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Washington's New High-Tech Bio-Attack Alert System
DC to get bio-attack warning system By Pamela HessUPI Pentagon CorrespondentWASHINGTON, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- Washington, Albuquerque, N.M., and two other ... more
Iraq Tells U.S. to shove it
Bin Laden and al-Qaida Preparing for when US Strikes Iraq?
Bin Laden Reportedly Back at Helm of al Qaeda August 27, 2002 By Michael Georgy LONDON (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden is firmly back in command of ... more
V-P Cheney Tells Iraq To Get Ready, 'We're Coming Sooner Rather than Later'!
Cheney States Case for Pre-Emptive Strike on Iraq Last Updated: August 26, 2002 By Pat Harris NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Reuters) - Vice President Dick Cheney ... more
Bush Govt Pursues Still Greater Unprecedented Govt Secrecy from 'we the people'
Bush Seeks Secrecy For Pardon Discussions By George Lardner Jr.Washington Post Staff WriterTuesday, August 27, 2002; Page A01 President Bush's lawyers ... more
Condi Tells of her Christian Faith - More Amo for the new 'Crusades'
Walking in faith27 August 2002 - Washington Times - Trained as a girl to be a concert pianist and a competitive ice skater, National Security Adviso ... more
Feasting at the 'Famine' Summit
Israeli Army Chief of Staff Lets Fly Hawish 'Get Them' Views
CHIEF OF STAFF LETS FLY HAWKISH VIEWSIDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Moshe Yaalon drew sharp criticism from left-wing personalities this morning after sha ... more
Philo Prof Fails to appreciate the 'damnable mess' has already resulted from past US policies
We the People, We the Warriors By Talbot BrewerMonday, August 26, 2002; Page A15 One common philosophical argument for democracy is that democratic re ... more
New US Propaganda School for Dissident Iraqis Opening
Dissidents to Aid Case for Iraq Action U.S. to Coach Baghdad's Opponents for Debate By Glenn KesslerWashington Post Staff WriterMonday, August 26, 200 ... more
The New Belated Outcry: 'Global Apartheid'
Even the Brits now blame US for creating world of terrorists
RAND Saudi Analyst Spouts Off Further in Pages of Daniel Pipe's Journal
The RAND/Pentagon Murawiec Interview with Dubai Business Publication
Deutsche Welle Launches New Arabic TV slot
Deutsche Welle launches new Arabic TV slotPublished on Monday, August 26, 2002 in BroadcastThe German international broadcaster DW-TV has launched a t ... more
Pentagon Analyst Rocks US-Saudi Relations
Potent words, softly spoken, rock Saudi-US relationsPublished on Tuesday, August 13, 2002 in Business For many American neo-conservatives, the hornets ... more
Richard Perle as dual US-Israeli interlocotur
Anger at peace talks 'meddling' Political scandal in US as Bush advisers tell Israelis to be ready to walk out of Camp David negotiations By Julian ... more
'Arrogant, Lazy Assholes' says RAND analyst about Saudis
Author of anti-Saudi Pentagon briefing returns to attackRand Corp. expert brands Saudis as ‘arrogant, lazy assholes, too big for their shoes’! ------- ... more
Fisk on War Crimes, Journalism, and Power
Robert Fisk: It is not my job to provide the evidence for a war crimes trialA reporter's job does not include joining the prosecution. We are witnesse ... more
Commanding US General Says States Neighboring Afghanistan Are Next
Disastrous US Foreign Policy - former CIA Analysis 'Confesses'
The Disastrous Foreign Policies of the United Statesby Bill Christison9 May 2002:Bill Christison joined the CIA in 1950, and served on the analysis si ... more
Tilting Toward Israel
A former CIA Analyst AsksJust How Much Does The New York Times Tilt Towards Israel; and How Much Does It Matter?by Kathleen Christisonformer CIA polit ... more
The Defeat of McKinney, et. al.
Splenetic Thoughts for Dog DaysFrom Cynthia McKinney to Katha Pollitt, to the ILWU to Paul Krugmanby Alexander CockburnAugust 21, 2002:One less radica ... more
Whither the US Congress?
Wither Congress, Wither America?Crushing Congressional Dissent: The Fall of Hilliard, Barr and McKinneyby Wayne Madsen*22 Aug 2002: Historians will on ... more
Pro-Palestinian Activists and the Palestinians - Prof. Michael Neumann
August 20, 2002Protect Me from My FriendsPro-Palestinian Activists and the Palestiniansby Michael NeumannIf the situation of the Palestinians seems ho ... more
Arafat, Palestinian Orgs, and Palestinian Statehood
Iraqis Call For Attacks on US, Israel, UK
Iraq: Strike US, Israeli interests From the International DeskBAGHDAD, Iraq, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- A top Iraqi official urged Arabs Saturday to "strike Ame ... more
Tyranny in Pakistan - Where's The Outrage?
The Toronto Star Editorial - Friday, 23 August 2002 - Canada - http://www.thestar.comTYRANNY IN PAKISTANA nuclear-armed Commonwealth nation of 140 mil ... more
Corruption at the top - Musharraf and Generals in Pakistan
A First Hand List of Army LandlordsThe shameful list of uniformed land grabbers in Punjab, PakistanSpecial SAT ReportBAHAWALPUR, Pakistan, August 19-2 ... more
Musharraf Recasts Pak Constitution All By Himself
NEW YORK TIMES EDITORIAL on August 23, 2002Power Grab in PakistanGen. Pervez Musharraf's latest assault on Pakistan's democratic aspirations requires ... more
Al-Qaida Emerged From US Friends Not Enemies
Commentary: Iraq and Arabs' larger fearsBy DALAL SAOUDBEIRUT, Lebanon, Aug. 23, 2002 (UPI) -- Was this week's take-over of the Iraqi Embassy in Berlin ... more
Al-Qaida Emerged From
Commentary: Iraq and Arabs' larger fearsBy DALAL SAOUDBEIRUT, Lebanon, Aug. 23, 2002 (UPI) -- Was this week's take-over of the Iraqi Embassy in Berlin ... more
Israeli Academic Calls for Ending Occupation Now Rather than Later
The Academic View: Will the carnage end?By ALON BEN-MEIRNEW YORK, 12 Aug 2002 (UPI) -- During the past two decades, I have always maintained that, reg ... more
Karzai - It Takes the US CIA, Army, and now State Dept Security to keep him safe
US State Department to protect KarzaiBy ANWAR IQBAL, UPI South Asia AnalystWASHINGTON, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- The U.S. State Department's Diplomatic Securit ... more
US/Saudi Connection Coming UnGlued - Arnold De Borchgrave, UPI
Commentary: Thinking the unthinkableBy ARNAUD DE BORCHGRAVE, UPI Editor at LargeWhen ailing Saudi King Fahd decamped from a Geneva clinic where he had ... more
US Credibility Sinking....even at home
Even the 'Secret Justice Department Court' has for the first time in its 20+ year existence publicly rebuked the government for lies, deceptions, and ... more
Saudi-US Trade and Relations Plunging
Less than a year after Saudi-national Osama Bin-Laden attacked the U.S. in the day now known as 9/11, relations between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia are ... more
Iraq History Timeline - compliments BBC
Iraqi Military Rusting Away - No Match for US
Iraq's Middle Class Has Been Wiped Out
CNN Mogul Turner Funds Us-Russian 'Take Back' Nuke Plans
August 24, 2002 - TIMES OF LONDONUS and Russia in raid to snatch uraniumBy Michael Evans, Defence Editor A TEAM of Americans and Russians have remov ... more
North and South Sudan?
U.S. plans for Sudan peace worry Egypt Special to World Tribune.com MIDDLE EAST NEWSLINEMonday, August 19, 2002CAIRO — Egypt has expressed concern ove ... more
Demographically Worried Israelis Will Set Borders Unilaterally if they can't force the Palestinians to accept
NSC: `The national priority is a Jewish majority and democracy' By Aluf Benn [Ha'aretz - 23 Aug 2002)Israel's top national security priority is "the ... more
Worried about War, knowing they too are on the 'hit' list...Syrians Show Their 'Diplomatic' Cards
Secret UK conference on Middle East told Syria is ready to consider border corrections in peace deal By Sharon Sadeh LONDON (Ha'aretz - 23 August 20 ... more
Israel's Alternatives - According to Israel
UN Documents Relating to Palestine
The Tenet Report
The Mitchell Report
Who Really 'Ran' (controlled) Abu Nidal?
Who controlled Abu Nidal? Patrick Seale International Herald Tribune Thursday, August 22, 2002 Terror in the Middle East TOURRETTES, France A few d ... more
Saudi Amb Bandar Going to See Bush Tue
CIA Failures Exposed
CIA FIGHTS PUBLISHER OVER DOCS; BOOK DETAILS HISTORIC INTELLIGENCE BREAKDOWN; AUTHOR'S PATRIOTISM CHALLENGED WASHINGTON TIMES reporter and bestselling ... more
Kissinger and Albright Show Their True Colors Regarding Iraq and the World
RAY SUAREZ: President Bush has called it a frenzy, but for weeks newspapers and television have been full of commentary about Iraq, including columns ... more
Kurds Warn of Blood Bath; Turks Warn of War
Kurds warn of Turkish ‘graveyard’ in north Iraq Turk nationalists cast covetous eye on neighboring region Former Turk PM Necmettin Erbakan at a press ... more
The Washington War Council
Inside The Secret War Council By Mark Thompson
Bush et. al Plan Their Upcoming War - November Surprise?
November Surprise?, Vacationing Bush Plots End of Iraq by James Ridgeway
Secret US Court Says Govt Lies and Deceives - Blocks Actions
Secret Court Rebuffs Ashcroft Justice Dept. Chided On Misinformation By Dan Eggen and Susan SchmidtWashington Post Staff WritersFriday, August 23, 200 ... more
Washington's Reckless War Hawks
Dissing the Dissenters By David IgnatiusFriday, August 23, 2002; Page A27 Have "prudence" and "foresight" become dirty words in conservative foreign p ... more
The Saudis Must Save Themselves - Wash Post
The Washington Post is a master as spinning and distorting in self-serving and crass ways. Jim Hoagland is one of the Post's main hatchet men columni ... more
Israel Readies for Major War
Israelis Brace For Fallout Of Attack by U.S. on Iraq By Molly MooreWashington Post Foreign ServiceFriday, August 23, 2002; Page A01 JERUSALEM, Aug. 22 ... more
Did CIA orchestrate Berlin Iraqi Embassy Take-Over?
22 August 2002 (anonymous source). For more on the NSA/CIA Special Collection Service: http://cryptome.org/cia-nsa-scs.htm --------------------------- ... more
Pak Govt Trying to push South Asia Tribune under
Pakistan Police Register False Case Against South Asia Tribune Editor Shaheen Sehbaiby Free Press Network (FPN)http://www.geocities.com/FreePressNetWA ... more
Where are all the Saudi Billions Going?
Senator Lieberman's 'Conflicts of Interest'
Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman:A Conflict of Interest?by William HughesOn May 2, 2002, the Senate of the U.S. passed a notorious pro-Israel Resolution (S. R ... more
US repositions itself for more deceit and masked repression
The NEW Champion of democracy and freedom in the Middle East - the very same USA that has been the main champion for decades of repression, secret pol ... more
Abu Nidal - Dead Again
Once Again Israelis Purposefully Seek to Provoke More Palestinian Attacks
Security deal at risk after Israeli commandos kill brother of imprisoned Palestinian leaderBy Phil Reeves in Jerusalem21 August 2002Israeli commandos ... more
Chechnya - Russia's War Crimes Go Unpunished...even Unknown
'WE ARE THE LOST ONES' The Chechens know they have been forgotten by the West By Anne NivatWashington Post - Wednesday, August 21, 2002; Page A17 The ... more
Bush Now Claims to speak for the whole world
Bush: Iraq Change in World Interest By Jennifer LovenAssociated Press WriterWednesday, August 21, 2002; 12:56 PM CRAWFORD, Texas –– President Bush pro ... more
Sharon Predicts Hundred Year War Behind-Closed-Doors
Robert Novak June 17, 2002SHARON & THE SENATORS:WASHINGTON -- "We need many more Jews to come to Israel, a million more Jews," Israeli Prime Minister ... more
Egyptian Threatens to Close Suez Canal to American Warships!
IRAQ: Egypt will not let US warships pass through Suez Canal Att.Editors: The following item is from the Qatar News Agency (QNA) AMMAN, Aug. 17 (IPS) ... more
Bush II Presidency Going Down As Did Bush 1 - Michael Kelly, Wash Post
Michael Kelly August 21, 2002 - Washington PostThe disappearing presidency?The Economist magazine--which endorsed George W. Bush for president, and wh ... more
Getting Ready for 'Internment Camps' for US Citizens, et. al.
COMMENTARY - LA Times, 8/14/02Camps for Citizens: Ashcroft's Hellish VisionAttorney general shows himself as a menace to liberty.By JONATHAN TURLEYJon ... more
US ThinkTanks Push US Around - And Usually In Israel's Direction
It's a very incomplete article that just touches the surface of this huge story and omits many other key thinktanks, personalities, and connections. ... more
British Rock Bands Attack US War Plans
Saudi Billions Being Pulled from USA
Saudis withdraw billions of dollars from US By Roula Khalaf in London [Financial Times, London, August 21 2002] Disgruntled Saudis have pulled tens o ... more
Sharon Privately Declares 100 Year War
Greens demand an end to brutality against nonviolent activists in the occupied territories and a reversal of Bush's support for the Sharon agenda.WASH ... more
American Centurions Prepare For Invasion
New York Times - August 20, 2002U.S. Explores a New World of WarfareBy THOM SHANKERASHINGTON, Aug. 19 — American forces recently completed the largest ... more
GasGate - What the New York Times Left Out...Again!
What the New York Times left Out by William BlumIt was page one of the New York Times Sunday (August 18), picked up extensively by the internati ... more
Former PLO Treasurer Accuses Arafat Personally - Urged on by the Israelis
Former PLO Treasurer Accuses ArafatHelped by the Israelis who are helped by Sari NuseibehOCCUPIED JERUSALEM (AFP - 19 August) - The former treasurer o ... more
Saudis Feel Betrayed - US/Saudi Relations Unraveling
Many Saudis Feel Betrayed By U.S. By DONNA ABU-NASR RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP - 18 Aug 2002) - On a blistering 120-degree morning in August, a Saudi A ... more
Arafat and Shaath Blame HAMAS - Setting the Stage
An Arafat Aide Blames Hamas for Thwarting Efforts to Form a Palestinian Unity PlatformBy SERGE SCHMEMANNJERUSALEM, Aug. 15 (NYtimes, 16 Aug) — A senio ... more
Barak II - NYTimes Pushes General Mitzna Just as it Did General Barak
New Candidate for Israeli Premier Seems to Energize the LeftBy SERGE SCHMEMANN(New York Times, 19 August) - HAIFA, Israel, Aug. 16 — Fielding calls an ... more
Too Much To Leave To the Generals
In Israel, Too Much To Leave To the Generals By Aluf BennSunday, August 18, 2002; Page B01 (Outlook Section) TEL AVIV - Back in 1955, Israel was swept ... more
Suicide Bombers Achieve 'Weapons' Status
SUICIDE BOMBERS CHANGE MIDEAST'S MILITARY BALANCEBy Molly Moore and John Ward AndersonWashington Post Foreign ServiceSunday, August 18, 2002; Page A01 ... more
The Next Israeli Labor Party General - Mitzna
Remember General Barak and how he came to power with such fanfare and flourish. Get ready to welcome General Mitzna.-----------------------New Candid ... more
Sharon to Campaign for Bush Brother in Florida!
Ariel Sharon is scheduled to meet with the president's brother during a short trip to Miami in September, two months before elections are to be held i ... more
Bush Drunk With Power and Endangers US Says Farrakhan
Israel's 'Abduction' Plan for Arafat
These days such plans may actually be under-the-table in coordination with the CIA and Arafat himself; if and when he and his cronies are forced to fl ... more
Israel and US Prepare to Strike Iraq
The likelihood now is the attack will come at some point with blinding speed and overwhelmingly attempt to decapitate and crush the Iraqi regime.
Govt Tries To Control Islam - Egypt and Algeria Versions
Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins Raise The Warning Flag -- but away from US Shores n Edinburgh
War Could Come Sooner Rather than Later with Bush Admin in political trouble
With the Bush Govt in growing trouble and risking loss of both Houses of Congress in November; the war in the M E could well come sooner rather than l ... more
The 'Death Convoy' of Taliban - Latest Exposee of US and Allies War Crimes
This description was broadcast on Washington's "All News" Talk Radio on 17 August about the Taliban fighters:"They are like cockroaches. They keep po ... more
More Hollywood Opposition to 'New World Order' and Striking Iraq
Hollywood couple oppose Bush war on Iraq Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon have voiced their opposition to US plans for a war on Iraq.They spoke at the E ... more
Hashemite Iraq - A Little Vital History
"King Faisal II himself was beheaded by troops that stormed the palace. The Crown Prince was shot, and his hands and feet were hacked off and carried ... more
US Covertly Aided Iraq When Iran Was in the Gunsights
And they call the Muslims 'Fundamentalists'!
Catholics divided on statement against evangelization of Jews Wednesday, August 14, 2002By Ann Rodgers-Melnick, Post-Gazette Staff Writer A statement ... more
Israelis Again Defy International Law and Kill
It's more Israeli war-crimes; just read between the lines
Rightwingers paint Arafat in Nazi attire
US President is 'Intellectually Backward'
"[George W.] Bush, himself the most intellectually backward American president of my political lifetime, is surrounded by advisers whose bellicosity i ... more
Occupation and Resistance - from the Land of Gandhi
[excerpt]In 2001, Thomas Friedman of The New York Times, who had called for Israel "to deliver a military blow that clearly shows terror will not pay" ... more
Washington Prepares for 'Dirty Nuke' Attack
D.C. Using Dirty Bomb Detectors Old Gear Revived For New Threat By David A. FahrentholdWashington Post Staff WriterSaturday, August 17, 2002; Page B01 ... more
Washington Prepares For Fast Emergency Evacuation and 'Dirty Nukes'
Sept. 11 Chaos Prompts Exit Plan Federal Workers Would Get Orders Within 15 Minutes By Spencer S. HsuWashington Post Staff WriterSaturday, August 17, ... more
Avnery on his former confidant Sharon
A Phone Call from Hellby Uri AvneryThere is a direct telephone connection between heaven and hell. I can prove it.The idea crossed my mind last Sunday ... more
'What do you want the Palestinians to do? - Bishara in Newsweek
'What Do You Want the Palestinians to Do?'Arab-Israeli politician Azmi Bishara discusses Yasir Arafat's future and the prospects for Mideast peace ... more
Big Israeli Settlements Continue Arising
The New York TimesAugust 11, 2002Homes Lost and Found on Hill Where an Israeli Project RisesBy JAMES BENNETJERUSALEM, Aug. 10 -- Five years ago, Israe ... more
Israelis Plan Total Destruction and 'Transfer'
Just as the authorities are getting ready for an NBC attack, worried Israelis should get ready for the possibility of a mass "transfer" of Palestinian ... more
Israelis Keep Pushing and Pushing for US to Strike Iraq
Another Well-Funded Propaganda Outfit Exposed - MEMRI
Hillary Prepares Her White House Return
Govt to use 'Brain Monitoring' in the Future
Wargames 'Rigged' Charges X-General in Charge - More Pentagon Deception...of Themselves
Now the Pentagon 'Leaks' About the 'Leaks'
'That's My Boy!' Sharon Emulates the Arabs and Puts His Son in Charge
THAT'S MY BOY!Technically he is an unemployed 38 year old who spends a lot of time withhis dad. But in reality, Omri Sharon, the Israeli prime ministe ... more
Indian Independence Day - Viewed from Kashmir
'Saudi Indecision, Friend or Foe?' Says/Asks the Wall Street Journal
SAUDI INDECISIONFriend or foe? Riyadh has yet to decide.Friday, August 16, 2002President Bush has said repeatedly that countries must decide whether t ... more
Appeal from Nablus
Appeal from Journalists in Nablus Under SiegeSent: Monday, August 12, 2002 7:05 PMDear FriendsGreetings from Nablus which has been languishing under a ... more
The 'Real' Ann Coulter - #1 in the USA, wow!
Blaming of the Shrew By Richard Cohen Thursday, August 15, 2002; Page A25 May I say something about Ann Coulter? She is a half-wit, a termagant, ... more
The Tough-Guy Jewish Militarists in Washington - JINSA, et. al.
They are the tough guys, the militarists, who are the Pentagon side of the Israeli/Jewish lobby. They are to the Pentagon as AIPAC is to Congress
'The Anger of Arab Youth'
Finally the NYTimes is beginning to get it -- or at least some of it. But it took much too long, not to mention 9/11, and the Times and Tom Friedman ... more
'Bitter Circus' As Israel Puts the Intifada on Trial
Indian PM Attacks Pakistanis on joint 55th Independence Anniversaries
The Coming Trial of the Intifada
If the trial ever takes place it will not be about Marwan Barghouti. It is really a Trial of the Intifada itself. And in a very real sense if Bargho ... more
Iranian President Blasts US on Visit to Kabul
Just what did George Bush and company think was going to happen when in the State of the Union speech Iran was reduced to 'axis of evil' status? As t ... more
Civil War Looms For Palestinians - Or Alternatively, 'Unity'
What's really happening is the Palestinians are being pushed further and further toward the civil war the Israelis have been hoping to bring about.
Underming Peace - How the Israelis Do It
A Little Secret Plan to 'Partition' Saudi Arabia?
Killing the Past - Israelis Doctor History
Grim and Bloody Backlash Against US in Afghanistan
The IndependentBy Robert Fisk14 August 2002Return to Afghanistan: Americans begin to suffer grim and bloody backlash The US special forces boys barged ... more
EU Takes Another 'Independence' Step from US
Pentagon 'confesses'...but only when confronted with the facts
Huge quantities of arms and ammunitions are being rushed to the ME Region. When found out, the Pentagon says, 'oh, that's right'. Most things these ... more
'Punishment by Detail' - Edward Said
Every town today is a wasteland of destroyed buildings, looted offices, purposely ruined water and electrical systems. Commerce is finished. Malnutrit ... more
The Rise of Likud; the Demise of Labor
Some useful history from the rightwingers now organized as The Jewish World Review.
Going After the Saudis
Bush now denies it of course; but it was he who said it quite out loud a few times right after 11 Sept: It's the new CRUSADES and the Bush/Ashcroft/O ... more
US Army Units Arriving in Jordan
4,000 U.S. troops arriving in Jordan for major exercises Tuesday, August 13, 2002AMMAN — Jordan is preparing for the arrival of thousands of U.S. tro ... more
US Wants Pak Nuke Scientists Extradicted to US for Interrogation
BACKGROUNDER: Compiled by Bill Gertz-------------------U.S. seeks access to Pakistani nuclear scientists U.S. intelligence officials last month ask ... more
Lebanon - Reports US Could Seize Arab Bases by force in war against Iraq, et. al.
US may seize Arab airports by force to attack Iraq: report Mon Aug 12 2002 BEIRUT, Aug. 12 (Xinhua)--Lebanon received a report from diplomatic sources ... more
'It's Gone Beyond Hostility' - Tragic Confrontation Bloodier and More Hateful than ever
UN GA Once Again Demands Israeli Withdrawal
UK Strongly Warns US About Attacking Iraq
'In the end, the Europeans will probably fall into line'
MUSLIMS IN WESTERN EUROPE - The Economist
Muslims in Western Europe 08-08-2002The Economist: AT THE end of the street stands the church, its steeple rising high above the roofs of the neighbou ... more
Iraq Readying Preemptive Strike Against Israel?
Very difficult to know these days what is propaganda and what is real. But with all the US talk about a 'preemptive' strike against Iraq; by the very ... more
Saddam Heads Underground; Mimics Churchill
SADDAM IS 160FT UNDER; TYRANT'S DEFIANT MESSAGE AS HE MOVES TO A BUNKERLONDON DAILY MIRROR - Mon Aug 12 2002 SADDAM Hussein is moving his Government i ... more
Dr. Eyad Sarraj Lashes Out From Gaza
"THE SO CALLED"!! By Dr. Eyad El Sarraj 12 August 2002Mr. Rumsfield is one of the signs of tragedy in our time. The world has become a cold and lonely ... more
Qatar Base Now Central to US War
Al-Jazeera kept quiet about this for awhile; but in recent weeks this huge and still fast-growing American base designed to 'replace' the one in Saudi ... more
BluePrint for War from the NYTimes
Presented in a way that seems to call for hesitation and rethinking; it is really a masked blueprint for War from the NY establishment and the Council ... more
Indyk and the Israeli/Jewish Lobby Strike Again
First he was involved in intelligence work in Australia and Israel. Then he was brought to the US to head up the Israeli/Jewish lobby. Then when Cli ... more
Coming Bio Terrorism? What A Coincidence Indeed
Official Egyptians Twist and Deceive; making themselves look foolish
Saudi History, Past and Present
Fitting and true to character. A former NYTimes reporter, now with the Council on Foreign Relations, writes an interesting article with obvious slant ... more
Iraqi Opposition Groups
They've never amounted to much; but now that the U.S. is funding and backing them, one or more of them will be pushed forward to take control when the ... more
The Iraqi Opposition - Made in the USA, Confused About Themselves
Israelis Now Play 'We Were Duped' Card
Ha'aretz: Israeli intelligence was duped by Arafat -assumed he embracedpeace process in first years of Oslo====Wild card - Yossi Melman Ha'aretz 9 Aug ... more
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Israel Adds 'Family Punishment' to Apartheid restrictions and ethnic cleansing
Gee...imagine if the power and wealthy Bin Laden family in Saudi Arabia were subjected to Israel 'family punishment' policies. Or for that matter jus ... more
Expect Iraq War to commence on November 6 - London Daily Mirror
IT'S A NOVEMBER 6 WAR Daily Mirror - Aug 9 2002 By Tom Newton Dunn and Ben Taylor AMERICA will attack Iraq on November 6, US defence exper ... more
'War on Terrorism is Bullshit' - Another Hollywood Actor Screams About American Terrorism and the War
WOODY'S ON SIDE - US actor defends George Michael's anti-Bush single He's one of Hollywood's hottest actors and, with Natural Born Killers among his s ... more
From Warsaw Ghetto to Palestinian Ghettos
Ha'aretz 9.8.2002Warsaw Ghetto leader's letter to `Palestinian partisans' raises a storm among uprising survivors and ZionistsMany internationally ren ... more
US Defense Secretay States Flatly Israel Should Not 'Return' 'Occupied Territories'
Ha'aretz: Wednesday, August 07, 2002Rumsfeld departs from U.S. policy, slams PABy Ha'aretz Service and Associated PressOn the eve of the arrival of th ... more
Israeli Court Upholds Blowing Up Houses
And the telling arrest of a young Palestinian girl, handcuffed, and in apparent prayer.
No More Trucks Anywhere Near the White House or OEOB
Yahoo! News - White House Security Tightened
That 'Little Washington Leak'; and coverup of reality by THE NATION
THE NATION magazine is usually a little off when it comes to the Middle East. It supported the Oslo Peace Process, until the apartheid-nature of the ... more
Jewish Attorney Talks of Israel 'The Real Terrorist State'
America's Super Weapons of Mass Destruction
Powerhouse H-Bomb Heads For Graveyard Soviet-Aimed Bunker-Buster Joins Energy Dept.By Walter PincusWashington Post Staff WriterThursday, August 8, 200 ... more
An FBI We Can Trust? Chicken Little and 'The Internet is Falling!'
Israel to pay Turkey $1billion for water
How Many Bin-Ladens Are Being Created - Israeli Journalist Asks
"Saudi Arabia holds a quarter of the world's oil reserves (compared to 11 percent in Iraq) and, according to the U.S. Depertment of Energy, the demand ... more
Israelis Now Preparing for 'Mega-Attack'
PM to hold talks on `mega-terror' attackPrime Minister Ariel Sharon will convene a meeting today of high-level government and defense personnel to dis ... more
Jordanians Beginning to Panic
Last week NBC DATELINE gave the Jordanians considerable free advertising with Katie Couric interviewing King Abdullah and Queen Rania and she toured P ... more
US War Plans to use Qatar Rather Than Saudi
Plans Advance for War Against Iraq By NILES LATHEM Al Udeid Airbase,QatarPicture of the Week Dramatic satellite photos show just how far U.S. prepar ... more
Stung and Frightened, Saudis Say More Loudly 'No' to more US Troops
Behind the scenes, for some time now, tensions have been growing. The Americans have built-up huge military capabilities in 'Saudi Arabia'; hundreds ... more
Haaretz Report about USAid Report
USAid Report About Palestinians
USAid-Report about PalestiniansComprehensive Nutritional Assessment of the Palestinian Population. On August 5, USAID released the findings of a compr ... more
Washington's MASTER PLAN to spy on everyone
Ashcroft's Master Plan to Spy on Us Nat Hentoff Village Voice Friday, 2 August, 2002 'Citizens Will Not Become Informants' The July 17 editorial in Th ... more
Israelis Link Hamas and Al-Qaeda To Prepare the Way
As the Israelis prepare to invade Gaza, decimate all Palestinian opposition, and establish a new quisling Palestinian regime...the following:Al Qaida ... more
'War Crimes' Policies Again Upheld by Israeli Supreme Court
Israelis Kill Palestinian MilitantBy NICOLE WINFIELDJERUSALEM (AP) - A West Bank militia leader accused of dispatching suicide bombers was killed Tues ... more
The Israeli-Palestinian Cancer
Analysis: The Israeli-Palestinian Cancer by Edgar Morin, Sami Naïr and Danièle Sallenave The French social scientists Edgar Morin, Sami Naïr and Daniè ... more
Saudis As Enemy of US - 'Give Them an Ultimatum!'
The Saudis -- terribly mislead by their despised Ambassador Bandar bin Sultan, and terribly misadvised for personal gain by such cronies as James Zogb ... more
Fixed Congressional Hearings Push US to 'Regime Change' ME War
You gotta love the Democrats on Capitol Hill these days. Lieberman seems to have an open line to Sharon in Jerusalem and is hawk than the Republicans ... more
The Washington Post - Such A Bunch of Pseudo-Liberals Masquerading as Middle East experts
You really have to love these guys at the Washington Post; especially the ones who know nearly nothing about the real Middle East. Just imagine, this ... more
Bush Sr's National Security Adiser Issues Blunt Public Warning
Imagine what people must be saying and arguing about in private, if this is what is leaking out now into the public "bi-partisan foreign policy" debat ... more
Israelis Curfew All Palestinians - Concentration Camp Mentality Everywhere Now
Americans now nervous and anxious about everyone and everything
All of West Bank turned into Giant Ghetto as Israeli Pogroms Continue
'Radio Sawa' broadcast from Hashemite Jordan Aims to Please
"Oh kiss me beneath the milky twilight" goes one of the popular songs played on Radio Sawa, the new American radio programme for the Middle East, whic ... more
More about the Jenin 'Massacre' - Call it what you will
The devastation [in Jenin] was horrifying, and far larger than the 100m by 100m which the Israeli army subsequently defined as the area of damage. Amo ... more
How the Israelis Torture Palestinians - young and old
For the next 24 hours the boy, 15, says he was systematically beaten and questioned by a team of eight interrogators who wanted to know what he was do ... more
Who Will Stand Up to Israeli 'War Crimes'?
The position of the international community on extra-judicial killings was summarised by Sir Crispin Tickell, the UK's former permanent representative ... more
When Japan prepared bio weapons; and the US coverup
Historians say that few details of the Unit 731's activities came to light after the war, because the US wanted to use the research of what was then t ... more
Sharon Knew Very Well He Was Unleashing the Tiger - 'the straw that broke the camel's back'
"A missile attack on an apartment building, after midnight, when children and adults are asleep in their beds, is no more justifiable than a suicide b ... more
A History Lesson for the West - from the days of Lawrence of Arabia
We need to go back to the First World War, when Lawrence of Arabia and Winston Churchill were imposing the first regime changes on the Middle East, to ... more
Jordan's once 'Crown Prince Hassan' is Looking for another throne in Baghdad
The Jerusalem ReportAugust 12, 2002page 23Heidi KingstoneThe Prince of BaghdadInsiders moot the idea of reviving the Hashemite Union of Jordan and Ir ... more
Massive Arms Sales to Israel
Actually there have been additional arms provided, sold, or made available in one way or another -- from the US as well as from European countries. B ... more
Israelis Leaks Story of Preparations for War with Iraq
Bush Admits Plan to Destroy al-Qaeda and 'Regime Change' Afghanistan pre-dates 9/11
US Readies War Cries On Iraq
US War Plans Proceeding with plans to seize Iraq oil and use future sales to pay for war
How the Settlers Do It
Pentagon Told To Do More Secretly and Otherwise
Now we learn...US was preparing to attack al-Qaeda when al-Qaeda struck US
Now we learn:BUSH ADMINISTRATION’S LENGTHY REVIEW PROCESS DELAYED U.S. PLAN TO ATTACK AL QAEDA -- UNTIL IT WAS TOO LATEDraft Presidential Directive to ... more
US and Israel More Closely Connected than Ever
Civil Liberties Eroding fast in New American at 'war with terrorism'
Osama bin laden and those who truly hate the US hvae indeed had a massive negative political, economic, and cultural impact; and the struggle is only ... more
Bush' Political Kiss of Death - Iran Style
Fear Dominates Arab-American Community
US Supports Israel and Its Settlements More Than Ever
"They could develop a two-prong policy" said Ehud Sprinzak, an Israeli visiting professor at Georgetown University. "It's not enough to mention that s ... more
Clinton Pledges to Fight and Die for Israel!
We always told you who and what Bill Clinton was when it came to the Middle East.Now, with his wife seeking the top job he once held, Clinton is comin ... more
'Democracy or Dictatorship?' Federal Judge Asks?
"...The first priority of the judicial branch must be to ensure that our government always operates within the statutory and constitutional constraint ... more
US Secret 'Special Ops' To Expand WorldWide Unilaterally
If only the King spoke such good Arabic!
Abdullah, the king on a mission to prevent warBy Robert Fisk in Beirut03 August 2002It's the accent that does it. Middle-English, upper middle- class, ... more
Kashmir Fighting Threatens Again To Escalate into all out war
Fighting continues in Kashmir - 8-3/02 Pakistani forces have beaten back an Indian attempt to establish a military post along the line dividing Kash ... more
Palestine, Iraq, and Bio-Weapons
Massive US Supply of Advanced Arms to Israel
According to the well-known British journalist John Pilger writing in the 7/29/02 edition of the New Statesman, since 11 September [2001] "Bush has sh ... more
Federal Judge Tells Bush Admin - 'Don't Believe You, Cough Up'
Report from Ground Zero - An Israeli Journalist who cares and tries to understands
Report from ground zero in Gaza Ha'aretz MagazineFriday, August 2, 2002At the Salah Shehadeh home in Gaza City By Gideon Levy The Saidi family wit ... more
Israeli father of murdered son denouces and exposes Israelis policies
An Israeli father whose son was kidnapped and murdered by Hamas, speaks out against Israelis policies and the myth of "major" concession made at Camp ... more
Top Special Ops General Told to 'Kill Them Faster' by Rumseld
It's the top story across the whole front page with the Special Ops General pictured---------------------------------Rumsfeld toughens terror fight ... more
Impromptu Bush Tells A Bit Too Much - 'Deliver or else'
Speaking off the cuff, that's when we get the real hard black & white tell-it-like-it-is George W. Bush. That's what he did a few days after 11 Sept ... more
US To Israel - Go Get 'Em
It's now leaking out that since coming to office the Bush Administration has supplied Israel with large quantities of missiles, Blackhawk attack helic ... more
Pentagon Orders: 'Kill Them Faster!'
Pygmies Indeed!
What can you expect from the Washington establishment. For years the Washington Post and its regular columnists have been spouting pseudo-liberal jar ... more
Egypt and Saudi Arming - Missiles and Nuclear on the way
Sooner or later the Arab regimes had to respond in some way to their own predicament and the expectations of their own people; rather than totally fol ... more
Hamas in the Drivers Seat as Regional War Approaches
Analysis / Bombing When Israel blames Arafat, Hamas wins By Zvi Bar'el The speed with which the Hamas military wing managed to pull off a "qualit ... more
It's 'Gaza First' Time Again - Another Quisling Palestinian Group to be created
'Gaza First' was the cry from the Israeli 'left' before Oslo. Now it's the cry from the Sharon-led Israeli government. In common was and is the plan ... more
CNN To Be Pushed Off the Air in Israel
Kosher, but not orthodox, enough, the Israelis push forward their propaganda war and amazing, even with Sharon at the helm and ongoing war crimes the ... more
Donahue Takes on Shimon Peres and the 'Peace Process'
‘Donahue’ for July 30 ---------------------------------Read the complete transcript of Tuesday’s show. Guests: Shimon Peres, Eliot Spitzer, Dennis Kuc ... more
NYTimes Lets the Hebron Settlers do the talking on the Op Ed Page
In Hebron, Death and LifeBy JUNE LEAVITTEBRON, West Bank — After almost two years of the second intifada, after the murders of 600 Israelis and the cr ... more
Dead at Hebrew University on Mt. Scopus
When speaking extemporaneously George W tends to reveal things in his simplictic black and white world. Remember of course his references to the "cru ... more
ABdullah II Warns Americans Big Time
This is what he says in public from his Four Seasons Suite. But with such a long long history of collusion and treachery, who knows what this Hashemi ... more
Iraq Close to Having Nukes?
Actually Israel was first in this category, quite some time ago. And now has an arsenal estimated at some 400 nuclear devices, some missiles, and 3 s ... more
Generals and Bush Politicos At Odds about Iraq and ME War
Europeans Splitting with US - Chicago Tribune 4-part Series
A Fraying AllianceAllies diverge on vision for worldU.S. unilateralism helps weaken tiesFirst of four parts By R.C. LongworthTribune senior correspond ... more
Palestinians Moving Toward Chemical Weapons?
Who knows at this point what is real and what is propaganda... That said the following report leaked in Washington:Pentagon: Hamas experimenting with ... more
Some Closet American Jews are 'Coming Out'
Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA)July 29, 2002"Feeling out of sync with mainstream,left-wing Jews carve out Israel niche"By Matthew E. BergerWASHINGTON, ... more
Egyptian Police State Puts 'Democracy' Acadamic Back in Prison
Egyptian Academic Convicted AgainBy NADIA ABOU EL MAGD.c The Associated Press CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - An Egyptian-American academic and human rights activ ... more
Israel's Orchestra Cancels Tour - Well...not quite
Israeli Orchestra Cancels U.S. TourBy TALLIE LIEBERMAN.c The Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) - The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra won't be going on a U ... more
It's the Settlements, Stupid!
Lunch with Rev. Jessie Jacksonwritten by Ghassan AndoniI had the privilege to be invited to join Rev. Jessie Jackson at lunch in the Arab Rehabilitati ... more
Musharraf (and CIA) Trying To Make Permanent Military Regime Called 'Democracy'
Is Terror Worse Than Oppression? Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf has profited from the American view that the world's greatest threat today is t ... more
Now Egypt pushes ahead with Nuclear Power
EGYPT PLANS TO BUILD NUKE PLANT NEAR ALEXANDRIA CAIRO [MENL] -- Egypt plans to construct a nuclear power plant west ofthe port city of Alexandria ... more
Israel Prepares 'Iron Wall' for War with Iraq
"Iron Wall" indeed. This is the Israeli way of referring to the ideological founder of 'Revisionist Zionism', Vladimir Jabotinsky, the fascist-like f ... more
US to try Image Repairing In Permanent Way
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Jewish fanatic 'cult' in Hebron Perpetrates Pogroms with help of army
Foreign Observers Describe Settlers Rampage in Hebron as Pogrom by Khalid AmayrehIAP News • Tuesday July 30, 2002 * OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (IAP News): F ... more
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