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. HEADLINES Report: Israel seeks removal of F-15 planes from Saudi airport, located in the northern part of the Kingdom, not far from the Israeli border, Israel's Army Radio reported Wednesday. Iran's Envoy Leaves UK; Shots at Embassy in Tehran: Adding to the charged atmosphere, gunshots fired from a passing motorbike hit the British embassy in Tehran, causing no injuries but prompting the mission to shut temporarily. Taliban Said Teaming With al-Qaida Again: The Taliban are no longer on the run and have teamed up with al-Qaida once again, according to officials and former Taliban who say the religious militia has reorganized and strengthened Afghanistan Taleban sends 300 reinforcements: Afghanistan's Taleban has sent 300 more fighters to the southern province of Zabul to help battle Afghan government and United States-led troops. Ousted Army secretary calls U.S. plan in Iraq ' totally inadequate': "The result will be a financial disaster, more lives lost, chaos in Iraq and squandered American goodwill." The War Is Lost: Facing the truth about Iraq By most measures of what the Bush administration forecast for its adventure in Iraq, it is already a failure. The war was going to make the Middle East a more peaceful place. Pentagon May Have to Reduce U.S. Forces in Iraq: The Bush administration may have to cut U.S. troops in Iraq by more than half to keep enough forces to face other threats. Bush Looks to U.N. to Share Burden on Troops in Iraq: Mr. Bush's decision came in a meeting this afternoon with Secretary of State Colin L. Powell. While not unexpected, it was a tacit admission that the current American-dominated force is stretched too thin. Al-Qaeda: Overestimate at your peril: The fact that there are multiple, diverse groups threatening US interests highlights the extreme weaknesses found in the United States' "war on terrorism". Without a clear enemy, there can be no clear strategy to achieve victory. Rep.
Ron Paul: Can
We Afford to Occupy Iraq? 17.2% Of Americas Children Live In Poverty: Some highlights from the Census Bureau's release Wednesday of estimates from the American Community Survey. How many homeless veterans are there?: With an estimated 500,000 veterans homeless, at some time during a year, the VA reaches less than 10% of those in need ... leaving 460,000 veterans still without services. Cleric's brother condemns U.S. occupation: A member of the U.S.-picked governing council angrily denounced the occupation in a eulogy for his slain brother before 400,000 Shia mourners, demanding that U.S. troops leave Iraq. Kurdish Rebels Abandon Truce: The main militant Kurdish group in Turkey says it is ending a unilateral ceasefire declared after the capture of its leader, Abdullah Ocalan, four years ago. Puppet of the Month Ahmad Al-Chalabi has finally achieved the epitome of his political aspirations. All the years of embezzlement, conniving, and scheming have paid off: he is the current rotating president. Resistance in Iraq is home grown: Nationalists, Islamists are among diverse groups joining attacks; Foreign fighters present in moderate numbers; 'America now is an occupying country, so jihad is a must' Jessica Lynch Signs $1M Book Deal: "I feel I owe them all this story, which will be about more than a girl going off to war and fighting alongside her fellow soldiers. It will be a story about growing up in America." Background On Rick Bragg, Jessica Lynch's Co-writer "I Am a Soldier, Too. British spooks regain a 'Licence to kill': The CIA and MI6 freed of many of the political and legal shackles imposed in the latter years of the Cold War are expanding their covert capability and the means to use 'executive action', a euphemism for assassination. Victim turned bully? Iraq War Erodes World's Post-9/11 Sympathy for US America's Self-Sacrificial Spirit Evident In Mideast: When it comes to the economies and respective security of Israel and Iraq, rarely has so much been given by so many for the benefit of so few. So George, how do you feel about your mom and dad? Psychologist Oliver James analyses the behaviour of the American president. Number of Wounded in Action on Rise : 10 American troops a day now being officially declared "wounded in action." The number of those wounded in action totals 1,124 since the war began. U.S. taxpayers may foot larger bill for new Iraq: A shortage of money is seriously hampering the U.S.-led effort to rebuild Iraq, and American taxpayers may end up footing a much larger bill than they expect. Burning money in Iraq: The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office revised its estimates yet again this week and announced that the federal budget deficit will soar to a record $480 billion next year, reaching $1.4 trillion over the coming decade. You can get killed for that! There are three unem-ployed people for every job opening. During this recovery, unemployment has risen 0.6 percentage points overall and 1.3 points among African Americans," Countries Resist Aid To Iraq: The Bush administration's effort to secure significant pledges of money to help rebuild Iraq is meeting stiff resistance from many foreign governments. Don’t walk away from Iraq assignment, Washington tells Tokyo: US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage has expressed strong frustration at Japan’s intention to postpone dispatching troops to Iraq, where security is still fragile. On Tactics and Strategy: The Iraqi and Afghan guerrillas have all the time in the world. Al Qaida even more time. They can always wait for things to change, change in America, change in Iraq, change! A Must Read Nasr Allah: US doesn't want stable Iraq: The United States and Israel had the most to gain from the killing of a top Shia cleric in Iraq last week, said Hizb Allah Secretary General Sayyid Hasan Nasr Allah. Many Iraqis Working for US Are Labeled Traitors and Killed: Hussein Al-Kraim took a job as an interpreter for U.S. forces in Saddam Hussein's hometown. Four months later, he paid for it with his life. Belfast lawyers help Iraqi families sue US army: A human rights law firm in Belfast (Ireland) said on Monday it was supporting the families of Iraqi civilians shot dead by the U.S. military in a planned multimillion dollar law suit. Jewish peace winner attacks Israel: "All Israel's governing politicians have transformed the lives of the Palestinian people into an intolerable hell with their sanctions and expulsions,"
Army Says US Soldier In Iraq Dies Of 'Acute Leukemia' At least one family, and possibly two, want independent opinions on what caused the deaths of their loved ones after they became ill in Iraq. The worst of times: George Monbiot argues that the rich world's brutal diplomacy is worsening the plight of poor nations. 9/01 Taliban ambush Kills 8 Afghans Soldiers: Four U.S. soldiers have been killed during fighting in less than two weeks. US forces believe Taliban chief surrounded: B52 bombing proved inaccurate and Afghan troops reported seeing “piles of dead civilian men, women and children."
Rumors of
Bin Laden's Lair:
Some believe life on the run has made it impossible for
Osama bin Laden to control and lead Al Qaeda. In Afghanistan’s Kunar
province, people tell a different story.
Three killed by Israeli gunship attack: Israeli helicopters fired at least four missiles at a car in Gaza City today, killing three people and wounding at least 20 in the sixth such attack in a fortnight. Realities of Israeli oppression rarely aired in North America: It's all part of Israel's illegal occupation of Palestine, where kids throwing stones at tanks are gunned down, schools are destroyed, clinics ransacked, homes plundered, tank shells lobbed into marketplaces and missiles hurled into crowds. Sharon is a punk, says ambassador: The new French ambassador to Israel was involved in a diplomatic row yesterday after a report that he had called Israel a "paranoid country" and its Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, "a punk". Robert Fisk: Another Fine Mess: It began as a quiet plot to protect UK and US interests in Iran. Fifty years on, the fall-out of Operation Boot can still be felt through the Middle East. Five Held Over Bomb: "There are several suspects, none of whom has citizenship other than Iraqi," Britons want UK forces out of Iraq: More than 60 percent of Britons believe their government should be withdrawing its troops from Iraq. Americas Foreign Legion: Nearly 40,000 of America's frontline soldiers are not US citizens. Neocons Admit They've Blown It – Is the Draft Next?: Somebody needs to call a halt to this. It will not be the neocon press or Fox News that does it. After losing 17 soldiers in Iraq, families in Colorado town live on edge: The flow of bad news into Fort Carson over the past few months has many of the soldiers' family members jumping whenever telephone calls come at odd hours or there is a knock at the door. Al Qaeda links with Iraq denied: Senior leaders interrogated by U.S. agents. The Bush administration has not made these statements public. In case you missed it: Rumsfeld, Nov 15, 2002: "That our understanding of the relationship between Iraq and al Qaeda is still developing, that there is no question but that there have been interactions between the Iraqi government, Iraqi officials and al Qaeda operatives, they have occurred over a span of some eight or 10 years to our knowledge, that there are currently al Qaeda in Iraq," he said. This site is 100% reader supported. Click here If You Can Help To Support Our Efforts Ayatollah's killing: Winners and losers: European intelligence sources in Brussels tell Asia Times Online that ordinary Iraqis are becoming increasingly convinced the bombings are part of a sinister American conspiracy to plunge the country into total chaos. Bush Pals Hired To Rewrite Iraqi Law: The firm, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, has been drafted in by USAID to advise on privatising former government-held industries, structuring government economic and regulatory agencies, and developing a tax structure. Confessions of a Terrorist: A suspected al-Qaeda leader made explosive allegations while under interrogation. September 11th And The Bush Administration: Compelling Evidence for Complicity UN Weapons Chief: UK Dossier Nothing Like Reality: Inspectiors had found no evidence to support US and British accusations that Saddam possessed an arsenal capable of widespread death and damage. Palestinian schoolgirl shot dead: AN eight-year-old Palestinian girl shot dead by Israeli troops in the central Gaza Strip was killed while showing off her new school uniform to friends. Robert Fisk: Unless The White House Abandons It Fantasies Civil War Will Consume Iraq So who wanted Ayatollah Mohamed Bakr al-Hakim dead? Or, more to the point, who would not care if he died? Chaos reigns as Saddam's plan unfolds: What we all are asking now is whether this audacious and destabilising attack will plunge the country into a maelstrom of violence, from which what many now call the Saddam network can emerge victorious. Mid-East papers predict chaos after killing: Press reviews and news reports from around the Middle East. Ayatollah Hakim's Last Sermon: Extracts from the sermon delivered by, Ayatollah Mohammed Baqr al-Hakim, prior to his death in a car bomb attack in the holy city of Najaf. History, religion, power: understanding Iraqi Shiites: Were the Shiites pro-American or anti-American? Why did they have so many leaders? Did they look for direction to the Shiite religious leaders in neighboring Iran? What did they want? Canada: Case Of 19 Terrorists Unravelling: The case made headlines around the world as the news media quoted a government official's now infamous words: "I guess the easiest way of putting it is there is a suggestion they might, in fact, perhaps be a sleeper cell for Al-Qaeda." A Failed Israeli Society Collapses While Its Leaders Remain Silent: The Israeli nation today rests on a scaffolding of corruption, and on foundations of oppression and injustice. As such, the end of the Zionist enterprise is already on our doorstep. 8/30 iraqi Police Deny Bombers Were Foreigners: Four suspects were detained, the police said, but they rejected reports quoting anonymous police sources that the suspects had been carrying identification cards from the former intelligence services or were foreigners.
Ayatollah's Death Deepens U.S. Woes : If the car bomb was planted by Hussein loyalists, it shows a telling recognition of the weaknesses of the U.S. occupation, which to many here seems increasingly isolated. Killing of Ayatollah Is Start of Iraqi Civil War: The bombing of one of Islam's holiest shrines not only killed an important Shi'a leader, it also signals the first shot in an Iraqi civil war that Middle East experts warned would ensue if Saddam were removed without careful planning. "Death
To America…Death To Israel," Hakim’s Mourners:
"The responsibility of Hakim's death lies with the
British and American forces because they neglected
security," the marchers shouted. Blast suspects linked to bin Laden, Saddam: Najaf governor Haidar Mehdi Matar said the four suspects were two Iraqis from Saddam Hussein's fallen regime and two Arab nationals, categorised as Sunni Muslim radicals. Deja VU: Long forgotten by Americans, but still alive in the minds of thousands of Mideast peoples, our CIA's William Casey, attempting to murder Sheik Muhammed Fedlallah (spiritual leader of Lebanese Shiites), which a truck bomb placed outside a Beirut mosque, killed 81 innocent bystanders and injured hundreds. More on this topic Exit Strategy For Iraq: If Iraq were to become a UN-approved and managed mission, the outcome would be disastrous for all concerned. The troops—including many Americans—would stay until the job of “nation-building” is complete, that is to say for ever 1 Killed As Israel Fires on Car in Gaza: Israeli helicopters fired four missiles at a car traveling in the central Gaza Strip on Saturday, killing at least one Palestinian. Jews Keep Building The Land: A new neighborhood in Kedumim - Mitzpeh Yishai - will be officially dedicated this Sunday. Thirty housing units are already occupied, another 70 are under construction, and yet another 400 are in the planning stages.
Frankensteins in the Pentagon:
So how does the Bush DARPA seek to
'enhance' human performance?
Greg
Palast: The Grinch That Stole Labor Day:
In celebration of the working person's holiday,
Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao has announced the Bush Administration's
plan to end the 60-year-old law which requires employers to pay
time-and-a-half for overtime.
Loyalty
Day: I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United
States of America, do hereby proclaim May 1, 2003, as
Loyalty Day. I call upon all the people of the United States
to join in support of this national observance.
Russia
Denies N. Korean Threat to Nuclear Test:
Russia’s top negotiator on North
Korea denied on Friday that Pyongyang had threatened to
conduct a nuclear test during crisis talks on its standoff
with Washington.
Republicans
Outsources Fund-Raising To India:
A team of operators will
man the phones in call centers set up in Noida and Gurgaon,
India to telephone people in the United States and solicit
their support for President George W. Bush and a donation
for the Republican cause as a part of a fund-raising blitz.
Voting
machine controversy:
The head of a company vying to sell voting
machines in Ohio told Republicans in a recent fund-raising letter that
he is "committed to helping Ohio deliver its electoral votes to the
president next year."
US
decree strips thousands of their jobs: Anti-Ba'athist
ruling may force educated Iraqis abroad
Inside
the Ring: Israel has ready a plan to
bomb Iran's Bushehr nuclear-power plant.
8/29/ Fierce
Fighting Reported in Afghanistan: Afghan
soldiers were waging a fierce battle with entrenched Taliban
fighters in southern Afghanistan after a night of heavy U.S.
bombing that left many Taliban fighters dead, an Afghan
intelligence chief said Friday.
Suspected
Taleban Fighters Kill 3 Afghan Soldiers: The attacks
took place overnight, following raids on Thursday by a joint
U.S.-Afghan force that killed four suspected Taleban
fighters in southeastern Afghanistan.
Background: Sayed
Mohamad Baqir al Hakim Biography: Although
now part of the U.S. led coalition against Saddam Hussein,
Al-Hakim had earlier publicly condemned the United States,
stating that "we do not put confidence in the
Americans, they have always acted against the interests of
the Iraqi people."
Background:
Hakim:
We want Iraqi people to govern themselves: Returning
Iraqi Shiite leader rallies supporters, calls on Iraqis to
stand together against imperialism
Iraq
Guerrillas Kill US Soldier in Convoy Ambush:
The death brings to 65 the number of U.S. soldiers killed in
attacks since Washington declared major combat operations
over.
Wounded, Weary And
Disappeared No hordes
of television cameras await the planeloads of wounded
soldiers being airlifted back to the states, unloaded at
Andrews Air Force Base, and stuffed into wards at Walter
Reed Army Medical Center and other facilities. We see few
photos of them undergoing painful and protracted physical
rehabilitation. The men and women injured in Iraq and
Afghanistan have become the new disappeared.
Family
of Soldier Displaying Outrage At President:
To show their disdain, the Vogels have hung a sign outside
their business, Assured Staffing, on Main Street, stating:
"Proud of our soldier! Ashamed of our president!"
Every
Arab Country Is In Danger: I say that every Arab
country is in danger, and that they are all going to face
the same situation that Iraq is witnessing today, unless we
all stand together in the face of Israel and its agents in
the U.S. administration
An
Open Letter To President George W. Bush: Mr. Hwaidi
is a writer and a former Egyptian minister of defense.
Iraqi
resisters are patriots: The longer we keep
patting ourselves on the back, the more we tell ourselves that the Iraqi
resistance is a bunch of evil freedom-haters, the deeper we’ll sink
into this quagmire. It’s time to get real.
Alastair
Campbell resigns: Alastair
Campbell is to resign as the Government's director of
communications and strategy, Downing Street said today.
US
Admits It Miscalculated Security For Iraq:
Some defense officials said
privately in interviews that the plan in place for security
after Baghdad's fall has been an utter failure.
White
House Alters Webpages About Iraq Combat
Taliban
Giving Tough Time to US, Afghan Govt:
Operating in growing numbers, the
Taliban and their allies have succeeded in destabilizing
large parts of Afghanistan and creating conditions that
could undermine the US military and central government.
Peru's
Guerrilla War Killed 69,000 People In 20 Years:
"The last two decades of the
20th century were marked by horror and dishonour for
Peruvian society."
Billions,
Trillions, Who Cares?: For
those of us who balance our checkbooks to the penny,
government finance exists on another planet.
Bomb
Wounds Four US Soldiers in Falluja:
Hundreds of local people marched in the town of Falluja
after the attack, chanting slogans praising ousted Iraqi
leader Saddam Hussein and denouncing President Bush.
Halliburton
and Bechtel Win More Deals: Halliburton,
the world's second -largest oil field service company, could
make hundreds of millions more dollars than earlier
disclosed for services such as maintaining Iraqi oil fields
under a US Army Corps of Engineers contract.
Palestinian
PM Fights for Political Survival: Abbas
may stake his future on vote of confidence in parliament as
Arafat backs his attempts to revive ceasefire.
Uri
Avnery: The military’s classic
putsch: The roadmap is dead, because Sharon was against it
from the beginning. Bush saw it only as a photo-op in a nice background
and Abu-Mazen did not get from Israel and the US anything that he could
present as a Palestinian achievement.
Poll:
Iraq War Makes US Less Safe: A
new survey shows more Americans now believe the war in Iraq
will make the U.S. less, not more, safe from terrorism,
representing a reversal of public opinion in recent weeks.
Witnesses
testify to beating of Iraqi prisoners by four soldiers: The
case has caused an uproar in Pennsylvania, where relatives
of the accused have enlisted the help of politicians,
veterans' groups and friends to support the four reservists.
A Costly Friendship:
The story of how Israel and its American friends
came to exercise a profound influence on American policy
toward the Arab and Muslim world. A
Must Read
Few
Arabs shedding tears over U.S. losses in Iraq:
As American deaths mount in Iraq, there is little sympathy
in the Arab world for the plight of the U.S. occupiers.
Blair:
'Sexed up' allegations were a resigning issue:
Prime Minister told the Hutton inquiry today that the
allegations were so serious that, if true, he would have had
to resign.
Defense Spending Drives Economy:
Soaring defense
spending is driving the U.S. economy, but not doing too much for the
unemployment picture as Americans still struggled to find jobs and
corporations saw their profits fall, government reports on Thursday
showed.
Bush:
Due to attacks, federal civilians workers will get no pay
raises: Citing a national emergency that has
existed since the 2001 terrorist attacks, President Bush
said Wednesday he will cut the pay raises that most civilian
federal employees were to receive in January.
London:
Power cut causes chaos: "It seems that
one of the National Grid circuits that feeds south London
has failed.
Londoners
turn out to "see Blair squirm"
"Hopefully Blair will tell us how he lied
about getting us into the war," she added. "But it
won't happen. He's too slick."
Arundhati Roy: The
loneliness of Noam Chomsky:
Noam Chomsky has radically altered our understanding of
the society in which we live. Rationally and empirically, he has
unmasked the ugly, manipulative, ruthless American universe that
exists behind the word `freedom'
A deadly
franchise:
The global war on terror is a smokescreen used by governments to wipe
out opponents.
8/28
British
soldier killed, another injured: Gunmen opened fire with small arms and rocket-propelled grenades on a British convoy trapped between two angry crowds in southern Iraq, killing one soldier and wounding another.
U.S.
misled by bogus pre-war intelligence?: Frustrated
at the failure to find Saddam Hussein's suspected stockpiles
of chemical and biological weapons, allied intelligence
agencies have launched a major effort to determine if they
were victims of bogus Iraqi defectors who planted
disinformation to mislead the West before the war.
In case you missed it:
Iraqi
group aided CIA intelligence:
The head of the Iraqi National Congress, a group of exiles that opposed
Saddam Hussein, said yesterday that his organization helped three Iraqi
defectors provide intelligence to the CIA on Iraq's weapons programs.
Iraq
Set to Swallow Up Countless Billions as Costs Soar U.S.
Admits: The
US government, which is spending $4bn a month keeping its
troops in Iraq, admitted yesterday that the cost had risen
rapidly, and that the price of reconstruction was
"almost impossible to exaggerate".
Seized
Iraq Funds All but Gone, U.S. Says: To help stem
violence and alleviate the cash crunch, congressional
sources said, the White House was considering making an
extra $2-billion-to-$3-billion appropriation request in the
near future.
US
troops quit Saudi Arabia: The last American military unit has
left the desert kingdom.
Taliban
guerrillas retake areas of southern Afghan: Elusive
Taliban fighters have recaptured some areas of a southern
Afghan province despite a ongoing massive joint operation by
government troops and US-led coalition forces.
Fisherman By Day "Terrorist"
By Night :
"I catch fish in the morning and Americans at night," he said.
"Catching Americans is easier than catching fish."
Tuning Out the Dead:
Dover is home to the Charles C. Carson Center for Mortuary Affairs --
the largest Department of Defense Mortuary. It's where America brings
its dead soldiers home, and these days, it's busy.
The
jihad all-stars: We decided to conquer an
Arab country and drive the Muslim fanatics so crazy that
they’d storm in, and then we’d kill them all? That’s
the latest Bush rationale for going into Iraq?
Straw
warns Iran to end its nuclear programme: Jack Straw, the Foreign Secretary, will tomorrow make clear to Teheran that the time for prevaricating over its pursuit of a nuclear capability is over.
In case you missed it: UK
' sells' bomb material to Iran: British
officials have approved the export of key components needed
to make nuclear weapons to Iran and other countries known to
be developing such weapons.
In case you missed it: Russia
adds to Iran nuclear row A British company has
denied Russian suggestions that it provided uranium
enrichment equipment to Iran.
Arafat
urges calm from militants to try to restore peace plan:
Israel, which has tried to sideline Arafat from
the peace process, dismissed his appeal as empty rhetoric
and said the army would keep rounding up terror suspects and
hunting down their leaders.
Government
Arrests 20 for Plotting Assassination of President: France
said on Monday that it had arrested several people who were
planning to use mercenaries to destabilise Cote d'Ivoire.
The former French colony in West Africa.
Bremer:
Iraq Effort to Cost Tens of Billions: Iraq
will need "several tens of billions" of dollars
from abroad in the next year to rebuild its rickety
infrastructure and revive its moribund economy, and American
taxpayers and foreign governments will be asked to
contribute substantial sums.
Senator
Byrd: Unprepared
for Peace in Iraq: W. Bush spoke
about the need for humility from a great and powerful
nation. He said, Let us have an American foreign policy that
reflects American character. The modesty of true strength.
The humility of real greatness." It is time for the
Bush administration to swallow its false pride and return to
that philosophy of humility before it is too late.
How and Why Did Iraqi
Die? 2 Tales of Anger and Denial: An American
soldier leaped out and ran up to Ali, firing a shot in the
air to scatter the crowd, then aiming his rifle at the boy.
The boy's mother, Rajaa Yousif Matti, implored the soldier
not to kill him. She wept and wailed. She kissed the
soldier's boots. But she could not get through to the
American.
Iraq
Could Become US's West Bank and Gaza:
The people who will be expected to
bear the burden of fighting and bleeding in Iraq might look
to the Israeli experience and ask themselves: Do we really
want to be fighting Arabs on their home turf for decades to
come?
There
will be no retreat from Iraq, insists Bush: Mr
Bush reiterated his case for America's fight against
terrorism in terms of a battle between freedom and its
enemies.
Deja-Vu:
Excerpts
from Speech Given by President Johnson
April 7,1965.
Our objective is the independence of South
Viet-Nam, and its freedom from attack. We want nothing for
ourselves only that the people of South Viet-Nam be allowed
to guide their own country in their own way.
Thunder of '68 Rumbles Onward:
Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia bears a warning: Superpowers that
turn bully risk self-destruction.
New
Iraq Tape Threatens Death to Council:
An Arabic television
station aired a videotaped warning from previously
unheard-of Islamic groups in Iraq Tuesday threatening death
to members of a U.S.-formed council and Iraqis who cooperate
with U.S. troops.
Lights,
Camera, Exploitation: The
President’s Re-Election Campaign Kicks Off With a
Shameless 9-11 Docudrama.
Soldier
Morale Dips, While Fears Increase:
Contrary to reports made by senior
ranking officials in the national media, morale among the
troops is fast approaching an abysmal state.
Even
the Optimists Are Losing Heart as Iraq Goes from Bad to
Worse: I
have returned to Iraq and so much has changed. A wave of
fury and despair among Iraqis has drowned out the few voices
that filled me with hope. Those of my Iraqi friends who
clung resolutely to their optimistic dreams are finally
losing heart.
US
Mulls International Force for PA: The
United States has been examining the prospect of organizing
an international force to stop the Israeli-Palestinian war.
A Jew among
25,000 Muslims: A Must Read
Analysis:
Mercenary as future peacekeeper?: The controversial idea of
using for-profit military forces as peacekeepers in war-torn countries
is gaining momentum with nations' increasing unwillingness to man such
operations.
Selling bombs
along with soap? Lockheed Martin, the world's largest defense
contractor, took to the airwaves recently with a radio campaign in the
Washington D.C. metro market to promote its small-diameter bomb.
MSNBC
TV Question of the Day: Do
you approve of Bush's handling of Iraq?
8/26
From a coroner's point of view, Baghdad is as deadly as ever :
"The number of dead is absolutely unbelievable, and I'm just speaking of Baghdad alone. God knows what's happening elsewhere."
Beware the
bluewash: The UN must not let itself be used as a dustbin for failed American adventures
Richard
Butler: US abandoning ' defence posture':
Newly-appointed Tasmanian governor and former weapons
inspector Richard Butler says the US administration believes
it can operate outside the rules when it comes to weapons of
mass destruction because it is the world's only superpower.
Bystander
Murdered, 26 wounded in Israeli missile strike: An
Israeli helicopter fired three missiles at the car of a
Hamas fugitive Tuesday, killing a bystander and wounding at
least 26, doctors and witnesses said.
Jewish
terror and its sources:
The recent arrests demonstrate that the nests of
terror exposed from time to time in the homes of Yesha
settlers are not a marginal phenomenon.
A Basic History of Zionism and its Relation to
Judaism: Nowadays the deliberate blurring of the distinction
between Zionism and Judaism, which includes a rewriting of
ancient as well as modern history, is exploited to stifle
any criticism of Israel's policies and actions, however
extreme and inhuman they may be.
1
U.S. Soldier Killed, 2 Wounded in Ambush
: The toll of U.S. troops killed in postwar Iraq
surpassed the number killed in major combat on Tuesday,
reaching 139.
Many
Dead In New Liberian Massacre:
Liberians were dismayed by the departure of the
US troops.
Blair
To Be Saved And Hoon Sacrificed: DEFENCE Secretary
Geoff Hoon was last night being lined up as Tony Blair's
sacrificial lamb over the Dr David Kelly affair.
Claims
about WMD 'may have been excuse rather than reason for war':
Air Marshal Sir John Walker, a former chief of
Defence Intelligence, suggested the Government's claims
about Iraqi weapons of mass destruction were "not the
reason to go to war, but the excuse to go to war".
Cheney stifled energy probe:
Congressional investigators said Monday that Vice President Dick Cheney had stymied their investigation into his energy task force by refusing to turn over key documents.
Rumsfeld:
US Prepared To Send More Troops to Iraq If Commanders
Request Them:
The United States will send more troops to Iraq "in
a minute" if the top US commander in the region asks
for them.
Army
foresees doubling up tours: For the first
time since the all-volunteer Army began in 1973, significant
numbers of U.S. combat soldiers may have to start serving
back-to-back overseas tours of up to a year.
The
foot soldiers are rebelling: We give our boys
in their flag-covered coffins a suitably ceremonial
farewell, but we do not question their sacrifice. They did
their duty, didn't they? Why sully their memory by asking
whether that tour of duty was strictly necessary?
Iraq: Danish
Soldier Was Killed By His Own Troops:
Pedersen's colleagues reportedly thought he was an enemy.
Bloodshed in Iraq: A
Hospital Sees It All: "It's different from the
States; you don't see these kinds of injuries there,"
said Dr. Benjamin Gonzalez, the chief of the emergency room.
"Mine injuries that destroy the whole leg. Blood
literally pouring over the floor."
How
Does the War Party Get Away with It?
When the president and his coterie
of top advisers decide to go to war, they just go, and
nobody can stop them. The “intelligence” agencies, the
diplomatic corps, and the armed forces do as they are told.
U.S.
May Drop Bid for New U.N. Resolution: After a
high-profile pitch at the United Nations for more countries
to send troops to Iraq, the Bush administration is
encountering resistance and may not seek a Security Council
resolution after all.
Get
real "Driven by a
neo-conservative dream, the US is loath to relinquish
control in Iraq. But the price for Washington's stubbornness
may be failure"
Imperial Racist Fantasies:
With habitually demented logic, President Bush – the
unsolicited foreign invader – rails against “foreign”
interference and “terrorist” attacks on US occupiers.
Having packaged this act of thuggery as “liberation,”
this administration is on the verge of discovering that the
idiotic ideology of White Supremacy and global hegemony will
not wash with Iraqis, for whom the real war of liberation
has only just begun.
Deficit
Could Top Half a Trillion Dollars Next Year:
The Congressional Budget Office Tuesday forecast a federal budget deficit of $480 billion in 2004, a record shortfall that many in Congress say could go even
higher.
China's
currency is vilified as global economies slip: With
unemployment high and U.S. manufacturers reeling from three
years of misery, politicians around the country have
suddenly focused on a new villain to blame for their
troubles:
"What's
good for Business is good for America."
Avoiding taxes and shipping jobs overseas is not good for
America, it's stealing the wealth of America.
Bombay:Terror's
Frankenstein on the loose:
Terrorism is rarely, if ever, random. It is
undertaken by intelligent, highly motivated and trained
cadres to obtain specific strategic objectives. Monday's
devastating blasts in Mumbai, therefore, should be seen in
this context. Not to do so will play right into the hands of
the terrorists.
Suicide bombing: Terror without borders:
Israel today is a military and colonial power. According to some defense analysts, it is the fourth largest military establishment in the world. Israel uses force, torture, and state-sponsored assassination to maintain the captured territories.
New
York Mayor Bloomberg To Make In Depth Investigation During 7
Hour Visit To Israel: Bloomberg will land in Israel
at noon Tuesday for a
lightning visit lasting only a few hours, during which he will ride the No. 2 Egged bus blown up last week by a Palestinian suicide bomber.
Edward Said: The Imperial Bluster of Tom Delay: Dreams and Delusions
The sheer number of people in the southwestern United States who think like Delay is an imposing 60-70 million and, it should be noted, included among them is none other than George W. Bush, who is also an inspired born-again Christian for whom everything in the Bible is meant to be taken literally.
Colombia
Boat Bomb Kills Seven: At
least seven people, including a baby, have been killed in an
explosion in Colombia.
The
face of Afghanistan's resistance:
The significant increase in the number and nature
of attacks on US targets, as well as on the Afghan
administration, provides indisputable evidence that the
Taliban are back with a vengeance.
Bus
Stop Blasts Hit Russian City: Three
people have died in a series of bomb attacks at bus stops in
the southern Russian city of Krasnodar.
It really is the pits
Four Billion Dollar Nuke Plant
Proposed by Bush Cartel Would Make US the World's Supreme
Nuclear Dictator
US and
Britain may be guilty of a cover-up :There is no doubt that the relatives of those who died
at Lockerbie want justice in addition to compensation, but there can be
no justice without the truth.
How
can intelligent citizens support George W Bush?: Well, the verdict is in and even in
the absence of Nuremberg chief prosecutor Robert Jackson, George W Bush
awaits sentencing. His administration has failed our people, assaults
our traditions and destroys our future.
8/25 We Have Ways of Making You Talk:
The United States figures it can get plenty out of the newly captured Chemical Ali. But how? And are these ‘interrogation’ techniques being readied for American citizens? A
Must Read
Rep
Ron Paul: Trust Us, We're the Government: the Patriot Act expands the government’s ability to monitor us.
The Act eases federal rules for search warrants in some cases;
allows expanded wiretaps and internet monitoring; allows secret “sneak
and peek” searches; and even permits federal agents to examine library
and bookstore records.
Saving Face, Losing A War: We call them heroes because they're dead. If they were still alive, we'd be angling to reduce their combat pay and trying to figure out a way to close the hospitals they'll be entitled to use if they survive.
A Must Read
All the Shah’s Men: An American
Coup And The Roots of Middle East Terror: Democracy Now speaks
with author Stephen Kinzer and explores the roots of Middle
East Terrorism. A
Must See
LaRouche Raises Big Money, Gets No Respect From DNC: Presidential candidate Lyndon LaRouche, Jr. has raised nearly $5 million for a 2004 White House bid, more money than four major candidates whom the Democratic National Committee acknowledges and invites to its events.
50
Dead In Bombay Blasts: Over 130 people were injured,
many seriously, in the near simultaneous blasts.
The
philosophers of chaos reap a whirlwind:
The intensification of violence in Iraq is the logical
outcome of the Bush administration's choice in 2001 to treat
terrorism as a military problem with a military solution - a
catastrophic oversimplification.
Uncle
Sam, hatred and hypocrisy: Why Do
People Hate America?
Bring
Our Troops Home and Send In the Neocons:
Isn't it time to take the false neocon propaganda and the
neocon advisors and put t |
