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As British SAS and United States special military units become operative in and around Afghanistan, Scoop reports New Zealand forces are awaiting a call to duty.
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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.
3:
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, ...Advertisement - scroll to continue reading
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Scoop
Oddity #5: A Postcard From The
Edge
Now this really is a postcard from the edge!
5:
Sludge
Report #109 – Bomb Them With
Butter
In This Edition: Bomb them with butter, bribe them with hope! – Introduced By Bob Harvey - An Urgent Message to the People of the World, from the People of New Zealand
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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 .
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USA
Issues Info on Bin Laden and Al Qaeda
Network
US government officials say that the terror network headed by bin Laden is responsible for the deaths of more than 6,300 people in attacks at New York's World Trade Center, the Pentagon and aboard a hijacked aircraft that crashed in Pennsylvania.
8:
Islam
Warns Against US Anti-terrorism
Offensive
As battles rage between Taliban and opposition forces, Islamic countries warn of a major retaliation if the United States initiates an anti-terrorism offensive upon Afghanistan.
9:
Opinion:
Why Is America Hated In The Middle
East?
Why Is America Hated In The Middle East? An open letter sent 21st September to Nightline, ABC.
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Scoop
Oddity #4: Who Is This Face?
11:
Noam
Chomsky Composite Interview 22 Sep 2001
summary: Composite interview with Noam Chomsky compiled from various phone and other interviews, including with the Greek, Spanish and French Press, concerning the events of September 11, 2001.
Dear Mr. Laden, Gradually we are beginning to see the "Islam" and "Jihad" propagated by you. Your 'hosts', just today, claimed that you are 'missing.' Then out of nowhere a letter shows up where you, like any traitor to the Muslim people, ask people of ...
13:
N
Korea Rages at Japanese Defence Ship
Support
North Korea has slammed a Japanese plan to change its law to allow Japanese Self Defence Force ships to take part in United States war efforts against terrorism.
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HARD
NEWS: Making Sense of it V: The Last Emails
Hi all, Many people expressed their appreciation of the first digest of the emails I've received in response Hard News in the past two weeks.
15:
Dose
of Xenophobia and Anti-Muslim Paranoia
Hits
Suspicious Minds - by Aziz Choudry - These past weeks have been grotesque, depressing, real and surreal. New Zealand and Australian talkback radio and newspaper letters pages were already swamped by anti-Muslim, anti-"foreigner" tirades before the attacks ...
16:
HARD
NEWS 21/09/01 - Making Sense of It
IV
GOOD DAY MEDIAPHILES ... a funny thing happened to Hard News last week. After I left the building, as usual, I tidied up my script and sent to it Scoop and to the Hard News mailing list so kindly hosted by bFM.
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Howard's
End: The History Of Christianity Vs
Islam
As the Western world prepares for strikes against Afghanistan we can take little comfort from the U.S. Government's assertion that "this is not a war against Islam." For more than 1,000 years the Christian West and the Muslim world have ...
18:
Sludge
Report #107 – Love Vs Fear
Inside This Edition: New York Cover Up Part II...the Story continues... LOVE VS FEAR - The State Of The World And What To Do About It – New York Cover Up Part I Feedback
19:
US
Forces Positioning Throughout The
Globe
United States military forces are positioning in strategic zones around the world so that when US President George W Bush decides on action the military is in a position to “carry those things out”.
20:
Colin
Powell Interview by the
BBC
QUESTION: General Powell, last night, the President talked about justice being brought to the terrorists if the terrorists were not brought to justice. Do you currently have enough evidence against Usama bin Laden to secure a conviction in an American ...
21:
Sludge
Report #107: New York Cover-up?
Inside This Edition: - Scoop Oddities - New York Cover-up? - Disclosure and Revelation : Atrocity In New York - Essay: Compassion And Revenge - 9D Council Perspective on US World Trade Center and Pentagon Attacks - Alien Message: ”Show Compassion - Galactic ...
22:
Sludge
Report #108 - War and
Delusion
When US President George W. Bush, the Commander in Chief, returned from his weekend war retreat at the beginning of last week the talk was tough.
23:
The
GW Bush - Osama Bin Laden
Connection
EDITORS NOTE: The following is a transcript of a link submitted to Scoop by a Scoop reader. Clearly questions are raised in this material about the nature of the relationship between the Bush family and the family of Osama Bin Laden.
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Scoop
BIG Image: Auckland S29 Peace Protest
Poster
See also... PRESS RELEASE Auckland March To Stop The US War! – Sept 29th
25:
Stateside
With Rosalea: Rugby Kicks Ass!
So wrote Mark Bingham on the rugby page in the staff copy of his Los Gatos High School yearbook. Yearbook editor and the only student in the school's history to have captained the rugby team twice - that honour usually being reserved for students in their final ...
26:
Famous
Tree Sparks Debate On Discovery Of
NZ
A pohutukawa tree at 'the end of the world' has stirred up debate on whether the Spanish were the first Europeans to reach New Zealand, ahead of the Dutch and the British.
27:
Scoop:
Top Scoops (Gremlins Have Been
Banished)
- Sludge Report: Kiwi Advice To The World - Latest overseas news from Scoop-Auckland's Selwyn Manning - Aucklanders Called To Their Streets Again - A Muslim Writes To Osama - A Compendium Of Chomsky
28:
CNN
Pictures Rumour : It's a Bum
Rap
The story circulating by email that CNN's pictures of Palestinians celebrating the recent terrorist attacks on America are a hoax is itself bogus.
29:
Image:
Giant Spanish Pohutukawa Sparks
Debate
A pohutukawa tree at 'the end of the world' has stirred up debate on whether the Spanish were the first Europeans to reach New Zealand, ahead of the Dutch and the British.
30:
Competitive
intelligence service launches in
UK
Hitwise now tracks the daily behavior of over 5 million Internet users on an ongoing basis, the largest sample size of any Internet monitoring company in the world.
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