The Miami Herald
Winds begin building as Dennis grows stronger
By MARTIN MERZER AND JENNIFER BABSON
mmerzer@herald.com
Hurricane Dennis grew even stronger this morning, developing 150 mph winds as it raged along Cuba's southern coast and moved closer to the Florida Keys and South Florida.
Predicting heavy rain as the mammoth Category 4 storm approached, forecasters placed all of South Florida under a flood watch. They also warned of strong wind gusts and high tides, especially in Miami-Dade County.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/12075530.htm
Despite deaths, Haiti and Jamaica spared direct hit
Hurricane Dennis caused significant flooding and spared major population centers in Haiti and Jamaica, but several deaths have been reported in Haiti.
BY JOE MOZINGO
jmozingo@herald.com
Hurricane Dennis skirted south of Haiti and glanced the northeast coast of Jamaica on Thursday, sparing a direct hit to either nation but causing significant flooding as it headed toward Cuba.
There were reports of five deaths in Haiti as of 10 p.m. Thursday, but the fate of remote parts of the region was still unknown.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/12080505.htm
Bush agrees to end Schiavo inquiry
Gov. Jeb Bush agreed to close an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the collapse of Terri Schiavo after a state prosecutor said there is no evidence of any crime.
BY GARY FINEOUT
gfineout@herald.com
TALLAHASSEE - The final chapter in the life, and death, of Terri Schiavo may have finally closed Thursday when Gov. Jeb Bush agreed to drop any further investigation into why Schiavo collapsed 15 years ago.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/12080415.htm
G-8 Leaders Agree on $50B in African Aid
MARTIN CRUTSINGER
Associated Press
GLENEAGLES, Scotland - World leaders on Friday concluded an economic summit shaken by terrorism, offering an "alternative to the hatred" - a $50 billion aid package for Africa and up to $9 billion in additional support for the Palestinians over the next three years.
"We speak today in the shadow of terrorism, but it will not obscure what we came here to achieve," British Prime Minister Tony Blair, the summit host, said to close the three-day gathering.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/12082488.htm
Blimp pilot sought to protect base crew
The pilot of the Stars and Stripes blimp that crashed in Coral Springs made a decision to not land the vessel in a thunderstorm to keep ground crew members from having to work in lightning-filled skies.
By BRIDGET CAREY
bcarey@herald.com
The pilot of the Goodyear blimp crash in Coral Springs last month could have landed at the blimp base about an hour before the crash, but made the decision to spare the ground crew from a possible lightning strike in bad weather, according to a preliminary investigation report posted Thursday.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/12082197.htm
London's pain a blow against all of us
OUR OPINION: OPEN SOCIETIES MUST NOT YIELD TO TERRORIST BLACKMAIL
The bloodied Londoners, rescue workers and ambulances yesterday brought back the shock and horror that Americans felt on 9/11 and shared with Spaniards last year. Even as leaders of the industrialized world met in Scotland to discuss saving lives and spreading prosperity, terrorists showed their utter disregard for humanity.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/opinion/12080494.htm
The Scotsman
The world stands shoulder to shoulder with British people
Key points
• G8 leaders stand beside Prime Minister in defiance against terror
• G8 summit to continue programme unchanged by atrocity
• Blair expected back in Scotland after returning to London following attacks
Key quote
"[These attacks are] not an attack on one nation, but on all nations" - Statment of the G8 leaders
Story in full TONY Blair delivered a robust defence of the values of the free world yesterday as he insisted the G8 summit will not be disrupted by terrorism or deflected from its decisions over African poverty, debt and trade.
World leaders stood shoulder to shoulder with Mr Blair as he condemned the "barbaric" London bombings before leaving Gleneagles for Downing Street to lead the government response to the attacks.
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=756822005&20050708171055
'When I got off the train I saw two bodies lying on the track beside it'
Key points
• London emergency services respond with courage, speed and skill to attacks
• Survivors of the atrocity speak of the scenes they witnessed
Story in full THE middle-aged woman stood in the street, in deep shock, clearly disorientated and with oil and debris still clinging to her hair and clothes.
"I was on the bus. I looked round and the seats behind me were gone," she said, refusing offers of help before wandering into the devastated city.
The British Medical Association building across the street was splattered with the blood of those who were not so lucky.
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=757082005
Suspicious packages bring fear to Scotland
SCOTLAND was on standby yesterday as fears of a terrorist attack spread north following the London bombs.
Thousands of people were evacuated from shops, offices and flats in Edinburgh's city centre last night after a suspicious package was spotted on a bus.
A passenger had informed the driver, who emptied the bus and called the police. Hundreds of police then cleared the main shopping thoroughfare, plus several surrounding streets, and bomb specialists performed a controlled explosion at about 7pm.
Neil Renilson, chief executive of Lothian Buses, said: "There was an item discovered on the number 12 in Princes Street heading westbound between Frederick Street and Castle Street at about 5:30pm."
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=757722005
Serb war leader's son seized
ZELJKO DEBELNOGIC
IN PALE, BOSNIA
NATO snatched the son of Radovan Karadzic, the Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect, from his home yesterday, hoping he could lead them to his father who is wanted for orchestrating the Srebrenica massacre.
Witnesses in Pale, Karadzic's wartime stronghold near Sarajevo where his wife, son and daughter live, said NATO soldiers set up a meeting with Aleksandar "Sasa" Karadzic, then handcuffed him and took him away by helicopter.
"They took Sasa from his flat. He was handcuffed and wore a flak-jacket. They put him in a black jeep and then put a hood over his head," Vesna Gutalj, a grocer, said.
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=756762005
Drive for opium-free Laos brings disaster to hill tribes
TOM FAWTHROP
IN VIENTIANE
AFTER about 200 years of opium poppy cultivation, the Laotian government last month declared their country "opium-free", winning acclaim from international drug suppression agencies for a major victory in the war on drugs.
The United Nations drug and crime control agency UNODC confirmed a drastic poppy reduction of 73 per cent during the past five years in their most recent opium survey, ending the country's reputation as the world's third-largest producer.
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=756482005
Crunch time for foreign carrots
JAMES REYNOLDS
ENVIRONMENT CORRESPONDENT
BRITISH farmers have successfully produced a variety of carrot that will grow all year round, threatening more expensive out-of-season imports from countries such as France.
With better weather and revolutionary cross-breeding techniques, supermarkets can now stock British-grown carrots every single day of the year, a feat never achieved before.
Currently, French carrots are imported for the two- to three-month period each year when growing conditions prevented the vegetables from being produced in the UK.
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/business.cfm?id=756842005
The New York Times
G-8 Meeting Continues as Blair Departs
Pool photo by Charlie Bibby
Prime Minister Tony Blair, at the Group of Eight meeting, said that "today's bombings will not weaken in any way our resolve to uphold the most deeply held principles of our societies and to defeat those who would impose their fanaticism and extremism on all of us."
By RICHARD W. STEVENSON
Published: July 7, 2005
AUCHTERARDER, Scotland, July 7 - Prime Minster Tony Blair of Britain said today that the bombings in London appeared to be a terrorist attack timed to disrupt the opening of the summit meeting here of the eight big industrial nations, but he said the meeting would go on as a symbol of determination not to bow to violence.
"Each of the countries around that table have some experience of the effects of terrorism," Mr. Blair said in a statement. "And all the leaders, as they will indicate a little bit later, share our complete resolution to defeat terrorism."
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/07/international/europe/07cnd-britain.html
In Americans, Lurking Fears Rise to Surface
By PAUL VITELLO
Published: July 8, 2005
Even on a roaring uptown No. 6 train in Manhattan, there is a certain kind of quiet that veteran riders can sometimes sense. And yesterday, when the morning rush seemed almost to shiver in the aftershock of a terrorist attack on commuters in London five hours earlier, was one such time.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/08/nyregion/08alert.html?hp&ex=1120881600&en=2ff13fc717b1b9c4&ei=5094&partner=homepage
Thousands Flee Florida Keys Ahead of Storm
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: July 8, 2005
Filed at 11:36 a.m. ET
KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) -- The first rain from Hurricane Dennis started falling Friday on the Florida Keys as the quickly strengthening storm barreled toward the Gulf of Mexico, and forecasters warned that it might score a direct hit on the island chain.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Hurricane-Dennis-US.html?hp&ex=1120881600&en=b4a5290e58c6a33a&ei=5094&partner=homepage
Timers Used in Blasts, Police Say; Parallels to Madrid Are Found
By DON VAN NATTA Jr. and ELAINE SCIOLINO
Published: July 8, 2005
LONDON, July 7 - Investigators searching for clues in the attacks here said Thursday that the three bombs used in the subway apparently were detonated by timers, not suicide bombers, and that a fourth device may have been intended for a target other than the city bus that it destroyed.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/08/international/europe/08intel.html
10 Years After Massacre, 2 Top Bosnian Serbs Still Hunted
By NICHOLAS WOOD and DAVID ROHDE
Published: July 8, 2005
SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina, July 7 - With as many as 50,000 people expected to gather in Bosnia on Monday to mark the 10th anniversary of the killing of at least 7,000 Muslim men and boys in the Srebrenica area during the Bosnian war, Western diplomats and military officials are struggling to explain why the two Bosnian Serb leaders indicted in the killings remain at large.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/08/international/europe/08bosnia.html
Sprint Offers High-Speed Wireless Service
By REUTERS
Published: July 8, 2005
The Sprint Corporation said yesterday that it had begun selling high-speed wireless services to laptop computer users, betting that the fast-growing market for mobile data will offset falling prices for phone calls.
Sprint follows Verizon Wireless into the market to enable customers to use the fast cellular links to read e-mail messages and surf the Web on their laptops.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/08/technology/08sprint.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1120838828-0qJhVImqn+znv2PISoBEcw
Michael Moore Today
http://www.michaelmoore.com/
LONDON CALLING
London Terror Bombings Kill 37, Wound 700
By ROBERT BARR, Associated Press Writer 2 minutes ago
LONDON - Terror struck in the heart of London on Thursday as explosions ripped through three subway trains and blasted the roof off a crowded red double-decker bus. At least 37 people were killed and more than 700 wounded in the deadliest attack on the city since the blitz in World War II.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/britain_explosion
"And the contrast couldn't be clearer between the intentions and the hearts of those of us who care deeply about human rights and human liberty, and those who kill..."
Transcript of Bush remarks on London bombings
(CNN) -- The following is the transcript of President Bush's remarks on the London bombings Thursday. The president spoke from Gleneagles, Scotland, where he is attending the Group of Eight summit.
PRESIDENT BUSH: "I spent some time recently with the prime minister, Tony Blair; had the opportunity to express our heartfelt condolences to the people of London, people who lost lives.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=3238
-- George W. Bush, July 7, 2005
"I think that works to our advantage..." (VIDEO)
Fox News' Brian Kilmeade: London terror attack near G8 summit "works to ... Western world's advantage, for people to experience something like this together"
The following exchange between Fox News host Brian Kilmeade and Fox News business contributor and substitute host Stuart Varney occurred during breaking news coverage of the attacks on London subways and buses on the July 7 edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends:
KILMEADE: And he [British Prime Minister Tony Blair] made the statement, clearly shaken, but clearly determined. This is his second address in the last hour. First to the people of London, and now at the G8 summit, where their topic Number 1 --believe it or not-- was global warming, the second was African aid. And that was the first time since 9-11 when they should know, and they do know now, that terrorism should be Number 1. But it's important for them all to be together. I think that works to our advantage, in the Western world's advantage, for people to experience something like this together, just 500 miles from where the attacks have happened.
VARNEY: It puts the Number 1 issue right back on the front burner right at the point where all these world leaders are meeting. It takes global warming off the front burner. It takes African aid off the front burner. It sticks terrorism and the fight on the war on terror, right up front all over again.
KILMEADE: Yeah. — N.C.
http://mediamatters.org/items/200507070005
-- Fox News' Brian Kilmeade
'Islamic Extremists' Misquote Quran
in Bombing Claim
Islamic group claims London attack
Previously unknown group says blasts in retaliation for Iraq, Afghanistan
MSNBC
CAIRO, Egypt - A group calling itself “The Secret Organization of al-Qaida in Europe” posted a claim of responsibility for Thursday’s blasts in London, saying they were in retaliation for Britain’s involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The authenticity of the message could not be immediately confirmed.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=3242
Radical Islamic Terrorist is an oxymoron.
Today the authorities in London clearly stated they do not recognize that expression as a description of the people who killed, injured and caused chaos today while damaging the infrastructure of London.
The expression 'Radical Islamic Terrorist (ISM)' is a bigoted description of a Religion. Islam is neither radical nor extreme. London made that perfectly clear today and we need to respect that description although there are entire media networks that INSIST on their bigotry as being correct. They are irrelivant to the discussions that need to be conducted both at home and abroad.
The terrorists that achieve these acts do not have the guidance of Allah in doing so. To allow the world to crown them as Extremist Islamic Terrorists is to give them the 'reason' they perform these acts of violence as if they are 'blessed' in doing it. In Israel they are called suicide bombers and when it suits the political agenda of Bush/Cheney and the Neocons all of a sudden they are Global Radical Islamic Terrorists. They are seeking recruits in Islam under the guise of appropriate religious agendas. The bigotry inflames the situation and does not acquiesce it. As long as the world incorporates Islam into the legitimacy of these terrorists the spread of their dogma will continue.
Terrorists hone skills in Iraq, experts say
FOREIGNERS LEARN URBAN COMBAT
By Warren P. Strobel / Knight Ridder
WASHINGTON - Iraq has replaced Afghanistan as the prime training ground for foreign terrorists who could travel elsewhere across the globe and wreak havoc, according to U.S. counterterrorism officials and classified studies by the CIA and the State Department.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=3249
Iranians to train Iraq's military
BBC
Former enemies Iran and Iraq say they will launch broad military co-operation including training Iraqi armed forces. "It's a new chapter in our relations with Iraq," said Iranian Defence Minister Admiral Ali Shamkhani.
He was speaking at a joint news conference in Tehran with his Iraqi counterpart Saadoun al-Dulaimi.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=3243
U.S. has no good options for Iraq, experts say
By Ron Hutcheson / Knight Ridder
WASHINGTON - In the swirling debate over Iraq, all sides agree on one thing: There's no easy way out.
Every approach to ending U.S. involvement carries the risk that President Bush's ambitious effort to transplant democracy will end in chaos and create an oil-rich haven for terrorists. Even the most hopeful predictions envision a fragile democracy struggling to overcome ruthless insurgents and divisive internal tensions.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=3246
Sydney Morning Herald
US misses the next wave: China
July 8, 2005
Beijing is making the running in Asia, leaving America well behind, writes Peter Hartcher.
WHEN Jimmy Carter was in the White House in 1978, he decided to finish the task of normalising relations with China. It was something that Richard Nixon had started six years earlier, but the Watergate scandal got in the way and the US still did not recognise Beijing as the capital of the one and only China.
So Carter sent his national security adviser, Zbigniew Brzezinski, to Beijing, and a year later China's Deng Xiaoping was trying on 10-gallon hats in Texas and being feted in the White House.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/opinion/us-misses-the-next-wave-china/2005/07/07/1120704490598.html
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