*Ø* Blogmanac | 9/11 panelist may quit over Bush secrecy

"WASHINGTON - Frustrated by Bush administration restrictions, a former senator said yesterday he might quit the special commission investigating the Sept. 11 terror attacks.

"Ex-Sen. Bob Kerrey (D-Neb.), now president of New York's New School University, told the Daily News that resigning is 'on my list of possibilities' because the administration continues to block the full panel's access to top intelligence officials and materials ...

"The White House recently allowed only three commissioners and their staff director to read secret CIA briefings on Al Qaeda given to Bush and Clinton before the 2001 attacks ..."
Source: NY Daily News

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Israeli firm awarded oil tender in Iraq
"One of Israel's largest oil marketing firms has won a multi-million dollar tender to supply fuel to US troops in Iraq.

"According to a IsraelNationalNews.com report, the tender awarded to Sonol gasoline company, along with its foreign partner Morgantown International, is valued at $70-80 million ...

"James Akins, a former US ambassador to the region, quoted by The Observer said: 'There would be a fee for transit rights through Jordan, just as there would be fees for Israel from those using what would be the Haifa terminal", according to the paper.

'''After all, this is a new world order now. This is what things look like particularly if we wipe out Syria. It just goes to show that it is all about oil, for the United States and its ally.''"
Source: Al Jazeera