-Caveat Lector- ---------- > From: Hilary A. Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [InTheShadows] SCIENTISTS FEAR ESCAPE OF ANTHRAX FROM RUSSIAN ISLAND > Date: Wednesday, June 02, 1999 9:46 AM > > From: "Hilary A. Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX TUESDAY, JUNE 01, 1999 22:09:58 UTC XXXXX > > SCIENTISTS FEAR ESCAPE OF ANTHRAX FROM RUSSIAN ISLAND > > American military scientists and intelligence experts have grown concerned > that hundreds of tons of anthrax bacteria which was secretly buried on a > remote island by the Russians -- may escape! > > According to publishing sources, the NEW YORK TIMES is planning a Page One > exclusive report on Wednesday that runs over 3,000 words about the sludge > that is buried on Vozrozhdeniye Island in the Aral Sea. > > The hundreds of tons of anthrax bacteria -- enough to destroy the world > many times over -- was buried by the Russians in stainless-steel canisters > in the late 80's after Washington learned the Soviet Union was producing > germs for weapons that the world had banned. > > Russian scientists thought they had destroyed the anthrax -- mixing the > bacteria with bleach -- but recent tests show that some of the spores are > still alive -- and potentially deadly, the TIMES reports. > > Because the Aral Sea is shrinking, "anthrax island" has grown from 77 > square miles to 770 and will soon be connected to the mainland. > > Experts now fear "the spores could escape, stirred up by carriers like > rodents, lizards and birds." > > "Central Asian and American officials fear that, as access to the island > eases, the buried anthrax could be used by terrorists to make more of the > deadly agent." > > Developing on Wednesday... > > X X X X X > > PAPER: NATIONAL ZOO PANDA SERIOUSLY ILL > > Political relations between the United States and China may be ill -- but > the health of Hsing-Hsing, the surviving member of the National Zoo's > celebrated giant panda couple, is now reported to border of the grave. > > Hsing-Hsing, 28, is seriously ill with kidney dysfunction that may not be > reversible, the WASHINGTON POST will report on Wednesday. > > Sonograms and a blood samples reveal that the panda that was given to the > United States as a gift by the people of China during the Nixon > administration is now suffering from "severe kidney dysfunction" and is in > very serious condition. > > X X X X X > > XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX TUESDAY, JUNE 01, 1999 02:41:22 UTC XXXXX > > ART BELL FIGHTS BACK; LAWSUIT AGAINST SCHOOL MAY TURN UGLY > > **Update** > > The lawsuit filed by the son of radio talkshow sensation Art Bell against > the Nye County School District and former substitute teacher Brian Lepley, > who has the AIDS virus and is serving a life prison sentence for sexually > assaulting Bell, may turn ugly. > > But Bell is determined to fight. > > The crime against Art Bell's son was the reason Bell dramatically left the > air last October, the DRUDGE REPORT revealed over the weekend. > > But Brian Lepley has said he believes he was prosecuted the first time > around for the crime of being gay in a small town and having a disease that > terrifies his neighbors. > > Lepley: "I was described as carrying death in my blood. This is condemning > a man because of his lifestyle." > > During closing arguments in Lepley's trial the prosecutor told the jury: > "We all remember what happened to Sodom and Gomorrah. Some people think > America owes them an apology." > > During his trial, Lepley, 34, admitted to having sex contact with Bell, > then 16, but adamantly denied he did anything criminal other than > occasionally buy underage boys alcohol or bring them marijuana. > > There was one oral sex encounter which resulted in the assault conviction > and life sentence. > > Lepley insisted his contact with Bell was a consensual act, and Bell did > admit during the trial that he consented, but prosecutors argued and > convinced the jury beyond a shadow of doubt that Bell was coerced through > both intimidation and intoxication. > > "The boy didn't know where he was," the prosecutor said. "He thought Lepley > could beat him up, so when he was asked for total consent, the boy said > 'yes'." > > During Lepley's trail, five boys, whose ages range from 16 to 18, testified > that Lepley's attended their parties, bringing beer and marijuana. One boy > said that on May 16, 1997, Lepley took extra care to make sure Bell smoked > an excessive amount of marijuana and consumed a large amount of alcohol. > > [The ASSOCIATED PRESS reported at the time that the boy said he was taken > May 16 to Tecopa Hot Springs, California, bound in chains.] > > Lepley insisted he told the teen-agers about his HIV status before any sex. > > > Prior to his conviction, he was the head of a support group for people with > the AIDS virus. As an activist, he said he would be the last person to have > unprotected sex. > > But during his trial, a friend of Lepley's, who is also HIV positive, > testified that Lepley told him he was having sex with the two boys and > asked him not to tell them that he was HIV positive. > > "We filed charges because he had a potentially deadly disease and he was > being irresponsible about it and he had to be controlled," the prosecutor > in the case said. > > Arthur Bell IV's lawsuit claims both the school district superintendent > Geraldine Harge and Pahrump Valley High School Principal Jerry Hill "were > responsible for the policies which allowed Lepley to use his position with > the Nye County School District to sexually harass." > > Bell's lawsuit, which seeks unspecified damages, alleges: "Despite having > actual notice of Lepley's inappropriate sexual conduct toward students, > none of the defendants took the necessary investigatory or disciplinary > actions against Lepley." > > "What is happening is a parent's worst nightmare... Bell is fighting back," > a close friend of the talkshow sensation told the DRUDGE REPORT on Monday. > "Things will never be the same after all of this, but he is determined to > make things right." > > > > X X X X X > > XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX MONDAY, MAY 31, 1999 22:08:01 UTC XXXXX > > BEAST OF BELGRADE: YOUR BOYS WILL GO HOME IN BODY BAGS > > The Beast of Belgrade Arkan last night told NATO troops: "You'll all go > home in body bags." > > He's called Zeljko Raznatovic, aka Arkan, and on Monday he said he's > preparing to fight if there is a ground war in Kosovo. > > "If you are coming with ground troops, I will be going to Kosovo. I was > brought up in Pristina, the capital. I'll kill many people in a fair fight > because I go first and my army is going behind me... I don't doubt for any > second that we are the winners. After that, we will be singing We are the > champions... > > "I will sell the plastic bags, because you will need a lot of plastic bags > for your soldiers. That will be good business." > > Asked if he thinks it likely the war in Kosovo will develop into a fight > involving NATO ground forces, he says: "Of course. Why do you think I've > cut my hair? Not to look tough but, when I put my cap on, it helps if the > hair is short." > > And as for his indictment by the court in The Hague, he answers: "I don't > give a damn. I really don't recognize that court." > > The Serb paramilitary commander added: "In this country, we have law and > order. In this country, we don't have a president who is a war > criminal....As for the rapes, never happened... I will be the first to > shoot a Serbian soldier who does this immediately. He will never live two > seconds. We are not savages. We are not Nazis. We don't kill people." > > X X X X X > > XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX SUNDAY, MAY 30, 1999 20:22:09 UTC XXXXX > > NEW YORK TIMES: MILOSEVIC HAS NOT HAD SEX WITH ANYONE BUT WIFE > > Not to be outdone by Internet gossipmongers, Larry Flynt or the nation's > tabloids, the NEW YORK TIMES on Monday prints the findings of its > investigation into Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic's sex life! > > The TIMES reports in a Page One story that Mrs. Milosevic "loves her > husband, who is believed never to have slept with another woman." > > [And to think that Susan Edgerley, executive editor of the NEW YORK TIMES > News Service, declared to NATIONAL JOURNAL a few months back: "We think > Drudge is sleazy."] > > The TIMES also makes sure to preempt PEOPLE magazine, reporting that Mrs. > Milosevic "spends hours combing her hair, which she wears as she did in > high school, with bangs, and resents anyone interrupting her combing... She > used to wear a flower in her hair -- plastic when she was poor, real > later... She says she cannot live without mirrors." > > Does the NEW YORK TIMES own any? > > > > X X X X X > > SCHINDLER WIDOW THREATENS TO SUE SPIELBERG; WANTS 6% OF HOLOCAUST MOVIE > PROFITS > > "Steven Spielberg only gave me $50,000 for making a film about the > Holocaust and my husband, and he never ask me permission, he just did it." > > Emilie Schindler is angry, again. > > After causing commotion with her autobiography in 1996, at the age of 91, > the widow of Oskar, the hero of Spielberg's Oscar-winning SCHINDLER'S LIST, > is trying once again to put the historical record straight and get her just > reward while she still has the time. > > "I saved many Jews, too -- more than Oskar did," Mrs. Schindler says in an > interview set to air on German television Monday night. > > And she now wants Spielberg to pay! > > Schindler is now demanding full and appropriate recompense from Spielberg > for the blockbuster film. > > She is asking for 6 percent of the boxoffice proceeds and says she will > pursue the matter through the courts if necessary. > > Steven Spielberg could not be reached for immediate comment. > > Spielberg's movie, Emilie Schindler says, was simply incorrect. "What does > he know about my life? Absolutely nothing." > > In the past, Spielberg has said: "She had praised the film to me > personally." > > In the interview on Monday night, Schindler insists it was she, not Oskar, > who signed the documents that placed more than a thousand Jews into her > husband's small armaments factory, saving them from certain death in > Auschwitz. > > Mrs. Schindler has lashed out at her husband for his infidelity: > > "What did I think? I'll tell you. Scheisskopf [s---head]. But I was the > idiot for falling in love with him. I am never going to cry; there is no > sense in it. Schindler changed women like he changed suits. Once, we were > well-off, but then we lost everything and he abandoned me and I have not > recovered." > > And Mrs. Schindler has made the shocking claim: There was never anything > called a 'Schindler's List'! > > "There never was a 'Schindler's List'. It was drawn up by a man called > Goldman. This man took money to put a name on that list - no money, no > place on the list. I was told this by a Dr Schwartz, in Vienna; he had paid > in diamonds to save his wife... > > "Hah! Neither of us was a hero," Mrs. Schindler said. "Oskar was always > complex; he was playing both extremes, always, even at the end with Nazis > against the Jews." > > > > > > > _________________________________________________ > Filed by Matt Drudge > Reports are moved when circumstances warrant > (c)DRUDGE REPORT 1999 > Not for reproduction without permission of the author > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Looking to expand your world? > http://www.onelist.com > ONElist has nearly 160,000 e-mail communities from which to chose! > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > InTheShadows is a discussion list dedicated to keeping up-to-date with new technologies, advancements in medicine, environmental concerns, 'conspiracy theories', politics, and, of course, UFO stuff. Discussion is encouraged. Bashing and soapboxing will get you bounced off the list. > > To subscribe send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > List Moderator: Hilary Thomas > [EMAIL PROTECTED] DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
