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German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer has directly challenged the United States over the justifications for possible military action against Iraq.
"I am not convinced... I cannot go to the public and say these are the reasons because I don't believe in them," he told a European defence conference in Munich....
Posted: Sat, Feb 8, 2003 6:28pm PST
(yeah, it's dumb, but make the good folk of Chicago feel good)
The Chicago Tribune is currently conducting an online poll on US efforts to lobby for war. The question being posed is: 'Has the U.S. made a convincing case for attacking Iraq?' Numbers are currently running in favor of 'Yes' Take this opportunity to vote 'NO' to war. Click URL below...
Posted: Sat, Feb 8, 2003 3:35pm PST
Live webcast in english language, mostly, from protests against Rumsfeld/NATO/Iraq war in Munich on Feb 8th today...
Posted: Sat, Feb 8, 2003 12:58pm PST
Warn America that bush is rushing to smash Iraq before we realize his evidence is fake. Message for mass distribution....
Posted: Sat, Feb 8, 2003 11:15am PST
This story isn't getting a lot of press here, but it's SCREAMING HEADLINES !!! in Europe. It turns out that most of Powell's "secret" info re Iraq was a cut & paste job from a 12 year old article by a California grad student found on the internet,as well as data lifted from Janes Report. Below is the blandest of summaries, but one of the few published in the US. However, ALL OF EUROPE is reading about this! Blair's support of war is being savaged....
Posted: Sat, Feb 8, 2003 9:07am PST
‘The Turkish official, like Mr. Gul, said the Turkish troops would not take part in combat with the Iraqis but would seek to prevent the emergence of a Kurdish state in northern Iraq. The official also said the Turks could check any re-emergence of the Kurdish insurgency that operated in southeastern Turkey during the 1990’s.’...
Posted: Sat, Feb 8, 2003 8:23am PST
Rest under the stars of the martyrs, great tired beast.
And don't worry
they diied so you can sleep and not worry
So sleep great beast
While the rest of the world watches over you.
and may your dreams bring you
and the people of Iraq
everlasting peace.
Salaam!....
Posted: Sat, Feb 8, 2003 7:28am PST
Journalist Sean Boyne and student Ibrahim al-Marashi have attacked Tony Blair for using their reports to call for war against Iraq.
Both men are against the war on Iraq and believe the 'dossier' is one part of a massive media misinformation campaign....
Posted: Sat, Feb 8, 2003 12:51am PST
Recent military rhetoric on the Pentagon's potential
in using its new "shock and awe" strategy against Iraq
and its people resembles that of the media, and other
super-profit making industries in this country today....
Posted: Sat, Feb 8, 2003 12:25am PST
Does he share the War Party's vision of an Iran surrounded by U.S. air power in Turkey, Iraq, Kuwait, the Gulf, Afghanistan and Central Asia being ordered to destroy its missiles and nuclear reactors, or face U.S. attack? Sharon sees it. Anticipating a U.S. occupation of Iraq, he has called on us to smash Iran next. After that, Libya....
Posted: Fri, Feb 7, 2003 10:53pm PST
NEW DELHI, India (CNN) -- U.S. President George W. Bush's declaration to Iraq that "the game is over" has drawn a harsh response from French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin....
Posted: Fri, Feb 7, 2003 8:04pm PST
Press refuses to cover House Resolution to repeal the Iraq use of force resolution. Contact your local media....
Posted: Fri, Feb 7, 2003 7:48pm PST
Iraq was not condemned to be without rights or outlawed for all time. An authorization for the use of force cannot be read from resolution 1441.. A right to preventive self-defense may exist in an extreme situation when enemy missiles are being launched.....
Posted: Fri, Feb 7, 2003 4:33pm PST
Former presidents Nelson Mandela of South Africa and Jimmy Carter of the United States added their voices to the millions demanding that George W. Bush halt his drive toward war against Iraq and give the UN inspectors time to complete their work....
Posted: Fri, Feb 7, 2003 4:11pm PST
NEW YORK – Across the city and the nation there has been a surge of activity as unions, community organizations, churches and individuals organize for what is shaping up to be the largest mobilization yet against the Bush administration’s plans for war on Iraq....
Posted: Fri, Feb 7, 2003 4:07pm PST
Here in Colombia, the Green Berets are pursuing one of Bush's most important, and perilous, foreign policy initiatives. With all the talk about Iraq and North Korea, Washington has done its utmost best to keep Colombia quiet. Risks include losing North American lives in a conflict that does not have the same so-called ''popular support'' as the mystery hunt for al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden. Washington has a big stake in Colombia......
Posted: Fri, Feb 7, 2003 12:47pm PST
US Defence Secretary, Donald Rumsfeld arrives in Europe today for Iraq talks amid a flurry of controversy over his comparison of Germany with Cuba and Libya....
Posted: Fri, Feb 7, 2003 12:36pm PST
Russia today said there was no need for the UN security council to pass a second resolution authorising war with Iraq while opportunities still exist for a political solution to the crisis.
Its foreign minister, Igor Ivanov, said Moscow believed the weapons inspectors should be given more time to avoid the "grave consequences" of conflict....
Posted: Fri, Feb 7, 2003 10:27am PST
Bad omen: Why the Columbia disaster should make Bush think twice about rushing to war with Iraq....
Posted: Fri, Feb 7, 2003 3:33am PST
Secretary of State Powell's warmongering speech to the UN on 2/5/03 was based on a plagiarized text published by British imperialism entitled "Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction."...
Posted: Fri, Feb 7, 2003 1:37am PST