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News Link WAR: About that War
Funds may be lacking for ample Iraqi army
12-4-2005
Washington Times
The force of 75,000, which is to grow to 135,000, is now marred by members of ethnic militias who have used their police power in some cases to attack other groups. Sunni Muslims in particular have complained that Shi'ite police commando units ar
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News Link Police State
Boston doesn't cotton to no tattle tale shirt
12-4-2005
Associated Press
A Boston clothing store owner agreed to stop selling "Stop Snitching" T-shirts amid concerns the message was intimidating murder witnesses after threats from the Mayor and outraged community leaders. Had sold 300 to 400 a month
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News Link WAR: About that War
Saddam's Show Trial Not Going as Choreographed
12-4-2005
Reuters
Saddam Hussein has appeared in court for barely six hours so far, but doubts are already being raised about whether his trial is achieving its goals and if there will be enough evidence to convict him.
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News Link WAR: About that War
Europe Knows Its Place
12-4-2005
Reuters
Allegations that the US has committed abuses in Europe while waging its "war on terror" will cloud this week's visit by Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice, but her hosts have little appetite for forcing the issue with Washington.
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News Link Politics: Republican Campaigns
Must be Election Time Again: Biggest Tax & Spenders in History Promising Spending and Tax Cuts
12-4-2005
Associated Press
Republican leaders in Congress are hoping to complete a bill to curb the growth of student loans, Medicaid and other benefit programs before Christmas, though they may delay extending tax cuts until next year.
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News Link WAR: About that War
US Airstrike in Pakistan Town
12-3-200
NBC News
The operational commander of al-Qaida, possibly the No. 3 official in the terrorist organization, was killed by a CIA missile attack on a safehouse in Pakistan.
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News Link WAR: About that War
FBI re-opens Niger Uranium Forgery Documents Case
12-3-2005
Los Angeles Times
The FBI has reopened an inquiry into how the Bush administration came to rely on forged documents linking Iraq to nuclear weapons materials as part of its justification for the invasion.
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News Link WAR: About that War
Senate misses deadline for progress report on Iraq pre-war intel
12-3-2005
by Larisa Alexandrovna (The Raw Story)
Following a surprising move by Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D -NV), which shut down the Senate in an effort to force discussion on the inquiry, the Senate leadership established a Nov. 15 deadline for a progress report into pre-war intelligence
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News Link Bush Administration
State Department using ideological litmus tests to screen speakers
12-3-2005
Knight Ridder News
The State Department has been using political litmus tests to screen private American citizens before they can be sent overseas to represent the US, weeding out critics of the Bush administration's Iraq policy.
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News Link WAR: About that War
US backed Timor invasion
12-3-2005
Agence France-Presse
THE US knew a year in advance of and explicitly approved Indonesia's invasion of East Timor in 1975. The US adopted a "policy of silence" and even suppressed news on East Timor, including reports of Indonesia's massacres of Timores
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News Link Criminal Justice System
FBI Plants Candidate in Legislative Race
12-3-2005
Associated Press
The mayor issued press releases, raised money and bought newspaper ads. Signs bearing his name popped up in yards on a legislative bid. Just before the primary election, the mayor dropped out: The FBI had planted the mayor among the field of candidat
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News Link Central Intelligence Agency
US civil rights group to sue CIA
12-3-2005
BBC News
The American Civil Liberties Union says the intelligence agency has broken both US and international law. It is acting for a man allegedly flown to a secret CIA prison in Afghanistan.
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News Link Domestic Policy
Judge dismisses 4th Amendment
12-3-2005
Reuters
A federal judge ruled on that police had a constitutional right to randomly search subway passengers' bags to deter terrorist attacks and the searches were an effective and appropriate means to fight terrorism, and constituted a minimal
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News Link WAR: About that War
U.S. Military Admits Planting Stories In Iraqi Press
12-3-2005
Associated Press
Military officials in Baghdad described a Pentagon program that pays to plant stories in the Iraqi media, part of an effort to "get the truth out" there. "a function of buying advertising and opinion/editorial space, as is customary in
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News Link Central Intelligence Agency
Rice: EU Back Off Secret CIA Prisons!
12-3-2005
Reuters
Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice is expected to give allies in Europe a response next week to their pressure over Washington's treatment of terrorism suspects: back off.
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News Link WAR: About that War
Invasions and threats make for unlikely bed buddies
12-3-2005
Reuters
Russia plans to sell more than $1 billion worth of tactical surface-to-air missiles and other defense hardware to
Iran.
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News Link Technology: Software
Norton Gets A Bit Less Secure
12-3-2005
Business Week
What's the newest security threat lurking on your PC? Hackers, bored with attacking Microsoft, are going after Symantec Corp., whose Norton products are the first line of defense on 50 million PCs worldwide.
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News Link WAR: About that War
Man Held Uncharged in Prison for 3 Years Drops Deportation Fight
12-3-2005
Associated Press
"The very real risk that he will be detained and tortured remains," his lawyer, Farhad Sethna, said. "However, Ashraf believes that being held for the last three years without his family has been torture enough."
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News Link Criminal Justice System
KKK Behind 1951 Blast
12-3-2005
Associated Press
New information points to four Ku Klux Klan members as almost certainly responsible for the unsolved murders of two civil rights activists who died when their home exploded in 1951
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News Link WAR: About that War
$2,000 bounty for each military recruit signed up
12-3-2005
USA Today
The Army National Guard, battling a falloff in recruiting, is offering troops a finder's fee for lining up new soldiers. Offers National Guard members $1,000 for enlisting a recruit and another $1,000 when the prospect shows up for basic training
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News Link Criminal Justice System
Failed Government Continues to Pursue Doctors who did Their Best
12-3-2005
Associated Press
Authorities investigating whether hospital and nursing home patients were put out of their misery during Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath are testing as many as 100 of the dead for lethal doses of morphine or other such drugs.
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News Link Economy - Economics USA
No duh: Fed Chair says deficits hurt economy
12-3-2005
Associated Press
Outgoing
Federal Reserve Chairman
Alan Greenspan warned that America's exploding budget deficit and a protectionist backlash against soaring trade deficits could disrupt the global economy.
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News Link Whistleblowers
Cover-Up in an F.B.I. Terror Case
12-3-2005
New York Times
"More than anything else, I'm saddened by all this," Mr. German said. "I still love the F.B.I., and I know that there are good, honest, hard-working agents out there trying to do the right thing, and this hurts all of them."
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News Link Criminal Justice System
Another Dem. Senator linked to Abramoff
12-3-2005
Associated Press
As Sen. Tom Harkin drafted letters to the Bush administration on behalf of an Iowa tribe, he had no shortage of ideas for wording: A tribal lobbyist who donated to the Democrat's campaign suggested language for him to use.
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News Link Technology: Software
Internet Explorer Bug Lets Hackers Phish With Google Desktop
12-3-2005
IDG News Service
A bug in Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser gives phishers a way to scan the hard drives of Google Desktop users. A malicious Web site could use the attack to steal sensitive information like credit card numbers or passwords from the hard driv
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News Link WAR: About that War
National Strategy for Victory in Iraq comes mainly from polling data
12-3-2005
Editor & Publisher
Dr. Peter D. Feaver, a Duke University political scientist joined the National Security Council staff as a special adviser in June. Its [the document] creation and presentation strongly reflected the public opinion research of Dr. Feaver.
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More Taxpayer funded mercenary murders in Iraq uncovered
12-3-2005
Booman Tribune
A memo that implicates employees of a second private security company, Triple Canopy, Inc., an American firm operating in Iraq, in the possible homicide of two Iraqi civilians on the road from Ramadi to Amman near the Jordanian border in December, 20
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News Link Drugs and Medications
New meaning to police sting
12-3-2005
Associated Press
Trained wasps could someday replace dogs for sniffing out drugs, bombs and bodies.
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News Link Domestic Policy
Former Governor: Government Failed Louisiana
12-3-2005
Associated Press
Former Gov. Buddy Roemer says elected officials largely failed Louisiana residents during Hurricane Katrina and that, so far, Gov. Kathleen Blanco has produced more news conferences than action.
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News Link Health and Physical Fitness
Cardiologist Accuses Merck of Misconduct
12-03-2005
By THERESA AGOVINO AP Business Writer
Prominent Cardiologist, Appearing in Federal Vioxx Trial, Accuses Merck of Scientific Misconduct
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