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How did a close George Soros associate , a Quantum Fund VP, who lived in his NYC apartment get accepted for crucial voting machinery? Soros Minion: How did a close George Soros associate , a Quantum Fund VP, who lived in his NYC apartment get accepted for crucial voting machinery? Especially after Soros’ unrelenting attack on the US justice system by funding leftist DAs? Brown was concurrently Vice-Chair of Soros Fund Management & Vice-Chair of Open Society Institute. Is Lord Brown George Soros’ favorite lieutenant? Agent Provocateur Brown: So, what kind of person is Lord Brown? He secretly advances Soros’...

SADDAM HUSSEIN has sent his personal jeweller to Thailand on a secret mission to buy millions of dollars worth of diamonds, prompting speculation that he is preparing to flee or send his family into hiding, writes Jon Swain. Sources with knowledge of the trip revealed that the jeweller travelled from Baghdad to Bangkok via Jordan. They said he bought the gems in the Thai capital in a prearranged deal. “He purchased millions of dollars worth,” said one. This was the jeweller’s second recent visit to Bangkok. Three months ago the sources said that Saddam’s son Uday had sent him to...

Tracking Down A Fifth Column FrontBy Edward ImmlerFrontPageMagazine.com | September 18, 2002 Vietnam-era anti-war protestors continue their demonstrating today, most recently in San Francisco against a potential Iraq war, but the sponsorship, partnerships, and funding of these groups raise questions about their real purpose. They are very organized, have a significant Internet presence, and actively raise large amounts of money. This all started when I saw the name of a protest group listed in an AP wire story. I wondered a bit about this and tried to find out about this group via the Internet. I found that I could...

1. Turkish Probe, December 15, 2002, 2354 words, LAST WEEK IN PERSPECTIVE 2. Agence France Presse -- English, November 21, 2002 Thursday, International News, 629 words, Iraq seeks successful UN inspections to lift war threat, FARUK SHUKRI, BAGHDAD, Nov 21 3. Agence France Presse -- English, November 18, 2002 Monday, International News, 827 words, Inspectors arrive in Baghdad as US warns Iraq against attacking planes, BAGHDAD, Nov 18 4. AFX European Focus, November 14, 2002 Thursday, GENERAL; GOVERNMENT, 225 words, Iraq wants deal on UN resolution to lead to end of sanctions - report, BAGHDAD 5. Agence France Presse --...

<p>With war looming in Iraq, it's more crucial than ever to get cogent analysis of the country and its despotic leader, so what does Cinemax offer? Irony. Smarmy, smarmy irony. "Uncle Saddam," which airs Tuesday night on the cable station, gives viewers an exclusive look inside the palaces, museums and other edifices that Hussein maintains on Iraqi soil, and it also provides a time line of Hussein's life, from his troubled childhood to his post-Kuwait grip on power. Filmmaker Joel Soler does it with so much snideness and smugness, however, that his movie is almost unwatchable.</p>

The Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World of Saddam Hussein By MATT ZOLLER SEITZ c.2002 Newhouse News Service NEW YORK -- As the United States prepares to go to war with Iraq, "Uncle Saddam," a new documentary about Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, would seem to fall under the heading, "Know thine enemy." But this film by French director Joel Soler is so full of weird, unpleasant details that viewers might classify it under a different heading: "More Information Than I Needed." Combining testimony from Saddam's cabinet ministers, video footage from Saddam's official chroniclers and news snippets from Middle Eastern sources, "Uncle...

<p>UNITED NATIONS — In a victory for the United States, The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved an overhaul of sanctions against Iraq on Tuesday.</p> <p>The resolution aims to tighten the 11-year-old military embargo on Saddam Hussein's regime, while easing the flow of civilian goods into Iraq.</p>