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NBC Sacks Peter Arnett for Giving Iraqi TV Interview

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/world/americas/2903503.stm US network sacks top journalist US broadcaster NBC has sacked celebrated journalist Peter Arnett after he gave an interview on Iraqi television saying the US-led coalition’s initial war plan had...

News Flash: Iraqis Don’t Like Saddam

http://www.arabnews.com/Article.asp?ID$481 Exclusive: ‘Terrified of Saddam Hussein’ Essam Al-Ghalib, Arab News War Correspondent UMM QASR/BASRA, 30 March 2003 — Four days ago my friend, Mohammed Al-Deleami and I were invited by Abdul Rahman Almotawa, a...

Guantanamo Detainees Released…

http://www.plastic.com/article.html?sid/03/30/16022146 Did anyone notice that eighteen detainees were sent home from Guantanamo? The NY Times and the Los Angeles Times decided it wasn’t newsworthy. Maybe it had something to do with the lack of sensationalism:...

Accuracy In Reporting

http://www.mediainfo.com/editorandpublisher/headlines/ article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id50208 MARCH 27, 2003 15 Stories They’ve Already Bungled Mitchell on the War Coverage So Far By Greg Mitchell NEW YORK — Opinion The war is only a week old and already...

Martian Wireless NetDrive

http://www.martian.com/whatisit.html The Martian NetDrive Wireless gives you all the convenience of a local file server without any of the hassles of cables (except for power, of course, but we’re working on that). Martian NetDrives are completely silent...

The Prince of Darkness Resigns..

Responding to my own message… Do these people not even have a sense of their own irony? Are their morals so deeply buried in ambition and self-interest that they can’t see the sheer incongruity of soliciting a confessed dealer in international illegal arms...

Clay Shirky: 3G is Wrong…

http://shirky.com/writings/permanet.html Permanet, Nearlynet, and Wireless Data First published March 28, 2003 on the “Networks, Economics, and Culture” mailing list. Subscribe to the mailing list. “The future always comes too fast and in the wrong...

The Prince of Darkness Resigns..

Richard Perle, whom I am sure will somehow now become a “consultant” to the White House, has resigned amid accusations that he had illegal dealings with shady Saudi arms dealers and had financial ties to companies servicing the Homeland Security effort...

Re: how does rumsfeld get out of this one?

I think they’re stuck. The reason there seem to be so many holes in the plan is because Bush is deceiving us about his objectives. By surrounding his military with a human shield, Saddam has effectively neutralized the ability for the US to use their Airpower to...

Bush’s Hawks and Doves Explained..

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/1332915.stm Wednesday, 16 May, 2001, 02:04 GMT 03:04 UK Bush’s hawks and doves George Bush has to balance strong personalities of his foreign policy team By Rob Watson Washington Correspondent During the recent tensions...