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1: Scoop Oddity #6 : WTC Guy Spotted Everywhere!

Members of the tribalwar.com forum have been having fun with the guy pictured in Scoop Oddity #5 : Postcard From The Edge , perhaps the most emailed hoax photo of all time. As can be seen below this guy has been everywhere!

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0110/S00058.htm


2: Noam Chomsky interviewed by John Campbell

A fortnight after I began by asking Prof. Chomsky about the fact that it’s now more than a fortnight SINCE THE attacks ON THE world trade center, AND THE widespread U. S. Punitive military strike Many had feared would inevitably follow, hasn’t occurred.

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0110/S00065.htm


3: Upton-on-line - Diaspora Edition - 11th October

Upton-on-line reflects on the sudden rash of musings by Islamic experts in the media, reports direct from the chalk face of contemporary French education , and passes on some mouth watering details of just some of the goodies that French political ...

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0110/S00064.htm


4: Keith Rankin: 911 Braveheart

Watching Simon Schama's tale (telecast on Saturday) of the "pacification" of Wales and Scotland by Edward I ("Longshanks") at the end of the 13th century, I could see that a parallel could be easily drawn with recent world events. ...

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0110/S00063.htm


5: Scoop Links: Latest UK Commentary On War

The Independent: Bush and Blair have already lost the talking war across the Middle East - The Times: They opted to bomb, it had better work

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0110/S00066.htm


6: SCP HOUSE: Questions Of The Day –11 October

Today's questions of the day concerned: Air New Zealand – Tertiary Education – Air New Zealand – Fashion Textiles And Clothing – PPTA Strike – NZ Authors Fund – Wellington X-rays – Air Force Redundancies – Mobile Phone Regulation – Cancer Treatment Equipment ...

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0110/S00068.htm


7: Scoop Oddity #4: Who Is This Face?

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0109/S00163.htm


8: Scoop Archive: Six Questions Posed To Professor Noam Chomsky

(1) There has been an immense movement of troops and extreme use of military rhetoric, up to comments about terminating governments, etc. Yet, to many people there appears to be considerable restraint...what happened?

http://www.scoop.co.nz/archive/scoop/stories/68/48/200110021135.792dbfd6.html


9: Michael Rowbotham: Written In Belief

In this short book, I argue that there is strong evidence that the events of 11th September represent a terrorism of a kind not currently being discussed, and include the involvement of agents and agencies not publicly imagined as being associated ...

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0110/S00021.htm


10: Scoop Oddity: Eerie Elevens And Spooky Smoke Face

No sooner had US papers printed this picture than they received calls, asking if the photo had been faked to appear to show a face with horns. The answer from Associated Press was no.

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0109/S00127.htm


11: Taliban and Bin Laden Agreed to Extradition

In the aftermath of 11 September, we now have a 'smoking gun'. But it is not evidence of Osama bin Laden's guilt in relation to the atrocities of 11 September. It is evidence of Government lies about the basis for the current war against Afghanistan. This ...

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0110/S00046.htm


12: Scoop Oddity #5: A Postcard From The Edge

Now this really is a postcard from the edge!

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0109/S00184.htm


13: Opinion: Ariel Sharon Declares War On USA

Ariel Sharon has declared war on the USA. It can’t be defined any other way.

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0110/S00034.htm


14: Scoop Oddity #3: A Disturbance In The Force

An innovative research programme at Princeton is attempting to measure disturbances in the zeitgeist, or global consciousness. A series of random number generators around the world (called eggs, some of which are in New Zealand) have been wired together, ...

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0109/S00140.htm


15: Questions For Oral Answer - Thursday 11 October

1. Hon BILL ENGLISH to the Prime Minister: Did she receive a letter from the Acting Chairman of Air New Zealand, Dr Jim Farmer, dated 3 August in which he expressed concern that the Government had “embarked on a high-risk and speculative course that ...

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0110/S00236.htm


16: Images: US Bombs Afghanistan With Food

Members of the 37 Airlift Squadron, Ramstein Air Base Germany, and members of 5th Quarter Master Company, Rhine Ordinance Barracks, Germany, unpack and repack humanitarian daily rations into tri-wall aerial delivery systems (TRIADS) 07Oct01, Ramstein Air ...

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0110/S00053.htm


17: Scoop Oddity #2: World Trade Center With Attitude!

A defiant reconstructionist view of the World Trade Center bombing. Submitted by a reader. See also... Scoop Oddity #1: Eerie Elevens And Spooky Smoke Face .

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0109/S00139.htm


18: US Dances Around Censorship of Media

The United States Bush administration is becoming increasingly intolerant toward media reporting statements of terrorist Osama bin Laden. Here is a Whitehouse transcript of the media giving US President Bush's press secretary a roasting.

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0110/S00056.htm


19: The Inside Story: How NZ Spies On The World

BIG BROTHER IS LISTENING The Inside Story: How The US, UK, Canada, Australia And NZ Spy On The World

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0110/S00058.htm


20: SCP HOUSE: Questions Of The Day – 10 October

Today's questions of the day concerned: Mobile Phone Regulation – NZ Economy – UN Approval Of Air Strikes – Surgery Waiting Lists – Air NZ Bailout – CYFS Recruitment – Taranaki DHB – Radiotherapist Shortages – Defence Inquiry Powers – ICT In Schools ...

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0110/S00060.htm


21: Images: Dealers of Heavy Duty Destruction

A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer bomber takes off on a strike mission against al Qaeda terrorist training camps and military installations of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan on Oct. 7, 2001, during Operation Enduring Freedom. The carefully targeted actions ...

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0110/S00051.htm


22: Images: Carrier Based Strike Aircraft

A plane captain uses lighted wands to direct the pilot of an E-2C Hawkeye on board the USS Enterprise (CVN 65) on Oct. 7, 2001, during Operation Enduring Freedom. The Enterprise is launching aircraft for missions against al Qaeda terrorist training ...

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0110/S00052.htm


23: Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics

Scoop Is In The House - Richard Prebble Isn't! - Upton Online: The View From Paris - Keith Rankin: Lessons From Braveheart - Business Confidence Collapses In Wake Of 911 - Scoop Images + Link: Who Is That Guy! - Katya Rivas: Hope Is Green

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0110/S00069.htm


24: Scoop Feedback: Brickbats, Bouquets & Views

In this edition of Scoop Feedback: A Devoted Fan - Writes Todd from The United States - Congratulations on Coverage II - RE: Guest Opinion: The First War Of The 21st Century - Geroge W phones Helen C.

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0110/S00059.htm


25: A Tory Is A Tory Is A Tory - Willie Jackson Spch

One tory is as bad as another General debate speech, Willie Jackson 10 October 2001

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0110/S00219.htm


26: New York's One Liberty Plaza Collapses

One Liberty Plaza in World Trade Center complex has collapsed, the fourth building to be destroyed following yesterday's terrorist attacks on the USA.

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0109/S00084.htm


27: Image: Operation Enduring Freedom Update - Oct. 10

U.S. military strikes against terrorist and military targets, and humanitarian relief airdrops for the Afghan people, continued for a third day yesterday.

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0110/S00061.htm


28: Sludge Report #112: The Warmongers And Their War

In This Edition: Introducing The Warmongers And Their War - George “Dubya” Bush - Tony “Bomber” Blair – Vladimir “The Spook” Putin - Operation Enduring Freedom: The Theory And The Reality

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0110/S00042.htm


29: David Miller: America’s War Against the Taliban

Osama bin Laden is not the only enemy in the United States’ declared war on terrorism because this is also a war that aims to remove Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban militia from its seat of power. Since 1996, the Taliban have provided a safe haven for bin ...

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0110/S00057.htm


30: Passage of Super Bill - A Big Day for NZ

"The passage of the New Zealand Superannuation Bill marks a big day for the Parliament, the Government and the country," Finance Minister Michael Cullen said.

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0110/S00222.htm

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