Week Ending: Saturday 3rd July 2004

Lion takes on Mouse in copyright row
Poverty-stricken descendants of enduring hit song's composer could make fortune from Disney

Search for holy grail enters new chapter
How a Scottish chapel is reaping the benefits of a blockbuster novel which has outraged the religious right.

Gaddafi daughter to defend Saddam
The daughter of Libya's leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi has joined Saddam Hussein's defence team.

Israeli interrogators 'in Iraq'
The US officer at the heart of the Abu Ghraib prison scandal says she has evidence that Israelis helped to interrogate Iraqis at another facility.

US trying to provoke war with Iran
The US military is trying to start a war with Iran, and they have been caught trying to use the UK to do the dirty work for them.

Media Doing Poor Job Debunking Michael Moore
It’s been good for Moore’s movie to come out, even if it does have its inaccuracies, because then we Americans can debate and investigate what allegations are backed by facts and evidence, and which are not.

Taliban Claim Of Chopper Down Confirmed; 13 US Soldiers Killed
Abdul Lateef Hakeem, official spokesman for the Taliban said on Thursday that Taliban Mujahideen shot down a US military helicopter in Zabul province, killing all 13 US soldiers people on board. The chopper aircraft was shot down by "a new weapon" and crashed in Kharmany village in the province.

Four U.S. soldiers charged over Iraq man's death
Four U.S. soldiers have been charged in the drowning death of an Iraqi man forced to jump off a bridge into the Tigris River, according to newspaper reports.

Saddam court coverage was 'shambolic'
The world's media descended on Baghdad this week to witness the historic court appearance of the former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. But for journalists covering the hearing it was an exercise in enormous frustration, with only a handful of media organisations allowed in to the court room.

'Collaborator' shot in West Bank
Palestinian gunmen in the West Bank have publicly killed a man they accused of collaborating with Israel and sexually abusing his daughters.

Alex & Me: Michael Moore's Better Half
Moore's 'Fahrenheit 911' toys with the idea that 'they' Let It Happen On Purpose. Jones' '9/11: 'Road To Tyranny' explains how 'they' MADE It Happen On Purpose.

High-tech hood suffocates Mequon suspect
A man died in Mequon police custody Saturday after an officer placed a high-tech protective hood over the man's head to shield the officer from saliva, the lead investigator on the case said Tuesday.

Plans To Cancel Elections After 'Terror Attacks'
The government needs to establish guidelines for canceling or rescheduling elections if terrorists strike the United States again, says the chairman of a new federal voting commission.

Car computer to stop you speeding
The Government is to establish a national speed limits database that will pave the way for all cars to be fitted with devices that prevent speeding.

White House smears Fahrenheit 9/11 without seeing it
Even before Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 opened, the White House and its right-wing allies sought to smear both the film and Moore personally. Last month, White House communications director Dan Bartlett said the movie "was so outrageously false it's not even worth comment," even though he had not yet seen the film.

Iraq war study finds US troops suffering from mental traumas
US soldiers who have been deployed to Iraq are suffering from major depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder, according to a study which assessed the psychological effects of combat on more than 6,000 soldiers.

Would you implant an RFID chip?
MSN CNBC TV poll asks, 'The radio frequency chips are becoming more popular. But would you put one in your body?'

Defiant Saddam appears in court
Iraq's ex-leader Saddam Hussein has made a defiant appearance before an Iraqi judge, branding President George W Bush as the "real criminal".

Captured "Taliban Commanders" Turn Out To Be Government Officials
The US military in Afghanistan is confronted with an embarrassing situation following the realisation that the two men in its custody were Afghan government officials from Helmand province rather than top Taliban commanders as claimed by it earlier.

Attack Iran, US chief ordered British
America's military commander in Iraq ordered British troops to prepare a full-scale ground offensive against Iranian forces that had crossed the border and grabbed disputed territory.

Dick Cheney Booed When Shown On Screen At Yankees Game
Vice President Dick Cheney was on hand for Tuesday's sell-out game between the Yankees and Red Sox in New York and was booed when he was shown on the right-field videoboard during the seventh-inning stretch.

Terror websites uploading photos and videos from London and Texas.
Researcher and cyber-terrorism expert Gabriel Weimann has confirmed that the recent terror websites that have posted beheading videos and pictures have been uploading their files from London and Texas.

Iraq re-instates death penalty
President Ghazi al-Yawar said the decision to to re-instates death penalty was taken shortly after the transfer of power from occupying forces.

Blast on plane at Istanbul airport
A booby-trapped device has exploded on a plane at Ataturk airport in the Turkish city of Istanbul, police say.

US soldier 'shot dead by captors'
An Arabic TV channel has reported that a US soldier missing in Iraq since an ambush west of Baghdad in April has been shot dead by his captors.

Tanks raid Gaza after fresh salvo
Israeli troops have begun a major incursion into the Gaza Strip as Palestinian militants launched a fresh salvo of homemade rockets into Israel.

Anger as E Guinea shoots ship
The Norwegian foreign ministry has lodged an official protest after one of its research ships was shot at off the coast of Equatorial Guinea.

Pentagon plans to call up reservists
The US army is planning an involuntary mobilisation of thousands of reserve troops to maintain adequate force levels in Iraq and Afghanistan, defence officials have said.

Resistance attacks continue despite handover
Three US marines have been killed in a roadside bomb blast in Baghdad in the first reported fatal attack on US occupation forces in Iraq since the formal handover of authority to an interim government.

Iraqis to get legal custody of Saddam
Iraq's Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said today that Saddam Hussein will be transferred to Iraqi legal custody and face charges before an Iraqi court this week - but will remain in a US-run jail for now because his government does not have a suitable prison.

Supreme Court Deals Blow to War on Terror
The U.S. Supreme Court severely limited the Bush administration's war on terrorism on Monday and allowed cases brought by terror suspects challenging their confinement to proceed in the American legal system.

The part of the story Michael Moore missed!
Michael Moore has either fallen for disinformation, or simply not done his homework, and seems willing to accept without question the official story of 9-11.

Bomb Sniffing Dogs Removed From WTC Days Before Attack
What makes the particular removal of bomb-sniffing dogs so important are statements from firemen that they heard bombs going off in the Towers on 9/11, as they were carrying out their rescue operation.

Fahrenheit 9/11 victims the Carlyle Group buy Cinema chain
A group of U.S. investors includin the Carlyle Group has agreed to buy the Loews Cinexplex Entertainment theater chain for $1.46 billion.

Iraq war 'will cost each US family $3,415'
The United States has spent more than $126bn on the war in Iraq, which will ultimately cost every American family an estimated $3,415, according to a new report by two thinktanks.

RFID chips on kids makes Legoland safer
arents taking their children to Legoland theme parks this summer need not worry about losing little Johnny, Jesper or Johan thanks to advances in RFID technology.

Greens reject Nader endorsement, back one of their own
The Green Party nominated Texas attorney David Cobb as its candidate for president Saturday, dealing a blow to independent Ralph Nader's campaign.

The multibillion robbery the US calls reconstruction
The shameless corporate feeding frenzy in Iraq is fuelling the resistance. The people in charge of rebuilding Iraq can't be embarrassed, because, clearly, they have no shame.

Bush aides furious at interview
The White House has strongly criticised the RTE interview with President Bush, claiming that journalist Carole Coleman constantly interrupted him, preventing him from getting his point of view across.

Movie Goer Assaulted at Fahrenheit 9/11 Showing
The highly anticipated film, Fahrenheit 9/11, came with more than just controversy at one Las Vegas movie theatre. Moviegoer, Richard Streeter, was one of the many who made his way to a theatre to see what the hype was about.

Storm Troopers At the Doors of  Fahrenheit 9/11
The handcuffs hanging from the burly hired security guard were clearly, intentionally evident. He was checking younger-looking ticket purchasers for age, to protect them from the R-rating of the movie. But he looked big and nasty.

U.S. Readies for Draft
Despite denials that the U.S. plans to re-institute the draft, the Pentagon has stepped up preparations for a new Selective Service System that could allow for a full-blown draft by next year.

Al-Zarqawi: An American False Flag Operative
Over the past months, JUS has been watching a frightening trend of “false flag” operations beening waged by US intelligence. The latest in the series is Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi, who has been accredited with everything from the Ricin attacks (which later turned out to be fake) to the resistance in Fallujah.

Rumours fly of military draft
Despite shaky evidence and denials by top officials many young people in across the US are convinced that a draft is secretly in the works. Through mass e-mails and Internet sites, the word is going out that as early as next June, men and women as old as 34 will be subject to random, mandatory military service.