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May 11, 2007
Billions of dollars in oil missing in Iraq, U.S. study finds
Between 100,000 and 300,000 barrels a day of Iraq's declared oil production unaccounted for, report says.
Using an average of $50 a barrel, the report said the discrepancy was valued at $5 million to $15 million daily.
The report doesn't give a final conclusion on what happened to the missing fraction of the roughly 2 million barrels pumped by Iraq each day, but the findings are sure to reinforce long-standing suspicions that smugglers, insurgents and corrupt officials control significant parts of that country's oil industry.
Flashback - Remarks as Delivered by Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld, The Pentagon , Monday, September 10, 2001
According to some estimates, we cannot track $2.3 trillion in transactions.
Flashback - Agency planned exercise on Sept. 11 built around a plane crashing into a building
Flashback - Colin L. Powell
He (Saddam Hussein) has not developed any significant capability with respect to weapons of mass destruction. He is unable to project conventional power against his neighbors.
Secretary Colin L. Powell, Cairo, Egypt (Ittihadiya Palace) February 24, 2001. Press Remarks with Foreign Minister of Egypt Amre Moussa. U.S. Department Of State Document.
Fort Dix informants' actions examined
He railed against the United States, helped scout out military installations for attack, offered to introduce his comrades to an arms dealer and gave the comrades a list of weapons he could procure, including machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades.
These were not the actions of a terrorist, but of a paid FBI informant, one of two who helped bring down an alleged plot by six Muslim men to massacre U.S. soldiers at New Jersey's Fort Dix.
Those actions have raised questions of whether the government crossed the line and pushed the six men down a path they would not otherwise have followed.
Look down, look up, look out!
The weather in space is controlled by events at the centre of the Earth. A pity, then, that the magnetic field generated there may be about to go into reverse
Contingencies for nuclear terrorist attack
Government working up plan to prevent chaos in wake of bombing of major city
The Ultimate Insider: FBI Analyst Steals National Secrets
In a case of espionage inside the White House, the technology that fed the plot also helped the government track down the conspirators and build a case against them.
Naked neo-cons: Perjury and the Big, Bad Wolfowitz
Cuba says U.S. broke anti-terrorism treaties
Cuba accused the United States on Friday of violating international anti-terrorism treaties by failing to prosecute an anti-Castro militant and former CIA operative wanted for bomb attacks against the country.
Hugo Chávez moves into banking
Venezuela and Brazil battle quietly over the shape of a planned regional development bank
Surprise! Organic Beekeepers Reporting Zero Losses
With all the frightening news over bee losses throughout the world, it appears that one tiny minor piece of information was overlooked: the losses are occurring in colonies besieged with chemicals and artificial additives. Organic bees are fairing quite nicely, thank you.
World Bank board majority want Wolfowitz to resign
A majority of countries on the World Bank board believe Paul Wolfowitz should resign as President of the World Bank, bank board sources from rich and developing nations said on Friday.
Bill bans illegal govt eavesdropping
The US house of representatives today passed a bill outlawing illegal domestic wiretapping by the government.
Afghanistan: Thousands of child labourers in eastern province deprived of education
From dawn to dusk black smoke rises from the towering chimneys of brick-making factories in the Sorkhroad district of Afghanistan's eastern province of Nangarhar.
There are about 60 such factories in Sorkhroad which produce most of the red bricks used for construction in the densely populated Nangarhar province.
Seven-year-old Rahatullah works with his father and elder brother, Habibullah, aged 12, in a brick factory for over 12 hours a day.
Oil company in scandal gave to many politicians outside Alaska
The multinational oil services company at the center of a corruption scandal in Alaska's statehouse has been a generous contributor to federal lawmakers as well, the Center for Responsive Politics has found.
ESA presents the sharpest ever satellite map of Earth
The most detailed portraits ever of the Earth's land surface have been created with ESA's Envisat environmental satellite. The portraits are the first products produced as part of the ESA-initiated GlobCover project and are available online.
Pakistan arrests nearly 200 ahead of pro-judge rally
Pakistani police rounded up nearly 200 opposition activists and deployed thousands of security forces Friday on the eve of a rally led by the country's suspended top judge, officials said.
Norman Dodd on Tax-Exempt Foundations
An official of a tax-exempt foundation admits to Norman Dodd that their goal is to transform the US into a Communist country.
Swapping One Crook for Another
Roll Call reported yesterday that John Boehner's idea of imposing new ethical discipline is to replace one crook with another. He has named Ken Calvert to replace John Doolittle on the Appropriations Committee. As Think Progress points out, Calvert is wallowing in the same kind of dung as Doolittle is.
Did FBI agent help clear Ann Coulter?
Cop confiscates pot, bakes it into brownies
A police officer who admitted taking marijuana from criminal suspects and baked it into brownies with his wife will avoid criminal charges.
The CIA -- a Terrorist Organization
[Opinion] Agency uses same tactics it claims to be fighting
The Foggo-Wilkes Leaks
'Pentagon Moved to Fix Iraqi Media Before Invasion'
In the run-up to the March 2003 invasion of Iraq, the Pentagon planned to create a 'Rapid Reaction Media Team' (RRMT) designed to ensure control over major Iraqi media while providing an Iraqi 'face' for its efforts, according to a ‘White Paper' obtained by the independent National Security Archive (NSA) which released it.
Taking Ron Paul Seriously (Andrew Sullivan)
The condescension to and mockery of the sole Republican candidate who seems to care about individual liberty has begun to tick me off. Chris Matthews can be heard groaning "Oh, God," after Paul spoke of the "original intent" of the Founders with respect to the Constitution. And in the YouTube clip below, Rudy Giuliani actually seems to be guffawing after Paul's defense of habeas corpus. I'm glad Paul's supporters are fighting back on the web. He deserves more respect than he has gotten thus far, not least because compared to the pandering of his competitors, Paul actually seems to believe what he says. And what he says has more to do with conservatism than the crap the rest of them are peddling.
Ron Paul Website Traffic Passes Hillary Clinton, Rudy Giuliani, John McCain, Mitt Romney and John Edwards - Alexa.com graphs
Senators who weakened drug bill got campaign funds from industry
Senators who raised millions of dollars in campaign donations from pharmaceutical interests secured industry-friendly changes to a landmark drug-safety bill, according to public records and interviews.
4 US Reps for Cheney Impeachment
US Rep. Albert Russell Wynn (D-MD) has become the fourth total co-sponsor of US Rep. Dennis Kucinichs (D-OH) bill to impeach Vice President of the United States Dick Cheney.
Information Warfare Theory and the Data-Processing Element of Humans
This article examines energy-based weapons, psychotronic weapons, and other developments designed to alter the ability of the human body to process stimuli. One consequence of this assessment is that the way we commonly use the term "information warfare" falls short when the individual soldier, not his equipment, becomes the target of attack.
Advanced Neural Implants and Control – DARPA.
“Brain-centered” Design of Neural Implants (PDF)
Flashback - Clinton, Bush Connection To Warrantless Wiretapping And The CIA Exposed
Congress Adds Bloggers To Press Protections
The US Government is recognizing the citizen blogosphere's function in the operation of the press by introducing new legislation to offer bloggers the same protections as traditional journalists.
U.S., Germans Fear Imminent Terror Attack
U.S. and German officials fear terrorists are in the advanced planning stages of an attack on U.S. military personnel or tourists in Germany.
Another 911 - Another Israeli Spy Ring ?
Cancer therapy cuts side effects
Scientists say they have developed a way to deliver lethal drug doses to tumours without causing side-effects, such as nausea and hair loss.
Oil pricing being investigated
Federal regulators are examining whether companies are manipulating crude-oil prices by engaging in a flurry of after-hours trades that push the prices higher or lower on a widely used reporting system, according to a regulatory filing and traders informed of the probe.
CBS fires Gen. Batiste over VoteVets ad.
Iraq veteran Gen. John Batiste “has been asked to leave his position as a consultant to CBS News” over a new VoteVets ad criticizing the Iraq war.
Gen. Petraeus Warns Against Using Torture
The top U.S. commander in Iraq admonished his troops regarding the results of an Army survey that found that many U.S military personnel there are willing to tolerate some torture of suspects and unwilling to report abuse by comrades.
Cheney warns Iran to keep sea lanes open
From an aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf, Vice President Dick Cheney warned Iran on Friday the U.S. and its allies will keep it from restricting sea traffic as well as from developing nuclear weapons.
Ron Paul's Goldwater Moment
He's a Republican, he's antiwar and the Establishment is deathly afraid of him
Republicans Retreat From Their War History
How the GOP ditched decades of hard-headed foreign policy realism
Looking for Hate in All the Wrong Places
The federal hate crime bill is unnecessary, unjust, and unconstitutional.
America's 'invisible army' in Iraq
Govs Worry About Depleted National Guard
With repeated deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan leaving state National Guards without nearly half of their required equipment, some governors are loudly questioning whether they will be able to handle the next hurricane, wildfire or terrorist attack at home.
Six Questions for Tara McKelvey on Detainee Abuse
The general story of the abuses at Abu Ghraib has by now been well covered. What has the media missed?
The media only focused on the photographs. They missed the fact that the abuse was systematic and that the worst things were not even shown in the pictures.
Council on Foreign Relations on U.S. Dollar: “An Absurdity… Supported Only by Faith”
Now, what did the most important and influential journal of International Relations in the world just say about the U.S. Dollar and the global economy?
In summary: The U.S. dollar is an “absurdity” and the only way to stave off a global disaster is for most countries to join one of three global currencies, based loosely on: the dollar, the euro and a pan Asian currency.
Iraqi lawmakers call for withdrawal timetable
A majority of Iraqi lawmakers have signed onto draft legislation that called for a timetable for the withdrawal of foreign troops from Iraq and demanded a freeze on the number of such troops already in the country, lawmakers said yesterday.
Poll: Congress' Approval Same As Bush
People think the Democratic-led Congress is doing just as dreary a job as President Bush, following four months of bitter political standoffs that have seen little progress on Iraq and a host of domestic issues.
Pentagon re-charges bin Laden's driver
The Pentagon Thursday formally filed new charges against a Yemeni man held at Guantnamo Bay, Cuba, who worked as Osama bin Laden's driver in Afghanistan and then successfully challenged President Bush's military commissions at the U.S. Supreme Court.
House votes to release portion of Iraq war funds
In a bid to pressure Iraq's government and President Bush, the House of Representatives voted Thursday to release only about half the $96 billion that Bush requested for the military through September, holding back the rest unless Iraq meets goals by mid-July for a fair political system and an end to factional violence.
Israelis plan more homes on occupied land
Jerusalem's city council plans to build three new Jewish settlements on land it occupied in 1967, in contravention of international law, it was announced yesterday. The estates will be built on land that has been earmarked for a future Palestinian state, close to Bethlehem and Ramallah.
Ex-trooper surrenders in 1965 slaying
On Thursday, Fowler, 73, came back to Marion under the glare of a hot sun to surrender to authorities after being indicted in the 1965 shooting death of black civil rights activist Jimmie Lee Jackson.
U.S. official: Peace effort aimed at lessening Arab, EU pressure
U.S. Deputy National Security Advisor Elliott Abrams on Thursday told a group of Jewish Republicans that the efforts the United States is now investing in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is aimed at lessening the pressure from Arabs and the Europeans, who weren't happy with the United States in its past approach.
One War Criminal Down, A Fistful to Go - By Paul Craig Roberts
Israel worse than apartheid SA: Kasrils
Intelligence Minister Ronnie Kasrils on Thursday accused Israel of conducting a policy against the Palestinians that was "worse" than apartheid.
Australian media companies join forces
Australia's major media companies yesterday launched a campaign against what top executives said was a serious erosion of press freedom in the country caused by a heavy blanket of restrictive laws and increasing secrecy at all levels of government.
Elements of anti-terrorism legislation and sedition laws introduced by the federal government since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States were among a wide range of restrictions that have crept into the public arena and were threatening people's free speech rights, the coalition said.
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