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Back to MER World Mandela lashes out at the USA in history ["If there is a country that has committed unspeakable atrocities in theworld, it is the United States of America. They don't care for humanbeings. Wh ... more Mandela Furiously Attacks US and UK, Bush and Blair MANDELA IN FURIOUS WARNING OVER IRAQ WARBy Mark Ellis, Foreign EditorFURIOUS Nelson Mandela yesterday charged President Bush with risking a holocaust ... more Lies and More Lies from Bush and Official Washington All we heard were lies By John David RoseFriday, January 31, 2003----------------------------------------------John David Rose is a long-time Hilton H ... more Britain's Blair Pledges to Invade North Korea After Iraq! ROUTLEDGE: MORE FALSE BLAIR SOUNDBITES By Paul RoutledgeDaily MirrorJanuary 30, 2003 A NEW regulatory body acting as watchdog for the folly of Tony ... more PM Blair: My War on the World! MY WAR ON THE WORLD Blair: We'll fight all who pose a threatBy James Hardy, Political EditorDaily MirrorJanuary 30, 2003WILD-EYED Tony Blair warned ye ... more European Parliament Takes Stand Against US/UK War European Parliament Opposes War On IraqIslam OnlineJanuary 30, 2003----------------------------------------------photo:A number of European Parliament ... more War Hysteria and Preparations in North Korea Report: North Korean streets awash with anti-U.S. postersSEOUL, South Korea - 31 Jan - New anti-U.S. posters have been put up along the streets of Pyo ... more Al-Qaeda has dirty bomb, UK says How convenient and 'coincidental' the timing -- just as the U.N. Security Council is being pressed by the Americans, just after the President's near w ... more Mandela Warns 'U.S. Wants Holocaust' Mandela: U.S. wants holocaustJOHANNESBURG, South Africa (CNN - 30 Jan) --Former South African president Nelson Mandela has slammed the U.S. stance on ... more Playing With Historic Fire War in Iraq Could Be Quick but RiskyThu Jan 30, 2:16 PM ETBy NIKO PRICE, Associated Press WriterNEW YORK - An attack on Iraq could well result in a qu ... more People's Forum Tries to Lessen Chance of India/Pakistan Conflagration Peoples' Forum Urges India and Pakistan to Make PeaceKalyani,OneWorld South AsiaNEW DELHI, Jan 29 (OWSA) - As relations worsen between India and Pakis ... more Anti-War Poets Force White House Cancellation America's Coffee Table War The coffee table warAmerican publishers have been churning out glossy memorials to the Twin Towers and bullish pro-war propaganda. But do their argume ... more 'Gang of Eight' Iraq Letter Rubs Salt in EU Wounds 'Gang of Eight' Iraq Letter Rubs Salt in EU WoundsBy Paul Taylor, European Affairs EditorBRUSSELS (Reuters - 30 Jan) - A joint letter by eight Europea ... more Mandela Calls Bush Arrogant, Short-Sighted and Racist Nelson Mandela Calls Bush Shortsighted and Arrogant on Iraq; Implies RacismBy Japan Mathebula Associated PressJanuary 30, 2003JOHANNESBURG, South Afri ... more US Threatens To Use Its Own Nukes...Just as Israel Has Done The Nuclear Option in IraqThe U.S. has lowered the bar for using the ultimate weapon.By William M. ArkinLATimes - January 26 2003WASHINGTON -- One yea ... more Eight Europeans Do America's Bidding at a Crucial Moment Rumsfeld desparaged France and Germany as 'the Old Europe' for not doing what the Americans always want; and the Americans are mobilizing all they can ... more The Empire Strikes First The Empire Strikes FirstBy MAUREEN DOWDWASHINGTONThere was no smoking gun last night. There was merely a smoky allusion.President Bush tried to sell s ... more Israeli Academic Courageously Supports Boycott of Israeli Academics January 29, 2003To appear in Le MondeACADEMIC BOYCOTT: IN SUPPORT OF PARIS VI Tanya ReinhartIn April 2002, following the Israel's "operation" i ... more Even Stormin General Norman Is Anxious About US War on Iraq STORMIN' NORMAN: DON'T INVADE IRAQ[Daily Mirror, UK Jan 29 2003]:Gulf War hero calls for UN weapons inspectors to get more timeFrom Richard Wallace in ... more Millions Expected to Protest on 15 Feb Posted on Wed, Jan. 29, 2003Anti-war protesters announce Feb. 15 rally for `millions'AMY WESTFELDTAssociated PressNEW YORK - Anti-war protesters on We ... more BOXGATE - Against The Law When will we resist? By Edward Said The GuardianSaturday January 25, 2003 When will we resist? Edward Said: The US is preparing to attack the Arab world, while the Arabs whimper in submi ... more Israel, American Jews and the War on Iraq Too Many Smoking Guns to Ignore:Israel, American Jews, and the War on Iraqby BILL and KATHLEEN CHRISTISONformer CIA political analystsCounterPunch - J ... more Bio Attack Inevitable Says USG US warns that bioterror attack is inevitable By Brian Groom in Davos [Financial Times - 27 Jan 2003]:The US warned on Sunday night that a bioterrorist ... more Israelis Depressed, Economy Collapsed, Future Bleak This is the traditional formula for Israel provoking war, just as was done in 1967. But this time the main goal will not be the capture of more terri ... more Israeli Soul-Searching In Advance of Election BANNED from American - Prominent Chicago Leader Told Chicago-Area Muslim Banned From AmericaCHICAGO (AP - 27 Jan) - The president of a Chicago-area Muslim group said Sunday he still had not learned why i ... more A River of Peaceful People washingtonpost.com'A River of Peaceful People'By Mary McGroryThursday, January 23, 2003; Page A21The preemptive demonstration against the preemptive w ... more Pentagon eyes mass graves Pentagon eyes mass graves Option would fight contamination after bioterror deaths By Greg Seigle Special to The Denver Post Friday, January 24, 200 ... more U.S. prepares for possible use of nukes in Iraq, expert says Jan. 25, 2003, 12:22AMU.S. prepares for possible use of nukes in Iraq, expert saysBy PAUL RICHTERLos Angeles TimesWASHINGTON -- As the Pentagon contin ... more 9/11 will seem a picnic Hussein's son warns Iraq Faces Massive U.S. Missile Barrage When it comes to the major American TV networks, only ABC News seems to try at times to be more than a government mouthpiece, largely due to the influ ... more Ready, Set, Time to Evacuate Unnecessary War An Unnecessary WarIn the full-court press for war with Iraq, the Bush administration deems Saddam Hussein reckless, ruthless, and not fully rational. ... more Ashcroft and Muslims Clash in Davos U.S. attorney general challenged on terror roots By Mark TrevelyanReuters - January 24, 2003 DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General John ... more U.S. media in bed with military U.S. media in bed with militaryDanny SchechterGlobalvision - January 20, 2003War calls and many journalists are answering. Throughout the world, media ... more Malaysian PM Again Takes on the US Mahathir assails US war on terrorGulf Daily NewsFriday, January 24, 2003 DAVOS, Switzerland: Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad told the US ... more Pakistanis Further Enraged by Americans Ambassador's remarks enrage Pakistanis AP - January 24, 2003ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Pakistani Islamic leaders demanded Friday thatU.S. ambassador Nancy ... more Growing worldwide opposition to a war on Iraq Growing worldwide opposition to a war on Iraq is putting the pressure on the US administration, argues Simon Tisdall in The Guardian:----------------- ... more Arabs To the Gas Chambers - Graffiti Hatred Spreads Date: Thu, Jan 23, 2003, 9:32am Subject: Jewish settlers in Hebron say: "Send Arabs to gas chambers forArabs". Jewish settlers in Hebron: "Send Arabs ... more North Korea, Pakistan, Nuks, and the U.S. THE COLD TESTby SEYMOUR M. HERSHWhat the Administration knew about Pakistan and the North Korean nuclear program.NEW YORKER MAGAZINE - Issue of 2003-0 ... more Arab Leaders in Turkey Highlight Impotence and Compliance In yet another show of their utterr impotence and compliance, Arab Foreign Minister went off to Turkey - one of the strongest allies of the US and Isr ... more Chomsky on Iraq - 'War Would Be Insane' No Conscience, No Regret New Science Raises the Specter of a World Without Regret - The Guilt-Free Soldierby Erik Baard[Village Voice - January 22 - 28, 2003]A soldier faces a ... more Lamenting About Sharon - The Economist IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN SO SIMPLE [The Economist - January 2003}The fight over land that could have been peaceably shared has lasted more thanhalf a centu ... more 'War Within Weeks!' Lots of Money For the Settlers and Their Settlements Peace Now: NIS 2.2 billion went to settlements in 2001[Ha'aretz, 23 Jan 2003]:Some NIS 2.2 billion of state funds were transferred to West Bank settle ... more Israelis Push Palestinians Out of Sight Out of Mind You can drive along and never see an ArabAmira HassHa'aretz - Jan 22, 2003Monday marked the official opening of a tunnel that greatlyreduces the dista ... more Nazis Chasing Jews - Danish BoyScouts Game Version Parents shocked after scout camp features Nazis chasing Jews2 hours, 42 minutes agoCOPENHAGEN, Denmark - Parents of more than 100 Danish scouts were o ... more Israel in a 'State of Denial' Dr. Ilan Pappe, senior lecturer of Political Science at Haifa Universityand the Academic Director of the Research Institute for Peace at GivatHaviva, ... more Hi-jacking the 'Palestinian State' rhetoric They've co-opted the very term 'peace process'; and now they want to do something similar with their contortions about a 'Palestinian State'...somethi ... more The Degeneration of the Liberals in the USA Is It Time to Move to Canada?The Degeneration of the LiberalsBy ANIS SHIVANICounterpunchJanuary 18 / 19, 2003Dissenters have failed to come to terms w ... more Devastating Indictment of U.S. Media The Guardian Weekly 20-3-0123, page 21 ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MENIt is more than 30 years ago now, though it seems like yesterday. A Republican pre ... more Pentagon Brass Also Trying to Restrain Bush/Rusfeld/Wolfowitz et. al Role reversal: Bush wants war, Pentagon urges cautionBy DOUG THOMPSONCapitol Hill BlueJanuary 22, 2003 Senior Pentagon officials are quietly urging P ... more Netanyahu nephew jailed for refusing national service Netanyahu nephew jailed for refusing national serviceFrom Stephen Farrell in Jerusalem[Times of London, 23 January 2003]:When playing soldiers is not ... more Israel's New Plan to Control the Bedoin The Regional Council for the Negev Unrecognised Villages. ALERT: 22/1/03 SHARON'S $1.75 BILLION LAND AND UNRECOGNISED VILLAGES ELIMINATION PLAN - UNTI ... more Germany and France Finally Battle the US and UK - Diplomatic Skirmishing That Is Germany blocks the road to warby James Bone, Richard Beeston and Charles Bremner[The Times, UK, 23 Jan]:GERMANY will use its power as incoming preside ... more US Plans For Iraq's Oil US begins secret talks to secure Iraq's oilfieldsFears that wells will be torched if regime fallsNick Paton Walsh in Moscow, Julian Borger in Washingt ... more Volunteer Western Human Shields Heading To Iraq Volunteer 'Human Shields' to Head for IraqBy Andrew CawthorneLONDON (Reuters - 21 Jan) - A first wave of mainly Western volunteers will leave London t ... more Not All White House Reporters are Pushovers Jan. 9, 2003Not All White House Reporters are PushoversBy Norman SolomonAt 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., reporters usually shuffle along to a snoozy beat. B ... more $1.6 Trillion to Israel in Past 30 Years Economist tallies swelling cost of Israel to US By David R. Francis Closer to Nuclear MADness January 20, 2003Closer to Nuclear MADnessAs nuclear taboos of various kinds get weakened and violated the world over, India and Pakistan are drawing e ... more India Escalates Nuclear Stakes Still Further RUSSIA LEASES NUCLEAR BOMBERS TO INDIA1.9 Billion British Pounds Arms Deal to Give India Power of MassDestruction Across Pakistan and Chinaby LUKE HAR ... more Israeli Death Squads on the March Israel unleashes its death squadsSunday Times - 19 Jan 2003 Israel unleashes its death squads19jan03ISRAELI death squads have been authorised to enter ... more Sharon Vows Hebron Forever Sharon vows never to relinquish Hebron holy siteBy Aluf Benn, Ha'aretz Correspondent, Ha'aretz Service and Agencies 20January 2002Prime Minister Ariel ... more Israel's Plan To Weaken Egypt Israeli plan to weaken EgyptBy Hassan TahsinArab News - 20 January 2003Many people believe that the Camp David accords ended the confrontationbetween ... more Much Cynicism in US Now Says Robert Redford Redford beats political drum at Sundance By Todd McCarthy, Variety Chief Film Critic PARK CITY (Variety - 19 Jan) - Throughout his career, Robert Redf ... more Thank you George! Clooney That Is (Says USG Being Run Like 'Sopranos'! Clooney isn't joiningDubya's gang [New York Daily News - 20 Jan 2003]: George Clooney opposes our President's dealings with Iraq. George Clooney sa ... more Vaticans Attacks US Oil Motives for War Vatican Journal: Oil Drives War PlanReuters January 17 2003VATICAN CITY -- A Vatican-sanctioned journal Thursdayattacked the United States' justificat ... more Israeli at US loan talks is implicated in massacre Israeli at US loan talks is implicated in massacreBy Robert Fisk in Beirut[The Independent - 12 January 2003]:Israel is asking the United States for $ ... more Pentagon WarLord Pentagon WarlordDonald Rumsfeld's secret plan to defeat Saddam relies on special forces, a new high-tech weapon and a defense secretary involved in ev ... more Photos of Peace Demonstrations from Throughout the World on 18 Jan 2003 Pakistan:http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/030118/161/32gfq.htmlPortland, Orehttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/030118/168/32 ... more US Hit Teams Gunning for Saddam U.S. units on hunt to track SaddamBy Jack KelleyUSA TODAY - 19 January:JORDAN-IRAQ BORDER � As the Bush administration moves into what officials call ... more Bin-Laden's Latest Statement Bin Laden Issues New Statement - Arabic NewspaperLONDON (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden has issued a new statement urging Muslims to bury their difference ... more Many Pentagon Generals Worried and Skeptical About Invading Iraq Pentagon Warlord Donald Rumsfeld's secret plan to defeat Saddam relies on special forces, a new high-tech weapon and a defense secretary involved in e ... more Another Trap Looms for the Palestinians - this one made by Sharon and Washington U.S. will focus on settlements after war, Wolfowitz says[Ha'aretz - 19 January]:In his first public comments regarding U.S. policy in the Middle East ... more Arafat and Castro to get Oliver Stone Treatment Ultra-Secret U.S. Microwave Weapon America's Ultra-Secret WeaponBy MARK THOMPSONTIME Magazine - January 19, 2003:Every war has its wonder weapon. In Afghanistan, it was the Predator, th ... more Martin Sheen - Hollywood President of the Peace Movement Martin Sheen: An act of faith: president of the peace movementBy Andrew Gumbel[The Independent - 18 January 2003]There are people, in these times of w ... more The USG campaign to force Saddam into exile or provoke a coup...if they can In an effort to further weaken and isolate Iraq, the US Government and associated Arab regimes is coordinating a campaign to build up public calls for ... more World Against War Global protest delivers a resounding 'No'Anti-war protests: Hundreds of thousands of people around the world stagemass demonstrations against conflict ... more Major Anti-War Demonstrations in Washington and worldwide It was clearly the largest anti-war demonstration in Washington since the Vietnam era. And it was accompanied by major simultaneous demonstrations in ... more Antiwar protests sweep the world Antiwar protests sweep the worldDay of protest opens in Asia, moves to Mideast, Europe, U.S.LONDON, England --Thousands of protesters around the world ... more Rambo Stallone To Go After Osama/Al-Qaida Y'Osama, where you bin?By JACQUI SWIFTShowbiz Reporter[The SUN - 17 Jan]:RAMBO is back � and he�s gunning for terror chief Osama bin Laden.Hollywood v ... more Iraq: The ghost of Lebanon past Iraq: The ghost of Lebanon pastBy Jim Lobe Asia Times - January 18, 2003WASHINGTON - "What I saw from my perch in the Pentagon," wrote ColinPowell, a ... more Syrians March For Palestinians Against US Syrians march against America and for Palestinian IntifadaDamascus,Jan.17(SANA-Official Syrian News Agency)-A huge popular march will be organized tom ... more Defiant Saddam Warns Americans Again SADDAM: WE'LL DEFEAT YOUSaddam Hussein says Iraq is determined and ready to defeat any invasion, in a call to arms on the anniversary of the Gulf War ... more West Determined To Conquer The Whole World The West Strongly Determined to Conquer Whole World Well-known philosopher warns Russia of becoming a clerical-police stateSergey YugovTranslated by D ... more It's Abdullah Running After the Americans, not the other way aruond NBC & ABC Kick Saudi Sand at Each OtherBy Lloyd GroveWashington Post - January 14, 2003; Page C03Who knew that Crown Prince Abdullah, the acting ruler ... more Saudis Working Closely With Americans Saudi Prince Calls For Arab Reforms'Charter' Fueled by Rise of ExtremismBy Peter BakerWashington Post - January 16, 2003; Page A15KUWAIT CITY, Jan. 15 ... more The 'Daisy' Nuke Ad Returns - From the Other Side Anti-War Group Revives the 'Daisy' AdBy Ian StewartAssociated Press WriterThursday, January 16, 2003; 9:54 AMSAN FRANCISCO �� Revisiting a jarring tel ... more Step Down Saddam Save Iraq from the carnageBy Fawaz TurkiDear Mr. Saddam Hussein, president of Iraq:I�m writing this urgent memo as per your request in the speech you ... more 'Big Brother' Society Coming to Americans ACLU report: U.S. heading toward Big Brother societyHerald Tribune - 15 Jan 2003:Spurred by loosened legal standards following the 2001 terrorist atta ... more Transfer By Any Other Name Transfer By Any Other Name By Graham UsherDuring curfew Hebron becomes a city in the air. Palestinian children play on a sea of cup-shaped roofs that ... more Israel to pursue 'targeted killings' even in the USA! Israel to kill on U.S., allies'' soilBy Richard SaleUPI Intelligence Correspondent1-15-2003: Israel is embarking upon a more aggressive approach to t ... more A wink and a nod to India's Weapons of Mass Destruction ''A wink and a nod to India's Weapons of Mass Destruction''By Ullas SharmaYellowTimes.org Columnist (India)(YellowTimes.org - 1-15-03) � The U.S. and ... more The United States of America has gone mad The United States of America has gone madBy John le Carr�The Times, UK - January 15, 2003 America has entered one of its periods of historical madness ... more Growing Anti-US Feelings in Pakistan In both of the key countries of Egypt and Pakistan anti-US feelings have risen to alarming proportions. In a recent U.S.-sponsored poll in Egypt only ... more EU Warns Bush Don't Count on us EU May Not Help a Post-Saddam IraqEuropean Union Official Says EU May Not Pay Iraq Aid if War Lacks U.N. SupportThe Associated PressPrint This PageEma ... more France Threatens to VETO Bush War in UN Chirac, Schroeder talk unity, IraqPARIS, France --The leaders of France and Germany were holding talks on Tuesday aimed to seek agreement on the futur ... more U.S. Declares Open Season on UN Workers In this article, distinguished Middle East scholar Stephen Zunes discusses the US's record of shielding Israel from UNcensure for violating internatio ... more POPE Gives Big 'No To Iraq War' Message "No to War!" in Iraq and Holy Land, John Paul II Urges -- It Is Always a Defeat for Humanity, He Emphasizes VATICAN CITY, JAN. 13, 2003 (Zenit.org).- ... more Lieberman Begins His March - American Jews Rally Behind Their Man Sheryl Crow's 'War Is Not The Answer' Message Crow preaches peace, Osbournes poke fun at ex-couple Britney and JustinBy BETH HARRISLOS ANGELES, AP - 14 Jan - Sheryl Crow, an activist for recording ... more Hamas to Iraq - Use 'Suicide Bombers' Against US Hamas to Iraq: `Use suicide bombers against the U.S.' By Arnon RegularHa'aretz - 12 Jan:Thousands of Hamas supporters marched in the Gaza Strip on Fri ... more Pope Again Appeals Against War in Iraq SO HERE WE ARE IN 2003 [FUCKTHEWAR.COM ANALYSIS]SO HERE WE ARE IN 2003.As this is being written, bleary-eyed revelers are stillmaking their way out of Times Square. High on ... more WASHINGTON TO CREATE NEW TV CHANNEL TO PROPAGANDIZE ARABS, MUSLIMS WASHINGTON TO CREATE NEW TV CHANNEL TO PROPAGANDIZE ARABS, MUSLIMSNYTIMES - 13 January - Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Washington is working on severa ... more Big Washington Anti-War Demo on Sat 18 Jan Antiwar Activists From Across U.S. Preparing for Weekend of ProtestsBy Manny FernandezWashington Post Staff WriterMonday, January 13, 2003; Page B01Da ... more Saudis As Usual Pretend To Be Active and Powerful - This Time Wanting To Stop War Saudi Arabia to Ask Arabs to Reject Attack on Iraq By Fahd al-FrayyanRIYADH (Reuters - 13 Jan) - Fearing the impact of a U.S.-led war on Iraq,Washingt ... more Eagleburger Predicts and Encourages War No Matter War Now Eagleburger: Bush's reputation tied to Iraq war On NPR's Saturday edition (1/11/03), in a segment entitled "What comes after War with Iraq, " host Sco ... more Former Asst Sec-Gen Slams U.N.! Ex-UN official slams Security Council By Shaker Al Taee and Hachem KamelGulf News - January 10, 2003 Denis Halliday, former United Nations Assistant S ... more 'Secret' Saudi Anti-Israeli Ads This is just the tip of the iceberg of course in so far as how the Saudis Royals are involved in the USA, mostly by far for only their own p.r. benefi ... more Even Republican Senators Strongly Challenge Bush's War GOP senators on the warpathJanuary 13, 2003BY ROBERT NOVAK SUN-TIMES COLUMNISTRepublican senators gathering last Wednesday for their session-opening ' ... more 'When we started shooting, so did they' 'When we started shooting, so did they'It was never going to be easy for a Palestinian to film in the West Bank. Elia Suleiman tells Xan Brooks how he ... more Massive US 'Disinformation' and 'Fear' Campaign Underway Sci-Fi in DCA senior Iraqi nuclear scientist accuses the US and Britain of waging a "misinformation campaign" about his country's nuclear programme. H ... more US Will Attack Iraq 'Without UN Backing' This is what he and other top Bush Administration officials are saying in public. One can just imagine what they are saying, and doing, in private!-- ... more Will Non-Aligned Movement and Islamic Countries Make A Difference In Malaysia? Envoys from London and Baghdad in Malaysia as war clouds loomAFP Friday January 10Caught up in the whirl of intense internationaldiplomatic activity o ... more Iraq Pins Hope On NAM And OIC BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THE XIII NAM SUMMIT - KUALA LUMPUR, 20-25 FEBRUARY 2003 Iraq Pins Hope On NAM And OIC KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 10 (Bernama) -- I ... more Bushwhacked BUSHWACKEDWith war looming it is no good the American public looking to its newspapers for an independent voice. For, says Matthew Engel, the press h ... more Anti-War Movement in US Building - Alternative President Martin Sheen Leads March in LA Martin Sheen leads protest on streets of LA [South News - 1/12/2003] Martin Sheen led protesters against a war with Iraqon to the streets of Lo ... more Flawed Clinton Agreement Caused Today's Korea Crisis Bush team blames Clinton for crisisSays 1994 N. Korea agreement left `the difficult things' for next leaderBy KAREN DeYOUNG and T.R. REIDWashington Po ... more Mecca Cola - The Coke Wars Expand To Politics The American administration is a bloodthirsty wild animal The American administration is a bloodthirsty wild animal (AND MUST BE RESTRAINED!)By Harold PinterEarlier this year, I had a major operation for canc ... more Dalai Lama Again Calls for Autonomy for Tibet Rabat Demonstration Against U.S. Thousands Protest In Morocco Against U.S. Threats By Adel Iqley, IOL Morocco CorrespondentIslam OnlineJanuary 12, 2003 RABAT, January 12 (IslamOnline) ... more Helen Thomas Socks It To the White House! Helen Thomas, the most senior member of the White House press corps, really socked it to Bush press secretary Ari Fleischer on Monday over the issue o ... more Humane Hostages Putting Themselves on the Line in Iraq "This is something I need to do and I'm not doing it to be brave or for ego. I just need to do it to live a sane life. Although I want to go and help ... more America Prepares to Attack Regardless of any one else U.S. Force in Gulf Is Said to Be Rising to 150,000 TroopsBy ERIC SCHMITTNYTimes, 12 Jan: WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 � The military force the Pentagon is mas ... more More Celebs Come Out Against War It's not that difficult to do anymore for there are already so many who have spoken up or signed petitions at this point. Goodness...even the Pope is ... more The Cairo Declaration December 23, 2002: A Report from Cairo on the International Campaign Against US Aggression on Iraqby PETER PHILIPSCairo. Bid-Meellah-E Rahman-E Al Ra ... more How the West (Bank) was Won The Real 'Price of Oil' UK Urges US 'Delay War' Britain urges US to delay war until autumnBy Anton La Guardia and George JonesTelegraph, UK - 09/01/2003Britain is pressing for war against Iraq to be ... more World on path to disaster, bomb pioneer warns World on path to disaster, bomb pioneer warnsDefence analysts at Guardian non-proliferation conference see increased risk of atomic warDavid HearstThu ... more Britain's Poet Laureaute Cries Out Against the Impending Iraq War Poet laureate joins doubters over IraqMotion queries motives behind possible attack in new poemJohn Ezard[The Guardian - January 9, 2003]:In a rare st ... more 'Gates of Hell' Await if US Attacks Iraq - Arab Leage Sec-Gen Amr Moussa How Sad and Tragic that the misnomered "Arab leaders" are so fond of rhetoric and so miserably lacking when it comes to both credibility and action:-- ... more India and Pakistan Threaten Again Pakistan, India trade nuclear war of wordsISLAMABAD, Pakistan - 8 January 2003: Pakistan has responded angrily to comments by India's defense ministe ... more Realities of the 'Apartheid Wall' Life on the edge of the Apartheid Wall by Drew Penland TULKAREM, PALESTINE - 2 Jan 2003:Until recently, modest prosperity described Bassem Wakit's ... more Less Visible African Jihad Where Democracy Fails, Terrorism Grows in Sub-Saharan Africa Invisible Jihadby Ta-Nehisi CoatesVillage Voice -- January 8 - 14, 2003:When Osama bin La ... more Saudi Prince Bandar Courts The Press...:) The Prince and IA Saudi Ambassador Pays Tribute to the 'Times'by Cynthia CottsVillage Voice -- January 8 - 14, 2003Calling all conscientious reporters ... more Arab Street American Boycott Gaining Steam Arab boycott of American consumer goods spreads David PallisterThe Guardian (UK)- Wednesday January 8, 2003An informal Arab boycott of American consum ... more Baghdad Eager for Western Volunteer 'Human Shields' 100,000 offer to be human shieldsBy Andrew BuncombeBAGHDAD/WASHINGTON, 5 January 2003 � Iraq is preparing to take in thousands of people from across t ... more Hollywood Far More Meek Than Courageous Cautious stars put careers ahead of speaking out against the warVanessa Thorpe and Ed Helmore in New YorkSunday January 5, 2003The ObserverThe America ... more Undercover War in Iraq Already Underway US Special Forces and CIA agents have been working inside Iraq for months to lay the groundwork for a possible U.S. invasion, The Boston Globe reporte ... more Pakistanis Protest Fundamentalist Crusaders Thousands of angry Pakistanis have protested against the presence of US troops in the region, a possible attackon Iraq and what one banner called the ... more Death and Killing Escalate along with Israeli/US Policies It's disingenuous to claim that Yasser Arafat, imprisoned in the Muqata in Ramallah - and needing oxygen tanks to air out his room - could, even if he ... more Mitzna's 'Barak II' Campaign Most of the attention [Mitzna's campaign ads] is directed toward his military record, including his medals and citations for bravery. Like Barak befor ... more Arabs Intellectuals ask Hussein to go quietly "The immediate resignation of Saddam Hussein, whose rule for over three decades has been a nightmare for Iraq and the Arab world, is the only way to a ... more Today's Palestine ZOO After a serious outbreak of rioting in 1929, a British official remarked: "Palestine is now a well-guarded zoo." It would be hard to dispute his view ... more Feeling the Heat Blair Meekly Asks US To Hear World's Fears Listen to the world's fears, Blair tells USMichael White and Ewen MacAskillThe GuardianWednesday January 8, 2003Tony Blair yesterday warned President ... more Zionist/Nazi Collaboration Documents 51 Documents: Zionist Collaboration with the Nazisby LENNI BRENNERCounterPunch - December 23, 2002In 1983, Croom Helm Ltd. published my 1st book, Zion ... more US Church Leaders Plead With Bush 'NO WAR' US Religious Leaders Urge Bush to Drop Iraq War PlansVOA News - 4 Jan 2003Thirteen U.S. religious leaders left Baghdad Friday,after a four-day visit a ... more Tutu Condemns Blair for Supporting Bush War Tutu 'Saddened as Blair Backs US over Iraq' By Jane Merrick, Political Correspondent, PA News Sat 4 Jan 2003 2:45am (UK) Archbishop Desmond Tutu to ... more Israelis Pushing Washington To Give Them Billions More Now Israeli team in Washington to discuss request for $4 billion plus $8 billion on loan guarantees By Aluf Benn and Moti BassokHa'aretz - January 5, 2003 ... more Where Are The Academics When We Need Them? Latest Estimates - 1/2-million needing medical help; 10 million needing food/housing help It's truly amazing what the US is planning to expand in blood, tears, and money at this point in history. Latest estimates are the war will cost some ... more Israel's 'Apartheid' Wall - Pictures and Details KOFI ANNAN: CENTER OF THE STORM The Americans love to reward those who dowhat they wish, and rail against those who do not. Don't expect much mention in this much overflattering doc ... more Bandar and the Media - Especially NYTimes WASHINGTON POST - 7 Jan 03 - p. C03:� Tongues from Washington to New York have been wagging about a Christmas holiday invitation to Aspen that Prince ... more US Military Controls Arabia From 'Prince Sultan Air Base' - Osama Bin-Laden was one of the results This is the reality which propelled Osama Bin-Laden and his follows to take the course they did:-------------------------American Way of War in Saudi ... more Gross US Manipulation of Media as War Looms WHAT THE U.S. IS REALLY UP TO, AND HOW THE MEDIA COMPLIES Comments by John Whitbeck from ParisTransmitted below is a "news" item from yesterday's Ne ... more A Call to Arms Against War by former Marine and UN Inspector Ritter A Call to Arms By an Enemy of War Against IraqBy Courtland Milloy(The Washington Post) - Wednesday, November 13, 2002Scott Ritter, the ex-Marine and f ... more Blair Pushed Hard To Leash Bush If only he would listen, this could be Blair's finest hour Britain's envoys want the PM to stall Bush's plans for war By Richard Norton-TaylorThe Guar ... more Is America's day in the sun over? Is the American Century far behind? By Carolyn LochheadSan Francisco Chronicle -January 6, 2003ROME FELL. The Ottomans vanished. The sun finally set ... more Former Top UN Officials Condemns the Genoice Against Iraq An Interview with Dennis Halliday by Nyier Abdou and Dennis HallidayAl Ahram - ZNet December 30, 2002 In the vast machinery of the behemoth th ... more Sanctions Mean WAR Says N Korea Economic Sanctions have often in history been the precursor and sometimes the trigger for war. And of course what the US is today doing in the Middle ... more America Prepares for Real War - With CHINA! AMERICA PREPARES FOR ITS NEXT WAR - WITH CHINA by Gordon Thomas* America�s military planners have started to prepare for its ultimate showdown � with ... more Top Muslim Spiritual Leader in Australia Arrested and Striped Muslim leader in heated clashBy RACHEL MORRIS and BEN ENGLISHHerald SunJanuary 7, 2003THE spiritual head of Australia's Muslim community faces five cr ... more Walter Cronkite is Still the Master of Ceremonie in Washington for the President Just two months after he warned that the Bush Administration is risking igniting World War III, Grandfatherly Walter Cronkite was back in Washington h ... more Israeli 'Manipulations' 20 Years of US Aid Spent to build Israeli Settlements! Make no mistake about it. The illegal Settlements the Israelis have built and the policies Israel has followed would not have happened had it not bee ... more Constant Humiliation and Lack of Basic Dignity Leads to...? Israel Has Imprisoned 1000+ Palestinians with no charges, no trial It's as if the USA had swept up 100,000+ persons and put them in a secret gulag with no charges, no trials, no dates for release. These are the thing ... more Israel's Apartheid-Style 'Wall of Separation From The Inside Looking Out: Hebron Report-12�Supposing Everything West Of The Mississippi Was Palestine� (Old City, East Jerusalem, Palestine, Januar ... more Washington's Plans For 'Democratic' Iraq You've gotta love the Americans. After a century of promoting kings, dictators, and generals, now all of a sudden the Americans are going to make Iraq ... more Bush's Twisted and Warped Constitution Nat HentoffGeorge W. Bush's Constitution'Does It Take a Lifetime to Question a Man?'The Village Voice - January 3rd, 2003: Was he elected to attack th ... more The Illogic and Duplicity of US Foreign Policy COMMENTARY Foreign Policy Loses Its LogicIt doesn't make sense to target Iraq when N. 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