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It was the worst terrorist attack in Britain's history, the deadliest assault on U.S. civilians until 9/11 and a political powder keg that roiled governments around the world. On Dec. 21, 1988, a bomb exploded in the forward cargo hold of Pan Am Flight 103, a jetliner flying from London to New York. Within less than a minute, the Boeing 747 splintered into thousands of pieces and fell 31,000 feet, smashing down in the village of Lockerbie, Scotland. The impact killed 11 villagers and destroyed 21 homes. None of the 259 people on board the aircraft survived. On August 21,...

clintonCORRUPTION: the more things change. . . .   2001: Robert A. George on NRO Hillary's Empire State Blues Finding herself in the Al Gore position. Mr. George is an editorial page writer for the New York Post MArch 5, 2001 9:40 a.m.   New York Post gossip writer Cindy Adams's trademarked tagline is: "Only in New York, kids, only in New York." Can there truly be a more appropriate place for the Clinton soap opera to partly retire to than the Big Apple and the Empire State? Consider, Bill is, for all intents and purposes, on the run (subject...

CROOKS PARDONING CROOKS PARDONING CROOKS:Justice Undone in the clinton White House by Mia T, 11.04.05 House Committee on Government ReformNB: NEW LINKS Justice Undone: Clemency Decisions in the Clinton White House March 14, 2002 This report is in PDF format and can be viewed using Adobe Acrobat Reader. The report may be downloaded in sections by clicking on the links below:   EXECUTIVE SUMMARY [.1 MB]   INTRODUCTION [.1 MB]     CHAPTER ONE - Take Jack's Word: The Pardons of International Fugitives Marc Rich and Pincus Green [.7 MB]     CHAPTER TWO - Roger Clinton's Involvement in Lobbying for Executive Clemency...

Breaking on Fox UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. procurement official who has been at the center of a FOX News investigation into a possible conflict of interest involving his son has quit his job, officials at the United Nations confirmed Wednesday. On Monday, the United Nations announced it was going to into whether procurement officer Alexander Yakovlev (search) violated conflict-of-interest rules. But the U.N. decision did more than draw attention to the man's possible wrongdoing — it also raised questions about how the world body investigates itself.

THE DEMOCRATS ARE GONNA GET US KILLED (kerry, clinton + sandy berger's pants) SERlES 3OIL FOR BLOOD:(IT WAS NOT 'GOING TO WAR WITH IRAQ' THAT WAS 'ALL ABOUT OIL,' BUT RATHER, 'NOT GOING TO WAR WITH IRAQ')   by Mia T, 6.15.05, 12.08.04     While ...Democrats ...Biden and ...Dodd have been tearing open every mattress to find ... Bolton's sinful behavior--and finding none--the gravity of the U.N.'s internal crises have only become more apparent.... [T]he gravest indication of ...crisis comes in the form of ...disclosure of a 1998 memorandum ... Annan may have lied to... the ...inquiry investigating...

December 4, 2002, Charlie Rose (PBS) -- Viggo Mortenson. He is the actor who plays Strider (Aragorn of Arathorn) in the Ring Trilogy. He is, he says, an American. He appeared on the program with Peter Jackson, the director, and Elijah Wood, who is Frodo. Wearing a t-shirt he made himself, which said "No more blood for oil,"....(snip) For Complete Article Please Click Here.