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The United States has developed a non-lethal microwave weapon for use in Iraq.
Officials said the vehicle, termed Sheriff, would contain the Active Denial System. The system uses millimeter-wave electromagnetic energy that can be directed at targets at a range of 1 kilometer.
The ADS system would be downgraded for Iraqi deployment in urban areas, officials said. The ADS causes the skin to burn, causing the people to run away.
The Pentagon plans to install the non-lethal, high-powered (…)

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New Book Says US Has Five Secret Military Bases In Israel
Yossi Melman, Haaretz Correspondent
February 02, 2005
The United States has five secret military bases in Israel, according to a new book published recently in the US.
"Code Names," written by journalist William Arkin, a former U.S. intelligence official, says there have been secret ties between the US and Israel since the September 11, 2001 attacks.
Arkin says the American military is (…)

Halliburton Doing Business With The "Axis of Evil" Jefferson Morley washingtonpost.com staff writer Thursday, February 3, 2005
The award for oddest geopolitical couple of 2005 goes to the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Houston-based Halliburton.
You might not think that a charter member of President Bush’s "axis of evil" could enlist the oil-services firm once run by Vice President Cheney to bolster its bargaining position with an international community intent on (…)

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Scottie & Me
(formerly known as Ari & I)
White House Press Briefing with Scott McClellan
Tuesday, February 01, 2005 12:15 PM
Russell Mokhiber
Mokhiber: Scott, last night, in an amicus brief filed before the US Supreme Court, the Justice Department came down in favor of displaying the Ten Commandments at courthouses and statehouses around the country. My question is - does the President believe in Commandment Number Six - thou shalt not (…)

The Propaganda President George W. Bush Does His Best Kim Jong-Il Jack Shafer Thursday, Feb. 3, 2005 If "Dear Leader" Kim Jong-il of North Korea and George W. Bush ever meet, I suspect the two will bond like long-lost brothers. Both men are first-born sons of powerful fathers who partied like adolescents well into their adult lives, after which they submitted to their dynastic fates as heads of state.
Both avoid critical thought, preferring to surround themselves with yes men and apply (…)

Denver Post Seeks Access To Sealed Papers In GI Trials Miles Moffeit, Denver Post Staff Writer Friday, February 04, 2005
The CIA is denying Denver Post attorneys access to evidence used in a closed Army hearing that will determine whether Fort Carson soldiers face murder trials in the fatal interrogation of an Iraqi general.
In recent weeks, attorneys representing The Post in its attempt to open up the proceedings have sought to view sealed documents introduced in a December evidentiary (…)

WINTER HAVEN, Fla.
Economist and author Allen W. Smith, Ph.D., argues that the biggest obstacle to getting clear debate on the Social Security problem is the misinformation that continues to be spread by the AARP and others who argue that the trust fund holds real assets. "It is amazing how many people, including some Social Security experts, still just don’t get it!" Smith said. "Weisbrot and Baker continue to spread the myth that, ’The Social Security trust fund will have more than $3.7 (…)

The Emperor’s New Hump
The New York Times killed a story that could have changed the election-because it could have changed the election
By Dave Lindorff
In the weeks leading up to the November 2 election, the New York Times was abuzz with excitement. Besides the election itself, the paper’s reporters were hard at work on two hot investigative projects, each of which could have a major impact on the outcome of the tight presidential race.
One week before Election Day, the Times (…)

Empire - the true aim of the U.S. government - is barely concealed under the lofty rhetoric of Bush’s State of the Union address. In its pursuit, the U.S. government is committed to the destruction of every government and people that stands in its way, in the Middle East and throughout the world.
"Freedom and democracy" for Iraq and "liberty" around the world are new code words for a very particular global strategy. According to this strategy, the Pentagon’s military pre-eminence will be (…)

Bush’s Liberty Song Echoes Vietnam Tune Antonia Zerbisias February 03, 2005 When US President George W. Bush strode into the Capitol to give his State of the Union address last night, his supporters waved their darkened fingers at him in celebration of his triumph at the Iraqi polls.
But was that purple ink or did Congress stir the purple Kool-Aid with its collective fingers? And are Americans expected to drink it, the way so many swallowed the administration’s lies about weapons of mass (…)