Topic: W A R - on April 3, 2003 at 9:46:38 AM CEST
Marijuana washes ashore
About 500 pounds (220 kg) of marijuana has washed ashore on several south Florida beaches, prompting a late-night search for drug smugglers in choppy coastal waters.
Federal and local law enforcement agencies sent two helicopters and two boats on Tuesday night to scour the sea for suspects after a man reported coming across a large bale of marijuana while strolling on the beach, police said.
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: W A R - on April 3, 2003 at 9:23:28 AM CEST
Saddam Departs Baghdad
The little hard information reaching DEBKAfile’s most reliable intelligence sources is that Saddam and his sons departed Baghdad some days ago. They do not know where he went, or in what state of health, whether he traveled abroad for medical treatment or the family headed for a safe berth prepared in advance, or even if they arrived safely at their destination.
But it is safe to say that Saddam and the senior members of his family are no longer at the helm of government.
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: W A R - on April 3, 2003 at 9:12:14 AM CEST
Al-Jazeera most sought-after in Internet
In spite of being mostly knocked offline, the Web site of Arab satellite news network Al-Jazeera was among the most sought-after on the Internet last week.
The Web portal Lycos reported that "Al-Jazeera" and variant spellings became its top search term last week, with three times more searches than "sex."
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: W A R - on April 2, 2003 at 3:34:12 PM CEST
Analysis: Strains Show in Trans-Atlantic Alliance
So much for the "special relationship."
Barely two weeks into war and strains are already showing between the United States and its top ally Britain over what sort of war to wage in Iraq and how the region will look once fighting ends.
Britain is at pains to stress the two nations are entwined in the most "intimate" of operations -- protecting each other's backs in war -- and that "absolute openness, close cooperation" characterizes the transatlantic military alliance.
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: W A R - on April 2, 2003 at 2:26:13 PM CEST
Saddam 'intends to damage holy sites'
Tony Blair claimed today that Saddam Hussein intends to destroy Iraq's holy sites and pin the blame on coalition forces.
During prime minister's questions, Mr Blair pledged that Britain would do everything it could to protect the shrines.
The prime minister said intelligence reports showed that the Iraqi regime "intends to damage the holy sites ... with a view to blaming the coalition falsely for that damage".
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: W A R - on April 2, 2003 at 2:03:19 PM CEST
I Planned Saddam's Bunker
As U.S.-led forces bombarded Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's main palace complex, spare a thought for the German architect who says he designed a multi-million-dollar bunker buried deep underneath it.
Karl Bernd Esser claims on his company's Internet website that the bunker, built in 1982 to the highest specifications, has a total area of 1,800 square meters (19.370 square feet).
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: W A R - on April 2, 2003 at 2:00:55 PM CEST
Wir schützen Bunker für jeden Bedarf weltweit
Saddam Bunkerbauer
1.0. Private Schutzräume
Hausschutzräume in bestehenden oder neu zu errichtenden Gebäuden sind in ihrer Größe begrenzt und fassen maximal 50 Personen. Die Schutzräume können jedoch in Gruppen arrangiert werden, um z.B. 300 Personen in einer Wohnanlage Schutz zu bieten.
Es ist möglich, die Risiken, die durch alle Arten von Waffenwirkungen entstehen, mit gut entworfenen Schutzbauten zu reduzieren. Die Schutzmaßnahmen hängen vom gewünschten Schutzausmaß ab, wobei solche Faktoren wie zu erwartende Waffen, annehmbare Risiken und Kosten sorgfältig in Betracht gezogen werden müssen.
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: W A R - on April 2, 2003 at 12:40:50 PM CEST
Serb chair of Bosnia presidency resigns over arms-to-Iraq scandal
The Serb chairman of Bosnia's tripartite presidency Mirko Sarovic has resigned after being implicated in an arms-to-Iraq scandal and a spying affair, Bosnian Serb parliamentary speaker Dragan Kalinic said.
A report by Western intelligence services links Sarovic with secret arms sales by the Serb military aviation company Orao to Iraq while he was president of the Serb part of the country, known as Republika Srpska.
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: W A R - on April 2, 2003 at 10:11:32 AM CEST
The end of civilisation
This week, B52s were circling the holy city of Najaf, emptying, we are told, their payloads on to the Medina division of the Republican guard. They know all about slaughter in this city of half a million people now surrounded by the tanks of the US Seventh Cavalry, Custer's old devil-may-care outfit.
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: W A R - on April 1, 2003 at 8:37:00 PM CEST
In Search of a Lost Cruise Missile
A Tomahawk cruise missile is not easy to lose. The very reason the U.S. military is willing to spend $750,000 a piece on the precision-guided munitions is precisely that they go exactly where they?re told. But in the past week, three U.S. Tomahawks have gone missing in the rocky plains of southeastern Turkey en route to Iraq, several hundred miles from the war zone. Five more went astray in Saudi Arabia, and a handful of others have broken up in Iran and, reportedly, Syria.
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: W A R - on April 1, 2003 at 4:31:17 PM CEST
MY BIRTHDAY IN BAGHDAD
I don't often get drunk, but there I was, on my balcony at the Palestine Hotel at 2am, plastic cup of champagne brandy and coke in one hand and my birthday card in the other, writes Sky News television engineer Josh Mainka in Baghdad.
Gathered around me a few hardened journalists, inside the Red Hot Chilli Peppers blasting from a Fostex speaker, the audio workhorse of the travelling television crew.
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: W A R - on April 1, 2003 at 3:56:55 PM CEST
U.S. plane slips off aircraft carrier during landing
Anti-submarine airplane malfunctions; crew rescued
ABOARD THE USS CONSTELLATION (AP) — A plane veered off the USS Constellation's flight deck and slipped into the water after landing early today. The two pilots ejected into the water and were rescued by helicopter.
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
