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Date Sent: 2007-10-13
Freedom's Phoenix Headline News for Saturday, October 13, 2007

Ex-US General: Iraq a 'nightmare' -- Gates plays down report Marines want Iraq exit now

Blackwater Guards Fired at Fleeing Cars, US Soldiers Say -- Police hid woman's death from husband -- ACLU seeks to prevent forcible drugging of deportees -- Qwest targeted by US for not allowing spying -- Bush balks at wiretap limits -- U.S. Army lowers its recruiting standards -- US-Russia missile defense talks fail -- Turkish ire may affect Iraq war -- 'Jena 6' teen Bell back in jail -- Dutch Ban Hallucinogenic Mushroom Sales -- Mother charged after son admits planning attack -- New surveillance system tracks faces on CCTV -- MISH: Only One Choice - Raise Taxes -- Beazer Homes Reports 68% Cancellation Rate -- President Arrested at White House -- 51% support stricter gun laws -- CIA investigates Inspector General -- Putin says missile plan risks relations -- Enrollment in Medicare takes a rare dip

News Link • WAR: About that War
Blackwater Guards Fired at Fleeing Cars, US Soldiers Say
10-12-2007 • Washington Post
Blackwater USA guards shot at Iraqi civilians as they tried to drive away from a Baghdad square on Sept. 16, according to a report compiled by the first U.S. soldiers to arrive at the scene, where they found no evidence that Iraqis had fired weapons. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Eugenics
Ron Paul on The NewsHour w/ Jim Lehrer 10-12-07
10-12-2007 • Youtube
Note: multipart video Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • WAR: About that War
Ex-general: Iraq a 'nightmare' for US
10-12-2007 • AP
The U.S. mission in Iraq is a "nightmare with no end in sight" because of political misjudgments after the fall of Saddam Hussein that continue today, a former chief of U.S.-led forces said. Retired Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, who commanded c Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Eugenics
Ad: GOP Presidential Candidates Just Don't Get It on Iraq
10-12-2007 • Youtube
Now this is an ad! Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Eugenics
Paul Envisions Smaller Government, Less Global Intervention
10-12-2007 • News Hour with Jim Learer
JUDY WOODRUFF: You are somewhat of a sensation among young people in this country. They are -- you've broken all records for Web searches. You're on MySpace, Facebook, YouTube, I guess more than just about any other candidate. With all due re Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Arizona's Top News
911 tapes show airport police hid woman's death from husband
10-12-2007 • Raw Story
911 tapes from the night Carol Gotbaum died in custody at the Phoenix airport show her husband was frantically trying to warn airport workers his wife was deeply depressed, but neither the airport dispatcher nor the police told him his wife had died Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Bush Administration
ACLU seeks to prevent forcible drugging of deportees
10-12-2007 • AP
A motion has been filed urging a judge to stop the forced sedation of deportees at an immigration detention center. Indonesian immigrant Raymond Soeoth says he was awaiting deportation when officers injected him with anti-psychotic drugs. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Bush Administration
Qwest targeted by US for not allowing spying
10-12-2007 • Rocky Mountain News
The National Security Agency and other government agencies retaliated against Qwest because the Denver telco refused to go along with a phone spying program, documents released Wednesday suggest. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Police State
Bush balks at wiretap limits
10-12-2007 • Washington Times
President Bush said he will not sign a new eavesdropping measure that would restrict surveillance in foreign countries and would deny immunity to US telecommunications companies that helped the government conduct warrantless wiretapping after the Sep Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Military
U.S. Army lowers its recruiting standards
10-12-2007 • Chicago Tribune
The U.S. Army met its recruiting goals for the last year but enlisted thousands of new soldiers with criminal records and fewer who have earned high school diplomas. The spike of new enlistees given "character" waivers for fiscal 2007 conti Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • WAR: About that War
Gates plays down report Marines want Iraq exit
10-12-2007 • Reuters
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates played down a newspaper report that the U.S. Marine Corps was pressing to remove its forces from Iraq and switch to a leading role in Afghanistan. "I have heard that they were beginning to think about that and Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Military
US-Russia missile defense talks fail
10-12-2007 • AP
After a series of tense meetings that began with a blunt rebuff from Russian President Vladimir Putin, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Defense Secretary Robert Gates appeared to have been unable to turn around Moscow's opposition to missi Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • World News
Turkish ire may affect Iraq war
10-12-2007 • Christian Science Monitor
2 obsessions in Turkey may appear unrelated �" a recent surge in Kurdish militant attacks and the mass killing of Armenians a century ago �" are swiftly combining as a strategic tipping point in US-Turkey relations that could affect American forces in Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Racism
'Jena 6' teen Bell back in jail
10-12-2007 • USA Today
Mychal Bell, 17, had gone to juvenile court in Jena on Thursday expecting another routine hearing. Judge Mauffrey ruled that Bell's arrest in connection with the school beating violated the terms of probation for the earlier convictions. Bell Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Drug War
Dutch Ban Hallucinogenic Mushroom Sales
10-12-2007 • AP
The Netherlands will ban the sale of hallucinogenic mushrooms, the government announced Friday, rolling back one element of the country's permissive drug policy after a teenager on a school visit jumped to her death after taking the fungus. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Conspiracies
Mother charged, son to get psychiatric evaluation, allegedly admits planned attack
10-12-2007 • Philly
Authorities have charged the mother of a boy who had rifle and told police that he was planning a Columbine-type attack on Plymouth Whitemarsh High School. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Geoffrey Hayes

News Link • Corruption
Fury at Puerto Rico pet killings
10-12-2007 • BBC News
Dozens of cats and dogs living in housing schemes in Puerto Rico were reportedly thrown by animal control workers off a bridge. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Geoffrey Hayes

News Link • WAR: About that War
Mom: Wrong limbs sent with soldier's body
10-12-2007 • UPI
SUNDERLAND, England, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- A British woman says the body of her soldier son was returned from Iraq with a leg and arm that were not his. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Geoffrey Hayes

News Link • History
Knights Templar win heresy reprieve after 700 years
10-12-2007 • Reuters
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Knights Templar, the medieval Christian military order accused of heresy and sexual misconduct, will soon be partly rehabilitated when the Vatican publishes trial documents it had closely guarded for 700 years. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Geoffrey Hayes

News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Skies to be swept for signs of alien life
10-12-2007 • BBC News
The switch has been thrown on a telescope specifically designed to seek out alien life. Read Full Story
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News Link • Police State
New surveillance system tracks faces on CCTV
10-12-2007 • THe Guardian
BAE Systems claims it is able to automatically follow a target even if they change their appearance by changing their clothes or hiding beneath a hat. Read Full Story
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News Link • Economy - International
Deputy US Secretary of the Treasury - an interview you won't read in the U.S.
10-12-2007 • Der Spiegel
Robert Kimmitt spoke to Spiegel Online about trade with China, Europe, and why the United States wants tougher sanctions against Iran. Read Full Story
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Only One Choice - Raise Taxes
10-12-2007 • MISH: Global Economic Analysis
Chicago Mayor Daley says there is only 1 choice: raise taxes. And a staggering number of tax hikes and fees have been proposed. In Michigan, applause broke out when taxes were raised. In California, Schwarzenegger postpones the problem by issuing bon Read Full Story
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Reported by: Mike Shedlock

News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Beazer Homes Reports 68% Cancellation Rate
10-12-2007 • Calculated Risk
Beazer Homes reported that 68% of its prospective home buyers canceled their orders in the company's fiscal fourth quarter, which ended Sept. 30. Read Full Story
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News Link • Police State
United Church of Christ President Arrested at White House
10-12-2007 • Religion & Spirituality
The Rev. John H. Thomas, president of the United Church of Christ, was arrested Wednesday outside the White House while attempting to deliver a pastoral letter Read Full Story
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Reported by: Geoffrey Hayes

News Link • Health and Physical Fitness
Lipsticks contain lead, consumer group says
10-12-2007 • Reuters
Lipsticks tested by a U.S. consumer rights group found that more than half contained lead and some popular brands including Cover Girl, L'Oreal and Christian Dior had more lead than others, the group said. [explains a lot;-)] Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Gun Rights
Poll: 51 percent support stricter gun laws
10-12-2007 • UPI
WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- A new Gallup poll says the gap is closing between people in the United States who support stricter gun laws and those opposed to new law Read Full Story
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Reported by: Geoffrey Hayes

News Link • Gun Rights
STUDENTS FOR CONCEALED CARRY ON CAMPUS
10-12-2007 • Concealed Campus
During the week of October 22-26, 2007, college students throughout America, organized under the banner of Students for Concealed Carry on Campus, will attend classes wearing empty holsters, in protest of state laws and campus policies that stack the Read Full Story
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Reported by: Geoffrey Hayes

News Link • Corruption
California Speaker Under Fire for Sharing Penthouse With Fundraiser
10-12-2007 • AP
LOS ANGELES �" California's second-most powerful politician, whose lavish campaign spending is already under scrutiny, shares a luxury downtown penthouse with a prominent Democratic Party fundraiser, The Associated Press has learned. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Geoffrey Hayes

News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
CIA investigates internal watchdog - report
10-12-2007 • IOL
The CIA is investigating the work of the spy agency's own internal inspector general, whose aggressive inquiries into torture allegations have ruffed agency staff, the New York Times reported Friday. Michael Hayden, the director of the CIA, orde Read Full Story
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Reported by: Jean Carbonneau

News Link • Anthropology
World's oldest wall painting unearthed in Syria
10-12-2007 • Reuters
French archaeologists have discovered an 11,000-year-old wall painting underground in northern Syria which they believe is the oldest in the world. "We found another painting next to it, but that won't be excavated until next year. It is slo Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Military
Putin says missile plan risks relations
10-12-2007 • AP
In a tense start to talks on a range of thorny issues, President Vladmir Putin on Friday warned US officials to back off a plan to install missile defenses in eastern Europe or risking harming relations with Moscow. Addressing Sec of State Read Full Story
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Reported by: Jean Carbonneau

News Link • Welfare: Social
Enrollment in Medicare takes a rare dip
10-12-2007 • AP
For the first time in a decade, enrollment in the nations's health insurance program for the poor fell during the fiscal year ending June 30, says a new survey of of state Medicaid doctors. In turn, that drop led to the second smallest increase Read Full Story
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Reported by: Jean Carbonneau

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