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WASHINGTON (AP) - Ten days before Timothy McVeigh was executed, lawyers for FBI lab employees sent an urgent letter to the attention of Attorney General John Ashcroft alleging that a key prosecution witness in the Oklahoma City bombing trial might have given false testimony about forensic evidence. The allegations involving Steven Burmeister, now the FBI lab's chief of scientific analysis, were never turned over to McVeigh or the trial court, though they surfaced as the judge was considering whether to delay his execution because the government withheld evidence. The letter, however, was recently turned over to bombing conspirator Terry Nichols...

<p>Giving new meaning to the term phone sex, a British company is selling software that transforms a cell phone into a sex toy.</p> <p>Vibelet.com's Purring Kitty software, launched last week, turns certain Nokia cell phones with vibrating ring capabilities into a "discrete, vibrating massager."</p>

Since the tanks have rolled in and are here to stay I believe we can say that the Iraqi War is over. It is all over the news that this will be the day that Bagdad fell.

Just heard a large explosion on the web cam. Intermittent automatic gunfire... (Are our forces in the city?). Lots of explosions permeate the audio feed. http://www.msnbc.com/m/lv/ Select the Bagdad web cam feed. Also looks like lights out!!!

Muslim Soldier Held In Grenade Attack Worshipped At LA Mosque POSTED: 8:16 a.m. PST March 26, 2003 LOS ANGELES -- The soldier held in a grenade attack against his fellow 101st Airborne soldiers once worshipped at the largest mosque for black Muslims in Los Angeles, a mosque once visited regularly by Muhammad Ali and that continues to count celebrities and sport stars among its worshippers. Sgt. Asan Akbar reportedly uttered anti-American statements after his arrest for Sunday's attack on a brigade command center that killed two, including an Air Force major who died of his wounds Tuesday, and injured...

Iraqi Satellite Television Knocked off the Air by Allied Strikes in BaghdadBy Hamza Hendawi Associated Press WriterPublished: Mar 26, 2003 BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - With the final assault on Baghdad drawing closer, the allies tried to cripple the regime's communications with bombs and missiles, knocking Iraq's satellite TV signal off the air for several hours Wednesday. U.S. forces pounded targets in the Iraqi capital overnight with a barrage of Tomahawk cruise missiles, a Navy spokesman said. Warships in the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea fired at least 40 Tomahawks, said Lt. Cmdr. Mike Brown. The air strikes also...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The space shuttle's skin almost was certainly pierced, allowing superheated air inside the left wing and possibly the wheel compartment during Columbia's fiery descent through Earth's atmosphere, investigators said Thursday. In its first significant determination, the accident investigation board announced that heat damage from a missing tile would not be sufficient to cause unusual temperature increases inside Columbia minutes before it disintegrated. Sensors detected an unusual heat buildup of about 30 degrees inside the wheel well before the accident. The board determined those increases were caused by the presence inside Columbia of plasma, or superheated air,...

<p>WASHINGTON (AP) -- Two leading aerospace companies have been accused by the State Department of illegally providing satellite and rocket technology to China that could be used for intercontinental missiles.</p> <p>The department accused Hughes Electronics Corp. and Boeing Satellite Systems of illegally giving technical data to China following failed Chinese launches of rockets carrying American satellites in 1995 and 1996. Boeing acquired Hughes' space unit in 2000.</p>

Turkey sends convoy of 100 tanks, APCs to northern Iraq SPECIAL TO WORLD TRIBUNE.COMWednesday, January 1, 2002 ANKARA — Turkey has sent an additional 100 main battle tanks and armored personnel carriers into northern Iraq. The military convoy began moving over the weekend as armored vehicles crossed the Khabour Gate on the Iraqi-Turkish border. Turkey is said to have already sent more than 15,000 troops in northern Iraq in preparation for a U.S.-led war against the regime of President Saddam Hussein. Turkish government sources said Ankara has also sent a range of helicopters, fixed-wing aircraft, artillery and combat vehicles to...

A fantastic read!!! I recommend it to everyone here A must for anyone concerned about the "Bill of Rights" in relation to Ruby Ridge, Waco, and OKC bombing. "Vidal couldn't find an English-language publisher for the first essay in this collection, his response to September 11, until it became a best-seller in Italy. He argues that Osama bin Laden's attack on America pales in comparison to the government's attack on American civil liberties since September 11. Vidal views the unwinnable wars on terrorism and drugs as the government's excuse to implement a police state, which he repeatedly compares to Nazi...

World Bank-IMF Protesters to File Lawsuit to Keep City From Cordoning Them Away From Meetings By Jennifer Loven Associated Press Writer Published: Aug 13, 2001 WASHINGTON (AP) - Protest organizers said Monday they will not accept police plans to cordon them off far from next month's joint meeting of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund in Washington. Several groups said they plan to file a lawsuit to block the city from fencing off large sections of downtown and preventing protesters from being "within eyesight and earshot" of meeting participants. "This is tantamount to shredding the First Amendment, the ...

Israeli Official Says Terrorists Plan More Attacks in Jerusalem, Other Israeli Cities By Barry Schweid The Associated Press Published: Aug 10, 2001 WASHINGTON (AP) - A senior Israeli official said Friday Palestinians were planning new attacks on Jerusalem and other Israeli cities. He said Israel would defend itself with force while trying to avoid civilian casualties. Daniel Ayalon, senior foreign policy adviser to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, provided no further details after he held talks with Condoleezza Rice, the White House national security adviser, Deputy Secretary of State Richard L. Armitage and Assistant Secretary of State William Burns. "They ...

HEBRON, West Bank &#150;&#150; An explosion heavily damaged the Hebron office of Fatah, the party of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, on Friday. One body was seen being pulled from beneath the debris. Neither the nature of the explosion nor the number of people inside the building were immediately known. Palestinians in the area &#150; the center of the Palestinian-controlled area of Hebron &#150; were digging through rubble, searching for people. The Israeli army spokesman's office said it was checking on the report. The explosion followed a day in which Palestinians mourned a 3-month-old baby and two men killed in an ...

Friday July 20 12:23 PM ET Genoa Protester Who Was Shot Is Dead - Police Genoa Protester Who Was Shot Is Dead - Police GENOA (Reuters) - A protester who was shot on Friday during rioting at a Group of Eight summit in Genoa has died, an Italian police spokesman said.Earlier, a Reuters photographer saw the protester get shot twice by paramilitary police after throwing a fire extinguisher at a police van as anti-globalization demonstrators clashed with police in the port city. Email this story&nbsp;-&nbsp;View most popular&nbsp;&nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp;Printer-friendly formatAND AFTERWARDS.... A Carabinieri vehicle reverses over a dead protester after a ...

Friday July 20 12:23 PM ET Genoa Protester Who Was Shot Is Dead - Police Genoa Protester Who Was Shot Is Dead - Police GENOA (Reuters) - A protester who was shot on Friday during rioting at a Group of Eight summit in Genoa has died, an Italian police spokesman said.Earlier, a Reuters photographer saw the protester get shot twice by paramilitary police after throwing a fire extinguisher at a police van as anti-globalization demonstrators clashed with police in the port city. Email this story&nbsp;-&nbsp;View most popular&nbsp;&nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp;Printer-friendly format

Author of Bush biography commits suicide SPRINGDALE, Ark. (AP) - The author of a book about George W. Bush has killed himself, police said. James Howard Hatfield, 43, wrote Fortunate Son: George W. Bush and the making of an American President in 1999. The unauthorized biography accused Bush of covering up a cocaine arrest. But during interviews about the book, Hatfield lied to reporters about his own criminal past. A hotel housekeeper discovered the man's body about noon Wednesday, Springdale police Detective Al Barrios said Thursday. Barrios said the man apparently overdosed on two kinds of prescription drugs. Police ...

Lebanese Army Fires at Israeli Warplanes By Sam F. Ghattas Associated Press Writer Published: Jun 3, 2001 BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Lebanese anti-aircraft guns opened fire Sunday on Israeli warplanes on a reconnaissance mission over Lebanon, Lebanese officials said. The shooting - which was denied by Israeli even though reporters heard the gunfire - was the first response to such overflights since Israel's withdrawal from southern Lebanon a year ago. Fighter jets were seen flying at medium altitude over southern Lebanon and the Bekaa Valley on Sunday morning and early afternoon. The Lebanese army opened fire from anti-aircraft batteries ...

JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has been presented with a plan calling for the destruction of the Palestinian Authority in two days. "It's clear that the continuation of the terrorism and the restraint cannot continue for much longer, not more than a few days," Israeli President Moshe Katsav told state-owned Israel Radio on Friday. The plan presented by National Infrastructure Minister Avigdor Lieberman would launch an Israeli military invasion of at least six major cities in the West Bank and another four in the Gaza Strip, Middle East Newsline reported. Israeli troops would be given at least two ...

Ex-Davidian prosecutor could be jailedProbation deal pulled over public comments06/01/2001By Lee Hancock / The Dallas Morning News Former federal prosecutor Bill Johnston could face jail time when he is sentenced next week by a St. Louis federal judge because the Waco special counsel has withdrawn a pledge to recommend probation. Mr. Johnston had hoped to avoid imprisonment after his guilty plea to withholding information about the use of pyrotechnic tear gas in the Branch Davidian siege from the office of Waco special prosecutor John Danforth. But a federal prosecutor assigned to the special counsel's office argued in a May ...

Series of rapes worries women of Little Rock02/13/2001By Suzi Parker / Special Contributor to The Dallas Morning NewsLITTLE ROCK, Ark. &#150; A series of rapes in Little Rock has women in the city learning self-defense, buying guns and pepper spray and attending personal safety workshops. Police say they believe that the same masked man committed four rapes since Jan. 2. In all four cases, the rapist brandished a silver or chrome handgun. The rapes have occurred in middle- to upper-class, low-crime areas in the morning or late afternoon. The rapes have been the lead news stories on local TV and ...