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Imagine you wake up from a coma and you learn that 11 months ago, an "Attack on America" destroyed some significant
buildings, killed 3,000 people and forced a war against terrorism. You switch on the news and see pictures of
Afghanistan, Iraq, Israel, ...
Medical staff at Dunedin General Hospital remain comfortable that Possum Bourne's condition is where they would expect
it to be at this stage of his treatment.
In the wake of the U.S.'s "pre-emptive" destruction of Iraq, her people, and her culture, the Trade Regulation
Organization is issuing a "55 most wanted" playing-card deck ( http://gatt.org/regime/) similar to the one that the
Pentagon issued two weeks ...
WASHINGTON – "Some evidence" suggests Saddam Hussein may have died in air strikes that opened Operation Iraqi Freedom,
President Bush said April 24.
Goodwill messages continue to flood in at the Possum Bourne website and via fax. Messages can be left at the website
http://www.possumpwrc.co.nz on the message board, or faxed to 09 238 5737.
Today Army Secretary Thomas E. White submitted his resignation as Secretary of the Army. The effective date of his
resignation is to be determined, and the announcement was made with a minimum of fanfare.
Cartoon by kiddmillennium.com… ****** ENDS ******
We are grateful to Dennis Hans (see bio below) for bringing to our attention the latest blockbuster scoop by Judith
Miller, the embedded super-reporter of the New York Times.
U.S. foreign policy is as astounding in its fallibility as it is in its short sightedness. The Bush administration's
plans for Iraq are faltering primarily due to incompetence, cultural ignorance, and ethnocentricity.
WASHINGTON, April 12, 2003 – Coalition forces in Iraq are using a specially created deck of 55 playing cards to identify
the "most wanted" members of Saddam Hussein's regime.
The United States has failed to persuade the world to support its quest for global hegemony. The belief that America is
the "indispensable nation" that needs to continually expand its sphere of influence has been met with resistance from
many, both inside ...
The following feedback has been received from Scoop readers in response to our decision to publish graphic pictures from
Al Jazeera showing the true horror of war.
The Ministry of Health is working with District Health Boards to resolve issues surrounding the new way waiting times
for cancer treatment are being recorded, spokesperson Dr Colin Feek said today.
New Zealand's top rally driver Possum Bourne today remains in a serious but stable condition in the Intensive Care Unit
of Dunedin Hospital, New Zealand, following a traffic accident on Friday.
This year’s round of regional conferences takes place against the most uncertain and disturbed international environment
for many years. In this situation New Zealand is profoundly fortunate to have a Helen Clark led Labour Government in
power.
An Anzac day anti American action nearly resulted in criminal charges being laid against a Dunedin activist on Saturday
morning.
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Not withstanding the dire predictions of doomsayers and peaceniks the Iraq conflict has come to a rapid and decisive
conclusion. Whilst every death and casualty is a tragedy the tens of thousands of casualties predicted, if not demanded,
by those ...
Editor’s Warning: The images in this series are horrific and depict the reality of injury and death in this US-led War
against Iraq. Scoop is determined that its editorial policy will continue to serve truth, accuracy and honesty and that
its reportage ...
The admission by North Korea that it has nuclear weapons is a very dangerous development that directly affects the
Pacific region, ACT Leader Richard Prebble said today.
The Letter strongly supports Reserve Bank Governor Alan Bollard's surprise move to cut interest rates - a signal to the
market that the Bank will respond to the coming slow-down. In the last slow-down caused by the Asian crisis, both
Treasury and the ...
STATE DEPARTMENT 1 Letter from Secretary Powell to Foreign Minister Palacio 15 Secretary Powell s Call to Foreign
Secretary Straw 15 Secretary Powell s Call to Foreign Minister de Villepin 15 Secretary Powell s Call to Foreign
Minister Kawaguchi 15-16 Secretary ...
Who is telling the truth about Al Gore's position on Iraq? In the now famous comments which landed Helen Clark in hot
water in Washington, she was quoted as saying she thought the war on Iraq probably wouldn't have happened if the
Democratic candidate ...
WASHINGTON, April 25, 2003 – One American service member was killed and five injured in an attack this morning in
Afghanistan, defense officials said.
In the 1970s and 1980s in Amnesty International writing groups, we asked the New Zealand government to act on human
rights abuses in various countries. Two were Suharto's Indonesia and Saddam's Iraq.
PM Helen Clark speech to European Policy Centre - This is a time for all the EU’s close friends and partners to
re-examine relationships with the Union, to contemplate how enlargement affects them, and to consider whether we could
expand the two way ...
Prayers From The Fallen: "As I get older all of my friends are dying off. Many were killed during the wars. All those
buddies were lost over there," he gestures with his hand. "Please remember I was no hero. I was not brave. I was scared.
I ran often."
Finance Minister Michael Cullen has finally confirmed the Labour Government's secret agenda for Maori, says National
Party Leader Bill English.
Researchers finally have ‘all the information’ necessary to develop a new generation of resistance-busting anti-malaria
drugs, a professor on a joint Edinburgh-Bangkok project told Scoop.
Accountability in large companies tends to be fickle. Directors love to bask in good news glory. But when things turn
sour, most dive for cover. Too often, only the chief executive is left standing in the line of fire.
Secretary Thomas E. White today submitted his resignation as Secretary of the Army. Secretary of Defense Donald H.
Rumsfeld expressed his appreciation to Secretary White for his long and able service to the country, first as a career
U.S. Army officer ...