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Despite days of frantic diplomacy and a blizzard of personal phone calls from the White House, opponents of the US-UK coalition hardened their anti-war stance.
Russia and France warned yesterday that they would veto the second United Nations resolution calling for Saddam Hussein to disarm by March 17....
Posted: Tue, Mar 11, 2003 3:07am PST
In the higher circles of the Bush Administration, investigative journalism is now regarded as a form of terrorism.
Hersh explores the private business activities of Richard N. Perle, the chairman of the Defense Policy Board, who is one of the most outspoken and influential American advocates of war with Iraq....
Posted: Tue, Mar 11, 2003 2:30am PST
The attack on the Liberty was not simply a case of a single bomb going astray. According to those who survived, it continued for nearly two hours. It involved rocket and napalm attacks by multiple flights of Israeli jet fighters, a simultaneous torpedo attack by three vessels of the Israeli navy and the machine-gunning of lifeboats tossed overboard as the Liberty survivors prepared to abandon their wounded ship...
Posted: Tue, Mar 11, 2003 2:29am PST
Recalling also Security Council resolution 487 (1981) of 19 June 1981, in which, inter alia, the Council called upon Israel urgently to place all its nuclear facilities under International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards,
Noting that only Israel has been specifically called upon by the Security Council to place its nuclear facilities under International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards,
Noting with grave concern Israel's persistent refusal to commit itself not to manufacture or acquire n...
Posted: Tue, Mar 11, 2003 1:46am PST
It is not sedition or treason to counsel members of the armed forces to obey International Law, the laws of the United States, and to abide by the provisions of the Code of Military Justice. It is not unlawful to encourage military personnel to refrain from violating international treaties, waging unlawful aggressive war, or committing war crimes, and to refuse unlawful orders issued in contravention of internationally recognized standards of conduct. Please distribute widely....
Posted: Tue, Mar 11, 2003 1:41am PST
For the professionally trained soldier, few assignments are as daunting as isolating and neutralising an 8 year old boy armed with nuclear weapons. Although diminutive in stature, an 8 year old male can nevertheless apply over 400lb of pressure psi through its powerful bite and 'lockjaw' capability, while simultaneously deducing the encryptic codes needed to 'hack' into a military mainframe and launch a first strike nuclear attack against any number of western cities......
Posted: Tue, Mar 11, 2003 1:13am PST
Young boy denies hiding nuclear weapons in bedroom
But ‘Littlest Terrorist’ may yet have to face Christian justice......
Posted: Tue, Mar 11, 2003 1:05am PST
The US mounted a parallel effort to secure promises from individual countries never to surrender US soldiers or officials to the International Criminal Court. Countries as diverse and vulnerable as East Timor and Romania were pressured into bilateral treaties....
Posted: Tue, Mar 11, 2003 12:42am PST
Another worls is possible, if we create it!...
Posted: Tue, Mar 11, 2003 12:36am PST
The one-state solution is gaining ground, and no wonder. It is the most humane, progressive solution. Equal rights for all, regardless of religion, race or sex, and no segregation....
Posted: Tue, Mar 11, 2003 12:02am PST
Jewish organizations condemned Rep. James P. Moran Jr. (D-Va.) yesterday for delivering what they said were anti-Semitic remarks at an antiwar forum in Reston, where he suggested that American Jews are responsible for pushing the country to war with Iraq and that Jewish leaders could prevent war if they wanted to....
Posted: Mon, Mar 10, 2003 11:52pm PST
Tue March 11, 2003 12:31 AM ET
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Gunmen shot down two Mexican government helicopters on Monday, killing all five people aboard, as they set out to spray illegal opium poppy crops in the southern state of Guerrero on Monday....
Posted: Mon, Mar 10, 2003 10:26pm PST
Billy Bragg released this cool song last year. It's free to distribute. Never mind the fact that there's no single "reason" for "our" war on Iraq ... good song nonetheless....
Posted: Mon, Mar 10, 2003 10:04pm PST
PENTAGON THREATENS TO KILL INDEPENDENT REPORTERS IN IRA...
Posted: Mon, Mar 10, 2003 10:00pm PST
Angola, Cameroon and Guinea were staying quiet about how they will vote on a pending U.S. and British resolution for tough action to disarm Iraq. For the trio, accustomed to being ignored, the attention was unwelcome and uncomfortable....
Posted: Mon, Mar 10, 2003 9:59pm PST
At noon today, March 10, 2003, seven Portland citizens temporarily shut down the Federal Building in downtown Portland ....
Posted: Mon, Mar 10, 2003 9:44pm PST
Dubya Dubya dubya III has been approved as a safe acronym for the ongoing crisis in the US following a "terrorist threat" to invade Iraq which caused "sleep deprivation disorder" among dicators, presidents, peasants, irishmen who wanted to celebrate, and others. Donald Rumsfeild approved torture months ago....
Posted: Mon, Mar 10, 2003 8:55pm PST
OSCAR winner Jessica Lange was among a clutch of Hollywood stars today who helped deliver an anti-war petition - signed by more than 1 million people - to the US mission to the United Nations....
Posted: Mon, Mar 10, 2003 8:51pm PST
10th March, 2003
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The Pentagon has said they will fire on the satellite uplink positions of independent journalists in Iraq, according to veteran BBC war correspondent, Kate Adie. In an interview with Irish radio, Ms. Adie said that questioned about the consequences of such potentially fatal actions, a senior Pentagon officer had said: "Who cares.. ..They've been warned."...
Posted: Mon, Mar 10, 2003 8:41pm PST