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New Evidence Clearly Indicates Pat Tillman Was Executed
Astounding new details surrounding the death of Pat Tillman clearly indicate that top brass decided to execute the former pro football star in cold blood to prevent him from returning home and becoming an anti-war icon. These same criminals then engaged in a sophisticated conspiracy to create a phony 'friendly fire' cover story.

Congress passes anti-terror bill
The US Congress has approved an anti-terrorism bill implementing many recommendations of the commission which investigated the 11 September attacks. The bill, which President George W Bush is expected to sign, allocates a greater share of funding to cities at higher risk of terrorist attack.

UK wanted US to rule out Bin Laden torture
Ministers insisted that British secret agents would only be allowed to pass intelligence to the CIA to help it capture Osama bin Laden if the agency promised he would not be tortured, it has emerged. MI6 believed it was close to finding the al-Qaida leader in Afghanistan in 1998, and again the next year. The plan was for MI6 to hand the CIA vital information about Bin Laden. Ministers including Robin Cook, the then foreign secretary, gave their approval on condition that the CIA gave assurances he would be treated humanely.

Is bin Laden Responsible for the 9/11 attacks?
July 26, 2007 -- To those who are not familiar with our work, Ed Haas and I have done extensive research regarding the authenticity of the “bin Laden Confession Tape” that was released by the U.S. government on December 13, 2001. Bush administration officials pointed to the video as the smoking gun and proof that Osama bin Laden was responsible for 9/11.

The motives behind the Bush administration’s latest terror scare
Over the last two weeks the Bush administration has orchestrated yet another campaign to sow fear and anxiety among the American people with unsubstantiated claims that signs are mounting of a looming Al Qaeda terrorist attack. Not a day goes by without suggestions by Bush or top Homeland Security officials that an attack perhaps on the scale of 9/11, or worse, is being prepared.

From across the political spectrum, opposition to BAA's injunction grows
Heathrow airport's owner BAA was isolated and assailed from all sides yesterday as it headed for a legal and physical showdown with protesters over an attempt to ban a mass demonstration against climate change that has enraged civil rights groups. Within hours of its disclosure, politicians, lawyers and protesters condemned an injunction that would prevent five million members of the public from attending the Camp for Climate Action as "ludicrous," " absurd" and "unenforceable".

U.S. officials may subpoena filmmaker Moore
Federal officials may be planning to subpoena filmmaker Michael Moore seeking information about a trip he took to Cuba for his documentary, 'Sicko,' a source close to the situation said on Friday. In a late Thursday appearance on NBC's "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," Moore said he was notified at the TV studio in Burbank, California, that a subpoena had already been issued.

Martial Law Threat is Real: Lucky that the Military is Breaking Down
The looming collapse of the US military in Iraq, of which a number of generals and former generals, including former Chief of Staff Colin Powell, have warned, is happening none too soon, as it may be the best hope for preventing military rule here at home. From the looks of things, the Bush/Cheney regime has been working assiduously to pave the way for a declaration of military rule.

US accuses Saudis of telling lies about Iraq
The extent of the deterioration in US-Saudi relations was exposed for the first time yesterday when Washington accused Riyadh of working to undermine the Iraqi government. The Bush administration warned Saudi Arabia, until this year one of its closest allies, to stop undermining the Iraqi prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki.

Victory for animal rights group against testing
An anti-vivisection campaign group won a partial victory yesterday in its High Court claim that the Government was failing in its legal duty to ensure animal suffering was kept to a minimum in UK laboratories. A judge held that the Home Office was acting unlawfully in licensing invasive brain experiments on marmosets at Cambridge University on the basis that "moderate" rather than "substantial" suffering was likely to be caused.

Foetuses aborted and dumped secretly as India shuns baby girls
A hundred yards from a school playing field on the edge of Nayagarh, a small town in eastern India, is an innocuous damp circular patch covered with what appears to be sticks and stones. A closer look reveals that the debris is shards of tiny skulls and bones, all that remains of more than 40 female foetuses - aborted because of their sex and then dumped in a disused well.

Flag-defiling charge ends in fight and arrests
Asheville – A couple who said they were protesting the state of the country by flying the U.S. flag upside down with signs pinned to it found themselves in jail following a scuffle with a deputy Wednesday morning. Mark and Deborah Kuhn were arrested on two counts of assault on a government employee, resisting arrest and a rarely used charge, desecrating an American flag, all misdemeanors. The Kuhns were released from custody Wednesday afternoon.

Pentagon backs down in row with Clinton over troop withdrawal
The Pentagon has made its most explicit acknowledgement to date that it is working on plans for an eventual drawdown of American troops in Iraq as a matter of priority. The admission, which followed pressure from Senator Hillary Clinton, was contained in a conciliatory letter penned by the Secretary of Defence, Robert Gates, and delivered by courier to Mrs Clinton.

Poll reveals how trust in BBC has plummeted after scandals
Public trust in the BBC has fallen sharply in the wake of the scandal involving fake phone-in competitions on high-profile programmes and wrongly edited footage of the Queen, a Guardian/ICM poll shows today. The poll also reveals a wider crisis of public confidence in the broadcasting industry as a whole, with viewers strongly sceptical of what they see on television, even when they are told the scenes are real.

Police 'kept bomber's suicide note from wife' arrested over 7/7 attack
The ringleader of the July 7 terror attacks on London left a suicide note for his wife saying they would be reunited in paradise, the Guardian has learned. Mohammed Siddique Khan left the note for his wife, Hasina Patel, who was arrested in May on suspicion of knowing what her husband had been planning.

Musharraf has sold country for sake of dollars: Qazi Hussain Ahmed
The MMA President and Jamaat-e-Islami Amir Qazi Hussain Ahmad has said that General Pervez Musharraf has sold out national independence and sovereignty for the sake of few US dollars. How can the military rulers stop US and Nato forces from attacking tribal regions of Pakistan since they themselves have been using their army to kill tribal people, he said while delivering Friday sermon at Mansoorah mosque.

Temple bull Shambo slaughtered
Shambo the temple bullock has been slaughtered, it was confirmed today. The six-year-old Friesian, which tested positive for bovine tuberculosis, was put down following a three-month fight by members of a Hindu community to keep him alive.
The row over Shambo's future reached a climax yesterday when officials entered the Skanda Vale community in Llanpumsaint, west Wales, and took him away.

'Lions of Mesopotamia' survive death threats to make the cup final
Iraq's footballing 'Lions of Mesopotamia' survive death threats and violence to make the cup final. The assistant coach fled Baghdad after receiving threats that his son would be kidnapped, the goalkeeper lost his brother-in-law in the sectarian violence and even fans have been targeted by suicide bombers. So the fact that Iraq's national football team has made it to tomorrow's Asian Cup final is nothing short of a fairy tale.