The Katrina dossier undoubtedly needs updating, but looking through it, it stands up well as an account of the racist, barbaric criminality of the Bush administration, the local Democratic establishment, the police and practically every relevant institution of the American state. Far from being merely incompetence or cruel indifference during a natural disaster, it was a shocking crime perpetrated on the poor. Not merely underfunding and poor planning: they had a plan, but it didn’t include helping the poor. Not merely neglect, but the conscious blockading of the city, the refusal of aid, and the eventual imposition of martial law. Not merely the inability to house ‘refugees’, but the deliberate use of the situation to impose a plan for turning New Orleans into a Disneyland for rich yuppies.

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The London Observer has published more photographs from photographer Joel Meyerowitz’s book that show evidence of aircraft parts at ground zero on 9/11.

Below are all the photos from the Observer website along with previous shots showing aircraft parts.

These shots debunk ludicrous theories on behalf of “no planers” and ‘blue screen’ advocates. Claiming that no planes hit the WTC towers is damaging to the 9/11 truth movement’s credibility and it is one of the first things that debunkers like Popular Mechanics seize upon when building straw man hit pieces.

See the photos (source: PrisonPlanet.com)

Hizbullah last night admitted it would not have captured the two Israeli soldiers last month had it known a war would follow.

The leader of the militia said that talks were going on to return the two in exchange for Lebanese prisoners held by Israel. The Israeli government refused to confirm this, although officials have said privately that a prisoner exchange was probably the only way forward. (more…)

WASHINGTON — A pipeline shuts down in Alaska. Equipment failures disrupt air travel in Los Angeles. Electricity runs short at a spy agency in Maryland.

None of these recent events resulted from a natural disaster or terrorist attack, but they may as well have, some homeland security experts say. They worry that too little attention is paid to how fast the country’s basic operating systems are deteriorating. (more…)

Israel has appointed a top general to oversee a war against Iran, prompting speculation that it is preparing for possible military action against Teheran’s nuclear programme.

Maj Gen Elyezer Shkedy, Israel’s air force chief, will be overall commander for the “Iran front”, according to military sources spoken to by The Sunday Telegraph.

News of the appointment comes just days before a United Nations deadline expires for Iran to give up its nuclear programme, which Western governments fear will be used to produce atomic weapons. Despite Iran’s offer last week to engage in “serious talks” on the matter, Israel fears even more than other Western nations that the offer is simply to buy time for Teheran to secure all the technology it needs to build the bomb. (more…)

Scores of readers have already commented on today’s article on a UNH professor’s views about a 9/11 conspiracy. A representative sample of local opinions follows: (more…)

A tenured professor of psychology at the University of New Hampshire believes an “elite” group within the federal government orchestrated the September 11th attacks on America.

William Woodward has already raised that possibility in his classroom and later this year hopes to teach a class that would explore Sept. 11th “in psychological terms — terms like belief, conspiracy, fear, truth, courage, group dynamics.”

He may not get the chance. Several state leaders yesterday criticized Woodward for bringing the radical theories into the classroom. (more…)

The rise in terrorism paranoia that reignited following the “second 9/11 plan” claimed to have been targeted against Britain has reached comic proportions.

Pronunciation of the word “bomb” in American airports can lead to arrest and flight delays. Different versions of this paranoia have created a “comedy-like terror panic,” which delayed seven U.S.-bound flights in just one day. (more…)

Eleanor Schwartz is 78 and has trouble walking. Yet every time the Neponsit, N.Y., resident flies on El Al Israel Airlines Ltd., security agents at John F. Kennedy International Airport go through her medications and question her for several minutes.

“I’ve been to Israel 44 times in the last 20 years, but they still check us very carefully,” Schwartz says.

Such scrutiny may no longer be limited to El Al. In the aftermath of this month’s U.K. terror arrests, the airline known for intensive passenger screening and on-board anti-missile defenses is becoming a model for Western aviation authorities. The U.S. Transportation Security Administration says it wants to boost training in behavior-identification and interrogation techniques, and European aviation officials say they plan to share more data on passengers among allies. (more…)

Union warns of drug-taking truckers, unsafe rigs on planned trade routes

WASHINGTON – The NAFTA superhighway, a north-south interstate trade corridor linking Mexico, Canada and the U.S., would mean U.S. truckers replaced by Mexicans, more unsafe rigs on American roads and more drivers relying on drugs for their long hauls, charges the International Brotherhood of Teamsters – the latest group to weigh in against the Bush administration plan. (more…)

A Washington Post article today attempts to refute and dismiss questions as to why the FBI’s most wanted page for Osama bin Laden includes no apportion of blame for 9/11 - yet the Post fails to answer why there has been no formal indictment of bin Laden five years after 9/11 when it only took three months to charge him with the 1998 embassy bombings.

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