Fred Kaplan
Zwei Mythen sind um die Haus- und Senatrechnungen entstanden, die Präsidenten Bush erfordern, US zurückzunehmen Kräfte vom Irak. Eins ist, daß er alle Truppen würde ausziehen müssen. Das andere ist, daß, wenn Bush Vetos das abschließende Rechnung (da er fast sicher ist zu tun), Krieg-und alles andere […]

US Beamte haben ein Abkommen durchgestrichen, um 15 königliches Marinepersonal auszutauschen, das im Golf gegen fünf Iranier gefangengenommen wird, die durch amerikanische Kräfte im Irak ergriffen werden. Geben Sie Abteilung Wortführer Sean McCormack zurückgewiesene Vorschläge an, daß ein Tauschen gebildet werden könnte.
Die fünf, geglaubt, um Mitglieder von des Irans revolutionärem Schutz zu sein, wurden im Januar auf das irakisch ergriffen […]

Lolita C. Baldor
A suspected Saudi terrorist testified at a military hearing that he was tortured into confessing he was involved in the bombing of the USS Cole, according to a Pentagon transcript released yesterday.
Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, a Saudi national of Yemeni descent, said he made up stories that tied him to the 2000 Cole attack, […]

Al Jazeera and agencies
Britain has responded by diplomatic note to Iran’s capture of 15 British naval personnel last week in the Gulf, Margaret Beckett, the British foreign secretary, has said.

“We had a diplomatic note and we have made our response,” she said on the sidelines of an EU meeting in Bremen, Germany, on Saturday.
“I think […]

WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM
Rudolph W. Giuliani told a grand jury that his former chief investigator remembered having briefed him on some aspects of Bernard B. Kerik’s relationship with a company suspected of ties to organized crime before Mr. Kerik’s appointment as New York City police commissioner, according to court records.
Mr. Giuliani, testifying last year under oath […]

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Friday accused President Bush of failing to respect the Constitution amid the uproar over the firing of eight federal prosecutors.The Illinois senator also took a swipe at embattled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. Obama has joined several other Democrats in calling for Gonzales to resign.
“I was a constitutional law professor, […]

Security researchers have warned of a new virus disguised as a download of Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2.
They said the virus was unusual for a couple of reasons: the email includes a convincing graphic that looks like it could really be from Microsoft, and the virus is delivered when recipients click on a link rather […]

Pam Caulfield and Michael Meaney
Pupils could be under increased surveillance if a proposed school transport shake-up goes ahead.
Leicestershire County Council is looking at the idea of more CCTV on school buses, as part of a review of transport spending. The Council is consulting on proposals to reduce the £9 million per year it currently spends on home to […]

Caroline Gammell
Police were hunting one of the alleged July 21 terrorists six months before he tried to detonate explosives on London’s transport network, a court heard yesterday.
Muktar Said Ibrahim, 29, was sent two letters by the police in February 2005 saying they were seeking his arrest for refusing to surrender bail.
The alleged bus bomber had […]

Duncan Campbell and Alan Travis
The former head of the prison service has warned that up to 100,000 people could be in jail by the end of the decade unless drastic and immediate action is taken by the government.The prediction from Martin Narey came as the prison population in England and Wales reached an all-time high […]

Jason Miller
“If my competitor were drowning, I’d stick a hose in his mouth and turn on the water.”–Ray Kroc“….a funny, jowly, canny, barbarous guy who lives in a multimillion-dollar condo on Park Avenue in Manhattan and conveys himself about the planet in a corporate jet and a private yacht. At sixty-seven, he is unrepentant in […]

Al Jazeera and agencies
Iranian television has broadcast an interview with a captured British marine in which he admitted to entering Iranian waters illegally and apologised to the Iranian people.
The Arabic-language Al-Alam television channel showed an interview with the marine on Friday in which he said: “I deeply apologise for entering your waters.”
Footage of three of […]

Paul Joseph Watson
Rosie O’Donnell is certainly not backing away from her public stance about 9/11, and this morning on The View went on a 9 minute rant about the many questions surrounding the attack, reaching around 30 million viewers in the process.
This is the largest single exposure 9/11 truth has enjoyed to date and it […]

Everybody smart knows you shouldn’t do questionable things on your work computer, whether sending out resumes or posting Casual Encounters ads or basically anything you might have a hard time explaining to your boss.
The scumbag criminals in the White House also practice this “cover your tracks” rule. Technically, they “work” for the “American people,” which […]

Larry McShane 
Rudy Giuliani’s White House aspirations are inescapably tied to Sept. 11, 2001 — for better and for worse.
While the former mayor of the nation’s largest city was widely lionized for his post-9/11 leadership — “Churchillian” was one adjective, “America’s mayor” was Oprah Winfrey’s assessment — city firefighters and their families are renewing their attacks […]