Month July 2004

‘They can have it’ U.S. pulls back from turbulent Iraq province After more than a year of fighting, U.S. troops have stopped patrolling large swaths of Iraq’s restive Anbar province, according to the top American military intelligence officer in the…

Rumsfeld knew all about me, says American ‘jailer’ held in Kabul The saga of “Jack” Idema, the American arrested for running a private interrogation centre in Afghanistan, took a new twist yesterday when he claimed that he was acting with…

RNC protest news. Permit granted, sort of. Court ruling halts restrictive NYPD practices in anticipation of RNC. In a case brought by the New York Civil Liberties Union, a Manhattan Federal Court today released an order blocking the NYPD from…

The Kerry campaign’s one-word weapon Right here.

Science marches on Army rations rehydrated by urine Would you eat food cooked in your own urine? Food scientists working for the US military have developed a dried food ration that troops can hydrate by adding the filthiest of muddy…