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... GLOBAL NEWS ... NEWS Formula Council and was carried out under the auspices of the Fomon Infant Nutrition Unit at the University of Iowa. The Unit is supported by the major formu- la manufacturers Ross Products Division of Abbot Laboratories, Nestlé and Mead Johnson Nutritionals. Dr Samuel Fomon played an important role in the development of soy infant for- mula. Early promotional efforts for soy formula described it as "better than breast milk". (Source: The Weston A. Price Foundation, September 6, 2001, www.westonaprice.org) Instead of invoking its legal powers to exercise "shutter control" over civilian satellites launched from the US, the Pentagon bought exclusive rights to all Ikonos pictures of Afghanistan. The US military does not need the pic- tures for its own purposes, because it already has seven imaging satellites in orbit. The decision to use commercial rather than legal powers to bar access to the images probably means that those legal powers might not, and probably would not, stand up to a First Amendment challenge in the courts. The only alternative source of satellite images is the Russian Cosmos system. But Russia has not yet decided to step into the information void created by the Pentagon deal with Space Imaging. (Source: The Guardian, London, October 17, 2001, www.newsunlimited.co.uk) four-star officer, command of the anti-ter- rorism war would avoid shifting responsi- bility from commander to commander as anti-terror operations move from region to region. The principal war-fighting com- manders, known as commanders-in-chief, or cincs, are assigned their own turf, such as Pacific or European command. The Bush administration is in the early stages of discussing covert intelligence operations or actions by US commandos or their foreign surrogates around the world. These actions likely would not come until President Bush meets his first objective: ousting the ruling Taliban in Afghanistan and eliminating Osama bin Laden and his al-Qaeda network. The locations include a tri-border area of Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil; Iraq; and the Philippines. "This is a global war on terrorism and weapons of mass destruction," General Richard B. Myers, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told ABC this week. "I think this is going to be a long, hard- fought conflict. And it will be global in scale... And the fact that it could last sev- eral years or many years, or maybe our lifetimes, would not surprise me." (Source: The Washington Times, October 23, 2001, www.washtimes.com) KEY LOCKERBIE EVIDENCE IGNORED FOR 12 YEARS he destruction of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie was the biggest mass murder in British history. You might have thought it would lead to the most intense, careful investigation. Yet in early September it was reported in the London Mirror that a vital piece of evidence has been ignored for 12 years. A break-in was discovered at the terminal where the luggage for that flight was stored. Senior security guard Ray Manly says it was the most serious breach in his 17 years at Heathrow. And it happened less than 18 hours before Flight 103 took off. This should have been at the top of the investigators’ list. Instead, Mr Manly's statement was "lost"; so, too, was the pad- lock, which had been professionally cut. This reeks of incompetence—or some- thing much more sinister. It certainly throws into doubt the one conviction secured at the £66-million trial in the Netherlands. (Source: The Mirror, London, September 11, 2001) GLOBAL COMMAND EXPECTED IN WAR ON TERRORISM nited States Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld is considering creation of a "global command" to fight a lengthy "war on terrorism"—a sure sign that the Pentagon is contemplating covert combat in countries other than Afghanistan. Administration officials say Mr Rumsfeld has met several times with General Charles R. Holland, who heads the US Special Operations Command, about forming a global command at McDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida. Giving General Holland, or another LAW FIRMS UNITED IN ACTION OVER VACCINE DAMAGE Aweaiten of more than 35 firms filed class action lawsuits at the beginning of October against the world's leading PENTAGON STOPS PUBLIC ACCESS TO SATELLITE IMAGES lhe Pentagon has spent millions of dol- lars to prevent the public from seeing civilian satellite pictures of the effects of the bombing in Afghanistan. The images, taken by the company Space Imaging from Ikonos, an advanced private satellite launched in 1999, are the best available to civilians. The decision to shut down access to the images was taken on October 11, after reports of heavy civilian casualties from the overnight bombing of training camps near Darunta, northwest of Jalalabad. "This is just speculative, Mum, but if World War III does happen, how about I get the next ten years' pocket money right now?" NEXUS +7 Som wille DECEMBER 2001 — JANUARY 2002 www.nexusmagazine.com