2007-08-08

VIS/IT Services News Bytes, v.2007.08.08-00

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Here: Go Vap, Saigon, Vietnam -- Now: AD.2007.Aug.08.Wed.XXhXX.ICT
(XXhXX = Time Stamp; See BeLow; ICT = IndoChina Time = UTC/GMT + 7 hours)

.06h32. Novell, Wyse Team for Thin Client Linux

iTWire: "Wyse [the original thin-client company] and Novell [original networking co. and, now, OpenSuSE Linux & SEL] are working in partnership to deliver Suse Enterprise Linux [SEL] on thin clients."

.06H36. The Birth of the U.S. Torture Program

There are two ways to think about the Bush administration's willingness to torture prisoners in the wake of 9/11. One is the story we were sold after Abu Ghraib and the second is the systematic and rigorous program of highly abusive interrogation approved by the highest levels of government, at so-called "black sites" around the world.


.06h50. Number of US troops in Iraq reaches new high - Xinhua



Philadelphia Inquirer
Number of US troops in Iraq reaches new high
Xinhua - 3 hours ago
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- The number of US troops in Iraq has rose to nearly 162000, a new high in the war of more than four years, the Pentagon said Tuesday.
Troop level in Iraq reaches highest mark MSNBC
US troop level in Iraq reaches record high Reuters

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