Week of September 8, 2006
The Senate Intelligence Committee says it has found no evidence that Saddam
Hussein had ties to Al Qaeda or provided safe harbor to Al Qaeda operative Abu
Musab Zarqawi.
Prime Minister Tony Blair says he plans to step down within the next 12 months.
President Bush leads the nation in marking the fifth anniversary of 9/11. He said
the war is not over and the victory in Iraq is the key to stopping terrorism.
As the death toll in Iraq ramps up, Democrats want to throw in the towel and step
up their response to President Bush’s policies. . National Security Advisor
Zbigniew Brzesinski called the war unwinnable.
Al Qaeda’s second in command, Ayman Zawahiri, calls on Muslims to step up
their resistance against the United States in a video aired by CNN on the fifth
anniversary of 9/11.
The chief prosecutor in the trial against Saddam Hussein says the ex-dictator has
been allowed to use the court as a bully pulpit and demands that the presiding
judge step down, because he is biased toward the defendants. “You allowed this
court to become a political podium for the defendants”
A gunman opens fire at a downtown Montreal college killing a woman and
injuring at least 19 other people, eight critically before police shot and killed him.
Maria Sharapova
wins the U.S. Open
over Justine Henin-Hardenne. Meanwhile,
Martina Navratilova (49) wins her 59
th
Grand Slam title.
Technology -
Microsoft introduces a rival to Apple’s iPod
- the Zone. Meantime - Apple unveils an
online movie service and new iPods.
Game Monopoly updated - Hasbro -
using 3.5 Internet votes cast in a survey,
asked consumers to determine which
landmarks from 22 U.S. cities would
replace game-board spaces named after
streets in Atlantic City, N.J. So Park Place and Ventnor Avenues will be replaced
