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UK war dossier a sham, say experts
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Citing the British dossier, entitled Iraq - its infrastructure of concealment, deception and intimidation in front of a worldwide television audience Mr Powell said: "I would call my colleagues' attention to the fine paper that the United Kingdom distributed... which describes in exquisite detail Iraqi ( Read more... )

In 1990 and 1991 US had a war with Iraq.

During this time US troops are stationed near Mecca. This outrages many hard-line Muslims, among these is Saudi-born Osama Bin Laden. 15 of the 19 hijackers that were involved with 9/11 were Saudi ( Read more... )

I don't like terrorism. I grew up with it in Northern Ireland. My earliest
memory is of a loyalist bomb going off in the village where my parents live.
I must have been 2 or 3 at the time. Other early memories include a policeman
with a drawn gun searching around the car seat where I was strapped in.
All my life I was exposed to bombings ( Read more... )

I've been feeling down a lot lately. Don't know if it's stress or homesickness or what. It's so hard to get motivated to do work, and do other stuff I have to do.

I always get insomnia when I get like this. I used to be able to crash out for a weekend, and do nothing but sleep. These days I have too much stuff to do on weekends to be able to do

I'm torn in my life ( Read more... )