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Commentary Podur: Resolution 1441

Commentary, November, 12 2002 Justin Podur
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With the passage of UN Security Council Resolution 1441, the US has

Znet Article Edwards: Our Pravda, The BBC, Panorama and Iraq

Znet Article, November, 11 2002 David Edwards
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The truth is that you don't get very far in the mainstream media if you offend powerful interests. The BBC's John Simpson "was promoted with spectacular rapidity", Oliver Burkeman notes in the Guardian. The ascent came to a swift end when Simpson ...

Commentary Gonsalves: Looking For The Devil

Commentary, November, 07 2002 Sean Gonsalves
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ÒUnfettered accessÓ and Òmaterial breach.Ó On the surface, it all seems so

Commentary Landau: A Baghdad Diary

Commentary, November, 06 2002 Saul Landau
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We share the one hour Gulf Falcon Air 747 flight from Damascus to Bagdad. With dozens of Iranian women pilgrims who used knife sharpened elbows to get first in line through Syrian immigration and then onto the plane. ÒSaddam Hussein would be bette...

Commentary Kagarlitsky: An Attack Against The Society

Commentary, November, 02 2002 Boris Kagarlitsky
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After special forces commandos stormed the Theater Na Dubrovke early Saturday morning, the authorities proclaimed the operation a complete success. They first announced that the enemy had been destroyed with no losses among the hostages or special...

Commentary Prashad: Accounts of the Fifth Afghan War

Commentary, November, 01 2002 Vijay Prashad
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On the 3rd of October, 2001, I wrote a ZNET commentary called "Forward into the Past: US War Aims." This was four days before the bombardment began. Already the war aims of the administration seemed to escalate as each day went by. First we heard ...

Znet Article Prashad: Scenarios For Iraq After Saddam

Znet Article, November, 01 2002 Vijay Prashad
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From the White House, reports leak out about plans for an Iraq after the Ba'th. Three of the main scenario do not allow for the development of democracy in Iraq. Each of them is built on a racist assumption: that the Iraqis either need a military ...

Commentary Russell: Bourne: Not in Our Name of a Different Sort

Commentary, October, 29 2002 Marta Russell
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At the turn of the last century, Randolph Bourne could have been writing for our times. Disabled people have claimed him as one of our own. Radicals can claim him as both an accurate historian and timeless prophet in that his writings consist of ...

Znet Article Edwards: Iraq And Arms Inspectors: part two

Znet Article, October, 29 2002 David Edwards
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What A Difference 3 Years Makes: UK News Coverage of Why the Inspectors Left Iraq In 1998 and 1999 it was difficult for the media to avoid some of the more obvious facts about the withdrawal of arms inspectors from Iraq in December 1998. NBC Toda...

Znet Article Edwards: Iraq And Arms Inspectors: The big Lie

Znet Article, October, 28 2002 David Edwards
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Introduction To read the 34 short pages (pp.20-54) at the heart of former chief UN arms inspector Scott Ritter's book, War On Iraq (Ritter and William Rivers Pitt, Profile Books, 2002), is to understand the utter fraudulence and staggering immora...

Znet Article Nakhoul: Parents Of Dying Iraqi Children Vent Fury At Bush

Znet Article, October, 25 2002 Samia Nakhoul
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Baghdad - If President George W. Bush believes that ordinary Iraqis will welcome U.S. troops with open arms he may be in for a rude surprise. However much they fear to say what they think under the ruthless rule of President Saddam Hussein, thei...

Commentary Ratner: War Crime Not Self-Defense: the Unlawful War Against Iraq

Commentary, October, 24 2002 Michael Ratner
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As I am writing this, I do not know what action the United Nations Security Council will take with regard to the U.S. push for authority to attack Iraq. It appears unlikely that the Council will give the unambiguous authority for military action ...

Commentary Arnove: Iraq: Movement Pitfalls

Commentary, October, 23 2002 Anthony Arnove
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The movement to prevent the war on Iraq faces many pitfalls.

Znet Article Goff: US Labor And The War On Iraq

Znet Article, October, 22 2002 Gary Goff
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At the "Paths to a Just and Secure Future: Resisting Washington's Endless War" Conference organized by the American Friends Service Committee (Simmons College, Boston, Oct. 11-12, 2002) I was one of four respondents to the Mary Lord's plenary talk...

Znet Article Mauger: Iraq Journal

Znet Article, October, 22 2002 Nathan Mauger
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Sunday, Sept. 22; Jordan-Iraq border There are lines and lines of oil tankers. They sit motionless in the heat, idling. Their drivers cannot be seen; the windows of the cabs act as mirrors and reflect the sun and the desert. I'm sitting in...

Znet Article Steel: Saddam Seems To Won Over His Floating Voters

Znet Article, October, 17 2002 Mark Steel
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I wonder how the leader of the "no" campaign tried to inspire his supporters after Saddam got a 100 per cent "yes" vote in his election. I suppose he said: "Obviously we're disappointed, but we fought a good campaign and I enjoyed every minute. I'...

Znet Article Mcquaig: How Deep Is America's Loathing for Iraq

Znet Article, October, 15 2002 Linda Mcquaig
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It’s always useful, in a debate, to be able to cite sources from your opponent’s side. But, has it really come to this: The definitive case against invading Iraq may now be coming from the Central Intelligence Agency? The Bush ad...

Znet Article Chien: Iraq: Is It About Oil?

Znet Article, October, 13 2002 A.j Chien
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Institute for Health and Social Justice Those who question the stated motives of the US administration for threatening war against Iraq - to strike at dictatorship, or to eradicate its alleged weapons of mass destruction - have good reason for sk...

Commentary Burchill: Public Amnesia And Hypocrisy Needed To Justify War On Iraq

Commentary, October, 12 2002 Scott Burchill
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Trying to convince a sceptical population why Australia could soon be at war with Iraq is proving a major test of opinion management for the Howard Government.

Znet Article Cummings: Iran, Iraq, Whatever...

Znet Article, October, 11 2002 Richard Cummings
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One day, quite a few years ago, I was having lunch with my Iranian friend, Rudy Alam, who was attending the University of Pennsylvania, and who was the daughter of the then Prime Minster of Iran. It was a student hangout, and a waitress recognized...

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