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Znet Article Hensman: TO THE BRINK OF NUCLEAR WAR:THE DEADLY FALLOUT OF U.S. TERRORIST ATTACKS ON AFGHANISTAN

Znet Article, February, 21 2002 Rohini Hensman
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Defining Terrorism What are we talking about? I’ve said it before, but it bears repetition, given the way political leaders constantly come out with bombastic tautologies, such as ‘Terrorism is terrorism,’ in order to conc...

Znet Article Fisk: Europe Must Stop Parroting The US Script In The Middle East

Znet Article, February, 20 2002 Robert Fisk
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While President George Bush rabbits on about the "axis of evil" and his "crusade" against "terror", a real tragedy is about to interfere with his mythic struggle against America's enemies. It's about a place called Palestine. And a place called Is...

Znet Article Delorca: On the News of Pierre Bourdieu's Death

Znet Article, February, 18 2002 Frédéric Delorca
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The movements against neoliberal globalization and global militarism have had, so far, two extraordinary figures of contemporary thought - Pierre Bourdieu and Noam Chomsky; Bourdieu, the French sociologist and the heir to German philosophical trad...

Znet Article Chomsky: DRCNet Interview: Noam Chomsky

Znet Article, February, 18 2002 Noam Chomsky
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MIT professor Noam Chomsky has long been one of the nation's most implacable critics of US foreign policy and domestic inequity, as well as its highly-concentrated mass media. Lauded by the New York Review of Books as "America's leading radical i...

Znet Article Avnery: Something is Moving

Znet Article, February, 18 2002 Uri Avnery
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I once saw in a Western a Red Indian (or should I say a Native American?) putting his ear to the ground and hearing a train tens of miles away. In the course of the years I have tried to imitate that Indian. I try to hear changes in the public mo...

Commentary Glass: I know what Camp X-Ray feels like

Commentary, February, 17 2002 Charles Glass
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The first thing they do is cover your eyes. They make you strip to make sure you're not carrying anything. They replace your clothes with uniforms that are not clothes at all. They chain you by hand and foot. They drag you away and leave you on yo...

Znet Article 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...

Znet Article Levy: Shooting and handing out candy

Znet Article, February, 17 2002 Gideon Levy
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It is only a very small minority of people who support the refusal to serve in the territories and also back up their beliefs with actions. A decisive majority of Israelis oppose non-compliance with draft orders; some are convinced ...

Znet Article Girdner: Chomsky on Trial in Turkey

Znet Article, February, 17 2002 Eddie j. Girdner
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From February 12 to 15 Noam Chomsky visited Turkey. Chomsky came to Turk...

Znet Article Beaumont: Are we anti-Semitic?

Znet Article, February, 17 2002 Peter Beaumont
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On 5 December last year the Chief Rabbi of Brussels, Albert Gigi, was walking through Anderlecht when he was assaulted by a group of Arab-speaking youths. He was chased into a nearby metro station and he and his companion were abused as 'dirty Jew...

Znet Article Fisk: The Arab nations are lost in a pit of desperation

Znet Article, February, 16 2002 Robert Fisk
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A few days ago, Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia called upon the "conscience" of the American people to help the Palestinians. The Emir of Qatar went one step further in self-abasement. The Arabs, he said - and he apologised for using the wor...

Znet Article Milne: Can the US be defeated?

Znet Article, February, 15 2002 Seumas Milne
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Those who have argued that America's war on terror would fail to defeat terrorism have, it turns out, been barking up the wrong tree. Ever since President Bush announced his $45bn increase in military spending and gave notice to Iraq, Iran and Nor...

Znet Article 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...

Znet Article Keaney: Trade Secret

Znet Article, February, 14 2002 Patrick Keaney
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WHEN HIS BODY was recovered, it was clear that Aury Sara Marrugo spent his last hours alive in agony. His gums had been butchered. A blowtorch had been used to sear the flesh under his arms and the soles of his feet. Over 70 small incisions were f...

Commentary Herman: Final Solution in the Occupied Territories

Commentary, February, 13 2002 Edward Herman
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Years ago many of us wondered how things that were obviously "beyond belief" could be made to seem normal by the intellectual culture and mainstream media.

Znet Article 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...

Znet Article Reeves: Rebellion Grows Among Israeli Reserve Officers

Znet Article, February, 12 2002 Phil Reeves
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Israel's armed forces are struggling to contain the most serious internal challenge of the 16-month Palestinian intifada after more than 100 combat reservist soldiers signed a petition saying they would not serve in the occupied territories. At le...

Znet Article Prashad: Camp X Ray And The Problem Of Torture

Znet Article, February, 12 2002 Vijay Prashad
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On 4 February 2002, the New York Times ran an article on the humanity with which the "detainees" are being treated at Camp X-Ray at the US base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. One detainee had a long-standing injury to his eyes from a cricket ball, and ...

Znet Article Announcement: LOOSE ACCUSATIONS OF

Znet Article, February, 12 2002 Green party Announcement
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Members of the Green Party have joined other Americans protesting the manipulation of fears about terrorism in order to violate basic liberties and constitutional rights of due process and fair treatment under the law. "From th...

Znet Article Pagnozzi: Israeli Reservists Show Uncommon Bravery

Znet Article, February, 12 2002 Amy Pagnozzi
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It's as if the first crocus of spring has somehow risen up in the hard, unyielding desert of the occupied territories - arid but for the spilt blood of generations of "enemies" and "martyrs." Hope for peace is renewed in Israel - all because of t...

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