The Daily Effigy

Monday March 26 2007 Daily News

2007-03-26T07:57:00.000-07:00

Taking the Virtual out of Virtual Reality

Virtual reality to get its own network?

These U.S. Raids
In Iraq Look Real,
But They Aren't

A few news links from Cryptogon

Now scientists create a sheep that's 15% human

Monsanto and BASF: Feeding world is aim of new duo

Foreclosures Force Suburbs to Fight Blight

Florida: City to Seize Homes Over a $5 Parking Ticket

Friday March 9 2007 Daily News

2007-03-09T08:17:00.000-08:00

Dozens of children in state custody after immigration raid

The Two Faces Of NATO

"Professor Paul Rogers of England's Bradford University suggests that "the caution revolves around a suspicion that the U.S. is drawing NATO into a long-term geopolitical competition with Russia and China over influence in Central Asia.""

California Polytechnic State University, Pomona, to destroy books for Starbucks

Anarchists Against the Wall block Central Tel Aviv

Tuesday March 6 2007 Daily News

2007-03-06T07:06:00.000-08:00

Cheney has blood clot in leg, returns to work

US STOCKS-S&P, Nasdaq up 1 pct as market rebounds

An Urban Exodus to the Countryside Is the Latest Real Estate Trend

Note: A move to a new society that is connected by wires, instead of having to be in direct contact all the time? In "The Tipping Point" Malcolm Gladwell mentions that humans can only have deep relationships with about 250 people at a time before they start becoming cold to other people. Perhaps it is possible to get the benefit of quality of life that comes from small town life while keeping work opportunities of bigger cities using the internet for working. But not all work can be outsourced. This could also end up with people becoming less competitive and the U.S. losing out economically, as there will always be foreigners who can do things cheaper.

Israel to Supply Vehicles for Iraq War

U.S., Iraqi Forces Invade Sadr City

Eyes on Iran

Sunday March 04 2007 Daily News

2007-03-02T18:27:00.000-08:00

Peru's glacier vanishing, scientists warn

Better 'bionic eye' offers new hope of restored vision

China ups defence budget by 17.8%

New Nuke Design Selected

Israel could remove dozens of settlements-Peres

U.S. air strikes target insurgents in Iraq

Pakistan test fires missile

Afghan deaths draw protest

Timor rebel leader escapes raid

Surge in yen wrong-foots bold players in currency ‘carry trade’

Gold ends lower, down over $42 for the week

Tuesday Feb 27 Daily News

2007-02-27T07:41:00.000-08:00

Russian Military-Industrial Commission To View Fifth Generation Air-Defense System

Learning From Sweden The Meaning Of Military Intelligence

U.S. troops to forgo training in rush to Iraq

The Democrats' Special Forces Fetish

Quiet in Baghdad. Too Quiet

Cheney targeted in Taliban attack

Gun crime is leaving the big cities for smaller towns(UK)

Police chief wants gun crime families evicted

Israel police raid pot growers in W.Bank settlements

Italian ambassador hurt in Sri Lanka rebel attack

Japan plans 4-way Middle East meeting

Durable goods orders plunge

Costa Ricans protest trade with U.S.

US mortgage crisis goes into meltdown

Sunday Feb 25 2007 Daily News

2007-02-25T07:10:00.000-08:00

U.S. and S.Korea set 2012 for military command changes

Truck bomb kills 37 near Sunni mosque

NATO issues warning after Kosovo violence

Re-arming Race In Mideast

Britain to Bolster Afghan Force

Biometrics Track the Bad Guys

"Soldiers might register detainees’ biometrics using a portable scanner. That info, combined with a brief history of the suspect, would be fed into a central database back in the States and analyzed by algorithms endlessly searching for connections between suspects. If, during a future operation, the soldiers happen across any of the same suspects as before, the system would alert them. Over time, the system might accumulate enough data on suspects’ movements to begin drawing conclusions about behavior patterns, allowing intelligence agents to predict suspects’ activities and, if necessary, thwart them."

Israeli troops raid Nablus

More deadly attacks in Baghdad

Friday Feb 23 2007 Daily News

2007-02-23T07:35:00.000-08:00

Iraq 101

Pakistan tests long-range missile

Marines kill civilians, claim killing Iraq insurgents

US Democrats draft Iraq challenge

More UK soldiers for Afghanistan

UK armed forces 'face cash crisis'

World's tiniest RFID tag unveiled

"The minute devices measure just 0.05mm by 0.05mm (0.002x0.002in) and to the naked eye look like spots of powder.

They are thin enough to be embedded in a sheet of paper, Hitachi spokesman Masayuki Takeuchi says. "

"They have one major issue, however - they need an external antenna to work, and the smallest antenna developed so far is about 80 times bigger than the tags."

Record power for military laser

"A laser developed for military use is a few steps away from hitting a power threshold thought necessary to turn it into a battlefield weapon."

Thursday Feb 22 2007 Daily News

2007-02-22T09:59:00.001-08:00

Blackwater brass forms intelligence company

U.S. military: Iraqi lawmaker is U.S. Embassy bomber

US gets bigger ears in the sky

Taliban 'in control' in Helmand

Russian Threat To Withdraw From INF Not Bluff

US Dismisses Iranian Nuclear Offer As Warships Arrive

Wednesday Feb 21 2007 Daily News

2007-02-21T07:57:00.000-08:00

The War Within Islam

McCain: Rumsfeld is one of the worst defense secretaries

Homeland Security Website Hacked by Phishers? 15 Signs Say Yes -- UPDATED 3 Times

Judge orders CIA agents to be charged

Switzerland Approves Probe of CIA Flight

Guantanamo prisoners return to Saudi Arabia

Blair announces Iraq troop pullout

Israeli warplanes fly low over south Lebanon

Car bomb explodes in Najaf

An Orwellian solution to kids skipping school

Tax on 'peace and quiet' revealed

Growing a Brain in Switzerland

Mercenaries Are in the Military to Stay: Get Used to It!

Thursday 15 Feb 2007 Daily News

2007-02-15T07:31:00.000-08:00

Republican calls for email and IM monitoring

FTC Urged to Boost Internet Oversight

Al-Qa'ida targets Canada

Now It's Personal: Al Qaeda Calls Bush an Alcoholic Liar

Judge rules government supply of marijuana is inadequate

China Flexes Its Muscle To Help Defuse North Korean Nuclear Crisis

Iraq closes borders with Iran and Syria

Expat wins top Iranian science award

Russia may scrap U.S. arms control treaty

U.S. to shun all members of Palestinian unity govt
"JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The United States will boycott all Palestinian unity government ministers, including non-Hamas members, unless international demands on policy towards Israel are met, a Palestinian official and diplomats said on Thursday."

Mortar bombs hit Mogadishu camp

Wensday Feb 14 2007 Daily News

2007-02-14T07:23:00.000-08:00

Fleeing Taliban 'use children as shields'

Eleven dead in bomb attack

"ELEVEN people were killed when a car bomb ripped through a bus carrying members of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards in a sensitive south-eastern border province.
...
An attack of this size and nature - a bomb strike on an elite force in broad daylight in an open street - is unprecedented in Iran.
According to unconfirmed website reports, the attack was claimed by a shadowy Sunni militant group, Jundollah, which has been blamed for a string of armed incidents in the volatile Sistan-Baluchestan province."

Wall Street opens higher

UN envoy says Timor mission not over

Baghdad security crackdown begins

Nato strike targets Taliban leader

How the US is doing Iran's killing in Iraq

Nazi Roots for Iraq Super-Bombs

Tuesday Feb 13 2007 Daily News

2007-02-13T07:20:00.000-08:00

Columnist testifies Rove confirmed Plame was CIA

Rep. Rohrabacher: Global Warming May Have Been Caused By ‘Dinosaur Flatulence’

Stem cell technique helps women grow their own implants

Avatars consume as much electricity as Brazilians

Teraflops chip points to future

Shoppers slaughtered in rampage

Almost 50% of Teens Screened for Mental Illness Tested "positive" & Referred for Intervention

Stolen kids turned into terrifying killers

Marathon North Korea Nuclear Talks Appear To Secure Breakthrough

Muslims continue protests over work at holy site

Olmert, Netanyahu clash over Hamas and Golan Heights

Fatal bus blasts rock Lebanon

Series of blasts hit Algeria

Bomber strikes near Baghdad college

Blast Hits Near U.S. Base in Japan

Taliban seize second district

Black Hawks down in Iraqi quagmire

Insurgents Stepping Up Efforts to Down U.S. Helicopters in Iraq

There Are Four Iraq Wars

North Korea to close nuclear reactor in return for aid

BofA aims new credit card at illegal immigrants: report

Monday Feb 11 2007 Daily News

2007-02-11T18:08:00.000-08:00

Note: Obama will contrast his "Hope" outlook to the current adminstrations reliance on fear. Perhaps this will give him an edge over Hillary, and open new doors with younger voters. Time will tell. Now that the Neocons are losing their power and being disgraced, perhaps the Democrats will pull themselves together and restore the glory they had several centuries ago.

Obama launches presidential bid

Target Iran: US able to strike in the spring

3-D model shows big body of water in Earth's mantle

U.S.-led forces show evidence of Iran arms in Iraq

Jakarta flood clean-up could take months

Obama blasts Howard's 'empty rhetoric' over Iraq

One in three Brits 'confused' about sex

Number of temporary workers increasing (Australia)

Iran Claims New Stealth Drone That Can Attack US Gulf Fleet

Putin Stuns With Attack On US
Speech and the Following Discussion at the Munich Conference on Security Policy

Race Begins For Richest Military Deal Ever In India

Air Force Patents: Transmitting Speech by Radio Frequency (inside of your head)

U.S. cyber counterattack: Bomb 'em one way or the other

US ‘prepares for failure’ in Iraq surge

Bush slashes aid to poor to boost Iraq war chest

Pentagon unit defied CIA advice to justify Iraq war

Scores killed in Baghdad blasts

The Iran Situation

2007-02-11T17:42:00.000-08:00

If we do attack Iran, then it won't be like in Iraq. Iran has it's own trained military and is a mountainous country. It would seem from older articles that if action is taken it will be a war via sea and air.

However, the command structures of the Airforce and Navy are much more bureaucratic, and use 2nd generation warfare tactics. Whereas in the current conflict Marines and Special Forces have adapted to the insurgents tactics by decentralizing themselves and their command structure; fighting a 3rd generation war without the strong hierarchy that takes too long to react. Combine this with the fortitude of the Iranian's spirits and we'd have a hard war on our hands, unless the military can adapt. We may not lose the war if it starts, but it will bog us military down even more and stretch it out far too much, leaving us open on the home front. Our homefront infrastructures are not secure enough.

Some history:
Navy Admiral Goes to CENTCOM: Be Very Afraid

You don't deploy Patriot missiles against rebels: is it Iran?

Russian admiral predicts impending US strike against Iran

US Iraq raid draws Iranian anger

Iran tests 'super-fast' torpedo

Iran 'makes own warplane'

Saturday Feb 10 2007 Daily News

2007-02-10T04:48:00.000-08:00

University Prof gets visit from security for using Tor - told to stop using it, and not to teach his student about it

Increase in NYPD stops draws criticism

Report: 120 North Korean political prisoners escape

U.S. general warns Iraq doomed if crackdown fails

U.S. air strike kills 8 near Baghdad

Islamic school targeted in raid shut down

Afghan, NATO kill 10 Taliban

Cardinal accuses China of 'acts of war'

ElBaradei fears "chain reaction" to Iran conflict

Putin: US seeking to control world

Kurds killed in US 'friendly fire'

DISA plans new top-secret presidential network

NSA electricity crisis gets Senate scrutiny

Friday 09 2007 Daily News

2007-02-09T09:22:00.000-08:00

Report Says Pentagon Manipulated Intel

U.N. watchdog cuts many aid projects in Iran

Russia says no new arms race despite U.S. missile plan

Jerusalem 'tense' after clashes

Venezuelan state buys power firm

Dollar down on inflation speculation

'Doomsday' vault design unveiled

Should People Be Allowed To Smoke at Home?

GOP revives ISP-tracking legislation

US Senate introduces strong privacy bill

Congress: We’re bored, can we go home now?

"One Representative was heard to quip, “We’re cramming two days of work into five days.”"

The US's pricey fighting flops

'Intelligence' on al-Qaeda refuted

Iran to 'hit back' if US attacks

Thurs Feb 08 2007 Daily News

2007-02-08T07:21:00.000-08:00

Iran tests missiles "able to sink big warships"

Fake Holograms a 3-D Crime Wave

World's oldest rocks show how Earth may have dodged frozen fate of Mars

U.S. arrests Iraq minister

Palestinian leaders agree on Cabinet

Rebels assassinate politician

100 US, Israel spies found: Iran

All-out turf war feared in Japanese underworld

US puzzles over China's military might

How the US Army's being warn down in Iraq

US to have Africa military command

Kidnappers seize two in Nigeria

Malaysia fears Thai 'terror camps'

Wed Feb 7 2007 Daily News

2007-02-07T07:03:00.000-08:00

Waxman Probes Iraq Contracting, Missing $12 Billion

"So far, audits of spending in Iraq have covered only 10 percent of the contracts, Waxman said in a Jan. 31 interview. ``What we know from the audits is that perhaps billions of dollars may not be accounted for,'' he said.

Waxman's report said as much as $12.7 billion in cash from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, sent to Iraq during Bremer's watch between May 2003 and June 2004, was unaccounted for."

Iraq's Missing Billions

"Dr Ali Fadhil, a 29 year old Iraqi doctor, investigates what has happened to billions of dollars worth of Iraqi money which was put into the care of the US led coalition to be spent for the benefit of Iraqi people on the reconstruction of their country. He uncovers a shocking story of fraud, incompetence and corruption, unscrupulous foreign contractors who made millions from dodgy contracts, and literally billions of dollars which cannot be properly accounted for"

Hackers Attack Key Net Traffic Computers
"WASHINGTON (AP) -- Hackers briefly overwhelmed at least three of the 13 computers that help manage global computer traffic Tuesday in one of the most significant attacks against the Internet since 2002."

Attack on DNS root servers

Water Deal Exposes Secret Iraq Contracts

AskPablo: Exotic Bottled Water

"Based on my assumptions a bottle that holds 1 liter requires 25 liters of water in its manufacturing process (this includes power plant cooling water)."

For The First Time Ever, Poverty Shifts To The Suburbs

Did you see strange lights in the Arizona sky Tuesday night?

US, Iraqi troops push deep into Baghdad Sunni bastion

U.S. Transport Helicopter Crash Kills Seven

Outlaw weapons (Australia)

Seven letter bombs sent: UK police

U.N. says 50,000 Somalis have crossed to Ethiopia

EU Executive Plans To Punish Green Crimes

"BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission wants to punish the most serious crimes against the environment with 5-10 year minimum jail terms and fines of up to 1.5 million euro (990,000 pounds), a draft proposal obtained by Reuters shows.""The heaviest sentence -- at least five to 10 years of jail -- would apply to "green crimes" committed intentionally that killed or seriously injured people. Other offences would be punished by at least 1-3 years in prison."

"Constant Conflict" By Ret. Col Ralph Peters

Tuesday Feb 6 2007 Daily News

2007-02-06T06:53:00.000-08:00

US Should weigh war on terrorism tax - Lieberman

http://preview.tinyurl.com/2azcux

"I think we have to start thinking about a war on terrorism tax," the independent Connecticut lawmaker said. "I mean people keep saying we're not asking a sacrifice of anybody but our military in this war and some civilians who are working on it."

"When you put together the (Pentagon) budget and the Homeland Security budgets, we need to ask people to help us in a way that they know when they pay more it will go for their security," he said during a Senate panel hearing on the defense budget request.

Bush on Monday asked Congress to approve $700 billion in new military spending and to curb many domestic programs. The request includes $245 billion for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars between now and late 2008.

Mexican prosecutors: man who tried to commit suicide beaten to death by police
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/01/21/america/LA-GEN-Mexico-Suicide-Beating.php

Diamond loses its stiffness crown to new material

Photo in the News: Massive Cloud Engulfs Saturn Moon's Pole

Invention: Covert iris scanner

Columbia's Blacks Hit Hard By Guerrilla War

"Too tired to walk," Japan man steals police car

Gunmen kidnap senior Iranian diplomat in Baghdad
"The official said the diplomat, the second secretary at the Iranian embassy in Baghdad, was snatched in the central Karrada district by 30 gunmen wearing the uniforms of a special Iraqi army unit that often works with U.S. military forces in Iraq"

Coalition MPs attack proposed ID card(Australia)

Video of US pilots killing British trooper

Second letter-bomb attack in 24 hours injures twohttp://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article1339519.ece

Monday Feb 05 2007 Daily News

2007-02-05T06:58:00.000-08:00

Chicago Fed warns of ‘time bomb’ mortgages
http://www.dailyherald.com/business/story.asp?id=276019

Subprime Credit Crunch Could Trigger Collapse
http://www.autodogmatic.com/index.php/sst/2007/02/02/p438#more438

U.S. contractors becoming a fourth branch of government
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/02/04/america/web.0204contract.php?page=1

US immigration cavity search ends in agony
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/02/05/immigration_search/

UFOs over Iran could be U.S. operations, extraterrestrial visitors or both
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=20151

Magnitude 6.1 - CUBA REGION
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2007yjay.php

Game Over: Thirty-Six Sure-Fire Signs That Your Empire Is Crumbling
http://www.commondreams.org/views07/0202-26.htm

Iran claims found herbal cure for AIDS; Ahmadinejad vows Islamic Republic's nuclear rights 'will be established' on Feb. 11
http://www.rawstory.com/news/2007/Iran_claims_found_herbal_cure_for_0204.html

Russia probes smelly orange snow
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6323611.stm
""So far we cannot explain the snow, which is oily to the touch and has a pronounced rotten smell," said Omsk environmental prosecutor Anton German, quoted by the Russian news agency Itar-Tass on Thursday."

Why is the US press silent on Brzezinski’s warnings of war against Iran?
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2007/feb2007/brze-f03.shtml

Wall Street drifts down
http://theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21179139-1702,00.html

UK like Uganda under Amin: cleric
http://theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21176049-1702,00.html

Drug gang violence erupts killing 7 in Rio
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=191812007

Child soldiers still recruited 10 years after pact
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=191132007

Iran installs 328 centrifuges at atomic site
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=190872007

Letter bomb explodes in London office
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=190842007

Feds to take DNA from everyone at arrest
http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/02/05/feds-to-take-dna-from-everyone-at-arrest/

Bush gives White House greater control over government agencies
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/01/30/news/prexy.php

Pentagon considers strong air approach
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070201/LOCAL17/702010475/-1/ZONES04

The danger of Bush's anti-Iran fatwa
http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=3037

Feb 3 2007 Daily News

2007-02-03T13:50:00.000-08:00

CBO: Iraq surge could actually total 50,000
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2007/02/TNScbosurge070201/
"A new congressional report says the increase of 21,500 combat troops for Iraq proposed by the Bush administration could result in up to 50,000 troops actually being deployed to the region.

The report from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office bases that projection on the fact that the Bush plan is unclear about whether the 21,500 troops needed to quell violence are all combat troops or if that number already includes support forces."

Texas Requires Cancer Vaccine for Girls
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2007/02/02/D8N1PVG80.html
Previous News Posting:
MERCK'S GARDASIL VACCINE NOT PROVEN SAFE FOR LITTLE GIRLS
http://www.nvic.org/PressReleases/pr62706gardasil.htm

Exxon linked to climate change pay outhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/02/02/news/companies/exxon_science/index.htm?cnn=yes

"NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- A think tank partly funded by Exxon Mobil sent letters to scientists offering them up to $10,000 to critique findings in a major global warming study released Friday which found that global warming was real and likely caused by burning fossil fuels."

Skip a parent-teacher meeting, get a fine
http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/02/03/skip-a-parent-teacher-meeting-get-a-fine/
"Apparently attempting to out-do California’s recent attempt to tell parents how to raise their children, the Texas State Legislature has introduced a bill that will fine parents $500 if they miss or choose not to attend a meeting with their child’s teacher."

Hand sanitizer found to pose abuse risk
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/health/1500AP_Hand_Sanitizer_Alcohol.html

Car bomb in central Baghdad market kills 8
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=183632007

NATO vows to kick Taliban out of truce villagehttp://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=182802007

Death toll from Philippine gas lorry blast hits 50http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=181512007

Floods engulf Indonesian capital, at least 5 killedhttp://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=181502007

S.Arabia arrests 10 in crackdown on terror funding
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=181492007

Tests show bird flu outbreak is H5N1
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=181392007

Bird flu virus is Asian strain
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6328161.stm

Indonesia flags nuclear plans
http://theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21168369-1702,00.html

The Deadly Nature of "Non-Lethal" Weapons
http://www.alternet.org/story/47092/

Friday Feb 02 Daily News

2007-02-02T08:34:00.002-08:00

Hi everybody! I've been doing news for about a year and a half, sending newsletters to my friends on a daily basis. Well, I've decided to create a blog at last with all of this links and make it accessible to the public. This is a stock template, but I do plan on editing it and adding a few things as time goes. For now, here's the news:

Chinese army 'harvesting body parts'
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21152231-1702,00.html

Blair: PM in paralysis
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=433023&in_page_id=1770&amp;amp;ico=Homepage&icl=TabModule&icc=NEWS&ct=5

Savings rate at level similar to Depression
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/4519967.html

Orange snow falls in Siberia
http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/orange-snow-falls-in-siberia/2007/02/02/1169919501503.html

Breaking: Double the Troops in "Surge" (Updated)
http://www.defensetech.org/archives/003239.html

U.S. intelligence calls Iraq violence "civil war"
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=177792007

Note: Hillary 2008. She has the backing of the Israeli's and the CFR.
Clinton wants talks with Iran
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=174792007
"The New York Democratic senator, who aims in 2008 to become the first woman U.S. president, said in a speech to a pro-Israel lobbying group that valuable knowledge and leverage could be gained from engaging with those countries and organizations."

The hidden cost of free congressional trips to Israel
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0126/p09s01-coop.html

U.S. Cautions Europeans to Avoid Oil, Gas Deals With Iran
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/31/AR2007013102166.html

Woman Becomes Quadruple Amputee After Giving Birth
http://www.wftv.com/news/6253589/detail.html
"ORLANDO, Fla. -- A Sanford mother says she will never be able to hold her newborn because an Orlando hospital performed a life-altering surgery and, she claims, the hospital refuses to explain why they left her as a multiple amputee.The woman filed a complaint against Orlando Regional Healthcare Systems, she said, because they won't tell her exactly what happened. The hospital maintains the woman wants to know information that would violate other patients' rights."

Bush Is Not Above the Law
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/31/opinion/31bamford.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

Iran Allows UN Cameras
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=176972007
TEHRAN (Reuters) - A senior Iranian official said on Friday Tehran had allowed the installation of surveillance cameras at a complex where it is set to begin expanding enrichment of nuclear fuel.

From the Wonderful Folks Who Brought You Iraq
http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2007/03/whitehouse200703?printable=true¤tPage=all

"Another serious development is the growing role of the U.S. Strategic Command (StratCom), which oversees nuclear weapons, missile defense, and protection against weapons of mass destruction. Bush has directed StratCom to draw up plans for a massive strike against Iran, at a time when CentCom has had its hands full overseeing operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. “Shifting to StratCom indicates that they are talking about a really punishing air-force and naval air attack [on Iran],” says Lang."

Floods swamp Indonesian capital
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=177052007

Thursday Feb 01 2007 Daily News

2007-02-02T08:34:00.001-08:00

Al-Maliki: Iraq won't be battleground for U.S., Iran
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/01/31/iraq.main/index.html

"BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Iraq's prime minister said Wednesday he's sure Iran is behind some attacks on U.S. forces in Iraq and he won't allow his country to be a battleground for the two nations.

"We have told the Iranians and the Americans, 'We know that you have a problem with each other, but we are asking you, please solve your problems outside Iraq,' " Nuri al-Maliki told CNN."

An Iron Curtain is Descending: And Most Americans Don't Know
http://www.ichblog.eu/content/view/202/52/

I spy - a pupil in the toilets http://www.bdrecorder.co.uk/content/ba rkinganddagenham/recorder/news/story.aspx?brand=RECOnline&category=newsBarkDag&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsBarkDag&itemid=WeED27%20Dec%202006%2016%3A55%3A39%3A070

"CHILDREN as young as four are being filmed in school toilets across Barking and Dagenham."

Blood center to collect DNA of donors
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/PrintStory.pl?document_id=2003544880&zsection_id=2002111777&slug=blooddna28m0&date=20070128

Note: I saw the apology last night on "Adult Swim"
TV Network Takes Responsibility For 'Hoax Devices'
http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/10890113/detail.html

Photo I.D. for Glastonbury tickets
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=168852007

Methane now bubbling from Beaufort Sea
http://www.vivelecanada.ca/article.php/2007012918482645
"streams of methane-rich gas bubbles coming from the crests of pingo-like-features (PLFs) – due to warm water influx."

Merc Army
http://www.gnn.tv/articles/2893/Merc_Army
"Many of these contractors make up to $1,000 a day, far more than active-duty soldiers. What's more, these forces are politically expedient, as contractor deaths go uncounted in the official toll."

Anti-Semitic attacks at record level
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=170362007

Iraq civilian deaths hit new high in January
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=168772007

Sixty European tourists fall ill at Tobago hotel
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=171282007

Somali Islamist leader out of Kenyan custody
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=171222007

Stonehenge workers' village found
http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/01/30/stonehenge.village.ap/index.html

Two bombs kill 20, wound 35
http://theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21157858-1702,00.html
"From correspondents in Hilla, Iraq
February 02, 2007

TWENTY people were killed and 35 wounded when two makeshift bombs slammed the centre of Hilla, 120km south of Baghdad, medics and a security source said.

Elsewhere in Baghdad, at least 11 people were killed, and security officials said Iraq's raging sectarian conflict had claimed the lives of nearly 2000 civilians across the country in January."

Convicts bound for Botany Bay
http://theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21154506-1702,00.html
"Other emergency proposals include renting prison ships to house criminals offshore and converting an RAF camp to house prisoners.

The maximum capacity of British jails is 80,716. The number of inmates topped 80,000 for the first time in November."

US senators unite against Iraq surge
http://theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21155674-1702,00.html

Jan 22-24 Daily News

2007-02-02T08:30:00.000-08:00

Sen. Chuck Hagel Gets Raw on the Senate
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaqec2tSd68

N.Y. scanners spark union cries of "geoslavery"
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=domesticNews&storyid=2007-01-26T195830Z_01_N25259138_RTRUKOC_0_US-WORK-SCANNERS.xml&src=rss&rpc=22

Germans get by without the euro
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/01/18/cneuro18.xml

Euro's success raises currency debate
http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/167331
"Economist says `now is the time' to discuss a North American dollar"

Prison ships to ease overcrowding
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6299505.stm

Note: Holocaust of Asia?
Film calls Nanjing massacre 'hoax'
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/CF6299CC-33CC-46B5-8179-C7E3933C6D00.htm

Tehran's Influence Grows As Iraqis See Advantages
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/25/AR2007012502087_pf.html

'Intelligence Brief: U.S. Moves to Regain Leverage over Iran''
http://www.pinr.com/report.php?ac=view_report&report_id=608&language_id=1

Woman, 65, saves husband from mountain lion
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/01/25/mountain.lion.ap/index.html

New ice age theory: Sun's 'dimmer switch'
http://pressesc.com/01169672696_
"Ice ages are not caused by planet Earth's orbital variations as once thought, but by the dimmer switch inside the sun that causes its brightness to rise and fall on timescales of around 100,000 years which is exactly the same period as between ice ages on Earth, according to a radical new theory proposed by renowned astrophysicist Robert Ehrlich of George Mason University."

Let's go back to coal burning – EU
http://pressesc.com/01169743715_eu_burns_coal

Israeli billionaire Saban biggest donor to US politicians
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3355786,00.html

Israel Organizes Quite A "Watering Hole" Event
http://www.thewashingtonnote.com/archives/001890.php

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inf/pr/2007/2.htm
GENEVA (ILO News) - The number of people unemployed worldwide remained at an historical high in 2006 despite strong global economic growth, the International Labour Office (ILO) said in its annual Global Employment Trends (Note 1) released today.

Georgia and US foil uranium plot
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6297713.stm

Bush Oil Reserve May Support Prices as Asia Also Buys
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20602099&sid=aznELCN7YM2U&refer=energy
" Jan. 24 (Bloomberg) -- George W. Bush's decision to double the emergency oil stockpile in the U.S. may help to stem a six- month slide in prices as China, India and South Korea also add to demand by bolstering their defenses against shortages."

India and Russia in nuclear deal
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6298071.stm

How The Brain Rewires Itself
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1580438-1,00.html

Exhibition reveals secret history of Nazi sex slaves
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2180767.ece
"They recall how hundreds of women, written of as "antisocial elements" by the Hitler regime, were arrested, dispatched to camps and forced to work as prostitutes for slave labourers during the Third Reich."

The postwar photographs that British authorities tried to keep hidden
http://www.guardian.co.uk/germany/article/0,,1745662,00.html

US military unveils heat-ray gun
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6297149.stm

Street-Fighting Robot Challenge Announced
http://www.newscientisttech.com/article/dn11021-streetfighting-robot-challenge-announced.html

China relaxes its one-child policy
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21108585-2703,00.html

Ford hit by record $12.7bn loss
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6298463.stm

FBI Details Threat From
Gangs In The Military
http://www.rense.com/general75/abi.htm

Words that were used in the 2007 State Of The Union Address
http://www.nytimes.com/ref/washington/20070123_STATEOFUNION.html

Bush Hopes to Expand the Size and Scope of Big Government
http://www.lp.org/media/article_459.shtml

HOW TO - Isolate amniotic stem cells from a placenta, at home
http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2007/01/how_to_isolate.html

The BEAST 50 Most Loathsome People in America, 2006
http://buffalobeast.com/113/50_most_loathsome_2006.htm

Microsoft offers cash for Wikipedia edit
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070123/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_wikipedia

Police in Tijuana issued sling shots
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070123/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/mexico_tijuana_police

Superbug brought back by Iraq war casualties
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/health_medical/article1962456.ece

Wired to report US unwittingly evolved superpathogen in Iraqi combat hospitals
http://www.rawstory.com/news/2007/Wired_to_report_US_unwittingly_evolved_0121.html

101 Dumbest Moments in Business
http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/biz2/0701/gallery.101dumbest_2007/index.html?cnn=yes

Think Your Doctor Knows Best? Think Medical Science is on Your Side? Think again!
http://avanoo.wordpress.com/2007/01/22/us-citizens-would-be-healthier-and-live-longer-lives-if/

"The average life expectancy in the United States is 77.85 years, which ranks forty-sixth highest in the world. Among the countries with higher life expectancies are Guam and Puerto Rico, both of which are under U.S. control, but don't have nearly the same "quality" of health care that is provided in U.S. states.

Per capita, more centenarians (people 100 or over) live in Dominica, a small third-world Caribbean island, than anywhere else. Most of them live active, rural lifestyles and have little or no access to Western medicine or health care.

How is it that the United States, which spends more money on health care than any other country, isn't able to compete with third world countries and territories that don't have nearly the same access to modern conveniences, modern medicines, or modern treatments?"

Barack Obama being painted as the Anti-Christ?
http://www.unfogged.com/archives/week_2006_10_22.html#005644

China Plans to Shift Use of Foreign Exchange Reserves

http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a3qbrjQctNl0
" Jan. 22 (Bloomberg) -- China, the world's biggest consumer of coal and metals, will use its foreign exchange reserves to buy ``strategic'' resources, Vice Premier Zeng Peiyan said."

Ethnic Cleansing in L.A.
http://www.alternet.org/story/46855/

Halliburton Pays Dearly but Finally Escapes Cheney's Asbestos Mess
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64535-2005Jan10.html

Colombia's "Para - Political" Scandal Widens
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-colombia-paramilitaries.html?_r=3&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

Commuters revolt over crowded trains
http://www.guardian.co.uk/transport/Story/0,,1996468,00.html

Madrid clashes over Latin gangs
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6286977.stm

Scheme to widen M1 gets under way
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/south_yorkshire/6285959.stm

Note: This is an Aussie to UK flight.
Flight ban for anti-Bush T-shirt
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6285971.stm

India's space hopes soar
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=31&art_id=qw1169469181684B253&set_id=

Gunbattle in Central Indonesia Kills 10
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-indonesia-militant-violence,0,2766753.story?coll=sns-ap-world-headlines

China welcomes Vatican initiative
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6286353.stm

New Oil Law Means Victory in Iraq for Bush
http://baltimorechronicle.com/2007/010907Floyd.shtml

Invisible RFID Ink Safe For Cattle And People, Company Says
http://www.techweb.com/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=KNPD4VS1Z0LFEQSNDLOSKH0CJUNN2JVN;?articleId=196802844

Northern Ireland police shielded loyalist killers
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Northern_Ireland/Story/0,,1996126,00.html

U.S. Warns Iran to Back Down
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070124/D8MRAKV01.html
"DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - A second U.S. aircraft carrier strike group now steaming toward the Middle East is Washington's way of warning Iran to back down in its attempts to dominate the region, a top U.S. diplomat said here Tuesday."

Iranian banks halt dollar transfers
http://www.iranfocus.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=9952
"TEHRAN, Jan 23, 2007 (AFP) - Iran's major banks said Tuesday they have halted the transfer of dollars abroad as a result of US financial sanctions and fears the money may be seized by the US authorities."

Oil Jumps Most in 16 Months on U.S. Plan to Increase Reserve
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20602099&sid=aLAoRBPN9rrA&refer=energy

Civil servants vote for walkout
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/6290679.stm

The Empire Turns Its
Guns on the Citizenry
http://www.antiwar.com/roberts/?articleid=10382

Note: English Watergate?
Blair avoids MPs' questions on Capita
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2006/04/02/cncapit02.xml&menuId=242&sSheet=/money/2006/04/02/ixcitytop.html

Leading article: A clear case of intimidation
http://comment.independent.co.uk/leading_articles/article2174981.ece

First-Ever Mass Screening for Mental Illness in Teens Inspires Controversy
http://www.sciam.com/print_version.cfm?articleID=4BE617D5-E7F2-99DF-3D46598B9E9A213D

Is this the end for Abu Sayyaf?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6290805.stm

Crackdown 'nets 600 Sadr forces'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6289891.stm

Break-up of Iraq inevitable
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1908671,0093.htm

Bush State of the Union: Work with me
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/01/23/bush.sotu/index.html
"Bush also put forth a wish list to extend health insurance coverage, reduce gasoline consumption by 20 percent over 10 years and limit greenhouse gas emissions."

View of US's global role 'worse'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6286755.stm

Kidnapping, India's new growth industry
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/IA24Df04.html

Note: Also remember the article on their power in school systems.
Cruise 'is Christ' of Scientology
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,4-2007030603,00.html

Are Saudis waging an oil-price war on Iran?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16772560/

Dinosaurs, humans coexist in U.S. creation museum
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070114/lf_nm/usa_religion_museum_dc

Note: CIA spy satelites malfunctioning and having problems... perhaps Google will take over in place of them? They still can't focus on a dime in the middle of the street with perfect clarity.
Google wants to put you on the map
http://www.smh.com.au/news/web/google-to-put-sydneysiders-on-the-map/2007/01/22/1169330820917.html

In Raw World of Sex Movies, High Definition Could Be a View Too Real
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/22/business/media/22porn.html?_r=2&ex=157680000&en=158fe05b6a73dab3&ei=5124&partner=digg&exprod=digg&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

Jan 28 2007 News

2007-02-02T08:17:00.000-08:00

Iraq crash killed key U.S. officershttp://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-fg-copter26jan26,1,4332614.story?coll=la-news-a_section&ctrack=1&cset=true

Iran's IEDs: Made in America
http://kurtnimmo.com/?p=718

8 French, 2 Belgian terror suspects expelled from Egypt
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/nation/terror/20061207-0655-egypt-arrests.html

4 troops abducted, killed in Iraq attack
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070127/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_sneak_attack
"It appeared to be the largest number of key officers and command sergeants killed in a single incident since the Iraq war started nearly four years ago."

"The attackers traveled in black GMC Suburban vehicles (the type used by U.S. government convoys), had American weapons, wore new U.S. military combat fatigues, and spoke English, according to two senior U.S. military officials as well as Iraqi officials."

"Iraqi officials said the approaching convoy of black GMC Suburbans was waved through an Iraqi checkpoint at the edge of the city. The Iraqi soldiers believed it to be American because of the type of vehicles, the distinctive camouflage American uniforms and the fact that they spoke English. One Iraqi official said the leader of the assault team was blond, but no other official confirmed that."

"A senior Iraqi military official said the sophistication of the attack led him to believe it was the work of Iranian intelligence agents in conjunction with Iraq's Shiite Mahdi Army militia, which Iran funds, arms and trains."

Note: Chem-Trails?
US answer to global warming: smoke and giant space mirrors
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,1999966,00.html

Justice wants spying lawsuit dropped
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1152AP_Domestic_Spying.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6355564,00.html
WASHINGTON (AP) - Senators demanded details Thursday from Attorney General Alberto Gonzales about new orders putting the government's domestic spying program under court review - and questioned why it took so long to do so.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/01/18/ap/politics/mainD8MNS6IG6.shtml
(AP) The Pentagon has drafted a manual for upcoming detainee trials that would allow suspected terrorists to be convicted on hearsay evidence and coerced testimony and imprisoned or put to death.

Fox Guest Says the U.S. Should Destroy Venezuela's Economy
http://www.newshounds.us/2007/01/26/wonder_why_they_hate_us_fox_guest_says_the_us_should_destroy_venezuelas_economy.php

Note: Police paramilitary styled raids are on the rise already.
Military gives police free surplus equipment
http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/01/28/military-gives-police-free-surplus-equipment/

Tehran installing 3,000 centrifuges, Iranian legislator says
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2007/01/27/iran-nuclear2.html
"Iran has begun installing 3,000 centrifuges to increase its uranium enrichment program, a senior Iranian legislator said Saturday — but the claim was later denied by the country's nuclear body."

Ex-Cheney aide details media tactics
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070127/ap_on_go_pr_wh/cheney_under_fire

A1one: 1st generation Graffiti in Iran
http://www.pingmag.jp/2007/01/19/a1one-1st-generation-graffiti-in-iran/