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Bush Was Warned of Possible Attack in U.S., Official Says
by CLG News
April 10, 2004

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Bush Was Warned of Possible Attack in U.S., Official Says --Dictator Bush was told more than a month before the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, that supporters of Osama bin Laden planned an attack within the United States with explosives and wanted to hijack airplanes, a government official said Friday.

Secret memo shows Bush knew about hijack plot before 9/11 --Forced on to the defensive by talk of a cover-up, the White House yesterday agreed to publish a top secret memorandum which warned Dictator George W Bush a month before the September 11 attacks that terrorists might be preparing to hijack aircraft. The Aug 6, 2001 memo is a Presidential Daily Briefing (PDB) titled "Bin Laden Determined to Attack Inside the United States".

9/11 Documents Show Hijacking Warnings --2 U.S. government agencies issued repeated warnings in the summer of 2001 about potential terrorist plots against the United States masterminded by Osama bin Laden, including a possible plan to hijack commercial aircraft, documents show.

Al Gore Testifies to 9/11 Panel --President Al Gore testified behind closed doors on Friday before the independent commission investigating the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States. "The former Vice President was candid and forthcoming during the three-hour meeting," the panel said in a statement. "We thank him for his continued cooperation with the commission."

F-16s Intercept Small Plane Near Bush Ranch --U.S. F-16 fighter jets intercepted a small plane flying near Dictator Bush's ranch on Friday. [...Where were they on 9-11?]

Bush Conceals Names of U.S. Firms That Paid Kickbacks to Hussein --Saddam Hussein siphoned off $10.1 billion from Iraq's oil-for-food program through illegal oil contracts and kickback deals with private suppliers of food and medicine, a congressional agency said Wednesday. John Negroponte, U.S. ambassador [and Contra-supporting terrorist] to the United Nations, told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the Bush regime can identify the private business firms that cut kickback deals with Saddam Hussein, but intends to keep the names secret.

Answers sought on US 'private armies' in Iraq --Thirteen of the most powerful US opposition senators have asked Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to explain the role of mercenaries ['civilian contractors'] in Iraq.

Cleric tells Bush: get out of Iraq or face revolution --'Outlawed' Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has told US Dictator George W Bush to withdraw his troops from Iraq or face a revolution.

US-picked Iraqi leaders blast Fallujah offensive --Angry members of the US-installed interim Iraqi Governing Council threatened to resign if Amerikan forces did not halt their bloody offensive in the restive Sunni Muslim town of Fallujah.

US-led dictatorship will not negotiate with kidnappers in Iraq --The US-led dictatorship will not negotiate with "terrorists" who may have been taking hostages in Iraq, senior occupation spokesman Dan Senor told a news conference.

Two US soldiers, several civilians missing in Iraq: Pentagon --The Pentagon has confirmed that two US soldiers and several US civilians are missing following an attack by Iraqi resistance fighters on a fuel convoy west of Baghdad, as the fierce fighting in south and central Iraq continues. Defence officials say it is not immediately known if the missing Americans have been captured.

Rebels hit US supply line --Resistance fighters attacked a US fuel convoy west of Baghdad yesterday, killing at least nine people, as resistance to American-led forces intensified in central and southern Iraq on the first anniversary of the fall of Saddam Hussein.

Aljazeera targeted in Falluja --Aljazeera journalists have come under fire in the flashpoint Iraqi town of Falluja. The only television crew to be reporting from inside the besieged town, Aljazeera crew members on Friday complained they had been fired at twice during the day.

Marines Halt Operations in Fallujah --Marines halted offensive operations in Fallujah to allow negotiations as the first anniversary of the fall of Baghdad was marked by more violence, the Associated Press reported today.

Falluja Fighting This Week Killed 450 Iraqis-Doctor --At least 450 Iraqis were killed and more than 1,000 wounded in fighting in the city of Falluja this week, the director of the main hospital, Rafi Hayad, told Reuters.

Howard stands firm on Iraq --Prime Minister John Howard has reaffirmed his commitment to Australian troops remaining in Iraq, despite the escalation of violence this week.

PM Flies Into Iraq Protest --Tony Blair was met by an anti-war protest as he joined his family in Bermuda yesterday. Six protesters vented their anger over Iraq as he stepped off the plane for his Easter holiday.

Iraqis told them to go from day one --Resistance will continue to spread until the occupation ends --by Sami Ramadani "

Broken US troops face bigger enemy at home --A stretched Pentagon is sending unfit soldiers back to Iraq long before they are ready to serve again --The Guardian has uncovered more than a dozen instances in which ill or injured soldiers were sent to war by a US military whose resources have been stretched near to breaking point by the simultaneous fronts in Afghanistan and Iraq. In its investigation, the Guardian learned of soldiers who were deployed with almost wilful disregard to their medical histories, and with the most cursory physical examinations.

Afghan Renegade Continues Advance Despite Talks --An Afghan strongman whose forces have overrun a northern province issued a stark warning to the U.S.-backed president on Friday -- fire the defense and interior ministers or your government will fail.

N Korea on 'brink of nuclear war' with US --North Korea has issued its latest pronouncement in its diplomatic stoush with the United States, saying it is on the brink of nuclear war with the US. Pyongyang has dismissed the recent multilateral talks on the region as fruitless.

National alert over missing fertiliser (Aus.) Counter-Terrorism police have joined the search for 3.5 tonnes of missing ammonium nitrate fertiliser, fearing the potentially lethal explosive may have made its way to the black market and into the hands of terrorists.

Panel Says Voting System Same As in 2000 --When the nation turns out to cast ballots in this fall's elections, the voting system will be in no better shape than it was in 2000, a panel of voting experts said Friday.

Bush Avows Free Trade Despite Dem Attacks --Never mind the Democratic broadsides about soaring trade deficits and lost manufacturing jobs. Dictator Bush is campaigning as an unrepentant free trader and criticizing Democrat John Kerry as an "economic isolationist."

Check the price: City says 78% of drugstores overcharge --Chicagoans are being overcharged at drugstores, retailers and groceries, a city investigation shows.

Police take former Enron exec to hospital --Former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling was taken to a Manhattan hospital early Friday after several people called police saying he was pulling on their clothes and accusing them of being FBI agents, a police source told The Associated Press.

Girl, 9, cuffed and arrested over missing bunny (New Port Richey, Fla.) A 9-year-old girl accused of stealing a rabbit and $10 from a neighbor's home was arrested, handcuffed and questioned at a police station.

Scotts Testing Genetically Modified Grass --In an unmarked site on the edges of this community of berry farmers, Bob Harriman puts one foot on the world's most controversial grass. It's a blanket of brilliant green - as thin as a piece of paper and as uniform as cellophane. If it sounds unnatural, that's because it is. The turf is a genetically modified version of the creeping bentgrass popular on golf course greens and fairways, and it is being tested here by Scotts Co., which hopes its creation will be resistant to a common weed-killing chemical...

[April 8 lead stories:] 'US is bigger threat than terror' --Globalisation and the US pose a more serious threat to the world than war and terrorism, according to a BBC poll. [...thanks to the Idiot Usurping Lying Dictatorial Weasel]

US now 'the common enemy' --Sunni and Shiite Muslims have found a common enemy in the US-led dictatorship occupying Iraq, while the violence raging across the country is partly linked to the approaching return of Iraqi sovereignty, experts said Thursday.

Marchers break through US roadblocks --Thousands of Sunni and Shiite Muslims forced their way through US military checkpoints Thursday to ferry food and medical supplies to the besieged Sunni bastion of Fallujah where US marines are trying to crush resistance fighters.

Marines Try to Quell 'a Hotbed of Resistance' (Fallujah) After four days of round-the-clock street clashes with elusive, heavily armed urban resistance fighters, U.S. Marines moved Thursday to beef up their fighting capacity and take more aggressive action against an enemy that is proving both stubborn and resourceful.

General May Bolster Force in Iraq; Militias Kidnap a Dozen Foreigners --Fighting Continues; Troop Deployments May Be Extended --The top U.S. commander in the Middle East said Thursday that he is considering holding several thousand troops here beyond their planned departure this spring in an attempt to squelch continuing uprisings by Shiite militiamen and Sunni insurgents.