December 2003
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By on December 21, 2003
Ancient Egyptian figures are causing unease at a museum in Bergen. Professor Henrik von Achen says colleagues don’t like working there at night
Posted in The Unexplained: esoteric and hidden knowledge
By Robert Fisk on December 21, 2003
The man behind the resistance in Iraq, which is now claiming so many lives, was not Saddam Hussein. And his capture will not end it
Posted in Iraq
By Uri Avnery on December 21, 2003
He is at it again, and again it is working. He is launching colourful balloons, and the whole world is looking on with rapture and wonderment
Posted in Israel, 'Anti-Semitism', Zionism and US-UK allies
By on December 21, 2003
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Allbright told reporters she thinks President Bush knows exactly where bin Laden is. He is simply waiting for the most politically expedient time to announce his capture (like just before the elections maybe?)
Posted in Political Intrigue
By on December 21, 2003
Whatever happened to Saddam Hussein’s legendary doubles? Ever wondered why none were ever reported captured?
Posted in Iraq
By on December 19, 2003
After finding nothing, the man leading the search for Iraq’s Weapons of Mass Destruction is sadi to be planning to quit. A move interpreted by analysts as signalling the end of the search for WMD’s
Posted in Iraq
By Robert Fisk on December 19, 2003
Robert Fisk asks: Was this really the man with whom I shook hands almost a quarter of a century ago?
Posted in Iraq
By on December 19, 2003
The Court of Session in Edinburgh heard today that there were “substantial grounds” for fearing that the British security services were implicated in Princess Diana’s death
Posted in Princess Diana. What Really Happened?
By on December 19, 2003
How the Internet could become a tool of corporate and government power, based on updates now in the works
Posted in Miscellaneous
By on December 18, 2003
Slowly and almost imperceptibly, the ideal of a free democratic society is being replaced by an illusion, sustained by lies and systematic media deceit
Posted in Behind The "News"
By on December 18, 2003
LAGOS (AFP) – A traditional doctor in central Nigeria has been shot dead by a patient who was testing the potency of an anti-bullet charm the herbalist had prepared for him, police told AFP. Ashi Terfa died when patient Umaa Akor fired a gun at his head two weeks ago in south-central Benue state, police [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous
By Israel Shamir on December 18, 2003
Hussein’s capture will not bring peace to Iraq and the Middle East, writes Israel Shamir. Most probably, it will be used to jump-start the new round of war in the troubled area.
Posted in Iraq
By on December 18, 2003
The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion is probably one of the world’s most widely read books. But it has been denounced as a forgery. Henry Makow Ph.D. examines the evidence
Posted in Miscellaneous
By on December 18, 2003
David Ben Gurion had his eye on more than just Palestine in 1948 when he was looking for the Promised Land. He envisaged that the ‘one true Zion’ would be situated in terms of raw power and wealth and not where Israel is currently located
Posted in Israel, 'Anti-Semitism', Zionism and US-UK allies
By Charley Reese on December 17, 2003
The truth is that war and occupation are a dirty business, and they contaminate everything and everybody involved. There are no good wars, and there are no good guys on either side. All you have are degrees of evil
Posted in Miscellaneous
By on December 17, 2003
The BBC has reported that US forces claim to have captured Saddam Hussein. Or have they?
Posted in Iraq
By on December 17, 2003
You were abducted by aliens, weren’t you? Or maybe you remember killing two little girls called Holly and Jessica. Laura Spinney on the creation of false memories
Posted in Behind The "News"
By on December 16, 2003
KUALA LUMPUR, – An unidentified flying object was sighted hovering over a quiet village in northern Kedah state near the Thai border, the second such sighting there in two years, a report says. A nine-year-old boy saw a slow-moving disc-like object about the size of a car emitting a greenish light spinning in the air [...]
Posted in The Unexplained: esoteric and hidden knowledge
By on December 16, 2003
“They were never defeated,” says the head of an organisation which monitors the security situation for aid organisations. “They tactically withdrew, regrouped, recruited, retrained and re-equipped.” And now they are back, with a vengeance
Posted in "The War on Terror"
By on December 16, 2003
As casualties mount in Iraq, Seymour Hersh writes that US Special Forces are about to try new tactics, with a little help from the Israelis
Posted in Iraq