Topic: W A R - on March 18, 2003 at 10:57:56 PM CET
US forces around Iraq
KUWAIT About 149,000 troops SAUDI ARABIA More than 10,000 US troops QATAR About 8,000 military personnel BAHRAIN About 5,000 US forces UNITED ARAB EMIRATES About 1,200 US military personnel TURKEY About 5,000 US troops DJIBOUTI About 1,000 US military personnel OMAN About 3,000 US military personnel DIEGO GARCIA Fewer than 1,000 US military personnel NAVY Some 48,000 sailors and marines
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Topic: POLITIK - on March 18, 2003 at 9:56:02 PM CET
45 nations back war, says Powell
WOW and the other 140 ?
US Secretary of State Colin Powell said today that 45 nations backed the United States in the coalition that may soon go to war with Iraq. Thirty of those countries - who have offered troops, overflight rights, logistical support and assistance and Iraqi reconstruction projects - were willing to be named publicly while 15 preferred to remain anonymous at the present.
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Topic: W A R - on March 18, 2003 at 9:52:11 PM CET
Iraq crisis hour-by-hour
BBC News Online charts developments in the Iraq crisis hour-by-hour as diplomatic efforts to avert a war expire. [All times GMT and approximate.]
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Topic: W A R - on March 18, 2003 at 9:48:26 PM CET
Journalists 'won't be allowed to report during first wave of Iraq raids'
JOURNALISTS face a total news blackout for up to 24 hours, with the launch of any attack on Iraq.
The aim is to stop the Iraqi regime being alerted to the first wave of attacks before they happen, by international news agencies, particularly television.
It means the public may only learn the war has started when the blackout has been lifted.
This may last from anywhere from two to 24 hours, depending on the situation at the time.
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Topic: W A R - on March 18, 2003 at 9:40:45 PM CET
Reaction to Bush ultimatum
Reaction has been coming in from around the world following US President George W Bush's deadline for President Saddam Hussein and his two sons to leave Iraq by 0100GMT on Thursday 20 March or face war.
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Topic: FUN - on March 18, 2003 at 9:33:09 PM CET
Give the Statue of Liberty back to the French!
Located in New York Harbor, the Statue of Liberty was a gift of international friendship from the people of France to the people of the United States and is one of the most universal symbols of political freedom and democracy...
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Topic: COMPUTER - on March 18, 2003 at 9:26:43 PM CET
Army Web server hacked
A hacker last week exploited a previously unknown vulnerability in Microsoft Corp.'s Windows 2000 operating system to gain control of an Army Web server, and the extent of the damage done is still unknown.
Russ Cooper, surgeon general at TruSecure Corp. — a provider of managed security services -- said the hacker used an attack code to operate the Army system as if he or she had the highest security clearance and therefore was able to gain complete control of the system.
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Topic: W A R - on March 18, 2003 at 9:21:13 PM CET
The Arrogant Empire
America’s unprecedented power scares the world, and the Bush administration has only made it worse. How we got here—and what we can do about it now.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on March 18, 2003 at 9:14:11 PM CET
US Army attacked via new Windows flaw
In an unusual case, attackers have begun exploiting a new Microsoft bug before the flaw was widely known. Microsoft is urging sites to patch their servers as quickly as possible
Microsoft warned customers on Monday that a security hole in Windows 2000 and the company's Web server software is allowing online attackers to take control of corporate servers.
Because the vulnerability is being actively exploited by Internet vandals, Microsoft advised customers to apply a patch or use a workaround to defend against the attack as soon as possible. One of the servers attacked belonged to the US Army, according to reports.
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Topic: Terror - on March 18, 2003 at 9:07:32 PM CET
Diablo Canyon power plant a prime terror target
For an installation that generates about 10 percent of California's electricity, the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant near here seems remarkably unobtrusive.
Tucked between the wide Pacific and hills burgeoning with vernal greenery and grazing livestock, it's smaller than one might expect.
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Topic: e-bay - on March 18, 2003 at 9:02:15 PM CET
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Topic: W A R - on March 18, 2003 at 7:05:19 PM CET
U.S. troops approach Iraqi border
U.S. MILITARY OFFICIALS believe the Iraqi military has or is preparing to distribute chemical weapons to a Republican Guard unit outside Al Kut, southeast of Baghdad, NBC’s Jim Miklaszewski reported from the Pentagon. Radio traffic between Iraqi military units talked about distributing “chemical weapons rounds” to the unit, indicating the chemical weapons being discussed are artillery rounds, Miklaszewski said.
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