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I tried to compile most of the corruption related news that took place in January 2005 for something for people to reference or send to any freeper-friends you might have. There were some periods when I wasn’t able to bookmark important events and while I tried to go back and look for any, I’m sure I missed some, so feel free to let me know of any more that you think belong. As my primary news source, thanks DU LBN, as well as the entire site!
This information and similar, more extensive information/commentary is also on my website:
http://ignorantusa.tripod.com/The following news stories are all from January 2005 (1 or 2 from 2/1) but are not completely in chronological order. I started with recent news, but tried to keep related stories together. I didn't test all of the links, however if any don't work, I imagine that if you google the headline I display, you will find it, because it was a valid link at one point.
FAA To Outsource 2400 Air Traffic Controller Positions
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=669&ncid=669&e=3&u=/usnw/20050202/pl_usnw/faa_to_outsource_2400_air_traffic_controller_positions164_xmlThis is considered to be the largest, most complex outsourcing effort of public functions in U.S. Government history. Lockheed Martin was awarded a 5 year deal that, with options, is valued at $1.9 billion dollars. The National Association of Air Traffic Specialists strongly condemns the Federal Aviation's decision to involuntarily separate 2000 controllers. "Many of our controllers are 3 to 4 years short on retirement, and stand to lose hundreds of thousands of dollars from their pensions," stated Kate Breen, NAATS President.
Lockheed Wins Presidential Copter Contract
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4763168,00.htmlStudy: Illness, Medical Bills Account For 46% Of Bankruptcies
http://www.wrgb.com/news/regional/regional.asp?selection=article_27656Yet, Bush is more concerned about us receiving 27% less Social Security benefits in 2052!, something easily fixable without privatization, which at a cost of roughly $2 Trillion, will cost every American citizen, including children, $6,666.66. ($2T/roughly 300Mil Americans).
Mexico’s Fox Vows Free Cancer Treatment
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=589&ncid=734&e=2&u=/ap/20050107/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/mexico_free_medicineIraq Election Headlines:
Entire Samarra Election Commission Resigns
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/focusoniraq/2005/January/focusoniraq_January52.xml§ion=focusoniraq&col1/27: Bush’s Stake Is Huge In Iraq Election
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050127/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_on_the_ballot&cid=544&ncid=1480In Scarred Falluja, Many Will Ignore Election
http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=143&sid=5502493Militants Abduct 3 Sr. Iraqi Officials, Behead A Man And Kill At Least Four Others
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20050108/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraqMosul Election Center Blown Up
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-01/08/content_2432723.htmVideo Shows Allawi Aide Killing
http://reuters.myway.com//article/20050127/2005-01-27T163420Z_01_N27677262_RTRIDST_0_INTERNATIONAL-IRAQ-SECRETARY-DC.htmlMosul Residents Fear Election
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/B497F1E0-B459-49CD-BF62-C0EE194E6E69.htmArabs Say Iraq Vote Gives Bad Name To Democracy
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050128/wl_nm/iraq_election_arabs_dc_2Iraqi Candidate Killed On Videotape
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/28/international/middleeast/28iraq.htmlIraqi Leader Says Thousands Couldn't Vote
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4771853,00.htmlGorbechev: “Iraq elections were fake”
http://www.mosnews.com/news/2005/01/31/gorbacheviraq.shtmlSome Iraqis Just Voted For Food
http://www.dahrjamailiraq.com/hard_news/archives/hard_news/000192.phpInsurgents’ Threats Keep Ramadi Residents From Voting
http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=26010&archive=trueAnkara May Not Recognize Election Results In Kirkuk
http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=3120Some Experts Fear Iraq Election’s Aftermath
http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/news/world/10775183.htmZarqawi Says 13 Suicide Bombs Hit Targets
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=574&ncid=721&e=1&u=/nm/20050130/wl_nm/iraq_attacks_zarqawi_dcAP: At Least 31 Die In Election Day Attacks
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4766054,00.htmlSummary Of Attacks On Election Day
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/15F23DED-17B3-4F3F-A1DA-A1E502E1DB74.htmFunny how the U.S. Corporate media doesn’t report anything beyond “estimates” (U.S.) and “unconfirmed reports” about the attacks-Is that not news? Civilians dying? It’s great that most didn’t, but don’t ignore facts. I LOVE when the corporate media actually says the words “TV propaganda” when talking about Arab media. It may be true at times, but take a look in the damn mirror! Example of this: This link used to be titled “Bombers Attack Iraqi Voters”. Look at it now:
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/01/30/iraq.main/index.htmlIraq Officials Say No Results Or Turnout Figure Soon
http://www.boston.com/dailynews/030/world/Iraqi_officials_say_no_results:.shtmlIraqi (U.S. Appointed) Official: Turnout: 72%
http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/w-me/2005/jan/30/013002678.htmlBush: Iraq Election Was A “Resounding Success”
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4220551.stmBush To Take A Bow For Iraq Vote In State Of The Union
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050131/pl_afp/usiraqvotebush_050131192303U.S. Ends Hunt For Weapons Of Mass Destruction
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=406500CIA Admits Iraq Abandoned Chemical Weapons Program In 1991
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-cia1feb01,1,6296401,print.story?coll=la-headlines-world&ctrack=1&cset=trueIn case you forgot, we invaded Iraq because they were in possession of WMDs and were an “imminent threat” the United States.
U.S. Spending In Iraq: $2.2 Bil. On Relief/Rebuilding $10.5 Bil. On Corporate Contracts
http://www.nytimes/reuters/politics/politics-iraq-usa-congress.html?Wolfowitz Story Falsified (Saddam Torture Victim Lied)
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2005/01/22/2003220487An Estimated 5,500 Soldiers Have Deserted Since Iraq Invasion
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/01/09/wus09.xml&sSheet=/portal/2005/01/09/ixportal.htmlCheney Says Iran Tops U.S. List Of “World Trouble Spots”
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&storyID=7385089&src=rss/politicsNewsU.S. Special Forces “Inside Iran”
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4180087.stmU.S. Troop Deaths In Iraq Top 100 In January
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/IRAQ_US_LOSSES?SITE=TXSAE&SECTION=MIDEAST&TEMPLATE=DEFAULTThis is the third month that U.S. troop deaths have topped 100 since the invasion.
Former Enron Chiefs “May” Stand Trial In September
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/9c8f0ef4-7454-11d9-a769-00000e2511c8.htmlI’m speechless on this one……
Enron Made Over $1.6Billion On Western Energy Crisis
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/northern_california/10781748.htm?1cGood Source For Enron-Related News:
http://www.chron.com/content/chronicle/special/01/enron/Some Things About Enron We Shouldn’t Forget:
Nov. 1993: India approves Enron’s $3 Billion power plant, the largest FDI in India’s history. This is the first of many investments that Enron makes in that region. However, most depended on building a pipeline across Afghanistan and in the late 90s, it became clear that this would not be possible, due to ongoing conflicts in Afghanistan. Since the U.S. invasion of the country, construction of this pipeline has resumed, though obviously it’s not being done by Enron, due their “alleged” (jaw on floor) scandal. More information about Enron (and others’ activity in Afghanistan (and region):
http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/timeline.jsp?timeline=complete_911_timeline&theme=oil#a0698enronU.S. Companies Eye Trans-Afghan Pipeline
http://www.myafghan.com/news2.asp?id=577434660Military Facing Budget Gap With Halliburton
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050201/ts_nm/arms_halliburton_dc&cid=564&ncid=1480The top U.S. commander in Baghdad is facing a budget gap of at least $4 billion between what Halliburton Co. says it will cost to provide services for U.S. troops for a year and what the government has budgeted.
Related News: Halliburton Poised For Q1 “Upside Surprise”
http://www.forbes.com/markets/economy/2005/01/31/0131automarketscan13.htmlAudit: $9 Billion Unaccounted For In Iraq
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&ncid=736&e=5&u=/ap/20050130/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_fundsHalliburton The Big Winner From Iraq Invasion
http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?sid=23ed1b69eda9c34d10,252 US Troops Total Wounded; 5,396 Unable To Return To Duty
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050104/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_us_wounded&cid=540&ncid=1480Halliburton Wins Drilling Contract In Iran
http://yahoo.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?duid=mtfh12534_2005-01-09_09-08-06_l09131331_newsmlHalliburton To “Wind Down” Iran Operations
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Earns-Halliburton.htmlLockheed Tops Pentagon 04’ Contracts; Halliburton’s Double
http://cbs.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7B06E00A2D-EE84-41A3-ACAB-DA55061FA9E6%7D&siteid=google&dist=googleExxon May Have Tripped Tsunami (Earthquake(Drilling For Oil))
http://pesn.com/2005/01/25/6900062_Exxon_Tripped_Indonesian_Tsunami/Morgan Stanley Fined Record $19 Million
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2005/01/13/cnmorg13.xml&menuId=242&sSheet=/money/2005/01/13/ixcity.htmlNASD Fines Tripled In 2004
http://www.thestreet.com/stocks/brokerages/10201075.htmlLoophole Allows Inauguration Spending Binge
http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/Inauguration/story?id=426152Wartime Inauguration With Expensive Peacetime Tilt
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=742&e=1&u=/usatoday/20050118/cm_usatoday/awartimeinaugurationwithanexpensivepeacetimetiltBush Inauguration Approval Rating Lowest Of Any Recent Prez
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/nation/2982686Bush Names Major Fundraiser As Economic Advisor
http://www.reuters.com/financeNewsArticle.jhtml?type=economicNews&storyID=7286042§ion=investingWall Street Hears Pitch For Social Security Plan
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/11/business/11social.html?ex=1107493200&en=51482cceae004044&ei=5070&oref=login&pagewanted=print&position=Spitzer Critical Of Bush’s Social Security Plan
“Debt Incurred Would Be Astronomical”
http://cbs.marketwatch.com/news/archivedStoryAARP: Don’t Mess With Social Security
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/chitribts/20050130/ts_chicagotrib/aarpdontmesswithsocialsecurityBush Accused Of Scaring Public Over Social Security
“The system will be broke in 2042! (2052) BOOH!
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?storyID=7472005&type=businessNewsLeaked White House Memo: “Convince Public Social Security Is Heading For An Iceberg”
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6791950(WA) Taxpayers To Foot The Bill For Rossi’s Challenge
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1199382In case you forgot, the challenge in Ohio was paid for by collecting small donations from thousands of people who were concerned about electoral fraud. They (re)counted 3% of the ballots using counting machines and amazingly, they all came out perfect, so there was no need to recount the rest. Grrrrrr……..
U.S. Judge: Guantanamo Tribunals Unconstitutional
http://news.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=7485936Detainees “Beaten To Death”
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,12096767%255E1702,00.htmlCIA’s “Ghost Prisoners” Spark Rights Concern
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200501/s1291449.htmWhite House Refuses To Release Gonzales Memos On Torture
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=389107U.S. Marine Killed In Iraq (1,431)
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-01/31/content_2530838.htmWorker Salaries Losing To Inflation
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=568&ncid=749&e=5&u=/nm/20050130/bs_nm/economy_wages_dcSEC: Must Be Ready For Hedge Fund Crisis
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=businessNews&storyID=7473783&src=rss/businessNewsBill Gates Bets Against Dollar
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=atQjxQiQeANA&refer=top_world_newsChina Ready To Dump Dollar
http://www.sprott.com/pdf/marketsataglance/01-17-2005.pdfChief Morgan Stanley Economist: “World On Brink Of Ruin”
http://www.libertypost.org/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=80642Global Warming Claiming Prehistoric Glaciers
http://www.thedesertsun.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050130/NEWS07/501300335/1001/NEWSWWF: Dangerous Global Warming By 2025
http://channels.netscape.com/ns/news/story.jsp?id=2005012919030002586895&dt=20050129190300&w=RTR&coview=NO! Social Security is more urgent-2052!
Arctic Ozone May Drop To New Low
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4217329.stmVolcker: No 'Smoking Gun' In Oil-For-Food Investigation
http://scoop.agonist.org/story/2005/1/7/131818/3375Kofi Annan’s Son Admits Oil Dealing
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,176-1462576,00.htmlSenior U.S. Military Official: U.S. Troops Will Never Overcome Insurgency
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/01/30/wirq230.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/01/30/ixnewstop.htmlLawyers Defend Challenge To Ohio Election Results
http://wireservice.wired.com/wired/story.asp?section=Breaking&storyId=982452&tw=wn_wire_storyExit Poll Investigation Results: “Kerry Supporters Overpolled”
http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/01/19/exit.polls/Ohio Supreme Court Dismisses Challenges To Presidential, Chief Justice Elections
http://www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/news/state/10626738.htmBlackwell Thanks OH GOP For “Helping Deliver OH To Bush”
http://www.dispatch.com/election.php?story=dispatch/2005/01/08/20050108-B1-00.htmlMany Americans Refuse To Concede Bush’s “Stolen Election”
http://www.cleveland.com/printer/printer.ssf?/base/medina/110526668478510.xmlLawmakers Launch Historic Protest Of Electoral Vote
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0107-02.htmBush Pledges Political Cover For Republicans
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/politics/politics-bush-republicans.html?oref=login&oref=loginAudit Cites Misuse Of $600 Mil Of Homeland Sec. Funds In TX
http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGB5FBPXP3E.htmlSpitzer: “Fraud In Insurance Industry Is Vast”
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30E17FE355D0C7B8CDDA80894DD404482Recently Ousted For Fraud, Fannie Mae’s Raines To Receive $114,393 Annually For Life
http://www.libertypost.org/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=80390Congress Proposes Tax On All Net, Data Connections
An influential congressional committee has dropped a political bombshell by suggesting that a tax originally created to pay for the Spanish American War could be extended to all Internet and data connections this year.
http://news.com.com/Bush Urged To Order Full Disclosure Of Covert Propaganda
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/usnw/20050128/pl_usnw/pelosi__president_urged_to_order_full_disclosure_of_covert_propaganda123_xmlWeeks After Bush Awards Tenet Freedom Medal, CIA Report Says He And Other Top CIA Are Accountable For 9/11 Security Failures
http://www.libertypost.org/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=80611Despite US Budget Woes, Homeland Security Summit Offers Fun in the Sun
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=340420&page=1Cheney Dresses Down At Aushwitz
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43247-2005Jan27.htmlExpect To See More Of Cheney On Hill, Possibly Abroad
http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBB8D61I4E.htmlWorld Sends Leaders to World Econ Forum, Bush Sends Labor Sec.
http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBW69V2I4E.html12 Mil AIDS Orphans In Africa Barely Get A Fraction Of The Help And Aid 5 Mil Homeless Tsunami Survivors Are Quickly Receiving
http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000039&refer=columnist_pesek&sid=a8csF6YxliMIBush Donates $10,000 In Personal Funds To Tsunami Relief
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/a/2005/01/05/national1340EST0579.DTLPowell: Up To 5,000 Americans Unaccounted For After Tsunami
http://www.turkishpress.com/world/news.asp?id=050103154335.pm4buxo9.xmlThird Columnist Caught With Hand In Bush’s Till
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/01/27/mcmanus/index_np.htmlPR Spending Doubled Under Bush
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=676&e=5&u=/usatoday/reportprspendingdoubledunderbushWhite House Paid Black Commentator $240,000 To Promote “No Child Left Behind”
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/usatoday/20050107/ts_usatoday/whitehousepaidcommentatortopromotelawNo Child Left Behind... by Aggressive Military Recruiters
http://okimc.org/newswire.php?story_id=447Iraq’s Power Supply Sinks To Record Low: U.S. General
http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?ID=35871Senate Boosts Spending On It’s Own Committees
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/nm/20050107/pl_nm/congress_committees_dc24 Fans Tasered By Police At Utah Football Game
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/football/ncaa/specials/bowls/2004/01/05/bc.fbc.utahfans.taser.ap/index.html?cnn=yesCollege Loans Increasingly Burdensome-Undergrad Debt Averages $18,900
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-0501050172jan05,1,5183918.story?coll=chi-business-hed&ctrack=3&cset=trueJob Cuts In December Topped 100,000
http://money.cnn.com/2005/01/05/news/economy/jobs_challenger/index.htm36 Million Americans Lived In Poverty In 2003
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