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 THE GULF WAR: RELOADED! Caveat Salutes the Military Industrial Complex THE BUSWHACKING OF IRAN High on the Bush administration's list of justifications for war against Iraq are President Saddam Hussein's use of chemical weapons, nuclear and biological programs, and his contacts with international terrorists. What U.S. officials rarely acknowledge is that these offenses date back to a period when Hussein was seen in Washington as a valued ally... MORE » BELOW THE RADAR - Mainstream Media Stories You May Have Missed on Who Knew What & When One of the most explosive and contentious pieces of information revealed by the commission was a secret briefing given to Bush on 6 August, 2001...The document, declassified only after intense pressure, was titled 'Bin Laden determined to attack inside the US'...(I)t warned that al-Qaeda...was looking at ways to hijack planes and may have had a support network in the country...MORE » HOW DEEP DOES THE RABBIT HOLE GO? The Complete 9/11 Timeline - Part I October 1980: Salem bin Laden, Osama's oldest brother, is later described by a French secret intelligence report as one of the two closest friends of Saudi Arabia's King Fahd. As such, he often performs important missions for Saudi Arabia. The French report speculates that he is involved in secret Paris meetings between US and Iranian emissaries this month. Frontline, which published the French report, notes that such meetings have never been confirmed. Rumors of these meetings have been called the "October Surprise" and some have speculated Bush Sr. negotiated in these meetings a delay to the release of the US hostages in Iran, thus helping Ronald Reagan and Bush win the 1980 Presidential election...MORE » The Complete 9/11 Timeline - Part II September 11, 2001 : Within an hour of the attacks, the Minnesota FBI uses a memo written to FBI headquarters shortly after Moussaoui's arrest to ask permission from a judge for the search warrant they have been desperately seeking. Even after the attacks, FBI headquarters is still attempting to block the search of Moussaoui's computer, characterizing the WTC attacks as a mere coincidence with suspicions about Moussaoui...a federal judge approves the warrant that afternoon. Minnesota FBI agent Coleen Rowley notes that this very memo was previously deemed insufficient by FBI headquarters to get a search warrant...MORE » HOMELAND INSECURITY: THE PATRIOT ACT IS NOT YOUR FRIEND In the past two years, more than 300 cities and four states have passed resolutions calling on Congress to repeal or change parts of the USA Patriot Act that, activists say, violate constitutional rights such as free speech and freedom from unreasonable search and seizure...MORE »  |
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