"Shall I not visit for these things? saith the Lord: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?" (Jeremiah 5:9; Jer.6:15; Isa.1:15; Isa.5:20-24; Prov.28:9; I Cor.5:9)
Bomb Attacks in Iraq Kill Two U.S. Soldiers
TIKRIT, Iraq -- Two U.S. soldiers were killed and four wounded in two separate bomb attacks in Iraq on Tuesday, the American military said on Wednesday. "A 4th Infantry Division soldier was killed by an IED (improvised explosive device) which detonated under the vehicle he was traveling in," spokeswoman Major Josslyn Aberle said. A military statement said a bomb attack in Baghdad earlier on Tuesday fatally injured a 1st Armored Division soldier and wounded two. He died of his wounds around 9 p.m. (1800 GMT) on Tuesday, five hours after the attack.
Bomb at Italian Base in Iraq Kills 24
NASIRIYAH, Iraq - A suicide bomber drove a tanker truck into the headquarters of Italy's paramilitary police in this southern city on Wednesday, exploding the vehicle in a ball of flame and killing at least 24 people, most of them Italians. Witnesses in said the driver got past the gate guards after a car ran a roadblock, distracting the sentries. It was the deadliest attack suffered by non-American coalition forces since the occupation began in April, and the first in this relatively quiet Shiite Muslim city.
Two ex-Justice Dept. Leaders Urge
Another Look at the USA Patriot Act
PHILADELPHIA -- Two former high-ranking Justice Department officials said that while they stand by the White House response to the Sept. 11 terrorists attacks, it might be time for an independent commission to discuss the ramifications of the USA Patriot Act, which critics contend infringes on civil liberties. The call for a bipartisan commission came from former Deputy Attorney General Larry Thompson and Michael Chertoff, former assistant attorney general for the Criminal Division, who is now a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit.
Behind the Deception
President Bush’s reversal from unilateralism to multilateralism was entirely predictable. He is merely following the internationalist principles that guide his administration.
Recall Stirs Wide Drive for Change
SACRAMENTO -- The successful gubernatorial recall has generated a government reform boomlet in California, though it’s far from clear how far it will go. Advocates are pushing ballot initiatives to overhaul the way legislative district boundaries are drawn, re-institute an open primary and provide public financing of campaigns.
Arrested Workers File RICO Suit Against Wal-Mart
NEWARK, N.J. - Workers recently arrested in federal raids filed a racketeering lawsuit accusing Wal-Mart of conspiring with contractors in a criminal enterprise that violated the rights of immigrants who cleaned its stores. The federal court lawsuit seeks class-action status for perhaps thousands of immigrants, legal and illegal, hired by the contractors to clean the stores of the world's largest retailer, said a lawyer for the plaintiffs, James L. Linsey.
Smurfit-Stone to Pay $92.5 Million
to Settle Price-Fixing Charges
CHICAGO -- Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. said it expects to pay $92.5 million to settle class-action charges that it was part of a conspiracy to fix containerboard prices between 1993 and 1995.
Smurfit-Stone said the settlement includes money to cover both Stone Container Corp. and Jefferson Smurfit Corp., which merged in 1998. The company, which said exact amounts still must be determined, expects to pay about $56.5 million for Stone Container and about $36 million for Jefferson Smurfit.