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The U.S. finds itself in good company as one of a handful of countries to hold public executions; others include China, North Korea, Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan. While the Taliban stone adulteresses in the public square, the U.S. will execute Timothy McVeigh in full view of the electronic eye. And there seems to be as much demand for a front row seat in Oklahoma City as in Kandahar.

The inconsistencies of the McVeigh story are intriguing. Thursday's revelation of three thousand pages of missing documents "mistakenly withheld" and now unearthed four days before the execution are incredible but will they investigate the following. The most strking inconsistency is the fact

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Great Britain



Timothy McVeigh: A deadly silence ( The Independent )


Conspirators ( The Guardian )


The McVeigh Letters and links to Dead Man Talking, The Guardian interview ( The Guardian )



USA


( Team Infinity.com )


( Serendipity )
The Military-Militia Connection ( Serendipity )


The Terrorism Hype ( Michael Parenti via Serendipity )


Iraq


Iraq blames US and Britain for UN Delays ( Orient Magazine )


US violations of Iraqi airspace ( Iraq News Agency )


US/UK put more contracts on hold ( Iraq News Agency )



Iraq only received 25% of equipment and spare parts of oil sector ( Iraq News Agency )


Effects of US-led aggression on Iraqi environment ( Iraq News Agency )


President Saddam Hussein Receives Chairman of Palestinian National Council ( Iraq news Agency)



Pakistan


U.S. to Lift sanctions on Pakistan (The Dawn )


US Voted out of world narcotics control body. ( The Dawn )


Pakistan re-eleced member of UN Human Rights Commission ( The Dawn )


US views ties with Pakistan as vital. ( The Dawn )


Pakistan no longer helping Taliban says US. ( The Dawn )


UN High Commission for refugees has plan for repatriation of Afghan refugees' ( The Dawn )


Pakistan favors abolition of veto power in UN Security Council ( The Dawn )



Afghanistan


( The Dawn )


The Real Drug Lords- A Brief History of the CIA Involvement in the Drug Trade: Scroll to Afghanistan ( Serendipity )


Afghanistan's Relentless War on Women ( Afghanistan on the Web )


The Taliban: God's Holy Warriors or the Devil's Militia ( Afghanistan on the Web )



Germany


( Frankfurtur Rundschau )





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