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MPs demand debate on 'Son of Star Wars' base in Yorkshire Dales
Angry MPs challenged Gordon Brown to live up to his promise of more Parliamentary accountability by allowing a Commons vote over the use of the US listening post at Menwith Hill, in the Yorkshire Dales, as a base for the anti-nuclear weapon programme dubbed 'Son of Star Wars'. Their protests are reinforced by a YouGov poll today showing that 54 per cent of the public believe that stationing the US radar and communications stations, and possibly interceptor missiles, in this country increases the threat of attack on the UK.

Researcher's Analysis of al Qaeda Images Reveals Surprises
Forensics Neal Krawetz, a researcher and computer security consultant, gave an interesting presentation today at the BlackHat security conference in Las Vegas about analyzing digital photographs and video images for alterations and enhancements. Using a program he wrote Krawetz could print out the quantization tables in a JPEG file (that indicate how the image was compressed) and determine the last tool that created the image - that is, the make and model of the camera if the image is original or the version of Photoshop that was used to alter and re-save the image.

Cleared of lying, but still questions for Met chief to answer
Sir Ian Blair's leadership of the Metropolitan police is to face further scrutiny in the wake of a damaging report into events surrounding the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes. The Metropolitan Police Authority, which oversees the running of Britain's biggest force, will examine why Sir Ian was kept "almost totally uninformed" for at least 24 hours about concerns that an innocent man had been killed in south London the day after the failed July 21 suicide bombings.

Airport bomb attack suspect dies in hospital
A terror suspect being treated for severe burns following a car bomb attack on Glasgow Airport has died in hospital, police said. Kafeel Ahmed, 27, was being cared for at a specialist unit at Glasgow Royal Infirmary (GRI) after the incident on June 30. A spokesman for Strathclyde Police said last night: 'We can confirm that the man seriously injured during the course of the incident at Glasgow Airport on Saturday June 30 has died in Glasgow Royal Infirmary.

70,000 bridges across America are rated structurally deficient, experts
More than 70,000 bridges across America are rated structurally deficient like the span that collapsed in Minneapolis, and engineers estimate repairing them all would take at least a generation and cost more than $188 billion (€137 billion). That works out to at least $9.4 billion (€6.9 billion) a year over 20 years, according to the American Society of Civil Engineers.

Lady of 83, stands alone against the government
As one flagrant breach of the Constitution is piled onto another, Mrs. Elizabeth Beckett is one of those who is prepared to stand up and fight. When she discovered that her council tax bill was being used as a vehicle to extract money from her for a European Union inspired regional assembly, she went on the offensive. She launched four legal cases against the government citing erosion of the Constitution, Breach of Contract, Breach of Trust and for Treason and Legal Fraud. Now she is refusing to pay the local tax on her Old Vicarage house in Alston, Cumbria, and has been the subject of considerable harassment by bailiffs.

Iraq veterans suffer stress and alcoholism
Thousands of frontline veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are facing escalating mental health problems, alcoholism and family breakdown, an extensive examination of the British military has found. Prolonged periods in conflict are linked to higher levels of post-traumatic stress disorder, psychological distress and problems at home, researchers report in the British Medical Journal online.

Russian government hides Caspian Monsters. Why?
Ever since 1964, when the world’s first wing-in-ground effect (WIGE) craft was tested by Russia in the Caspian Sea, Russia keeps the leading positions in the development of a special class of vehicles dubbed “Caspian Monsters” by the US intelligence, which are neither aircraft nor ships, or both. Caspian Monsters used to create a furore in news making and technical spheres. Today the world catches a single piece of news regarding the fate of this outstanding development.

Coming Soon: The Mother Of All 9/11 Truth Hit Pieces
An upcoming documentary entitled The 9/11 Conspiracies, to be aired on the History Channel, may represent the biggest hit piece to date on the 9/11 truth movement and is rife with bias, cronyism and conflicts of interest. The so-called documentary promises not to look at the flaws in the official story from a neutral perspective but to start out by suggesting that any deviation from the official line is 'outrageous'.

U.S. Terror Attack - 'Ninety Days at Most'
Counterterrorism expert Juval Aviv predicts, based primarily on information that is floating in Europe and the Middle East, that an event is imminent and around the corner here in the United States. It could happen as soon as tomorrow, or it could happen in the next few months. Ninety days at the most. What they’re going to do is hit six, seven or eight cities simultaneously to show sophistication and really hit the public.

U.S. people lack faith in Bush as commander in chief
The majority of U.S. citizens do not trust President George W. Bush as commander in chief or in his capacity to lead the war in Iraq, according to a survey published today. The poll, run by Zogby for the UPI news agency, showed that 54% of those surveyed lacked faith in Bush’s capacity as commander in chief of the U.S. Army, and 60% mistrusted his judgment in relation to the conflict in Iraq.

1 in 4 satellite-tagged criminals reoffends in weeks
One in four prisoners freed early with a tag so they could be tracked by satellite reoffended in weeks, it emerged last night. Their offences included a rape and two more described as 'very serious'. Other criminals simply ditched the equipment. One was on the run for more than 200 days.

Firms pull Facebook ads after link with BNP material
Two leading companies yesterday pulled their advertising from Facebook after they were randomly placed on a page giving information about the British National party. Vodafone and First Direct took the step when they were alerted to the fact that their adverts were included on a rotation system which flashed them up at intervals on the BNP's entry.

Return of the Robber Barons
As the Bush Regime outfits B-2 stealth bombers with 30,000 pound monster 'bunker buster' bombs for its coming attack on Iran, the US economy continues its 21st century decline. While profits soar for the armaments industry, the American people continue to take it on the chin. The latest report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that the real wages and salaries of US civilian workers are below those of 5 years ago.

Democrats Scrambling to Expand Eavesdropping
Under pressure from President Bush, Democratic leaders in Congress are scrambling to pass legislation this week to expand the government’s electronic wiretapping powers. Democratic leaders have expressed a new willingness to work with the White House to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to make it easier for the National Security Agency to eavesdrop on some purely foreign telephone calls and e-mail. Such a step now requires court approval.

Tehran the target of huge arms deal
The U.S. secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice justifies $63 billion of Middle East arms sales by citing the need to contain Iran. The transactions still need the approval of congress. Will American democracy stand up and call a halt to this madness? How do they think statements like this play throughout the Middle East?
We have been here 60 years and we’re going to be here a lot longer.
The Iranian official who portrayed the initiative as just a boost to the U.S. arms industry reflects the views of most people outside the U.S. lunatic fringe.

U.S. spy satellite declared loss, to drop from orbit
The National Reconnaissance Office has deemed an experimental U.S. spy satellite a total loss and will allow it to slowly drop from orbit and burn up in the atmosphere, two defense officials told Reuters this week. The classified L-21, built by Lockheed Martin Corp at a cost of hundreds of millions of dollars, was launched on December 14 but has been out of touch since reaching its low-earth orbit, put by satellite watchers at about 220 miles above the earth.

Smirking murderer is led to the gallows as children join crowds at public executions in Iran
Two more criminals have been publicly hanged in Iran as children looked on and people took pictures.Unrepentant, the smirking Majid Kavoosifar, 28, was led to the gallows and even manged a small wave to the crowd before his death.
However his cousin Hossein Kavoosifar, 24, was in tears as he and his uncle were executed in front of the main offices of the judiciary in central Tehran.