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    Britain Prepares for Bio Attacks
    UK may cordon off cities after terror attacksLONDON, Dec 29 (Reuters) - Britain may impose emergency cordons around London and other major cities to s ... more

    Lessons for America About The Fall of Empires
    Lessons from the fall of an empireBy Harold James[Financial Times - December 29 2002]It is the time of year when people are casting about for good boo ... more

    Saudis Give US What US Demands
    Saudi Arabia Said to Assure U.S. on Use of BasesBy ERIC SCHMITTNYTimes - 29 Dec: WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 — Saudi Arabia has told American military offici ... more

    Final War Preparations Now Underway
    Military Forces Ordered to Gulf U.S. Beginning Final Buildup To Face Iraq By Vernon LoebWashington Post - Saturday, December 28, 2002; Page A01 Defens ... more

    Occupation Soldiers Force Child to Act Like Suicide for the Camera
    Occupation Soldiers Force Child to Act Like Suicide for the CameraBy Romal al-Sweiti (Al-Hayat Al-Jadida daily newspaper) - Dec 27, 2002 (Translated b ... more

    'Dreaming of Palestine' - Palestinian Teenager's Novel of Opposition
    "The novel, 'Dreaming of Palestine,' mounts a fiery case against theIsraelis' treatment of Palestinians"---------------Dreaming of Palestine, Teenager ... more

    Badly Needed - REGIME CHANGE USA
    He is looking forward to starting World War Three in the new year and Dad has been helping him find Iraq on the old family atlas. Coincidentally, this ... more

    Not Going to Class? Then Go to Jail! The New USA
    The Guardian (UK)Saturday December 28, 2002US jails 'work shy' foreign students At least six Middle Eastern students in Colorado have been detained in ... more

    U.S. Troops Going to Israel
    Critics of the government are accusing Mr Sharon of overstating the threat to Israel - with claims that Saddam Hussein has smuggled chemical and biolo ... more

    Noteables Speak Out Against US/UK/Israeli War
    NOTABLES SPEAK OUT Religious leaders and politicians are continuing to voicetheir opposition to war in Iraq.Opposition comes as the head of Nato said ... more

    Unknown, Unpopular Truths About Camp David II
    Barak's proposals spoke of a foothold, without sovereignty, for the Palestinians in some of the neighborhoods in the Jerusalem "envelope." All that Ba ... more

    More Israelis Refusing Military Service - Bibi's Nephew Included!
    REFUSING TO FIGHT IN ISRAELBy JOANNE MARINERMonday, Dec. 23, 2002Benjamin Netanyahu's nephew is in jail. Having refused to serve in theIsraeli Defense ... more

    NO WAR says former OXFAM Director
    Iraqis' suffering can be made worse By Barbara Stocking** The writer is director of Oxfam. International Herald Tribune - 27 Dec: Don't go to w ... more

    Internationals Being Arrested/Deported by Israelis
    International Delegates arriving for Palestinian Social Forum arrested atBen Gurion Airport26th December 2002Ten representatives from Belgium, Spain a ... more

    Hollyood Vs. Washington
    Top Talent Lining the War PathBy Pamela McClintockNEW YORK (Variety - 27 Dec) - Sean Penn (news)'s visit to Baghdad earlier this month probably wasn't ... more

    Sadest Ever Christmas in Bethlehem
    Arafat was the ghost of Christmas past in`saddest-ever' Bethlehem rites By Ha'aretz Staff and Reuters[Ha'aretz - 26 Dec]Palestinian Authority Chairman ... more

    Israelis Now Arresting 100+ Palestinians Weekly
    1,800 Palestinians arrested in the last fourmonths By Amos HarelDuring the last four months, Israeli security forces have arrested 1,800 Palestinians ... more

    Pope Tries to Confront US March to War
    Inquiry on the Diplomatic Offensive of John Paul II's VaticanBy Henri TincqParis le Monde 25 December 2002 In his message to the world on December 25, ... more

    What the Israelis Have Done to Nablus
    The other Nablus I know By Amira Hass[Ha'aretz - 25 Dec 2002]The commander of the paratroopers' brigade, Lieutenant Colonel Aviv Kochavi, was intervi ... more

    President Moron
    Some quotes of President George W Bush - "If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure." George W. Bush, Jr.- "Republicans understand the importanc ... more

    China Warns Threatening U.S.


    Mankind Turns The Dark Biological Corner


    US and Israel Team Up One More Time for 'Airline Shield'


    CIA Torture Revealed
    U.S. Decries Abuse but Defends Interrogations'Stress and Duress' Tactics Used on Terrorism Suspects Held in Secret Overseas FacilitiesBy Dana Priest a ... more

    A Terrible Christmas in Bethlehem


    Taliban-Friendly in Pakistan
    Pakistan's Taliban-friendly cornerThe new hard-line government in the northwest has challenged Pakistan's pro-US stance in the war on terror.By Scott ... more

    Peaceteam Iraq - Chicago Activists Set Up Shop in Baghdad


    Radioactive Iraq - Again Thanks to USA


    Al-Jazeera English Is Coming in the New Year
    Top Arab TV network to hit US marketBy Cameron W. Barr

    An International Call for 'Human Shields' in Iraq
    A Call to Action - Human Shields Needed in Iraq "Truth alone will endure, all the rest will be swept away before the tideof time." - GandhiProblem - I ... more

    Hezbollah Becomes Potent Anti-U.S. Force
    Hezbollah Becomes Potent Anti-U.S. ForceBy NEIL MacFARQUHARNYTimes - 24 Dec: NABATIYE, Lebanon — The Hezbollah band marched through first, its thumpi ... more

    'Holy War' Expands
    Afghan warlord to aid al QaedaISLAMABAD, Pakistan - AP - 26 Dec: — An Afghan rebel leader yesterday said that his forces have allied with Taliban and ... more

    US to Unleash New Weapons on Iraq
    U.S. ready to unleash weaponsBy Rowan ScarboroughTHE WASHINGTON TIMES - 26 Dec: The Army plans to quickly deploy its new Shadow 200 spy plane if t ... more

    PM Blair's Own Priest Slams Him Over Iraq War
    BLAIR SLAMMED OVER IRAQ WAR BY HIS OWN PRIESTBy Tom Newton Dunn, Defence Correspondent Daily Mirror, UK - 26 Dec:TONY BLAIR was yesterday accused of " ... more

    The Thugs in the White House - Pilger
    One of George W Bush's "thinkers" is Richard Perle. I interviewed Perle when he was advising Reagan; and when he spoke about "total war", I mistakenly ... more

    Despotic Tyranny For Arabs - Origins?
    It is hard for us to understand the intoxicating appeal of pan-Arab Islamic nationalism; the dream of an Arabia without borders, united under a restor ... more

    Aid groups warn of disaster in Iraq
    UN officials complain that the US administration is refusing to listen to warnings about the scale of the possible humanitarian disaster. 'There is a ... more

    West Made Iraqi 'Monster'
    Other sales listed in the Iraqi dossier have been legal and often made with the knowledge of governments before sales to Iraq were banned. Between 198 ... more

    North Korean Threatens to 'Destroy the Earth' if US Attacks


    'We Will Pound Them to Smithereens' - General Mitza, head of Israeli Labor Party
    There were only two declarations, somewhat mutually contradictory, that drew tumultuous applause from the students, perhaps because they caught the mo ... more

    Two Weeks in Palestine - Eyewitness Account


    The DIVEST from Israel Campaign
    Jewish professors keep divestment drive aliveBy Patrick HealyBoston Globe - 12/21/2002:CAMBRIDGE - The national movement to pressure universities to p ... more

    Wolfowitz Pretends Loyalty While Pushing War Forever Agenda
    United on the Risks of a War With IraqBy Paul WolfowitzMonday, December 23, 2002; Page A19A Dec. 18 front-page article "Projection on Fall of Hussein ... more

    A Tortured Palestinian Soul
    A Tortured Palestinian Soul Better to die for life, than to live for nothing at all.A terrorist,They call me.As I try to breatheAs I ... more

    The FBI Strikes Back
    Even as TIME Magazine puts her and other 'whistle-blowers' on its front cover, the FBI sends its messages however muted and bureaucratic. Washington ... more

    Arab League denounces US veto on UN resolution
    Arab League denounces US veto on UN resolutionVanguard Nigeria Monday, December 23, 2002 CAIRO: THE Arab League denounced the United States yesterday ... more

    Cities Appeal to Feds to Respect Civil Rights
    Cities Urge Restraint in Fight Against TerrorBy MICHAEL JANOFSKYNew York Times - 23 Dec:FLAGSTAFF, Ariz., Dec. 20 — Nearly two dozen cities around the ... more

    UN chief issues secret orders for war in Iraq
    UN chief issues secret orders for war in IraqFrom James Bone in New YorkAgencies told to prepare for civil unrest and 900,000 refugeesTHE United Natio ... more

    'Bleakest Christmas of our lives'


    Malaysian PM Pleads With US To Stop Oppressing Muslims
    Malaysia urges US to do more to stop oppression on Muslims Kuala Lumpur, Dec 21, IRNA -- Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad called upon the ... more

    Many Innocents Held by US
    Many Held at Guantanamo Not Terrorists: At least 59 detainees were deemed to be of no intelligence value after repeated interrogations in Afghanistan ... more

    The 'Secret War' on Iraq - Pilger in The Mirror
    THE SECRET WAR ON IRAQBy John PilgerThe Mirror, UK, 19 December 2002:THE American and British attack on Iraq has already begun. While the Blair govern ... more

    A VOTE FOR MITZNA IS A VOTE FOR SHARON!
    A VOTE FOR MITZNA IS A VOTE FOR SHARONTanya ReinhartThis is an extended version of a column in the Israeli daily Yediot Aharonot, December 22, 2002.Ju ... more

    Palestinian Loose Crucial Information Battle...
    It's a gross distortion of history, that's for sure. But this article in the left-leaning Guardian is what many in the world misguidedly believe. Fo ... more

    Daily Horror and Terror now for Palestinians
    As Big Powers Meet, West Bank, Gaza See Another Brutal DayPalestinian: 'The World Has Lost Sensitivity'By Molly MooreWashington Post Foreign ServiceSa ... more

    US Troops to Israel to Prepare Missile Defenses - War Nears
    Israel Steps Up Preparations for Gulf WarWashington Post - Sunday, December 22, 2002; 8:14 AMBy Gwen AckermanJERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel has stepped ... more

    One US Senator Dares Face Partial Reality About Bin Laden
    SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCERhttp://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/100835_murray20.shtmlMurray asks students to weigh bin Laden's appealFriday, December 20 ... more

    An Example of What's So Wrong with the USA politically
    He use to be Mayor of New York City, the cith with the largest Jewish population in the world. And he has just expressed himself for the New Year of ... more

    'There is a lunatic with Weapons of Mass Destruction 'Ramping Up' for a war that will imperil the whole world - Stop Him (Bush!)'
    BUSH'S RACE TO WAR PUTS WORLD AT RISKTHE day has been marked in President Bush's diary. January 27, 2003. The date when he will decide on war against ... more

    USG to 'Monitor' 'Health' of Internet...(Get it?)
    Bush to propose requiring ISPs to monitor NetBy John Markoff and John SchwartzNew York TimesNYTimes - 19 Dec: The Bush administration is planning to ... more

    Lebanon Bans US Propaganda
    Lebanon Bans U.S. 'Image' TV SpotsBEIRUT, Lebanon (AP - 20 Dec 02) -- Lebanon has refused to allow the broadcast of U.S. government TV spots aimed at ... more

    Erakat Makes Fool of Himself One More Time
    Saving the Two-State SolutionBy SAEB EREKAT New York Times Op Ed - 20 Dec: JERUSALEM — Palestinians are committed to two equal states for two equal pe ... more

    Israel's New 'Iron Wall'
    No Peace in Sight, Israelis Trust in a WallBy JAMES BENNETNew York Times - 17 Dec: KIBBUTZ METZER, Israel, Dec. 11 — The steel gate drew open and, in ... more

    Sharon's Promise - A Washington Post Twist
    Mr. Sharon's Promise Monday, December 16, 2002; Page A24 MOST ISRAELIS yearn for a peace settlement. In polls, a large majority say they are ready to ... more

    DC Cameras To 'Monitor' All Future Washington Protests, Gatherings
    Cameras to monitor protestersBrian DeBoseTHE WASHINGTON TIMES-December 20, 2002The Metropolitan Police Department will activate surveillance cameras n ... more

    Jordan - It's the wrong image, especially with the Palestinian facing Israeli tanks
    Jordan - It's the wrong image, especially with the Palestinian facing Israeli tanks and with the Arab world facing neo-colonial crusader-style control ... more

    MUSLIM Suspicions
    Muslim suspicions lingerBy Mushahid HussainInter Press Service via Asia TimesDecember 20, 2002ISLAMABAD - A number of steps taken by the United States ... more

    Only in America - The case of the Pubic Hair Pizza


    More OUTRAGE at the U.N.
    The US has seized control of just about everything at the UN, and that includes the Secretary-General and the recent Iraqi report. Nearly two-third o ... more

    Professors of Conscience
    800 American professors sign document warning of coming Israeli ethnic cleansingBy Nigel ParryEarlier this year, 187 Israeli professors signed an "Urg ... more

    Weblog - ISRAEL and the INTIFADA - The Guardian


    Bernard Lewis - Dually Loyal to the US and Israel
    Bernard Lewis: In the service of empireBy Lamis Andoni"Bernard Lewis has brilliantly placed the relationships and the issues of the Middle East into t ... more

    Full text of George Bush's speech on Israel and a Palestinian state - 25 June 2002
    Full text of George Bush's speech on Israel and a Palestinian stateTuesday June 25, 2002For too long, the citizens of the Middle East have lived in th ... more

    Bush Pentagon Plans East Coast Mid-East Anti-Missiles Too
    Pentagon plans defense against Mideast missilesBill GertzTHE WASHINGTON TIMES - December 19, 2002: The Pentagon is planning to build a second miss ... more

    The Anti-Arab White House
    White House’s anti-Arab agenda: Can anyone halt the march to war against Baghdad? By Patrick Seale*The appointment of Eliott Abrams, a pro-Israeli haw ... more

    Indian Attack on Pakistan - Almost...Twice This Year
    India planned twice to attack Pakistan, says report By Jawed NaqviDawn - 18 December 2002] - NEW DELHI, Dec 17: Indian leadership had planned twice to ... more

    Journalists Need Fear More Telling the Truth
    Robert Fisk: Journalists are under fire for telling the truth[The Independent - 18 December 2002]:First it was Roger Ailes, the chairman of the Fox Ne ... more

    Oil, Iraq, and America


    The Slaughter of Bicycling Children in Palestine
    Cameraman records the slaughter of bicycling childrenBy Stephen Farrell in JeninThe tank pulls into view, its barrel pointing straight down Jasmine St ... more

    Jordan's Abdullah Continues Betrayal of Palestine
    Jordan's Abdullah Continues Betrayal of PalestineBy Iqbal JassatMontreal Muslim News NetworkDecember 17, 2002 No matter how eloquently King Abdullah I ... more

    'The Price of Israel'
    THE PRICE OF ISRAEL BY CHARLEY REESE[CSM - 16 Dec 2002]: The Christian Science Monitor published in its Dec. 9 edition a stor ... more

    The Ways of Mean and Tough Washington
    IN DEFENSE OF LOTTBy Dick MorrisNYPost, December 16, 2002 -- Bob Crandall, the former president of American Airlines, once told me the difference ... more

    Order of Succession: Bush-Clinton-Bush-Clinton
    Exclusive: Dick Morris Says Hillary Will Be America's Next PresidentCarl Limbacher, NewsMax.comWednesday, May 8, 2002: Not only will Sen. Hillary Cl ... more

    Morris Pushes Lieberman
    JOE SCORES IN '04December 17, 2002 -- THE man most advantaged by Al Gore's withdrawal from the 2004 presidential race is his former running mate - Sen ... more

    Jewish Lobby Accuses PBS of 'Recruiting for Islam'!
    PBS, RECRUITING FOR ISLAMBy DANIEL PIPESDecember 17, 2002 -- WHAT would be the best way to convert lots of Americans to Islam?Forget print, go to film ... more

    Unable to control/snoop Wi-Fi, Pentagon Seeks To Limit It
    December 17, 2002Limits Sought on Wireless Internet AccessBy JOHN MARKOFFSAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 16 — The Defense Department, arguing that an increasingly ... more

    Covert Pentagon Propaganda War Expanding Greatly
    Pentagon Debates Propaganda Push in Allied NationsBy THOM SHANKER and ERIC SCHMITTNew York Times - 16 Dec: WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 — The Defense Departmen ... more

    USG Further Corralling and Marginalizing Dissent of all Kinds
    Justice sends Bush camp a sign: Dissident corral not OKBy Brian O'NeillPittsburg Post-Gazette - Sunday, November 03, 2002:You had to have sympathy for ... more

    US to Carve Up for Itself World's Oil Riches
    Carve-up of oil riches beginsUS plans to ditch industry rivals and force end of Opec, write Peter Beaumont and Faisal IslamSunday November 3, 2002The ... more

    Bush's Problem with Criticism and Dissent
    President seems unable to bear the sight or sound of dissentBy ROBYN E. BLUMNER© St. Petersburg Times - October 13, 2002:President Bush seems to think ... more

    Europeans Attempting to Build Pentagon II


    Huge American Armada Will Take Iraq


    Anti-Jewishness Spreads to Canada


    Ramsey Clark - 'The Crusader'


    Truly 'Dually Loyal' American Jew Takes Over in White House NSC
    ABRAMS' APPOINTMENT STRENGTHENS ANTI-OSLO CAMPThe anti-Oslo camp gained important points last week with U.S. President George Bush's appointment of El ... more

    Major 'Hindu' as opposed to 'Secular' victory in India
    Hindu Nationalists Win Landslide Vote in Indian StateBy AMY WALDMANNYTimes, 16 Dec - NEW DELHI, Dec. 15 — In an election that was widely viewed as a r ... more

    Blair to Palestinians - Come on over to London guys
    If the Palestinians were smart and had a serious political strategy they would tell Tony 'No Thanks'. At the very very least they would tell Blair, o ... more

    US Pushes for New Iraqi Future at London Conference - Chalabi in the Lead


    High-Tech SpaceAge Weapons Could Finish Iraq Quickly
    Hi-tech arms 'would finish war in a week'By Andrew Buncombe in Washington15 December 2002The American weaponry likely to be deployed in any military s ... more

    'The World Is Entitled to Know Why'
    The basic problem with this very mild and overly generous 'Independent' Editorial is that the propaganda machine of the American Empire is now so supe ... more

    Clinton Boosts Bush To Take on N Korea, et. al.
    Clinton says he had a plan to attack North Korean reactor in 1994By TOBY STERLING, Associated Press WriterROTTERDAM, Netherlands -15 Dec: Former U.S. ... more

    Dramatic US War Escalation - Hellfire Assassinations to expand
    HERSH/NEW YORKER: RUMMY'S TERROR HUNT[Drudge Report - Sun Dec 15 2002]:The November 3rd killing of Qaed Salim Sinan al-Harethi, an Al Qaeda leader, in ... more

    Prominent Arabs Urge Palestinians to totally scrap 'Oslo'
    Arabs urge Arafatto abolish Oslo AccordsPetition says collapse of Iraqto lead to U.S.-Israel hegemony15 December - © 2002 WorldNetDaily.com:Some 70 pr ... more

    Osama's BackPack Nukes Arsenal
    Bush, Blair warnedof bin Laden nukesAl-Qaida purchased 20 suitcase armsfrom former KGB agents, says report[14 Dec - © 2002 WorldNetDaily.com]President ... more

    Israel Threaten Nuclear War Against Islam
    Israel Threatens to Launch Nuclear Attack on Islamic Sites By Our Staff Writer THERAN -- A high-ranking Israeli officer threatened that the Zionist re ... more

    Zionism and the Jews of the World
    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Zionism doesn't define Jews - it divides usBy GABOR MATιThursday, D ... more

    The US, Kissinger, Chile, and the World
    Involvement in Chile catching up to Kissinger and Nixon officialsNews Report By Christopher ReillyYellowTimes.org Journalist(YellowTimes.org - April 0 ... more

    'Voices in the Wilderness' - Back in Iraq
    They truly are in many ways 'Voices in the Wilderness'; but no matter how politically and historically naive at times one has to admire for their dete ... more

    US Arms Firms Helped Saddam During Reagan and Bush Senior Years
    http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/ny-woiraq1213,0,6728592.storySource: U.S. Firms on List Aided Iraq Arms DevelopmentBy Mohamad BazziUnite ... more

    Does Al-Qaeda have 'BackPack Nukes'?
    Whether it's a leaked story designed to create more fear and build more support for the US/Israeli war, or whether it may be true...there's really no ... more

    CIA now authorized to Assassinate Worldwide
    Bush widens authority of CIA to kill terroristsNew York Times Published Dec. 15, 2002TERR15 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Bush administration has prepared ... more

    Assad Warns UK War Will Bring More Chaos and Terrorism from Throughout Middle East
    Assad to give Blair warning on Iraq[Daily Express, UK, 15 Dec}:Syrian president Bashar Assad is expected to warn Tony Blair against war with Iraq afte ... more

    Oil, Power, and Conflict
    "Tracking the oil scent"By Matthew Riemer(YellowTimes.org - 12 Dec) – If recent history is a reliable indicator of things to come, then the Caspian Se ... more

    Israel's War of the Womb - An Existential War
    Understanding the Existential ThreatIsrael's Demographic Obsessionby WILL YOUMANS7 December 2002: When pundits and commentators declare that Israel's ... more

    US Government Filled With 'Dually-Loyal' American Jews and Israeli Supporters
    A Rose By Another Other NameThe Bush Administration's Dual Loyaltiesby KATHLEEN and BILL CHRISTISONformer CIA political analystsSince the long-forgott ... more

    The PBS TV Mohammed
    PBS Biography Succeeds Even Without Its Big Star Prohibition on Image Complicates 'Muhammad'By Caryle MurphyWashington Post Staff WriterSaturday, Dece ... more

    US and Israel Expand Military Might into Islamic World
    "Washington remorselessly expands its military presence in the Islamicworld in order to fight the anti-American terrorism that its presencecauses. No ... more

    American media called instruments of war propaganda
    American media called instruments of war propaganda By Jesse J. DeConto[Sea Coast - December 12, 2002]PORTSMOUTH - What’s been going on in Iraq for th ... more

    Just like the real thing, Dubya Doll Talks Tough and Occasionally Makes Mistakes
    'Dubya doll' talks toughDec 13 2002A new President Bush doll is talking tough on terror, and just like the real George W, it occasionally makes mistak ... more

    Stand By World: American Is Having 'Technical Difficulties'


    Preparations for US-controlled NATO force to further occupy Palestinians
    While so much else is going on, underway is an American-Israeli plan to further occupy the Palestinians with a NATO force controlled by the Americans ... more

    US Greatly Steps Up Campaign to Infiltrate and Propagandize in Middle East
    "Powell Unveils U.S.-Arab Initiative" is the headline. The reality is the US will now pumb many more millions into spying, propaganda, and manipulati ... more

    Turkey (and US)Told 'No Thanks' By EU


    The Mohamed Battle in America


    Bush Uses Walters and ABC to Push His PR
    PRESIDENT AND MRS. BUSH SPEAK TO BARBARA WALTERS IN COMPREHENSIVE INTERVIEW AIRING ON “20/20,” DECEMBER 13, 10 PM ON ABC“War is my last option, not my ... more

    Hezbollah in Lebanon Also Targeted in the War Ahead
    Hezbollah says Canada was duped into calling them terroristsOTTAWA - CBC - 12 Dec- Hezbollah says it has been the victim of a propaganda campaign and ... more

    Actor Sean Penn goes to Baghdad


    Iran Also Targeted by US and Israel
    It was only a few weeks ago that Israel's Sharon publicly declared that immediately after Iraq is taken care of, the US must target Iran. Now officia ... more

    Oh No! Carter Willing to Mediate Mideast Talks
    Carter Willing to Mediate Mideast TalksBy Karl RitterAssociated Press WriterThursday, December 12, 2002UPPSALA, Sweden –– Former President Jimmy Carte ... more

    Gore Vidal Claims 'Bush Junta' Complicit In 911!
    Gore Vidal Claims 'Bush Junta' Complicit In 911!By Sunder KatwalaThe Observer - London - 10-27-2America's most controversial novelist calls for an inv ... more

    The Bushes, the CIA, and Bin-Laden...


    The Council on Foreign Relations - CFR
    Americans Have a Right to Know About The Council on Foreign Relationsby John F. McManusThere exists in our nation today a privately-run organization w ... more

    The Bloodthirsty USA - Harold Pinter
    The American Administration Is A Bloodthirsty Wild AnimalBy Harold Pinter [The Daily Telegraph - UK - 12-11-2]:Earlier this year, I had a major operat ... more

    British academic boycott of Israel gathers pace
    British academic boycott of Israel gathers pace Andy Beckett and Ewen MacAskillThursday December 12, 2002The Guardian Evidence is growing that a Briti ... more

    The 'Transfer' 'Final Solution'
    TRANSFER[Ha'aretz, 12 Dec 2002]: `Transfer? I have no ethical problem with that' Hundreds of faithful jammed the Bessarabian Immigran ... more

    Israeli-centric Pugnatious Hardliner Now Heads White House NSC Mid-East Affairs
    Pugmacious Israeli-centric American Jew Now Heads National Security Council Middle East AffairsBy STEVEN R. WEISMAN [New York Times - December 7, 2002 ... more

    Jewish State Faces Historic Moment and Historic Problems
    Dove, hawk square off in contest to lead Israel By MICHAEL MATZA Philadelphia Inquirer JERUSALEM - 10 Dec: The Israeli-Palestinian bloodshed co ... more

    'Two Weeks in Palestine' - Jewish American Activist Reports


    The 2002 Ginnosar Scandal, Linked to the 1984 Shinbet Scandal
    WATCH THE GINOSAR SCANDAL GO AWAYby Barry ChamishOn December 4, Maariv broke the biggest scandal in years in the biggest way in years. On Thursday, th ... more

    Our Incoherent Foreign Policy Fuels Middle East Turmoil by Congressman Ron Paul
    Our Incoherent Foreign Policy Fuels Middle East Turmoil by Congressman Ron Paulby Congressman Ron PaulThousands of American troops already occupy Afgh ... more

    The U.S. Government, Not the Hijackers, 'Chose' the Date of the 9-11 Attacks
    The U.S. Government, Not the Hijackers, 'Chose' the Date of the 9-11 AttacksBarbara Honegger of BabelMagazine.comby Barbara HoneggerFrom the start, th ... more

    Hitchens was never innocent -- and neither were we
    Hitchens was never innocent -- and neither were weBy Steven Salaita(YellowTimes.org) – The pronoun "we" insinuates some type of communal affinity, fam ... more

    Ted Turner - Thinks His Money Collapsed like WTT, and Bush is Helping the UN!
    TURNER COMPARES HIS EMPIRE COLLAPSE TO WORLD TRADE TOWERSAOLTIMEWARNER vice chairman Ted Turner has opened his mouth again, this time on Wednesday at ... more

    Palestinian Society Further Deteriorating - Just as Israelis Want
    Crime wave in West Bank as unpaid cops turn rogueSPECIAL TO WORLD TRIBUNE.COMThursday, December 12, 2002JERUSALEM — Palestinians are undergoing a wave ... more

    Start of Civil-Disobedience Movement - Ben Cohen, et. al, arrested
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    The US African Horn Beachhead - Djibouti
    A U.S. Beachhead On Horn of AfricaRegion's Importance in War on Terror Grows With Use of Strategic DjiboutiBy Emily WaxWashington Post Foreign Service ... more

    Preparations to Occupy Iraq Go More Public
    After many months preparations, not wanting to 'provoke' an Iraqi attack too soon, the US is now getting down to the serious business of preparing to ... more

    Mercenary Iraq Force Training Expands
    Bush approves $92m to train Iraqi militia to take on SaddamEwen MacAskill and Ian TraynorThe Guardian - December 11, 2002:President George Bush has fo ... more

    Senior Israeli Military Calls for Destroying Mecca and Medina
    Zionist officer calls for destroying Makkah and MedinaTel Aviv - A senior Zionist officer has asked his government to declare beforehand that any nucl ... more

    West Point Prepares Next Generation For New Wars


    `We do not support your war'
    Judy Davis: `We do not support your war'BY JUDY DAVIS*[Speaking to anti-war rally in Sydney, Australia, 30 Nov 2002]:I remember my horror the day in 1 ... more

    John Pilger: `The Americans want Iraq's oil'
    John Pilger: `The Americans want Iraq's oil'BY JOHN PILGER[Speaking in Sydney, Australia, 30 Nov]:Today, I am reminded of all the other great demonstr ... more

    How McDonalds Keeps An Anti-US Wolrld Buying Big Macs


    We May Use Nukes First....If - US Warns World One More Time
    U.S. warns potential enemies: Retaliation could include nukesWASHINGTON (CNN - 11 Dec) --The Bush administration is issuing a reminder of its policy t ... more

    Hollywood Famous Protest Upcoming War
    US actors, activists protest military action against IraqAFP WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2002 LOS ANGELES: About 100 US television and film starsincluding ... more

    Sharon Blurts Out 'We Control America'
    Sharon Says "we control America", Congressional Pandering to Israel Proves Him Right By Dr. Mohamed Khodr[Palestine Chronicle - Monday, November 19 20 ... more

    The UN Has Finally Died
    ''Blowing the U.N. a goodbye kiss''Printed on Monday, November 11, 2002By Paul Harris(YellowTimes.org - 11 Nov) – The United Nations has finally died. ... more

    Manufacturing the news: a report on Thomas Friedman
    Manufacturing the news: a report on Thomas FriedmanBy John Paul Jones(YellowTimes.org - 30 Nov 2002) – In the transformation of the American economy i ... more

    Conquer and Divide - US Plans for the Middle East
    Bush's Mideast plan: Conquer and divideBy ERIC MARGOLIS NEW YORK, 8 Dec -- Arms inspections are a "hoax," said Tariq Aziz, Iraq's deputyprime ministe ... more

    Closing Words of Doug Feith at the Pentagon
    Closing Words of Douglas FeithBy Al KamenMonday, December 9, 2002; Page A21To outsiders, Pentagon policymakers grapple daily with profound national se ... more

    Doug Feith - #3 at the Pentagon
    No. 3 Civilian Ruffles Feathers at the PentagonBy Thomas E. Ricks and Vernon LoebWashington Post Staff WritersSunday, December 8, 2002; Page A08As the ... more

    Muslims Didn't Bloody Those Borders First...
    LETTERS: MUSLIMS DIDN'T BLOODY THOSE BORDERS FIRSTWashington Post, 12/10/02 - Letter to the Editor:Charles Krauthammer should be congratulated for dis ... more

    No 'Killer Proof' Admit Brits and Americans
    US AND UK ADMIT LACK OF 'KILLER' PROOFJulian Borger, Nick Paton-Walsh, Ewen MacAskill, Richard Norton-TaylorThe Guardian, 12/10/02:The US and Britain ... more

    Iraq Got Its Dangerous Weapons from US and UK Originally
    HOW DID IRAQ GET ITS WEAPONS? WE SOLD THEMNeil Mackay and Felicity ArbuthnotSunday Herald - 10 Dec:THE US and Britain sold Saddam Hussein the technolo ... more

    BUSH'S FRIGHTENING MIDDLE EAST APPOINTMENT
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    American Jewish community whipping up more anti-Islam sentiments


    Carter Gently Warns of potentially "catastrophic consequences" of a pre-emptive US war on Iraq


    USG Uses Media Through 'Anonymous Sources' to Propagandize for War
    Anonymous sources fueling push for war12/9/2002 By DOUGLAS TURNERWASHINGTON - A generation ago, the great investigative reporter and columnist Jack An ... more

    The USS George H.W. Bush - Oy Veh!


    It's the Israelis that Have Lots of Nuclear Bombs...and all of America's Nuclear Secrets
    Learning the Hard Wayby Joe Sobran "The Israelis now possess all the nuclear secrets of the United States." This is the conclusion of Sean McD ... more

    Pilger Exposes the Lies, the Damned Lies...and the Reasons
    LIES, DAMNED LIES AND TERROR WARNINGS By John Pilger ON November 7, the day before the United Nations Security Council voted on a resolution tha ... more

    US Grabs Control of UN's Iraq Weapons Report


    Israel's Vast Propaganda Machine
    Israel Pulls a Fast One, and Gets Caught "I have a question: If the Israelis are running phony 'Al Qaeda' cells in Palestine and Lebanon, why not in S ... more

    USG Pushing for even greater media consolidation and control
    A Call for Media DemocracyFAIR.ORGAs the country reels from some of the biggest business scandals in U.S. history, the Federal Communications Commissi ... more

    Medical Experts Warn of Human Devastation in Iraq
    Medical experts warn of devastating impact of US war vs. IraqBy Simon WheelanWSWS.ORG6 December 2002A new report by Medact, an organisation of medical ... more

    Police State Coming - Photographer Arrested For Taking Public Pictures of VP Cheney's Hotel
    NATIONAL ALERT, IT HAS BEGUN: PHOTOGRAPHER ARRESTED FOR TAKING PICTURES OF VICE PRESIDENT'S HOTEL !_________________An amateur photographer named Mike ... more

    Carter Accepts Nobel Peace Prize...
    It's another historical travesty and tragedy. The sadly naive and confused Nobel 'Peace Prize' Committee seems to wallow in such every time it deals w ... more

    US Takes UN's Iraq Report . Russians, others, protest...
    US TAKES ONLY COPY OF COMPLETE IRAQ DECLARATION. Deputy Russian Ambassador Gennady Gatilov said the United States had taken the council's lone copy ... more

    What the Middle East Really Needs - Not the US Approach
    What the Middle East region needsBy Ibrahim Saif ACCORDING TO World Bank estimates, measured poverty rates in the Middle East region are lower th ... more

    Elliott Abrams Returns to Run White House Middle East Policy
    Elliott Abrams Is BackJim Lobe, Foreign Policy in FocusNeoconservative hawks in the administration of President George W. Bush have won a major battle ... more

    Blasting Away in DC - New Super Bomb Shelters and Conmand Posts for the Top Guys


    Canadian Group Sending Human Shields to Iraq and Weapons Inspectors to US


    The Rise of the Hindu Right
    The Rise of the Hindu RightMiranda KennedyAlterNet - December 9, 2002The Chief Minister of the Indian state of Gujarat, Narendra Modi, stands before a ... more

    'Stop The War Talk' Stars Tell The President


    Civil-Disobedience Campaign Launched in U.S. About Iraq War


    MOSSAD – THE WORLD’S MOST EFFICIENT KILLING MACHINE
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    Zionist-controlled Hollywood strikes again. - Award-winning Palestinian film excluded
    1) Film Excluded from Oscar Competition for Being Palestinian 2) Standing Ovation in Ramallah for Suleiman’s ‘Divine Intervention’ Film Excluded from ... more

    PUBLIC DECLARATIONS FROM OSAMA BIN-LADEN’S RIGHT-HAND MAN
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    British Media Tycoon, Israeli Spy, Hit by Mossad
    ROBERT MAXWELL WAS A MOSSAD SPYNew claim on tycoon's mystery death By Gordon Thomas And Martin Dillon ELEVEN years after former Daily Mirror owner R ... more

    The Bishop and the Imam Debate the Clash
    The bishop and the imam ask, Do we really have to fight?The Economist SpecialMonday December 9th 2002 ISLAM AND THE WEST The bishop and the ... more

    Jews Shushing Jews
    'Jews Shushing Jews' -- We're Not At Grandma's Table Anymore by Hiliary Abramson [Pacific News Service 4 Dec2002]:Editor's Note: Ever more frequently ... more

    Senate Leader Applauds Old-Time Hard-Core Segregationist
    "All the laws of Washington and all the bayonets of the Army cannot force the Negro into our homes, our schools, our churches." Senator Strom Thurmon ... more

    Best-Selling French Novel Praises Palestinian Fighters and Suiciders
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    Arafat Told To "Stay Put!"
    ARAFAT IN CHRISTMAS ROWIsrael has announced it will bar Yasser Arafat from making his Christmas pilgrimage to Bethlehem for the second year running.Th ... more

    The Courts and the Coming War in the UK


    Israel Helping China More With High-Tech Weapons
    Report: Israel helping China build new fighter jetSPECIAL TO WORLD TRIBUNE.COMMonday, December 9, 2002A new report says Israel has helped China develo ... more

    Israel Costing US More and More
    Economist tallies swelling cost of Israel to USBy David R. FrancisStaff writer The Christian Science Monitor - 9 Dec:Since 1973, Israel has cost the U ... more

    Mohamed and Sexuality in Islam
    What Would Mohammed Do?Laura McClure, SalonDecember 4, 2002 - Alternet-------------------------------------------------------------------Nine PartsTwo ... more

    Chomsky on the Bushies
    Noam Chomsky Analyzes the BushiesAnthony DiMaggio, The IndyDecember 5, 2002-------------------------------------------------------------------Radical ... more

    Kissinger Bin-Laden
    Kissinger and bin Laden: Takes One To Know OneDavid MorrisAlterNet - December 3, 2002----------------------------------------------------------------- ... more

    The Taliban War Continues...Dangerously
    Fear of casualties hampers hunt for TalibanBy Rowan ScarboroughTHE WASHINGTON TIMES - 9 Dec: U.S. commanders have turned down as too risky plans f ... more

    Selling the Iraq War to the American People
    It's one lie, one deception, one distortion after another from today's Washington -- and the victims are the American people as well as so many others ... more

    It's a Cyber-Rehearsal for Modern-Age War


    Al-Qaeda Vows More Coming
    Al-Qaeda threatens more Mombasa-style attacks in new web claimSunday, 08-Dec-2002 8:30AM Story from AFP / Habib TrabelsiCopyright 2002 by Agence ... more

    Washington, DC #4 on the Danger List. Baltimore #2
    Charm City Considered Second Most DangerousPosted - December 02, 2002 8:25am Translate This Story More Information___ ABC 7 Pulse Poll ___Will Iraq f ... more

    Bombi Condi


    The No Bounds Arrogance of Israeli Supporters
    ''Israeli sympathizers' arrogance knows no bounds''By Raff Ellis(YellowTimes.org - 17 Oct 2002) – While channel surfing a couple of weeks ago, I lande ... more

    Sharon and Bush Play With Palestinians, and with themselves, using 'Palestinian State' rhetoric
    [Ha'aretz - 6 Dec]Left and right bash PM for two-state planPrime Minister Ariel Sharon came under fire from the right wing and was mocked for election ... more

    Smoldering Palestinian Civil War Escalates
    Hamas and Fatah fighting it out in Gaza By Arnon Regular[Ha'aretz - 76 Dec]:A masked Palestinian gunman wielding a handmade rocket launcher in Gaza d ... more

    Get this! Mossad to probe Shinbet about Arafat's Secret Swiss Bank Accounts!


    Cinema Blasts in Bangladesh
    Bomb blasts at four cinemas in Bangladesh kill 15, injure 200DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP - 7 Dec) - Bombs ripped through four movie houses in northern Bangl ... more

    Former Top Shinbet Officials Admit Opening and Managing Secret Arafat Swiss Bank Accounts!
    Ginossar denies unlawful activity in dealings with PA funds By Aluf Benn, Baruch Kra and Yossi Melman, Ha'aretz Correspondents[Ha'aretz - 7 December ... more

    VP Cheney: Building a Huge Bomb Shelter or Drilling For Oil?
    Cheney's Home Sending Bad VibrationsConstruction Blasts Have D.C. Folks Shuddering, SpeculatingBy David NakamuraWashington Post Staff WriterSunday, De ... more

    Israeli Settlements Accelerating More and More
    On Remote Hilltops, Israelis Broaden SettlementsBy Molly MooreWashington Post Foreign ServiceSunday, December 8, 2002; Page A01MIGRON, West Bank -- Se ... more

    'Time To Bomb Saddam ' - The Musical


    US Military Now In Place to Attack
    Buildup Leaves U.S. Military Nearly Set to Start AttackBy ERIC SCHMITTNYTIMES - 8 Dec: WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 — The United States will soon have enough h ... more

    'Human Shield' Canadians Off to Baghdad


    Iran Calls for Muslim Unity Against the Americans


    Boycotting the American Ambassador's Iftar
    Only nine people turned up for the iftar meal--------------------------------------------- Most Lebanese mayors boycott Battle's iftar dinner to prote ... more

    Conspiracy Against Islam Charges Heard in Pakistan
    Jewish, Hindu lobby conspiring against uslims: Qazi Pak Tribune - December 07, 2002 LAHORE: Ameer Jamaat-e-Islami Qazi Hussain Ahmed, in his special m ... more

    The True Voice of Islam - Right!
    His father acknowledged being on the CIA payroll for decades. His namesake great-frandfather was brought to today's 'Hashemite Kingdom' for the firs ... more

    Armey Bows Out Warning Again American Freedoms Are Now At Stake
    Armey leaves House with call for freedom Conservative from Texas says Americans must not sacrifice liberty for security Carolyn Lochhead, Chronicle Wa ... more

    Origins of Al-Qaeda - According to the BBC


    Arafat According to the BBC


    Ariel Sharon According to the BBC


    Natanyahu According to the BBC


    Sharon's Nutty 'Palestinian State'
    This is nothing but a grand deception perpetrated by the Israelis, with American encouragement. Sharon thinks he can rename an increasingly apartheid ... more

    Avram Mitzna According to the BBC


    More Israeli Killing Spurs More Palestinian Rage


    Global Anger at US Growing Worldwide


    Harris becomes Instant Assistant Republican 'Whip'
    Harris lands key House roleCHRISTOPHER COLEIt's political payback time of course for her major assistance in helping appoint George W President:------ ... more

    Breaing Down the High-Tech Doors in Boston


    The Doll Collection - Osama, Saddam...et. al.
    OSAMA: THE DOLLNEW "War On Terror" action dolls have provoked a storm of protest.The 12in toys include figures representing Osama bin Laden, Saddam Hu ... more

    Iraq War Cost: $1.9 Trillions in coming 10 years
    In the worst case, a war with Iraq could cost the United States almost as much as the government spent in the last budget year -- nearly $2 trillion, ... more

    Anti-US Anger Growing Even Among 'Moderate' US Friends
    Anti-US anger grows among Arab moderatesThe killing of an American in Lebanon is just one recent sign of a pattern of anti-US attacks in moderate Arab ... more

    US Popularity Declining Quick and Far
    US unpopular among key alliesTurkish leaders put conditions on support for the US on Iraq, citing public opinion.By Howard LaFranchiThe Christian Scie ... more

    PDF Document - WAR WITH IRAQ: Costs, Consequences, Alternatives -- Report from American Academy of Arts and Sciences


    Sharon's Grossly Deformed and Stillborn 'Palestinian State'


    Mark Bruzonsky - Court TV Discussion Transcript
    International affairs analyst Mark Bruzonsky reflects on the terror attacksSept. 14, 2001Court TV Host: We're going to be joined in just a few minutes ... more

    'Liberator' or 'Conquerer' - Even Americans Debate US Role in Modern World Under Bush
    Bush: a liberator or conqueror?By Pat M. Holt[CSM - 5 Dec]: WASHINGTON - Ever since the fall of the Soviet Union, the United States has been looking ... more

    Al-Qaeda Outfoxing the Americas
    With runners and whispers, al-Qa'ida outfoxes US forcesBy Robert Fisk[The Independent, UK, 6 Dec]: The Americans take them shackled and hooded on to t ... more

    Jordan King Clamps Down Inviting Further Internal Conflict
    Occupied MaanJordan's Closed Military ZoneJillian Schwedler*(Jillian Schwedler is assistant professor of government and politics at the University of ... more

    Israelis Bury Palestnian Father Alive; Gross 'Collective Punishments' Meet War Crimes Definitions.
    Family tells how Israelis buried deaf father aliveBy Justin Huggler in Beit Lahiya, Gaza Strip The Independent - 03 December 2002:Beside the pile of f ... more

    Americans 'Quietly' Evacuating Jordan
    Americans leaving JordanArabic News - December 4, 2002 The Jordanian weekly al-Wahda reported today that large numbers of theAmericans in Jordan had l ... more

    US Plans For Taking Over Much of Middle East Revealed
    Iraq: A Worst-Case Scenario Not ConsideredBy Karen NakamuraCoastal Post - 4 Dec:Despite endless commentary on the United States invasion of Iraq, ones ... more

    Cheney Pays Back former Employer with US Funds
    Get this: "Green plastic screens surround the camp, built by private contractor Brown and Root Services, a subsidiary of Halliburton Corp., once run ... more

    Both Russia and India Oppose US War Plans, Even as US Prepares to Strike
    India, Russia oppose use of force in IraqBy Harbaksh Singh NandaNEW DELHI, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- India and Russia have expressed strong opposition to any un ... more

    Feuding American Journalists - O'Reilly (FOX) versus Moyers (PBS)


    Major US Military Reserves Call-Up Leaked
    Pentagon Is Set to Activate Thousands More ReservistsBy ERIC SCHMITTNew York Times - 5 Dec:WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 — The Pentagon is preparing for a major ... more

    UN Demands Israel Stop 'Killing and Beating' UN Workers
    UN demands end to Israeli 'killing and beating' of staffBy Justin Huggler in Jerusalem04 December 2002United Nations workers issued a petition yesterd ... more

    With the US opposing, UN General Assembly Once More Passes Resolution After Resolution Against Israel
    U.N. Approves 6 Resolutions on IsraelBy EDITH M. LEDERER, ____________________________________________________UNITED NATIONS (AP - 3 Dec) -- Over U. ... more

    Statement From International UN Workers Operating In Occupied Palestinian
    Statement From International UN Workers Operating In Occupied PalestinianTerritoriesDecember 3, 2002 To whom it may concern, We, the undersigned, are ... more

    Bush as Another Hitler?
    Could Bush Become another Hitler?The Timetable for TyrannyBy Henry Makow, Ph.D.If evil powers wanted to impose a dictatorship on the United States, ... more

    Did Bush and Company 'Encourage'....'Allow'....'Anticipate'...9/11?


    The Wellstone Was Done In Story


    Cronkite Warns of WWIII
    12:00 2002-10-29Cronkite warns of ArmageddonWalter Cronkite, once the most trusted man in America, is now warning World War III is around the corner.S ... more

    The Sultan of Spin...More Finessing and Bowing from the Saudis
    Saudi Arabia's Oil On Troubled WatersAdel al-Jubeir Tries to Smooth U.S. RelationsBy Richard Leiby[Washington Post - 4 December 2002]:The new face of ... more

    CIA and Mossad Spies Say Iraqis
    Iraq Says U.N. Inspectors Are U.S., Israeli SpiesDec. 4 — BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Vice-President Taha Yassin Ramadan, in a blistering attack, on Wed ... more

    Israeli's Military Generals Await 2003 to Remake the Middle East
    Focus / Unity of vision at the top By Aluf BennOne of the main sources of Ariel Sharon's strength as prime minister is his excellent relationship wit ... more

    Israel 'Opportunity' Hints Bibi
    FM: U.S. war in Iraq could be 'opportunity' for IsraelBy Daniel Sobelman, Ha'aretz CorrespondentSpeaking on Monday at the Herzliya Conference on Israe ... more

    Now its the the 'Roadmap' Blabberfest
    Indyk calls Road Map "unrealistic" - Sharon endorses it in speechIMRI - 4 Dec: A day after former US ambassador Martin Indyk told the third annual He ... more

    Fringes of Islam on display in Washington
    Fringes of Islam on display in Washington By Anwar IqbalUPI South Asian Affairs AnalystWASHINGTON, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- Washington's Islamic Centerhad a b ... more

    US Foreign Policy is Immoral, unsuccessful, stupid, and dangerous
    A foreign policy that is both immoral and unsuccessful is not simply stupid, it is increasingly dangerous to those who practice or favor it. That is t ... more

    A Philosopher in the Middle East Trenches with the Palestinians


    US War May Be Delayed for Election Cycle Reasons
    US WAR ON HOLD - JUST WAITING A BIT FOR THE ELECTION CYCLEPresident Bush may have put an invasion of Iraq on hold until it can best help his 2004 re-e ... more

    UN Official Writes: The Israelis Shot Me and Killed Ian
    The IDF shot me, killed UN officer Ian HookCaoimhe Butterly talks to Annie Higgins[Jenin Refugee Camp - 23 Nov 2002] -- In today's reinvasion, the Isr ... more

    Lake Arabia


    Bush and the Americans Keep Setting the Whole World Up for Their War
    Robert Fisk: We are being set up for a war against SaddamThe inspections are going unhindered. And what does Bush tell us? 'The signs are not encourag ... more

    On the Saudis, Pakistan, and the US
    Saudis caught between friend and foeBy Mushahid HussainISLAMABAD - 3 Dec: - Ever since the summer, when Iraq emerged as the next target in the US-led ... more

    Demonscats Turned Into Enuchs
    Win One Like the GipperBy MAUREEN DOWDNYTimes - 4 Dec:Bill Clinton, the president who used to ape Ronald Reagan, told Democrats yesterday what they mu ... more

    "It's like something that 'Mad TV' thought up" - Susan Sarandon on Kissinger/Bush
    Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon are no fans of Henry Kissinger.Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bruce Willis may still be in his battalion, but Hollywood's lo ... more

    Americans Mourn Only Their Own
    Outraged American Champions Iraqi ChildrenRetired engineer's personal mission Sanctions are `actually terrorism' by Catherine Porter Toront ... more

    Virulent Smalpox on the Loose?
    Smallpox in Iraq?CIA Investigates Allegations that Soviet Scientist Transferred Virus to IraqBy Brian RossABCNEWS.com - Dec. 3— American intelligence ... more

    Bush and Sharon United To Dominate ME Region
    "Never before has there been such a convergence of goals between Israel and the U.S.," Halevy said, adding that Israel must formulate its policies wit ... more

    Malaysian PM Calls Autralian PM 'White-Man Sheriff
    Malaysian Leader Threatens to Cut off Terrorism Cooperation With Australia Over Prime Minister's CommentsBy Jasbant Singh KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP - ... more

    War Expands - Hezbollah Calls For Attacks Worldwide
    Hezbollah calls for global attacksBy Paul MartinTHE WASHINGTON TIMES - 4 Dec - LONDON — The leader of the Lebanese Muslim group Hezbollah is urgi ... more

    Jewish Fundamentalists - The 'Little War' Preceeding The 'Big War'
    Fundamentalist logic[Ha'aretz - 4 Dec]:Kiryat Arba's settlers, with active assistance from the Civil Administration and the IDF, are keeping their pro ... more

    Hebron - More Confiscations, More Settlements, More War


    Another Major US Shift - US Votes For Israeli Control of all of Jerusalem


    The Israeli - Palestinian Battle of the Womb


    Pentagon to Watch Where and How Everyone Shops


    95-year-old woman Killed by Israelis
    The Palestine MonitorA PNGO Information Clearinghouse3 December 2002Israeli soldiers near Ramallah murder 95-year-old woman; oldest known victimof the ... more

    Oh 'Princess Haifa' - Forgetting Just How and Why her father was killed
    The Princess Haifa, who has helped make Saudi Prince Bandar the rouge playboy of Arabia and a kind of Arabian King in Washington, seems to have overlo ... more

    Now Arafat Gets the Boot from Madame Trussauds


    Israelis Shoot and Kill Wildly
    Merchant's Son Slain As Israelis Open Fire At Busy Jenin MarketViolence Casts Pall on Religious HolidaysBy Molly MooreWashington Post Foreign ServiceT ... more

    Turkey Told To Comply With American Demands
    With various Arab client-regimes already on board -- including Qatar, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Oman and Bahrain -- now the Americans are putting the carr ... more

    More Israeli/Jewish Lobby Operatives Taking Over in Bush Admin
    Bush II is of course a continuation of both the Reagan and Bush I years; but in more virulent form and with an Israeli-Jewish lobby even more powerful ... more

    A Post-Saddam Scenario - American Israeli/Lobby Style
    A Post-Saddam ScenarioIraq could become America's primary staging ground in the Middle East. And the greatest beneficial effect could come next door, ... more

    Living With the Holocaust...And With the Occupation...
    Living with the Holocaust: The Journey of a Child of Holocaust SurvivorsSara RoySome months ago I was invited to reflect on my journey as a child ofHo ... more

    Sharon's Persistence Pays Off
    Woe to the unvanquished By Amir Oren[Ha'aretz - 3 Dec]The day after tomorrow U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond will celebrate, at his hospital apartment and ... more

    UN Employees Protest Israeli Policies Toward Them
    UN employees send Israel protest petitionBy Reuters[Ha'aretz - 3 Dec]A group of 64 UN workers based in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza Strip issued a p ... more

    Jewish 'Demographic Crisis' Looms
    World Jewish population drops by 300,000 to 12.9 million By Yair Sheleg [Ha'aretz, 3 Dec 2002]The number of Jews in the world is declining with a ne ... more

    Saad Ibrahim Retrial in Egypt Looms - A Saga of 'Egyptian Democracy'
    Egypt Court Nixes Sociologist's SentenceBy MAAMOUN YOUSSEFCAIRO, Egypt (AP - 3 Dec) - Egypt's highest appeals court ordered a retrial for an Egyptian- ... more

    Barghouti Calls For Arafat Replacement for first time
    Jailed Palestinian Leader Wants ChangeBy JAMIE TARABAYJERUSALEM (AP - 3 Dec) - A jailed leader of the Palestinian uprising, Marwan Barghouti, issued a ... more

    Moonie Power in Washington
    LaRouche: Moonies Are TargetToo Big To Be Missedby Jeffrey SteinbergDuring an Oct. 19 webcast with Democratic candidates, Lyndon LaRouche responded to ... more

    AIPAC Info
    AIPAC Report by Richard FreemanThe same Carl Lindner-United Fruit nexus of companies, whichhelped create the Drexel Burnham Lambert junk bond movement ... more

    Saddam...The Monster? Our Monster?
    If Saddam is such a monster, why did we arm him and trade with him?[The Independent - 3 December 2002]:According to the Foreign Office dossier, Saddam ... more

    Israelis Warn Again They Will Use Their Own Weapons of Mass Destruction
    Israel warns of response to mass terrorJoshua BrilliantUNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL HERZLIYA, Israel, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- The head of Israel's National ... more

    Saudis Boot one London Ambassador for One Much More Obedient
    Saudi diplomat named in suitDavid WastellLONDON SUNDAY TELEGRAPHPublished 12/2/2002 An American court has issued a summons against the next Saudi ... more

    Most Young Americans Can't Find Iraq on the Map
    With a President who is an acknowledged 'Moron', a capital dominated by the Israeli/jewish lobby, and a population that can't even locate Iraq on the ... more

    Christians, Jews, Bushies, and the Moonies
    `Shotgun Marriage' of Israel's Likudand U.S. Fundamentalists Exposedby Scott Thompson and Jeffrey SteinbergThe {Jerusalem Report} magazine, on Nov. 18 ... more

    Gulf War - Episode II


    Israelis and Palestinians All In Tears


    'The Push For War' - New Christian-Jewish-Republican American Alliance


    Waiting for Israel's Daniel Elsberg
    Where is Israel's Daniel Ellsberg?By Akiva EldarHa'aretz - November 25, 200Daniel Ellsberg, the U.S. Department of Defense official who in 1971 leaked ... more

    Labor wants 'Separation' (Fence, ghettos, apartheid)...and Likud wants 'Transfer' (expulsion, ethnic cleansing)
    Time to Build a Fence?Some Israeli pols talk about fencing off the wholeWest Bank. But Amram Mitzna, the new Labor Party leader, is serious By Dan Eph ... more

    Iraqi Oil - 300+ billion barrels - Watch the Video
    Oil in Iraq: A Trillion Dollar PrizeMonday, December 2, 2002As a conflict between the United States and Saddam Hussein looms, the future of Iraq – and ... more

    Ridiculed 9/11 Book Still Becomes Best Seller in France
    Author who claims 9/11 attack was faked coming to NYCTHE ASSOCIATED PRESSA French author who suggests that the Sept. 11 attacks were concocted by a fa ... more

    Police State Emerging in US
    Monday, 2 December, 2002"It is far more dangerous and threatening to our few remaining civil liberties than he appears willing to suggest," writes Pro ... more

    Huge $100-$200 billion Price Tag for US War in Middle East


    Ariel Sharon - War Crimes Dossier


    Three More Tough Guys Return to US Foreign Policy


    Israeli's Killing of UNRWA Manager Iain Hook
    Israel's killing of British citizen Iain Hook, UNRWA's Project Manager in JeninCaoimhe Butterly as told to Annie Higgins, writing from Jenin Refugee C ... more

    Rebutting Avneri on Mitzna
    The War of the FleaBy Joost van Steenis*Individuals who belong to the masses seem to be powerless against thepowerful ruling body that some call the s ... more

    Fisk: Railing against the facile acceptance of authority
    Robert Fisk: Railing against the facile acceptance of authority by Thomas P. Healy West Lafayette, Indiana — “Ladies and gentlemen, September 11, 2001 ... more

    US Aid to Israel Since 1992
    "all past U.S. loans to Israel have eventually been forgiven by Congress, which has undoubtedly helped Israel'soften-touted claim that they have never ... more

    Another Example of Gross Israeli Duplicity when it comes to 'Palestinian Statehood'


    Australia Adopts Bush 'Pre-Emption Doctrine'


    Beilin Revealed
    This is how Yossi Beilin - one of the key political architects of the 'Oslo Peace Process' - described what has come to be known as the Beilin Abu-Maz ... more

    Fear in America - 19 police cars respond to 'Taliban Driver'
    Passengers dial 911: Bus driver's Taliban remark panics ridersBy TRACY ROBINSONand JOHN A. HARNESSTAFF WRITERS[Asbury Park Press 12/01/02 - MARLBORO, ... more

    Most Politicized White House In Modern History
    "There is no precedent in any modern White House for what is going on in this one: a complete lack of a policy apparatus. What you've got is everythin ... more

    Dr, Eyad Sarraj - SUICIDE BOMBERS: DIGNITY, DESPAIR, AND THE NEED FOR HOPE
    SUICIDE BOMBERS: DIGNITY, DESPAIR, AND THE NEED FOR HOPEAN INTERVIEW WITH EYAD EL SARRAJEYAD EL SARRAJ, a psychiatrist, is the founder and director of ... more

    Analysis of Bin Laden and His Messages


    Bandar Bush - Please Stay For Dinner...Just Like Old Times
    A Twist of the ArmPushing Saudi Arabia to up its antiterrorism efforts, the U.S. is telling Riyadh it's next on al-Qaeda'a listBy ROMESH RATNESAR[TIME ... more

    Israel Attacks US Intelligence Ship - Now 35 Years of Lies and Coverup
    Israel's Attack On The Liberty - Rockets, Torpedoes & LiesBy Jeffrey St. ClairCounterPunch.org11-28-02In early June of 1967, at the onset of the Six D ... more

    Kissinger Out Of The Closet
    Kissinger Out Of The ClosetBy Charlotte Iserbyt* Nothing much shocks this writer anymore. The misnamed Patriot Act, the Orwellian Office of Homeland S ... more

    Likud and U.S. Fundamentalists Exposed
    25-Year 'Shotgun Marriage' of Israel's Likud and U.S. Fundamentalists ExposedWritten by Scott Thompson and Jeffrey Steinberg -- Posted 11/29/2002The J ... more

    Britain Planned to Threaten Germany in WWII with Nukes
    Britain Planned to Threaten Nazis with Nuclear BombLONDON (Reuters) - Britain had plans to threaten Germany with a nuclear bomb during World War II to ... more

    Unprecedented Joint Appeal from Religious Leaders Not To Invade Iraq
    Religious Leaders Urge Bush to Avoid WarCHICAGO (AP) - In an unprecedented show of unity, Chicago's top Christian, Jewish and Muslim leaders have draf ... more

    Woe To Iraq Warns Edward Said


    Anti-Americanism Rising Throughout the World
    Consequences of WarArabs' Anti-American Sentiment Rising as U.S.-Iraq War LoomsCommentaryBy V.K. MalhotraABCNEWS.comNov. 27— As a U.S.-led war with Ir ... more

    The Middle East Region - On Line Info and Maps


    New Stunning Resource Map of the entire Middle East Region


    Kissinger Is Back - What A Travesty
    We've always called it a "domination process", not "the peace process". And we're going to call it the "Whitewash Commission", not the "Independent C ... more

    Overseas They Can Talk about the Israeli/Jewish Lobby - But Not In Washington
    Lieven, who writes from Washington but is of Russian background, points out the Jewish Lobby in the US is the engine and mind behind the looming war w ... more

    We're All Following Ariel Sharon Into the Trap And Over The Cliff

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