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Commentary Burchill: If Weapons Were Found

Commentary, September, 15 2002 Scott Burchill
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The English historian A.J.P. Taylor once argued that the principal difference between the methodologies of the lawyer and the historian was that "the lawyer aims to make a case; the historian wishes to understand a situation." According to Taylor,...

Commentary Choudry: Counting For Nothing: Reflections On The First Anniversary Of 9/11

Commentary, September, 13 2002 Aziz Choudry
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"The media seems to be implying as if this was the first ever macabre happening in this world and no other atrocity has been seen before. From the projection of pain and grief by media one can assume that intensity of feeling pain is measured on o...

Znet Article Steel: The Tortured Logic That Leads Iraq To This Memorial

Znet Article, September, 13 2002 Mark Steel
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After all that business yesterday, there must be dozens of celebrities devastated that no one asked them where they were when they heard the news. And they'd have a point, as most of them managed to get a piece in somewhere along the lines of "I'd...

Commentary Albert: Disputes about Anti-War Strategy

Commentary, September, 12 2002 Michael Albert
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(This commentary was spurred and informed by a Chomsky ZNet Forum Post on the same topic.)

Commentary Chomsky: Albert Interviews Chomsky on Iraq

Commentary, September, 07 2002 Noam Chomsky
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Various questions are circulating among people worried about war. On Sept 1, 2002, Michael Albert put a dozen of these to Noam Chomsky, via email. Here are the first three questions and his responses...the whole interview will appear in the Octobe...

Znet Article Steel: Don't Look Now: Saddam Is Drowning Kittens

Znet Article, September, 07 2002 Mark Steel
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So, they've got the evidence, about the weapons of mass destruction, but we can't see it just yet. Is it still at the printers? Is it being held up by a row about how you spell "aflatoxin"? Perhaps there's a problem with the plot, and the scriptwr...

Znet Article Everest: Fueling the Iran-Iraq Slaughter

Znet Article, September, 05 2002 Larry Everest
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If you think you've heard it all in terms of U.S. imperialist hypocrisy, lies, manipulation, and mass slaughter-wait. There's more. Today the U.S. government is beating the drums for a preemptive war on Iraq. President Bush casually-dressed on hi...

Znet Article Edwards: Iraq And Nuclear Weapons

Znet Article, September, 05 2002 David Edwards
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Media Lens recently challenged Robert Moore, ITN's Washington Correspondent, on his support for the claim that Iraq might soon be armed with a nuclear weapon. This is a really key claim as it is likely to prove central in determining the extent of...

Znet Article Mate: Attacking Iraq

Znet Article, September, 04 2002 Aaron Mate
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A year ago this month we witnessed a horrendous terrorist attack. Sadly, we may soon witness another, should the Bush administration go ahead with its plans to bomb Iraq. Of course, it is misleading to say that the tragedy is in the works, when ...

Znet Article Edwards3: How To Legitimise War - Iraq And The British Media

Znet Article, September, 04 2002 Dvaid3 Edwards3
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In our society, choices decrease to the extent that they matter. When it comes to chocolate bars, the options are impressive - supermarket shelves are filled with them. When it comes to political parties, foreign policy and the media, choices merg...

Commentary Street: John Walker Lindh and Global Criminal Justice

Commentary, August, 30 2002 Paul Street
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A few weeks ago, the verdict came in on John Walker Lindh, the 21-year old "American Taliban" who fought with the former government of Afghanistan. Lindh escaped life in prison on terrorism charges by pleading guilty to providing service to a terr...

Znet Article Norton-taylor: Don't Trust Bush Or Blair On Iraq

Znet Article, August, 21 2002 Richard Norton-taylor
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Saddam Hussein's use of chemical weapons in the past is repeatedly cited by the US and British governments as justification for his removal from power now. But just what was their response to his use of poison gas against Iranian troops and Iraqi ...

Znet Article Smith: The Scotsman on Iraq

Znet Article, August, 16 2002 Darren Smith
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From the day we are born we are trained to be in awe of the rich and famous and powerful - they are the 'stars' and 'starlets', the 'screen goddesses' and 'pop idols' floating far above the heads of us 'ordinary people on the street'. Like childre...

Commentary Scahill: The Saddam In Rumsfeld’s Closet

Commentary, August, 06 2002 Jeremy Scahill
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“Man and the turtle are very much alike. Neither makes any progress without sticking his neck out.” —Donald Rumsfeld

Znet Article Ritter: What, If Anything, Does Iraq Have to Hide?

Znet Article, August, 01 2002 Scott Ritter
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The chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Sen. Joseph Biden (D-Del.), has announced that he plans to hold hearings on Iraq starting tomorrow. Given Sen. Biden's open embrace of regime removal in Baghdad, there is a real risk that an...

Commentary Arnove: Q&A with John Pilger

Commentary, July, 29 2002 Anthony Arnove
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Q: What has been the reaction to your front-page article for The Mirror on July 4?

Commentary Peters: Anniversary 9-11

Commentary, July, 28 2002 Cynthia Peters
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For almost a year now, many of us have been organizing against the "war on terrorism." We see it as nothing of the kind.

Znet Article Lefko: What About Children in Iraq: A report from the UN Special Session on Children, May 8-10, 2002

Znet Article, July, 18 2002 Claudia Lefko
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The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is the most widely endorsed human rights document in history, yet most people in the United States have never even heard of it. Adopted  by the UN at the 1990 World Summit for Children, &nb...

Znet Article Everest: Target Iraq: U.S. Plans for Major War

Znet Article, July, 16 2002 Larry Everest
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Target Iraq: U.S. Plans for Major War

Znet Article Cromwell: Deputy Director of BBC News responds re Iraq

Znet Article, July, 08 2002 David Cromwell
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Mark Damazer, the deputy director of BBC News, has declared his support for the recent controversial BBC Correspondent documentary on Iraq (see archived media alerts). In a letter to The Guardian, Damazer defends the biased and distorted programm...

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