United States for permission to fly over Iraq as part of a plan to attack Iran's nuclear facilities. To conduct surgical air strikes against Iran's nuclear program, Israeli war planes would need to fly across Iraq. But to do so the Israeli military authorities in Tel Aviv need permission from the Pentagon.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/022507B.shtml

http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/5826/


Informant: jensenmk

From ufpj-news

Eine "zivilisatorische Vergiftungserscheinung ausgelöst durch Chemikalien" hat der Neurobiologe Frederick vom Saal von der University of Missouri auf der Jahrestagung zur Förderung der Wissenschaften in San Francisco beklagt. Demnach sind Dicke nicht allein Schuld an ihrer Überfülle, sondern diese ist auch durch zunehmende Umweltgifte verursacht.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741681061ms34

Der dritte Teil des Weltklimaberichts rät zu schnellem Gegensteuern. Nicht nur beim CO2, auch bei anderen Treibhausgasen wäre rechtzeitiges Vermeiden die billigste Lösung. Eine Halbierung des Kohlendioxid-Ausstoßes bis 2050 wäre bezahlbar. Die Kernkraft bleibt umstritten.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741681054ms34



Klimawandel: Die Zeit läuft ab

Ohne drastische Gegenmaßnahmen ist der Klimawandel nicht mehr aufzuhalten.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741681062ms34



Der Klimawandel trifft vor allem die sozial Schwächsten

Ein Forschungsprojekt an der Freien Universität Berlin untersucht die Einflussfaktoren, welche die Anfälligkeit (Vulnerabilität) von gesellschaftlichen Gruppen gegenüber den Folgen des Klimawandels bestimmen.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741681066ms34

Friday, February 23, 2007 4:42 PM
Subject: Thank You.

Chairman Leslie Daigle, Media & Communications Committee

Thank you for allowing Chris Sullivan a generous amount of time to speak against citywide Wi Fi at the February 12th Media & Communications Committee Meeting. While listening to the general discussion it became apparent to me that the issue of biological harm from non-ionizing RF MW radiation is not well understood by this Committee. For example, members are unaware that Safety Guidelines issued by the FCC over a decade ago do not reflect current scientific opinion regarding the minimum exposure level at which harm to living beings begins.

I know that you are an advocate of Women's Issues, including health, and have dedicated an impressive amount of time in successfully promoting an awareness of these issues. I now plead with you to learn more about women's health as it relates to man-made, non-ionizing RF MW radiation in our environment. Accurate information on this cannot be obtained from scientists affiliated with/funded by the Telecom Industry. They have an obvious conflict of interest.

I handed a letter to your Committee on February 12th recommending a consultant who has worked in the City of Irvine and many other California cities on reducing the hazards of RF MW radiation and EMF in populated areas. I do not know this consultant (Cindy Sage) personally but have read thoroughly researched, well documented, unbiased papers she's presented to international conferences over the years. I believe her expertise will help the City of Newport Beach make informed decisions about whether (and where) to locate RF MW emitting installations (including cell phone towers) within its boundaries. This will help my health, the health of all women and children who reside in Newport Beach. Not to mention the health of men of our species, pets and wildlife. I trust that you are listening, that you care and will become involved in this potentially grave matter.

With your background of twelve years in the Telecom Industry and your personal goal of helping women, I think you are the right person at the right time to make a difference in the future well-being of every resident, tourist, worker in Newport Beach. And if all our City Council Members join you in becoming more knowledgeable about the medical aspects of this issue, the Council can make enlightened decisions that won't compromise health for commerce. This will put Newport Beach on the map with other forward-looking cities that genuinely value quality of life.

A final note: I believe it is safe to say that the now scientifically established link between disease and exposure to RF MW radiation will insure that the wave of the future in communications will not be microwave.

Sincerely,

Suzanne Bonnet
524 De Anza Drive, CDM CA 92625


Informant: Martin Weatherall



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Wi-Fi
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=Wi-Fi
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=Cindy+Sage

http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/5828/


Informant: Charles Jenks



US funds terror groups to sow chaos in Iran
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/02/25/wiran25.xml


Informant: Amy Sasser

From ufpj-news

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US Funds Terror Groups to Sow Chaos in Iran

By William Lowther in Washington DC and Colin Freeman

America is secretly funding militant ethnic separatist groups in Iran in an attempt to pile pressure on the Islamic regime to give up its nuclear programme.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17170.htm

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17305000/


Informant: ranger116



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Cheney

Brushing aside criticism from the White House, Senate Democrats said Friday their next challenge to President Bush's Iraq war policy would require the gradual withdrawal of US combat troops beginning within 120 days.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/022407Y.shtml

One of Canada's most contentious anti-terrorism provisions was struck down Friday by the Supreme Court, which declared it unconstitutional to detain foreign terror suspects indefinitely while the courts review their deportation orders. The 9-0 ruling was a blow to the government's anti-terrorism regulations.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/022407G.shtml

"For the first time since the resignation of Richard M. Nixon more than three decades ago, Americans have had reason to doubt the future of democracy and the rule of law in our own country. Today we live in a state of tension between the enjoyment of traditional freedoms, including the protections afforded to speech and person by the Bill of Rights, and the disturbing realization that those freedoms have been undermined and may be abrogated at any moment," says Joe Conason.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/022407F.shtml

Noam Chomsky, noted linguist, author, and foreign policy expert is interviewed by Michael Shank where he discusses the latest developments in US policy toward Iran, Iraq, North Korea, and Venezuela. Along the way, Chomsky also comments on climate change, the World Social Forum, and why international relations are run like the mafia.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/022407E.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Chomsky

Americans are keenly aware of how many US forces have lost their lives in Iraq, but they woefully underestimate the number of Iraqi civilians who have been killed.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/022407C.shtml

Less than a year after a corroded pipeline ruptured causing the largest oil spill in Alaskan history, BP (British Petroleum) has continued to implement severe cost-cutting measures at its North Slope facilities, making it vulnerable to another environmental disaster, a leading critic of the company has charged.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/022407B.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=BP+Alaska
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=North+Slope
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Jason+Leopold

http://www.meta-info.de/?lid=25244

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Werden die Kriegspläne konkreter?

Israel verhandelt angeblich mit den USA für einen eventuellen Angriff auf Iran über einen Luftkorridor über dem Irak, die israelische Regierung macht für die Gerüchte westliche Staaten verantwortlich.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/24/24712/1.html

http://tinyurl.com/2ertlb



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By Melanie Adams

MORE than 700 people have vowed to fight plans for a mobile phone mast in a popular Hampshire woodland.

Protesters against the proposed plans for an 81ft mast in Stoke Park Wood, in Bishopstoke, joined forces with Eastleigh MP Chris Huhne yesterday to hand over a petition in a bid to halt plans.

The Guardians of Stoke Park Wood want to preserve the unspoilt beauty of the woodland, which for hundreds of years has been a haven for families and a sanctuary for wildlife.

It is hoped that the petition, which seeks to protect the enjoyment of the woods and stop the "vandalism", will put pressure on Eastleigh Council planning officials to dismiss the plans submitted by Hutchinson 3G.

Graham Mole, one of the guardians, said: "Feelings are running very high. People are exceptionally fond of these woods and will be very upset if the plans are agreed.

“Feelings are running very high. People are exceptionally fond of these woods and will be very upset if the plans are agreed."

Graham Mole, one of the Guardians of Stoke Park Wood.

"I just hope now that the right decision is made at the committee meeting next month. We will make sure we are there, picketing to save Stoke Park Wood."

Amanda Oosthuizen, another guardian, added: "We think it is vital to keep the woods as they are. It is a great place to take the dogs and just get away from it all.

"All my teenage daughters go there with their friends and walk the dogs, where they can have some freedom away from the little houses in tight spaces. It's a place where you have room to think."

The planning application submitted by the mobile phone giant seeks permission to install a radio base station comprising a 25m telecommunications tower, three antennas, three 300mm-diameter dish antenna and radio equipment housing.

Mr Huhne said: "I think it would be a great shame if the mast were put up in these woods.

"This is a very attractive, unspoilt part of the area where people walk and take their dogs. It has probably been like that for hundreds of years and something really ought to be done to protect it.

"It would be an intrusion into the woods to install a very high mast. At 81ft it is pretty big. It is a real issue."

Hutchinson 3G has said that it has considered the concerns that have been raised but believed the woods to be the best location.

© Copyright 2001-2007 Newsquest Media Group

http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/latest/display.var.1217033.0.campaigners_fight_plans_for_81ft_mobile_phone_mast.php

http://www.commondreams.org/views07/0223-20.htm



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http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Rosa+Brooks

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http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Conyers
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=impeach
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=impeach

http://www.commondreams.org/views07/0223-25.htm



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http://www.commondreams.org/headlines07/0223-11.htm



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For a year, reports have surfaced that Los Angeles hospitals have left homeless patients on downtown streets. Now, prosecutors are hoping a bill introduced last week in the State Senate will give them stronger legal firepower to charge the hospitals.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/022307HB.shtml

Global warming will take a toll on children's health, according to a new report showing hospital admissions for fever soar as days get hotter.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/022307HA.shtml

Overall federal spending on energy research in real dollars is only one-third what it was at its 1978 peak. Some question the administration's emphasis on nuclear research, saying other promising technologies could be applied sooner to climate and energy-security issues.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/022307EC.shtml

The World Bank has released a report encouraging the Indonesian government to create vast timber plantations that would damage local ecosystems and livelihood, in order to encourage economic growth.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/022307EB.shtml

"You have to wonder why it has taken so long. It happened over 57 years ago, when Exxon Mobil leaked at least 17 million gallons of oil in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Greenpoint," writes Joshua Frank. "But on February 8th, New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo finally filed notices of intent to sue Exxon Mobil and several other companies to force a massive cleanup of the polluted neighborhood," Frank continues.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/022307EA.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Exxon
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Joshua+Frank

In a largely invisible cost of the war in Iraq, nearly 800 civilians working under contract to the Pentagon have been killed and more than 3,300 hurt, according to figures gathered by the Associated Press.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/022307S.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=contractors

It was the defense attorney representing I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby who first told jurors during closing arguments in the perjury and obstruction-of-justice trial Tuesday that the government believes Vice President Dick Cheney told Libby to leak the identity of covert CIA operative Valerie Plame Wilson to a New York Times reporter in July 2003 to undermine the credibility of her husband, a critic of the Iraq war.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/022307R.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Libby
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http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Jason+Leopold

A Growing Threat to Public Health: From 2000 to 2004, the prevalence of severe poverty increased sharply while the proportion of Americans in higher income tiers diminished.

http://www.ajpm-online.net/article/PIIS0749379706002339/fulltext


From Information Clearing House

Nearly a billion people entered the 21st century unable to read a book or sign their names. Less than one per cent of what the world spent every year on weapons was needed to put every child into school by the year 2000 and yet it didn’t happen.

http://www.globalissues.org/TradeRelated/Poverty.asp


From Information Clearing House

The Washington Post revealed that hospital rooms at Walter Reed were infested with mouse droppings, cockroaches, stained carpets, rodents and black mold.

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/22/1448218


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Walter+Reed

Times Asia Editor looks at how Dick Cheney's visit has displayed a new mood in the region.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article1429100.ece


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Cheney

Those who think that Muslim countries and pro-terrorist attitudes go hand-in-hand might be shocked by new polling research: Americans are more approving of terrorist attacks against civilians than any major Muslim country except for Nigeria.

http://snipurl.com/1b62n


From Information Clearing House

An interview with Sam Gardiner. Retired Air Force Colonel.
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/21/1523228



Unnamed source: Booby Traps Detonated by US Remote Controls

An informed source said here in Tehran on Tuesday that after terrorists' hideout in Iran's southeastern city of Zahedan was raided, Iranian police discovered several US-made remote controlled detonators there.

http://www.farsnews.com/English/newstext.php?nn=8512010630


From Information Clearing House

For the general Leonid Ivashov, the former Chief of the Russian armed forces’ Staff, it is doubtless that the Bush administration plans nuclear attacks against Iran and that the Pentagon will be capable to carry them out within the few coming weeks.

http://www.voltairenet.org/article145412.html


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Ivashov

Tony Blair has declared himself at odds with hawks in the US Administration by saying publicly for the first time that it would be wrong to take military action against Iran.

http://snipurl.com/1b62i


From Information Clearing House

Senior British government officials fear that US President George W. Bush will attack Iran before his final term in office ends in a little less than two years time, a newspaper reported in an early Friday edition.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070223/wl_uk_afp/britainusiranpolitics


From Information Clearing House

Any U.S. attack against Iran could involve thousands of sorties and missile launches lasting weeks, but it still would not eliminate the country's nuclear program, U.S. military officials and analysts say.

http://snipurl.com/1b62g


From Information Clearing House

President Bush and his aides in the White House have scoffed at even the slightest suggestion that the U.S. military occupation has anything to do with oil. The President presumably would have us all believe that if Iraq had the world's second-largest supply of bananas instead of petroleum, American troops would still be there.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17157.htm



Oil Grab in Iraq

A new Iraqi law proposes to open the country’s currently nationalized oil system to foreign corporate control. But emblematic of the flawed promotion of “democracy” by the Bush administration, this new law is news to most Iraqi politicians.

http://www.fpif.org/fpiftxt/4020


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Big+Oil

Kenneth Anderson

Do details revealed in a draft oil law explain the need for more troops in Iraq? http://www.thehumanist.org/humanist/KennethAnderson.pdf


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=troop+surge

More Attacks, Less Troops In Diyala Province As Military Focuses On Baghdad Crackdown.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/02/23/iraq/main2507079.shtml


From Information Clearing House



Fallujans Defiant Amidst Chaos:

Resistance attacks against U.S. forces have been continuing in Fallujah despite military onslaughts and strong security measures.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17155.htm

British military chiefs had been pushing for much bigger cuts in troop numbers in Iraq than those announced by the Prime Minister, Tony Blair.

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/02/22/1171733953330.html


From Information Clearing House

IRAQ will remain beset by sectarian violence and terrorism even after coalition forces leave it, Defence Minister Brendan Nelson has warned.

http://fairuse.100webcustomers.com/fairenough/age40.html


From Information Clearing House

The United Nations is warning that the violence in Iraq is leading to a disastrous refugee crisis in the Middle East. Out of a population of 26 million, nearly two million Iraqis are internally displaced and another two million have fled abroad, according to recent UN estimates.

http://www.voanews.com/english/NewsAnalysis/2007-02-23-voa39.cfm


From Information Clearing House

Video

BBC - Newsnight's Peter Marshall has been investigating the reasons behind the resignation of former CIA chief, Porter Goss.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17153.htm



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Porter+Goss

By Patrick Cockburn

The partial British military withdrawal from southern Iraq announced by Tony Blair this week follows political and military failure, and is not because of any improvement in local security, say specialists on Iraq.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17152.htm



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Patrick+Cockburn

The Enduring Threat: A Brief History

These recent Iranian aspirations for nuclear weapons as purported by American policy makers are not a recent occurrence; the Shah in 1974 established the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran and stated that Iran would have nuclear weapons without a doubt very soon.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11634.htm