From the White House website: http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/08/20040805-4.html Fourth paragraph from the bottom: Dubya, at the signing of a defense appropriations bill « Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our...

They were totally useless on 9/11.

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EPA Fines Army Over Nerve Gas Release SAN FRANCISCO - The U.S. Army and a contractor were fined nearly $52,000 for releasing a deadly chemical weapon on a wildlife sanctuary in the Pacific Ocean, federal environmental officials announced Wednesday. An unknown quantity of VX nerve agent was...

Ex-Advisor Says Bush Eyed Bombing of Iraq on 9/11 Fri Mar 19, 7:20 PM ET Add World - Reuters to My Yahoo! NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former White House anti-terrorism advisor says the Bush administration considered bombing Iraq (news - web sites) in retaliation after Sept. 11, 2001 even though it...

I saw the TV of the investigation and saw the result when the foam was fired at the left leading edge. The skin around the hole appeared to be rather thin. Perhaps a type of Carbon Fiber? Would anyone know, in simple terms, the Leading edge construction? Does anyone know if tiles are at the...

Oelewapper wrote: The **** goes on,... as Tony Blair and his defence secretary keep sinking deeper away in it, and as their relentless lies are being constantly exposed and inquired upon. I am not so sure. Look at Bush Jr. I strongly suspect that this was planned a long time ago by his...

Jeff Jones wrote: This is hilarious coming from a supporter of a president who should have a placard reading "The Buck Stops Anywhere But Here" sitting on his desk. "It's the Cia's fault! It's the CIA's fault! It's the CIA's fault! ad.naseum But when you setup the whole scheme with...

"A.E. Jabbour" wrote: Not ten Japanese civilians were worth one American soldier. I'm honestly curious. That's the way the Nazis felt about the Jews and Slavs they slaughtered, too. Hittler was to Jews what Bush is to Muslims. Not all jews were bad, but he managed to convince his people...

The most objective and comprehensive single article I've seen recently. -- OBSERVATIONS ON THE WAR by Harvey Sicherman March 12, 2004 Harvey Sicherman, Ph.D., is President of the Foreign Policy Research Institute. A former aide to three U.S. secretaries of state, he is co-editor, with John...

A squad of Marines were driving up the highway between Basra and Baghdad. They came upon an Iraqi soldier who was badly injured and unconscious. Nearby, on the opposite side of the road, was an American Marine in a similar but less serious state. The Marine was conscious and alert. As first aid...

All - I'm especially interested in comments from any of the "current and former military pilots with top-secret clearances" (as mentioned below) that might be out there. --- Where are the armed pilots? ---------------------------

The Burtonwood Branch of the Royal Air Forces Association has lauched its new webpage. The webpage can be found at: http://uk.geocities.com/rafaburtonwood/ Please come and visit us.

Vince Brannigan wrote: Bush: 'We Found' Banned Weapons President Cites Trailers in Iraq as Proof So we have problems with our intelligence being spotty. Oh really? We have had every since the US Congress Church Commission in the mid-1970s exposed so many CIA employees and their local agents...

Oelewapper wrote: Admittedly, I am not very familiar with this particular kind of issues in military aviation, but how can it be "legal" for the Israëli occupation force to send out US-made Apaches, to launch a couple of missiles on The founder of Hamas, who has led the organization whose...

"IanDTurner" wrote in message ... OK, so it's finally been announced theat the Indian Air Force is to buy 66 Hawk trainers. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/3076932.stm The BBC release says they are the 5th...

I am trying to find historical links for C-124s. I have found a few things through the wonder of Google but now what I am looking for. Does anyone know anything about a historical repository with things like tail numbers, units and crew names? My father flew "Shaky" for many years. He died a few...

Can anyone help me with the history of the de Havilland Vampire service record with the Irish Air Corps? Any links to good websites or decent reference books about the whole Irish military or even just the Air Corps are much appreciated. I'm more interested in the period from 1935-1965. I've seen...

"Chris McBrien" wrote in message ... On Friday the 11th May 1956 at 1315 hours a Valiant 'V' Bomber number WP202 crashed into a railway embankment in Southwick, West Sussex. The cause was put as a rudder lock. The pilot,...

"Emmanuel Gustin" wrote in message ... I inserted a link to a small drawing of the plane. http://members.chello.nl/a.bruin5/onbekendvliegtuig.gif The only likely candidate seems to be the de Havilland Sea...