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Annan: Israel Violating U.N. Resolution: Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Friday that Israel is violating a General Assembly resolution to halt construction of barrier that juts into the West Bank and to dismantle the 90-mile section already built.

Israel army warned by UN for shooting at aid workers: The aid agencies have complained bitterly to Israel about soldiers firing on their relief workers, even when traffic has been co-ordinated in advance.

Hush, hush about Israel's bomb: There has been almost no coverage in either the Israeli or foreign media, and a Haifa court has issued a gag order on information related to the case.

Israel urged to destroy nuclear arms: The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, wants Israel to dismantle its nuclear weapons arsenal and believes all Middle East nations would benefit from ridding the region of nuclear weapons.

11/27 Pentagon Sending More U.S. Marines to Iraq: The Pentagon will send thousands more Marines to Iraq in early 2004, bolstering the next wave of U.S. troops being deployed amid an increasingly bloody guerrilla war, defense officials said on Wednesday.

Iraq war diverting resources from war on terror, experts say: A growing number of counter-terrorism experts are challenging President Bush's assertion that Iraq is a major battle in the war against terrorism and are questioning whether the U.S. invasion of Iraq has hurt rather than helped the global battle against al-Qaida and its affiliates.

Iraqi Police Sympathize With Resistance : Iraqi police say they are underpaid, poorly armed and lack equipment to protect themselves from increasing attacks by insurgents. Frequently branded as collaborators with the U.S. occupation, many police resent the Americans and some even express sympathy for the guerrillas.

Bombing and blasting while cutting and running: 'Operation Iron Hammer' aims to keep lid on resistance until after election

Iraq rebuilding cash runs dry: "It is a tough pill to swallow," Col. Ralph Baker, commander of the 2nd Brigade of the 1st Armored Division, told USA Today. "One of the hardest things I deal with right now is coming face to face with the (Iraqi) contractors who we still owe money."

Helen Thomas: Raid On Arab TV Network Hardly A Democratic Move: Isn't that the first thing dictators do -- shut down broadcast outlets and newspapers? For those in power, tolerating a free press is difficult, even in a democracy.

What has failed in Palestine, will fail in Iraq : Just as many senior Israeli military officials are openly criticizing their government's tactics in the occupied Palestinian territories, the United States is repeating in Iraq many of Israel's worst mistakes. This will doom efforts to stabilize Iraq and restore its independence.

Israeli Occupying Forces Kill Three Unarmed Palestinians: In the latest attack on civilians, three Palestinians were shot dead by Israeli soldiers yesterday evening in central Gaza Strip. Contrary to claims made by the Israeli military, the three men, all from the same family, were unarmed and were shot as they drove a car to visit relatives for the Eid holiday.

In case you missed it: John Pilger: "Palestine is Still the Issue": Why Has This Documentary, Never Been Broadcast On U.S. Media ?

The waiting game : Three years ago, the acclaimed Egyptian novelist Ahdaf Soueif travelled through the West Bank to write a special report for G2. This month, she returned for the first time.

Robert Novak: GOP pulled no punches in struggle for Medicare bill : On the House floor, Nick Smith was told business interests would give his son $100,000 in return for his father's vote.

Hogtied and Abused at Fort Benning: "What country do we live in?" We now live in a country where Homeland Security funds pay for exercises which train military and police units to control and intimidate crowds, detainees, and arrestees using threat and force.

Blood, Oil, Guns And Bullets : Weapons production and the maintenance of US military and economic might across the world depends on massive consumption of oil and petroleum. In turn, massive defense and security spending boosts an ailing US economy, and is a boon to the profits of its defense and security corporations.

In case you missed it: US Remains Leader in Global Arms Sales: The United States was the leader in total worldwide sales in 2002, with about $13.3 billion, or 45.5 percent of global conventional weapons deals, a rise from $12.1 billion in 2001. Of that, $8.6 billion was to developing nations, or about 48.6 percent of conventional arms deals concluded with developing nations last year, according to the report.

Conquest For Fun and Profit: The people at the Project for a New American Century feel very strongly that the USA should dominate the planet and that any country or group of countries that challenges them, militarily or economically, is a threat that needs to be taken care of.

Bombing Anywhere On Earth In Less Than Two Hours: The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the US Air Force share a vision of a new transformational capability that aims to provide a means of delivering a substantial payload from within the continental United States (CONUS) to anywhere on Earth in less than two hours.

Analysis: Bush pushes global force reform : President George W. Bush's statement Tuesday pledging to "realign the global posture" of the U.S. military signals the start of one of the most sweeping reassessments of American force structures in more than half a century.

'Cover-Up' Fury After US Nuclear Sub Is Grounded : There was furious reaction to the accident within Italy, as much because of the cover-up as because of what actually happened.

Watch what we tell you : With Silvio Berlusconi tightening his grip on Italian TV, Franco's Spain was more libertarian than today's Italy,

ID cards plan within 10 years: At the heart of the system will be a central database which holds data on every legal resident of the UK.

An ATM card under your skin: Applied Digital Solutions (ADS) of Palm Beach, Fla., is hoping that Americans can be persuaded to implant RFID chips under their skin to identify themselves when going to a cash machine or in place of using a credit card.

The First Thanksgiving Proclamation: "The Holy God having by a long and Continual Series of his Afflictive dispensations in and by the present Warr with the Heathen Natives of this land."

Again battling an abomination of power : Largely unnoticed in the hustle and bustle of politics, a quiet and frail 82-year-old man made a symbolic return to Washington, D.C., this month. His name is Fred Korematsu, Korematsu was sent to internment camps to join 120,000 other Japanese Americans. Recently, Korematsu filed a brief before the court on behalf of hundreds of Muslims being held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Expanded Patriot Act Reach Would Hit The Net, Too : A bill approved by Congress last week to extend the reach of the Patriot Act would expand the FBI's business document and transaction power to cyberspace stations like eBay, Internet logs, and Internet service providers, and without requiring a judge's approval.

The End of American Thanksgivings: No Halloween of the imagination can rival the exterminationist reality that was the genesis, and remains the legacy, of the American Thanksgiving. It is the most loathsome, humanity-insulting day of the year – a pure glorification of racist barbarity.

'Me? I thought, OBE me? Up yours, I thought' : An invitation to the palace to accept an New Year honour... you must be joking. Benjamin Zephaniah won't be going. Here he explains why

Puerto Rican Deaths in Iraq Spark Island Protests: Residents of the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico have been U.S. citizens since 1917, and although they cannot vote for a U.S. president and have no voting representation in the U.S. Congress, a large number of islanders serve in the military.

The Radical: What Dick Cheney really believes. A Must Read

The Radical Mind of Dick Cheney: An In-Depth Look at the Vice President: An in-depth look at the historical role Vice President Dick Cheney has played in U.S. foreign policy, his treatment of the intelligence community and his hawkish influence on President George W. Bush. Audio & Transcript.

The CIA's Intervention in Afghanistan : Interview with Zbigniew Brzezinski: "According to the official version of history, CIA aid to the Mujahadeen began during 1980, that is to say, after the Soviet army invaded Afghanistan, 24 Dec 1979. But the reality, secretly guarded until now, is completely otherwise Indeed, it was July 3, 1979 that President Carter signed the first directive for secret aid to the opponents of the pro-Soviet regime in Kabul." I wrote a note to the president in which I explained to him that in my opinion this aid was going to induce a Soviet military intervention." A Must Read

In case you missed it: The Secret Government : Bill Moyers, documents U.S. support of terrorist regimes and the brutality of Americas foreign policy. A Must See Video

Bush Makes Surprise Visit to Iraq

11/26 Robert Fisk: Attacked For telling some home truths: Are we now to support atrocities against the 'scum of the earth' in our moral campaign against Evil?

Gag order leaves troops, reporters speechless: Before the press was herded into the giant hangar in advance of George W. Bush's pep rally/photo op with the Fort Carson troops, we were given the rules. No talking to the troops before the rally. No talking to the troops during the rally. No talking to the troops after the rally.

GOP Staff Wrongly Took Democrat Files: Hatch said the staffer who obtained access to the memos denied giving them to the news media, and it remained unclear how reporters got them.

Western powers redefine ' democracy' : Those halcyon days when "democracy" really meant "for the people, by the people" are tragically over in countries which purport to expound this ancient method of governance. In its place comes a system which spies on, categorises, labels and restricts "the people" for the benefit of governments. It's clever though.

'Evidence' for Link Is Administration Ploy: For those who have watched this pattern, the modus operandi is familiar: Leak to the media or place in speeches intelligence nuggets of questionable value — aluminum tubes, Nigerian uranium, the undocumented Prague meeting — then retreat when pressed.

US pays up for fatal Iraq blunders : Families have come forward with accounts of how American soldiers shot dead or seriously wounded unarmed Iraqi civilians with no apparent cause. In many cases their stories are confirmed by Iraqi police investigations.

No regrets or culprits, just cash for series of random killings : The US military has not punished any soldier for shooting an unarmed civilian and refuses even to keep count of the civilians its soldiers kill.

Pipeline ablaze north of Baghdad : Sabotage of pipelines and other infrastructure has become a major problem for the U.S.-run coalition and its Iraqi partners as they try to revive the country's giant petroleum industry the key to economic recovery.

U.S. arrests wife, daughter of Saddam deputy: Major pipeline ablaze outside Baghdad

Scott Ritter: "Iraq: A Case Study in the Failure of American Foreign Policy." "The president says he knows there are chemical weapons in Iraq," Ritter said, "and yet nobody asked, 'How do you know, Mr. President?'

Go F**k Yourself, Mr. President : You don't scare me one friggin' bit

Daily life in Baghdad worse since fall of Saddam: Spanish FM : Life for the residents of Baghdad is worse now than during Saddam Hussein's regime because of the lack of security in the Iraqi capital, Spanish Foreign Minister Ana Palacio said Monday.

How Cleric Trumped U.S. Plan for Iraq : The unraveling of the Bush administration's script for political transition in Iraq began with a fatwa.

Iraq's top Shi'ite criticises U.S. plans: Hakim warned the absence of the United Nations in the process of handing over power could have dangerous consequences, without specifying what they were.

Only 10 percent of Japanese support Iraq troop dispatch: And an overwhelming majority -- 89 percent -- said they were dissatisfied with the government's explanation of why it has promised to dispatch members of the Self-Defense Force

U.S. Rep. Ron Paul: Conscription- The Terrible Price of War: To get more troops, the draft will likely be reinstated. The implicit prohibition of “involuntary servitude” under the 13th Amendment to the Constitution has already been ignored many times so few will challenge the constitutionality of the coming draft.

New bill threatens intellectual freedom in area studies: The 1996 Solomon Amendment, which denies federal funding to institutions of higher learning that refuse to allow military recruiters on campus, once seemed to be the gravest attack by the government on academic freedom.

Bush Lied to the American People about 9/11 Terrorists' Motives: Bush's lie hides from many Americans the fact that we were attacked by Al-Qaeda because of specific foreign polices and not because we are the"brightest beacon of freedom and opportunity"

Paul Krugman: It's fair to be uncivil when liberty is at stake : There's no nice way to explain how the Bush administration uses cooked numbers to sell its tax cuts, or how its arrogance and gullibility led to the current mess in Iraq.

"Generating Crises and Winning Votes by Pretending to Solve Them": President Bush is taking a page from the playbook of his closest friend in the Middle East -- Israel’s Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.

Scary And Scandalous : Overall US defence expenditure under Mr Bush is at record levels. It is higher, in relative terms, than equivalent, average American spending during the cold war years when a hostile Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact confronted the US and its allies with thousands of nuclear warheads. Yet Mr Bush suggested that terrorism now represented the most potent threat in the history of the US.

Persistent ISR Would Allow U.S. Military to Function as Strike Force: The U.S. military must cast an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance net over the world to keep a watchful eye on the current threat — a smart and patient enemy with access to commercial technology, a senior Army official said

Bulgaria Pulls out Iraq Staff over Safety Concerns:

Business Deals of Bush Brother Detailed in Divorce : Neil Bush, younger brother of President Bush, detailed lucrative business deals and admitted to engaging in sex romps with women in Asia in a deposition taken in March as part of his divorce from now ex-wife Sharon Bush.

In case you missed it: The Bush Family Fortunes: The BBC and Greg Palast, Investigate the Bush family scandals.

In case you missed it: ‘Frauds-R-Us’: The Bush Family Saga: George Jr.’s specialty was insurance and security fraud. Jeb’s specialty was oil and gas fraud. Neil’s specialty was real estate fraud. Prescott’s specialty was banking fraud. And George Sr.’s specialty? All of the above." -- Lt. Cmdr. Al Martin, US Navy,(Ret)

Khadr welcome to return, says Canada: The circumstances surrounding the release and whereabouts of the 20-year-old dual citizen of Egypt and Canada have raised more questions about the treatment of prisoners in the camp, labelled a "monstrous failure of justice" by a senior British judge yesterday.

Law lord castigates US justice : Guantanamo Bay detainees facing trial by 'kangaroo court'

'Law 'n' Order' : What the state 'giveth', the state can take away As General Tommy Franks reminded us the other day, democracy is (was?) a "great experiment" and like all 'experiments' it can be abandoned when past its sell-by date, bringing into sharp focus the reality of 'actually existing capitalism', always ready to "impose" its version of 'democracy' on faraway places and it take it away from those closest.

We made mistakes, U.S. general says: Former head of interim authority details string of errors extending to before war started

Oregon conspirators attack war on terror, get 18-year jail terms : "President Bush declared that his war was a crusade, and arrogantly threatened everyone in the world that they must be with him, or against him," "His ultimatum forced every single Muslim to choose the side of his religion or the side of those determined to subjugate it."

Jewish tensions boil over: The spiritual leader of Israel's ultra-Orthodox Shas party for Sephardic Jews has accused Ashkenazi Jews of being the source of all evil, according to the Maariv daily on Wednesday.

Iraq resistance donkey to be lodged at Guantanamo, or turned into a spy?: A donkey was arrested by US forces in Baghdad for its involvement in attacks on the Iraqi oil ministry.

Israel's contempt for Tom : If my intelligent, courageous son, Tom, had not been left severely brain damaged by an Israeli soldier, he would have vouched for the fact that I am not prone to speechlessness. Words now fail me.

Iran slams Israeli lobbying against nuclear program

UK judge condemns U.S. over Guantanamo: One of Britain's most senior judges has condemned the United States for its "monstrous failure of justice" in holding prisoners at the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.

Is this an attempt to discredit Captain Yousef Yee?: Guantanamo chaplain charged with porn offences: A Muslim chaplain who served at the US prison camp in Guantanamo Bay has been charged with adultery and storing pornography on a government computer.

Rumsfeld: Arab TV 'knew of attacks': US: US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and his top military adviser today said they had evidence the Arab television news organisations Al-Jazeera and Al-Arabiya cooperated with Iraqi insurgents to witness and videotape attacks on American troops. Neither Rumsfeld nor Myers provided details of any evidence.

GUNMEN fire at Palestinian mayor , kill his brother: Local officials said it was likely Palestinian gunmen carried out the shooting and noted that militants in the West Bank city recently distributed leaflets accusing Shaka of collaborating with Israeli authorities.

George Monbiot : The Moral Myth : Superpowers act out of self-interest, not morality, and the US in Iraq is no different. Over the past month, almost all the warriors - Bush, Blair and the belligerents in both the conservative and the liberal press - have fallen back on the last line of defence, the argument we know as "the moral case for war".

BBC's Dyke attacks US war reports: In his speech, Mr Dyke quoted research that showed that of 840 commentators aired on US TV, only four were opposed to the war.

U.S. soldier accused of beating Iraqi prisoners says, "We were doing our jobs."

Iraqi Security Forces Torn Between Loyalties : In a Sunni Muslim town suspicious of U.S. forces and often the scene of armed opposition, villagers have derided the men of the 3rd Patrol as traitors, pelting them with rocks as their trucks pass.

11/25 America's Vulnerable Imperialism: Without political power, US lacks cement to hold together a far-flung empire. Historically, the political power of empires has depended on the creation of an indigenous force that both was prepared to carry out the commands of the imperial power and was grudgingly tolerated by its own people.

U.S. Seen Making Mistakes of Past Colonizers : "The main trick of any colonial power in the world is divide and rule. We know it: they are trying to divide us," said Wamid Nazmy, a politics professor at Baghdad University.

US releases 20 held at Cuban base : The US has returned 20 people held at Guantanamo bay in Cuba to their countries of origin - only to bring in 20 new prisoners from an undisclosed location.

Bullshit Artists, Inc. : That's what popped into my head as I heard the news that the prime minister (Sharon) is planning to dismantle outposts, maybe even unilaterally, as soon as next summer.

Palestinian PM snubs Sharon meeting: The Palestinian Prime Minister, Ahmed Qurie, has delayed a first meeting with his Israeli counterpart, saying that he would not take part in what is nothing more than a "photo opportunity".

Over 800 million go hungry: The FAO report puts the number of global hungry at 842 million people, citing the most recent available figures, from 1999-2001. It said 10 million were in industrialised countries, 34 million in countries in transition and 798 million in developing countries.

Still Chasing Saddam's Weapons: BBC'S Panorama. We reveal just what the weapon hunters have found and why it doesn't substantiate many of the statements made by the politicians who took us to war. Video & Transcript

Blasts Hit Baghdad: "Attack. Take cover. This is not a test," the loudspeaker announcements said, as sirens wailed at the coalition compound in one of Saddam Hussein's former palace complexes on the west bank of the Tigris river in central Baghdad.

The Miami Model: In the times in which we live, this is what democracy looks like. Thousands of soldiers, calling themselves police, deployed in US cities to protect the power brokers from the masses. And damned be the journalist who dares to say it - or film it - like it is.

The war is coming home: $8.5-million spent on security during the FTAA meeting came directly out of the $87-billion President Bush extracted from Congress for Iraq last month — a fact barely reported outside of the Miami press.

Sorrows of Empire: The United States has been inching toward imperialism and militarism for many years. Disguising the direction they were taking, American leaders cloaked their foreign policy in euphemisms such as "lone superpower," "indispensable nation," "reluctant sheriff," "humanitarian intervention," and "globalization."

Interview with President Chavez : A new type of imperialism: As the Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano says: “Never have so few deceived so many.”

Walter Cronkite : The unilateral president: This time, it appears, the president has bitten off more than he is willing to chew, and it seems he is looking for a way to back down.

FBI 'collecting information' about antiwar protestors: Senator Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D) of Massachusetts said the story about the FBI showed him that the Bush administration is going to "extraordinary lengths" to attack anyone who disagrees with the Iraq war.

Hoover's Long Shadow: The release of a confidential FBI memo detailing FBI surveillance of antiwar protesters shows that the FBI is once again in position to quell dissent and disrupt political organizing.

You Can't Come Home Again: Gulag Americana: An American citizen can't come home, and the U.S. government is working with a foreign country to keep him locked up without a charge, without an attorney, without a trial, and with no hope of returning home.

F.B.I Out Of Control! : As all informed students of government and political science already know, government, "the state," isn’t the least bit concerned about protecting its citizens; it is only concerned about protecting itself.

U.S. Wages Media War as Iraq Insurgency Deepens : In part, the media campaign appears an attempt to convince the public back home and a skeptical press that the occupation is winning results despite evidence of an increasingly sophisticated and well-coordinated guerrilla movement.

The Scorecard: More than two years after the World Trade Center towers came down and the President declared his "war on terrorism," it seems reasonable to offer a little scorecard on the "war(s)" of choice for this administration. Let's just start with terrorists and allies (as identified by the administration); you know, the ones we were going to get "dead or alive."

Congress shares responsibility for the Iraq war : The Democrats are right to want to re-examine the actions the administration took before the war. But to be credible and honest, they should also be willing to examine their own complicity -- and that of Congress generally -- in last fall's truncated debate about Iraqi weapons of mass destruction.

Troops to shift from S. Korea: The United States will reassign some troops from South Korea to Afghanistan and Iraq and shift most of the 7,000 people in its headquarters in Seoul out of the capital beginning within a year, military officials say.

The Man Who Would Succeed Saddam : He is an intellectual, a banker, a diplomat, a raconteur, a gourmand. He also happens to be a convicted embezzler in Jordan with a 22-year sentence waiting for him.

Sharon charges Mossad with thwarting Iran's nuclear plans : Sharon held a special meeting on the Iranian nuclear threat on Sunday, deciding that he would personally oversee Israel's efforts to scuttle Iran's plans to produce nuclear weapons.

Turkish PM Voices Doubts on al-Qaida Role in Bombings:

Paul Krugman: The Uncivil War: There's no nice way to explain how the administration uses cooked numbers to sell its tax cuts, or how its arrogance and gullibility led to the current mess in Iraq.

Theft of Cobalt in Iraq Prompts Security Inquiry: A seeming lapse in surveillance by American forces has led to the looting of dangerously radioactive capsules.

Deficit's impact a concern: Economists fear fiscal time bomb as spending soars

Sprint to Lay off 2,000 Workers by the End of the Year: Sprint said Monday the job cuts will involve both its wireline and wireless divisions. It employs about 70,000 people overall

How Senators Hide Their Donors :

11/25 Fears Iraqi Insurgency Spreading: U.S. troops opened fire after an explosion near a military convoy Monday in Mosul, as fears grew that the anti-coalition insurgency was spreading north a day after two American soldiers were savagely beaten and killed in the same city.

Leading… By Example: Instead of attending the funeral of just one soldier who gave his or her life serving at your pleasure, you've attended 35 fund-raisers since June, and your vice-president has attended 31.

Why Religious People Support Bush: The people wanted to believe that Saddam Hussein was involved in the World Trade Center devastation, they wanted to believe that Hussein was connected to al Quaida and bin Laden's terrorism, because these beliefs that provided an outlet for vengeance.

United States Militarism : Huey Long was reported as saying that fascism could come in the United States, but it ''will have to be called anti-Fascism' and the current militarism has been disguised as a drive to protect freedom, which is precisely what the present administration is about with its Patriot and other Acts.

Deadline Iraq - Uncensored Stories of the War: These are the stories that weren’t told by the media during the Iraq war. CBC NEWS goes straight to the source, to journalists, camera operators and photographers from news organizations around the world, who reveal the lethal risks they faced, as well as the untold horrors they witnessed. A Must Watch Documentary.

A war that can never be won : Terrorism is a technique. It is not an ideology or a political philosophy, let alone an enemy state. Our leaders' failure to understand that point emerged immediately after September 11 2001 when they reacted to the attacks in New York and Washington by confusing the hunt for the perpetrators with the Afghan "state" that allegedly "harboured" them.

New Strategy in Postwar Iraq: Violence forces shift in U.S. plan: The danger on the ground is so worrisome that military commanders are considering bringing back units of the old Iraqi army to provide security.

Bush Signs $401 Billion Defense Bill

Carter chides U.S. on rights: Former President Jimmy Carter said Tuesday civil liberties have eroded in the United States since Sept. 11, 2001, and that, in turn, has emboldened governments worldwide to abuse human rights under the guise of fighting terrorism.

The Descent Of Man: The road to ruin has been paved. We need only keep following it. One year after 17% of voting age Americans swept this familied ne'er-do-well into office, a panicked and irrational electorate swept away our founders' and our Constitution's system of checks and balances by replacing the legislature with an equally frightened gaggle of primitives, thus leaving the criminal usurpers of the executive branch free to pillage our nation

Supreme Court Revisits Enemy Combatants : Bush Administration Cites 1950 Ruling to Justify Holding Foreign Nationals at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

Arresting The Future: The police force continued operating with the brains and appetite of a carnivorous shark today as city officials kept demonstrating "the Miami model" of suppression even as protestors and trade ministers were leaving the city in droves.

10,000 Gather to Close the US Army School of the Americas: More than 2,100 were arrested and processed, including clergy, students, veterans, grandparents .

The U.S. Hand Picked Iraqi Governing Council appoints US citizen as its American envoy: She worked with neo-conservative hawks in pushing for more US support for exile and opposition groups

Iraqis want retribution for deaths; Charge U.S. soldiers unjustly kill civilians : Their starkly different versions of how Iraqis are killed by American soldiers is an increasingly familiar feature in the conflict, where neither side speaks the other's language and the truth is often lost in the confusion, leaving rage and frustration on both sides

Amnesty accuses Egypt of torture: Torture in Egyptian detention centres remains widespread and systematic, according to a report by the human rights group Amnesty International

Turkey: 'Sow war and reap terror': Apart from sending a very clear message to Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair, the two who have been at the forefront of the "war on terrorism", to which they added an attack on Iraq, without any justifiable reason, countries like Spain, Italy, Poland etc will think twice in siding further with them.

Searching for democracy: Iraq: Replacing a tyrant with the voice of the people was key in justifying invasion - but what if that voice isn't what America wants to hear?

Neocons are Undermining War on Terror: 'It's Starting to Look Like This Could Be the Build Up to a Grande Finale On U.S. Soil,' Says Counter-Terrorism Official

Marching Against Wars Based on Lies

Al-Arabiya banned from working in Iraq: Iraq's US-installed interim Governing Council Monday banned Dubai-based satellite television Al-Arabiya from working in Iraq for incitement to murder after it broadcast a Saddam Hussein tape.

FBI seizes Saudi embassy records: The probe, requested by congressional leaders and approved by the National Security Council, is unprecedented and has outraged Saudi Arabian officials.

Anti-Terrorism Funds Buy Wide Array of Pet Projects : Much of the $324 million remains unspent or is funding projects with questionable connections to homeland security.

Iraqi oil pipeline fire blamed on sabotage

US continues to humiliate Iraqis: “This humiliation has got to end now. I refuse to live like this. I’d rather die and I’ll take a few soldiers with me – and that’s a promise, not a threat.”

Fugitive Taliban leader urges Afghans to fight US: The call came as the death toll among the occupying forces continued to rise. Five people were killed and seven injured when a US military helicopter crashed near Bagram yesterday. In a separate incident, two US soldiers were wounded when their vehicle hit an explosive device.

In case you missed it: US 'planned attack on Taleban': A former Pakistani diplomat has told the BBC that the US was planning military action against Osama Bin Laden and the Taleban even before 9/11 attacks.

'Intel - al-Qu'eda - The War on Terror: Destroying the Myths' : Wars are fought between countries, not people, whether of the subterranean (and ever elusive) al-Qu'eda type or simply disgruntled individuals. And just because the authorities got an email message saying "al-Qu'eda did it" doesn't mean they did

JFK, 9-11, and the REAL America: Tying It All Together : An organic reconsideration of US history and major "conspiracy theories" of the past 40 years, including those pertaining to the 9-11 attack, and how they shed light on America's present drift into fascism.

11/24 US Helicopter Crashes in Afghanistan, 5 Killed: A US military helicopter crashed on Sunday in Afghanistan killing five service personnel, US Central Command said

Iraqi Mob Beats Bodies of Slain U.S. Soldiers: A crowd swarmed the scene, looting the soldiers' vehicle and pummeling their bodies, witnesses said

Three U.S. Troops Killed in Iraq : Attackers slit the throats of two American soldiers who were waiting in traffic in this northern Iraqi city on Sunday, witnesses said. Another soldier was killed in a roadside bombing north of Baghdad.

Mr. President, oil isn't worth dying for : The Pentagon plans to build three major bases in Iraq from which to police the central Mideast and guard America's new imperial oil lifeline from Central Asia, down through Afghanistan, to the West.

Israel threatens strikes on Iranian nuclear targets : Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. "I spoke at length with Berlusconi about the danger posed by Iran... It’s the number one danger," he said.

US Backs Off Stand Over Iran's Nuclear Program: U.S. officials abandoned their demand after it became clear that many nations on the board of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) would not support the measure.

UK: Sweeping new emergency laws : Giving the Government power to over-ride civil liberties in times of crisis, and evacuate threatened areas, restrict people's movements and confiscate property.

'The Police State is Here': "If we know, then we must fight for your life as though it were our own…. For if they take you in the morning, they will be coming for us that night." James Baldwin

Mission Creep Hits Home: Preoccupied with the war in Iraq and still traumatized by Sept. 11, 2001, the American public has paid little attention to some of what is being done inside the United States in the name of anti-terrorism.

FBI Scrutinizes Antiwar Rallies: some civil rights advocates and legal scholars said the monitoring program could signal a return to the abuses of the 1960's and 1970's, when J. Edgar Hoover was the F.B.I. director and agents routinely spied on political protesters like the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Scaring Up Votes: First came the pre-emptive military policy. Now comes the pre-emptive campaign strategy. "It would take one vial, one canister, one crate slipped into this country to bring a day of horror like none we have ever known."

In case you missed it: The Vanishing Case for War: Understanding how secret intelligence information was used to justify war can help to answer two urgent questions—why Congress went along with so little argument, and how President Bush, if he should win a second term a year from now, might elect to deal with security threats posed by other "problem states" like Syria and Iran.

In case you missed it: Dark Passage: Not since "Mein Kampf" has a geopolitical punch been so blatantly telegraphed, years ahead of the blow. Similarly -- in method, if not entirely in substance -- the Bush Regime's foreign policy is also being carried out according to a strict blueprint written years ago, then renewed a few months before the Regime was installed in power by the judicial coup of December 2000.

Why the Bush "War on Terror" is Fated to Fail : What happens when you mix power politics with the Christian strain of religious fundamentalism? You get a toxic stew of arrogance and absolutism; a medieval us-versus-them, God-is-on-our-side mind set that marches right into the jaws of the ideologically-inspired, mass paranoia of Islamic terrorist groups.

'Michael Jackson story is a plot': perhaps, along with their pals in the boardrooms of Big Media, they've hatched a scheme to dumb down the nation so that they can inflict their will upon the world while American voters are transfixed on "Bachelor Bob" burning the beef on the barbecue.

Major Terrorist Attacks on Western Targets Since May 1, 2003

"The President Ought to be Ashamed": Former Sen. Max Cleland blasts Bush's "Nixonian" stonewalling of the 9/11 commission, his "lies" about Iraq, and his flight-suit photo op on the USS Lincoln after "hiding out" during Vietnam.

Look at Afghanistan ... and fear for Iraq: In Paktika and Zabul, two religiously conservative parts of Afghanistan, the number of children going to school: a) Has quintupled, with most girls finishing at least Grade 3. b) Has risen 40 per cent, although few girls go to school. c) Has plummeted as poor security has closed nearly all schools there. The correct answer, is (c).

UN Demands More Security in Afghanistan: Terrorists will kill more of the humanitarian workers trying to rebuild Afghanistan if international forces don't improve security soon, a U.N. official warned Sunday

Afghan killed in pay dispute: Afghanistan has received significant pledges of financial support but little of that has reached the country's coffers.

Turkish PM Says Bombers Were Turks, Protesters Rap US : A placard carried by a demonstrator in Istanbul read "We know who the murderers are" under pictures of U.S. President George Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair.

New Clergy Group Opposes Bush Re-Election : Aiming to become the Christian Coalition of the left, liberal and moderate religious leaders are founding a political group to oppose President Bush's re-election and try to turn their congregations into election-year activists.

New Canadian Heroine Emerges From Arar Case: `Who's going to care about a Canadian Syrian-born Muslim?'

Pentagon bankers may bail out Black : A powerful banking group with close links to the Pentagon, which has also invested money on behalf of the Bin Laden family, is in talks to bail out beleaguered Daily Telegraph owner Conrad Black.

Iraq suicide bombers kill at least 18; first missile hit on plane: At least 18 people were killed in twin suicide attacks on Iraqi police stations, as a civilian cargo aircraft made an emergency landing after the first successful missile strike on a plane in the seven-month-old insurgency.

US troops kill Hungarian in Iraq: A Hungarian man has been shot dead by US troops west of Baghdad, the Hungarian foreign ministry has said.

Army Is Planning for 100,000 G.I.'s in Iraq Till 2006: Army planning for Iraq currently assumes keeping about 100,000 United States troops there through early 2006, a senior Army officer said Friday.

Iraqis Shut Out of Lucrative Rebuilding Deals: USAID contracts are awarded through the Bechtel Corporation. Army contracts are awarded primarily through the Halliburton Corporation, which Vice President Richard Cheney headed until he moved to the White House.

Iraqi CPA fires 28,000 Iraqi teachers : Facing a spreading insurgency, this was "not the time to turn out into the street more recruits for the anti-U.S. insurgency," Johnson said.

Members of Iraq authority in bribes probe: Two officials of the US-led Coalition Provisional Authority in Baghdad and the Iraqi minister of communications are being investigated by the Pentagon over allegations of taking bribes.

Rights group questions house demolitions, Pentagon denies collective punishment: Amnesty International said US forces appeared to be destroying houses in Iraq as a form of collective punishment for attacks on US troops and warned that that would violate the Geneva Conventions.

U.S. Seeks Advice From Israel on Iraq: As the occupation grows bloodier, officials draw on an ally's experience with insurgents.

UN: Israeli raids leaving thousands homeless:

Report: Mossad Chief Travels to Turkey : The chief of Israel's Mossad secret service agency traveled to Turkey this week to offer anti-terror expertise after suicide bombings in Istanbul killed at least 50 people

Why not invade Israel?: If rogue nations are to be brought into line by the US, shouldn’t Israel be punished for ignoring UN resolutions?

U.S. commander in Iraq says insurgency homegrown: The commander of U.S. forces in Iraq's northern province of Kirkuk said on Friday he had no evidence foreign Muslim militants were fighting alongside former Baathists he blamed for anti-U.S. attacks.

New Hollinger payment unveiled : Hollinger International, the newspaper publisher under investigation for unauthorized payments to founder Conrad Black said it invested $2.5 million in a fund partly owned by board member Richard Perle.

A High Price for Speaking Up: Pilots in Iraq Face Court-Martial for Voicing Concerns About AircraftJohn Pilger: I Know When Bush Is Lying. His Lips Move: It was an unusual glimpse of a state killer whose effete respectability has gone. , "He carries himself like one with blood on his hands."

Political chaos grips Georgia: Crowds led by main opposition leader Mikhail Saakashvili stormed the parliament building. Nino Burjanadze, outgoing speaker of parliament, says she has become interim president.

Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election is the riveting story about the battle for the Presidency in Florida and the undermining of democracy in America. George W. Bush stole the presidency of the United States… and got away with it. " A Must Watch Documentary

John Pilger: I Know When Bush Is Lying. His Lips Move: It was an unusual glimpse of a state killer whose effete respectability has gone. , "He carries himself like one with blood on his hands."

The 9/11 Cover-up: What did Bush know about the al Qaeda threat?: It’s fortunate for George W. Bush he has a mess on his hands in Iraq; otherwise, he might have to worry about a significant cover-up coming undone.

Osama is the New World Order’s version of Colonel Sanders: Talk about winding us up. The propaganda onslaught of the past week with each day building on the previous like some nightmare soapie, culminating in the Istambul bombings, has all the hallmarks of having been written well in advance.

Rummy's Kids: U.S. Soldiers Consult With God, Ponder the End of Government as We Know It

Bush's Remark About God Assailed : Evangelical Christian leaders expressed dismay yesterday over President Bush's statement that Christians and Muslims worship the same god, saying it had caused discomfort within his conservative religious base

U.S. Begins Hypersonic Weapons Program: The US military has begun development of an ultra-high speed weapons system that would enable targets virtually anywhere on Earth to be hit within two hours of launch from the continental US.

Robert Fisk: We Are Paying The Price For An Infantile Attempt To Reshape The Middle East: We have a kind of fatal incomprehension about those against whom we have gone to war; that they are living in caves, cut off from reality, striking blindly -- "desperately" as Mr Bush would have us believe -- as they realise that the free world is resolved to destroy them. Just now, I suspect they are resolved to destroy Mr. Bush -- politically if not physically.

George W trapped in a hell of his own making: Struggling in the intelligence war, Bush is being suckered into escalating cycles of violence in Iraq - lashing out with a resumption of high-powered aerial strikes - and at home he seems to be losing the political war.

George Soros: The Bubble of American Supremacy : A prominent financier argues that the heedless assertion of American power in the world resembles a financial bubble—and the moment of truth may be here.

Terrorism Inc: Al Qaeda Franchises Brand of Violence to Groups Across World.

In case you missed it: The president's real goal in Iraq: The official story on Iraq has never made sense.

Only for the top eyes in Washington : It is the morning newspaper of American spydom, prepared exclusively for the president and his top advisers. One morning in August 2001, it noted rumblings that alQaeda terrorists might try to hijack airplanes. A month later, on Sept. 11, they did, killing nearly 3,000 people.

U.S. General Says Bin Laden 'Out of the Picture': 

The Ingenuity of the Iraqi Resistance Forces, and "Exit Strategy": "What would the Americans do"? If foreign military invaders were now occupying U.S. soil, what would all those 2nd Amendment gun owners in the U.S. be doing?

The very secret service : David Kelly referred obliquely to Operation Rockingham. What role did this mysterious cell play in justifying the Iraq war?

China: People's Liberation Army masses on the border : Has a US military force been secretly deployed inside Myanmar, as one rumor had it?

Report: FBI let innocents get death sentences: The FBI used murderers as informants in Boston for three decades, even allowing innocent men to be sentenced to death to protect the secret operation, a government report has found.

America's new game plan for domination rests on success in Iraq : Within a year the "war on terrorism" had metastasised into something much grander and more radical; something that would give full expression to one of the strongest strands in the history of the American people: the profound belief, that is, that they and their country are destined to reshape the world.

31 die in Iraq attacks, US operations: 

Taliban Wage Major Battle In Khost, 14 Afghan Soldiers Killed:

Two Baghdad Hotels, Oil Ministry Hit by Rockets : Rockets on Friday slammed into the Iraqi oil ministry and two central Baghdad hotels used by Western contractors and journalists, wounding several people, police and witnesses said.

Blair's black day: The prime minister has waited for months now with a deadly certainty that the terror attacks would come. "When, not if," he warned spine-chillingly about the threat to Britain.

Why Do People Hate You? Reporter Asks Bush: Mr. President, if I could ask you, with thousands on the street...marching today here in London, a free nation, what is your conclusion as to why apparently so many free citizens fear you and even hate you?"

Spoils Of War: British companies expected to win large share of Iraqi contracts

Spoils Of War: Heady days for contractors in race for Iraq deals: "There is just so much money that we can tap into. It's just wonderful to have this opportunity," one prospective bidder gushed to the Defense Department's director of procurement, Deidre Lee.

Terrorism in Turkey : The people who organized the two further Istanbul bomb blasts yesterday certainly did George W. Bush a favor. Only hours before, he had told his British hosts in London that terrorism was the major issue facing the world. Then the savage thugs, who claimed to belong to Al-Qaeda, obliged him by proving him right.

Israel predicts Europe next in line after Istanbul bombings: In the wake of the devastating bombings against British interests in Istanbul, Israeli officials and experts predicted Friday that the next target of global terrorism would be Europe.

Israel sends bad check to peace activist shot by IDF : A Defense Ministry check, bounced when the family tried to cash it earlier this week.

Israelis leave their land, forced out by a battered economy and years of violence.

Israel's anti-Semitism : Israel and Zionist organisations are becoming increasingly dependent upon the charge of "anti- Semitism" as a political weapon. Individuals and organisations, indeed entire nations and societies, have found themselves so besmirched.

When Soldiers Go Without Paychecks: If the Defense Department wants the reservists to be full-time, ong-term soldiers, it is especially important that it end the unfair practice of paying them late.

Tired, Terrified, Trigger-Happy: "We are one stressed-out reservist away from a massacre," remarked one senior official closely involved in the search for an exit strategy.

Bush: What Constitution?: The government alleges Padilla was part of a "dirty bomb" plot but has never charged him nor offered any proof.

Gen. Franks Doubts Constitution Will Survive WMD Attack : Gen. Tommy Franks says that if the United States is hit with a weapon of mass destruction that inflicts large casualties, the Constitution will likely be discarded in favor of a military form of government.

Al-Qaeda are the US govts greatest ally: Since 9-11, and some say including 9-11, Al Qaeda has practically done everything the US govt would ask its CIA to do. They have killed Muslims. They have killed their European supporters. They have timed each bombing to maximize the amount of criticism they will receive and minimize the support for their actions.

George W. Bush Loves Michael Jackson:  George W. Bush should send Michael Jackson flowers and a thank-you note, and send more flowers to CNN. 

Remind Us: Why Did The United States Invade Iraq? Flash presentation

Dress Rehearsal: "The Panama Deception": This film shows how the U.S. attacked Panama in an invasion that the rest of the world was against. (Sound familiar?) It won the Academy Award for best documentary. The excuse given was to get the drug lord, General Noriega, who had been on the CIA's payroll for 20 years.

US hid vital war data from allies: Australian officers were denied access to critical US intelligence during the Iraq war, potentially putting their lives at risk, under a policy described by a senior US Air Force intelligence officer as "damn silly".

Wedge watch: Few outside the world of professional politics understand what the term ‘wedge politics’ actually means. But it is important that they do understand – because it’s playing an increasing and damaging part in the conduct of election campaigns.

Official warns anti-U.S. mood is growing: Anti-American and anti-Western sentiment is growing out of anger at the U.S.-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Germany's foreign spy chief said Thursday.

In case you missed it: Welcome To The New World Order: Flash presentation

Troubles with the Taliban: Washington has undermined Mr. Musharraf's ability to move against the Taliban

Lawmakers Approve Expansion of F.B.I.'s Antiterrorism Powers: Congressional negotiators approved a measure on Wednesday to expand the F.B.I.'s counterterrorism powers, despite concerns from some lawmakers who said that the measure gave the government too much authority.

US cybercrime push ' imperils personal security' of Americans : White House plans to ratify a Council of Europe Cybercrime treaty will be a disaster for the privacy and security of Americans, Privacy International (PI), the human rights watchdog, claims.

25 dead as bombers hit UK targets: Suicide bombers have attacked British interests in Istanbul, killing at least 25 people and wounding more than 400.

Car Bombs Hit Iraq, Bush Says U.S. to Stay: A suicide car bomber killed at least four people in an attack near the offices of a leading Kurdish party in northern Iraq on Thursday, hours after two others were killed in a car bombing west of Baghdad.

One US soldier killed, two wounded in Iraq roadside bombing : One US soldier was killed and two wounded Thursday when a military convoy was hit by a roadside bomb near the western Iraqi town of Ramadi, a US military spokesman said.

Iraqi policeman killed in shooting outside Jordanian mission: He was killed by unknown attackers at 5:30 am (0230 GMT) who fired from a vacant lot across the street,"

Dollar Falls After White House Evacuated: The already weakened dollar fell further on Thursday after the White House was evacuated due to an emergency, the U.S. Secret Service said.

War critics astonished as US hawk admits invasion was illegal : International lawyers and anti-war campaigners reacted with astonishment yesterday after the influential Pentagon hawk Richard Perle conceded that the invasion of Iraq had been illegal.

Destruction of Iraqi homes within ' rules of war,' spokesman :Some military officers acknowledged that the tactic had caused debate over whether it would inflame opposition rather than tamp it down. One officer referred to the demolitions as "unprecedented."

John Pilger on Bush’s occupation of Iraq: "They put the lie to their own propaganda"

Grim forecast challenges Bush : American policymakers are studying an unprecedented and bleak assessment of the deteriorating military situation in Iraq which contradicts many claims made by the Bush Administration.

The truth leaks out: This week's blockbuster leak of a secret memorandum from a senior Pentagon official to the US Senate Intelligence Committee has spurred speculation that neo- conservative hawks in the Bush administration are on the defensive and growing more desperate.

In case you missed it: Yes, Bush lied. On Oct. 1, one of the most important documents in U.S. history was published and couriered over to the White House. Page 4 of the report, called the National Intelligence Estimate, deals with terrorism, and draws conclusions that would come as a shock to most Americans.

The dubious link between Iraq and al Qaeda: When the whole manipulated intelligence story started to blow up this summer, Feith coyly told a gaggle of reporters at the Pentagon that his group had come up “some interesting observations about the linkages between Iraq and al Qaeda.”

Iraqi Shi'ites talk of holy war, not self-rule: American plans for a faster handover of power to Iraqis are generating talk of holy war, not self-rule, in the country's majority Shi'ite heartland.

Cartoon: New Iraqi Constitution Along American Values

Worse Than Crimes: It is increasingly evident that U.S. Army commanders in Iraq know nothing about guerilla warfare. Over and over, they are ordering actions that are counterproductive.

Explosions, shortages, instability: In Baghdad, it's back to the future: According to rumour, the power cuts were an attempt by the Americans to punish the city for supporting the armed resistance.

French Diplomat Criticizes 'Brutal' U.S. Army In Iraq: "These are just the type of operations which encourage people to think they are dealing with a brutal army of occupation," Francois Gere, director of France's Institute for Diplomacy and Defense, told the BBC News Online.

UN to hand over oil-for-food control: "We think it is outrageous", says Richard Becker, Regional Director of the International Action Centre (IAC), based in San Francisco. "This move, is in fact, delivering all resources into the hands of those illegally occupying Iraq."

Bush says US troop levels in Iraq could rise : US President George W. Bush on Thursday held out the possibility that US troop levels in Iraq could rise despite his intention to begin drawing down their numbers next year.

Iraq: Who are the terrorists?: The occupying power is terming the Iraqi resistance forces as terrorists, but these resistance forces obviously see the American forces as terrorists on their soil.

Reserve and Guard Ordered to Alert More Troops for Iraq: Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld ordered an additional 15,000 Reserve and National Guard troops on Wednesday to prepare for the possibility of yearlong duty in Iraq or Kuwait

Manila Considers Pullout of Troops in Iraq: President Gloria Arroyo said yesterday that Philippine troops stationed in Iraq would be pulled out if the security situation threatened their safety.

Funeral snubs dodge reality of Iraq policy: "I feel my son died for his country," she said of Spec. Darius Jennings, who was killed in Iraq. "A representative from his country should have been here to honor him."

Democracy Now!: War Resistance: A Growing Number of Soldiers Speak Out Against War: A growing number of voices are coming out against the invasion and increasingly bloody occupation of Iraq. They are the voices of U.S. soldiers at home and abroad who are speaking out against war. We speak with one of those war resisters .

US forces begin media offensive to counter reports on Iraqi resistance: Part of the idea is to give the American public a better sense that US troops are on the offensive and not just passively facing daily, deadly attacks from Iraqi guerrillas.

Robert Fisk: Under U.S. control, press freedom falls short in Iraq : Needless to say, the television "news" is a miserable affair that often fails to make any mention of the growing violence and anti-American attacks in Iraq that every foreign journalist - and most Iraqi newspapers - report.

200,000 March Against Bush in London: Organisers of the march, ending in a rally at Trafalgar Square, said the number was a record for any weekday protest in Britain.

'The Brits give Bush hell': It is a sad day in our nation's history when an American president can't walk freely among a friendly throng in Piccadilly Circus.

Insurers check clients against terror list : Critics and civil liberties advocates say the regulations are getting private companies to do the government's dirty work.

Ex-Halliburton employee: I felt sale of missiles was illegal: A former Halliburton Company employee says even though he thought it was illegal—he helped complete the sale of mini-warheads to a Canadian explosives expert.

In case you missed it: Arms maker under fire: As David Hudak sits in a New Mexico jail accused of illegally purchasing and stockpiling warheads, his defense attorney takes aim at Halliburton Corp., which he said induced his client to buy the devices.

Israel to accept only U.S. involvement in road map : The statement came the day after the United NationsSecurity Council unanimously voted to formally adopt the road map as a means of resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Tom Delay At Zionist Organization of America Dinner: It's Not "Occupied Territory," It's Israel

Israeli army admits lying over air raid : The Israeli army has acknowledged in a rare admission of guilt that it lied over an air raid that left 12 Palestinians dead.

Israel's weapons exports skyrocket: With an arsenal ranging from the Uzi to attack drones and airborne early warning systems, Israel has quietly transformed itself into one of the world's top defense exporters.

U.S. Drops One-Ton Bombs on Iraq Targets

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