Anthrax drill shows weaknesses, officials say

CNN -Sunday, December 28, 2003

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A drill testing U.S. agencies' ability to distribute and administer antibiotics in the event of an anthrax attack found the federal government unable to respond quickly enough to prevent large numbers of deaths, officials said Sunday.

The simulation -- held in mid-November and dubbed Scarlet Cloud -- demonstrated that perhaps thousands of fatalities might have occurred had such a widespread attack been real, according to a Department of Homeland Security official.

"It's an exercise to find our weaknesses, our vulnerabilities," the official said. "We did. It showed us how to determine where to apply our different efforts and energies.

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Rumsfeld backed Saddam even after chemical attacks

Rumsfeld Made Iraq Overture in '84 Despite Chemical Raids

Update: NATIONAL ARCHIVE: The Saddam Hussein Sourcebook
Declassified Secrets from the U.S.-Iraq Relationship

Update: Rumsfeld deflects questions about his relationship with Saddam Hussein
(Dod Press Conference 12/24)

Independent UK - NY Times Fresh controversy about Donald Rumsfeld's personal dealings with Saddam Hussein was provoked yesterday by new documents that reveal he went to Iraq to show America's support for the regime despite its use of chemical weapons.

The formerly secret documents reveal the Defence Secretary travelled to Baghdad 20 years ago to assure Iraq that America's condemnation of its use of chemical weapons was made "strictly" in principle.

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Update: Ellen Mariani's lawsuit and DC Press Conference Footage now also linked at Pravda Forum (12/23)

Update: Another lawsuit: Firefighter families "want to get to the truth" (12/24)

Update: Families sue U.S., reject 9/11 `bribe' (Toronto Star, Mariani's case not mentioned 12/23)

Sign the Petition of Mariani/Berg

Update: Exclusive Footage of Mariani/Berg DC-Press Conference now up at INN World Report
Rackateering lawsuit over 9-11 coverup (12/23)
Ellen Mariani's lawsuit against Bush Admin now mentioned in NY paper

Democratic presidential candidates take up the cry from 9/11 activists

White House stonewalling August, 2001 briefing fuels suspicions

NY Staten Island Advance -Sunday, December 21, 2003

Bush knew?

Former Vermont Gov. and current presidential candidate Howard Dean is just the latest Democratic critic of President Bush to suggest that he had foreknowledge of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Off and on for over the last two years, Democrats have flirting with the allegation ever since then Rep. Cynthia McKinney of North Carolina blurted it out during an April 2002 interview on a Berkely, Calif., radio station.

"We know there were numerous warnings of the events to come on Sept. 11," declared the fiery Ms. McKinney, who was subsequently defeated for re-election by a Democratic primary opponent. "What did this administration know and and when did they know it?...Who else knew and why did they not warn the innocent people of New York who were needlessly murdered?"

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