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Rumsfeld explains renaming of war

February 1, 2006

According to the Associated Press, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld explained to Pentagon reporters today why the term, "the long war" should be used instead of the "war on terror." President Bush used the new term last night during the State of the Union address.

Rumsfeld stated, "what we're trying to do is tell the truth," and he says the truth is that "just as the Cold War lasted a long time, this war is not something that's going to just go away."

On CNN, General Kimmitt of the U.S. Army was asked yesterday about the "long war" categorization by Rumsfeld and President Bush. Kimmitt's response was; "Well, first of all, the president's exactly right and the secretary of defense is exactly right. It will be a long war. It's a fight against al Qaeda and its associated movements...How do we fight that? It's quite simple. We fight it internationally. We fight it interagency. And we fight it with persistence. And we fight it with patience. And it's going to take a long time. ..But we have got to stay in there long enough to make sure that, when we do hand off, we hand off to competent forces and not just run for the doors before the job is done."

This is not the first occasion that the Bush administration has sought to rename terms and phrases connected with the war on terror. The most recent example is President Bush using the phrase "terrorist surveillance program" to describe the National Security Agency's practice of domestic wiretapping while bypassing court-ordered warrants.

The term "long war" has also been used to describe a war between the Habsburgs and the Ottoman Empire from 1593 to 1606 or as a concept describing several wars in the 20th century as one long war.

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Newspeak?
Regarding the last sentance in the article, who is comparing this to newspeak? This wasn't mentioned in either of the sources cited. Is this original content?

 * One of the elements of the unsourced tag, I'm sure. I'm also sure someone is doing so, and we merely need to find a source indicating whom. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 23:50, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

Also seems a bit of a POV issue. Almost deeming a complete rewrite, or at least a lot more info to put the comments into contents. Also, any and all comparisons to Newspeak that I have seen have been limited to bloggerss and columnists. Are those considered citation-worthy? MattM 04:15, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

expand
Instead of focusing on newspeak, how about expanding the article by documenting other instances where the Bush administration has pushed changes of language. In the social security debate last year, there was the shift from "private accounts" to "personal accounts". And I seem to remember other instances of namechanges. If people are interested in expanding this and remember other instances, I suggest we divide up the topics, so a little research and expand the article to give a longer list of "renamings". I have not been in North America long enough to see what the longer history of the rebranding of political topics is, but this might be an interesting addition. --vonbergm 17:49, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

While that is not a bad idea, I don't think it would exactly fair to focus on the Administration's communication issues. What Bush's writing team has done is quite similar to what businesses (and indeed other politicians) do when their policies or programs are not effectively communicated with their target audience. That's why you never heard LBJ refer to Vietnam as a quagmire or a formal war, and why Neville Chamberlain never called the Munich Conference "an act of appeasement". Perhaps weak examples, even fallacious, but I think the point is still clear. Articulation is everything in the world of people like George Bush, not to mention the old cliche "if at first you don't succeed..."

Frankly, as it stands now, this doesn't seem newsworthy. The only way it would be is if we followed your suggestion (which actually would be interesting). But still, it seems a bit editorial to me. MattM 02:51, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

-  Amgine | talk en.WN 03:20, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
 * http://www.lp.org/yourturn/archives/000152.shtml
 * http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26054-2004Dec25.html? (note the date)
 * http://www.muhajabah.com/islamicblog/archives/the_clipboard/010157.php
 * http://www.uruknet.info/?p=19836&hd=0&size=1&l=x
 * http://www.niemanwatchdog.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=background.view&backgroundid=0047&fontsize=down Bill Moyers says it well.

fix & publish
Looks like this is not going anywhere. Fixing it up and publishing as is. --vonbergm 03:23, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

News?
In all seriousness, I'm not seeing a newsworthy issue here. Someone, point me wrong and expand this article. --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 19:15, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
 * There was a lengthy discussion on CNN with the head of the USArmy about this very issue yesterday; the changing chategorization/view of the war in Iraq. Apparently in the beginning the idea was to get rid of Saddam and quickly leave; then there was a lot of discussion about an "exit strategy", and now the acceptance of a long term committment. Neutralizer 20:52, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
 * I found the transcript with General Kimmitt; I'll try to beef up the article. Neutralizer 20:58, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

 * I'd also question the validity of this as news, it requires reading a lot into the waffle that comes out of Rumsfeld and the alleged affiliation with the ideology of Leo Strauss. --Brian McNeil / talk 21:22, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

comment; What's the reference to Strauss all about? Neutralizer 00:02, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

 * It is just as newsworthy as a rerun of the confrontation with a potentially dangerous mid-east evildoer. The axis of evil I guess is a trilogy with Iraq's WMD as book 1 and Iran's "nuclear ambitions" as book 2; but they both seem to have the same general script. So, although the repackaging of the war (mission accomplished->desperate last gasps->long war) is quite expected; so is the confrontation with Iran; so I think either both events are news or neither is. Neutralizer 23:29, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

just another window dressing
When Bush referred to the "long war" on Tuesday, he was talking about the global war on terror, not just the Iraq conflict. Interestingly, I seem to remember the administration referring to the GWOT as the "global struggle against extremism" in the summer of '04, but the name never took. Paul Bremer cites GEN John Abizaid as referring to the Iraq conflict as the "long war" in either late '03 or early '04. Don't know if that was the original source of the moniker the president "debuted" on Tuesday.--klandtroop 21:41, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

On significance and making a worthy article
The significance of the alteration of the official name for this war is multifaceted. One particular is that described in the second point of the article located here, which references the Goldwater Nichols Act in statements on this revision of the framing of the character of the actions undertaken by the US; effectively that problems from the more indeterminate term of action would increase discussion on a second such act. Perhaps the article should focus instead on some particular alterations of the US military policy and command structures during the periods of the earlier names, in a concise manner of course so as to avoid encyclopedic character, and focus on specific statements made by officials regarding the significance of the recent renaming to the Long war. This would make a story that I believe would be worthy of publishing. Opalus 01:32, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

Is it ok to remove the tag and publish?
Although it's hard for me to tell, it seems that most of this discussion seems to accept that the article qualifies as "news",if only barely, simply because Rumsfeld did talk about this recently; and his talking about anything at a press conference is,by definition,"news". The other thing is that our open invitation to write articles for wikinews is extremely broad in terms of topics stating;

What we want from YOU! "We want you to write articles for Wikinews on topics that: You find interesting: If it's of interest to you, it will be interesting to many other people! You feel aren't getting adequate coverage: Do you know of an issue that has been forgotten or isn't getting enough attention in the rest of the press? Here's your chance to tell the world! Are important to you: The news you write can be about a global event or what's happening in your local town — we don't mind!" If there are still actionable objections that require the tag, please advise. Neutralizer 13:41, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

 * Ok, since there seem to be no objections and the tagger has not been actively engaged on this story for quite awhile; I will remove the tag. If there are still issues that require a tag,please put one back; but I do not think "notnews" qualifies. Neutralizer 17:25, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

This feels like an allusion to Orwell
We could just as well call it the perminent war. But Perhapps I'm just trolling.

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Rumsfeld explains renaming of war
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Talk:Death of the Catholicos

from wikipedia: "Catholicos (plural Catholicoi) is a title used by the head bishop of any of certain Eastern churches. It is derived from the Greek Καθολικος, meaning universal or general."

Doesn't that mean theres more then one. The title might be misleading. Bawolff ☺☻ 23:25, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

Kollam district, India
editprotected Will it be okay to say Kollam district, India? acagastya PING ME! 11:04, 26 July 2017 (UTC)

❌ I decline this because the article is nearly 12 years old and India is already included as a category, so people searching the archives will still find it. --SVTCobra 22:38, 7 January 2018 (UTC)

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Actually it does mention a reps wife in the paragraph (State of The Union article). You need to read more closely. Jason Safoutin 01:30, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

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Bathurst, Australia's new hospital to be almost doubled in size

February 2, 2006 Bathurst Regional Council, the local government responsible for the city of Bathurst and its surrounds in Central Western New South Wales, Australia yesterday revealed it had received a development application for the new Bathurst Base Hospital.

The new hospital is to be built behind the current hospital on the same site and is expected to cost the New South Wales government AUD96 million. The Bathurst Hospital will be the first in the Bathurst-Orange-Bloomfield redevelopment project.

The new hospital will have 149 beds, up from 85 for the current hospital. The hospital will also feature a mental health unit - previously psychiatric patients had to travel to Orange to the Bloomfield Hospital for treatment.

The Bathurst Hospital is expected to have state-of-the art facilities and will share some services with the to be constructed Orange Base Hospital.

The Bathurst Regional Council has approved the demolition of 12 buildings on the hospital site for enabling works. The hospital site is heritage listed although council decided that as the buildings do not contribute to the streetscape they may be demolished.

The demolitions are expected to take place late next month and will take around six weeks to complete. A temporary driveway will then be built to replace the current service entry for food and linen as it will become part of the work site.

Upon completion of the new hospital, the current ward block will be demolished leaving the original building from the late 19th century intact. The original building is expected to become an education centre and consulting rooms.

The original building was opened in 1834. Since then the facility has undergone numerous upgrades and add-ons, with the present ward block being opened in stages from 1978 to 1982.

Other buildings expected to be retained include the Daffodil Cottage (a cancer care centre) and the original Nurse's quarters known as Poole House.


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Scientists shocked at Great Barrier Reef bleaching

February 1, 2006 Scientists say Australia's hot summer has had a devastating effect on Queensland's Great Barrier Reef. Coral reef specialists are comparing the severity of the damage to the worst case ever recorded in 2002.

University of Queensland scientists say they were shocked by the reef's condition and are concerned the entire reef may be at risk of destruction from global warming.

Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg said most of the reefs they saw were completely bleached. "Going down to 10 metres, every piece of coral was a glowing white colour - all that brown colour had disappeared and that was surprising for us," he said.

Australian Conservation Foundation's Don Henry is worried. "The important thing from this warning is that we're starting to see this damage to the reef from warmer waters and climate change happen more often and more extensive," he said. "There's going to be a point when the reef just doesn't recover."

With February, the hottest month, just ahead, this is a critical time. The last severe cases of bleaching occurred in 1998 and 2002, the last leaving more than 5 percent of the reef destroyed.

Professor Hoegh-Guldberg, a renowned coral expert, said he was amazed at the damage to corals on the Keppel islands. "Corals at the Keppels are completely bleached and we are only halfway through January," he said.

The Great Barrier Reef is a big attraction for Australia’s tourism industry, which employs 6 per cent of the country’s workforce and contributes 12 per cent of exports. Paul Marshall, manager of the Great Barrier Reef marine park said "We are going to be pretty lucky to escape coral deaths in the southern Great Barrier Reef."

The Reef's future looks even darker following a report by climate scientists. The United Kingdom Meteorological Office report, Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change, suggests that a two-degree warming would also see 97 percent of the world's coral reefs lost, lower crop yields, put 2.8 billion people at risk of water shortage and the total loss of summer Arctic Sea ice, sparking the extinction of the polar bear and walrus.


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FBI to begin investigation into shooting of US Air Force MP

February 2, 2006

The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is currently investigating if a possible civil rights violation was committed by a sheriff's deputy of the San Bernardino County after the shooting of an unarmed U.S. Air Force Security Force officer.

The military policeman, Senior Airman Elio Carrion, 21, was shot while on leave after serving a six month deployment in Iraq. The incident took place on Sunday, in Chino, California, after a short police chase. Carrion was the passenger of Luis Fernando Escobedo, 21, when police began chasing Escobedo's blue Chevrolet Corvette for speeding. The car reached over speeds of 100 mph (160 km/h) during the short five minute chase.

After the chase ended in a crash near his house, Jose Luis Valdez began taping the accident aftermath. The grainy, low-quality videotape shows Carrion laying on the ground with the officer standing over him. The deputy appears to say, "Stay on the ground." The deputy then seems to say "Get up" several times. Carrion then said, "I'm going to get up." As Carrion begins to rise, the deputy fires three shots which hit Carrion in the chest, leg and side. After Carrion is hit he said, "I mean you no harm." The deputy responded by shouting "Shut the fuck up" twice, and then "You don't get up!" A neighbor is heard saying, "You told him to get up." The video shot by Valdez was given to police, with a copy sold by him to television station KTLA.

Carrion is now in the hospital and in good condition.

Cindy Beavers, a spokesperson for the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department stated the deputy has been put on paid leave. Beavers also mentioned that Sheriff Gary Penrod had invited the FBI to join the investigation. The FBI released a statement confirming this.

Penrod issued a statement on Monday saying, "As with all investigations, the circumstances involved in this shooting will be reviewed, it would be inappropriate for me to make any additional comments until the investigation is completed."

Experts say the video is open to interpretation.

Last week, in a similar but unrelated incident, a news helicopter caught footage of St. Louis, Missouri police officers using what appears to be excessive force on a suspect in detaining him.


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's Wikinews User page - I finally created a login so I'm not anonymous. My contributions

Brian said:... If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee... welcome!

I don't suppose there's a way to use Templates from other wikis, e.g.
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Syrian citizen journalists risk death, targeted; city of Homs facing starvation
Anyway, I just dropped by here to say thanks for fixing the couple of typos in this article. Glad you liked it, as you made most obvious from the edit summary.

We want to see articles like this be more-common on Wikinews, even when they do strain our reviewers in the extreme. --Brian McNeil / talk 01:41, 2 March 2012 (UTC)

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Israeli PM Ariel Sharon receives feeding tube

February 2, 2006

On Wednesday, doctors inserted a feeding tube into Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's stomach.

"Tonight Prime Minister Ariel Sharon underwent a gastrostomy, a process in which a tube is inserted into the stomach for feeding. The procedure was carried out under anesthetic and was successful," said Ron Krumer, a spokesperson for Jerusalem's Hadassah Hospital where Sharon is continuing to be treated for a major stroke he suffered on January 4, 2006. He then added that, "the Prime Minister is still in a critical but stable condition."

Doctors say that the chances are slim that he will return to consciousness or return to a meaningful level of activity. As a result it is expected Sharon will be unable to serve as Prime Minister anytime in the future. Currently his position is being filled on an interim basis by Deputy Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.

Sharon, who had been Prime Minister of the State of Israel since 2001, suffered a massive stroke on January 4 during the run up to a new series of Israeli parliamentary elections. His centrist Kadima Party faced fierce competition from the conservative Likud Party (which he split off from in late 2005) and the democratic socialist Labour Party.


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I saw a home video of the shooting on TV. It could be added maybe? not sure...but it was shocking stuff..real cold blood shooting, it seemed like with cop yelling profanities while shooting from a distance of 3 feet the MP who was on his knees. Neutralizer 03:56, 2 February 2006 (UTC)


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Eegh!
Some of the description regarding Mr Sharon's recent political activities are decidedly POV. While not measurably "wrong", they reflect one interpretation of his actions, and of the reactions of the region. Some specifics:
 * effects most notably felt in the electoral victories of Hamas and the increase in rhetoric from Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. <- This is speculative; there is no way to guess whether Hamas's victory was helped or hindered (some earlier predictions gave Hamas a much much wider margin over Fatah, for example), and President Ahmadinejad's rhetoric with Europe and the US predates the stroke.
 * While criticized by some leaders (certainly in the Arab world) for his sometimes harsh methods towards terrorist activities in Israel Israel does not include the Gaza and the other occupied territories (as described by the UN.) Most of the criticized "harsh methods" are not in Israel, but in these other regions.
 * Sharon also became an important diplomatic figure in the Arab-Israeli conflict Mr Sharon has been a figure in this conflict predating the establishment of Israel in 1948. He is most well-known in the Arab world for his role in a massacre of refugees in a refugee camp in Lebanon.
 * initiating the removal of Jewish settlements in Palestinian territories Mr Sharon also initiated the creation of settlements.
 * He had become an active supporter of the United States' so-called "road map for peace" in Israel This statement is widely disputed, including by the United States.
 * a plan which opened up opportunities to create a formal Palestinian state in the Arab world The UN, and its predecessor the League of Nations, have been pushing to create a formal Palestinian state since at least 1937; in no way did the US plan "open up" the opportunity to do so.

While obviously contributed in good faith, many of these statements appear extremely biased from other points of view. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 04:47, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

 * Perhaps best to focus just on the current medical condition of Sharon. -Edbrown05 05:34, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

"Doctors say that the chances are slim that he will return to consciousness or return to a meaningful level of activity. As a result it is expected Sharon will be unable to serve as Prime Minister anytime in the future. Currently his position is being filled on an interim basis by Deputy Prime Minister Ehud Olmert."

 * I reworded this to try to make it more understandable, the previous wording involved "little doubt that Sharon will not be able to serve" which was a bit confusing, and the section as a whole didn't quite flow completely. Veluet 22:29, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

Major!?
Didn't they say before it was a minor. 203.206.243.216 15:55, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Minor what?
 * By the way, I removed the dispute tag, this has been published without dispute for six days. --Brian McNeil / talk 16:23, 9 February 2006 (UTC)


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Australia to send 200 more troops to Afghanistan

February 1, 2006

Australia's Foreign Minister, Alexander Downer, says the Federal government will contribute another 200 troops to assist the Dutch military in a former Taliban stronghold. Australia also pledges $150 million in aid for the reconstruction of Afghanistan.

"We have 190 at the moment, special forces, we've got another 110 going there to provide additional support for them with two helicopters, and this would be another 200 on top of that." Mr Downer said.

Speaking outside a two-day international donors conference in London, Mr Downer said Australia's commitment to Afghanistan was not as large as some countries, but it would nevertheless make a big difference.

He said Australia would build on the millions it has already spent in Afghanistan, with a new pledge of $150 million over 5 years through aid agency AusAID. Canberra has spent 110 million dollars in the war-torn country since the coalition invaded in late 2001.

Mr Downer joined world leaders in London for the signing of the Afghanistan Compact: "a road-map for international donors and the Government of Afghanistan to work together to rebuild the country into a stable and democratic state."

Australia's latest troop commitment, for a provincial reconstruction team in conjunction with the Netherlands, will take its total in Afghanistan to 500 troops. Downer said that the troops would probably be sent to take part in a proposed provincial reconstruction team with Dutch soldiers in the southern province of Uruzgan as early as July.

"July, August would be the pencilled-in planning at the moment, so that would involve Australia sending around 200 troops over and above the troops we already have in Afghanistan," he said.

Mr Downer said Afghanistan still had a security problem but things were going in the right direction.

"We know how important it is for the new democratic government in Afghanistan and the new free and democratic processes there to survive, and every country that possibly can needs to give support to Afghanistan," he said.

Under the compact, Afghanistan has pledged to meet targets in security, governance, rule of law and human rights, and economic and social development in return for military and financial aid from its international partners.

Australia also has about 900 troops in Iraq. About 450 of the soldiers are guarding Japanese forces in southern Samawa, which Japanese media reports said could end by May.

Downer said Australia would "wait and see" what Japan would do before deciding whether to bring its Samawa troops home or redeploy them elsewhere in Iraq.

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Ruddock hints at Australia Card

February 2, 2006 Australian Attorney-General Philip Ruddock says he may introduce plans to make Australian citizens carry an identity card to avert terrorist attacks. "I'll make an announcement soon and that could be this week," Ruddock said. "It depends upon when I'm fully satisfied about the issues that we want examined."

According to a recent poll of 1200 people, over 50 percent would support a national identity card. A Newspoll in The Australian newspaper found that 31 per cent of voters were opposed to the ID card.

Australian Prime Minister John Howard refloated the possibility of an "Australia Card" after the July 7 London suicide bombings. British Prime Minister Tony Blair's government is considering introducing cards identifying Britons by fingerprints and iris scans.

Australia last debated a national ID card (to cut down on tax avoidance), the Australia Card, in 1987, but was defeated in the Senate after public outrage. Mr Howard, then in opposition, opposed the card, but now says times have changed. "This is an issue that ought to be back on the table...in the wake of something like the terrible tragedy in London," Howard told a news conference in June last year.

Australia has been on medium terror alert since 2001. While there hasn't been a major terrorist attack on Australian soil, Prime Minister John Howard says it's a "possibility."

Mr Ruddock is expected to announce this week the terms of an independent inquiry into an ID card, citing national security and fraud prevention as key concerns. The inquiry will investigate the possible benefits of such a card in combating terrorism and fraud, and whether it could be introduced at a reasonable cost.

Opposition public accountability spokesman Kelvin Thomson said he was unsure whether it would help Australia's fight against terrorism as there was no great evidence to suggest ID cards assisted those countries that already had them.

Australian Privacy Foundation chief Anna Johnston said the poll was good news for those who opposed the ID card. She said the lower level of support for the ID card compared with 1986 showed that people were better informed.

"I would suggest that this shows the Government is already on very shaky ground on this proposal if there is only this very small majority of people in favour of it," Ms Johnston said. "Because as more details emerge about what is actually being put forward, support will drop."

Attorney-General Philip Ruddock, said that policy should not be dictated by public opinion.

Advocacy groups say that work had already started on creating a coalition of lobby groups in readiness for a campaign. "We're starting to marshall our resources now," Ms Johnston said. "Like the Australia Card debate, we are looking to establish a broad coalition of people across the political spectrum and from all walks of life."

Ruddock's comments have been slammed by security experts, who say national ID cards do not make Australia any safer and could have the opposite effect.

James Turner, security analyst at Frost & Sullivan Australia, said: "ID cards cannot protect us from terrorism because an ID card cannot indicate intention. It's like signature based anti-virus, the AV signature can only point out the currently known viruses; and an ID card can only identify currently known baddies."

Jo Stewart-Rattray, director of information security at Vectra Corporation said: "As far as its goal being to protect us from terrorist attacks, I don't think so. The bad guys will always find a way to propagate their own version of these cards. It is not protecting us against terrorist attacks by any means."

Stewart-Rattray's comments echoed those of ex-MI5 chief Dame Stella Rimington, who recently said ID cards were "useless" at fighting terrorism. "If we have ID cards at vast expense and people can go into a back room and forge them they are going to be absolutely useless. ID cards may be helpful in all kinds of things but I don't think they are necessarily going to make us any safer," said Rimington.

Bruce Schneier argued that ID cards will not help improve security and would have the opposite effect. He says the card will require an "immense database" with "enormous" security risks.

"The security risks are enormous. Such a database would be a kludge of existing databases; databases that are incompatible, full of erroneous data, and unreliable. As computer scientists, we do not know how to keep a database of this magnitude secure, whether from outside hackers or the thousands of insiders authorised to access it," wrote Schneier.

Roger Clarke, of the Australian Privacy Foundation asked whether the "billions it would cost would be worth it", especially considering the "enormous intrusions into the affairs of the majority of law-abiding citizens".

According to Privacy International, around 100 countries have compulsory identity cards. They also stated that "virtually no common law country has a card".

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Americans practice attack response procedures

February 2, 2006 In recent days, there has been a notable increase in nuclear attack drill activities in LA, Houston and the state of South Carolina.

Sources in the Houston Police Department have disclosed that they are running these nuclear disaster drills across the city of Houston, Texas.

"In the last week I have multi-checked with sources of mine in the Houston Police Department and confirmed that HPD has been running nuclear disaster drills," said Capt. Eric May, as he warned of a possible nuclear attack that might occur in the Texas City or Houston metro area. Capt. Eric May also mentioned that a likely target could be the British Petroleum plant in Texas City, Texas.

Local citizens have also noticed ongoing SWAT exercises involving numerous government agencies in the area, including Homeland Security, the HPD and the Pasadena Police Department.

"After leaving the Texas City police station, I noticed one thing really strange, as I counted at least 11 different types of official police and government vehicles parked in the police lot. I have never seen this before and it has me a little worried. What are they planning?" said local resident John Watkins.

Besides this increased activity in the Houston area, there have been reports that the Bank of America has been in contact with Homeland Security officials discussing the topic of how to deal with customers in the case of a pending "national disaster." Employees of the bank have been ordered to remain silent, as ones from all levels have been told of the proper procedures to take. Employees in both Houston and LA have disclosed they were recently told not to distribute certain things from safety deposit boxes in the event of a national emergency, including gold, silver and firearms. They were, however, allowed to hand out important papers to asking customers.

It seems as if British Petroleum may also be conducting nuclear disaster exercises in the Houston area, as an email from an alleged BP employee has surfaced on the internet. Although his identity has not been proven as of yet, he states that he holds the position of a "building monitor" and has never had any responsibilities before. However, on Friday, January 27th, he was called into a meeting and told that he had best get his men ready for some disaster drills to be starting in the next week.

The US government is also running a nuclear disaster drill in the Charleston, SC area from January 31st to February 2nd. The organizers said that nuclear drills should not frighten citizens, but should instead encourage them to learn how to protect themselves in the event of an attack. It should be noted that the government has run other nuclear disaster tests before, including one last summer called "Sudden Respond '05." Therefore, this increase of disaster drills may just indicate that the government is taking the threat of a nuclear attack seriously and not necessarily that there is one impending.


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Im not sure, Prisonplanet,WorldNetDaily and dailykos dont make me convinced. Any firsthandreporting? International 11:59, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
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Puppies used to smuggle heroin

February 2, 2006 Ten puppies with bags of liquid heroin surgically implanted into their bellies were having seizures in a drug bust in Medellin, Colombia, said authorities.

"They utilized a wide range of smuggling, the most repulsive of which was the use of puppies," said John P. Gilbride, head of the DEA's New York office.

"There have been cases of animal cruelty that have led to the discovery of drug labs, but not to the extent of an animal being used to carry drugs, especially a puppy," said ASPCA spokeswoman Jo Sullivan.

Investigators believe that the dogs were used to smuggle heroin into New York on commercial flights. The drugs were then to be distributed and sold along the East Coast.

"Ten puppies, including Labrador retrievers, were rescued during a 2005 raid on a farm in Colombia," said the United States Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) on Wednesday. The Agency also announced that they had made more than 30 arrests.

Authorities believe that a veterinarian, Andres Lopez Elorez (who is also believed to be a fugitive in Spain), opened the bellies of at least six of the ten puppies, inserted 500 mL bags of liquid heroin, and then stitched them back up. Three puppies had died due to infections after the drugs were removed. A total of 3 kg of heroin were recovered from six puppies. The bags were found using ultrasound.

"The surviving dogs are still alive and well, we're told," said Gilbride. "I think it's outrageous and heinous that they'd use small, innocent puppies in this way. This investigation identified the individuals who were responsible for overseeing and smuggling millions of dollars worth of heroin from Colombia to the East Coast."

The investigation revealed that the smugglers, whose ring was based in Medellin, not only used people and puppies to conceal their drugs, but also body creams, aerosol cans, and the linings of purses and luggage.

A tipster is said to have led authorities to the puppies.

It is not known how many puppies were actually used in the smuggling operation.

Three dogs were adopted by Colombian police. At least one of those puppies will be trained to sniff for drugs.

About 24 kilograms of heroin was seized in recent raids in Colombia which have resulted in more than 20 arrests and another ten in custody in New York. A total of at least 24 kilograms have been seized in these raids.

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United States Department of Justice workers among government Wikipedia vandals

February 2, 2006 In response to recent accusations that employees have engaged in Wikipedia vandalism and other forms of perceived negative editing of articles, Wikipedia editors have set up  listing all Wikipedia edits made through  that are allocated to the United States House of Representatives and other United States government agencies. The House IP address was briefly banned from editing Wikipedia articles in the wake of the initial controversy, but the ban was lifted on January 30 after Wikipedia administrators decided that there have been a number of valuable contributions made through the House and Senate IP addresses in addition to the controversial edits.

On January 31 and February 1, however, the U.S. House of Representatives' common IP address, 143.231.249.141, were banned again for three hours due to vandalism. Because the IP address is shared by House staff members, it is uncertain whether or not the same person(s) responsible for the previous vandalism are also responsible for the latest.

Examples of contributions submitted through the House IP address included removing, "In 2005, he has come under scrutiny for accepting campaign contributions from embattled former house leader Tom Delay," from the article on, removing election statistics from the article on , and, in the article on , changing the paragraph

 * "As a state legislator, Musgrave spent much of her time on social issues, particularly authoring bills to deny marriage rights and parental rights for gay and lesbian families. One of her final, failed bills would have made it much more difficult for same-sex parents to see their children in the hospital during an emergency. Musgrave also cast the only vote against legislation to give battered spouses paid leave from work."

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 * "As a state legislator, Musgrave spent much of her time on social issues, particularly authoring bills to protect children and the traditional definition of marriage, as well as gun owner's rights."

After the block from Wikipedia expired, the House of Representatives user continued to edit the article on Chris Shays. Chris Shays had co-sponsored a bill with Marty Meehan, whose staffers had previously been found to have been negatively editing Wikipedia entries, The American Civil Liberties Union said of the bill "key elements of Shays-Meehan violate the First Amendment right to free speech because the legislation contains provisions that would violate the constitutionally-protected right of the people to express their opinions about issues through broadcast advertising if they mention the name of a candidate." All mentions of the bill were removed from the article. Also removed was a paragraph about Chris Shays raising $70,000 with House Speaker Dennis Hastert at a country club event.

Again, the IP address was blocked for an eight-hour period.

Wikipedia edits in Congress are not coming from the House of Representatives alone. An edit from the Senate in July removed references to a plagiarism scandal with Senator Joe Biden, who has informally said he may seek a Democratic nomination for president in 2008. As of February 4, 2006, the edit has not fixed by Wikipedia users.

CIA, the Department of Justice, Marines, and Naval vandalism
IP addresses from the CIA, the, the Marines, and the Navy are listed on the site as having made several cases of vandalism. Some examples of vandalism from the Department of Justice IP ranges involve articles on TV and radio shows, a baseball player, or just complaining about their work. In addition to accusations of vandalism, there have also been accusations of government employees introducing perceived bias, political spinning, or misinformation into Wikipedia articles by adding or removing information.

These cases include articles on an Irish politician, and in the George W. Bush article, introducing accusations of Hugo Chavez being a dictator, and removing information covering the George W. Bush substance abuse controversy. In addition, a person using a Department of Justice IP address edited a page covering indicted former Republican Majority Leader Tom DeLay. The editor removed two paragraphs stating a judge ruled that Tom DeLay had broken state law by not disclosing over $600,000 of fundraising money, a quote from Tom DeLay in which he stated that it drives the Democrats crazy wondering why the Republican Party institutes pro-Israeli policy, and a subsection on controversies involving DeLay's relatives. Edits to George W. Bush's article were done within the span of an hour. Edits to Tom DeLay's article were made within an hour as well, although followed by a shorter, minor second session of editing later that day.

An editor using a CIA IP address is accused of vandalizing an article on the current president of Iran. Editors using Marine and Navy IP addresses based in, Florida are accused of vandalizing an article on a rock song and on former U.S. president Bill Clinton, and accused of adding racist comments to articles on an actor and Martin Luther King, Jr., and adding comments that are perceived to criticize the men and women in the Navy reserves.

The IP addresses of the Department of Justice, the CIA, and the Navy and Marines stationed in Pensacola, Florida were found using the at the official website. Neither the government nor the Wikimedia Foundation have released an official statement.

The U.S. House of Representatives' IP address is not the first governmental address to have been blocked after accusations of disrupting Wikipedia. The IP address belonging to a subdivision of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development in Alberta, Canada was blocked for three months since late 2005. An IP address belonging to the has been repeatedly blocked from the German Wikipedia after accusations of vandalism, including sexually explicit comments.


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Talk:United States Department of Justice workers among government Wikipedia vandals

More research regarding the article's contents can be found here: Talk:United States Department of Justice workers among government Wikipedia vandals/Research.

Original
How is this original? If I am wrong in tagging this article please tell me why. This seems to have a lot of info to be original?? Jason Safoutin 15:24, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment; Jason I will remove the tag as I think your concern has been addressed. If you or anyone else feels the tag should remain,please feel free to put it back as I have to go out now. Neutralizer 19:25, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

I started investigating at about 9:30 P.M. and continued recording my data in preparation for it to be posted on various popular Internet news sites, up until the present time, 9:30 A.M., in my area. I took the time to look through every edit listed in the "Other government" section of the page listing Congress staff edits. I looked through the ones relating to the CIA, Navy officials, the Department of Justice, Supreme Court Justices, and U.S. Congressmen first as they were most likely to be vandalized. Daniel Bush 15:36, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

 * Concur that this is original. Sources are wikipedia history, and reverse dns lookups. Daniel Bush: please provide diffs and lookup data on this talk page. Kim Bruning 15:42, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

I link to many diffs within the article. As such, I have omitted them from the following list of lookup data.

 * Marty Meehan's IP address: Meehan's old IP.
 * National Counterterrorism Center addreses:
 * Address
 * Contributions
 * Address
 * Contributions
 * Address
 * Contributions
 * Address
 * Contributions
 * Address
 * Contributions
 * Address
 * Contributions
 * Address
 * Contributions
 * Confirmed CIA and Department of Justice websites found at [Wikipedia:Congressional Staffer Edits Wikipedia] through the same web pages listed above.
 * I found the National Counterterrorism Center to be involved pureply by chance when I started to sift through the w:Special:Recent Changes page after having gotten done with the Department of Justice portion of my reseach. I wanted to see if the government had been editing any Wikipedia articles right then by chance, and on the fourth, fifth, or sixth address, I think, that I checked against the  American Registry for Internet Numbers, I got a match. I checked the NCTC acronym I got when I entered the .46 address when I looked it up on Wikipedia as a point of curiosity and confirmed it with the official website's domain name.
 * There are other diffs mentioned in that article not linked. Shall I link them here? Daniel Bush 16:07, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Better do it to be sure Kim Bruning 18:20, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

Mentioned and not linked by order in the article:

 * http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thad_McCotter&diff=37556976&oldid=35892458
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dan_Lungren&diff=37767468&oldid=37767027
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marilyn_Musgrave&diff=37675738&oldid=37675499
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=George_W._Bush&diff=prev&oldid=28797750
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=George_W._Bush&diff=prev&oldid=28795618
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tom_DeLay&diff=prev&oldid=24248490

Daniel Bush 18:40, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

The headline is all about DoJ edits but the DoJ edits aren't mentioned until the second section. just sayin'. Ripe 04:54, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

News?
Although this is a follow-on story to our previous article about the congressional edits, I'm wondering how "newsworthy" this is considered to be by the community. See Content guide

I really think it is news worthy, and is a good example of investigative original reporting. But I can see where it might not be considered news since it is not about current edits on Wikipedia. (There's also the worry of over-reporting on Wikimedia projects.) Since this story appears to have plenty of traction in the main stream press, I think we should pursue it. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 16:13, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

Publish?
Okidoki, gotten some concerns fixed, can we go to publish? If not, what are we missing? Kim Bruning 18:20, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

Dont publish just yet
Can you please proof that "National Counterterrorism Center" edited wikipedia? What's the IP and ARIN that points toward the NCC ?

NCTC is the acronym for National Counterterrorism Center, not CNN. The abbreviation NCTC is listed as the organization name, it is owned by a military e-mail address, and all surrounding IP ranges are either Navy or counterterrorism related. Daniel Bush 19:13, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

 * It's not NCTC but NCTS: look at: http://ncts.navy.mil . Show me the IP darn IP that points to the NCTC please!
 * Is there a way to see if any of These IPS have edited Wikinews? Jason Safoutin 19:59, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry, but I had gotten confused when I used the American Registry for Internet Numbers database.

They list the organization name for the vandals as NCTC, but this is probably just a coincidence and the address is probably owned by the Marines and/or the Navy. http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools/ptr.ch?ip=138.162.0.43 on the same IP address leads to http://nmci.navy.mil/ and the National Counterterrorism Center is located in Washington D.C., not Pensacola, which is a major military base. I'll change the article, again, accordingly.

And yes, you can check this for Wikinews. Go to the recent changes page with logged in users hidden and enter IP addresses into either of the URLs previously mentioned, and you'll find information about who's using them. Daniel Bush 20:12, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

Double-check of diffs linked to in the story.

 * Opie and Anthony By 149.101.1.124 resolves to wdcsun24.usdoj.gov contributions on wikinews
 * Julio Lugo By 149.101.1.125 resolves to wdcsun25.usdoj.gov contributions on wikinews
 * Talk:United States Marshals Service By 149.101.1.120 resolves to wdcsun20.usdoj.gov contributions on wikinews
 * Daniel O'Connell by 149.101.1.119 which resolves to wdcsun19.usdoj.gov contributions on wikinews
 * Tom Delay by 149.101.1.121 which resolves to wdcsun21.usdoj.gov contributions on wikinews
 * Tom Delay by 149.101.1.121 (again)

 * Mahmoud Ahmadinejad by 198.81.129.194 which resolves to relay2.cia.gov contributions on wikinews

--Brian McNeil / talk 20:15, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Breach of Trust by 138.162.0.46 which resolves to gate7-norfolk.nmci.navy.mil contributions on wikinews
 * Bill Clinton by 138.162.0.43 which resolves to gate4-norfolk.nmci.navy.mil contributions on wikinews
 * Danny Glover by 138.162.0.37 which resolves to gate8-norfolk.nmci.navy.mil contributions on wikinews
 * Martin Luther King, Jr. by 138.162.0.42 which resolves to gate3-norfolk.nmci.navy.mil contributions on wikinews
 * United States Navy by 138.162.0.44 which resolves to gate5-norfolk.nmci.navy.mil contributions on wikinews
 * Alert! Alert! 138.162.0.43 and 138.162.0.37. Nothing bad about those, though :) --Deprifry|+T+ 20:21, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Yah, I saw those, basically nothing to worry about. Its the wikipedia edits by the marines that bother me, I can imagine them getting in trouble for that. --Brian McNeil / talk 20:32, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

"government vandals"
"government Wikipedia vandals" implies that these employees acted with the authorisation of the government, i think. Doldrums 06:24, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

I had it "United States Department of Justice among government Wikipedia vandals" at first and changed it to suggest they may or may not have been acting with government authorization. Government Wikipedia vandals also references Congress staffers. Given the short editing span of both the George W. Bush and Tom DeLay, only one hour, I assume that the individual employee at least had been looking over the article figuring out what to edit before the edits were made. But that can't be right, or else there would only be two or three edits edit, instead of ten or fifteen made rapidly and consecutively in short five minute sessions with breaks. Except by the head staffers, the individual staffers' edits did not have approval by their respective Congressmen either. Maybe it might have been someone really far down the line, maybe just rogue employees, who knows, but after looking through the contributions history the time span just arouses suspicion. Daniel Bush 15:30, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Hmmm. It doesn't say "government-employed Wikipedia vandals", which is what you seem to be reading into it.  Perhaps something describing them as public servants?  Or is that term not used in the US? --Brian McNeil / talk 15:54, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
 * I think there is also a problem with the use of the word vandalism in this article. Vandalism implies defacement of an article, an act carried out for no other purpose than to cause damage. What is happenning here is biased editing. 195.8.75.243 18:42, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
 * actually adding words like dick or whatnot IS vandalism...bias edits can be vandalism if the persons or person has been warned about their actions before. Jason Safoutin 19:00, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
 * I see a lot of people unhappy with the title, but not a lot of suggestions as to what to change it to. Suggest a more appropriate word than "vandals" or "vandalism" and I'll use it. --Brian McNeil / talk 17:04, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
 * What is this article really about? The Department of Justice is not even mentioned until about half-way down the article. 212.126.143.186 19:56, 4 February 2006 (UTC)


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Report details British billionare donations to Australian political party

February 3, 2006

An Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) report has revealed that British billionaire Michael Ashcroft made a record AU$1 million donation to the Liberal Party of Australia. The AEC is legally required to make public the identities of major donors to political parties.

The controversial donation by Lord Ashcroft (deputy chairman of the British Conservative Party), to the Liberals in 2004, is believed to be the biggest single donation from an individual in Australian politics. His donation pushed the Liberal Party's total for 2004-05 to $66.5 million. Australian Democrats' senator Andrew Murray expressed alarm at the foreign donation. "There is no such thing as a free lunch," he said. "Foreign interference and influence in Australian domestic politics is absolutely unacceptable. Donations from overseas entities and foreigners must be banned outright."

Senator Murray has calculated that between 1998-99 and 2002-03 a total of $607,178 was paid to Australian political parties from foreign entities. He is concerned that foreign foundations can elude Australian disclosure laws.

"I don't know about you, but I've never met a businessman ever that will give you that amount of money without expecting something in return," Senator Murray said.

Australian Electoral Commission figures have also finally disclosed the backers behind the new right-wing religious party, Family First. Craig Winkler, chief executive of software firm MYOB, gave $200,000 to the party, while Dan Daniels, a Victorian pharmaceuticals millionaire, contributed $95,000.

The federal Opposition say around $8 million given to the Liberal Party in 2004-05 will remain undisclosed under looming changes to the rules governing political donations.

"If the Liberal Party receives the same level of donations next year, up to $8million in secret donations will flow to Liberal Party coffers with no public scrutiny," Opposition spokesman for state affairs Alan Griffin said.

Prime Minister John Howard led the Liberal/National coalition to its fourth consecutive election victory in 2004. The win has boosted the Liberal government’s majority, giving it control in both houses of parliament.

Ashcroft, 59, who is also the largest individual donor to the British Conservative Party, serves with Howard on the conservative International Democrat Union committee.


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Iraqi police find 14 tortured dead bodies

February 3, 2006

Fourteen bodies were found on Thursday by police in Baghdad, Iraq. According to the Iraq Interior Ministry, the bodies appeared to have been tortured. Each one had been blind-folded and had their hands tied behind their back. The men, all civilians, were stabbed repeatedly, had marks on their wrists which suggests their wrists were tied together, and all of the victims had gunshot wounds to their heads.

Eleven of the men were found in the back of a truck. The other three were found near a road in Rustamiya on the southeastern outskirts of the capital.

Police do not yet know the identities of the men.

Shi'ite-led Interior Ministry security units are being accused by Sunni leaders for carrying out retribution killings against the Sunnis; however, the ministry denies the charges.


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February 2, 2006

Tom Baker, one of the ten actors to play The Doctor in the BBC's long-running television series Doctor Who, has become the voice of the new BT text messaging voice service, which translates a text message sent from a mobile phone to a BT landlines into a voice messages heard by the receiver as an answerphone message.

Baker's voice will replace the earlier computer-synthesized voice that was previously used. BT said that his voice was chosen as it was instantly recognisable. It took him 11 days to record 11,593 phrases and sounds which could then be broken down and reassembled by a computer to make new words. It then took five months to process these recordings to make a workable service.

BT have said that there will be no barriers as to what Tom Baker's voice can 'say', including rude words. "What appeals to me most is the thought that I will be bringing good news to people whether it is a cheeky message, a birthday greeting, or just a quick hello," said Baker.

The service, which can only be received by those with a BT line, costs nothing to receive voice messages, and text messages are charged at the normal rate.

BT GROUP revealed that texts to landlines had soared 70 per cent in volume on the first day that Tom Baker's voice was used to deliver messages, and have now passed the three million mark in just ten days.


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