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Our boys welcomed homeTHOUSANDS of people lined the streets of two cities today to welcome home soldiers from Iraq. The 2nd Battalion of the Royal Welsh were given a heroes’ reception as they paraded through the centre of Cardiff after returning from the gruelling Operation Telic 10, their third tour of Iraq in four years. And soldiers from 4th Battalion The Rifles marched through the centre of Salisbury following their recent return from a six-month tour in Iraq. While based at Basra Palace prior to the handover to local control at the start of September, 4 Rifles saw some of...

From southeastern Wisconsin to as far as Des Moines, Iowa and St. Louis, people reported seeing balls of fire, possibly meteors, streaking across the sky Sunday night.MILWAUKEE — From southeastern Wisconsin to as far as Des Moines, Iowa and St. Louis, people reported seeing balls of fire, possibly meteors, streaking across the sky last night. No major meteor showers were expected in the northern hemisphere on Sunday night, said Jim Lattis, director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison astronomy department's Space Place. But he said it was possible that a minor shower may have been what prompted calls to authorities. The...

It’s hard to understand the silence that has fallen on the investigation into the terrorism scare triggered by the anthrax attacks shortly after 9/11. I’m not at all a conspiracy buff, but this case is just filled with coincidences that have caused much speculation that the anthrax letters were a follow-up terrorist attack carried out by Islamic terrorists tied to the 19 Muslims directly involved in 9/11. There is no new public information I know of, however,

There was a time when patriotism prevailed over political "correctness" in the media. During World War II, Americans sang a song about releasing flatulence in Hitler's face ("Der Fuehrer's Face," the title song of an Academy Award-winning Walt Disney cartoon). Now, the media tout the showing of Saddam Hussein in his underwear as a disgrace and downplay the horror of beheadings. The latter view spews from the mouths and pens of the socialists in our country (many commonly referred to as liberal Democrats) who are trying to render the United States impotent by promoting global pacifism ... the same ones...

AUSTRALIA... ENGLAND.. NOW USA... NEWSCORP Lord Rupert Murdoch can now claim the top spots in the media industry. The 20th Century Fox, Murdoch, 74, has become 21st Century Daddy. On Wednesday night the TV season ends with an IDOL bang and FOX finishing #1 -- for the first time -- in the ad demo, 18-49, and #1 in teens. At the box-office Murdoch takes #1 by distributing REVENGE OF THE SITH. In the heated cable news race, FOXNEWS [despite faulty Internet rumors] continues to dominate all dayparts, all demos, all ratings, and has all but caught CNN in ad revenues....

The Sun, a British tabloid that published pictures of imprisoned, former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein in his underwear may have missed something more intriguing than Saddam's BVDs. While the `Butcher of Baghdad’ has long been a stone around the neck of his own people, it is ironic to consider that sorcerers say he wears one of their stones around his own neck. One of his palace-seers-for-rent purportedly made for Saddam, a special talisman to keep the Grim Reaper at bay. Some say it’s a magic stone worn like a necklace. Others contend he had it implanted under the skin on...

There is an old clinical anecdote, probably apocryphal, that teachers in medical school sometimes use to illustrate the compelling power of delusions to medical students. It goes something like this: A young, inexperienced psychiatric resident, in the course of interviewing a patient, discovered that the patient suffered from the delusion that he, the patient, was dead. The young psychiatrist then proceeded to try gently and tactfully to reason with the patient to see the reality and give up his delusion. The psychiatrist tried everything he could think of to dissuade the patient but still, after twenty or thirty minutes, the...

"... Saddam Hussein killed about 500,000 of his own people; that is a definite war crime that has been proven. How is it, then, that today he is able to sue over something as small as a picture of him being printed in a tabloid. Saddam is very good at creating distractions. Believe it or not, he wants to start looking like a victim! Of course, most of us here in the United States don't buy into his B.S., but we are not his target audience. Saddam is trying to reach Joe -- or rather Muhammad -- Arabia, the average...

Britain's Sun tabloid published another picture on Saturday of Saddam Hussein in prison and robustly defended its decision to print such images despite Pentagon claims it may have violated the Geneva Conventions. Britain's best-selling daily newspaper sparked outrage from Saddam's lawyers on Friday by publishing several photographs of the captive former Iraqi leader, including one showing him in his underpants. U.S. officials promised an aggressive investigation into who was responsible for the photographs, which they believe were taken more than a year ago. They said the images violated Pentagon rules and may have breached the Geneva Conventions. But an unrepentant...

Bush: Photos won't incite in Iraq AP May 20, 2005. US and British tabloid photographs Friday of an imprisoned Saddam Hussein naked except for his white underwear prompted a US military and condemnation from the Red Cross. The International Committee for the Red Cross, which is responsible for monitoring prisoners of war and detainees, said the photographs violated Saddam's right to privacy. "Taking and using photographs of him is clearly forbidden," ICRC Middle East spokeswoman Dorothea Krimitsas said. US forces are obliged to "preserve the privacy of the detainee." Some Iraqis said the publication was the latest in a series...

Typical SUN headline.

Lawyers for Saddam Hussein said today that they have started legal action against The Sun after the newspaper published a front-page picture of the deposed dictator wandering around an Iraqi jail in his underpants. Ziyad Khasawneh, who heads Saddam's 20-strong defence team based in Jordan, told The Times that he would also be starting legal action against US forces in Iraq and Donald Rumsfeld, the US Defence Secretary, for allowing Saddam to be photographed in jail in breach of international law. The photographs appeared in both The Sun and the New York Post, which are owned by the News Corporation,...

(Today Show Seeks Out Saddam Defense Lawyer To Express His Outrage Over Brutal Iraqi Dictator's Unfair Treatment) Ignoring Saddam's Mass Graves, Covering Undies Photo "Outrage"     All three network morning shows highlighted newly published tabloid photos of Saddam Hussein in his underwear, but only NBC's Today treated it like a human rights scandal, inviting on Saddam defense lawyer Giovanni DiStefano to voice his outrage. ABC and CBS didn't give a dictator's lawyer time today to complain about due process the dictator never granted. Compare that to April 15, when the New York Times reported the discovery of new Saddam-era mass graves...

'N.Y. Post' Statement on Saddam Pix: OK, Because He's a 'Genocidal Maniac' By E&P Staff Published: May 20, 2005 2:15 PM ET NEW YORK What does the New York Post have to say about the controversy over its printing a photo of Saddam Hussein in his underwear? Here's a statement just released by the combative tabloid's spokesmen at Howard J. Rubenstein Associates: "Saddam Hussein is a genocidal maniac who tortured, gassed and killed tens of thousands of innocent Iraqis. The photographs published today by the New York Post show the U.S. military is treating him with a regard he never...

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) _ If you want to see more photos of Saddam Hussein in his underwear, you'll apparently have that chance. Britain's "Sun" newspaper says there will be a second installment of the photos in tomorrow's editions. Meanwhile, Saddam's lawyer plans to sue the newspaper. And the U-S military is investigating how those photos were taken and released.

Saddam Hussein plans to take legal action after a British newspaper published photos of him half-naked in his prison cell and doing his washing. "We will sue the newspaper and everyone who helped in showing these pictures," said Saddam Hussein's chief lawyer Ziad Al-Khasawneh, speaking from Jordan. The Sun newspaper said it would fight any legal action and said it planned to publish more photos on Saturday. The US has launched an investigation into how the photos were leaked. The US military and legal experts said the photos - possibly taken more than a year ago - may breach Geneva...

We'll Publish More Saddam Pictures Says Defiant Sun By Alison Purdy and John-Paul Ford Rojas, PA The Sun is to publish more controversial pictures of Saddam Hussein in his prison cell, the newspaper said tonight. The paper has been strongly criticised over the decision to publish a picture of the toppled Iraqi dictator in his underpants and another showing him hand-washing his dirty clothes. But the Sun’s managing editor Graham Dudman said the paper was proud to have run the pictures and promised more would follow tomorrow. Mr Dudman described the pictures as “an extraordinary scoop” that had attracted the...

Pictures show Saddam Hussein in his underwear Fri May 20, 8:45 AM ET LONDON (Reuters) - A picture of Saddam Hussein in his underpants was splashed across the front-page of the Sun on Friday. The Sun quoted U.S. military sources as saying they had handed over the pictures "in the hope of dealing a body blow to the resistance in Iraq". Other photographs showed Saddam, with short, dyed-black hair and a moustache, washing clothes by hand and asleep on his bed. But a U.S. military statement said the pictures might be a year old, contravened Saddam's rights as a prisoner...

Washington promised an investigation on Friday into how pictures of Saddam Hussein in his underpants were splashed across the front-page of Britain's biggest-selling daily newspaper. The imprisoned former Iraqi leader appeared on the front of the Sun, naked except for a pair of white briefs and holding a pair of trousers in his hand. The Sun quoted U.S. military sources as saying they had handed over the pictures "in the hope of dealing a body blow to the resistance in Iraq." Other photographs showed Saddam, with short, dyed-black hair and a mustache, washing clothes by hand and asleep on his...

DUBAI - Lawyers representing Saddam Hussein plan to sue the British tabloid that published intimate photos of the deposed Iraqi leader, Al-Jazeera television reported Friday, quoting the head of the defence team. The photos in The Sun, one of which shows Saddam wearing only his underpants, are a "violation of human rights and in contravention of the Geneva Convention" on treatment of prisoners, Ziad Khassawneh was quoted as saying. Khassawneh said his team would "pursue all the necessary legal steps to see to it that those who commit such base acts against any prisoner, and especially against president Saddam,...

Backlash fear over Saddam picturesDaily Mail Sensational pictures of Saddam Hussein in his underwear were printed last night - reigniting the Iraqi prisoner abuse scandal. The toppled dictator is seen in his jail cell wearing nothing but white underpants as he folds a pair of trousers. Saddam is being held by U.S. guards and it is believed the photographs, printed in later editions of today's Sun, were taken by American sources. The newspaper would not say how it came by the pictures or give any details about how they were taken. But the humiliating image of such a high-profile prisoner...

THE noose beckons for the world’s most notorious prisoner as he whiles away his last days in an Iraqi jail. Saddam Hussein, the Butcher of Baghdad, is today a broken man. But hanging will be seen by victims and their relatives as too good for him after his sadistic 30-year reign of terror. As The Sun newspaper's graphic pictures show, his years of corrupt and absolute power are over. Moves are under way to spare his life in an act of mercy HE refused his victims. But we learned last night that Saddam is almost certainly doomed to die. He...

LONDON (AFP) - A newspaper ran intimate photographs of ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein in US military custody, including one of him half-naked, prompting an investigation into possible human rights abuses. Under the headline "Tyrant's in his pants," The Sun ran a front-page photo of a bare-chested Saddam standing in white underwear and holding an item of clothing as he appeared to be getting dressed, with an unpainted wooden door behind him. In the accompanying article along with other intimate photographs of him, the newspaper quotes US military sources as saying they handed over the photos in the hope of...

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By MARTIN WALLACE A STORM of protest erupted yesterday over revelations that shamed pop star Michael Jackson is to spend Christmas in Britain. And The Sun is today leading calls from all over the country to BAN the suspected paedophile from entering the UK. Jacko, who is facing nine child sex abuse charges, has been given permission by US authorities to visit Britain from today until January 6. But he is planning a party at his Neverland ranch in California this afternoon and is not expected to jet in until tomorrow at the earliest. We are demanding he be refused...

Editorial from Today's The Sun ONE thing comes over loud and clear from the remarkable interview George W Bush has given to The Sun. He is not the ignorant, trigger-happy warmonger that protesters will claim he is. Bush is an intelligent, thoughtful and compassionate man for whom war is the last resort. His enduring love is peace and the freedom it can bring. The President is positive the world is a safer place than it was before America and Britain took action against Saddam Hussein. He will tell the families of British troops killed in Iraq that their loved ones...

What if Rupert Murdoch hadn't bought The Sun in 1969? Quite possibly, Neil Kinnock would have become Prime Minister in 1992. Almost certainly, Britain would be less raunchy today. Undoubtedly, the Royal Family would have retained more dignity. Arguably, the Mirror pensioners might not have lost their money. And Manchester United might not have been strong enough to win the Champions League. Or, then again, it might not have made much difference at all.Of all the programmes in the What If? television series (currently showing on BBC4), the Murdoch question has been the hardest one to answer. On any view...

The Daily Star talks of our "brave heroes" - the SAS. The paper claims that members of the elite group of troops are already on the streets of Baghdad. Oh and there is a picture of a girl in a bikini.The Sun shows a British tank poised to attck Baghdad with the Allied army set to do battle with Saddam Hussein's elite Republican Guard. It uses the headline: "Saddam's Last Stand."The Daily Express is also looking at the main push towards Baghdad. It uses a picture of allied troops ready to go over the top.US and British warplanes, guided by...

The Daily Star claims Iraq executed a number of American prisoners of war in "cold blood". It also advertises its "Oscars Special" with a picture of Carmen Elektra."God Help Them" is the headline on the front of the Daily Express. It refers to the American prisoners of war that Iraq paraded on TV. It also claims a number of prisoners who were killed were shot in the head.The Sun also looks at the plight of the US prisoners of war being held in Iraq. It says they are being "Held At The Mercy Of Savages".The Daily Mirror continues with its...

Dramatic pictures have been coming out of Iraq since the bombing campaign began. The Sun carries perhaps the most dramatic yet - capturing the moment the "shock and awe" campaign began.The anti-war Mirror puts it another way. It describes last night's attack, which was beamed across the world as it happened, as "America's night of shame".The cruise missile blitz is captured in the two detailed pictures by the Daily Mail, which shows smoke pouring out of one large building.The Daily Express opts to carry a picture of Iraqi troops surrendering in southern Iraq, although the paper's picture desk has ignored...

Squirm, worm! Zut alors! ... The Sun's Paris edition THE Sun handed out a special edition of the paper on the streets of Paris yesterday. In it we asked the French people if they were ashamed of their spineless President, Jacques 'Le Worm' Chirac.  Below is the front page message and translation with reactions at the bottom of the page. THE SUN, journal lu quotidiennement par dix millions de personnes, présente ses salutations aux parisiens. Nous pensons qu’en menaçant constamment de recourir à son droit de veto pour empêcher toute action militaire destinée à faire appliquer la volonté des Nations Unies...

The Sun reports on what it calls the "Battle For Basra". It says 10,000 British troops stormed into action to seize the key city in southern Iraq.The Mirror carries a full-page picture of smoke rising from a missile strike in Baghdad with the headline "Mass Destruction".The Star also leads with a picture of a burning Baghdad and says allies have blitzed Saddam's palaces and troops have warned: "You ain't seen nothing yet".The Express says 10,000 British troops have spearheaded a full-blown invasion of Iraq and says they have come under fire from "the missiles Saddam the liar said he never...

The Sun leads with the words of an army commander who told British troops to "Show Them No Pity... They Have Stains On Their Souls".The Mirror carries a nightime picture of a RAF Harrier over Iraqi oilfields.The Star claims that British SAS troops have already exchanged fire with Iraqi troops in what were the first shots of the "war against evil tyrant Sadddam Hussein".The Mail quotes from speech from a British commander to his troops - it says the impassioned speech brought tough infantrymen to tears and prepared them for the horror and the tragedy of war.The Express reports that...

The Sun is in no doubt that Tony Blair's passionate Commons performance carried the day against the "war wobblers". It says the Prime Minister delivered the speech of his life in a "brilliant, blistering offensive".The Mirror focuses on Cabinet minister Clare Short and claims she is now a political pariah after ditching her pledge to quit over war with Iraq.Under the headline "We're Gonna Get You Saddam", the Star says the most powerful invasion force in history is preparing to rid the world of Saddam Hussein.The Mail hails Tony Blair's "thunderous call to arms" and says his most powerful commons...

What an axis! The soi-disant “liberal hawk.” The studly Ramon — and more s has long been proven, I love Rummy as much as anybody — even as much as Mrs. Rumsfeld — and my anti-German credentials are equally well established. But . . . even I think he went too far in grouping Germany with Cuba and Libya, as nations unalterably opposed to U.S. policy. But, oh, what a thrilling moment! Every time you forget that Rumsfeld is the MVP of this administration, he reminds you. But, of course, the world — at least the world’s elites — greatly...