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“NATO is transforming
from a static alliance
focused on the defense
of Europe...
from a static alliance
focused on the defense
of Europe...
...into an expeditionary
alliance ready to deploy
outside of Europe in the
defense of freedom"
Riga Latvia 11.28.06
alliance ready to deploy
outside of Europe in the
defense of freedom"
Riga Latvia 11.28.06
The Pentagon has requested a
$99.7 billion supplementary
appropriation for continuing
operations in Iraq and Afghanistan
and the ongoing global “war on
terror,” according to documents
obtained by the Associated
Press. If approved by Congress,
the measure would raise total
emergency spending on the wars
to almost $170 billion for fiscal
year 2007, an increase of 45
percent over last year’s record
level. The request includes $26.7
billion for repair and replacement
of military equipment lost or
damaged in the wars.
The scope of the proposal is
broader than previous military
supplemental spending bills. In an
October memo, Deputy Defense
Secretary Gordon R. England
encouraged military planners to
expand their budget requests to
include expenditures not directly
related to the wars in Iraq and
Afghanistan, such as equipment
procurement and upgrades.
Passage of the measure will
require the cooperation of
Democratic Congressional
leaders, who have said that they
will subject Bush administration
military spending bills to increased
oversight.
Supplemental appropriations,
which are usually quickly approved
because of their emergency
status, are not counted as part of
the Defense budget, and are not
subject to the same legislative
review. Since October of 2001,
Congress has authorized $507
billion in supplemental spending
for operations in Iraq and
Afghanistan. it's all true
$99.7 billion supplementary
appropriation for continuing
operations in Iraq and Afghanistan
and the ongoing global “war on
terror,” according to documents
obtained by the Associated
Press. If approved by Congress,
the measure would raise total
emergency spending on the wars
to almost $170 billion for fiscal
year 2007, an increase of 45
percent over last year’s record
level. The request includes $26.7
billion for repair and replacement
of military equipment lost or
damaged in the wars.
The scope of the proposal is
broader than previous military
supplemental spending bills. In an
October memo, Deputy Defense
Secretary Gordon R. England
encouraged military planners to
expand their budget requests to
include expenditures not directly
related to the wars in Iraq and
Afghanistan, such as equipment
procurement and upgrades.
Passage of the measure will
require the cooperation of
Democratic Congressional
leaders, who have said that they
will subject Bush administration
military spending bills to increased
oversight.
Supplemental appropriations,
which are usually quickly approved
because of their emergency
status, are not counted as part of
the Defense budget, and are not
subject to the same legislative
review. Since October of 2001,
Congress has authorized $507
billion in supplemental spending
for operations in Iraq and
Afghanistan. it's all true
Government prosecutors
investigating the use of steroids and
other performance enhancing drugs
in major league baseball won a
significant victory last week when a
federal appeals court ruled that they
may retain documents seized in a
series of raids since 2004. The
decision, by the 9th Circuit Court in
San Francisco, will allow the
prosecutors to use the documents as
evidence in the ongoing probe of the
Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative
(BALCO). The evidence includes
positive test results and personal
information on more than 100
players tested during the 2003
season.
In a partial dissent from the panel,
Judge Sidney R. Thomas warned that
the ruling could jeopardize the
confidentiality of private medical
records, writing, “The scope of the
majority’s new holding in the digital
age could not be greater; it removes
confidential electronic records from
the protections of the Fourth
Amendment.” Under an agreement
with the players union, the records
were to have been destroyed after
the 2003 season. it's all true
investigating the use of steroids and
other performance enhancing drugs
in major league baseball won a
significant victory last week when a
federal appeals court ruled that they
may retain documents seized in a
series of raids since 2004. The
decision, by the 9th Circuit Court in
San Francisco, will allow the
prosecutors to use the documents as
evidence in the ongoing probe of the
Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative
(BALCO). The evidence includes
positive test results and personal
information on more than 100
players tested during the 2003
season.
In a partial dissent from the panel,
Judge Sidney R. Thomas warned that
the ruling could jeopardize the
confidentiality of private medical
records, writing, “The scope of the
majority’s new holding in the digital
age could not be greater; it removes
confidential electronic records from
the protections of the Fourth
Amendment.” Under an agreement
with the players union, the records
were to have been destroyed after
the 2003 season. it's all true
Canadian scientists have confirmed the
collapse of an enormous ancient ice shelf
in the Arctic Ocean, citing global
warming as the primary reason for the
“dramatic and disturbing event.” The 40-
square-mile Ayles Ice Shelf, which is
estimated to be between 3000 and 4500
years old, separated from the north
coast of Ellesmere Island, leaving huge
ice boulders and a 25-square-mile ice
island adrift in open waters about 30
miles off the coast. The speed and
violence of the incident surprised
researchers who used seismic data and
satellite photography to reconstruct the
separation.
The collapse occurred in August of 2005,
but the remoteness of the region and
the unprecedented nature of the event
meant that it was not immediately
discovered. Although ice shelves have
collapse of an enormous ancient ice shelf
in the Arctic Ocean, citing global
warming as the primary reason for the
“dramatic and disturbing event.” The 40-
square-mile Ayles Ice Shelf, which is
estimated to be between 3000 and 4500
years old, separated from the north
coast of Ellesmere Island, leaving huge
ice boulders and a 25-square-mile ice
island adrift in open waters about 30
miles off the coast. The speed and
violence of the incident surprised
researchers who used seismic data and
satellite photography to reconstruct the
separation.
The collapse occurred in August of 2005,
but the remoteness of the region and
the unprecedented nature of the event
meant that it was not immediately
discovered. Although ice shelves have
abruptly broken off of Antarctica in
recent years as air and water
temperatures have increased, this the
first major collapse in the Arctic in more
than a quarter century. Researchers who
studied the break have concluded that it
was caused by sharply warmer
temperatures in the summer of 2005
that reduced the sea ice floes that
normally protected the Ayles shelf from
the direct impact of the wind and waves.
Seismic equipment located more than
150 miles away registered the separation
as a small earthquake on the afternoon
of August 13, 2005. Professor Warwick
Vincent of Laval University in Quebec
traveled to the scene to view the
floating ice island. “This is a dramatic and
disturbing event,” he told Reuters. “It
shows that we are losing remarkable
features of the Canadian North that
recent years as air and water
temperatures have increased, this the
first major collapse in the Arctic in more
than a quarter century. Researchers who
studied the break have concluded that it
was caused by sharply warmer
temperatures in the summer of 2005
that reduced the sea ice floes that
normally protected the Ayles shelf from
the direct impact of the wind and waves.
Seismic equipment located more than
150 miles away registered the separation
as a small earthquake on the afternoon
of August 13, 2005. Professor Warwick
Vincent of Laval University in Quebec
traveled to the scene to view the
floating ice island. “This is a dramatic and
disturbing event,” he told Reuters. “It
shows that we are losing remarkable
features of the Canadian North that
have been in place for many
thousands of years.” With regard to
the implications of the collapse,
Vincent said, “We are crossing
climate thresholds, and these may
signal the onset of accelerated
change ahead.”
The Ayles Ice Shelf was one of six
remaining major ice shelves in the
Canadian Arctic. According to
scientists, approximately 90 percent
of known Arctic ice shelves have
disappeared over the last 100 years.
Canadian officials have expressed
concern that the ice island formed by
the collapse may eventually drift out
into the Beaufort Sea, disrupting
international shipping lanes or
threatening oil and gas exploration
and drilling operations. it's all true
thousands of years.” With regard to
the implications of the collapse,
Vincent said, “We are crossing
climate thresholds, and these may
signal the onset of accelerated
change ahead.”
The Ayles Ice Shelf was one of six
remaining major ice shelves in the
Canadian Arctic. According to
scientists, approximately 90 percent
of known Arctic ice shelves have
disappeared over the last 100 years.
Canadian officials have expressed
concern that the ice island formed by
the collapse may eventually drift out
into the Beaufort Sea, disrupting
international shipping lanes or
threatening oil and gas exploration
and drilling operations. it's all true
The New York Times published an
opinion piece in its December 22 edition
that was censored by the White House
for reasons that authors of the piece
describe as wholly political. Although
the article was reviewed by the CIA and
found to contain no classified
information, the White House
intervened, redacting large portions of 5
paragraphs from the 16-paragraph article.
The piece was written by Hillary Mann, a
former Foreign Service officer, and Flynt
Leverett, a former official in the Bush
administration who has worked for the
CIA, the State Department and the
National Security Council.
The opinion piece called for opening
rapprochement between Iran and the US
as a means to help end the American
occupation of Iraq. While the recent
Iraq Study Group report suggested
initiating a dialogue with Iran, The Bush
administration has been steadfast in its
refusal to negotiate with the country and
its elected leaders.
Leverett has been a vocal critic of the
Bush administration’s refusal to negotiate
with Iran. Since he resigned from his
position in the Bush administration,
Leverett had submitted over 20 articles
to the CIA for approval and not a single
opinion piece in its December 22 edition
that was censored by the White House
for reasons that authors of the piece
describe as wholly political. Although
the article was reviewed by the CIA and
found to contain no classified
information, the White House
intervened, redacting large portions of 5
paragraphs from the 16-paragraph article.
The piece was written by Hillary Mann, a
former Foreign Service officer, and Flynt
Leverett, a former official in the Bush
administration who has worked for the
CIA, the State Department and the
National Security Council.
The opinion piece called for opening
rapprochement between Iran and the US
as a means to help end the American
occupation of Iraq. While the recent
Iraq Study Group report suggested
initiating a dialogue with Iran, The Bush
administration has been steadfast in its
refusal to negotiate with the country and
its elected leaders.
Leverett has been a vocal critic of the
Bush administration’s refusal to negotiate
with Iran. Since he resigned from his
position in the Bush administration,
Leverett had submitted over 20 articles
to the CIA for approval and not a single
word in these previous articles had been
censored by the agency.
Representative Louise Slaughter (D-NY)
sent a letter to the White House
requesting why large portions of the
article were censored. Slaughter points
out in her correspondence that, if the
article contained sensitive national
security information, “then the CIA’s
failure to deem the information…
classified may have put our security at
risk.” The action, states Slaughter,
suggests that the Bush administration is
unwilling to “allow criticism by the
national security and intelligence
communities” to be seen by the public
or reported by America’s free press.
The Times was sharply criticized by free
speech and free press advocates when it
was discovered that the editors and
publisher of the newspaper chose to
withhold information that reporters had
uncovered revealing that the Bush
Administration had commenced wide-
spread warrantless surveillance of
Americans until after the presidential
elections in 2004.
The Times did, however, point readers
to other widely available publications
where the censored materials could be
found. it's all true
censored by the agency.
Representative Louise Slaughter (D-NY)
sent a letter to the White House
requesting why large portions of the
article were censored. Slaughter points
out in her correspondence that, if the
article contained sensitive national
security information, “then the CIA’s
failure to deem the information…
classified may have put our security at
risk.” The action, states Slaughter,
suggests that the Bush administration is
unwilling to “allow criticism by the
national security and intelligence
communities” to be seen by the public
or reported by America’s free press.
The Times was sharply criticized by free
speech and free press advocates when it
was discovered that the editors and
publisher of the newspaper chose to
withhold information that reporters had
uncovered revealing that the Bush
Administration had commenced wide-
spread warrantless surveillance of
Americans until after the presidential
elections in 2004.
The Times did, however, point readers
to other widely available publications
where the censored materials could be
found. it's all true
Details of the murder of 24 unarmed
civilians by US Marines that took place in
November 2005 in Haditha, Iraq were
disclosed recently by an attorney who
represents one of the soldiers. An
investigation by military police reports
that the civilians, including children, were
killed over the course of three hours by
the troops who were ordered to “shoot
first and ask questions later” by their
commander.
The killings took place in a apparent orgy
of retaliatory violence after a vehicle
carrying Marines assigned to the Kilo
Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine
regiment was hit by a roadside bomb
killing one and injuring two others. The
civilians by US Marines that took place in
November 2005 in Haditha, Iraq were
disclosed recently by an attorney who
represents one of the soldiers. An
investigation by military police reports
that the civilians, including children, were
killed over the course of three hours by
the troops who were ordered to “shoot
first and ask questions later” by their
commander.
The killings took place in a apparent orgy
of retaliatory violence after a vehicle
carrying Marines assigned to the Kilo
Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine
regiment was hit by a roadside bomb
killing one and injuring two others. The
Marines are reported to have killed the
civilian victims using grenades, automatic
weapons and at point-blank range with
service revolvers in a manner described
by military investigators that evinced “a
wanton disregard for human life.”
Military investigators also determined
that soldiers participated in a cover up of
the incident, originally reporting that the
deaths were caused by the roadside
bomb and a “firefight” with combatants
that occurred after the bombing. Four
Marines were charged with covering up
the incident, ordering the destruction of
evidence and lying to investigators.
The killing spree is one of the most
civilian victims using grenades, automatic
weapons and at point-blank range with
service revolvers in a manner described
by military investigators that evinced “a
wanton disregard for human life.”
Military investigators also determined
that soldiers participated in a cover up of
the incident, originally reporting that the
deaths were caused by the roadside
bomb and a “firefight” with combatants
that occurred after the bombing. Four
Marines were charged with covering up
the incident, ordering the destruction of
evidence and lying to investigators.
The killing spree is one of the most
chilling and significant allegations of
criminality or misconduct against
civilians since the US began its
occupation of Iraq. Iraqi Prime
Minister Nuri al-Maliki has
characterized the slayings as a
“terrible crime”.
While the massacre in Haditha is the
most shocking civilian murder
incident investigated by the military,
other US soldiers have been charged
with murder since the US occupation
began. Four soldiers were accused of
raping a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and
murdering her and the rest of her
family to cover up the crime in
October of 2006. it's all true
criminality or misconduct against
civilians since the US began its
occupation of Iraq. Iraqi Prime
Minister Nuri al-Maliki has
characterized the slayings as a
“terrible crime”.
While the massacre in Haditha is the
most shocking civilian murder
incident investigated by the military,
other US soldiers have been charged
with murder since the US occupation
began. Four soldiers were accused of
raping a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and
murdering her and the rest of her
family to cover up the crime in
October of 2006. it's all true
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Requests Never Ending
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Scientists Call Arctic Ice Shelf Collapse a Global Warning
White House Deems Times Story Unfit to Print
Records Broken, Seized
In MLB Steroid Scandals
In MLB Steroid Scandals
Media reports indicate that President
Bush will announce that, after an
extended period of consideration during
which US casualties have mounted in
occupied Iraq, he will order a “surge” of
thousands of new troops to the
occupied country and extend the
deployments of thousands of soldiers
currently stationed there.
Bush has support for this plan from some
politicians in his own party, notably John
McCain (R-AZ), who has expressed
interest in running for the presidency in
2008. The president has also received
support for the idea of deploying
additional troops from some senior
Democrats in Washington.
Incoming Senate Majority Leader Harry
Reid (D-NV) has expressed his approval
of the additional deployment stating
Bush will announce that, after an
extended period of consideration during
which US casualties have mounted in
occupied Iraq, he will order a “surge” of
thousands of new troops to the
occupied country and extend the
deployments of thousands of soldiers
currently stationed there.
Bush has support for this plan from some
politicians in his own party, notably John
McCain (R-AZ), who has expressed
interest in running for the presidency in
2008. The president has also received
support for the idea of deploying
additional troops from some senior
Democrats in Washington.
Incoming Senate Majority Leader Harry
Reid (D-NV) has expressed his approval
of the additional deployment stating
recently that sending more soldiers
makes sense to him if “it's part of a
program to get us out of there." Reid’s
support of the presidential plan was
echoed by Hillary Clinton (D-NY) who
sees more American troops in Iraq as
part of what she said is the “larger plan”
to end the occupation.
Arlen Specter (R-PA) and Richard Lugar
(R-IN), the outgoing chairmen of the
Senate Judiciary and Foreign Relations
Committees have both expressed their
deep reservations regarding additional
troop deployments. W. Patrick Lang, a
retired U.S. Army Colonel, and retired
CIA analyst Ray McGovern have
criticized the proposed surge as a “stay
the course” approach. Former Secretary
of State Colin Powell has said in public
appearances that the “surge cannot be
sustained." it's all true
makes sense to him if “it's part of a
program to get us out of there." Reid’s
support of the presidential plan was
echoed by Hillary Clinton (D-NY) who
sees more American troops in Iraq as
part of what she said is the “larger plan”
to end the occupation.
Arlen Specter (R-PA) and Richard Lugar
(R-IN), the outgoing chairmen of the
Senate Judiciary and Foreign Relations
Committees have both expressed their
deep reservations regarding additional
troop deployments. W. Patrick Lang, a
retired U.S. Army Colonel, and retired
CIA analyst Ray McGovern have
criticized the proposed surge as a “stay
the course” approach. Former Secretary
of State Colin Powell has said in public
appearances that the “surge cannot be
sustained." it's all true
Republicans Retreat From Surge Strategy