Sept 11: U.S. can't ban media from New Orleans searches, judge orders - CNN filed suit for right to cover search for bodies of Katrina victims. CNN reported, "U.S. District Court Judge Keith Ellison issued a temporary restraining order Friday against a "zero access" policy announced earlier in the day by Army Lt. Gen. Russel Honore, who is overseeing the federal relief effort in the city, and Terry Ebbert, the city's homeland security director. In explaining the ban, Ebbert said, "we don't think that's proper" to let members of the media view the bodies....Rather than fight a lawsuit by CNN, the federal government abandoned its effort Saturday to prevent the media from reporting on the recovery of the dead in New Orleans." http://www.cnn.com/2005/law/09/10/katrina.media/index.html
Sept 10: Blackwater Mercenaries Deploy in New Orleans - Heavily armed paramilitary mercenaries from the (Houston-based) Blackwater private security firm, infamous for their work in Iraq, are openly patrolling the streets of New Orleans. http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/091005a.shtml Contractors 'Run Loose' in Iraq - Recent shootings of Iraqi civilians, allegedly involving the legion of U.S., British and other foreign security contractors operating in the country, are drawing increasing concern ?Their heavy presence stems in large part from the Pentagon's attempts to keep troop numbers down by privatizing jobs that would once have been performed by American forces. http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/091005e.shtml
Sept 11: Dead Contractors and Levee 'Explosives Residue' Story http://www.rense.com/general67/exple.htm "NEW ORLEANS, La -- Divers inspecting the ruptured levee walls surrounding New Orleans found something that piqued their interest: Burn marks on underwater debris chunks from the broken levee wall. By Hal Turner 9-9-5"
Also see: An Associated Press report, which has now disappeared, stated that at least five USA Defense Department personnel where shot dead by New Orleans police officers in the proximity of the breached levee. (Please Note: The original media reports concerning the shootout are now being changed or "cleansed" in a cover-up. We found one original report at http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5256023,00.html AND http://www.aztlan.net/new_orleans_land_grab.htm
Sept 11: Pentagon Studies Pre-Emptive Nuclear Strikes --"The Pentagon is preparing new guidelines governing the use of nuclear weapons that foresee possible pre-emptive strikes against terrorist groups or nations planning to use unconventional weapons against the United States." http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/11/politics/11nukes.html
Lynn Landes is publisher of Ecotalk (www.EcoTalk.org) and a news reporter for DUTV in Philadelphia, PA. For the past year she has been covering voting technology and democracy issues. Formerly Lynn was a radio show host for WDVR in New Jersey and a regular commentator for a BBC radio program. She can be reached at lynnlandes@earthlink.net This article is copyright by Lynn Landes, and originally published by opednews.com, but permission is granted for reprint in print, email, blog, or web media if this entire credit paragraph is attached.
Sept 10: Blackwater Mercenaries Deploy in New Orleans - Heavily armed paramilitary mercenaries from the (Houston-based) Blackwater private security firm, infamous for their work in Iraq, are openly patrolling the streets of New Orleans. http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/091005a.shtml Contractors 'Run Loose' in Iraq - Recent shootings of Iraqi civilians, allegedly involving the legion of U.S., British and other foreign security contractors operating in the country, are drawing increasing concern ?Their heavy presence stems in large part from the Pentagon's attempts to keep troop numbers down by privatizing jobs that would once have been performed by American forces. http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/091005e.shtml
Sept 11: Dead Contractors and Levee 'Explosives Residue' Story http://www.rense.com/general67/exple.htm "NEW ORLEANS, La -- Divers inspecting the ruptured levee walls surrounding New Orleans found something that piqued their interest: Burn marks on underwater debris chunks from the broken levee wall. By Hal Turner 9-9-5"
Also see: An Associated Press report, which has now disappeared, stated that at least five USA Defense Department personnel where shot dead by New Orleans police officers in the proximity of the breached levee. (Please Note: The original media reports concerning the shootout are now being changed or "cleansed" in a cover-up. We found one original report at http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5256023,00.html AND http://www.aztlan.net/new_orleans_land_grab.htm
Sept 11: Pentagon Studies Pre-Emptive Nuclear Strikes --"The Pentagon is preparing new guidelines governing the use of nuclear weapons that foresee possible pre-emptive strikes against terrorist groups or nations planning to use unconventional weapons against the United States." http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/11/politics/11nukes.html
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