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    US slaps sanctions on Malaysian branch of Iran's Bank Mellat  Nov 6, 2009
    WASHINGTON, Nov 5, 2009 (AFP) The US Treasury Department on Thursday announced sanctions against the Malaysian subsidiary of Iran's Bank Mellat, which Washington says helps finance the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction ... The executive order authorizing the move "freezes the assets of designated proliferators of weapons of mass destruction and their supporters and prohibits US persons from engaging in any transaction with them," the Treasury Department said. (Yahoo! Asia News)

    Is Obama's Iran policy doomed?  Nov 6, 2009
    Half a century later, the Iranians watched the Bush administration invade neighboring Iraq and overthrow its president, Saddam Hussein, on trumped-up charges involving his supposed program to produce weapons of mass destruction. Iran's leaders know that during his second term in office, as Seymour Hersh revealed in The New Yorker, Bush authorized a clandestine CIA program with a $400 million budget to destabilize the Iranian regime. (Asia Times Online)

    U.S. troops kill 2 Hussein sons  Nov 6, 2009
    U.S. forces have been losing a soldier a day to guerrilla attacks as they struggle to restore order and basic services to ordinary Iraqis and search - so far without result - for weapons of mass destruction. While the whereabouts of Hussein remains unknown, yesterday's gunbattle eliminated two of the three most-wanted figures in Iraq, men who wielded power and terror second only to that of the former Iraqi president. (FOX61, CT)

    You, too, can be a campaign reporter!  Nov 6, 2009
    C. A CIA operative working on weapons of mass destruction. D. A well-known Democrat who recently heard the news from a friend of a friend's wife. (Salon)

    Vaccine video uses humor for serious question  Nov 5, 2009
    It's anything but an idle question for Graham and Talent, who lead the Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism. If medicine can't react quickly enough to stop the spread of flu, Graham asks, what will happen when, not if, someone releases a biological weapon. (USA Today)

    The catastrophe insurance policy through history  Nov 5, 2009
    The Anglo-Saxon world has suffered a double blow: the body bag count has climbed in a pointless search for weapons of mass destruction while Wall Street launched its own weapon of mass financial destruction in the form of the subprime crisis last year. Unemployment is rocketing globally and the UK has suffered 16 quarters of negative economic growth - the longest stretch on record. (Business Report, South Africa)

    Mohamed ElBaradei looks to US to fix nuclear system 'in tatters'  Nov 5, 2009
    Like this year's awarding of the Nobel Peace prize to President Obama, the ElBaradei prize was interpreted as a veiled criticism of former president Bush's use of ultimately baseless charges that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction to wage war on Iraq. It is the case of Iraq, and the shortcomings of the international community revealed by that crisis, that seem to have marked ElBaradei most. (Christian Science Monitor)

    Gene-makers put forward security standards  Nov 5, 2009
    "Everyone s struggling with this issue," says Edward You of the FBI s Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate. "It s not something you can solve in a meeting in a hotel conference room. If they ever come to a conclusion, that d be great, because that makes my job easier and it makes it easier for the [gene-synthesis] companies to make the right judgement call.". (Scientific American)

    Trial date delayed for NYC terror suspect's dad  Nov 4, 2009
    DENVER -- Lawyers preparing for the trial of a Colorado man whose son is charged with conspiring to use weapons of mass destruction are getting more time to get ready. A federal judge in Denver on Tuesday granted a request from federal prosecutors and attorneys for Mohammed Wali Zazi to declare the case "unusual and complex" and postpone a Dec. 7 trial date. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)

    Fighting the 'good' war  Nov 4, 2009
    Scott Ritter, the former United Nations chief weapons inspector who testified before the war that there were no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, had this to say about McChrystal's request for more troops in a Truthdig. com article on October 29. (Asia Times Online)

    Trial Delayed for Father of NYC Terror Suspect  Nov 4, 2009
    NEW YORK Lawyers preparing for the trial of a Colorado man whose son is charged with conspiring to use weapons of mass destruction are getting more time to get ready. A federal judge in Denver on Tuesday granted a request from federal prosecutors and attorneys for Mohammed Wali Zazi to declare the case "unusual and complex" and postpone a Dec. 7 trial date. (Fox News)

    How Israel destroyed Syria's nuclear reactor  Nov 4, 2009
    " One of them was the head of the trio of experts, Yaakov Amidror. Amidror, a deeply religious man strongly influenced by his fear of a new Holocaust, also found evidence suggesting that construction on the Syrian plant was to be accelerated. He told Olmert about a ship called the Gregorio, which was coming from North Korea and which was seized in Cyprus in September 2006. It was found to have suspicious-looking pipes bound for Syria on board. And in early September 2007, the freighter Al-Ahmad,... (Salon)

    Cooperate on N-issue: IAEA chief to Iran  Nov 3, 2009
    "I will always lament the fact that the tragic war was launched in Iraq that has cost the lives of thousands of innocent civilians," he said, highlighting that the agency had found no evidence that Iraq had revived its nuclear weapons programme or any other weapons of mass destruction. Topics. (India Times, India)

    The idiot twins ofAmerican idealism  Nov 3, 2009
    That, contrary to Mearsheimer and Walt, is realism: in a world of weapons of mass destruction, very large numbers of poorly educated people make no contribution to military power. Even in the age of edged weapons, Persia's advantage in numbers at Gaugamela posed little threat to Alexander the Great. (Asia Times Online)

    Hillary sets a marker  Nov 3, 2009
    Hillary Clinton accused the Bush administration yesterday of undermining efforts to curb the spread of weapons of mass destruction by supporting the development of a new generation of nuclear warheads. The New York senator's speech on national security seemed to be aimed at reminding the Democrats of her commanding presence in the party. (Yahoo News -- Hillary Rodham Clinton)

    Toast, fries, and kisses: Everything is better French  Nov 3, 2009
    Perhaps it's just too embarrassing to admit the French were right about Iraq's nonexistent weapons of mass destruction. Recently, over dinner in a Paris restaurant, someone introduced my wife and me as "the Americans at the table." The restaurant owner shrugged and said, "Well, not everyone's perfect.". (Christian Science Monitor)

    'Only a matter of time before terrorists use weapons of mass destruction'  Nov 3, 2009
    Only a matter of time before terrorists use weapons of mass destruction' - Telegraph ... Only a matter of time before terrorists use weapons of mass destruction ... And Henry "Hank" Crumpton, the newly-appointed head of counter-terrorism at the US State Department, believes that it is simply a matter of time before international terrorist groups such as al-Qa'eda acquire weapons of mass destruction and use them in attacks. (Yahoo News -- Biological and Chemical Weapons)

    Scoop: Heidi and Spencers book a disgrace  Nov 3, 2009
    How to Be Famous also includes a chapter titled Womens Weapons of Mass Destruction. Those weapons in question. (MSNBC -- Gossip)

    Cheney FBI interview: 72 instances of can't recall  Nov 2, 2009
    Fitzgerald had gathered evidence that Cheney apparently persuaded President George W. Bush to hurriedly declassify portions of a prewar National Intelligence Estimate on weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. The declassification was followed by Libby providing the information to a New York Times reporter while simultaneously talking to reporters about Plame's CIA identity. (Albany Times Union)

    Plans by U.S. to Dominate Space Raising Concerns  Nov 2, 2009
    Moscow and Beijing have for years promoted a new treaty to govern arms in space, since the current international agreement prohibits only nuclear or other weapons of mass destruction in space. One of those attending last week's session was Hu Xiaodi, the Chinese ambassador to the United Nations Disarmament Conference. (Yahoo News -- Missile Defense System)

    Top BBC resignations astonished Hutton  Nov 1, 2009
    Please activate cookies in order to turn autoplay off. Law lord believes his report's findings on David Kelly's death were misinterpreted by media and is dismayed at accusations of whitewash. (Yahoo News -- Hutton Report)

    * UK democracy under attack X from the police  Nov 1, 2009
    Intelligence is anyway notoriously unreliable, because it cannot be properly tested as evidence X whether on the grand scale of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq or in more routine injustices, such as the 2006 raid in Londons Forest Gate, in which police shot an innocent man on the basis of groundless intelligence about a chemical bomb. Thats one of the unwitting messages of the new official history of MI5 by the loyal historian Christopher Andrew. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)

    US ready for NKorean fall  Nov 1, 2009
    It dictates how to respond case-by-case to such emergencies in North Korea as a civil war, an outflow of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs), a mass influx of refugees or a natural disaster, Yonhap said. Under the plan, the United States assumes the role of eliminating North Korea's WMDs, including its nuclear weapons, while South Korean troops play a leading role in most other parts, it said. (iAfrica.com)

    Ignorance is no excuse  Nov 1, 2009
    With the help of tapes, aerial photographs and a PowerPoint presentation, Michael Powell's father, Colin, illustrates the US government's case that Iraq has weapons of mass destruction. Jabbing the air and slapping the table, he offers "not assertions, but facts" and "evidence, not conjecture". (Yahoo News -- Hutton Report)

    Halt Hutton inquisition, urges former BBC chief  Nov 1, 2009
    The BBC's 'internal process', which was launched by the acting director-general, Mark Byford, has provoked strong reaction from top names in BBC news, many of whom have privately threatened to walk out if management continues to investigate mistakes made last spring when Radio 4's Andrew Gilli gan, the Today programme's defence correspondent, reported allegations that the Government had prosecuted the war in Iraq without believing in the presence of weapons of mass destruction. There needs to be... (Yahoo News -- Hutton Report)

    US may help destroy Libya weapons  Nov 1, 2009
    In 2003, Tripoli agreed to destroy all of its weapons of mass destruction. The North African nation has until April 2007 to destroy its banned weapons stockpile in order to comply with the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), an international treaty governing the possession of banned weapons. (Yahoo News -- Biological and Chemical Weapons)

    If we leave Iraq, do we lose for good?  Nov 1, 2009
    He did not lie about WMD in Iraq. His administration inherited an intelligence organization that made him believe WMD were being stockpiled in Iraq, along with a stated policy of regime change ... I also think that a quick retreat from the Middle East would be the same as circling our wagons while waiting for 9/11-inspired attacks to continue here with greater and greater lethality by an enemy who will use WMD as soon as possible. (Salon)

    Ill winds over Iran's nuclear draft  Oct 31, 2009
    The latest initiatives in the US Congress have a similar air to the period before the invasion of Iraq in 2003, when whipped-up fears of Iraq's (non-existent) weapons of mass destruction prevailed over reason and fueled a disastrous war. Undoubtedly, the joint US-Israel missile test conducted this week is meant as a warning shot to Iran, to take the threat of a military strike seriously. (Asia Times Online)

    * To end wars, leaders must stop using fighting evil rhetoric  Oct 31, 2009
    If Iraq indeed had weapons of mass destruction, as Bush believed, Husseins departure would have left such weapons in the hands of K whom exactly. Equating war with a solitary tyrant thus imposes strategic limitations for policymakers. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)

    Libya talks over IRA compensation  Oct 31, 2009
    When they hear some of the stories, they might understand exactly what these weapons of mass destruction and Semtex have done ... She told the BBC: "We're hoping that when [Libyan officials] hear some of the stories, they might understand exactly what these weapons of mass destruction and Semtex have done." ... It also abandoned efforts to develop weapons of mass destruction. (BBC News -- UK)

    Beyond Dithering  Oct 31, 2009
    WHERE ARE THE WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION. WHY DID COLIN POWELL RESIGN. (Investors Business Daily)

    Pakistan's Baghdad Bob  Oct 30, 2009
    They could almost see Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction. And remember those generals in Vietnam, who always saw "light at the end of the tunnel". (Slate)

    Our nation is in trouble and some are throwing mud for sport  Oct 30, 2009
    We re about to allow for the first time in modern history irrational people to have weapons of mass destruction, he said. And that is not an acceptable outcome to me. (Cameron Observer, MO)

    Why Obamas Iran Policy Will Fail  Oct 30, 2009
    Half a century later, the Iranians watched the Bush administration invade neighboring Iraq and overthrow its president, Saddam Hussein, on trumped-up charges involving his supposed program to produce weapons of mass destruction. Iran's leaders know that during his second term in office -- as Seymour Hersh revealed in the New Yorker -- Bush authorized a clandestine CIA program with a budget of $400 million to destabilize the Iranian regime. (CBS News)

    How quickly they forget  Oct 30, 2009
    I feel we need to support a complete revamping of military involvement due to the fact that we are engaged in a battle that cannot be won, because this occupation is based on the lies about weapons of mass destruction and fear that fattened the bank accounts of Halliburton and Blackwater fat cats, while innocent military families suffer the loss of life, companionship, and family time. I am no military expert, but I am assured that throwing billions more dollars at the eradication of the Taliban... (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)

    Al-Qaeda chemical expert 'killed'  Oct 30, 2009
    The BBC's Syed Shoaib Hasan in Islamabad says the militant was considered part of Osama Bin Laden's inner circle and was said to be in charge of efforts to gain access to, or develop, weapons of mass destruction. Local residents said the house targeted belonged to a local tribesman and suspected militants used to stay there. (Yahoo News -- Terrorism & 9/11)

    Britain's Afghan role in question  Oct 29, 2009
    The UK government even seems willing to resort to the type of disinformation that was used to support the 2003 invasion of Iraq, which included discredited intelligence reports of Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction. Suspicions have been aroused by a report on the BBC's Newsnight program last week claiming Washington had confirmed to Downing Street that the "substantial increase" in US troops requested by top US commander in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, would be approved. (Asia Times Online)

    'Good Enough' Isn't  Oct 29, 2009
    By the way, we did find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, we eliminated a brutal dictator, and we also know Al Qaeda operated in Iraq. On top of this Democrats including Kerry who had the same intelligence voted for the war. (Investors Business Daily)

    DOD simulation center aims for outreach  Oct 29, 2009
    The information repository uses modeling and simulation to evaluate various events and situations, such as assessing satellites and sensors or determining collateral damage inflicted by a nuclear attack or other weapons of mass destruction. The center also ensures that simulations are available for reuse after the initial testing, which means each model or simulation can have multiple purposes. (FCW.com)

    COLUMN: 'Good without God' seems to turn nothing into a bit of something to brag about  Oct 29, 2009
    shumphreys wrote on Oct 28, 2009 9:20 AM:" Collatine another thought. Some argue that the Bible as the inerrant word of God is the authority on what is right/wrong, moral/immoral. YET we know the Bible is full of errors. The Bible says "thous shalt not kill" yet we allow killing in the line of duty for soldiers and policemen and in self-defense. The writers of the Bible (God?) never dreamed of stem cell research, machines that can keep a person in a vegetative state alive indefinitely, weapons... (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)

    Obama says he's just getting warmed up  Oct 29, 2009
    Quote: "America must lead - by marshaling a global effort to meet a threat that rises above all others in urgency - securing, destroying and stopping the spread of weapons of mass destruction." - Chicago, April 23, 2007. Status: In July, Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev committed in writing to reduce their number of nuclear warheads and delivery vehicles. (USA Today)

    Words of war  Oct 28, 2009
    "A bit of dithering might have been in order before we went into Iraq in pursuit of nonexistent weapons of mass destruction. For a representative of the Bush administration to accuse someone of taking too much time is missing the point.". Leave it to Mr. Cheney to make such an inadvertent yet affirming case for Mr. Obama's approach to a war he inherited from, among others, the former vice president. (Albany Times Union)

    Lockerbie Bomber's Release Casts a Shadow Over Gaddafi Celebration  Oct 28, 2009
    In February 2008, British Justice Minister Jack Straw wrote to Scotland's First Minister, Alex Salmond, that "developing a strong relationship with Libya ... is good for the U.K.," adding that Libya "is one of only two countries to have ever voluntarily and transparently dismantled its weapons of mass destruction program ... and ... is in a key position to help stem the flow of illegal migrants to the E.U. and to the U.K.". One Scottish document in particular could cause grief for Prime Minister... (Time.com)

    Halt Hutton inquisition, urges former BBC chief  Oct 28, 2009
    The BBC's 'internal process', which was launched by the acting director-general, Mark Byford, has provoked strong reaction from top names in BBC news, many of whom have privately threatened to walk out if management continues to investigate mistakes made last spring when Radio 4's Andrew Gilli gan, the Today programme's defence correspondent, reported allegations that the Government had prosecuted the war in Iraq without believing in the presence of weapons of mass destruction. There needs to be... (Yahoo News -- Hutton Report)

    LETTER: Stop waging war and provide health care  Oct 27, 2009
    The Question wrote on Oct 26, 2009 9:58 AM:" We were attacked by terrorists AFTER 9-11. Those weapons came from a Pentagon biological warfare lab, so I can understand why the right wingers always so-conveniently "forget" that particular terrorist attack. We've wasted trillions on the military-industrial complex, and those trillions have paid for WMD USED AGAINST THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.But we were too busy fretting about Saddam Hussein's nonexistent WMD to stop the real thing coming at us out of the... (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)

    Sustainability in Daily Life  Oct 27, 2009
    The group champions three causes: slowing climate change, disposal of weapons of mass destruction and providing access to clean drinking. Read. (Scientific American)

    Scientists use world's fastest supercomputer to model origins of the unseen universe  Oct 27, 2009
    " Shortly after that it was named the world's fastest supercomputer by the TOP500 organization at the June 2008 International Supercomputing Conference in Dresden Germany. The Roadrunner supercomputer, developed by IBM in partnership with the Laboratory and the National Nuclear Security Administration, will be used to perform advanced physics and predictive simulations in a classified mode to assure the safety, security, and reliability of the U.S. nuclear deterrent. The system will be used by... (EurekAlert!)

    America Can't Afford the Intelligence Community’s Weaknesses  Oct 26, 2009
    The most controversial NIE in recent years was produced in 2002 to estimate Iraq s weapons of mass destruction (WMD) program. President Bush cited that estimate to make the case for war. (Human Events Online)

    * Soldiers mother wants Blair to answer for Iraq war  Oct 25, 2009
    So we believe a conspiracy was formed by Tony Blair and [US] President [George W.] Bush to invade Iraq under the pretense that [then-Iraqi president] Saddam Hussein had an arsenal of weapons of mass destruction and was preparing to use them against other countries of the world, he said. We believe the true reason for the war was to protect the oil-producing countries of the Middle East and was therefore motivated by greed. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)

    U.N.: Can halt violence against women  Oct 24, 2009
    Latest news, Latest News Headlines, news articles, news video, news photos - UPI.com (Yahoo News -- Women's Issues)

    Attorney general talks about war on terrorism  Oct 24, 2009
    Holder said investigators conformed to the rule of law in breaking open the case of Najibullah Zazi, an Afghan immigrant and Denver airport shuttle driver who has been charged with conspiring to use weapons of mass destruction in a terror attack on New York City. Holder spoke in Maine a day after the Senate approved legislation that prohibits the Obama administration from transferring any detainee being held at the Guantanamo Bay military prison in Cuba to the United States for trial until 45... (Fresno Bee -- Nation)

    Top BBC resignations astonished Hutton  Oct 24, 2009
    Please activate cookies in order to turn autoplay off. Law lord believes his report's findings on David Kelly's death were misinterpreted by media and is dismayed at accusations of whitewash. (Yahoo News -- Hutton Report)

    Ignorance is no excuse  Oct 24, 2009
    With the help of tapes, aerial photographs and a PowerPoint presentation, Michael Powell's father, Colin, illustrates the US government's case that Iraq has weapons of mass destruction. Jabbing the air and slapping the table, he offers "not assertions, but facts" and "evidence, not conjecture". (Yahoo News -- Hutton Report)

    Hillary sets a marker  Oct 24, 2009
    Hillary Clinton accused the Bush administration yesterday of undermining efforts to curb the spread of weapons of mass destruction by supporting the development of a new generation of nuclear warheads. The New York senator's speech on national security seemed to be aimed at reminding the Democrats of her commanding presence in the party. (Yahoo News -- Hillary Rodham Clinton)

    U.S. imposes news sanctions against DPRK  Oct 24, 2009
    The Amroggang Development Bank is "a proliferator of weapons of mass destruction," the U.S. Department of Treasury said in a statement. "As long as North Korea continues to try to evade sanctions and obscure its illicit proliferation transactions, we will take steps to combat that activity and protect the integrity of the international financial system," Stuart Levey, undersecretary of the Treasury Department, said in the statement. (Xinhuanet, China)

    Outspoken public schools advocate Bracey dies at 69  Oct 23, 2009
    Last August, when the topic on the EDDRA listserv turned to Obama's proposed education reforms, an angry Bracey wrote, "How long will it take for people to realize that the education 'reform' proposed by Obama-Duncan is no different from the Weapons of Mass Destruction from Bush (I say this as a depressed person who canvassed for Obama, campaigned for him, donated for him, and voted for him with my entire family in Virginia before moving to the blue-secure state of Washington.)". "He wasn't... (USA Today -- News)

    Cheney to Obama: "Do What it Takes to Win"  Oct 23, 2009
    Instead you went off on your little pre-planned escapade to plug Halliburton into the public treasury by concocting the whole WMD nonsense to draw us into an unnecessary war with Iraq. A war that cost us, the US taxpayer, over a TRILLION dollars. (CBS News)

    Little-known findings  Oct 23, 2009
    The Iraqi government was successfully overthrown and the weapons of mass destruction were not there. What is "lost" or failed, if you will, is the occupation. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)

    US may help destroy Libya weapons  Oct 23, 2009
    In 2003, Tripoli agreed to destroy all of its weapons of mass destruction. The North African nation has until April 2007 to destroy its banned weapons stockpile in order to comply with the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), an international treaty governing the possession of banned weapons. (Yahoo News -- Biological and Chemical Weapons)

    Why listen to discredited ex-veep?  Oct 23, 2009
    It is a legacy that includes his involvement in promoting a war in Iraq with cherry-picked intelligence warning of weapons of mass destruction that didn't exist. His legacy includes Abu Ghraib and a policy that condoned torture of terrorist suspects; the Valerie Plame scandal; unwarranted surveillance of U.S. citizens; and, just before leaving office, the collapse of the global economy. (Herald Online, SC -- Opinion)

    Plans by U.S. to Dominate Space Raising Concerns  Oct 23, 2009
    Moscow and Beijing have for years promoted a new treaty to govern arms in space, since the current international agreement prohibits only nuclear or other weapons of mass destruction in space. One of those attending last week's session was Hu Xiaodi, the Chinese ambassador to the United Nations Disarmament Conference. (Yahoo News -- Missile Defense System)

    Panel: U.S. lags in bioterrorism preparations  Oct 23, 2009
    The Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction, Proliferation and Terrorism, said the United States was making better progress in regard to the nuclear threat than it was preparing for possible bioterrorism. "The nation's level of preparedness for dealing with the threat of bioterrorism remains far lower than that of the nuclear threat," the commission said in a lengthy report titled "The Clock Is Ticking.". (MSNBC -- International)

    Tropico 3: Diary, Part 3  Oct 23, 2009
    The first one is a brutal one-time cash-cow affair: I will let one of the superpowers test their nu-cu-lar weapons of mass destruction off the shores of Tropico. It's not that bad once you get used to the physical mutations from the radiation. (IGN PC Games)

    An Evening With the Grand Mufti  Oct 23, 2009
    On a recent visit to the United States, he explained to me the process of "resolving issues of modern life." And modern life offers Gomaa and his team of subordinate muftis plenty of fodder for resolution, from the permissibility of organ transplants, to sports gambling, to smoking during Ramadan, to female judges, to the use of weapons of mass destruction, to mobile phone transmitters on the top of minarets. This is perhaps the most difficult aspect of Islam for many non-Muslim Americans, who... (Townhall.com)

    Click to read:Rash of Teen Suicides Rattles Calif. City  Oct 23, 2009
    A war in Iraq that killed half a million Iraqi's, 5000 Americans, and 0 weapons of mass destruction. A healthcare sector that has killed half a million Americans just since the first election of GW Bush, and EVERY YEAR costs Americans $1 trillion more than comparable 'socialized' healthcare would cost, as practiced by EVERY ONE OF OUR CAPITALIST TRADING PARTNERS.. (CBS News)

    'Only a matter of time before terrorists use weapons of mass destruction'  Oct 23, 2009
    Only a matter of time before terrorists use weapons of mass destruction' - Telegraph ... Only a matter of time before terrorists use weapons of mass destruction ... And Henry "Hank" Crumpton, the newly-appointed head of counter-terrorism at the US State Department, believes that it is simply a matter of time before international terrorist groups such as al-Qa'eda acquire weapons of mass destruction and use them in attacks. (Yahoo News -- Biological and Chemical Weapons)

    A 'long war' in the blowback world  Oct 22, 2009
    In their view, the fight against Islamist terrorists and assorted bad guys who wanted to get their hands on weapons of mass destruction and truly bloody the American nose would be decades long.. And of that past. (Asia Times Online)

    US will never have 'normal' ties with a nuclear-armed NKorea  Oct 22, 2009
    " Damascus urged the new administration to adopt a Syrian-sponsored UN resolution declaring the entire Middle East a region free of weapons of mass destruction, as well as to press US ally Israel to sign the NPT. Under the treaty that took effect in 1970, nuclear powers are forbidden from transferring nuclear weapons or helping other states from acquiring them. "Stopping terrorists from acquiring the ultimate weapon was not a central preoccupation when the NPT was negotiated," Clinton said. "But... (Channelnewsasia.com)

    NYC imam charged with lying to feds  Oct 21, 2009
    Zazi, 24, was subsequently arrested and charged with conspiring to use weapons of mass destruction. He is held without bond. (MSNBC -- Terrorism)

    Theyve been watching Red Dawn again  Oct 21, 2009
    And tell me, what kind of bloody-minded moron uses weapons of mass destruction on his or her own people and own soil. I ll tell you what kind exactly the tyrannical type that the Oath was designed by the Founders to prevent. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)

    PRESIDENTIAL PLAN  Oct 21, 2009
    Al-Maliki also repeated his call for help from the Obama administration in the cancellation of all U.N. sanctions and resolutions adopted after 's 1990 invasion of Kuwait, saying Iraq is a democracy and has no weapons of mass destruction. "This is important to move Iraq forward and to promote investment," the Iraqi leader said. (USA Today)

    Bioterror failures ripped  Oct 21, 2009
    Bob Graham, second from left, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 8 to discuss legislation to protect against terrorist weapons of mass destruction attacks ... The report obtained by USA TODAY cites failures on biosecurity policy by the , which the Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction says has left the country vulnerable. (USA Today)

    Bush had some fans  Oct 20, 2009
    America's credibility was shattered when the president invaded a country saying that it had weapons of mass destruction. Remember -- they did not have any. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)

    Hitchens: We Need To Disarm Iran Now, Not When It Actually Has Nukes  Oct 20, 2009
    Against this, we are at least entitled to consider the idea that a decaying regime that is bluffing and buying (or rather stealing) time on weapons of mass destruction is in a condition that makes this the best moment to do at least something to raise the cost of the lawlessness and to slow down and sabotage the preparations. Or might it be better to wait and to fight later on more equal terms. (Slate)

    Lessons from the U.S.'s 30 Years' War  Oct 20, 2009
    In their view, the fight against the Islamist terrorists and assorted bad guys who wanted to get their hands on weapons of mass destruction and truly bloody the American nose would be decades long. ... In other words, when it came to Iraq, we were for weapons of mass destruction before we were against them. (CBS News -- Opinion)

    Gadhafi's Son Gaining in Libya Power  Oct 20, 2009
    His father's most trusted envoy, he is credited with having helped convince the British and U.S. governments that his father was keen to end Libya's isolation by abandoning his program to develop weapons of mass destruction. Tripoli scrapped the program in 2003 and has increasingly improved ties with the West. (Newsmax)

    Seniors protest racism at Chicago bar  Oct 20, 2009
    As if they magically transform into Super-Negroes at night, adorned in gold chains & teeth, long white tees, questionable hoodies, and baggy pants that show too much boxer and hold mysterious weapons of mass destruction. It s amazing when people believe that sunk costs should dictate their future actions, and try to justify impassivity with revenue restriction. (Washington University Student Life, MO)

    Al-Qaeda chemical expert 'killed'  Oct 20, 2009
    The BBC's Syed Shoaib Hasan in Islamabad says the militant was considered part of Osama Bin Laden's inner circle and was said to be in charge of efforts to gain access to, or develop, weapons of mass destruction. Local residents said the house targeted belonged to a local tribesman and suspected militants used to stay there. (Yahoo News -- Terrorism & 9/11)

    Letter to the Editor: Devil is in details in Nobel win  Oct 20, 2009
    paz1 wrote on Oct 18, 2009 9:04 PM:" I have only a few things to say about this letter and these opinions (actually I have many, many things I want to say, but I'll stick to just a few). I emplore the reading public research President Reagan's time in office, his work with the CIA in Central America, and the effects that are still being felt as a result. Perhaps a little more education will influence your decisions and opinions.As for your suggestion that G.W. Bush was an appropriate choice for... (Gaylord Herald Times, MI)

    BP Wins Huge Oil License in Iraq  Oct 20, 2009
    The deal between Iraq's government and the energy companies has caused anger among anti-war protesters, who have argued that the decision to invade Iraq in 2003 and to topple Saddam Hussein's regime was linked to oil, rather than ridding Iraq of weapons of mass destruction, which were not found following the war. "We always said that this war was at least in part to grab the resources of Iraq, despite the wishes of the vast majority of the Iraqi people and the oil workers' union themselves,"... (BusinessWeek)

    Cornyn: Afghan Delay Emboldens Our Enemies  Oct 19, 2009
    The most appropriate question for Mr. Cornyn would be "why weren't you screaming about this for all the years we switched our focus to Iraq looking for those weapons of mass destruction. "Emboldening the enemy"! Does he not think we all remember how that phrase was used over and over and over against any person who dared to criticize W on any of his so called military strategies.Taxcuts, wars and just say "no" to anything the other party proposes. That is the Republican party stands for. Social... (CBS News -- World)

    Profile: Iran's Revolutionary Guards  Oct 18, 2009
    The Revolutionary Guards' power and influence are such that the US government has designated it a "proliferator of weapons of mass destruction" and its elite overseas operations arm, the Quds Force, a "supporter of terrorism". Guardians of the Revolution. (BBC News -- Africa)

    "Chop & Quench" Democratic Party Formed!  Oct 18, 2009
    In our camp we have primed human killing machines i.e. political thugs, and accredited financial weapons of mass destruction i.e. Ghana must go custodians. If that still does not impress you, consider this: we have a track record. (Ghana Web, Ghana)

    Halt Hutton inquisition, urges former BBC chief  Oct 18, 2009
    The BBC's 'internal process', which was launched by the acting director-general, Mark Byford, has provoked strong reaction from top names in BBC news, many of whom have privately threatened to walk out if management continues to investigate mistakes made last spring when Radio 4's Andrew Gilli gan, the Today programme's defence correspondent, reported allegations that the Government had prosecuted the war in Iraq without believing in the presence of weapons of mass destruction. There needs to be... (Yahoo News -- Hutton Report)

    Additional THAAD Unit Activated At Ft. Bliss  Oct 17, 2009
    The Terminal High Altitude Defense System, or THAAD, is aimed at destroying weapons of mass destruction. "It can engage both inside and outside the atmosphere. It's a hit-to-kill technology, so it's similar to a bullet hitting a bullet, said Capt. Brendan McShea, A/2 battery commander.The unit is so high-tech that important data is not only downloaded to the THAAD missile before each launch, but it's also updated while in flight. THAAD greatly extends the reach of where we can engage enemy... (KFOXTV.com, TX)

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