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    Arafat Threatens to Walk to Bethlehem, Gandhi Style?
    Not since the siege of Beirut, led by then Minister of Defense Ariel Sharon, has Yassir Arafat remained in the same place for so long. Now, in a sieg ... more

    Blair Lashes Out at British Media


    Darkness Eclipses Hope in the Middle East


    Rafsanjani Warns of Nuke War With Israel
    Public Warnings of Nuclear War in the Middle East and Sub-Continent have now come from Israeli, Pakistani, Indian, and now Iranian officials. Those w ... more

    Sacramento Bee Newspaper Publisher Hissed and Booed By Students - The New American Order
    Publisher of Sacramento Bee hissed and Booed for speaking up against U.S. policies

    Israeli Spying in USA, Part I
    Fox News, Dec 2001, Part I

    Israeli Spying in USA - Part IV
    Fox News, Dec 2001, Part IV

    Israeli Spying in USA - Part III
    Fox News, Dec 2001, Part III

    Israeli Spying in USA - Part 2
    FOX News, Dec 2001, Part II

    A former U.S. Attorney General on "American Militarism"
    The USA has been hijacked in the name of "security" and "patriatism" by its most no-nothing right-wing militarists. There were far better days when Am ... more

    The Pope Discovers Palestinian Refugees and skipping a meal as he fades into history
    Oh yes, the Pope who discovered Palestinian refugees camps last year, more than half a century too late; now discovers a cheap and easy way to skip a ... more

    Arafat's Last Stand
    This article by one of the most astute and thoughtful Middle East correspondents.

    WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE - Hamas
    Now the Americans are further supporting the Israeli occupation by placing bounties on Palestinians even in the territories illegally "occupied" by Is ... more

    Vatican Says Withdraw Israel
    As usual the Vatican is far too late and far too little in dealing with the Israelis. In the past decade in fact the Vatican's policies have only enc ... more

    Kashmir India/Pakistan Crisis - Following the U.S. and Israeli lead
    "The government should do what America has done in Afghanistan and what Israel is doing in Palestine. The government should not shy away from attackin ... more

    Imperial Presidency Lambasted By Most in Congress
    Richard Nixon tried to dress up the White House guard in new uniforms reminiscence of European royalty. There was such an outcry he relented. Now th ... more

    Hamas Explained - By the American Establishment that is


    Famous Egyptian Calls for BOYCOTT OF U.S. - but only once
    Qandil's program helps Egyptian TV appear to be opening up, but his shows are still prerecorded and reviewed.

    Beaten Fisk Rises Quickly To Tell More Painful Truths
    The people who were assaulted were the Afghans, the scars inflicted by us – by B-52s, not by them. And I'll say it again. If I was an Afghan refugee i ... more

    The 51st State
    On 11 December 2001 President George W. Bush stood before the nation at the White House, an Israeli flag prominently displayed right behind him for al ... more

    They call this 'the slaughterhouse'
    Christina Lamb has seen death and misery in refugee campsin many parts of Asia and Africa, but she has never seen anythings as harrowing as the 'forgo ... more

    U.S. Setting the Stage for Next War "Phases"


    US Begins To Target Other Countries


    U.S. Military To Go To Many Countries Soon
    The Bush administration has begun plans for military actions in the global war on terrorism that include placing special operations forces in multiple ... more

    Bomber 'planned chemical attack'
    His bag had been flung yards down the road, but, though seriously wounded, he tried to reach it. He was shot in the leg and chest and ... more

    Mullah Omar 'is captured'
    "Captured"?

    'Hatred' of America
    A somewhat off-key article -- for instance the bland statement that "the United States had no role in the establishment of Muslim governments either i ... more

    The Future of Afghanistan
    After first bringing about the Soviet invasion, then engaging the Soviet Empire with the help of the Mujahadin including Osama Bin Laden, then helping ... more

    US gave nod for East Timor invasion
    The United States offered full and direct approval to Indonesia's 1975 invasion of East Timor, a move by then-president Suharto which consigned the t ... more

    Arafat lashes out as US fails to condemn attacks
    It took Arafat a very long time...but: "Dear God, who cares about the Americans?" he said in the interview in the West Bank city of Ramallah. "The Am ... more

    The modern Caliphate destroyed
    On April 4, 1996, as the Taliban neared total control, he was moved by zeal to unseal a shrine in Kandahar that held a cloak believed to have belonged ... more

    Terminate America: message from a mother in mourning
    From the Syndney Morning Herald, not any US publication: "Rukia, 39, who like many Afghans uses only one name, lost her family five days ago when she ... more

    Americans Torpedo Another Inter Conf - this one on germ warfare
    "They have fired a missile at the conference. We are deeply disappointed," one senior European diplomat said.

    Anti-Americanism has real and profound roots
    Although few America-haters resort to terror, their simmering rage not only incubates violence; it also provides the moral support that can transform ... more

    Israel's Real Plot
    Things are so advanced at this point that even Newsweek magazine is beginning to write about, and the Jordanians are beginning to publicly talk about, ... more

    Shock as columnist investigated for un-American activity
    It sounds too strange to be true....

    The Last Colonial War
    Leave it to Robert Fisk to sum things up succinctly and brilliantly.

    Arafat's Long History - cleaned-up
    A rather sanitized and very incomplete, though still useful, history of Yasser Arafat

    Grounded Arafat besieged by Israel
    YASSER ARAFAT found himself bottled up in a few square miles of the West Bank town of Ramallah yesterday in possibly the toughest moment in a career o ... more

    The terrible cost of Arafat's lost history of corruption, incomptence, and cronyism
    Arafat's decades of corruption, incompetence, and cronyism have greatly contributed to the terrible predicament faced today by Palestinian people. No ... more

    Hillary and Shumer - both NY Senators Declare Arafat Like the Taliban
    Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton warned on Sunday that the United States would "root out" any terrorist elements in Yasser Arafat's Palestinian Authority - ... more

    Israelis Aim To End Oslo and Arafat Eras
    For some time the real Israeli policies have been either to trap Arafat in a false peace where he would sign away Palestinian rights giving Israel mor ... more

    Sharon's Days Are Numbered - Even His Allies Are Telling Him So
    If Sharon returns from Washington empty-handed, his national unity coalition will not survive for long. Three dead ends are too much even for the lead ... more

    Secret US plan for Iraq war
    Bush orders backing for rebels to topple Saddam

    FBI agents rebel over new powers
    The plan has caused outrage within the FBI itself with agents expected to act upon new surveillance powers describing themselves as 'very, very angry' ... more

    Taliban Mass Suicide Rather Than Surrender To Brutal US/Russian-sponsored 'Northern Alliance'
    EIGHTY Taliban prisoners of war have apparently blown themselves up rather than surrender to the Northern Alliance

    Horror Massacre in Afghanistan
    Tale of an American Taliban. A U.S. citizen on the horror at Kala Jangi. NEWSWEEK WEB EXCLUSIVE

    Spying on American Religious and Political Groups Resumes - FlashBack to Hoover Era
    Attorney General John Ashcroft is considering a plan to relax restrictions on the F.B.I.'s spying on religious and political organizations in the Unit ... more

    Helen Thomas on George Bush and the Peoples House
    But now the 201-year-old Executive Mansion belongs only to a select, elitist group of people, including top government officials, members of Congress ... more

    America's 'Talibanisation'
    Sometimes an observer who knows us well can see from afar more than we can see ourselves up close.

    Powell Plays To Public Opinion, Not Realpolitik
    Gee, how about, "The Americans must make 100 percent effort to ensure democracy and self-determination for the Palestinian people. There must be real ... more

    Jordan's King Works Harder For U.S./Britain
    Installed by the British, the Hashemite Throne has always been the greatest collaborator with the West and Israel of all the Arab "client regimes", ev ... more

    Dean of Washington Press Corps Cries Foul
    "The Bush administration is using the national trauma and state of emergency resulting from the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks to trample the Bill of Righ ... more

    A Gaza Diary: Scenes from the Palestinian Uprising
    Must Read. Important depth of understanding about what the Palestinians are actually being subjected to.

    Afghan Alliance Saying NO to Brit and U.S. Forces
    Already the tension is growing between the new Afghan warlords and the very same Brits and Americans who made it possible for them to take power.

    Terrorism came after unsuccessful U.S./Taliban talks about oil
    Add these insights into the bigger puzzle picture

    Massacres and Bloodletting in Afghanistan
    Before the bombing started, senior L.A.Times correspondent Robin Wright was asked by CNN at the last moment of an interview for her one most important ... more

    India Pakistan Conflict More Possible
    There is no real solution in sight to the Kashmir crisis. Very serious tensions now exist between these two nuclear-armed protagonists. Both are pla ... more

    U.S. totally dominated now by oil and big business interests
    Even when it came to Bin Laden and Terrorism, new book helps explain why Bin Laden was never really dealth with before 9/11.

    Hezbollah Refuses The Bait and The Bribe
    Everywhere now the Americans, in this particular case fronting for the Israelis, are bribing, threatening, infiltrating, spying. This is the brave ne ... more

    Powell Prepares Verbal Antacids, Not Actions
    Politics and War are all intertwined these days as never before. The new American media "War Room" is a propaganda operation, not even very disguised ... more

    'Rumsfeld Plan' Calls for 'New Iraq' as well
    The Americans are planning to remake the world in their image -- one safe for their multinationals, their "client regimes", and their modern-day imper ... more

    Al-Jazeera Accuses U.S. of bombing Kabul Office
    The Pentagon yesterday denied that it had deliberately targeted al-Jazeera, but said it could not explain why the office was hit.

    Movie Star Danny Glover Speaks Up
    "one of the main purveyors of violence ithis world is this country," says Movie Star Danny Glover as some in the U.S. decide they've got to speak up ... more

    Fired for Speaking Up and Sarcasm
    It's happening in many different kinds of ways far and wide now -- this is the "new USA" that goes along with the "new war" and the world of Bush/Ashc ... more

    Arafat - Not Much Credibility Left
    Little credibility Arafat wants to play ball with the Israelis and Americans and father even a fake "Palestinian State". But his people are determine ... more

    Peres seeks 'best bet' trying to trap Palestinians in pseudo 'State'
    If Peres and so many Israelis are now for a "Palestinian State", no wonder so many Palestinians are more and more skeptical than ever.

    Even the 'friendly' Kuwaitis name kids Osama
    Even the "friendly" Kuwaits are naming their kids Osama and predicting more Muslims will join the counter-jihad against the crusading USA. And, even ... more

    Arab-Israeli War More Likely than Peace
    The Egyptian President has made harsh public comments. The Saudis are jittery and mad. The U.N. is running for it. And at the helm in Israel, Sharo ... more

    Just Say 'NO' to 'PALESTINIAN STATE'
    [Read the whole article, this is satirical]. But all of a sudden, in the middle of all these atrocities, there seems to be a ray of light. The term ... more

    William Safire on the New Dictatorship
    Even the far right-wing intelligentsia is now beginning to wake up to what is happening to our country in the name of "anti-terrorism" and "the new wo ... more

    Saddam Sends Condolences to U.S. Citizens
    Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has sent a letter to a U.S. citizen personally offering condolences for the first time over the September 11 attacks on ... more

    "Palestinian State" Talk
    The Saudis would like people to believe this. And so would the Americans in their own way; and the Israelis in their own way. American Presidents ha ... more

    Americans Light The Nuclear Fuse
    The U.S., Israel, India, now with much help from Turkey -- plus of course the ongoing help, no matter how grudgingly, from the Arab "client regimes", ... more

    President William Jefferson Clinton at Georgetown University, 7 November 2001
    This is definitely not a guy to trust. And this is definitely a guy who helped bring about the chaoctic and dangerous world of today, all in the name ... more

    Saudi desperation growing - American forces more irritating
    The Saudi Royals of Arabia are both occupied and reassertive at the same time. Crown Prince Abdullah has been said to be waiting for a chance to make ... more

    U.S. Will Try Again to Change Iraqi Sanctions
    "We keep a close eye on Iraq. We will continue to work on modifying the sanctions regime so we keep the Iraqi regime bottled up with respect to the de ... more

    Afghan Boomerang - America's nurture of militant Islam and the miscalculations of Osama Bin
    Until recently, the name "Afghanistan" had an exotic ring to many, but not to US policy-makers. For a decade (1979-1989) they backed the Afghan war ag ... more

    Bin Laden a creature of CIA and US policies
    "Bin Laden is a sign of things to come" said Pakistani political analyst and critic Eqbal Ahmad before he died in 1999.

    Bin Laden interview 11/10/2001
    Bin Laden speaks up again, this time claiming to have nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction for "deterrence".

    Nuke Suitcases and other mass destruction weapons in USA?
    Are nuclear suitcases and chem/bio weaponds of mass destruction already position in the USA? Also, full Bin Laden interview published 10 November 2001 ... more

    Opponents of War Are Scarce on Television
    Even the New York Times, some two months after 911, feels the need to run a small story on one of its inside pages, wondering why "opponents" of the w ... more

    Tunnel Vision Americans Don't See What The World Sees
    " 'BBC World News' and other foreign-based programs offer an essential supplement to this tunnel vision." Even though ITN and BBC are better, for Am ... more

    Turmoil in Germany as Green Party of Foreign Minister Fischer Rebels
    The German Green Party, the party of Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer, is seething with rebellion against the German Government's seduction by the Ame ... more

    US shows video of man being blown apart


    America's Giant Killer Non-Nuke Almost-Nuke Bomb
    They have the destructive power of an atomic bomb, but they can barely make a dent in U.S. news coverage. I'm talking about the 15,000-pound bombs the ... more

    The Big Battle To Control The Middle East
    The United States is fighting two wars at the present time: a small war aimed at the capture of Osama bin Laden and his top lieutenants; and a large w ... more

    The Flower of Anti-War Protest
    The Prince of Wales has been slapped round the face with a flower by a war protester during his visit to the Baltic states.

    The Algebra of Infinite Justice - by Arundhati Roy
    President Bush's ultimatum to the people of the world - "If you're not with us, you're against us" - is a piece of presumptuous arrogance. It's not a ... more

    'Brutality Smeared in Peanut Butter' Why The War Must End Now - By Arundhati Roy
    In America, the arms industry, the oil industry, the major media networks, and, indeed, US foreign policy, are all controlled by the same business com ... more

    Creating More Future Terrorism - John Le Carre
    An internationally acclaimed author of eighteen novels, John LeCarre is also an astute political observer. In this ssay published in the The Nation, L ... more

    Ariel Sharon - full interview in The Guardian
    "The Bulldozer" plays to the media, even as his occupation army continues to kill, the neo-Apartheid policies continue to be pursued, and plans to bri ... more

    Sharon wants 1 million new Jews for Israel
    While the Palestinians are corralled on reservations, Israeli-style Bantustans in a neo-apartheid situation, the Israelis continue to bring in more Je ... more

    Real Terrorism
    History it is said is written, and thus made, by the victor. So with "terrorism" - it is usually defined by those who have the power, the money, and ... more

    The hardline Afghan-American academic
    He's long been associated with the hard-line America-first political academics in the USA, with CIA ties to boot. But he's been trying to maintain a ... more

    Islamic American Nonprofits Face Increased Scrutiny in U.S.
    While Jewish groups continue to raise huge amounts of money for Israel, the Americans are going to use the new situation to cut off as much money to P ... more

    PAKISTAN being pressured to send its nuks to China
    THE ISLAMIC BOMB. One way or another the Americnas, pushed hard by the Israelis, and in coordination with the Indians, are determined to defange Paki ... more

    Beijing produces videos glorifying terrorist
    THE Chinese state-run propaganda machine is cashing in on the terror attacks in New York and Washington, producing books ... more

    Sands of Corruption - Sunday Cover story
    Cover story about Saudi Arabia in the SUNDAY BUSINESS POST, published in Dublin, Ireland. MER Publisher Mark Bruzonsky is quoted.

    Unprecedented Spying and Surveillance - U.S. Being Transformed Towards Police State


    Massive Secret Detention Round-Up Under Way


    Marines and Israelis Prepare to "SafeGuard" Pakistani Nuks
    U.S. Marines Could Safeguard Pakistan's Nuclear Weapons In The Event Of A Pakistani Uprising Or Overthrow Of President ---- Coalition Information Cent ... more

    How 'Houdini' Arafat defies death
    At the moment, ironically, it's the CIA working closely with Egyptian, Saudi, and Jordanian intelligence services that keeps Yasser Arafat alive and h ... more

    'Anti-Americanism' Has Roots in U.S. Foreign Policy
    There are real, serious, and historically deep reasons for so much "anti-Americanism" around the world. Mushahid Hussein, graduate of Georgetown Univ ... more

    The Coming Arab Crash
    THE COMING ARAB CRASH - By Said Aburish - Wishful thinking? One of the most astute Arab political analysts, writing from London, looks ahead. "The ... more

    Saying the Unsayable
    SAYING THE UNSAYABLE. The link between "the new war" and the old long-festering issue of Palestine. David Hirst gets a bit optimistic.

    BIG BROTHER PENTAGON
    The U.S. Military is buying up all the satellite photos of Afghanistan -- not to use, for they already have much better photo capabilities -- but to p ... more

    Really Scary Pentagon Secret Terror Plans From The Past
    This one should really scare you! Pentagon-created terror-on-the-homefront plans to create the excuse to invade Cuba and get ride of Castro. If that ... more

    British Muslim support for terror
    SUNDAY TIMES - London - 4 Nov. FOUR out of every 10 British Muslims believe Osama Bin Laden is justified in mounting his war against the United Stat ... more

    Bush to push for "viable Palestinian State"
    This game of political deception and verbal combat has been going on for some decades now. Jimmy Carter was the first American President to publicly ... more

    Backyard terrorism - In Georgia, USA
    The U.S. stands accused of considerable "terrorism" itself by many in the world. "The School of the Americas" in Georgia has been at the top of the l ... more

    CHOMSKY - New War, New World
    Professor Noam Chomsky gives this extraordinary overview of our new world and the "new war"

    Going After the ISLAMIC BOMB
    The U.S. -- working closely with Israel and India, two countries which have themselves been working together for years to try to take out Pakistan's n ... more

    Israel accused of massacre on West Bank’s bloodiest day
    The village of Beit Rima, where the Israeli operation was under way, remained sealed off last night amid Palestinian accusations, denied by Israel, th ... more

    LeMonde, Al Jazeera Censored in US, Internet Under Surveillance
    Censorship USA
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