Helo Pilots 'Counseled' for Rescuing New Orleanians without Permission

Helo Pilots 'Counseled' for Rescuing New Orleanians without Permission
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/090905E.shtml
Two Navy helicopter pilots were reminded of the importance of supply missions
after delivering their cargo and then rescuing 110 hurricane victims in New
Orleans instead of immediately returning to base, the military said Wednesday.
"They were not reprimanded," Nichols, a civilian public affairs officer, said.
"They were counseled."


Study: "War on Terror" Saves Few Lives
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/090905F.shtml
The US "war on terror" is saving fewer lives than just spending the money on
disease prevention and research, and has probably caused deaths by taking money
away from basic services, an expert said on Thursday.


Patrick Sabatier | The Anti-9/11
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/090905H.shtml
It was inevitable that the ravages provoked by Katrina on New Orleans should
evoke the horrors Bin Laden inflicted on New York. American vulnerability in the
face of natural forces has been compared to its vulnerability to the terrorists.


Hiding Bodies Won't Hide the Truth
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/090905K.shtml
Cadavers have a way of raising questions. When people see them, they wonder, how
did they get dead? When a lot of people see a lot of dead bodies, politicians
begin thinking of damage control.


The Baltimore Sun | After Katrina Fiasco, Time for Bush to Go
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/090905M.shtml
It is time to hold them accountable, claims the Baltimore Sun editorial - this
ugly, troglodyte crowd of Capital Beltway insiders, rich lawyers, ideologues,
incompetents and their strap-hangers should be tarred, feathered and ridden
gracefully and mindfully out of Washington and returned to their caves, clubs in
hand.


Tight Constraints on Pentagon's Freedom Walk
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Organizers of the Pentagon's 9/11 Memorial Freedom Walk on Sunday are taking
extraordinary measures to control participation in the march and concert, with
the route fenced off and lined with police and the event closed to anyone who
does not register online by 4:30 p.m. today.