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Choudry: Playing With Children's Lives A Tried and Tested Tactic for Australian Government
Commentary, April, 02 2002
Aziz Choudry
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"I regard this as one of the most disturbing practices I've come across", Australia's Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs, Philip Ruddock told media at the time.
Everest: The campaign against Iraq
Zmag Article, April, 01 2002
Larry Everest
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The campaign against Iraq
Arnove: Convenient And Not So Convenient Massacres
Commentary, March, 30 2002
Anthony Arnove
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A frequent justification for toppling Saddam Hussein has been that he used chemical weapons on "his own people". A look at the US response at the time of the Halabja Massacre shows the US concern for the Kurdish to be an utter lie.
Du boff: STOPPING TERRORISM VS. PROMOTING THE RIGHT: NO CONTEST
Commentary, March, 28 2002
Richard Du boff
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By high noon September 11, 2001 it should have been obvious what this generation of Republicans--and more than a few Democrats--would do with the attacks on New York and Washington: seize upon them as manna from heaven to promote a hard right-wing...
Edwards: Media Lens Debate On Iraq Continued
Znet Article, March, 26 2002
David Edwards
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Following our Media Alert Update, 'The Observer's Nick Cohen and Observer Editor Roger Alton Respond On Iraq' (March 20, 2002 - for this and other Media Alerts see: http://www.medialens.org/frameset_alerts.html) Media Lens received this reply...
Arnove: Iraq In The Crossfires
Znet Article, March, 24 2002
Anthony Arnove
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Though no connection between Iraq and the terrorist attacks of September 11 has been found, the Bush administration has raised expectations significantly that it will again bomb Iraq as it extends its “war on terrorism†into new co...
Fisk: Arab states united in rejecting attack on Saddam
Znet Article, March, 19 2002
Robert Fisk
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Rarely can an American vice-president have met such a rebuff from America's Arab allies. Not a single Arab king, prince or president has been prepared to endorse a US attack on Iraq. Even in Kuwait – where Dick Cheney arrives today before ...
Fisk: Arab States United In Rejecting Attack On Iraq
Znet Article, March, 17 2002
Robert Fisk
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Rarely can an American vice-president have met such a rebuff from America's Arab allies. Not a single Arab king, prince or president has been prepared to endorse a US attack on Iraq. Even in Kuwait – where Dick Cheney arrives today before ...
Edwards: THE OBSERVER'S NICK COHEN RESPONDS ON IRAQ
Znet Article, March, 15 2002
David Edwards
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Following our Media Alert, 'Nick Cohen of the Observer on Iraq, Chomsky and Pilger' (March 13, 2002), Media Lens received this reply from Nick Cohen on March 13, 2002: "The problem with the sanctions cause starvation theory is that: 1. It was neve...
Fisk: Arabs Don't Want War On Iraq
Znet Article, March, 12 2002
Robert Fisk
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US Vice-President Dick Cheney arrived yesterday in a Middle East far more concerned with the firestorm between the Palestinians and the Israelis than with Washington's plans for a war with Iraq. President George Bush may believe Iraq is part of an...
Monbiot: Race War
Commentary, March, 08 2002
George Monbiot
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Those of us who opposed the bombing of Afghanistan warned that the war between nations would not stop there. Now, as Tony Blair prepares the British people for an attack on Iraq, the conflict seems to be proliferating faster than most of us predic...
Du boff: Who Is The Greatest Rogue Of All
Commentary, February, 28 2002
Richard Du boff
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Most people believe that their own country is virtuous and that only others misbehave enough to qualify as international outlaws. But the United States has elevated this popular sentiment to the level of national policy, by designating certain cou...
Edwards: IRAQ IN THE GUNSIGHTS
Znet Article, February, 28 2002
David Edwards
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In a recent article, Nick Cohen commented on the rationale behind the extraordinary media obsession with predicting the future. Cohen compares BBC journalists with TV crystal ball-gazer, Mystic Meg: "Instead of being honest, broadcasters pose a...
Choudry: To Beard Or Not To Beard – That’s Not The Question
Commentary, February, 19 2002
Aziz Choudry
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Now that we’re all supposed to be Americans as the fight against “the evil ones†expands, a recent incident has reminded me that some of us, wherever we may live, are just, as George Bush said recently, “Pakisâ̈́...
Fisk: America 'chasing phantoms' in Iraq says arms expert
Znet Article, February, 17 2002
Robert Fisk
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Scott Ritter, America's former top arms inspector in Iraq, has a neat phrase for Saddam's regime. The "phantom threat", he calls it. And he backs up his argument with an impressive assault on the credentials of Ahmed Chalabi, the head of Iraq's op...
Macaskill: US targets Saddam
Znet Article, February, 14 2002
Julian borger & ewen Macaskill
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The Pentagon and the CIA have begun preparations for an assault on Iraq involving up to 200,000 US troops that is likely to be launched later this year with the aim of removing Saddam Hussein from power, US and diplomatic sources told the Guardian...
Morris: Unpleasant and Unwanted Questions on Iraq
Znet Article, February, 13 2002
Doug Morris
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Analogies are difficult given world power realities, but consider the following. "The Chinese News Agency reported today that the Chinese Government has decided to oust US President George W. Bush.the debate is over. China has decided that the U...
Flanders: Noam Chomsky, Model Terrorist?
Commentary, February, 10 2002
Laura Flanders
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A couple of weeks back, Human Rights Watch announced in their annual World Report that repressive governments around the world are exploiting the "war against terrorism" to clamp down on domestic dissidents.
Podur: What Are The Rules?
Commentary, January, 20 2002
Justin Podur
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Years ago I interviewed someone who had traveled all over Central and Eastern Europe and Central and South Asia studying states and civil wars and how and why states failed. 'People ask me what's worse, an authoritarian state or no state,' he said...
Prashad: The Age Of Scorpio (vrishchika): Star Wars And Star Signs
Commentary, December, 30 2001
Vijay Prashad
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This is the dawning of the Age of Scorpio, or as our Sanskrit texts have it, the Age of Vrishchika.
