Posted 4:01 AM
by The Moderator
US not to reduce nuclear arsenal to Moscow Treaty levels: "US not to reduce nuclear arsenal to Moscow Treaty levels
The United States will not cut its nuclear arsenal to levels designated by an arms accord it concluded two years ago with Russia because it must hedge against an uncertain future, a top administration official announced.
The Moscow Treaty signed with great fanfare by Presidents George W. Bush of the United States and Vladimir Putin of Russia in May 2002 calls on both sides to reduce their strategic nuclear warheads to between 1,700 and 2,200 by 2012.
But it refers to 'operationally deployed' weapons, essentially offering both governments a loophole that allows them to move an unlimited number of warheads into storage and keep them indefinitely under lock and key. "
Posted 7:42 AM
by The Moderator
Iraq on the Record
Henry Waxman's Report on Iraq
Database of Bush Admins public statements as lies.
Confirmed by Carnegie endowment
Posted 8:48 PM
by The Moderator
Wired News: Pentagon Harbors Wild Space Plans By Noah Shachtman
02:00 AM Mar. 13, 2004 PT
ANAHEIM, California -- Robots building communications arrays hundreds of miles above the Earth. Electromagnetic pulses cleansing space of nuclear explosions' lethal effects. Raw materials turning themselves into orbiting sensors. That's just a small sample of what Darpa, the Pentagon's far-out research arm, has in store for space. "
Posted 9:10 AM
by The Moderator
Our pilots refused to bomb 40 times - SpecialsWarOnIraq - www.smh.com.au
By Frank Walker March 14, 2004
Australia's F/A-18 pilots defied the orders of American commanders and refused to drop their bombs on up to 40 missions during the invasion of Iraq, it can now be revealed.
In a remarkable account of how our airmen applied Australian rules of engagement, an RAAF pilot has told The Sun-Herald each of the 14 RAAF Hornet pilots aborted three to four bombing runs because intelligence given at pre-flight briefings did not concur with what they found at the target."
