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  • Sept.7,2006: Americans are not aware that their governments have since 1972 cast 33 out of 72 vetoes at the UN Security Council to shield Israel from international criticism, censure and sanctions.

 

  • Mel Gibson (WireImage, Reuters)August 2, 2006: Mel Gibson , an actor , has made some remarks that made the Jew community in USA furious and react very strongly , he simply stated a fact that "The Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world." Although he apologized , some Jews refuse his apology , we think he made a correct statement and he should not apologized , but he is afraid just like any other American or European , of being labeled anti-Jews. Furthermore why he should aplogize , it is his opinion, and everyone is free to say what he thinks , but not against Isreal or the Jews. If someone said something against the Arab or moslem , will he aplogize ?, of course not....

 

  • July 24, 2006: US congress has approved the sale of  500 smart bombs that can penetrate 6' of concrete and an additional 100 -1000 lb. regular bombs. This deal was approved on urgent basis as requested by Israel in order to use it against civilians in Lebanon. 

 

  • July 20, 2006: CNN & FOX News are completely and fully taking a partial view of the conflict in Lebanon. The news agencies are mostly showing Israeli suffering and very little of the suffering of the Lebanese people. They are only showing some building damaged by bombing and not showing the real tragedy inside Lebanon. Also these news agency have tens of correspondents inside Israel and only 2 or 3 inside Lebanon. Also the news agencies are showing damages images inside Lebanon and talking about the destruction inside Israel , therefore confusing the viewers who might think they are looking at destruction in Israel

  • March 23, 2005: President Bush’s neoconservative hawk Paul Wolfowitz, the Pentagon’s architect of the US invasion of Iraq, is dating a Muslim woman!

  • March 22, 2005: Eight people have been killed and about 14 injured when a gunman opened fire at a school in the US state of Minnesota. School terrorism is back in USA, How it could be stopped? What makes a student such a killer? American are still split on gun ban and restriction. Guns should not be allowed in the streets and no one should own a gun.

  • March 17, 2005: U.S. life expectancy will fall dramatically in coming years because of obesity.Within 50 years obesity likely will shorten the average life span of 77.6 years by at least two to five years. That’s more than the impact of cancer or heart disease.

  • Aug.26, 2004: A Cuban woman tucked herself inside a wooden crate the size of a small filing cabinet and had herself shipped from the Bahamas to Miami aboard a cargo plane.The woman, whose name was not released, will be allowed to stay in the United States . A cargo crew found her curled up inside the crate after unloading it late Tuesday at the Miami airport. "Certainly she's lucky to be alive," said Zach Mann, spokesman for Customs and Border Protection. Under the so-called wet-foot, dry-foot policy, Cubans who reach U.S. soil are usually allowed to stay, while those who are picked up at sea are sent home. Federal officials released no information on how the woman got from Cuba to the Bahamas .

 

  • Aug.25, 2004: A giant clock ticking the cost of the war in Iraq lit up in Times Square Wednesday, making its debut by flashing $134.5 billion.The amount on the clock will grow at a rate of $177 million a day, $7.4 million an hour and $122,820 per minute, said the advocacy group Project Billboard which put it up.Project Billboard is supported by the Center for American Progress, a liberal think tank headed by John Podesta who served as chief of staff under former President Bill Clinton.The clock was unveiled just days before Republicans gather in New York for their national convention.

  • June 5, 2004: A man reportedly angry about a zoning decision affecting his business drove a large bulldozer fortified with steel plates through the small town of Granby, Colorado, Friday afternoon, demolishing parts of the town center and exchanging gunfire with authorities. Authorities said all of the buildings that were damaged or destroyed appeared to be intentionally targeted as a result of the zoning dispute. There have been no immediate reports of injuries. About 90 minutes after the rampage began, the armored bulldozer became stuck in one of the crumbling buildings that the man tried to plow through. Steam hissed from its punctured radiator. Law enforcement officers surrounded the modified vehicle, which was larger than a tank, Grand County Manager Lurline Curran told CNN in a phone interview. All was quiet inside the cab, which had been enclosed with steel plates. Jim Holahan, Grand County Emergency Management director, said efforts were being made to blow a hole in the plates. Authorities don't want to cut into the vehicle, he said, for fear that it's booby-trapped. There's been no contact with the driver, Holahan said. "They don't know if he's still alive or what's going on," said Curran. At the height of the rampage, the bulldozer demolished or heavily damaged a concrete batch plant, the town hall, a bank, a library and the local newspaper offices. The property of the former mayor, who held office at the time of the zoning dispute, also was damaged.

     

  • June 4, 2004: In a surprise announcement as he left the White House for a trip to Europe , President Bush announced Thursday that CIA Director George Tenet had resigned, adding that it was for "personal reasons." A CIA statement said Tenet's last day would be July 11 and that Tenet had said he wanted to spend more time with his family. Bush said Tenet's deputy, John McLaughlin, will temporarily lead America ’s premier spy agency until a successor is found. Among possible successors is House Intelligence Committee Chairman Porter Goss, R-Fla., a former CIA agent and McLaughlin. Tenet had been under fire for the way the CIA monitored possible terrorist activity before the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks as well as intelligence failures related to the U.S.-led war against Iraq . All US officials stated he was a great leader for the CIA.
  • June 3, 2004: Allegations of sexual assault in the U.S. Army have climbed steadily over the past five years, and the problem has been abetted by weak prevention efforts, slow investigations, inadequate field reporting and poor managerial oversight, according to internal Army data and a new report from an Army task force.
  • March 22, 2004: Canada plans to make government-certified marijuana available in local pharmacies, a move that would make it only the second country in the world to allow the direct sale of medical marijuana. The Canadian government also has suggested it may decriminalize marijuana, a move criticized by U.S. drug and border agencies, which threaten more intrusive searches of cross-border travelers.

  • March 20, 2004: The U.S. government is investigating reports that some Toyota Camry, Camry Solara and Lexus ES300 vehicles have surged forward without apparent reason, injuring at least five people.
  • March 18, 2004: Prices for all grades of gasoline rose 1.34 cents in the last two weeks to a record high nationwide average of $1.77 a gallon, according to a study released Sunday. Gas prices have jumped by nearly 26 cents so far this year, and while they won't be falling by that amount any time soon, they aren't expected to rise much higher, according to the Lundberg survey of 8,000 stations nationwide.

  • Feb.26, 2004:A Labrador retriever has been found alive on an isolated cove of a Southeast Alaska island more than a month after its owner was given up for dead when his boat sank in rough seas. Two local fishermen found the dog named Brick on Heceta Island several miles from the accident. The men had known the dog's owner, Greg Clark, who went down with his boat in late January.

    Feb.9, 2004: The US federal government will pay $2.15 million to the relatives of a man whose neck was broken in a scuffle during a raid by immigration officers. The man later died of his injuries.

  • Jan. 10, 2004: A mountain lion was shot and killed after it attacked two bicyclists in an Orange County park, injuring one woman in what authorities said was the 13th such incident in California since 1890. The attack occurred shortly after 4:30 p.m. Thursday in Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park when a mountain lion pounced on a woman who was riding a bicycle with her friend, said Capt. Stephen Miller of the Orange County Fire Authority. The lion grabbed Ann Hjelle, 30, by her head and began dragging her. Her friend, Debi Nichols, began screaming for help and grabbed the victim’s legs in a struggle to free her. “This mountain lion jumped on her back and started dragging her,” Nichols said. “He dragged us down ... about 100 yards into the brush and I just kept screaming. This guy would not let go. He had a hold of her face.” Several other mountain bikers responded, throwing rocks at the animal until it fled.

  • Jan. 5, 2004: Authorities began scanning fingerprints and taking photographs of arriving foreigners Monday as part of a new program that Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge said will make borders "open to travelers but closed to terrorists." The program, aimed at letting Customs officials instantly check an immigrant or visitor's criminal background, targets foreigners entering the 115 U.S. airports that handle international flights, as well as 14 major seaports. The only exceptions will be visitors from 28 countries — mostly European nations — whose citizens are allowed to come to the United States for up to 90 days without visas. Brazil ’s Foreign Ministry has requested that Brazilians be removed from the U.S. list, and police started fingerprinting and photographing Americans arriving at Sao Paulo 's airport last week in response to the new U.S. regulations. "At first, most of the Americans were angered at having to go through all this, but they were usually more understanding once they learned that Brazilians are subjected to the same treatment in the U.S.," Brazilian police spokesman Wagner Castilho said last week.

  • Dec.29, 2003: Federal officials expanded their beef recall Sunday, warning that stores in eight states and the territory of Guam may have received beef linked to a cow stricken with the first U.S. case of mad cow disease. The U.S. Department of Agriculture extended its recall to Alaska , Montana , Hawaii , Idaho and Guam , and said recalled meat could have reached retailers in those locations. They previously found beef from the recalled lot in California , Nevada and  Oregon , as well as Washington state, where the diseased dairy cow was raised and slaughtered.

  • Dec.24, 2003: Foreigners entering U.S. airports and seaports — except those from Western Europe and a handful of other countries — will soon have their fingerprints scanned and their photographs snapped as part of a new program designed to enhance border security. The program, to be up and running on Jan. 5 at all 115 airports that handle international flights and 14 major seaports, will let Customs officials instantly check an immigrant or visitor’s criminal background. The program, called US-VISIT, or U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology, will check an estimated 24 million foreigners each year, though some will be repeat visitors. With all this hassle is it worth to travel the US .

    Dec.24, 2003: Canada ’s top court ruled Tuesday to keep marijuana possession illegal, dealing a blow to activists who had argued the drug causes no serious harm. In a 6-3 decision spanning 400 pages, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that trafficking and possession, even in small amounts, would remain a criminal offense. The judgment prompted praise from law enforcement groups and disappointment from proponents of legalization.

     
  • Dec.23, 2003: An earthquake rocked California ’s central coast Monday and shook the state from Los Angeles to San Francisco , collapsing old downtown buildings in this small town and killing at least two people in the rubble.
  • Dec. 2, 2003: A woman was killed in a gruesome attack by a pack of pit bull dogs that residents say had been a roaming menace for months. Two other men were injured, one escaping only after his son shot at the dogs.
  • Nov.24,2003: The US House of Representatives overwhelmingly voted to curb the spread of unsolicited Internet junk mail, making the first attempt to regulate content on the worldwide web since its launch in the 1990s. By a vote of 392-5, the congressional chamber approved the Can-Spam Act of 2003 that will allow millions of Americans to block unsolicited commercial e-mail traffic or so-called "spam" that has become at best a nuisance and at worst a threat to millions of Internet users around the world.
    The Senate passed a similar piece of legislation targeting junk e-mail last month. It is largely expected to accept changes introduced in the House bill. 
  • Nov.20, 2003: Santa Barbara County (Calif.) authorities have issued a warrant for Michael Jackson’s arrest, according to the district attorney in the case.    SANTA BARBARA COUNTY District Attorney Tom Sneddon told Court TV that an arrest warrant has been issued for Jackson under California penal code 288, a child molestation charge. Sneddon said they were ready to arrest Jackson and that there were multiple violations of the penal code. Jackson caused an international uproar last year when he displayed his baby, Prince Michael II, to fans by dangling him briefly from a fourth-floor balcony in Germany. Is Michael Jackson innocent? Again he might be able to buy his way out as he did in the past.
  • Nov. 18, 2003: Arnold Schwarzenegger was sworn in Monday as the 38th governor of California, rising from bodybuilder and action hero to leader of the nation’s most populated state in a historic recall election. Will he succeed in solving Claifornia many crucial problems, or will he just be a man of show business.
  • Nov.18, 2003: Alabama's judicial ethics panel removed Chief Justice Roy Moore from office Thursday for defying a federal judge's order to move a Ten Commandments monument from the state Supreme Court building. U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson ruled the granite carving was an unconstitutional endorsement of religion. Moore refused to obey the order but was overruled by his eight colleagues on the state Supreme Court.
  • Nov. 15,2003: Lt. Gov. Kathleen Blanco, a Cajun grandmother and veteran Democrat, won a tightly contested election for Louisiana's governor Saturday, breaking a 130-year lock by white males on the job and snapping a string of Republican gubernatorial victories this fall.
  • Nov. 13,2003: A federal judge rejected convicted spy Jonathan Pollard’s latest attempt Thursday to fight his life sentence for selling military secrets to Israel. Pollard 49, was a civilian intelligence analyst for the Navy when he copied and gave to his Israeli handlers enough classified documents to fill a walk-in closet. He was not paid when his spying began in 1984, but he acknowledged that Israel later began paying him a few thousand dollars a month. Pollard was caught in November 1985 and arrested after unsuccessfully seeking refuge at the Israeli Embassy. He initially denied that he worked for Israel but later acknowledged it. He claims that prosecutors reneged on a promise to seek a lesser sentence in return for his cooperation. His case has been a sticking point in U.S.-Israeli relations. The Israeli government, which granted Pollard citizenship, has repeatedly pressed for his release. A 1998 U.S.-brokered peace accord between Israel and the Palestinians nearly foundered when then-Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly linked his agreement to the deal with clemency for Pollard.
  • Nov. 11, 2003: Arnold Schwarzenegger has won the election and become California governor. It seems he will be in conflict with President Bush over environmental issues. Schwarzenegger delivered a strong sign by, nominating Terry Tamminen, a Los Angeles-area environmentalist, to head the California EPA. Tamminen, 51, helped draft Schwarzenegger’s environmental platform, including the promise to encourage a future of fuel cell vehicles by building hydrogen stations every 20 miles on major highways. Such an illusion will have a great economical impact on California, since the actor have no political or economical experience.
  • Nov. 8, 2003: Five Austin police officers have been disciplined for going fishing while they were supposed to be protecting a power plant against possible terrorism.
  • August 1, 2003: grandmother whose medical marijuana plants were stolen received $2,000 from her insurance company for loss of four plants.
  • July 31,2003: The U.S. government told a federal judge on Tuesday that it did not want to use seized Iraqi funds to compensate 17 Americans held as prisoners of war during the 1991 Gulf War.
  • July 30,2003: Despite renewed warnings about possible airline hijackings, the Transportation Security Administration has alerted federal air marshals that as of Friday they will no longer be covering cross-country or international flights. The decision to drop coverage on flights that many experts consider to be at the highest risk of attack apparently stems from a policy decision to rework schedules so that air marshals don’t have to incur the expense of staying overnight in hotels.
  • FILE--Comedian Bob Hope smiles in a 1982 file photo. Hope died late Sunday July 27, 2003, at his home in Toluca Lake,Calif. He was 100.(AP Photo/NBC,file)July 28 , 2003: Bob Hope, the world most famous & favorite comedian , has died, just two months after turning 100. Hope died late Sunday of pneumonia at his home in Toluca Lake, with his family at his bedside. He is a legend...
  • July 24,2003: A federal judge held the Army Corps of Engineers in contempt Tuesday for refusing to lower Missouri River water levels to protect endangered birds and fish. U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler ordered the corps and the secretary of the Army to comply by Friday or pay $500,000 for each day the corps refuses to comply. She said she may consider “more draconian contempt remedies” if flow is not cut by July 31.
  • July 23, 2003: On July 9, U.S. District Court Judge Richard W. Roberts awarded the American POWs $959 million in damages for their suffering, in Iraq, denouncing what the judge termed “unrestrained savagery” on the part of the Iraqis. The POWs stand to collect between $16 million and $35 million each, while 37 family members could receive damage awards of $5 million to $10 million a piece.
  • July 22, 2003: State colleges and universities in every region of the country are preparing to impose this fall their steepest tuition and fee increases in a decade -- the latest fallout of state fiscal crises in which most governors and legislatures this year sharply reduced aid to higher education. Recently announced tuition increases for in-state students of as much as 21 percent in Maryland and almost 30 percent in Virginia over last fall's levels are larger than those in many states, but still well behind increases in states with even larger budget gaps. Tuition and fees at the State University of New York and the University of Oklahoma are rising about as much as those at the University of Virginia, but they are rising 39 percent at the University of Arizona and 40 percent at the University of California.
  • July 22, 2003: Pfc. Jessica Lynch, the first of the rescued prisoners of war from the conflict in Iraq, was awarded the Bronze Star, Purple Heart and Prisoner of War medals during a ceremony  that sets the stage for a long-deferred homecoming to West Virginia, with American flags and yellow ribbons lining her motorcade route.
  • July 17,2003: A rampaging 5,800-acre wildfire prompted the evacuation of hundreds of people on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation in eastern Arizona.
  • July 17,2003:Eight people were killed and more than 40 others injured when a car drove through a crowded street market in the Los Angeles suburb of Santa Monica, police said. Authorities said a 3-year-old girl was among those killed in the crash, with 15 people critically hurt and more than 20 suffering moderate injuries. A dozen more people had minor injuries. Hours after the incident, the car’s driver was released from police custody. The driver is an 86 old man. Santa Monica Police Chief James Butts Jr. said the driver told officers he couldn’t stop. “His statement is that he possibly hit the gas instead of the brakes,”.
  • July 12, 2003:Two sheriff’s deputies were hospitalized after eating broken glass mixed in with the onions on their McDonald’s cheeseburgers. Be careful you should not eat fast food...
  • June 29 ,2003: A jury sentenced Chante Mallard to 50 years in prison Friday for allowing a man she struck with her car to die a slow death while lodged in the car’s broken windshield. Mallard hit Biggs on a highway after a night of drinking and using drugs, then drove home with him lodged in her windshield and left him to die in her garage. What a terrible crime!
  • June 17, 2003:Look at the face of Michael Jackson. Just how many operation did he made , and look at the outcome…Michael is reported to be sick , and is running out of money. He spends over $ 1million a month.
  • Photo- June 12, 2003: A Florida judge ruled that a Muslim woman cannot wear a veil in her driver's license photo. Prosecutors had argued that allowing people to cover all but their eyes in their ID pictures could allow potential terrorists to hide their identities. After hearing three days of testimony last week, Circuit Judge Janet C. Thorpe ruled that the state has a compelling interest in protecting the public, and that having photo identification was essential to that interest. Thorpe also said Sultaana Freeman's right to free exercise of religion would not be infringed by having to show her face on her license. Tell that to Saudi Arabia!!!?

 

  • June 1, 2003:More than 7,000 people are quarantined in Toronto because of possible SARS exposure.
  • June1, 2003: A Washington man may be the first in the state infected with the mosquito-borne West Nile virus, which killed 284 people in the United States and Canada last year. West Nile virus can cause meningitis or encephalitis (brain or spinal cord inflammation), but usually causes only mild symptoms including headaches and fever. The disease, which first appeared in the United States in 1999, has spread to 44 states and 230 animal species, including 130 bird species.
  • Wrecked vehicles line Interstate 68 in western Maryland.May 24, 2003 : Two people were killed and nearly 100 injured Friday after 85 vehicles Wrecked vehicles line Interstate 68 in western Maryland.May 24, 2003 : Two people were killed and nearly 100 injured Friday after 85 vehicles , in Maryland USA , were involved in a series of accidents on a fog-covered highway, officials said.
  • May 24, 2003 : Toronto health officials revealed Friday that they were looking into at least 25 possible new SARS cases
  • May 16,2003: President Bush can be beaten next year, according to former president Bill Clinton, just as Clinton beat Bush's father in 1992 -- but time is running out to fashion a winning agenda.
  • May 13,2003: Federal officials permanently closed the airspace above Walt Disney Co. properties in Florida and California on the eve of the Iraq  war to protect against terrorist attacks, according to a report. The 24-hour security zones put Disney on par with a select few other potential targets, including President George W. Bush's ranch and nuclear submarine bases.
  • May 8 ,2003: U.S. Customs agents announced yesterday that investigators, working with military officials and Iraqi authorities, have recovered about 700 artifacts and 39,400 manuscripts that disappeared from the National Museum of Antiquities in Baghdad during chaos and looting that followed the U.S. invasion of Iraq.
  • May 11,2003:U.S. authorities expelled a Saudi consular official and Muslim leader who had been living in Southern California, saying he was suspected of having terrorist links. Fahad al Thumairy, 32, was detained at Los Angeles International Airport earlier in the week after arriving from Frankfurt and was deported Thursday. He may not return to the United States for five years, authorities said.
  • Image: Severe WeatherMay 11,2003: President Bush issued a disaster declaration for Oklahoma on Saturday, clearing the way for federal aid after the second tornado in as many days wrecked homes and businesses across the capital city, part of one of the nation’s worst one-week barrage of tornadoes on record. The storm system, meanwhile, moved east, spawning a tornado in central Illinois.
  • May 5, 2003: Residents and relief workers are assessing the damage this morning after a deadly swarm of tornadoes killed at least 37 in the Midwest and South. The twisters killed an estimated 20 people in Missouri, ten in Tennessee and seven in Kansas.
  • April 27,2003: Charlton Heston made his last appearance as president of the National Rifle Association on Saturday, shuffling onto the stage before a crowd of 4,000 NRA members but too feeble to give a farewell speech. The famous actor , Heston, 78, the public voice of the NRA for five years, was diagnosed last year with symptoms of Alzheimer's, a neurological disease that can lead to dementia. There were visible signs of the declining health of Heston, the actor who once played larger-than-life figures such as Moses, Judah Ben-Hur and El Cid in a half-century Hollywood career.
  • April 6,2003: Half of the American population supports US military action against Iran if it continues to move toward nuclear weapons development, a poll released on Saturday showed.
  • April 5,2003: Both houses of the US Congress overwhelmingly passed similar budget amendments authorizing almost $80 billion in funding to cover the costs of war in Iraq and the start of reconstruction
  • March 24,2003: Public support for President Bush has solidified in the early days of the war with Iraq, with two-thirds of Americans saying they approve of the way he is doing his job.
  • March 21,2003: Retired U.S. Air Force master sergeant Brian Patrick Regan was sentenced on Thursday to life in prison without possibility of parole for having offered to sell American secrets to Saddam Hussein.   
    Regan was arrested in August, 2001 at Dulles International Airport, near Washington, while boarding a plane for Zurich. Prosecutors said he was carrying information with the coded coordinates of Iraqi and Chinese missile sites, about the missiles stored there and the dates the information had been obtained. In his wallet and his right shoe were the addresses of the Iraqi and Chinese embassies in Switzerland and Austria. He got the information while working as a civilian employee at a government satellite organization, after having worked there while in the Air force.
  •  March 21,2003: More than seven in 10 endorsed the decision of President Bush to wage war on Iraq. A similar proportion expressed confidence that the United States and its allies are right to use military force to topple Hussein and rid Iraq of its weapons of mass destruction. And two out of three said they believe Bush had worked hard enough to try to find a diplomatic solution before ordering the attack.
  • March 12,2003: Elizabeth Smart, the 15-year-old girl who vanished from her Salt Lake City bedroom nine months ago, was found alive Wednesday with a drifter who had once done work at the family’s home.
  • March 7,2003: U.S. employers slashed 308,000 jobs in February, the government said Friday, the worst round of job-cutting in 15 months, as the world's biggest economy nearly ground to a halt ahead of a possible war with Iraq.
  • Feb.26,2003: The Pentagon has sharply increased the estimated cost of a war in Iraq to as much as $95 billion for the combat phase and immediate aftermath, with huge reconstruction and occupation costs to come later.
  • Feb.12,2003: Military vehicles with anti-aircraft missiles have been deployed around Washington, and fighter jet patrols over the nation's capital and New York have been increased as a result of the elevated threat of terrorist attack.
  • Feb.11,2003: Top federal officials yesterday issued their most pointed advice since Sept. 11, 2001, on precautions the public should take against terrorist attacks, warning that every home should be stocked with three days' worth of water and food in case of a strike with chemical, biological or radiological weapons. This comes after issuing the 2nd highest alert to the Nation to be ready for another Terrorist attack.
  • Jan.21,2003: The United States is to send nearly 37,000 more personnel to the Gulf in preparation for possible military action against Iraq. The troops involved in the latest US deployment orders come in addition to the 150,000 personnel who are being mobilized for duty in the Gulf.
  • Jan.2,2003:A Massachusetts prep school has accepted a donation from a Saudi Arabian prince whose $10 million offer to aid New York City after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks was spurned by then-Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani. Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, who earned a sharp rebuke from Giuliani for remarks critical of U.S. policy in the Middle East, donated $500,000 to a scholarship fund at Phillips Academy in Andover established to honor former president George H.W. Bush, a 1942 graduate. President Bush is a 1964 graduate.

    Nov.8,2002: Canada this week lifted a travel advisory urging Canadian citizens born in Iran, Iraq, Libya, Sudan and Syria to consider avoiding travel to the United States. The advisory was in response to U.S. legislation passed after the September 11 attacks, authorizing the Immigration and Naturalization Service to monitor the entry and exit of citizens from those countries. Such monitoring allows those individuals to be photographed and fingerprinted. The Bush administration gave Canadian citizens an exemption from the regulations -- which had threatened to cause tension in U.S.-Canadian relations.

  • Nov,7,2002:President Bush marked the Muslim holy month of Ramadan with Islamic leaders at the White House. Bush celebrated a traditional Iftaar meal Thursday to thank Muslim countries helping with the war on terrorism. The event is just one of several ways in which the Bush administration will mark Ramadan in an effort to reach out to Muslims in America and throughout the world. The White House also highlighted other efforts to reach out to Muslims, including a newly reissued Eid stamp that commemorates the two most important festivals on the Islamic calendar: Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha.
  • Oct.20,2002:The Bush administration is weighing an Israeli proposal for a joint operation in the western Iraqi desert to disarm missiles before they could be launched against Israel. If successful, the operation might not only protect Israeli civilians from an Iraqi attack like the one they weathered in the 1991 Gulf War but also eliminate the prospect of an Israeli retaliatory attack on Iraq.

     

  • Oct.11,2002: US congress has approved the use of force against Iraq...Saddam days are counted....Welcome free Iraq...

  • Oct.10,2002: Firm evidence has been found that the explosion of a French oil tanker off the coast of Yemen was an act of terrorism.

  • Oct.9,2002: US West Coast ports were shut down Sunday, Sept. 29 after port operators alleged that dockworkers were staging a months-long campaign of work slowdowns. The lockout at 29 ports from California to Washington state is costing the economy upwards of $1 billion a day, some economists estimate. The ports handle half of the nation’s imports and exports and have already had a ripple effect on businesses, preventing department stores and groceries from getting needed imports and forcing the closure of auto factories. U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE William Alsup in San Francisco ruled that the government had proven that use of the 1947 Taft-Hartley Act was necessary to stop the lockout’s impact on the economy.

  • Oct.8,2002: Schools are under heavy guard in metro Washington today as police hunt for the sniper who shot a 13-year-old boy in front of a suburban middle school in Maryland on Monday. Six people have been killed and two wounded in a string of random, sniper-style shootings since last week.

  • Oct. 5,2002: The Pentagon is taking steps to prepare for a rapid massing of U.S. forces around Iraq in the weeks ahead, bolstering stocks of military equipment and ammunition in the Persian Gulf, expanding command facilities and readying Navy aircraft carriers in U.S. ports to steam to the region.

  • Sept.29,2002: The latest US poll shows that almost two-thirds of Americans support using military force against Iraq. So get ready Saddam , you are going to get kicked out and put in a prison in the Hague...

  • Sept.25,2002: As another sign of recession , 32.9 million Americans are falling below the poverty line, 1.3 million more than the previous year. Some 6.8 million families were considered poor. While poverty rates remained at historic lows for black and Asian Americans, poverty among white Americans rose, reaching 7.8 percent, or 15.3 million, as it did for Hispanics. The only group to show a drop in poverty were American Indian and native residents, though nearly one-quarter remain under the poverty line.

  • Sept.20.2002: West Nile virus apparently has caused six people in Mississippi and Louisiana to develop polio-like paralysis, heightening concern about the rapidly spreading virus. The number of cases has increased dramatically this year. The number of reported West Nile virus cases has spiked to 1,745 nationwide, including 84 deaths, reported in 31 states and the District. Although much of the attention has been focused on outbreaks in the Deep South, the largest number of cases and deaths has been reported in Illinois. Michigan and Ohio have also recorded more than 100 new cases this month.

  • Sept.15,2002: A Florida hospital has received threats against three Muslim-American students, who were detained in an anti-terror operation as they were traveling to start internships at the hospital. Muslim groups have contacted Larkin Hospital to protest its decision, and Michel said he would listen to their concerns and could reconsider his decision.

  • Sept.15,2002: Five men arrested over the weekend in Buffalo, New York, on terrorism charges are being held in a detention center, awaiting a bond hearing on Wednesday. The men formed an "al Qaeda-trained cell," according to federal officials, and were charged with providing material support to terrorists.

  • Sept. 11 —  Americans marked the first anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks Wednesday with tearful tributes and vows to stand firm in the face of terror.

  • Sept.10,2002: For the first time since the Cuban missile crisis almost 30 years ago, armed missile launchers will be protecting the nation's capital by day's end Tuesday -- a precaution that comes amid a heightened alert status on the eve of the one-year anniversary of the September 11 attacks

  • Sept.9,2002: Last year witnessed a 9 percent drop in violent crimes in US, except murder, marking the lowest level since the government began surveying victims in 1973. A record low number of reported assaults, the most common form of violent crime, was reported.

  • Sept.9,2002: A tornado destroyed six houses, damaged more than 20 others and tore down power lines and trees in the central Utah town of Manti on Sunday. No injuries were reported.

  • Sept.1, 2002: A federal air marshal pointed a gun towards passengers on a flight from Atlanta to Philadelphia for about 30 minutes while detaining a passenger. Passengers on  Delta Flight 442 said that one marshal kept his weapon pointed at the coach cabin while the other huddled over the detainee, who was released after the plane landed. Are Federal Air marshal over doing it?

  • West Nile toll at 16August 24, 2002: Louisiana has 24 new human cases of West Nile virus, bringing the total for the state at the epicenter of the outbreak to 171, a state health official told CNN. So far this year, the virus has killed 16 people, half of them in Louisiana.

  • August 24, 2002: Deputies searching Dr. Robert J. Goldstein's home near St. Petersburg found up to 40 weapons, 30 explosive devices, a list of about 50 Islamic worship centers in Florida and detailed plans to bomb an Islamic education center. Goldstein, 37, was charged Friday with possession of a non-registered destructive device and attempting to use an explosive to damage and destroy Islamic centers. He was being held without bond Friday night at Hillsborough County jail.

  • August 24, 2002: Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld has sent the White House a classified memo warning of the spread of cruise missiles among hostile nations and urging an intensified government-wide effort to defend against them. At least 81 countries are reported to have cruise missiles of some kind, totaling more than 70,000 weapons.

  • August 23, 2002: EX-President Bill Clinton might host a daily talk show. The New York Times reported that Clinton has held separate talks with CBS and NBC about the possibility that he would host a talk show at a salary of $30 million to $50 million a year, which would be the highest ever earned in such a talk show programs.

  • August 19, 2002:The West Nile virus has claimed two more victims, one in Illinois and another in Louisiana, bringing this year’s death toll from the rapidly spreading virus to 11 nationwide.

  • August 18, 2002:An airline passenger attacked two female flight attendants while drunk on a flight from England, authorities said Saturday. Victor Mardell, 57, was intoxicated when he attacked the crew members Friday as his Air 2000 flight from Manchester, England, approached Orlando-Sanford International Airport.

  • August 18, 2002: The killing of a Virginia couple and the kidnapping of their 9-year-old daughter has frustrated authorities and yielded few strong leads. Officials, however, say the investigation is more intense than ever. The parents were found killed-- the father on a couch and the mother in her bed

  • August 15,2002:Relatives of some of the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attack filed a $100 trillion class-action lawsuit Thursday against Saudi officials and institutions, charging that they financed Osama bin Laden’s terrorist network. The suit, modeled after action filed against Libya in the Pan Am Flight 103 disaster, seeks to cripple banks, charities and some members of the Saudi royal family, as well as gain vengeance for the families of those who perished. The 258-page complaint, filed electronically in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Va., says the plaintiffs are seeking more than $100 trillion. It names more than seven dozen defendants, including the government of Sudan, seven banks, eight Islamic foundations and three Saudi princes.
    Those listed include Saudi princes Mohammed al-Faisal and Turki al-Faisal, the former intelligence chief; Saudi Defense Minister Sultan bin Abdul Aziz al Saud; Khalid bin Salim bin Mahfouz of National Commercial Bank; and Faisal Islamic Bank.     What will be next to deteriorate the US-Saudi relation?

Pentagon employees can check in at the opening of the facility and proceed directly into the building.Pentagon commuters taking advantage of the shorter walk made possible by the new covered patwhay to the building

  • August 11,2002: the Pentagon Renovation Program proudly celebrated the initial opening of the Metro Entrance Facility (MEF). While the entire facility won't be completed until November 2002,
  • July 24, 2002: A ferocious wildfire in California , fed by heavy underbrush and weeks of dry weather was threatening a treasured grove of ancient redwoods on Wednesday, setting up a potentially devastating scenario because officials said they wouldn’t risk firefighters’ lives to save the trees.
  • July 23, 2002: The accidental capture of this northern snakehead fish in a Maryland pond has officials trying to eradicate the China native. The toothy, torpedo-shaped native of Asia grows up to 3 feet long, and when its food sources run out, it can survive up to three days out of water while it slithers to another pond or river. The trouble is, it’s not native to the United States and thus can destroy local ecosystems. The snakehead devours smaller fish and other aquatic animals. Snakeheads have been found in seven states: Hawaii, Florida, California, Maine, Maryland Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
  • July 23, 2002: Corporate accounting scandals and the plummeting stock market have taken a heavy toll on public confidence in the economy, and almost two-thirds of Americans think there should be more investigations and prosecutions to clean things up,
  • July 19 — President Bush today used a visit to the troops that battled Al Qaeda fighters in Afghanistan to renew his vow that the United States will strike preemptively against countries developing weapons of mass destruction, telling 2,000 cheering troops that "America must act against these terrible threats before they're fully formed." As Mr. Bush stood surrounded by the camouflage-clad troops of the 10th Mountain Division, among the first sent to Uzbekistan and Afghanistan last fall, one of the soldiers yelled, "Let's get Saddam!"
  • July 19, 2002: The Pentagon has opened an inquiry to determine who leaked a document outlining how the United States might attack Iraq to topple President Saddam Hussein.

     

  • July 17, 2002:  Noelle Bush, the 24-year-old daughter of Gov. Jeb. Bush, was sent to Orange County jail in Orlando this afternoon after failing to meet conditions of a court-ordered rehabilitation plan stemming from her drug arrest in January. Ms. Bush was charged with prescription fraud on Jan. 29 after she tried to obtain the anti-anxiety drug Xanax from a pharmacy in Tallahassee,

     

  • July 14, 2002:  The number of major crimes in the United States increased last year for the first time in a decade, bringing an end to a decline in violence that had resulted in the lowest crime levels in a generation, according to FBI statistics. The increase included a 3.1 percent rise in murders reported by police departments nationwide, along with significant jumps in the numbers of robberies, burglaries and car thefts, according to the preliminary FBI survey. Overall, major crimes in 2001 were up by 2 percent from the year before.

    June 21,2002: A six-mile wide wildfire burned out of control Friday in eastern Arizona, as weather forecasters issued a “red flag” warning and the state’s governor pleaded for more fire crews. Blazes across the West were taxing resources during what’s looking like a record fire season.

  • June 12, 2002: The American citizen suspected of plotting to detonate a radioactive bomb on U.S. soil scouted possible U.S. sites for attacks for senior al Qaeda officials, according to senior US intelligence officials.

  • June 11, 2002: Federal authorities have ordered special scrutiny of all Yemeni citizens seeking to enter or leave the United States and are thoroughly inspecting all their baggage, the Justice Department said tonight. The order, which applies to immigration and customs agents at all American border crossings, was the first since the Sept. 11 attacks to target the citizens of a specific country.

  • May 30,2002: Attorney General John Ashcroft on Thursday eased restrictions on domestic spying, handing the bureau a broad, new authority to monitor Internet sites, libraries, churches and political organizations for clues to terrorist plots.

  • May 30,2002: Although it has had no specific warnings, the FBI is alerting law enforcement agencies to be on the lookout for any signs of terrorist plans to use shoulder-fired missiles against U.S. targets, especially commercial airliners.

  • May 3,2002: The Labor Department reported that the U.S. unemployment rate rose to 6 percent in April, a bigger jump than expected, and the highest rate since August of 1994.

  • April 26,2002: The US economy is growing at the rate of 5,8% despite the world recession.

  • April 25,2002: the commander of the U.S. Central Command, has completed a “concept of operations” plan and a draft detailing “courses of action” that would be taken if the United States decides to go to war against Iraq. The plan envisions deploying 250,000 American troops to the region.

  • April 25,2002: Pressured by growing Arab anger over Israel’s military crackdown on the Palestinians, the region’s most influential leader was expected to urge President Bush on Thursday to get tough on Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.

  • April 20,2002: Thousands of activists , in the US capitol of DC , rallying for a host of causes mingled easily with tourists along the mall this afternoon as chants of "Free, Free Palestine," "Stop the Occupation Now" and "We are all Palestinians Today" filled the Ellipse and the black, red, white and green flag of Palestine waved through the streets of the District.  The crowd chanted its comparison of Ariel Sharon and Adolf Hitler. "Sharon and Hitler are the same. The only difference is their name."

"This is the largest demonstration for Palestine in U.S. history,"

  • April 20,2002: The US Justice Department will seek the death penalty for Brian P. Regan, who is charged with trying to sell top-secret defense information to Iraq, Libya and China, marking the first time the government has sought execution for espionage since capital punishment was restored.
  • April 10,2002: The United States had another growth spurt in the past year, according to the first population estimates to use 2000 Census data. States in the West had the highest growth rates — with Nevada, Arizona and Colorado leading the pack, and California accounting for nearly 20 percent of new residents.
  • April 9,2002: About 1,400 college students die and about 500,000 are injured each year in accidents related to alcohol use , in the US.
  • April 5,2002: The US has warned the European Union against carrying out its threat to impose sanctions on $2.4bn  of US imports in retaliation against Washington's decision to place tariffs on steel imports. The Economic War is escalating between Europe and the US.
  • March 27,2002:  The Energy Department cannot fully account for small amounts of potentially dangerous plutonium provided under a 1954 Atoms for Peace program to 33 countries including Iran, Pakistan and India, according to an inspector general report released yesterday.
  • March , 23,2002: Two Prince George's County police officers were indicted yesterday on charges they used a dog and baton to assault an unarmed man as he tried to surrender to them after allegedly breaking into a gas station.
  • March 4 , 2002: Four off-duty U.S. Secret Service agents fought a crowd of locals in a San Diego area bar brawl on the day Vice President Dick Cheney began his four-day California tour. The fracas involved about 15 locals, and was triggered by agents making "rude comments" to a local woman.
  • March 4,2002: the 83-year-old evangelist apologized for his words spoken 30 years ago and captured on an audio tape. The conversation was among 500 hours of Nixon tapes released this week by the National Archives. Most were recorded between January and June 1972.  In the conversation with Nixon, the Southern Baptist evangelist expressed disdain for what he saw as Jewish domination of the media. and how they are controlling and affecting the US.
  • March 4,2002:   This week Kenneth Feinberg, who runs the fund set up by Congress to compensate the next of kin of those killed in the September 11 attacks ,will raise the minimum compensation per family member from $50,000 to between $75,000 and $100,000.
  • March 4,2002: Snow fell on parts of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula on Sunday, the tail end of a storm blamed for more than 20 deaths along its track from Texas, where the midday temperature at Dallas was only 28.
  • March 3,2002: Alarmed by growing hints of al Qaeda’s progress toward obtaining a nuclear or radiological weapon, the Bush administration has deployed hundreds of sophisticated sensors since November to U.S. borders, overseas facilities and choke points around Washington. It has placed the Delta Force, the nation’s elite commando unit, on a new standby alert to seize control of nuclear materials that the sensors may detect. Allied countries, including Saudi Arabia, have also rushed new detectors to their borders after American intelligence warnings
  • Feb.24,2002: Rival motorcycle gangs( Hells Angels and the Pagans) armed with daggers, baseball bats and a machine gun clashed at an indoor motorcycle and tattoo expo called the Hellraiser Ball, authorities said. One man was killed and at least 10 people were injured.
  • Jan21,2002: The Army’s premier biowarfare research facility at Fort Detrick, Md., lost track of more than two dozen potentially dangerous biological specimens around 1991, including some containing the microbe that causes anthrax, according to scientists who worked there at the time and documents from a 1992 internal Army investigation that looked into the loss. Could this lost specimens ended up in the wrong hand?
  • Jan14,2002: President Bush has fainted after choking on a pretzel. Bush passed out Sunday while watching a Baltimore Ravens-Miami Dolphins game, and fell to the floor from a couch. Later he recovered and all his vital sign are Ok.

  • Jan.7,2002: The U.S. unemployment rate climbed to 5.8 percent in December, highest in more than six years. In October and November , over 400,000 jobs were lost each month and in Dec a total of 124,000 jobs were lost.
  • Jan 7,2002: Postage rate will be increasing bu June 2002 , due to the extra cost imposed on Postal Authority for extra care and handling caused by  the Anthrax scare in USA.
  • Jan6,2002:  US Congress has provided more than $60 billion since September to combat terrorism at home and abroad, and to rebuild from the attacks on New York, Washington and Pennsylvania.
  • Jan.6,2002: The US Economy is likely to begin growing again soon after a recession that began last March. Many analyst are optimistic that the economy will pick up in the first quarter of 2002.
  • Dec.24,2001:One out of four U.S. Internet users sought information on Islam online after the Sept. 11 attacks, the report said, and 41 percent said they sent or received e-mail prayer requests.American are the most educated people in the world....They deserve respect and admiration...this is how they make their country great....through reading and educating themselves..
  • Dec.22,2001: US Federal officials say nearly 1,200 people have been arrested or detained as part of the Sept. 11 investigation, many of them accused of violating immigration laws. Nearly all are from the Middle East. So far, only one person has been formally accused of being involved in the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Zacarias Moussaoui, a French national of Moroccan descent, was indicted last week.... US Authorities are violating human rights by this action...
  • Dec.20,2001: On a recent poll , about 80% of American believe that Arabs-American and Moslems-American are not treated right ( discriminated ) in US.
  • Dec.17,2001: The US opened its embassy in Kabul ,today,  to mark the end of Taliban era and the re building of Afghanistan.
  • Dec. 12,2001:  Two leaders of the militant Jewish Defense League were arrested ,in Los Angeles,  Tuesday night as they were assembling bombs to use in planned attacks against one of city's largest mosques and the local offices of an Arab American House member, federal officials announced today. The two men, Irving David Rubin and Earl Leslie Krugel, were charged today with conspiracy to manufacture and detonate bombs targeting Arab and Muslim buildings in the Los Angeles area, as well as the San Clemente offices of Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), who is a grandson of Lebanese immigrants.
  • Dec.6, 2001: Leading members of Congress have signed a letter urging President Bush to make the Iraqi regime the next major target in the war on terrorism.
  • Dec.5, 2001: The American economy has officially entered what promises to be the worst recession since the early 1980s and, conceivably, the worst since World War II. So what will happen to the rest of the world , if the biggest economy in the world is in recession? that is bad news for the rest of the world.
  • Nov30,2001: The United States launched a program Thursday to encourage foreigners to inform on suspected terrorists following the Sept. 11 attacks on America, in exchange for help with visas and citizenship.
  • Nov.24,2001: Latest figure shows that the total Number of Mosques in USA are about 1209 and that the total number of Moslems are about 8 million people. Jewish Community worried at the rate of Islam expansion in North America.....However the fact must be stated that Islam is never against Christians or Jews, in Fact a real Moslem must believe in Jesus and Moses and all the prophets ( Abraham , Joseph , Isaac..etc) as part of his believe in Islam
  • Nov.24,2001: US Tourist Industry is facing financial difficulty due to the huge drop in Foreign tourists....over 1 million jobs are at risk from Hotels to Restaurants to Theme Parks....This is putting a lot of pressure in US Economy , not to mention World Economy.
  • Nov.19,2001: The US Airline Industry is loosing $ 300 million each day.
  • Nov.Oct.24,2001: Arabs and Moslems are getting bad treatment in US. US official are making a suspect of any one looking as an Arab. bad treatment and discrimination are reported in airports and many public places...This is bad America....Not all Arabs & Moslems are terrorist...this discrimination and suspicion must stop...It is only one government who is happy about this discrimination...a country that defy all UN resolution for peace..
  • Oct.18,2001: US Government allocate $40 billion to cover the costs involved in the Destruction of WTC and the Pentagon. Part of the money will go to family victims.
  • Sept.22,2001: Hotels in US and around the world are faced with 30% drop in occupancy.
  • Sept.19,2001: Over 100,000 American have lost jobs as Airlines and Boeing decided to reduce their staff , due to sharp reduction in flights resulting from the Terror attacks in US.
  • Sept.17,2001: President Bush says: bin Laden ‘wanted, dead or alive’ in a clear warning to Afghanistan.
  • Sept.16,2001: Many Kuwaitis were donating blood and financial support to the victims of the Terrorist attack.
  • Sept.15,2001: Kuwait Information Minister , made an official statement of condemnation of the terrorist attack in US and expressed Kuwait support for US.
  • Sept.15,2001: The US government is preparing for WAR...expect the US Air Force to make a strike soon on Afghanistan. The US has called the reserve and put all its forces on high alert and declared a WAR status.
  • Sept.14,2001: The United States prepared to call up tens of thousands of reserves in a probable preparation for an eminent war.
  • Sept.13,2001: There are more than 4,700 missing in World Trade Center Bombing.
  •  Sept.13,2001:7,400 FBI WORKERS are investigating the horror incident.
    The FBI committed about 4,000 special agents and 3,000 support personnel to what promises to be the biggest criminal investigation ever, aimed at finding who was behind the attacks.
  • Sept. 12, 2001:  U.S. intelligence sources have indicated that "there are good indications that persons linked to Osama bin Laden may be responsible for these attacks." Bin Laden is the Saudi millionaire who has been blamed for terror attacks against U.S. interests and is believed to be in Afghanistan.
  • Sept.9,2001: 80 of US terrorism task force have raided a Texas based host of Arabic web sites.
  • Aug. 8 ,2001 Maureen Reagan, the outspoken presidential daughter who became a crusader for Alzheimer’s disease awareness after her father fell ill, died Wednesday of skin cancer , at the age of 60.
  • Aug. 8 ,2001—  Baycol, a cholesterol-lowering drug taken by 700,000 Americans, was pulled off the market Wednesday because of muscle destruction linked to at least 40 deaths around the world. But the Food and Drug Administration urged the millions of Americans who take any of the five other drugs known as statins not to panic.

 

 

  • July 30,2001: Minnesota Vikings Korey Stringer, who died of heat stroke August 1, is captured gasping for air July 30 during the first day of training camp in Mankato, Minnesota.
  • July 18, 2001: Many Big companies are reporting losses and decline in income, names such as: Caterpillar, Kodak, Philips, Merrill Lynch, Coke, Whirlpool and others..
  • July 10,2001: the US has re opened its Embassy in Yemen.
  • June 24, 2001: U.S. military forces in the Arabian Gulf remained on their highest state of alert yesterday as the United States maintained a vigil against threats believed to be linked to Saudi-exile Osama bin Laden, U.S. officials said.
  • June 20, 2001 : Recent studies in USA have warned that Commercial Pilots are not getting enough rest or sleep between flights. Pilots are expected to work 16 hrs per day.
  • June 19, 2001 : Bill Gates had made a contribution of $100 million for an International fund to help in fighting the spread of AIDS. Did any Arab King, President or Sheikh make a similar contribution for humanity? Where are the rich people of Arabia ? They might be sleeping in their tents.
  • May 31, 2001: Police say President Bush’s daughters, Jenna and Barbara, tried to use someone’s ID at restaurant to purchase alcoholic beverages. This is the 2nd time that Jenna Bush has been arrested for alcohol......It is becoming a problem for the President to control his daughters.

  • May 26, 2001: NASA has published a high-resolution picture on its website of the Face of Mars, a feature first photographed in 1976 that some believed was alien-made, showing instead it was just a hill.

  • May 26, 2001: The US Central Intelligence Agency has pored over a novel in Arabic they believed may have been written by Iraqi President Saddam Hussein to glean insights into his thinking, The New York Times said yesterday.

    The novel, Zabibah wal-Malik (Zabibah and the King), was purchased by the CIA in a London bookstore aft