The Smilin’ Ohioan reports a Democratic candidate "farther down on the ticket" is found to have 257,000 more votes than Sen. Kerry. A developement that dwarves the preliminary gap of 136,000, which should come down when the vote is certified on monday, because the provisionals have been, either tabled or tabulated- as reported by channel 3 news in Cleveland.
It is not clear what is to be done with all the various precints reporting 100%+ turnouts, ie.-more votes recorded than registered (...)
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Kerry Supports Ohio Vote Investigation, Jackson says & Fair Tally Rally in Columbus
29 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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WILLIS/ENLOE: The Coming Wars With Iran And North Korea
29 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
1 commentBy David B. Willis and Walter W. Enloe
The news from Washington this past week had eerie echoes of the lead-up to the war in Iraq. Now that George Bush has been re-elected President what might we anticipate as future scenarios? If the doctrine of pre-emption is followed the next conflict is likely to go nuclear.
One plausible scenario is that the Neocons will stop at nothing to bring the other members of the Axis of Evil to their knees. There has already been considerable talk along (...) -
After Iraq it is Venezuela
28 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
The next oil confrontation between America and Euro Zone and this time a new super power coalition of India, China, Russia and Brazil makes the difference
by Sudhir Chadda
After Iraq it is oil rich Venezuela led by Hugo Chavez that has become the center for confrontation between America and the Euro Zone. Chavez is dead against America and Euro Zone needs him to keep the oil balance - the power symbol in 2005. But this time the equation is a little different. A new regional and super (...) -
Israeli officer: I was right to shoot 13-year-old child
28 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
1 commentRadio exchange contradicts army version of Gaza killing
by Chris McGreal in Jerusalem
An Israeli army officer who repeatedly shot a 13-year-old Palestinian girl in Gaza dismissed a warning from another soldier that she was a child by saying he would have killed her even if she was three years old.
The officer, identified by the army only as Captain R, was charged this week with illegal use of his weapon, conduct unbecoming an officer and other relatively minor infractions after (...) -
Audit: Halliburton lost track of government property in Iraq
28 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
By John Solomon WASHINGTON (AP) A third or more of the government property Halliburton Co. was paid to manage for the U.S.-led Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq could not be located by auditors, investigative reports to Congress show.
Halliburton’s KBR subsidiary ’’did not effectively manage government property’’ and auditors could not locate hundreds of CPA items worth millions of dollars in Iraq and Kuwait this summer and fall, Inspector General Stuart W. Bowen reported to (...) -
US casualties near record level in November
28 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
WASHINGTON: November has been the second deadliest month for US troops in Iraq since the March 2003 invasion, and the Pentagon is braced for rising violence ahead of crucial parliamentary elections set for Jan. 30.
At least 109 US troops have been killed in Iraq this month, about half of whom died in an offensive that began on Nov. 8 to crush insurgents in their former stronghold Falluja, according to Pentagon figures.
In the 20-month war, only this past April, with 135 military (...) -
Press Routinely Undercounts U.S. Casualties in Iraq
28 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
By E&P Staff
NEW YORK As the toll of Americans killed and wounded in Iraq in November approaches record levels for one month in this war, is the press only telling part of the story?
The Pentagon’s latest official count, provided on Wednesday, listed 1230 American military killed in Iraq and another 9300 U.S. troops wounded in action. How seriously? More than 5000 of them were too badly injured to return to duty. More than 850 troops were reported to have been wounded in action in (...) -
Talks start on a calmer Palm Island
28 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
Police and community leaders were holding talks following a riot by residents angered over a death in custody on Palm Island, off the north Queensland coast.
After a quiet night on Palm Island, police were hopeful for an end to the emergency situation declared on Friday when angry residents set fire to the police station, courthouse, a police officer’s house and a stolen police car.
Police said about 80 officers had been flown in from nearby Townsville, Cairns and Brisbane and had (...) -
Taking ’Trophy’ Pictures With Palestinian Bodies Widely Spread Among Israeli Occupation Soldiers
26 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
5 commentsGAZA
The Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth published a report last Friday 19 about a serious dark side of the moral degeneration of the Israeli occupation army; taking ’trophy’ photographs with bodies of dead Palestinians.
The newspaper reported on its electronic edition that bodies of ’terrorists’ became a vital part of Israeli soldiers’ photo albums. "It is hard to believe, but this is the image in the Israeli army," the newspaper said.
The report also hinted that not all those (...) -
Rioters burn Palm Is police station
26 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
4 commentsA riot has broken out in the Indigenous community on North Queensland’s Palm Island, after the release of an autopsy conducted on a man who died in police custody.
Authorities are trying to restore law and order on the island, and armed police are being sent from Townsville.
Up to 300 islanders have stormed the police station, setting fire to it with a petrol bomb. They also destroyed the police residence.
Fire officials trying to control the blaze have reportedly been threatened by (...)