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Army Recruitee Tells of False Promises;
"I would say, 'How dare you lie to my family and my son?'" Michael's mother Carol said.
Army Recruitee Tells Of False Promises
DENVER (CBS4) More allegations are emerging from CBS4's army recruiting investigation. A young man is sharing his story of how recruiters created false documents to get him into the ranks, and a recruiter is talking about the pressure to meet their quotas.
The troubles began for Michael Flaherty, 19, of Grand Junction, Colo., when he signed on the dotted line to become a soldier. He couldn't pass his physical, so Flaherty claims recruiters took him to a drug store and bought him a laxative to take in order to lose weight.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2584
More Cash, Appeals to Parents, Patriotism Haven't Reversed Trend
Army, Marines miss recruiting goals again
More cash and appeals to parents, patriotism haven't reversed trend
By Jim Miklaszewski / NBC News
WASHINGTON - Pentagon officials say it's not a crisis, but it is a major concern — a battle here at home to win the hearts and minds of potential new recruits.
After more than three years of war in Iraq and Afghanistan, the all-volunteer military is facing its toughest test yet.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2581
Navy Petty Officer Third Class Pablo Paredes Issues Final Statement Prior to Wednesday’s Court Martial
(HISPANIC PR WIRE)--May 10, 2005
The following statement was issued today by Navy Petty Officer Third Class Pablo Paredes prior to his court martial trial in San Diego on Wednesday:
Yesterday I formally entered a plea of “not guilty” to charges of unauthorized absence and missing movement stemming from my refusal to board the Iraq-bound ship USS Bonhomme Richard on December 6, 2004. I will be tried in a special court martial on 05/11/2005.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2591
Camilo Mejia’s Long Journey of Conscience From Nicaragua, to Iraq, to Military Prison
By Ron Smith / Narco News
Today events are occurring around the United States as part of the National Day of Action for GI Resisters. On March 19 of this year, my wife, and associate producer, Cindy Sousa and I had the opportunity to travel to Fayetteville, North Carolina, home of Fort Bragg, one of the largest military bases in the United States. We came to capture some of the stories of the young veterans of the current US war in Iraq who had come together to oppose the war.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2592
RADIATION & TORTURE
Almost 12,000 Iraqis are already behind bars and the US is planning for more, investing $50 million in expanding three detention centers and opening a fourth.
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THE MARCH OF FREEDOM
Almost 12,000 Iraqis are already behind bars and the US is planning for more, investing $50 million in expanding three detention centers and opening a fourth.
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Behind Failed Abu Ghraib Plea, a Tangle of Bonds and Betrayals
By KATE ZERNIKE
Published: May 10, 2005
In a military courtroom in Texas last week was a spectacle worthy of "As the World Turns": Pfc. Lynndie R. England, the defendant, holding her 7-month-old baby; the imprisoned father, Pvt. Charles A. Graner Jr., giving testimony that ruined what lawyers said was her best shot at leniency; and waiting outside, another defendant from the notorious abuses at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, Megan M. Ambuhl, who had recently wed Private Graner - a marriage Private England learned about only days before.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/10/national/10graner.html?ex=1116388800&en=b3cc9e2871ee1a96&ei=5070
LancasterOnline.com
Author, activist found dead in city was ‘rising star’ in literary world
By Bernard Harris
Lancaster New Era
Published: May 09, 2005 1:50 PM EST
LANCASTER COUNTY, PA - Tristan Egolf, a local political activist and author, was found dead inside a city apartment Saturday.Lancaster City police reportedly are investigating Egolf’s death as an apparent suicide, although no officers were available to comment this morning. An autopsy is scheduled for Tuesday.
Egolf, 33, who reportedly lived in the 300 block of West Lemon Street, was found inside an apartment in the 400 block of North Charlotte Street.
Egolf was widely known locally as the leader of the Smoketown Six, a group of young men who were arrested in July when they attempted to protest President George W. Bush’s campaign stop in East Lampeter Township.
http://www.lancasteronline.com/pages/news/local/6/14168
The People Daily
US Congress approves 82 billion dollars for wars in Iraq, Afghanistan
The US Congress on Tuesday approved the final version of a bill providing an additional 82 billion dollars for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, sending it to President George W. Bush for his signature.
The Senate approved the legislation
http://english.people.com.cn/200505/11/eng20050511_184437.html
EU hopes to start talks with China on new partnership pact
The European Union (EU) said Tuesday in Brussels it hopes to start negotiations on a new bilateral partnership agreement with China later this year to replace the current agreement signed in 1985.
"Both the EU and China have changed beyond recognition in 30 years and so has our relationship," European Commissioner on external relations Benita Ferrero-Waldner said. "Our existing Trade and Economic Cooperation Agreement simply doesn't live up to the dynamism of today's partnership."
http://english.people.com.cn/200505/11/eng20050511_184406.html
THE DECISION STREAM
The Cheney Observer Revisited
Kurds: Fallujah assault only scattered foe
December 21, 2004
BY ANNIA CIEZADLO
SULAYMANIYAH, Iraq -- For six weeks, the U.S. military pounded Fallujah in an effort to crush the core of Iraq's insurgency -- and kill or capture its leader, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
http://www.suntimes.com/output/iraq/cst-nws-iside21.html
December 22, 2004 09:08 AM US Eastern Timezone
Halliburton Project Nears Completion as Barracuda Achieves First Oil Production; Caratinga Vessel Currently Undergoing Sea Trials and Final Inspections
HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 22, 2004--Halliburton (NYSE:HAL) announced today that its KBR subsidiary and Petrobras have reached another important milestone toward completing the development of the Barracuda and Caratinga offshore fields in Brazil. Today first oil production from the Barracuda Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel, P-43, at Barracuda field in the Campos Basin was achieved from well BR-23, at a rate of 10,380 barrels per day (bpd) of 25 degree API oil. The well, at a water depth of 770 meters, is linked to P-43 by a 3,668 meter subsea pipeline.
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20041222005219&newsLang=en
Four killed Halliburton workers from Texas, Oregon, Alabama
12/22/2004, 1:44 p.m. CT
The Associated Press
HOUSTON (AP) — Two Texas men and two others from Oregon and Alabama were identified Wednesday as the four Halliburton Co. employees killed in the attack at a military base in Iraq, a strike that is among the deadliest for the Houston-based contractor since its involvement there.
http://www.al.com/newsflash/regional/index.ssf?/base/news-11/1103745246151060.xml&storylist=alabamanews
Judge Rules for Halliburton Retirees
The company cannot trim the medical benefits received by retirees of Dresser Industries Inc., which merged with a Halliburton subsidiary in 1998.
Stephen Taub, CFO.com
December 22, 2004
For a change, score this round for retirees.
As more and more companies try to cut back on the benefits promised to their former employees, a federal judge ruled that Halliburton Co. cannot trim the medical benefits received by retirees of Dresser Industries Inc., which merged with a Halliburton subsidiary in 1998.
http://www.cfo.com/article.cfm/3515956/c_3515964?f=home_todayinfinance
Soldiers saw giant tent as inviting target for insurgents
By Bill Nichols and Del Jones, USA TODAY
Only a week ago, Christmas trees and other holiday decorations began to go up in the cavernous mess hall at Forward Operating Base Marez near Mosul, Iraq. The soft-skinned tent is one of the few spots on the base where troops can relax with friends, eat a cheeseburger or catch Monday Night Football over Tuesday morning breakfast.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2004-12-21-mosul-tent_x.htm
Insurgents pierce U.S. defences
15 American troops die in midday attack on base near Mosul
By BORZOU DARAGAHI
Special to The Globe and Mail, with a report from AP
Wednesday, December 22, 2004 - Page A1
BAGHDAD -- An attack yesterday on an American military base in the northern city of Mosul killed at least 22 and wounded 66, the deadliest attack inside any of the U.S.-led occupation force's well-guarded bastions since the Iraq war began.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20041222/IRAQ22/TPInternational/Africa
OPEC And the Burden of Social Responsibility
Vanguard (Lagos)
OPINION
December 22, 2004
Posted to the web December 22, 2004
Oseloka Zikora
IF United States Democratic Senators, Frank Lautenberg and Richard Durbin and Congressman Peter Defazio have their way, the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, would soon become a sacrificial lamb on the altar of WTO rules. That is if the instrument of legislation can suffice as high priest. For that is what the Democrats proposed bill at the US Congress aims to secure, the demise of OPEC.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200412220499.html
Lawsuit to challenge Bush's higher-ed governance
A bipartisan group of lawyers is planning to file suit Tuesday challenging Gov. Jeb Bush's governance of higher education, saying the individual university boards of trustees are making an end run around the public's will, as shown by Amendment 11.
http://www.tallahassee.com/mld/tallahassee/10460403.htm
North says nuclear weapons part of self-defense
December 21, 2004 ㅡ Delegates from the two Koreas, China, Japan, Russia and the United States sat down at a negotiating table in Beijing on Feb. 25, 2004, for the second round of talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear aspirations, but the talks were troubled. Washington persisted in its demands for a complete, irreversible and verifiable dismantlement of North Korea's nuclear programs, while Pyeongyang demanded compensation in return for a freeze.
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/200412/20/200412202357045539900090309031.html
50 detained in Najaf bombing
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December 20, 2004
BY ABDUL HUSSEIN AL-OBEIDI ASSOCIATED PRESS
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NAJAF, Iraq-- Iraqi authorities detained 50 suspects in connection with an explosion in the Shiite holy city of Najaf that killed at least 54 people and wounded 142, and thousands of mourners attended funerals for the victims on Monday.
http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-iraq20.html
Delay hampers Scripps recruiting
Recruiting efforts for Scripps Florida are being hindered by the delay of construction for the biotechnology researcher's permanent Palm Beach County headquarters.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6736504/
The greatest story never told
by Robert Lockwood Mills
December 20, 2004
There’s a story to tell this Christmas season about evil and redemption, about hope for the future. No, it isn’t the one about King Herod and the Babe of Bethlehem. That story has been told thousands of times, and has inspired Christians and even many non-Christians for two millennia. The new Christmas story hasn’t been told, because as was the case in Palestine two thousand years ago, the public isn’t quite ready to receive the news. There’s no room in the inn…not yet, at least.
The United States of America began as a secular country that welcomes religion, not as a religious country that tolerates secular humanism. It is a nation of laws, not men. Our founding fathers were mostly God-fearing gentlemen, but contrary to popular belief, the late 18th-century was not a time when religious observances were prevalent. We’ve become a religious nation, which is good, but in the evolution we’ve lost sight of the guiding principles on which America was founded.
http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/19/2004/1006
Big Dig began with a critical decision
Novel technique may be behind troubles
By Raphael Lewis, Globe Staff December 19, 2004
The Big Dig was just a drawing-board sketch in 1988, a dream to replace Boston's traffic-choked elevated roadway with a wider, faster underground highway.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2004/12/19/big_dig_began_with_a_critical_decision/
Shell welcomes renewal of Oman concession agreement
The Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies ('Shell') today welcomed the signing of agreements with the Government of the Sultanate of Oman which extend the term of Petroleum Development Oman's (PDO's) Block 6 concession.
http://www.ameinfo.com/news/Detailed/50852.html
Ministry seeks ways to offset BPC losses
Options include petroleum price hike and import duty cut
Staff Correspondent
The energy ministry has sought the finance ministry's assistance to find a solution to the financial losses incurred by the state-owned Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) in importing oil at a very high price.
http://www.thedailystar.net/2004/12/20/d4122001022.htm
Inaugural donors give $4.5 million
Items compiled from Tribune news services
Published December 19, 2004
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- More than $4.5 million from the corporate world has flowed to President Bush's inauguration fund, much of it from the energy industry and some of its executives in contributions of $250,000 each.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0412190479dec19,1,4542621.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed
MOE supports PTTEP's plan to seek concession in Iran
TEHRAN, Dec 20 (TNA) – Energy Minister Prommin Lertsuridej yesterday expressed full support for PTT Exploration and Production Plc (PTTEP)’s plan to seek a concession in oil and natural gas exploration in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
http://www.mcot.org/query.php?nid=33933
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