Today's Wall Street Journal reports that the US, anticipating large-scale
destruction, is inviting bids from American companies to rebuild the Iraqi
infrastructure it intends to bomb.
An initial one billion dollar contract, described an optimistic estimate
by the paper, would be used to begin
The latest issue of Fortune magazine says employees counting on company
pensions to help fund their retirements may be in for a rude awakening when
corporations renege on their commitments and slash pensions benefits by as
much as half.
It reports the pension plans of the largest American
A report in today's Financial Times indicates the Turkish government will
likely succeed in reversing the past weekend's parliamentary vote denying
basing rights to US troops for a northern Iraq front.
The report says Recep Tayyip Erdogan, leader of the ruling Justice and
Development party,
The following items have been posted during the past two weeks on
www.supportingfacts.com. The full text of each article is preceded by a
short summary.
UNS GODFATHER
Tariq Ali argues the UN security council has always served as a venue for
the US to bribe and coerce member states to do its
There's an interesting piece by Michael Byers, professor of international
law at Duke University, in ther latest London Review of Books. Myers says
the US revolution in military technology is serving as an incentive to war
and to the indirect targeting of civilians in violation of international
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