With all due caution Nov 13, 2009
Exhibit A is the Iraq war, launched with few allies and hurried talk of weapons of mass destruction that never materialized. What if a genuine debate took place, filled with cat-and-dog opponents, clear evidence and an inquisitive commander in chief. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
Strong statement starts effort to mend Indian relationship Nov 13, 2009
He repeated yesterday the potential for regional conflict over resources, pollution, climate change, people smuggling and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. India and Australia, both peaceful democracies, ''should be natural partners in the Asia-Pacific'', he said. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
North Korea makes new threat as Obama arrives in Asia Nov 13, 2009
"North Korea's attempt to acquire weapons of mass destruction and the means to deliver them is destabilising and represents a threat to peace and security," Obama said. Analysts said Washington would not have signed off on the visit of its envoy Stephen Bosworth unless it had assurances Pyongyang would return to disarmament talks. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Reassurance is a two-way street Nov 13, 2009
The settlement of such restive challenges as climate change, environmental protection, proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, widespread pandemics and terrorism desperately needs all nations to transcend ideological differences and make joint efforts to avoid self-destruction. The global financial crisis has hammered home the message that no single country can be immune from a catastrophe in other places in an era of globalization and interdependence. (Xinhuanet, China)
U.S. Moves to Seize NYC Skyscraper, Islamic Centers In Crackdown on IranAgents accuse Iran of spreading weapons of mass destruction. Nov 13, 2009
Agents Use Executive Order Accusing Iran of Spreading Weapons of Mass Destruction. By RICHARD ESPOSITONov. (ABC News)
Hillary sets a marker Nov 13, 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)
Plans by U.S. to Dominate Space Raising Concerns Nov 13, 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)
US may help destroy Libya weapons Nov 12, 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)
Ignorance is no excuse Nov 12, 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)
North Korea's Atomic Full Monty Nov 12, 2009
Counterfeiting currencies, pharmaceuticals, and cigarettes; trafficking in human beings; production and distribution of methamphetamines and heroin; money laundering; and, most importantly, sale of missile and WMD technology. North Korea has worked tirelessly with the Iranian leadership to improve and enhance missile technology and nuclear weapons. (Human Events Online)
Halt Hutton inquisition, urges former BBC chief Nov 12, 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)
20 years after fall of Berlin Wall, it is time for reflection Nov 11, 2009
Weapons of mass destruction are proliferating, and the erstwhile adversaries of the Cold War still compete to reach new technological levels in arms production. Looking back, one real achievement we can celebrate is the fact that the 20th century marked the end of totalitarian ideologies, in particular those that were based on utopian beliefs. (Juneau Empire)
Top BBC resignations astonished Hutton Nov 11, 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)
Hasan Didn't "Snap." He Was a Jihadi Nov 11, 2009
Was Hasan a terrorist. Wednesday, November 11, 2009. (Slate)
Do we not bleed? Nov 11, 2009
Wars in Afghanistan, the country "where empires go to die," and Iraq, a colossal waste of life founded on mythological weapons of mass destruction, continue to suck the breath out of the men and women of our military. A few questions Lieberman should ask: Are we meeting the needs of our troops. (Chetek Alert, WI)
British spies help prevent al Qaeda-inspired attack on New York subway... Nov 10, 2009
The force alerted the FBI, who launched an operation which led to airport shuttle bus driver Najibullah Zazi, 24, being charged with conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction. Related Articles. (The Drudge Report)
Islamic leader condemns Fort Hood violence Nov 10, 2009
They got weapons of mass destruction ... They got weapons of mass destruction. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Government won't tell truth about health care Nov 10, 2009
sparky595 wrote on Nov 9, 2009 7:22 PM:" Obama has WMD's (Weapons of Medical Destruction)...Pelosi, Reid, Baucus, along with the rest of the democrat congressmen and senators " ... danielh wrote on Nov 9, 2009 3:36 PM:" dogs: WMD? I know we just got done going around in circles last week, but here goes again...Do you remember the Valerie Plame - Joseph Wilson saga. Scooter Libby exposed Valerie Plame because Wilson was speaking of his own experience on his visit to Niger, to uncover information... (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
AP asks judge to keep HOPE artist's lawyers Nov 10, 2009
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)
Al-Qaeda chemical expert 'killed' Nov 10, 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)
Writing through the rubble Nov 10, 2009
To others, he is a dangerous operator whose obsession with returning to the lost Iraq of his childhood knew no bounds -- the man who, in the name of freedom, fed bogus "intelligence" on WMD and Saddam's supposed contacts with al-Qaida to the media, including the now disgraced Judith Miller ... It was then that Chalabi came into the fold, beginning a long and contentious relationship with U.S. intelligence agencies that would fund his operations for more than a decade, including some of the false... (Salon)
Hasan Computer Reveals No Terror Ties Nov 9, 2009
" http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091109/ap_on_re_us/us_fort_hood_shooting;_ylt=AsoL7FEG4BdsGJCijngjA6vBF4l4;_ylu=X3oDMTJvaXFnbWFuBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkxMTA5L3VzX2ZvcnRfaG9vZF9zaG9vdGluZwRjcG9zAzEEcG9zAzEEc2VjA3luX3RvcF9zdG9yaWVzBHNsawNsaWViZXJtYW5zZW4- Here's a quick look at Islamic law (sharia law): http://www.americanthinker.com/2005/08/top_ten_reasons_why_sharia_is.html by jumkey November 8, 2009 11:02 PM EST Joe Lieberman said on Fox News, eh?When I want dispassionate analysis I know I always ask... (CBS News -- US)
Reagan said more than 'tear down this wall' Nov 9, 2009
The fear of two superpowers on edge, with enough nuclear missiles to destroy each other several times over, has been replaced by the fear of terrorist attacks and weapons of mass destruction in the hands of unstable dictators. Nonetheless, millions of people breathe freely - or at least freer - across the world, particularly in reunified Germany. (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Cheney says terror attack was 'act of war' Nov 9, 2009
Cheney said all the available intelligence said Saddam Hussein was trying to develop weapons of mass destruction, and he was also a "state sponsor of terror" and was giving money to the families of suicide bombers, he added. "This was a bad guy," Cheney said. (St. Joseph Herald-Pallidium, MI)
The White House and Abramoff: 70 more contacts revealed Nov 8, 2009
Purely with regard to terrorism and national security, by 2004, Bush/Cheney had already gotten caught deceiving the public about having "no warning" before the 9/11 attacks, not to mention about Saddam Hussein's nonexistent weapons of mass destruction. If skepticism was still inappropriate, would it ever be warranted. (Salon)
No shipload of whites fleeing disaster would be treated like this Nov 8, 2009
It is the equivalent of John Howard's lie that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. Rudd was standing outside a church on a Sunday when he said this. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
The man who sold the war Nov 7, 2009
"Curveball" author Bob Drogin talks about the Iraqi defector responsible for much of the CIA's bogus prewar intelligence about Iraqi WMD. By ... I went out on some of these attempts to find WMD, and came back even more disillusioned. (Salon)
The corporate takeover of U.S. intelligence Nov 7, 2009
The explosion in has taken place against a backdrop of intelligence failures for which the Bush administration has been hammered by critics, from Saddam Hussein's fictional weapons of mass destruction to abusive interrogations that have involved employees of private contractors operating and Aftergood and other experts also warn that the lack of transparency creates conditions ripe for corruption. Trey Brown, a DNI press officer, told Salon that the 70 percent figure disclosed by Everett refers... (Salon)
US, North Korea nuclear talks back on the table Nov 7, 2009
Dr Hong said the US needed to stand firm in its negotiations with North Korea and reject a mere promise not to spread weapons of mass destruction. If we go for non-proliferation, that means we are recognising North Korea's capability; it is, in effect, recognising they are a nuclear state,'' he said. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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 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)
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)
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)
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)
'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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
* 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 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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Beyond Dithering Oct 31, 2009
WHERE ARE THE WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION. WHY DID COLIN POWELL RESIGN. (Investors Business Daily)
* 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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
