Peacekeepers Probe Afghan Blasts
“French peacekeepers investigated three early morning explosions in and around Kabul’s international airport Saturday, a spokesman for the multinational force said. The blasts did not appear to have caused any injuries or damage. “
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Is that a Dong Feng in your Pants?
In a slap in the face to departing Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, China just field tested a Dong Feng-4, or DF-4, missile.
The DF-4 missle has a range of 4,340 miles. Intelligence estimates that the Chinese have 20 missles operational. The nuke tipped missle is a danger [...]
A former assistant Defense Secretary name Kenneth Adelman contends the U.N. weapon inspectors that previously admitted inspectors were unable to verify the nuclear weapon program.
Now, a new move is on the bring the inspection teams back to Iraq. An offer from Sadam included an offer for U.S. senators to inspect for weapons of mass destruction.
Dr. [...]
Transparency International, a Berlin based, anti-corruption group surveyed 102 countries for its 2002 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI.
The bad news is that 70% of the 102 countries it surveyed scored less than 50% in the survey. This result was worse than last years findings.
“Corruption is perceived to be rampant in Indonesia, Kenya, Angola, Madagascar, Paraguay, Nigeria [...]
Anti-Americanism is now widespread in Europe and other parts of the world prompting the US government to take notice and action.
Solution? The State Department’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research will host a two-day conference next week to explore the roots of anti-Americanism worldwide. The process? About 20 scholars from the USA and other countries will [...]
A Japanese politician who met with Chinese President Jiang Zemin states that China opposes any US military operations in Iraq.
China wants the US to abide by U.N. Security Council resolutions when it comes to Iraq. China does not want the US government to act unilaterally.
However, Donald Rumsfeld states the US just may have to take [...]
Many al Qaeda fighters are living it up in hotels and homes in the border cities of Mashhad and Zabol, according to Arab intelligence.
Saif al-Adel, an Egyptian on the FBI’s most-wanted list, and Mahfouz Ould Walid, also known as Abu Hafs the Mauritanian, whom U.S. officials reported had been killed near the eastern Afghan city [...]
According to an Arab journalist, Abdel-Bari Atwan, editor of the London-based daily al-Quds al-Arabi newspaper, Osama is alive and planning on attacking US troops in Afghanistan.
Here is a picture of OBL in a 2001 photo holding an AK-47 assault rifle.
The gist of the reporter Atwan’s report is that the terrorists plan a war of attrition [...]
The lawyers must be smiling in California today with the prospect of more business on the horizon.
California’s Democratically controlled General Assembly Friday passed a bill making it easier to sue gun makers. They must here the jingle in “them- thar” deep pockets in gun land.
Assemblyman Paul Koretz, D-West Hollywood, advanced the bill which changes a [...]
