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    Saudis Manuever with Oil Their 'Nuclear Weapon'
    The Saudis have always been, well, self-centered. Now they are manuevering for both regime survival as well as oil domination. In the short-term the ... more

    Killing Underscores Enmity of Evangelists and Muslims in Lebanon


    Scott Ritter's 'Iraq Complex'


    Qatar Becomes Main US Base in Gulf Region


    Even Ha'aretz is Praising Sharon and Dismissing Mitzna
    Surprise #1 - Text of Ha'aretz Magazine Article Praising Sharon A LITTLE TLC FROM ARIEL SHARON How did Ariel Sharon succeed in ... more

    Pope speaks of 'Clash of Civilizations' that 'at times seems inevitable'
    Pope Speaks of "Clash of Civilizations"Friday, 29-Nov-2002 4:20PM Story from APCopyright 2002 by The Associated Press (via ClariNet)VATICAN CITY ... more

    Israelis Plan to Reoccupy Parts of Lebanon, maybe Syria
    Israel plans to capture territory if attacked from NorthFriday, November 29, 2002TEL AVIV — Israel's military is preparing for an offensive war agains ... more

    US and Israel Plan To Go After and Assassinate Many 'on the books' from the past
    In wake of Predator success, U.S. weighs assassination optionsFriday, November 29, 2002The United States is quietly examining the feasibility of assas ... more

    Story Behind the 'Inspections'...
    INSPECTION AS INVASIONThe US has been seeking to prevent a resolution of the Iraq crisis for the past eight years By George Monbiot The Guardian - Tue ... more

    Kuwait to Buy 2 million Gas Maks from Israel
    [Ha'aretz, 29 Nov]:Israel agrees to sell gas masks to Kuwait for civilian distribution By Amnon Barzilai Israel is prepared to sell 2 million gas ... more

    The Ameri can Whips, Leather, and Knives 'Inspector'


    Israelis Get What They Want
    They've provoked this for quite some time now; they are getting not only what they have sown, but what they want; and they are preparing to use it all ... more

    Target Israel


    Landslide Likud/Sharon Forecast
    Ha'aretz poll puts right-wing-religious bloc firmly in driving seat By Yossi VerterHa'aretz - 29 Nov: Exactly two months before the Knesset election ... more

    Ramadan War Crimes
    In the days before the attacks in Kenya, the following took place, along with other missile assassinations of key Palestinian resistance leaders:----- ... more

    Quotes from George
    "Ariel Sharon of Israel is a Man of Peace"George W. Bush"General Musharraf of Pakistan is a Democrat"George W. Bush"The inhabitants of Greece are the ... more

    Israel Prepares to 'Tansfer' (i.e., Expel) the Palestinians
    Israel's Choice - By NEVE GORDON Jerusalem -- Returning to Israel after an extended absence can be a disturbing experience. On the way back from the a ... more

    Appeal to the World from Cities of Occupied Palestine - 28 Nov
    APPEAL TO THE WORLD FROM CITIES AND VILLAGES OF OCCUPIED PALESTINEAt the time when we are preparing to receive the Holy Feast of Ramadan and the Glori ... more

    Friedman's True Stripes Showing More Openly These Days
    He's become the 'liberal Jewish' media man, heavily promoted by the NYTimes and the heavily-Jewish production staff at Public Television. Tom's true ... more

    Saudi Bandar's 'Pain'


    Bandar Bush
    Over the years MER has often focused on the exploits of Saudi Ambassador Bandar bin Sultan. From his cozy relations with the Israeli-Jewish lobby (no ... more

    Israel Trying to Innoculate Against 'War Crimes' Charges
    Israel is taking steps to try to innoculate itself from war crimes charges by claiming 'self-defense' against 'suicide bombers'. ********************* ... more

    Courage Under Fire in Jenin
    COURAGE UNDER FIRE For almost a year Caoimhe Butterly has been standing in the way of Israeli tanks and troops in Jenin. Last Friday she was shot by a ... more

    'Transfer', i.e, 'Expulsion', i.e. 'Ethnic Cleansing'...Looms
    You can bet that when things of this kind reach the general media in this way behind the scenes the Jordanians are already in a panic and preparing fo ... more

    Intellectal Intifada Needed In Order to Really Understand


    The West is not just losing the war against terrorism: its actions are fuelling it across the world
    The Guardian Weekly 28-11-2002, page 13By Seumas Milne The West is not just losing the war against terrorism: its actions are fuelling it across the w ... more

    Amram Mitzna - The Reality Behind The Image


    'Uncle Saddam' - The Film


    Catholic Bishops Plead Some More Against War


    Aiming At the Saudis - It's the Rumseld-Cheney-Zionist Crowd Going After 'Em
    TIME TO GET 'EM SAUDIS[Alternet - November 27, 2002]The latest brouhaha over Saudi links to al Qaeda that has the media pundits in a tizz maybe no mor ... more

    Falwell Should Be 'Excommunicated'...Robertson Too


    The Likud Debates a PR and Rump 'Palestinian State'


    Israeli-Arab War Spreading Further Worldwide - Mombassa


    The Arab Establishment Wants to Elect Mitzna - Repeating History's Big Mistakes


    Israelis Advised By Friends in US to Let Americans Do Iraq for Them
    Group Urges Pro-Israel Leaders' Silence on Iraq Memo Outlines Response If Hostilities Occur, Discourages Lecturing of Americans on Middle EastBy Dana ... more

    Hitchens on Kissinger
    It is indeed gross that Henry Kissinger of old is now trotted out to pretend to lead an 'independent' inquiry into 9/11. Emphasis on 'independent'... ... more

    CIA: Saudis Still Funding Al Qaida
    CIA: Saudis still sending tens of millions to Al QaidaSPECIAL TO WORLD TRIBUNE.COMWednesday, November 27, 2002The CIA has traced transfers of tens of ... more

    US and Israel to cut off more funds going to Palestinians


    Palestinian 'Minister' Sends Dogs to Paris for Heathcare - European Pay the Tab
    PA FUNDING GOES TO THE DOGS[Ha'aretz, 27 Nov]:There is mounting criticism among rank-and-file Palestinians about instances of corruption among their s ... more

    Mubarak Strikes Again!
    President Hosni Mubarak to General Amram Mitzna, new head of Israel's Labor Party: "I send my best wishes on your election as chairman of the Labor Pa ... more

    Abu Mazen, Hoping the US and Israel will give him Arafat's Job, Prostrates Further
    "I think Sharon is currently the most important leader the Zionist movement has had since [Theodor] Herzl." ABU MAZEN SLAMS INTIFADA AS DISASTER[Ha'ar ... more

    Soares Resigns from European Jewish Lobby


    Ramallah's VIP 'Checkpoint'


    Hu, Yassir, Kofi and Rice
    Hu, Yassir, Kofi and Rice Playwright Jim Sherman wrote this after Hu Jintao was named chief of the Communist Party in China. HU'S ON FIRST By Ja ... more

    'Goddess of Small Things' - Arundhati Roy
    The Observer (UK)Sunday November 17, 2002Goddess of big thingsArundhati Roy's collection of political essays, The Algebra of Infinite Justice, has a n ... more

    Chomsky's New Film: POWER AND TERROR
    Comment from Shifra Stern: With regard to the assertion that Prof. Chomsky "equated" the 9/11 attacks to the 1998 American bombing of a Sudanese pharm ... more

    Talk of 'Nationalizing' US Airlines Just A Year After 9/11
    Airlines' Official Warns on Security CostsTHE NEW YORK TIMES - 27 Nov - WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 — The president of the airlines' trade association said to ... more

    Israelis Killed UNRWA official, delayed ambulance, then lied and cover-up


    Gore Attacks Right-Wing Media Conspiracy
    There actually is a far right-wing media-political conspiracy in the US. It involves great amounts of money from the Moonies, the Wash Times newspape ... more

    Israeli Claims 'Not Credible' Regarding Killed UN Official
    UN rejects Israeli account of British official's killingBy Eric Silver in Jerusalem[The Independent - 25 November 2002The United Nations dismissed as ... more

    'Confession' Under Threat of Castration
    'Hijacker confessed under threat of castration'By Justin Huggler in Jerusalem[The Independent - 27 November 2002]:The Arab-Israeli citizen accused of ... more

    US Wants to Host Another 'Peace Conference' As Iraq War Looms


    Big Press on To Get Arafat PA to 'Give Up' Crucial 'Right of Return'


    Shin Bet and Nusseibeh in Public


    No Palestinian State of Any Kind Says Former PM Shamir
    He was the Israelis PM at the Madrid Conference in 1991...one more in a long line of deceptive international arrangements fostered by the US on behalf ... more

    US Warned of Suicide Attacks Because of US Policies


    Germany Promises Israel More Military Aid


    Just a year after 9/11 every US State facing 'fiscal crisis'
    November 26, 2002States Are Facing Big Fiscal Crises, Governors ReportBy ROBERT PEARWASHINGTON, Nov. 25 — Plunging tax collections and soaring medical ... more

    US Establishment, Council on Foreign Relations and Israel/Jewish lobby in the lead, go after the Saudis


    Pat Robertson Takes on Mohamed, Islam, and Bush the unelected theologian


    Red Star Returns to 'Modern' Russia


    The Real US/Israeli Targets - Iran +
    After Iraq, Bush Will Attack His Real Targetby Eric MargolisPublished on Sunday, November 10, 2002 by the Toronto SunNEW YORK -- President George Bush ... more

    On REsistance and Terror - Dr. Iyad Sarraj
    On Resistance and TerrorBy Eyad El Sarraj20 November 2002 1. Palestine is a question of brutal denial of all basic human rights including the rig ... more

    Israel Kills British UN Official
    Israel's killing of British citizen Iain Hook, UNRWA's Project Manager in JeninCaoimhe Butterly as told to Annie Higgins, writing from Jenin Refugee C ... more

    Perle Declares War With Iraq No Matter What
    War, WhateverBush Aide: Inspections Or Not, We'll Attack IraqExclusive By Paul Gilfeather, Whitehall EditorDaily Mirror UK - Friday, 22 November, 2002 ... more

    Bush is both a 'moron' and an 'idiot' say the Canadians


    Govt Strips Away Citizen Rights in name of 'Security'
    We should preserve freedom from terror, not sacrifice it moreGainsville Times - Monday, November 25, 2002--------------------------------------------- ... more

    USGovt Megamerger Mess Created by Homeland Security Law
    HOMELAND A MEGAMERGER MESSNew York Daily News - Sunday, November 24th, 2002 After months of lectures from politicians on how to run their businesses, ... more

    Saudi Royals Charge 'Lies', 'Lies'
    Saudi Arabia Says 9/11 Cash Charges Are LiesBy Ghaida GhantousDUBAI (Reuters - 25 Nov) - Saudi Arabia Monday dismissed as lies charges that it finance ... more

    USGovt Will Now 'Police' The Internet
    US homeland security to police the Netby x • Thursday November 21, 2002 US homeland security to police the Net Declan McCullagh, CNET News.com A massi ... more

    Ashcroft on the Internet in 1997...versus Ashcroft 2002
    KEEP BIG BROTHER'S HANDS OFF THE INTERNET By Senator John AshcroftRepublican, MissouriChairman of the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs ... more

    Arab World Preparing For Another Day
    If this is true - and in the Middle East a certain degree of scepticism is always worth maintaining, even with the best information - then it will be ... more

    Is The Hydrogen Bomb Next Israelis Ask?
    Sharon pulled another heart-warming surprise out of his briefcase: viz, "policy." Yes, it turns out that, defamatory smears notwithstanding, the gover ... more

    Israelis Want Hamas and Hezbollah Destroyed by US
    "Graham added that a cornered Saddam was more likely to coordinate terrorist attacks against American interests with such groups and that the proximit ... more

    Six Weeks In Autumn - As The World Edges Toward the Abyss


    US Plans to Bug the World
    U.S. Hopes to Check Computers GloballySystem Would Be Used to Hunt TerroristsBy Robert O'Harrow Jr.Washington Post Staff WriterTuesday, November 12, 2 ... more

    Pentagon Takes Over in USA
    Total Information Awareness[Washington Post - Saturday, November 16, 2002; Page A20]ANYONE WHO deliberately set out to invent a government program wit ... more

    'Reconfiguring' the Internet by the Military-Industrial Complex


    The Bugging of America By The Pentagon


    Saudi Royals Pressed Hard to Obey
    Two powerful forces are now out to force the Saudi Rulers back into line -- the Israeli/Jewish lobby and the Pentagon, now seeded at the highest level ... more

    Pentagon Wants to eDNA the Internet
    The Internet started with the Pentagon, and one way or another the militarists plan to regain control of it and know who is talking with hom about wha ... more

    Big Brother 'Uncle Sam' Grabs For Info
    Indeed 'Knowledge is Power' and the USG and military are grabbing for it as neer before. They don't have a great deal of wisdom however and knowledge ... more

    'Moron' C-Student Bush Lectures World


    Sharon and Bibi Battle It Out for Toughest and Shroudest Israeli leadership


    Still More Israeli Settlements As More Money and Arms Flow from US to the Jewish State


    Pentagon Confirms Super-Snoop System


    Politically Correct 'Speech Code' Coming to Harvard
    This is what Harvard President Lawrence Summers, an active member in thre 'liberal Zionist Jewish community', is behind-the-scenes helping to bring to ... more

    The Era of Biologically Engineered Weapons Cometh


    Second Canadian Officials Calls Pres Bush "A Moron"


    Pentagon to Track Americans - What they buy, where they go, whom they know


    Israelis Demand More Billions from US
    It's couched in a certain kind of polite diplomatic language and phraseology; but in reality the Israelis are essentially blackmailing the US demandin ... more

    Suicide Bombing 'Self-Portrait' by prize-winning Colorado artist
    'Martyr' a bomb with some art studentsBy Rebecca Jones, Rocky Mountain NewsNovember 14, 2002A prize-winning painting by a local artist has so disturbe ... more

    Rove - It was like being at a Nazi-rally!
    NEW WOODWARD BOOK REVEALEDReady. Set. Blastoff! On the controversial new book coming next week from Bob Woodward.BUSH AT WAR, being tightly held by SI ... more

    Gore Finally Speaketh...this time to sell books
    Gore Calls 2000 Verdict 'Crushing,' Assails CourtBy Dan BalzWashington Post - November 15:In his first interviews since conceding the presidency to Ge ... more

    As the World Turns - Kasi's Execution Serves as rather Vivid Reminder
    The Kasi execution and what happened 9 years ago outside the CIA serves as a reminder of the forces set in motion by the Israeli occupation of the Pal ... more

    Massive Attacks and 'Pogroms' Expand in Occupied Palestine
    IN NABLUS: "Operation Wheels of Thrust continues in Shechem, and Prime Minister Sharon says it is not limited in time. Army sources say that there a ... more

    UK Admits Responsiblity...Is US Next?
    BRITAIN TO BLAME FOR MANY WORLD PROBLEMS, SAYS STRAWBy Richard Beeston, Diplomatic EditorTimes of London, UK, 15 Nov:BRITAIN’S colonial legacy around ... more

    FBI and White House Publicly Feuding Again...


    Kurds Fear They Will Again Suffer Tragedy with GWII


    Boston Globe's 'Peace Option for Israel'
    A BOSTON GLOBE EDITORIALA peace option in Israel11/13/2002THAT THE CONFLICT between Israelis and Palestinians has become a blind vendetta was demonstr ... more

    Iraq War 'Not Just or Justifiable' Catholic Bishops Insist
    War on Iraq Not Yet Justified, Bishops SayBy LAURIE GOODSTEINNew York Times, 14 Nov, WASHINGTON — Roman Catholic bishops in the United States issued a ... more

    US 'Fears' Blix May Do His Job!
    It's all about upping the pressure on everyone from Kofi to Hans. The Americans (and Israelis of course) are determined to have their way; no one wil ... more

    Expect War Maybe Next Month...'Inevitable now' says Scott Ritter


    Powell Attacks Christian Right - Gee...what took him so long...is there a war or something?


    US and Israel Have Other Targets After Iraq - Iran and Pakistan
    After Iraq, Bush will attack his real target By ERIC MARGOLISThe Toronto SUN - 13 Nov - NEW YORK: President George Bush wrapped himself in the America ... more

    Ross of Israeli Lobby Shows No Shame
    Pushing hard for War sooner rather than later, Israel's minions in the US are hard at work and show no shame. In this Washington Post Op Ed no mentio ... more

    US Fears Inspections Might Work...Steps Up Pressure on UN
    U.S. fears inspection whitewash, could press for Blix replacementSPECIAL TO WORLD TRIBUNE.COMThursday, November 14, 2002As the United Nations prepares ... more

    Pentagon Rushing Americans Toward 1984!
    "Every purchase you make with a credit card, every magazine subscription you buy and medical prescription you fill, every Web site you visit and e-mai ... more

    Pentagon Perle Spews Forth All Over the Europeans
    Europe lacks moral fibre, says US hawkBy Edward Pilkington and Ewen MacAskillThe Guardian - 13 Nov: Richard Perle, a leading Pentagon adviser on Iraq ... more

    Catholic Bishops Plan Statement Opposing US War On Iraq
    Catholic bishops plan statement opposing U.S. invasion of IraqBy John RiveraSunSpot.net - November 13, 2002:WASHINGTON - U.S. bishops moved yesterday ... more

    Bush Denouces Anti-Islamic Christian Leader's Remarks.....Finally
    Sure took him a very long time. What he should have done instinctive and credibly on Day 1; he instead is doing in a scripted way on Week 3 or 4... ... more

    Kofi Annan Denouces Israel....but....
    Words are cheap, especially in this case; it's actions that count. Most of Kofi Annan's actions have linked him as a branch of the American State Dep ... more

    More Deadly than Anthrax and Loose in Detroit
    Anyone who wants to be a 'terrorist' only had to watch CBS News this week to find out how easy it is to buy the ingredients for very destructive car b ... more

    As UN Hypocrisy Rises to Epic Proportions, it's one pogrom after another for the ghettoized Palestinians
    "Israeli security officials today identified the suspected gunman in the Kibbutz Metzer attack as Sirhan Sirhan and said he is a distant relative of t ... more

    Chechnya Clearly Getting Under Putin's Skin
    Why Putin Boils Over: Chechnya Is His Personal WarBy MICHAEL WINESNew York Times, 13 Nov, MOSCOW — In certain diplomatic circles outside Russia today, ... more

    With US Help Musharraf Struggles to Hold On


    Pakistan Also in the American/Israeli Crosshairs
    Pakistan's N. Korea Deals Stir ScrutinyAid to Nuclear Arms Bid May Be RecentBy Glenn KesslerWashington Post Staff WriterWednesday, November 13, 2002; ... more

    After then Fired Boutros, they Hired Kofi
    The Americans like to control everything, and that's why Kofi Annan was brought in after they fired Boutros Ghali at the helm of the U.N. How unbecom ... more

    Now Kevin Spacey Warns America about Bush
    Spacey makes case for Iraq-nophobiaKevin Spacey believes that America's troops can oust Saddam Hussein in less than two weeks. But he thinks the count ... more

    And the radiation killing goes on and on


    Osama Bin-Laden's Latest
    Extracts from 'Bin Laden' tapeThe following text formed part of a purported audio tape by the al-Qaida leader aired by al-Jazeera TV yesterdayReuters ... more

    WAR GAMES - New Media Finds Its Place in the New World Order


    A Taste For War - How Osama Became Iraq


    New Report Says 500,000+ could be killed in loomng M E war
    And it appears this guesstimate is based on the assumption the war does not escalate throughout the region, or the world. Nor does it take into accou ... more

    Bin Laden: 'Bush is Pharoah of This Century'


    Mid East War Now Inevitable as Arab regimes cower


    Putin Definiantly Continues Genocidal Policies in Chechnya
    Russia should be condemned and ostracized by the world for what it has done and is doing in Chechnya. Instead, compliments of the Americans, the Russ ... more

    Iraqis Profess Defiance Before Saddam's Acceptance
    Iraqis Profess Definance, before Saddam's Acceptance:Tragically, on the actual terms the positions being taken in Baghdad are quite understandable; th ... more

    Putin Shows His True Dictator Stripes In Public
    How unbecoming and dangerous some of these leaders we allow to govern are. After first manufacturing terrorism in Russia to justify his Chechnyan pol ... more

    Americans: The Divide Between the Aware and the Hypnotized - Granny D Speaks Her Mind


    Stirring of Revolution and Civil War Expand in Jordan
    King Abdullah, owing his throne very personally to the CIA as he very well knows, is already protected by a special force of American security persone ... more

    Be Ready for War This Year Folks
    The ink was hardly dry at the UN, after two extended months of 'debate', before the Bush Team started leaking their war plans to the major media and p ... more

    Going After the Saudis...the Neocons, the Israelis/Zionists, the Christian Fundamentalists
    GOING AFTER THE SAUDIS Big Oil joins up with the neocons – and a LaRouche 'defector' By Justin RaimondoAugust 9, 2002 Just as the news that the Pentag ... more

    Does World War III Loom Because of Saudi Arabia and 9/11?
    Saudi Arabia: The Sarajevo of the 21st Century Is Iraq a Diversion from the Real Invasion or Will Bush Try to Occupy Both Countries at Once? Allah's L ... more

    Saudis Secretly Manuever Over Succession
    The succession struggle is quite for real in Arabia these days...after all it's called 'Saudi' Arabia. Among other reasons this accounts for the Saud ... more

    Scott Ritter Fears Nor Iraq but rather US/Israeli Policies
    Scott Ritter: If Israel uses nuclear weapons it will be destroyed The former chief UN weapons inspector made his comments in a “Globes” interview. By ... more

    Tanya Reinhart on 'How To End the War of 1948'
    "With the U.S. backing, and the silence of the Western world, there is a serious danger that what we have seen so far is only the beginning, and that ... more

    What the US Now Does To Many Without Any Cause other than place of birth
    In the long run these policies will further hurt the US as normal discourse, travel, tourism, students, will all be substantial harmed the more and lo ... more

    Caged by the Americans - Suicides and Hunger Strikes and Secrecy
    Distant voices tell of life for Britons caged in Camp Delta Letters to families reveal hunger strikes and suicides in US jail for terror suspects Paul ... more

    New Kashmir Bombing - India/Pakistan Tensions Could Erupt any time


    Europeans Act Like Political Eunuchs Regarding Arab-Israeli Conflict
    "There's almost a sense of despair right now," said John Wyles, a European policy analyst. "The European Union is the primary donor to the Palestinian ... more

    Bibi Reveals Himself Layer by Layer
    [excerpt]: "It is a fact that when we had pressures coming from the United States in the first few days of Operation Defensive Shield, the prime minis ... more

    From the Battle of Algiers to the Battles of Nablus, Jenin, Bethlehem, et. al.


    How the olive thieves shamed Israel
    Now the Israelis, and this particular author in fact, should be experts on such subjects of 'shame'. But the 'liberals' among them mask their own 'sh ... more

    Israelis Prepare for more direct Military Rule and 'Expulsion'
    Of course they don't say it openly, but these preparations are all about imposing even more hard and direct military rule on the Palestinians...prepar ... more

    Open Letter to Hitchens


    'No War With Iraq' Articles and Information from The Nation Magazine


    The Big Corporate Media Getting Still Bigger and More Incentuous
    CNNABCNEWS MERGE COULD BE BY JANUARY; TROUBLED AOLTIMEWARNER MAY DELAYGet ready for the biggest, baddest news organization the world has ever seen. Wh ... more

    U.S. Declares War Plans and Solo Action Anytime It Wishes
    It took only hours after the U.N. vote for the U.S. to very publicly declare its war plans and that regardless of what others say it could go it alone ... more

    Sharon and Bush - The Cozy Couple
    BACK DOOR TO BUSHBy Jackson DiehlWashington Post Monday, November 4, 2002; Page A19 Which foreign leader has had the maximum Oval Officeaccess to Geor ... more

    Will You Just Stand on the Sidelines?
    Will You Just Stand On The Sidelines?by Amira Hass[Ha'aretz; November 06, 2002]:After the elections the preachers of the "transfersolution" will be st ... more

    Return to 'the Bi-national Option'


    More Excuses, Rationalizations, and Bumbling from Shimon Peres


    Beaten and Arrested for Speaking Arabic


    Unable to Take Responsiblity or Face Reality, they call it 'Galloping Anti-Semitism'


    US War Plans Firm and Rolling
    Just hours after the American mid-term election and the UN vote were completed, the Pentagon's war plans were leaked so they could be the Sunday headl ... more

    Iraq Puts Brave Face on UN Action


    500,000+ March in Italy Against War and US
    Half-A-Million March in Anti-War Rally in Italy FLORENCE, Italy (Reuters - 9 Nov, 2 PM) - More than half a million anti-war protesters from across Eur ... more

    Beyond Bush's Rubicon?


    Syria Fidgits and Disembles on its U.N. Vote


    The UN Resolution - Day the World Turned on Iraq


    Pentagon Superspy Computers Turned On Americans
    Pentagon Plans a Computer System That Would Peek at Personal Data of AmericansBy JOHN MARKOFF[New York Times - 9 Nov 2002}The Pentagon is constructing ... more

    India Creates It Own Terrorists?
    Shooting of 'terrorists' leads to Indian inquiry By Edward Luce in New DelhiFinancial Times; Nov 08, 2002India's human rights commission launched an i ... more

    Interview about Iraq, Saddam, Palestinians with Nita Renfrew


    Tales of a Tyrant - THE ATLANTIC helps prepare for war


    Bush and his own 'Middle East Peace Plan'
    Professor Stephen Zunes writes:

    Oprah 'Warmonger'?
    Oprah Winfrey, Warmonger?Fedwa Wazwaz, AlterNetNovember 6, 2002-------------------------------------------------------------------There is a Sanskrit ... more

    Hi-jacking US Foreign Policy - The Men Who Stole the Show
    The Men Who Stole the ShowJim Lobe and Tom Barry, Foreign Policy in Focus - November 4, 2002---------------------------------------------------------- ... more

    Ships Leave US With Enormous War Supplies Bound for Middle East
    Massive military cargo ships leave U.S. portsLONDON, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Three enormous U.S.-military owned cargo ships capable of carrying tanks have l ... more

    Basra - Preparing for the Coming War


    Big-Time Israeli Lobby Operative Heads Back to Washington
    Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.)Congressional QuarterlyTuesday, November 5, 2002; 11:00 PMElection: Defeated Mark A. Augusti, R, to succeed Rod R. Blagojevich, D ... more

    Green Light From U.N. - No Matter What the Pretenses Otherwise
    DOCUMENT LEAVES WAY CLEAR FOR WAR. Resolution's grey areas may give hawks excuse for strike Ewen MacAskill and Oliver Burkeman in New YorkThe Guardia ... more

    The Sad and Tragic Decline of American Journalism and 'Public' Broadcasting
    Interview with John Pilger The Progressive, November 2002 issueBy David Barsamian Corporate journalism in the United States preaches "objectivity" an ... more

    The Odd and Troubling Origins of Today's Anti-War Movement
    BEHIND THE PLACARDS THE ODD AND TROUBLING ORIGINS OF TODAY'S ANTI-WAR MOVEMENT by David CornFREE MUMIA. FREE THE CUBAN ... more

    Life Under 'Wacky' Occupation - Jenin, Occupied Palestine


    US Voters Unleash Republican Fundamentalists on the World


    5 Years Ago Egyptian Tourism Took Big Hit
    November 3, 2002Egypt Shores Up Security, and Tourism Slowly RecoversBy DANIEL J. WAKINUXOR, Egypt, Oct. 31 — A pair of stone lions that guarded the t ... more

    New Turkish Leaders Cast Doubt on Use of Turkey for US War
    Turkish Leader Won't OK Use of BasesANKARA, Turkey (AP) - 6 Nov -- The leader of Turkey's winning party refused Wednesday to commit to allowing U.S. w ... more

    Islamists Gaining Everywhere...Thanks to the USA
    War and Politics: Islamists Gain Votes as U.S. ActsBy NEIL MacFARQUHARNew York Times, 6 Nov: CAIRO, Nov. 5 — The perception that Washington remains h ... more

    Pleas To Save Iraqi Archeological Treasures from Destruction


    The Sharon 'Expulsion' Plan for the Palestinians
    ARIEL SHARON'S SECRET PLAN.TO REMOVE PALESTINIANS FROM ISRAEL.by Gordon Thomas.Israel's hard-line prime minister, Ariel Sharon, has ordered his defenc ... more

    Whole World Braces For What New More Powerful Bush Govt Will Do


    A War Over Water?
    A WAR OVER WATER?Lebanon's use of spring riles IsraelBy Mohamad Bazzi[Newsday - November 3, 2002 -Wazzani, Lebanon] - Amid the parched landscape of th ... more

    Israel Wanted Oslo - The Hidden Economic Logic of Oslo and What Followed


    Comparing the Two Intifadas


    Sowing the Whirlwind: Israel, America and the Coming War
    From Challenge # 76 November-December 2002Sowing the Whirlwind: Israel, America and the Coming WarRoni Ben EfratPRESIDENT George W. Bush gets wall-to- ... more

    From the From Lines of Israel's New 'Wall of Separation'
    An eyewitness report from the front lines as the Israelis build their wall and destroy more Palestinian villages and lives: Defending the olive tr ... more

    100,000 Attend Israeli Peace Rally - 1 November
    Most tellingly, no important Palestinian personality was given the microphone; rather the organizers, many long-affiliated with the Labor Party, turne ... more

    Bush I to the Defense of Saudi Arabia
    Notice the date here - one day after American election day:Former U.S. President Bush Defends Saudi ArabiaOfficial Saudi Press AgencyFormer U.S. Presi ... more

    Largest CIA Station was (is?) Cairo - Atherton Dies
    Alfred Atherton Jr. Dies at 80; Diplomat in Mideast Peace Deal By Bart BarnesWashington Post Staff WriterThursday, October 31, 2002; Page B07 Alfred L ... more

    Iraq's Orchestra Soldiers On
    The orchestra played on the deck of the Titanic as the giant boat slipped into the North Atlantic. And now the Iraqi orchestra 'soldiers on' as the d ... more

    US Warns Companies about Renewed Arab Boycott of Israel


    Two-State 'Solution' Not Longer 'Viable'


    Beilin Once Again Fronts for the Labor Zionist 'Liberals'
    Sharon Gets His Chance to Fail[New York Times - 3 Nov]By Yossi Beilin; Yossi Beilin was Israel's justice minister in the government led by Ehud Barak. ... more

    U.S. Aid to Israel - Approaching $100 billion total
    U.S Financial Aid To Israel: Figures, Facts, and Impact Summary Benefits to Israel of U.S. Aid Since 1949 (As of November 1, 1997) Foreign Aid Grants ... more

    Why the Rise of Anti-Semitism in Europe?
    Why The Rise In Anti-Semitism In Europe?Sunday, October 27 2002 07:39 PM GMT Any time that we hear that Jews are "suddenly" being persecuted, we have ... more

    Palestinian leaders lambaste HRW report
    Palestinian leaders lambaste HRW reportOccupied Jerusalem: 2 November, 2002 (IAP News) Palestinian leaders from across the political spectrum have str ... more

    U.S. 'Black ' World Expanding Rapidly
    The Defense Department is dramatically expanding its 'black world' of covert operations The Secret War Frustrated by intelligence failuresby William M ... more

    Ever Expanding Cover Roles for US military and CIA ahead
    The first 30 pages of the 78-page Defense Science Board's report, "Summer Study on Special Operations and Joint Forces in Support of CounteringTerrori ... more

    Israel's partial 'Sampson Option'
    It was back in the 1980s actually that investigative journalist Seymour Hersh published a book called THE SAMPSON OPTION, looking ahead in history to ... more

    We are NOT Appeasers - No Attack on Iraq Warns Incoming Archbishop of Canterbury
    Don't call us appeasers for hesitating at war with IraqBy Rowan Williams[The Telegraph, UK, Opinion - 5/11/2002]:The new word for those who have expre ... more

    'Islamists' Take Power in Turkey and Pakistan
    Elections in both Turkey and Pakistan show the trend. In Turkey, the ruling parties received hardly any votes at all while the party they tried to ou ... more

    Interview with Sharon


    Israel Demands Iran Be Attacked !
    Attack Iran the day Iraq war ends, demands IsraelFrom Stephen Farrell, Robert Thomson and Danielle Haas[The Times of London, UK, 5 Nov]:ISRAEL’S Prime ... more

    Iraqi Trade Fair Opens With Harsh Words for US


    Archibishop of Canterbury Also Warns of Nuclear War if US Attacks Iraq
    Archbishop warns West of nuclear conflict over IraqBy Jonathan Petre Religion CorrespondentTelegraph, UK, 5 Nov:War against Iraq could escalate into a ... more

    Israel Plotting US War 'Secretly' - USA Today Finally Gets It
    Israel reportedly helping with U.S. war preparationBy John Diamond, USA TODAYWASHINGTON, 4 Nov — Israel is secretly playing a key role in U.S. prepara ... more

    Iraq Articles in The American Prospect


    Tinker, Banker, NeoCon, Spy - Ahmed Chalabi's long and winding road from (and to?) Baghdad


    Bush's Man in Baghdad - Meet Ahmed Chalabi


    Leftists Who Love The War Too Much


    US Wants Control of Iraqi Oil and International Markets
    Russian And US EconomiesWant Opposite Outcome In Iraq(YellowTimes.org - 1 Nov) - With his fate presumably in the hands of the Bush administration, Sad ... more

    Making the US Like the Rest of Us
    Making the U.S. Like the Rest, by Randy NeumannMaking the U.S. Like the RestBy Randy Neumannranneuisomedia.comThe Bush administration appears to be mo ... more

    Are We All Hostages on A Hijacked Planet?
    Hostages on a Hijacked Planet: World-Class Author Henry Makow, Ph.D. tells us what to do against the "illuminati" globalistsHostages on a Hijacked Pla ... more

    US Plan to Destroy OPEC, bring Saudi into line, and take charge of international oil
    US Carve-Up Of Vast Oil Riches Begins!Bush Plans To Ditch Industry Rivals And Force End Of OPECBy Peter Beaumont and Faisal Islam[The Observer - UK - ... more

    'We're Watching You...Be Happy!'
    London's Privacy Falling Down By Julia Scheeres Attention Londoners: Big Bobby is watching - 2 Nov. That's the message of posters plastered along Lon ... more

    Expect even more and worse from the Mossad


    Bibi Cometh, one way or another


    The Rabin Mythology Lives
    First they created a peace myth around General Yitzhak Rabin...then around General Ehud Barak... But just look at the result...much more telling than ... more

    Was Wellstone Murdered?


    Israeli Govt Most Extreme In History, Preparing for War and 'Expulsion' (aka 'Transfer')


    Blind and Cook Weapons from the USA and UK
    Army's secret 'people zapper' plansAntony Barnett, public affairs editor[The Observer - Sunday November 3, 2002]:Britain has been involved in secret t ... more

    Qaddafi Strikes Again!
    International beauties wear Gadhafi T-shirts at Libya's first ever beauty contestTRIPOLI, Libya (AP - 3 Nov) - Women from around the world gathered in ... more

    Political Bankruptcy and Deception from the Israeli Establishment


    Israel to Have 'War Criminal' Defense Minister as well as PM


    The Transparent Opportunist - Head of Israel's Labor Party "Fuad"
    He is being transparently opportunist in choosing his resignation issue. Heappears to be opposing Israel's generous subsidies for the settlements (whi ... more

    The People Must Protest
    Forty years ago, I sat down proudly in Trafalgar Square alongside Bertrand Russell and thousands of others in protest against Britain's weapons of mas ... more

    Sex and Fear - Dr. Susan Block


    Whose War Is It Really?
    Remapping the Middle EastWhose War Is It This Time?by NASEER ARURI[Counterpunch - 28 Oct]DEMONS AND THREATS THROUGHOUT HISTORYAs the Bush Administrati ... more

    Sharon's Wall


    Dear Fat-Assed, Chain-Smoking, Drunken, Opportunist, Cynical Christopher
    Letter to a Lying, Self-Serving, Fat-Assed, Chain Smoking, Drunken, Opportunistic, Cynical Contrarian (AKA C. Hitchens)by JACK McCARTHYHitchens, you f ... more

    Say it ain't so...Amnesty International and Israel


    Pentagon Top Brass and Israelis Getting Ready to Attack
    Metzger arrives for consultations ahead of Iraq war Will liaise between Israel and U.S. By Amos Harel and Aluf Benn[Ha'aretz - 2 Nov]Admiral James M ... more

    Good Riddance...and the long Deceit of Labor
    Good riddance By Yoel Marcus[Ha'aretz - 1 Nov]A millionaire commando all set to rescue the nation. Ne'eman and Caspi as UN mediators patching things ... more

    All October Articles


    Loosing Civility and 'Class' in America


    Dear Democrats, From Ralph Nader
    Ralph Nader Open Letter to Democratic Party U.S. Newswire 31 Oct 10:55 Open Letter to the Democratic Party from Ralph Nader Contact: Ralph Nader, 202- ... more

    English Al-Jazeera Coming


    Latest Pentagon 'Course': Combat Training for Journalists


    OLIVES WAR
    It's much too late, much too little, from those in Israel who associate themselves with the Labor party and as 'liberals'. Ze'ev Schiff and others co ... more

    Death for Palestinian Coerced by Shin Bet to work for Human Rights Org and Collaborate
    Palestinian 'justice' is of course a misnomer; but also as the terrible military occupation goes into Generation 2 Palestnian society is now all but d ... more

    The UN and 'automaticity'...US wins even when it loses
    The UN, the US and Iraqby PHYLLIS BENNIS[The NATION - 11 November]As the United Nations Security Council neared approval of a resolution on Iraq, it a ... more

    The End, Rather than the Beginning, of Empire
    THE END OF EMPIREby WILLIAM GREIDER[THE NATION - 23 September 2002]The imperial ambitions of the Bush Administration, post-9/11, are founded on quicks ... more

    Condi and George Tout 'Democracy' - What a Laugh...
    ''Condoleezza's nonsense about democracy''By John Chuckman(YellowTimes.org - 28 Oct) – Condoleezza Rice wants to bring democracy to the Middle East. M ... more

    Abdullah of Jordan Sells Out One More Time


    Hillary's Long Fast Climb to the White House Oval Office


    TIMES OF LONDON - Recent Middle East Articles


    Hi-Tech 'Terrorist Database' Being Compiled by USA
    U.S. military building database of terror suspects' fingerprints, faces, voicesBy JIM KRANE, AP Technology WriterNEW YORK - 29 Oct: The United States ... more
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