Archive for August 18, 2005

More on Terrorism Hysteria II

The story about the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes by London police just keeps getting worse. This from The Guardian [UK] ("New claims emerge over Menezes death "): It has now emerged that Mr de Menezes: was never properly identified because a police officer was relieving himself at the very moment he was leaving [...]

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Posted on August 18, 2005 at 16.25 by jns · Permalink · Leave a comment
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Pentagon Too Reality-Based?

The Bush administration is significantly lowering expectations of what can be achieved in Iraq, recognizing that the United States will have to settle for far less progress than originally envisioned during the transition due to end in four months, according to U.S. officials in Washington and Baghdad. The United States no longer expects to see [...]

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Posted on August 18, 2005 at 14.58 by jns · Permalink · Leave a comment
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