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To: jlallen who wrote (29749)	10/15/2004 10:30:21 PM
From: jttmab	Respond to of 173976

If they don't pass the legislation for the Temporary Worker Program this year will you still be able to claim your trip to Mexico as a business expense? TIA, jttmab

To: jlallen who wrote (29749)	10/15/2004 10:40:37 PM
From: jttmab	Respond to of 173976

Good news...the Bush Administration just got around to declaring the Zarqawi network a terrorist organization [15 Oct 2004] and freezed their assets. Pass it on to the troops in Iraq, I'm sure they'll appreciate the good news.....what's your estimate as to how many Americans Zarqawi killed before the Bushies figured they should freeze Zarqawi assets? Zarqawi group blacklisted WASHINGTON: The United States yesterday formally designated the Iraqi insurgent group of Abu Mussab Al Zarqawi a "foreign terrorist organization" and slapped sanctions on him and other members, a day after they claimed responsibility for deadly twin attacks in Baghdad's Green Zone. US Secretary of State Colin Powell made the designations amid worsening violence in Iraq, including kidnappings and beheadings of foreign hostages by members of the Jordanian-born Zarqawi's Tawhid wal Jihad group. "The Secretary of State has concluded there is a sufficient factual basis to find that relevant circumstances (for the designation) exist with respect to Jamat al Tawhid wal Jihad," the State Department said in a notice in the Federal Register. gulf-daily-news.com

To: jlallen who wrote (29749)	10/15/2004 10:51:05 PM
From: jttmab	Respond to of 173976

It's funny, don't you think, that the Administration can out a intelligence operative for political purposes, but they can't name the US companies involved in the oil for food scandal due to privacy considerations. Similar to the US hitting the debt limit. They won't raise the debt limit until after the election. Editorial: Oil for food: A scandal From the Journal Sentinel Posted: Oct. 15, 2004 Tucked inside the final report of Charles Duelfer, the chief U.S. weapons inspector in Iraq, are the makings of a huge scandal that could involve, among many others, the United Nations and at least one of its major bureaucrats, foreign government officials (some of them from countries allied with the United States) and several U.S. companies. So credible, authoritative and disturbing is this evidence that it begs to be investigated, not only by competent U.N. officials, but by Congress and Attorney General John Ashcroft. The chief finding of Duelfer’s report, made public on Oct. 6, was that Saddam Hussein’s Iraq had destroyed its illicit weapons stockpiles within months after the Persian Gulf War of 1991 and that its ability to reconstitute these weapons programs had eroded significantly. But the report also contained a powerful indictment of the U.N. oil-for-food program, which was started in December 1996 with a view to easing the suffering caused by the oil embargo and other economic sanctions imposed on Iraq after the 1991 war. Iraq was allowed to sell oil, except that many of the proceeds were funneled into a special account used to buy food, medicine and other necessities for the Iraqi people. Plausible allegations of corruption in the oil-for-food program were made earlier this year but Duelfer has provided lurid new details. He found that Hussein had corrupted the program by, among other things, giving oil vouchers to several foreign VIPs for the purpose of winning their support for ending the U.N. economic sanctions. These vouchers could be, and sometimes were, sold for large profits, Duelfer said. The beneficiaries allegedly included Benon Sevan, the U.N. diplomat who ran the oil-for-food program; officials from at least three U.N. Security Council member nations (Russia, France and China) and several U.S. companies. Duelfer identified several of the foreign countries and officials, but, citing privacy laws, he did not name the suspected U.S. firms, an inconsistency both odd and unfair.... jsonline.com

To: jlallen who wrote (29749)	10/15/2004 10:56:07 PM
From: jttmab	Respond to of 173976

It seems like the Administration has an idea to let UK troops die to increase his odds of getting re-elected. UK troops may move to Baghdad There are reports in the UK that elite British troops in Iraq could be moved to Baghdad to cover for US soldiers battling insurgents in Fallujah and other troubled areas. The deployment to the Iraqi capital would be the first time British troops have operated outside the relatively peaceful Basra area of southern Iraq. The leader of the British Opposition, Michael Howard, says the Government must answer questions about troop movements. "Where are they going to, what will be their task, how long will they stay there and what will be the chain of command?" he asked. "These are vital questions to which we need answers." The Ministry of Defence says no decision has been made. abc.net.au We'll have to see how gullible Tony Blair really is. jttmab

To: jlallen who wrote (29749)	10/15/2004 11:06:41 PM
From: jttmab	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

US investigation finds 28 soldiers guilty over deaths of two Taliban suspects in Afghanistan By Nick Meo in Kabul 16 October 2004 A US military criminal investigation has found 28 American soldiers culpable in the deaths of two Taliban suspects at an interrogation centre in Afghanistan. The case has echoes of the later Abu Ghraib prison scandal in Iraq. Personnel from one of the units involved were based first at Bagram air base, near Kabul,and were later sent to the now-infamous Iraqi jail. A Pentagon report has found that army regulars and reservists may have been guilty of involuntary manslaughter, maiming, battery, maltreatment and conspiracy in the two deaths which happened days apart in December 2002, well before the Iraq abuse. The military has ruled they were homicides. Two men were found dead in interrogation cells at Bagram, the US military's Afghan base, after being beaten on the legs. One, the 30-year-old brother of a Taliban commander, died as a result of blood clots in the legs and and the other, a 22-year-old taxi driver detained after a rocket attack on US troops, suffered a heart attack after an apparent beating exacerbated an existing coronary condition. Investigators found evidence that numerous soldiers had beaten the two Afghans, using their knees to hit the mens' legs apparently because marks would not then be obvious. Reports said both men had apparently been chained to the ceiling, one by the waist, one by the knees. US army commanders will now decide whether to court-martial 27 unnamed soldiers. The only one named so far is Sergeant James Bolan, a reservist who was serving as a guard at Bagram, who is charged with dereliction of duty and assault. Many alleged Taliban and al-Qa'ida prisoners have been held at Bagram, sometimes before being transferrred to Guantanamo Bay. The units involved are the 377th Military Police unit and the 519th Military Intelligence unit. The 519th was later deployed at Abu Ghraib, where at least one Iraqi inmate died and prisoners were sexually humiliated. Human rights campaigners have argued that harsh treatment of alleged Taliban prisoners in jails in Afghanistan - which independent monitors are denied access to - set a precedent for Iraq and may have contributed to the most damaging scandal to affect the US military in decades. Jumana Musa from Amnesty International USA told The New York Times: "The failure to take prompt action over the prisoners' deaths indicates a chilling disregard for human life and may have laid the groundwork for abuses in Abu Ghraib and elsewhere." news.independent.co.uk

To: jlallen who wrote (29749)	10/15/2004 11:24:26 PM
From: jttmab	Respond to of 173976

Who would have guessed that Henry Hyde unknowingly drafted the articles of impeachment for Tony Blair...? MPS SET OUT TO IMPEACH BLAIR Next Story \| Previous Story \| Back to list 14:00 - 14 October 2004 A Team of senior politicians has been appointed to draw up a document aiming to put Tony Blair on trial for lying to the British people over the Iraq War, it was revealed yesterday. The radical pressure group, which was set up by Ammanford-based Carmarthen East and Dinefwr MP Adam Price, intends to draw upon the "Clinton model" in an attempt to impeach the Prime Minister (pictured). Conservative MP Douglas Hogg has been recruited to draft a motion that will be put to the House of Commons calling for the unprecedented process to be initiated against Mr Blair. "I have requested the Clinton articles of impeachment from my researcher and will be drawing upon those in order to draft a motion," he said.... thisissouthwales.co.uk