Transcripts raise alarm across Nato --Transcripts of a private conversation between Jack Straw and Colin Powell expressing serious doubts about the reliability of intelligence on Iraq's banned weapons programme are being circulated in western government circles where there is a growing feeling that officials were deceived into supporting the Iraq war. The document known as the "Waldorf transcripts" - after the New York hotel where the US secretary of state was staying before making a crucial speech to the UN security council earlier this year - is seen by the Guardian as part of an effort among Nato allies to "rein in some of the less acceptable policies of the Bush administration".

Russia Dismisses U.S. Weapons Lab Proof Claim --Russia dismissed Monday U.S. efforts to present its discovery of a mobile laboratory as an example of Iraq's banned weapons program, saying only U.N. scientists could officially certify weapons as illegal. "The only information we have about weapons in Iraq is concerning this mobile laboratory that could make biological weapons," Yuri Fedotov, a deputy foreign minister with responsibility for Iraq, told Interfax news agency. " However, even American experts recognize that there were no traces of biological agents in this trailer," he added. Senator Vows Full Probe Into U.S. Data on Iraq Arms

--A senior U.S. senator on Sunday promised a full investigation into the growing controversy over whether the Bush dictatorship deliberately exaggerated the threat posed by Iraq's chemical and biological arms.

US spy agencies not taking blame if banned weapons not found --The "spooks," as they are called, believe they did their jobs right, said Vincent Cannistraro, former counterterrorism chief for the Central Intelligence Agency. "All I can tell you is there is a general feeling among CIA analysts that intelligence was politicized and that the CIA and (Defense Intelligence Agency) was not given full consideration because the Pentagon, the policymakers, including the vice-president[sic]'s office, did not want to hear that message. They wanted to hear a hardline message supporting a policy they already adopted," Cannistraro said.

War crime threat to Blair --The mother of a North soldier who died in the Gulf has said that Tony Blair should be prosecuted as a war criminal if no weapons of mass destruction are found in Iraq. Short: Blair lied to cabinet and made secret war pact with US Tory threat to break ranks on Iraq

--Poodle Tony Blair is facing mounting pressure from across the House of Commons to hold an independent inquiry into the Iraq war after Clare Short levelled the incendiary allegation at the prime minister that he had lied to the cabinet. Short renews attack over WMD and Blair's 'deception'

--Clare Short turned up the pressure on Tony Blair yesterday by accusing him of deceiving the Cabinet on three crucial elements of the Iraq crisis. Blair puts credibility on line as weapons row builds --Poodle Tony Blair faced Labour demands last night for an independent inquiry into the Iraq crisis after a double attack by two former cabinet ministers into his handling of the build-up to war.

Poetic Licence: US intelligence hoax hits the fan --by Kaleem Omar "The Bush administration should have heeded Mark Twain’s advice: 'When in doubt, speak the truth.' But it didn’t, and thought it could fool people into believing that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction, had links to Al Qaeda and was even involved in the 9/11 attacks on the US. This, of course, was rubbish, tripe of the highest order, as many of us had been saying for months. The truth, however, will out sooner or later. And the expletive deleted has finally hit the fan." Bush Plays Down Banned Weapons Hunt in Iraq --The Bush dictatorship defended Sunday the slow pace of efforts to find banned weapons in Iraq, citing other pressing priorities from restoring order to rebuilding the country.

America's Matrix --by Robert Parry "'Matrix' and its sequel. 'Matrix Reloaded,' offer a useful analogy for anyone trying to make sense of the chasm that has opened between what’s real and what Americans perceive is real. Like the science-fiction world of the two movies, a false reality is being pulled daily over people’s eyes, often through what they see and hear on their TV screens. Facts have lost value. Logic rarely applies."

US Nazi Lieutenant in Fallujah: "If they kill one of our guys, it's going to be tenfold. If you shoot one round, I'll shoot 1,000." Instead of going home, the 3,000 men and women of the 3rd Infantry Division's 2nd Brigade have been told they will be heading instead to the volatile city of Fallujah. Sgt. Kenneth Molina and his troops don't see themselves going to Fallujah as peacekeepers. "They told us to lock and load your weapons. Lube your 25s [a Bradley Fighting Vehicle's cannon]. And get ready to clean house. ... This ain't going to be a peacekeeping mission. Not for us," Molina said. "If they kill one of our guys, it's going to be tenfold. If you shoot one round, I'll shoot 1,000. You have to make an example," said Lt. Harry Heintz, 25, of Demorest, Ga. Pounding his fist on the table where he and his men eat, Heintz added, "We're like a pit bull on a chain. You cut the chain and you're going to have problems."

U.S. to Appoint Council in Iraq --Officials Decide Not to Allow Large Assembly to Pick Interim Leaders --The U.S. occupation dictatorship has decided to handpick between 25 and 30 Iraqis to serve on an interim political council to advise U.S. officials on day-to-day governance issues rather than convene a large assembly where Iraqi delegates would debate the form and membership of their transitional administration, a senior U.S. official said today. [Well, the US Wh*re Court installed the Idiot Usurper in 2000, so this step is par for the course.

--Lori Price] US says its planes are being attacked in Iraq --The US-led invaders in Iraq said on Sunday its planes were coming under regular fire when trying to land at airports across the country, especially in Baghdad. Leave Iraq, Tribesmen and Sacked Troops Tell U.S.

--Thousands of sacked Iraqi soldiers threatened Monday to launch suicide attacks against U.S. troops as leaders of the country's squabbling tribes told the Americans they could face war if they did not leave soon. [WTG, tribesmen and sacked Iraqi troops! --Lori Price] Sacked Iraqi Troops Threaten Attacks on U.S. Forces

--Thousands of sacked Iraqi soldiers marched on the U.S.-led administration Monday and threatened to launch suicide attacks on American troops in Baghdad unless they were paid wages and compensation. Troops Attacked in Baghdad in Fresh Signs of Resistance

--Gunmen firing rocket-propelled grenades and assault rifles attacked an American military convoy late today in the neighborhood where Saddam Hussein made his last public appearance on April 9, the day the capital fell to U.S.-U.K.invasion forces. A Tale of Two Baghdads

--As U.S. Soldiers Perceive Warm Welcome, Residents Express Anger

--To the troops of Bravo Company, moving through a corner of this weary capital, their morning patrol represents a benign presence. To Mohammed Abdullah, standing on the sidewalk as the 10-man patrol passed his gated house, their presence is, as he terms it, "despicable." Occupation Forces Renew Food Rations

--$2 Billion Effort Is Largest Ever by U.N. The national food-rationing program introduced by Saddam Hussein because of international sanctions was reestablished today by occupation dictatorship who concluded that Iraqis need the rice, cooking oil and chickpeas to stave off hunger in a paralyzed economy [caused by the Bush dictatorship] Navy: Four U.S. Soldiers Vanish on Boats in Gulf

--The U.S. Navy said Monday two small boats carrying four U.S. soldiers and at least three civilians disappeared in northern Gulf waters Sunday. U.S. Seeks Ability to 'Take Down' N. Korea Quickly

--U.S. plans to transform allied forces at the Korean demilitarized zone would be aimed ensuring U.S. and South Korean forces could begin "taking down" the North's frontline from the first hour of a war, a senior U.S. defense official said Monday. North Korea, US move to boost their fighting power

--North Korea is launching a new military conscription effort to boost the regime's 1.1 million-strong army as the United States revealed massive spending to augment the fighting capability of its garrison in South Korea and improve Seoul's anti-missile shield. Bush Presses Case on Iran and Korea at Economic Talks

--Dictator Bush stepped onto French soil today to meet the European leaders who vociferously opposed the war in Iraq, but rather than rehash their differences he spent the day trying to increase pressure on two other nations he regards as major threats — Iran and North Korea — to give up their nuclear weapons programs. French hold up weapons deal French hold up G8 deal on weapons

--The US and Britain were last night battling to overcome French objections to win the support of the Group of Eight major industrialised states for an action plan to tighten the screws on terrorism and weapons of mass destruction. [They should start by disarming international terrorist George W. Bush.

--Lori Price] Scores of Thousands Protest Conference, Some Violently --Geneva police said that between 40,000 and 50,000 people took part in the combined marches, although though some protest organizers said there were as many as 120,000. [MSNBC's official 'fuzzy math' tally was 28.

--Lori Price] Did The World Just Forget About Iraq? --by Mary MacElveen "Reading yesterday's headlines and stories, I have come to the opinion that the world has now forgotten the thousands of Iraqi citizens who were systematically murdered by George W. Bush all in the name of big oil. The world as well has just forgotten that George W. Bush LIED to them concerning weapons of mass destruction, and placed their countries, and economies in grave danger due to our actions."

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