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Author: What The New York Times Left Out
Commentary, August, 22 2002
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It was page one of the New York Times Sunday (August 18), picked up extensively by the international media, a featured story on America On Line. "Officers Say U.S. Aided Iraq in War Despite Use of Gas", shouted the headline. Senior military office...
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 ...
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...
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
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...
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?
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.
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...
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
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...
Reinhart: Separation
Commentary, July, 03 2002
Tanya Reinhart
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The Gaza strip is a perfect realization of the Israeli vision of "separation". Surrounded with electric fences and army posts, completely sealed off the outside world, Gaza has become a huge prison. About one third of its land was confiscated for ...
Everest: The U.S. Drive To War On Iraq
Zmag Article, July, 01 2002
Larry Everest
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The drumbeat for war on Iraq, coming from the highest levels of the U.S. establishment, began within days of September 11. The Bush administration’s plans are still taking shape, but there is ...
Cromwell: Shaping The Public Good
Commentary, June, 18 2002
David Cromwell
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A popular view today - that is to say, the prevailing view held by those in positions of power and influence - is 'that contemporary Western society and more especially, the "American way of life" corresponds to the deepest needs of human nature a...
Usborne: Can The CIA Take On Saddam Hussein?
Znet Article, June, 18 2002
David Usborne
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Saddam Hussein now knows what he is up against: President George Bush has given the green light to the Central Intelligence Agency to do all it can to drive him from power even killing him, although this would have to be in "self-defence"....
Podur: Instead of Nation States
Commentary, June, 14 2002
Justin Podur
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"It's disturbing to see how neatly nationalism dovetails into fascism. While we must not allow the fascists to define what the nation is, or who it belongs to, it's worth keeping in mind that nationalism, in all its many avatars-socialist, capital...
Prashad: The Troika of Imperialism, Petro-Sheikhs and Dissident Jihadis: On Tariq Ali.
Commentary, June, 01 2002
Vijay Prashad
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Michael Berube, an English professor at Penn State University, has become quite a fixture in the Chronicle of Higher Education. In a recent article ("Ali vs. Hitchens: Battle on the Left," 3 May), Berube tells us that he studies conflicts within t...
Arnove: Iraq: Smart Sanctions And The Us War
Znet Article, May, 26 2002
Anthony Arnove
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The Bush administration is declaring another victory in its "propaganda war" with Iraq, following the unanimous vote of the United Nations Security Council to endorse its plan to impose "smart sanctions" on Iraq. On May 14, the Security Council a...
Albert: What Did Bush Know, When?
Commentary, May, 24 2002
Michael Albert
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The above question screams from mainstream newspapers. It froths from liberals' lips. What troubles me more, however, is that some leftists also find it important.
Arnove: Iraq: Smart Sanctions and the US Propaganda War
Commentary, May, 23 2002
Anthony Arnove
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The Bush administration is declaring another victory in its "propaganda war" with Iraq, following the unanimous vote of the United Nations Security Council to endorse its plan to impose "smart sanctions" on Iraq.
Graham-brown: Sanctions Renewed On Iraq
Znet Article, May, 20 2002
Sarah Graham-brown
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Concluding almost a year of diplomatic wrangling, the UN Security Council has agreed to revise UN sanctions on Iraq when the eleventh phase of the oil for food program ends on May 29. Under the oil for food program, Iraq is allowed to sell its oil...
