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Pentagon turns heat up on Iran --Washington and European Union on collision course over how to neutralise Tehran's nuclear capabilities --Pentagon hawks have begun discussing military action against Iran to neutralise its 'nuclear weapons threat,' including possible strikes on leadership, political and security targets.
Blair plans increased anti-terror powers if re-elected -- British Prime Minister Tony Blair's government is considering toughening already contentious anti-[pro]terrorism powers if it wins another term in office, a senior government minister said Sunday. Home Secretary David Blunkett said the government is considering allowing wiretap evidence to be used in court and establishing special terrorism courts overseen by judges without a jury. Blunkett said new measures could also include the use of "civil orders" barring suspects from committing certain acts, even if the acts themselves were not criminal. They could, for instance, prevent suspects from using a specified banking network or using the Internet. The most controversial authorizes the indefinite detention without trial of foreign terrorist suspects if they cannot be safely removed to another country.
News Gathering Is Illegal Under New Patriot Act ll --by Alex Jones "Section 102 of the new Patriot Act ll states clearly that any information gathering, regardless of whether or not those activities are illegal, can be considered to be clandestine intelligence activities for a foreign power. This makes news gathering illegal... A Brief Analysis of the Domestic Security Enhancement Act 2003 - Also Known as USA Patriot Act II..."
Outcome of US Falluja assault disputed --US Lieutenant-General John Sattler's claim that his forces have broken the back of the resistance in Falluja has been overshadowed by a large number of attacks elsewhere in Iraq.
Violence erupts across Baghdad --Attack kills U.S. soldier, injures 9; Bodies of Iraqis found in Mosul --Insurgents ambushed a U.S. patrol, killing a soldier, gunned down four government employees and clashed with American troops in neighborhoods across Baghdad on Saturday. Nine Iraqis died in fighting west of the capital -- another sign the insurgency remains potent despite the fall of its stronghold, Fallujah.
Violence Surges Through Central and Northern Iraq --Violence surged through central and northern Iraq on Saturday as a tenacious insurgency led by Sunni Arabs kept up relentless assaults in a string of major cities, from Ramadi to Falluja to Baghdad.
U.S., Iraqi Forces Raid Baghdad Mosque --Iraqi forces backed by American soldiers raided one of the country's most important Sunni mosques as worshippers were leaving after Friday prayers. Witnesses said at least three people were killed and 40 arrested.
ICRC blasts 'inhumanity' of Falluja battles --The International Committee of the Red Cross has criticised the humanitarian toll of the Falluja assault while an Iraqi relief agency has removed 24 corpses for burial outside the war-ravaged town.
Evangelist Graham embarks on 'last crusade' --Billy Graham, the evangelist, is to preach to as many as 200,000 Californians this weekend, giving sermons that largely avoid politics but claim that Iraq is "a Bible country as far as history is concerned".
Participants in the Cover-Up of 9/11: The Case of American and United Airlines --by Elias Davidsson "The first AA aircraft (flight AA11, tail no. N334AA) is said to have left Logan airport in Boston at 7:59 with 92 people on board (crew, passengers and hijackers) and crashed at 8:46 on the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City... As of November 13, 2003, the statistical database of the Department of Transportation (BTS) did not even mention AA11 as a flight scheduled for September 11, 2001 (6). At a later date the Department added a record for this flight with the departure time set as zero. Checking again the BTS database for this article on November 18, 2004, I discovered that the DoT again amended its database by setting the scheduled departure of AA11 to the 'official time' of 7:45 (6). It appears that the DoT had received orders to align its database with the 'official account' on the crime of 9/11."
Ohio Presidential Results to be Challenged (freepress.org) Ohio’s 2004 presidential vote will be challenged as soon as next week in the state Supreme Court, a coalition of public-interest lawyers announced Friday. The lawyers have taken sworn testimony from hundreds of people in hearings in Columbus and Cincinnati, and will use excerpts as well as documents obtained from county election officials and Election Day exit polls to make a case that thousands of votes were incorrectly counted or not counted on Election Day.
More Ohio voter suppression testimony prompts upcoming legal filing for statewide recount (freepress.org) As transcribed testimony from citizens denied their right to vote November 2 has become public, a coalition of public interest lawyers says it will initiate a legal filing demanding a statewide recount.
Nader-requested recount in N.H. moving slowly --A recount Ralph Nader requested for some New Hampshire towns went slower than expected Thursday and won't resume until next week, state election officials said.
Democrat picks up seat in recount (NH) A Nashua Republican state representative still lost his seat after a recount of ballots in his race Friday, but a Francestown Democrat picked up a seat when a recount in her district changed the result.
Democracy in Question --by Ritt Goldstein "John Zogby, president of the polling firm Zogby International, told IPS he has been calling it 'the Armageddon election' for about a year. Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader believes the Republican Party was able to 'steal it before election day.' Facts suggest something went very wrong on Nov. 2. Speculation focuses upon a number of questions -- purposeful miscounts, anomalies surrounding electronic voting (e-voting) machines, particularly the optical scan types; and numerous reports of voting 'irregularities' in heavily Democratic areas."
School District Challenges Darwin's Theory --A Pennsylvania school district Friday defended its decision to discount Charles Darwin's theory of evolution and teach what critics say is a version of creationism. The district, the Dover Area School District in south-central Pennsylvania, is believed to be the first in the country to approve the teaching of a new theory called intelligent design, the National Center for Science Education said.
Bush Policies Push Racial Profiling - Report --Bush dictatorship policies have "facilitated" racial profiling despite Bush's vow to eliminate the practice, says the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights in a report that was finished but not publicly discussed until after this month's presidential election. Following the Sep. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on New York and the Pentagon, "Arab Americans and Muslims increasingly became targets of law enforcement scrutiny," says the report.
Negotiators Add Abortion Clause to Spending Bill --House and Senate negotiators have tucked a potentially far-reaching anti-abortion provision into a $388 billion must-pass spending bill, complicating plans for Congress to wrap up its business and adjourn for the year.
Oops! Looks like Bush is leaving millions of children behind: Bill Clears Way for Government to Cut Back College Loans --The federal government will be able to require millions of college students to shoulder more of the cost of their education under the new spending bill approved yesterday by the House and Senate. Nearly 100,000 more students may lose their federal grants entirely.