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LAMEST OF THE FAMOUS
THEY come off tough when defending the rights of farm animals not to be ground into veal. So where are the stars, now that humans need them?...
Posted: Sun, Oct 21, 2001 4:08pm PDT
A WONDERFUL DAY FOR A HANGING
Under the guidelines of the court, he could do little else because the jurors - who didn't want terrorists to turn into martyrs - decided against the death penalty....
Posted: Sun, Oct 21, 2001 4:02pm PDT
HOW TO WIN ANTI-TERRORIST FRIENDS? PAY BIG
Who cares about a few cowardly movie stars who are afraid to travel here, or worse, leave here on a plane? I'll personally drive you home to L.A. - just to get rid of you....
Posted: Sun, Oct 21, 2001 3:45pm PDT
FIREFIGHTER DAD WAS PERFECT 10
Frank Palombo, of Ladder Co. 105, was lost somewhere near the Marriott Hotel on that terrible day....
Posted: Sun, Oct 21, 2001 3:42pm PDT
WOMEN OFF FRONT LINES
"They will slowly be minimalized and marginalized," says the Pentagon official about the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services...
Posted: Sun, Oct 21, 2001 3:07pm PDT
Afghani Civilian Toll: Abunimah on Al-Jazira
Abnumiah's website is carrying news from the famous Al-Jazira (or Al-Jazeera) satellite TV broadcasts, translated from the Arabic, which are received in the US via cable. See: http://www.abunimah.org/features/011021jazira.html...
Posted: Sun, Oct 21, 2001 12:26pm PDT
Bin Laden's Location Pinned Down
top intelligence officials in the administration concluded that they had pinned down Osama bin Laden's location to what one called a ``20-by-20 mile area'' in Afghanistan. But the area was so full of caves and tunnels that it was, in the words of one source, ``impossible to seal.''...
Posted: Sun, Oct 21, 2001 11:21am PDT
15 nights of bombing Afghani civilians
More civilians were murdered by the US military during the 15th night of bombing Afghanistan. Pertinent quote from linked BBC article: "This pilot was like he was blind," said neighbour Haziz Ullah. "There are no military bases here - only innocent people." See: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/south_asia/newsid_1612000/1612212.stm...
Posted: Sun, Oct 21, 2001 7:32am PDT
YOU CAN STOP THE WAR: A MILLION VOICES
Preventionist Dupre' Wheeler of LIVE!, a Pacific Island Prevention of Violence Against Self and Others Programme and co-author of "Before Hitting Bottom" in which the 'War Against Drugs' myth is dispelled (available at djmckay@free2air.com.au) presents a petition urging IMMEDIATE UN Security Council Action to enact International Law, stop the violence and restore peace. Included are each UN representative contact details including FAX numbers PLUS Columbia Univ. and GSN EMAIL ADDRESSES to us...
Posted: Sun, Oct 21, 2001 1:29am PDT
Space Command Resisters Sentenced
News of the sentence pronounced against prayer-activists--the first group to go to trial against the USA in several years for working against star wars & globalization @ Vandenberg Air Force Base....
Posted: Sat, Oct 20, 2001 11:07pm PDT
CIA Told to Do 'Whatever Necessary' to Kill
When specific facilities or locations are threatened, as they have been repeatedly in the last month, the FBI informs local law enforcement authorities or foreign intelligence services that are supposed to increase security and take protective measures....
Posted: Sat, Oct 20, 2001 10:59pm PDT
10/20 Beautiful SF Peace March
On a beautiful fall day, October 20, 2001, thousands of people turned out for an energetic peace march from the foot of Market to the Civic Center, San Francisco's primary parade route. We were of all colors, sexual orientations and generations, from infant to over 80, with a wide variety of peace and anti-racist signs, including signs in support of Mumia Abu-Jamal....
Posted: Sat, Oct 20, 2001 9:31pm PDT
UC students demonstrate religious tolerance
“An attack on anyone is an attack on all of us,” they chanted in unison. “Please join us in saying ‘no’ to hatred against all persons based on religion, nationality, or ethnic origin,” they said....
Posted: Sat, Oct 20, 2001 8:39pm PDT
McVeigh’s last day: friendly, no remorse
The 33-year-old Gulf War Army veteran spent more than six years in maximum security prisons. Throughout that time, according to 2,000 pages of documents obtained by the Times, he was almost always good-natured and rarely caused trouble, the newspaper reported on its Web site Wednesday....
Posted: Sat, Oct 20, 2001 8:37pm PDT
Businesses within city boycotted
Berkeley firms have already reported a loss in business, leaving the members of the council’s progressive faction, who supported the resolution, and the moderates, who opposed it, blaming each other for potentially huge economic losses....
Posted: Sat, Oct 20, 2001 8:27pm PDT
Two white suspects in bin Laden probe
Etim, who lived in Greenwich, south-east London, was born in Britain, converted to Islam after marriage and changed his name to Sulayman Zain-Ul-Abidin....
Posted: Sat, Oct 20, 2001 8:17pm PDT
UN's smallpox terror alert
Death can take from 48 hours to two weeks. There is no treatment....
Posted: Sat, Oct 20, 2001 8:13pm PDT
Sting-ray weapon could be used
Up to $500 billion has been spent in 20 years on such weapons as part of what are known as "black projects"....
Posted: Sat, Oct 20, 2001 8:09pm PDT
Elite US Rangers storm mullah's mountain fort
But among the bombs came leaflets, fluttering down to the battered and terrified people of the Taliban stronghold. They warned them to avoid potential military targets and stay in their homes. Then came four slow-moving EC-130CE planes, sweeping high over the city and broadcasting radio messages in Pashtu....
Posted: Sat, Oct 20, 2001 8:06pm PDT
US special forces kill 20
'These soldiers will not have died in vain,' President George W. Bush said last night. 'This is a just cause. The American people now fully understand that we are in an important struggle, a struggle that will take time, and that there will be moments of sacrifice.'...
Posted: Sat, Oct 20, 2001 8:02pm PDT