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    We've 'Shamed' the Arabs says Wolfowitz
    'Shaming effect' on Arab worldBill Gertz and Rowan ScarboroughTHE WASHINGTON TIMESPublished April 29, 2003 Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz ... more

    Many Killed by US Troops Near Baghdad
    'Many killed' after US soldiers fire on demonstratorsAP - 29 April 2003US soldiers opened fire last night on demonstrators in the Iraqi city of Falluj ... more

    NBC News Chief, Jewish, Criticizes Banfield for Speaking Up
    NBC's Banfield Chided Over CriticismsNEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - NBC News president Neal Shapiro has taken correspondent Ashleigh Banfield to the ... more

    Tariq Ali Told he Can 'Live Like A King'...if...


    For the Arabs...Worse than '67
    'Worse than 1967' Egyptian intellectuals tell Amira Howeidy that Arab regimes don't seem to be learning the right lessons from the occupation of Iraq ... more

    Meet General Garner - The US Military Governor of Iraq
    Original article is at http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2003/04/1603800.php Print comments. Meet Gen. Jay Garner Our Man in Baghdadby SAM HAMOD Thursday A ... more

    Carrots for the affluent and powerful, sticks for all others
    Carrots for the rich, sticks for the poor By Arie Caspi The dominant economic theory in Israel, as in America, is one that benefits the affluent ... more

    US Wants to Push, Impose 'Peace' on Palestinians Now
    Analysis / U.S. thinks time is ripe for a peace process By Aluf Benn The U.S. administration believes the time is ripe for moving ahead with a p ... more

    US Media Filters Real War from Public
    CJOnline.com / Topeka Capital-Journal Sebelius outlines budget plan with more bondingSeason's first tornadoes cause minor damageSoldier held in Iraq a ... more

    We must not Americanise the BBC
    Greg Dyke: We must not Americanise the BBCFrom a speech given by the BBC director general to a journalism symposium at Goldsmiths College, University ... more

    BBC Head Lambasts US Coverage of WAR
    Dyke attacks American media networks for 'gung-ho' coverage of Gulf conflictBy Ian Burrell Media and Culture Correspondent25 April 2003Greg Dyke, dire ... more

    Americans of Syrian Backgrond Don't Quite Get it
    Syrians in Minnesota find Bush's policy confusingLourdes Medrano Leslie, Star Tribune Published April 23, 2003SYRI23 The verbal beating that the Bush ... more

    Abu vs Abu...and Much Ado About Nothing
    Abu against AbuUri Avnery23.4.03The clash between Abu-1 and Abu-2 – Abu-Amar v. Abu-Mazen – is not a personal matter, as it is presented by journalist ... more

    The 'Greening' of Baghdad...and Iraq
    —Bush Broke It. Why, Doesn't He Fix It?—By Jerry Levin(Baghdad, Iraq April 22, 2003) Heavy traffic and getting heavier is back on Baghdad main streets ... more

    Quite an American WEB OF LIES Led to WAR
    The Independent on Sunday (UK)20 April 2003Fake documents and exaggeration The claimsBy Sheelagh DoyleNuclearClaim President Bush said satellite photo ... more

    Catastrophe Looms on Korean Peninsula
    Russian official predicts 'catastrophic' eventsAFP via Sydney Morning HeraldApril 24, 2003A top Russian Foreign Ministry official was quoted as saying ... more

    Convoluted Civil War Underway in Iraq
    US officials in Baghdad acknowledge privately that Sunni fighters, financed from Saudi Arabia, are in Iraq and have been attacking Shia areas. On the ... more

    Israel-Iraq Oil Connection Ressurrected...
    JOHN K. COOLEY: An old Israel-Iraq oil line ... reopening?The Christian Science MonitorATHENS, Greece (April 22, 6:43 p.m. ADT) - Nothing could be bet ... more

    Friend and Foe Alike Face 'Consequences' For Standing Up to USA Says Powell
    France Faces Consequences for Opposing Iraq War, Says PowellVOA News - 23 Apr 2003U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell has indicated that France will ... more

    Israeli Army Chief of Staff Denies 'Intifada' and Justifies Shooting to Kill Foreign Witneses
    Transcript of an excerpt from the program “Open line with the Chief of Staff” Galei Tzahal (Israeli Military Radio) On Passover Eve, April 16, 2 ... more

    Israelis Assassinate AP Photojournalist
    The shot that killed Darwazeh was intentional, precise, on target. One shot that was aimed at the upper torso. Israeli soldiers have been heard saying ... more

    More Billions to Israel While US Citizens Suffer More
    NYC sees job cuts while Israel gets richerBy William HughesThe mayor of New York City, Michael Bloomberg, plans to cut 10,000 city employees, and clos ... more

    BUSH 2004 - Cashing In Again on 9/11
    The Bushies have made such use of 9/11 for their own ends, and now plan to do so again in 2004, that one really has to wonder about things not quite i ... more

    Calls to Attack Syria Come from a Familiar Choir of Hawks
    Calls to Attack Syria Come From a Familiar Choir of HawksBy Jim LobeApril 16, 2003: Many of the same people who led the campaign for war against Ira ... more

    Calls to Attack Syria Come from a Familiar Choir of Hawks
    Calls to Attack Syria Come From a Familiar Choir of HawksBy Jim LobeApril 16, 2003: Many of the same people who led the campaign for war against Ira ... more


    Pentagon Expects Long-Term Access to Four Key Bases in Iraq

    "Enormously Unhelpful" says Pentagon Chief Rumsfeld about this NYTimes Story:----------------Pentagon Expects Long-Term Access to Four Key Bases in Ir ... more

    Pakistanis Now Ponder, and Await, Their Fate
    Pakistanis Wonder - Will They Face Iraq's Fate?ISLAMABAD (Reuters - 21 April) - It has nuclear weapons, a general as president, an increasingly powerf ... more


    This pyrrhic victory on the Tigris

    The Arab world has been inflamed by this war and will draw the conclusion that since American power cannot be confronted on its own terms, it must be ... more

    American Occupation Compared to Roman Crucifixation by Iraqi Christians
    "I told the faithful that Iraq lived through its passion in recent weeks with the American invasion," said Father Butros Haddad, priest at the Church ... more

    Pentagon Expects Long-Term Access to Four Key Bases in Iraq
    Pentagon Expects Long-Term Access to Four Key Bases in IraqThe New York Times - 19 April:By THOM SHANKER and ERIC SCHMITT The New York TimesWASHINGTON ... more

    Maybe Pakistan is Next?
    Many of the seminaries that have sprung up across the country (40,000-50,000) 'indoctrinate' students from countries as widespread as Nepal, Chechnya ... more

    Israelis 'target' and assassinate AP Journalist-Cameraman
    If the NYT had a modicum of courage, that would be the headline of this article. Instead, as usual, one has to read to the last paragraph to get the ... more

    They Keep Trying to Get Pollard Out - Fat Bank Account Awaits His 'Return' to Israel
    Israel's Spy Was Right About SaddamAugust 6, 1998 - Angelo M. Codevilla - The Wall Street JournalFormer naval intelligence analyst Jonathan Pollard co ... more

    US Military to establish permanent presence in Iraq
    Report: U.S. wants access to military bases in Iraq By Haaretz Service and Agencies - 4-19: The United States ... more

    Israelis Commandoes Assassinating and Infiltrating US-occupied Iraq
    Israeli Commandoes In Iraq To Assassinate 500 Scientists Friday, April 18 2003 "The French general said the scientists hunted by Israel are the same o ... more

    Qana Massacre Remembered by man who first revealed it's purposeful intent
    Massacre in Sanctuary; Eyewitness Written By Robert Fisk - 19th April, 1996Qana-South Lebanon: the place where the Israeli shells killed 102 people, ... more

    Israelis Assassinate Palestinian Cameraman
    File photograph of Nazih Darwazah, a 40-year-old a Palestinian cameraman who was killed by Israeli troops in the West bank city of Nablus April 19, 20 ... more

    The AMEN Corner in the USA
    ISRAEL’S AMEN CORNERWho, what, and why[Justin Raimondo is on the road. What follows is the text of a speech he delivered on Thursday to the Palestine ... more

    War is Peace, and Institute of Peace is Institute of WAR
    The U.S. Institute of Peace has been a front-organization from its beginning during the Reagan Era. So...this is not such a surprising development fo ... more

    Sharon and Bush Working In Partnership
    Note: This article was published nearly two months before the reccent spasm of threats against Syria. The partnership between the US and Israel, betw ... more

    Baghdad did not fall -- it was handed over
    Baghdad did not fall -- it was handed overThe Arabic media is rife with speculation that the Saudi regime brokered asecret deal between the White Hous ... more

    The CIA's Man in Baghdad was none other than Saddam himself
    Our Man in BaghdadThat's Saddam We're Talking Aboutby James RidgewayVillage Voice - April 15th, 2003 It's unlikely we will ever know for sure what the ... more

    Unusual Insightful Commentary on US TV
    [PBS TV host Bill Moyers is a well respected journalist. Here is part of an insightful interview between Moyers and Ambassador Wilson* conducted in Fe ... more

    Iraqis hit out at occupation
    Iraqis hit out at occupation, US captures top Saddam party boss BAGHDAD (AFP - 18 April) Thousands of Iraqis, motivated by stinging anti-US serm ... more

    Limiting Free Speech While Discussing It - Today Show Cuts Robbin Off Midstream
    Today Show Goes Dark on Tim RobbinsFrom Rock and Rap Confidential Date: 4/18/2003 11:06:32 AM Pacific Daylight TimeSteve Rosenbaum, a NYC television p ... more

    WHOSE WAR? Asks Pat Buchanon
    March 24, 2003 issueCopyright © 2003 The American ConservativeWhose War?A neoconservative clique seeks to ensnare our country in a series of wars that ... more

    The End of India - Literary Giant Stirs Up A Hornet's Nest in India
    Literary Giant Stirs Up A Hornet's Nest in IndiaKhushwant Singh Says Hindu Nationalism Poses Grave ThreatBy John LancasterWashington Post Foreign Serv ... more

    Bush is intent on painting allies and enemies in the Middle East as evil
    Back in September 2002, just a year after 9/11, Robert Fisk was already predicting the future and understanding American much better than the American ... more

    Road to Armageddon via Damascus
    Road to Armageddon via DamascusBy Ian WilliamsIn more than the geographical sense, this is the road to Armageddon as well as to Damascus. It really is ... more

    Embedded Photographer - 'I Saw Marines Kill Civilians'
    Embedded Photographer -'I Saw Marines Kill Civilians'By Michel Guerrin for Le MondeTranslated for CounterPunch by Norman Madarasz - 4-16-3"With my own ... more

    US Bars Media From Iraqi Anti-US Protests
    US Bars Media From Iraqi Anti-US ProtestsBAGHDAD - The Age - Australia - 4-17-2003: US forces yesterday tried to stop the media from covering a third ... more

    Sharon sees Great Opportunity to 'Finish' the Palestinian 'Problem'
    PM: 'Iraq war created an opportunity with the Palestinians we can't miss'By Ari Shavit[Ha'aretz - 18 April]:Outside the bureau the usual spin is spun. ... more

    Profiles of the new rulers of Iraq
    Governing Postwar IraqCompiled by washingtonpost.com StaffTuesday, April 15, 2003; 10:20 AMThe United States, under the auspices of the Pentagon, has ... more

    Tens of Thousands in Baghdad Demonstrate Demanding U.S. 'Get Out'!
    Thousands of Iraqis Demand U.S. WithdrawalBy Hassan HafidhBAGHDAD (Reuters - 18 April) - Tens of thousands of Iraqis demonstrated in Baghdad on Friday ... more

    Indian PM Goes to Kashmir


    Blair Turns 50 and Wants to Be First EU President


    Iraqis Urged to Resist U.S. Occupation
    Iraqis urged to defend independence[The Daily Mirror, UK - Apr 18 2003]:The exiled leader of the biggest Iraqi opposition group has called on Iraqis t ... more

    Not U.N. Dogs on U.S. Leash?
    When people say things of this kind its usually because first of all they know people are saying such things about them, and they worry if they worry ... more

    Bush's Cultural Advisers Resign in Protest
    U.S. Culture Advisers Resign Over Iraq Museum LootingBy Niala BoodhooWASHINGTON (Reuters - 17 April) - Two cultural advisers to the Bush administratio ... more

    CIA Itself Midwifed Saddam Iraqi Regime
    Former U.S. official says CIA aided Iraqi BaathistsBy David MorganPHILADELPHIA, April 17 (Reuters) - If the United States succeeds in shepherding the ... more

    They Shoot Activists Too, Don't They
    They Shoot Activists, Don't They?By Brooke Shelby Biggs, AlterNetApril 16, 2003In the past month, three international peace activists have been wounde ... more

    Nader on Dictator Bush and His War on a Defenseless Country
    March 25, 2003Bush is Acting Like a Judicially-Selected DictatorPre--emptive War on a Defenseless CountryBy RALPH NADERAs this is written, the campaig ... more

    Was Einstein Right about Israel?
    Israel's Bloody ExcessesWas Einstein Right?By JOHN CHUCKMAN - April 4, 2003"My awareness of the essential nature of Judaism resists the idea of a Jewi ... more

    Aiming at Syria - Stop Them Before They Kill Again
    April 15, 2003Aiming at SyriaStop Them Before They Kill Againby RON JACOBSIt wasn't but three or four hours after the statue of Saddam Hussein was pul ... more

    The Sorry State of American Journalism
    Another Sign of the "End Times" for American JournalismLap Dogs to Power in a Climate of Fearby WAYNE MADSENApril 17, 2003It is a sad state of affairs ... more

    A Patriot Attack on America - Ashcroft's War on the Bill of Rights
    April 10, 2003A Patriot Attack on AmericaAshcroft's War on the Bill of RightsBy GEOFFREY NEALEWith public attention riveted on the war in Iraq, politi ... more

    Last Tango in Baghdad
    April 10, 2003The Dance of LawlessnessLast Tango in BaghdadBy JEFFREY ST. CLAIRThen trample and dance, thou Oppressor!For thy victim is no redressor;T ... more

    Smile and Enjoy It - The Rape of Iraq
    "Smile and Enjoy It"The Rape of Iraqby Dr. SUSAN BLOCKThe supreme victory for the rapist is proof that his victim "enjoyed" it. Though he may force hi ... more

    "I Saw Marines Kill Civilians"
    April 16, 2003Embedded Photographer:"I Saw Marines Kill Civilians"by MICHEL GUERRINfor Le MondeTranslated for CounterPunch by NORMAN MADARASZLaurent V ... more

    Making a Killing from the Destruction of Iraq
    [excerpt]: A number of Washington lobbyists hold conferences on altruistic topics that are in fact designed to sell their access to government offici ... more

    Christian America on the March - Senator Dascle 'excommunicated' (almost) by Catholic Church
    As Christian/conservative America is on the march at home and abroad...this latest throwback to medieval days...a modern-day (almost) excommunication ... more

    What Really Happened at Jenin?
    Julio Noboa: Jenin survivors ending the silence San Antonio Express- 03/01/2003 What really happened at Jenin? The Israeli military action in the Pal ... more

    I Was A Human Shield
    I WAS A HUMAN SHIELD By Billie Moskona-LermanMa'ariv - weekend supplement 28/3/03.The death of human rights activist Rachel Corrie, crus ... more

    The Road to Damascus
    As I sat at the back and observed Brooks in full swing, I could not but marvel at the opacity of the information and the obeisance of the journalists. ... more

    Resolution 242 redux
    35 years and oh so many deaths and tears later -- and now its probably too late anyway -- Robin Cook (former British Foreign Secretary) is calling for ... more

    Israel gets billions while Americans tighten belts
    Julio Noboa: Israel gets billions while Americans tighten belts 03/15/2003 All the states are feeling the impact of our devastated economy this year, ... more

    San Antonio Columnist Spiked
    PMWATCH - April 17, 2003 -- Yet another brave rare American columniststanding up for the truth about the plight of Palestinians has been firedfrom his ... more

    Killings in Mosul
    Those who read MER knew abut the killings and protests in Mosul on Tuesday, 15 April. The next day the Washington Post skipped the story entirely; th ... more

    Mosul Killings - Civilians with Rocks and Shouts Mowed Down by US Troops
    Those who read MER knew abut the killings and protests in Mosul on Tuesday, 15 April. The next day the Washington Post skipped the story entirely; th ... more

    Nuclear Iraq Facilities
    Marines find tunnels under nuke complexCaptain at underground discovery: 'How did the world miss all of this?'Posted: April 9, 20037:00 p.m. Eastern© ... more

    'Bottled America' (Coke-Pepsi) Vanishing....
    INDIA: Pepsi, Coke Vanish as Anti-U.S. Feeling Grows in State D Rajeev IPS - April 14, 2003THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, India, Apr 14 (IPS) - 'Bottled America' ... more

    Library set ablaze in final chapter of the sacking of Baghdad
    Very sad times for all Arabs. Indeed about 300 million Arabs, from theAtlantic coast to the Arabian/Persian Gulf, do presently live in the"Jahelleyyah ... more

    The Most Hated Professor in America
    The Most Hated Professor in AmericaChronicle of Higher Education via Independent Media Center - SanFranciscoWednesday, April 16, 2003IF YOU CALL Colum ... more

    Chechnya Toll Greater Than During Stalinist Purges
    [excerpt]: Teenagers and young men are often targeted by Russian troops in operations against "terrorists". They are also often caught up in Chechen s ... more

    US Wants the Oil and Territory, Not the People
    [excerpt]Ms Khan said: "We have all noticed how the human rights of the Iraqi people have been used as a selective and convenient cover to undertake m ... more

    It's Colonialism Reborn for Century 21
    [excerpt]It's easy for a reporter to predict doom, especially after a brutal war that lacked all international legitimacy. But catastrophe usually wai ... more

    Syrians Running Hard Now To Avoid American Attack
    Syria pledges to help U.S. in rebuilding of IraqBy Bill GertzTHE WASHINGTON TIMES - 17 April: Syria yesterday pledged to cooperate with the United ... more

    Saudis Knuckle Under in Major Way
    Saudi sacks preachers for raising political issues in sermonsDubai (dpa - 17 April) - Saudi Arabia has sacked preachers for conveying political or new ... more

    US Prepares for Syria
    America would enter Syria to snatch SaddamFrom Glen Owen at Central Command in QatarTimes on Line - UK - 17 April:AMERICAN commanders have promised to ... more

    The Vote for Nader
    What I Voted For. by Tim Robbins Published in the August 6, 2001 issue of The Nation.In mid-June Tim Robbins spoke at the annual dinner of the Lib ... more

    The U.S. Betrays Its Core Values
    The U.S. Betrays Its Core Valuesby Gunter Grass LATimes - 7 April:BEHLENDORF, Germany -- A war long sought and planned for is now underway. All delibe ... more

    'A Chill Wind is Blowing in This Nation...'
    'A Chill Wind is Blowing in This Nation...'Transcript of the speech given by actor Tim Robbins to the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on Apri ... more

    Syria in the GunSights
    Bush administration puts Syria in its gunsightsBy the Editorial Board - World Socialist Organization - 16 April 2003Flush with its initial success in ... more

    New Anti-Imperialist Movement Needed - Tariq Ali
    The American expedition to Baghdad, and world-wide reactions to the new imperium. From mass demonstrations against the war to the diplomatic hypocrisi ... more

    Clinton reborn as Critic as Mrs. Clinton Prepares for White House redux
    While DJ and Host Rumsfeld was busy hosting a Country and Western sing-a-thon to th War; Washington's elite were reading about Bill Clinton's views... ... more

    Many Advance Warnings to Pentagon about Iraqi Museum of Antiquities
    Pentagon Was Told Of Risk to MuseumsU.S. Urged to Save Iraq's Historic ArtifactsBy Guy GugliottaWashington Post Staff WriterMonday, April 14, 2003; Pa ... more

    Frosty German-US, Schroeder-Bush, Relations Continue
    Schroeder won't 'kiss, make up'Berlin - 16 April: Unlike French President Jacques Chirac, German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder has no plans to phone Pr ... more

    Debating the Antiwar Movement
    Debating the Antiwar MovementThe NATION-December 4, 2002:Never get in a fight with a skunk; even if you win you come out smelling bad. Over the years, ... more

    The Pentagon's (CIA) Man in Iraq
    The Pentagon's (CIA) Man in Iraq[The Nation - 04/04/2003}:Toward the start of the second Persian Gulf War, I found myself in a room with R. James Wool ... more

    The Israel Lobby and the Left: Uneasy Questions
    The Israel Lobby and the Left: Uneasy Questions By Jeffrey BlankfortIt was 1991 and Noam Chomsky had just finished a lecture in Berkeley on the Israel ... more

    Our Man in Baghdad - Oh Yes He Was
    The Village Voice: Nation: Mondo Washington: Our Man in Baghdad by James Ridgeway It's unlikely we will ever know for sure wh ... more

    Sharon's Real...but Carefully Cloaked...Intentions
    Between Zambish and Bush By Ze'ev SchiffHa'aretz April 16[Ha'aretz' long-time military commentator expresses scepticism regarding Sharon's supposedly ... more

    Basebal Hall of Fame (Shame) Says NO to Anti-War Hollywood Stars
    'Bull Durham' Celebration Canceled Over Stars' Antiwar CommentsRobbins Writes Scathing Letter To Hall Of Fame PresidentPOSTED: 10:12 a.m. EDT April 10 ... more

    Micahel Moore - On the Bush Attack...and On To Something
    Michael Moore Slams Bush In TexasFilmmaker Calls War 'Mass Distraction' At LecturePOSTED: 10:31 p.m. EDT April 15, 2003Documentary filmmaker Michael M ... more

    Whom to Blame? Look first to the Arab and Muslim Governments
    If anyone is to blame on the present catastrophe that has been strikingIraq, the Iraqi people and the Arabic and Islamic cultures andcivilizations in ... more

    Aga Khan Speaks of Tolerance and Shared Heritage
    Aga Khan Speaks of Tolerance and Shared HeritageEvokes Iraq and Afghanistan at inauguration of Humayun's Tomb Gardens New Delhi, India, 15th April, 20 ... more

    On Theological Call for TRAVEL BOYCOTT to USA
    March 21, 2003Letter (of Rosemary Ruether) to Elsa Tamez Professor of Biblical Studies Biblical University San Juan, Costa RicaDear Elsa:This last Wed ... more

    It Is Disastrous To Attack Syria, Malaysia Tells U.S.
    It Is Disastrous To Attack Syria, Malaysia Tells U.S.By Kazi Mahmood, IOL Southeast Asia Correspondent Islam Online - April 15, 2003KUALA LUMPUR, Apri ... more

    'A Chill Wind is now Blowing Through this Nation'
    War protesters focus on U.S.' attack-first policyBy FRANK DAVIESKnight Ridder NewspapersTuesday, April 15, 2003WASHINGTON - Opponents of the war in Ir ... more

    Dumping on Palestine (Literally)
    Palestine: It's Hell John Reese was in Palestine for seven months in 2002 working with the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) and the Pal ... more

    Senator Graham Publicly Calls for Striking Syria
    Graham: U.S. should act if Syria fails to oust terroristsBY TYLER BRIDGES Miami HeraldWednesday, April 16, 2003SAN FRANCISCO - U.S. Sen. Bob Graham is ... more

    Student poets victimized for anti-war stance
    Student poets victimized for anti-war stanceNEW MEXICO, USA -- On March 17, the day of US President George Bush'stelevised announcement of the imminen ... more

    War crimes case planned against U.S
    War crimes case planned against U.SWashington says groups' bid proves ICC a political toolSteven EdwardsNational Post Canada - 4-15-2003: UNITED NATIO ... more

    The Tip of the American Crusade
    Remember the 'Tip of the Spear', that military unit ABC's Ted Koppel was so enamored with. Well now...here's the 'Tip of the Crusade': Editorial - ... more

    Palestinians Upset at Abbas Arrest and 'Demand'... (imagine!)
    It's been laughable what Said Erakat has been saying for so long now. Talk about Mr. No Credibility. With 'Pres' Arafat under house arrest for some ... more

    Clinton Blasts Bush
    With the remnants of the Democratic party, and democratic opposition, bewildered and fractured, the old Pres is speaking up and enjoying himself doing ... more

    Pentagon Prayer by Evangelical Graham this Friday
    Pentagon Muslims Angered by Rev. Graham Invitation By Sue PlemingWASHINGTON (Reuters - 15 April) - Muslims at the Pentagon are incensed by what theysa ... more

    Palestine Ironies
    "A member of Israel's Shas party, Rabbi Ovadia Yossef, said Arabs werereproducing like insects and "swarming like ants". Israeli PrimeMinister Menache ... more

    12 Shot Dead in Mosul; 100+ injured
    Wednesday April 16, 02:20 AMSearch for new Iraqi leadership begins, 12 killed in Mosul firefightThe search for a new Iraqi leadership began with US of ... more

    Protests flare ahead of Iraq talks
    Protests flare ahead of Iraq talksBy Adrian CroftTALLIL AIRBASE, Iraq (Reuters - 15 April) - The United States launches talks with divided and distrus ... more

    U.S. Kills 12, Injures 100 as They Fire on Protestors
    U.S. Kills 12, Injures 100 as They Fire on ProtestorsAt least 10 dead as US troops in firefight in northern Iraq MOSUL, Iraq (AFP - 15 April) At least ... more

    Wash Post plays the 'Roadmap', Abu Mazen Game
    Just what one would expect from the captive, 'liberal' Jewish-connected, Washington Post:----------------------An Opportunity to Relaunch Efforts to B ... more

    Sharon Adds to Pressure on Syria...and the U.S.
    Sharon Calls Assad Dangerous, Urges U.S. PressureBy Jeffrey HellerJERUSALEM (Reuters - 15 April) - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, calling Syrian ... more

    Pentagon and NSC Chiefs Urge Quick Action Against Syria
    U.S. demands Syria give up Iraq's weapons of mass destructionRumsfeld, Rice urge quick actionThe United States has demanded that the regime of Preside ... more

    Ali of Baghdad - TearfulTragedy within a Tragedy
    Alas...tears....but there are so many similar Alis in Iraq today, even if his case is the most internationally-known and the most egragious:---------- ... more

    Sharon Assaults Syria...Again
    PM SHARON TAKES ON SYRIAPrime Minister Ariel Sharon, not normally known for seeking out microphones, again made headlines today with a media int ... more

    Arafat and Abbas Play out the Political Charade
    Now it's the new Israeli-annointed Palestinian 'leaders' against the former Israel's Palestinian 'leaders'. Well...we mean here US + Israel of cours ... more

    Iraq's History Looted and Ablaze
    Robert Fisk: Library books, letters and priceless documents are set ablaze in final chapter of the sacking of Baghdad15 April 2003So yesterday was the ... more

    Robert Fisk: Would President Assad invite a cruise missile to his palace?
    Robert Fisk: Would President Assad invite a cruise missile to his palace?15 April 2003So now Syria is in America's gunsights. First it's Iraq, Israel' ... more

    Bush and Blair could Fork over Syria
    Syria: the fork in the road for Bush and BlairEngage with Damascus and you can hope for change with some stability. Pull it down and you may reap the ... more

    Perle Warns Syria...
    U.S. ADVISER RICHARD PERLE WARNS SYRIA OVER IRAQI WEAPONSLONDON, April 12 (Reuters) - Pentagon adviser Richard Perle, a key architect of the U.S.-led ... more

    'The alliance of extremist Christians and Zionists will not stop in Iraq'
    "The night after: The alliance of extremist Christians and Zionists willnot stop in Iraq"By Uri Avnery* 10 April 2003The next war. It is now fashiona ... more

    Israel growling at Syria
    Israel growling at SyriaAFX via News 24 - April 14, 2003: Jerusalem - A top Israeli official warned Damascus on Monday not to "playwith fire" after S ... more

    Bush vetoes Syria war plan
    On the same day his official spokesman termed Syria a 'rogue nation'...the Bush Admin may be having second thoughts...especially after a former Republ ... more

    UN Sec-Gen Concerned about US and Syria
    Annan Concerned by Growing U.S. Criticism of SyriaBy Irwin ArieffUNITED NATIONS (Reuters - 14 April) - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan is concerned ... more

    Readying JEB for 2008 - Oh My God
    Jeb vs. HillaryWith Republicans expecting President Bush to roll to reelection in 2004, their focus is fast turning to 2008 and whom the ... more

    Library of Congress Billington Helping to get Osama and 'Terrorists'
    Bookworms, pack rats: nation's secret warriorsAdd the nation's bookworms and pack rats to the list of heroes in the fight on terrorism. James Billingt ... more

    IRAQI WAR FOUGHT BY THE 'BOOK' -- Written by Sun Tzu
    IRAQI WAR FOUGHT BY THE 'BOOK' -- Written by Sun Tzu The White House has fought this war by the book: specifically, a book written by a Chinese m ... more

    Washington Now Targeting Syria and Damascus
    Analysis / Washington turns its sights on Damascus By Ze'ev Schiff[Ha'aretz - 15 April]Why is the volume of rebuke leveled by the U.S. administratio ... more

    Bashar Assad's nightmare is coming true
    Bashar Assad's nightmare is coming true By Daniel Sobelman[Ha'aretz - 15 April]:The editors of the official Syrian government newspapers have in rec ... more

    Syria: Crossing the Red Line
    Some senior U.S. figures say Syria has crossed the red line By Nathan Guttman15 April - Ha'aretz, Israel:WASHINGTON - The American campaign against ... more

    Israelis Pleased with U.S. Warnings to Syrians
    Powell says U.S. will examine sanctions against Syria By Daniel Sobelman and Nathan Guttman Haaretz - 14 AprilThe United States will examine possibl ... more

    Powell Threatens Syria With Sanctions...+
    US considering economic, diplomatic sanctions on Syria: PowellWASHINGTON (AFP - 14 April) - The United States may impose sanctions on Syria for its al ... more

    US Cut-ioff of Iraqi oil to Syria Major Blow to Damascus
    U.S. FINALLY CUTS IRAQI OIL SUPPLY TO SYRIA"It's a major move by the United States and will have a significant affect on Syria," a senior intelligence ... more

    Bush Regime Gearing Up for Attack on Syria and Beyond...
    Bush Regime Gearing Up for Attack on Syria and Beyond... The following is an email sent to Syrian Deputy Ambassador Imad Moustapha in the USA ( ... more

    Anybody Really Believe This? Echos from the Past Abound
    Scotland on Sunday - Sun 13 Apr 2003US gives Israel 3 years to quit occupied Arab landFraser NelsonAN independent Palestine will be created as early a ... more

    Establishment Jewish Writers Have Pointed the WAR finger at Israel in fact


    Eagleburger Joins IMPEACE BUSH Movement...well...not quite yet
    Lawrence Eagleburger, who was US Secretary of State under George Bush Snr, told the BBC: "If George Bush [Jnr] decided he was going to turn the troops ... more

    Syria NOT next say Brits...but...
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    Expelled Syrians stuck at Iraq border
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    Altered Statesman - Lessons for today


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    CBS Producer Fired For Comparing The Mood In America To That Of Germans Who Helped Hitler's Rise To Power
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    CNN Confesses...but just a little
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    Bush to Paris in June?
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    Kinsley of SLATE on Victory in the WAR
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    Which country is next on the list?
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    General Jay Garner to 'replace' Saddam
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    How A War With Iraq Will Change The World
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    Urgent Appeal for International Involvement:

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    No More US Flags in Iraq after Statue Fiasco
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    USS Cole Perpetrators Mysteriosly 'Escape'
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    Oh Yes It Is About OIL
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    The Jewish Lobby and the Far Christian Right - Unholy Alliance
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    Israel Underground Set Off Blast in Palestinian Playground
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    Sen Harkin: Then Lied To Us Abou this 'Paper Tiger'
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    EU Chafes Economically a little more about Iraq
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    $7 billion for VP Cheney's Halliburton
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    BETHELEM faces a SLOW DEATH
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    America is Not a Role Model
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    Powerful TV image obscures details
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    The Looters Are Our Guys
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    How BUSH 'won' (stole) the 2000 Election - "Florida Fights Back'
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    After Iraq, We’ll deal with Other Radical Mideast Regimes
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    Spoils of War - Follow the Money
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    Bush offers crooks and warmongers to lead Iraq
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    Israel Wants Cut of Iraqi Oil
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    Blix - WAR planned long in advance
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    More Israeli-Turkish Dealings
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    More Deaths as Israel Tells Palestinians:Heed Iraq
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    SOPHISTICATED TRANSFER
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    Galloway: I Won't Be Gagged
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    Fisk on Baghdad's 'Liberation'
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    Now Entire World Will Unite Against US Says Fonda
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    Al-Jazeera Charges US Military Coverup
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    Al-Jazeera Pulling Out of Iraq
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    Comply...Resistance is Futile Warns Top American Official to countries worldwide
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    US War Crimes in Afghanistan - New Film Exposes Hidden Realities
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    Is North Korea Next?
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    Al-Jazeera's Money Problems


    US Attacks Russian Convoy, Injures Ambassador
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    Trying to Justify the Unjustifiable
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    American Dissident Voices - The War Against US (Part 1)
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    Sharon calls on Jews Around the World to Immigrate to Israel
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    CIA FactBook on Middle East countries


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    Invading Iraq: Converging U.S. and Israeli Agendas
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    AIPAC Articles in Washington Post the week it met in 2003
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    Powell at AIPAC
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    Iraqi Shadow Government Cools Its Heels in Kuwait - General Garner and Chalabi Pushed by Pentagon
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    Israeli Tank Shoots Another 'International'
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    Army chaplain offers baptisms, baths
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    From the Inside Looking Out - Jerry Levin from Iraq
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    Christian Evangelicals Ready To Save Soles
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    Even the Marines were Crying at what they had done
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    Friend and Corp Cronies Set to Make Another Killing
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    Israeli approached 'Kosher' US General To Become 'President' Of Iraq
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    The WAR for TRUTH
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    Chinese Issue Human Rights Report about USA
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    World War IV Declares Former CIA Director


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    The CIA Plot and its Aftermath
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    'Incredible' Number of Dead Civilians Red Cross Reports
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    US to use Israeli-style urban warfare in Baghdad
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    End the Bloodbath Says Gorbachev
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    Hawaii Tells Washington to Cool It with the 'Patriot Act '
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    Beastie Boys Fight to Fight WAR
    Beasties Fight for Right to Protestby Josh GrossbergMar 12, 2003, 2:10 PM PTback to storyThe Beastie Boys are looking to sabotage support for a U.S. i ... more

    Rockers Protest WAR
    Kravitz, R.E.M., Others Protest Warby Josh GrossbergMar 26, 2003, 2:50 PM PTback to storyLenny Kravitz wants you to go his way for peace.The "Let Love ... more

    Historian Arthur Schlesinger - But They Didn't Lsten
    Unilateral Preventive War: Illegitimate And Immoral by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. 21 August 2002, Los Angeles TimesHere is another excellent article on I ... more

    WILL THE EMPIRE BE FASCIST?
    This essay will appear in a forthcoming issue of Global Dialogue. WILL THE EMPIRE BE FASCIST? Richard Falk (rev. 12 March 2003)The United State ... more

    Ben Cohen of Ben & Jerry's...
    He and his fellow travelers mean well; and they sing nice songs (Peter, Paul and Mary were at the Lincoln Monument)...just too bad they don't really u ... more

    US Promises Israel....After Iraq
    U.S.: After Iraq, we'll deal with other radical Mideast regimesBy Aluf BennHaaretz - 4 April 2003url:A communique received in Jerusalem from the Ameri ... more

    Madonna AMERICAN LIFE Video War Victim
    Madonna's "Life" Vid Goes AWOLby Josh GrossbergApr 1, 2003, 10:40 AM PTback to storyIn what may be a first in her two-decade-long boundary-crossing ca ... more

    Pearl Jam Socks it to media as well as BUSH
    Pearl Jam Reads Reporter Riot Actby Josh GrossbergApr 4, 2003, 11:00 AM PTback to storyIs Pearl Jam the next Dixie Chicks?On the defensive for some an ... more

    GRUESOME FRENCH ADS DEPICT DEAD JOURNALISTS
    GRUESOME FRENCH ADS DEPICT DEAD JOURNALISTSCampaign Champions Press Freedom; May Run in U.S.March 31, 2003By Laurel WentzNEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- A sho ... more

    Blair, but not Bush/Rumsfeld/Powell, says that Syria and Iran aren't next
    If Blair feels the need to give such public assurances, well, we should all know what this means. Where are the public assurances from Bush and Rumsf ... more

    Refugees From America
    From the Edge of Empire: Living with Refugees from AmericaBy Mary Jo LeddyNational Catholic Reporter - 4 April 2003:TORONTO, Canada -- We call them th ... more

    WolfMania
    Dear Friends at CNN.As little kids during WWII, it was nice, a movie every Saturday for ten cents, and "The Eyes and Ears of the World," news item bet ... more

    Digging Up The Past in Poland, While Crucifying the Present in the Holy Land
    It is truly remarkable that at the same time the Israelis and world jewry are doing to the Palestinians similar things that were done to them, they ke ... more

    Iraq is a stop on Bush ‘unipolarist’ track
    Iraq is a stop on Bush ‘unipolarist’ trackNational Catholic Reporter:Issue Date: April 4, 2003So how did we get from liberty and justice to shock and ... more

    US Vetos in UN Security Council since 1972
    1972-2002 Veto record of the USAAll under mentioned Resolutions have been Vetoed by by the US !!!! 1972 Condemns Israel for killing hundreds of peopl ... more

    THE DAMAGE WE ARE DOING TO OUR RELATIONS WITH THE MIDDLE EAST COULD LAST A GENERATION
    THE DAMAGE WE ARE DOING TO OUR RELATIONS WITH THE MIDDLE EAST COULD LAST A GENERATIONTHE INDEPENDENT - Editorial - 01 April 2003 - In the last week ... more

    Where is the truth amid all this subterfuge?
    Robert Fisk: Cows and armed guards on a college campus. Where is the truth amid all this subterfuge?02 April 2003It was a most peculiar day. Overnight ... more

    The monster of Baghdad is now the hero of Arabia
    Robert Fisk: The monster of Baghdad is now the hero of ArabiaThis is now a nationalist war against the most obvious kind of imperial power01 April 200 ... more

    Iran will infiltrate 5 Iraqi cities
    Iran will infiltrate 5 Iraqi citiesBy Eli J. LakeUPI State Department CorrespondentWASHINGTON, April 3 (UPI) -- Iran's senior leadership decided last ... more

    Giant US Oil Company Names Springing Up in Iraqi Dessert
    INDEED: "There is little doubt the Americans will win the war, but you have to wonder how people who are so insensitive ae going to win the peace."-- ... more

    Profiteers Get Ready to Rewire Iraq and Themselves
    Rewiring and Upgrading IraqBy Cynthia L. Webbwashingtonpost.com Staff WriterTuesday, March 25, 2003; 9:46 AMWhile fighting continues to rage in Iraq, ... more

    Israeli Armored Bulldozers In Use by Americans in Iraq
    ISRAELI BULLDOZERS TO BE USED IN IRAQForeign reports state that Israel transferred to the United States, shortly before the current war in Iraq, giant ... more

    Bush Wacked - Upset Concert Goers Depart
    Concert-goers head to exits after anti-Bush displayBy Mark BrownRocky Mountain News - April 3, 2003:Incensed fans walked out of Pearl Jam's concert Tu ... more

    UNITING FOR PEACE - Yes
    "Uniting for Peace": UN General Assembly Provides Crucial Opportunity for Global Peace MovementSubmitted to Portside By Jeremy Brecher*The United Nati ... more

    Media Mogul Murdoch Calls for FEAR rather than LOVE
    When Murdoch talks of 'respect' substitute FEAR; and when he talks of 'love' substitute ADMIRE (and also respect):---------------------Murdoch: Iraqis ... more

    Even as they hint Saddam is dead; they're out gunning for him
    SAS target SaddamBy David Taylor and Patrick Sawer, Evening Standard - 3 AprilSAS men and US special forces hunted for Saddam Hussein and his two sons ... more

    'Regime Change' in America Urgently Needed Says Kerrey
    Kerry says US needs its own 'regime change'By Glen JohnsonBoston Globe - 4/3/2003:PETERBOROUGH, N.H. - Senator John F. Kerry said yesterday that Presi ... more

    'Second Rate Actors Can Still Appear in Hits' - Tina on George
    CNBC's pre-emptive strikeBy Tina BrownThe Times, London April 03, 2003:NO DOUBT the Bush White House has its own good reasons to feel cross with me, b ... more

    Powell is really running for the White House...and his foil is Donald Rumsfeld
    Colin Powell's recent performances at the United Nations, and then before the center-organization of the Israeli/Jewish lobby (AIPAC), were clearly de ... more

    Mesopotamia. Babylon. The Tigris and Euphrates - Arundhati Roy
    Mesopotamia. Babylon. The Tigris and EuphratesHow many children, in how many classrooms, over how many centuries, have hang-glided through the past, t ... more

    War is the Climax of the American-Israeli Partnership
    War is the Climax of the American-Israeli PartnershipBy Patrick Seale*, 21 March 2003The United States has embarked on an imperial adventure in ... more

    Is China Helping Iraq?
    China's Role in Saddam's RegimeWhat really is China's role with Saddam Hussein?Now, some stunning news from the China Reform Monitor, therespected Was ... more

    U.S. FORCES BLOW UP IRAQI PIPELINE TO SYRIA
    If the poor seething Arabs were not so divided, weak, and corruptly inept, it would be considered a serious provocation, maybe even a causus belli. I ... more

    Corrupt and Inept PA Media Pushes the laughable 'Road Map'
    One wonders at first just who it is that is taking all this 'roadmap' stuff and Israeli opposition stuff so seriously. Sure enough, turns out to be n ... more

    Senators in Pakistan call for Bush/Blair Trials and Independent Pakistani Foreign Policy
    Senators call for trial of Bush, Blair for war crimes Pak Tribune - Muharram 29, 1424 Hijri April 02, 2003 ISLAMABAD, April 02 (Online): Oppositio ... more

    No Thank You George 'Liberation'
    Seven Thousand Iraqis Return Home From Jordan, Unsure What Invasion BringsSaying No to Liberationby Kareem Fahim[Village Voice - April 2 - 8, 2003]:Ka ... more

    Israel Conducts Mass Roundup of Palestinians
    Israel Conducts Mass Roundup of PalestiniansBy Muin ShadeedTULKARM, West Bank (Reuters - 2 April) - Israeli troops rounded up at least 1,000 Palestini ... more

    Arabs Warn U.S. Not to Use Iraq to Pick New Fights
    Arabs Warn U.S. Not to Use Iraq to Pick New FightsBy Sami AboudiCAIRO (Reuters - 2 April) - Arab commentators and officials warned the United States o ... more

    Chomsky: Are We All Now Doomed?
    Unintended consequences of US aggression could doom us allNoam Chomsky says the choice is between civilisation and dominationIF ANYTHING is obvious fr ... more

    How US 'Liberals' Have Screwed Themselves
    Nat Hentoff:Why I Didn't March This TimeTheir Tongues Were Cut Out for Slandering HusseinVillage Voice - March 28th, 2003 3:30 PMOften, the executions ... more

    Suicide Attack #1 in Iraqi History
    Robert Fisk: Sergeant's suicidal act of war has struck fear into Allied hearts[The Independent - 31 March 2003]: Sergeant Ali Jaffar Moussa Hamadi al- ... more

    'I saw the heads of my two little girls come off'
    'I saw the heads of my two little girls come off'Sydney Morning Herald - April 2, 2003An Iraqi mother in a van fired on by US soldiers says she saw he ... more

    Washington LIES Abound
    Who Lied to Whom: Why Did the Administration Endorse a Forgery About Iraq's Nuclear Program? By Seymour Hersh The New Yorker - March 24, 2003Last Sept ... more

    Time for a Global Anti-Imperialist League
    Time for a Global Anti-Imperialist LeagueA Naked Display of Imperial PowerBy TARIQ ALICounterPunch - 27 March:The historic significance of the protest ... more

    Michael Moore on Protesting the War in America
    I'd Like to Thank the Vatican...Michael Moore fesses up to his Oscar day 'mistake' -- going to Mass first.By Michael Moore[Michael Moore won an A ... more

    The 'Road Map' Ruse
    SHALOM AND ELON REACT TO AMERICAN "ROAD MAP" PRESSUREForeign Minister Silvan Shalom, who met with U.S. President George Bush last night, said afterwar ... more

    AIPAC Gloats
    For Israel Lobby Group, AIPAC, War Is Topic A, QuietlyBy Dana MilbankThe Washington Post1 April 2003This week's meeting in Washington of the American ... more

    Even the Brit Generals are Taken Aback by US Troop Civilian Killing
    Strains of war test the alliesBy David Charter, Tom Baldwin and Michael EvansBritish dismay at US checkpoint killingsThe Times, UK - April 02, 2003:TE ... more

    1 of 3 French Want IRAQ to win
    One in three French backs SaddamBy Charles Bremner and Alan HamiltonTimes of London - 2 April:ILL-FEELING between Britain and France over the invasion ... more

    END THIS WAR NOW Insists Congressman Kucinich
    Kucinich Takes to The House FloorTo Call For An End to The War - 4/02/2003 Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH), who leads opposition to the War in I ... more

    The US/Israel HIT LIST
    ["Between April of 2003 and November 2004, the US, UK and Israel willaccelerate instability operations in Iran and engage in global disinformation cam ... more

    The United States and Britain are Heading for Disaster
    By Patrick Seale March 28, 2003[Patrick Seale is a distinguished British Historian]Whatever the military outcome of the 'battle for Baghdad', ... more

    The Real Washington - Goofy Pres and Tense military
    Berating the GeneralsThe Siege of WashingtonBy WAYNE MADSENMarch 25, 2003 may serve as a crucial turning point in American history. On that day, Georg ... more

    Iraq War Video-Game Update
    War on Iraq inspires player modifications of popular videogameThe Associated PressLast Updated 6:16 a.m. PST Tuesday, April 1, 2003REDWOOD CITY, Calif ... more

    Hollywood Further Bows to War Hysteria
    Warner Bros. eliminates peace image from 'What a Girl Wants' adsLOS ANGELES (AP - 1 April) - "What a Girl Wants" is to avoid making a political statem ... more

    Rumsfeld's Follies
    Rumsfeld's Design for War Criticized on the BattlefieldBy BERNARD WEINRAUB with THOM SHANKERNew York TimesApril 1, 2003V CORPS HEADQUARTERS, near the ... more

    Sermon From Mecca
    Even as the American Cruise Missiles fly overhead on their way to strike Baghdad, and even as American forces command the war from Prince Sultan Airba ... more

    Rachel Corrie Writes Home About Palestine
    Rachel Corrie: In her own wordsRachel Corrie, writing from Rafah, occupied Palestine17 March 2003Excerpts from an e-mail from Rachel Corrie to her fam ... more

    Rachel's War
    Rachel's warThis weekend 23-year-old American peace activist Rachel Corrie was crushed to death by a bulldozer as she tried to prevent the Israeli arm ... more

    Three Wounded Brits Tell of Yankts with 'No Regard for Human Life'
    Three Wounded Brits Critical of Yankee PilotBy Patrick BarkhamTimes of London - Monday 31 March 2003'The Yank opened up. He had absolutely no regard f ... more

    30 Exclusive GUARDIAN Interviews about the Iraq War and U.S. policies


    From Sands to Quagmire
    From Sands to Quagmire By Orville SchellMarch 31, 2003, The San Francisco Chronicle "People say to me, 'You are not the Vietnamese. You have nojungles ... more

    Yemeni Scholars Approach 'Jihad' Against US/UK Invaders
    Scholars approve Jihad Mohammed bin SallamYemen Times31 March 2003 to 6 April 2003 A statement calling for Jihad in all forms against US and UK troop ... more

    VP Cheney's Former Company Makes a Killing on the Killing
    Read below how the US leaders and friends make the big bucks on the war culture while pretending to be 'liberating' the Iraqi people. ______________ ... more

    Onward Christian Soldiers...
    'A Christian's Duty'The Nation - 03/31/2003:Before this Administration came along, it was hard to imagine that something as intensely personal ... more

    Relief from AEI as Saddam Lives on
    Splits emerge over post-Saddam planBy Jim Lobe Asia Times, 22 March,WASHINGTON: An almost audible sigh of relief could be heard from a nondescript do ... more

    This War Is Brought To You By...
    THE ROVING EYE This war is brought to you by ... By Pepe EscobarLATimes - 23 March: ALEXANDRIA, Egypt - They've won. They got th ... more

    US draws up secret plan to impose regime on Iraq
    US draws up secret plan to impose regime on IraqBrian Whitaker and Luke Harding in Sulaimaniya[The Guardian - Tuesday April 1, 2003]A disagreement has ... more

    Israelis Pushing To Get Syria
    Mofaz: U.S., Israel view Assad's acts, words as 'very grave' By Ze'ev Schiff and Nathan Guttman Haaretz - 4-01-03: Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz said ... more

    No Longer A Secular War
    There were reports last week that Iraqi exiles, including fervent Shiites, were crossing into Iraq by car and bus from Jordan and Syria to get into th ... more

    Costs of war by far outweigh benefits
    Costs of war by far outweigh benefitsBy Jim Lobe WASHINGTON - 21 March: Regardless of how quickly US troops roll into Baghdad, the second Gulf War al ... more

    No 'Warning Shots' After All - 'Mistake'
    Lies and Coverup have become the specialty in Washington. Hoping to distort and mislead as much as possible, no less than the Marine General who is V ... more

    Chinese Hackers Plan Cyber Anti-War
    Hackers Plan Attacks To Protest Iraq WarChinese Group Targets U.S., U.K. SitesBy Brian Krebswashingtonpost.comTuesday, April 1, 2003; Page A24Chinese ... more

    9/11 not the cause, rather the excuse - War Planned Long Ago
    This Iraq Middle East War was planned long ago, and will last a long time. 9/11 was not the cause, it was the excuse:--------------- AMERICAN ... more

    Madonna says about 'American Life' - Germany Yes, USA No
    MADONNA PULLS NEW SHOCK VIDEO IN USA; SCENES OF TRANSVESTITE SOLDIERS, GRENADE THROWN AT BUSH; DEBUTS IN GERMANY**Exclusive**AOLTIMEWARNER recording m ... more

    U.S. cites China, Israel, Saudi Arabia for poor human rights
    U.S. cites China, Israel, Saudi Arabia for poor human rightsPalestinians, Colombia, Central Asian nations also criticizedFrom Elise LabottCNNWASHINGTO ... more

    Arab nations plan antiwar vote at U.N.
    Do at least a few of the Arab leaders have the guts and the ability to take this step? Past history indicates no...but hope springs eternal!--------- ... more

    Madonna Lobs Grenade at Bush
    MADONNA REFUSES TO CUT GRENADE SCENEPop queen Madonna is refusing to cut a provocative scene in her new video, in which she throws a grenade into a Pr ... more

    Robin Williams Blasts Bush and his War
    Robin Williams blasts Bush; J.Lo and Ben charm the cops; Letterman returnsDaily Dish Monday, March 31, 2003Click to ViewROBIN WILLIAMS BLASTS BUSHFu ... more

    Women and Children Killed by U.S. Troops 'Protecting' Themselves
    "The most horrible thing I have ever seen".Even so, the Marine Commander who is Vice-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon, Peter Pace ... more

    Arnett - In Shock and Awe for Telling the Truth
    "This War is not working"------------------ 'I am still in shock and awe at being fired,' writes Peter Arnett in his first piece for the DAILY MIRROR, ... more

    US General Tied to Israel to be 'King of Iraq'
    The Man Who Would Be King of IraqIan WilliamsAlterNet - March 30, 2003While the U.S. military finds itself bogged down on the road to Baghdad, the rea ... more

    Bush's War Likely To Last A Very Long Time
    This is LONDON31/03/03 - Opinion section A war without an end By A.N.Wilson, Evening StandardThis war will probably not end in our lifetime. ... more

    2 Brit Soldiers Refuse order to fight - 'sent home'
    Monday March 31, 04:47 PMIraq· Full coverage of war· Humanitarian aid· Anti-war movementMore news Full Coverage· Hamiltons rape claim woman is 'fantas ... more

    US Media Corp Ownership Facing Further 'Consolidation'
    War coverage could alter U.S. media policyReporting may influence debate about ownership; More consolidation coming?; FCC to decide soon on any rules ... more
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