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    Hitchens Signs Up To Fight Iraq...and bows out from THE NATION
    HITCHENS: WE MUST FIGHT IRAQ By Christopher Hitchens IT is almost certainly a mistake to assume anybody's position on Iraq is determined by evidenceal ... more

    US Oil Companies out to get Russia's oil if they can
    US Oil Companies out to get as much of Russia's oil too...-------------------Russia fears US oil companies will take over world's second-biggest reser ... more

    Israel and Its Agents Pushing US into War to make the Middle East safe for Israel
    Gee..its too bad this comes just from the LaRouchees whose image and credibility is pretty meager in most circles. ----------------------------Execut ... more

    Nothing Doing at the grossly hypocritial United Nations
    Nothing doing A new Palestinian report on UN resolutions exposes the double standards at the heart of Bush's rationale for action against Iraq, says B ... more

    'OUTRAGEOUS' Politization of WAR by Bush White House Charge Democrats!
    DASCHLE ERUPTS: STOP POLITICIZING WAR, MR. PRESIDENT; CALLS FOR APOLOGYDaschle on the Seante Floor, in progress: "...reports of the vice president, th ... more

    Urgent Appeal From Israeli Academics
    URGENT WARNING: THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT MAY BE CONTEMPLAING CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY.We, members of Israeli academe, are horrified by US buildup of agg ... more

    US To Train Mercenary Iraqi Army
    It's a kind of mercenary Iraqi Army that can be used to do the tough killing, and dying, that may lie ahead; and to take over Iraq for the Americans i ... more

    Joseph Israel Lieberman Pushes for War Breaks With Gore
    Lieberman disagrees with Gore By Dave Boyer THE WASHINGTON TIMESAl Gore's former running mate, Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman,sharply disagreed yesterday wi ... more

    Former Saudi Oil Minister Predicts Oil Up to $100!
    Yamani: oil may hit $100 a barrel By George Trefgarne, Economics Editor(Filed: 25/09/2002) Sheikh Yamani, the former head of Opec who terrorised the W ... more

    Israel Shamir on Jewish Power and Israel's Future
    Last Sunny DaysBy Israel Shamir(based on talk given in Trondheim, Norway)On a better day, I would use an occasion and chat with you to my heart'sconte ... more

    Israelis proclaim 'Palestinian Hero' and exploit him still further
    The Israelis even exploited their new found 'Palestinian hero' to push forward the Apartheid fence approach to 'solving the conflict':Terror `accompli ... more

    Strolling through the Hebron Arab Ghetto
    A leisurely stroll through locked-down Hebron By Daniel Ben Simon [Ha'aretz; 24 Sept 2002]The IDF imposed curfew on Hebron's casbah yesterday and o ... more

    The Collective Arab Tragedy
    'Liberal' Israelis like Amnon Rubinstein have a great deal to atone for themselves; and they are clearly exploiting the 'Arab Tragedy' for their own e ... more

    Revolt in Palestine - 21 Sept 2002


    Egyptian Intellectuals Oppose American Ambassador
    Intellectuals Declare U.S. Ambassador "persona NonGrata" for His Criticism of Egyptian MediaBy Nadia Abou El-Magd Associated Press September 23, 2002h ... more

    US Trying to Isolate Germans and stop political defections from war plans


    SMALLPOX - Both US and Israel Preparing
    Thinking Iraq and possibly groups of sabateurs may be capable of a Smallpoxattack when the US attacks Iraq, both the US and Israel have made franticpr ... more

    Pilger's Palestine Documentary Erupts in Britain
    Why my film is under fireThe pro-Israel lobby intimidates journalists to ensure that most coverageremains biased in its favourBy John Pilger[The Guard ... more

    Interview with Marwan Barghouthi's wife
    Interview With Wife Of Marwan BarghouthiBy Khalid Amayreh - Sept 22, 2002On 28 March, Israeli undercover forces stormed the Ramallah hideout of West B ... more

    How the world changed on 9/11 - Netscape special feature


    Bashing Bush - 'The West Wing's' Creator, Aaron Sorkin
    The big winner this year, 'The West Wing':LEFT WING SORKIN BLASTS BUSH: WE'RE 'PRETENDING' HE HAS EXHIBITED UNSPEAKABLE COURAGEThe force behind NBC's ... more

    Arafat Trapped with few allies left
    Fenced-In Arafat Finds Few Allies Outside Mideast: Palestinian appeals to world leaders, but the response is discouraging. Soldiers hoist the Israeli ... more

    Al-Qaeda Alive and Well After All?


    In the Middle East, it's the US that 'threatens stability and security'


    Condi Says US Will Rebuilt Iraq as Democracy
    US will rebuild Iraq as democracy, says Rice By James Harding and Richard Wolffe in Washington and James Blitz in London [Financial Times - September ... more

    Constitution Erosion at home; World Order Transformation Abroad
    At home it is now guilt by association, eroding the American Constitution itself. And aborad it is now 'preemptive strikes', demolishing the very fabr ... more

    Arafat's People Warn of Bloody War Changing the entire region
    Arafat aide warns Israel By Saud Abu RamadanFrom the International DeskGAZA, Sept. 22 (UPI - 22 Sept) -- A senior aide to Yasser Arafat threatened the ... more

    Bloody Siege in Kashmir


    Arab-Israeli War Fear Growing
    U.S. Senators Warn of Possible 'Arab-Israeli' War By Lori Santos WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Prominent members of t ... more

    Qatar: America's Crucial Ally in the Gulf
    Rather ironically in a sense, Qatar is not only now occupied by the American military and CIA -- essentiallly an American protectorate like in the day ... more

    Harvard Pres Warns of Growing Anti-Jewishness
    Address at morning prayersMemorial ChurchCambridge, MassachusettsSeptember 17, 2002I speak with you today not as President of the University but as a ... more

    How Wolfowitz, Perle and the Hardliners of the Israeli/Jweish lobby took over US Foreign Policy
    It's really the story of how the hard-line Israelis, led by General Ariel Sharon, teamed up with the hardest-line elements of the Israeli-Jewish lobby ... more

    German-US Relations Not So Good Anymore


    Bulldozer PM Sharon
    Our friend, the bulldozer (that bears the name "Caterpillar) By Doron Rosenblum [Ha'aretz, 20 Sept 2002]: There's no time like the holiday season fo ... more

    Israelis Poisoning Themselves
    Trumpeting a blast of despairBy Akiva EldarHa'aretz Friday, September 15, 2002The new president of the Association for Civil Rights in Israel, writer ... more

    'The World Must Stop this Madman'...(no, he's not Saddam or Osama)
    The world must stop this madman By Maureen Dowd New York Times, OpEd Pages, September 18, 2002 No, not Saddam. That other gun-toting, tough-talking co ... more

    A Statement of Conscience - 9/19/2002
    (Published as full-page ad in New York Times, 9/19/2002A STATEMENT OF CONSCIENCENot In Our Name Let it not be said that people in the United States di ... more

    Third-Rate Confused Iraqis
    The Iraqis are as third-rate when it comes to media and public relations as they are when it comes to weapons. They will not be able to withstand for ... more

    The US Military War Plan Takes Shape
    Large numbers of American military and special forces are already in the region; more stealth-like than previously.And huge amounts of war supplies ar ... more

    US Nuke-Hit List Causes Uproar Overseas
    Bush's Secret 7 Nation Nuclear Hit List Draws World OutrageBy Alexandra Williams and Bob Roberts [The Daily Mirror - UK 3-11-02]:President Bush faced ... more

    INDIA: Facism's Footprint
    Fascism's Firm Footprint in Indiaby ARUNDHATI ROYThe NationGujarat, the only major state in India with a government headed by theBharatiya Janata Part ... more

    More Jordanian Secret Collusion with US and Israel
    --------------------Jordan's Secret Deal on Iraq --------------------Would allow U.S. forces to use country to defend IsraelBy Matthew McAllesterMIDDL ... more

    India and Israel Still Escalate Cooperation and War Plans
    Both India and Israel want to take out the Pakistani nuclear weapons; they're tried before...they are probably getting ready to try again when the reg ... more

    Ahhummm....Nuclear Weapons of Israel
    When it comes to matters nuclear, Israeli lies, hypocrisy, and cover-up are never-ending and quite mind-boggling.

    Paks, Saudis, to have tough time at US Airports


    Rouge State America Seeks To Control the World


    Iraq: The lying game


    Jimmy Carter Says NO to Iraq War


    Israel's Relentless Terrorism


    US Will Nuke Baghdad! says former UK PM
    Saddam is warned: We'd nuke BaghdadBy TREVOR KAVANAGHPolitical Editor [The SUN, UK, 19 Sept}:AMERICA will NUKE Baghdad if Saddam Hussein dares unleash ... more

    German Justice Minister Makes the Bush-Hitler comparison
    U.S. Slams German Minister for Bush-Hitler Comment Last Updated: September 19, 2002 01:41 PM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters - 19 Sept) - President Bush's spok ... more

    Yemen denies, but US CIA and Military Taking Over Everywhere
    Yemeni officials may 'deny', but the reality is that the CIA, US Special Forces, and the US military, and now pretty much in charge of all of Arabia f ... more

    Qatar Now Fully US Protectorate as US Military Takes Over
    Commander's Visit Part of Growing Role for QatarBy JANE PERLEZ[New York Times - 18 Sept]: DOHA, Qatar, Sept. 17 — The commander of American forces in ... more

    Others Try to Upset US War Plans Using UN Opening Provided by Bush
    UN to upset Bush's war plans with one-yeardeadline for IraqBy David Usborne in New York19 September 2002The United Nations is likely to throw intodisa ... more

    US Special Forces In Secret Wars in Yemen +
    US SENDS FORCES TO WAGE SECRET WAR IN HORN OF AFRICABy Andrew Buncombe and Rupert Cornwell[The Independent, UK, 19 September 2002 - Wasshington]:Ameri ... more

    Another Electric Fence - This One Around Jerusalem
    The Apartheid-like structures of present and future Israel continue to expand, creating a bleak ghetto-laced world in the once Holy Land.

    Mandela: US is the World's Bully
    MANDELA SLAMS BUSH THE WORLD BULLY [Daily Mirror, UK, Sep 18 2002]:By Richard Wallace, US Editor, in New York FRANCE dramatically joined a UN split ... more

    Bush #41 'Hates' Saddam
    Former President Bush: 'I hate Saddam' NEW YORK (CNN) --Former President George Bush says he has "nothing but hatred" for Iraqi President Saddam Husse ... more

    Actor Tim Robbins Lambasts Bush Foreign Policies
    Tim Robbins, Live Man Talking By Lloyd GroveWashington Post Staff WriterWednesday, September 18, 2002; Page C03 Tim Robbins -- a quadruple threat as a ... more

    New Yorkers Off Balance Over New Memorial Statue


    Israel's Threatens War with Lebanon over Water
    U.S. seeks to avert 'water war' between Israel, Lebanon The United States has intervened in a dispute between Israel and Lebanon over the Hasbani Rive ... more

    Israel's almost Nuclear Strike


    DoomsDay Plan?
    The Americans had such DOOMSDAY plans during the Cold War and probably still do.It's called 'deterrence'. Who knows what the confused and usually stu ... more

    US Readies to Grab Iraqi Oil
    In Iraqi War Scenario, Oil Is Key Issue U.S. Drillers Eye Huge Petroleum Pool By Dan Morgan and David B. OttawayWashington Post Staff WritersSunday, S ... more

    Saudis Cave and Tell US OK after all
    Just a few weeks after Saudi Ambassador Prince Bandar -- more King when it comes to dealings with the US than any other Saudi -- had his much-publiciz ... more

    Iraqi Nuks by Christmas?
    This has the signature of CIA/Pentagon planted story and special leaks all over it. But even so in our interconnected confused world there will be ma ... more

    It's Really All About OIL, Stupid!
    In Iraqi War Scenario, Oil Is Key Issue U.S. Drillers Eye Huge Petroleum Pool By Dan Morgan and David B. OttawayWashington Post Staff WritersSunday, S ... more

    Prosecutor Bush Fails Big-Time
    Bush's Worst-Case Scenario By William RaspberrySaturday, September 14, 2002; Page A21 President Bush, playing prosecutor before the "court" of the Uni ... more

    Never Mind, Mr. PM Sharon - Should have been 'Never Meant It'
    As usual, the Washington Post misses the real points, fronts for the US, and lets the Israelis off the real hooks. This editorial from 9/14/2002------ ... more

    Liberty Over Bush...so far...
    Liberty Wins -- So Far Bush Runs Into Checks and Balances in Demanding New Powers By Jeffrey Rosen[Washington Post - Sunday, September 15, 2002; Page ... more

    Past U.N. Resolutions Regarding Israel
    UN Resolutions Regarding Israel, 1955-1992 1. Resolution 106: "... 'condemns' Israel for Gaza raid" 2. Resolution 111: "...'condemns' Israel for ra ... more

    Bush Admin Planned 'Regime Change' for Kabul, Baghdad BEFORE 9/11
    Sunday Herald - 15 September 2002 Bush planned Iraq 'regime change' before becoming PresidentBy Neil Mackay----------------------------------A SECRET ... more

    US Case for War Built on 'Blindness, Hypocrisy, and Lies'
    America's case for war is built on blindness, hypocrisy and liesGeorge Bush and Donald Rumsfeld are wilfully ignoring the realities of the Middle East ... more

    Saudis Relenting and Acommodating US War Plans


    Bush Motives Highly Suspect for Arab World


    Hunter Thompson and Bob Dylan Want Bush Out
    Hunter Thompson is still all-GonzoCommentary: Urges Bush to quit, Americans to voteBy Jon FriedmanNEW YORK (CBS.MW - 13 Sept) -- So, Hunter S. Thompso ... more

    Surprise, Surprise! Canada's Chretien Steps Forward
    Canadian PM Links Sept 11 to 'Arrogant' WestBy David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters - 12 Sept) - Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien has linked the Sept. ... more

    Shoe Bomber Points to Israel


    Mel Gibson in Scathing Attack on Vatican
    Mel Gibson launches scathingattack on the VaticanFrom Richard Owen in Rome[Times, UK, 13 Sept]:MEL GIBSON, a Roman Catholic who is to play Christ in a ... more

    Canadian PM Says US Partly to Blame!
    Prime Minister Jean Chretien of Canada last night made a courageousadmission. In a TV interview broadcast to the nation he lambasted the 'west'for its ... more

    Al-Qaeda Groups Go Autonomous
    Same thing happened in Palestine when the combination of P.A., Shinbet/Mossad, and CIA took after the Palestinian resistance. They all fractured, wen ... more

    Bush Speech to United Nations, U.N. - 12 Sept 2002
    Text: Bush's Speech to U.N. on IraqBy THE ASSOCIATED PRESSText of President Bush's speech to the United Nations on Thursday, as released by the White ... more

    Musharraf - Just Keeps on Going
    More and more Musharraf's true inner colors are showing -- and they are dark, not bright. He's all by himself amended the Pakistani Constitution; all ... more

    Undermining the Constitution? (the title they didn't use)
    Silence About Secrecy By Mary McGrory[Washington Post - 12 Sept, 2002; Page A23] Franklin Pierce, whose name is a synonym for obscurity, was the only ... more

    Palestinian Press Ridicules US
    PALESTINIAN PRESS RIDICULES U.S.The official Palestinian Authority daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida chose the anniversary of the Moslem 9/11 attacks on th ... more

    20 Years After the Massacres
    TWENTY YEARS AFTER THE MASSACRES AT SABRA AND SHATILAThe past is always presentThe massacres in the refugee camps of Sabra and Shatila in Lebanon in 1 ... more

    J'ACCUSE President Bush
    J'ACCUSE, PRESIDENT BUSHby ROBERT L. LEWISCleveland Free Times - September 11 - 17, 2002IN THE TRADITION OF EMILE ZOLA, A RESPECTED CLEVELANDJURIST CH ... more

    Afghanistan Already Unraveling and Rebelling from US control
    Far Eastern Economic Review - FGHANISTANPashtun PushA warlord joins up with Taliban and Al Qaeda fugitives to take on the U.S.-backed government------ ... more

    US Command HQ Set to Move to Qatar
    Anyone who thinks this is just a 'test' just doesn't understand how things are done these days. From Qatar, the US is not only now positioned to take ... more

    Lots of Doubts Around the World About US Intentions
    On Iraq, Doubts And Murmurs Sunday, September 8, 2002; Page B03 The possibility that the United States would carry out a preemptive strike against Ira ... more

    Russians, with US Help, to move in on world oil market
    Russia Sees U.S. As New Market For Oil Reserves Deals Could Ease Washington's Reliance On Mideast, Create Windfall for Moscow By Peter BakerWashington ... more

    Pro-Al-Qaida Rally Held in London


    US Security Agency Ranks #2 to Pentagon


    Saudis Plan Nov Trade Fair in Baghdad


    Sharon Threatens Water War


    Pro-Palestinian Protestors Disrupt Bibi in Montreal


    Palestinian Assembly Tries Again
    They tried some years back, actually calling for the top Palestinian official, Nabil Shaath, to be dismissed and indicted. But Arafat and Shaath came ... more

    Test: Bringing a Nuke Bomb into the USA


    Mandela - US A Danger To World Peace
    Nelson Mandela: The United States of America is a Threat to World Peace In a rare interview, the South African demands that George W. Bush win United ... more

    CIA Takeover of PA Expands Further


    Horsemen of the Apocalypse
    Editorial - Horsemen of the Apocalypse On re-invoking the need to topple Saddam Hussein, the Bush Administration has found but a single ally: Israel. ... more

    Chief Arafat Among the Ruins


    US Tries To Paint Them All 'Evil'


    Washington Gets Anti-Aircraft Military Missiles


    US Creating More 'Terrorists' Says Chomsky
    Drain the swamp and there will be no more mosquitoesBy attacking Iraq, the US will invite a new wave of terrorist attacksNoam ChomskyThe Observer - Su ... more

    Vatican Says No to US, Yes to UN


    America Has Changed...But Not Necessarily for the Better
    A Different AmericaChanges In United States Not All For BetterWASHINGTON - 9 Sept 2002 -- America has fundamentally changed since last year's horrific ... more

    50,000 more US Troops rushing to Kuwait, Jordan - Approximate total soon 150,000
    45,000 American troops to be transported to Kuwait, Jordan next week[Arabic News - 9/7/2002] British defense sources said that the USA is deploying i ... more

    Hate Mail to the Chief Rabbi of Britain
    Gerald Kaufman: The Chief Rabbi must not back down on IsraelI am sure Dr Sacks is unused to the foul tone of the hate mail which some Jews send to oth ... more

    Fisk on British History in Palestine all but forgotten
    These days the propagandistic purposes which the NYTimes pursues whitewashing the Israelis is legendary. Not to mention the frothings of its favorite ... more

    An Interview with Hunter S. Thompson


    Israel's Occupation Turns 35
    Israel's Occupation Turns 35Avi Shlaim on History and the Current Impasseby Avi Shlaim* [* Avi Shlaim, a well-k ... more

    What Americans have learnt - and not learnt - since 9/11
    What Americans have learnt - and not learnt - since 9/11[The Age - Australia - September 7 2002]: Endless war poses a far greater danger to the Unite ... more

    'Islamic Celebration' of 9/11 in Britain - 'A Towering Day in History' Says Poster


    War Songs With UK Blair's Electric Guitar at Camp David?
    PM: TROOPS TO IRAQ IN WEEKS BRITISH troops could be in Iraq within weeks, Tony Blair signalled last night.[Sunday Mirror - 8 Sept 2002]:Speaking as h ... more

    UN Human Rights Chief Blasts US 'War on Terrorism'
    U.N. Rights Chief Blasts Terror WarBy CLARE NULLISGENEVA (AP - 7 Sept) - Departing U.N. human rights chief Mary Robinson, in ableak assessment of the ... more

    America's War On Everyone
    'America wants to wage war on all of us''Regime change' seen as new term for old enemy: colonisationDavid Hirst in CairoThursday September 05 2002The ... more

    Norman Mailer Slams Excessive American Patriotism
    NORMAN MAILER DECLARES: 'AMERICA IS SO VAIN' In an 8,000-wordish polemic to be published in this weekend's London SUNDAY TIMES [9/8/02],Norman Mailer ... more

    President's Niece Balks Refusing to model Arab fashions
    Lauren Bush Falls Ill at Arab-Look Fashion ShowFri Sep 6, 2002MADRID (Reuters) - A stomach bug rather than diplomatic jitters kept President Bush niec ... more

    Don't Bomb Iraq, Putin Warns Again
    Don't bomb Iraq, says PutinBy Paul Waugh, Deputy Political Editor07 September 2002American efforts to win international support for military action ag ... more

    It's ILLEGAL say Cherie Blair;s Colleagues


    Revealed: Taliban Tried to Warn US
    Revealed: The Taliban minister, the US envoy and the warning of September 11 that was ignored By Kate Clark in Kabul07 September 2002Revealed: The Tal ... more

    Bush to Toy With and Give Ultimatum to UN Thursday
    Disarm Iraq Quickly, Bush to Urge U.N. Failure to Move May Lead to U.S. Action By Karen DeYoung and Mike AllenWashington Post Staff WritersSaturday, S ... more

    Emergency Military Call-Up In Israel
    Israel deploys anti-aircraft missiles[UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL 9/6/2002]:TEL AVIV, Israel, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- Military sources confirmed Friday that t ... more

    The new War with Iraq is already started...here's what is already happening
    Here's what the US Military is really up to this time:-------------------Pentagon considers a hit before buildupRowan Scarborough THE WASHINGTON TIMES ... more

    Internet Freedom Also Now Threatened by Aftermath of 9/11
    nternet Freedom Also Victim of Sept 11, Group SaysSeptember 05, 2002 PARIS (Reuters) - Security measures have curbed cyberspace so m ... more

    'Israel Can Burn' Says Mrs. Bibi
    Netanyahu's wife says Israel 'can burn,' laterapologizesJERUSALEM (AP) --In audio tapedremarks played on Israel TV Thursday the wife of former Israeli ... more

    War Already Begun - Over a Hundred US/UK Planes Attacking
    100 jets join attack on IraqBy Michael Smith, Defence Correspondent[The Telegraph, UK, 6 Sept 2002]:About 100 American and British aircraft took part ... more

    Iraq's Arsenal Then and Now


    US HEAVY ARMOR Pouring into Gulf for war


    Former Pres Clinton Tells Bush To Hold Off on Iraq
    Clinton: Get bin Laden before pursuing Hussein By CHELSEA J. CARTER Associated Press Writer - (Published September 5, 2002) SANTA ANA, Calif. ( ... more

    Top al Qaida leaders interviewed
    Top al Qaida leaders interviewed From the International DeskPublished 9/5/2002 8:24 PMWASHINGTON, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- An Arabic language satellite televi ... more

    German Chancellor Says US Plan to Attack Iraq Great Mistake


    Chomsky on Iraq, Saddam, and US role and policies
    CHOMSKY ON IRAQ In writing on 1 Sept 2002 journalist Michael Albert asked a dozen timely questions of Professor Noam Chomsky. The full responses appea ... more

    The real US goal is oil seisuze...Saudi + Iraq - former British Cabinet Minister Says
    It's OIL of course and the great economic benefits it and the petrodollars represent, that the Americans have controlled and are now intent on control ... more

    Venice Applause for anti-US 9/11 film
    Controversial Sept. 11 movie opens to applause at Venice festival VENICE, Italy (AP) - A controversial film on the Sept. 11 attacks was received enthu ... more

    Kurdish State Possibility


    100,000 US Troops Positioned Already To Strike Iraq
    U.S. buildup estimated at 100,000troops, 1,000 military planners Wednesday, September 4, 2002 The United States continues its military buildup ... more

    Former Pres Carter Blasts US ME and HR Policies
    The Troubling New Face of America By Jimmy CarterThursday, September 5, 2002; Page A31 Fundamental changes are taking place in the historical policies ... more

    PBS Gets Beat Up Some More by Hard-Line Israeli/Jewish Groups
    PBS is notoriously Israeli-biased, as in fact are all the American TV networks. The 'Lehrer News Hour', produced by a cast of liberal American Jews h ... more

    Another Major Provocation as the Israelis prepare for Mass Expulsions


    Arafat's Team Trying to End Intifada II
    Problem is there's already too much water over the dam (or is it 'damn') and those who are calling for this are already severely discredited among the ... more

    'Embalm, cremate, bury at sea'
    'Embalm, cremate, bury at sea'Arnold BeichmanHoover InstitutionPublished 9/3/2002 The story is told about Winston Churchill, a backbencher in the ... more

    Al-Jazeera's blind spot
    This is the biggest "blind spot", the author is right. But there are many others. In fact MER's Publisher, Mark Bruzonsky, was once asked to appear ... more

    Palestinian Informers - NYTimes Approach


    The Israelis Want the Americans to Control the Middle East for them
    The Israelis started the nuclear arms race in the Middle East, now with US help they plan to remain militarily superior and all the Arabs be damned.-- ... more

    Bush Wins Big at Earth Summit Even as he boycotts and Powell gets booed
    "We're worse off now than when we started negotiations nine days ago."

    Really? 'The Extremists Are Losing'
    The Americans love to be bi-partisan and united when comes to foreign policy. And they fill their newspapers and TV programs with the like-minded who ... more

    US Powell Booed, Heckled, Jeered, at Earth Summit


    Musharraf Secretly Gives Al-Qaida to US
    The Syrians, as well as the Pakistanis, and other governments in the Muslim and Third Worlds, are cooperating with the U.S. when it comes to seeking o ... more

    Finally, a courageous world leader proposes 'World Tax' on Poverty
    September 2, 2002 Chirac to back "globalisation tax" talks JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - French President Jacques Chirac will urge world leaders to launch ... more

    Security Remains Pretty Bad After So Many Billions
    NBC News this evening showed how simple and easy it remains to steal small private planes in the USA. Loaded with bio/chem weapons such a plane could ... more

    Europeans Understand US at least partly to blame
    US 'was partly to blame' for terror attacks' By Stacy Humes-Schulz in Washington Published: September 4 2002 A majority of Europeans think that US f ... more

    Earth Summit Sell-Out


    Iran Joins Warnings to US


    Egyptian's Disgrace term 'Democracy' and US Policies
    You've just gotta love the Americans. First they build-up these brutal, dictatorial regimes; with bundles of money, support, CIA-help, and arms. The ... more

    Russia Warns US One More Time
    Russia Continues to Rape and Destroy Chechnya, withe US acquiescing, so when push comes to shove its still doubtful the Russians will really stand up ... more

    Mandela Blasts US Policies and Threats
    Mandela Blasts U.S. Attack Threats By Mike CohenAssociated Press WriterMonday, September 2, 2002; 11:47 AM JOHANNESBURG, South Africa –– Nelson Mandel ... more

    Palestinians a Cancer Says Israeli Army Chief


    Israel's Legal 'Dart Shells'


    It's Israel Stupid!


    US Navy Hoists 'Rattlesnake' Flag - 'Don't Tread On Me'
    U.S. Navy Revives Old Rattlesnake Flag, 'Don't Tread On Me,' To Fly On All VesselsThe U.S. Navy is ordering its fleet to fly the defiant "Don't Tread ... more

    Proof of the fickleness of Western democracy and public opinion


    Rescuing the 'Dead' Sea


    A Plea for the Arabs to 'Unite' Against the US


    All AUGUST Articles


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    All JUNE Articles


    The crazy twisted American debate over 'democracy' in the 'Arab world'
    The 'debate' in the US has become truly nutty when it comes to the Middle East. The idea that the American establishment wants to bring real democrac ... more

    Barak II - New Israeli General Claims to be Savior of Labor Party
    Anyone who still thinks the Israeli Labor Party can be saved and can bring real peace has a great deal of explaining, and convincing, to do...-------- ... more

    The War Only Israel and the US Want


    US Seizes Airbase in Northern Iraq to use in coming war
    ANOTHER STEP TOWARDSTHE COMING WAR WITH IRAQ By Yvonne Ridley29 August 2002: A disused Iraqi airbase, seized by Turkish Commandos, will play an in ... more

    Why the Bush Admin Needs This War with Iraq so badly
    Why George Bush REALLY Wants To Go To WarBy Yvonne Ridley It is all too easy to believe that Boy George simply wants to avenge his father by launching ... more

    Israel Prepares to Strike Iraq
    ISRAEL POISED TO STRIKE AGAINST IRAQby Gordon Thomas Israel’s spy satellite, OFEK, which keeps silent watch over Iraq has now been reinforced by Jorda ... more

    Israelis Ready To Exploit Iraq War


    How the US Armed Iraq With Chem/Bio Weapons
    How the US armed Saddam Hussein with chemical weaponsBY NORM DIXONOn August 18, the New York Times carried a front-page story headlined,``Officers say ... more

    Saudis Trying to Buy Better Image in USA


    Saudis Try to Censor the Internet using Smut Excuse
    Saudi Censorship of Web Ranges Far Beyond Tenets of Islam, Study FindsBy JENNIFER 8. LEETHE Saudi government is censoring public Internet access to a ... more
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