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Date: May 22, 2007 2:14:49 PM PDT
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Pilotless police drone takes off
21 May 2007
The UK's first police remote control helicopter has taken off.
Merseyside
police are using the "spy drone", fitted with CCTV cameras, for
tackling anti-social
behaviour and public disorder. The machine is 1m wide, weighs less
than
a bag of sugar [i.e., they can be easily shot down], and can record
images from a height of 500m.
If thine eye offend thee, pluck it out Look! Up in the sky! It's . . .
By Mark Yannone
21 May 2007
England's masters of their new police state have launched the Spy
Drone,
a remote-controlled or GPS-controlled, pilotless helicopter armed with
a closed-circuit TV camera... Sporting Brits in Merseyside will love
the new machine as it gives them a challenge other than doves and
clay pigeons.
When the three-month trial of the drones gets under way in June,
the country air will be redolent with spent gunpowder. Pull!
Another job well done.
See what's free at AOL.com.
From: "Jim S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: May 22, 2007 12:19:15 PM PDT
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Subject: CLG~U.N. Barred From Texas Detention Center~21 May 2007
Breaking News and Commentary from Citizens for Legitimate Government
22 May 2007
http://www.legitgov.org/
All links to articles as summarized below are available here:
http://www.legitgov.org/index.html#breaking_news
*U.N. Barred From Texas Detention Center*
21 May 2007
U.S. immigration officials blocked a U.N. observer from visiting a
detention facility for illegal aliens in Texas, the ACLU reported.
U.N. Special Rapporteur Jorge Bustamante is conducting a fact-
finding mission to examine the status of migrants' rights in the
United States, but U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
prohibited him from making a scheduled stop at a family detention
center in Taylor, Texas, the A.C.L.U. reported on Friday. The
detention center, which was formerly a medium-security prison
according to the A.C.L.U, is operated by the Corrections
Corporation of America through a contract with the Department of
Homeland Security. [See: "K.B.R. Awarded U.S. Department of
Homeland Security Contingency Support for Emergency Support
Services" 24 Jan 2006]
Iraq draws up plans if U.S. forces leave
21 May 2007
Iraq's military is drawing up plans on how to cope if U.S.-led
forces leave the country quickly, the defense minister said Monday.
The statement by Defense Minister Abdul-Qader al-Obeidi marked the
first time a senior Iraqi official has spoken publicly about the
possibility of a quick end to the U.S.-led 'mission.' [The
'mission' is passage of the *oil law* for Exxon Mobil and Cheney
Halliburton.]
Iraq preparing for US pullout
22 May 2007
Iraq's military is drawing up plans on how to cope with a quick US
military pullout, the local defence minister says. A senior US
official has warned the United States may reconsider its support if
the Iraqis fail to complete major 'reforms' by fall.
Useless is as useless does: Dems set war bill without Iraq timeline
21 May 2007
In grudging concessions to President [sic] Bush, Democrats intend
to draft an Iraq war-funding bill without a timeline for the
withdrawal of U.S. troops and shorn of at least some of the
billions they want for domestic programs, officials said Monday. It
would provide funds for military operations in Iraq through Sept.
30, the end of the fiscal year.
Brown won't pull UK troops out of Iraq: U.S. official
21 May 2007
Washington is confident British prime minister-in-waiting Gordon
Brown will not pull British troops out of Iraq early, a senior U.S.
official said on Monday.
10 killed in Iraq
22 May 2007
Attackers killed seven civilians near Baquba and a roadside bomb
killed three Iraqi soldiers in Baghdad Monday. The Voice of America
said a child was among those who died in the Baquba north of Baghdad.
The U.S. is pushing *really hard* for that oil law to pass! Mortar
shell hits Iraq parliament
21 May 2007
A mortar shell struck the roof of Iraq's parliament inside
Baghdad's heavily protected [apparently *not*] Green Zone on
Monday, shaking the building but causing no casualties. "The rocket
landed on the roof of the parliament right above the speaker's
office," said Sheikh Sabah Saadi, an MP from the Shi'ite Fadhila
Party.
7 killed on bus in Iraq; parliament hit 21 May 2007 [US] Gunmen in
two cars attacked a minibus heading to Baghdad from a Shiite town
north of the capital Monday, killing seven passengers, including a
child, police said. A mortar shell hit the roof of the parliament
building inside the heavily guarded [?] Green Zone in Baghdad, but
no one was injured, a lawmaker said.
U.S. raids don't find 3 missing soldiers 21 May 2007 U.S. soldiers
raided suspected safehouses near the Euphrates River south of
Baghdad on Monday in their search for three captured comrades but
found them empty after the militants apparently were tipped off and
fled, a military spokesman said.
Iraq War Creates Ammo Shortage --Ammo Shipments Delayed 21 May 2007
The war in Iraq is having an impact on local gun shops and police
departments. Experts said ammunition shipments are being delayed
for up to a year because the Army has more than tripled its demand
for small-caliber ammunition. The government spent $688 million on
ammunition last year, up from $242 million in 2001.
Outlaws plunder Iraq's dwindling river fisheries 20 May 2007 For
thousands of years fishermen have drawn their livelihoods out of
the brown waters of the mighty Tigris and Euphrates rivers, which
teem with species found nowhere else in the world. But now -- as
overlapping civil wars grip much of Iraq [due to the US invasion]
-- [US] outlaws equipped with pesticides, hand grenades and
electric cables are driving the country's fisheries to extinction
and leaving local fishermen with empty nets. "Iraq's fish are
suffering from these terrible crimes," said Faiq Salim, one of the
oldest fishermen in the central Iraqi town of Kut, 175 kilometres
(110 miles) downriver from Baghdad.
Iran Charges U.S. Scholar With Trying to Topple Government 21 May
2007 American 'scholar' Haleh Esfandiari has been charged with
trying to topple the Iranian government, Iran's state [as opposed
to corporate]-controlled television reported today. Iran's
Intelligence Ministry accused Esfandiari, director of Middle East
programs at the Smithsonian's Woodrow Wilson International Center
for Scholars, of trying to foment a soft revolution by setting up a
network "against the sovereignty" of Iran. Esfandiari was
imprisoned May 8 after more than four months under virtual house
arrest.
Iran's secret plan for summer offensive to force US out of Iraq 22
May 2007 Iran is secretly forging ties with 'al-Qaida' elements and
Sunni Arab militias in Iraq in preparation for a summer showdown
with occupation forces intended to tip a wavering US Congress into
voting for full military withdrawal, US officials say.
Iran says anti-U.S. policy "bigger than Hiroshima" 21 May 2007
Iran's policies of standing up to the United States have set off a
"powerful bomb in the world of politics" bigger than the atom bomb
dropped on Hiroshima, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on
Monday.
Bush doesn't want detente. He wants to attack Iran. The US has
swept aside repeated overtures from Tehran. Is it any wonder if the
Islamic Republic now wants the bomb? By Alain Gresh 15 May 2007
Although the US administration's current priority is Iraq, it has
not given up on Iran. Silently, stealthily, unseen by cameras, the
war on Iran has begun. Many sources confirm that the US has
increased its aid to armed movements among the ethnic minorities
that make up about 40% of Iran's population. ABC News reported in
April that the US had secretly assisted the Baluchi group Jund al-
Islam (Soldiers of Islam), responsible for a recent attack that
killed 20 Revolutionary Guards. According to an American Foundation
report, US commandos have operated inside Iran since 2004...
Despite the disaster in Iraq, there is no indication that Bush has
given up the idea of attacking Iran... The idea of an assault
against Iran is after all part of the Bushite vision of a "third
world war" against "Islamic fascism", an ideological war that can
end only in complete victory.
Poland considers CIA prison issue closed: PM 22 May 2007 Polish
Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski said on Monday that Poland
considered the CIA prison issue closed, the PAP news agency
reported. The UN Committee Against Torture on Monday appealed that
it needed additional information on Poland's inquiries into the
matter "despite Poland's earlier assurances that no CIA cells were
located on its territory."
Paris calls off festival of US culture after threats --Letters
claiming 'al-Qaida' link force postponement --Event aimed at
celebrating Franco-US relationship 22 May 2007 A festival due to be
held in Paris this weekend to celebrate American music and culture
has been called off after death threats from an anti-US group
claiming links to al-Qaida [al-CIAduh]. The death threats, along
with warnings suggesting that the event itself might be attacked,
were made in anonymous telephone calls and an apparently badly
written letter containing numerous spelling mistakes. [LOL! Bush
must have written it.]
Judge may use terrorism penalty in eco-saboteur sentences 21 May
2007 U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken ruled today that federal
sentencing guidelines allow her to consider imposing a "terrorism
enhancement" on 10 convicted eco-saboteurs, a designation that
could make them eligible for longer prison terms.
Pilotless police drone takes off 21 May 2007 The UK's first police
remote control helicopter has taken off. Merseyside police are
using the "spy drone", fitted with CCTV cameras, mainly for
tackling anti-social behaviour and public disorder. The machine is
1m wide, weighs less than a bag of sugar [i.e., they can be easily
shot down], and can record images from a height of 500m.
If thine eye offend thee, pluck it out Look! Up in the sky!
It's . . . By Mark Yannone 21 May 2007 England's masters of their
new police state have launched the Spy Drone, a remote-controlled
or GPS-controlled, pilotless helicopter armed with a closed-circuit
TV camera... Sporting Brits in Merseyside will love the new machine
as it gives them a challenge other than doves and clay pigeons.
When the three-month trial of the drones gets under way in June,
the country air will be redolent with spent gunpowder. Pull!
Another job well done.
Panel receives details, roadblock 21 May 2007 Seung-Hui Cho did not
fire half of his ammunition before taking his own life on April 16,
Virginia State Police Superintendent, Steven Flaherty, said to the
state panel Monday. Police have found 174 used cartridge casings
from both a 9 MM handgun and a .22 caliber handgun. Police also
recovered 203 live rounds of ammunition... Earlier in the Monday’s
testimony, the panel met a roadblock during the presentation from
Kay Heidbreder, the University Counsel.
Virginia Tech Shooting 'Oddities' By Lori Price
Bush renews support for Gonzales 21 May 2007 With Republican
support for Attorney General Alberto Gonzales eroding, President
[sic] Bush offered renewed confidence in his longtime friend Monday
and said the attacks on him were "pure political theater." But the
pResident did not respond directly to a question about whether he
expected Gonzales to serve until Bush's term ends Jan. 20, 2009.
US senate poised for historic vote against Gonzales --A vote
against Bush's man could deal another blow to the White House,
which is still recoiling from the ouster of the World Bank's
president. 22 May 2007 The US Senate was preparing to take the
almost unprecedented move of a no-confidence vote on US Attorney
General Alberto Gonzales, ramping up pressure on US President [sic]
George W. Bush to sack his unpopular longtime aide. After weeks of
allegations of politicizing the justice system and, in his earlier
position as White House counsel, trying to strong-arm his
predecessor at the Department of Justice, Gonzales could face the
extremely rare vote in the coming week.
Retail Gasoline Prices Set New Record --Price of Gasoline Jumps to
$3.22 A Gallon, Matching the March 1981 Inflation-Adjusted All-Time
High Price For Gasoline in the United States 21 May 2007 Retail
gasoline prices climbed to another record Monday, while crude oil
futures jumped above $66 per barrel amid concerns about gasoline
supply heading into the peak summer driving season.
Exxon Mobil profits reach new record 26 Apr 2007 Exxon Mobil Corp
earnings continued to hit new records Thursday as the world's
largest oil company reported a 10- per-cent rise in first-quarter
profits on high petrol prices, despite a fall in the cost of crude
oil.
Exxon Mobil profits up 10% in first quarter, set record 27 Apr 2007
Oil giant Exxon Mobil Corp. kicked off 2007 with a 10 percent rise
in profits, its best-ever first quarter, as higher margins on
refining and chemical operations offset lower prices for crude oil
and natural gas.
Bird flu spreads to 4 more provinces in Vietnam 21 May 2007 Bird
flu has spread to another four Vietnamese provinces and could hit
more areas, senior government official said Tuesday.
Monkey dead from bubonic plague in Denver 21 May 2007 A Denver Zoo
monkey has died of bubonic plague, apparently after eating a
squirrel stricken with the disease, Colorado health and zoo
officials said on Monday.
Birds decimated by West Nile virus 17 May 2007 U.S. researchers
have determined the West Nile virus has apparently caused the
continental-scale decline of seven species of birds across North
America.
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[Previous lead stories:] Secret US plot to kill Al-Sadr 21 May 2007
The US Army tried to kill or capture Muqtada al-Sadr, the widely
revered Shia cleric, after luring him to peace negotiations at a
house in the holy city of Najaf, which it then attacked, according
to a senior Iraqi government official [National Security Adviser,
Dr Mowaffaq Rubai'e]. The revelation of this extraordinary plot,
which would probably have provoked an uprising by outraged Shia if
it had succeeded, has left a legacy of bitter distrust in the mind
of Mr Sadr for which the US and its allies in Iraq may still be
paying... It is not known who gave the orders for the attempt on Mr
Sadr but it is one of a series of ill-considered and politically
explosive US actions in Iraq since the invasion. In January this
year a US helicopter assault team tried to kidnap two senior
Iranian security officials on an official visit to the Iraqi
President.
Britain in secret talks with Iraq rebels 20 May 2007 Britain is
holding secret talks with leading 'insurgents' in Iraq with the aim
of dividing them from Al-Qaeda [al-CIAduh] in a new drive to curb
sectarian violence. Dominic Asquith, the British ambassador to
Baghdad, is said to have been coordinating the talks over recent
months, along with other British representatives believed to be
from MI6. Details of the initiative, which followed the failure of
similar talks between 'insurgents' and American officials, emerged
yesterday as Tony Blair visited Iraq.
Iraq's VP rejects draft oil bill 21 May 2007 Iraq's vice president
[Tariq al-Hashemi] said yesterday he opposes a draft law that is
key to the future of his country's lucrative oil sector, saying it
gives too many concessions to foreign oil companies.
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