Decapitation suspicions follow Iraq executions

USATODAY.com The hangman’s noose came before dawn today for Saddam Hussein’s half-brother and the former chief of Iraq’s Revolutionary Court, and the action didn’t pass without controversy, reports say. The Associated Press has the major detail: “In confirming the executions, government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said the head of one of the accused, Barzan Ibrahim [the […]

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Fraud, Katrina Contracts Could Waste Two Billion Dollars

Fraud, Katrina Contracts Could Waste $2B Tally for Hurricane Katrina Waste, Fraud Could Top $2 Billion in 2007, Federal Auditors Say By HOPE YEN The Associated Press WASHINGTON – The tally for Hurricane Katrina waste could top $2 billion next year because half of the lucrative government contracts valued at $500,000 or greater for cleanup […]

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PENTAGON WASTED MILLIONS ON SKETCHY CONTRACTS

Interior, Pentagon Faulted In Audits – washingtonpost.com Interior, Pentagon Faulted In AuditsEffort to Speed Defense Contracts Wasted Millions By Robert O’Harrow Jr. and Scott HighamWashington Post Staff WritersMonday, December 25, 2006; A01 The Defense Department paid two procurement operations at the Department of the Interior to arrange for Pentagon purchases totaling $1.7 billion that resulted […]

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Italian connected with Russian spy arrested in Naples.

Police in Naples have arrested an Italian who met a former Russian agent, Alexander Litvinenko the day he fell ill in London from radiation poisoning. Mario Sacaramella, who was discharged from University College Hospital in London earlier this month after testing positive for radioactivity, was arrested by Italian police as he stepped off a British […]

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Bill Kristol gets off on the “long surge” fantasy

Bill Kristol gets off on the “long surge” troop fantasy By: John Amato If your stomach can take it, Bill “the Vampire” Kristol practically orgasms at the thought of a long and sustained troop level surge in Iraq. “What’s needed is a sustained and large surge.” Billie got almost three solid minutes to praise Bush […]

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