h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Here's a little something I'd missed:

'Washington has, for the first time, acknowledged to the United Nations that prisoners have been tortured at US detention centres in Guantanamo Bay, as well as Afghanistan and Iraq, a UN source said.

The acknowledgement was made in a report submitted to the UN Committee against Torture'

http://www.forbes.com/work/feeds/afx/2005/06/24/afx2110388.html

Seems the willingness is declining in the coalition:

'Uzbekistan has told the United States to quit a military base that has served as a hub for missions to Afghanistan since shortly after the 11 September 2001 attacks, a Pentagon spokesman has said.'

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/B3759637-33EE-4F82-8D23-86B6921C4EC2.htm

'At least 25 American service members have been killed in Iraq in the past 10 days — all but two in combat'

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,164466,00.html

When will the 'Mogadishu Line' be crossed?

Goodness!

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,164567,00.html

Here's an interesting piece about the terror's war on the home front:

'Susie's brother thought going into the National Guard was going to be a good and admirable thing, and he was deceived and betrayed. He didn't get his student loans paid off, he didn't get citizenship, but he did get thrown in jail without proper legal representation. Susie called her state's senators to see if they could help her and her brother, and she was told to quit making trouble or her entire family would be investigated.'

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/080305G.shtml