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    Syria Publicly Supports Iraq Against US/Britain
    Syria Says It Supports ‘Iraqi People’ Against InvadersIslam OnlineMarch 31, 2003----------------------------------------------photo:http://www.islam-o ... more

    Israelis Killing More Palestinians Indiscriminately all the time
    Fatal drive for a West Bank familyGreg Myre NYTimes - Thursday, March 27, 2003BETHLEHEM, West Bank Israeli troops are a common sight onPalestinian str ... more

    Arnett Fired from NBC and National Geographic
    NBC: Arnett out after Iraqi TV interviewBAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN - 31 March) --NBC announced Monday that both NBC and National Geographic severed their rela ... more

    America Must Expect BACKLASH for Bush's Baghdad Blunder
    Bush’s Baghdad BlunderBy Mushahid Hussain*Islamabad - 30 March:When the American attack on Iraq began on March 20, Richard Perle, a leading hawk who i ... more

    NBC Fires Arnett
    Reporter Arnett: U.S. War Plan Has FailedBy DAVID BAUDERThe Associated PressSunday, March 30, 2003; 9:11 PMJournalist Peter Arnett, covering the war f ... more

    PBS Frontline - The Long Road to War


    Belgian premier denounces US as "very dangerous"
    Belgian premier denounces US as "very dangerous"Brussels, March 30, IRNA -- Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt Sunday toughened his position ag ... more

    US Marines turn fire on civilians at the bridge of deat
    The American people just don't quite get it. It's not that they don't know; they just can't put it all in historical, or moral, or political context. ... more

    Peter Arnett - First US War Plan has Failed
    Reporter Arnett: U.S. War Plan Has FailedBy DAVID BAUDERThe Associated PressSunday, March 30, 2003; 9:11 PMJournalist Peter Arnett, covering the war f ... more

    Can Arabs Wash Their Hands of This Blood?
    Can Arabs Wash Their Hands of This Blood?Dr. Buthaina Shaaban, Special to Arab NewsIn the early morning of the first day of the aggression against Ira ... more

    Iraqis Feeding Hungry American GIs!
    raqi civilians feed hungry US marinesCENTRAL IRAQ (AFP - 29 March) - Iraqi civilians fleeing heavy fighting have stunned and delighted hungry US marin ... more

    Pope Warns That War Could Bring 'Religious Catastrophe'
    Pope Warns That War Could Bring 'Religious Catastrophe'Reuters - Sunday, March 30, 2003; Page A30VATICAN CITY, March 29 -- Pope John Paul II said toda ... more

    Israelis Journalists Sneak Around in Iraq...Caught by US Forces
    2 Israeli journalists held by U.S. troopsBy Haaretz Service and UPI - 30 MarchU.S. troops in Iraq detained two Israeli journalists and a Portuguese co ... more

    More US and Indian Pressure on Pakistan
    US presses Pakistan over Kashmir militantsBy Hamish McDonaldHerald Correspondent in IslamabadSydney Morning Herald - March 29 2003The United States ha ... more

    I would cut Bush to pieces with my teeth
    I would cut Bush to pieces with my teethSydney Morning Herald - Australia - March 30 2003:Rasoul Hammed Najeed stood outside his home sobbing uncontro ... more

    Chomsky on Imperial Pariah America
    The big gun takes a pop-shot at peaceBy Noam ChomskyMarch 29 2003If anything is obvious from the history of warfare, it's that very little can be pred ... more

    Illegal Israeli 'Land Grab' Says U.N.
    UN accuses Israel of illegal land grabSydney Morning Herals - March 29 2003Against a background of fresh violence in the West Bank and a call for the ... more

    Al-Jazeera English Struggles To Take Hold
    Al Jazeera Web site struggles to cover war The English-language site's managing editor - her dad is from Texas - seeks to provide 'a less Western-cent ... more

    Bush Has Already Lost the Proposed Peace
    Bush Has Already Lost the Proposed PeaceAdrian Hamilton, The IndependentThe propaganda war has now spread from the war to the diplomacy of postwar. To ... more

    Former British Foreign Secretary Says 'Pull Out Now'
    The Independent (UK)March 30, 2003Cook: 'Pull out of bloody, unjust war''There will be a legacy of hatred for the West if theIraqis continue to suffer ... more

    The Now Very Dangerous 'CakeWalk'
    Independent ArgumentThere will be a severe political price to pay if the human and financial costs of this conflict mount up[The Independent - 29 Marc ... more

    SARS and SADDAM - Coincidence...or...?


    Scott Ritter - U.S. Will Lose


    " 'US, Britain, heading to disaster' - British Mideast expert"
    " 'US, Britain, heading to disaster' - British Mideast expert"CAIRO (AFP - 29 March) - Washington and London "have lost the war politically" andtheir ... more

    Rumsfeld's 'Stalemated' War
    Report: Rumseld Ignored Pentagon Advice on IraqWASHINGTON (Reuters - 29 March) - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld repeatedly rejected advice from Pen ... more

    Suicide Bombing Just the Beginning Vow Iraqis
    'MORE SUICIDE ATTACKS'The suicide bombing which killed four American troops is "just the beginning" Iraq's vice president has said.The attack, describ ... more

    Lonely Superpower America
    The loneliness of America Vir SanghviIndia - March 29:As the war in Iraq enters its tenth day, there have been two big surprises — one to do with th ... more

    Worldwide Protests Continuing
    Protests renewed worldwide as public fears long Iraq conflictABC News Online - 30 March:Campaigners are taking to the streets across the world once ag ... more

    'Hacktivists' wage Iraq war online
    'Hacktivists' wage Iraq war onlineRory Mulholland (AFP)- Nicosia, March 28As battles rage in the Iraqi desert, pro- and anti-war "hacktivists" are usi ... more

    Expect More Suicide Attackers Experts Predict
    Iraq suicide hit on US troops sign of things to come Agence France-Presse - Dubai, March 29:The suicide bombing that killed five US troops is a sign ... more

    Heated talk of neo-cons and Israel fuels debate
    Heated talk of neo-cons and Israel fuels debateBy GARY MULLINAX03/29/2003From news of key Pentagon adviser Richard Perle's resignation to the comments ... more

    15 Stories They've Already Bungled
    15 Stories They've Already Bungled Mitchell on the War Coverage So Far By Greg Mitchell Editor & Publisher - March 27, 2003NEW YORK -- Opinion The war ... more

    Reverse 'Shock and Awe'
    Wounded U.S. Soldiers Shocked at Iraqi Resistance By Jeff Mason Reuters - Thursday 27 March 2003:For them, the war is over. A few U.S. soldiers were h ... more

    Top British General - 'We Will Cut force if...'
    WE WILL CUT FORCEBy Paul GilfeatherDaily Mirror - March 29, 2003THE number of troops in the Gulf could be dramatically reduced if wardrags on, Britain ... more

    Pentagon CyberWarfare Takes Down new Al-Jazeera English Say Editors
    Pentagon downed Web site, Al-Jazeera editor saysBy GRAEME SMITHGlobe and MailSaturday, March 29, 2003For journalists inside the Al-Jazeera newsroom in ... more

    Bush Lights Cigar with Grenade
    MADONNA VIDEO ENDS WITH IMAGE OF PRESIDENT BUSH WITH GRENADE IN HIS LAP28 March: A final shock scene in the video of AOLTIMEWARNER recording ar ... more

    BASRA 'NOWHERE NEAR UNDER OUR CONTROL'
    BASRA 'NOWHERE NEAR UNDER OUR CONTROL' Daily Mirror - March 28, 2003 The southern Iraqi city of Basra is "clearly nowhere near" under Alliedforces' ... more

    NYC Die-In at Israeli Bank Ties Up 5th Avenue
    PRESS RELEASE For immediate releaseDate: March 26, 2003Contact: (917) 517-3627NY PROTESTERS "DIE IN" UNDER BULLDOZER AT BANK LEUMI, SHUT DOWN 5TH AVEN ... more

    Chris Rock Warned - Speak only nicely of Bush
    DREAMWORKS EXECS TO ROCK: NO BUSH BASHING**Exclusive**Comedian Chris Rock has been strongly advised not to engage in any Bush-bashing during the promo ... more

    Fisk - The Raw Devastating Truth about Basra
    Robert Fisk: Raw, devastating realities that expose the truth about Basra[The Independent - 28 March 2003]:Two British soldiers lie dead on a Basra ro ... more

    The Article that Slew the 'Prince of Darkness'
    Title: The Article Which Put a Nail in Perle's CoffinNOTE:Please note that Laurent Murawiecz, the author of theinfamous presentation on American plans ... more

    Unprecedented Calls from Top Syrian Religious Leader to Attack the Invaders
    Unprecedented call from Syria's top Muslim religious authority Syria's mufti calls for suicide attacks on coalition troops 'Resistance to the belliger ... more

    U.N. -- Accessory After the Fact?
    U.N. -- Accessory After the Fact?DENIS HALLIDAYFormer head of the U.N. oil-for-food program, Hallidaysaid today: "The people of Iraq are being crushed ... more

    Top Rumsfeld adviser resigns over ethics
    Top Rumsfeld adviser resigns over ethicsBy Pamela HessUPI Pentagon CorrespondentFrom the International DeskPublished 3/27/2003 7:35 PMWASHINGTON, Marc ... more

    120,000 MORE US Troops Being Rushed to Iraq and Middle East
    More U.S. troops, armor head to IraqDozen Marines missing after fight near Nasiriya(CNN) � As President Bush declared the war in Iraq would las ... more

    Richard Perle - Having Your Souffle And Eating It Too
    Having Your Souffle And Eating It TooBy Arianna HuffingtonFiled March 26, 2003For years now, political reformers have been railing against the unseeml ... more

    Richard Perle Resigns as Chairman but...
    Former Pentagon official Richard Perle resigns as key Rumsfeld adviserBy Robert Burns, Associated Press, 3/27/2003 18:59WASHINGTON (AP) Former Pentago ... more

    Protestors Block 5th Avenue in NYC - 140 arrested
    Protesters Crowd N.Y.C.'s Fifth Ave.By ELIZABETH LeSUREThe Associated PressThursday, March 27, 2003; 10:21 AMHundreds of chanting anti-war demonstrato ... more

    IT WAS AN OUTRAGE, AN OBSCENITY
    IT WAS AN OUTRAGE, AN OBSCENITY By Robert Fisk [The Independent - Baghdad - 27 March 2003]:It was an outrage, an obscenity. The severed hand on the me ... more

    Worldwide, Civil Disobedience
    Worldwide, Civil Disobedience Protesters Speak and Act Out Against War By Evelyn NievesWashington Post Staff WriterFriday, March 21, 2003; Page A26 SA ... more

    Bush holds back needed funding for 9/11 Commission Congress ordered
    9-11 Commission Funding WoesQuestions arise concerning the administration's funding of the congressional investigation into the September 11th attacks ... more

    FIVE FBI AGENTS DEAD IN PAKISTAN
    FIVE FBI AGENTS DEAD IN PAKISTANFrontier Post - MUHARAM 23, 1423 ---THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 2003 DERA ISMAEL KHAN (NNI): Five Americans are feared dead wh ... more

    Al-Jazeera Calls on US for 'Freedom of the Press'
    Al-Jazeera Calls on U.S. to Ensure Free PressBy Merissa Marr, European Media CorrespondentLONDON (Reuters - 26 March) - Banned on Wall Street and wipe ... more

    Israel and India Target 'Terrorist Pakistan'...a future domino for the US crusade
    In India, Moslem terrorists perpetrated their second attack in three days, killing one person and wounding six with a bomb placed inside a fuel tanker ... more

    Huge Anti-American Demo in Damascus...as well as other Arab capitals
    DAMASCUS, Syria, 25 March 2003 (Reuters) -- Hundreds of thousands of angry Syrians marched through the streets of Damascus on Tuesday demanding an imm ... more

    APOCALYPSE Again!
    'Just like Apocalypse Now'By Hugh Dougherty in QatarEvening StandardMarch 26, 2003An eyewitness tells today of the heaviest battle of the war so far w ... more

    NYC 'Disruptions' Loom - 'Peace Movement' Blooms in city of 9/11
    Peace Activists Planning to Disrupt Manhattanby Sarah FergusonVillage Voice - March 25th, 2003:Taking their cue from protesters in San Francisco, who ... more

    Senator's Wife: We have No Right Legally or Morally... We are Way out of Line...
    A Raucous Discussion In the Baucus House? By Lloyd GroveWashington Post -March 26, 2003; Page C03 In his reelection campaign last year in conservative ... more

    POPE - very disappointed, sad, anquished'
    No less than the 'Fate of Humanity' is now at stake the Pope said a few days ago...:--------------Pope speaks of anguish over warAFP - Vatican City, M ... more

    Fortress Baghdad Planned - $36 million worth
    US plans $36 mn embassy in BaghdadFTP News - Washington, March 26:The United States has earmarked nearly 36 million dollars to construct a new, well-f ... more

    The new American Domino Policy - Iraq First
    America's dream for a new Middle EastBu Toby HarndenDaily Telegraph, UK - 18 March 2003Iraq may simply be the first domino in a radical policy to demo ... more

    Sending 'Axis of Evil' member IRAN a warning
    Make no doubt about it, Bush and Sharon, representing the US and Israel working more closely together now than ever, have Iran and North Korea already ... more

    Bush's Laughable 'Coalition of the Willing'
    White House Notebook: Many Willing, But Few Are AbleBy Dana MilbankTuesday, March 25, 2003; Page A07There must have been shock in Baghdad and awe in P ... more

    American Hypocrisy on Display - Quantanamo and Iraq


    Saddam as Uncle Joe
    Robert Fisk: Saddam starts to sound more like his hero, Uncle Joe[The Independent - 25 March 2003]Let us now praise famous men. Saddam Hussein was kee ... more

    The other Rush to Baghdad
    Young men return to join fight against AlliesBy Justin Huggler in Amman[The Independent - 25 March 2003]:The young men waiting aboard the grubby bus t ... more

    Pope Endorses Antiwar Movement
    Pope Endorses Antiwar MovementVATICAN CITY - AP - 25 March -- The vast antiwar movement in the world shows that a "large part of humanity" has rejecte ... more

    US Plans Sole and Direct Control of Iraq
    March 25, 2003U.S. Is Assembling a Civilian Team to Run IraqBy ELIZABETH BECKERWASHINGTON, March 24 — The United States is preparing to establish imme ... more

    Impotent UN, Shameless Arabs - Security Council Fiasco
    UN Security Council Sets Emergency Debate on IraqBy Irwin ArieffUNITED NATIONS (Reuters - 25 March) - The U.N. Security Council agreed on Tuesday to h ... more

    US Lets Turkish Troops head into Iraq
    U.S. Struggles to Keep Turkish Troops from IraqBy Zerin ElciANKARA (Reuters - 25 March) - The United States, eager for stability in northern Iraq to m ... more

    Saddam's Bunkers
    Saddam's Bunkers Said 'Impossible' to DestroyBy Nedim DervisbegovicSARAJEVO (Reuters - 25 March) - Underground bunkers built for Iraqi President Sadda ... more

    Bush's Jumpy Get Saddam Video Sneaks out of country
    And oh yes, let's not forget the 'FUCK SADDAM, We're taking him out' comment that also broke loose a few days ago thanks to some rare good reporting f ... more

    Al-Jazeera Goes English as it is banned from NY Stock Exchange
    It should be considered a great success by Al-Jazeera...getting banned form the NY Stock Exchange that is: The Wall Street Journal Online25 March 20 ... more

    ITN Ends Coverage After Terry Lloyd Killed by American Tank Fire


    Al-Jazeera Banned from NY Stock Exchange
    Now we know how nervous the Americans really are!------------NY stock exchange bans Arab TV networkClaire CozensTuesday March 25, 2003al-JazeeraAl-Jaz ... more

    CIA Pulls Out All Stops to Get Saddam - But Not Yet
    This is the same CIA of the 'Phoenix Program' (assassination of Vietnamese), Salvadore Allende, the Shah of Iran, the Hashemites of Jordan (and once I ... more

    Overseas, Internet Is Rallying Point for Antiwar Activists
    Overseas, Internet Is Rallying Point for Antiwar ActivistsBy Cynthia L. Webbwashingtonpost.com Staff WriterWednesday, March 12, 2003; 10:20 AMThe Inte ... more

    US and Israel Adopt Same Rhetoric
    US and Israel's 'common cause'By Barbara PlettBBC Middle East correspondent - 15 March:These are days of war talk, and the same sort of talk is coming ... more

    Populist War on the Web


    Muslim Scholars Endorse Jihad Against US
    Scholars Urge Jihad In Event of Iraq WarCairo Center Declares All Muslims ThreatenedBy Anthony ShadidWashington Post Foreign ServiceTuesday, March 11, ... more

    Israel Announces US Aid...US says 'Maybe'
    Doubts over US aid to IsraelIsrael says the US has offered the country $10bn (£6.4bn) to bail it out of the worst economic crisis in its history.Israe ... more

    In Egypt, Anger at U.S. Displaces Admiration
    In Egypt, Anger at U.S. Displaces AdmirationYouth Love the Culture, but Hate the PoliciesBy Emily WaxWashington Post Foreign ServiceMonday, March 24, ... more

    Americans Target Passenger Bus - Kill 5 Syrians
    US missile 'kills five Syrians'BBC News - 24 March:The official Syrian news agency says five Syrian civilians have been killed by an American missile ... more

    Turkey Presses Its Forces Into Northern Iraq
    Turkey border tension mountsBBC - 24 March:The prospect of thousands of Turkish troops entering Iraq moved closer on Monday, despite the starkest warn ... more

    American Jewish Committee Spearheads Campaign to Cancel
    This from the American Jewish Committee:AFTER YOU ACT UPON IT, SEND THIS MESSAGE TO YOUR FRIENDS!Pat Buchanan is a known anti-Semite and conspiracy-mo ... more

    Pro-Israeli 'JINSA' General to Rule Iraq
    Pro-Israel (JINSA) General Will Oversee Reconstruction of Postwar IraqBy ALANA NEWHOUSEThe FORWARD - 21 March:With the United States poised to invade ... more

    This War Is Brought to You By...


    Former Egyptian Minister of War Compares President Bush and His Policies to
    Former Egyptian Minister of War Compares President Bush and His Policies toHitler and NazismIn an article titled "Nazism Threatens the World Anew" pub ... more

    Michael Moore at the Oscars
    "(Documentary filmmakers) like nonfiction," said Moore, who invited his fellow nominees to take the stage with him. "And we live in fictitious times, ... more

    Tutu on Bush and his War
    Confronting Iraq: Might doesn't make rightBy Desmond Tutu and Ian Urbina (IHT) - Friday, March 14, 2003People of faith belong on the side of peace. Bu ... more

    Kashmir - 24 More Killed
    Gunmen Slay 24 in Hindu Town in KashmirBy MUJTABA ALI AHMADSRINAGAR, India (AP - 24 March) - Gunmen killed 24 people in a Hindu village in India-contr ... more

    The World Pushes Back
    The World Pushes Back Even if the US scores a quick victory in Iraq, the rest ofthe world won't fall in line behind America's new globalagenda. Welcom ... more

    Baghdad Bombings Fuel Fourth Day of Global Protests;
    Baghdad Bombings Fuel Fourth Day of Global Protests; US Vets Say No to WarMarch 23, 2003, Agence France Presse US veterans were planning to march on A ... more

    Baghdad Burns While George W Does Lunch
    Baghdad Burns While Dubya Does LunchWho Dares Critique the Smirking Commander?By LINDA HEARD - 22 MarchAmerica's great commander George W Bush has sur ... more

    Fisk Compares US to Nazi Germany
    [T]he conflict of "shock-and-awe" -- the Pentagon's phrase is itself a classic slogan from the pages of the old Nazi magazine "Signal" -- doesn't seem ... more

    Nader calls Bush `dictator'
    Nader calls Bush `dictator'DEFEATED IN 2000, HE DENIES CANDIDACY ALLOWED GOP TO TRIUMPHBy Kaye RossMercury NewsSunday, March 23, 2003 Ralph Nader sai ... more

    Today, I Weep for my Country...
    Today, I Weep for my Country... By US Senator Robert Byrd Speech delivered on the floor of the US Senate I believe in this beautiful country. I ... more

    McArabia - US Troops, US Culture Take on Arabia
    Just as US troops are taking control of the region, with the CIA more omni-present than ever behind-the-scenes, now McArabia is the ever-so-fitting na ... more

    Muslim US Soldiers Grenades His Own
    EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT Tragedy at Camp PennsylvaniaTime Magazine - Sunday, Mar. 23, 2003TIME's Jim Lacey has been traveling with the 1st Br ... more

    Jordan, Egypt and Saudis secretly helped US for attack to get Saddam
    TIME MAGAZINE - Sunday, Mar. 23, 2003 AWESTRUCKA surprise attack aimed at Saddam, plus the kickoff of the air and ground assault, shake the ... more

    The Iraqi Quagmire
    Robert Fisk in Baghdad: 'Iraq will become a quagmire for the Americans. Our troops will not surrender' [The Independent - 24 March 2003]:Iraq stunned ... more

    Charred Bodies Already Litter the Desert
    Battles Rage in Iraqi Cities, Bodies Litter DesertBy Luke Baker and Rosalind RussellSOUTHERN IRAQ (Reuters - 23 March) - Charred Iraqi corpses smolder ... more

    Past Mideast Invasions Faced Unexpected Perils
    Past Mideast Invasions Faced Unexpected PerilsMarch 19, 2003Wall Street JournalMarch 20, 2002Invaders Have Been Repelled While Arab Casualties MountBy ... more

    The Bush Doctrine: War without anyone's permission.
    Unauthorized EntryThe Bush Doctrine: War without anyone's permission.By Michael KinsleySlate Magazine - 20 March 2003:Until this week, the p ... more

    British ITN Reporter Terry Lloyd Killed by 'Coalition Forces'
    Terry Lloyd killed in Iraq20.02PM GMT, 23 Mar 2003There is now sufficient evidence to believe that ITV News Correspondent Terry Lloyd was killed in an ... more

    Abu Mazen Dances To American Tunes
    Number 2 to Arafat all these years, Abu Mazen now has the somewhat laughable title under the circumstances of 'Palestinian Prime Minister'. He's in t ... more

    Blair Scandal - So Far Still in Power
    "But it is now becoming shockingly clear that the slavish adherence of Tony Blair and Jack Straw to the Bush line on Iraq may have less to do with pri ... more

    Call to UN General Assembly...Maybe
    UN Considering Convening GA Session On IraqBy Vladimir KikiloOana/Itar-Tass via SouthnewsSaturday, March 22, 2003 UNITED NATIONS, March 21 (Oana/Itar ... more

    Dire Warnings to US from Moscow - 'Gravest Consequences' Warns Putin Himself
    Russia's parliamentary speaker, Gennady Seleznyov, said an attack would cause the world to consider that "the US is a terrorist state that can only be ... more

    Israel Complicates Jews' View of Iraq War
    Israel Complicates Jews' View of Iraq WarFor Many U.S. Jews, View of War in Iraq Complicated by Concern for IsraelAssociated Press, March 22 — For mon ... more

    US + Israel Much More Closely Linked Than Before
    Report: U.S., Israel more closely linked than in 1991TEL AVIV — 4 March - Middle East Newsline: Israel and the United States are in much closer coord ... more

    Turkish Troops Pouring into Northern Iraq
    U.S. dismayed as Turkish troops pour into northern IraqSunday, March 23, 2003The United States has formally abandoned the prospect of a northern front ... more

    Cyprus Betrayal
    Cyprus Betrayal Column By Conn Hallinan* "Collate ... more

    Bush I interviewed about Bush II and Gulf II


    'FUCK Saddam - We're Taking Him Out' - George Bush
    PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH DISCUSSED REMOVING SADDAM HUSSEIN FROM POWER AS FAR BACK AS MARCH 2002, TIME REPORTSNew York – TIME offers the inside story o ... more

    We Are Now A Nation Ruled by Madmen
    We are in a Nation Ruled by Madmen Who Will Bury the U.N.A BUZZFLASH EDITORIALBefore announcing a state of war Bush pumps his fist and boasts, "Feels ... more

    'We Love the Americans' Says Saudi Princess - Wife of Ambassador Bandar
    Alma Powell, the wife of Secretary of State ColinPowell, and Princess Haifa, wife of Saudi AmbassadorPrince Bandar bin Sultan, headlined yesterday's 2 ... more

    Hersv vs the Pentagon
    Seymour Hersh vs. the Pentagon The reporter who broke the My Lai story is back, challenging the government's explanation of Gulf War Syndrome. BY LORI ... more

    Richard Perle: It Pays To Be the Prince of Darkness
    Richard Perle: It Pays To Be the Prince of DarknessBy Frida Berrigan

    Deep Concerns - Noam Chomsky
    With no less than the Pope himself now expresses his own deep concerns for the 'Fate of Humanity'...the following from Chomsky: DEEP CONCERN ... more

    Richard Perle: It Pays To Be the Prince of Darkness
    Richard Perle: It Pays To Be the Prince of DarknessBy Frida Berrigan Richard Perle is a busy guy these days, what with hislong-desired war against Ira ... more

    Chinese Islamic Association Condemns Military Actions against Iraq
    Chinese Islamic Association Condemns Military Actions against IraqThe Islamic Association of China strongly condemns the military actions against Iraq ... more


    Past Mideast Invasions Faced Unexpected Perils

    Past Mideast Invasions Faced Unexpected PerilsMarch 19, 2003Wall Street JournalMarch 20, 2002DRUMBEAT OF WARPast Mideast Invasions Faced Unexpected Pe ... more

    Police Repression and Brutality in Austin - Bush Town
    Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 POLICE BRUTALITY AGAINST PEACEFUL AUSTIN PROTESTERSjust want someone to know what happened heretoday...seems like there is a me ... more

    Richard Perle Unleashed
    Excerpt: The chronic failure of the security council to enforce its own resolutions is unmistakable: it is simply not up to the task. We are left ... more

    FRANCE'S PLAN TO STOP AMERICA'S HITLER
    "THE OVERTHROW OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC", Part 29by Sherman H. Skolnick 3/13/03FRANCE'S PLAN TO STOP AMERICA'S HITLER Some in Europe are determined ... more

    Hollywood Blasts Bush But Parties On as Baghdad Burns
    As Oscars Near, Hollywood Blasts Iraq WarBy Dean GoodmanLOS ANGELES (Reuters - 22 March) - Hollywood launched a another strike against the Iraqi war o ... more

    Anti-War Fever Spread Nation and Worldwide
    Peace Marchers Rally Across United StatesBy TARA BURGHARTNEW YORK (AP - 22 March) - Anti-war activists marched again Saturday in dozens of cities, mar ... more

    New Protest Wave Sweeps World
    Clashes at Madrid anti-war protestMADRID, Spain (CNN - 22 March) --Violence broke out in Madrid as protests against war in Iraq took place across t ... more

    Washington's War to Kill Saddam, Control Iraq, and Scare/Intimidate the World
    War Already 48 Hours Old When It Began By Bob WoodwardWashington Post Staff WriterSunday, March 23, 2003; Page A01 When President Bush huddled with hi ... more

    Israeli Lobby Adjusts Bush 'Road Map'
    Comment from Shifra Stern: Moran must have been hallucating when he inferred that Jews have power in this country. Yes, of course he's an antisemite, ... more

    Pro-Israel General to Govern Iraq
    In October 2000, shortly after the outbreak of the intifada, Garner was one of 26 American military leaders to sign a staunchly pro-Israel statement r ... more

    Backlash Against the Protestors
    In the latest sign of a growing intolerance to dissent against the war, imagined or real, protesters in Louisiana used a tractor to crush compact disc ... more

    Guardian: Breathtaking US Hypocrisy
    The Guardian (UK)US veto : Action against Israelis and apartheid blocked regularly Oliver Burkeman in WashingtonThursday March 20, 2003The Bush admin ... more

    Protestors and Cops Spar in Washington
    Antiwar Protesters Spar With PoliceBy Manny Fernandez and Justin BlumWashington Post Staff WritersSaturday, March 22, 2003; 5:21 PMAntiwar demonstrato ... more

    Fisk on the Missiles hitting Baghdad
    The Missiles by Robert Fisk The Independent (UK); March 22, 2003:Saddam's main presidential palace, a great rampart of a building 20 sto ... more

    Washington Ideologues Celebrate at AEI
    The panel of speakers, part of the Bush administration's ideological vanguard, set out their bold vision of the postwar agenda: radical reform of the ... more

    War News: Go Beyond the Usual Suspects
    War News: Go Beyond the Usual Suspectsby Dan GillmorMarch 21, 2003 What follows is this Sunday's column. I've gotten permission to post it early ... more

    Just 1 of ther 535 members of Congress has son or daughter fighting Iraq
    South Dakota Senator Has Parental Interest in Iraq WarBy Jim Abrams WASHINGTON (AP - 21 March) - Supporting the troops in Iraq is a matter of course f ... more

    UN General Assembly Could...and Should...Now Act
    General Assembly president says meeting on Iraq 'very likely'by Jeremy Brecher March 21, 2003UN General Assembly President Jan Kavan of the CzechRepub ... more

    Tahrir Intifada - Day II in Cairo - Brutal Egyptian Regime
    From: "Wael Khalil" Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003Subject: Egyptian Regime Unleashes Brutal HandWhat we have always expected and feared materializedtoday. The ... more

    Cheney's Cronies - Billions For VP Cheney's Friends and Business Cronies
    CHENEY'S CRONIES? Rumours are rife about who will make money out of rebuilding IraqIT WAS an inevitable conspiracy theory DU JOUR: if the wa ... more

    Tahrir Intifada - Report from Cairo - 'This is our Seattle'
    From: "Wael Khalil" Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 Subject: Tahrir IntifadaThis is what happened on the day the attacked. Tahrirsquare, the heart of Cairo was ... more

    Bombing, Killing, and Conquering the Middle East is Good for American Business
    Remember the old motto 'Follow the Money'? It's all in the end about power, money, and control. And the American Empire is certainly on the march:-- ... more

    France To Continue Efforts to Limit US Takeover of Middle East
    Chirac to resist control of postwar Iraq by US alliesBy George Parker, Krishna Guha and Judy Dempsey in BrusselsFinancial Times, UK - 21 March:Jacques ... more

    LIES, LIES, LIES
    LIES, LIES, LIES Point by Point, Lie by Lie Stephen Zunes, March 18, 2003 (Editor's Note: Below is a transcript of PresidentGeor ... more

    Anti-War Demonstrations Continue as U.S. Soldiers March Toward Baghdad
    Anti-War Demonstrations Continue as U.S. Soldiers March Toward BaghdadBy Martha Mendoza SAN FRANCISCO (AP - 21 March) - Undeterred by mass arrests, ra ... more

    'Dead Bodies Everywhere'
    'Dead bodies are everywhere' ... Saddam's first martyrs lostSydney Morning Herald - March 22 2003:There was little initial resistance as the United St ... more

    US Embassy Stormed in Yemen, Protestors Shot Dead
    Deaths as anti-war protests spreadSANA'A Yemen - CNN - 21 March: Four people were shot dead and dozens more were injured Friday as police clashed with ... more

    US Generals and Ambassadors Prepare to Take Control of Iraq
    Inside the RingBill Gertz and Rowan ScarboroughTHE WASHINGTON TIMES - March 21, 2003 Iraqi CW shellsU.S. intelligence officials tell us the eviden ... more

    Alarm as Iran Pushes Ahead For Nuclear Weapons
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    War Protests Planned by Activists Countrywide


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    Blair/Bush - 'A Moment to Seize'
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    1/2 million to die in war to test new US weapons - Russian Expert Predicts
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    Daschle Blasts, Lieberman Joins, Bush
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    House of Commons Leader Resigns Over Iraq
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    Gore Vidal Lambasts Bush War from Australia
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    Richard Perle and the JINSA Mafia
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    Chomsky: The case against U.S. adventurism in Ira
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    Rare Legal Challenge to Bush Warmaking


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    Bungling George Says Bungler Bill
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    Muslim Scholars denouce new CRUSADES
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    More Bush Trickery regarding 'Palestinian State'
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    Classified State Dept document undermines BUSH Claims
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    Uncle Ahmed (now surely you remember Uncle Tom)
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    Mossad Preparing the way for Expulsions
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    Dignity and Independent of Arabs At Stake
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    Dixie Chicks Embarrassed by Bush as President
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    Bush Afraid to Visit Blair - War of Conquest Nears
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    This time the Arabs aren't the bad guys
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    US Congress asked to finance reburial from France to US
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    The Palestinians don't even have weather
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    Unprecedented Massive Attacks Planned by Al-Qaida Says US Envoy
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    BUSH Impeachment Meeting Held in Washington
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    BUSH - Weakest Diplomacy in Ameican History Says Senator Kerry
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    Sofite Worries - US/French Relations Spin as Congress Eats new 'Freedom Fries' and 'Freedom Toast'
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    US Forging 'Evidence'?
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    'Transfer' of one kind or another Looms - The Approaching Emergency
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    CIA formers now head to Iraq as Human Shields
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    Big Daddy Bush Warns Boy Bush
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    BUSH EATS THE PRESS
    BUSH EATS THE PRESS by Michael CrowleySam Donaldson is long gone from the White House beat, but as he watched President Georg ... more

    Bush Urged to War by Right-Wingers and Israeli Supporters
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    Bush In Total Disarray over U.N. situation
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    UNIKOM Violated but U.N. Acquiesces in American Dictat
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    Pentagon threatens to kill independent reporters in Iraq
    Pentagon threatens to kill independent reporters in IraqBy Fintan DunneThe Pentagon has threatened to fire on the satellite uplinkpositions of indepen ... more

    Non-violent DIRECT ACTION in Washington 17-24 March
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    MARCH 15 - SATURDAY - Worldwide Protests Against US War
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    'Veterans For Common Sense' Oppose Bush War
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    Second US Diplomat Resigns in War Protest - Charges 'Birth of Anti-American Century'
    U.S. Diplomat Quits Job Over Iraq PolicyREUTERS - March 12, 2003WASHINGTON, March 11 An American diplomat has resignedfrom government service to prote ... more

    C ongressman Moran Sparks Needed Debate about Israeli/ewish Rol
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    'PInce of Darkness' Sues New Yorker - But in the UK
    The New York Sun -Mar 12, 2003 - Page:2 PERLE SUING OVER NEW YORKER ARTICLE By ADAM DAIFALLAH Staff Reporter of the SunWASHINGTON — ... more

    NYC Council Goes Anti-War
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    The Bubble of American Supremacy - George Soros
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    Korean Military Built-Up Continues - Now Steath Bombers join B-52s and B-1s
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    $27 million 'reward' for turning in al-Qaida - unknown Egyptian collects
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    Good Old Boy FM Jack Straw - 'Troublemaker' and 'Communist Sympathizer'
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    US Torturing to Death...Following again in the ways of Israel
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    Helen Thomas Snubbed by George
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    US Blinks! Troop 'Withdrawal' Being Considered from Korea!
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    Congresswoman Compares Bin-Laden to USA Founders
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    China joins UN opposition as US Prepares to Attack
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    Pope to Bush - You Go Without God
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    Bushies Swing Both Ways
    Swing Blades Rumsfeld Filled His Pockets with Pyongyang's Nuclear Loot By CHRIS FLOYD It's a well-known fact--oft detailed in this column--th ... more

    'Black' Radio - More CIA Tricks and Deceptions
    CIA 'BLACK' Radio in Iraq By Will KnightClues gathered by radio enthusiasts suggest that a mysterious new Iraqi radio station is in fa ... more

    'Destroy' Everything Palestinians including their 'education system' says Knesset Chief
    CHAIRMAN SHTEINITZ - DESTROY THEMACCORDING TO OUR SCHEDULE, NOT THEIRS[Arutz 7 - 6 March 2003]:Chairman of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Com ... more

    Saddam Reflects on his origins in new autobiography
    Saddam looks back on early days in autobiographyBy Khaled Yacoub OweisBAGHDAD (Reuters - 6 March) - Saddam Hussein fondly remembers how his mother use ... more

    Conquest of Iraq expected now next week
    Troops 'told of March 17 invasion'Daily Telegraph, UK 06mar03:BRITISH troops had been told an invasion of Iraq would begin on March 17, with a huge ... more

    Israelis Fire Tanks in Gaza Refugee Camp -- 11 Killed, 100+ injured
    11 killed in Israeli incursionGAZA CITY (CNN - 6 March) --Eleven Palestinians have been reported killed and nearly 100 injured during an Israeli op ... more

    The Unbalanced Hawks at the Washington Post
    The Unbalanced Hawks at the Washington PostBy Russell Mokhiber and Robert WeissmanWhat is going on at the Washington Post?We would say that the Post e ... more

    Turkey and Israel - Relations Never Better
    Analysis: Turkey's Jewish friend-Israel By Sam Vaknin UPI Senior Business Correspondent SKOPJE, Macedonia, March 4 (UPI - 4 March) -- It is ironic tha ... more

    Russians Evacuating Iraq as US Attack Looms
    Russia begins airlift as Iraqi 'martyrs' marchBy Nicolas Pelham in Baghdad[Financial Times - 6 March]:Would-be suicide bombers on Wednesday marched th ... more

    US Throws It Money Around
    Security Council members with pivotal Iraq votes receive billions in aid from U.S.By DAFNA LINZER, Associated Press WriterUNITED NATIONS - Bulgaria, a ... more

    Syria Fears It's Next
    Syria Fears Aftermath of an Iraq WarSyria Fears It May Be Next in Line for Regime Change After a U.S. War on IraqDAMASCUS, AP, Syria March 5:Behind Sy ... more

    British Students say NO TO WAR
    British Students Protest Iraq WarBy JANE WARDELL, Associated Press WriterLONDON, Associated Press, 5 March - Teenagers chanting "No war for oil" stage ... more

    Half million Protest War at Govt-organized rally in Cairo
    Anti-war rally sponsored by State of Egypt in CairoEgypt's ruling party holds large anti-war rally Cairo, Mar. 05, SPA (SaudiPress Agency) -- Half a ... more

    Anti-Terror Training Offered in Israel for 'North Americans'
    American Israelis offer "terror tourism" package in West BankBy LAURIE COPANS, Associated Press WriterJERUSALEM, AP - 5 March: - A former tire salesma ... more

    Religious Leaders Worldwide Flock to Pope's Call for Fasting for Peace
    Pope Urges World to Avoid Conflict in IraqBy Philip PullellaVATICAN CITY (Reuters - 5 March) - Believers of different religions around the world put t ... more

    Islamic Summit Erupts - Qatar's Al-Jazeera Shuts Cameras
    "Shut up you minion, you U.S. agent, you monkey. You are addressing Iraq," Ibrahim said. "You are insolent. You are a traitor to the Islamic nation," ... more

    Anti-Terror Training for American Jews
    ANTI-TERROR TRAINING FOR AMERICAN JEWS COMPLIMENTS OF ISRAELI ARMY"Come to a Vacation of Terror in the Settlements." That's how Ynet portrays an Anti- ... more

    South Korea Urged Bush ' Don't Go Too Far
    As the US positions no less than 24 giant B-52 bombers within striking distance of North Korea, and plans 'war games' with nearly a quarter million tr ... more

    Israelis Keep Killing In Cold Blood - And world looks the other way
    Nablus man murdered by Israeli soldiers in “point-blank shooting”4 March 2003 - The Palestine MonitorIsraeli soldiers yesterday murdered a 23-year-ol ... more

    Secret UN Plan about Iraq with US - More Duplicity from Kofi Annan
    Secret UN Plan to work with US on Iraq - More Duplicity from Kofi Annan, long known to be a US Man:--------------------UN leaders draw up secret bluep ... more

    US Abandons Turkey Front - Looks to Israel, Cyprus, Kuwait
    U.S. abandons Turkey as northern frontKuwait sets conditions foradditional invading forcesSPECIAL TO WORLD TRIBUNE.COMWednesday, March 5, 2003The Bush ... more

    Lawyer Arrested for Wearing a 'Peace' T-Shirt
    sounds incredible at first blush? Is this what America has come to? Or...maybe...hopefully...is someone tryin to pull something over on us. Don't k ... more

    'You Face An Embarrassing Defeat Mr. President' - Powell Warns Bush
    Note: There is a significant difference of opinion encapsulated in this and the following article, but both speak of an administration that is rapidly ... more

    US May Pull UN Resolution After All
    U.S. May Consider Resolution Withdrawal By Ron FournierLas Vegas Sun - Tuesday 4 March 2003 With other nations' opposition hardening, the Whi ... more

    Hard Rock Group Calls For U.S. Defeat - 'Give Us What We Deserve'
    Pretenders are still the real thing Hynde's band stirs sold-out Warfield with tough, timeless rockBy Neva Chonin, Chronicle Pop Music Criti ... more

    'A War Policy in Collapse' - As Bush Prepares to Rush the Attack
    A war policy in collapse By James CarrollBoston Globe -March 4, 2003WHAT A DIFFERENCE a month makes. On Feb. 5, Secretary of State ColinPowell made th ... more

    POPE Call for International Fast Day for Peace - Envoy Meets With BUSH Today
    Pope calls upon Christians to fast today for peaceVATICAN CITY — 5 March: Pope John Paul II stepped up his crusade against a looming war in Iraq yest ... more

    Israeli General Outlines US War Plans and Capabilities...Admits Iraq has little capability
    IDF: With Turkey's help, U.S. could launch Iraq war next weekHa'aretz, Wednesday, March 5, 2003:The United States could launch an attack on Iraq as ea ... more

    The rise and unavoidable downfall of United States
    The rise and unavoidable downfall of United StatesAslam EffendiA certain gentleman who read my recent article has put this question to me: "You say th ... more

    'Civil Disobedience' Against the War - A Nice Little Call for It
    So Bush Wants Civil Disobedience? By Naomi Klein, AlterNetMarch 3, 2003The U.S. President is urging Iraqis to rise up against Saddam Hussein. I ... more

    Pipes on 'A Palestinian State'
    A Palestinian State?By Daniel PipesCNSNews.com CommentaryMarch 04, 2003Consistency and predictability are core strengths of George W. Bush as a politi ... more

    Backlash against Americans and their products is catching on in many places around the globe
    Ugly sentiments sting American touristsBy Marco R. della Cava, USA TODAY - 3 MarchAs an A-list celebrity, actor Vince Vaughn employs an array of weapo ... more

    Russia Threatens UN Veto - 'We Will Not Abstain'
    Russia May Use Veto Power to Stop WarBy Peter GraffLONDON (Reuters - 4 March) - Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov said on Tuesday that Moscow would ... more

    Dov Zakheim, another Jewish Lobby person in charge in the US, refuses war estimate
    Pondering the imponderable as US readies for warBy James HardingFinancial Time - March 3 2003: When asked about the costs of a possible war in Iraq, D ... more

    US Troops To Alone Take Baghdad


    Pentagon wants own spy network
    Pentagon wants own spy networkBy LOS ANGELES TIMESWASHINGTON - 3 March: The Pentagon is planning to assemble its own network of spies who will be pos ... more

    World Economic Apocalypse Looms
    Apocalypse is nigh, Buffett tells Berkshire faithfulBy Simon English in New York [Telegraph, UK, 4 March]:Warren Buffett is poised to issue his most ... more

    Mission Impossible - Beers, Asst Sec of State to Powell, Quits
    Not long ago Secretary of State Colin Powell bragged that Charlotte Beers was so good at advertising she had got him to eat Uncle Ben's Rice -- no kid ... more

    Acting for Peace - War or Sex!
    BBC News - 3 March 2003Theatres in global anti-war protestStage actors across the globe are holding an international protest against a possible war wi ... more

    Global Anti-War Theatre Today
    Theatres in global anti-war protest [BB News - 3-3-2003]: Stage actors across the globe are holding an international protest against a possible war w ... more

    Hussein's War Plans - FlashBack to July last year
    Saddam Hussein's war plan By Arnaud de BorchgraveWASHINGTON, July 10 2002(UPI) -- If President Bush doesn't have a war plan on his ... more

    Hillary Signs Up For Bush War...
    HILLARY HAWKS UP WAR TALK By DEBORAH ORIN --------------------------------------------------------------------------------New York Post-March 3, 2003 ... more

    White House Spins Networks all Around
    The Networks, Newsless if Not Speechless By Howard KurtzWashington Post Staff WriterMonday, March 3, 2003; Page C01 By the time the dust cleared last ... more

    Urgent Appeal from Occupied Palestine
    Press ReleaseIsrael Commences Plans and War Crimes in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) Prior to Expected War on IraqThe Israeli Occupation F ... more

    Latest and Destruction from Occupied Palestine
    Reference:11/2003Date:3/3/2003 Press Release: IOF Carry Out Incursions in Gaza, Ten People Killed and Numerous Homes DemolishedThe Israeli Occupat ... more

    Thinking about a modern-day 'Crusader State'
    Pinkerton's Progress: Crusader shadowsBy JAMES P. PINKERTONTulsa Today - March 2, 2003:What if Israel turns out to be another a Crusader State? What i ... more

    American 'Vassal' Karzai Submits to Congressional Indignities
    Welcome to Our Grilling, President Karzai By Al Kamen[Washignton Post - March 3, 2003; Page A17]:No foreign head of state had testified bef ... more

    Choose oh Men: War or Sex!
    Make Love, Not War--Or Else By Tai Moses[AlterNet - February 26, 2003]:Try this fantasy on for size: Laura Bush comes to her senses, real ... more

    UK Universities also now more pressed to 'accept' corporate and govt funding
    Universities face funding cuts unless they attract private sponsorshipBy Andrew Grice, Political Editor03 March 2003Gordon Brown is threatening to cut ... more

    World In Turmoil, Ready to Explode
    Elsewhere, around the globe, the conflicts continue... From Colombia to Congo, Afghanistan to Thailand - a world of turmoilBy Raymond Whitaker[The In ... more

    American billions keep Arab regimes in power and in US pocket
    American billions keep Arab regimes sweetBy Robert Fisk in BeirutThe Independent on Sunday2 March 2003It was pathetic. The President of the United Ara ... more

    US Readies Gas for Iraqis
    US prepares to use toxic gases in IraqBy Geoffrey Lean and Severin Carrell02 March 2003The US is preparing to use the toxic riot-control agents CS gas ... more

    Bodies Piling up in Gaza
    As the world focuses on Iraq, the bodies pile up in Gaza By Justin Huggler in Gaza City [The Independent - 22 February 2003]:The question hung over th ... more

    US 'Humanitanian' Concerns Ring Hollow in view of record
    Hardly humanitarian Government claims of concern for the welfare of ordinary Iraqis ring hollow when set against the damage done by 12 years o ... more

    Monumental Cult of Saddam Everywhere
    The monumental leader who cuts a fine figure everywhere[Sydney Morning Herald - March 4 2003]:The dust is thick, the flames fierce, but visitors to th ... more

    US Won't Take NO for an answer -- either in Ankara or at the UN
    The Americans are clamping hard on Turkish leaders insisting they 'vote again'! All the talk about 'no time being left' and having to send the dozens ... more

    N. Korea Warns of Disaster if Attacked
    Fearing a US attack at any time, quite possibly while the Americans are invading Iraq, the North Koreans have stepped up even further their warnings t ... more

    No Real 'Palestinian State'
    Bush and Sharon both utter the words 'Palestinian State'. But the real reality is they are both working furious to make sure it never happens for rea ... more

    Israel and US Ready to Choose Palestinian 'Prime Minister'
    Gaza Strip: the incursion. (AP - 3/3/2003): The violence came after Israel's new Cabinet ministers officially took office Sunday, bringing to ... more

    Israelis and US Step Up War on Hamas and Conquest of Gaza
    Israeli Troops Nab Hamas Founder in GazaBy IBRAHIM BARZAKBUREIJ REFUGEE CAMP, Gaza Strip (AP - 3 March) - Israeli troops raided a Gaza refugee camp an ... more

    Bush and Sharon Nearly Identical On Mideast Policy
    Bush and Sharon Nearly Identical On Mideast PolicyBy Robert G. KaiserWashington Post Staff WriterSunday, February 9, 2003; Page A01Running for reelect ... more

    Israel's Lobby's Vision for the Middle East
    A Rightwing blueprint for the Middle East By Jim LobeGeorge W. Bush's silence in the face of the destruction of the Palestine Authority (PA) -- an ... more

    'To Hell With Empire'
    Wages of EmpireBy Patrick J. Buchanan, Patrick J. Buchanan is the author of "A Republic,Not an Empire" and editor of the American Conservativ ... more

    It's Really About US, Israel, UK Imperialism
    Toronto Sun

    Bush's AEI Speech - A Shared Vision with Israel
    Bush shares dream of Middle East democracyBy Jim LobeWASHINGTON - 28 Feb: In a major policy address to the neo-conservative think-tank American Enter ... more

    Russian parliament speaker blasts U.S.
    Russian parliament speaker blasts U.S. From the International DeskTUNIS, Tunisia, March 1 (UPI - 3/1/2003) -- Russia's parliamentary speaker Saturday ... more

    Richard Perle has come a long way
    RICHARD PERLE IN 1970"In mid-October 1970, Kissinger testified, when a second wiretap wasauthorized for Helmut Sonnenfeldt, who was then Kissin ... more

    Israel's Role Pushing the US to attack US - The Jews Themselves are Talking
    Israel's Role: The 'Elephant' They're Talking AboutBy AMI EDENFORWARD - 28 Feb: "It is the proverbial elephant in the room," wrote liberal columnist ... more

    Chileans Strip Naked to Protest War
    Chileans Undress in Anti-War ProtestSANTIAGO, Chile (AP - 1 March) - More than hundred 300 men and women undressed in a warm Saturday morning in Santi ... more

    US/UK/Israel Determined to Attack No Matter What
    Report: U.K., U.S. prepared to attack Iraq after UN vote[Ha'aretz - 3 March:The United Nations confirmed Saturday evening that Iraq had completed the ... more

    Arafat: Israel inciting Iraqi war
    Arafat: Israel inciting Iraqi warBy Saud Abu RamadanFrom the International DeskPublished 3/1/2003 9:59 PMGAZA, March 1 (UPI) -- Palestinian leader Ya ... more

    American Christian Fundamentalism


    Bush and God


    US both Promising and Threatening Saudis to Pull Out Troops After Iraq
    PENTAGON READY TO PULL TROOPS OUT OF SAUDI ARABIAWASHINGTON [MENL] -- The Defense Department has prepared plans for thewithdrawal of U.S. troops and m ... more

    Much of Afghanistan remains a bleeding and bitter land
    Much of Afghanistan remains a bleeding and bitter landBy MALCOLM GARCIAThe Kansas City StarSunday, March 2, 2003 ------------------------------------- ... more

    MARCH 15th - MARCH ON THE WHITE HOUSE
    TAKE IT TO THE WHITE HOUSE on March 15Emergency National Anti-War ConvergencePlus: March 5 National Moratorium to Stop the WarTens of thousands of peo ... more

    Iraq Invasion Soon


    US Forces now Control the M E Region as never before in history


    'Appeasers' Charge Designed to Discredit and Intimidate all opponents
    Britain's Blair likens opponents of Iraq war to 1930s appeasersPrime minister 'prepared to be judged by history' LONDON - AP - 2 March: Opponents of m ... more

    Turkish Organizer Celebrates 'NO' vote and looks ahead
    The following report comes from Ayse Gul Altinay, one of the activists and organizers of the Turkish anti-war movement:--------------Istanbul – March ... more

    David Hirst on US Hypocrisy and Duplicity Regarding Saddam Regime
    Opinion - Iraqis want to be rid of SaddamIn March 1988, I was in the first party of journalists to visit the Iraqi border town of Halabja, just conque ... more

    Top Secret Incriminating Memo - US Efforts Now Undermined at UN
    US plan to bug Security Council: the textOnline document: The text of the memorandum detailing the US plan to bug the phones and emails of key Securit ... more

    Guardian - US Dirty Tricks Campaign at the U.N.
    Revealed: US dirty tricks to win vote on Iraq warSecret document details American plan to bug phones and emails of key Security Council membersRead th ... more

    US Bugging and Tricking Security Council Members in New York!
    Revealed: US dirty tricks to win vote on Iraq war Secret document details American plan to bug phones and emails of keySecurity Council members Martin ... more

    Papal Envoy Rushing to See BUSH
    Pope Sending Envoy to Meet With BushSaturday March 1, 2003 7:30 PMVATICAN CITY (AP) - Intensifying his diplomatic efforts to avert a war against Iraq, ... more

    Arab States PARALYZED by FEAR
    Arab states paralysed by fear of their people and the USDavid HirstSaturday March 1, 2003The GuardianAll Arabs, regimes and peoples, agree on one thin ... more

    Deepak, the Pope, and the Dalai Lama as 'Human Shields' - What a crazy but great idea!
    It's a crazy, but GOOD, idea. Lead the way this time Deepak!---------------------Guru would join Pope in front of bombs - February 27, 2003Deepak Cho ... more

    Tired of the Lies from America
    Robert Fisk: The case against war: A conflict driven by the self-interestof AmericaThe Independent - February 15, 2003:In the end, I think we are just ... more

    Bush's AEI Sends 'Catholic Scholar' to make moral war on Vatican
    Catholic Scholar Going to Rome to Make a Case for WarBy Alan CoopermanWashington Post Staff WriterThursday, February 6, 2003; Page A30With Vatican off ... more

    Praying for Papal Intervention
    Praying for Papal InterventionBy Mary McGroryThursday, February 27, 2003; Page A27Pope John Paul II is causing heartburn among one of the president's ... more

    Good God - Richard Butler Joins the Peace Movement!
    Why Richard Butler went to the Sydney peace rally Interview with Richard Butler, former UN chief weapons inspector, In the National Interest21 Februa ... more

    When empires become overconfident
    When empires become overconfidentBy Jalal Al MashtaJapan Today - February 27, 2003:What the U.S. is doing today is merely a repetition of what has hap ... more

    The Wolfowitz Cabal
    Wolfowitz and His Successfully Evil CabalRichard H. Curtiss, Special to Arab NewsArab News Opinion 23 February 2003Whatever comes next in the battle a ... more

    SIGNS of Protest
    A compendium of funny signs carried by some of the protesters at the recent peace march in DC. ..Drunken frat boy drives country into ditch.Bush/Chene ... more

    Blistering LETTER OF RESIGNATION from US diplomat
    NOTE: What follows is a letter of resignation written by John Brady Kiesling, a member of Bush's Foreign Service Corps and Political Counselor to the ... more

    When Saddam Was America's Ally in Chief
    When Hussein was our allyIraq: Newly released documents reveal U.S. talk of regime change in the early 1980s - except then it was language condemning ... more

    FDR relative says Bush is a bully
    FDR relative says Bush is a bully Dawn - 27 February 2003 PARIS, Feb 26: Curtis Roosevelt, the grandson of America's great wartimepresident Fran ... more

    How the US Will Censor this new War
    Robert Fisk: How the news will be censored in this warA new CNN system of 'script approval' suggests the Pentagon will have nothing to worry about[The ... more
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