The American media missed the most important part of Osama bin Laden’s videotape message, according to Pakistani journalist Hamid Mir.[http://hamidmir.com]
    Mr. Mir, the only reporter to interview bin Laden in the wake of 9/11, said that the text of bin Laden’s address may have been redacted by government sources since a significant portion of it was not aired by major American news outlets.
    In the unaltered message, according to Mr. Mir, bin Laden says: “We must sacrifice our lives to attack the enemy.” This statement, Mr. Mir points out, is a call for suicide attacks to take place throughout the United States - - a call that was erased from official transcripts of the videotape.
    These suicide attacks, Mr. Mir believes, may involve the use of radiological devices and/or tactical nuclear weapons.
    Mr. Mir said that he had been informed by leaders of the Taliban in Afghanistan that al Qaeda’s long-planned American Hiroshima - - a nuclear attack on seven to ten U.S. cities - - will occur in 2008 but could come sooner.
    In June, ABC News reported that large teams of al Qaeda suicide bombers had been sent to the United ...   more »

    BEIJING, Sept. 7 (Xinhuanet) -- Using a cutting-edge technique that may someday find applications with humans, U.S. researchers have found a bee virus that appears strongly connected to mysterious devastation of commercial bee colonies nationwide for more than a year.
    Instead of trying to culture bacteria or isolate viruses — often a lengthy process — the researchers ground up the bees and rapidly sifted through all of the genetic material in search of a suspicious microorganism.
    The new study, published online Thursday by the journal Science, revealed nearly all affected colonies contained a recently identified virus called Israel Acute Paralysis Virus, or IAPV. By contrast, only one of 21 unaffected samples tested positive for the virus.
    The innovative method the scientists used may be applicable to the search for unusual germs that might underlie chronic human diseases such as obesity. That could be a lasting legacy of the hunt for the bee culprit, said study co-author Dr. W. Ian Lipkin, director of Columbia University's center for infection and immunity.
    "I really do think these new technologies will revolutionize our approach to epidemiology," Lipkin said. He said that if similar techniques had been applied to the ...   more »

Official: 'Logistical Trans-Corridor of North America' open for business
By Jerome R. Corsi
The first Mexican truck authorized by a Bush administration program opening U.S. highways to trucking companies from south of the border crossed into the U.S. this morning at approximately 1:50 a.m. EDT at Laredo, Texas, headed for North Carolina, according to a report from Trucker.com.
WND research indicates Transportes Olympic, the Mexican trucking firm sending this morning's tractor trailer north, was actually selected to be the first across the border nearly six months ago, despite the administration's "last-minute" announcement of the carrier earlier this week – a revelation that has been described as an example of "stealth."
The designation of Transportes Olympic actually was made at a Feb. 22, 2007, ceremony held in Apodaca, a municipality of the city of Monterrey in the Mexican state Nuevo Leon, the headquarters location of Transportes Olympic.
The government ceremony in Mexico went virtually unreported in the U.S. media.
In attendance were Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters, together with her Mexican counterpart, Luis Téllez, secretary of communications and transportation, and José Natividad Gonzáles Parás, governor of Nuevo Leon.
There Peters officially blessed Transportes Olympic as the first Mexican trucking company that ...   more »

Syria began calling up its reserve army units on Sunday, as tensions continue to rise between Syria and Israel over the violation of Syria's airspace last week. According to the An Nahar daily newspaper, Syria has begun "calling up its reserve force."
Meanwhile Prime Minister Ehud Olmert praised the IDF for its courageous and unusual operation, but refrained from divulging details or referring directly to the alleged Israeli flyover. "I want to express my appreciation of the security forces courageous and unusual operations aimed at impeding the activities of terror groups," Olmert said at Sunday's cabinet meeting.
Speculation in the media over the reason Israeli war planes flew over Syria last week continues. Some reports claim that Israel wanted to film the sophisticated missiles Syria recently received from Russia, and others claimed that the aim was to film a secret Syrian military instillation. Whatever the reason, the fact that Israel chose to carry out an operation at such a sensitive time, shows that Prime Minister Olmert's government and the IDF have chosen determination and daring, over a waiting game and restraint.
Syria continues to mull over its response, however one cannot rule out the possibility that it will deploy its ...   more »