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5/31/07
5/30/07
5/27/07 - 5/29/07
5/24/07 - 5/26/07
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Iran 'accused of attacks in Iraq to bolster US strategy'
--The Independent (According to this report, "legitimate acts of foreign relations and cross-border movements of people" may be confused with potential Iranian participation in violent acts. Considering the U.S. is supporting militant groups in and around Iraq, there should also be concerns that U.S.-supported groups are carrying out the so-called "Iranian-backed" bombings.)
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5/21/07 - 5/23/07
"The indictment accuses the defendants of supporting Muslim terrorism in Kosovo in the late 1990s. At that time, Muslim fighters under the umbrella of the Kosovo Liberation Army were using violence to fight Serbian nationalists. It had been named a terrorist group by the United States, yet by 1999 the United States was working alongside the KLA, if not providing direct support to the group. ... After the hostilities ended, many in the KLA became part of the new government."
5/17/07 - 5/20/07
5/12/07 - 5/16/07
"Pentagon leaders refused to bomb drug laboratories and often balked at helping other agencies and the Afghan government destroy poppy fields, disrupt opium shipments or capture major traffickers, the officials say. ... And the C.I.A. and military turned a blind eye to drug-related activities by prominent warlords or political figures they had installed in power, Afghan and American officials say.
... "To Afghans, our counternarcotics policy looks like a policy of rewarding rich traffickers and punishing poor farmers," Barnett R. Rubin, a New York University professor and an expert on Afghanistan, told a Senate panel in March.
... It is often only those who lack money or political connections whose fields are singled out [for eradication].
... Some warlords and commanders that the C.I.A. and military helped put in power - including tribal figures who had been in exile in Pakistan and others in the American-backed Northern Alliance - quickly began to enrich themselves through drug trafficking, several American officials say."
5/9/07 - 5/11/07
"Smith, 49, a former Marine budget officer, worked for Blackwater as a cost analyst. The company alleges that he gave pricing models used in bidding for government contracts to Paul Mullis, another former Blackwater employee who quit in mid-2005 to join Covenant.
Mullis, who is also a defendant in the case, worked at Blackwater as a program manager for "Other Government Agency" programs. That term, often referred to by the acronym OGA, is a code name for clandestine agencies such as the CIA.
... In court papers, Smith says he was confined in a conference room against his will and not allowed to leave until he signed the incriminating statement."
5/7/07 - 5/8/07
5/4/07 - 5/6/07
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Kuwait oil reserves secret for national security
--Arab Times (It was reported last year that Kuwait's oil reserves are only half those officially stated. This is equivalent to 5 percent of the world's total supply simply disappearing! How many other countries are overstating their reserves?)
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5/2/07 - 5/3/07
5/1/07
"He moved from one radical group to another until he joined Al Muhajiroun (ALM), an organisation that believes Muslims should fight back against those who oppose Islam.
He cited two of his main influences as Omar Bakri Mohammed and Abu Hamza, dubbed "preachers of hate" by the British media."
(Remember: "According to John Loftus, a former Justice Department prosecutor, Omar Bakri and Abu Hamza, as well as the suspected mastermind of the London bombings Haroon Aswat, were all recruited by MI6 in the mid-1990s to draft up British Muslims to fight in Kosovo. American and French security sources corroborate the revelation.")
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