Month December 2002

People get ready Saudi Arabia said to assure U.S. on use of bases. Air, land, sea troops being sent to Gulf. We’ll be war by the end of Jan. or early Feb. So – “don’t mourn, organize” And some, of…

Air, Land, Sea Troops Being Sent to Gulf “Those deployed will join 57,000 now in position for a strike on Iraq. One Pentagon official calls the move ‘saber-rattling’ to buttress U.N. efforts.” “Saber-rattling” implies a bluff. This isn’t a bluff. …

Goodness, what a SURPRISE! “ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan: Dec 28 (PNS) ‑ Pakistan, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan on Friday signed here a framework agreement for a US $ 3.2 billion gas pipeline project passing through the three countries. A pipeline going through Afghanistan,…

Bon appetit! California Destroys 100,000 Chickens, Imposes Quarantine to Fight Disease And how DOES one destroy 100,000 chickens???

Gasoline Venezuelan oil strike continues “The shutdown has crippled the nation’s vital oil output and shipments and stoked fears of violence” Republican urges release of stockpiled oil “Two large U.S. refineries will run out of crude oil supplies by the…