Topic: W A R - on October 24, 2003 at 12:38:55 PM CEST
Rumsfeld Suggests New Agency for 'War of Ideas'
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said in an interview published on Friday that the United States needs to sell its message more effectively and that a new agency would help fight a "war of ideas" against international terrorism.
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Topic: W A R - on October 20, 2003 at 4:42:30 PM CEST
North Korea Test-Fires Anti-Ship Missile
The Office of South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff declined to further identify the type of the missile, but said North Korea has fired the same type of missile two or three times this year.
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Topic: W A R - on October 17, 2003 at 7:33:35 PM CEST
New, Safer Land Mine Detector Unveiled
A new land mine detector has been devised that uses the physics of light to reveal where mines have been recently buried.
The new detector could be used to detect land mines from a safe distance 1,000-feet above ground and dramatically speed up the current method of specially trained soldiers arduously checking the ground with hand-held, ground-penetrating radar.
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Topic: W A R - on October 15, 2003 at 1:56:21 AM CEST
Wer hat meinen Brief geschrieben?
Man mag von der politischen Ausrichtung der amerikanischen Mainstream-Medien halten, was man will, der investigative Journalismus wird in den USA traditionsgemäß intensiver betrieben als beispielsweise in Deutschland. Für so genannte "Muckraker" (Schmutzaufwühler) stehen nach wie vor Gelder und Preise bereit, während in Deutschland die Rechercheetats schwinden.
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Topic: W A R - on October 10, 2003 at 11:22:05 PM CEST
Lethal Virus from 1918 Genetically Reconstructed
The 1918 Spanish Flu was highly infectious and – in comparison to contemporary flu viruses – killed a very high percentage of those infected, including many younger people. The Spanish Flu alone caused the medium life expectancy in the US in 1918 to drop by 10 years. Hence, flu viruses are perceived today as a serious biological warfare threat. Just two weeks ago, a 15 million dollar research grant was awarded in the US to develop protective measures especially against a bioterrorist attack with flu viruses.
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Topic: W A R - on October 10, 2003 at 11:19:34 PM CEST
Tödlicher Grippestamm von 1918 gentechnisch wiederbelebt
Die Spanische Grippe 1918 war hochansteckend und tötete im Vergleich zu heutigen Grippeviren einen ungewöhnlich hohen Anteil der Infizierten, darunter auch viele jüngere Menschen. Die Spanische Grippe allein sorgte dafür, dass 1918 die durchschnittliche Lebenserwartung in den USA um fast 10 Jahre sank. Grippeviren werden deshalb heute als mögliche biologische Waffen sehr ernst genommen, erst vor zwei Wochen wurden in den USA 15 Millionen Dollar Forschungsgelder bewilligt, um einen Schutz speziell gegen bioterroristische Angriffe mit Grippeviren zu entwickeln.
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Topic: W A R - on October 7, 2003 at 11:45:46 AM CEST
Iraqi foreign ministry hit
The Iraqi foreign ministry in Baghdad has been hit by an explosion.
The blast was caused by a projectile - either a mortar or a rocket-propelled grenade - which fell within the compound, US and Iraqi officials said.
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Topic: W A R - on October 7, 2003 at 11:24:33 AM CEST
Pentagon verkaufte Biowaffen-Ausrüstung im Internet
Schutzanzüge, Zentrifugen, Brutschränke - das alles verkaufte das US-Verteidgungsministerium einem CNN-Bericht zufolge zu Dumpingpreisen an die Öffentlichkeit. Handels- und Umschlagplatz für die Gerätschaften zur Herstellung von biologischen Waffen war das Internet.
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Topic: W A R - on September 29, 2003 at 6:22:04 PM CEST
Iraks Waffenexperten täuschten Saddam
Der Ex-Diktator wurde von seinen eigenen Wissenschaftlern über Fortschritte bei der Entwicklung neuer Waffen belogen, berichtet das US-Magazin Time. Demnach hätte der Diktator den Krieg riskiert, um ein Waffenprogramm zu schützen, das es gar nicht gab.
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Topic: W A R - on April 28, 2003 at 11:14:01 AM CEST
Happy Birthday, my leader Saddam Hussein
On the eve of Saddam Hussein's 66th birthday, US soldiers armed with spray cans blackened out a freshly painted sign declaring: "Happy Birthday, my leader Saddam Hussein".
Saddam's iron rule is over, his palaces have been looted and he may even be dead, but some people are determined to celebrate his birthday on Monday in and around his home town of Tikrit, 175km north of Baghdad.
"If we don't celebrate in the streets, we will celebrate in our homes," said 40-year-old Saadi Mohammed, one of a group Iraqis in a Tikrit street who all believe Saddam was alive.
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Topic: W A R - on April 17, 2003 at 1:56:35 PM CEST
Did Russians Use Blog To Aid Iraq
The U.S. and British military won't have the Russian secret services to contend with in Iraq anymore, at least not on the Net. Early last week, the Russian military analysis Web site, Iraqwar.ru, discontinued its daily "Russian military intel update."
The three-week-old, daily feature - was it real-world intelligence useful to the Iraqis or merely the product of a fertile imagination? - claimed to be based on leaks from senior Russian intelligence officials.
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Topic: W A R - on April 14, 2003 at 7:01:33 PM CEST
Iraq-Russia spy link uncovered SECRET FILES: Documents reveal Iraqi agents trained in Moscow
PROOF THAT RUSSIA TRAINED IRAQI SPIES!!!! A graduation certificate (what real spy agency gives those out?) given by Russia to Iraqi spies, luckily printed in English, to make sure the suckers in the US know what it is supposed to be. A Moscow-based organization was training Iraqi intelligence agents as recently as last September -- at the same time Russia was resisting the Bush administration's push for a tough stand against Saddam Hussein's regime, Iraqi documents discovered by The Chronicle show.
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