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August 2004 Archives Back to MER World Bush: Never-ending War On Terrorism Ahead Opps...Sorry....We Can't Really Win the 'War on Terrorism' After all CIA and Pentagon Duke It Out Bush Further Exposed? Both Coward and Liar? It's the Policies Stupid! Bush Pushes His War to try to get elected The Quagmire of the U.S. Media Bush Intrerviewed on TODAY - 31 August Total Failure of U.S. Journalism FM Shaath Threatened with Death as Traitor Shaath has been exceedingly close to the Americans and the Israelis for some time. He has been forced to play a low-key role and unable to visit ma ... more Michael Moore Big Hit at GOP Convention Bush interviewed on TODAY - 30 August In the continuation on 31 August Bush discusses bringing Iran into line as he has now done with Iraq. Also on 31 August Laura Bush was interviewed wit ... more Ron Silver Promotes War Lambasts Hollywood Remarks by Ron Silver as Prepared for Delivery at the 2004 Republican National Convention on Monday, August 30, Evening Session 7:45 - 11:15 P.M. EDT ... more Dennis Ross on Arafat in 2002 Think Again: Yasir Arafat By Dennis B. Ross July/August 2002 In 1974, Yasir Arafat, chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), declare ... more Professor works to help create Palestinian state-in-the-making For Muslims to like the US, truth must replace lies Radical Change in US Policies Needed - Patrick Seale Doug Feith and the new Israeli Spy Scandal - MER Exclusive MER EXCLUSIVE - Listen to Douglas Feith while Bill Clinton was still President and a year before 9/11 even happened. For some time in Washington Fei ... more U.S.-Israeli Relations Again Strained in Public Sadr Winning More Support only Months from long-promised Iraqi elections The real battle is not primarily a military one but a political and geo-strategic one. With only months to go before the long-promised and twice dela ... more Spy Scandal Points Finger Again as Israel behind Iraq War Oftentimes there is no definitive proof, just loads of circumstantial evidence without the smoking gun. There is still debate about the 1967 war and ... more Former BBC Head Scathingly Attacks PM Tony Blair Protest Carnival in New York Greets Republicans Not AIPAC's first controversy Background: Not AIPAC's first controversy CALEV BEN-DAVID, THE JERUSALEM POST Aug. 29, 2004 "A lobby is like a night flower; It thrives in the dark ... more NY Sees Biggest Political Convention Demo in History The polarization, and the control, of the U.S. proceeds. With a victory in November, should that occur, the Republican party will no doubt increase b ... more Fingers Pointing at Douglas Feith and top neocons at Pentagon Feith has been mentioned in most of the major media stories this weekend in Washington -- but not nearly with the emphasis he should have been. For Fe ... more Blair Unleashed Dogs on BBC Inside the Iraqi Resistance - 7-part Series in Asia Times U.S. and Iran Struggling over Iraq Israeli 'Fence' Victory Likely to Be Short-term only Gandhi Namesake Finally Goes to Palestine Israeli Spy in Washington - Prof. Juan Cole Sunday, August 29, 2004 Pentagon/Israel Spying Case Expands: Fomenting a War on Iran Here is my take on the Lawrence Franklin espionage scandal in t ... more Tenet Knew There Was An Israeli Spy Analysis: Cold wind blowing from the CIA By Ze'ev Schiff, Haaretz Correspondent Ha'aretz - 29 August 2004: Before former U.S. Central Intelligence Ag ... more 'No Limits' on Torture U.S. Soldier Testifies Drop Scarf Ban France Told by Kidnappers Feith's Analyst Served In Israel The latest Israeli Spy Scandal Centers on Iran - LATimes Report on Iran Key to Spying InquiryInvestigators are looking closely at Pentagon policy analyst Larry Franklin's relationships with advocates for Is ... more Pointing the fingers at Douglas Feith Feith has been mentioned in most of the major media stories this weekend in Washington -- but not nearly with the emphasis he should have been. For ... more Bush got special help to avoid Vietnam We all thought this was the case, in view of who his Dad was, and what was happening back in those years. But there has never been a smoking gun for ... more Nervous Iran Both Warns and Promises at the same time US Troops Continue to Bomb and Tank in Baghdad, Falluja Aljazeera on the new Pentagon Israeli Spying Scandal Initial Ha'aretz Report on Israeli Spying in Washington - With Picture of Douglas Feith Israeli Admits Spying on U.S. - 13 Years later BBC Report on Israeli Spying in Washington General Custard Troops Rise Again to Destroy Najaf 'Custard's Last Stand' is part of American History. But the 7th Calvary Rides again viciously destroying all who dare oppose them. Iraqi Holy City ... more Feith focus - but just a little - in the NYTimes article about latest Israeli spy scandal It's hardly the focus Doug Feith deserves -- for he is at the center of the false 'intelligence' that brought about the Iraqi war, is long known for v ... more Encore Presentation of Civil War II He's campaigning hard to be Secretary of State in a Kerry Administration should that come to pass. Richard Holbrooke is still on the march, as is the ... more Feith's Role in Spy Cancel Downplayed by Washington Post While others have long pointed the finger at Douglas Feith as very clearly an intelligence risk because of his long-ties to the most hardline elements ... more Powell Forced to Cancel Athens Olympic Visit Powell says the massive protests against his scheduled visit to Athens and the Olympics had nothing to do with his land minute cancellation. Earlier ... more Feith Directly Fingered in latest Israeli Spy Scandal Finally the fingers are pointing in the right direction...and right toward the top of the political food chain. Senator Rockefeller Targets Pentagon Feith in July 2004 Another Israeli Spy Scandal Erupts in Washington Many, most no doubt, of these kinds of things relating to Israel never get out into the public domain; they are buried and sucked up into official Was ... more Pollard II - Israeli Spy High in the Pentagon Those who have been reading what we have been saying for a long time about the Israeli-Jewish lobby in Washington, and its ties to the top neocons inc ... more 'Oh God Give Us Freedom' Pakistani Opponents of General Musharraf Declare AlJazeera - In Pursuit of 'Arab Reform' - Special Report Bush: Opps, Sorry, Miscalculated Afterall Bush Acknowledges Iraq 'Miscalculation' Aug 27, 8:20 AM (ET) (AP) President Bush waves to reporters as he arrives at the White House on Thursday, Au ... more Kerry's Purple Heart #1 Israel Tell All Leave Kashmir Before Its Too Late Kerry's Big Quarter-Billion Muslim Forces Won't Accept U.S. Control in Iraq It was another of the many U.S. attempts to co-opt others to join their occupation of Iraq one way or another. Nothing has really worked. The so-cal ... more The Najaf Deal - How It Played Out Dear Yossi - So Where is Appendix X? Israelis Look To Who Will Rule Iraq Tomorrow Just like many of the establishment American journalists, Zvi Barel in Israel is a talented writer but he plays the politically correct buttons to kee ... more Israeli Civil War? Israel losing 'the battle of the narrative' Maximum Jews, Minimum Palestinians Beilin's and Geneva's Delusions U.S. regime police threaten to kill journalists Make no mistake about it...these so-called 'police' are in effect the local SS sponsored, armed, and protected, by the occupation regime. more Dennis Ross interviewed - Yale Israel Journal The Huge Cost of the Bush/neocon/Israeli War Gandhi Grandson Proposes Non-Violence to Palestinians Problem is the situation in the once Holy Land in 2004 is very much different than what was British rule in India at the time of Gandhi. With just a ... more Aljazeera, Canada, and Israel's Lobby U.S. Already Calling Up The Reserves It's not even really a war and yet the U.S. is spending hundreds of billions and already calling up it's reserves. The cost/benefit ratio of this who ... more Reporting from Najaf 'Biased' British Journalist Bared from Israel Many will cry foul but the realities are that Israel is becoming more and more a kind of fascist-like 'democracy' gradually allowing the terrible repr ... more U.S. Olympic Committee Tells Bush NO The Iraqi Soccer Team told Bush NO as soon as he started using them as an example of the democracy the U.S. has supposedly brought to Iraq. Now the U ... more Authorities Road-Blocking Anti-Bush New York Demos 'October Surprise' Korea Option Suggests Whitbeck from Paris Subject: October Surprise? TO: Distinguished Recipients FM: John Whitbeck Buried in an article in today's International Herald Tribune, witho ... more Gaza Cut up and Clamped Down Even More With the world so distracted - Iraq, Olympics, American Politics - the Israelis have stepped up further their settlement building and Palestinian Apar ... more The Shia Power Struggle - Another Result of U.S. invasion and occupation Carnage in Iraq - About 100 dead, many hundreds injured, as U.S. Iraqi Regime Opens Fire When the realities of the carnage become known it will be harder and harder for the U.S. Allawi regime to stay in power other than through brute power ... more Long time acoming - Gandhi grandson visits West Bank Changing to a soothing National Anthem for the Olympics If only the new rhetoric and the soothing melodies actually represented new realities...-------------------------------Changing Our TuneAthens Honors ... more Rice and American Christian Extremists US Regime Targets Kills Supporters As Sistani 'Returns' to Najaf Attacks On Kufa Mosque Where Sadr Has Preached MPs to make their point and try to 'impeach' PM Blair Why the Israelis Refuse to say the word 'Occupation' U.S. and Regime Bombing and Killing throughout Iraq Chaos, confusion, death, and destruction -- that's the description of American occupied Iraq as the country virtually rebels and explodes. Even as Ay ... more Battle for control of Shia Islam as well as of Iraq Falluja also under intense bombing attack Brave New World of Iraqi Sovereignty August 23, 2004 The Anti-Empire Report Brave New World of Iraqi Sovereignty By WILLIAM BLUM This is what the Brave New World of Iraqi Sovereignty lo ... more Win the Jewish Vote: Turn Gaza into a "Mini-Afghanistan" Turn Gaza into a "Mini-Afghanistan" How to Win the Jewish Vote By AKIVA ELDAR When Yitzhak Rabin coined the phrase "political settlements" (the oppos ... more Neo-Cons Rethink Iraqi Fiasco Neo-Cons Rethink Iraqi Fiasco By Steve Weissman t r u t h o u t Canadians Keep Calling American Officials Idiots and Morons OTTAWA, Aug 25 (Reuters) - It was damned bastards last year, "idiots" this year. Canadian Member of Parliament Carolyn Parrish had said she hated "da ... more U.S. Iraqis Seize Dozens of Journalists in Najaf U.S. Iraqi Troops Kill 16 injure 100+ marching to Najaf Israelis take in much of the $1.5 billion for Olympic 'Security' 20 Israeli firms tapped Olympics' $1.5 billion security budgetSPECIAL TO WORLD TRIBUNE.COMWednesday, August 25, 2004ATHENS – Israel has played a major ... more Just as U.S. Assault on Shrine of Ali is about to begin...Sistani to the rescue? Before word of Sistani's return to Iraq and his call for a March on Najaf to take place tomorrow, Thursday 26 August, the NYTimes published this artic ... more Looting and Corrupting Iraq More Than Ever Bush I foresaw cost of Iraq If Bush II goes the way of Bush I, they will point out that they knew better not to invade and occupy a major Arab/Muslim country like Iraq. If Bush ... more 26 Aug March to Najaf could be historic U.S. Forces Fire On and Kill Iraqi Protestors Israel's Latest - 'Skunk' Bomb March on Najaf Looms with Sistani's Return Arundhati Roy in San Francisco Pakistan's Inevitable Demise Ahead Pakistan's inevitable demise by Abid Ullah Jan* (Tuesday 24 August 2004) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ... more Israel Worse Than Apartheid We've been saying just this for quite some years now. Yesterday the story with this headline finally appeared in the Israeli press. Not much yet in ... more Defying U.S. al-Sistani calls on faithful to March on Najaf to 'Save the burning holy city' Muslim Masses Heading to Najaf Called by Ayatollah al-Sistani Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani Returns to 'Save the Burning Holy City' U.S. Troops Close in on Najaf resistance and Shrine of Ali Najaf Struggle Escalates both in Firepower and Rhetoric Iraqi Cleric Slams U.S. and International Media Israelis Furious Jordanians Remind of Mosque Fire Back in 1969 Israelis Prepare to Take on Iran It's been threat and counter-threat for some time now...but very much heated up in the past weeks. Now the Israelis are handing out anti-radiation p ... more Ed Koch a paradigm now for American Jews turning right and for Israel over their own U.S.A. Koch's view (Washington Times - 23 August 2004) Calling himself a "liberal with sanity," former New York Mayor Ed Koch — a longtim ... more Flip-flopping for the Jews She Writes American In Arab Eyes - Now Lower Than Low Finally the front page for a 'wanted dead or alive' Palestinian 'freedom fighter' Hitchens on Edward Said's last book What an insult really to ask Christopher Hitchens to review Edward Said's last book. Brilliant writer, true; but hardly a person of integrity and con ... more WP Rewiew of General Tommy Franks Book - Iraq War Prof.Juan Cole Washington Post On-Line Discussion U.S. Loosing Hearts and Minds Throughout Arab and Muslim worlds Rich American Jews Taking Jerusalem as Palestinian languish Rich American Jews Taking Jerusalem as Palestinian languish Anti-Americanisn Hits Big in Egypt Long a very moderate and cultured country, more and more the Egyptians see the U.S. in a different light and realize they have 'been had'. < ... more Brazilians Demonstrate for Iraqi Resistance Resistance Young and Old Still holding out in Najaf Shrine 'Get Out or be Wiped Out!' US to Iraqi Resistance Child Muslim Soldiers Confront American Warriors Very Worried Kerry Tries the Phone + KERRY PHONES SWIFT BOAT FOES **World Exclusive** Dem presidential hopeful John Kerry personally phoned anti-Kerry swift boat vets, the DRUDGE REPORT ... more Anti Kerry Book A Big Sell-Out It's a 'big sell-out' in more ways than one in fact... Sadistic US Troops Used Dogs on Teenagers Airplane Security Scandal Erupts Billions for 'security' it seems...not to mention all the inconvenience and delays for everyone. And yet...not much when it comes to common sense.more Israelis Besiege Nablus As U.S. Besiege's Najaf Israelis Debate Their 'Occupation" Worried about international sanctions U.S. Gives Al-Sadr Final Final Warning to Surrender Speaking of al-Sadr, Shaalan added that if the cleric surrendered, "he will be safe and will be highly respected. But if he continues to resist, then ... more After Iranian War Threats U.S. Backs Off This is the way of international affairs -- threats, counter-threats, backing away. But then with U.S. credibility so low, and the track record of U. ... more U.S. Brings in Iraqi Forces to Najaf Blair Refuses Bush Invite To Come Again and Get His Medal 10 Years Needed To Control Iraq! - U.S. Army Brass NPR 2002 7-part Series about the Middle East NPR Transcripts and Audio Programs about Middle East http://www.npr.org/news/specials/mideast/transcripts/index.html The Middle East and the West - A troubled relationship (6-part series) Carving Up The Middle East - NPR Report The Middle East and the West: Carving Up the Region All Things Considered audio Photo Gallery: Europe's Middle East Adventures Commanding Gen. Ch ... more Stiffling Freedom - Ted Turner Warns About U.S. Government American Firepower Closes in on Shrine of Ali in Najaf Pakistan Reveals New Threats How convenient the timing and all. Just weeks after the Americans told the Pakistanis the dates of the Democratic Convention and that this would be a ... more U.S. Aid to Israel - Overview Controversy of US Aid to Israel By MIFTAH (Palestinian NGO in Ramallah) March 17, 2004 The following overview has been compiled from various sources ... more Iraqi Anti-U.S. Uprising at the Olympics August 21 / 22, 2004 The Uprising in Athens Iraq Soccer Team Gives Bush the Boot By DAVE ZIRIN Sometimes we are reminded that the Olympics can serv ... more Iraq Soccer Team Books Pres Bush Even with the public rebuff from the Iraqi Olympics Soccer Team, Bush and his propaganda ministers keep the ads and the pictures coming. But his poss ... more Russia's Svletlana Charges the Fix is In for the U.S. Whether true or not, many in the world think it is true...and this is another case where perceptions are more real than reality. America's Najaf Police - 'Kill The Journalists' Najaf police: a thin blue line between foesUS troops encircled the Shrine of Ali Sunday as fighting resumed. The standoff leaves Iraqi police with few ... more Wiretapping the Internet More Anti-U.S. Protests in Pakistan and Malaysia Imperial Supremacist America Provocative thinking and writing from one of Great Britain's most prolific, most outspoken, most humanistic, and most insightful 'activist' journalis ... more Drudge Story May Abort Bush Visit to Olympics You can bet this is just the thing the Presidential Handlers wanted to do -- a surprise visit to watch the Iraqi Soccer Team in action just as the Rep ... more Intense U.S. Killing in Najaf Escalates Palestinians Accuse U.S. of 'destroying the peace process' Arson in Paris - Jewish Community Center Widespread Condemnation of U.S. Attacks in Najaf What's This: Nuclear 'Delay' in Iran? Pat Buchanon on Realities of Conservative Washington BUCHANAN BOOK DECLARES: 'NO CONSERVATIVE PARTY LEFT IN WASHINGTON'After warning about the "Death of the West," bestselling author and former presiden ... more NippleGate Coming in Oct just in time for the election JANET JACKSON: BUSH WHITE HOUSE USED MY BOOB TO DISTRACT FROM IRAQ Janet Jackson now claims that her "Nipplegate" Super Bowl incident was used by th ... more Blair Snubs Bush and U.S. Political realities often get in the way; and this time Tony Blair just can't do what George Bush wants and what they had planned. Israelis Arrest UK Journalist Allawi's Credibility Sinks as U.S. Military role esalates US Helps Israel Further to Squash Palestinian Resistance Heroic Struggle in Najaf? Palestinian Struggle Fully Justified There should not even be a need to point out that in view of what has been done to the Palestinians for many generations their struggle is fully legit ... more Massive U.S. Gunships Attacking Najaf Fighters 'Volcano of Anger' Ahead for U.S. American Says He Was on bin Laden's Trail American Says He Was on bin Laden's Trail Aug 21, 4:41 PM (ET) By PAUL HAVEN (AP) U.S. citizen Jonathan Idema responds in court in Kabul, Afghanist ... more Coup d'America Gulf War III - Target Iran Iran's Next Top State Dept Neocon Pushes for War with Iran Israeli Attorney General Public Warns Sanctions Loom Further Israeli Control over American Jewish Organizations Questionned U.S. Once More lets Israelis Built More Settlements U.S. Assault on Najaf Resumes Clashes Resume in Najaf, Handover Talks Hit Snag Aug 21, 1:17 PM (ET) By Michael Georgy NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - Fighters loyal to Iraqi cleric Moqt ... more Hezbollah in Lebanon Experts doubt Osirak replay - CSM These things are rarely replays of something from 20+ years ago...not at the military level anyway. So much has changed, especially pinpoint satellit ... more On the Inside - Najaf and the Shrine of Ali 'Inside' reporting has certain become the unusual for American journalists and publications. This is a useful and courageous report...but hardly goes ... more Iraq's Disappearing Billions Weekend Reading: Iran, the U.S., and Israel These four articles from the past few days, especially the first commentary by UPI Senior Analyst Martin Sieff, help put things in perspective and set ... more 'Catastrophe' in Iraq Says Iran Calling for Emergency Muslim Summit Israeli Song Cuts to the Chase Hamas Speaks Up From Damascus Najaf Standoff Gets Even More Complicated Tensions Grow in Najaf Between Shia Groups and Leaders Star Wars-Era Technology will also eliminate old-style Torture Right but Ostracized About Iraq Militia, Shiite Leaders Bicker Over Shrine It's not just bickering, it's deadly serioius manuevering. Sistani fears being put in charge, which is why he fled to London at this particular time. ... more U.S. Army Medics Aided Torture and Abuse of Prisoners CIA Spy Breaks Ranks and Takes on U.S. policies Najaf Standoff Unresolved Israeli Top Court Warns Not To Disregard ICJ Ruling The Cost of the War US Prepares for Pre-Emptive War Against Iran It use to be a debate about 'first strike'...now it's a debate about 'pre-emptive war'. This profound analysis of the political and imperial realitie ... more Journalists Ignorant About Israel Sanctions Against Israel Coming Warn Officials Israel and Iran, Threat and Counter-Threat Iran Calls Muslim Countries To Meet About Iraq Catastrophe Tricky 'Transfer' There are many forces at work here; and little is how it seems when presented in the Western media, that's for sure. Iraqi Olympic Soccer Team Tells Bush Not To Play With Them More Hamas People Indicted in U.S. In close coordination with the Israelis the effort to smother and starve out of existence Hamas and the Palestinian resistance to Israeli occupation h ... more Pakistanis Torture To Death leading opponent Bremer and Friends Scammed and Looted Iraq Confusion, Chaos, and Fighting in Najaf Everyone is preparing, everyone is blinking, everyone is threatening. The outcome of this historic and exceedingly symbolic struggle is yet to be dec ... more U.S. Prepares Nukes For Use Just a few months after 9/11 the government secretly told the Pentagon prepare to use nuclear weapons against a list of countries and in a number of w ... more Israeli/Jewish Lobby and Neocon Bases in Washington Everyone blinks and repositions in Najaf - AP Report Sanctions on Israel Finally Coming...and they know it It's been a very long time a coming; and it's not yet here. But with the International Court of Justice Legal Ruling things are finally moving. Yet ... more All Blink In Najaf - BBC Bush Now Knows Iraq Is His Nemesis Security Risk - None other than Senator Kennedy Himself! Now you've really go to be wondering what the U.S. government is up to with this one! The level of incompetence, or worse, has reached frightful prop ... more MSNBC - Everyone Blinks in Najaf - Future Unclear as Iraq continues to explode under weight of occupation and U.S. regime Crusading General Problem is he may have spoke out and got himself on camera...but there are many like him in the military, in the government, and indeed throughout Ame ... more US and Allawi Blink! ? Of course they will never say so, but the reality is the U.S. and Baghdad regime cannot take the Imam Ali Mosque without using U.S. forces and creatin ... more Israel Wins Judo War at Olympics 1st Anniversary of U.N. Attack in Baghdad The U.N. has allowed itself to be used and to be terribly manipulated in and about Iraq. How ironic in so many ways that on the first anniversary of ... more U.S. Tanks Encircle Najaf What the Americans have Really Done in and to Iraq This is a brief but very important outline of what the Americans have really done in recent years in and to Iraq. All this has little to do with 'fre ... more Israeli Writer Shamir A Charlatan? Long ago MER raised questions about Israel Shamir, refused to publish his articles, warned others about his confusing and questionable connections... ... more U.S. Bumbles in Trying to Reassure Iran Do the Americans really think this kind of simplictic deceptive rhetoric is going to fool anyone anymore? U.S. forces no threat to Iran WASHING ... more Iran and Israel Exchange and Escalate Threats Analysis: Iran, Israel exchange threats By MODHER AMIN TEHRAN, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- The dispute between Iran and Israel has escalated in recent weeks, w ... more UPI Correspondent Warns Iran US War Very Possible Many Billions Missing - Bremer, Pentagon, White House Should Be Held Responsible $8.8 Billion in Iraqi Funds Missing Reuters Thursday August 19 2004 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - At least $8.8 billion in Iraqi funds that ... more Senator Kennedy Nearly Grounded by Homeland Security This is really a little crazy, isn't it? It's more like an April Fools Joke...but alas it is now the reality of life in the U.S.A. No Fooling! Senator Kennedy on 'No Fly' Watch List! Error Puts Kennedy on Airline No-Fly List Aug 19, 1:12 PM (ET) WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate Judiciary Committee heard this morning from one of its o ... more Iran Warns of Preemptive Strike Against U.S. and Israel "We will consider any strike against our nuclear installations as an attack on Iran as a whole, and we will retaliate with all our strength. Where Is ... more Israeli Spying In and On U.S. This series of stories was reported by FOX News after 9/11 but then was removed from their website and never mentioned again. Israeli Spying on U.S. - FOX 4-part series Shortly after this 4-part series first ran it was removed from the Fox website and in a sense 'disappeared'. Israelis Keep on Torturing Israel - The Immoral State says Knesset Member Last update - 02:52 19/08/2004 An immoral state By Michael Melchior The group of children that gathered around us seemed highly amused. Some of the c ... more U.S. Troops Secretly Training in Israel Neo-Con and Pro-Israel Ideology Pushed For Wa Neo-Con and Pro-Israel Ideology Pushed For War - By Jim Lobe WASHINGTON - 18 August 2004: Why did the administration of President George W Bush pus ... more A Year Ago the U.N. HQ in Baghdad was attacked, the top U.N. Official Killed U.N. observes anniversary of suicide bombing of Baghdad office Associated Press August 19, 2004 UNIRAQ0820 GENEVA -- In somber gatherings on three ... more US Demands Complete Surrender Knowing This Will Lead to Showdown Helen Thomas on Kerry, the Dems, Iraq, and America She was the Dean of the Washington Press Corps for decades, the Presidential first-questionner at the official White House Press Conferences. But now ... more The American Police Chief in Najaf With conditions of surrender they knew the forces of Muktadr al-Sadr would not accept the military campaign to destroy all who oppose the Allawi regim ... more Even the Devil Himself is good for selling products to Americans NYC To Greet Republicans With Protests and Insults NYC to GOP: Drop Dead by Ted Rall 18 August 2004: Tourists are pleasantly surprised when New Yorkers act as friendly and polite as the people back ho ... more U.S. and Allawi Regime Block Deal and Attack Israeli's Ruling Party Pushes Back on U.S., 'Roadmap', 'Withdrawal' Iran Warns of Pre-Emptive Strike! Iran Warns It Too Can 'Pre-Emptively' Strike U.S. forces and Israel Non-Aligned Nations Condemn Israel's Wall, call for Sanctions The Media Coopted and Nutured by the Military THE SUNDAY SHOW - March 9, 2003 This establishment British discussion, with senior BBC and other journalists, took place just before the 2003 in ... more A Moral Issue - Eyad El-Sarraj from Gaza A Moral Issue By: Eyad El-Sarraj, MD August 14, 2004 I a ... more Dennis Ross's 'Peace' Book Reviewed in NYTimes August 18, 2004 BOOKS OF THE TIMES Map of the Middle East Without Middle Ground By MAX BOOT THE MISSING PEACE The Inside Story of the Fight for Mid ... more Israel and American Electoral Politics August 18, 2004 Drought in Texas Israel and the American Elections By URI AVNERY Once upon a time, an assistant to Levy Eshkol, our late Prime Minis ... more America's Stacked Iraqi Conference - So Much For Real Democracy Lebanon, the Arabs and the World Palestinian Resistance Morally Justified Reporters Threatened with Death by US Iraqi Regime Iranian President Condemns U.S. Iran Again Threatens to Destroy Dimona If Israel Strikes To Teach Everyone a Lesson! Iraqi Forces May Raid Najaf Holy Shrine Email this Story Aug 18, 9:57 AM (ET) (AP) A picture of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, right, is se ... more Bush Daughters Raising Plucked Eyebrows Head to Gay Wedding U.S. arrests, intimidates, threatens, journalists in Iraq Journalists in Iraq under arrest, initimidation, and fire U.S. Allawi Regime Should Go There's a bottom line here and at a time of such major historic developments it should be said clearly. The American-installed, financed, armed, and ... more US Troops Training in Israel Whatever number of U.S. troops are training in Israel, or being trained by Israel, the extraordinarily close connections between the U.S. and Israeli ... more US Iraqi Regime Warns Invasion of Shrine of Ali in Najaf Imminent Iraq Prepares Assault on Najaf, Gives Rebels HoursAug 18, 8:45 AM (ET)By Khaled FarhanNAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraq's defense minister gave Shi'ite mil ... more Al-Sadr and Allawi - The Struggle for the Middle East Here then are two such voices speaking out, crying out, at this critical time. The first an American who was Director of The Islamic Center in Washi ... more Al-Sadr and Allawi Here then are two such voices speaking out, crying out, at this critical time. The first an American who was Director of The Islamic Center in Washing ... more Hollywood Eyes the Crusades The Israeli and the wanted, hunted Palestinian 'Terrorist' 'Three Kings' Director Plans Documentary on Iraq War Sharon's War - NYTimes Magazine Sharon Now Defines Israel 26 Years and Counting the U.N. on Lebanon's border with Israel Will Israel Strike Iran? Israeli Pipe Dream - Oil from the 'new' Iraq US and China compete for oil Like Joan of Arc, Al-Sadr is a soldier and a saint Like Joan of Arc, Al-Sadr is a soldier and a saint by Mohamed Elmasry* (Tuesday 17 August 2004) -------------------------------------------------- ... more Theatre of the Absurd - Chalabi, Feith, Zell, and Israel From one of Israel's most astute and partly independent journalists, Zvi Bar'el writing in Ha'aretz. The Jordan is Palestine Option is Reborn Sharon the Bulldozer, Sharon the Butcher Still More Settlements Arising Gaza - Death and Destruction A Few Journalists Defy The 'We'll Shoot You' Threats from US regime in Iraq The other Israeli plan The 'other Israeli plan' emerged later as the old 'Jordan is Palestine' plan, which in fact has always been the vision of Ariel Sharon masked by his a ... more 'Jordan is Palestine' - Reborn between Israel and Jordan For years the Israelis have been publicly quiet about 'Jordan is Palestine' even though this is the long-held position of Ariel Sharon and what is kno ... more Reborn (in public) - 'Jordan is Palestine' For years the Israelis have been publicly quiet about 'Jordan is Palestine' even though this is the long-held position of Ariel Sharon and what is kno ... more Israel and Iran Face Off In Public Cronkite Calls It Quits and Laments both TV News and the Internet Iran and Saudi Arabia call on U.N. to end American assault on Najaf It's not serious of course, as they both know the U.N. is not going to act. But especially for the Saudis it looks good at home, giving the impressi ... more Blog Interrupted - Jessica Cutler and Capitol Hill Human Shields Still Arriving in Najaf The Americans are clearly uncertain just what to do. They have placed themselves in a no win situation. If they attack and there is a massacre it wi ... more Reminder - The Early Christians and Jesus Used Caves Too Understanding Terror Networks - Washington Post style Behind Enemy Lines Reviewed by Steve Coll Sunday, August 8, 2004; Page BW10 UNDERSTANDING TERROR NETWORKS By Marc Sageman. Univ. of Pennsylvania. ... more Al Qaeda, The Next Chapter This article, front page of the Sunday Outlook section of The Washington Post, is a great example of how the Americans are focusing almost exclusively ... more Cheney Prepares To Expand Global War in Term II Intelligence Report - Parade (Sunday) By Lyric Wallwork Winik Published: August 8, 2004 Dick Cheney Speaks Out Dick Cheney already may be the most ... more Ask Pres Bush...but only friendly carefully prepared questions Reporters Fired on by U.S. Iraqi Troops in Najaf History is being made in these bitter bleeding days, in these very hours, and the world will have to live with the aftermath for some time to come. ... more Iran's Khamenei on U.S. Crimes in Najaf US Iraqi Troops Fire on Reporters on Najaf Khamenei of Iran Speaks Up About Najaf and Iraq "In the name of liberal democracy, one of the worst crimes against humanity is being committed in Iraq, especially in the holy city of Najaf. The U.S. ... more American Orgies of Killing New Nukes for U.S., No Nukes for Everyone Else 'Take Back America' - Borosage and The Nation and The Future Iran Rushing To Build Bomb Opposition Says to attract Headlines Shiite Islam is centered in Najaf Internal Iranian conflicts playing out in Iraq World's Shiites Warn That U.S. Is Treading on Sensitive Ground - LATimes "The United States is slaughtering the people of one of the holiest Islamic cities, and the Muslim world and the Iraqi nation will not stand by," Ayat ... more Allawi Sending 'Entire Army' to Najaf U.S. officials are waiting for as many as 3,500 Iraqi troops to join them in Najaf, which could take a week or more. "I think they're sending the enti ... more LATimes mildly criticizes US for press censorship in Iraq Historic Imam Ali Mosque Confrontation Ten appaulling Lies to bring about the War on Iraq Righward Ho the Democratic Party Why Bush Went to War - Oil, Israel, Military Transformation Why Bush Went to War By Patrick Doherty, TomPaine.com Posted on August 5, 2004, Printed on August 16, 2004 As the nation begins debate on how to ref ... more Profiles of Interim Governing Council Members in Iraq Allawi Visits Najaf and 'Invites' Sadr to 'participate' in elections next year Arabs and Muslims Condemn US Assault on Najaf Association of Muslim Scholars Surrounded by American Tanks Iran Threatens Its Missiles Can Attack all of Israel Bush appointees gutted corporate regulations The Najaf Crisis Many facts and much useful information...but don't believe all of this American-hyped reporting, especially the analysis part. Both the U.S. and the ... more Baghdad Conf Dominated by and Heading to Najaf The Americans desperately want the rebellion in Najaf ended based on their terms and their force, masked of course by their regime in Baghdad that the ... more Top Mossad Official Attacks Immorality of Israeli Army and Policies AJCongress Hires Top Israeli It's another sign of the times; American Jews nearly totally aligning themselves with and in a very real sense selling out to the Israelis. ... more Allawi worse than Saddam says Sadr Dershowitz - No to ICJ, Yes to 'the Wall' Israel follows its own law, not bigoted Hague decision ALAN DERSHOWITZ, THE JERUSALEM POST Jul. 11, 2004 The Israeli government has both a legal an ... more Feith's Warped World Outside View: Feith's warped world By Greg Guma A UPI Outside View commentary Published 7/19/2004 BURLINGTON, Vt., July 19 (UPI) -- It's hard to m ... more The Iraq War in the Service of Israel? American jews now want to monitor State Department Pentagon Balks At Giving Up Control of 'Intelligence' Anti-Zionism is not Anti-Semitism U.S. Atrocity in Najaf Atrocity In Najaf - US Assault A War Crime By The Editorial Board WSWS 8-13-4 The US assault on Najaf is a war crime. The spectacle of the world,s ... more Americans and their appointed regime order Journalists to leave Najaf Iran Warns Israel New Missiles Can Strike Everywhere U.S. Orders Journalists and Cameras out of Najaf...or else Messy Deals Don't Do It What about the Mid East if Kerry Wins? The historic battle for Najaf and Iraq - August 2004 New York Protests Will Greet Bush and the Republicans With Troop Crisis in the Mid East US 'Redeploying' 100,000 Troops from Europe and Asia Even Iraqi 'Moderates' Now See U.S. as the Enemy Iraqi Moderates Now Regard US As Enemy (Reuters 8-13-04) -- When the United States wanted a Shia cleric to strengthen the credibility of the Iraqi G ... more Allawi 'A Traitor To Islam, Iraq And The Arab World' Allawi 'A Traitor To Islam, Iraq And The Arab World' He Must Be Tried For War Crimes By Dr. Sam Hamod Director of The Islamic Center of Washington, ... more Israel 'On The Eve of Destruction'? His father long headed the National Religious Party. He himself has been the head of the world Zionist movement as well as the Speaker of the Kness ... more Cemetery Fight Haunts Some U.S. Troops 'Patriotism' Fighting the Americans in Najaf The Washington Post has actually published a number of articles, prominently in some cases, at least giving the 'other side' a chance to have its say. ... more Washington Morality - Capitol Hill and Blog Interruptis Muzzling the CIA's 'Anonymous' Al Qaeda and the Internet Iraq's Conference Seeks Walkout, Protests, Shellings Koreans protest Troops to Iraq Jewish Groups Keep Planning Pushing to Rebuilt Temple Neoconservatism, a Treacherous Hoax CIA executives gathered in Santiago de Chile revealed in contingency plot to overthrow Venezuela's President Chavez Raps US Imperialism The Big Lies That Led to War BBC Held by Israelis in Nablus Neocon Civil War - Francis Fukayama Vs the largely Jewish neocons 'Victory or Martrydom' Sadr Declares Citizen Maxwell - Power, Media, Mossad, Assassination Scoundrel, sailor, mogul, spy: film to explore life of Maxwell By Jonathan Brown 14 August 2004 The first cinematic treatment of the life of Robert ... more American Jews and the Election October Surprise 2004? US Blinkered Again Over Iran Whistleblower explodes 9-11 Commission Report Buckley's Sad Farwell - Joseph Sobran Hitler Everywhere - Joseph Sobran Land of the Gullible - Joseph Sobran Single Party American 'Democracy' - Joseph Sobran General Franks, et. al., admits Iraq War for Israel Next M E Crisis - IRAN BBC - Israel Targets Iran both in public and in preparations Iran Vs Israel - Judo at the Olympics A War For Israel - Jeff Blankfort The Imperial Democrats - Neocons from the 'Left' Nader Sticks to his Israeli Control of Washington Theme How Bush Has Changed America for the Uglier 'They've Got Guts' - Najaf Cemetery Becomes Killing Field Mahdi Army Fighters Bedevil Coalition US Working to Close Iraq's Borders France Pushed by Jews to Ban Arab TV Powell Tells and Bribes Japanese - Time To Arm and Fight Bahrain Protest - 'Death to America and Israel' Historic Najaf Battle May Yet End in Massacre and Martyrdom Young Iraqi Intellectuals and the story of the 'Baghdad Bulletin' Iraqi Rebellion Still Escalating - Sadr Seeks 'Martrydom' This 'insurgency', 'rebellion', 'liberation struggle', 'terrorism', that has now been unleashed by the Americans and fueled by the Israelis is not lik ... more Pakistanis Criticize Wolfowitz 'Either You Are With Us Or Against Us' Moqtada Sadr Lays Down Truce Terms Naseer Al-Nahr • Arab News BAGHDAD, 14 August 2004 — US forces suspended a nine-day offensive in the Iraqi city ... more Lebanon and Syria - 1920 and Counting Lebanon, the Arabs and the World Patrick Seale Al-Hayat 2004/08/12 'There are no secrets or surprises in Lebanon's political life,' an eminen ... more The Quakers At It Again A New Book on Palestine and Israel from the "Quakers" Helena Cobban Al-Hayat 2004/08/11 An international group of people from the "Quaker" ... more Nader Factor - slipping and sliding and Michael Moore kneeling 1000-dead milestone Looks like this milestone will come soon after the Republican convention in Iraq...maybe around the 11 Sept anniversary in fact: Milestone of 1,000t ... more 'Lawful' Resistance in Iraq The famous saying by Mao seems to apply these days more than ever whatever the facades and deceptions: Power Grows Out of the Barrel of a Gun and all ... more Goss Wants CIA Empowered inside USA Goss's Wish List By Michael Isikoff and Mark Hosenball Newsweek Wednesday 11 August 2004 Rep. Porter Goss, President Bush’s nomin ... more Sadr's Conditions Now It's High-Stakes Historical Game of Threat, Bluff, and Danger Israeli Troops 'Detain' and Harass BBC Journalists Jews Leaving Israel as well as coming Confused, Bewildered Arab Americans How Much Oil for Real? Occupied Iraq Exploding Reports from Iraq this morning indicate that Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr may have been injured today while meeting with supporters, and what's to happ ... more Americans are losing the fight for freedom Commentary Americans are losing the fight for freedom (Published August 9, 2004) By KATHRYN SINZINGER I had tears in my eyes when I returned ... more Reporters 'Detained' Cameras 'Seized' by Capitol Hill Police Nader Vs. Israel...a little "The days when the chief Israeli puppeteer comes to the United States and meets with the puppet in the White House and then proceeds to Capitol Hill, ... more Nader Vs. Israel It's been a long time in coming for this American of Lebanese Arab ancestry. Back in 2000 Nader did all he could to avoid the raging Israeli-Palestin ... more The Palestinian Cement Scandal As usual with this kind of thing, what is learned and published is just a very small part of what has really gone on. The corruption of the PA has be ... more Facade of Iraq 'Sovereignty' Crumbling Muslim Threats and Bitterness Growing Against U.S. Al-Sadr group seeks Arab intervention Thursday 12 August 2004, 16:35 Makka Time, 13:35 GMT The Shia Muslim leader has called on loyalists to fight t ... more Najaf 2004 "From Iran's perspective, there is little question what happens in Najaf is its business. Any damage there cannot leave a single Iranian ruler the opt ... more Iraqi V-P Calls on American to leave Najaf Tensions grow in Iraq and Iran as the American rampage escalates:http://news.ft.com/cms/s/16ce4778-eb6d-11d8-82f7-00000e2511c8.html more Young Londoners proud to be part of Sadr's army Young Londoners proud to be part of Sadr's army The Guardian: August 12 2004 The two young men sitting cross-legged in a small room off the courtyar ... more Barak Speaks to Ha'aretz Former PM Ehud Barak was a guest of Q&A on Monday, July 19. Many thanks to the thousands of people who participated in this live event. Barak spent ... more Beilin Speaks at Ha'aretz Yahad leader Yossi Beilin was a guest of Q&A on Wednesday, July 28. Many thanks to the thousands of people who participated in this live event. Beil ... more Back to 1956.... 20/03/2003 Back to 1956 By Ari Shavit The opponents of the war in Iraq are right: It is indeed a colonialist war. The An ... more 'On The Eve of Destruction' - Avraham Burg 14/11/2003 On the eve of destruction He caused a furor - so does Avraham Burg regret his harsh, apocalyptic remarks on the failures of Zionism? Not o ... more White House Has Some Terror Experts Worried Israel Was The Reason for Iraq War - Chatroom Chatter To: USQuagmire@yahoogroups.com Subject: Gen. Franks says Threat on Israel justified pre-emption Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 14:32:10 -0700 We have Dick ... more New Video Shows CIA Agent Beheaded General Franks Admits Iraq War to protect Israel 1956 and Today in the Middle East Americans Besiege Najaf and Shiites U.S. Troops Hesitating Before 'Final Assault' U.S. Marines Say Readying for Final Assault in NajafAug 11, 1:29 PM (ET)By Khaled FarhanNAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - U.S. marines said on Wednesday they we ... more Israeli Chavets Beats on Kerry Kerry's Cambodia question Wednesday, August 11th, 2004 John Edwards is supposed to be a great lawyer but at the recent Democratic convention he made ... more Iran Warns Israel With Very Public Missile Test top Iran Warns Israel With Very Public Missile Test Iran Tests Missile Capable of Hitting IsraelAug 11, 9:37 AM (ET)By Paul HughesTEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's defense ministry said on Wednesday it had carr ... more Americans Loosing It In Various Ways The atmosphere of fear and police authority is having all kinds of effects on American society. A week ago subway rider was arrested for not eating h ... more Labor's acquiescence - throwing political sand in everyone's eyes The Labor party is responsible not only for helping lead Israel and the Middle East to today's quagmire, but for the settlements and the failure to re ... more Iran Arming - Page 1 of the Washington Times Iran: The Next Crisis You can count on Farid Zacharia to front for the Israelis -- he's good at it, and he knows where he gets his support and backing. Last month he was ... more An American Jewish lobby at the European Union Many Diaspora Jews fear for the future Israel and world Jewry: Are the bonds breaking? Word War Can Lead To Real War Gulf News says: War of words can lead to real warGulf News - 10 August: The guns of the war between Iraq and Iran fell silent on August 20, 1988. It ... more Iraq II = Iran Youssef M. Ibrahim: Iraq's phase II: Deadlier than ever Iraq entered a deadlier and murkier second phase of fighting and bloodshed this past week. Th ... more U S Official - John Bolton - Points to Iran and North Korea after Iraq http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArtVty.jhtml?sw=bolton&itemNo=264843 After Iraq Arens Points to Iran and N Korea Last update - 20:09 27/04/2003Nothing will be the same againBy Moshe ArensAfter the American victory in Iraq, the world will never be the same again. ... more Iraq War Good for the Jews? Uzi Arad just before the Iraqi invasion w w w . h a a r e t z . c o m Last update - 23:08 17/03/2003 A gamble as an imperial imperative By Uzi Arad Historians who examine the rise and fall ... more White Man's Burden - America's Jewish Neocons Leave it to the intellectual Israelis, through Haaretz, to expose the Jewish neocons a little. In Feb 2003 the Israelis Already Were Celebrating Israelis Play Up Iranian Nuclear 'Program' While Not Their Own Weapons Jewish Students Attacked Because of Israeli Flag at Auswitz Read the article carefully. Seems it was the Israeli flag, and who knows what else, that provoked the 'verbal' attack. It served the Israelis swell ... more Risking Pakistan Pakistan Again Poses Dilemma for U.S. Aug 9, 6:21 AM (ET) By KEN GUGGENHEIM WASHINGTON (AP) - Pakistan has again proved it is the single-most cruci ... more Remember Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves Remember Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves ... more The Anti-Kerry Veteran's Book Pakistan under siege...even occupation The Pakistanis have always been super-nervous about foreign troops; so Americans in uniform are nowhere to be seen beyond the Embassy grounds. But ou ... more Flood the subway plot unearthed CIA 'Anonymous' Now Gagged He did what some wanted done...and now they've gagged him for the rest of the election-season at least. Carry Your Passport on the Toob This kind of thing is reminiscent of the old movies like Casablanca and the old war films of Nazi Germany. The days of national identity cards, ubiqu ... more Intelligence Success or Bungle In view of all that has gone on before, just some of which we know about of course, and all that continues to go on in Iraq and Afghanistan, the bungl ... more Nuclear Arms 'Race' Continues August 8, 2004 Diplomacy Fails to Slow Advance of Nuclear Arms By DAVID E. SANGER ENNEBUNKPORT, Me., Aug. 7 - American intelligence officials and out ... more Allawi, guarded by 100+, visits Najaf Al-Qaeda Franchise Israeli subterfuge and American acquiescence Analysis / Unraveling 37 years of entanglement By Aluf Benn Ha'aretz 08/08/2004 The United States and Israel have been trying to clear up the "Ma'ale ... more Sharon Pushing To Help Bush It's historically and politically ironic of course but both the Israelis and the Saudis are working hard now to ensure the election of Bush/Cheney/Rum ... more Jewish Lobby and Iraq - Getting Ready As US Troops Invade Note the date; and remember what was happening then: Mutual wariness: AIPAC and the Iraqi opposition By Nathan Guttman Ha'aretz - 27/04/2003: Comb ... more Iran Tests New Missile and Warns Iran to test advanced missile by Sunday 08 August 2004 12:06 AM GMT Tehran says its missiles are for defensive purposes Iran will soon test a more ... more Iran Warns It Will Destroy Israel if Attacked Iran warns Israel of harsh retaliation Monday 26 July 2004 7:49 PM GMT Seyed said Iran would not initiate a conflict Iran has responded to regional ... more Ross Getting Ready To Do It Again Under Kerry Partners in War An Interview with Ambassador Dennis Ross Ambassador Dennis Ross, a diplomat with over twenty years of Soviet and Middle East experie ... more Demography and demagoguery Looks like the Mossad is sending Uzi Arad out front again to send a little message to the Palestinians, and to the Israelis as well. ----------------- ... more The Book on Terror - Washington Style The Book on Terror Reviewed by David Ignatius Friday, July 30, 2004; 7:30 AM Editor's Note: This review will appear in the print edition of Book Wo ... more Feith Tries Defending Himself in Public Doug Feith outs himself with this one. No doubt he's contemplating his future should George Bush Jr. go the way of his father in a few months time. - ... more Vietnam II - Saigon on the Tigris Old Vietnam Hands in Charge in Iraq Some See War Experiences Affecting Policy By Robin Wright Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, August 3, 2004; P ... more CIA 'Anonymous' Blasts US 'Terrorism' Policies Who is responsible for misleading Americans? US should clean its own backyard first, before preaching to others Youssef M. Ibrahim: US should clean its own backyard first, before preaching to others The Dem Neocons Youssef M. Ibrahim: Neo-cons, Part II Gulf News - 6 August 2004:For three years the world fumed over the chauvinism, arrogance and policies of Republ ... more Bush's Convention Surprise Expect many more well-timed things of this kind between now and 2 November. The Republicans specialize in this kind of thing; remembering back to the ... more U.S. Iraqi regime closes Al-Jazeera More and more the U.S. imposed and protected Iraqi regime now in Baghdad is reminiscence of the old regime in Baghdad... Iraqi Government Shuts Al-J ... more Reality - U.S. blew al-Qaeda Undercover Op Pakistan: U.S. blew undercover operation Al-Qaida suspect was secretly cooperating with counterrorist sting MSNBC staff and news service reports Aug ... more Paks and CIA closing in on al-Qaeda Leaders? There's no mention of the CIA in this article, but the reality is the CIA is all over Pakistan these days and it is super-secret American technology t ... more MER's Mark Bruzonsky on Court TV 3 Days After 9/11 Why Israel Will Not Be Attacking Iran U.S. Aid to Israel Over the Years National Geographic - West Bank and Gaza Strip Bruce Springstein has his say OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR Chords for Change By BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN nation's artists and musicians have a particular place in its social and political life. Ove ... more Israeli mention in the 9/11 Commission Report From the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (a.k.a. "the 9/11 Commission"), an important but unfocused on few sentences: ... more The 'Crazies' at FOX Parsons Takes Shot at Fox By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 8/6/2004 2:22:00 PM Time Warner Inc. chairman Dick Parsons Friday described Fox ... more Target IRAN con't MER readers will remember last month's long article titled 'TARGET IRAN', as well as a number of other warning articles this year and last. The situat ... more The Revolution of 1800 and the USA PATRIOT Act The Revolution of 1800 and the USA PATRIOT Act By William J. Watkins In this election year, there are significant parallels between the USA PATRIOT ... more Please look suitably miserably 'neutral' for the 'War on Terrorism' Look miserable to help the war on terrorism By Philip Johnston, Home Affairs Editor Daily Telegraph - 06/08/2004: Holidaymakers and other overseas t ... more No 'U.N. Force' for Iraq U.N. Says Iraq Force Is Stalled By Colum Lynch Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, August 5, 2004; Page A14 UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 4 -- U.N. Secret ... more A tightening noose: Israel and the Palestinians A tightening noose: Israel and the Palestinians 26-07-2004 By Timothy Rothermel, Special Representative of UNDP in Jerusalem For over two decades sc ... more 9/11 Commission Chimera 9/11 Commission Chimera Ray McGovern August 02, 2004 The bipartisan embrace of the commission's recommendations worries McGovern, a 27-year veteran ... more 'Prosecutor' and 'Threatener' - one Chalabi and the same Chalabi Nephew under Investigation in Killing By Edmund Sanders Los Angeles Times Tuesday 03 August 2004 The organizer of Iraq's war ... more Jerusalem Grand Mufti: Israel wants to control Al Aqsa mosque area July27 ,2004 Jerusalem Grand Mufti: Israel wants to control Al Aqsa mosque area Ikrimah Sabri, the Grand mufti of Jerusalem, described Tuesday’s deci ... more A Nation in Danger. Or a President in Peril? A Nation in Danger. Or a President in Peril? By Andrew Buncombe Independent U.K. Tuesday 03 August 2004 America was bracing itself ... more Israeli Attack on Iran Could Ignite Region Israeli Attack On Iran To Stir Explosive Autumn: Report Sharon could order a military strike at Iran, setting the region into flames, Arab diplomat ... more The Maps of Palestine and Israel So much support for Hamas from the reasonable Suspect in New Terror Alerts Fed U.S. False Info in 2002 Suspect in New Terror Alerts Fed U.S. False Info in 2002 By Staff and Wire Reports Aug 5, 2004, 06:15 An imprisoned terror suspect that the Bush adm ... more The Zionist Lobby and American Foreign Policy The Zionist Lobby and American Foreign Policy - 22 August 2002 by Gilad Atzmon* In the last weeks there have been some very serious rumours, probabl ... more Israel and the U.S. to further 'negotiate' their own agreement What all this to and fro really does is: * Further obfuscate everything * Further delay everything while Israel continues to expand even further * ... more Israel and Its Military http://news.ft.com/cms/s/05699424-e55a-11d8-bfd2-00000e2511c8.html Saudi cash joins forces with nuclear Pakistan Saudi cash joins forces with nuclear Pakistan By Roula Khalaf, Farhan Bokhari and Stephen Fidler Financial Times - London - August 4 2004 A week b ... more Saudis spearhead attempt to dampen oil prices The Saudi Royals are turn this way and that these days -- but one can hardly have any sympathy for them. At the moment they are desperate to do somet ... more Attacking Neo-Cons From the Right Attacking Neo-Cons From the Right by Jim Lobe Why did the Bush administration invade Iraq? Most left-wing critics – epitomized perhaps by Michael Mo ... more Major Attach on Kerry from Veterans and the Far Fright This is likely to have the desired effect; serious questions and doubts about John Kerry at the very heart of what he spent nearly the entire four-day ... more Abdullah Jabs at Palestinian leadership's concessions Jordan king slams PA over concessions AMMAN, Jordan, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- King Abdullah of Jordan slammed the Palestinian Authority for making what he cal ... more Israelis Now Gunning for the Arab Bank WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- Insider notes from United Press International for August 4: While stopping terror attacks is every government's highest p ... more Kerry, Israel, Jews, and the Middle East John Kerry's Middle East policies have already been heavily mortgaged, if not downright sold, to those who have the greatest interest and power in con ... more FCC Rules ALL communications must be subject to government wiretap Net Phone Calls Must Be Able to Be Tapped - FCC 2 hours, 41 minutes ago WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Internet phone carriers such as Vonage should set up ... more Band to Rock Against Bush Relocating if not Rebuilding Israel's Second Temple Famed Second Temple model moving from Holyland Hotel to Israel Museum By Amiram Barkat Ha'aretz, 4 August 2004 For close to 40 years, the model of ... more US Jews Must Not Criticize Israel Orthodox leader: U.S. Jews have no right to criticize Israel By Sarah Bronson, Haaretz Correspondent2 August 2004:A prominent member of America's Orth ... more Fortress Washington Safety Precautions Transform Appearance of Capitol Hill By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 - Members of Congress often call the Capitol the Pe ... more 'Virtual Fence' in Washington as Israelis Train U.S. Forces Against 'Terrorism' Just as the Israelis worked hard to suck the U.S. in to their 'War on Terrorism' against the 'Islamists'....they are now hard at work and substantiall ... more Sharon's Phony Disengagment Sharon's Phony Disengagment by Ronald Bleier (Sunday 01 August 2004) "Despite the obvious reasons for not believing that Sharon actually plans to re ... more Brando's Branding of Jewish Power in Hollywood Brando’s Branding By Jason Maoz, Senior Editor, The Jewish Press  The death of the legendary actor Marlon Brando brings to mind an incident t ... more Seven Jewish Americans Control Most US Media Seven Jewish Americans Control Most US Media From John Whitley 11-21-3 From southern France, Christopher Jones summarizes and comments on a report on ... more The 9/11 Coverup - Questions from the FBI Whistle Blower Sibel Edmonds Public Letter to 9/11 Commission Chairman from FBI Whistleblower by Sibel Edmonds August 1, 2004 Thomas Kean, Chairman National Committee on Te ... more Tales of American Abuse and Terror won't go away so easily They tried hard the Dems did in Boston to shove the 800 pound guerilla under the rug out of view. And the Repubs may try even harder in New York in a ... more Condi and her connection to Israel North Korean Missiles Now Said Immediately Threatening top Target Pakistan There is great and mounting pressure in Washington to go after all the other major countries that may represent a political and military challenge to ... more U.S. Stirs More Conflict with Islamic Forces in Iraq Sharon Asserts Israel's Nukes OK by U.S. Harrassing Vanunu and the media http://jang.com.pk/thenews/jul2004-daily/30-07-2004/world/w10.htm Election Campaign 'Terror Alert' Beltway Buzz Increased Terrorism Alert Based on Political Needs, Uses Outdated Info By WILLIAM D. McTAVISH Capitol Hill Blue - Aug 3, 2004 The incre ... more How They Could Steal the Election this Time How They Could Steal the Election this Time By Ronnie Dugger The Nation Thursday 29 July 2004 On November 2 millions of Americans wi ... more Arabs Fear Another Western 'Intervention' - this time Suday Isn't it interesting. Just happens Sudan, like Iraq, is known to have a vast quantity of oil buried under the desert sands. ... more Sharon Claims US Backing for Iraeli Nukes U.S. backing for Israeli nukes in reality goes back a very long time. But it's another thing to be saying it in public and rubbing the salt into the ... more The Bush Bash Sharon and Peres Manuever Crafty old Ariel Sharon is going to use Shimon Peres to stay in power. Having created the apartheid situation he wanted he's now going to try to pret ... more Fear and 'Security' Props as U.S. Election War Heats Up Large numbers of 'security forces' dressed to kill in paramilitary uniforms with big guns took to the streets in New York and Washington and are there ... more Iraq Exploding Can't Blair see that this country is about to explode? Can't Bush? By Robert Fisk in Baghdad The Independent on Sunday (UK) - August 1, 2004 The ... more Ted Turner Condemns Big Media and Big Government Thanks Ted. Too bad you didn't do a better job giving CNN and AOL more thoughtfulness and serious content when you could have. At times you did try. ... more Hollywood's 'Crimes Against History' If the British think they are the victims of Hollywood's 'Crimes Against History', they are obviously being as self-centered as the Americans themselv ... more Kerry's Fortunes The Dems have raised unprecedented amounts of money and it's Haim Saban who heads the list.----------------------------------------"As in past Democra ... more The Case Against George W. Bush Ron Reagan: "The Bush Administration cannot be trusted... George W. Bush and his administration have taken normal mendacity to a startling new level ... more Kerry's Baby Bounce Arafat's Thugs Invade Reform Conference of Legislatures For a long time the Arafat 'Palestinian Authority' - originally set-up, financed, and armed by the Americans and Israelis - has been miserably corrupt ... more 9/11 Commission Senator Bob Kerry and Vietnam, the CIA, and War Crimes After leaving the Senate he was made President of the New School in New York. In 2004 he was put on the prestigious 'bi-partisan' 9/11 Commission. A ... more What Kerry Really Did in Vietnam Hail, the Conquering War Criminal Comes! What Kerry Really Did in Vietnam By ALEXANDER COCKBURN and JEFFREY ST. CLAIR In his senior year at Yale in ... more The Chairman of the Democratic Party Go ahead...read this, laugh a lot and weep a little. And then ask the basic question...what does it say about the Democratic Party that Terry McAulif ... more Reagan on Bush - Not So Pretty The son of the fortieth president of the United States, Ronald Reagan, takes a hard look at the son of the forty-first, George Bush, and does not like ... more Iran Attack Looms - Groups in U.S. Compete The situation is now so tense, and the uncertainties of who might do what when so on edge, that the various sides are going public in various ways try ... more Anybody Seen Any Republicans Around Here? The UN's License to Kill Jews One more gross example of how paranoid and delusional so many establishment American Jews are when it comes to anything relating to Israel. --------- ... more Nancy Reagan, et. al., to Bush-Cheney 'NO' Nancy Reagan to Bush: 'We Don't Support Your Re-Election' By TERESA HAMPTON & WILLIAM D. McTAVISH Jul 30, 2004 The widow of former President, and R ... more

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