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Foreign and Commonwealth Office legal advice
- The following is a transcript rather than the original document
in order to protect the source. This is the Foreign and Commonwealth
Office legal advice appended as Annex A to the Cabinet Office
briefing paper on Iraq of July 21, 2002. This advice was originally
written in March 2002.
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Bush
wounded by anger over war- - INCREASING
American concern about the conduct of the war in Iraq has forced
President George W Bush to sideline some of his domestic priorities
in favour of a new public relations drive to bolster confidence
in the coalition effort.
Allies begin to resist CIA over 'renditions'- U.S. allies have begun to resist to U.S. pressure to deport terror suspects.
Bomber kills 23 at
Iraq restaurant-The bomber detonated a
vest laden with explosives at about 2:45 p.m. in the Ibn Zanbour
restaurant, just 400 yards from the main gate of the heavily
fortified Green Zone and is especially popular with Iraqi police
and soldiers.
The explosion killed seven police officers, while the injured
included 16 police officers and the bodyguards of Iraqi Finance
minister Ali Abdel-Amir Allawi, police Lt. Col. Talal Jumaa
said. The minister was not in the restaurant.
Sixty
killed as US launches major offensives on two fronts in Iraq
U.K.
memos show concern over Iraq invasion -
'Downing Street' documents renew debate over U.S. motives
U.S., Iraqi forces
battle insurgents on two fronts - Marines
say about 50 militants killed near Syrian border so far
Jun
18, 2005 08:11 AM PST
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Air Canada cancels $6 bln Boeing order-ACE
Aviation Holdings Inc. unit Air Canada said late on Saturday
that it canceled a $6 billion order for 32 jets from Boeing
Co. , after the airline's pilots rejected an agreement on costs
related to the jet purchase.
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Israel
builds 700 new homes in W. Bank
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Israel revealed on Sunday that it plans building
700 new homes in the occupied West Bank, while furious
Palestinians accused the government of trying to
change ...
The
U.S. war with Iran has already begun-
The reality is that the US war with Iran has already
begun. As we speak, American over flights of Iranian
soil are taking place, using pilotless drones and
other, more sophisticated, capabilities.
The
Ultimate Deception?: Harring claims
he has an internal pdf. file from the D.O.D. which
establishes that nearly 9000 Americans have died
in Operation Iraqi Freedom, but that the official
number has been held to 1713 by designating as Iraq
deaths only those who perish on Iraqi soil.
We
are all complicit in these vile acts of torture
But what can we do about
it?
by Robert Fisk
What can we do? What can we do when an American
president dispatches "suspects" to third countries
where they will be stripped, wired up, electrocuted,
ripped open and tortured until they wish they had
never been born?
Bush
remarks may have inspired Iran voters-
Iran's spy chief used just two words to respond
to White House ridicule of last week's presidential
election: "Thank you." His sarcasm was barely hidden.
The backfire on Washington was more evident.
Lebanon opposition claim poll win -
Saad Hariri has campaigned for an end to Syrian
influence Lebanon's main opposition anti-Syrian
alliance has claimed victory in the final round
of the country's four-round parliamentary elections...Saad
Hariri was expected to fare well in Sunni Muslim
areas with Mr Aoun likely to take the Christian
vote, correspondents say.
US Trained And Aided Killer Uzbek Forces-Moscow
- Uzbek law enforcement and security ministries
implicated by witnesses in the deadly crackdown
in the city of Andijon last month have for years
received training and equipment from counterterrorism
programs run by the United States, according to
American officials and Congressional records.
US
air strikes kill 20 Afghan militants- A
Taliban spokesman, meanwhile, claimed his fighters
had assassinated a kidnapped Afghan police chief
and five of his men for collaborating with the U.S.-led
coalition.
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false flag Anthrax attacks paved the road to the
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Cold war, take two
- US v China will soon be the dominant
fault line of global politics. Ever since 9/11,
the US and China have been rubbing along nicely.
A string of recent announcements coming out of Washington
suggest that the Bush administration may be adopting
a rather more abrasive position.
Russia,
China join against US 'star wars' :
Russia and China have joined forces in a major U.N.
forum to oppose U.S. plans to develop new space
weapons. And the move could herald a far more wide-ranging
strategic cooperation between the two nations.
Uzbek
Ministries Tied To Killings in Crackdown Received
U.S. Aid: Uzbek law enforcement
and security ministries implicated by witnesses
in the deadly crackdown in the city of Andijon last
month have for years received training and equipment
from counterterrorism programs run by the United
States, according to American officials and Congressional
records.
Analyst
blames Israel for Iraq war :
Jewish lawmakers expressed anger at a former CIA
analyst who told a U.S. House of Representatives
panel that Israel was responsible for the Iraq war.
MUSTAFA:
Is The EU Fear Of Islam Downgrading Turkey’s Chance
Of Entry?-With European politicians
having started to raise doubts in public about Turkey’s
entry with the EU, a deep sense of Islamaphobia
has swept the region and rekindled past memories
of the Ottoman Caliphate dominating the affairs
of Europe.
U.S.
launches offensive near Syrian border-
1,000 Marines, Iraqi troops hunt insurgents in Anbar
province
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To plunder, to slaughter, to steal,
these things they misname empire; and where they make a desert, they
call it peace. – Calgacus
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New
US move to slow climate accord- Extraordinary efforts
by the White House to scupper Britain's attempts to tackle global warming
have been revealed in leaked US government documents obtained by The Observer.
U.S.
allies resist secret deportations - U.S. allies have
begun to resist Washington's secretive role in spiriting away terror suspects:
Italy is investigating the disappearance of one accused militant as a kidnapping,
Sweden wrote rules to assert its authority over outside agents and Canada
is holding hearings after one of its citizens was sent to Syria. (AP, 12:51
p.m.)
Asia looks at Europe
and sees pitfalls - In the East, many EU work rules
don't apply
Probes
Begin in 2 NYC Helicopter Crashes -``We're casting
a big net right now,'' National Transportation Safety Board air safety investigator
Brian Rayner said Saturday at a news conference.
Argentine
court strikes down amnesty for torturers : Nearly three
decades after the US-backed military coup that led to the “disappearance”
of an estimated 30,000 people in Argentina, the country’s Supreme Court
Tuesday struck down a pair of laws that effectively granted an amnesty to
those responsible for the dictatorship’s crimes.
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Police Question Detained Teen's Dad - ORANJESTAD, Aruba (AP) -
Aruban police on Sunday questioned the father of a Dutch teenager held in
the disappearance of an Alabama teenager, hoping the island justice official
may know something to help solve the mystery of what happened to her, an
official said. Paul van der Sloot, a...
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Probe
Sought in Terri Schiavo 911 Call- TALLAHASSEE, Fla.
- Gov. Jeb Bush said Friday that a prosecutor has agreed to investigate
why Terri Schiavo collapsed 15 years ago, citing an alleged gap in time
from when her husband found her and called 911.
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