U.S. may allow nuke strikes over WMD

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" Lori R. Price " <lrprice

Mon, 2 May 2005 03:01:33 -0400

U.S. may allow nuke strikes over WMD

 

 

 

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02 May 2005

 

U.S. may allow nuke strikes over WMD --Proposal would reverse 10-year

policy --The March 15 paper, drafted by the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is

titled " Doctrine for Joint Nuclear Operations, " providing " guidelines

for the joint employment of forces in nuclear operations . . . for the

employment of U.S. nuclear forces, command and control relationships,

and weapons effect considerations. " " There are numerous nonstate

organizations (terrorist, criminal) and about 30 nations with WMD

programs, including many regional states, " the paper says in

recommending that commanders in the Pacific and other theaters be

given an option of pre-emptive strikes against " rogue " states and

terrorists and " request presidential approval for use of nuclear

weapons " under set conditions. The paper identifies nuclear,

biological and chemical weapons as requiring pre-emptive strikes to

prevent their use.

 

Draft U.S. paper allows commanders to seek preemptive nuke strikes 01

May 2005 (Kyodo) The U.S. military plans to allow regional combatant

commanders to request the president for approval to carry out

preemptive nuclear strikes against possible attacks on the United

States or its allies with weapons of mass destruction, according to a

draft new nuclear operations paper. The paper, drafted by the Joint

Chiefs of Staff of the U.S. Armed Forces, also revealed that

submarines which make port calls in Yokosuka, Sasebo and Okinawa in

Japan are prepared for reloading nuclear warheads if necessary to deal

with a crisis.

 

Revealed: Blair to upgrade Britain's nuclear weapons --PM secretly

signs up to new deterrent as UN tries to cut global threat --Blair has secretly decided that Britain will build a new generation of

nuclear 'deterrent' to replace the ageing Trident submarine fleet at a

cost of more than £10bn - a move certain to dismay thousands of Labour

Party loyalists in the approach to polling day.

 

Revealed: documents show Blair's secret plans for war --PM decided on

conflict from the start. Blair told war illegal in March 2002. Latest

leak confirms Goldsmith doubts. 01 May 2005 --Tony Blair had resolved

to send British troops into action alongside US forces eight months

before the Iraq War began, despite a clear warning from the Foreign

Office that the conflict could be illegal.

 

Italy media reveals Iraq details --Italian media have published

classified sections of an official US military inquiry into the

accidental killing of an Italian agent in Baghdad. The 40-page report

was censored by the Pentagon before being officially published on

Saturday.

 

Italy prepares riposte to US report on Iraq death --Italy, stung by a

U.S. report it felt put much of the blame on Rome for a " friendly

fire " killing in Iraq, will publish its own version of events on

Monday that is likely to question the testimony of American troops.New

Iraq could become nest of corruption --As the recipient of foreign

'aid' worth close to $US100 billion ($128 billion), the corruption

watchdog Transparency International is warning that the new Iraq could

become " the biggest corruption scandal in history " . Mohammed Jawad, a

Shiite with no brief for his former leader, says: " I'd say that about

10 per cent of business was corrupt under Saddam. " That's probably an

underestimation, but Mr Jawad is making a point: " Now it's about 95

per cent - we used to have one Saddam, now we have 25 of them. "

 

Belgian Doctors Bill U.S. for Treating Iraqi Girl --Belgian doctors

sent an Iraqi girl home Thursday after treating her for leg wounds

caused by a bomb during the U.S. invasion -- and sent the 51,570 euro

($66,650) bill to the U.S. embassy. Bert De Belder, coordinator of the

humanitarian agency Medical Aid for Third World, said he sent the bill

to the U.S. embassy because international law dictated that an

occupying force was responsible for the well-being of the country's

people.

 

Two years after 'end of war'-Iraq still crippled by violence -- " Major

combat operations in Iraq have ended. In the Battle of Iraq, the

United States and our allies have prevailed, " Dictator George W. Bush

said two years ago from the deck of an aircraft carrier, just weeks

after invading Iraq. ...After two years that saw the rise of a

ruthless insurgency and daily car bombings, ambushes, kidnappings and

urban fighting, the US military's death toll tops 1,500 while the

Iraqi tally is too high to report accurately.

 

Insurgents unleash third day of deadly attacks in Iraq --Insurgents

launched a third straight day of attacks in Iraq today, including

ambushes, car bombs and a drive-by shooting, killing nine Iraqis and

wounding more than 20, police said.

 

35 Iraqis Killed as Insurgents Press Spate of Attacks --Insurgents

using car bombs struck a Kurdish funeral near Mosul and American

soldiers handing out candy to children [instead of 'handing out

candy,' they should stop killing them] in Baghdad on Sunday in the

worst of a spate of attacks that killed at least 35 Iraqis and wounded 80.

 

16 Iraqis, U.S. Soldier Die as Insurgents Launch String of Attacks

--Gunmen killed five Iraqi policeman at a Baghdad checkpoint early

Sunday after a day of bombings and shootings killed at least 11 Iraqis

and an American soldier. Also on Saturday, the U.S. military announced

that four other Americans had died in hostilities on Thursday.

 

PM stands firm as Aussie taken hostage --Prime Minister John Howard

says the Government will do all it can to help free an Australian

citizen apparently taken hostage in Iraq but will not give in to the

demands of 'terrorists.' Mr Howard has confirmed the Government

believes Douglas Wood, an Australian who has been living in California

since 1992, is the man shown pleading for his life in a video released

by Iraqi insurgents.

 

Iraq hostage's family 'extremely concerned' --The brother of an

Australian man being held hostage in Iraq says the family is extremely

concerned about his situation but trusts the Government will do all

that is reasonably in its power to help. Douglas Wood, 63, has been

shown on a video pleading for Prime Minister John Howard to withdraw

Australian troops from Iraq. Mr Howard says the Government will not

give in to terrorists. [Why? He gives in to Bush *all* the time!]

 

Unready for combat --After deaths of 13 trained for support roles in

Iraq, others say they lack the skills to protect themselves --When

Dustin W. Peters, an Air Force supply technician, arrived in Kuwait in

January 2004, all he and his fellow airmen knew was that they would be

supporting US troops in Iraq. But when their unit received its

assignment, they recalled, they were stunned: They would be protecting

supply convoys traveling along Iraq's violent roadways.

 

U.S. military inching to resumption of executions --After more than 40

years without an execution, the U.S. military could soon resume

capital punishment as two death row inmates at Fort Leavenworth, Kan.,

are exhausting their final appeals and their cases move toward the

Oval Office for a death warrant signed by the commander in chief [thief].

 

N. Korea Fires Missile Into Sea of Japan --North Korea test fired a

short-range missile that plunged into the Sea of Japan Sunday, the

White House chief of staff said, adding he wasn't " surprised by this, "

noting Pyongyang had conducted similar tests in the past.

 

Deadlock looms over spread of nuclear arms --Rift between America and

Iran threatens to stymie attempts to update non-proliferation treaty

--The global spread of nuclear weapons is at stake today as delegates

from 190 countries convene in an attempt to salvage the 1970

non-proliferation treaty, but the chances of success look dim.

 

Anti-Nuclear Demonstrations Held in New York --A coalition of groups

opposed to nuclear weapons marched in New York today, just before

talks start at the United Nations to review the Nuclear

Nonproliferation Treaty.

 

Castro Hammers Bush on Terrorism at May Day Rally --Cuban President

Fidel Castro on Sunday used the traditional May Day mobilization in

Cuba to press his campaign against the Bush regime for harboring Cuban

exiles suspected of terrorism.

 

US lies about Cuba --by José Fernández de Cossío Cuban ambassador,

Letter to The Guardian " David Johnson, the chargé d'affaires at the US

embassy (Letters, April 6), reiterates the deceits and manipulations

that have been part of the incessant campaign to discredit the Cuban

revolution. Since 1959, Washington has used every conceivable method

to achieve its stated aim of regime change in Havana, including

invasion, terrorist attacks, an economic blockade, plans to

assassinate leaders and a campaign of lies. "

 

Iran Plans Defense of Nuclear Program --U.S. Is Set to Deliver

Ultimatum at Meeting --Iran is planning to mount a staunch defense of

its nuclear energy program at an international conference beginning

today and will insist on rights to the same technology afforded to all

members of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), a senior

Iranian official said in an interview yesterday.

 

Iran issues nuclear warning to US --The spiritual leader of Iran,

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has warned the United States to stay out of

his country's nuclear programme. Speaking on a tour of south-east

Iran, Ayatollah Khamenei said the US was arrogant, rude and deserved a

punch in the mouth. [Well-said!]

 

Iran's Khamenei to US: nuclear programme is none of your business

--Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in comments

apparently directed at the United States that the Islamic republic's

nuclear programme was " none of your business " .

 

Rock on, Bruce Springsteen! Springsteen captivates Glendale crowd with

acoustic show (AZ) Bruce Springsteen performed for more than 5,000

people at Glendale Arena in the third concert of his solo acoustic

tour... Springsteen ad-libbed a " That's right " after one audience

member yelled " (Expletive) the president " at one point.

 

White House Challenges DeLay Allegations Ahead of Probe --The White

House stepped up its defense of embattled Rep. Tom DeLay on Sunday,

disputing the merit of ethics allegations against the House majority

leader ahead of an expected congressional probe.

 

Republican Chairman Exerts Pressure on PBS, Alleging Biases --The

Republican chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is

aggressively pressing public television to correct what he and other

conservatives consider liberal bias, prompting some public

broadcasting leaders - including the chief executive of PBS - to

object that his actions pose a threat to editorial independence.

 

Group to Launch Ad Campaign to Help GOP --An organization with strong

Republican ties intends to spend $1.5 million on television

commercials over next two weeks to help Senate GOP leaders in a

showdown over President Bush's judicial nominees.

 

Shell profit at £1.6m an hour 29 April 2005 --Shell yesterday reported

an " excellent " first quarter [*duh*] with a strong financial

performance across its businesses. The oil giant, which reported the

biggest annual profits in UK corporate history in February, said its

income had risen by 42% to $6.7bn (£3.5bn) in the period.

 

Shell profits soar 28% on oil hikes -- Dutch/Shell followed major

rival BP in comfortably outstripping City expectations to report a 28

per cent rise in first-quarter profits yesterday, mainly on the back

of soaring oil prices.

 

Medical errors edging up in US, study finds --Hospital-acquired

infections are worsening in the United States, even though the problem

is widely recognized, according to a report issued on Monday.

 

Mercury-Laden Clouds Threaten Utah --Mercury-laden clouds from gold

mine smokestacks near Elko, Nev., are floating east and could pose a

health threat and damage the ecology of the Great Salt Lake. The mines

account for as much as 11 percent of total Mercury emissions in the

United States.

 

The legacy of Agent Orange --Thirty years after hostilities ended

between the US and Vietnam, relations remain strained by one of

America's most notorious weapons during the war, the chemical Agent

Orange. Nguyen Trong Nhan, from the Vietnam Association Of Victims Of

Agent Orange and a former president of Vietnamese Red Cross, believes

the use of Agent Orange was a " war crime " .

 

Nation 'prepared' for flu pandemic 2 May 2005 --Preparations for any

potential flu pandemic were not perfect but the federal government was

doing all it could, Health Minister Tony Abbott said today. Speaking

at an Communicable Diseases Control Conference in Sydney, Mr Abbott

said the next flu pandemic could be a " worldwide biological version of

the Indian Ocean tsunami " .

 

[01 May lead stories:] Blair told war was illegal in 2002 --Tony Blair

was hauled back into the row over Iraq last night, amid claims he was

warned that a war to overthrow Saddam Hussein would be illegal almost

a year before the opinion was confirmed by his most senior legal adviser.

 

Blair hit by new leak of secret war plan --A secret document from the

heart of government reveals today that Tony Blair privately committed

Britain to war with Iraq and then set out to lure Saddam Hussein into

providing the legal justification. The Downing Street minutes, headed

" Secret and strictly personal — UK eyes only " , detail one of the most

important meetings ahead of the invasion.

 

Iraq, the secret US visit, and an angry military chief --The legality

of the Iraq war exploded on to the agenda last week, causing chaos to

Labour strategy. Here we reveal the key US officials who persuaded

Britain that invasion was legal - and the astonishing reaction from

our military chiefs.

 

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