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The Way Our Country Treats Returning Soldiers is a National Shame
By Tim Pluta
The Asheville Citizen-Times / Friday 03 December 2004
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WOMEN'S PRE-EMPTIVE STRIKE FOR PEACE
We call on women around the world to rise up and oppose the war in Iraq. We
call on mothers, grandmothers, sisters and daughters, on workers, students,
teachers, healers, artists, writers, singers, poets, and
Appeal for YMCA Ramallah Project(ACTION REQUESTED)
From: Sam Bahour [EMAIL PROTECTED]
November 9, 2002
Dear Friends,
I write to you from Ramallah/Al-Bireh, Palestinian Authority in reference to a
special fund raising initiative for building a YMCA Youth and Sports Center in
Ramallah. As you
http://www.indymedia.org.il/imc/israel/webcast/41749.html
What have I done! - a hundred soldiers treated for Intifada Syndrome
translated from Ma'ariv by TOI-staff
11/5/02
A special rehabilitation village has been set up to take care of former
combat soldiers who suffer from a deep mental
see also:
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines02/1112-02.htm
A report to be released today predicts that an invasion of Iraq could lead to
a human catastrophe with casualties as high as 250,000 within the first three
months..
for the text of the report, see:
This War Brought to You by Rendon Group
By Ian Urbina
Asia Times Online
http://www.atimes.com
WASHINGTON, Nov 12, 2002 -- Word got around the department that I was a good
Arabic translator who did a great Saddam imitation, recalls the Harvard grad
student. Eventually, someone phoned me,
November 14, 2002
New York Times
You Are a Suspect
By WILLIAM SAFIRE
WASHINGTON _ If the Homeland Security Act is not amended before
passage, here is what will happen to you:
Every purchase you make with a credit card, every magazine
subscription you buy and medical prescription you fill, every
Project Censored Alert:
Under-reported news stories from http://www.projectcensored.org
Book Buyers Win Right to Privacy
In a victory for book buyers, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that
bookstores are not obligated to reveal customer records to government
agencies if it is determined that
[excerpted]
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0211/S00093.htm
Controlling NATO: The Real Agenda At Prague
By Selwyn Manning Scoop Deputy Editor
Between November 21-23 NATO member countries will descend on the Czech
Republics capital city Prague. There, heads of state, presidents and
PROJECT CENSORED ALERTS:
Have You Had Your Plastic Today?
Research scientists found breast cancer cells growing rapidly in petri
dishes. They contacted the manufacturer of the petri dishes and were able
to trace the growth stimulant to a change in the petri plastic formula. A
plasticizer,
see also:
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines02/1119-01.htm
Annan Says Iraqi No-Fly Zone Firing No Violation
forwarded...
November 19, 2002
Dear Friends,
It is an interesting time, to say the least. War against Iraq is
literally around the corner, and the build up is on going despite what
ARE YOU A CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR?
What to do before the draft is reinstated
· Educate yourself about conscientious objection to war. Generally,
conscientious objection (CO) is sincere conviction, motivated by conscience,
that forbids someone from participation in war. This definition may
To hear an interview we conducted with the attorney representing Wilfredo
Torres, see: http://www.webactive.com/pacifica/peacewatch/peace20021122.html
Scott
fwd...
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The First Military Resister in 2002
During 1990-91's US military build-up in the Gulf, more
than
THE TRUTH ABOUT THE FIRST THANKSGIVING
by James W. Loewen
[Jim Loewen teaches sociology at the University of Vermont- Burlington, and
is the author of Lies My Teacher Told Me - Everything Your American History
Textbook Got Wrong.]
Over the last few years, I have asked hundreds of college
Fairness Accuracy In Reporting
Media analysis, critiques and activism
ACTION ALERT:
Common Myths in Iraq Coverage
November 27, 2002
An issue as serious as the Iraq crisis deserves the highest possible
degree of accuracy from the press. U.S. media coverage, however, is
marked by frequent
They came for the Muslims, and I Didn't Speak Up
Forum Column (from the Daily Journal, 11/20/02)
By Stephen Rohde
Author's Note: The USA Patriot Act became law a little over one year ago.
First they came for the Muslims, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a
Muslim.
Then they came for
UNILATERAL POWER -- BY ANY OTHER NAME
By Norman Solomon / Creators Syndicate
Ever since the U.N. Security Council adopted its resolution about Iraq
a couple of weeks ago, American politicians and journalists have been
hailing the unanimous vote as a huge victory for international
WASHINGTON ABANDONS AFGHANISTAN:
Paying for War is Easier than Paying for Peace
Frida Berrigan, World Policy Institute
November 21, 2002
As Washington prepares for war in Iraq, officials are trying to
reassure Afghanistan that it will not be lost in the shuffle. Muhammad
Ali, heavy weight champ
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61647-2002Dec1.html
Antiwar Effort Gains Momentum
Growing Peace Movement's Ranks Include Some Unlikely Allies
By Evelyn Nieves
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, December 2, 2002; Page A01
AMHERST, Mass.-- The idea was hatched on a bright day
-Original Message-
From: Voices in the Wilderness [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 6:21 PM
To: 'Voices in the Wilderness'
Subject: Voices fined by the Treasury Dept and our response
Dear friends,
Voices in the Wilderness received a letter from the Treasury
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ACTION ALERT:
HBO Recycling Gulf War Hoax?
December 4, 2002
The fraudulent story of Iraqi soldiers throwing Kuwaiti babies out of
incubators during the occupation of Kuwait in 1990 is depicted as if it
were true in Live from
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DECEMBER 6, 2002
9:30 PM
CONTACT: Jonas House
Becky Johnson 202-607-9345
Philip Berrigan, Anti-War Activist,
Dies at Home in Baltimore, MD
BALTIMORE - December 6 - Phil Berrigan died December 6, 2002 at about 9:30 PM,
at Jonah House, a community he co-founded in
http://www.unitedforpeace.org
FINAL CALL FOR DECEMBER 10-ALL OUT TO STOP THE WAR NOW!
Friends in United for Peace,
The war drums are beating, and pundits are saying we may be bombing Iraq by
Christmas. This coming weekend President Bush may well declare the Iraqi
government is in material
New York Times
December 8, 2002
Iraq Says Report to the U.N. Shows No Banned Arms
By JOHN F. BURNS
BAGHDAD, Iraq, Dec. 7 Iraq today delivered a 12,000-page declaration on
banned weapons to the United Nations, meeting a Security Council deadline with
more than 24 hours to spare. Officials
This time I'm scared: US propaganda fuelled the first Gulf war. It will fuel
this one too - and the risks are even greater
Maggie O'Kane
Thursday December 5, 2002
The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,854148,00.html
I have a picture from the last Gulf war. It was taken in
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20730-2002Dec6.html
Lott Decried For Part Of Salute to Thurmond
GOP Senate Leader Hails Colleague's Run As Segregationist
By Thomas B. Edsall
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, December 7, 2002; Page A06
Senate Republican leader Trent Lott
Ad, followed by a call to action to contact the media...
Pres. Bush, let Jesus change your mind.
-- Full page NYTimes Ad Dec 4, 2002
RELIGIOUS LEADERS FOR SENSIBLE PRIORITIES
P.O. Box 1976 Old Chelsea Station
New York, NY 10113
Reverend Robert Edgar
Chair, Religious Leaders for Sensible
fwd...
Unbelievable JC Penney is offering a very disturbing gift for the kids this
year: Forward Command Post, a pre-bombed home complete with a soldier an
American flag to crown it with; all that's missing are dead babies and their
maimed refugee family. JC Penney also offers a World
Through a Glass Lightly: 10 Hopeful Cracks in the Bush Facade
By Bernard Weiner
Co-Editor, The Crisis Papers
http://www.crisispapers.org
Don't know about you, but I find myself caught right in the middle of the glass
half-empty/half-full way of looking at our current political situation.
In my
Through a Glass Lightly: 10 Hopeful Cracks in the Bush Facade
http://www.crisispapers.org
continued...
5. The Republican charge. Chuck Baldwin writes in The Republican, a
newsletter for the GOP faithful: Back in August, columnist Paul Craig Roberts
asked the question, 'Is a vote for Republicans
For Bush to say that Islam is a peaceful religion is insipid. Bush claims his
own war policies are peaceful, he calls Sharon a man of peace. Religions have
been used for peace and war, for liberation and oppression. While we have some
supporters of Bush claiming that Christianity is superior to
From: C A Winter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Letter from Canada
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2002 22:13:48 +
Open Letter to the People of the United States of America.
Dear Sisters, Brothers, Neighbours, Cousins, Friends:
We are residents of Peterborough, Ontario, a medium-sized Canadian city. Like
Holiday Season of Conscience against sweatshop abuses
This holiday season, communities across the country will be marching to bring a
sense of conscience to the holiday shopping season: demanding an end to
sweatshops and child labor and holding companies accountable for their abuse of
workers.
100+ religious leaders arrested at UN
From: Robert Pollard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 9:09 AM
Subject: 100+ religious leaders arrested at UN
A Sacred Day in New York (12/10/02)
Submitted to Portside by Chris Vaeth
Today the faith-based revolt against the
Published on Wednesday, December 18, 2002 by the lndependent/UK
Leaked Report Says German and US Firms Supplied Arms to Saddam:
Baghdad's uncensored report to UN names Western companies alleged to have
developed its weapons of mass destruction
by Tony Paterson in Berlin
Iraq's 11,000-page
A global image on the way down:
U.S. is blamed for others' economic and social misery
Brian Knowlton/IHT International Herald Tribune
Thursday, December 5, 2002
WASHINGTON The global image of the United States has suffered a dramatic
bruising in the past two years, most seriously in Muslim
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines02/1217-03.htm
A Los Angeles Times poll published yesterday (12/17) found that
two-thirds of Americans believe that Bush has failed to make the case
for war in Iraq. The article says, The overwhelming majority of
respondents -- 90% -- said they do not doubt
In Grief, Israeli Family Questions Army Aid to Settlers
December 18, 2002
By IAN FISHER
NY Times
HADERA, Israel, Dec. 17 - She refused to cry. But there was no masking the rage
that Yaffa Yaacoby aimed at the four young men, one bearing a submachine gun,
who came to her house today to pay their
Published on Thursday, December 19, 2002 by the Los Angeles Times
Hundreds Are Detained After Visits to INS
Thousands protest arrests of Mideast boys and men who complied with order to
register.
by Megan Garvey, Martha Groves and Henry Weinstein
Hundreds of men and boys from Middle
I believe that the US will not take any decision on acting in Iraq until the
situation in Venezuela is resolved, former Venezuelan energy minister Calderon
Berti told the Brazilian daily Jornal do Brasil Wednesday. Berti, who also
served as president of PDVSA, said it would be too great a
Critical Situation in Venezuela
SF Rally in Support Venezuela's Bolivarian Revolution
Coordinated with Actions Nation-wide
*Please Forward to Allies*
Opposition forces in Venezuela plan to push the country towards civil war by
marching on the Presidential Palace on Friday. Confrontations such
Published on Sunday, December 22, 2002 by The Sunday Herald [UK]
America Tore Out 8000 Pages of Iraq Dossier
by James Cusick and Felicity Arbuthnot
THE United States edited out more than 8000 crucial pages of Iraq's 11,800-page
dossier on weapons, before passing on a sanitized version to
http://www.democracynow.org/Zumach.htm
Top-secret Iraq Report Reveals U.S. Corporations, Gov't Agencies and
Nuclear Labs Helped Illegally Arm Iraq
Hewlett Packard, Dupont, Honeywell and other major U.S.
corporations, as well as governmental agencies including the
Department
For additional information please contact the Western Shoshone Defense
Project at 775-468-0230.
http://www.insightmag.com/news/342493.html
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Posted Dec. 23, 2002
By Martin Edwin Andersen
For two elderly American Indian sisters who have fought the federal
A Christmas Sermon on Peace
Martin Luther King
December 1967
...continued...
There are three words for love in the Greek New Testament; one is the
word eros. Eros is a sort of esthetic, romantic love. Plato used to
talk about it a great deal in his dialogues, the yearning of the soul for
The Secret War On Iraq
By John Pilger
The Mirror 19 December 2002
THE American and British attack on Iraq has already begun. While the Blair
government continues to claim in Parliament that no final decision has been
taken, Royal Air Force and US fighter bombers have secretly changed tactics
and
Between the Lines QA
A weekly column featuring progressive viewpoints
on national and international issues
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U.S. Media's Timid Role in 1991 Gulf War
Likely to Repeat in Any New Conflict with Iraq
Listen in RealAudio:
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The Secret War On Iraq
By John Pilger
The Mirror 19 December 2002
THE American and British attack on Iraq has already begun. While the Blair
government continues to claim in Parliament that no final decision has been
taken, Royal Air Force and US fighter bombers have secretly changed tactics
and
Apologies for the duplicate postings of recent messages to the list.
Hopefully, all the e-mail problems have now been fixed...
Scott
Happy New Year, 2003?
by Ted Glick
I very rarely use the word, happy. In a world so unjust, oppressive and
violent, where it feels as if the bad guys always
The 10 Worst Corporations of 2002
By Russell Mokhiber and Robert Weissman
2002 will forever be remembered as the year of corporate crime, the year
even President George Bush embraced the notion of corporate
responsibility.
While the Bush White House has now downgraded its corporate
A Report from Cairo on the International Campaign against U.S. Aggression
on Iraq
By Peter Phillips
Cairo - December 19th, Bid-Meellah-E Rahman-E Al Rahim, In the name of God,
the Merciful, the Compassionate, was the prayer by President Ahmad Ben
Bella of Algeria introducing the start of the
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MEDIA ADVISORY:
The Office of Strategic Influence Is Gone, But Are Its Programs In Place?
November 27, 2002
The Federation of American Scientists has pointed to a startling
revelation by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld
ACT NOW TO STOP WAR BEFORE IT STARTS:
January 18 Update
Read on to find:
I. Update on Bush's rush towards war
II. How you can make a financial contribution
III. Demonstrations around the world January 18
IV. Plans for Jan. 18 in DC: Speakers, Scenario more
ACTION:
Let the FCC and Congress know that you want the rules that limit media
consolidation to be preserved and strengthened, not weakened.
Write to your elected officials. You can look up the name and contact
information of your Congressional and Senate representatives by entering your
zip
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/06/international/middleeast/06IRAQ.html?ex=10
42860723ei=1en=7fe6672e690baa88
U.S. Is Completing Plan to Promote a Democratic Iraq
January 6, 2003
By DAVID E. SANGER and JAMES DAO
NY Times
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 - President Bush's national security team is assembling
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/06/international/middleeast/06IRAQ.html?ex=10
42860723ei=1en=7fe6672e690baa88
U.S. Is Completing Plan to Promote a Democratic Iraq
continued...
The Oil Protecting It For the Iraqis
There is no more delicate question for the administration than how to deal with
Detention Upheld in Enemy Combatant Case
January 9, 2003
By NEIL A. LEWIS
NY Times
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 - A federal appeals court handed the Bush administration a
major legal victory today in ruling that a wartime president can indefinitely
detain a United States citizen captured as an enemy
Veterans Call to Conscience
Check out the web site for updates on signatures http://calltoconscience.net/
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mail: VCC 4742 42nd Ave SW #142 Seattle, WA
98116-4553
Call to Conscience from Veterans to Active Duty Troops and Reservists
Started December 6, 2002
We are
U.N. SEES 500,000 IRAQI CASUALTIES AT START OF WAR
Irwin Arieff, Reuters, 1/7/03
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2cid=564ncid=564e=2u=/nm/2003
0107/ts_nm/iraq_un_casualties_dc_1
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - As many as half a million Iraqis could require
medical treatment as a result
Fairness Accuracy In Reporting
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MEDIA ADVISORY:
Media Missing New Evidence About Genoa Violence
January 10, 2003
Police in Genoa, Italy have admitted to fabricating evidence against
globalization activists in an attempt to justify police brutality during
IMAGINE THE EPISODE WHERE THEY HAVE TO INTERVIEW MAIDS, CHORTLED ONE CBS
EXECUTIVE. How many ways can one TV network get it wrong?
No. 1: Pick the last group of Americans about whom disparaging stereotypes go
almost
unchallenged: the people of Appalachia.
No. 2: After a hick hunt, as one
NOT ALL WHITE HOUSE REPORTERS ARE PUSHOVERS
By Norman Solomon / Creators Syndicate
At 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., reporters usually shuffle along to a snoozy
beat. But anyone who denigrates the mainstream media in general, or the
White House press corps in particular, should acknowledge
From: pbennis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Institute for Policy Studies
UNITED FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE
Talking Points -- week of 13 January 2003
- The inspectors have found no evidence of any weapons of mass destruction
(WMDs) in Iraq. Not only is there no smoking gun, there's no gun at all. Even
with some
The Full-page Ad from the Wall Street Journal, Monday, January 13, 2003
[Note: The Wall Street Journal is the largest circulation newspaper in the
United States]
A Republican Dissent on Iraq.
To President Bush, his advisors and the American People:
Lets be clear: We supported the Gulf War.
SATURDAY JANUARY 18
On the Martin Luther Kinganniversary weekend and the 12th anniversary of the
Gulf War The greatest purveyor of violence in the world today is my own
government ...for the sake of humanity I cannot be silent Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr.
Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
NO WAR ON
Media Beat, January 4, 1995
The Martin Luther King You Don't See on TV
By Jeff Cohen and Norman Solomon
It's become a TV ritual: Every year in mid-January, around the time of
Martin Luther King's birthday, we get perfunctory network news reports
about the slain civil rights leader.
The
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NPR Gives 2 Minutes to WorldWide Protests, and 10 Minutes to Queen's Pants
While Pacifica radio devoted the entire day to coverage of the antiwar protests
in DC and SF, listener-supported NPR spent exactly 2 minutes of its evening
news coverage on the story. What did they cover instead? 10
see also:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19221-2003Jan20.html
France Vows to Block Iraq War Resolution
Published on Sunday, January 19, 2003 by the lndependent/UK
Global Protest Delivers a Resounding 'No!'
Hundreds of thousands of people around the world stage mass
From: Bob Goodsell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Phone campaign for this week
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 18:52:20 -0500
Pardon my lack of humility, but I just had what I think is a great idea. We
start a campaign called Don't Stand For It! which encourages people to call
their congresspeople asking
After my e-mail yesterday, someone wrote back:
I like to check things out before I forward them to friends, or write to
ombudsmen. Not that I think NPR did an adequate job of covering the
protests, to the contrary, I think it was at best a sophomoric, trite, sound
bite, but this is what I've
EMBRACING THE I WORD:
THE UNAPOLOGETIC RETURN OF AMERICAN IMPERIALISM
By William D. Hartung
In my days as a student activist in the 1970s, the term imperialism
only turned up in the American political debate as part of a critique of
U.S. policy by someone in the anti-war or international
This will be funny to those of you who have received Nigeria Scam type e-
mails...
URGENT ASSISTANCE - FROM USA
IMMEDIATE ATTENTION NEEDED :
HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL
FROM: GEORGE WALKER BUSH
202.456.1414 / 202.456.
FAX: 202.456.2461
DEAR SIR / MADAM,
I AM GEORGE WALKER BUSH, SON OF THE FORMER
Some great signs of hope in these depressing times from the activist group
moveon.org
Dear MoveOn member,
Thank you. This week exceeded our wildest dreams.
Our plan was to launch an anti-war television ad campaign, hold 12
local press conferences, grow our Let the Inspections Work petition,
To listen to an interview we conducted earlier this week with TX Rep. Sheila
Jackson-Lee, the sponsor of this bill, see:
http://www.webactive.com/pacifica/peacewatch/peace20030122.html
Scott
Actions in the House: New Legislative Initiative to Repeal the
Authorization for Use of Military
excerpt from WORLD WAR 3 REPORT, #. 69. Jan. 20, 2003
PASSAIC DETAINEES ON HUNGER STRIKE
Seven Muslim detainees at Passaic County Jail began a hunger strike Jan. 14
to protest their continued captivity and demand that INS officials to be
punished for their mistreatment. The strikers include
Western 'Human Shields' Head for Iraq
By REUTERS
LONDON (Reuters) - Proclaiming they were prepared to die if necessary to stop
war in Iraq, the first convoy of Western ``human shield'' volunteers drove out
of London on Saturday on double-decker buses bound for Baghdad.
The roughly 50
Report: Bush Warns Joint Chiefs Against Treason
http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/012503B.bush.treason.htm
(TRUTHOUT Editors Note | The implications of the thought process delineated
below should give everyone pause. When Rumsfeld tells his generals to get in
line for war or find another job,
Patience with my neighbours, Mr. Bush
Terry Jones
[ed. note: of Monty Python fame?]
Sunday January 26, 2003
The Observer
I'm really excited by George Bush's latest reason for bombing Iraq: he's
running out of patience. And so am I!
For some time now I've been really pissed off with Mr Johnson,
HA'ARETZ: January 9, 2003
Rites of death and killing
By Amira Hass
Terrible failures are highlighted by the suicide bombings in the Neve Sha'anan
quarter of Tel Aviv this week.
The failure of the official Palestinian leadership is clear. But as opposed to
what is presented in Israel, it's not
Mandela Blasts Bush On Iraq
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Jan. 30, 2003
(CBS) Former President Nelson Mandela called President Bush arrogant and
shortsighted and implied that he was racist for ignoring the United Nations in
his zeal to attack Iraq.
In a speech Thursday, Mandela urged the people of
There is a grassroots campaign underway to protest war in Iraq in simple, but
potentially powerful way.
Place 1/2 cup uncooked rice in a small plastic bag (a snack-size bag or
sandwich bag work fine). Squeeze out excess air and seal the bag. Wrap it in a
piece of paper on which you have written
Call to Conscience From Veterans to Active Duty Troops and Reservists
http://www.calltoconscience.net
We are veterans of the United States armed forces. We stand with the majority
of humanity, including millions in our own country, in opposition to the United
States all out war on Iraq. We span
forward...
Dear Sisters and Brothers,
Thanks to all of you who have signed the statement: Refuse to Fight;
Refuse to Kill. Thanks to all of you who have considered signing but for
reasons of your own have decided not to. Bear with us, as we try to continue
this process and project.
Below is
February 5, 2003
Powell Without Picasso
By MAUREEN DOWD
WASHINGTON
New York Times
When Colin Powell goes to the United Nations today to make his case for war
with Saddam, the U.N. plans to throw a blue cover over Picasso's antiwar
masterpiece, Guernica.
Too much of a mixed message, diplomats
Please read this important analysis
Focus on Iraq: Powell's UN speech dissected
Ali Abunimah, The Electronic Intifada, 5 February 2003
US media had suggested that Secretary of State Colin Powell was playing down
what he would present to the UN Security Council about Iraq's alleged
deceptions,
Dear Friends and Listeners,
We are writing to you with some urgency due to the desperate predicament
of a group of around 1,000 Colombian refugees here in Costa Rica,
forced to flee their country because of the terrible war that Colombia
is experiencing. Unfortunately, the problems many were
Dazzled by the Pinstripes: Powell at the United Nations
By Frida Berrigan and William D. Hartung
February 10, 2003
There was no Adlai Stevenson confrontation. There was no smoking gun
revelation. Secretary of State Colin Powell's performance before the
United Nations was more of a pinstripe
Fairness Accuracy In Reporting
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MEDIA ADVISORY:
A Failure of Skepticism in Powell Coverage
Disproof of previous claims underlines need for scrutiny
February 10, 2003
In reporting on Secretary of State Colin Powell's February 5 presentation
to the United
excerpted from adc.org
This coming Saturday, February 15, is an international day of peaceful protest
to oppose a war with Iraq. Hundreds of thousands or potentially millions will
be gathering for events that will be held in 528 cities across the globe to say
NO to war. This could be the largest
The Independent [UK]
Democrats charge CIA sabotaged inspections and hid Iraq weapons details
February 14, 2003
By Andrew Buncombe
Senior democrats have accused the CIA of sabotaging weapons inspections in
Iraq by refusing to co-operate fully with the UN and withholding crucial
information about
http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=15176
TruthOut.com
Osama Rallies Muslims, Condemns Hussein
By William Rivers Pitt,
February 12, 2003
Osama bin Laden rose from the dead yet again on Tuesday to prophesy doom and
death for America. This is nothing new; he has been clawing his way out
This weekend's protests:
Rome: 2.5 million
London: 1.5 million
Barcelona: 1 million
Madrid: 1 million
New York City: 500,000
Berlin: 500,000
Melbourne: 200,000
Athens: 200,000
Montreal: 150,000
Dublin: 100,000+
Brussels: 100,000
Paris: 100,000
Jakarta: 100,000
... and 590 other cites around
Independent, UK
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/story.jsp?story=379060
Kurdish leaders enraged by 'undemocratic' American plan to occupy Iraq
By Patrick Cockburn in Arbil, northern Iraq
17 February 2003
The US is abandoning plans to introduce democracy in Iraq after a war to
Consequences of War with Iraq could be disastrous for fragile economy
Predictions of economic effects range from a slowdown to a double-dip
recession, in light of uncertainties
Estimates of Economic Costs
A comprehensive analysis by a group of experts convened by the Center for
Strategic and
The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Print/0,3858,4608823,00.html
US plan for new nuclear arsenal
Secret talks may lead to breaking treaties
Julian Borger in Washington
February 19, 2003
The Bush administration is planning a secret meeting in August to discuss
the construction of a new
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Tips on how to protect yourself from a terrorist attack:
1. Duct tape American flags over all your windows.
2. Watch TV, especially Fox news, constantly for updates
3. Shop, if you are afraid to go outside shop online
4. Make your house a safe house; get rid of all
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