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    Still More U.S. Manipulation of next 'new' 'interim' government
    Of course it's all a bit of a big sham with the U.N. being duped and abused and used once more time. This new attempt to create a U.S. puppet governm ... more

    Dead Skin Infection Superbug Loose in NYC


    Bush the Dad
    BUSH DAD: 'THE WAR IN IRAQ IS A LARGE PROBLEM' Sun May 30 2004 10:22:44 ET New York -- “The country is doing pretty darn well,” former President Geor ... more

    Bush Abusing Air Force One


    Najaf Deal Unravels as U.S. Desperation Grows


    Top Islamic Scholar Killed as Pakistan Erupts


    22 Killed in Saudi Shoot-out


    Pakistan Under Fire


    Saudi Arabia under attack from within


    Sharon Government in Chaos and Meltdown


    Pakistani Society Erupting in Protest


    America: Flag Waving Controversy Reaches Supreme Court in new way


    The latest Rise and Fall of Ariel Sharon


    Spreading U.S. Torture Stories


    Averting Another Holocaust?


    "Piece Process"
    "Piece Process" (Hebron, West Bank, Palestine, May 28, 2004) A section of the "annexation" wall has reached Ramallah western edge of Qala ... more

    Former Beatle Lambasts Iraq War


    Those 'Souless' Americans
    Long ago there was the special place in the world for 'Roman Citizens'. Now it is still 'American Citizens' who expect to be treated differently even ... more

    Pat Tillman Was Killed by 'Friendly Fire'


    Intelligence Operatives Behind the Torture Scandal?


    Israelis Punish British Journalist and BBC


    The Weekly Standard on Senator Hollings and His Israeli Remarks
    Senator Hollings, Air America, and more. 5/22/2004, Volume 009, Issue 36 Some of His Best Friends Sen. Ernest "Fritz" Hollings recently published ... more

    Osama Saddam 'Connection'
    Ahha, there must be an election coming. Now in mid-2004 the conservative neocons want to tell us, after all this time, that there really was a big co ... more

    Jordanian Monarchy
    Brought to the eastern Palestinian desert and enthroned by the British, kept in power by the CIA, the last Hashemite throne continues on to an unknown ... more

    Retiring Senator Hollings Blasts Israeli Lobby
    WASHINGTON, May 23 (JTA) — Never known as genteel or soft-spoken, Ernest “Fritz” Hollings is ending his 38 years in the Senate with a typical bang — a ... more

    Neocons Pushed Iraq War to Benefit Israel
    Those who have been reading MER will know that we've focused on this issue going way back to before the Iraq invasion/occupation. But now it's coming ... more

    Lobbyists Rule in State of Minnesota just as in Washington


    Think tank: Iraq diverted U.S. from major strategic threats
    SPECIAL TO WORLD TRIBUNE.COM Thursday, May 27, 2004 LONDON – The United States has become preoccupied with the ongoing insurgency in Iraq, the The In ... more

    Pentagon Personal Snooping Continues Under the Radar


    The things Bush didn't mention in his speech
    The things Bush didn't mention in his speech - by Robert Fisk [The Independent, 26 May, UK]: I can't wait to see Abu Ghraib prison reduced to rubb ... more

    Beating the 'Dirty Bomb'


    Drunken Dickey


    Guardian Report on the limited NYTimes 'Retraction'


    French Comic Acquitted of Anti-Semitism charges


    Israel's Gestapo Gets Its Man


    The Extended Israeli-Jewish Lobby That Pushed the U.S. to invade/occupy Iraq
    General Zinni made the charges, but failed to really name the names and ran fast from focusing on the Israeli and Jewish lobby involvement. Then Al G ... more

    Millergate at the NYTimes
    Earlier this week the NYTimes confessed...a wee bit and without naming names. But readers of MER have been hearing about Judith Miller and the Jewish ... more

    Torture and Abuse Much More Widespread - Even the Army says so


    Bush Lies Spawn Age of Doubt and Uncredible Attitudes


    Princeton's Racist


    Arab Countries Tell Bush 'No Thanks'


    Fingering the CIA's Torture Methods


    'Street Preacher' Arrested for Loud Views in UK


    Al-Qaida Energized by U.S. Actions Says London Think-Tank


    Bullet Shortage USA


    Egypt Rejects G8 Invite for June to U.S.


    Richard Perle - One of the Chief Self-Serving Israel-Caressing Neocons


    Hersh on the Front Lines


    Clancy and Perle Almost Duke It Out
    CLANCY-PERLE CAGE MATCH....I'm disappointed to learn that famed military novelist Tom Clancy "almost came to blows" with neocon hawk Richard Perle ove ... more

    The 'Taliban Wing' of the Republican Party


    Gore Calls for Resignations at the top


    Gore: Bush - The Most Dishonest President Since Nixon


    Kissinger - Nixon Drunk During 1973 War


    New York Times Admits A Little, Covers Up A Lot


    Now Clinton's Dick Morris Is Helping BUSH!


    Soros' Coup


    Al-Qaida's Presidential Campaign


    Chalabi's Betrayal


    The Iraq Blame Game


    U.S. World Image Nearly Destroyed


    Terrorism Alert Grows in U.S.


    How "ChinaGate" helped lead to 9/11


    Israelis and U.S. Torture in Iraq
    Israeli Agents Believed Involved in Abu Ghraib Diplomatic sources in Washington tell NewsMax's U.N. correspondent Stew Stogel that Israeli nationals ... more

    Americans Don't Care - Don't Worry, Be Happy


    Weapons of Mass Deception


    A Nation of Scared Sheep


    Rummie's Personal Spy Team


    Major Summer Attack Coming?


    A Time For Truth: The War Is Over
    A Time For Truth: The War Is Over By PATRICK J. BUCHANAN Published on 5/23/2004 With pictures of the sadistic sexual abuse of Iraqis in Abu Ghraib ... more

    Osama's Army Growing


    Author booed for anti-Bush remarks


    Bernstein of Watergate Compares Bush to Nixon


    Chalabi Is Lashing Back


    Beilin has Richard Gere Hooked
    Richard Gier to support Geneva understandings IMEMC & Agencies The Israeli newspaper Maariv, said that the American Actor Richard Gier decided to rec ... more

    Bush Says No Palestinian State soon after all
    The Palestinians were first repeatedly promised their country would not be taken from them, then that there would not be a separate 'Jewish State, and ... more

    Horrible Pictures Censored - Robert Fisk article
    Pictures of wounded men being shot censored by TV Robert Fisk – The Independent May 6, 2004 The pictures are appalling, the words devastating. As a ... more

    Top University Protest New Restrictions on Freedom of Speech about Middle East issues


    Bush Tries to 'Reassure' the Palestinians
    It's all quite an act of course; and if this performer weren't in the White House it's not likely many would be standing in line to watch or even list ... more

    Bin Laden Offers Rewards for Bremer, et. al.


    How Chalabi Conned the Neocons and Brought About the Invasion/Occupation
    But then the neocons were involved in their own cons, including of their own President, and maybe in fact they used Chalabi even more than they used h ... more

    How Chalabi Conned the Neocons
    But then they really wanted to be conned, didn't they?

    Student Pres of Hillel Sacked because of insufficient loyalty to Israel
    Wednesday, May 5, 2004 Student President of Hillel Chapter at U. of Richmond Is Ousted After Criticizing Israeli Embassy By ERIC HOOVER The organiza ... more

    Brahimi Versus Chalabi as Bremer Prepares to Run
    Brahimi versus Chalabi: The daggers are drawn By Patrick Seale May 1, 2004, 13:25 Of all the vicious battles being fought in Iraq, the one betwee ... more

    Important 9/11 Tapes Purposefully Destroyed
    Rather suspicious...

    Mossad Agents involved with Iraqi Torture?
    MOSSAD AGENTS INVOLVED IN IRAQ PRISON ABUSE author: Mauricio Dolce Mossad agents are behind the Iraq prison scandale General Taguba's report about ... more

    Jordan's Abdullah Comes Calling on Bush Again


    Bush Rushes onto Arab TV Screens
    But it's too late. The damage has been done. And Bush lacks credibility to repair it. Commentators are racing to proclaim that it will take a gener ... more

    Bush goes on US Govt Arab TV to explain
    George Bush is fond of telling people what they 'must' do. Now using the U.S. government TV for the Arabs he is telling them what they 'must' do too. ... more

    More Labor Party 'Peace Now' Propaganda Coming to U.S.


    Iraqi Prisoners Scream and Protest as journalists pass by
    Rushing to get out his spin on things before President Bush goes on Arab TV channels today, looks like they hadn't quite manage to quiet, relocate, wa ... more

    Censoring Michael Moore's New 9/11 Movie


    The U.S. Army Report the Pentagon Brass Didn't Bother to Read


    Disney Says No To Moore and Miramax
    This is the kind of thing that happens when the big corporations rule. And it usually happens behind the scenes far out of public view. Now Mel Gib ... more

    Arnold Blesses Israel and Sharon
    Commitment to tolerance Governor lends poignancy to unveiling of plans for Jerusalem museum By Margaret Talev -- Bee Capitol Bureau - (Published May ... more

    Oil Soars as Mideast Fumes


    Colin Powell Wants Out
    Whether it's self-preservation to fight another day; or time to finally get out and head for the easy life; Powell has already done the dirty work of ... more

    Disney Says No To Michael Moore - Wants to Spike Film


    U.S. Prepares to Abuse U.N. One More Time


    The U.N. Betrayed Iraq and Itself - Now Mutiny is the only way out


    More Foolishness from 'The Quartet'
    With the U.S. in the lead of course, the so-called 'Quartet' one more time has made a foolish statement that lacks not only credibility but common sen ... more

    'Containing' Sadr


    US Diplomats Write Simple Easy Letter to Bush
    It's much too little, much too late, much to circumventing reality...but then this bunch of Washington-based former U.S. diplomats has being doing thi ... more

    ABC News Showed the how U.S. uses Helicopters to Kill in January


    Iraqi cameraman recounts ordeal in US detention
    Iraqi cameraman recounts ordeal in US detention Tue May 04 2004 08:56:14 ET The US interrogater yanked the 24-year-old Iraqi male's hair and peeled ... more

    French TV shows US Helicopter executions of helpless Iraqis
    French TV to show images of US helicopter killing Iraqis Tue May 04 2004 08:59:08 ET French cable television station Canal Plus on Tuesday will broa ... more

    Israeli Troops Surround and Blockade Arafat


    CBS Admits Holding Torture Story for Weeks on Pentagon 'request'


    Israelis Move on Ramallah, Arafat Surrounded


    Israel Heads to Disaster


    Sasser Worm
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    After much criticism Americans turn to another past Iraqi General, this one with anti-Saddam credentials but not from Fallujah
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    Weblog Guardian Special - Assassination of Sheik Yassin


    Pre-vote Sharon Predicted 'Disaster' if Defeated


    Sharon Muddles and Bulldogs on


    The Torture Coverup might have worked...but for the pictures


    Torture Comes as no surprise to Iraqis


    Kerry 'Unfit' Group of Veterans to Declare


    The electrodes' switch is in Washington


    Secret report from notorious Baghdad jail reveals beatings, rape and torture of prisoners by US troops


    Pentagon Overrules Generals in the field


    Bremer's pre-9/11 guffaw


    Israel's Latest Hit List


    A failed Arab summit and America's push for regional reform


    Mossad Fails Damascus Assassination


    Sharon Bulldozes Forward Despite Resounding Party Rejection
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    US Torture Worse Than Saddam's Iraqi Claims


    Saudi Crown Prince Blames Israel for Attacks in Kingdom


    Al-Jazeera To Be Further Controlled As Pressure from US Grows


    Torture at Abu Ghraib
    American, British, and especially Israeli torture are not so uncommon really. What is uncommon is clear evidence...and especially pictures.
    US Warns Against Travel to Israel


    Bush and Sharon - Marching in LockStep
    Bush and Sharon Nearly Identical On Mideast Policy By Robert G. Kaiser Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, February 9, 2003; Page A01 Running fo ... more

    Sharon Says Vote Against Withdrawal from Gaza is Victory for Arafat and Palestinians!
    In the Alice and Wonderland world of the Middle East these days, such absurdities pass for political ploys worthy of comment. Now get this: on the e ... more

    One of Saddam's Generals Comes Back
    Rather amazing actually...the former Saddam-era General came back protected by American forces, wearing his old Republican Guard uniform, and flying t ... more

    Brit Torture Exposed Soon After American


    The 1990 'Green Light' That Began the Gulf War
    A former White House Press Secretary wrote a book about all this some years back; but though he got alot of attention in Europe in the U.S. his book q ... more

    Neocon choice Chalabi may have been stopped -- and this article may have helped


    Desperate Looking for the Exit - de Borchgrave


    Now British Torture and Degradation in Iraq


    Now State Dept Says, As Election Approaches, Terrorism Down Last year!


    Torture Scandal
    The U.S. Military tried to keep it under wraps; and CBS News complied for a few weeks until others got the story. Does anyone really believe the litt ... more

    American War Crimes in Iraq... an established Israeli writer knows and says


    The 'Outlawed Statement' and Salute


    Liquid Body Army Coming for the U.S. Soldier


    A warning to those who dare to criticise Israel in the land of free speech
    Those Who Dare to Criticize - By Robert Fisk Behold Mary Robinson, former president of Ireland, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, woul ... more

    Now the Pentagon Insists Saddam Hussein Orchestrated the Unexpected Opposition


    LaRouche on Islam OnLine


    The 'Jesus Factor' in American Politics


    ACLU's 'Secret' Legal Challenge to Govt Spying Power


    Bush Promises To Deal with Iran
    Didn't take Bush long after his most recent visit from Ariel Sharon to pledge more than ever to 'deal with' Iran. The year 2005 is now likely to be t ... more

    The Nuclear Madness Continues


    UN Should Not Bail Out the Americans this time around


    White House Trying to Gag FBI 9/11 Witness


    John Kerry Should Go...Now...


    'Until Next Time' - One Way or Another expect Sharon to get Arafat


    Israeli Prof Terms Assassination of Hamas leader 'Symbolic Genocide'


    Israel Threatens 'Much Hasher' Destruction to come


    US Troops Killing and Rampaging in Najaf


    Bush Kissed, but Sharon's Own Slap


    'Made in Israel' - Victoria Secrets' Secret, et. al.


    Senator Clinton Campaigns for by touting 'anti-semitism'


    'Year of Attacks' Pledged by Al Qaida


    US Further Prepares for War with North Korea After U.S. Election


    America's New Iraq Flag...and Israel's Flag...too much in common say the critics


    Text of Letter from British Diplomats to Blair


    British Diplomats Slam Blair for Supporting U.S.


    Historic Attack in Jordan Averted
    Nothing happens these days in Jordan without major involvement of the CIA; and that's probably how the Jordanians averted this attack. more

    Iraqi Governing Council Pres Says U.S. Getting What It Now Deserves
    Of course he phrased it a bit more diplomatically, and of course he's coming forward now because the U.S.-chosen Council may be heading toward dissolu ... more

    Sharon's Days Numbered As Three Key Ministers Spurn Him


    NATO resisting US pushing into Iraq
    Now it's up to the usually cowering United Nations to resist the dictates of the United States. After all the lying, deception, spying, and dying tha ... more

    Iraq Resembles Lebanon to some
    Actually there are considerable differences; but for the Americans of course the experience in Lebanon is more fresh in memory even to that of Vietnam ... more

    Reality Intrudes on US-Israeli Mid-East Designs


    An Open Letter to America from a Lebanese Doctor


    US Hand in Yassin Assassination


    CSM on Bush's Israel Tilt


    Jerusalem's growing web of walls


    Beyond Israel: ripple effect of Bush's stand


    US Inflames Arab Moderates


    The 9/11 Truth Movement: Widows Lead Growing Effort To Expose What The Government Knew


    Fallujah and Najaf now loom
    Of course what they have done in the past has brought them to this present. Against the advice of nearly everyone other than themselves, the American ... more

    Powell Takes a Licking....


    Iraqi city of Najaf "potentially explosive" - U.S.


    US Preparations to Take On North Korea Go Forward


    UN demands to know what 'vital role' will be
    Mistrusting the U.S., and rightly so of course, the U.N. this time is being much more cautious and trying to prevent itself from being so blatantly us ... more

    Chalabi to be sidelined from Iraq leadership
    The Pentagon neocons - most especially Wolfowitz and Feith - are taking a big hit this time with the downfall of their man Ahmed Chalabi. But in a se ... more

    Death and Destruction Still Escalating in Iraq


    Sharon Threatens Nuclear Retaliation


    Saudis Secretly Helped US War on Iraq Far More ThanPreviously Known


    'Mountain' Arafat Prepares


    Lawrence of Arabia redux


    Why won't anyone say they are Jewish?


    Total Chaos in Iraq
    Having failed totally the Americans are now desperately turning to those they previously dismissed and vilified, the old Bathists of Iraq and the Unit ... more

    Resistance kills Mossad agents in Iraq


    American/Israeli Takeover of Iraq, through Chalabi


    Former Saddam Generals Now Being Brought Back by Americans
    The Americans are desperate now to try anything. So among other new ploys they're bringing back the remaining top Baathists and giving them 'incentiv ... more

    Another CFR Spinster in the pages of the NYTimes


    Council on Foreign Relations Mead Pushes for More U.S. Craftiness in the Middle East
    Mead is just the guy for the job. Craftiness rather than real policy changes is what the Council on Foreign Relations is always pushing. more

    Arafat Regime in Desperation to Call on UN For Sanctions Against Israel


    Sharon Declares Bush Endorsement 'Most Serious Blow to Palestinians since 1948!"
    Looks like Ariel Sharon is getting still more desperate. Good to see him engaging in such hyperbole that his own credibility is sinking even as the I ... more

    Chalabi's Nephew Put in Charge of Trials and Multi-Million Fund


    Israel's Fictitious Withdrawal


    Silencing American Academics - Sarah Roy


    US Threats to Attack in Fullaja, Najaf - all opposition to be destroyed


    Pipes Pipes Up Proclaiming 'Unmitigated Palestinian Disaster'


    Chalabi Vehemently Opposes U.S. Policy Reversal


    Hoax or History? - Rami Khouri


    Sharon Warns US Support Conditional, US Says Sharon Wrong Support Not Conditional
    What a crazy twist. Here's the PM of Israel warning his countryman that U.S. support for Israel is conditional and could end...and the U.S. say oh no ... more

    Yale Professors Gather to Criticize Iraq War


    Begin's Son Negates Sharon Plan


    Sharon Plan Uncertain as Support Whithers though Peres Enthusiastic


    U.S. Troops Guilty of Killing Many Journalists in Iraq


    US Enemy of Islam says Indonesia's Bashir


    Bremer Reverses Again...now Baath Party Members OK


    The Bush Sharon Hoax - Rami Khouri


    Kaddoumi Speaks Up and tell the Israelis to 'go to hell'
    He's not very widely respected by Palestinians or by anyone else for that matter. But he does retain the official title of PLO 'Foreign Minister' whe ... more

    Muslim Nations Condemn Israeli and US Plans


    Vanunu is free, but at risk


    Chalabi Protests
    Of course what's really going on here is Chalabi fearing that power and money aren't going to continue to flow his way after all. The Pentagon neocon ... more

    Israel's Vast Nuke Arsenal


    Bremer Leaves, Generals + Ambassador to take over


    Why They Hate Us, Really


    Bush Outsources Middle East Policy to Sharon and Israel


    Arafat Scared
    As he has done in the past Arafat does whatever is required for his personal survival, and that of his twisted regime of cronies including Nabil Sha'a ... more

    Mossad and New Zealand


    Bush Goes To War - Woodward Book "Plan of Attack", Part 5


    Prof Reinhart on Sharon and Gaza
    What kind of state deserves to exist? by Tanya Reinhart Originially printed in Yediot Aharonot Amidst the political storm in Israel regarding th ... more

    Congress Targets Wolfowitz as Iraq War Architect


    Rumors of the Return of the Draft
    Capitol Hill Murmurs: Reinstate Draft? A senior Republican senator has said that the deteriorating security in Iraq could force the United State ... more

    At long last major newsman notes how news is hurt by corporate America


    Visitors to US way down since 9/11
    In the long run the U.S. will be hurt in many ways, not just economic, because fewer visitors are coming to the US and fewer Americans are able to go ... more

    Chalaby Strikes Again


    Bush Goes To War - Woodward Book "Plan of Attack", Part 4


    Woodward On-Line at Washington Post on 20 April 2004


    Pentagon stealth deletes Rumseld comment about Saudi Arabia and Iraq war


    Transcript - Bush Speech and Press Conference - 13 April 2004


    Transcript - Bush and Sharon - 14 April 2004


    Transcript - Bush and Blair Press Conference - 16 April 2004


    Bush Decided to Invade/Occupy Iraq in 2001
    Of course long-time readers of MER won't be so surprised. Against the tide we were pointing this out way back then in fact and throughout 2002 when t ... more

    Vanunu Speaks 'Freely'


    Vanunu Released in Israel under severe unprecedented restrictions.


    Senior UN Officials on the Take!


    Will the Draft Return to the US in 2005?


    Nader warns of devastating draft, advocates total Iraqi withdrawal this year


    Occupation Troops Could Stay 10+ Years Says British Commander


    The Ideology Police
    There's no question about it anymore. Part of the 'new world order', and part of the 'war against terrorism', is intimidating, pushing, frightening, ... more

    U.S. Turns to Mercenaries


    From Gulf of Tonkin to Powell U.N. Speech


    Fables of the Reconstruction


    Awaiting Vanunu


    Mubarak: Arabs Hate U.S. More than Ever
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    U.S. Media protests ban on covering war dead
    The pictures of troops returning home to families are all over the news when it happens, the pictures of the dead returning are 'not allowed' by order ... more

    Secret Memo - After a Year U.S. to Bolt Iraq


    Iraq and the U.N. according to the The Washington Post


    Rove on Kerry - "Bring 'Em On"


    Bush Goes To War - Woodward Book "Plan of Attack", Part 3


    The BBC Take on Sharon and his latest plans


    BBC on Sharon and his new plans


    Vanunu Ever Defiant
    He was something of an ordinary man, but due to extraordinary circumstances and a single-minded conviction -- plus help from the Israelis because of h ... more

    Abdullah of Jordan Cancels Visit to Washington
    Both Nabil Sha'ath of the 'Palestinian Authority' and Abdullah II of Jordan have now called off their long-scheduled visits to Washington. Both are a ... more

    The Empire Moves Toward Robot Bombers


    US gives Israelis 'green light' to destroy Hamas and all Palestinian resistance


    Kerry Gives Israel All-Out Support Joining Lieberman


    Friedman's Version of the Mideast Chessboard


    The 'Silent War'
    The tough-guys in Washington have had their eyes out for a number of other countries; but then they're more bogged down in Iraq then they expected. Ev ... more

    Inside the neo-con Pentagon - from a real insider


    Ayatollah Bush


    Bush's Dangerous Arrogance


    Saudis Backtrack on Prince Bandar's Pledge


    Kerry Backs Israel all the way
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    Saudi Bandar Promises to Lower Oil Prices to help Bush Reelection
    Saudi Envoy Promised Lower Oil Price, Woodward Says April 19 (Bloomberg) -- Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the U.S. has promised President George W. B ... more

    Operation Mercenary
    The British has their Gerkas and others; the Romans had their non-citizen soldiers; and now of the course the American Empire is doing what invading a ... more

    White House Screaming Over What to do about Americans charged as 'al-Qaida'


    Hamas Pledges 100 Reprisals


    Powell Refers to right-wing Pentagon Gestapo
    Mr. Powell's memoir also recalls an exchange in the early 1990's, in which Mr. Powell accused Mr. Cheney — jokingly, he insisted — of being surrounded ... more

    Blair and Bush - Creep to Idiot
    ROUTLEDGE: PREMIER CREEPS TO TEXAN IDIOT By Mirror chief political commentator Paul Routledge THE MIRROR - UK - 17 April 2004: TONY Blair last nig ... more

    U.S. Puts Hard Push on U.N.
    Just hours after Bush and Blair appeared in the Rose Garden the American Envoy at the U.N. started pushing hard in public for the U.N. to step in. Th ... more

    Vanunu - 'Released' to 'Internal Exile' on 21 April 2004
    April 19, 2004 For immediate release The International Delegation currently in Israel to welcome Mordechai Vanunu afte ... more

    Blair and Bush - Creep and Idiot
    ROUTLEDGE: PREMIER CREEPS TO TEXAN IDIOTBy Mirror chief political commentator Paul Routledge THE MIRROR - UK - 17 April 2004:TONY Blair last night too ... more

    Bush Goes To War - Woodward Book "Plan of Attack", Part 2


    U.N. Moment of Truth Indeed!
    Indeed it is a moment of truth for the U.N. After all that has happened the U.N. definitely should not be used to justify and lengthen the American ... more

    Bush Goes To War - Woodward Book "Plan of Attack", Part 1


    CIA recruting and enlisting everywhere with new 5-year plan
    Never before, not even during the Cold War, did the CIA engage in such a massive hiring and enlisting campaign worldwide. In the years ahead few Amer ... more

    Playing the U.N. One More Time?


    THE ENEMY IS US - John Pilger in New Statesman


    Sadr Awaits Martyrdom
    If in fact the Americans invade and conquer the 'holy city' of Najaf neither Iraq nor in fact the world will ever be the same. And if they can do wha ... more

    Now it's 'internal exile' and a kind of 'prison freedom' for Vanunu


    New Egyptian Backed Hawa TV to compete with U.S.-based al-Hurra TV


    Bush letter + Transcript of Bush and Sharon Statements - 14 April 2004
    Transcript of Bush, Sharon statements BUSH: I'm pleased to welcome Prime Minister Sharon back to the White House. For more than 50 years, Israel ha ... more

    Jordan foils attacks that could have killed thousands


    New Hamas leader assassinated


    New Book by Wash Post's Woodward Exposes Much about Iraq War


    A Different Kind of Intelligence Failure
    A Different Kind of Intelligence Failure By ADLAI E. STEVENSON III Published: April 17, 2004 CHICAGO - Intelligence failures are to blame, so we a ... more

    Bush and Pentagon Stole $700million to Secretly Plan Iraq War


    General Zinni Takes on Rumsfeld and the Bush War


    EU to Hold Emergency Talks About US/Israeli Plans


    Even General Franks Seems To Want to Distance Himself from Bush


    Bush and Blair line up again to take on the U.N. and dismiss the Palestinians


    Passover Services in an Iraqi Palace
    “Spiritually it was uplifting to have two Torahs and be dancing in Saddam’s palace and declaring the unity of God,” the Rabbi said.
    Business Week Takes on the Neocons and the War
    "The truly damning part about Against All Enemies, however, is what Clarke reveals about the Administration's mindset on Iraq. What George Bush, Dick ... more

    U.S. Planting WMDs in Iraq?
    New Reports on U.S. Planting WMDs in Iraq BASRA - MEHR - Tehran - 14 April -– Fifty days after the first reports that the U.S. forces were unloadin ... more

    SHARON WINS BIG WITH BUSH
    SHARON WINS BIG WITH BUSH By Ron Kampeas Jewish Telegraphic Agency April 14, 2004 Washington — One historic concession deserves another. Just four ... more

    Americans Slaughtering Civilians in Falluja
    "As I was there, an endless stream of women and children who'd been sniped by the Americans were being raced into the dirty clinic, the cars speeding ... more

    Team Bush Must Be Hurting Badly to play the U.N. game...or maybe...


    Lawrence of Arabia, The Sequel


    EU Countries Reject Bush and Sharon Ploy


    Preparing for Conflict with Korea soon U.S. reposition troops
    U.S. to pull out most forces from Korean DMZ this year Special to World Tribune.com EAST-ASIA-INTEL.COM Tuesday, April 13, 2004 The U.S. military wi ... more

    So the NSC and White House Didn't Know?


    Bush and America - A Clear and Present Danger to the World!


    Powell 'Endorses' U.N. Plan to Dissolve U.S. Council
    With the history of the U.N., and the U.S., do we smell a set up here?

    U.S. Troops Beat Iraqi to Death over a Picture of Sadr


    Bush's Latest Tone and Words - USA Today Report and Analysis


    Americans Counting the Bodies from Iraq and wondering when it will end


    Bush and Sharon 'Changing History' Together
    The night before the American President made a rather crusading like appearance in the East Room - first to give a speech, then to take a few question ... more

    Arafat Defies Bush


    Bush Says West Bank Israel's
    Bush didn't quite phrase it that way, but that's the effect and impact of what he said yesterday before the world standing right next to a beaming Ari ... more

    U.S. joins Israel in word as well as deed


    Bush and Sharon Statements - 14 April 2004
    Transcript President Bush Commends Israeli Prime Minister Sharon's Plan Remarks by the President and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in Press Avai ... more

    Sharon letter to Bush - 14 April 2004
    The Honorable George W. Bush President of the United States of America The White House Washington, D.C. April 14, 2004 Dear Mr. President, The visi ... more

    Bush letter to Sharon - 14 April 2004
    April 14, 2004 His Excellency Ariel Sharon Prime Minister of Israel Dear Mr. Prime Minister: Thank you for your letter setting out your disengagemen ... more

    Bush Hardens Hearts and Minds


    Just Imagine if someone 'Jewish' was 'barred' from doing his job...
    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SECRET SERVICE BARS MUSLIM GUARD FROM DC HOTEL FLOOR Security officer told 'Muslims and Arabs' not allowed in area with Israeli ... more

    U;.N. Giving U.S. a way out in Iraq...or coordinating with it?
    It's not easy to have real confidence in the United Nations either these days. There are just too many cases of U.S. and U.N. collusion; and to many ... more

    Bush and Sharon Speak in Washington


    Palestinians Harshly Reject Bush/Sharon Statements


    Iran Says Dealing with U.S. on Iraq Hopeless


    Arafat issues new historic warning as Bush and Sharon meet in White House


    U.S. Stocking Up on Flu Vaccine


    Muktada Sadr and the American crusade


    The Bush Speech/Press Conference - 13 April 2004
    Very unusual Press Conference for this President who rarely has them. It seemed like an excuse for him to first give a long speech. In the end it wa ... more

    Israel's 'Duet' takes aim at stereotypes


    Iraqi Refugees Furious at the Americans


    Sharon Comes for 9th Visit to Bush White House as PM
    One's got to laugh sometimes at the American media. In this case the Saban Center headed up by Martin Indyk at the Brookings Institution is a 'libera ... more

    Sharon heads to Bush Oval Office to Save Himself
    Sharon and Bush are in things together of course -- this is their 10th personal meetings and they've no doubt been constantly in contact. Now they ar ... more

    Gaza First, Not Last says NYTimes
    Yes, but read much more closely. As usual the NYTimes fudges it's way forward continuing to front for the 'liberal' wing of American Jewry in the vai ... more

    Gulf Oil - Plenty
    Gulf states have enough oil for century SPECIAL TO WORLD TRIBUNE.COM Wednesday, March 17, 2004 ABU DHABI – Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and the United ... more

    More jibberish from Mubarak's journalists
    The official establishment 'journalists' in Mubarak's Egypt have a long record of knowing what they can say and what they are expected to say. Ibrahi ... more

    Egyptian textbooks exalt jihad, demean Jews
    Egyptian textbooks exalt jihad, demean Jews SPECIAL TO WORLD TRIBUNE.COM Sunday, April 4, 2004 Egyptian textbooks required for state schools exalt I ... more

    Deeper into the Iraq Quagmire


    Policy can't be one-sided - Jim Mullins
    -------------------- Policy can't be one-sided -------------------- By Jim Mullins April 13, 2004 Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is expected a ... more

    Summit of the weak...with Sharon in charge


    Israeli/Jewish Lobby Power in Washington - Worse Than You Thought...


    Washington Edgy and Busy Guarding Against Terrorism
    There are new sensors in the subways, with increased camera surveillance and police with dogs patrols. A bio disaster drill was recently conducted at ... more

    EU Says NO to changing the 1967 borders


    'Let the Bastards (Americans) Do What They Want!


    Avneri - The March of Folly


    Sharon: Israel will annex much of West Bank and fight 'terrorism' forever


    Maleeha Lodhi - Journalist turned Diplomat


    Falluja Haunts Survivors


    U.S. will Kill or Capture Sadar


    $50 billion and counting to Mubarak's Egypt


    Brits Admit Total Shock and Despair over Iraqi Chaos


    Palestinian PM Continues Looking Weak and Foolish


    Bethlehem gasps in an Israeli noose


    Strangling Christian Bethlehem to Slow Death


    Spy Agency Recruiting Hard


    Bush To Declare 1967 Borders Dead and Defy the World


    Bush to Declare 1967 Borders Dead!
    Of course it's all about the upcoming American election, and probably fulfillment of a promise made to Ariel Sharon some time ago. Whether the rest o ... more

    Israel Nervous About Iraq Chaos


    CIA Killed in Falluja


    Killing of Yassin led to Falluja - even the NYTimes dares link the dots
    On March 22, in the Gaza Strip, Israeli forces assassinated Sheik Ahmed Yassin, the leader of Hamas and a hero to Palestinians. Outraged Arabs hit the ... more

    Victims of Apartheid Still Waiting for promises


    13th Centuries Ago, Killing of Hussein Still Remembered in Karbala


    U.S. Has Run Out of Troops


    U.S. Trained and Paid Battalion refuses order to go fight in Fallujah


    The Deir Yassin Massacre - 9 April 1948
    In Memoriam: Deir Yassin Arjan El Fassed, Live from Palestine, 9 April 2004 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ... more

    Senator Byrd Calls for Iraqi Withdrawal
    A Call for an Exit Door from Iraq by Senator Robert Byrd Senate Floor Remarks April 7, 2004 I have watched with heavy heart and mounting dread as t ... more

    Future Spanish King frisked and upset


    Palestinians reject latest U.S./Israeli ploy


    Eyewitness Reports from Fallujah
    Iraq Solidarity Action - Resist the Massacre in Falluga Urgent information and appeal from Ewa Jasiewicz, who worked with Voices in the Wilderness an ... more

    Surrender or Die Americans Insist


    Israel Fuels Terrorism
    Does Israel promote terror in occupied territories? by Tanya Reinhart According to international law, the execution of any person in an occupied te ... more

    WE'VE LOST THE PEACE AND PUT WORLD AT RISK
    WE'VE LOST THE PEACE AND PUT WORLD AT RISK Daily Mirror Editorial, UK - 10 April 2004 ONE year ago the statue of Saddam Hussein was toppled from its ... more

    Might Syria Attack Dimona?
    If Israel attacks Iranian nuclear facilities, as has been threatened for quite some years now, could it be that the new Iranian-Syrian alliance might ... more

    The Explosive White House Report finally coming out


    Secrets leaking from Bush Admin
    Now we know why the White House tried so hard to prevent the public 'under oath' testimony of the National Security Adviser. And where there's smoke, ... more

    The Quest for a Monopoly on Violence - Norman Solomon
    The Quest for a Monopoly on Violence By Norman Solomon Friday 09 April 2004 With warfare escalating in Iraq, syndicated columnist George Wil ... more

    Clinton's Iraq War - flashback to 1999


    The U.S. and Middle East Oil


    From 'Perfidy' to Brotherhood with 'the Jews'.
    The Catholic church has come a long way in dealing with 'the Jews'. One wonders how long it is going to take 'the Jews' to start dealing honorably an ... more

    North Korea Warns of Nuclear WAR


    Decision for Shiite Rebellion Taken in London last month according to this report


    U.S. Fires on Civilian Aid Convoy to Fallujah


    Americans manipulate a '90-minute' cease-fire


    U.S. Blocks Al Jazeera from Osama Bin-Laden Broadcasts


    U.S. orders al-Jazeera out of Fallujah


    Resignation Letter of American Ambassador in Greece - Feb 2003
    Letter of Resignation From Ambassador John Brady Kiesling The following is the full text of John Brady Kiesling's letter of resignation to Secretary ... more

    U.S. and Israel working together to 'internationalize' Sharon Plans


    US Warns Arafat not to include Hamas in a unity movement of Palestinians


    Scholars Condemn U.S. in Iraq


    Kerry's Rapid Response Echoes Clinton's 'War Room'


    Carter Takes on Bush and Iraq 'Tragedy'


    'Throw Sharon in Jail' Says Mayor of London
    MAYOR OF LONDON: THROW SHARON IN JAIL London Mayor Ken Livingstone, in an interview with The Guardian newspaper, called for throwing Prime Minister A ... more

    Report from Baghdad -- Opening the Gates of Hell


    Sadr Threatens Americans with General Revolt
    Iraq Shiite radical tells Bush to withdraw troops or face revolution (09/04/2004) KUFA, Iraq (AFP) Outlawed Shiite Muslim radical leader Moqtada Sad ... more

    The Neo-Cons Have Targeted Islam for 'reform'


    Condi's Twists and Distortions


    Finally 9/11 Director Comes Under Scrutiny
    Rice Will Face Ex-Colleague At 9/11 Hearing Panel Director Comes Under Scrutiny for Ties to Bush Adviser By Dan Eggen Washington Post Staff Writer ... more

    Even Richard Perle Publicly Criticizes U.S. Policies


    U.S. Army 'Out of Control' in Iraq - U.S.-appointed Interior Minister Resigns


    With Gaza Fence as Model, Israelis Now Fence in Nearly all Palestinians
    Report: Israel needs security zone in West Banks MIDDLE EAST NEWSLINE Thursday, April 8, 2004 A new report stated that Israel's military must establ ... more

    Thousands breakthrough to surrounded Fallujah - U.S. overwhelmed


    Rice Testimony before 9/11 Commission


    Supreme Court Justice Scalia and Fed Marshals order reporters to erase tapes


    What US Did in Fallujah


    FBI Edmonds speaks - this time to Toronto Star
    She's had quite a hard time with the American media - print and TV. But The Independent in London, and now the Toronto Star in Canada, have given her ... more

    Questions for Condi...most of which will not be asked...or asked well


    Many have left quietly from Bush Counter-Terrorism Office


    Kerry Asserts Iraq one of worst mistakes of judgement ever


    ABC News Wants to be your Homepage for 'What's Happening'


    Doonesbury Pokes the smarts finger at both Bush and Condi


    "Today we will free Karbala from the Jews" crowd chants at death of Sadr aide.


    Nader Calls for Bush's Impeachment


    The Ruthless American Generals
    It makes good TV for the Americans back home -- like Romans of old they watch their TV screens these days, comparable to how Romans went to the Colise ... more

    Sha'ath Summoned to Washington once again
    Most Palestinian officials the U.S. won't even let in and the Israelis are busy hunting down, but when it comes to Sha'ath he's been among the chosen ... more

    Dead Left?


    WWIV and Resistance - From Adbusters, Canada


    The Neocons are about 50% Jewish - so why all the silence?


    'Armageddon Plan' first put into action obn 9/11


    Mosque Filled with People Attacked by U.S. Troops - Many Dead and Injured


    Only Convicted 9/11 person set free in Germany


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    Massacre in Fallujah - More than 60 Killed overnight


    Amman Fortress U.S. Embassy Targeted
    Until the American Embassy in Baghdad gets finished and staffed, the Amman Embassy is known as a fortress that houses the CIA staff in charge of the M ... more

    Kennedy Strikes Again - Bush Has Worst Credibility Gap Since Nixon


    US Cornered To Repress With More Deadly Force


    Now Kerry Opposes 30 June Date!


    Powell Rebukes kennedy


    Anarchy in Iraq!


    Iraqi Intifada!


    Top U.S. Senators Predict Iraq Chaos call for delay of 30 June date
    These are the two top Senators on the Foreign Relations Committee. And in the past few days they have obviously decided to 'go public' not only over ... more

    Will Connie's 'Outrageous Lie' Be Aggressively Pursued In Public 'Under Oath'?


    More U.S. Troops for Iraq


    Will 9/11 Commission Seriously Ask Rice About Charges of Sibel Edmonds?
    The corporate American media has handled former FBI Sibel Edmonds' accusations as if they were not permitted to report 'top secret' matters. But The ... more

    George Galloway - Gorgeous George


    Sadr Leave Mosque, Defies Bush
    Muktada Sadr is playing a dangerous political game but he may in the end come out on top or become a historic martyr with hard to predict consequences ... more

    US German Split Fundamental or Patchable?


    Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld Tripping Up in Iraq
    Like LBJ and Richard Nixon in Vietnam the Americans think the 'solution' to their problems in fighting in Iraq is to apply more 'overwhelming' force. ... more

    Rice Explains the World to Bush in simple bites


    Saudi Washington Bank Accounts Under Federal Investigation Now


    No mention of key FBI Translator Testimony in NYTimes 6 April article


    Bandar Praises Lugar and 'New Middle East'


    Angry young cleric grew more militant as he saw his popularity fade


    The face of bloody Iraq defiance


    A nightmare of nationwide chaos faces the occupiers


    Terrible Chemical Attack Foiled in London?


    Muslim cleris keep quiet about attacks on Jews


    Saudi Oil Industry and Terrorism


    More Troops to Iraq; and June 30 may change afterall


    Roadmap Dead - Sharon Declares NO Palestinian State
    Of course the 'roadmap' was always a deception which the corporate press allowed to happen. Meanwhile Sharon has done all that he has done, now he ha ... more

    Kennedy Declares Bush like Nixon, Iraq like Vietnam


    Profile of Moqtada Sadr


    Dead Keep Mounting in Iraq - 61 Iraqis in past 3 days


    NO Palestinian State Says Sharon in Public Burying the 'Roadmap'


    Civil War Looms in Iraq Say U.S. Senators


    Iraqi Protests Spread to Basra


    Sadr appeals to the young in Iraq


    Bremer Declares Shiite Cleric 'An Outlaw'!


    9/11 Commission Heads Help Explain Their Own Cover-Up
    Just read the answers, not to mention look closely at how the questions are crafted and not quite followed up at crucial points, and understanding thi ... more

    20 Killed, Hundreds Injured in Najaf today


    Bush 'Most Corrupt' President Ever
    And if anyone should know it's long-time Republican, Lawyer, and Washington insider John Dean.

    'Worse Than Watergate' - John Dean Should Know!
    Transcript of John Dean interview with Bill Moyers on the NOW! Program - 2 April 2004: BILL MOYERS: You could barely keep up with the news about th ... more

    Pakistan Rocking


    Powell backs off abit and admits errors...but just barely


    Americans Arrest Top Assistant to leading cleric
    It's more a way of continuing to cover-up than of actually admitting what really happened. But even so...the pressures keep growing...and the investi ... more

    Condi on the Hot Seat
    The White House is scampering to help it's National Security Adviser get through Thursday's 'public' and 'under oath' testimony. They only agreed to ... more

    Investigations of FBI 'translators' office blocked and stalled


    9/11 Story CoverUp Only Highlighted 2 April by Drudge Report


    Bush and Kerry Related!


    U.S. to try to use U.N. once again -- this time Iraq


    Iraq and Somalia - Similitaries but greater differences
    The U.S. is not about to be pushed out of Iraq so easily, as it was from Somalia and Lebanon. Not only is the U.S. commitment far greater, so are the ... more

    Britain's Secret Army in Iraq
    Both the UK and the US have such secret armies in addition to the uniformed military and the clandestine CIA types and special forces. And still...lo ... more

    Biggest Condi White House Lie of All so far
    MER Readers may recall that they read our story about this nearly a week ago now on 27 March! But a check this morning of the Washington Post and NYT ... more

    Saudi Amb summoned to White House
    Unfortunately for the U.S., fortunately for the Saudis, Ambassador Prince Bandar bin Sultan has far more power in Washington then he has back in 'the ... more

    Islam On Line about the Washington situation quoting Bruzonsky


    Bruzonsky on Court TV - 14 Sept 2001


    Hartford Paper published Mark Bruzonsky article in 1996 about "new world domination"


    Speech by Mark Bruzonsky in 2002 resonates even stronger today


    Americans Have Great Problems with the gory pictures
    Newspapers Publish Graphic Iraq Images By CHERIE HENDERSON Associated Press Writer April 1, 2004, 2:33 PM EST NEW YORK -- Major newspapers ran g ... more

    'Torture Soul' Gibson Say Australian Jews


    The US Govt has tried hard to keep the news good from Iraq...but....
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    US Promises Overwhelming Force to Control Iraq
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    Sharon Targets Arafat
    Sharon is desperate to prevent further Palestinian attacks. He's built the wall, he's imprisoned Palestinians in their own towns and villages, as wel ... more

    Outsourcing Torture - another little CIA trick


    Now Fencing in Washington!
    More and more just about everything in Washington is being fenced in, closed of, surveillance-enhanced.

    Blackwell - Example of Extra-Military U.S. Armed Presence
    Two security guards and a law enforcement official stand at the gate of Blackwater Training Facility in Moyock on Wednesday. Little known by neighbors ... more

    US Penatrates Africa's Oil with al-Qaeda excuse


    Israel Suffers Multi-Billion Looses because of Intifada
    Report: Intifada cost Israel over $ 8billion in economic losses The Israeli economy has suffered losses between31 - 40 billion Israeli shekels ($8. 8 ... more

    Sistani Battles with U.S., and U.N.


    Iraq War to 'Protect Israel' we now learn


    US Locks Paper and Reaction Likely to be counterproductive


    Connecting Bush War I with II


    American Bodies Hung and Dragged


    PA Tries Again To End the Intifada


    Americans killed, bodies dragged through streets, hung


    Pilger on The U.S. and Terrorism
    Australian Broadcasting Corporation TV PROGRAM TRANSCRIPT LOCATION: Broadcast: 10/03/2004 Pilger on the US and terrorism Reporter: TONY JONES: N ... more

    Interview with John Pilger
    November 2002 - THE PROGRESSIVE Interview with John Pilger Corporate journalism in the United States preaches "objectivity" and scorns tho ... more

    America's Smokescreen War in Iraq
    THE GREAT CHARADE As the West prepared for the assault on Iraq, John Pilger - prize-winning British journalist - argued that 'war on terror ... more

    Zogby on 'Arab Leadership'
    Arab Leadership is Needed by James Zogby (Tuesday 30 March 2004) "What is needed, at this point, is a coordinated Arab response that provides leader ... more

    Thought Control for Middle East Studies
    Thought Control for Middle East Studies by Joel Beinin (Wednesday 31 March 2004) "Neocons believe it is better for the government to control teachin ... more

    US, Israel’s wars = terrorism


    Pilger: We Can Win!


    Israel's Journalist Super-Spy finally coming out


    How Mossad Infiltrates the Media - Example


    Madeleine Now Says US Stoking the Terrorist Fires
    Former Sec of State Albright worried Bush is fueling terrorists' hate Tue Mar 30 2004 Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright told a crowd at ... more
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