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April 2004
U.S. Abuse of Iraqi Prisoners Inflame Arabs
Posted: Friday, April 30, 2004
More Abu Ghraib Prison Photos
It's the "liberation" of the Iraqi people – and it isn't pretty.
www.antiwar.com/news/?articleid=2444
LONDON - Photos of U.S. soldiers abusing Iraqi prisoners drew international condemnation on Friday, prompting the stark conclusion that the U.S. campaign to win the hearts and minds of Iraqis is a lost cause.
"This is the straw that broke the camel's back for America," said Abdel-Bari Atwan, editor of the Arab newspaper Al Quds Al Arabi. "The liberators are worse than the dictators." www.commondreams.org
U.S. Forces Turn to Saddam General to End Standoff
FALLUJA, Iraq (Reuters) - U.S. forces turned to a former general in Saddam Hussein's Republican Guard to help end a standoff with guerrillas in Falluja on Friday, but there was no end to violence and another two Marines were killed. story.news.yahoo.com
U.S. Abuse of Iraqi Prisoners Inflame Arabs
DUBAI (Reuters) - Photos of U.S. soldiers abusing Iraqi prisoners inflamed Arab sentiment, sparking rage, hatred and a grim comparison that U.S. liberators were no better than ousted Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.
"Most Arabs said Washington's credibility as the world's leader of democracy and human rights was exposed."
"These soldiers are being touted as the saviours of the Iraqi people and America claims to be the moral leader of the world, but they have been caught with their pants down, they have been exposed, the whole world sees them as they really are," said Mahmoud Walid, a 28-year-old Egyptian writer.
The CBS News program "60 Minutes II" on Wednesday broadcast photos taken at the Abu Ghraib prison late last year showing U.S. troops abusing some Iraqis held at what was once a notorious center of torture and executions under Saddam. story.news.yahoo.com
Photos showed Iraqi prisoners naked except for hoods covering their heads, stacked in a human pyramid, one with a slur written in English on his skin. That and other scenes of humiliation have led to criminal charges against six American soldiers. Arab television stations were leading their newscasts on Friday with the photos. apnews.myway.com
Shock, outrage over prison photos
President Bush said Friday that he was disgusted.
"I share a deep disgust that those prisoners were treated the way they were treated," Bush said. "Their treatment does not reflect the nature of the American people. That's not the way we do things in America." www.cnn.com
Abuse Of Iraqi POWs By GIs Probed
Americans came into the prison: "We had military intelligence, we had all kinds of other government agencies, FBI, CIA ... All those that I didn't even know or recognize." Frederick's letters and email messages home also offer clues to problems at the prison. He wrote that he was helping the interrogators:
"Military intelligence has encouraged and told us 'Great job.' " www.cbsnews.com
Racism at the Core of Iraq Invasion
The popular perception in the US is that Iraq is a country of uncivilized criminals and terrorists raised to hate America because common people hate freedom and liberty, "ragheads" and "sand niggers" who brought down the Twin Towers in New York City and attacked the Pentagon. US-based columnists have taken to calling Iraqis lazy and ungrateful... www.unobserver.com
Latest News
Posted: Friday, April 30, 2004
¤ Torture pictures 'the end' for USA in Iraq
¤ Arab TV stations broadcast images of U.S. forces humiliating Iraqi prisoners
¤ Torture of Iraq Prisoners Prompts Wave of Revulsion
Flashback ¤ Amnesty: Iraqis Complain of Torture by U.S. Forces
¤ Bush, Kerry differ on war only in degree of delusion
¤ Horse Sense
¤ On the anniversary of defeat in Vietnam, an empire getting its butt kicked
¤ WALL OF SHAME
¤ Bush ignores the horrors of his war
Flashback ¤ Shopworker 'sickened' by POW photos
¤ I am starting to think going to Iraq was a mistake
¤ Macedonia faked 'militant' raid
¤ The fog of Fallujah
¤ Shi'ites join Sunnis in fighting US troops
¤ Iraqi POW Abuse
¤ The Making of a Quagmire
¤ In Front of Your Nose
¤ Vanishing Votes
¤ U.S. Betrays International Community
¤ Mutiny in Iraq
¤ The Abu Ghraib Prison Photos
¤ Iraqis Say: 'US Out Now!'
¤ Heavy-Handed Baghdad Raid Backfires
¤ Two killed and six injured in suicide attack in Fallujah
¤ Paper Claims UK Torture
¤ What is Happening Is An Absolute Slaughter Real Player
¤ Bin Laden memo lacked details
¤ Bush policies in Iraq coming under attack from Democrats
¤ US troops pull back from embattled Falluja
¤ Outrage at US abuse of Iraqi prisoners
¤ Bush Defends Declaring End to Iraq Combat
¤ 'US abuse of Iraqi prisoners is 'business as usual
¤ Racism at Core of Iraq Invasion, by Firas Al-Atraqchi
¤ AP Toll Says 1,361 Iraqis Killed in April
¤ Sleepwalking to Fallujah
¤ Three foreign civilians shot dead in Iraq
¤ Rumsfeld says Iraq hostility has been a surprise
¤ U.S. Death Toll Mounts in Iraq Violence
¤ US military in torture scandal
¤ 'It's hell...everything will be destroyed'
¤ Bombing goes on despite deal to end siege
¤ Iraqis see bright future - without the US
¤ Chirac rejects French EU vote
¤ From Vietnam to Iraq in search of the big picture
¤ Bush and Cheney testify in secret
¤ New Iraq poll: US seen as occupier, not libertor
¤ Why hide flag-draped coffins?
¤ 10 US soldiers die as deal to end Fallujah siege reached
¤ Iraq, Libya stay on US terrorism blacklist
¤ Anti-WMD law
¤ Pakistani troops for Iraq
¤ Iraq's future: Dreams and nightmares
¤ 'Our' men in Baghdad
¤ Arab-American vote looms large
¤ US investigating abuse of Iraqi prisoners
¤ New Iraqi flag to be replaced in months
¤ White House Derby: Cheney to the rescue
¤ Fleeing Fallujans killed as crisis deepens
¤ Opinion split on occupation
¤ Troops' behaviour 'appalling': Rudd
¤ US soldiers charged over prisoner abuse
¤ US ends siege, 10 marines killed
¤ Anger over massacre of teenage Thai rebels
¤ Marines 'in deal to end Fallujah siege' as 10 die
¤ Fallujah accord leaves US policy in disarray
¤ Heavy-Handed Raid on Fallujah Backfires
¤ Filipino civilian contractor killed in Iraq
¤ A year after `Mission Accomplished,' Bush dogged by post-war Iraq
¤ I enjoyed grilling over 9/11 attacks, says Bush
¤ Children of war
¤ US tests way out of Fallujah
¤ A year later, mission still not accomplished
¤ Death to those who dare to speak out
Latest News
Posted: Thursday, April 29, 2004
¤ Mission Not Accomplished
¤ Doubts grow over US action in Iraq
¤ Car bomb kills 8 US soldiers
¤ US economy grows less than expected
¤ Bush, Cheney meet with 9/11 commission
¤ U.S. General Under Scrutiny in Iraqi Prisoner Case
¤ Bush's Rating Slips as Americans Debate Iraqi War
¤ US rushes more tanks to soldiers
¤ Hostages' families demonstrate
¤ Senator Lautenberg's Illustrated Guide to Chickenhawks
¤ 'War fever'
¤ America is its own worst enemy in Iraq
¤ Did Ron Brown die for Enron’s sins?
¤ Zim agrees to hand over suspected mercenaries
¤ Fleeing Fallujans killed as crisis deepens
¤ Local ABC affiliate pulls plug on "Nightline" special
¤ Bush, You Lying Sack Of ...
¤ The Case for Impeaching George W. Bush"
¤ A gruesome picture
¤ Too bad president needs a minder
¤ US marines hand Fallujah over to Saddam general
¤ US general suspended over abuse
¤ Iraq attackers kill 10 US troops
¤ Her Beautiful Mind
¤ Staying the Media Course in Iraq
¤ Europe Leaves the U.S. Behind
¤ Guns and Peanut Butter
¤ After declaring new truce deal, US planes bomb Fallujah
¤ US pounds Falluja amid pullout talks
¤ Convoy attacks cost US dear
¤ Iraqis offer bounty for US officials
¤ Three Palestinians die after Israeli raids
¤ US report: Terrorism at 35-year low
¤ Where US snipers fire at ambulances
¤ Fifth South African dies in Iraq
¤ Train blast mystery deepening
¤ US 'plans' to pull out of Falluja
¤ No evidence over Kosovo drownings
¤ Woman Who Took 'Coffin' Photo Hails Press Coverage
¤ U.S. Denies Fallujah Under Heavy Attack
¤ US forces step up bombardment of Fallujah
¤ Gunships pound Falluja despite ceasefire claims
¤ US hurries to reinforce armour after casualties soar
¤ U.S. rushes more tanks to Iraq
¤ Fight over Fallujah
¤ US warplanes, artillery pound Fallujah
¤ Syria keeps silent on bombing suspects
¤ Pulp fictions triumph over truth
¤ America warns its citizens to leave Gaza immediately
¤ CBS Airs Alleged GI Abuse of Iraqis
¤ AC-130 opens up after Marines, Sunni insurgents battle in Fallujah
¤ Army chiefs resist call for more Iraq troops
¤ Blow to rebuilding hopes as BP backs out
¤ Annan: Violence Feeds Resistance in Iraq
¤ 'Not enough evidence' to prosecute Sharon
¤ US will secure Fallujah: Bush
¤ 'Bush overstepped authority since 9/11'
¤ Syria says attack 'isolated incident'
¤ Attack in Syria a charade: US
¤ Nigeria blacklists 19 Indian, Chinese firms
¤ Baquba blast claims US lives
¤ Al-Asad: Iraqis are right to resist
¤ Israeli occupiers kill resistance activist
¤ More Bulgarian troops want out of Iraq
¤ Al-Ibrahimi: Interim body by June
¤ Iraq war boosts Halliburton profits
¤ Iraq's future
¤ Fortifying stability
¤ Deviating from the roadmap
¤ Is Iraq a rehearsal for US hoods?
¤ Bremer Considering Coup in Iraq
¤ This Is The Massacre, The Holocaust That We Are Seeing In Fallujah
¤ Annan warns U.S. to protect civilians in Iraq
¤ Iraq's Other Battlefields
¤ America's Ayatollah
¤ Siege of Fallujah provokes second mutiny
¤ Powell says criticism of Israel not equal to anti-Semitism
¤ U.N. envoy connects dots between Iraq, Israel
¤ US offensive in Iraq may hurt transition - UN
¤ UN chief hits out at fraud claims
¤ US pounds Iraqi insurgents as UN envoy lays out political blueprint
¤ U.S. Warplane Fires on Fallujah Targets
¤ Thailand: Blood on the border
¤ Photos show alleged abuse of Iraqis
¤ 112 Muslims killed in clashes with Thai police
Latest News
Posted: Wednesday, April 28, 2004
¤ US renews attack on Falluja
¤ Washington Unleashes Bloodbath in Iraq
¤ Remember Falluja
¤ US air, ground forces pound Falluja
¤ Fighting & Talking In Fallujah
¤ Huge US attack to crush Iraq rebels
¤ Georgia Another US Colony
¤ Analysis: Syria attack mystery
¤ The puppet show will not be recorded
¤ The Fossil Fools
¤ Three Coalition Soldiers Die in Iraq -Spokesman
¤ Australian government faces new charges of manipulating intelligence
¤ Flying Saucer Fever Grips Iran, Theories Abound
¥ Not UFO's but USA
¤ TO ROOT AGAINST YOUR COUNTRY
¤ Iraqi Resistance Thwarts US Attack, At Least 30 Occupation Soldiers Killed
¤ 'They Hate Us Because of Our Freedom'
¤ 112 killed in Thai battle
¤ Major Developments in Iraq
¤ Bush: Fallujah Getting Back to 'Normal'
¤ New U.S. Attacks in Falluja; Bush Warns Guerrillas
¤ Sharon says roadmap is dead
¤ The Politics of the Numb
¤ Globalizing the Harrassment of Muslims
¤ Where Have They Been for the Last Year?
¤ The Iraqi Alamo
¤ The Consequences of Colonization in Iraq
¤ Iraq, the US and an Old Lesson
¤ Iran Court Orders U.S. to Pay $600 Million
¤ 44 Bulgarians Want Out of Iraq
¤ Blair says US tactics are 'right'
¤ U.S. Aircraft, Tanks Hit Falluja
¥ More indescriminate killings.
¤ 64 killed in fierce fighting near Najaf
¤ U.S. warplanes pound targets in Fallujah
¤ US kills tens of Iraqis on Najaf's doorstep
¤ Huge US attack to crush Iraq rebels
¤ Iraq will be his legacy
¤ Gadafy builds bridges with first visit to Europe in 15 years
¤ US secret agents quiz boy over anti-war art
¤ Afghanistan forced to admit secret execution
¤ Japan's hostages tell how they came home to scorn and shame
¤ Iraqis infuriated by new flag that was designed in London
¤ The Wrong Debate on Terrorism
¤ A Vision of Power
¤ We won't go, says thousands of Israelis
¤ The Bloody Cost
¤ US opens fire on Europe's GM bans
¤ In Falluja, Finding a Place for the Dead
¤ Israel's Cos: Iraqi Wmd Could Be In Syria
¤ Next on Sharon's Laundry List: Syria
¤ Powell rips Al-Jazeera coverage at US-Qatar dialogue
¤ Italy tells U.S. it needs U.N. resolution on Iraq
¤ Why Should the UN Buy the Iraq We Broke?
¤ Blair has forsaken peace, say diplomats
¤ The knockout punch that woke up the UN
¤ 64 Iraqis Killed in Clashes
¤ Americans shell Fallujah
¤ Four killed in rocket attack on former UN building
¤ Pakistan buys a little time
¤ When sovereignty does not mean security
¤ Syrian Capital Is Rocked By Blasts
Heavy US air, ground forces pound Falluja
Posted: Tuesday, April 27, 2004
Fierce fighting has erupted in the restive Iraqi city of Falluja as US occupation forces strike the town with warplanes, helicopter gunships, mortar bombs and tanks.
Live footage beamed on Aljazeera TV showed the night sky incessantly lit up as strike after strike hit mainly the Golan district of the city on Tuesday. english.aljazeera.net
Dozens die as US planes strafe Najaf
U.S. Warplanes Hit Insurgents in Fallujah
Intense blasts rock Fallujah
US occupiers kills six Shi'as in holy city
Latest News
Posted: Tuesday, April 27, 2004
¤ Dozens die as US planes strafe Najaf
¤ Heavy US air, ground forces pound Falluja
¤ U.S. Aircraft Hammer Fallujah After Dark
¤ Iraqis demand full sovereignty
¤ An Obedient Army Vs. a Conscripted One
¤ Attacks Halt Rebuilding of Iraq
¤ A Vision of Power
¤ Series of blasts heard in Syrian capital Damascus
¤ Intense blasts rock Fallujah
¤ Next on Sharon's Laundry List: Syria
¤ More troops suffering severe head wounds
¤ Experts say new Iraqi flag lacks symmetry, symbolism
¤ Some say Cheney, Bush fear giving varying 9/11 stories
¤ Chemicals explosion provides biased media with perfect gift.
¤ An Appointment of Shock and Awe
¤ British Military Resisting Call for More Forces to Aid Americans in Iraq
¤ The Empire in Denial and the Denial of Empire
¤ Sharon Threatens 'Much Harsher' Reprisals
¤ US sets limits to Iraqi self-rule
¤ Bush Afraid To Let American People See Deadly Reality Of Needless War
¤ US occupiers kills six Shi'as in holy city
¤ Brazil's apparent victory in WTO case against US cotton subsidies
¤ Controversial new Iraqi flag unfurled
¤ 'Missing in action: Half the American mind'
¤ Thou shalt vote Bush
¤ U.S. soldiers killed in Baghdad blast
¤ 24 Dead in Indonesian Religious Violence
¤ Fighting in Holy City of Najaf Kills 43
¤ Diplomats blast Blair over US policy
¤ Threat to execute three Italian hostages
¤ US troops move into Najaf
¤ Self-delusion about Iraq is dangerous
¤ Great foreign policy myths
¤ US kills tens of Iraqis on Najaf's doorstep
¤ Three Palestinians die in West Bank
¤ Powell defines Iraq's 'sovereignty'
¤ Israeli troops kill Palestinian teenager
¤ Mbeki sworn in as South Africa celebrates
¤ US marines storming Falluja
¤ Cheney’s Unwavering Desire for War
¤ The Orwellian Olsens
¤ U.S. contractors in Iraq penalized $300 million
¤ Rumors of massive Mossad attack on US soldiers swirl on internet
¤ Wronged by our rights
¤ The Elephant and the Ants
¤ US Army has turned liberation into occupation, ally complains
¤ Iraqis Say Council-Approved National Flag Won't Fly
¤ Another Oily Setback for Washington
¤ Pressure on Army to send troops into Iraq's danger areas
¤ Hellish Mission Cartoon
¤ US troops clash with Najaf insurgents
¤ Bush’s Secrecy, and the Dumbing-Down of Conspiracy Theories
¤ Attention on Deck! Violation of Rule 17!
¤ A black and white case of US injustice
¤ Sharon faces party revolt before Gaza poll
¤ Apartheid assassins meet match in Iraq
¤ Israeli military chief says Iraq had chemical weapons
¤ Former U.N. inspector talks 'real' Iraq policy
¤ WMD hunters ambushed in Baghdad
Latest News
Posted: Monday, April 26, 2004
¤ Baghdad blast kills two US soldiers
¤ Controversial new Iraqi flag unfurled
¤ Casualties Mount in Iraq
¤ U.S. soldiers kill four children in Baghdad
¤ 2 GI's Killed in Iraq Blast in WMD Search
¤ Barzani Blames U.S. for Iraq Standoffs
¤ Lawyers try to gag FBI worker over 9/11
¤ Ten Reasons to Oppose the US Occupation of Iraq
¤ Ambassadors' letter to Blair
¤ Saddam's WMD Have Been Found
¤ Charade in the Sands. Bush Stashes WMD in Iraq
¤ Iraq: US Facing Opponents it Trained
¤ Picture emerges of Falluja siege
¤ U.S. threatens Falluja, Najaf after new battles
¤ White man's burden
¤ Falluja Battle Kills 9; Zarqawi Claims Oil Attack
¤ Trading Places
¤ The World Doesn't Need More Heroes Like This
¤ Legitimizing Fallujah's Rebels
¤ Israeli Nukes and the American Connection
¤ US Troops Threaten to Enter Najaf
¤ U.S.-Picked Iraq Leaders Approve New Flag
¤ Falluja, Najaf and the First Law of Holes
¤ Israeli Myths
¤ Food, Trade and US Power Politics in Latin America
¤ Democrats Call Cheney 'Attack Dog-In-Chief'
¤ Clashes shatter faltering Falluja truce
¤ Saddam 'lawyer' would call Rumsfeld
¤ Baghdad Blast Destroys Building, US Vehicles
¤ Iraq Resumes Basra Exports After Attack
¤ Australia to the rescue in Iraq
¤ Marines wounded in Fallujah
¤ Horror and humiliation in Fallujah
¤ Deadline looming, US forces the issue
¤ Starting from square one
¤ Weapons being stockpiled in Najaf mosques
¥ Along with the missing WMD's
¤ US troops threaten to cross Shia 'red line' to enter Najaf
¤ Will the Asians pull out of Iraq?
¤ Wana operation: cause & effects
¤ Colonizing Iraq?
¤ Would Pro-War 'Libertarians' Have Supported the New Deal?
¤ Reality intrudes on US vision for Mideast
¤ Terror suspects to be held indefinitely
¤ Sticking to Falsehoods Means Sticking to Failure
¤ Is FOX News Supporting the Troops or the President?
¤ Blast wrecks Baghdad 'chemical store'
¤ Israel identifies new Hamas leader
¤ Suicide raids on oil platforms mark new threat
¤ While Europe is a eunuch, America is our only shield
¤ Bantustan plan for an apartheid Israel
¤ Deadly religious clashes hit Ambon
¤ Bulgarian president attacked
¤ Fallujah will be your Stalingrad, Americans told
¤ PDP chief survives attack, eight die in held Kashmir
¤ McCain Says U.S. Must Move Beyond `Mistakes' in Iraq
¤ Karzai 'assassination attempt' foiled
¤ Rice's power dinner remark goes down like a pudding
¤ Kerry jumps on Sharon bandwagon
¤ Conservative Support of Darth Vader and the Empire
¤ The UN is a ship of fools, not the panacea for Iraq
¤ US helicopters launch Falluja attack
¤ Japan bills freed hostages
¤ Former Dutch PM wants Iraq pull-out
Latest News
Posted: Sunday, April 25, 2004
¤ World Has Realized That Sharon Is the Major Threat to Region
¤ Home From Iraq, and Without a Home
¤ Civilians barred from entering besieged Fallujah
¤ Israel has infiltrated Hamas leadership
¤ Another U-S servicemember dies from suicide attack on oil terminal
¤ Cheney’s plan to attack
¤ All The President’s Men
¤ Raid disrupts Iraqi oil exports
¤ Baghdad children killed in crossfire
¤ 'Bushworld'
¤ A Case of Worst Scenarios
¤ A frank talk with God
¤ I pledge allegiance to my paycheque
¤ Endless Detentions, Endless Power
¤ Iraq Contractors Spending More on Security
¤ Mook and a crook
¤ French defence minister rules out dispatch of soldiers to Iraq
¤ Cracks in the Iraq coalition
¤ Inept actions trigger off a fear of more terrorism
¤ Greeks vote down Cyprus unity plan
¤ Civilians die in gunfights on border
¤ Suicide bombers in boat attack on Iraq oil terminal
¤ US Right's pet Iraqi to be frozen out
¤ 'No' vote will force Britain out of EU, says Patten
¤ U.S. Troops Prepare to Enter Najaf, Iraq
¤ Saudis Aided in Iraq More Than Thought
¤ Blair's allies are the angriest
¤ 'I feared brain-washing... They were out to destroy my personality'
¤ At least 59 Iraqis including nine US troops killed in fresh bloodshed
¤ U.S., U.N. Seek New Leaders For Iraq
¤ Violence flares in Iraq as US raises alarm over troop shortage
¤ Four Children Killed by Gunfire After Iraq Attack
¤ Retired general assails U.S. policy on Iraq
¤ Bush Owes The World Some Answers
¤ Gunmen break arms of Palestinian photojournalist
¤ Eight US soldiers among 47 killed in Iraq
¤ Israeli troops kill five Palestinians
¤ "A horrible disaster." Report from Fallujah
¤ Howard makes flying visit to Baghdad
¤ The Day That Bush Took Gaza
¤ 6 slain in Nigeria oil violence
¤ US convoy comes under attack in Baghdad
¤ 8 Palestinians killed in W. Bank clashes
¤ Current Iraqi Rulers Not To Be Retained
¤ An Interview With Noam Chomsky
¤ Iraq: A Deepening Tragedy
¤ Rejecting the Virtue of Suffering
Coup d'État Plot, Exposed, Shakes Bolivia
Posted: Saturday, April 24, 2004
Chile and U.S. Military Officials Balked on March 25th, but Continue Pushing Three Alternate Coup Plans
LA PAZ, BOLIVIA, APRIL 17 2004: It wasn’t a secret, but for a while, nobody was paying attention: there are groups plotting to destabilize the government of President Carlos Mesa, that are considering a coup d’etat in order to finalize the sale of Bolivian gas to Chile despite the outpouring of popular will against such a deal expressed in last October’s insurrection.
Of course, U.S. government officials have a lot to do with it (beginning with the Viceroy David N. Greenlee, his friends in the CIA, and even officials from the gringo agency USAID). It took a counterintelligence memo, put together by confidential Bolivian and Chilean sources, specifically accusing those foreign companies and politicians – to bring this matter to light. Then Congressman Evo Morales denounced the coup attempt, and the questions began…
www.narconews.com/Issue33/article957.html
GM crops to be prohibited on Venezuelan soil
Posted: Saturday, April 24, 2004
Cultivation of genetically modified crops to be prohibited on Venezuelan soil
Venezuelanalysis.com
President Hugo Chavez Frias has announced that the cultivation of genetically modified crops will be prohibited on Venezuelan soil, possibly establishing the most sweeping restrictions on transgenic crops in the Western Hemisphere. Though full details of the administration's policy on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are still forthcoming, the statement by President Chavez will lead most immediately to the cancellation of a contract that Venezuela had negotiated with the US-based Monsanto Corporation.
Before a recent international gathering of supporters in Caracas, President Chavez admonished genetically engineered crops as contrary to interests and needs of the nation's farmers and farm workers. He then zeroed in on Monsanto's plans to plant up to 500,000 acres of transgenic soybeans in Venezuela.
"I ordered an end to the project," said President Chavez, upon learning that transgenic crops were involved. "This project is terminated." President Chavez emphasized the importance of food sovereignty and security -- required by the Venezuelan Constitution -- as the basis of his decision. Instead of allowing Monsanto to grow its transgenic crops, these fields will be used to plant yuca (an indigenous crop), Chavez explained. He also announced the creation of a large seed bank facility to maintain indigenous seeds for peasants' movements around the world.
http://www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=17960
Latest News
Posted: Saturday, April 24, 2004
¤ Suicide Boat Bombers Attack Key Iraqi Oil Terminal
¤ More than 33 Iraqis killed in day of attacks
¤ U.S. Marines Say Kill 30 Insurgents Near Falluja
¤ Saudis Said to Aid Iraq War Extensively
¤ Tweedledee and Tweedledum
¤ Charade in the Sands. Bush Stashes WMD in Iraq
¤ Iraq is Utterly Unlike Vietnam
¤ The Return of Saddam's Generals
¤ Idiots and Warm Fuzzies
¤ The CIA Killed Pat Tillman
¤ Haiti's Return to the Future
¤ "Submit or Die"
¤ A Warning to Those Who Dare to Criticize Israel
¤ U.N. slams U.S. use of force in Iraq
¤ We told you so, but what now?
¤ U.S. government blocks lawsuits by Sept. 11 victims
¤ Dover AFB gallery
¤ 'Politics and entertainment: Killing us softly
¤ 'Bush fails history'
¤ The Rich Get Richer, The Rest Get Iraq
¤ 'Corruption and mendacity won't rescue Iraq's occupiers'
¤ Bush Given Idiot Label
¤ US eases ban on Iraq's Baath Party
¤ Man's Social Security ID is same of alleged ringleader
¤ There Is No War, There Are No Dead Americans
¤ Closing the eyes on war
¤ At least the illusions are gone
¤ Intelligence requires smarts
¤ Norway rejects U.S. plea to stay in Iraq
¤ Fallujah Students Bear Brunt Of U.S. Siege
¤ Britain resists pressure to extend Iraq force
¤ Photos released in error
¤ US opinion divided over website images of coffins
¤ UN criticism of Sudan 'watered down'
¤ THE BATTLE FOR IRAQ, FROM THE INSIDE.
¤ Iraq: Starting From Square One, One Year Later
¤ U.S. Rebukes Sharon Over Arafat Threat
¤ Israel Set To Obliterate Islamic, Arab Sites
¤ U.S. Backtracks On De-Baathification Mistake
¤ Israel Kills 4 Palestinians, Including University Professor
Flashback ¤ Conscience and Terrorism
¤ Peace Possible
¤ The mess in Iraq is no surprise
¤ White House plans limits to Iraq sovereignty
¤ Whose Chaos Is This Anyway?
¤ The “Iraqization” Scam
¤ What's In A Name?
¤ Marines poised for Fallujah offensive
¤ Operation kickback?
¤ US Role in Israel's Nuclear Arsenal
¤ Iraq: The Moon is Down, Again!
¤ The Real Lessons of 9/11
¤ Algeria 1830: Legacy of an Occupation
¤ Sunni leader warns of nationwide uprising if Fallujah is hit
¤ Joint Chiefs Chairman: War Going Well
¤ Inquiry after Israeli forces caught using boy as shield
¤ The image turning America against Bush
¤ Tale of self-deception and deceit
¤ Corruption and mendacity won't rescue Iraq's occupiers
¤ Iran: 'Complete Story' Given Inspectors
¤ White South Africans fail to win asylum in US
¤ Two U.S. Oil Workers Killed in Nigeria
¤ Death by burning: the only escape for desperate Afghan women
¤ Bring out your dead
¤ North Korea admits hundreds died and asks for help
¤ Uneasy truce in the city of ghosts
¤ Pentagon tries to ban first photos of coffins returning from Iraq
¤ Five U.S. Soldiers Killed in Iraq Attack
¤ Number of U.S. Troops Hurt in Iraq Jumps
¤ Sharon: 'We may kill Arafat'
¤ At Least 24 Killed in Iraq Attacks
¤ Bremer brings back thousands of Baathists to their posts
¤ Iraqis killed in Baghdad market bombing
¤ UN plays down 'Israel poison' remark
¤ US to lose more occupation support
¤ SOS to 'disgraced' Ba'athists
¤ Bush's believe it or not
¤ Five U.S. Soldiers Killed North of Baghdad
Latest News
Posted: Friday, April 23, 2004
¤ Sharon Won't Rule Out Attack on Arafat
¤ 150 killed in North Korea blast
¤ For God's sake
¤ Cyprus split on Annan plan
¤ The Fraud Machine?
¤ UN envoy condemns Israeli policy
¤ US officer threatens to turn Fallujah into “a killing field”
Flashback ¤ Resistance kills Mossad agents in Iraq
¤ Bush Threatens To Attack Iran To Protect Israel
¤ Soldier Back From Iraq War Allegedly Drowns Wife In Tub
¤ Bulgarian Soldier Shot in Head, Critical in Iraq
¤ Contractors and Mercenaries
¤ Uncle Sam Needs Your Help Again
¤ All Things Are Not Equal
¤ Glossary of the Iraqi Occupation
¤ Ukraine Refuses to Send Helicopter Squadron to Iraq
¤ Cardinals' Tillman Killed at War
¤ US eases sanctions on Libya
¥ Why
¤ Libya confirms first oil cargo to U.S. after ban
¤ Libya confirms first oil cargo to U.S
¤ 'How the U.S. created the monster it now has to fight'
¤ 'Bush spends millions to lie to America'
¤ Standing Small
¤ Suicide Bomber
¤ 'Let hypocrisy run'
¤ 'What went wrong?'
¤ White Whine: Reflections on the Brain-Rotting Properties of Privilege
¤ Fantasyland of the free
¤ Crushing Falluja, Part 2
¤ Europe is a battle Blair can't win
¤ Varieties of Barbarism: From Fallujah to “Free Trade” in Latin America
¤ Sharon: I'm free to attack Yasir Arafat
¤ US role in Middle East vilified
¤ A grim reminder of war
¤ Again, Why George W. Bush Must be Tried as a War Criminal
¤ US announces re-Baathification of Iraq
¤ Next on Sharon's Laundry List: Syria
¤ John Kerry Tries to Out-Bush Bush
¤ Ten Years After Rwanda and the G Word
¤ Majority Still Believe in Iraq's WMD, al-Qaeda Ties
Flashback ¤ The S Factor
¤ Sharon: No Longer Bound by Pledge Not to Harm Arafat
¤ Dad ... what's a terrorist?
¤ 54 dead in North Korea blast
¤ Burundi: Africa's forgotten war
¤ In Israel, only the right can carry out the left's policies
¤ Former generals of Saddams regime reinstated to new US-trained army
¤ UN guilty of 'sins of omission' yet again
¤ Blair's 'heavyweight' Iraq envoy boosts UK presence
¤ US Soldiers Puzzled by Iraqi Resistance to Censorship
¤ Limited Iraqi Sovereignty Planned
¤ Recipe for terror
¤ The Lessons of 9/11
¤ Extremism in the defence of liberty
¤ When Democracy Failed: The Warnings of History
¤ Why didn't president Bush know about this?
¤ British forces blamed for Basra bombings
¤ Three Fatah members killed by Israeli troops
¤ For Kim and North Korea, a sign of mortality
¤ What if Kim Jong-il had been killed?
¤ Bush's 'transfer of power' gambit
¤ Counter-productive counter-insurgency
¤ US role in Middle East vilified
¤ U.S. Eases Ban on Ex-Saddam Party Members
¤ Official previews new Iraqi government
¤ UK forces 'involved' in Basra blasts: cleric
¤ Muqtada attacks US with democracy
¤ Indians turning their backs on the US
¤ Sino-Saudi ties: Oil, gas, bauxite ... then arms?
¤ 'Kofigate' threatens US aims in Iraq
¤ Marines poised for Fallujah offensive
¤ Going Back Where They Came From
¤ Unwanted Interventionism, Ominous Implications
¤ Churchill for dummies
¤ What Colin Powell Saw but Didn't Say
¤ The UN in Iraq: Reality and Imagination
¤ Humiliating Our Friends
¤ Sacked for photo Americans weren't meant to see
¤ World snub to Sharon puzzles Bush
¤ N. Korea train disaster caused by explosives
¤ Palestinian children die in Israeli raid
¤ The view from Tehran
¤ Blair cheerfully stakes all on a spin of the wheel
¤ Photos of Soldiers' Coffins Revive Controversy
¤ US Fatwa Turns Sadr From Community Leader to Insurgent
¤ Israeli Says Vote Against Gaza Pullout Will Not Derail Sharon's Plan
¤ Sovereignty for Iraqi interim govt 'will be limited'
¤ Fallujah insurgents urged to surrender weapons
Latest News
Posted: Thursday, April 22, 2004
¤ The Truth About American Casualties in Iraq
¤ Violence in Iraq forces two big contractors to curb work
¤ Child Used as Human Shield after Beating
¤ ADL Praises Google for Responding to Concerns about Rankings of Hate Sites
¤ U.S. Warns Fallujah Fighting Could Resume
¤ Iraqi forces 'turn on coalition'
¤ Woman loses her job over coffins photo
¤ Rice Fields Questions About Iraq Campaign
¤ Explosion kills thousands in North Korean train station
¤ The Enemy Within
¤ TURKISH TROOP DEPLOYMENT IN IRAQ NOW "OUT OF THE QUESTION"
¤ Diebold apologizes for failure
¤ When Terror Came to Basra
¤ The Wall Behind Disengagement
¤ On War
¤ The Cruelest Month
¤ Billions down a rat-hole
¤ Asleep at the Wheel
¤ No-Win Situation in Iraq
¤ Open 28 secret pages on Saudis
¤ North Korea stunned by train tragedy
¤ Israel brings death to Tulkarim
¤ Al-Sadr militiamen seized in Baghdad
¤ Gunman Shoots Spaniard in Baghdad Supermarket
¤ U.S. Aimed for Hussein as War Began
¤ Changing the climate
¤ Hammers and anvils
¤ Coalition Unsure Who's Behind Iraq Blasts
¤ Interest rates must rise, says Fed chief
¤ US: 36 Insurgents Killed In Fallujah; 3 Marines Hurt -CNN
¤ Road maps and detours
¤ 'No extra troops'
¤ Keeping an eye on Pakistan's anti-terror efforts
¤ Iraqi militants raise pitch of attacks
¤ Why We Get It Wrong
¤ Putting a smiley face on an imperial act
¤ The Agony Of Occupation: "The Flies Have Conquered the Fly Paper"
¤ Locked on Course to Wider War
¤ One US Hostage – and 20,000 Iraqi Hostages
¤ Bush threatens to attack Iran to protect Israel
Flashback ¤ Israel: Sharon stirs up conflict with Syria and Iran
Flashback ¤ First Saddam, Then Iran, Syria and Libya?
Flashback ¤ Sharon: Disarm Iran, Libya and Syria Next
¤ Israel kills eight more Palestinians
¤ US stands humbled in Iraq
¤ Suicide bombers kill 73 in south Iraq
¤ CIA, Mossad Infiltrated Muslim Organizations: Expert
¤ Opposition accuses PM of hypocrisy
¤ Internet defect man says his conclusions overhyped
¤ U.S. Warns Fallujah Fighting Could Resume
¤ Civilians die as Fallujah ceasefire fails
¤ Pentagon censors Rumsfeld war tip-off to Saudis
¤ Saudi group claims car bomb responsibility
¤ Confessions of an Iraq war hawk
¤ Israel Kills Four More Palestinians
¤ Israel Bans Gaza Residents From Traveling Abroad
¤ Israel Kills 11 Palestinians In Gaza Incursion
¤ ‘Proud’ Vanunu Urges U.N. To Check Israel’s Nukes
¤ US heading for another election fiasco as reforms fail
¤ More troops could be sent to Iraq, says Straw
¤ UN officials 'covered up Saddam theft of billions in aid for Iraqis'
¤ Congress frustrated in quest for Iraq costs
¤ British blamed as attacks expose security failings
¤ 'No extra troops'
¤ Anxious Poland may follow Spain's lead
¤ Iraqis distrust Saddam tribunal
¤ Iran warns US against attacking Najaf, Karbala, killing Sadr
¤ British troops 'fight with US, not like US'
¤ Israel reported to be a formidable nuclear power
¤ Civilians die as Fallujah ceasefire fails
¤ In Spite of Media Coverage
¤ Riyadh car bomb attack kills 4 and injures 148
Latest News
Posted: Wednesday, April 21, 2004
¤ If Radical Shi'ites Did Not Exist...
¤ General: Much of Iraq's Forces Have Quit
¤ Suicide Car Bombs Kill 68 in Basra, Iraq
¤ Bush's Taliban Drug Deal
¤ How Far the Apple Fell From the Tree
¤ They Won't Kill Their Own
¤ Only Major Policy Changes Can Help Washington Now
¤ Right Hook
¤ Fables Of The Reconstruction
¤ 'Why they hate us, really'
¤ Why Won't Dubya Apologize?
¤ White House arrogance is textbook case
¤ 'Privatization in Iraq: 'Contractors' with guns'
¤ Things Fall Apart
¤ The duo of doublethink
¤ U-turn? What u-turn?
¤ World oil crisis looms
¤ Bush Stashes WMD in Iraq
¤ Acceptable Numbers of Dead Babies
¤ 'A missile hit the main doors, I started to run'
¤ Robert Fisk-Live interview: Iraq power handover 'a fraud'
¤ Rain Check
¤ U.S. media more skeptical of Iraq policy
¤ U.S. Says Iraq Coalition Is Not Crumbling
¤ Bush Says World Owes Israel's Sharon a 'Thank You'
¤ Israel Threat to Syria
¤ Sanctions on Syria 'very near'
¤ U.S. sees Syria 'facilitating' insurgents
¤ General: Much of Iraq's Forces Have Quit
¤ German fighter jets collide; two dead
¤ Consequences of Colonialism in Iraq
¤ Crushing Falluja, Part One
¤ Apocalypse Please
¤ The Bin Laden Tapes: Fact or Fiction?
¤ Saudi dissidents: 'Regime' is cracking
¤ US destroying Falluja homes
¤ Vanunu, Israeli Nuclear Whistleblower, Is Released
¤ Powell: A good soldier or a good loser?
¤ Israel vows to continue killings
¤ Libya reports high potential for oil reserves
¤ Hopes up for Libyan sanctions' end
¤ Car Bombs Leave 60 Dead in Southern Iraq
¤ Two Killed in Saudi Car Bomb Explosions
¤ At least 10 reported dead in Saudi car bombing
¥ This bomb came just in time to distract from....
¤ Saudis pledge to oil Bush re-election
¤ The Tangled Web Of U.S.-Saudi Ties
¤ Lies, cover-ups, fat cats and an oil giant in crisis
¤ Basra bomb attacks kill at least 68
¤ School buses hit as 55 die in Basra blasts
¤ Save the president?
¤ Bush flipflops on Iraq crisis
¤ The “Iraqization” Scam
¤ Dominican Republic, Honduras Withdrawing Iraq Troops
¤ Hondurans Cheer Iraq Withdrawal, Salvadorans Call for Same
¤ British general admits Anglo-US 'friction'
¤ Australian troops fired on as Iraq danger worsens
¤ Reality television
¤ Bush team ducks for cover over war claim
¤ Jordan's Snub to Bush Is Tip of Iceberg
¤ 22 dead in Baghdad prison attack
¤ Uses and abuses of UN
¤ Assassination is kosher
¤ Truth (and testimony) about the terrorist threat
¤ Iraq: a follow up of Vietnam
¤ Why the Arab world can thank Bush
¤ US won't bend to Fallujah militants: Rumsfeld
¤ 'It's Real Now,' Troops Say as Bullets Start to Fly
¤ Americans warned of looming 'civil war'
¤ U.S. works to shore up coalition
¤ 20 killed on first day of Indian polls
¤ Justices question Bush administration’s Cuba detainee policy
¤ Kidnapped Dane Found Dead in Iraq, Denmark Says
¤ A force for resistance
¤ Musharraf whipping Pakistan into (US) line
¤ More power to the UN's man
¤ 'It was a holy war, a new crusade'
¤ 'Semi-despondent' Powell cries a foul ball far too late
¤ Jordan's king snubs Bush, cancels meeting
¤ The sound of rockets in the morning
¤ Parallel Universes in Iraq
¤ 'Lawrence of Arabia,' the sequel
¤ Blast levels Saudi Arabia security building
¤ Lethal raid on Gaza town
Latest News
Posted: Tuesday, April 20, 2004
¤ Of Course the Attacks were Preventable
¤ Listen up, Rumsfeld: Troops aren't 'Fungible'
¤ Kerry Moves Bush-ward on Iraq
¤ Imperialistic U.S. Conquest of Iraq Leaves Us Stuck in our Own Muck
¤ Bush Ideology Hurts Women Worldwide - Groups
¤ Fallujah Cannot Even Bury Its Dead
¤ White House Losing Grip on Iraq
¤ Why is the USA losing allies in Iraq?
¤ George Bush's 'We' Is Shrinking
¤ Bush: Patriot Act defends liberty
¤ Woodward on Bush
¤ 'George Bush, self-deluded messiah'
¤ Calamity George
¤ 'Bush behavior setting terrible example for children'
¤ As Bush assures U.S. that all is well, he throws gasoline on a smoldering Iraq
¤ Russia revels in US's woes
¤ 22 Prisoners Die in Iraq Prison Bombing
¤ Poland planning pull-out of troops from Iraq
¤ U.S. Says June 30 Not 'A Magical Date' for Iraq
¤ The Democrats and Iraq
¤ Bush Moves Beyond Incompetence
¤ Bush Criticizes Spain's PM on Iraq Pullout
¤ The Tangled Web of U.S.-Saudi Ties
¤ Israeli soldiers kill four Palestinians
¤ Parts Of Iraqi Nuclear Reactor ‘Resettled’: Sources
¤ Americans Squirm as U.S. Death Toll in Iraq Surges
¤ Powell Rebuts Arab Criticism Over Israel
¤ Three Bodies Found In Iraq Were Halliburton Workers
¤ Cracks appear in Bush circle
¤ Which Powell Is Which?
¤ US tries to repair Iraq coalition cracks
¤ Several fighters killed in Falluja
¤ Powell: We were instructed to talk to Woodward
¤ Senator says US may need compulsory service to boost Iraq force
¤ Bush and Kerry Share a Problem
¤ Blair suffers first Europe defeat
¤ Spanish press review
¤ Lies, cover-ups, fat cats and an oil giant in crisis
¤ King of Jordan cancels Bush talks over backing for Sharon
¤ Bush Officials Deny Money Was Diverted for Iraq War
¤ Honduras rushes to pull out troops
¤ Israel to target Hamas in exile
¤ Neo-Crazy Coup d'Etat
¤ Blair condemns Israel and opens rift with US
¤ Their beliefs are bonkers, but they are at the heart of power
¤ The Top 19 Dumbest Statements of the Past Week
¤ George W. Bush Goes Mad, Right Before Our Eyes
¤ President Bush May Never Have Read Bin Laden Brief
¤ A Country Destroyed
¤ Gov't: U.S. Death Toll in Iraq Tops 700
¤ The Oklahoma City Bombing
¤ Oklahoma City Bombing Was Taped
¤ US challenges Falluja militants
¤ America's knee-jerk defense of Israel must stop
¤ US marines down to two hot meals a day
¤ Pakistan to lodge strong protest with US
¤ Kerry hones statements on the Vietnam War
¤ Have you seen this man?
¤ More journalists head to Iraq as violence ratchets up
¤ Civilian Deaths Anger Fallujah Refugees
¤ US ends Fallujah siege
¤ Dastardly murder
¤ The malaise
¤ Legitimising aggression?
¤ The Crumbling of the Coalition?
¤ Powell in the bad books for revealing war doubts
¤ Saudis pledge to oil Bush re-election
¤ Bush regrets Spain troop withdrawal decision
¤ Quraya seeks world's help on Sharon plan
Coalition of the 'Willing' turning into Duet of the Stubborn
Posted: Monday, April 19, 2004
US tries to repair Iraq coalition cracks
US officials said they were bracing for a possible Thai withdrawal after Foreign Minister Surakiart Sathirathai said it would withdraw its 400 troops if the situation becomes too dangerous. Full Article
Dynamic Duo miss the point
They have the same stance, the same height, the same arrogant demeanor, the same self-righteousness and approach crisis management in the same way: first create the crisis, then manage the consequences.
Bush and Blair, the dynamic duo, wholly and utterly missed the point in their joint press conference in Washington today, when they claimed that they will stand firm to stabilize Iraq. Full Article
Poland planning pull-out of troops from Iraq
Poland is planning to withdraw its troops from Iraq in the coming months, dealing another blow to the US-led coalition forces there.
The revelation yesterday by a senior government adviser that Poland's 2,500 soldiers would leave Iraq comes just a day after the new Spanish Prime Minister, Mr José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, announced the pull-out of Spanish troops "as soon as possible".
President Bush reacted to the Spanish decision by accusing Mr Zapatero yesterday of giving "false comfort to terrorists \ enemies of freedom in Iraq". Full Article
Honduras to Pull Troops Soon from Iraq
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (Reuters) - In a blow to President Bush and his coalition partners in Iraq, Honduras on Monday followed Spain in announcing it will pull its troops out of the country.
"I have told the coalition countries that the troops are going to return from Iraq," President Ricardo Maduro said in a speech on national television and radio.
"I have ordered... the carrying out of the decision taken in the shortest possible time and under safe conditions for our troops." Full Article
New Spanish Prime Minister Orders Troops
Withdrawn From Iraq As Soon As Possible
MADRID, Spain -- Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said Sunday he had ordered Spanish troops pulled out of the U.S.-led occupation force in Iraq as soon as possible, fulfilling a campaign pledge and acting to salve his uneasy nation.
Zapatero, who swept to victory in elections three days after 191 people were killed in terrorist commuter-train bombings in Madrid last month, said he acted after deciding the United Nations was unprepared to take over the occupation of Iraq _ his condition for keeping Spanish troops in the country. Full Article
Latest News
Posted: Monday, April 19, 2004
¤ Honduras to Pull Troops Soon from Iraq
¤ Spanish Troops to Leave Iraq Within Weeks
¤ Bush Losing Ground in Rural America
¤ Nuke-for-energy deal for Kim?
¤ Bush Names Negroponte Iraq Ambassador
¤ How al-Qaeda keeps its secrets
¤ Occupation highlights superpower limits
¤ Carnage dims hopes for political way
¤ 'Bush: Jesus made me do it!'
¤ Leadership secrets of George W. Bush
¤ A tale of two Bushes
¤ Bremer Is Increasing Pressure for a Quick End to Iraqi Uprisings
¤ A mind-boggling assault on freedom of the press
¤ Mercenaries Second Largest Force In Iraq: Report
¤ Israel Threat to Syria
¤ U.S. Marines engaged in 'silent war' near Syrian border
¤ Poland Won't Increase Troops When Spain Pulls Out Of Iraq
¤ Bush's Hope of Finding Weapons in Iraq Is Futile, Kay, Blix Say
¤ Bush Mobilizes Women
¤ One Nation, Deceived
¤ Report from Baghdad -- Hospital Closings and U.S. War Crimes
¤ The Wrong War
¤ Stay the Course; Come Home in a Tube
¤ History is for the Dead
¤ The Sharon Annex
¤ The State of Iraq
¤ World Slams "Unlawful" Rantissi Killing, U.S. Defends
¤ Hamas Withholds Name Of New Gaza Leader
¤ Spanish troops already pulling out of Iraq - minister
¤ Government demands Israel return any bogus passports
¤ Brooklyn man indicted on federal arms export charges
¤ Enough is enough
¤ Ramallah: Israeli Troops Take it Out on Children
¤ Women and children hit by 'random shooting'
¤ Dover Air Force Base: Mortuary Procedures
¤ Delusional…to the Bitter End
¤ Interesting Times Revisited
¤ Eyewitness in Fallujah
¤ The Ariel Act
¤ 'Baghdad Boil' Afflicting U.S. Troops
¤ Australia 'bullying' East Timor over oil revenue
¤ Pope brands Rantissi killing 'inhuman'
¤ Top aides out of the loop as Bush planned Iraq war
¤ Fear still rules Iraq
¤ 12 US troops killed in Iraq fighting
¤ UN rights panel to discuss Rantissi’s killing
¤ Bush asked for military ‘options’ in Iraq in Nov 2001: Rice
¤ Iraq: our media are culpable
¤ Terrorist Summit
¤ Plan Of Attack
¤ Israel's extreme measures
¤ Airing of Powell's Misgivings Tests Ties in the Cabinet
¤ Saudis pledged oil price cut before US vote-report
¤ Just a 'tidying-up exercise' or a drastic loss of sovereignty?
¤ Spanish socialists to pull troops out of Iraq 'within 15 days'
¤ Congress to investigate claims of Saddam's oil-for-food bribery
¤ Arab leaders say Bush backs Israel attack policy
¤ Sharon's victory will still leave his people living in fear
¤ U.S. Snipers Seen As 'Weapons' in Iraq
¤ The terror of Bush's war on America
¤ White House denies giving green light to Israeli operation
¤ Sharon praises assassination and vows to stick with policy
¤ An American Caesar
¤ Invade Iraq? It's a no brainer
¤ Scottish protester arrested in West Bank
¤ US 'soldiers of conscience' take Sixties route to Canada
¤ Three Afghan policemen killed
¤ US bank to face fine over Saudis
¤ European, US firms awarded bids for Iraqi oil
¤ Woodward: Tenet told Bush WMD case a 'slam dunk'
Latest News
Posted: Sunday, April 18, 2004
¤ Eleven more U.S. troops die in Iraq
¤ Fallujah Is Realm of Snipers on Both Sides
¤ Rice: U.S. Bracing for Terror Before Polls
¤ U.S. deploys loud music, insults in Fallujah
¤ Woodward book tells of Bush's march to war in Iraq
¤ A Different Kind of Intelligence Failure
¤ Box Score for the War
¤ U.S. General Nearly Faints at Podium
¤ New Spanish Prime Minister Orders Troops Withdrawn From Iraq A.S.A.P
¤ 'Getting aid past US snipers is impossible'
¤ Photos from Falluja Warning -- Graphic And Disturbing
¤ Ten US troops killed in Iraq
¤ Islamic group demands inquiry into ‘gag’ photo
¤ Whitehall warns UK firms to stop sending workers to Iraq
¤ Revolts in Iraq Deepen Crisis In Occupation
¤ Violence in Iraq will get even worse, says Blair
¤ Bush couldn't survive one round of 'American Idol'
¤ Whose Human Rights is the Occupation Defending
¤ 'Good job, Prime Minister' - and Bush campaign is back on track
¤ Bush's Love of Brown-Skinned People
¤ 11 US soldiers killed in one day in Iraq
¤ More occupation troops killed in Iraq
¤ NZ govt condemns Israel's killing of Hamas leader
¤ Sharon stands by assassination policy
¤ Hamas Chooses New Leader After Slaying
¤ Leaders condemn killing of Rantissi
¤ Downer stops short of condemning killing
¤ US denies giving Israel green light
¤ Sharon praises army for killing Rantissi
¤ US holds back from condemning killing
¤ Annan condemns Rantissi assassination
¤ Palestinian calls for Aust to condemn Hamas assassination
¤ 14 die in held Kashmir violence
¤ World condemns Israel's action
¤ Iraq: US toll continues to rise
¤ Bush faces Iraq backlash at home
¤ Sharon's `Big Bang'
¤ Sadr supporters expect US attack in Najaf
¤ U.S. declines to condemn Rantisi assassination
¤ In Fallujah, Confusion Spiked With Danger
¤ America needs a conscript army
¤ Wrecking peace
¤ New Evidence Indicates FBI’s Complicity in Waco Massacre
¤ Hamas leader assassinated in Gaza by Israeli missile strike
¤ Diamond miners killed 'by Indians'
¤ Smiles in the Rose Garden, but all hell continues in Iraq
¤ It's diplomacy, actually
¤ Record poppy crop makes mockery of Afghanistan's 'jihad' on opium
¤ Calm before the storm in Baghdad
¤ Rantisi buried as Israel vows more killing
¤ Arab Street Calls for Strong Action Against Israel, U.S.
¤ American Marine "Ashamed" Of Iraq Experience
¤ 6 Marines, scores of Iraqis killed in fierce battle
¤ No expense is spared for Israel's security.
¤ Revolts in Iraq Deepen Crisis In Occupation
¤ Death set to ignite tinderbox in Iraq
¤ Calm before the storm in Baghdad
¤ Fatal United Nations Prison Shoot-Out Still A Mystery
¤ Five Marines Killed in Iraq Border Fight
¤ Cheney Says Kerry a Threat to Gun Owners
Latest News
Posted: Saturday, April 17, 2004
¤ Hamas leader Rantisi killed in IAF strike in Gaza City
¤ Israeli Air Strike Kills Top Hamas Leader Rantisi
¤ Israel assassinates Hamas leader Rantissi
¤ Hamas chief assassinated by Israel
¤ US attack on Iraqi city fought off
¤ Reaction to al-Rantisi assassination
¤ U.S. soldier dies of wounds after attack in Iraq
¤ Rage and despair
¤ Iraqi forces fighting beside Marines angry
¤ 'Getting aid past US snipers is impossible'
¤ Bush began to plan war three months after 9/11
¤ Anger at restrictions on Vanunu
¤ Guard killed in Baghdad mortar attack
¤ Vietnam era defence chief slams Bush's policy
¤ Dirty deeds done dirt cheap
¤ 'Persecution of Muslim chaplain was petty and malicious'
¤ 'Dance of death'
¤ Oil from Iraq : An Israeli pipedream?
¤ Monstrous Massacre in Fallujah - Is Miami Next?
¤ War Launched to Protect Israel - Bush Adviser
¤ Drug dealers got surveillance helicopters sold by Israel
¤ Six Moroccan Madrid bombing suspects freed
¤ Activists Arrested Outside White House Protesting Bush-Sharon Meeting
¤ 3 U.S. soldiers are killed in Iraq attack
¤ Bush finds UN relevant, after all
¤ Dynamic Duo miss the point
¤ U.S. Closes Two Highways Into Baghdad
¤ Blair refused offer of get-out clause on Iraq
¤ Praise for stand-up guy is lost in translation
¤ Back to the UN
¤ Israel threatens to destroy settler homes
¤ Iraqi Gunmen Kill Coalition Soldier
¤ Bush, Blair Unified on Israeli Plan, Iraq
¤ Argentina hit by energy shortage
¤ US troops have carried out a massacre in Falluja
¤ Bush and Blair: Things can only get better
¤ Kidnapped US soldier, 20, paraded on TV by captors
¤ White House confirms: Bush ordered up Iraq plan in November 2001
¤ Powell Said to Have Warned Bush Before the War
¤ U.S. deaths from enemy fire at highest level since Vietnam
¤ Rove regrets 'Mission Accomplished' banner
¤ America quietly sacks its prize witness against Saddam
¤ Bush Blows It Again
¤ Holy War? Is That What Bush is About?
¤ White House Press Corps Falls Down
¤ Sorry, Mr. President, it is Imperialism
¤ "You Gotta Win to Win"
¤ Liberation Eludes Afghan Women
¤ Self-Pitying Imperialists
¤ The fatal flaw in the 9/11 coverup
¤ Haiti after Aristide: The danger of a revived army
¤ Wall of blame
¤ A Question of Credibility
¤ Why 'standing firm' makes no sense
¤ Dreaming of George
¤ Where in the world is Ayman al-Zawahiri?
¤ Bush 'ordered Iraq war during Afghan conflict'
¤ Rebel leader warns US: I am ready to face martyrdom
¤ Terrorist nostalgia
¤ Terrorist nostalgia
¤ Iran’s move on Iraq
¤ Words and world affairs
¤ Why Sharon is looking so pleased
¤ How Sharon pulled off his triumph
¤ Iran gets its hands dirty
¤ Saddam's capture revisited
¤ Suspected Israeli spies detained
¤ Iraq, then the world, Bush hoped
¤ Arafat Condemns Bush Position on Mideast
¤ At least 4 Israelis injured in Palestinian suicide bombing attack
¤ Bush pushed Iraq war plan in 2001
¤ Iraq war costing US popularity
April 11 coup d'etat
Posted: Saturday, April 17, 2004
April 11 Venezuela Coup D'etat Remembered
Two years after the April 11 coup d'etat against President Hugo Chavez, Venezuelans commemorated the events occurred that historic day.
Several Human Rights groups and grassroots organizations, including, the National Association of Victims of the Coup d'etat (Asovic), held a series of events downtown Caracas this Sunday, starting with a march through the avenues where more than ten people where killed that day. Full Article
Latest News
Posted: Friday, April 16, 2004
¤ Sharon's "Courageous" Plan: Bush Legitimizes Terrorism
¤ Paying for War
¤ Dead Babies: Fallujah's Collateral Damage
¤ Bush, Ashcroft and Rice
¤ Bush must confront the mess he made in Iraq
¤ 'The president's brain is missing'
¤ Deep Dark Truthful Mirror
¤ Next Up: WMD Hearings, Soon Please
¤ The Crack-Up
¤ Insurgent Mortar Attacks Kill 8 Iraqis
¤ CNN to Al Jazeera: Why Report Civilian Deaths?
¤ Don't look too hard for trouble in Iraq
¤ More Iraqis killed in Falluja
¤ Danish, U.S. businessmen kidnapped in Iraq
¤ U.S. is on wrong side of the wall
¤ 'Countless bad decisions and 681 deaths'
¤ More hostages freed - others seized
¤ Israeli army kills Palestinian youth
¤ Bush Defends Sharon's Withdrawal Plan
¤ Israel bans Palestinians aged over 35 from leaving Gaza
¤ Administration Damages Its Own Peace Plan
¤ Rabbit Out of the Hat
¤ The Wrongs of Spring and the Western Media
¤ ANC sweeps to most dramatic victory yet
¤ US reels from Arab and European fury
¤ Sight unseen
¤ Dane Missing in Iraq; Chinese Man Freed
¤ Gunmen rule in a city gripped with fright
¤ GM soya 'miracle' turns sour in Argentina
¤ Apartheid's heirs buried by ANC's landslide victory
¤ 35 feared killed by Amazon Indians
¤ Blair to seek new UN resolution on Iraq
¤ Telling Bush he has got it wrong is what Blair must do
¤ Arabs united in condemnation of Israel's unilateral withdrawal plan
¤ CIA Warned of Attack 6 Years Before 9/11
¤ Sharon Faces Battle Over 'Disengagement'
¤ Book Alleges Secret Iraq War Plan
¤ Russia's ominous Iraq exodus
¤ Republican group meddles in Cambodia
¤ PM's comments endangered my life: aid worker
¤ Aust worker held hostage 'terrified'
¤ Sharon gets what he wants
¤ India and Nepal, Leaving Iraq, Blair-Bush axis
¤ New demands test troop stamina
¤ As violence rises, rebuilding stalls
¤ Iraq more like Lebanon than Vietnam
¤ Torn between money and safety, some US workers flee Iraq
¤ British-US tie loosens over Iraq
¤ Iraq blurs the line between crime and war
¤ The offense in Bush's 9/11 defense
¤ IMF: U.S. Budget Deficits Threaten World
¤ A foolish consistency
¤ Get Out Now, Before We Are Thrown Out
¤ Glaring by their absence - US friends in Iraq
¤ Not exactly Vietnam, but parallels exist
¤ More Iraqis killed in Falluja
¤ Spanish base attacked in Najaf
¤ Saudi blasts Bush for backing Sharon
¤ Palestinians reject Bush, Sharon plans
¤ The US Was Once Considered a Rogue Nation
¤ Turning into Israel?
¤ General Calls Insurgency in Iraq a Sign of U.S. Success
¤ U.S. Open to a Proposal That Supplants Council in Iraq
¤ Bush backing Sharon to prove he is in control
¤ The showdown
¤ The climbdown
¤ The backdown
¤ Beyond Israel: ripple effect of Bush's stand
¤ Incredible Credibility
¤ US troops shell Fallujah mosque
¤ 'UFOs sighted' over Iran
¥ Not UFO's its the USA
¤ Warnings ignored, says retired Marine
¤ U.S. tells citizens to leave Saudi Arabia
¤ CIA's Tenet did speak to Bush before 9-11, spokesman says
¤ US policy shift Arafat pledges to continue struggle
¤ Losing Falluja
¤ The Madness of President George
¤ Things were better under Saddam
¤ The Origins of 9-11
Latest News
Posted: Thursday, April 15, 2004
¤ The Know Exactly What They're Doing
¤ Bush Endorsement of Sharon Proposal Undermines International Law...
¤ How the "NewsHour" Changed History...
¤ Deeper into the Quagmire...
¤ America Reaps the Whirlwind...
¤ No Apology Can Excuse the True Cost of this War...
¤ Iranian diplomat killed in Iraq
¤ Marines raid apartments in Haiti
¤ UN condemns Israeli settlements
¤ Iranian Diplomat Shot Dead in Baghdad
¤ White House insists its aim is to jump-start peace process
¤ Polish forces criticize US over Iraq Sadr violence
¤ US soldier killed in Iraq bomb attack
¤ Hear no evil, read no evil, speak drivel
¤ Trust, Don't Verify
¤ Heads Up... from Michael Moore
¤ Republicans Walk Out Of Federal Hearing On Voting Machines
¤ Rumsfeld: Iraq Toll Higher Than Expected
¤ Bush Support of Israel's Gaza Plan Continues to Stir Controversy
¤ Powell defends US support for Israel's disengagement plan
¤ Will the 9/11 Widows Bring Bush Down?
¤ The Carnage According to Gen. Kimmitt
¤ Why American Troops Commit Atrocities in Iraq
¤ The Spinning Grounds
¤ Why Does Kerry Sound like Bush?
¤ Iraq’s uprising against occupation
¤ The roots of the resistance
¤ Marines in Fallujah trade 'culturally sensitive' training for bullets
¤ US 'emulates' Israeli tactics
¤ The Sharon-Bush Axis of Occupation
¤ Bush rips up the road map
¤ Palestinian outcry at borders 'rejection'
¤ Sharon and Bush reach their own settlement on Israel
¤ Sharon Coup: U.S. Go-Ahead
¤ Bush Endorsement Gives Boost to Sharon
¤ Sharon Gets Firm U.S. Support on W. Bank
¤ Hijackers fly into Pentagon? No chance, said top brass
¤ Rwanda confounds its critics
¤ US deficit threatens global recovery
¤ This is Bush's Vietnam
¤ Fallujah fighting jeopardizes fragile truce
¤ Iraqi 'beaten to death' by US troops
¤ Tony really must try harder
¤ The American legacy in Iraq
¤ So how did the president do?
¤ Siege of Fallujah polarizing Iraqis
¤ Nationalism grows in Iraq
¤ Iraq is not Vietnam, but it might become Algeria
¤ Italian hostage in Iraq killed
¤ George and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamtie
¤ The spinning grounds
¤ Bush 'enforcer' for Iraq
¤ French press writes off allied control of Iraq
¤ Mission accomplished
¤ Hardline American diplomat handed top job in Baghdad
¤ Hostage murdered on tape
¤ US troops ambushed as they converge on holy city
¤ CIA needs five more years to develop the capability to take on al-Qa'ida
¤ Hostages - what lured them to Iraq?
¤ Grim future for global foreign policies
¤ Vice President Halliburton
¤ Iraq Sovereignty Handover Seen as Largely Symbolic
¤ Pentagon says 688 US soldiers killed in Iraq
¤ Seven shot dead in Afghan attack
¤ Reassuring the U.S.
¤ Fallujah set to explode
¤ Haitians Brace for Backlash of New Gov't
¤ Misreporting 9/11: How the Media Muzzles the Story
¤ Australia's failure of intelligence
¤ Pentagon crash 'too unrealistic'
¤ Trust, Don't Verify
¤ Kerry assails prez for 'costing us lives' in war
¤ The French connection
¤ DHS alumnus Tim Smith is civilian casualty in Iraq
¤ Deaths of Scores of Mercenaries Not Reported
¤ 'Bin Laden' offers truce with Europe
U.S., France Block UN Probe of Aristide Ouster
Posted: Wednesday, April 14, 2004
by Thalif Deen
UNITED NATIONS - The United States and France have intimidated Caribbean countries into delaying an official request for a probe into the murky circumstances under which Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide was ousted from power in February, according to diplomatic sources here.
The two veto-wielding permanent members of the 15-nation Security Council have signaled to Caribbean nations that they do not want a U.N. probe of Aristide's ouster.
Any attempts to bring the issue or even introduce a resolution before the Security Council will either be blocked or vetoed by both countries, council sources told IPS.
www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0413-08.htm
Return to Haiti: The American Learning Zone
By Tom Reeves
This time I went to see the results of another coup against Aristide, one clearly planned, funded and orchestrated by the U.S. I felt a terrible déjŕ vu: massive violence against the poor, especially against Aristide's Lavalas movement; the very same paramilitary and former Haitian army officers committing the atrocities. Convicted mass murderers acting as judges, administrators and police. Despite intimidation and brutal attacks on the poorest neighborhoods, we saw overwhelming support for Aristide among the poor, and violent hatred of Aristide by the tiny elite.
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Posted: Wednesday, April 14, 2004
¤ We made mistakes, says CIA boss
¤ Return to Haiti: The American Learning Zone
¤ Koizumi's Itch Gets Scratched
¤ What Dubya Really Said
¤ Bush backs Sharon's 'disengagement' plan
¤ US Military 'Pressuring' Journalists
¤ U.S., France Block UN Probe of Aristide Ouster
¤ Iraq, Not 9-11, May Be Bush's Achilles' Heel
¤ This is What Occupation Looks Like
¤ The Marines’ “How To” Handbook for Empire
¤ The President Has No Clothes
¤ Terror at Home: SUVs
¤ A Scary Performance, and a Signal for Slaughter
¤ Check the Facts Before Rushing to War
¤ Army Strategist Criticizes Bush Administration Conduct of Iraq War
¤ U.S. Launches Heavy Fire on Fallujah
¤ Iran Halts Its Work With U.S. on Iraq
¤ No right of return, Bush tells Palestinian refugees
¤ 4 more U.S. Marines killed in western Iraq
¤ President Bush: No Apologies, No Mistakes and No Plan
¤ Passing the Blame in the Glare of the Spotlight
¤ Ending the 'war on terror' myth
¤ Bush Unable to Admit Errors
¤ Fear is being used as re-election tactic
¤ Bush: While Nero Fiddled…
¤ 'Sarajevo on the Euphrates'
¤ Didn't you get the memo?
¤ Iraq: The wolf is at the door
¤ Wanted: A new Saddam
¤ Bush Is Stumped on Question of Mistakes
¤ U.S. to Extend Duty Tours of 10,000 Troops in Iraq
¤ “Submit or Die”: The Siege of Fallujah and Beyond
¤ Two Ideas of Freedom
¤ Italian hostage killed - Aljazeera TV
¤ Al-Sadr drops demands for talks with US
¤ Kidnappings force foreigners out of Iraq
¤ Summing up the Bush Faux Press Conference
¤ Bush pledges: We'll finish the job
¤ Ashcroft denies taking little interest in terrorism
¤ Bush says he's 'confident' he's made mistakes, but can't think of any
¤ Bush ready to send more troops to Iraq
¤ Media turn heat on Bush over 9/11
¤ 'I don't plan on losing my job'
¤ Kidnaps blow to rebuilding efforts
¤ Plenty of jostling behind the scenes
¤ The beam in Bremer's eye
¤ Ditch the histrionics and talk to us like grown-ups
¤ Bush authorises 'decisive force'
¤ Fooling ourselves in Iraq
¤ A Descent Into Dishonor
¤ US chopper shot down in Fallujah
¤ Iraq: What is the US up to
¤ The real Vietnam Syndrome is amnesia.
¤ Into the Fire
¤ 'A culture of responsibility'
¤ Iraq south oil export network secure - ministry
¤ Kill imam at your peril, Shiites warn US
¤ UN rules out sending team to Iraq
¤ Americans poised to enter holiest Shia site in hunt for Sadr
¤ Foreigners urged to quit Iraq as kidnap risk intensifies
¤ Letter describes 'critical intelligence failures'
¤ Palestinian children killed by Israel
¤ Italians taken hostage as nervous nations pull out
¤ FBI 'could not afford anti-terror experts'
¤ Another country
¤ South Africans flock to the polls
¤ 4 Unidentified Bodies Found in Iraq
¤ Palestinians Warn U.S. on Restrictions
¤ Bush Says Iraq Is Testing America's Will
¤ Britain accused of 9/11 blunder
¤ Russia to Evacuate People From Iraq
¤ World set back 10 years by Bush's new world order, says Blair aide
¤ An infantile disorder
¤ The inevitable logic of US repression in Iraq
¤ Reject Blair’s colonial adventure
¤ US press justifies slaughter in Iraq
Flashback ¤ The real lessons of Fallujah
New Reports on U.S. Planting WMDs in Iraq
Posted: Tuesday, April 13, 2004
April 13, 2004 Mehr News Agency (Tehran, Iran)
BASRA -– Fifty days after the first reports that the U.S. forces were unloading weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in southern Iraq, new reports about the movement of these weapons have been disclosed.
Sources in Iraq speculate that occupation forces are using the recent unrest in Iraq to divert attention from their surreptitious shipments of WMD into the country.
An Iraqi source close to the Basra Governor’s Office told the MNA that new information shows that a large part of the WMD, which was secretly brought to southern and western Iraq over the past month, are in containers falsely labeled as containers of the Maeresk shipping company and some consignments bearing the labels of organizations such as the Red Cross or the USAID in order to disguise them as relief shipments.
The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, added that Iraqi officials including forces loyal to the Iraqi Governing Council stationed in southern Iraq have been forbidden from inspecting or supervising the transportation of these consignments. He went on to say that the occupation forces have ordered Iraqi officials to forward any questions on the issue to the coalition forces. Even the officials of the international relief organizations have informed the Iraqi officials that they would only accept responsibility for relief shipments which have been registered and managed by their organizations.
The Iraqi source also confirmed the report about suspicious trucks with fake Saudi and Jordanian license plates entering Iraq at night last week, stressing that the Saudi and Jordanian border guards did not attempt to inspect the trucks but simply delivered them to the U.S. and British forces stationed on Iraq’s borders.
However, the source expressed ignorance whether the governments of Saudi Arabia and Jordan were aware of such movements.
A professor of physics at Baghdad University also told the MNA correspondent that a group of his colleagues who are highly specialized in military, chemical and biological fields have been either bribed or threatened during the last weeks to provide written information on what they know about various programs and research centers and the possible storage of WMD equipment.
The professor also said these people have been openly asked to confirm or deny the existence of research or related WMD equipment. A large number of these scientists, who are believed to be under the surveillance of U.S. intelligence operatives, have claimed that if they refuse to comply with this request, they may be killed or arrested on charges of concealing the truth if these weapons are found by the Bush administration in the future.
He said that the Iraqi scientists believe their lives would be in danger if they decline to cooperate with the occupation forces, especially when they recall that senior U.S. officer Michael Peterson once said, “Iraqi scientists are at any case a threat to the U.S. administration, whether they talk or not.”
A source close to the Iraqi Governing Council said, “In the meantime, many suspect containers disguised as fuel supplies have been moved about by some units of the U.S. special forces. The move has been carried out under heavy security measures. Also, there are unofficial reports that the containers held biological and bacteriological toxins in liquid form. It is possible that the news about the discovery of the WMDs would be announced later.”
He also said that such mixtures had been used by the Saddam regime in the 1990s.
The source added that some provocative actions such as the closure of Al-Hawza periodical by U.S. administrator Paul Bremer, the secret meetings between his envoys with some extremist groups who have no relations with the Iraqi Governing Council, the sudden upsurge in violence in central and southern Iraq, a number of activities which have stoked up the wrath of the prominent Shia clerics, and finally, the spate of kidnappings and the baseless charges against the Iranian charge d’affaires in Baghdad are providing the necessary smokescreen for the transportation of the WMD to their intended locations.
He said they are quite aware that the White House in cooperation with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has directly tasked the Defense Department to hide these weapons. Given the recent scandals to the effect that the U.S. president was privy to the 9/11 plot, they might try to immediately announce the discovery of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq in order to overshadow the scandals and prevent a further decline of Bush’s public opinion rating as the election approaches.
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Posted: Tuesday, April 13, 2004
¤ Sadr undaunted by massed US troops
¤ Fundamental errors of inflexible army
¤ NBC: Bodies of 4 U.S. contractors found in Iraq
¤ 82 U.S. Troops Killed in Iraq in April
¤ The Sick, the Old and the Young Ask: "Do We Look Like Fighters?"
¤ A Rant
¤ New Reports on U.S. Planting WMDs in Iraq
¤ 'Snares and delusions'
¤ Decoding The PDB
¤ 'Up, up and 'B.S. Away!'
¤ The victim's licence
¤ Beware of Ariel Sharon bearing gifts
¤ Why Bush's Afghanistan problem won't go away
¤ Iraqi prospects
¤ Russian, Ukrainian Hostages Freed in Baghdad
¤ U.S. Copter Crashes, Burns Near Fallujah
¤ Bush to Discuss Iraq in News Conference
¤ US troops pull back from Fallujah
¤ French media swipes at Bush over US woes in Iraq
¤ US 'to back Israeli land demands'
¤ General asks Pentagon to send 10,000 more troops
¤ Deadly Mistakes: A Chronology of Failure
¤ Vengeance, Time, and US Idiocy
¤ The victim's licence
¤ US pledge to arrest or kill Shia cleric
¥ Does this type of policy seem familiar?
Flashback ¤ Israel Says It Will Kill Hamas' Leaders
¤ Australian defence adviser 'sacked for refusing to sex up WMD reports'
¤ Chinese hostages 'released'
¤ Bereaved father in plea to Pentagon
¤ There is no alternative to Tony Blair's policy on Iraq
¤ Iraq: Lessons of an Old Guerrilla Fighter
¤ Americans Slaughtering Civilians in Fallujah
¤ My Rummy, right or ... right
¤ US tactics appalling, say British officers
¤ Blair: I do not know if Iraq had WMDs
Flashback ¤ Blair 'Knew Iraq Had No WMD'
¤ Two spy planes crash in Afghanistan
¤ Troops in Iraq Strain to Hold Lines of Supply
¤ Spanish Socialists stand firm on their pledge to withdraw troops
¤ Dreams of help from the Americans fade into support for an outlawed cleric
¤ Condi's Cover-up Caves In
¤ Tell us what happened, Mr. President
Latest News
Posted: Monday, April 12, 2004
¤ Sharon: Israel Keeping 6 Settlement Blocs
¤ 76 GIs Die in Iraq Since April 1, 26 Over Weekend
¤ Battle for Iraqi Hearts and Minds Suspended in Face of Escalating Resistance
¤ Destroying a Town in Order to Save it
¤ Collapse?
¤ Iraq Gunmen Batter American Supply Lines
¤ Not on Our Best Behavior
¤ Body Of Civilian Contractor Found Near Baghdad - MSNBC
¤ Two Czechs kidnapped in Baghdad, may be Czech TV employees
¤ U.S. Military Seeks Additional Forces for Iraq
¤ A Perfectly Good Train Wreck
¤ How GI bullies are making enemies of their Iraqi friends
¤ Did the US miscalculate in Iraq?
¤ Bush's newest 9/11 excuse: President says he thought FBI, CIA were on the case
¤ 'Who wants to run the whole dang country?'
¤ 'Condi, you didn't do what?'
¤ 'Bush vacations while U.S. soldiers die'
¤ 'White House hindering 9/11 probe'
¤ The Bush Doctrine's Vietnam Paradox
¤ "Today's Special: Chicken Hawk w. Side of Condi Rice"
¤ Caught with their PDBs down
¤ US Gen Denounces 2 Arab TV Outlets For Fallujah Reporting
¤ Arab TV:Russian Oil Co Has 11 Employees Abducted In Iraq
¤ Seven U.S. Contractors Missing in Iraq
¤ One, Two, Many Messes
¤ The pre-9/11 blunder you’ve probably never heard of
¤ U.S. Gasoline Prices Break Records Again
¤ An Iraqi intifada
¤ Bush given hijack alert before 9/11
¤ Bush Warns of More Casualties to Come in Iraq
¤ Defiant US says Falluja dead were rebels
¤ Iraq hostage crisis intensifies
¤ Kidnap tactic makes allies waver
¤ U.S. military says 16 troops killed in past 3 days
¤ Confusion over Japanese hostages
¤ Fallujah ceasefire extended; US chopper downed
¤ Two killed as fighting erupts in Afghanistan
¤ Rice Whine
¤ Explosion kills two Iraqi policemen
¤ Israel raids West Bank towns
¤ Who will rescue the US?
¤ And After Bush Saw The Memo?
¤ In Afghanistan: a US soldier's emotional landscape
¤ Shut Up, War Critics
¤ Bin Laden memo puts Bush on back foot
¤ Vietnam and Iraq
¤ A Spanish lesson for Bush
¤ Travel ban slapped on military amid fears of Gallipoli terrorist attack
¤ War's Full Fury Is Suddenly Everywhere
¤ British hostage freed
US Picked Iraq Council Demands Immediate Cease-Fire
Posted: Sunday, April 11, 2004
US Picked Iraq Council Demands Immediate Cease-Fire
by Hamza Hendawi
Published on Friday, April 9, 2004 by the Associated Press
BAGHDAD, Iraq - In a split between U.S.-picked Iraqi leaders and American administrators, the Governing Council demanded an immediate cease-fire across the country Friday and a halt to military operations that punish civilians.
A Shiite member of the council also met with radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, whose militia is battling U.S.-led forces in the south, and announced he was suspending his membership in the Iraqi Governing Council until the "bleeding in all Iraq" ends.
Another member, Ghazi al-Yawer, threatened to quit the council over the Marines' bloody siege of the city of Fallujah, aimed at uprooting Sunni insurgents.
U.S. forces have been fighting a two-front battle this week - against Sunni militants in Fallujah and al-Sadr's militia in the south - that has killed more than 460 Iraqis and 45 Americans. Full Article
Bush Was Warned of Possible Attack in U.S., Official Says
Posted: Sunday, April 11, 2004
Bush Was Warned of Possible Attack in U.S., Official Says
by Eric Lichtblau and David E Sanger
Published on Saturday, April 10, 2004 the New York Times
WASHINGTON — President Bush was told more than a month before the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, that supporters of Osama bin Laden planned an attack within the United States with explosives and wanted to hijack airplanes, a government official said Friday.
The disclosure appears to contradict the White House's repeated assertions that the briefing the president received about the Qaeda threat was "historical" in nature and that the White House had little reason to suspect a Qaeda attack within American borders.
The warning came in a secret briefing that Mr. Bush received at his ranch in Crawford, Tex., on Aug. 6, 2001. A report by a joint Congressional committee last year alluded to a "closely held intelligence report" that month about the threat of an attack by Al Qaeda, and the official confirmed an account by The Associated Press on Friday saying that the report was in fact part of the president's briefing in Crawford. Full Article
Latest News
Posted: Sunday, April 11, 2004
¤ Protesters call for U.S. to leave Iraq
¤ Fallujah Death Toll for Week More Than 600
¤ Young to snub Mbeki in poll
¤ Two Die When U.S. Copter Downed in Iraq
¤ Eight U.S. Soldiers Killed in Iraq Attacks-Military
¤ Iraq Group Says Releases Eight Hostages - TV
¤ Ordinary people who tried to stop a war
¤ Germans Protest U.S. Military Bases, Iraq Occupation
¤ Mercenaries take revenge and shoot hundreds of Iraqis
¤ Top 27 Pieces of Evidence that Show Rice Perjured Herself
¤ Fallujah:A Little Local Difficulty
¤ Fallouja residents call U.S. tactics oppressive
¤ 'How do you spell fiasco? B - U - S - H'
¤ Condoleezza Rice, You Are a Liar
¤ Bush's Boy Blunder
¤ 'Exit strategy: Fire them all'
¤ Bush: Nothing Warned of 9/11 Attacks
¤ Bush Warned Of 9/11 Attacks: Memo
¤ Bush: Pre-9/11 Document Did Not Include 'Time and Place of an Attack'
¤ Bush Prays for a Drop in Iraq Casualties
¤ Aljazeera airs tape of dead 'CIA men'
¤ Israel unsettled by US Iraq quagmire
¤ Democracy Explodes Over Iraq
¤ Blair defies his critics to back US over Iraq
¤ Bush faces fresh claims he knew of al-Qa'ida attacks before 9/11
¤ Sharon flies to US to seek backing on Gaza
¤ Mbeki attack on opposition leader stirs up 'racism' storm
¤ Are Americans The Victims Of A Hoax?
¤ Army at breaking point in Iraq
¤ How Iraq has woken America from its Big Sleep
¤ Sacked WMD adviser: I won't lie
¤ 6 Americans killed in Iraq as violence presses on
¤ Spain PM asks Bush to restrain Rumsfeld
¤ Bush pledges to defeat guerrillas in Iraq
¤ Hill surprised by seriousness of Iraqi situation
¤ Hill dismisses sacked adviser's WMD claims
¤ Sydney Iraqis march against occupation
¤ U.S. will control Iraqi forces
¤ Iraq’s enemy within
¤ 40 dead as blast tears through Russian mine
¤ Iraqi Battalion Refuses to 'Fight Iraqis'
¤ Afghan chief 'held by Taliban'
¤ Bush vows victory as US waits and worries
¤ U.S. was warned
¤ Iraqis worry that as Fallujah goes, so goes the U.S. occupation
¤ Blair defies his critics to back US over Iraq
¤ Apocalypse now? Part 1: The War Front
¤ Apocalypse now? Part 2: The White House
¤ Apocalypse now? Part 3: The Home Front
¤ Shaky ceasefire underway in Falluja
¤ Memo contradicts Condoleezza Rice
¤ Palestinians rebuff US West Bank 'deal'
¤ Palestinian shot dead by Israelis
¤ Bush Sees Iraq Progress
¤ US killings in Fallujah draw condemnation
¤ Bush's Pre-9/11 al-Qaida Memo Released
¤ U.S. Helicopter Shot Down in Baghdad
¤ The delusions of war
¤ US hostage faces execution
¤ Naughty boys rule, OK?
¤ Violence erupts in Baghdad
¤ New nationalism that unites Iraq
¤ Anti-U.S. Outrage Unites a Growing Iraqi Resistance
¤ ‘V word’ is back as US public shows signs of turning
¤ WHO SAID THE WAR WAS OVER?
¤ 'Damn the US and damn the resistance'
¤ Germans march against Iraq war
¤ Nine men found shot dead in Chechnya
¤ Blair's fear of a Bushwhacking
Latest News
Posted: Saturday, April 10, 2004
¤ U.S. Backs Off Bin Laden Capture Deadline
¤ Mexico Restaurant Blast Kills 8 Near U.S.
¤ A Defense Full of Holes
¤ Facing Iraq Duty, Two U.S. G.I.'s Head North to Seek Asylum
¤ Seattle Security Officials Unaware Of Threats Mentioned By Rice
¤ Bush team talking up successes in Iraq war
¤ A 1935 US Plan for Invasion of Canada
¤ The attack has been spectacular, hasn't it?
¤ Two US helicopter gunships reportedly downed in Iraq
¤ U.S. Labor Department pulled an Enron to fabricate phony March job figures
¤ Just Like in the Bad Old Days
¤ Disputing Rice testimony
¤ 'Mercenaries told investigators everything'
¤ Lawyers, journalists, citizens demand SDF pull out of Iraq
¤ Another Day in "Post-War" Iraq
¤ Two Portraits from the West Bank
¤ All Talk of Meaningful Democracy has Faded
¤ Bush's War and the Lapdog Press Corps
¤ A Review of "Enemies of the Ayatollahs"
¤ Coaching Condi on Testifying before the 911 Commission
¤ Critics Say Rush to War in Iraq Hurt U.S.
¤ US-Appointed Iraqi Government Close to Collapse?
¤ U.S. Troops in Haiti Hampered by Mandate
¤ Rising death toll dampens US enthusiasm for war ... and Bush
¤ Iraq Red Crescent chief and wife murdered
¤ Gazan girl, 12, shot dead at home
¤ Can Bullets and Bombs Establish Justice in Iraq?
¤ Moqtada al-Sadr: the Latest Neocon Excuse to Kill Iranians
¤ Iraq Militants Threaten to Kill Hostage
¤ 'US is bigger threat than terror'
¤ Scholars Condemn U.S. ‘Genocide’ In Iraq
¤ US forces continue to attack Falluja
¤ Aljazeera targeted in Falluja
¤ Greeted with a kiss, now killed with a sneer
¤ US-led occupation of Iraq sinks deeper in turmoil
¤ Second Iraqi minister quits
¤ Hundreds dead in Fallujah: Iraqi
¤ Iraqis told them to go from day one
¤ US tried to plant WMDs, failed: whistleblower
¤ Rice leaves big mystery unsolved
¤ United only in wanting the truth
¤ It's time to judge the pundits
¤ Explosion at Russian Coal Mine Kills 20
¤ Insurgents kill Halliburton driver, soldier
¤ Imam calls for strike to protest against US offensives
¤ Beleaguered private armies "contractors" get together
¤ Arabs fear Washington is only making things worse
¤ Tears in Iraq
¤ Grief in Washington
¤ Ghosts of another war
¤ Now for the truth about Iraq
¤ U.S. Resumes Fallujah Raids, Proposes ‘Bilateral’ Ceasefire
¤ U.N. Must Slam ‘Gross’ Rights Abuses In Chechnya: Groups
¤ U.S. Muslims Urge Bush Not To ‘Target Iraq Mosques’
¤ 'We have to fight to a safe haven - but they are all under attack'
¤ Sunni and Shia unite against common enemy
¤ 25 feared dead in massacre
¤ Iraq Insurgency Spreads, U.S. Finds More Foes and Fewer Friends
¤ North Korea says standoff with US at "brink of nuclear war"
¤ Homecoming of US troops is halted as crisis deepens
¤ Iraq's enemy within
¤ Nine killed in US convoy as Shia militias fight on
¤ U.S. Forces Want Al-Jazeera Out Of Fallujah
¤ Neocons: Learning Disabled
¤ Time to dust off the 'Q-word' for Iraq?
¤ One Iraqi's view: 'I am worse off'
¤ Vengeance
¤ What Brought on the French Revolution?
¤ Stories Behind Stories Behind Stories
¤ Sadr warns US of revolution
¤ Russia calls on US to halt offensive in Iraq
¤ A THUD OF A "BOOM"
¤ Were Neo-Conservatives’ 1998 Memos a Blueprint for Iraq War?
¤ Dirty war fought on the home front
Latest News
Posted: Friday, April 9, 2004
¤ The War's One Simple Truth: Iraqis Do Not Want Us
¤ Non-Confessions of a Warrior Princess
¤ Condoleezza's Condescensions
¤ Doctor reveals Falluja's horror toll
¤ 9/11 Commission is Bush's New Lapdog
¤ A Superpower Defeated
¤ More questions than answers
¤ Victim's Mother Reacts to Rice's Testimony
¤ Blair holidays in Bermuda as Iraq crisis mounts
¤ US Complicity in Israel’s Misdeeds
¤ Does Israel promote terror in occupied territories?
¤ Do these people seem "liberated" to you?
¤ Now it is America that desperately needs rescuing
¤ 'Alice in Bremerland'
¤ Condi Lousy
¤ Bush's Tet
¤ Dark Matter
¤ Bush Sr. Has Questions To Answer On Iraq
¤ A delicate time for U.S., defining moment for Iraq
¤ What’s next in Iraq?
¤ U.S. Claims Fallujah Offensive Suspended
¤ Is Moqtada al-Sadr being framed as the new Saddam?
¤ Israel training US assassination squads in Iraq?
¤ U.S. forces recapture Kut, but Fallujah ceasefire fails
¤ 2 Soldiers Killed In Baghdad
¤ Rice does the job for Bush
¤ Rice firm in defense of Bush
¤ US Marines Suspend Operation in Fallujah
¤ Iraq in Turmoil on Anniversary of Saddam's Fall
¤ Insurgents keep grip on 3 cities -- 5 GIs die
¤ More foreign hostages in Iraq
¤ Warlord captures Afghan city
¤ Algerian President Wins Landslide Re-Election
¤ Rival Sri Lanka Rebel Factions Clash, 9 Killed
¤ Rice apologises over Lockerbie gaff
¤ US media divided over Rice's testimony
¤ Kidnaps bring new chaos to Iraq
¤ US attack belies Bremer's Falluja 'truce'
¤ Revolt and Iran: New nukes and old issues
¤ Hostage ordeal prompts soul searching on Iraq
¤ Several killed in Iraq ambush
¤ The making of hell in Iraq
¤ From peace to war
¤ Fierce fighting rages in Iraq
¤ Bush understood al-Qaeda threat: Rice
¤ Making a mess of things
¤ Ridge met by tough crowd
¤ Americans Want Israeli Accountability
¤ London's mayor calls for Sharon to be jailed
¤ August 6, 2001: Bush Administration Warned
Flashback ¤ Bush Hails 'Day Of Liberation'
¤ Mosques no sanctuary, says US
¤ The Condoleeza Rice Testimony: A View from the Couch
¤ The Arab League: "Irrelevant" to Arabs and America
¤ The Fall of TV News, the Yo-Yo Conspiracy, and the Internet
¤ 'Let Them Eat Lead'
¤ Russia becoming Uncle Sam's estate
¤ As Usual, the Wrong Question Is Being Asked
¤ Can Bullets and Bombs Establish Justice in Iraq?
¤ Our War President in crisis -- duck!
¤ Mission accomplished
¤ Face it, Mr. President: Everything's going wrong
¤ US battles for control of Iraq
¤ Iraq should not be the Mideast HQ for Bush-Cheney ’04
¤ The death of democracy
¤ Powell: U.S. has no plans to penalize Israel for fence route
¤ The Sharonizing of America
¤ US now 'the common enemy'
¤ A coalition showing signs of fracture
¤ Marooned and bewildered, Polish troops watch Shia militias on patrol
¤ British worker missing, believed kidnapped
¤ Now it is America that desperately needs rescuing
¤ So this is free Baghdad
¤ Nigeria foils plot to oust president
¤ Continued Rise in Gas Prices Expected
Rice (and the Record) Proves Bush Knew
Posted: Thursday, April 8, 2004
Rice (and the Record) Proves Bush Knew, But Failed to Act
Condoleezza Rice's testimony before the 911 Commission on April 8 provided yet more proof that the Bush administration and some within the intelligence community were aware before 911 of specific domestic terrorist threats by Al Qaeda cells operating within the United States.
What Condoleezza Rice is Hiding
Overthrowing the Hussein regime in Iraq was a key focus for the Bush administration - and a far more urgent priority than al Qaeda - both before Sept. 11 and after, because doing so was viewed as essential to maintaining the U.S. position in the strategic Persian Gulf and to implementing the administration's vision of asserting U.S. power more forcefully around the world. In short, the Bush administration used the horror of Sept. 11 to implement regional and global strategies in the works for nearly a decade, whose objectives never centered on protecting Americans. Here are the facts, which corroborate the revelations of Paul O'Neill and Richard Clarke, and which are essential to understanding why the U.S. is now in Iraq:
Claim vs. Fact: Rice's Q&A Testimony Before the 9/11 Commission
Rice Lies, "Revises" Her Lies, And Then Repeats the Same Original Lies Again
Rice Clashes with 9/11 Commission on Al Qaeda
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Posted: Thursday, April 8, 2004
¤ President Bush: Flip-Flopper-In-Chief
¤ Israelis better at manipulating media
¤ The Weird Men Behind George W Bush's War
¤ 'Since 9/11, America has been at war'
¤ Rice: Bush understood al-Qaida threat
¤ US loses control of two cities
¤ Rice says presidential memo 'not a warning'
¤ Rice (and the Record) Proves It Bush Knew, But Failed to Act
¤ Gov't Eludes 9/11 Accountability, Blame
¤ Will Bush Flatten Fallujah?
¤ Steamed Rice
¤ What Condoleezza Rice is Hiding
¤ Re-Regime Change?
¤ The Quest for a Monopoly on Violence
¤ Phoenix, Assassination and Blowback in Iraq
¤ Forget About Condi's Show "Testimony" of Lies Today
¤ Rice Yet to Answer For Two Dishonest Statements
¤ Rice Lies, "Revises" Her Lies, And Then Repeats the Same Original Lies Again
¤ Donkey cart attack kills 10 Iraqis
¤ Bombs fall at the mosque
¤ Who's who in civilian forces?
¤ Coalition Forces in Iraq Don't Control Najaf, Kut
¤ Rice Clashes with 9/11 Commission on Al Qaeda
¤ Account of Broad Shiite Revolt Contradicts White House Stand
¤ Claim vs. Fact: Rice's Q&A Testimony Before the 9/11 Commission
¤ A Disastrous Occupation
¤ Rice revises statement in private session on 9/11
¤ Shaking Hands with Saddam Hussein
¤ Israel: the ultimate winner
¤ 'Mercenaries in Iraq: Outsourcing a corporate war'
¤ 'Flip, flop, and lie'
¤ Iraqi interior minister resigns
¤ Palestinian village raided, curfew imposed
¤ As Rice Testifies, Death Toll Rises In Iraq
Flashback ¤ Pilger claims White House knew Saddam was no threat
¤ Japanese journalists held hostage in Iraq
¤ U.S.: No control in two cities
¤ Fallujah fighting has killed 280 Iraqis: doctor
¤ Blast kills four, injures 60 in Kashmir
¤ Algerians vote for new president
¤ 9/11 Panel: Bush White House Withheld Papers
¤ 40 die as US bombs mosque in Iraq
¤ The paradox of Pakistan-US relations
¤ Shias join the resistance
¤ The Protection Racket
¤ Fighting is fierce in Iraq as clashes spread
¤ 15 questions for Condoleezza Rice
¤ Rumsfeld plays down rebel fighting
¤ Not freedom: a free-for-all
¤ 'We will fight until the end, until each one of them dies'
¤ Bush in talks as deaths and criticism mount
¤ False dawn of peace lost in violent storm
¤ Battles rage from north to south
¤ Cartoon: Major combat is over
¤ Rice faces accusation on eve of testimony
¤ India Land Mine Attack Kills 26 Police
¤ Senior Shia cleric criticises US and calls for calm
¤ Only man found guilty of 9/11 attacks is freed
¤ France blamed as Rwanda marks genocide date
¤ IRAQ: Violating the Powell Doctrine
¤ Factional fighting flares up in Afghanistan
¤ Urban warfare grips Iraq
¤ Bush says US will is 'unshakeable'
¤ US Troops Shift Gears In Iraq Fighting
¤ Dealing with the images of carnage
¤ Five US Marines dead in Fallujah
¤ US surprised by retaliation
¤ The cost of the Iraq war: One year on
¤ Six Soldiers Killed
¤ Palestinians shot defending farmland
¤ Rumsfeld defiant, but US troops face extended Iraq duty
¤ Palestinians seek massive US aid following Gaza withdrawal
¤ Blix: Costs of invasion outweigh the gains
¤ A guided missile, a misguided war
Robert Mugabe and the Human Rights Imperialists
Posted: Wednesday, April 7, 2004
By Stephen Gowans, www3.sympatico.ca/sr.gowans
September 22, 2003
Amir Attaran and Craig Jones say Canada's Attorney-General Martin Cauchon should indict Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe for crimes against humanity.
Attaran is a lawyer and associate fellow at the Royal Institute of International Affairs in London. Jones is a lawyer in private practice in Vancouver.
The two lawyers are emblematic of a large group of NGO's, human rights organizations and progressives in Canada, the US and the UK, who want something done about foreign leaders accused of committing crimes against humanity.
But the high dudgeon of these groups seems to fall heavily on leaders of small and weak countries that resist integration into the US dominated capitalist system, and to fall less heavily on human rights abusers who preside over privately owned economies. And their attention almost never falls on deserving figures closer to home.
For example, while citing what they call Mugabe's "racially motivated sponsorship of armed thugs to confiscate white-owned farms," Attaran and Jones have no words of condemnation for US President George W. Bush, his key advisors, and his principal backer British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
On top of operating a concentration camp at Gauntanamo Bay and carrying out extrajudicial assassinations, the Bush administration has pursued two wars of aggression, crimes for which leading Nazis were condemned to death at the Nuremberg trials. Surely, crimes of this magnitude should put Mr. Bush and his key advisors at the top of Mr. Attaran's and Mr. Jones' list.
And the list needn't stop there. It could also include former General Wesely Clark, who's making a bid for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Clark led NATO's 78-day air war on Yugoslavia, an illegal affair from start to finish that saw the retired General order his bombers to attack bridges, roads, homes, factories, schools, hospitals, petrochemical plants, electrical power stations, an embassy and a radio-TV building, none of which had anything to do with the Yugoslav military, or its presence in Kosovo, and all of which were civilian targets, presumably safe from attack
Clark, for whom the obloquy "Butcher of Belgrade" fits like a glove, is an obvious war criminal. So why are Attaran and Jones going after Mugabe. Surely, whatever Mugabe is accused of is small potatoes next to Clark's crimes.
Indeed, Jones, a Canadian, should have an especial interest in his own Prime Minister, Jean Chretein, who approved Canada's participation in the Kosovo campaign. Ottawa once boasted that Canadian warplanes flew the third highest number of sorties in the weeks-long war, accounting for 10 percent of all the bombs dropped.
But Canada's participation in the destruction of a country is hardly something to boast about. Chretien is ultimately responsible for 10 percent of the bridges, roads, factories, and other civilian targets that were destroyed. That makes the Canadian Prime Minister party to war crimes, and certainly deserving of prosecution. Yet he doesn't make the list.
Instead, human rights groups, NGO's and lawyers like Attaran and Jones almost invariably condemn leaders of countries called hostile to the West, that is, leaders who have closed important parts of their economies to Western trade and investment, and pursue independent foreign policies. Dictators, and human rights abusers who preside over privately owned economies, escape almost unscathed.
Take Saudi Arabia, for example. It is equally, if not more so, as much a human rights nightmare as pre-war Iraq was. Yet it is rarely mentioned by the those who call for the heads of Milosevic, Hussein and Mugabe. And given the hue and cry about Hussein being a dictator, and North Korea developing nuclear weapons, you'd never know Pakistan is ruled by a military dictator and is equipped with nuclear arms. Pervez Musharraf is rarely ever mentioned, except in friendly tones.
But then there's little to be gained by Western powers targeting Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. They're already firmly ensconced in the Western orbit.
There was, however, once something to be gained by ousting Slobodan Milosevic, the Serb president of the Yugoslav federation. Yugoslavia once had a largely socially and state-owned economy. And it pursued an independent foreign policy.
Western powers encouraged the federation's republics to secede, and backed their most right-wing elements. The Serbs, led by Milosevic, resisted.
Soon enough, Milosevic was transformed into a human rights monster. A program of destabilization, economic warfare, bombing, a proxy guerilla war, and interference in elections, eventually toppled Milosevic, to the cheers of human rights liberals, convinced the Yugoslav president was Hitler-reborn.
Today, the economy has almost been wholly transformed from a socially-owned one, to one owned by Western investors.
It's no accident that the so-called "democratic opposition" in target countries, seen as champions of democracy and human rights, are, first and foremost, champions of neoliberal economics and of their country's integration into the US dominated global capitalist order.
The Democratic Opposition of Serbia, much beloved by US progressives, is firmly neoliberal.
The Movement for Democratic Change, Zimbabwe's main opposition group, is a fervent proponent of free market economics.
And the Iraqi National Congress, pre-war Iraq's main exile opposition group, also favors penetration by US capital.
Yesterday, the puppet regime Washington installed in Iraq announced that 192 state-owned and state-controlled companies would be put on the auction bloc, up for sale to foreign investors.
Hailed as a measure that will kick-start the economy, the sell-off is hardly stimulative. It simply transfers ownership of Iraq's non-oil assets from the rightful owners -- Iraqis -- to Western firms and investors.
This is theft, pure and simple. Iraqis -- other than those handpicked by Washington -- haven't consented to it. And its Washington's masters – Wall Street – that will benefit.
So what of Zimbabwe -- what does it have to do with Iraq and Yugoslavia?
First, its land redistribution program challenges the idea of the inviolability of private property, one US administrations hold as a moral principal.
Second, it has been less than biddable where the IMF is concerned, balking at the organization's dictates. This, Yugoslavia, under Milosevic, did, as well.
And third, it has interfered with the West's proxy wars in Africa.
In short, Zimbabwe isn't playing by Washington's economic rules.
Nor, significantly, is Iran or North Korea, two countries in Washington's cross-hairs, about which human rights concerns have also been raised.
To be sure, no country is free from human rights abuses, corruption, or abuse of power, and there's much about Zimbabwe and Mugabe that can be criticized.
But before jumping aboard campaigns to take foreign leaders to task for transgressions, we should ask:
Do the charges have substance, or are they part of a propaganda program intended to build public support for intervention later on? It's easy to believe the worst of foreign leaders, especially when the mass media seem to agree unanimously on the leaders' crimes, but the Left, which prides itself on media analysis, should be wary. Often, it's not.
Does the West have an economic interest in ousting the foreign leader in question? Is he or she presiding over a largely socially or state-owned economy, resisting IMF demands to privatize state-controlled assets, or threatening Western investments?
Are there other leaders who are abusing human rights about whom little is said? If so, why not? What's the nature of their economy?
To what extent are the acts we condemn foreign leaders for – Mugabe's repression of the Western-backed press, Korea's pursuit of a nuclear weapons program, Cuba's jailing of dissidents working on behalf of Washington to restore the island to capitalism – defensive manoeuvres against pressure and interference by the West?
What about our own leaders? Are their crimes more notorious than those foreign leaders are accused of. Mugabe is accused of inspiring the racially-motivated take-over of white-owned farms, and of stealing an election. If these charges are true, they hardly compare to the crimes of pursuing wars of aggression or ordering attacks on civilian infrastructure. Where should our attention be directed? What does it say when we focus on foreign leaders that resist integration into the US-dominated capitalist system, while ignoring, or minimizing, the huge -- and imperialist -- crimes of our own leaders?
There's no question the West is pressuring Mugabe to step down, in favor of Morgan Tsvangirai, the opposition leader, who would prove far more congenial to Western economic interests. Tsvangirai has no serious plan for land redistribution, and wouldn't challenge Western interests that stand in the way. Rather than calling for Mugabe to be prosecuted, anyone genuinely interested in justice in Zimbabwe should be demanding the West support the country's land reform program, and free Harare from the IMF's neoliberal dictates.
Unfortunately, it will be said -- by the same people who cheered on the Western-backed Democratic Opposition of Serbia, backed Saddam's ouster, and are lining up behind Wesley Clark -- that not condemning Mugabe is bad politics and is no way to carry out a progressive anti-imperialism.
On the contrary, calling for Mugabe's prosecution, rather than demanding Zimbabweans be given space to deal effectively with past colonialism and current imperialism, is hardly anti-imperialist, progressive or otherwise.
Latest News
Posted: Wednesday, April 7, 2004
¤ Deeper into the Mouth of Hell
¤ Some U.S. Troops May Stay Longer in Iraq
¤ Americans' Support for Iraq War Dips
¤ '40 killed' as US targets mosque
¤ Iraq's Tet Offensive?
¤ The US Death Toll Mounts
¤ Private Guards Repel Attack on U.S. Headquarters
¤ Pacification Worth the Price?
¤ What are YOU Doing About Afghanistan?
¤ Five US Marines dead in Fallujah
¤ Iraq Anarchy
¤ Bush, Pandora's Box and the Tiger
¤ Arrest Warrant For Sadr 'Illegal': Iraqi Judges
¤ Kerry Indicates He Would Continue Bush's Pro-Sharon Policy
¤ Israeli Occupation Forces Seize Lands in Rafah
¤ Is This What Liberation Looks Like?
¤ Opening the Gates of Hell
¤ US Airlifts Saddam to Qatar
¤ Too Much Hatred in Iraq for U.S. to Stay
¤ The Long Ignominious Slide to Defeat in Iraq
¤ U.S. Military Helicopter Crashes in Iraq
¤ As US forces suffer another bloody day, Republicans turn on president
¤ Too smug to apologize
¤ 'Iraq on the brink of anarchy'
¤ The Shi'ite voice that will be heard
¤ Iraq revolt: Tactics of diversion
¤ Scores dead as Falluja resists US onslaught
¤ PA rejects US pressure to exclude Hamas
¤ Uprising in Iraq could derail Bush
¤ West all but ignores Rwanda anniversary
¤ Iran bows to nuclear rules, again
¤ How armed groups threaten stability
¤ Violence blamed on US decision to disband Iraq army
¤ 19 U.S. Soldiers Killed in 24 hours
¤ Iraq: The “People’s War” is Just Beginning
¤ Condi and the 9/11 Blame Game
¤ Overlooked factor in oil hike: falling dollar
¤ Fighting spreads to 6 Iraqi cities
¤ Scores dead as coalition troops battle Iraqis
¤ Confronting the realities of the Pak-US relationship
¤ Sharon’s victory?
¤ The pre-emptive strike
¤ More US troops killed as revolt builds
¤ Americans caught in perilous game of brinkmanship
¤ Sunni and Shi'ites unite to fight US, says cleric
¤ White House refuses to show Rice's aborted speech
¤ U.S. cautions PA against including Hamas in leadership
¤ Crisis? What crisis? is Bush message to voters
¤ Clashes in Iraq Threaten to Undermine Political Process
¤ Battling an enemy they did not expect
¤ Prisoners of backlog: the U.S. visa mess
¤ Uprising in Iraq could derail Bush
¤ US allies battle to contain Iraqi fury as chaos spreads
¤ The $5 billion-a-month campaign
¤ Mortar attack near US army base
¤ Fear of losing control drives assault
¤ As US shifts to a multifront war, risks rise for troops
¤ The Rice stuff: Is it enough?
¤ American justice ranked alongside world's most repressive regimes
¤ Muqtada pushes Bush to the brink
¤ The beginning of the end
¤ Test of American patience
¤ 'Independent' commission
¤ A martyr awaits
¤ US pushing arms, reforming export controls
¤ Rwanda Marks Genocide as Western Leaders Stay Away
¤ Falluja engulfed in fighting
¤ Nepal paralysed
¤ Dozen marines killed, Iraqi toll mounting
¤ 10 years after the genocide, Rwandans' fears not yet laid to rest
¤ Covert And Collateral Damage
¤ Minister quits over fire death
¤ Monarch urges mending of ties between Europe and the US
¤ The war on terror misfired. Blame it all on the neocons
¤ The Ultimate Ugly American
¤ Is Failure Now an Option?
¤ The roses of Iraq
¤ Pacification: Worth the Price?
Powell to set Caricom's Agenda on Haiti?
Posted: Tuesday, April 6, 2004
Powell pledges to help Latortue on Caricom recognition
Says probe of Aristide's ouster would serve no purpose
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - US Secretary of State Colin Powell pledged yesterday to help Haiti's interim government gain recognition by the Caribbean Community and insisted that no useful purpose would be served by Caricom's call for an international investigation into circumstances under which President Jean-Bertrand Aristide left Haiti on February 29. Full Article: www.jamaicaobserver.com
U.S. Exploring Corruption Case for Aristide: Powell
Monday, April 5, 2004
Is this how the U.S. expects to force Aristide and us who know that they masterminded the coup, to accept their appointees in Haiti instead of the democratically elected president? Look, the U.S. has always acted this way with lies and deception, and there is no reason to believe they will change. Enough Said. --Ayinde
Latest News
Posted: Tuesday, April 6, 2004
¤ 12 Marines Reported Dead in Ramadi Attack
¤ Dozen US Marines killed in Ramadi attack
¤ Iraqi interpreter shot dead
¤ Wanted Iraqi cleric 'willing to die'
¤ 26 Iraqis Die in U.S. Strike on Fallujah
¤ A Look at Developments in Iraq
¤ 66 Iraqis Die in Battle With U.S. Forces
¤ The Anti-Empire Report
¤ The Coming Islamic Republic of Iraq?
¤ Faking Democracy
¤ Oil, Power and Empire
¤ Mercenaries and Occupiers
¤ Blix: Iraq Worse Off Now Than With Saddam
¤ The Consequences of Humility as Illusion
¤ The More We Try, the Worse Iraq Gets
¤ Blatant Bush Tilt Toward Big Oil
¤ Amnesty International: U-S joins China and Iran as top death penalty users
¤ No Way Out
¤ Is The U.S. Planting WMD's?
¤ The U.S. And Murdering Arafat
¤ Rumsfeld: Iraq commanders to get more troops if needed
¤ White House vetting could delay 9/11 report until after election
¤ Humanity is first casualty of war
¤ 12 Marines, 66 Iraqis Killed in Battles
¤ US Defense of Israeli Assassinations Is Counterproductive
¤ A free press in Iraq
¤ Avoiding risks or correcting mistakes?
¤ Crunch time for Special Ops forces
¤ Commander Punished as Army Probes Detainee Treatment
¤ Shiites rise up to 'terrorise the enemy'
¤ Australia content to let Iraq sink or swim
¤ Arms inspection chief accused of stalling on Iraq's elusive WMDs
¤ The Spoils of War: Afghanistan's Multibillion Dollar Heroin Trade
¤ The Worst Idea, Ever
¤ Condoleezza's Crimes
¤ Mahdi Army Fights Coalition in Baghdad
Flashback ¤ A carefully crafted deception
¤ When a wave of torture and murder staggered a small U.S. ally
¤ Bloodbath a bad omen for coalition forces
¤ Israelis snatch badly wounded Hamas leader
¤ US helicopters fire on Sadr supporters in Baghdad
¤ Malaysia rebuffs US sea force plan
¤ Bloody Iraq uprising rocks US
¤ Where is China heading?
¤ Containment strategy
¤ Triumph of democracy?
¤ Iraqi situation
¤ Eight killed, 65 hurt in held Kashmir violence
¤ 30 more killed in Iraq fighting
¤ A nightmare of nationwide chaos faces the occupiers
¤ The face of bloody Iraq defiance
¤ US troops in fierce clashes with Iraqis in Fallujah
¤ No more Aussie troops for Iraq: Howard
¤ Four U.S. Marines Killed Near Fallujah
¤ Bush says information lacking to stop 9/11 attacks
¤ Flooding kills 31 in Mexico
¤ 7 U.S. Servicemen Killed in Recent Fighting in Iraq
¤ Iraqis killed in US Apache air strike
¤ Kaufman wants economic sanctions against Israel
¤ Rice At Sea
¤ Why Bush’s Afghanistan problem won’t go away.
¤ Did we not see this coming?
¤ Mystery Tribunal
¤ Kennedy Compares Bush to Richard Nixon
¤ On the brink of anarchy
¤ Sadr leaves mosque as battles spread
¤ 16 killed as violence sweeps Iraq
¤ 8 U.S. Soldiers Killed in Iraq Violence
¤ Jump on our bandwagon
Flashback ¤ The president's real goal in Iraq
¤ One US soldier, one marine killed in Iraq attacks
¤ Bremer is deliberately pushing Iraq's Shia south into all-out chaos
¤ US plays a risky game by being tough on Sadr
¤ Still No Light at the End of the Tunnel in Iraq
¤ Iran blames US for instability
¤ I knew in days U.S. 'wrong' on WMD
¤ U.S. May Move Vs. Pakistan Terror Areas
¤ For Bush, much rides on Rice's testimony
A Young Radical's Anti-U.S. Wrath Is Unleashed
Posted: Monday, April 5, 2004
by Jeffrey Gettleman
BAGHDAD, Iraq — For months, as American occupation authorities have focused on a moderate Shiite leader, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, a radical young Shiite cleric named Moktada al-Sadr has been spewing invective and threatening a widespread insurrection. On Sunday, he unleashed it.
At his word, thousands of disciples, wearing green headbands and carrying automatic rifles, stormed into the streets of several cities and set off the most widespread mayhem of the occupation. Witnesses and occupation officials said the disciples occupied police stations, fired rocket-propelled grenades at American troops and overran government security in Kufa, the town in south central Iraq where Mr. Sadr lives. "The occupation is over!" many yelled. "We are now controlled by Sadr!" www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0405-03.htm
The U.S. is Sabotaging Stability in Iraq
by Naomi Klein
BAGHDAD -- I heard the sound of freedom yesterday in Baghdad's Firdos Square, the famous plaza where the statue of Saddam Hussein was toppled one year ago. It sounds like machine-gun fire.
On Sunday, Iraqi soldiers, trained and controlled by coalition forces, opened fire on demonstrators here, forcing the emergency evacuation of the nearby Sheraton and Palestine hotels. As demonstrators returned to their homes in the poor neighborhood of Sadr City, the U.S. army followed with tanks and helicopters. As night fell, there were unconfirmed reports of dozens of casualties. In Najaf, the day was equally bloody: 19 demonstrators dead, more than 150 injured.
http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0405-07.htm
Latest News
Posted: Monday, April 5, 2004
¤ US faces Iraqi revolt
¤ Analysis: America's intifada?
¤ US secretary general arrives in Haiti
¤ U.S. Exploring Corruption Case for Aristide, Powell Says
¤ Powell Says U.S. Supports Haiti Government
¤ 61 die as Iraq arrest sparks wave of riots
¤ Apaches swoop on Shia militiamen
¤ One U.S. Soldier, One Marine Killed in Iraq Attacks
¤ The U.S. is Sabotaging Stability in Iraq
¤ The Architects of Bush's War
¤ Secrets and Lies Becoming Commonplace
¤ Lessons from El Salvador and Iraq
¤ Censorship Sparks Uprising
¤ Shiites Say No
Flashback ¤ Expect dirty tactics in new war on terror
¤ Thailand may pull troops out of Iraq ahead of plan
¤ A Conservative Total for U.S. Aid to Israel: $91 Billion—and Counting..
¤ Spinning good news in an election year
¤ The beginning of the end?
¤ 'All the President's suckers'
¤ Selling Iraq on a new government
¤ Powell Says U.S. Supports Haiti Government
¤ Bush says US will not be shaken off course in Iraq
¤ Mortar attacks on Spanish forces in Iraq
¤ Iraqis killed in US Apache air strike
¤ US vows to quash Shia uprising
¤ US forces seal off Fallujah ahead of major operation
¤ 10 U.S. Troops Killed in Iraqi Violence
¤ White House has final say on 9/11 report
¤ Time for U.S. to cut and run
¤ Our "war" on terror breeds terrorists, and a vicious cycle of violence
¤ Risks rise for Iraqi journalists
¤ Seeing Iraq through the globalization lens
¤ Phase II of the Anti-Occupation Revolt Begins
¤ Dust off the flak jacket. Lay low. And stay off the streets...
¤ Sinking in their own spin
¤ The neocons have been making mischief for more than 100 years
¤ “Black gold, Black Sea, black hole”
Flashback ¤ Peru trial links CIA to drug terrorists
¤ Rioting Across Iraq Kills More Than 60
¤ Six killed in raid on police station in Pakistan
¤ Twenty-one miles away, and a world apart
¤ Deadline may slip for Iraq home rule
¤ France 'sought secret UN deal' in bid to avert row
¤ 24 killed as Iraqis clash with coalition troops
¤ ‘No hidden nuclear site in Iran’
¤ Russia criticises US
¤ Dictators lose wars
¤ Tragedy that is Palestine
¤ The Wana operations
¤ ''Stirring the Hornet's Nest of Muslim Fanaticism''
¤ Chen rules out elections in Taiwan
¤ Despite U.S. promise, soldiers in Iraq still buying their own body armor
¤ Four dead in North Iraq blast
¤ 24 killed as troops fire on protesters
¤ US denies violence on rise after soldier shot in Afghanistan
¤ Car bomb explodes in Kirkuk as three Iraqi security men killed in Samarra
¤ Zelikow Warned White House Counsel That Unless Rice Testified
¤ 1,000 Australians march for troop withdrawal from Iraq
¤ Cairo director warns on U.S. occupation
¤ US forces seal off Fallujah
¤ Heat on PM as Powell admits Iraq flaw
¤ Gypsies of war adrift in a world without anchors
¤ Fifth body found in Madrid blast apartment
¤ The chaos theory in action
¤ The UN's sinking law of the sea
¤ Getting high on the oxygen of publicity
¤ Culture war casualties
¤ Rioting Across Iraq Kills More Than 60
¤ Sharon: Palestinian State May Take Years
¤ Sharon Backs Away from Pledge not to Harm Arafat
¤ Three Palestinians killed in Gaza
¤ US troops killed in fierce Iraq clashes
Advances under Chavez
Posted: Sunday, April 4, 2004
His Excellency Mr. Hector Cassy Azocar
Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago
of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Friday, April 2nd 2004, www.trinidadexpress.com
I would like to refer to the article in the Sunday Express (March 21) entitled "Hugo the Horrible", signed by Raoul Pantin, in which the author refers to Venezuela's political situation; the perception of President Hugo Chavez's supporters and detractors and President Chavez position on the downfall of Mr Aristide. I consider it pertinent to clarify some points addressed by the author in his article regarding the process of profound political, economic and social changes taking place in Venezuela.
Firstly, I disagree with the author when he states that "the politics of Venezuela mattered very little, if at all, to Trinidad and Tobago and the wider Caribbean". Nevertheless, it must be quite complicated for anyone unfamiliar with Venezuelan affairs to follow the current situation, particularly when the main information provided by the international media is superficial and frequently biased.
Perhaps it's relevant to point out that Venezuela's new constitution is widely viewed as one of the more progressive in the world. In a 2000 report on the document, Amnesty International stated, "The 1999 Constitution is an important and significant step forward in terms of human rights." Moreover, the recall referendum was proposed by President Chavez and his party when the country's constitutional assembly drafted the new constitution, as a mechanism to allow a recall election of all elected posts, once half of the term of the mandate has been fulfilled, and in compliance with the rules established (Article 72). Consequently, it is not up to President Chavez whether there is a referendum or not. He has repeatedly stated that he does not oppose the recall election as long as all the requirements established in the Constitution and laws are observed.
As to the author's opinion of President Chavez's agenda being "hardly about uplifting the poor and ennobling the disenfranchised", let me mention some of the most fundamental achievements of this Government to defeat poverty and social exclusion in the last four years. However, it would be worth noting that President Chavez inherited an economy that was experiencing a long-term trend towards increased poverty, misery and inequality.
Actually, President Chavez is not the first Venezuelan president to face capital flight or the first to apply exchange controls (implemented at the end of 1983; then, in 1986 and in 1994). There was extensive privatisation; foreign investment increased, oil prices rose-but corruption and poverty kept on growing. This was the situation President Chavez's government inherited in 1999.
This takes us to the author's next allegation that, "for the first time since Venezuela's return to democracy in the 1950s, there are hints of a return to the instability and upheaval that characterised Venezuelan politics for decades".
This statement ignores the various unfortunate social and political uprisings that occurred in Venezuela during many decades, one of the most recent ones being "The Caracao" on February 27, 1989. Just 25 days after Carlos Andres Perez's second presidential term began, a violent upheaval against the harsh IMF-imposed reforms took place in Caracas and other Venezuelan cities and brutal repression by state security forces that ensued left thousands killed and wounded. Furthermore, in February and November 1992, there were two other attempts to oust the government.
Allow me also to point out that it was under the government of President Hugo Chavez that the the Inter-American Court of Human Rights recognised the responsibility of the State during the tragic events of February 1989 and the rights of indemnification of victims and relatives. It was President Chavez's government which indemnified the victims and indicted the public officers responsible of those crimes to the international jurisdiction of human rights.
Despite the current political instability and the incessant attacks on President Chavez's administration, significant goals have been accomplished.
- In the educational field, massive programmes to increase the number of children attending school by 25 per cent; the creation of 2,800 Bolivarian Schools (where children receive meals, health care and recreational facilities); the literacy programme, which reduced illiteracy by more than one million in six months; the formation of the Bolivarian University; the threefold increase in the university budget, and 240 infocentres (free public Internet access facilities in the slums and in other remote locations).
- Medical attention has been provided to more than 15 million persons in the slums in less than a year through the programme "Inside the Barrio".
- 40 per cent of the National Budget has been destined to the socio-economic development.
- In the judicial framework, different laws have been approved to protect children and adolescents; prevention and attention to domestic violence against women; education for the indigenous peoples.
- Other indicators of the process are of increased life expectancy by nine months and of lowering the infant mortality rate from 18 to 15 per 1,000 live births.
To conclude, more people are involved in Venezuela's political institutions now than ever before, from land reform committees, to local participatory planning councils, to public accountability efforts. Last week thousands of candidates were nominated for next August's regional elections of governors, mayors, state legislators, and city council persons. This political and social transformation, which seeks to address inequalities of opportunities, as well as advance towards true participative democracy, is being carried out within the democratic framework.
Latest News
Posted: Sunday, April 4, 2004
¤ U.S. Could've Stopped 9/11 Attacks, Panel Chief Says
¤ Anti-war Alameda Woman's Trip to See Son in Iraq has Surprises for Both
¤ Brazil blocks nuclear inspectors
¤ Firefight Near Garrison Kills 14 Iraqis
¤ Sadr Urges Followers To "Terrorize Enemy"
¤ Demonstrations in Iraq turn bloody
¤ Israelis 'back more assassinations'
¤ U.S. ignores human rights record of new best friend
¤ Shiite Militia Marches in Iraq to Back Cleric Critical of U.S
¤ Two U.S. Marines Killed in Iraq
¤ Why an SUV is now the most dangerous vehicle in Iraq
¤ Two cops among seven killed in Iraq
¤ 10 killed, dozens wounded in Shi'ite-coalition clash
¤ UK firm tried HIV drug on orphans
¤ 'GM will never be grown in Britain'
¤ Blair told US was targeting Saddam 'just days after 9/11'
¤ Five policemen, gunman killed in Karachi
¤ Mutilation condemned, but not murders
¤ Bush and Blair made secret pact for Iraq war
¤ US tanks crush Iraqi protesters: police
¤ FBI: Lost in translation?
¤ US tells Israel to back off
¤ Israel threatens Arafat, invades West Bank
¤ The neocons have been making mischief for more than 100 years
¤ At Least 14 Iraqis Killed in Protest
¤ Cuba 'bioterror threat to US'
¥ Sure....
¤ Occupation soldiers kill protesters in Iraq
¤ Five policemen killed in Karachi shooting
¤ At Least Seven Iraqis Killed in Protest
¤ Oil giants boycott Iraq talks
¤ Iraqi police 'were too scared' to help Americans in Fallujah
¤ It's red for danger in Baghdad's 'Green Zone'
¤ Cheney is running a shadow government, claims Watergate aide
¤ Soldiers shot while tackling gunmen
¤ Three terrorists and policeman killed in Madrid suicide blast
Latest News
Posted: Saturday, April 3, 2004
¤ Iraq Restarts Oil Pipeline to Turkey
¤ All News Is Bad News
¤ Resisting the Occupation (“Liberation”) of Iraq
¤ Four Killed in Attacks on Iraqi Police
¤ Powell says bad data misled him on Iraq
¤ Eight killed in Philippine election violence
¤ Thailand considers withdrawing troops from Iraq
¤ Thousands Protest Newspaper Closure in Baghdad
¤ Iraq war could join the list of history's enduring insurgencies
¤ Palestinian kills Israeli settler
¤ Musharraf walks fine line in war
¤ Rice's testimony could be make-or-break moment for her, Bush
¤ You can ask the President anything, just don't mention the war on terrorism
¤ IS US moving WMDs into iraq?
¤ US to tighten British visitor checks
¤ 'The Wizard of Oz Letter'
¤ How Neil Bush Succeeded in Business Without Really Trying
¤ Jenin remembered as settler killed
¤ Israeli forces invade Nablus
¤ Five killed in Algeria unrest
¤ Yawning boy sparks media furore
¤ Papers on 1964 Brazil Coup Declassified
¤ Broken US troops face bigger enemy at home
¤ Families Mourn 5 Soldiers Killed in Iraq
¤ Bremer has destroyed my country
¤ Are we heading for a crash?
¤ White House moves to defend Rice
¤ Israeli police clash with Palestinians at Jerusalem flashpoint
¤ Mercenaries 'R' U.S.
¤ Remembering Afghanistan
¤ Thought Control for Middle East Studies
¤ Is America sending battle-weary, clinically stressed soldiers back into Iraq?
¤ Powell Expresses Doubts About Basis for Iraqi Weapons Claim
¤ L.A. wants to send Iraq expired bulletproof vests
¤ Lighthouse Attack Was Staged by US to Trick Canada Into War
¤ Israeli police fire into Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem
¤ Creepier than Nixon
¤ A conspiracy theorist's proof
¤ Defense of Israeli Assassinations an Affront to International Law
¤ Powell to visit Haiti on Monday
¤ Elections in Afghanistan
¤ Bush bears burden of proof
¤ Key intelligence piece flawed, admits Powell
¤ Two killed in West Bank attacks
¤ Saudi Arabia real reason for invasion: analyst
¤ Shocked Iraqis wait for US retribution
¤ America's privatised armies are here to stay
¤ Falklands are ours: Argentina president
¤ Taiwan Opposition Protests Against Election Defeat
¤ Spain Confirms Matchup of Bomb Materials
¤ Two Attacks on Iraqi Police Kill Four
Papers prove US knew of genocide in Rwanda
Posted: Friday, April 2, 2004
by Rory Carroll
April 1, 2004, www.smh.com.au
US president Bill Clinton's administration knew Rwanda was being engulfed by genocide in April 1994 but buried the information to justify its inaction, classified documents made available for the first time reveal.
Senior officials privately used the word genocide within 16 days of the start of the killings, but chose not to do so publicly because the president had already decided not to intervene.
Intelligence reports obtained using the US Freedom of Information Act show the cabinet and almost certainly the president knew of a planned "final solution to eliminate all Tutsis" before the slaughter reached its peak.
It took Hutu death squads three months from April 6 to murder about 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus and at each stage accurate, detailed reports were reaching Washington policymakers.
The documents undermine claims by Mr Clinton and his officials that they did not fully appreciate the scale and speed of the killings. Full Article
Latest News
Posted: Friday, April 2, 2004
¤ The Press and Fallujah
¤ Wherever Bush Goes, Osama is Bound to Follow
¤ The Role of the West in the Rwandan Genocide
¤ Media Strategy Memo to George & Dick
¤ Defeat
¤ Fossil-Fuel Dependency
¤ Let's Make Enemies
¤ Smear Without Fear
¤ A War of Semantics
¤ Commission on 9/11 Held the Cards but Folded
¤ No End in Sight
¤ A conspiracy theorist's proof
¤ Iraq: the DU dust settles
¤ 'We'll expel illegal Arabs from Israel'
¤ US Ignored Warnings That WMD Info Wasn't Credible
¤ Bored Boy Behind President Gets Nationwide Attention
¤ Bomb Found on Rail Line in Spain
¤ Gov't Warns of Summer Bomb Plots in U.S.
¤ Uzbekistan: Implications for China, Xinjiang
¤ Terror in Thailand: 'Ghosts' and jihadis
¤ US officials threaten Latin America
¤ USA In "Financial Anguish"
¤ For victims' families, long hours of anguish
¤ Anti-American Voices Get Louder Across Iraq
¤ Iraqis protest US 'colonisation'
¤ Afghanistan's opium poppy crop skyrockets
¤ Iraqis say U.S. bid to pacify Falluja doomed
¤ One U.S. soldier and one Marine killed in Iraq
¤ Fallujah: Graveyard of the Bush presidency
¤ How to win by lying (as the Bushies do)
¤ U.S. fails to see the big, ugly picture
¤ Al Qaeda eager to see George W. re-elected
¤ 'How goes the war?'
¤ Germans accuse US over Iraq weapons claim
¤ Bush Tells Supporters Economy Is Growing
¤ Several killed in Iraq attacks
¤ Sharon threatens Arafat and Nasr Allah
¤ Scared half to death, the security forces lock themselves behind the barricades
¥ Who are to guard the guards?
¤ Brutal killing of Americans in Iraq raises questions over security firms
¤ Germans accuse US over Iraq weapons claim
¤ Driven by national pride
¤ 'I saw papers that show US knew al-Qa'ida would attack with aeroplanes'
¤ Atrocity in Fallujah may prove turning point for US
¤ Humanitarians must avoid becoming tools of power
¤ Sharon threatens action against Arafat
¤ Demand for beef speeds destruction of Amazon forest
¤ 9/11 allegations press on Rice from all sides
¤ Israeli Police Storm Disputed Holy Site
¤ Bush Loses Ground on Terror
¤ Democracy Taking Root
¤ Fallujah Punctures Washington's Optimism
¤ Grisly images haunt America
¤ When revulsion tests resolve
¤ Afghanistan: Hekmatyar changes color again
¤ Mercenaries flock to fill vacuum
¤ Six Iraqis die in car blast
¤ One killed in Uzbekistan suicide attack
¤ Israel to expel illegal Palestinian immigrants: Sharon
¤ Kissingerian juggernaut on a sovereign Iraq
¤ Gruesome Iraq Images Could Shake U.S. Opinion
¤ Hotbed of Resistance: An Iraqi Discusses Fallujah Violence
¤ Iraq Hawks Down
¤ The press still needs to come clean on hyping Iraqi weapons
¤ Settlers try to rebuild 'synagogue'
¤ UK is blamed for bumper Afghan opium crop
¤ NZ troops to leave Iraq before Christmas
¤ Judge rules PLO must pay $151m
¤ Israeli tanks enter Gaza
¤ Car bomb kills six Iraqis: US army
Aristide launches kidnap lawsuit
Posted: Thursday, April 1, 2004
BBC - Ousted Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide has filed a lawsuit against unnamed French and US officials, accusing them of kidnapping him.
Mr Aristide left the country a month ago, as armed rebels were marching on the capital, Port-au-Prince.
He has repeatedly accused the Americans of forcing him into exile. Both the US and France had urged him to stand down. Full Article
Haiti's Army Turns Back the Clock By Charles Arthur
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Posted: Thursday, April 1, 2004
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¤ This Enemy Worships Death
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¤ Haiti's Army Turns Back the Clock
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¤ Condi's Contradictions
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¤ Iraqi Police Fire On Protesters In Basra, Killing One
¤ How Israel promotes terror in the occupied territories
¤ American Fatalities Reach 600
¤ Madeleine Albright Worries Bush Fueling Terrorists' Hate
¤ 3 U.S. soldiers hurt in ambush near Fallujah
¤ New glimpses of Bush worldview
¤ Blackwater aids military with armed support
¤ Top Focus Before 9/11 Wasn't on Terrorism
¤ Tag-team testimony from Bush, Cheney will limit divergent answers
¤ Latest Iraq attack belies military assurances of progress
¤ 'Bush's March madness'
¤ The British Threat
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¤ The War of Error
¤ 'George Bush's fiscal finger of fate inflates gas prices'
¤ Witnesses: U.S. Convoy in Iraq Attacked
¤ The White House has the last laugh
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¤ Bush stands firm on Iraq despite killings
¤ "We should have had orange or red-type of alert in June or July of 2001"
¤ Documents Shed New Light on US Support for 1964 Brazilian Coup
¤ Bush White House on the defensive
¤ The Defector
¤ Four US contractors, five soldiers killed in Iraq
¤ Breeding terror through terror
¤ Israel wants U.S. endorsement of fence
¤ Cost of Iraq war leaves Forces facing cuts
¤ US government under fire for giving elite military status to Pakistan
¤ Bush administration backs massacres in Bolivia
¤ How Clarke 'Outsourced' Terror Intel
¤ U.S. traded Iran oil deal for SDF in Iraq
¤ Inquiry into missing Iraqi WMD calls first witnesses
¤ Iran’s new move irks UK, Germany, France
¤ Indonesian troops kill 12 rebels in Aceh
¤ Bush to assure PM: Israel won't have to retreat to Green Line
¤ Three dead in Parliament suicide bombing
¤ Disarmament stalled by US, says Pyongyang
¤ Papers prove US knew of genocide in Rwanda
¤ Defector 'faked' gas chamber documents
¤ Washington cuts off aid to Serbia
¤ Bremer threatens to punish Fallujah militants
¤ WMD group to examine 'Iraq's intent' look into 'intent'
¤ OPEC to cut production; U.S. gas prices could rise
¤ Uzbek Official Links Violence to al-Qaida
¤ OPEC Agrees to Push Prices Higher
¤ U.S. School of Democracy
¤ The Fallujah massacre
¤ Lynch Ponders Survival, Celebrity
¤ A greenhorn on the ranch
¤ BBC accused of bias against Israel
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