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A new mobile surface-to-air missile (SAM) launcher system has been developed by the Iraqis and used against US and UK aircraft enforcing no-fly zones over the country. Images released by the UK Ministry of Defence show the system deployed in the southern no-fly zone and firing missiles at Royal Air Force aircraft. The new Iraqi system mounts twin S-125 Neva (NATO: SA-3 'Goa') missiles on a rotating launcher, carried on the back of a six- or eight-wheel truck. S-125s were originally supplied to Iraq by the Soviet Union in the 1970s and 1980s, but these missiles relied on static ground...

I normally don't listen to Dr. Laura but by chance today she had a winning idea from a listener who was doing the following.Toby Keith has been removed from the star-studded gala with ABC for the 4th of July because Peter Jennings was upset with the fact that the song "Courtesy of the Red, White , and Blue" makes refernce to a 'boot up the ass'. This person has taken it upon herself, as a personal friend of Toby Keith, to honor him and make Peter Jennings understand American Patriotism. She cut a deal with a large shipper to send...

Mexico, at least one person anyhow, wants several of our states back, they belong to Mexico. On Hannity & Colmbs Now!!!

UK Urged to Compensate Hemophiliacs for InfectionTue Jun 18, 2002; 1:29 PM ET By Richard WoodmanLONDON (Reuters Health) - The British government was urged on Tuesday to make £52.6 million available annually for people with haemophilia who were infected with hepatitis C through contaminated blood products. A report from the Haemophilia Society said that from 1969 to 1985, 95% of people with haemophilia were treated with blood products carrying a high risk of infection with hepatitis C. As a result, 2,829 haemophiliacs alive in the country today are infected with the virus. Haemophilia is an inherited blood-clotting disorder. Those with...

O'Reilly: Bush Insider Claims Clinton Deal Torpedoed Pardongate A Bush administration insider has privately leaked word that a deal was struck between Democratic congressional leaders and the Bush White House not to prosecute Bill and/or Hillary Clinton on an array of charges related to the Pardongate scandal, Fox News Channel's Bill O'Reilly claimed Friday on his nationally syndicated "Radio Factor" show. "A very highly placed source - and I mean this guy knows what's going on in the Bush administration - told me about a month ago that when President Bush took office he had meetings with all of the...

Mr. KYL. Mr. President, John O'Sullivan is one of the wisest men I know. Advisor to Margaret Thatcher, editor of National Review and author of political commentary here and abroad, O'Sullivan has been concerned for years about the future of Western civilization in general and the United States in particular. In the December 17, 2001 issue of National Review, he weaves together ideas of John Fonte of the Hudson Institute, Samuel Huntington and James Burnham to elaborate on his theme that our civilization is under fundamental assault from modern liberalism, what he calls an ``anti- Western impulse'' assaulting ``the institutions...

GAZA, June 21 (Xinhuanet) -- Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat blasted on Friday the international community for what he called the silence on the tough Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people. Israel has continued its attacks on the Palestinian people and "is this acceptable by the Arabs, the Europeans, Moslems and Christians all over the world," Arafat questioned. Nine Palestinians and four Israelis were killed overnight and onFriday in the West Bank and Gaza Strip in a new wave of violence. The Israeli government has decided to enlarge its military operations in the West Bank following two suicide bombing attacks on...

Federal Responsibility for Immigrant Health Act of 2002 (Introduced in Senate) S 2449 IS 107th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2449 To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to allow Federal payments to be made to States under the medicaid program for providing pregnancy-related services or services for the testing or treatment for communicable diseases to aliens who are not lawfully admitted for permanent residence or otherwise permanently residing in the United States under color of law, and for other purposes. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 2, 2002 Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself, Mr. MCCAIN, Mr. TORRICELLI,...

U.S. officials spent months investigating five Israelis to determine whether they were working in America as spies for Israel. (ABCNEWS.com)   The White Van Were Israelis Detained on Sept. 11 Spies? June 21— Millions saw the horrific images of the World Trade Center attacks, and those who saw them won't forget them. But a New Jersey homemaker saw something that morning that prompted an investigation into five young Israelis and their possible connection to Israeli intelligence. Maria, who asked us not to use her last name, had a view of the World Trade Center from her New Jersey apartment...

Attempt to restrict stance on late-term abortions is defeated by Assembly By Leslie Scanlon Outlook National Reporter COLUMBUS, OHIO — Continuing the PC(USA)'s ongoing struggle with the issue of abortion, the 214th General Assembly rejected Friday a minority report that wanted the church to say that late-term abortions "may be undertaken only when necessary to save the life of the mother." Instead, the Assembly adopted a statement that ending a pregnancy late in the term, after the fetus becomes viable and possibly could live after birth, "is a matter of grave moral concern to us all, and may be undertaken...

'I'm crying enough tears to fill an ocean' By TOVAH LAZAROFF AND MARGOT DUDKEVITCH With her head wrapped in bandages, Penina Eisenmann pushed herself out of her hospital bed yesterday to go to the double funeral in Ofra of her daughter, Gal, five, and her mother, Noa Alon, 60. "It's the last thing I can do for them," Penina told reporters yesterday at Jerusalem's Hadassah-University Hospital in Ein Kerem. The last thing she remembers before the terrorist attack that murdered seven in Jerusalem on Wednesday, she is holding her daughter's hand. They are crossing the street by the French Hill...

<p>WASHINGTON -- Members of President Bush's party are criticizing him for concessions he may offer the Palestinians as part of his long-awaited speech on a Middle East peace plan.</p> <p>House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., said Thursday that he ''will reserve judgment'' on the president's plan until he sees the details.</p>

Clinton Pays Kendall But Stiffs Bob Bennett Not all legal bills are created equal—at least in the view of Bill and Hillary Clinton. The high-powered couple are paying off their seven-figure debt to Williams & Connolly lawyer David Kendall but still owe Skadden, Arps lawyer Bob Bennett more than $1 million. The Clintons have been making monthly payments to Williams & Connolly with income from book deals and speech fees. They had no choice: The firm told the former president that he couldn't continue to use the services of W&C attorney Bob Barnett, who handles Bill Clinton's business deals, unless...

President Bush headed to Florida today to attend a fundraiser for his brother, Gov. Jeb Bush. While in Florida, Bush visited Marks Street Senior Center in Orlando, and spoke once again about physical fitness and addressed the homicide bombings in Israel. The President also attended a senior fitness class while at the Marks Street Center. Enjoy your daily dose of Dubya!

The British government has made a formal complaint to Saudi Arabia in response to security officials in Riyadh linking the murder of a Briton in a car bombing to an illegal alcohol racket. Jack Straw, the Foreign Secretary, is understood to be angry at suggestions by unnamed officials that Simon Veness, 35, a British banker, was blown up on Thursday as part of what the Saudis insist is an alcohol turf war. Five other Britons, two of whom are thought to have been sentenced to death, are in prison over an earlier bombing campaign during which another Englishman, Christopher Rodway,...

< ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Good News~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ An exhausted dog, floundering and close to drowning in a fast-flowing river, has been saved by a "guardian angel" seal which pushed it to the safety of the shore. The 10-year-old alsatian-labrador cross had fallen into the River Tees. After struggling to one bank, it could not get out. It turned to cross to the other side. But, as it fought the tide, witnesses saw it begin to lose the battle. Then, just as the dog's head began to sink beneath the water, a seal appeared and nudged it to safety. The dramatic course of events unfolded...

Fri Jun 21, 6:35 PM ETBy LAURENCE ARNOLD, Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) - Amtrak warned Friday that a shutdown of its passenger trains also could hit commuter railroads serving hundreds of thousands of people. Photos AP Photo Audio/Video (AP) Some lawmakers and transportation officials in the Northeast, which would be hit hardest by a shutdown, began preparing even as they urged the federal government to step in."The operational chaos that will result from this is incalculable at this point. It's a disaster," said New Jersey Transportation Commissioner James P. Fox.Unable to close a $200 million budget shortfall without government help,...

Doctors in Kazakhstan are baffled after finding a six-year-old boy covered in ape-like hair. The boy, called Ablay, was found in a remote mountain village close to the Chinese border. He is covered in thick hair from head to toe and has an oval shaped skull. Doctors suspect nuclear radiation or a genetic disorder may be responsible. Ablay was found by a visiting team of doctors holding a medical camp for children in the village of Terymagash. They believe he is suffering from a rare and incurable condition known as hyperthrihos. His mother Ayaulym, 26, and father Bahyt, 33, are...

BERLIN- A Syrian-born businessman who knew Sept. 11 ringleader Mohamed Atta and has been accused of operating an al-Qaida front lashed out at President Bush on Thursday and denied any connection to terrorism. Mamoun Darkazanli, described by the FBI as a well-connected agent of Osama bin Laden, was questioned by German police shortly after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. But he was freed for lack of evidence and continues to live in Hamburg, Germany, where Atta and two other hijackers had lived. Speaking to The Associated Press in a telephone interview, Darkazanli bristled when...