NY Marine: Prober
New York Daily News -
By BRIAN KATES. A New York Marine officer who killed two Iraqi prisoners should be cleared of dereliction of duty and murder charges that carried a possible death sentence, a formal military probe concluded yesterday. Investigating officer Lt. Col. ...
Campaign of propaganda, lies, cover-up can’t be ignored
Collective Bellaciao -
What do an Army Pfc., a well-known volunteer Army Ranger and a National Guard Brigadier General have in common? All three are victims of the Bush administration’s campaign of propaganda, lies and cover-up ...
How Could a Pilot Stumble Into White House Airspace?
ABC News -
The White House and the US Capitol were evacuated when a small plane violated restricted airspace. Here, people leave the Dirksen Senate Office Building. (AP Graphics). May 11, 2005 — How on earth could the ...
Huge victory' as county to keep all major bases
San Diego Union Tribune -
By Rick Rogers. Two years of intense lobbying and countless hours spent extolling San Diego County's value to the military seem to have paid off. Yesterday, the Pentagon recommended that 33 major bases in 22 ...
Extradition of exile asked
Miami Herald -
Venezuela formally asked the United States to arrest and extradite Luis Posada Carriles for his alleged role in the 1976 bombing of a Cuban passenger jet that killed 73 people. BY PABLO BACHELET, ALFONSO CHARDY AND OSCAR CORRAL. ...
Call for US apology over Quran
CNN -
KABUL, Afghanistan (Reuters) -- The United States should apologize to Muslims for the senseless desecration of the Quran which has only strengthened the hands of fanatics and undermined efforts to build democracy, an Afghan newspaper said on Saturday. ...
Boxer's hold another hitch in Bolton vote
San Francisco Chronicle -
Washington -- Sen. Barbara Boxer of California has erected a roadblock against John Bolton, President Bush's embattled nominee for UN ambassador, in a fight with the administration over access to documents. ...
Crude oil futures rise as speculators buy back contracts
Xinhua -
NEW YORK, May 13 (Xinhuanet) -- Crude oil futures on Friday rose from a 12-week low, as speculators who had sold contracts now rushed to buy them back. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, crude oil futures ...