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by Alex Knapp
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Legislation to legalize assassination being considered
Rep. Bob Barr (R-GA) is currently sponsoring House Resolution 19, which would restore the President's authority to order the assassination of foreign leaders. Mr. Barr cites the growing threat of terrorism, particularly state-sponsored terrorism, as justification for this bill. Critics of the bill say that this bill legitimizes state-sponsored murder by the United States, and are calling for Congress to vote it down. The President's ability to order assassinations was curtailed in the 1970's when President Gerald Ford learned of the CIA's attempts to assassinate other foreign leaders. Currently, the United States is one of the few nations that specifically forbids the assassination of foreign leaders.
United States strikes anti- aircraft targets in Iraq
On Friday, US and UK jets bombed several radar installations and air defense command centers in Southern Iraq, including sites near Baghdad, Iraq's capital. President Bush authorized the strikes as a necessary response to Iraqi provocation. In the past six weeks, installations in Iraq have fired both anti-aircraft artillery and surface-to-air missiles at American aircraft. American military commanders requested the strikes because Iraqi air defense has become increasingly accurate in targeting US aircraft. The Bush administration has said that the strikes are simply a routine response to Iraqi provocation. However, they also admit that the administration has yet to formulate a comprehensive policy regarding Iraq.
British woman uses cell phone to rescue flooded ship
When the ship she was in was adrift near Indonesia, a quick-thinking British woman used her cellular phone to send a text message to her boyfriend, who was drinking in a pub in England. Her boyfriend called the British Coast Guard, who eventually coordinated with rescuers in Indonesia to locate the ship, which was crippled and lacked any flares or radio. The ship drifted to the Indonesian island of Lomok, a popular hiking locale, and towed to safety by Indonesian rescue crews. No passengers aboard the ship were injured.
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