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Govt admits it can do little for Hicks

Labor called on the federal government to bring home two alleged Australians being held without charge as alleged terrorists in a US military base in Cuba. But the government said it could do little to help alleged terrorist fighter David Hicks who is facing indefinite detention by the US military. Prime Minister John Howard and Attorney-General Daryl Williams both said Hicks would remain in detention for some time before he faced a court. But Labor said their comments were inappropriate, and called on the government to have Hicks brought before an Australian court. Hicks and another Australian, Mamdouh Habib, are being held at the US military base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Earlier this week, US District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly ruled that the 600 men held at the base were not in the US and were not under the jurisdiction of federal courts, allowing the military to hold them indefinitely without charge. Mr Howard gave little hope to Australia taking any action to have Hicks or Habib brought home to face an Australian court. Asked if he believed that detaining Hicks indefinitely without bail at the US base on Cuba was fair, Mr Howard replied: "Given the circumstances of Afghanistan, I think it is, yes." Mr Williams said Australia and the US were both still conducting inquiries into Hicks and Habib. They were seeking to determine whether either man had committed any criminal offence under Australian law, he said. "The difficulty of conducting investigations in relation to actions in a war zone should not be underestimated. "And the position of a person detained in a conflict situation should not be treated as comparable to a person arrested on suspicion of having committed an offence in a civilian context," Mr Williams said. "The two situations are quite different and will be treated differently." But Labor foreign affairs spokesman Kevin Rudd said Mr Howard and Mr Williams were failing two Australian citizens. Labor believed any person suspected of terrorist activity should be prosecuted to the full extent, but no evidence had been presented on either Hicks or Habib, he said. "No Australian would believe that detention for seven months without action is fair," he said in a statement. "If the Government has evidence that Mr Hicks and Mr Habib were involved in terrorist activities they should say as much." Mr Rudd said both Hicks and Habib should be tried in accordance with Australian law. "While the actions of those who participate in terrorism must be condemned and punished, every Australian should have the right to a fair trial," he said. "As an Australian citizen, Mr Hicks and Mr Habib should be tried in accordance with Australian law." ©AAP 2002

Carlton coach in strife after thrashing

Carlton coach Wayne Brittain's future moved into a white-hot spotlight after the club suffered arguably its darkest hour in an appalling defeat by Collingwood in AFL round 18 at the MCG. The Magpies received a massive percentage boost by smashing an embarrassingly poor Carlton side by 108-points - Collingwood's biggest ever win over the Blues in 225 meetings. Only a goal after the final siren by Corey McKernan prevented this being Carlton's heaviest ever defeat, with the Kangaroos 111 point win in 1983 still standing - ironically courtesy of an old Roo in McKernan. The Magpies began to break away late in the opening quarter to win 21.15 (141) to 4.9 (33) over a Blues outfit that frankly deserved to go down as the worst to ever represent Carlton. Even though Carlton was missing players of the calibre of Anthony Koutoufides, Brett Ratten, Lance Whitnall and Matthew Allan, injuries alone could not explain away the team's ineptitude, indiscipline and abject lack of resolve. Brittain was crowing during the week about how he had the support of the club board to see out his contract next year, but that support would be sorely tested by utter humiliations like that suffered tonight. For the Magpies, tonight's thrashing boosted percentage and thus its ambitions to secure a double chance in the finals, and possibly a top two spot to gain critical home-ground advantage in the first week of the finals. More conservatively, the win at least ensured a finals berth - something the Magpies last enjoyed in 1994. It was a memorable win over the old enemy for captain Nathan Buckley, who was best on ground in his 200th AFL match. Josh Fraser kicked five goals to also star for the Magpies, while fellow forward Chris Tarrant provided a good marking target in a positive sign heading toward the finals after an inconsistent season. Carlton's younger players were painfully exposed, particularly as they were let down by senior players such as Scott Camporeale, Justin Murphy and Matthew Lappin who gave away indisciplined freekicks and 50-metre penalties. Only McKernan, who would want to forget his own 200th match, and veteran defender Glenn Manton - who beat his direct opponent in Anthony Rocca, could have any respect in their own individual performance. Both teams had a player reported for striking - Collingwood's Rupert Betheras on Simon Fletcher and Lappin on Ben Johnson. A shattered Brittain was in no mood to discuss speculation about his future after the match. "Some of the young players are not quite ready and some of the senior players are struggling with the weight of the situation we're in and you finish up with a performance like that," Brittain said. "Everyone associated with this team and this group at the moment - myself included - are embarrassed by the performance we put up tonight. "We are a very undermanned footy team - the team we put out tonight we would have put out in a VFL game earlier this year." Collingwood copped a 11-point hiding by Carlton just two years ago and Brittain said "it's our turn to be on the end of it and we've got to regroup and try to do something about it." Magpies coach Mick Malthouse empathised with Brittain's plight. "I feel terribly sorry for Wayne Brittain," Malthouse said. "I don't get any satisfaction whatsoever out of seeing a side humbled like Carlton were and knowing full well part of the reason was there best players weren't playing. "People will judge Wayne Brittain on his win-loss ratio ... what they won't judge is how many senior players he had missing from the side." ©AAP 2002 Feb 2002 Child porn downloader walks free A senior Victorian justice department official walked free on a suspended jail sentence after pleading guilty to child porn charges, some involving images of children as young as six-months-old. Child welfare groups immediately attacked the leniency of the sentence, calling on the judiciary to take child abuse more seriously. Forty-five-year-old James Patrick Allan, a finance officer in the Department of Justice, was convicted in the Broadmeadows Magistrates Court on three charges of possessing child pornography and one charge of making child pornography. It was the first time under Victoria law a person who has downloaded and stored illegal material from the internet was convicted of making child pornography. Tipped off by three teenage female burglars, police raided Allan's Sunbury home in May last year where they found more than 1,600 images stored on computer and discs The majority of the images showed pre-pubescent children from Asia, South America and Eastern Europe - many of them between six months and four-years-old - in sexual acts. Sentencing Allan on Wednesday, Magistrate Alan Spillane said the usual sentence for "such loathsome, repugnant practices" should be imprisonment. However, there were mitigating circumstances for Allan, including the loss of his public service career, his public humiliation and his guilty plea, Mr Spillane said. Allan had not directly "damaged" any young children, Mr Spillane said, but noted that many of the images were of third-world children. "If it wasn't for people like you who wallow in such perversions as these, children in the third world would be less likely to be so grossly abused," Mr Spillane said. The six-month jail sentence suspended for 18 months handed down by Mr Spillane drew criticism from child welfare advocates who urged the courts to get tougher on child porn users. Bernadette McMenamin, national director of End Child Prostitution, Pornography and Trafficking, said child porn viewers were "fully implicated" in child abuse as demand for internet images increased. "What it is leading to are these industries in countries like Russia and Indonesia and in South America where children are being sexually abused to feed the (demand for) images in the first world," Ms McMenamin said. Meanwhile, in a separate case, Victorian Chief Magistrate Ian Gray will sentence another public servant who browsed child porn internet sites on his office computer. The Melbourne Magistrates Court was told 44-year-old Greville Charles Ryder, an administrative assistant in the Department of Education, Employment and Training, was caught in June last year during a random audit of employees' internet use. Ryder later told police he would log on to the child porn sites late in the afternoon when everyone had gone home and he would often masturbate while viewing the images. He told police he knew what he was doing was wrong, but he was experiencing personal problems with his wife and stress at work and his compulsion to view the child porn was "like a sickness", the court heard. Ryder, of Footscray, pleaded guilty to one charge of possessing child pornography. ©AAP 2002 10:48 AEDST Wed 30 Jan 2002 Downer says Hicks is a complete fool Australian alleged al-Qaeda fighter David Hicks deserved to suffer harsh American retribution for his involvement in the terrorist organisation, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said. Hicks is one of almost 200 Taliban and al-Qaeda members being held by US forces in Guantanamo Bay in Cuba after being captured in Afghanistan. Mr Downer said the Australian public would have no sympathy for the 26-year-old from Adelaide. "We have no illusions about this - he was a very, very foolish person to have got involved with an organisation like al-Qaeda," Mr Downer said . "It was an extraordinarily foolish thing to do. Inevitably, the Americans are going to take a strong stand against anyone who has been involved with al-Qaeda because this is an organisation which is openly, not just by practice but by rhetoric, committed to killing Americans. "We are an ally of the United States and we agree with them. They're perfectly entitled to take very tough action against organisations that are committed to killing their citizens and David Hicks was a complete fool to get wound up in an organisation like al-Qaeda, a complete fool. "I don't think the majority of Australian citizens sympathise with someone who has done something as foolish as that." It was still uncertain what fate awaited Hicks and whether he would be tried under US or Australian law but Mr Downer, in London for a Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group meeting, was sure he would not face the death penalty. "We in Australia oppose the death penalty in any circumstances," Mr Downer said. "But there's no indication that he faces the death penalty. I don't think that is likely at all. "What happens to him is still depending on obtaining the precise details of what he has done and making judgements on whether to prosecute and under what jurisdiction to prosecute." Mr Downer said there were still some cloudy legal issues over whether Hicks should be treated as a prisoner of war under the Geneva convention. "It depends very much on the circumstances in which they were detained and what they were doing when they were detained," he said. "There is an argument that one of your own nationals who is detained fighting against your own country does not fall within the definition of a prisoner of war under the third Geneva Convention." ©AAP 2001 More World news... Afghan leader says detainees are not POWs Downer says Hicks is a complete fool Bush pledging to fight terror and recession Lawmaker slams Zimbabwe media curbs Howard confident of US economic recovery Howard to meet Afghan leader Al-Qaeda fighters regroup 'Bloody Sunday' remembered 30 years on US president's niece arrested on drugs charge Japanese foreign minister fired Nigerian govt under pressure over explosion Afghan leader vows to back US campaign Fourteen injured as blasts rock Thai arsenal Eleven die in South Korea blaze Greer plans to return to Australia 11:10 AEST Mon 12 Nov 2001 Party veteran berates Beazley over boat people Former Whitlam government minister Tom Uren said Labor's position on asylum seekers during the election campaign had been an utter disgrace. The comments came after former prime minister Gough Whitlam accused Opposition Leader Kim Beazley of not living up to the party's platform, committing Labor to promoting the rights of asylum seekers. The Sydney Morning Herald said Mr Whitlam wrote to Mr Beazley in early September congratulating him on opposing the first border protection bill, but said he had a long way to go. "You and your confidants have utterly failed to put on the agenda the admirable aspiration in the party's 2000 platform and constitution," he was quoted as writing. Mr Uren, a minister in the Whitlam and Hawke governments and an ALP member for 49 years, said he had not seen Mr Whitlam's letter but agreed with the sentiment behind it. "It was an utter disgrace," Mr Uren said of Labor's bipartisan support for a tougher stance towards asylum seekers. "Our position was me-tooism, it was controlled by pollsters, it really was disturbing from my point of view and I know that it was the same view as many other rank and file members of the Labor Party (had)," he told ABC radio. "I think there's going to be a real reconsideration of that whole thing and I hope to goodness that there are certain people that are selected in the new shadow ministry ... (who) should dig deeply into their souls as to what we really have stood for the whole of our lives." ©AAP 2001 More National news... Perky PM shuns thoughts of retirement Party veteran berates Beazley over boat people GST jibes rile former Democrats leader Ship boarded in collison investigation Downer and PM hold asylum seeker talks Soul-searching begins for defeated ALP Hydroponics craze puts cops on dope alert Disappointed unionists want ALP inquiry Broom ready to sweep through ministry PM pledges to look after Ansett workers Number of women in parliament likely to rise ACCI calls for economic reform PM tackles Ansett in return to work Aussies remember war heroes New murder haunts 'City of Corpses' 09:48 AEST Sun 4 Nov 2001 Bin Laden menaces Arab peacemakers AP - Osama bin Laden has condemned Arab leaders who turn to the United Nations for peace negotiations, saying in a weekend videotape broadcast that this amounts to a renunciation of Islam. "They are infidels," said bin Laden, who is the chief suspect in the September 11 terror attacks on New York and Washington. "Those who claim they are the leaders of Arabs and are still in the United Nations have renounced the message of Muhammad. Those who resort to international legitimacy are renouncing the legitimacy of the holy book and the legacy of the Prophet Muhammad," he said. Al-Jazeera television, based in the Gulf emirate of Qatar, said the video was delivered to its office in Kabul, Afghanistan's capital. There was no indication of when the tape was made, according to Ali al-Kaabi, Al-Jazeera news coordinator in Qatar. He said the tape was delivered recently but he said not know exactly when. Bin Laden's statement appeared to be aimed at Arab leaders who have called for international efforts to end the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Bin Laden made only brief references to Afghanistan in the short excerpts shown so far on Al-Jazeera. The station said it would show the entire video at 1800 GMT on Saturday. "The whole West is supporting this unjust, ferocious campaign" against Afghanistan, bin Laden said. "No evidence proves that what happened in America (is related to) the people of Afghanistan, and the people of Afghanistan have nothing to do with this, but the campaign is going on, exterminating civilians including children, women and innocents." The United States is attacking Afghanistan in an attempt to dislodge the Taliban regime, which is providing bin Laden and his al-Qaida network a safe haven. Bin Laden wore a white turban and scarf with a black-and-green camouflage jacket. An automatic rifle stood at his left side as he gestured with his right hand in front of a plain brown backdrop. "Those who take our tragedies today and want to solve them in the United Nations are hypocrites, deceiving God and his prophet and deceiving the believers," he said. In reference to the United Nations, bin Laden asked: "Who was responsible for the partition of Palestine in 1947?" On Nov. 29, 1947, the U.N. General Assembly approved the partition of Palestine, which allowed the creation of the state of Israel. "Today, without any evidence, the United Nations issues decisions supporting the oppressive, tyrannical and arrogant America against those oppressed who have emerged from a ferocious war at the hands of the Soviet Union," he said, referring to the Afghan struggle against the Soviet occupation of 1979-89. In a statement that would appeal to his supporters in Pakistan, bin Laden referred to Muslims fighting against India in the border province of Kashmir. 16:03 AEST Sun 28 Oct 2001 Anthrax probe looks at homegrown terrorists AFP - Stumped by a string of germ attacks that have killed three Americans so far, investigators are wondering if homegrown extremists, not international terrorists, are behind the deaths by mail. The puzzling bioterror scare has left nearly a dozen other Americans infected with anthrax, forced the shutdown of government offices and left the postal system in disarray, with no delivery in some Washington neighbourhoods. Investigators, certain that the anthrax used to taint letters to lawmakers and media organisations was produced in laboratories, are trying to determine who manufactured it, saying it could even have been made in the United States. The Washington Post today quoted unnamed intelligence officials saying they suspected domestic extremists were responsible for the bioterror attacks, but cited no hard evidence. FBI and other investigators are looking at US-based right-wing hate groups, as well as US residents sympathetic to Islamic extremists, the daily said. "Nothing seems to fit with an overseas terrorist type operation," an intelligence official told the Post. An FBI spokeswoman declined to comment on the report. The US Postal Service faced mounting fears about the safety of the country's mail, with more post offices closed for site testing and thousands of postal workers receiving preventive treatment for anthrax exposure. The post office in Princeton, New Jersey, was closed following a preliminary positive test for anthrax, state health officials announced. Another office in southwest Washington was closed yesterday. More than 12,000 postal workers in the metropolitan Washington and New York areas had been tested and/or were receiving treatment as a precaution, the postal service said on its website. Postal inspectors have arrested 14 individuals for anthrax-related hoaxes and were investigating 13 additional cases. Some 5,500 incidents had been reported, it said. Authorities dismissed a report that the anthrax used bore the trademarks of Iraqi manufacture, and a law enforcement official, who asked not to be named, said "state sponsorship is being considered more and more unlikely". Bioterrorism expert Barbara Hatch Rosenberg said only US scientists had the ability "to reduce anthrax to the sort of highly consistent, smaller particles" found in a letter mailed to Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle. Daschle lashed out today at those behind the attacks, urging Americans not to be "paralysed by our anger or slowed by our sadness". He outlined three points for a national effort to counter bioterror threats: the increase of the nation's supply of antibiotics and vaccines; better coordination of the government's response; and accelerated scientific research. The anthrax scare began earlier this month when Robert Stevens, a photo editor at the Sun tabloid in Boca Raton, Florida, was diagnosed with inhalation anthrax. Stevens died on October 5. ©AAP 2001 More World news... Anthrax probe looks at homegrown terrorists US bomb blunder kills 10 civilians Israeli-Palestinian meeting in doubt Scientists study Boston Strangler's remains Iraq believes US and Britain will attack More bodies retrieved from sub wreck Hijacked refugee boat may have sunk 5,000 pro-Taliban militants head for border Stefi Graf delivers her finest, a 'baby boy' Haq's execution major setback for US Three congressional offices test positive for anthrax Violence claims three lives in Indonesia's Aceh Small earthquake shakes New York Britain mobilises commandos for Afghan ground mission Bio-terror hits Pakistan with first anthrax case confirmed stockmarket update The value that they seek is: -$0.00 Mook News Updates ... Mook product announcement expected soon ... Mook reproduces ... Mooks bunker down for final mixes ... Mooks Hit recording studio ... Mooks to play Polish club in September 2000 ... First hitout for 18 months ... 5 new songs and some tasty covers. ... 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A bank representative said that the account had been eaten up by fees. Apparently in this so called age of progress it is impossible for a sophisticated bank computer system to keep track of business accounts with modest amounts of money. Despite representations by the band's financial agent, no trace of the the missing account or funds has so far been found. Apparently the contract with the bank was "Limited time, Conditions Apply" and not the fufillment of your dreams as their advertising falsley promises. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEWS DIVISION. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ROCK STARS PUNISH FANS Metallica doesn't hesitate to litigate. In addition to their high-profile case against Napster, the band has sued Victoria's Secret for copyright infringement and Amazon.com for distribution of an unauthorized collection of early demos. Practice time - man belts out a tune. ROCK STARS PUNISH MANAGER Hey Mook doesn't hesitate to litigate. In addition to their high-profile case against MookINC, the band has sued UMOOKU for copyright infringement and for distribution of an unauthorized collection of early demos BAND PUNISHES BASS PLAYER THE RESERVES don't hesitate to litigate. The band has sued UMOOKU for copyright infringement and for distribution of an unauthorized collection of early demos. The values you seek are worthless to us. Limited time ..... Conditions Apply. Witch Bank ? PM commits troops. Latest news [Wednesday, October 17] Israel minister killed by Palestinians Budget surplus sheds $1b: Costello Ansett workers offered redundancy US rejects pause in Afghanistan bombing Poll: Do you support the decision to deploy Aussie troops to the war? Vote now In the news: Ground war looms. Latest news [Thursday, October 18] Bush signals switch to ground assaults SAS troops to help hunt down bin Laden Ruddock staffer gets minor burns from mail Voters in the dark about coalition's plan for Telstra Poll: Will sending troops put Australia at greater risk of terrorist attacks? Vote now “The body is slowly and painfully dying from poisons exceeding its capacity to detoxify. The evidence abounds in the scientific literature, but is being ignored and wrongly interpreted as 'the body attacking itself.' This is the greatest blunder of modern medicine. There is hope, a future without pain, and an economical path that can change your life and put you back in control.” Donna Fezler, Reversing Auto-immune Disorders www.rhealiving.com A 'Moyers Report' exposing workplace, environmental poisoning by US chemical industry. “This conduct on the part of the US chemical industry—which is supported by the bulk of the political establishment and is rarely challenged in the media—is one of the clearest demonstrations ofthe socially destructive implications of a society organized according to the principle of private ownership…it exposes the stunted nature of democracy in America, where multibillion-dollar companies have the “democratic right” to poison and kill thousands of citizens.” Kate Randall on PBS TV's "Trade Secrets: " 6 April 2001 Corporate Interests Dominate the System “Corporate interests control much of the science, public debate and politics over how government regulates pesticides. At the most fundamental level, the federal regulatory system is driven by the economic imperatives of the chemical manufacturers – to expand markets and profits – and not by its mandate to protect public health.” Dan Fagin and Marianne Lavelle, authors of Toxic Deception: How the Chemical Industry Manipulates Science, Bends the Law, and Endangers Your Health. “Twelve of the leading chemical companies contributed over $7 million from 1979-1995 to Congressional campaigns. From 1979-1994, Monsanto and Dow, two of the leading chemical producers on the planet, gave $42.5 million to foundations and universities, much of it to research pesticides. An analysis of health studies performed on four chemicals between 1989-1995 (atrazine, alachlor, formaldahyde and percloroethylene) found this astonishing fact: Of the 43 studies funded by industry or corporations, 74% indicated that the chemical was safe. Of the 118 studies funded by non-industry scientists, only 27% showed favourable results.” Excerpted from 'Reducing Pesticide Use in Schools, An Organizing Manual' by Gregg Small, Pesticide Watch Education Fund, 450 Geary St, San Francisco. Environmental Toxins Linked to Alzheimer's, Parkinson's Diseases At the American Academy of Neurology's 52nd Annual Meeting, held last week in San Diego, researchers presented compelling evidence that environmental toxins can permanently alter nervous system function. The studies provide further evidence that some neurological disorders, long associated with the aging process, may have more to do with a person's work or leisure history than with a person's age. Cat Lazaroff, Environmental News Services, May 8, 2000 Toxins are in most Americans' blood, study finds Levels of toxic metals, pesticides and plastics can be found in the blood and urine of most Americans, the first national study of environmental toxins reveals. “This report should serve as a wake-up call,” said John Balbus, director of the Center for Risk Science and Public Health. “It is the first time the government has made an inquiry into the level of contaminants in human bodies, and the public has the right to know this.” Released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the study reviewed 27 chemicals found in a general sample of 5,000 men, women and children. Twenty-four of the chemicals examined in the study had not been systematically measured previously. Scientists estimate that there are 80,000 industrial chemicals in commerce. Margot Higgins, Yahoo Environmental News, 26 March 2001 In the news: Clinton mail threat. Latest news [Friday, October 26] Australia asks Fiji to take 1,000 boat people Refugees are people, not problem: Wran Rare glimpse shown of PM's family life Kidman denies Robbie romance Poll: Do you believe there is corruption in the horse racing industry? Vote now 10:05 AEST Fri 26 Oct 2001 Coming Soon - Hey Mook cd launch Coming Soon - Hey Mook cd launch Coming Soon - Hey Mook cd launch Coming Soon - Hey Mook cd launch Coming Soon - Hey Mook cd launch Vials of salmonella sent to Clinton's office AFP - Several vials containing salmonella were sent by mail to former president Bill Clinton's office in New York City, US TV networks reported. The vials, apparently unrelated to recent anthrax attacks by mail and containing a substance which had spoiled, were being tested, the networks said. A Clinton aide opened the package which arrived at his Harlem offices about three weeks ago, CNN said. The former president was nowhere near the package, it added. Staff at Clinton's office had no immediate comment on the reports. AFP - The Taliban militia rejected US allegations that it was planning to poison its own people and blame the deaths on Washington, the Afghan Islamic Press reported. In the news: US bombing error. Latest news [Sunday, October 28] Howard woos new mums with tax refunds Coming Soon - Hey Mook cd launch Ruddock fears more boat people deaths Anthrax probe looks at homegrown terrorists Expert rejects DNA database concerns Poll: Are our sportswomen given the attention they deserve? Vote now 10:05 AEST Fri 26 Oct 2001 US Terrorist attack kills innocent civilians. AFP - Cluster bombs dropped by US warplanes on a village in western Afghanistan killed nine civilians and forced the survivors to abandon their homes, the United Nations said. UN spokeswoman Stephanie Bunker told a press conference in Islamabad that eight people were killed straight away in Monday night's attack on the village near the city of Herat and a ninth was killed after picking up one of the bombs. Another 14 people were injured, she said, and 20 of the 45 houses in the village were partially or completely destroyed. Bunker said local staff from the UN demining program had visited the village -- which she identified as Shaker Qala -- after the attack. "They reported that eight civilians were killed directly in the attack and that one civilian was killed -- as happens in these cases -- when he went to look at the object, touched it and it blew up," she said. "They have determined there were 45 homes in that village, 20 of the homes were partially or completely destroyed in the attack. "The rest of the population decided to voluntarily evacuate and have gone into Herat." Bunker said the survivors were only able to leave the village after the de-miners made a path with sandbags for boundaries so the people fleeing did not touch any of the remaining bombs. A US defence official, speaking on condition of anonymity, later told AFP that cluster bombs had been used in the area around Shaker Qala but did not say if any of the weapons went astray. Air Force General Richard Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, then addressed a press conference in Washington to confirm the United States was using cluster bombs but did not say if they hit Shaker Qala. "We only use the cluster munitions when they are the most effective weapon for the intended target," Myers said. "There have not been a great number of them used, but they have been used." Earlier UN reports of the apparently misdirected airstrike sparked a call from some aid groups for the United States to stop using cluster bombs. The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund said as well as the immediate deadly impact of the bombs, many of them did not explode on impact and could kill innocent civilians years later. The bottle-sized weapons are dropped up to 200 at a time, spraying out hundreds of pieces of shrapnel on impact and setting fire to any combustible material nearby. Following the attack on Shaker Qala, the United Nations Commission on Human Rights special rapporteur for Afghanistan, Kamal Hossain, said the US-led forces had to comply with international humanitarian law. "There's already a framework of international humanitarian law that is very clearly defined," Hossain told reporters in Islamabad. "Whoever is conducting those operations are under a legal obligation to comply." Hossain said international law stated maximum care must be taken to avoid civilian casualties and damage to non-combatants. He said the UN would monitor the US-led forces to ensure their actions complied with international law. But he would not be drawn on whether the dropping of cluster bombs on Shaker Qala or other US air strike blunders that have killed civilians during the 19-day military campaign had breached international law. According to earlier UN reports, a hospital and mosque in a military compound within one kilometre of Shaker Qala were also hit in the same series of raids. Bunker said today the UN still stood by its reports, despite the United States refusing to acknowledge that the village, hospital or mosque had been hit. She said there were "casualties" from the attacks on the hospital and mosque, but was unable to give any more details. The US-led forces began its assault on Afghanistan because of the ruling Taliban regime's alliance with Osama bin Laden, who is accused by the US of masterminding the September 11 attacks on New York and Washington. In the news: Hobart threat. Latest news [Saturday, November 3] Anthrax found at Pakistani newspaper Howard turns tables on Beazley Australia's muslim leaders denounce jihad Liberals' ad withdrawn Poll: Do you think Cathy Freeman can be Number One again? Vote now Today on ninemsn Happy snaps: win a digital camera. Stunning results for new arthritis drug. Windows XP: what's all the fuss about? Get in the fast lane for the Grand Prix. Find out what's on the box tonight. 20:17 AEST Fri 2 Nov 2001 Hewson slams PM for appealing to racism Former Liberal Party leader John Hewson said a coalition victory at the election would be a victory of prejudice over policy. In an article in the Australian Financial Review, Dr Hewson attacked Prime Minister John Howard's stand on asylum seekers and said the prime minister had manipulated latent racism in the community to his own advantage. "If John Howard wins the election ... it will be a victory of prejudice over policy," he said. Dr Hewson said the lack of policy detail in the campaign and the superficiality of the one debate between Mr Howard and Opposition Leader Kim Beazley was disappointing and demeaned the political process. He accused Mr Howard, whom he defeated in a leadership challenge after the 1993 election, of dozens of flip-flops since winning power and said the prime minister had never had a passion for policy. "He has, however, successfully manipulated prejudice to his personal political advantage," Dr Hewson said. "I guess, to many, that is what makes him a good politician." He said Mr Howard may well have played the race card, as he had been accused of doing, but at the least had tapped a stream of racial prejudice in the community. Dr Hewson, now an adviser to bankers ABN AMRO, described the coalition's Pacific solution for asylum-seekers as ludicrous, ridiculous and a short-term fix and came down firmly behind the Labor alternative. "Beazley is right," he said. "The only effective solution to our particular asylum-seeker problem is to reach an agreement with the Indonesian government that will either stop the passage of these people or at least give us the capacity to send them back, via Indonesia." But he said Labor's strategy of leaving all its policy detail until the campaign may have been a fatal mistake, given the distraction of the military reprisals against Afghanistan. Dr Hewson was Liberal Party leader from 1990 to 1994 and the architect of the coalition's Fightback! GST proposal. ©AAP 2001 I'll make you a promise. READ THIS E-MAIL TO THE END! - follow what it says to the letter - and you will not worry whether a RECESSION is here or not, or whether you keep your current job or not. Yes, I know what you are thinking. I never responded to one of these before either. One day though, something just said "you throw away $25.00 going to a movie for 2 hours with your wife or kids". "What the heck." Believe me, no matter where you believe "those feelings" come from, I'm grateful every day that I had that feeling. I cannot imagine what I would be doing had I not. Read on. It's true. Every word of it. It is legal. I checked. Simply because you are buying and selling something of value. AS SEEN ON NATIONAL TV: Making over half million dollars every 4 to 5 months from your home. THANK'S TO THE COMPUTER AGE AND THE INTERNET ! ================================================== BE AN INTERNET MILLIONAIRE LIKE OTHERS WITHIN A YEAR!!! Before you say ''Bull'', please read the following. This is the letter you have been hearing about on the news lately. Due to the popularity of this letter on the Internet, a national weekly news program recently devoted an entire show to the investigation of this program described below, to see if it really can make people money. The show also investigated whether or not the program was legal. Their findings proved once and for all that there are ''absolutely NO Laws prohibiting the participation in the program and if people can "follow the simple instruction" they are bound to make some mega bucks with only $25 out of pocket cost''. DUE TO THE RECENT INCREASE OF POPULARITY & RESPECT THIS PROGRAM HAS ATTAINED, IT IS CURRENTLY WORKING BETTER THAN EVER. This is what one had to say: '' Thanks to this profitable opportunity". I was approached many times before but each time I passed on it. I am so glad I finally joined just to see what one could expect in return for the minimal effort and money required. To my astonishment, I received a total $ 610,470.00 in 21 weeks, with money still coming in''. Pam Hedland, Fort Lee, New Jersey. ================================================== Another said: "this program has been around for a long time but I never believed in it. But one day when I received this again in the mail I decided to gamble my $25 on it. I followed the simple instructions and walaa ..... 3 weeks later the money started to come in. First month I only made $240.00 but the next 2 months after that I made a total of $290,000.00. So far, in the past 8 months by re-entering the program, I have made over $710,000.00 and I am playing it again. The key to success in this program is to follow the simple steps and NOT change anything.'' More testimonials later but first, ======= ==== PRINT THIS NOW FOR YOUR FUTURE REFERENCE ==== $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ If you would like to make at least $500,000 every 4 to 5 months easily and comfortably, please read the following...THEN READ IT AGAIN and AGAIN !!! $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ FOLLOW THE SIMPLE INSTRUCTION BELOW AND YOUR FINANCIAL DREAMS WILL COME TRUE, GUARANTEED! INSTRUCTIONS: =====Order all 5 reports shown on the list below ===== For each report, send $5 CASH, THE NAME & NUMBER OF THE REPORT YOU ARE ORDERING and YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS to the person whose name appears ON THAT LIST next to the report. MAKE SURE YOUR RETURN ADDRESS IS ON YOUR ENVELOPE TOP LEFT CORNER in case of any mail problems. ===WHEN YOU PLACE YOUR ORDER, MAKE SURE === ===YOU ORDER EACH OF THE 5 REPORTS! === You will need all 5 reports so that you can save them on your computer and resell them. YOUR TOTAL COST $5 X 5 = $25.00. Within a few days you will receive, via e-mail, each of the 5 reports from these 5 different individuals. Save them on your computer so they will be accessible for you to send to the 1,000's of people who will order them from you. Also make a floppy of these reports and keep it on your desk in case something happens to your computer. IMPORTANT - DO NOT alter the names of the people who are listed next to each report, or their sequence on the list, in any way other than what is instructed below in step '' 1 through 6 '' or you will loose out on the majority of your profits. Once you understand the way this works, you will also see how it does not work if you change it. Remember, this method has been tested, and if you alter it, it will NOT work !!! People have tried to put their friends/relatives names on all five thinking they could get all the money. But it does not work this way. Believe us, some have tried to be greedy and then nothing happened. So Do Not try to change anything other than what is instructed. Because if you do, it will not work for you. Remember, honesty reaps the reward!!! This IS a legitimate BUSINESS. You are offering a product for sale and getting paid for it. Treat it as such and you will be VERY profitable in a short period of time. 1.. After you have ordered all 5 reports, take this advertisement and REMOVE the name & address of the person in REPORT # 5. This person has made it through the cycle and is no doubt counting their fortune. 2..Move the name & address in REPORT # 4 down TO REPORT # 5. 3.. Move the name & address in REPORT # 3 down TO REPORT # 4. 4.. Move the name & address in REPORT # 2 down TO REPORT # 3. 5.. Move the name & address in REPORT # 1 down TO REPORT # 2 6.... Insert YOUR name & address in the REPORT # 1 Position. PLEASE MAKE SURE you copy every name & address ACCURATELY! This is critical to YOUR success. ================================================== **** Take this entire letter, with the modified list of names, and save it on your computer. DO NOT MAKE ANY OTHER CHANGES. Save this on a disk as well just in case if you loose any data. To assist you with marketing your business on the internet, the 5 reports you purchase will provide you with invaluable marketing information which includes how to send bulk e-mails legally, where to find thousands of free classified ads and much more. There are 2 Primary methods to get this venture going: METHOD # 1: BY SENDING BULK E-MAIL LEGALLY ================================================== Let's say that you decide to start small, just to see how it goes, and we will assume You and those involved send out only 5,000 e-mails each. Let's also assume that the mailing receive only a 0.2% (2/10 of 1%) response (the response could be much better but lets just say it is only 0.2%). Also many people will send out hundreds of thousands e-mails instead of only 5,000 each). Continuing with this example, you send out only 5,000 e-mails. With a 0.2% response, that is only 10 orders for report # 1. Those 10 people responded by sending out 5,000 e-mail each for a total of 50,000. Out of those 50,000 e-mails only 0.2% responded with orders. That's=100 people responded and ordered Report # 2. Those 100 people mail out 5,000 e-mails each for a total of 500,000 e-mails. The 0.2% response to that is 1000 orders for Report # 3. Those 1000 people send 5,000 e-mail each for a total of 5 million e-mail sent out. The 0.2% response is 10,000 orders for Report # 4. Those 10,000 people send out 5,000 e-mails each for a total of 50,000,000 (50 million) e-mails. The 0.2% response to that is 100,000 orders for Report # 5. THAT'S 100,000 ORDERS TIMES $5 EACH = $500,000.00 (half a million dollars). Your total income in this example is: 1..... $50 + 2..... $500 + 3..... $5,000 + 4..... $50,000 + 5.... $500,000 .... Grand Total=$555,550.00 NUMBERS DO NOT LIE. GET A PENCIL & PAPER AND FIGURE OUT THE WORST POSSIBLE RESPONSES AND NO MATTER HOW YOU CALCULATE IT, YOU WILL STILL MAKE A LOT OF MONEY! ================================================== REMEMBER FRIEND, THIS IS ASSUMING ONLY 10 PEOPLE ORDERING OUT OF 5,000 YOU MAILED TO. Dare to think for a moment what would happen if everyone or half or even one 4th of those people mailed 100,000 e-mails each or more? There are over 150 million people on the Internet worldwide and counting, with thousands more coming on line every day. Believe me, many people will do just that, and more! METHOD # 2: BY PLACING FREE ADS ON THE INTERNET ================================================== Advertising on the net is very, very inexpensive and there are hundreds of FREE places to advertise. Placing a lot of free ads on the Internet will easily get a larger response. We strongly suggest you start with Method # 1 and add METHOD #2 as you go along. For every $5 you receive, all you must do is e-mail them the Report they ordered. That's it. Always provide same day service on all orders. This will guarantee that the e-mail they send out, with your name and address on it, will be prompt because they can not advertise until they receive the report. ===========AVAILABLE REPORTS ==================== The reason for the "cash" is not because this is illegal or somehow "wrong". It is simply about time. Time for checks or credit cards to be cleared or approved, etc. For security, concealing your $5 it simply so no one can SEE there is money inside and steal it before it gets to you. ORDER EACH REPORT BY ITS NUMBER & NAME ONLY. Notes: Always send $5 cash (U.S. CURRENCY) for each Report. Checks NOT accepted. Make sure the cash is concealed by wrapping it in at least 2 sheets of paper. On one of those sheets of paper, Write the NUMBER & the NAME of the Report you are ordering, YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS and your name and postal address. PLACE YOUR ORDER FOR THESE REPORTS NOW : ================================================== REPORT# 1: 'The Insider's Guide To Advertising for Free On The Net Order Report #1 from R.D. Nosworthy P.O. Box 4056 Hailey, Idaho 83333 USA ________________________________________________________ REPORT # 2: The Insider's Guide To Sending Bulk Email On The Net Order Report # 2 from: Mr. P. Smith R.R. #1 Parham, Ontario, K0H 2K0 Canada _________________________________________________________________ REPORT # 3: Secret To Multilevel Marketing On The Net Order Report # 3 from : Brad Akershus Mktg. P.O. Box 598 Denver, CO 80201-0598 USA ______________________________________________________ REPORT # 4: How To Become A Millionaire Using MLM & The Net Order Report # 4 from: S. Wong 50 Burnhamthorpe Rd West #401 Mississauga, Ontario, L5B 3C2 Canada _______________________________________________________ REPORT #5: How To Send Out One Million Emails For Free Order Report # 5 From: Craig Wuthrich 2390 Falls Ave E Twin Falls, ID 83301 USA _____________________________________________________ $$$$$$$$$ YOUR SUCCESS GUIDELINES $$$$$$$$$$$ Follow these guidelines to guarantee your success: === If you do not receive at least 10 orders for Report #1 within 2 weeks, continue sending e-mails until you do. === After you have received 10 orders, 2 to 3 weeks after that you should receive 100 orders or more for REPORT # 2. If you did not, continue advertising or sending e-mails until you do. **Once you have received 100 or more orders for Report # 2, YOU CAN RELAX, because the system is already working for you, and the cash will continue to roll in ! THIS IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER: Every time your name is moved down on the list, you are placed in front of a Different report. You can KEEP TRACK of your PROGRESS by watching which report people are ordering from you. IF YOU WANT TO GENERATE MORE INCOME SEND ANOTHER BATCH OF E-MAILS AND START THE WHOLE PROCESS AGAIN. There is NO LIMIT to the income you can generate from this business !!! ================================================= FOLLOWING IS A NOTE FROM THE ORIGINATOR OF THIS PROGRAM: You have just received information that can give you financial freedom for the rest of yourlife, with NO RISK and JUST A LITTLE BIT OF EFFORT. You can make more money in the next few weeks and months than you have ever imagined. Follow the program EXACTLY AS INSTRUCTED. Do Not change it in any way. It works exceedingly well as it is now. Remember to e-mail a copy of this exciting report after you have put your name and address in Report #1 and moved others to #2 .....# 5 as instructed above. One of the people you send this to may send out 100,000 or more e-mails and your name will be on every one of them. Remember though, the more you send out the more potential customers you will reach. So my friend, I have given you the ideas, information, materials and opportunity to become financially independent. IT IS UP TO YOU NOW ! =============MORE TESTIMONIALS=============== '' My name is Mitchell. My wife, Jody and I live in Chicago. I am an accountant with a major U.S. Corporation and I make pretty good money. When I received this program I grumbled to Jody about receiving ''junk mail''. I made fun of the whole thing, spouting my knowledge of the population and percentages involved. I ''knew'' it wouldn't work. Jody totally ignored my supposed intelligence and few days later she jumped in with both feet. I made merciless fun of her, and was ready to lay the old ''I told you so'' on her when the thing didn't work. Well, the laugh was on me! Within 3 weeks she had received 50 responses. Within the next 45 days she had received total $ 147,200.00 ........ all cash! I was shocked. I have joined Jodyin her ''hobby''. Mitchell Wolf M.D., Chicago, Illinois ================================================ '' Not being the gambling type, it took me several weeks to make up my mind to participate in this plan. But conservative as I am, I decided that the initial investment was so little that there was just no way that I wouldn't get enough orders to at least get my money back''. '' I was surprised when I found my medium size post office box crammed with orders. I made $319,210.00 in the first 12 weeks. The nice thing about this deal is that it does not matter where people live. There simply isn't a better investment with a faster return and so big''. Dan Sondstrom, Alberta, Canada ================================================= '' I had received this program before. I deleted it, but later I wondered if I should have given it a try. Of course, I had no idea who to contact to get another copy, so I had to wait until I was e-mailed again by someone else.........11 months passed then it luckily came again...... I did not delete this one! I made more than $490,000 on my first try and all the money came within 22 weeks''. Susan De Suza, New York, N.Y. ================================================= '' It really is a great opportunity to make relatively easy money with little cost to you. I followed the simple instructions carefully and within 10 days the money started to come in. My first month I made $ 20, 560.00 and by the end of third month my total cash count was $ 362,840.00. Life is beautiful, Thanx to internet''. Fred Dellaca, Westport, New Zealand ================================================= ORDER YOUR REPORTS TODAY AND GET STARTED ON YOUR ROAD TO FINANCIAL FREEDOM ! ================================================= If you have any questions of the legality of this program, contact the Office of Associate Director for Marketing Practices, Federal Trade Commission, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Washington, D.C. ================================================= ONE TIME MAILING, NO NEED TO REMOVE ================================================= This message is sent in compliance of the proposed bill SECTION 301, paragraph (a)(2)(C) of S. 1618. Further transmission to you by the sender of this email may be stopped at no cost to you by sending a reply to: vdblandrum@yahoo.com with the word REMOVE in the subject line. This message is not intended for residents in the State of Washington, screening of addresses has been done to the best of our technical ability. 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