Matt (17 Feb 2006)
"Some interesting news stories..."


The Treasury Department announces it is going broke: the statutory debt ceiling has not been raised.
http://www.publicdebt.treas.gov/com/comslgsoff206final.htm

America's enemies are circling their wagons, readying for what they perceive to be inevitable: a showdown with the United States.
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Americas_Foes_Circle_Wagons.html

Will Israel Blast the Iranian Bomb? By Michael Karpin
http://americanenterprise.org/issues/articleID.18981/article_detail.asp

Jerusalem Dateline Febuary 16, 2006 - Countdown to War
http://cbn.com/cbnnews/Commentary/NewsBlogs/JerusalemDateline/060216.asp

A detailed plan – now ready to go - was behind Osama bin Laden’s recent threat to attack America. One target named was New York`s Brooklyn Bridge.
http://www.debka.com/

Concerns Mounting Over Fate of Iranian Jewry

http://www.forward.com/articles/7356

Hamas Video: We will drink the blood of the Jews
http://www.pmw.org.il/tv-hamas.htm


Researchers are tracking a gigantic storm on Saturn that is unleashing lightning bolts more than 1,000 times stronger than those found on Earth.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/saturns-titanic-storm/2006/02/15/1139890767544.html


U.S. has no immediate plan to strike Iran, but has selected targets
http://www.geostrategy-direct.com/geostrategy%2Ddirect/

Israel Proposes Sanctions Against Hamas Government
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2006/02/mil-060216-voa05.htm

Russia's FSB planning major crackdown
http://www.janes.com/security/international_security/news/jid/jid060209_1_n.shtml

12 year-old boy charged with a felony for possessing powdered sugar in school.
http://www.lp.org/article_285.shtml

Mysterious flashes of light called “sprites", that occur above thunderclouds during powerful storms, have been captured on film in unprecedented detail by researchers using an ultra-high-speed camera.
http://www.newscientistspace.com/article/dn8733-atmospheric-sprites-captured-in-explosive-detail.html

Greenland's glaciers melting into sea doubles
http://www.newsday.com/news/health/ny-hswarm0217,0,777112.story?coll=ny-top-headlines

White House Defends Port Sale to Arab Company
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2006/2/16/162029.shtml?s=lh

The unspoken motives for continued USFed rate hikes: defend against a rising gold, rising crude oil & deter foreign nations from diversification of their reserves
http://www.gold-eagle.com/editorials_05/willie021506.html
Civil liberties fear as US' terror suspect list rises to 325,000 !!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,1710756,00.html

Why Iran Can Afford to Be Insane
http://www.thetrumpet.com/index.php?page=article&id=2020

Amid persistent warnings about China's growing military clout, the US military said Tuesday it would hold one of its biggest naval exercises in the Asia Pacific this summer.
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Amid_China_Threat_US_To_Hold_Mammoth_Naval_Operations_In_Pacific.html

"Recent pronouncements from the Bush Administration and national security ini! tiatives put in place in the Reagan era could see internment camps and martial law in the United States."
http://buzzflash.com/farrell/06/02/far06003.html

Dalmation in the snow
http://standeyo.com/NEWS/06_Pics_of_Day/0602016.pic.of.day.html

NCODA data - E A R T H Q U A K EA L E R T
http://standeyo.com/Reports/06_EQ.warning/EQ.warning.html

Big Impact Seen In Israel Spy Case - a vast array of policy advocates and journalists could be in jeopardy if the case goes forward.
http://www.nysun.com/pf.php?id=27429

Austrian ambassador: The EU still expects talks to produce a solution to the Iranian problem
http://www.interfax.ru/e/B/exclusive/29.html?mode=9&title_style=exclus&others=2&id_issue=11464468

Propaganda: #789 - Sha'ban Abd Al-Rahim's Song "Oh, Mr. Arab"
http://switch5.castup.net/frames/20041020_MemriTV_Popup/video_480x360.asp?ai=214&ar=789wmv&ak=null

Propaganda: #199 - "The Scheme of Thais" - Anti-American Music Video on Iranian TV
http://switch5.castup.net/frames/20041020_MemriTV_Popup/video_480x360.asp?ai=214&ar=199wmv&ak=null

US plans massive data sweep
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0209/p01s02-uspo.html