Topic: W A R - on June 7, 2004 at 8:03:00 AM CEST
Cameraman killed as Saudi gunmen target BBC pair
A BBC cameraman was killed and security correspondent Frank Gardner seriously injured in a gun attack in Saudi Arabia yesterday.
Mr Gardner underwent surgery after he and Simon Cumbers, 36, came under fire in the capital, Riyadh.
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Topic: W A R - on June 4, 2004 at 5:05:00 PM CEST
Bush's nuclear "football" enters Vatican
Dubya brings 'nucular' launch codes into the vatican
While George W. Bush and the pope talked peace in the Vatican, a military aide held a bulky black attach case containing the codes the U.S. president would need in order to launch a nuclear war.
It is known as "the football". It has been all over the world and on Friday it entered the hallowed halls of the Vatican.
It was never very far from the president. While he and the pope were speaking alone in the pontiff's private study, it was in the next room.
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Topic: W A R - on June 2, 2004 at 10:56:00 AM CEST
Irak-Folterer blieben meist straffrei
Mutmaßliches Fehlverhalten von US-Soldaten im Irak oder in Afghanistan wurde bisher kaum bestraft. Es wurden dabei 91 Fälle untersucht; die Palette reicht von Diebstahl bis zu Mord.
In 42 der Untersuchungen geht es um Misshandlungen, in 30 Untersuchungen sogar um den Tod von 34 Menschen. Über Strafen habe es aber wenig Berichte gegeben, nur ein Soldat wurde entlassen, in sieben weiteren Fällen gab es Disziplinarmaßnahmen.
Ansonsten wurde die Hälfte der Todesfälle natürlichen Ursachen oder Notwehr zugeschrieben.
¬> focus.msn.de
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Topic: W A R - on June 2, 2004 at 10:11:00 AM CEST
US-Navy: Entwurf von neuem High-Tech-Kriegsschiff freigegeben
Die US-Navy hat den Entwurf eines neuen High-Tech-Kriegsschiffs, einem so genannten Küsten-Kampfboot, bewilligt, das ähnlich wie Stealth-Bomber auf dem Radar unsichtbar ist.
¬> 20min.ch
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Topic: W A R - on May 30, 2004 at 6:29:00 PM CEST
Moore Says Berg Interview Footage he has was for "Fahrenheit 9/11"
It was reported earlier that Michael Moore has footage of a videotaped interview with Nick Berg but the reports did not specify the origin of the tape. Moore said yesterday that the footage was part of his documentary and filmed in Arlinton, VA.
The 16 minute interview with Nick Berg was done at a December 4th Iraqi Business Conference. Berg told Moore's crew that he was heading to Iraq to be an independent businessman but had concerns about the security in the country.
¬> cnn.com ¬> older english shit
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Topic: W A R - on May 30, 2004 at 5:31:00 PM CEST
War TV- On Your Computer
This website allows you to get TV stations from around the world- Saudi TV, Baghdad TV, Al Jazeera and much more. See the war from the perspectives you never hear from in the states.
¬> WAR TV
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Topic: W A R - on May 29, 2004 at 12:03:00 PM CEST
AP, Reuters, can't bring themselves to say "10,000" dead Iraqis
Pedestrians walk among some of the over 100 coffin-shaped boxes placed in Federal Plaza during a protest over the war in Iraq Thursday, May 27, 2004, in Chicago. Organizers of the protest say each of the coffins draped in black represent 100 Iraqis killed since the beginning of the war. The eight coffins draped in the American flag represent the roughly 800 U.S. soldiers killed during since the start of the conflict.
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Topic: W A R - on May 28, 2004 at 12:29:00 PM CEST
US-Armee geht der Nachschub aus
Nach Aussagen des für den Nachschub beim US–Militär zuständigen Generals Kern wird es „langsam spannend“ was die ausreichende Versorgung des Militärs mit Material angeht. Munitionslieferanten wollen bereits Produktionen aufstocken.
Der Chef des Munitionsherstellers teilte mit, dass man bereits jetzt jährlich rund 1,2 Mrd. Geschosse herstelle. Kern zufolge plane die Armee, die Bestellungen für Munition sogar auf zwei Milliarden Geschosse auszuweiten.
¬> spiegel.de
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Topic: W A R - on May 26, 2004 at 10:34:00 PM CEST
Iraqis snap up CDs of abuse images
Among the pirated copies of Hollywood movies "Rocky 4," "Titanic" and "Terminator," there is a new blockbuster on the market stalls: a CD containing graphic images of abuse at the notorious jail.
"American Army" sits prominently on the shelves inside a Baghdad street market where men gather in silence to watch.
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Topic: W A R - on May 26, 2004 at 3:11:00 PM CEST
Wartime Wireless Worries Pentagon
The rapid proliferation of digital cameras, phonecams and wireless gadgets among soldiers and military contractors is giving senior military officials concern, in the wake of images that showed abuse in an Iraqi prison and snapshots that showed rows of coffins of American soldiers.
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Topic: W A R - on May 26, 2004 at 3:06:00 PM CEST
The Times and Iraq
The Times has reviewed its coverage of the decisions that led the United States into the war in Iraq, and especially the issue of Iraq's weapons.
Over the last year this newspaper has shone the bright light of hindsight on decisions that led the United States into Iraq. We have examined the failings of American and allied intelligence, especially on the issue of Iraq's weapons and possible Iraqi connections to international terrorists. We have studied the allegations of official gullibility and hype. It is past time we turned the same light on ourselves.
¬> guardian
¬> english.aljazeera
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Topic: W A R - on May 26, 2004 at 2:53:00 PM CEST
Prisoner abuse 'on wider scale', US report says
An official US army overview of the deaths and alleged abuse of prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan has revealed a wider scale of mistreatment than has so far come to light, it was reported today.
The New York Times today said it had obtained a recent army synopsis of the status of investigations into 36 cases of alleged abuse relating to US units.
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