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October 2003
Latest News
Posted: Friday, October 31, 2003
¤ Defense Dept.'s deadly garage sale
¤ The time of withdrawal
¤ Oh what a stupid war
¤ Iraqis are Naming Their Babies "Saddam"
¤ The Time of Withdrawal
¤ The Public Revolt Against Monopoly Media
¤ Bush's Half-Full Glass Looks Mighty Empty
¤ Mark Twain in Iraq?
¤ Bush's Trade Policies Anger Latin America
¤ Top Gun Fires Blanks on the Economy
¤ A Matter of Intelligence
¤ U.S. warns of 'day of resistance' in Iraq
¤ U.S. Special Force Soldier Killed in Afghanistan
¤ Israeli Government Attapmts To Legalize A Number Of Settlements
Flashback Traces of poison
¤ Israel's age of austerity
¤ U.S. Troops Clash With Rioters in Baghdad
¤ US policy has isolated only one extremist group - its own
¤ Victory banner comes back to bite Bush
¤ Our strategy helps the terrorists - army chief warns Sharon
¤ U.S. Government prosecutes Greenpeace over protest
¤ Anti-war activist charged for 'misusing phone' to protest to US
¤ Afghanistan Welcomes U.S. Aid Package
¤ Who's Behind Iraq Attacks Up for Debate
¤ U.S. Soldier Dies From Afghan Wounds
¤ Bush election donors share $8bn bonanza
¤ UN to pull staff out of Iraq in wake of suicide bombings
¤ UN says war in Congo is fuelled by foreign firms
¤ A Court Martial Is In Order
¤ Pentagon Hawk Released - Straws in the Wind?
¤ Mahathir retires with fresh attack on Jews
¤ Mahathir steps down
¤ White House accused of overpaying 'cronies'
¤ Congress backs multi-billion Iraq package
¤ More mystery over missing Iraqi millions
¤ Britain must confront shameful trade that ruins Congolese lives
¤ Antiwar hecklers ruffle Bush hawk
¤ Blast rocks Baghdad, kills two
¤ 'Bush has to manufacture another 'threat' to US for re-election'
¤ Weapons search takes back seat to hunt for guerillas
¤ US pushes for quick fix on security crisis
¤ Now 'political Islam' draws fire
¤ Look who's not coming to dinner
¤ Rumsfeld accuses press of "ignoring" progress in Iraq
¤ Rumsfeld unsure of missing 'mojo'
¤ Rumsfeld, Warner try to shrug off tiff over Army official's comment
Latest News
Posted: Thursday, October 30, 2003
¤ Mission Unaccomplished
¤ Bush Alone in Insisting "Nothing Wrong with Iraq War"
¤ Israel and US labelled biggest threats to World peace
¤ EU denies suppressing Israel poll finding
¤ Iraq Hit by String of Deadly Explosions
¤ Police Question Sharon About Corruption
¤ Commanders Doubt Syria Is Entry Point
¤ Iraq Guerrillas Adopt a New Strategy: Copy the Americans
Flashback "Mission Accomplished": Anatomy of a Deadly Lie
¤ Winning Contractors
¤ Does split in death toll mask war's real story?
¤ Bolivia in Historical and Regional Context
¤ Denigrating Critics of Israel
¤ If You Start War, You Should Fight War
¤ Pentagon Manages War Coverage By Limiting Coffin Pictures
¤ 'Sounds of Silence'
¤ Another U.S. Foreign-Policy Failure
¤ Memo to the President: Subject: A Failed Foreign Policy
¤ Bush Lies Again
¤ Iran Demands Concessions From U.S. in Return for Cooperation
¤ Baghdad on edge as unrest continues
¤ Afghan opium production flourishes
¤ Red Cross cuts Iraq staff
¤ UN to pull out of Baghdad for now
¤ An Inspector Calls
¤ Israel destroys shipment of vitamins for disabled Palestinian children
¤ Ramadan Revenge - A Message Sent and a Lesson Learned
¤ We got it wrong over weapons of mass destruction
¤ Death toll figures reveal high civilian casualties
¤ US soldiers kill four workers after bomb blast
¤ Afghanistan 'at the mercy of narco-terrorists'
¤ Afghanistan can become failed narco-state: UN
¤ Huge Afghan opium harvest brings fears of new terrorism
¤ Our friends, the warlords
¤ 2 GIs Killed in Iraq Amid Rising Attacks
¤ Attack on US tank brings post-war death toll to 117
¤ U.N. Says It Will Withdraw Baghdad Staff
¤ Frontline aid agency joins Baghdad exodus
¤ Postwar US combat toll tops invasion deaths
¤ Oil firm linked to Cheney gets Iraq boost
¤ Arabian nightmare
¤ Jihad rising in Islamic holy month
¤ The dark art of deception
¤ Support for Bush ebbs away because of growing violence
¤ Extremists 'plotted to expel blacks from South Africa'
¤ Silenced witnesses
¤ World Bank 'to approve' $4bn central Asian pipeline
¤ Bush's challenge: a somber optimism
¤ Anti-Syria vote exposes real Bush world
¤ Bush's Muslim Troubles
¤ Is Albania Sponsoring 'Freedom Fighters' Next Door?
¤ Iran says US can act to improve ties
¤ CIA officer acquitted after 20 years in prison
¤ The wrong Ayoub
¤ US aid threat fails to faze Malaysia
¤ Bush may have to cut and run
¤ Cheney's hawks 'hijacking policy'
¤ Master of Fiction
¤ Bush banner banter embarrasses White House
¤ Subdued Bush defends Iraq policy
¤ Fractured Tories oust leader
Latest News
Posted: Wednesday, October 29, 2003
¤ Dark Forces? The Military Steps Up Recruiting of Blacks
¤ Prosecutors as Therapists Phantoms as Terrorists
¤ This is your brain on public relations
¤ Cheney's Backdoor to Halliburton
¤ Strange Bedfellows
¤ The Anti-war Camp Has Been Proved Right on Every Point
¤ In Asia, the Web is Routing Power to the People
¤ 'Mission Accomplished' Whodunit
¤ 115 soldiers have died in combat since May 1, more than during war
¤ Angry, disillusioned and frustrated, families of some GIs seethe
¤ 'Cease fire'
¤ This Week’s Question: Why Are We in Iraq?
¤ Having a Bad Day, Wolfie?
¤ America-s Love Affair with Anti-Personnel Mines
¤ Red Cross plans partial pullout
¤ Another Roadside Bomb Kills 2 More US Soldiers in Iraq
¤ 2 US soldiers dead as toll beats war figure
¤ Weapons Searchers May Switch to Security
¤ Intelligence war is trouble for Bush
¤ Rumsfeld's sticky wicket
¤ An Empire for America
¤ Rumsfeld Wants a Ministry of Truth
> When deceit catches up with a government,
> officials take refuge in propaganda.
¤ Powell begs aid agencies to stay in Baghdad
¤ Bush is steadfast on his Iraq policy
¤ Bush Falls From Favor Abroad, Too
¤ A bad day in Baghdad
¥ When has it been 'good'?
¤ Arabs are of two minds on Iraq
¤ Saddam not directing attacks: US general
¤ Suicide bomber prolongs recent Iraq bloodbath
¤ Up to 15,000 people killed in invasion, claims thinktank
¤ Suicide bomber kills six in raid on Iraqi police station
¤ Six more killed in Iraq car bomb blast
¤ 2 CIA Operatives Killed in Afghanistan
¤ Rumsfeld and the 'long, hard slog'
¤ Bush blamed for terror
¤ Bush blames foreigners for Iraq woes
¥ He also blamed the Easter Bunny and some of Santa's loyalist
¤ Guantanamo question mark over Briton
¤ Jessica Lynch snubs Iraqi who helped to free her
¤ Washington opts for low-key solution
¤ Israel will not kill Arafat, says Sharon
¥ Be afraid Arafat, be very Afraid.
¤ Baghdad's tale of two councils
¤ Doh! Murdoch's Fox News in a spin over 'The Simpsons' lawsuit
¤ A grim wake-up call for US in the fight to build democracy
¤ Do as the US says, not as it does
¤ Not all of us Americans are evil
¤ Twenty Killed in Sudan Helicopter Crash
¤ 7 Ukrainian Peacekeepers Wounded in Iraq
¤ Iran and Syria told to stop foreign fighters going to Iraq
¥ The next two countries America wants to Invade gets the blame
¤ Student shot by Israeli soldier to have life support turned off
¤ Solar flares aimed at Earth
Latest News
Posted: Tuesday, October 28, 2003
¤ Incident in Gaza Whom to Believe? Well...
¤ Resisting the Monster Wishing Death
¤ Halliburton in Iran
¤ The Seeds of Iraq's Future Terror
¤ Who's Afraid (Of) The Big Bad Bush?
¤ Stopping the Cycle of Dictatorship
¤ Random Thoughts, More Questions
¤ A Willful Ignorance
¤ Tony Blair's New Friend
¤ A Willful Ignorance
¤ Iraq through a filter
¤ See no protest
¤ The news from Iraq: Reality versus spin
¤ Mafia Tactics Extorting Weaker Nations
¤ Paranoia Is Home Spun Policy Makers Beware
¤ Sophistication of attacks challenges military
¤ The Ramadan Offensive
¤ Two CIA Contractors Killed in Afghanistan
¤ Bush Defends Iraq Progress
¤ Latest Attacks Underscore Differing Intelligence Estimates
¤ Seeing Mideast Democracy As More Than 'Pie in the Sky'
¤ Two From CIA Killed in Afghanistan Ambush
¤ Baghdad bombing blitz mocks US mission
¤ Rocket-Propelled Grenades Kill U..S Soldier in Iraq
¤ Arabs Blame United States for Baghdad Bloodbath
¤ U.S. Prepared to Resume Contacts with Iran
¤ Two American GIs are under friendly fire for marrying Iraqis
¤ Iraq situation not very good: EU
#164; US warfare equation 'full of baloney'
¤ 35 killed and 224 injured in Baghdad bomb attacks
¤ Suicide bombings kill 42 in Baghdad
¤ Iraqis celebrate. Then brutal reality dawns
¤ Wave of Bombings Kills Dozens in Baghdad
¤ Bush voices optimism despite setbacks and spectre of Vietnam
¤ Wolfowitz's wakeup call in Baghdad
¤ Spoilers gatecrash the Iraq spoils party
¤ Hotel strike a reminder of Washington's struggle
¤ No target beyond reach as beleaguered coalition grapples with unknown enemy
¤ US admits to 'bad day' at blast hotel
¤ The locals
¤ Iraq's guerrillas adopt new strategy: copy the Americans
¤ Violence will not change US mission in Iraq: Bush
¤ Iraq problem
¤ The seeds of Iraq's future terror
¤ Tony Blair's new friend
¤ Israel ignores road-map over illegal outposts
¤ Hizbullah rockets hit Israeli posts
¤ Return to Waco
¤ Red Cross rethinks mission to Iraq
¤ The axis of oil
¤ The Axis of Hubris
¤ The White House whine: 'It's all the media's fault'
¤ The Myth of Media Watchdogs
¤ Too Much Secrecy
¤ Who Are the Bombers?
¤ 16 killed in Kashmir violence
¤ Jessica snubs her rescuer
¤ Snub for war widow
¤ Prime Minister John Howard must apologise for nuclear evidence claim
Latest News
Posted: Monday, October 27, 2003
¤ Up to 40 die in Baghdad attacks
¤ 40 Killed in Iraq Suicide Bombings
¤ Striking at a Key Symbol of U.S. Power
¤ Attack Drives U.S. Forces From Baghdad HQ
¤ Volley of Rockets Shatters a Life and Images of Stability
¤ Banging your head into walls
¤ Credibility showdown: Bush&Co. deceived the public and itself
¤ False Claims Led to Attacks on Grenada, Iraq
¤ Hoon: We won't be deterred by Iraq attacks
¤ Attack Is a Media Coup for Iraq Resistance, Experts Say
¤ Still Waiting for the Euphoria
¤ Iraqi Violence Unnerves Nations and Aid Groups
¤ U.S. blames foreigners for Baghdad bombs
¤ Iraq: Renewed Attacks
¤ Unrest in Iraq
¤ We're staying, says defiant Wolfowitz
¤ Man whose aim was regime change
¤ Israel breaks pledge on disputed settlements
¤ What will make them stop?
¤ Bush blasted for Sept. 11 secrecy
¤ Halliburton employees urged to defend Iraq contracts
¤ Make war, not love
¤ Occupational Schizophrenia
¤ George Bush, the Anti-Family President
¤ Patriotism? Or Just Conformity?
¤ Nukes, Fools, and Asteroids
¤ Our Friends, The Israeis
¤ Skin disease infects U.S. soldiers in Iraq
¤ Baghdad rocket attack targets US hawk
¤ New explosions hit Baghdad
¤ Two explosions inside coalition control zone in Baghdad
¤ Three dead in Iraq blast
¤ Attack shows growing sophistication
¤ Rocket strike shows new bravado
¤ They're Getting Better
¤ U.S. surprised in Iraq by insurgents' fight
¤ U.S. Case for Helping Iraq Suffers a Setback
¤ Attack Drives U.S. Forces From Baghdad HQ
¤ US vows to crush resistance after Iraq attack
¤ Rafah, a buffer zone of rubble
¤ Calif. Wildfires Kill 13, Char 650 Homes
¤ UN cuts details of Western profiteers from Congo report
¤ Bush is not welcome in Britain
¤ Wolfowitz, in Iraq, sees mixed picture
¤ Cracks in support for Sharon
¤ A Holocaust in the Making
¤ Relief for US troops stalls after Turkish troop imbroglio
¤ Man whose aim was regime change
¤ 'Russia may join Nato to fight common enemy'
¤ 'Pakistan ready for talks or war with India'
¤ Japanese forces in Iraq would defend themselves: FM
¤ Seven killed in held Kashmir violence
¤ Two-Party Slavery
¤ Can Afghanistan survive without foreign aid?
Latest News
Posted: Sunday, October 26, 2003
¤ After Iraq, the guilt of killing tears a life apart
¤ Why are we back in Vietnam?
¤ Military supremacy is never eternal
¤ Fight war on terror by giving Iraq back to Iraqis
¤ Reply to Rumsfeld memo
¤ Vietnam killing spree revelations shock US
¤ Amec bids for £1.5bn Iraq contract
¤ Wolfowitz Escapes Deadly Baghdad Strike
¤ 12 Wounded in Kashmir Grenade Attack
¤ GI Killed in Strike on Baghdad Hotel
¤ US forces hit hard in Iraq
¤ Jamaica bids to break the spiral of violence strangling a nation
¤ Israeli Military Kills Two Palestinians
¤ Israelis Kill Palestinian in Gaza Clash
¤ Peace workers shot by Israelis
¤ Israel destroys Gaza buildings
¤ PNA condemns Israeli demolition of high-rises in Gaza
¤ Syria threatens to attack Golan settlers if Israel strikes again
¤ Thousands Rally to End Iraq Occupation
¤ Anti-war marches in Washington
¤ Tens of thousands protest against Bush's Iraq policies in Washington
¤ Anti-Iraq war protest in Washington
¤ Jury Awards $70M Against Halliburton
¤ Search in Iraq Fails to Find Nuclear Threat
Flashback One, two, three, what are they fighting for?
¤ UN suspends operations in four Afghan provinces
¤ Darkening of a nation
¤ Intelligence Problems in Iraq Are Detailed in Internal Army Report
¤ Saudi Arabia attacks UK over terror warning
¤ Deadly rise of mortar strikes
¤ Africa emerging as oil hub
¤ Embattled US troops kill civilians
Latest News
Posted: Saturday, October 25, 2003
¤ War of the Words
¤ All Part of the Plan
¤ Pearl Harbor Mother Of All Conspiracies
¤ El Al threat blamed on Al-Qaeda
Flashback Anti-Semitic is wrong term
¤ Palestinian olive farmers' tragic tale...
Flashback How US infiltrates "civil society" to overthrow governments
Flashback Too many Journalists parrot the establishment's spin on 9/11
¤ Families of US soldiers in Iraq lead anti-war protests
¤ New Board Details Iraq Fund Monitoring
¤ Everyone else can go to hell, Americans say
¤ Bush defied over Cuba
¤ Cuba Vote Shows Bush's Waning Authority
¤ The planet's polluters should be put in the dock
¤ Japan's Africa aid has strings attached
¤ Gulags, grievances and North Korea's WMD
¤ It's snowing on Rumsfeld's parade
¤ Why we are here
¤ Israel's new wall plan for the Jordan valley
¤ Three shot dead in Gaza raid
¤ Israel's new wall plan for the Jordan valley
¤ Curfew in Baghdad set to be lifted
¤ Nations pledge additional $13bn to help rebuild Iraq
¤ Global pledges mask real cost of recovery
¤ OCTOBER 25th: March for an end to the occupation of Iraq!
¤ Anti-War Rallies Today on Both Coasts
¤ Insult to injury: Raw deal for Jessica Lynch's black comrade-in-arms
¤ C.I.A. Disputes Accusations That Its Prewar Conclusions Were Flawed
¤ The Ottoman umpire
¤ America Versus the World
¤ Is America copying Israel's mistakes?
¤ Wolfowitz Visits U.S. Soldiers in Iraq
¤ Blinded by celebrity
Latest News
Posted: Friday, October 24, 2003
¤ Lie after lie after lie
¤ Confusing occupation with liberation
¤ Bush's Afghanistan predicament
¤ GOP spin says media makes Iraq look bad -- but death is sad reality
¤ Associated Press Deletes Crucial Portion of Witness Statement
¤ Israel's Attack on the Liberty, Revisited
¤ Cover-up of the Attack on the Liberty
¤ Weapons of Mass Destruction Found in DC
¤ It's Palestine, Stupid!
¤ The Politics of Public Humiliation in Northern Ireland
Flashback US Puts Blood Ban on Soldiers Returning from Iraq
¤ Airport trick or treat
¤ The Death of Responsibility
¤ Candyman
¤ Thieves Like Us: Cheney's backdoor to Halliburton
¤ It's snowing on Rumsfeld's parade
Flashback Jewish lobby does 'rule' the US
Flashback US 'undermined Chile's democracy'
Flashback Chavez accuses CIA as bombings rock Venezuela
¤ Indonesian papers tell Bush where to go
¤ Gunmen kill three Israeli soldiers
¤ Big solar storm will hit Earth Friday
¤ Road to ruin
¤ U.S. Soldier Killed in Northern Iraq
¤ US soldier, four Iraqis killed
¤ Iran 'has no nuclear secrets left'
¤ Indonesian papers tell Bush where to go
¤ George Won’t Be Reading This
¤ Rumsfeld's Ruminations Reinforce Reservations
¤ Australia strengthens role as link between US and Asia
¤ Rumsfeld: mainly a style thing
¤ Parsing official lies
¤ Rumsfeld plays down war memo
¤ ‘CIA plotting to topple Venezuelan govt’
¤ The United Nations: a golden dream shattered
¤ Blair terms N Korea N-arms drive unacceptable
¤ ‘Israelisation’ of US Middle East policy proceeds apace
¤ Alarm over melting Arctic ice cap
¤ Alliance should not be a sacred cow
¤ A war of words but still far from WMDs
¤ Senate Approves Easing of Curbs on Cuba Travel
¤ Intelligence Report for Iraq War Was 'Hastily Done'
¤ U.S. Is Confident Conference Will Produce Enough Donations
¤ World spurns US appeal for $30bn to rebuild Iraq
¤ Bush Drops Opposition To Building Of Barrier
¤ Israel ignores international laws
¤ US in Iraq for 'at least one year'
¤ US troops release three Iraqi women
¤ Israeli soldiers inherit pre-loved US army long johns
¤ Bush heckled as he thanks Australia and vows the war on terror will go on
Latest News
Posted: Thursday, October 23, 2003
¤ Think Again
¤ Charity says Iraqi billions missing
¤ Imperial Indifference
¤ Bush Heckled in Australia as He Defends Iraq War
¤ Ruthlessness
¤ Protesters to Bush: How Dare You?
¤ Criticizing Zionism It Is Forbidden to Say Such Things
¤ Opposing the Occupation
¤ Cheney's the One
¤ The National Defense Myth
¤ Rumsfeld says he meant every word of leaked US memo
¤ Rumy Reinterprets the War on Terror
¤ New Iraq fund needs donors
¤ Saudis reveal favors to U.S. in terror war
¤ Roadside Bombs Kill Soldier, Two Iraqis
¤ Turkish Officials Question Sending Troops to Iraq
¤ Kuwait to offer Iraq aid; France, Germany decline
¤ Press Underreports Wounded in Iraq
¤ Truth About War Casualties
¤ 11 US soldiers wounded in Iraq Wednesday
¤ The Politics of Media Filtration
¤ Iran Tells U.N. It Has No More Nuclear Secrets
¤ Good Versus Evil Sells Violence To Serve the American Empire
¤ Why the Rumsfeld Memo Matters
¤ Altering the Rules When Convenient
¤ Bush Bizarro world
¤ Why U.S. intelligence failed
¤ Israel Plans New Apartments in Settlements
¤ Galloway expelled as Blair takes revenge
¤ Did Israel deliberately allow 241 American Marines to die?
¤ Cultural gaffes of GI's lead to isolation in Iraq
¤ Israeli forces kill three Palestinians
¤ Why Sharon Is Wailing
¤ Israel fired missile into crowded street
¤ Barrier turns holy city into hostile fortress
¤ Israel vows to keep on building
¤ Security lapses blamed for UN bomb
¤ Blair envoy warns Iran on 'meddling'
¤ Bush Thanks Australia for Support in Iraq
¤ Texan 'fair dinkum' about Howard
¤ Bush Heaps Praise on Australian Leader
¤ Two Australian Anti-War Senators Protest Bush Speech
¤ 41 Australian Labor MPs put protest in writing
¤ Mr Bush, here is why we opposed the Iraq war
¤ Bush departs Australia after whirlwind tour
¤ Grenada detainees still in jail, 20 years on
¤ Leaked memo exposes Rumsfeld's doubts about war on terror
¤ Iran conservatives hail deal
¤ Rwanda has the most women MPs
¤ Blasts injure seven US soldiers in Iraq
¤ Schoolboys hospitalised after taking Viagra
¤ A history lesson for the allies
¤ Bush counts cost as Iraq polarises US
¤ U.S., Iraq Plead for Billions to Rebuild
¤ Bolivian Leader's Ouster Seen as Warning on U.S. Drug Policy
¤ $4bn Iraq cash has vanished, claims charity
Latest News
Posted: Wednesday, October 22, 2003
¤ Former Tank Gunner
¤ After grim Rumsfeld memo, White House supports him
¤ Pyrrhic Victories on Iraq?
¤ Crusader rhetoric disastrous for diplomacy
¤ Wilson's Crusade and Bush's Crusade
Flashback The Language of Control
¤ A Hegemon No More
¤ Traces of poison
¤ Israel dismisses U.N. vote
¤ Israel vows to go on with fence, despite UN condemnation
¤ Protests greet Bush in Australia
¤ Vietnam, Again?
¤ How the Poll Results on Iraq Were Manipulated
¤ US Ignores Soldiers' Killings of Civilians
Flashback The Folly of Invading Iran
¤ At the start of each of Bush's bad ideas is Dick Cheney
¤ Bush criticized in Bali over Israel, Iraq and more
¤ Lost in Translation
¤ U.S. Soldiers Bringing Media to Tikrit
¤ Pentagon Says It Will Call Up Added Reserves
¤ Baffled Occupiers, or the Missed Understandings
¤ Rumsfeld's war-on-terror memo
¤ U.S. Reports Increase in Daily Attacks in Iraq
¤ Anti-war protests planned
¤ New Information May Bolster Questions on Halliburton
¤ Why is Bush avoiding the Australian media?
¤ The not-so-friendly reality of US casualties
¤ As R&R Ends, Some Don't Return to Iraq
¤ EU turns 'rogue state' into conditional friend
¤ Bush Visits Bali Under Tight Security
¤ U.N. Assembly Condemns Israeli Barrier
¤ China Emerges As Possible U.S. Partner
¤ Iran's Nuclear Genie
¤ Race mix slow to change
¤ Stop West Bank wall, UN orders Israel
¤ 'War on terror' takes a strange turn
¤ Cheney's new adviser has sights on Syria
¤ Bush has Asia in mind
¤ Watch the hypocrisy meter if MPs protest
¤ The neocons from Vietnam to Iraq
¤ Cutting out the diamonds that kill
¤ U.S. warns against traveling to Israel
¤ Israeli cabinet members criticise raids on Gaza
¤ U.S. forces raid mosque and arrest supporters of defiant Iraqi cleric
¤ Civilians pay with lives under Gaza's skies of death
¤ Bush visits his stalwart but parochial Aussie 'sheriff'
¤ US troops still fighting for control of border town
¤ Iran Will Allow U.N. Inspections of Nuclear Sites
Latest News
Posted: Tuesday, October 21, 2003
¤ So What Happened to Iraq's WMD?
¤ 'W's PR offensive is a sign of desperation'
¤ $87 Billion, Final Offer
Flashback Mr. Barnum And The American Sucker
¤ Calling a Lie a Lie
¤ Raids In Tense Iraqi Town
¤ Military Goes to Extraordinary Lengths to Avoid Civilian Deaths
¤ US soldiers trigger happy in Iraq
¤ Iraqi Civilians Fall Victim to Hair Triggers
¤ US soldiers fire in air to disperse Baghdad protest
¤ Mahathir: Jew comment out of context
¤ Bush rebukes Mahathir over 'divisive' remarks
¤ Wrong and Divisive
¤ Cults, Idols, Infidels and Bigots
¤ Man faces charges after surviving Niagara Falls jump
Flashback Bush owes activist apology in FBI flap
¤ America's too prudish for real politicians
¤ Bremer is Deaf to History
¤ Justice on the Streets
¤ Will the Next War Be Against the Palestinians?
¤ Who Turned This Idiot Loose?
¤ American Jihad
¤ Bend Over and Grab Your Ankles, America, Things May Get Worse
¤ Rush In Rehab
¤ The privatization of war and peace
¤ Inside Bush's diary
¤ Pentagon deleted part of Boykin's apology
¤ Bush got it wrong on Indonesia, says official
¤ Iraq Occupation Faces New Challenge
¤ For G.I.'s in Isolated Town, Unknown Enemy Is Elusive
¤ Soldiers Miss Flights Back to Iraq
¤ Important History Lessons for the President
¤ Is the Pope Crazy?
¤ No end to US troubles
¤ US failure to count civilian deaths 'incredible'
¤ Meeting with Bush a waste of time
¤ Many dead, scores hurt in Israeli air raids
¤ Doctor killed as he helps wounded
¤ Israeli jets kill 10 in wave of attacks on Gaza
¤ Eleven killed in Israeli air attacks
¤ U.S. Hopes Iraq Fund Will Attract Donors
¤ US, Israel accused of maltreating media personnel
¤ Israel, Palestinians Spar Over Wall
¤ Our tribe's alpha male no longer
¤ Justice on the streets
¤ Viewers trusted BBC's war coverage less than its rivals
¤ Bleak Arab progress report
¤ For tough places, a softer US line
¤ US soldier, two civilians killed in Iraq
¤ Bush rebukes Mahathir over 'divisive' remarks
¤ Mahathir renews attack on Jews
¤ US's daunting task of rebuilding
¤ Democrats and Iraq
¤ The U.S. may regret its antiterror excesses
¤ Nukes, subs, and (not so) black ops
¤ More talk, less action
¤ Pre-emptive strikes carry hidden dangers
¤ Threading the needle: UN and the Iraqi occupation
¤ Whose god is 'real' and 'bigger'?
¤ Army Investigates Treatment of Ill Iraq Veterans
¤ Bush got it wrong on Indonesia, says official
Latest News
Posted: Monday, October 20, 2003
¤ US soldier dies as Bush seeks donors
¤ Media watchdog slams US, Israel
¤ 10 killed in Kashmir violence
¤ Six dead in new Israeli missile attack
¤ Circus Maximus
¤ Arabs and Democracy: Bush May Not Like It At Home
¤ The Domino Quagmire
¤ Soldiers Ripe to Resist?
¤ Misleading America
¤ White House lied on Iraq
¤ Rafah in Miniature
¤ Holding Leaders Accountable for Untruths About War
¤ U.S Senate Backs War Profiteering
¤ Slaughterhouse of Civilization
¤ There Is No Freedom in Iraq
¤ Danger welcomes Americans abroad
¤ The Iraqi Monkey Trap
¤ US Post-War Casualties Pass 100 Amid Disarray
¤ Bush's 'dream team' plagued by infighting, backstabbing
¤ War lite: Six months after the fall of Baghdad
¤ U.S. Posts Record $374 Billion Budget Gap
¤ Gunmen kill nine in Afghanistan
¤ China and Japan reject Bush's currency pleas
Flashback ¤ For Lack Of A "Beautiful Mind"
Flashback ¤ FBI: Moussaoui not involved
¤ The new Great Game
¤ Ruling the world is a family affair
¤ Families seek truth over Israeli deaths
¤ 8 Qassams hit Negev; boy killed, 20 houses demolished in Rafah
¤ Castro Talks With U.S. Tour Operators
¤ Powell Seeking Money to Rebuild Iraq
¤ Pentagon was warned of Iraq chaos after war
¤ Bush offers deal to end North Korea crisis
¤ Israeli soldiers killed in ambush
¤ Presidents fall out over money
¤ Banner hides the real Bangkok
¤ Iraq awash in military weapons
¤ Bush in Asia: all about security
¤ America Must Let Iraq Rebuild Itself
¤ Virtue is its own drawback
¤ Blair's Evangelical belief sent Britain to Iraq war: Cook
¤ U.S. Set to Cede Part of Control Over Aid to Iraq
¤ Tribes inflamed by Qaeda hunt
¤ Bush seeks Pacific war on terror
¤ Howard's friendship with America does not go as far as China
¤ Iraqis 'must ask' for Saudi and Pakistan troops
¤ Irai council fights rising lawlessness
¤ British arrest pair in plot to kill Putin, says paper
¤ North Korea peace pact ruled out
¤ Two US soldiers, five Iraqis killed
¤ Three Israelis killed in West Bank ambush
¤ Six dead in Afghan blasts
¤ A dangerous rush to award the peace prize
Latest News
Posted: Sunday, October 19, 2003
¤ Israeli soldiers in West Bank ambush
¤ Chirac Thwarts EU Condemnation of Anti-Semitism
¤ Bush faces snub in bid to drum up Iraq cash
¤ Bush Behind the Smiles
¤ Bin Laden urges terror blitz
¥ More like U.S terror blitz
¤ Bush pushes for war on terror following bin laden tape
¥ Why is this not surprising...
¤ Bush: Bin Ladin tape backs my stand
Flashback A Double? A Fake?
Flashback Osama bin Surplus - Fake Osama In al-Jazeera Video?
Flashback Swiss institute brands latest bin Laden tape a fake
Flashback Another Phony Bin Laden Tape
¤ Jenin revisted in devastated Rafah
¤ From Gaza to Iraq: nothing but headaches for Bush
¤ How the old world rejected the new
¤ Accent axed with a snip
¤ The UN's Big Five supply 88% of all killer arms
¥ US, Britain, Russia, France and China
¤ Bush: Terrorists Won't Intimidate U.S.
¤ Two US soldiers killed in Iraq
¤ State Dept. Study Foresaw Trouble Now Plaguing Iraq
¤ Bush Cites Philippines as Model in Rebuilding Iraq
¤ Bush's News War
¤ Gulf War disinformation PR promotes Private Jessica memoir
¤ Our cultural papier-mâché needs more layers of truth
¤ Bush: No N. Korea Nonaggression Treaty
¤ Bush rules out North Korea invasion
¥ Probably because he knows they HAVE nuclear weapons
¤ US Marine reservists charged with brutality
¤ Israeli soldiers kill three Palestinians
¤ Israeli army withdraws from Rafah leaving death and destruction
¤ Report: Unit Killed Hundreds in Vietnam
¤ US marines accused of killing prisoner
¤ Venezuela's Chavez Warns on Referendum
¤ Malaysia accuses west of over-reacting
¤ Malaysian Official Defends Prime Minister
¤ About That $87 Billion . . .
¤ China Stands Ground in Currency Dispute
¤ Angry Kosovars call on 'colonial' UN occupying force to leave
¤ Arrest of Iraqi Cleric Sparks Confrontations With Shiites
¤ No palace parade for Bush as Blair gets cold feet
¤ Allies offer Bush few troops and little cash to ease Iraq burden
¤ Hundreds protest Bush visit in Bangkok
¤ U.S selected Iraqi leaders tells bin Laden to stay out of its affairs
¤ Australian PM snaps back in spat with Mahathir
Flashback Bush says Australia is U.S. 'sheriff' in Southeast Asia
Latest News
Posted: Saturday, October 18, 2003
¤ Call It What It Really Is: Sick
¤ Lieberman heckled at Arab forum
¤ Israel's Raid on Syria Stage Four in the Terror War
¤ Shock Therapy and the Israeli Scenario
¤ Public Propaganda and the Iraq War
¤ US Missiles for Israeli Nukes?
¤ I Hope My Corpse Gives You the Plague
¤ Postwar Casualties Rise Amid Disarray in US Plans
¤ Hamza's War
¤ Raids, arrests near Baghdad follow bloody day in Iraq
¤ Canadian PM Says No More Afghan Troops
¤ Sick and wounded U.S. troops wait in squalor
¤ Karbala firefight raises fears as rift with Shia grows
¤ The global redlining of America Bush plunges U.S. into rapid decline
¤ What's black and white and not read by Bush?
¤ Iraq: The Money Pit
¤ Khidhir Hamza: The Bogus Intelligence Source
¤ Wanton Israeil Gaza Destruction Is A War Crime
¤ Senate won't oblige Cheney to refuse Halliburton money
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¤ Australian fixation with America
¤ France warns against Iran action
¤ Straw to join EU foreign ministers on nuclear mission to Tehran
¤ The price of controlling Iraq
¤ Ten killed in firefight as tension grows in Iraq
¤ Four U.S. Soldiers Killed in Iraq Clashes
¤ A crowded House of Yankee lackeys
¤ No troops for Iraq until conditions met: Musharraf
¤ India says no decision yet on troops to Iraq
¤ US plans more troops for Iraq next year
¤ Bush rocked by Senate rebellion on Iraq
¤ Senate defies Bush over reconstruction costs
¤ It's all about the Iraqi people
¤ US trying to divert attention from its errors in Muslim world
¤ Russia plays its hand in the OIC
¤ Bush gets UN vote, but no troops or money
¤ General promises to stop talking of Satan and Islam
¤ Anti-Jewish outburst clouds Bush's Asia trip
¤ Eight Marines Charged in Iraq Death
¤ Put that in your pipe and smoke it, Mr President
¤ Thousands Protest Bush's Visit to Manila
¤ Bush's 'spirit' cursed, tossed into Thai river
¤ Women of Terror
¤ Bush Promises U.S. Help for Philippines
¤ US defence ties come with cash-back guarantee
¤ Anti-empire forces strike back
¤ Thai mouse to risk life for Bush in last line of bio-chemical defence
¤ Megawati applauded Mahathir attack on Jews
¤ West accuses Malaysian PM of racism
¥ It cannot be 'racism', Jews are not a RACE
¤ Moulin Rouge loses race case
¥ Now this is racism
¤ Bolivia swears in new president
¤ India: The world's parade ground
¤ Sit, stand, or crouch; but don't forget the easy-read name tags
Latest News
Posted: Friday, October 17, 2003
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¤ Sharon Suggests Future Attacks on Syria
¤ Bush's Filtered News
¤ Bolivian president resigns under fire
¤ Musharraf presses for peace talks with India
¤ Judge says case against US troops who shot cameraman can proceed
¤ Up to 13 killed in gun battle
¤ Iraqi council blocks motion on US troops
¤ Spain will contribute $300M for Iraq reconstruction effort
¤ Israeli Settlers steal Palestinian olive harvest
¤ Many Japanese See No Choice on Iraq
¤ An undercurrent of distrust awaits Bush in Southeast Asia
¤ God put Bush in charge, says the general hunting bin Laden
¤ Syrian Leader Condemns Iraqi War
¤ Taliban resurgence worries US
¤ Iraqis force rethink on Turkish help
¤ Halliburton Defends Iraq Sales, Contracts
¤ US combat deaths pass 100
¤ U.S. Efforts to Rebuild Iraq's Banks Hit Snags
¤ Silly Season No Longer Funny
¤ Bush Talks But Says Nothing What Is He Hiding?
¤ 'We hate the president'-UK protesters promise 'to humiliate Bush'
¤ Will the US one day regret its post-9/11 excesses?
¤ Georgie's other war
¤ U.S. should accept inevitable, return Iraq to the Iraqis
¤ The picture which shames US army
¤ US troops question presence in Iraq
¤ US troops' morale down in Iraq: survey
¤ 'Bush's foreign policy not good for world'
¤ US troops killed in Kerbala gun battle
¤ Three US soldiers, 2 Iraqi policemen killed
¤ Three GIs Killed, Seven Hurt in Iraq Fight
¤ US troops kill four Jordanians in Baghdad
¤ Rumsfeld defends US general’s remarks on war against terror
¤ CIA and Pentagon split over uranium intrigue
¤ Iraqi cleric emerges as tricky enemy for US
¤ The general and his divine mission
¤ Explosion damages pipeline in northern Iraq
¤ Thinkers Launch Anti-Empire Drive
¤ Sick Of Conflict
¤ UN meeting on Israeli apartheid wall
¤ Orchards and American Integrity
¤ Security council backs Iraq force
¤ Malaysia defends Mahathir speech
¤ Violence erupts at disputed religious site
¤ Nuclear watchdog reports progress after talks with Iran
¤ India, Pakistan walk a fine nuclear line
¤ Three arrested as Palestinians move to track bombers
¤ Proven: the environmental dangers that may halt GM revolution
¤ Some GM crops harm wildlife: scientists
¤ Brewing power struggle in Kabul
¤ Blindness of another kind
¤ Senate Defies Bush On Iraq Assistance
¤ Howard denies Australia has 'sheriff' role
¤ Sheriff comments were a joke, PM says
¤ When 500-pound gorillas fight
¤ IDF kills Palestinian policeman, wounds five in Rafah operations
¤ UN council unanimous - a win for Bush
¤ Why Iraqis abroad are reluctant to return
¤ US-backed 'president of Najaf' put on trial
¤ Halliburton accused of fleecing US taxpayers by overcharging for oil
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Posted: Thursday, October 16, 2003
¤ US world leader in arms sales, India spends $900 mn
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¤ Syrian military put on alert
¤ US diplomacy overcomes resistance to Iraq accord
¤ Halliburton accused of overcharging for oil
¤ Mahathir attack on Jews condemned
¤ Attack on Americans Should Doom Palestinian Terrorists
¤ Lies about Iraq rise to level of the absurd
¤ I See Dumb People
¤ A Cruel and Unusual Embargo
¤ "Getting Better" in Iraq
¤ The American Prison Camp
¤ Kofi Annan Warns Against Rising Hostility Between Islam and the West
¤ On the Administration's Failure to Provide a Realistic Plan
¤ Orwellian Strategy Used to Sell the War
¤ We Don't Understand Propaganda Americans Better Learn Fast
¤ Life, Liberty, and...What Was That Last Part?
¤ Bush says Australia is U.S. 'sheriff' in Southeast Asia
¤ Four Jordanians Killed at U.S. Checkpoint in Iraq
¤ US occupiers compared to Mongol looters
¤ 12 million Iraqis out of work
¤ Definitely NOT O-Kay
¤ We Know Nothing
¤ Misinformation about Iraq suits Bush
¤ Bush demands better press, more starch
¤ U.S. blocks a Security Council resolution condemning Israel's wall
¤ Bomb attack highlights pivotal role of US in region
¤ U.S. loses interest in the road map
¤ Palestinians: U.S. was warned of the dangers
¤ US urges citizens to leave Gaza
¤ Israeli troops gun down Palestinian
¤ Arafat's popularity surges after Israeli expulsion threat
¤ Peres wants to see Arafat remain
¤ Palestinians Dread America's Wrath After Bombing
¤ Palestinians bomb US convoy
¤ 10 killed as Staten Island ferry crashes into dock
¤ Pilot 'slit wrists' after 10 killed in ferry disaster
¤ Pentagon to Confront Radical Iraqi Cleric
¤ Iraq war has swollen ranks of al-Qaida
¤ Saddam's name more popular than ever in Iraqi oil town
¤ 'Beware Mad Max world of US'
¤ Kennedy to assail Bush over Iraq war
¤ Powell dismisses accusations
¤ On their feet and applauding without a second thought, sadly
¤ Anti-Government Protests Sweep Bolivia
¤ Stop America's war on Bolivian farmers
¤ Schröder and Chirac flaunt love affair at summit
¤ Crops giant retreats from Europe ahead of GM report
¤ Subsidies keep poor nations poor
¤ Haitian Protesters Trade Shots With Police
¤ Six die in held Kashmir violence
¤ US troops kill militants on Syrian-Iraqi border
¤ Muslim nations strike a discordant note
¤ Time for Iraqis to run Iraq
¤ At Least 30 in U.S. Are Suspected of Selling Iraq Arms Before War
¤ Bush ready to steamroller $87bn package through Congress
¤ The original theory of evolution, were it not for the farmer....
¤ Same story, different war
¤ China's first space flight ends in success
¤ The American era is ending. The Asian century is dawning.
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Posted: Wednesday, October 15, 2003
¤ Two Measures of American Desperation
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¤ One Person Can Make a Difference
¤ US Bullies Europeans on Chemical Testing
¤ No Wonder Bush Doesn't Connect With the Rest of the Country
¤ An Occupied Country
¤ Bush's Cuba focus smacks of Reagan's Grenada stunt
¤ The truth about our good intentions
¤ 14 Dead, 34 Hurt in Staten I. Ferry Crash
¤ Attack kills 3 in U.S. diplomatic convoy in Mideast
¤ Three Countries Give U.S. a Key Iraq Concession
¤ Two Egyptian officers killed in botched assassination
¤ Those who broke Iraq should pay to fix it
¤ Car bomb kills one near Turkish embassy in Iraq
¤ Arafat Protests Israeli Expulsions to U.N.
¤ U.S. Vetoes U.N. Condemnation of Israel
¤ Israel launches raids in Gaza, West Bank
¤ Israeli PM sneers at watershed peace bid with Palestinians
¤ Rafah camp hit again by Israeli bulldozers
¤ Bush takes aim at media
¤ The Widening Crusade
¤ Straw hints at military action against Iran
¤ Polish defence official blamed for false Iraq missile claims
¤ The March on Damascus
¤ Opposition mounts to draft Iraq resolution
¤ U.S. Seems Assured of U.N.'s Approval on Plans for Iraq
¤ Doubts over Iraq put Bush on the PR offensive
¤ Good news from the front - over and over
¤ African tribe wins rights to diamond-rich land
¤ First Japan, now China is the culprit
¤ U.S. Rejects Timetable Proposal for Iraq
¤ Iraqi Shiite split widens
¤ Who Sets Iraq's Benchmarks?
¤ Bush's second-best friend?
¤ Bush's Cuban quandary
¤ 11 killed in Indian shelling on NAs, AJK
¤ US explores its Afghanistan exit options
¤ Benn pledges more cash as criticism mounts over Iraq
¤ US soldier found dead in Euphrates
¤ Hambali apparently telling US tall tales
Dominance and Its Dilemmas
Posted: Tuesday, October 14, 2003
By Noam Chomsky, smh.com.au
The past year has been a momentous one in world affairs. In the normal rhythm, the pattern was set in September 2002, a month marked by several important and closely related events. The most powerful state in history announced a new National Security Strategy asserting that it will maintain global hegemony permanently: any challenge will be blocked by force, the dimension in which the US reigns supreme. (See Manifesto for world dictatorship.)
At the same time, the war drums began to beat to mobilise the population for an invasion of Iraq, which would be "the first test [of the doctrine], not the last," the New York Times observed after the invasion, "the petri dish in which this experiment in pre-emptive policy grew." And the campaign opened for the mid-term congressional elections, which would determine whether the administration would be able to carry forward its radical international and domestic agenda.
The new "imperial grand strategy," as it was aptly termed at once by John Ikenberry (a leading US academic on international relations) presents the US as "a revisionist state seeking to parlay its momentary advantages into a world order in which it runs the show," a "unipolar world" in which "no state or coalition could ever challenge" it as "global leader, protector, and enforcer". These policies are fraught with danger even for the US itself, he warned, joining many others in the foreign policy elite.
What is to be "protected" is US power and the interests it represents, not the world, which vigorously opposed the conception.
Within a few months, polls revealed that fear of the United States had reached remarkable heights, along with distrust of the political leadership, or worse. As for the test case, an international Gallup poll in December, barely noted in the US, found virtually no support for Washington's announced plans for a war carried out "unilaterally by America and its allies": in effect, the US-UK "coalition".
The basic principles of the imperial grand strategy trace back to the early days of World War II, and have been reiterated frequently since. Even before the US entered the war, planners and analysts concluded that in the postwar world the US would seek "to hold unquestioned power," acting to ensure the "limitation of any exercise of sovereignty" by states that might interfere with its global designs. They outlined "an integrated policy to achieve military and economic supremacy for the United States" in a "Grand Area," to include at a minimum the Western Hemisphere, the former British empire, and the Far East, later extended to as much of Eurasia as possible when it became clear that Germany would be defeated.
Twenty years later, elder statesman Dean Acheson instructed the American Society of International Law that no "legal issue" arises when the US responds to a challenge to its "power, position, and prestige". He was referring specifically to Washington's post-Bay of Pigs economic warfare against Cuba, but was surely aware of Kennedy's terrorist campaign aimed at "regime change," a significant factor in bringing the world close to nuclear war only a few months earlier and resumed immediately after the Cuban missile crisis was resolved.
A similar doctrine was invoked by the Reagan administration when it rejected World Court jurisdiction over its attack against Nicaragua. State Department Legal Adviser Abraham Sofaer explained that most of the world cannot "be counted on to share our view" and "often opposes the United States on important international questions." Accordingly, we must "reserve to ourselves the power to determine" which matters fall "essentially within the domestic jurisdiction of the United States" - in this case, the actions that the Court condemned as the "unlawful use of force" against Nicaragua; in lay terms, international terrorism.
Their successors continued to make it clear that the US reserved the right to act "unilaterally when necessary," including "unilateral use of military power" to defend such vital interests as "ensuring uninhibited access to key markets, energy supplies and strategic resources."
Even this small sample illustrates the narrowness of the planning spectrum. Nevertheless, the alarm bells sounded in September 2002 were justified. Acheson and Sofaer were describing policy guidelines, and within elite circles. Other cases may be regarded as worldly-wise reiterations of the maxim of Thucydides that "large nations do what they wish, while small nations accept what they must."
In contrast, Cheney-Rumsfeld-Powell and their associates are officially declaring an even more extreme policy. They intend to be heard, and took action at once to put the world on notice that they mean what they say. That is a significant difference.
The imperial grand strategy is based on the assumption that the US can gain "full spectrum dominance" by military programs that dwarf those of any potential coalition, and have useful side effects. One is to socialise the costs and risks of the private economy of the future, a traditional contribution of military spending and the basis of much of the "new economy."
Another is to contribute to a fiscal train wreck that will, it is presumed, "create powerful pressures to cut federal spending, and thus, perhaps, enable the Administration to accomplish its goal of rolling back the New Deal," a description of the Reagan program that is now being extended to far more ambitious plans.
As the grand strategy was announced on September 17, the administration "abandoned an international effort to strengthen the Biological Weapons Convention against germ warfare," advising allies that further discussions would have to be delayed for four years. A month later, the UN Committee on Disarmament adopted a resolution that called for stronger measures to prevent militarisation of space, recognizing this to be "a grave danger for international peace and security," and another that reaffirmed "the 1925 Geneva Protocol prohibiting the use of poisonous gases and bacteriological methods of warfare." Both passed unanimously, with two abstentions: the US and Israel. US abstention amounts to a veto: typically, a double veto, banning the events from reporting and history.
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