You guys better get ready for it..lol PARIS (AFP) – Australia, Canada and the United States stand a “very high” risk of seeing the current H5N1 bird flu pandemic spread to their shores, the Paris-based World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) warned. “The probability of this strain appearing in Australia is very high. The possibility […]
First Reuters gives us this: Gunmen wearing the uniform of Iraqi police commandos seized dozens of employees from the offices of a security company in eastern Baghdad on Wednesday, police sources said. Two sources said about 50 people were taken. They said that the gunmen, who arrived in at least 10 vehicles, broke into the […]
This has the makings of a big international political argument: TOKYO (Reuters) – North Korea will not return to six-way talks on its nuclear programme unless the United States ends its financial crackdown on Pyongyang’s assets, Kyodo news agency quoted a senior North Korean official as saying. “Under such pressure, we cannot return to the […]
I was thinking something along the lines of “I only lie this much”. Add your own captions below the fold.
When Gonzales was testifying to the Judiciary Committee last month I thought his answers were very well crafted. He constantly reassured the Senators that he was referring to a certain program (see my Feb. 15 entry here). Now it looks like Specter finally has realized that. (via the AP) Attorney General Alberto Gonzales’ written answers […]
SKY NEWS have summorized the first day of the trial of Zacarias Moussaoui US prosecutors have claimed terrorist conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui “rejoiced in the death” of the 9/11 attacks, a court heard. The 37-year-old has already pleaded guilty to being part of a plot to fly airliners into American buildings. But he denied any prior knowledge […]
The Associated Press has this little piece of scary news: WASHINGTON – The agency entrusted with protecting the U.S. homeland is having difficulty safeguarding its own headquarters, say private security guards at the complex. The guards have taken their concerns to Congress, describing inadequate training, failed security tests and slow or confused reactions to bomb […]
Here I am, sitting in the UK, reading things like this, Bush and his so called Homeland Security, how the hell can they be trusted to protect a country if they can not even protect their own headquarters. Looks like another fine Bush department needs and overhaul! ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON – The agency entrusted with […]
What could be more amazing than to find out the very person who helped deliver Bush his victory in 2000 to now be investigated for bribery. Well she is and it helps paint the picture of how deep corruption goes in the Republican party even more. From the AP: U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris said Thursday […]
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff was not aware a Dubai-owned company was seeking to operate terminals in six U.S. ports and that his agency was leading the review until after the deal’s approval, an administration official said yesterday. Mr. Chertoff’s spokesman, Russ Knocke, told The Washington Times the issue rose no higher than the department’s […]