` ` OREO 04 02 08 ` ` Newsstories of interest: ` ** = Important [in this edition: ] ` MH = Misleading Headline [in this edition: ] ` ` ` 1 DISORDER ` ` USA 2008: The Great Depression | Food stamps are the symbol of poverty in the US. In the era of the credit crunch, a record 28 million Americans are now relying on them to survive – a sure sign the world's richest country faces economic crisis ` http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/usa-2008-the-great-depression-803095.html?service=Print ` ` ` GAO Blasts Weapons Budget | Cost Overruns Hit $295 Billion ` http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/31/AR2008033102789_pf.html ` Also: "years behind schedule" ` ` RESOLVED: RICO THE PENTAGON ` ` Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: ` http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RICO ` "extended penalties for criminal acts performed as part of an ongoing criminal organization." ` ` ` Rules to Be Waived for Border Fence ` http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/01/AR2008040101026.html ` HM Bu$h claims "authority to bypass more than 30 laws and regulations" ` ` ` Torture memo released by Pentagon ` http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/torture_memo ` "Our previous opinions make clear that customary inter- national law is not federal law and that the president is free to override it at his discretion [= whim]." ` ON AUGUST 6, 1945 THE SUPERPOWER ANNULLED ALL PAST AND ALL FUTURE INTERNATIONAL LAW ` *The* principal clause of The Superpower's Declaration of World $lavery: ` THERE SHALL BE NO CIVILIANS EVER AGAIN, ANYWHERE ` Consequently, ` THE ONLY WAR CRIMES ARE PEOPLES DEFENDING WITH ARMS THEIR COUNTRIES AGAINST INVASION BY THE SUPERPOWER! ` ` ` NY Survivor of 50-Shot Barrage Testifies ` http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/P/POLICE_SHOOTING?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-04-01-21-42-51 ` "[Joseph] Guzman...was hit 16 times from the neck down; four bullets were never removed." ` ` ` ACLU: Military Skirting Law to Spy ` http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/N/NATIONAL_SECURITY_LETTERS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-04-01-21-37-32 ` "documents released today reveal that the Department of Defense is using the FBI to circumvent legal limits on its own NSL [national security letters] power." ` RESOLVED: RICO THE PENTAGON ` ` ` New Videos Further Roil S.C. Patrol ` http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/T/TROOPER_AGGRESSION_VIDEOS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-04-01-17-25-36 ` "kicking a suspect in the head multiple times" "possible civil rights violations." ` ` ` ==== ` Does the software at this site automatically convert URLs ` to links? If not, go to the Oreo Archive: ` Oreo ` ==== ` ` ` 2 AFRICA ` ` Botswana's President Steps Down ` http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/B/BOTSWANA?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-04-01-11-18-23 ` "world's largest producer of diamonds" ` Botswana: ` http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana ` Image:Botswana map.png: ` http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Botswana_map.png ` "In 2007, significant quantities of Uranium were discovered" ` Consequently, ` THE SUPERPOWER'S CONTINENTAL AFRICA COMMAND ` ` ` 3 ASIA ` ` THE BU$H PLAN (IRAQ) ` Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Tuesday, 1 April 2008 ` http://www.albasrah.net/en_articles_2008/0408/iraqiresistancereport_010408.htm ` Item 7: Faced with defeat at the hands of as-Sadr,...al- Maliki begged Tehran for face-saving deal to end fighting ` Puppet "Parliamentary deputies Hadi al-‘Amiri and ‘Ali al-Adib got the Iranian authorities to persuade Muqtada as-Sadr to accept an agreement that would save face for al-Maliki and the regime, using a cut off of weapons supplies as the means to pressure the young Shi‘i cleric." ` Hadi Al-Amiri: ` http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadi_Al-Amiri ` Ali al-Adeeb: ` http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_al-Adib ` ` Veterans Return To Bleak Job Market ` http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/31/AR2008033102586_pf.html ` ` Bomb explodes near top Iraq [puppet] generals in Basra ` http://au.news.yahoo.com/080402/15/16cby.html ` "Many experts say the crackdown backfired by exposing the [puppet] army's weakness and reinforcing Sadr's support base." ` ` ` THE BU$H PLAN (AFGHANISTAN) ` 2 Police Killed [5 wounded] in Afghan Suicide Attack ` http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AFGHANISTAN?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-04-01-10-17-32 ` "Nimroz province" "in southwestern Afghanistan" ` Nimruz Province: ` http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimroz_province ` ` ` REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ` Philippine police ordered to stop rice hoarders ` http://au.news.yahoo.com/080402/19/16cbq.html ` "police would follow delivery trucks to ensure that [National Food Authority] rice did not 'end up in illegal warehouses.'" ` Traditional lean months: "from July to September." ` ` ` __DIRTY WAR__ ` SRI LANKA ` In Sri Lanka, Fear of Being 'Disappeared' | Government Of- fensive Against Tamil Rebels Also Claims Civilian Victims ` http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/31/AR2008033102358_pf.html ` ` Allegations of State terrorism by Sri Lanka: ` http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_terrorism_in_Sri_Lanka ` State terrorism is practiced not only against the Tamil minority but also against the Sinhalese majority. ` Strategy of tension [= false-flag terror]: ` http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategy_of_tension ` and ` Operation Gladio: ` http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladio ` The CIA early on trained Sri Lankan troops in these tactics with the aim to create a "Japan" off the coast of India, then perceived by Washington loonies as "socialist" because neutralist. ` ` ` YEMEN ` Tanks Deployed in Southern Yemen Cities ` http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/Y/YEMEN_RIOTS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-04-01-16-53-38 ` "Last week, 20,000 demonstrators gathered in the southern city of Dhalae...to demand reforms and the reinstatement of southerners into the army. On Sunday, rioters set fire to at least two police stations, burned military vehicles and tried to storm the state-owned bank in Dhalae" ` Dhalae is "135 miles south of the capital, San'a" ` Image:Yemen governorates.png: ` http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Yemen_governorates.png ` Governate 4 = aldhale' ` ` ` 4 EUROPE ` ` NATO ` Main Issues at the NATO Summit ` http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/N/NATO_SUMMIT_GLANCE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-04-01-12-56-34 ` ` BELARUS ` Belarus wants U.S. embassy staff cut to seven ` http://au.news.yahoo.com/080402/15/16cbb.html ` No reason at all to have even that many. There's email. ` Besides, there's the problem of "local employees" snared by The Superpower. ` ` ` 5 LATAM ` ` CUBA ` Reflections of Fidel | The Chinese Victory (Part I) ` ` ` 6 SUPERPOWER ` ` Va. Employment Commission Cuts Back | Fairfax Office Closing as Jobless Claims Rise ` http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/31/AR2008033102561.html ` HATRED OF PEOPLE IS THE NAME OF THE GAME ` ` [Nuclear Regulatory Commission] Takes 32 Years to Answer Petition [by watchdog group New England Coalition] ` http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/S/SLOW_FEDERAL_RESPONSE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-04-01-17-21-30 ` "At least the NRC is, if not prompt, consistent. They got it wrong the first time and after 32 years of sleeping on it, they got it wrong again." ` ` ` 7 $$$$ ` ` Retail gasoline price at record $3.29/gln ` http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN3142808720080331?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews&rpc=22&sp=true ` ` Gas stations look in stores for profits ` http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080401/ap_on_bi_ge/gas_prices_retailers_lose ` WANNA BUY A TOMATO? ` ` EU regulators launch in-depth probe of Northern Rock bailout ` http://au.news.yahoo.com/080402/19/16ccj.html ` To "see if the [UK's actual] measures were in line with EU state aid rules." ` ` ` ==== ` ` Oreo Archive: ` http://groups.yahoo.com/group/O-r-e-o ` `
