Topic: - on January 2, 2003 at 12:50:33 AM CET
It's All About Oil
t is a common criticism of the Bush administration. The cries of "It's all about oil" spring forth like a gusher during any public discourse regarding Iraq or the Middle East.
If you ask me, the cries are correct. It IS all about oil.
The difference is that I think it ought to be.
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Topic: - on January 1, 2003 at 1:49:08 PM CET
As Pentagon Computerizes Medical Records, Contractor Suffers Theft
The Defense Department is computerizing the medical records of all military personnel and their families, but just as the project gets past the experimental phase officials are grappling with the theft of thousands of records from a Pentagon health care contractor.
The theft earlier this month of computer hard drives containing more than 500,000 records with Social Security numbers, medical claims histories and other private information from an Arizona company could become one of the largest identity thefts on record if the information is misused, the Federal Trade Commission said.
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Topic: - on December 29, 2002 at 12:00:16 PM CET
25,000 U.S. troops headed to gulf
At least 25,000 more U.S. troops have been ordered to the Persian Gulf region starting in early January, military officials told NBC News, and the Navy has been ordered to prepare amphibious assault groups and aircraft carriers for possible action in the gulf, the latest wave in a deployment for a potential conflict with Iraq, defense officials said.
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Topic: - on December 13, 2002 at 9:46:23 AM CET
U.S. has photos of secret Iran nuclear sites
-- The United States has evidence that Iran has secretly been constructing large nuclear facilities -- sites that could possibly be used to make nuclear weapons, senior U.S. officials tell CNN.
Commercial satellite photographs taken in September show a nuclear facility near the town of Natanz and another one near Arak, the officials said.
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Topic: - on December 12, 2002 at 1:30:00 PM CET
The AC-130 Gunship in action
content a bit disturbing, but war's like that.
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Topic: - on December 12, 2002 at 12:27:58 PM CET
U.S. Releases Missile Shipment to Yemen
The United States has allowed a ship carrying 15 Scud missiles and warheads to Yemen to proceed on its way after the vessel and its crew were detained for two days.
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Topic: - on December 12, 2002 at 12:24:51 PM CET
In Pictures: Missile ship seized
Spanish warships operating in the Arabian Sea as part of efforts to combat international terrorism intercept a ship found to be carrying a secret cargo of Scud missiles and missile parts believed to have come from North Korea.
¬> BBC
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Topic: - on December 12, 2002 at 12:21:35 PM CET
Scud missiles are ours, says Yemen
Yemen says Scud missiles found on a North Korean ship were destined for its army, and has made a formal protest over the vessel's seizure to the United States. A Spanish warship intercepted the ship, carrying 15 hidden Scud missiles, several hundred miles off the coast of Yemen.
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Topic: - on December 4, 2002 at 3:45:10 PM CET
Pentagon s Microwave Phaser
Medium rare please
The Department of Defense's bland name for this electronic heat ray is the Vehicle-Mounted Active Denial (VMAD) system, a mouthful of jargon that yields few clues about the weapon's nature. Allegedly designed for an Orwellian task—"humanitarian missions"—the VMAD is a giant version of your microwave oven, without the safety box surrounding it. The generals want to move it around on a humvee.
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Topic: - on December 4, 2002 at 2:30:44 PM CET
Smallpox in Iraq?
Intelligence officials say an informant has reported the institute's late director, virologist Nelja Maltseva, moved the smallpox on a trip to Iraq in 1990.
"Maltseva had access to the entire collection, in all probability, of the Russian strains of small pox — at least a hundred," said Dr. Alan Selikoff, a scientist at the Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, N.M.
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Topic: - on December 2, 2002 at 1:53:28 PM CET
UK unveils Iraq 'torture' dossier
A dossier of human rights abuses allegedly perpetrated by the Iraqi regime, including torture and rape, has been released by the UK Government. Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said the report was needed so "people understand the comprehensive evil that is Saddam Hussein".
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Topic: - on November 28, 2002 at 4:30:44 PM CET
Saddam gives ultimatum to Gulf neighbors
Saddam Hussein is warning the leaders of Kuwait, Qatar and Saudi Arabia that Baghdad is prepared to foil any U.S. military buildup in the Persian Gulf region, reports Geostrategy, the global intelligence news agency.
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