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  • Poindexter Says He Hopes Congress Will Save Part of His Terrorism Research

    08/14/2003 4:06:46 AM PDT · by tomball · 1 replies · 139+ views
    Associated Press ^ | August 14, 2003 | Michael J. Sniffen
    WASHINGTON (AP) - Quitting government service under fire for the second time, John M. Poindexter says he hopes Congress will save the less controversial parts of his much-criticized research project designed to predict terrorist attacks. The more controversial elements Poindexter's project - developing a futures market on Mideast developments and scanning public and private databases loaded with personal information about innocent Americans - drew a hail of criticism from privacy advocates and politicians in both parties. Poindexter said the project had been misrepresented and misunderstood. "I regret that we have not been able to ... reassure the public that we...
  • WHO KILLED MUHAMMAD BAQIR AL-HAKIM?

    11/14/2003 4:12:45 PM PST · by Pan_Yans Wife · 1 replies · 120+ views
    The Iranian Student Movement Up to the Minute Reports ^ | September 3, 2003 | RFE/RL NEWSLINE
    WHO KILLED MUHAMMAD BAQIR AL-HAKIM? By Kathleen Ridolfo A symbolic funeral was held in the holy city of Al-Najaf in Iraq on 2 September in memory of Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Muhammad Baqir al-Hakim. The ayatollah was killed in a car bombing on 29 August as he left the Imam Ali Mosque in Al-Najaf following a noon Friday prayers sermon. Some 80 Iraqis were killed and more than 100 injured in the incident. Al-Hakim's body has yet to be identified, and mourners carried a casket containing only his wristwatch, ring, and pieces of his turban in a three-day procession from Baghdad...